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al3zthecat-blog · 3 months

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I've seen takes about Shang Quinghua pressing the Return Home button (either on purpose or by accident) and I've also read takes where the System for some reason (a glitch or a new mission) sends both SY and SQH to the modern world. And they are great BUT.....

What if SQH pressed the Return Home option (I'm thinking on purpose, but you do you) and the System sent both back home.

Let's say that the System didn't give SY that option because he isn't user number 1 and it was up to user number 1 to make this choice. Only, because the System is such an asshole it conveniently disregarded to tell either SY or SQH this.

So SQH not knowing his choice would also affect SY (otherwise he would definitely use this to get SQQ to do as he says, like getting LBH to give him the best food 😂) decides that he will take his chances on the real world. I'm thinking that he does this in part because the System actually answered when he would wake up and told him that in the real world no time has happened or that he would go back before he spilled his ramen and electrocuted himself. The other part could be that he just panicked upon seeing LGY. Or maybe he never saw LGY and was able to explore and sightsee some of the wonders of the world he wrote about and decided that this was as good as it would get here, whereas now that he lived in a cultivation setting he had so much fucking material. He could even write the danmei version of PIDW thanks to Cucumber bro!

So he activates the return home function and proceeds to write SVSSS, only he changes the name of Peerless Cucumber to another dick joke to avoid getting sued, you know, just in case.

For his part SQQ/SY hears the System saying "Activating Return Home sequence in 3, 2, 1" and he proceeds to freak out, except of course he doesn't have time to properly freak out and/or say anything before everything goes black.

SY wakes up in the hospital, his sister found him passed out and proceed to call 110/120*. Because this is SY and he no longer can hear the System he proceeds to go in denial/repression. "Ah... It was all a dream of course" (and to be fair, this would be more of a normal reaction than how he immediately accepted he had transmigrated 😂).

Until some weeks/months/days!? (Knowing Airplane it was probably days) later, Airplane Shooting Towards the Sky starts publishing an spin off/AU of PIDW named SVSSS.

Meanwhile back on SVSSS world either (and because I love SJ and he deserves a happy ending and because YQY also deserves a happy ending and I want these two to reconcile 😭 and what are fanfics for if not to write happy endings for everyone!?!):

SQQ'S body goes into a Qi deviation and SJ wakes up (resuscitates? I'm thinking the System grabbed his soul while he was deviating and put it into storage so SY's soul could occupy the body). Obviously SJ proceeds to FREAK OUT and runs away to CQM sect.

SQQ'S body just stops working. One moment he is breathing and the next he is dead. Somewhere out there SJ wakes up in a plant body (at some point SQH tried to bring back his favorite scum villain and gifted YQY a mushroom plant body with some precise instructions to care for it without telling YQY exactly what the plant was, because he believed if someone could bring back SJ it would be his soulmate YQY, but in case he was wrong better not tell YQY why or what the plant he gifted him was for)

SQQ'S body basically becomes brain dead. Technically alive, but since there is no soul inside the body it is as good as dead (SJ comes back with a healthy plant body and reconciles with YQY in CQM)

In any of these scenarios LBH will freak out, obviously, but in the case of scenario 1 he would have no reason but to think that this like the first time SQQ lost his memories, only now he recuperated many of them and lost the ones that involve LBH. So I guess the best option for a BingYuan reunion would be to go for 2 or 3 because LBH would be looking for SQQ|SY soul not SQQ|SJ (who is alive and safe in CQM sect) but I don't really care for this pairing soooo 🤷🏻‍♀️

Upon crawling out of the earth, SJ encounters YQY who immediately knows that this is Xiao Jiu, he would have the confirmation of what he already knew, that the other SQQ was not SJ. He still has no explanation to what happened or how SQH was able to return SJ to him, but he is glad and thankful to SQH.

SQH who has disappeared. Literally, his body did a Thanos snap and became dust or simply glitched out. Because SQH was never from this world. He was born in this world and given the role of SQH but his body is technically not the one of the original but supplanted it. Similar to a changeling only it was the System and he did this from the womb.

I don't know how it would go from here, kind of a dealers choice, if you want Moshang and BingYuan(?) HEA or if CumPlane HEA in the modern world. Or happy ending for Airplane who now can dedicate time to write whatever he wants because he already has SVSSS written thanks to the System and while that sells he can concentrate in writing other things.

