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EHY I'VE BEEN READING A LOT OF FANFICTIONS LATELY
I know, who would have guess?? Anyway I wanted to send some appreciation all around to some of the fanfics I've read, because writers need some more appreciation in general.
so, in no particular order:
✨Here's a list of fanfics I've read/I'm reading that I think they're pretty good✨
Solid Stone Turns To Clay by @randyzorra - MK fic
A solid Johnshi fic set in a pirate au, I'm absolutely obsessed with it. It's a beautiful slow burn, where Johnny is a disgraced bounty hunter who's trying to regain his fame by stealing The Shadow, legendary cursed ship. Ship that so happens to have a certain someone as her captain. Honestly not only I love the romance, but also the friendship between Johnny and Kung Lao and Johnny and Baraka.
Beware that this fic is tagged as explicit, so check the tags carefully
Back There by houndhead - MK fic
Ehy, have you ever thought that Raiden wasn't there when the others went to Outworld to find Shang Tsung? Yeah what if they never told him what happened back there because of good ol' classic trauma? I'm in love with this concept and houndhead explores it in a very interesting way, showing us how each character would act after experiencing what happened at the lab. I also really love how the characters interact with each other, in the last chapter Tanya and Tomas are just perfect.
Raise The Blade (Make The Change) by cherrycola94 - MK fic
A very fun Johnshi fic that's written a little bit like a script, it has some added scene set before the game, some exploration of the canon through a Johnshi lense, ad finally it continues as a post canon, with a very fun story. While I was reading it I could see in my head the scene perfectly, like it was actually a movie. The second chapter has an AMAZING SCENE, like I was so in love that I have a wip of that scene. I should come back and finish it honestly. The new chapter had exactly the kind of scene I was craving for recently, I'm so happy they wrote it!
But I lowered my sword when you held me and swore (you'd stay, stay, stay) by @necromanticzz - MK fic
It's a johnshi fic with a Kenshi pov, where Kenshi has so many walls up doesn't want any help but Johnny just seems to be able to go through them without any problems. Honestly I also advice the other fic necromanticzz wrote about them, the way Kenshi gets chracterized in both of them is just *chef's kiss* perfect, beautiful, amazing. The two fics are just my favourite in the way Kenshi is written, applause all around, love it.
Koffee Shop Kombat by @loujitsushotsoup - MK fic
Because a classic coffee shop au is always needed. We have multiple ships, different writing styles between chaptes, changing with which character's pov we are following, and I love the creativity that was put in it. You maybe saw this post where I drew one of the scenes in this fic, so YOU KNOW that I mean it when i say that I love this fic. And I'm a big sucker for coffee shops as a setting, really love them in real life as well.
Cole's Chilli Recipe by @before-time-had-a-name - Ninjago fic
Another fic where I drew one of the scenes and it's because it deserves it. It's a lostshipping fic, very sweet, very cozy, honestly Cole and Geo make me incredibly emotional everytime and this fic also straight up picked me up and squashed me. I saw in some of the reblogs on my post that people went to check out the fic and I'm so happy about it because they deserve his work to be checked out. And honestly if I can give her more spotlight I will take the chance. Go check out this fic, it's very cool.
Here Comes Casey Jones by Invader_Sam - TMNT MM fic
Very sweet rasey fic that takes place post movie, with the turtles going to highschool and Raph meeting for the first time Casey Jones. What can I say? I just really love Rasey, and I love they're both clearly crushing on each other but they're not really saying it. And the fact that there's no unecessary teenage angst, they just really like each other, and I love that for them ❤
Think Of It As War Paint by less_depresso_more_espresso - TMNT 2012 fic
Another Rasey one, short and sweet, where both of them honestly are giving so much gender in my humble opinion. It's hard to explaning it without just saying all the fic, so we could say it's about them just chilling on a roof.
A Garden Across Our Collarbone by PittedPeaches - LMK fic
I think everyone and their mom already know this fic, and if you don't it would be my honor to talk to you about it. This for me is THE spicynoodle fic, it was one year of my life and honestly at the end of it I cried. This is a soulmate au, where demons sometimes have soulmates, and when that happen it's like they share skin, so they can write stuff on their body and it will appeared on the skin of their soulmate. It mostly starts like a rewriting of seson 1-2-3 by Red son's pov with this new dynamic, and then it becomes a new original timeline. The way this fic is everything to me, every chapter was an incredible experience, I fell in love with this fic at every chapter. So many beautiful scenes, written so beautifully, as I said this fic was 1 YEAR of my life. It was also a very difficult year, and I'm honestly so happy that this fic was there for that time of my life.
