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h0ld0nt0m3l0v3-cn · 3 years

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Character Stuff pt. 3: Rando Drawins and Minor World Build

So I may start making these posts much longer- Seeing as sometimes I get a burst of inspiration and have nowhere else to put the drawings I make. (I’m also obsessed lowkey with makin a buttload of pony ocs from just minor details such as cutiemarks)

So I decided to give Crystabelle a sister- (Maybe a brother sometime in the future but probably not)

Sugar Swirl or as Cryssie calls her “Cotton Candy” She is the older sister of the family. In some photos she isn’t present because she went off to a bunch of camps to take care of her curse. More on that later.

When Cryssie finally does meet her sister, she loves her regardless. Sugar was there for her birth and was the one to give her the nickname “Cryssie” and she’s the only one who really is allowed to call her that. Her friends call her “Crysta” or “Belle” depends on the relationship and the other’s personality really.

Special thanks to my best friend ever: @ense-the-shtposter

They are the ones who made this little curse to begin with and gave me special permission to use it on Sugar. I added my own tweeks to it and made it a curse instead of a species so this version of it belongs to me. Still thanks for the idea and offer or whatever yah call it XD

Anyways, Basically the curse is labeled as “pony eater” as to not get confused with pure cannibalism, as that is usually by choice/consent.

The host has no control over it. When it kicks off, everyone must avoid them at all costs. It causes a nose bleed at first and excessive saliva build up. First hit in their life won’t hit them until they reach a certain age to be able to understand right from wrong. Then a trigger will be found and unknowingly set off. A clear difference is seen in their eyes, black whites with fading pupils of white that turn to grey with a dark jet black iris.

There isn’t exactly a known cure for the “pony eater” curse. Only precautions and boot camps to keep them in check and make sure they understand their own triggers before they can head home.

Despite this, Cryssie doesn’t hate her sister, infact in a moment she has a trigger and can’t find an escape, she ties herself up in the basement and Cryssie brings her dinner she cooked, since they were home alone.

She sat with her (at a safe distance, she’s dense and naïve but she ain’t stupid) and waited it out til morning.

Sugar Swirl was cursed at birth and her parents tried to find a cure or something to stop it before she hit that age but they are still searching.

The trigger to cause the curse is loud and fluctuating noises. I don’t mean a random unprepared honk from a horn. It has to be something like the lavender town them in slight ear-r4pe format. It needs to be repetitive and switching of the ears at a fast or even an unequal pace can definatly cause it. It also has to be loud, something that would give a headache. So she can live out a normal life as long as she doesn’t go to watch certain things. It’s like an epilepsy thing. Just gotta be careful, yah know?

Along with some other stuff, I got a little inspired by speedpaints and decided to do anatomy along with making new characters.

Elipsa- She is a silent girl who is larger than the average male, shes very tall and doesn’t need words to settle fear into someones heart. You know if she likes you or not. She is an inventor, she made it possible for ponies to use things like phones by forming a glove for the hoof that can move fingers with stylus’ on the fingertips. She gets along well with Cryssie.

Facade- The smallest of the triplets in her family, Feign and Fantasy, she shares similar cutiemarks (proven possible with the cutiemark crusader episode, forget the name) call it superstition or twin connection, dumb luck, whatever. They have similar names (all beginning with F) and similar talents. Facade tends to like putting on a show and charm the audience. Hence her winky faced OwO cutiemark. She is a vampire fanatic and a goth/punk. The only one who has the most jewelry.

Facade is the only one who can make Elipsa smile and sometimes (mostly when its just them and sometimes Cryssie) laugh.

Yes these two are dating and I’m still deciding if I want Facade to be a girl or boy (if boy then most likely trans) or non-binary. Will update on that later.

Facade is NOT a filly, she is an adult mare she is just very short. She is often mistaken as such.

I have a pic of Feign and Fantasy in my sketchbook but I need to digitialize them-

These two are Cryssies best friends since Elementary since she was very shy.

Decided to try base editing.

I like it cause it’s easier to do the designs its just a pain in the flank to do certain markings with the wait mlp has the outlines designed. I also had to give Cryssie an eyeliner kinda look because her eye wasn’t showing visible to her face. I am very proud of this tho and probably will do more.

Base here: https://www.deviantart.com/krystalheartbases/art/You-re-Gonna-Poke-Your-Eye-Out-875158608

The only thing that really bothers me is that i couldnt get her damn mane right at the top around her horn, its more...fancy??? than it should be.