#svsss #fic ideas #shang qinghua #airplane shooting towards the sky #yue qingyuan #original shen qingqiu #shen qingqiu #shen jiu #shen yuan #the system is fucked #Shang Quinghua returns to the modern world #*a quick search on the internet told me this is the equivalent of 911 on China #but I don't know of that is true 😅

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inky-evergreen · 15 days

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Bro has been struggeling with the concepts of maturity and immaturity since he was a wee lad

#tw body horror #cw body horror #tw blood #cw blood #muse arg #don't feed the muse #happy meat farms #alex bale #spongebob theory arg #dftm #anthony williams #the cynical critic #the cynical critics #cynical critic #muse arg au #dftm au #Dltfu #Don't let them find us #digital art #digital artist #artists on tumblr #Mitski strikes again #live laugh love mitski #bro really went downhill after his boyfriend- erm I mean best friend pushed him off the stairs 💀#Anthony was one of those children who were told that they were so mature for his age but was also told that he was too immature for his age #and it was crazy how both was kinda true #Also there was a stage in his life where he was tired of being called immature so he tried to be “ an adult” just to please his mother #also you know that moment in that one cynical critic video about cartoons were Mark didn't want to say his lines and that made Antonio mad #Yeah headcannon those lines where refrencing Anthony and what people told him as a child thats why Mark didn't want to say those lines #lol sorry for headcannon dumping😅

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giotanner · 1 month

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Hey batboys fandom are you interested in some batboys lineart/flat colors art commissions if I'll open them?

Please consider to reblog/share because it's REALLY important (I need some money in these months)

Example:

20/15€ (one character, no background) every extra is +12€

And if you're interested please DM/anon asks are accepted if you have questions 🙏🙏🙏

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windsweptinred · 11 months

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I've been trying to write this for the longest time, but I could just never word it right. It's sat in my drafts, edited again and again.. Never quite managing to capture what I wanted to say, it's something so hard to put into words. But with the encouragement of a mutual who I know this means a lot to ❤️…

There's a tendency with hopeful characters like Hob, to paint them as choosing to be sunshine and rainbows about life. Not in a naive way or easy way, but in a one finger salute to life's negativity. But often what I've experienced with hopeful people I have known, people who have desperately clung to hope despite it all in awful scenarios. Is that hope like that isn't a choice, it is as inescapable as despair. Hope can be a beautiful, golden thing. But often living it is a hard, daily battle that chips away at their energy. It's summed up in a beautifully tragic way by Kim Seung Hee in her poem Hope is lonely, "Hope is a life sentence.' Hope becomes a suit of armour, a life line, a curse… Oftentimes, it would be easier for them to give up… But they don't, they can't, and they are some of the strongest people I know.

Now imagine Hob, simple, human Hob, who's experienced 600 years of life and some of the greatest tragedies of human existence. To continue to live that way day after day. What a pillar of fortitude that man is! When I picture Hob, I think of that old adage of the swan, swimming along gracefully, but desperately kicking his feet underwater to stay afloat. That moment in 1689 where Hob chooses to keep living, there's a second where you can see him visibly call on all his strength before he answers, his voice breaks with emotion when he does. And I think it's one of purest example of hope I've ever seen in media. It's not just that he's fighting the easy choice to give in, he sees the constant battle of hope ahead and chooses it anyway. I've seen a lot of people in the fandom who are struggling and sharing that same path of hope, look to Hob for inspiration. I'm not sure unless you've seen or experienced it for yourself, it's something you'd truly get. But there's a formidable strength, depth and value to the character of Hob Gadling that I think often goes under appreciated.

When I look at Dreamling, I don't see two opposites. I see two beings who understand each other, who know what it is to carry an immense burden and endeavour onwards. In the fandom sense, if Hob is the glue that holds Dream together, Dream is the cradled hands that allow Hob to break. Dream is intrinsically kind, and what people like Hob often need is kindness. Someone to help them drop the smile and like a weary warrior, take a moment's reprieve, before picking up his sword and continuing to fight.