Desde el Principio by ShippingMyWorld - Nicktoons United fic
Okay idk If you saw me reblogging a bunch of Nicktoons fanart like two days ago, but just so you know I'm totally going into the rabbit hole of this fandom and I will be lost for a while. Now, this is a Danny Fenton/Manny Rivera fic, the tag has only two fics and both of them are from this writer.
I wish I had this commitment in my life, to just being THE ONLY one creating a specific content for something and still having the motivation of doing it
I read this fic last night, I finished it at 5 a.m. and I do not regret it at all, this was amazing
I actually recommend reading both fics because they are very good, I'm giving a shout out to this one because I think it's the one that made the biggest impact to me personally. ShippingMyWorld you did it, you converted me, I ship this now.
And that's the list, thank you so much to every fanfic writers that give us such amazing art everyday, you're the backbone of fandom!
#weeeeee nice nice#saving the ones I haven't read yet for later 👀#mortal kombat#lmk#tmnt#lego ninjago#nicktoons
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Relationships: Kung Lao/Raiden
Word Count: 878
Summary:
Kung Lao meets with his lord before the start of their dimensional invasion. He is missing pieces of the puzzle. He is aching for another life.
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AKA, some RaiLao reanimation/AU angst that hit me like a truck after seeing some really gorgeous season of the storm renders
#dON'T YOU LOVE IT WHEN WRITERS#agsHHHHHH#FDGHFHSJKSK KSJJFKK AAAAAAAA#the moment I saw “you will stay here where it is safe”#it was the end of me#gggGHHHHH dYiNG#THANK YOU??#fOR THIS???#raiden#dark raiden#mk raiden#kung lao#railao#mortal kombat#mortal kombat 1#mk1
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Heart
my hand slipped @helsensm
He opened his eyes, staring up into the perfectly cut circle, the void in the sky that told Raiden he was dead.
Again. He had lost track of how many times he had looked up into that hole-punch of a star or sun or whatever it was. It just told him that once again, he had tried and he had failed.
Raiden stared at his hands. They were clean to the untrained eye. But to Raiden they were once again stained with the blood of failure.
“You cannot save him,” said the ever gentle voice of Time’s Keeper.
Raiden clenched his hands into fists. “Yes I can,” he said, his heart as defiant as it was gentle.
The pity. Raiden had grown tired of it.
“I will try again,” Raiden said as he always did, getting to his feet.
The sigh. “Very well.”
Raiden blinked. He felt pain in his chest—a hilt stuck out from his chest. He looked up, once again seeing Kung Laos’ horrified face. “Kung Lao—” Raiden choked, blood pouring from his mouth.
“Raiden,” Kung Lao ran t catch him.
Raiden blinked. There was Kung Lao. Then two of him. Then four. Then eight…
An infinite number of them, all rushing to Raiden, to catch him as he was killed, all of them suffering.
"Heart" by Oberhofer
ah fuck I actually like this idea too much pray for it to not rot in WIP status
#*inhale - exlase*#PRIMORDIAL SCREECH#don't you love it when writers#don't you#when writers#when#wrsffGGHHHHJjH#raiden#mk raiden#kung lao#railao#mortal kombat#mortal kombat 1#mk1
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time loop where i keep dying to save you but clearly the loop just wants me to accept your death. im not going to but i can tell that's what it wants
#you promised sad railao dreams but there were none 😭#at least I have this post#I can rotate it 360 in my head playing Benny Hill theme (also in my head)#railao
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#YAAAAY THE BOIIIII#beautiful beautiful boy~#shaolin punk 💗#I'm so happy to know that now you will draw him more 😏#kung jin#mortal kombat#mkx#mortal kombat x
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I had an idea for a little AU, where we can see the fate of Kung Jin and the reason why he is not in the story of Mk11
Remember when Lao and Liu came to Wu Shi Academy (at least i think it was Wu Shi Academy) and saw a bunch of dead monks?
#"oh. my fav is alive and well? nice! I'm gonna kіll him <3”#😊🤝😌#kung jin#kung lao#mortal kombat 11#mk11
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its so difficult to draw anatomy. and objects. and backgrounds. and clothing. and colors. and lighting. i honestly dont know how i ever managed to draw anything in my entire life
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MOOD!