Also if you notice, i switched her bandage on her front legs because it felt odd to have bandages on the same side of front and back legs, why not altercate? :3

I am gonna try and make more LN related stuff to throw in here and there. I just like buildin the main character a bit yah know?

#doodles #refs #AU #rando character stuff

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illwynd · 4 years

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D, N, P?

:D thanks for asking things!!

D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t (again: be nice)

Uhh this has several answers. There are lots of ships that I can see the appeal, intellectually, but it just doesn’t grab me and I don’t feel anything about them. Also het ships in general---some of them I think are kinda cute or interesting, but again, doesn’t really do it for me. And boy howdy would my fandom life be easier if I were not such a monoshipper. I can only do ships that conflict with my OTPs when the point is the angst and suffering and unrequited pining.

N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice)

1. Can I be overly serious for a minute and say what I would love to see more is the ability to be at least slightly tolerant of differences of taste and opinion regarding fiction, rather than immediately jumping to assume that anyone who disagrees must be a worthless human being who is opposed to all that is good and right in the world? Because that would be nice. (Definitely this isn’t a problem limited to this fandom... but still. And yes, while I’m dreaming, I’d like a pony.)

2. I often see the sentiment expressed that we all had more fun back with the silly ol’ Avengers 1 era fics and junk, and a longing for that fandom again? Why don’t we... just go for it? I mean, we can just do the thing, right? What’s stopping us? Ino, ino, be the change you wanna see, and I do try, but alas, I am only one writer, with an uncooperative brain to boot. I also wish the kinkmeme were still alive in any meaningful sense. But I guess for any of that to happen, the fandom itself would have to be revived from its current depressingly diminished state. I feel like an Elf in Middle-Earth after the end of the Third Age. So many things that should not have been forgotten are lost :’’’(

3. Gods, I miss long-haired Thor in fanart. There is not enough of it anymore and he was such a cutie. ;_; I wish I could do, like, not commissions because I am way too indecisive for that but just... pay some artists to draw Thor’s hair long whenever they happen to be drawing him anyway. I would probably actually do that. (Yes I have a Thing about Thor’s hair. Clearly.)

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas)

Uhhh well I’ve been doing a rewatch of Jericho (which is, yes, so very Middle War Period America and also painfully hetero, but it has its fun bits, and it kinda fits my mood rn) and the thought occurred to me that if Bonnie were a boy, I would probably ship the Richmond siblings. And then I was thinking that really actually what I meant was I could totally write a thorki Jericho AU with orphaned bros alone against the world, holding down the family farm together after the apocalypse XD

Other than that, I still want late 1800s/early 1900s hobo AUs to be a thing. I’m honestly not sure where to go with that for this fandom in particular, I just like that bit of history and want to see what would happen with it as an AU.

#replies #ty bb! :)#i guess we do a meme #illwynd is a weirdo #gorgeousgalatea

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ivarinleatherpants · 6 years

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ok, OTP questions all of them. Or one through ten. Or one through five. You know what, I don't care. Gimme, I'm desperate.

Whelp, we’ll see how many of these I can get through! XD

1: Who spends almost all their money on the other?

-Ivar. Totally Ivar. He’s the one who has never needed to stick to a budget, and he loves spoiling Gwen with all the nice things she could never afford growing up.

2: Who sleeps in the other’s lap?

-Ivar wants Gwen to sit in his lap more, but she gets worried about hurting his legs. More often, it’s Ivar who ends up falling asleep with his head in her lap while she runs her hand through his hair.

3: Who walks around the house half-naked and who yells at them to put on some clothes?

-Pfft. Ivar, obviously. The second he comes home the shirt comes off. Gwen doesn’t mind so much, but she needs to get stuff done, dammit! She can’t keep getting distracted by the... arms... and... the other muscles... and...

4: Which one tells the other not to stay up all night and which one stays up all night anyway?

-It’s pretty equal. Though Ivar’s the one who’s more likely to actually be out all night. He loves to go to punk concerts or to play with his band, but Gwen doesn’t like the noise and crowds. Sometimes she’ll come pick him up, but a lot of times she just waits for him to come home.

It probably doesn’t help that he always gets very... erm... energetic... after all the adrenaline. Then he comes home with his full punk-regalia on, his makeup all smudged and his hair messy and... yeah...