#I just don't know how to get across the true emotions behind this into words #But this is meant with the upmost love for Hob #He means so much to so many #I hope in some way this gets across what I was trying to say #hob gadling #Dreamling #Why is writing so hard #😅#hob!hope #Kinda #Even not as an endless #I feel Hob really does personify humanities experience to hope

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adore-gregor · 3 months

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study smart not hard (altough both is best actually) this saying is so true

#my advice #but this saying is sooo true #i know some people at uni who study for exam so long and hard but then fail or just barely make it :(#like what are you doing? i don't mean this in a mean way but it doesn't have to be this difficult #i don't understand how some people can study for an exam for 2 weeks or even a month and still fail and i don't think they're stupid #or i don't see myself as particulary smart #but i guess they just waste their time a lot and i realized studying effective is so important #now everyone is a bit different and has to find what works best for them but there are certain techniques which are proven to work well #there is so much information on the internet on this look it up seriously #it made my life sm easier i never struggled in uni like i did in school and i get good grades #and if i ever struggled a bit it was because i started so late it was almost impossible to pass 😂#which is why to do both is still best 😂#but i actually always made it and i never failed an exam at uni (which i studied for)#(two i was fooled into to just try without studying bc it's easy lol)#i mean i shouldn't speak too soon but i already made it through some of the most difficult of my studies #ofc it depends on what you study how well this works but i'm speaking for myself #i once passed an exam with a B studying only 2 days as one of the best students while others studied 2 weeks #and got worse grades or failed #still studying only 2 days is stupidity don't do it 😅#so the techniques i find very helpful are ofc exam questions probably the best one #if there are none make your own #then blurting for which there are different ways but i like to just go over a topic and then write down everything i remember #then fill the gaps #quizlet is also great it's an app which allows you to create cards and then tests you in creative ways #videos can be helpful as well for summaries and using summaries in general is normally enough it saves you sm time #normally you don't actually need to know everything but you should be careful it's not a bad summary leaving out too much 😅#and i also like mindmaps bc i'm a very visual person #but all those tipps are mostly for remembering information so it doesn't work so well for other fields of study #well i hope this is somewhat helpful idk 🙈#oh and reading texts over and over again is the most useless in my opinion i don't remember much at all and it takes sm time

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steelthroat · 3 months

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My artist grandpa approves of my transformers art and my sculptures and says I've gotten a lot better and is very happy...

So I guess I can die at peace with myself now :D

#steel rambles #FINALLY #AT LAST #APPROVAL #😭#I couldn't do it with my anime phase but I did it with transformers lmaooooooooo ok gramps #I'm laughing like an idiot agahshdhfhffhf #i mean it's also true that my progress has been slow af because I have been a very lazy artist until the last 2 years...#so yeah-#but now it's time to experiment AND hyperfixate on my favorite alien robots!#and one day I'm gonna be even better than him >:3 #because if we don't treat everything as a competition we get nothing done in this house 😅#DO YOU KNOW HOW EXCRUCIATING OF AN EXPERIENCE IS HAVING AN ACADEMICALLY TRAINED ARTIST AS A GRANDPA WHILE BEING A 12YRS OLD ANIME FAN?????#let's say we huh- agreed to disagree when talking about anime

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freepassbound · 8 months

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Please List five things that make you happy, then put this in the ask box of the last ten people who reblogged something from you. <3

Oh! Thank you, X!

Five things that make me happy?

warm dry clothes on a rainy day

a hot cup of chili

a sip of ice-cold water

publicly-funded television

getting nice asks! 😊

#this list is heavy with recency bias 😂#but no less true for that!#(I think you may have cheated a little here X 🤭)#(since I've barely reblogged anything for a month)#(but you're very kind to do so 🥺🥰)#(I might have to cheat a little too)#(I don't know if the activity record goes back far enough to find 10 😅)#asks #free essentials

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queen-scribbles · 2 years

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Tagged by @haledamage to do this ship meme, and Ardrali won out of the...four or six things I was considering. 😂

no-pressure tagging.... @starsandskies @undyingembers @actualanxiousswampwitch @shynmighty (and a tagback for Rhi if you have another ship you wanna do 😘)