#art supplies and pain#but THE THING IS-#I'm kinda out of the art block#BUT I'm not finishing anything?? but starting more WIPs???#helb
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#wheEEEEEEEEEEZE#zack fair#sephiroth#cloud strife#ff7#ffvii#crisis core#final fantasy vii#crisis core final fantasy vii#ccff7
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Question, HOW DO YOU DRAW HANDS SO GOOD??
practice
I could stop right here, since it’s the right answer for this type of questions 99% of the time, but I will elaborate with some tips that helped me – so maybe they will help someone too. :3
1. Just draw them
I know, I knooow, all the artists say that, and it’s haaard and boooring, and the sketches are uglyyy- 😩 but it WORKS, because if you want to draw one good hand you must go through 100 bad ones. So take a sketchbook/tablet/tissue/magna doodle and get them out of your system, don’t wait for the “big art piece” to draw your first hand of the day.
2. Use references
If I could slаp every person who spreads the idea “references = bad, you should draw from memory”... 😶 Every professional artist/animator in every industry is using references (the main question is HOW to properly use them, but that’s another topic completely). And hands, being one of the trickiest things to draw, are actually the easiest to acquire the right reference for. They are… literally RIGHT HERE, under your nose. Just put them in needed position, take a picture and draw~✨
And for disаbled artist and artists who can’t use their own hands for any other reason – you can always just search for refs on Pinterest or use these resources:
Line of Action
SketchDaily
Pexels
Search for conductors and athletes photos – the way they gesture and hold baton/sports gear is so nice to look at! Also saw people recommend cooking videos.
3. Learn from other artists
And I don’t mean just watching tutorials (like Sinix, for example), but if you see the art with cool hands – find a minute to reflect on it, or even try to replicate the gesture. The best way of how to do it, as well as a few tips on drawing hands overall, was explained in this video by Ethan Becker. This (as well as his many other videos) was THE video that helped me to understand the way you can draw hands.
❗ FAIR WARNING tho, his style and online persona are… something 😆 -and it’s completely understandable if someone would not feel comfortable watching him. But he’s NOT really being mean and he’s NOT really mocking other artists, because behind the irony and fake aggression there are respect and very useful tips from an animation industry professional. And most importantly – he will teach you HOW TO LEARN, his advises are changing the way you look at/do art. He’s mostly focused on the animations now, but I strongly recommend checking out his older videos.
4. Work from larger to smaller
There are several approaches to draw a hand and you can find the one that suits you by practicing. Learning the anatomy will help you to position the fingers the right way and the “blocks technique” is useful for understanding the forms/masses in 3D space and how they overlap each other. I love to work with shapes, it can give your art an interesting flow and it’s simple enough to now feel overwhelmed – which is good for the beginner artists. Here’s the small “tutorial” of how I usually draw hands. Let’s take this blurry photo of me hand that I definitely didn’t took just now specifically for this post afdHHH
STEP 1. Drawing the shape of the palm.
STEP 2. Drawing the shapes of the fingers – they love to cluster and hug each other sometimes. 🥰
Tip 1. Check out this mass that is right next to the thumb! It will divide the palm in nice shapes and guide you, look for these forms on your references.
Tip 2. Sometimes it’s easier to draw the fingertip FIRST where you want to put them – and then connect it to the palm, not to build the finger from the palm.
STEP 3. Drawing fingers (here’s where you need to know the anatomy – or just keep in mind that every finger has 3 parts and the thumb has 2), adding details, cleaning – you know, draw the rest of the owl.
Tip 1. Keep in mind that the nail “hugs” your finger, so from a certain angles it looks like an arch.
Tip 2. The amount of details depends of your style and character physique/age: the shape of the fingers and nails, the wrinkles and fat… Using your own hand for references is great for constructing the gesture, but for diversity look at different people’s hands, seek the differences and implement them in your art.
wow that was a lot, haha, hope it helps, and as usual, sorry for typos/mistakes
also THANK YOU SO MUCH! 🫰 drawing hands is always a struggle, I still make mistakes and hate the result sometimes, but it’s nice to know that I made progress over the years and people think it looks good 😭💗💖💕
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god i love making animatics in my head i wish drawing was real
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You have a (Mortal Kombat) character you say? 👀
I- I do 👉👈🥺 but she's so boring, compared to everyone's mk ocs, I don't want to talk about her... oTL It's much easier to create oc for your original story (I have A TON of these) rather than for an already established canon, huhhhhh
a little sneak peek of the first sketches back from 2023
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