5: Which one tries to make food for the other but burns it all by accident and which one tells them that it’s okay and makes them both cookies?

-Gwen. She’s a competent cook, and can make a decent meal, but she has to have a recipe she can follow or else things can get out of hand. Ivar is just proud of her for trying to go out of her comfort zone, even though she can’t cook a steak to save her life.

6: Which one reads OTP prompts and says “Oh that’s us!” and which one goes “Eh, not really”?

-Ivar doesn’t know what an OTP prompt even is, and teases Gwen horribly for reading fanfiction.

Ivar: *Gleefully* This is straight-up porn, Ging!

Gwen: GIVE THAT BACK THIS MINUTE!

Ivar: Metal arms? Really? Is that your thing, babe? Blue eyes and a bit broken?

Gwen: I’M NEVER SPEAKING TO YOU AGAIN!

7: Which one constantly wears the other’s clothes?

-Gwen totally wears Ivar’s shirts.

It’s unlikely anything but Gwen’s most over-sized ugly sweaters would fit Ivar.

Not that he’s ever tried or anything... but there was that one pair of pants that would have gone SO well with his jacket...

8: Which one spends all day running errands and which one says “You remembered [thing], right?”

-Again, probably equal. Gwen does a lot of the shopping early on, just because-again-Ivar had no clue how to shop frugally. But later on she ends up working at Kattegat U as a research scientist/teacher, and he has Heathen Hotrods so he can stay home with the kids, he ends up running a lot of the errands.

9: Which one drives the car and which one gives them directions?

-Depends. They both like to drive. There are some cars Ivar prefers to drive, but he categorically refuses to drive Gwen’s Subaru Mom-mobile, so it’s a toss-up. It also depends of in one is more tired, or if Ivar’s legs are hurting more than usual.

10: Which one does the posing while the other one draws?

-Gwen is the only one who draws, but she doesn’t do people. Ivar does like to take pictures, though, and has quite the collection *wink wink nudge nudge*.

11: If they were about to rob a museum, which one does backflips through lasers and which one is strolling behind with a bag of chips?

-Ivar is the backflipper, while Gwen would be following behind, shouting at him to be more careful and STOP doing that he’s going to hurt himself!

12: Which one of your OTP overdoes it on the alcohol and which one makes the other stop drinking?

-Oddly enough, Gwen is probably more likely to overdo it. She doesn’t know her own limits the way Ivar does. He’s good at keeping an eye on her and letting her have fun, but making sure she drinks water and stops before she makes herself really sick.

13: Which one likes to surprise the other with a lot of small random gifts?

-They’re both the sort to get little things just because it makes them think of the other. Ivar probably a little bit more, just because he’s more financially spontaneous.

14: Which one keeps accidentally using the other’s last name instead of their own?

-Gwen hyphenates when they get married. Ivar proudly introduces them as Dr. and Mr. Wessex-Lothbrok. It gets to the point where he sometimes forgets he didn’t actually change his name. XD

15: Which one screams about the spider and which one brings the spider outside?

-Neither of them are super bothered by spiders. Unless it’s a really big one and it shows up in the shower, then both of them are likely to shriek and cry for help.

16: Which one gives the other their jacket?

-Gwen probably spends more time wearing Ivar’s jackets than he does. She doesn’t even have to indicate that she’s cold, he just has this sort of sixth sense and immediately swoops in like some leather-clad savior.

17: Who keeps getting threatened by the other’s overprotective older sibling?

-I think this is pretty obvious, considering it’s already happened. lol. It’s a long time before Ivar and Aethelred actually start to get along, and even longer before they can really be considered ‘friends’.

18: Who’s the first one to admit they have feelings for the other?

-Let’s see. Ivar pretty much jumped in head first, but Gwen was the first to say “I love you”. It’s easy for him to be affectionate, but hard for him to talk seriously about his feelings. Whereas Gwen grew up in a family that was much more open about that sort of thing.

19: How good would your OTP be at parenting?

-They both have their strengths and weaknesses. Gwen has less experience with kids, and is pretty uncomfortable with them when she first meets Ivar’s huge family. He’s the one who is the most gung-ho about having kids, but isn’t actually all that into kids that aren’t his own.