#tagged #endrali jade #arcann tirall #ardrali #i have never enneagram typed before so take those with a grain of salt 😅#the pickles thing is not bc endrali is too shy btw #it's bc she's gonna go ''it's okay i don't wanna make trouble i can take them off''#and arcann's insistent if she asked for no pickles they should Get It Right #do you KNOW how tempted i was to put Green Skinned Space Babe as a trope??#bc even if she's blue it's technically true but idk if it counts when the space babe is the protag in a 'verse where it's not uncommon #for people to be blue/green/purple etc #neither of them really cooks #endrali probably knows the basics if she HAD to #they're both overprotective and spoil each other fight me #aaaand to close off the rambling(though i will continue if nudged) fonts are stay classy for endrali and something wild for arcann

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inrainbowscd · 1 year

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my mother telling me that i'm, and i quote "sick in the head and should get that checked out" like that was news to me!!! moooom come onnnn.... i'm aware of that 🤣 have been for a decade at this point 🤣 did you just notice??? 🤣🤣🤣

#also she was referring to the tamest of my issues rn..... oh man if u only knew what this noggin has been brewing 😅🤣#and she thought that would hurt me btw. lmao i was like.... uhhhhh yea i know? that's literally true and i don't take offence at that lmao #ele.txt

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klutzytomb · 1 year

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I’ve always thought high teens for your age like 16 or 17. Imma go with 16 👍

not to be rude, but could you rephrase the first part of this? I legitimately do not understand that first sentence.

#i cant tell if its because im like half asleep or something but my brain does not compute #im not trying to be rude i just didnt know how else to phrase this if that makes sense #also its really interesting how you think im 16-17 #im not going to say whether or not it's true #i just find it interesting #so far 1 person thought i was 18 (the anon from way back)#2 people think im 16 (one being you)#and 1 person thinking i am 13-14 #its really cool to see how others interpret me #ask kris #also sorry again if this comes off as rude #i really don't mean for it to #😅

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elektroyu · 1 month

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Small art business YT tips: Your personality is the thing that stands out amongst all the others

My sister: Maybe show your personality more? I'm seeing successful people do that a lot

Me: But I don't have one 😭😭

#random stuff #this is only half serious XD #but it's true that I don't understand what that means #or how I could use it #I barely have energy to make art once in a while so I just don't know how that would even work for my situation 😅#how do you grow an art business as a disabled person #genuine question 🥲

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geminitayyt · 5 months

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Hey, I heard from someone that you don't like being depicted as a deer. Is that true, or do they just have misinformation?

Sorry for asking if it makes you uncomfortable. I just wanna know cause I have, like, no context😅

I think people get that from misunderstanding a tweet I put out a while ago. I dont hate being portrayed as a deer. Although, it wasnt something i expected. Pre-hermitcraft gem was almost never drawn as a deer, the antlers were meant to be part of a decorative flower crown, not actually growing out of my skull. So it isn't a depiction that I intended or imagined for myself. When I picture my character she's more of a silly nature elf woman. Because of that, I do sometimes wish I could separate from the deer a bit. I tweeted a while ago that I didn't want to *always* be a deer. So for the skins I have that don't have antlers, I usually prefer those to be humans or some other more fitting animal. Wizard Gem from Empires is a good example, I really didnt picture her as being a deer, it didnt fit with the character for me. But season 8 hermit gem can totally be a deer. That doesnt mean if you portrayed wizard Gem as a deer I was uncomfy, it just didnt align with how I imagined the character, which is fine. For season 10 of hermitcraft I plan to ask the audience not to make me a deer. I've had season 8 & 9 gem both be deer now, and I just prefer for my character to be able to change outfits and forms. I think always being portrayed as a deer is putting me in a cottagecore sized box that I never really asked to be trapped in. Season 10 gem won't make sense as a deer anyway, just cause of the theme i'm going with, but to help the fan artists I am commissioning an artist to portray my character close to how I imagine her, with a few animals I think could work in place of the deer.

also if you just haveeee to draw S10 gem as a deer, I still wont be mad, its not that serious I appreciate all the art.

#geminitay #ultimately you can draw me as a deer as much as your heart desires #but when i get art of myself done it usually wont be deer related #the deer art is adorable tho dont be discouraged #my battle with figuring out who i am and what my characters are is my own problem #will gem beat the cottagecore allegations #stay tuned

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yunmew · 2 years

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My manager inadvertantly gave me some really good advice/encouragement today, and after thinking it through for a couple of hours, I think I'm going to give it a try.

"Do what you need to do. If they don't like it, if they feel uncomfortable, if they get confused, it's their problem."

I feel so many conflicting things about this, but the way others feel is not how I should be making a decision about this.

