H: can i wear...sunglasses and ear defenders?

W: yeah, wear whatever you want, mate.

H: ...fine.

W: hmm ^^

deadass what if i just started crying

hiiiiii guyyyyyys its been a while huh :] heres some pyrrlinas since its taking me forever to finish the other things i've been drawing of them and im impatient and cant wait anymore <3 (AND THIS TIME I REMEMBERED TO ADD THE WATERMARK LOL)

it's 2AM and everyone's asleep - can i talk about how cool the whole "each time a celestial primate is born an anomaly happens" thing is??

because since it's so ambiguous in JTTW, it's fun to just play around with that, like other media has in the interpretations in the other 3 like.

i just think it's COOL because Wukong's eyes pierced the sky and alerted Heaven -- what other cool things could happen? and Macaque's was so.

Originally, it was going to be "And when you were born, the entire moon went dark." but that couldn't happen for a variety of reasons. The anomalies have to affect something, but it can't be lasting. It has to be something that gets the attention of the divine in a way that they immediately know "hey, something's going on."

and with MK's, it's sooo MUCH, that it drew the attention of everyone! Because, comparatively we have 1) a bright golden light, 2) a shadow falling over the moon, 3) all the stars flashing brighter for a few seconds, 4) an earthquake that shakes all the realms PLUS golden flowers blooming on the trees.

the fact that there's TWO parts is super important. I wanted that to be a showing of MK's power but also to show his nature as the celestial primate of balance. Because the trees bloomed gold in every realm to highlight his influence and duty, but the earthquake speaks to how powerful he is, how that power has to be carefully maintained or it could spiral out of control.

because I kind of just thought about the nature of the anomalies, too. Wukong's being that bright light and it piercing Heaven just makes me think of his title about being equal to Heaven, how he wanted to be recognized and respected and treated as a divine. that craving for attention.

Macaque's is subtle, a "blink and you miss it" type anomaly because it happened so fast, but it's noticeable in a way like "wait, what was that? the moonlight faded for a second" it's sneaky, it's not outright asking for attention...it's making itself known, but keeping to the night, stalking the shadows. and obvs. the moon itself being linked to the tides, Macaque being born from seafoam. It's neat!! just the symbolism that's associated with water -- wisdom, patience, restoration, guidance. it suits him so well.

Can't talk about the third one for Little Star too much, but the stars FLASHING brighter for a few seconds? all that burning gas just... getting HOTTER and more intense, lighting up the night sky??? attention grabbing for sure, but also intense. exciting, captivating, thinking, perhaps, that something wonderful is about to happen, but then it fades...

it's fun to think about it link them to their characters.

has someone made gifs of the two times luigi has ripped his shirt off yet

Trying? Trying??? By learning. By succeeding!

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this is very nice actually thank you so much <3 <3 and like, i probably do need to give myself more credit in general but also i am still very much learning and stumbling and figuring digital art out (and for the most part it is so fun)

I’m gonna ramble about this a bit so bear with me and also i apologize lol, but that art was done after a month of getting increasingly more frustrated with everything turning out so badly and eventually realizing that I was trying to 1. copy a certain look/style that i’ve internalized is what fanart and digital art should look like and is very far away from my style/comfort zone 2. i was trying to do everything digital allows without being comfortable with it or understanding it

so (and this took me a month to realize ? ??) i did what i already knew from doing acrylic and oil painting in the past and could somewhat easily transfer to digital without having to know more than the basics, like i didn’t use a lot of the things digital provides or allows for. i used layers for my own peace of mind but without actually needing them and did some color adjusting (honestly, the color adjusting digital lets you do is such a blessing to me) but the only fancy way i really utilized the medium was making it a gif (which is so fun and a lot easier than i would have thought, like honestly watch me make any future art into gifs too) but there are so many things you can do with the medium with settings/effects, different brushes, tools to use in the process etc that i just do not understand what they are or how to implement them so i am very slowly learning digital art as a whole new medium rather than just being able to use it to adapt what i already know

this whole revival of tlou / the tlou fandom has been so visceral for me. i love it and i love how silly it is. my fyp is flooded with ellie williams edits, and i'm seeing her from angles that i Don't Remember initially seeing her from, and realizing Why i went absolutely ballistic when that e3 trailer came out in 2016. i'm seeing clips of bits of dialogue and details from the first game that i literally don't remember happening, and then i'm curled up in a ball, contemplating rewatching a playthrough of the entire first game again. i'm seeing elliedina edits to these sad ass songs and ellie joel edits to sad ass songs, and ellie riley edits, and just there's So many Edits. not to mention the fact that the show is just Good and seeing people who have actually made that a possibility (pedro and bella and nico and gabriel) in these cute ass photos is making my Stomach hurt. the last of us got renewed for a second season. i got really excited because that meant that we could learn more and see more like i'm excited to learn more about cat and more about ellie's adolescence in jackson, i have literally never trusted neil or the writers more with this story. it's so exciting to watch it all unfold. and it's all so silly because it's supermundane and useless but i love it and i kind of forgot how much the last of us really does mean to me and i know it is super silly, but i truly do adore this franchise with everything in me and it is so. like. it's Such a pleasure to be able to watch it be Watered like this again, and watch so many different people indulge in it and get hype about it and just ! oh my god wow i really do ,, i really. Clasps My Very Happy Hands Together. Puts them in front of my lips. i Love it. this is all so gorgeous. wow. gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous stars stars stars stars

sometimes someone leaving your life is a good thing and you should see it as the opportunity to be with people who really care about you <3

So I'm playing through DRv3 and everytime something happens I message my friend and then have to explain extra lore and she generally is just like "aight bitch idc I can't read all of that, just send me some screens" but I still send the long thoughts anyway cause thats True Friendship

💭

🙃

‘tism and not registering tone is going for a meal with a guy, wracking up an 80 quid tab, agreeing to split it 60:40 bc he’s on a living wage and you’re a student, getting home and then about a week (and one realisation later) having to ask your housemate if she thinks he thought it was a date and wanted to fuck.

I get trying to be a good and nice teacher and district policy and whatnot but I’m just saying if your students don’t do the work, fail them.

i always draw myself smiling in my self portraits even tho im really not in real life and its entirely bc people bitch at me like why are you frowning and like idk how to tell you this but my resting face is indeed frowning

me starting drama in my friend group for no reason (jk theres actually many reasons)

Sometimes I'll just be fuckin around on Tumblr and then I'll just remember that people follow me???? People consistently see what I post and reblog??? And sometimes they like it???

And then it hits me that I have fucking mutuals????? And ones that I see frequently in my notifications??? Don't get me wrong I appreciate it a lot, but also I want to just grab y'all by the shoulders and ask why???? Why my stupid shit??? I'm so confused who are you little people who live in my computer and just vibe with what I vibe with but also thank you? We have never talked once but it's like we always see each other when walking in the hall and just always nod as we pass.

You guys are really fuckin cool; thanks for just vibing with me.