With their kids, Ivar is really good at handling the not-so-serious stuff, the tantrums over silly things that Gwen has a hard time being patient with. But it’s really hard for him if one of his kids is really hurt, whereas Gwen is very good at remaining calm during crises.

20: Which one types with perfect grammar and which one types using numbers as letters?

-They’re both grammar Nazis, and mock Alfred for using numbers and other text shorthand.

21: Who gets attacked by a bully and who protects them?

-They will both come in, guns blazing, if someone tries to hurt the other. They even aggressively defend each other against themselves. Self-deprecation is met with physical assaults with deadly plushies.

22: Who makes the bad puns and who makes a pained smile every time the other makes a pun?

-Ivar makes ALL the bad puns, and is SO happy when he’s finally able to legitimately use dad humor. Gwen pretends to cringe, but she actually thinks he’s really funny.

23: Who comes home from work to see that the other one bought a puppy?

-Gwen has come home to find a new animal many times. Many, many times. Once it was a daschaund puppy that had lost all it’s fur (Napoleon), another time it was a mini horse in their shed. Ivar argues that he tried to say ‘no’, but the kids insisted.

Ivar: No guys, we aren’t adopting the horse.

Judah (a.k.a Ivar Jr.): *Slapping his little four-year-old hand down emphatically* Daddy! He needs a famiwy!

Alyssa (a.k.a Gwen Jr): *Two and already running the world with an iron pout* Pony! Pony!

24: Which one gives the other a piggyback ride when they’re tired?

-Ivar: Are you tired? Wanna ride on my back?

Gwen: No.

Ivar: Giiing! C’moooon!

Gwen: No! Your legs are already going to be hurting from all this walking!

Ivar: Ging, get over her and let me carry you!

Gwen: No, you can’t make me!

*Continues, ad infinitum.*

25: Which one competes in some sort of activity and which one does the overzealous cheering?

-Ivar is more likely to play a sport, but really, he’s the shameless fanboy. Gwen’s maybe tried to leave him at home once or twice when she’s getting an award of some kind, because he makes that bad of a ruckus.

26: Who takes a selfie when the other one falls asleep on their shoulder?

-Ivar. He just can’t get enough of his cutie-patootie. Gwen protests that her drooling isn’t cute, and if he doesn’t delete that right now, so help her...

27: Which one would give the other a makeover if they asked?

-Also Ivar. The few times Gwen’s gone with him to a show, she lets him give her a full punk makeover. Just in general he likes to pick out her clothes. He may know the contents of her closet slightly better than she does.

28: Which one owns a pet that the other is absolutely terrified of?

-Neither of them is really afraid of the other’s pet, but Gwen is deeply suspicious of Napoleon on occasion. She’s sure he’s not as innocent as he looks, especially considering the number of times he’s conned Ivar into letting him sleep in their bed.

29: Which one holds the umbrella over both of them when it rains?

-Ivar has a strong streak of chivalry, hammered into him since birth by Aslaug. She taught him how to behave in high society, and there’s certain things that he still does on instinct.

30: If your OTP went on vacation, where would they go and what would they do? Who would take the pictures?

-They’re both homebodies to a certain extent, so they wouldn’t be constantly travelling, but they’d still like to visit other countries. Especially Ivar, who loves history. They probably take a couple trips every year. Gwen plans out the itinerary and makes Ivar stick to it despite his tendency to wander off. They like to see historical sites and go to museums. Probably a good mix of exciting stuff like amusement parks, and just chilling in a nice hotel somewhere scenic.

Ivar, of course, brings two or three cameras along and uses all of them.

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jewelridersarchive · 5 years

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Why do we love seeing new versions of the same thing? Is it simple nostalgia? Is it the desire to engage with some sort of content that once moved us in a new and different way? Is it new creators wanting to stamp something they loved from their own childhood with their mark? Or is it all of the above?

I’m not immune to loving reboots. I devoured the new DuckTales on Disney XD, I’m reading the new Rainbow Brite comics from Dynamite, I’m watching the new iteration of Will & Grace, and continue to watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Reboots are fun; they not only allow fans who loved something to have a nostalgia party, but also allow potential new fans entry points into what sometimes appears to be never-ending streams of content (I’m looking at you, Transformers). But things seem out of hand when even ReBoot, the mid-90s CGI cartoon, has a reboot on Netflix (ReBoot: The Guardian Code). Have reboots become the “safe,” risk-averse way companies can cash in on portfolio properties that already have known fanbases? It’s the equivalent of an artist only drawing fanart because they know it will get thousands of likes versus hundreds on original content.