Hell, people already ignore me/feel uncomfortable around me anyways, what else do I have to lose.

There are so many things surrounding this, related to this, interconnected with this. I've struggled with this my whole life.

But ultimately it's now gotten to the point that as long as someone recognizes my presence by using my name in some form, it's enough.

But as a human being, that's actually not okay. It's not enough.

Over the years I've had to give up so much of myself. I basically gave up everything. And this was just another thing I painfully felt I had to give up in order to survive in this country.

But I don't actually have to do that anymore. I don't have to give up my name.

#Bring out your true self. 自分の個性を輝かせて。#My great grandparents - African American - grew up in the south - barely ever had any interactions with other cultures -#Could all pronounce my name correctly.#'If you care about me you will try.' I don't think thats going to change but maybe-just maybe-I'll ACTUALLY be able to stop caring a bit.#アメリーです、Amélieだよ、あめやちゃ #It's really important not just for me but for others as well. People need to know.#Also - though - you know - it helps if your manager is doing her PhD in inclusion in higher ed😅😅#Unrelated to this post but still related to bringing out your true self - my taxi driver this weekend:#'How many African American women are Buddhist?? You are different and people will respect you!!!' 😂

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adore-gregor · 4 months

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ugh

#altough it got better in a way my self confidence is still so bad :(#some days it's worse than others it changes with my mood or idk #just lately i have been feeling kinda down about myself #i just have never been this naturally confident person and i feel like i'm not enough or not doing enough a lot at times :/#when i was younger it was even worse and i thought of myself that no guy would ever like me bc i'm so not good looking #obviously that was not true and guys do like me and i would not go that far anymore but often i look at myself and think average at best #even though that might not even be true and sometimes i like what i look like in a mirror but i think to myself just good lighting or sth #and so often when i see a bad picture of myself i feel so ashamed like i'd just wish i looked differently #and when guys tell me i'm pretty or also other people i find it so difficult to believe that like i don't see that in myself #but it does not make a sense i know others don't think of me like that also guys i think of as a attractive but i don't see myself like that #but it's not just that i often also feel doubtful i will ever achieve much #i always think i should be finished with uni already or have better grades #and mostly that i'm not smart enough in general #but my grades are not even bad and i'm not failing any classes #like i just got another a in that class (i'm actually really happy about that one) but then i think okay but some people have all a's #like i could do better i could study harder #unfortunately i'm a master of procrastination as well 😅 and quite good at lol #what i mean is that i manage to study very little compared to others and still get good grades - sounds good but keeps me lazy 😅#and i also think when i achieve a good grade often that i don't deserve it that much because i could have studied more #and that i just got lucky which is not very rational i know 😅#or once i actually just passed an exam (i studied the night before) and i though yeah the teacher just felt sorry for me and let me pass #realistically i don't think it was like that #and at uni i studied for big exams which were feared by students for 2 days and got a b #which should indicate i'm somewhat smart but i think i just know the right study techniques and got lucky again #altough i do know good study techniques i think :))#buuut sometimes i do things which are so dumb like i do have these moments my mind is going like blank #and it's not difficult things even #like in football we did this exercise of a series of passes and everyone got it but me until a few tries like how is this harder #i'm just kind of bad at envisioning like this series 3 dimensionally in my mind idk i usually get it once i do it and remember the movement #what it feels like

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creatingblackcharacters · 2 months

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Lesson 4: "Do Black People Blush?" Bringing brown complexions to life

Inspired by this ask

So, do Black people blush?

We are human beans 🤣! Blood rushes through our veins! This isn't just a nonblack misconception either; I know plenty of Black people who think we don't blush. Stop saying that shit. It's not true! If you thought this at any point, I'm glad you learned, TAKE THIS L IN SILENCE! I am sparing you the indignity of saying this out loud, ever! 🙏🏾

Jokes aside, the actual issue usually lies with the depiction or description. Depending on our skin tone, most of us aren’t going to turn ‘bright pink’ with a blush (if you write that in your y/n or roleplaying fics, that’s an easy way to negate a good amount of your potential Black audience). Think of a cherry coke- how you still see the tint of red in it, but it’s still brown? Like that.

One way to dodge this in writing is to say “flushed”, or “ears/cheeks became hot”. This is describing the physical action of blushing, without having to describe the color of someone’s face. If you’re really nervous about not writing us correctly via blushing… there you go!