And I fully admit some level of fatigue with franchises that just keep chugging along, seemingly forever. Every movie that comes out seems to want to be a tentpole franchise builder. Or a reboot of an existing franchise, or a soft reboot that only takes some elements going forward, or an alternate universe or…well, you get the idea.

I love original content. One of the best shows I watched this year was Alex Hirsch’s Gravity Falls (yes, I know I’m rather late to the game). It was a bright spot of originality, something new and not tied to any other content or previous iteration. Many of the anime I watch and enjoy are either original or straight adaptations of an existing manga. I think original content and ideas are important in entertainment. They allow a generation to experience a piece of entertainment in its prime, and have something uniquely “theirs.” Kids of the 60s had Star Trek, kids of the 70s had Star Wars, kids of 80s will always be the original audience for Jem & the Holograms and He-Man/She-Ra, kids of the 90s will always have X-Men TAS and Sailor Moon. (And PGJR, of course haha). No matter if they are rebooted down the road or not, that original experience belongs to the original viewers.

Which is why it’s always hilarious to me when people who hate on the new version of something say “It’s ruining my childhood!” Your childhood is whatever it was, frozen in time. Those original cartoons obviously still exist, and if you have the desire you can watch most of them. A reboot doesn’t destroy the original, no matter how many changes it makes to the original idea. The best reboots can often give us (as adults) what we thought we were watching as children. And often, the reboot can drive traffic back to seek out the original, as adults want to share with children the version they loved at that age.

Which brings us to She-Ra. I didn’t watch any He-Man or She-Ra as a child, for whatever reason. I found He-Man & the Masters of the Universe through the 2002 anime-influenced incarnation (also a great reboot IMO), then went back and watched the 1983 cartoon, followed by the 1985 She-Ra: Princess of Power. I loved it all. Sure, sometimes it was goofy, and there was lots of animation reuse in the older versions, but the core concepts were really strong. They are classic good vs evil, freedom vs tyranny stories, told with engaging casts and crazy creative worlds.

I powered through all 93 episodes of She-Ra during the summer of 2010 while I studied for my board exams. It holds the special place of being the series I turned to to relieve the stress of studying. I love the 80s fantasy girl designs, the color schemes, the powers, the sheer kookiness of the side characters. She-Ra was the OG American magical girl, and I finally understood what all the fuss over this franchise was about. She-Ra feels iconic in the way that characters like Wonder Woman and Sailor Moon do. Yes, she starts out as a spin-off of the successful He-Man franchise, but he makes very few appearances in She-Ra’s cartoon.

But after her initial run, She-Ra remained a virtually dormant property for the next 30 years. He-Man had two different reboots in 1991 and 2002, but She-Ra was stuck in limbo. Only once the Masters of the Universe Classics collectible figure from Mattel released in 2010 did She-Ra finally see the light of day again. Story-wise, the bios on the back of the toy packages gave us a little info about She-Ra’s further adventures, but it wasn’t until the 2012/2013 Masters of the Universe comic from DC that She-Ra comes back, this time in the guise of the villainous Despara. It’s a dark but interesting take on the characters; an exploration of what being raised by the Evil Horde would really do to a person.

Interestingly, this seems to be the jumping-off point for the new “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” animated series from Dreamworks and Netflix. This show takes as its central theme the relationship between Adora and Catra. When Adora finds the sword that lets her turn into She-Ra, she leaves the Horde – an organization to which she has devoted her life. Almost more importantly, she leaves behind Catra, her best friend. It’s this broken relationship that informs the emotional tone of the rest of the show.

Unlike the 80s version, this time around the Rebellion knows Adora’s identity as She-Ra. It’s an interesting change – shows of the 80s were obsessed with secret identities, and sometimes it could get ridiculous making up excuses for what happened to the other identity of the character every time. Thankfully, that is avoided here, and instead of angst over whether or not you can let people know the real you, we are treated to relationships that ask whether we can accept someone who we know has wronged us before.

Much has been made over this update’s reworking of the body types and ethnicities of the main princesses. While I confess not loving all the updated designs and missing the 80s fairytale warrior goddesses of the original, I understand and fully support the change. Reboots are about viewing something old through the lens of today, and audiences of today want to see themselves in the media they watch or read. We can’t (and shouldn’t) go back to mostly-white casts. The world is a rainbow of colors, and the show feels richer for including them.

Speaking of rainbows, I have to mention the new show’s decidedly queer bent. The relationship between Adora and Catra is somewhere between ex-best-friends and ex-girlfriends in tone. Netossa and Spinerella, long shipped by the fandom, are finally outed in a true relationship this time around. Other characters like Scorpia, Bow, and Entrapta all tap into queer mannerisms and norms as well. The end result is unlike anything else I’ve ever seen in children’s entertainment, and I couldn’t be happier. I wish I’d had something similar as a child, but I’m grateful today’s queer kids have their own heroes.

When we talk about a successful reboot, what are we looking for? Here’s what I think a good reboot need to accomplish.

Bring the characters and concepts of the original property up to date for current audiences.

Explore the characters or world in new and different ways.

Add depth to the original concept.

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power does all of these in spades. I think it’s the nicest treatment an 80s female-driven property has gotten in a reboot. The show is full of strong characters with interesting dynamics, great writing, and interesting world building. Yes, some of the episodes can be a bit predictable and the designs are not always my favorite, but everything works together toward a greater whole. I won’t spoil the story for you, because seriously if you haven’t watched this, get thee to Netflix and enjoy!

For the Honor of Grayskull!

Chris

P.S. Can you imagine getting a ✨Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders✨ reboot that brought all this to the table? I’d die!

Read the complete blog at The Jewel Riders Archive! http://www.jewelridersarchive.com/posts/she-ra-the-princesses-of-power-and-reboot-culture/

#jewel riders #princess gwenevere and the jewel riders #princess gwenevere #unicorn #unicorns #animation #mattel #She-ra #she ra #princess of power #heman #he man #he-man #masters of the universe

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feverwildehopps · 6 years

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How did you develop your drawing style? It's really unique and I love it!

Ooh!! 💖 Thank you so so much and I’m glad so so you asked! 😃 Jeez this is a long story ^^’ So I’ve been drawing since like 2002, it was the start of something amazing - just 2 yr old me messing around with my newly discovered love for art (or rather making wild marks appear on paper lol) It wasn’t until I was about 7 years old when my drawings/characters started taking a signature ‘look’. As a kid I loved picture books (both for their story but mostly the illustrations) and I especially loved cartoons!!! Alongside their colors, I was especially drawn to the shows and animated movies (of 90s early 2000s) that had eye-candy design looks to them (in my opinion) I like sharp and flowy styles with bold, precise, black outlines to the world and characters specifically like in The Fairly Oddparents, Total Drama Island, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, Mulan, Sleeping Beauty, Danny Phantom, Invador Zim, Cyberchase, Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, The Power Puff Girls, Teen Titans, Jake Long the American Dragon, Chalkzone, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, Catscratch, The Replacements, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Kim Possible, REGARDLESS IF I WATCHED THESE SHOWS OR NOT (because a couple of these I actually didn’t watch), I favor their art styles to more 'rounder’ or 'sloppy’ or 'shaky’ or 'thinner-lined’ looks so I gave them that. Anywho, with these for inspiration, I based my own art style off what visually appealed to me in these cartoons. IN FACT: I have a whole composition journal with characters I drew and they look like exact copies of Butch Hartman’s characters xD 😅 (y'know how in fop he does the whole pants-lead-into-shoes look? Yeah I did that haha) After realizing I needed to be more original, I drew realistic-er looking characters more often in my preteen 12-13-14 years (I also drew a lot of ponies in 2013) but then trashed that fake realism style and went back to knockoff Butch Hartman style because (for one, my girls in dresses/fashion design drawings had been stolen so that was a sign) and also I finally faced the music and said “I can’t draw shoulders!!” xD I was always more a cartoonist and I kept drawing ASDF style doodles and crappy shouldered people up until my 16th year when I saw Zootopia, and the characters shoulders were sloped (e.g. Nick Wilde) so I thought “hey that’s the solution!” The majority of my human character drawings now have sloped, to little, to no shoulders all because of how Disney described the mammals’ anatomy…and I copied that x3 And as far as the fan artists, TheWyvernsWeaver over on devianart has easily one of the top most influential art styles IN GENERAL to me too! Weaves is my favorite!! I wish I could draw like him bc that’s the edgy, riveting, and even sexy drawing style I’ve always wanted to go for! >:) On another note, I remember when looking through the Big Hero 6 art book, Shiyoon Kim’s character designs really stuck out to me and I was influenced by them too. The first boy character I ever drew and was actually proud of was based off of Hiro Hamada’s design so yeah ^^