Colorism

Okay. So this is something I’ll likely do its own lesson on, because there’s no way I could encapsulate it into one little blurb and I’m not going to try! After asking the internet an admittedly confusing question 😅, one thing I was able to reaffirm is that people have different opinions on what ‘dark’/’darker’ skin tones mean. People recognize that different cultural upbringings and contexts will change what that means! And that’s good- that an important part of the larger conversation!

However, I want everyone to understand that you don’t have to be Black to be dark/’darker’ skinned- you can be Black and very pale! We discussed that in the last lesson! There’s no ‘singular point of brown-ness’ that designates a Black person as ‘Black’- there’s an entire sociological conversation behind that!

My point is, this isn’t a ‘oh Black people OVERALL aren’t depicted blushing properly’- because there are ‘lighter’ skinned Black people that wouldn’t suffer as much from this particular issue.

Blushes and Undertones

Three Links for Tips on Medium to Deep Skintones

Different complexions are going to require different colors, there's not a 'one fits all' option. However! What we want to do for deeper brown complexions is to focus on BOLDER, not lighter! Putting light pink or a white person’s ‘nude’ on our skin will often make us look ashy and undercolored. And we don’t like looking ashy.

"It looks like they're ashy!"

What do we mean when we say this about a piece? Well, worse case scenario, it looks like this:

This was NOT one of KD’s better days, and he was thoroughly mocked for this. He got more than enough money for lotion! Anyway, when we say that your art looks ‘ashy’, it means that it feels like the skin of your Black character is gray, or dead. Like a corpse. We don’t look like that unless things are dire.

In fan and professional art, you can sometimes find people user a grey undertone for deeper shades of brown on Black people: NO! We are NOT grey! We are not pitch! Many skin shades of brown can be found based in the oranges and the reds. Based on lighting and depth of complexion, you might even have to go into the blues and purple to capture the brown you’re seeking.

I’m begging us to stop desaturating the browns we use. We can see the difference. It’s usually one of those ‘White Man Painted Brown’ techniques I discussed before; an attempt to ‘make a character Black’ without really committing to it because the brown skin tone ‘doesn’t look good’ to the artist. Brown is beautiful! Commit to brown! Commit to the full design!

Put in the work to create the brown you need!

While this is a traditional art piece (follow Ellie Mandy Art, a Black creator), I want you to notice how she incorporated many colors to create the deep brown for her piece.

-8:05 for the list of paints

-8:05-17:29 for the process

She used black, yes, but it was nowhere near the base color. She incorporated blues and reds and other browns to capture that depth. It wasn’t ‘toss in a bunch of black or grey to get the brown darker’. (SKIP TO THE END TO SEE HOW GOOD THIS PIECE IS, BTW. I felt like I was in the presence of a master watching her do this, fr. We gotta pay artists more.)

I want to use this model as an example to show that while we might get very dark, we're still not 'pitch black'. You can see the flat of the black of their clothes versus their deep complexion. They're not the same!

Even if your character's complexion is very deep brown into black, you still need to incorporate ‘life’ into them (if that makes sense). And you know what? Even if you want to describe your characters as having ‘black’ skin, that’s fine, but there are still other ways to do it- obsidian, the night sky, velvet. Find a way to romanticize our skin (there’s an entire conversation about how ‘black’ is used in a negative connotation in language and storytelling, and we’re ALSO going to have that conversation later!)

A Real Simple Way (i.e. how I do it)

I tried, but I cannot find my skin tones palette link anymore. I’m sorry! But, it’s been essential to my character design. If you don’t ever buy anything else, I would HIGHLY suggest investing in a skin tones palette for your art program.

Everyone say hello to Philia, my OC! I’m used to drawing her, so I’m going to use her as an example. Now remember, I am still an amateur! But this is how I do it!

Admittedly, I do the one on the left when I'm feeling lazy, but more often I'll take the time to do the one on the right. Now here’s the thing- I’m not actually blending the red into the brown. This is on a whole different layer. What I’m actually doing is adding to and fading the color until it’s at a color that I feel is natural. There's definitely an easier, smarter way to do this, but that’s what I like to do- I like to see the stages slowly until I’m comfortable.

You have to mess around and practice; see what looks good and what doesn't. Go into the reds, the oranges, the pinks and observe how it looks- I may go through multiple before I settle on one. It’s really just a matter of getting used to drawing Black skin tones and how they look in different lighting. This one's not perfect for sure.

Resources

Here are some really good posts and Youtube videos on how both to paint skin, and to add blush tones. And remember, as per my usual, the best way to learn how the draw and paint Black people is to follow and learn from Black artists! Another good idea might be looking into Black makeup and Black SFX makeup artists. As people that work with skin on a regular basis, they would be a good place to study what colors can and should be used on different skin colors as a whole.

ami0amii

Likelihood Art

Tiara Anderson

Proko

Sinix

Ross Draws

In summary, focus on bolder colors, be willing to test until you get what you need, and practice! All you can do to get better is to practice! And as always: it’s the thought that counts, but the action that delivers!

#creatingblackcharacters #character design #black characters #black art #black artists #black character design

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luveline · 4 months

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would you ever be willing to write the day spencer and stripper!reader met in the grocery store? i’ve always loved the concept when you’ve referenced it in the story, i would love to read it👀 you’re absolutely incredible and i can never say anything not anon to you because my blog is flooding you with notes constantly and i’m embarrassed😅

thank you for your request ❤️ fem!reader, 1.5k

cw for domestic violence and workplace abuse

There's this weird organic grocery store by Spencer's place that's far too expensive, but it's a ten minute walk, so that's where he goes. (Weird in separation to organic.)

He needs a lot of groceries now he's home for the week. Bread, vegetables, rice, flour if he wants to try and make pancakes, which he does. He also needs a new pen to write a letter for his mom, but Leaven is slightly too small for a stationery section.

He doesn't know what he'll say to her in this one. Maybe that the cases he's going on are easy, or that he's been reading about crows. She's not feeling well lately. It might help her to know he's doing gentle things, even if it isn't true.

No, he thinks. Can't lie to her. He never lies to his mom.

Eggs. Sugar. Coffee grounds. He fills his cart. It'll be a lot to carry on the way home, but better to do it in one go. He likes keeping busy but he's a human being, too, and he's looking forward to spending at least sixteen hours in bed after dinner tonight.

You look tired, too.

Your back is turned, but Spencer knows it's you. You must live close by, he's been seeing you duck in and out for months. Usually with a loaf of bread or a single box of painkillers tucked in your pocket. You don't steal, he'd be able to tell, and he wouldn't say anything if you did, anyways. All he knows about you is that you have a nice smile when you have the energy, and your voice is like silk. Purposeful or by nature, he's yet to guess.

You're standing by the end of the aisle near the checkouts with a basket hanging from your fingers. All you're buying today is a box of pancake mix and a bag of peas.

Weird, he thinks with a smile. Spencer likes weird stuff. It's quirky.

You turn to see which checkout is empty and Spencer's smile abruptly drops.

You have a bruise across half of your face. It isn't strictly fresh —he can see the split skin on your cheek starting to close in on itself, and your purpled eye is open (though barely). You're frowning. Spencer knows how bad it hurts to get hurt like that. For a split second he can't believe someone could do that to another person, and then he remembers the hundreds of women he's had the privilege to meet at their most vulnerable, who trusted him, and he thinks maybe he's capable of helping another one.

“Hey,” he says.

You meet his eyes with a funny smile. “Hey. Sorry, am I in the way?” you ask, your voice stretched, thin but not weak.

“No, you're not, it's… I see you here all the time.”

You hold your breath. When you talk, it rushes out. “So?” you ask wearily.

“Are you okay?”

Your funny smile fades as Spencer's had. He supposes that's the talent of cruelty. Even when it's over, it's not truly over. Your bruise still hurts, and Spencer still needs to know you'll be okay when you go home tonight.

“I see you all the time too. We've… we've actually spoken before, haven't we?” you ask after a moment.

“Yeah, about spirometry. I was out of breath running and–” It doesn't matter. You asked him if he was okay, and he explained that he was, just that his lungs don't hold much air on account of his own laziness, and it doesn't matter. “Are you? Alright? It's a bad bruise.”

“It's getting better.”

It might be, but there's something so raw about seeing you standing there in your sweatpants too big for you and a hoodie with a hole in it, purple and yellow contusion across your eyes and nose like the clumsy stroke of a paintbrush. Spencer will admit to feeling sorry for you.