How did I develop my drawing style? In summary, over a long period of years I was observant in cartoon show styles of the time, copied them, then tweaked to meet my own spin and look preference. Nowadays when I draw a human, people still say “It’s like a mix of Danny Phantom, Total Drama Island, and Kim Possible!” And yup they still have no shoulders but I’m /working/ on that ^^; Also in some places you can see I drew thicker lines flowing into thinner lines then back to thick, or sharp lines leading into flowy lines which is all heavily based on Panty and Stocking. Lastly, as much as I’d like to draw pupils and highlights in eyes, which I used to do, I still keep my characters with the single color circle irises (again, the butch hartman/total drama design) bc it looks..more..alluring? Captivating? Blind but not blind? I don’t even know how to describe it, but ahh that’s my journey up until now of discovering my drawing style and you better believe I’m gonna be improving forever!

#ask the fever #artist stuff

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thisisfubarproductions · 7 years

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INTERVIEW. 051 - CRAIG WEDREN

How do you approach writing lyrics? Where do you draw inspiration from? Has it changed from STT to your solo work?

My approach to lyric-writing varies depending on the venue. If I'm writing a song for a movie, I often employ more 'traditional' song craft and lyrical clarity. This was exciting and challenging to me after Shudder To Think, where I took the opposite tack, opting instead for more natural, impressionistic juxtaposition of images that tickled or frightened me, kind of like a David Lynch film, but using words. My upcoming record, 'Adult Desire' is what I call 'Domestic Surrealism' and lyrically (as well as melodically) ranges from the most direct, to the most abstract writing I think I've done.

How did you come up with the end verse of X French Tee Shirt? Did the melody or lyrics come first or both at once? Do those lyrics have any particular meaning to you or is it more a stream of consciousness?

I wrote X-French Tee Shirt at my dad's apartment on an acoustic guitar (like many of Shudder songs). I had a digital clock/cassette player next to my teenaged-bed into which I would jot ideas. I knew I wanted to make the simplest twisted song ever, with as few chord changes as possible, and let the vocal melody and rhythmic hiccups give the song character and texture. For the end verse/outdo/chorus/whatever-it-is, I remember I was thinking vocally about Joni Mitchell -she packs so much challenging and satisfying info into her melodic and syllabic flights. But that was after the melody had evolved -I was like 'Oh -Joni Mitchell!' the lyrics were stream-of-consciousness, but I worked them to a point where the stream was satisfying to me, emotionally and image-wise. so I couldn't tell you what its 'about' in the literal sense, but it feels right, and somehow meaningful to me intuitively, like seeing shapes and shadows out of the corner of your eye.

I have a gig poster with Foo Fighters, Shudder To Think and Wool on the bill - How did STT go down with Foo Fighters fans? And do you have any specific memories of Wool? They’re an overlooked band I think.

Shudder To Think generally antagonized Foo Fighters fans, and both we and Foo Fighters LOVED IT. For Foo Fighters' final encore, I would join them for a very straight, rousing and un-ironic version of 'Lovin Touching Squeezin' by Journey. Fans HATED it. Except the ones who LOOOOOVED it. Those were our people.As for Wool, I loved them, and I agree they're overlooked. I don't have any specific memories, but I always loved SCREAM, and thought Wool was a great evolution from that band. The Stahl bros ROCK.

If you had to choose one standout moment from STT original run what would it be?

My favorite Shudder To Think era was 'Get Your Goat' into 'Pony Express Record'. That was when my songwriting and singing style really crystallized -no compromises- and when band members were all on the same page. One unit. One mission. Although the lineups are different on those records (Mike Russell on drums, Chris Matthews on guitar for 'Goat'; Adam Wade on drums, Nathan Larson on guitar for 'Pony Express') those records feel like a kind of coalescence of what we were about.

Does Epic Records still have the rights to Pony Express Record? Do you think there’s any chance of a reissue? It’d be cool if you could collaborate with Dischord to reissue the STT albums including the Epic releases similar to what Jawbox did with their major label albums.

Ian MacKaye and I have been talking about how to re-release some of those records. I would particularly like to get my hands on the multitracks of Tenspot, Funeral At The Movies, and Get Your Goat and do a little remixing, now that I know what the fuck I'm doing. Particularly on Tenspot and Get Your Goat, a lot of detail and power -particularly in Chris Matthews' AWESOME guitar playing- is muddy. So we're trying to track those down. Fingers Xd. Ditto Pony Express, but that doesn't necessarily need remixing.

Whats the deal with the pictures of you and Adam Wade in a studio last year? New STT? (C’monnn)

I wrote a lot of new Shudder parts two Winters ago, and Adam and I started working some of them out, but then life/career/family intervened. The rest of the band -Stuart, Nathan- were down, and basically said 'send us stuff when you've got the ideas together'! But aside from me and Adam, we all live in different parts of the world and have very full lives, so its really a logistical question. I just finished a super-busy school year's worth of film and TV work, plus am finishing my new record, so I'm about to dig back into the new Shudder stuff and figure out the best route forward. David Wain and I have talked for years about making a movie (a narrative, not a doc) based on Shudder To Think music, so that may be the best forum for it, particularly given Nathan's and my 'day job' scoring films. Or else just to release singles as we finish the songs. We'll see. Suffice to say its a priority in my heart(:

How did you transition from a band situation to scoring films? Did you learn as the work came along or did you have a good understanding of the process before you started?

Growing up, I always had a home studio (first a 4-track, then an 8-track, now a sweet backyard facility called 'Pink Ape Studios') where I would make relatively experimental, atmospheric jams that people said sounded like movie music. When I got to college a lot of my friends were in film school, and needed music for their student films. I was the only guy they knew who was like a 'real' musician in an actual band with actual records, so I would sometimes make music for their films or theater pieces. This group went on to become The State, an when we graduated, Shudder To Think signed to Epic and The State hooked up with MTV. Again, they needed music, so I occasionally wrote for their skits (not to mention the theme song, which features Nation of Ulysses!). After Pony Express Record, Shudder To Think started to rupture, and we could see that there was little future for us on a major label, at least if we wanted to stay creative and weird and happy. We were all pretty big film buffs, and around that time -the end of the '90s- some of our friends were making their first feature films. Our buddy Jesse Peretz made the film 'First Love Last Rites' for which he asked us to compose songs and score. It was the perfect escape hatch, and led quickly to Lisa Cholodenko's debut 'High Art' and writing songs for 'Velvet Goldmine' by Todd Haynes.Sadly, that booster shot wasn't enough to keep the band from fraying -Nathan's and my relationship in particular had sadly corroded- and we parted ways. But Nathan and I continued on our respective paths.

What are your favourite movie scores?

Oh boy -big question.Mica Levy's score for 'Under The Skin'; Bernard Herrmann's 'Vertigo' score; and pretty much anything by Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone come to mind.And the way that David Lynch uses sound design as score is my faaaaavorite thing.

What plans do you have for 2017?

My new album 'Adult Desire' will be out at the end of the Summer, and I'm creating an album-length video accompaniment. Its melodically very direct but sonically the most experimental thing I've done. I love it and am very excited!I'm starting a record label called 'Pink Ape Recordings' which will be releasing soundtracks by my composing team, Pink Ape. I'll be continuing to perform and develop 'Sabbath Sessions' which is (loosely, very loosely) meditation music I create using just my voice and looping pedals. And I intend to get the new Shudder songs together! Plus of course continue forays into film and tv music, which is a dream a get to live every day.

#Craig Wedren #Shudder To Think #Dischord Records #Pink Ape

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She-ra & Reboot Culture

When we talk about a successful reboot, what are we looking for? Here’s what I think a good reboot need to accomplish.

Bring the characters and concepts of the original property up to date for current audiences.

Explore the characters or world in new and different ways.

Add depth to the original concept.

For the Honor of Grayskull!

Chris

P.S. Can you imagine getting a ✨Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders✨ reboot that brought all this to the table? I’d die!

Read the complete blog at The Jewel Riders Archive! http://www.jewelridersarchive.com/posts/she-ra-the-princesses-of-power-and-reboot-culture/

#jewel riders #princess gwenevere and the jewel riders #princess gwenevere #unicorn #unicorns #animation #kenner #doll #dolls #mattel #She-ra #she ra #princess of power #motu #masters of the universe

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