“Can I talk to you?” he asks, knowing this isn't the right place. “There's the cafe at the front? Let me pay for my stuff and–”

“I'm really okay–”

“You had a cast on your wrist two weeks ago and now you're here with a limp and a really bad bruise,” he says softly, imploringly, “I just wanna talk to you about it. You don't have to say yes, I'm not trying to be weird, but I–”

You cut off his mile a minute speech with a small smile. “Okay. I'm not, you know, doing anything anyways. It'll be nice to sit down.”

Spencer knows it's dumb, but he wants to show he has good intentions. He takes your basket out of your hands and nods toward the cafe past the checkouts. “I'll come and meet you.”

“You don't have to,” you say, gesturing at the basket.

“The damage is done, right? This place is ridiculous.” He doesn't like the way you're holding your hip. It makes him feel sick, even though there's no proof one way or another to say you've been hurt beyond your bruising.

He pays for his things and yours and meets you at the cafe. He's half expecting you to have bolted, but you sit at a table near the entrance, completely still.

Spencer puts his two bags under the table and offers you your pancake mix and peas in their own bag.

“Thanks.”

“Yeah, no problem.”

“It was my boss.” You look at your fingers, spreading them slowly over the table top. “I’m a dancer. Sorry. I know you’re going to ask.”

“And he hit you?”

“Yeah.”

Spencer knows the number for every women’s shelter in every state, but he doubts it would matter to you. He can tell already that you’d say no. He can tell you’re scared, even if you don’t realise it yourself. “Is it getting worse?”

You can’t offer him anything else. He understands how that feels. There have been moments where he desperately wanted to tell someone, anyone, what was going on in his life, but he always holds his secrets like a perpetual ache in his throat. It’s like he can’t tell someone, even if they ask.

Sometimes he just wishes they’d ask twice.

“You can tell me. It won’t sound stupid,” he promises. He’s in some odd place between Agent Reid and young, terrified Spencer, determined to help you, but not sure how. “It’s getting worse, right?”

“Yeah,” you say, the weight of tears on your tongue.

“You’re a dancer. Is he just a boss– Does he… abuse you financially?”

You laugh wetly. “He’s not my pimp.”

He can feel his face heating up.’“No, but do you get paid on time? Everything you earn?”

You shake your head. “No, I don’t get paid on time. He takes a percentage, and somehow there’s always another percentage, and then discipline. And now…”

“Now he’s hitting you.” Very badly.

“I’m not stupid.”

Spencer frowns gently, talks softly, “I didn’t mean to imply that you were.”

“No, I know, but I need you to know I’m not stupid. When we talked before, you– you’re so smart, I bet you know so many smart people.”

He’s not sure where you’re going with this. Perhaps you don’t want to talk about being hurt anymore. It must be a kind of torture to be hurting and know that that hurting will come again. There isn’t an end in sight for you, just right now.

“Can I buy you something to eat?”

“I have money,” you say, taking your small purse from your pocket. There are a few notes wedged inside.

“You can’t take painkillers on an empty stomach, and you should take painkillers again soon. You had some before you came, and they’re wearing off.” He meets your confused frown with a frown of his own. “Your hands are twitching like you want to move away from yourself.”

“You’re very perceptive,” you say in that smooth murmur. Power clawed back, he thinks. You’re protecting one of the things you can control about how you’re seen when everything else is far from it.

“I’m a profiler. Do you,” —he tries not to sound hoity toity— “know what that is?”

“No.”

“I’m an FBI agent.” You’re laughing as he takes out his badge. He joins you. “I know it sounds like I’m making it up.” Spencer offers you his identification passport slowly, so you know he isn’t wielding it around to be an asshole. “I’m in the behavioural analysis unit. We analyse the way people act. That’s why I know you’re in pain.”

You take his badge, looking between his photo and his real face with a growing smile. “If you need all that to know I’m in pain, you’re not as smart as you think,” you tease, gesturing to the mottled skin of your bruise sweetly.

Spencer buys you both cold sandwiches from the front of the shop and a drink to wash down your aspirin. It’s awkward, he guesses, but he’s used to that by now, and under it he can feel your palpable relief. You trust him to not hurt you, if nothing else, and he can work with that.

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