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cuteniaarts · 2 months

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Honestly, one of the main reasons I’m still dead set on finishing AIDIB is because once the AU progresses, we’ll eventually get to see badass bloodbender Suiren

Bonus, Live Kuvira Reaction:

#my art #artists on tumblr #the legend of korra #original character #under the oak’s shade #sotrl suiren #technically the tag should be utos suiren but that’s make the tagging system difficult #so it’s staying under sotrl #and yeah yeah I know bloodbending isn’t quite so literal but I don’t have the skill to draw her using it on someone #it’s probably more bending the water inside a person and not actually their blood but shh. don’t ruin my fun #design notes time:#I’ve had this particular version of suiren in my head for maybe a year and a half now?#I wanted to really show the difference her happier upbringing in this AU made #she normally has no reason to have fur on her clothes bc she’s a swampbender. but I think she’d be inspired by ikiaq #somewhat of a parallel to midori wearing red bc of zhi. and her hair is braided bc it’s not such a sensitive spot anymore #haya did manage to turn it into a trigger but since it didn’t compound over 16 years it’s much easier for her to recover from it #I like to think zhi does it for her :) kat never gave me info about Zhi’s braiding abilities so I can do what I want #and it’s tied off with red ribbons bc red lotus rep. and also a bit of zhi’s influence #of course. a huge reason why I chose braids in particular is because young p’li has them in my design #and I’m very evil. apparently. but also I like how Suiren and midori both parallel both p’li and lien-hua #each of them has traits of both. but that’s something I’ve screamed about plenty of times already. so I will refrain #and yes she is wearing black fingerless gloves bc I think she should be allowed to act like the edgy 17 year old she is in this AU #essentially. Suiren in this au is a much healthier and happier version of herself #the trauma of losing her parents and those 6 months with haya still weigh on her. she still has very bad days #but she has adults who care about her and help her through it. here her child self isn’t dead by her own hand #she’s alive and often shines through because suiren got to remain a child for much much longer #she did lose her innocence. she did grow up quickly in some ways. but living with zhi and ikiaq and healing from all that #gave her her childhood back. she’s still a bit too overprotective over midori. still rather jumpy in her sleep #but her smiles and laughter aren’t fake. she lets people touch her hair. she acts much more her age #she’s happy with her life. and eventually. she becomes strong enough to bring their whole family back together again. she’s amazing

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kochei0 · 2 months

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I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

⚔️ If you want to read some queer retelling of arturian legends have a look at my webtoon

#greek mythology #ares #athena #greek gods #dont get me wrong it aint athena slander but it sure is ares praise #on some level at least #man justly accused of bad things deserves some mid praise more at 11 #thank you romi for helping me with words though i duly noted you insisted on ares not being cautious rather than him not being careful #romi be like “i want him to care” and honestly good you should say it #also EPIC led to this and i just..... i want to draw some animatics man i just need infinite time now #my long lost love for greek myths just will never stop coming and they dont stop coming and they dont stop coming #i want some vulture design in here for ares but not sure about this one #kochei doodles

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whetstonefires · 1 year

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You know what I realize that people underestimate with Pride & Prejudice is the strategic importance of Jane.

Because like, I recently saw Charlotte and Elizabeth contrasted as the former being pragmatic and the latter holding out for a love match, because she's younger and prettier and thinks she can afford it, and that is very much not what's happening.

The Charlotte take is correct, but the Elizabeth is all wrong. Lizzie doesn't insist on a love match. That's serendipitous and rather unexpected. She wants, exactly as Mr. Bennet says, someone she can respect. Contempt won't do. Mr. Bennet puts it in weirdly sexist terms like he's trying to avoid acknowledging what he did to himself by marrying a self-absorbed idiot, but it's still true. That's what Elizabeth is shooting for: a marriage that won't make her unhappy.

She's grown up watching how miserable her parents make one another; she's not willing to sign up for a lifetime of being bitter and lonely in her own home.

I think she is very aware, in refusing Mr. Collins, that it's reasonably unlikely that anyone she actually respects is going to want her, with her few accomplishments and her lack of property. That she is turning down security and the chance keep the house she grew up in, and all she gets in return may be spinsterhood.

But, crucially, she has absolute faith in Jane.

The bit about teaching Jane's daughters to embroider badly? That's a joke, but it's also a serious potential life plan. Jane is the best creature in the world, and a beauty; there's no chance at all she won't get married to someone worthwhile.

(Bingley mucks this up by breaking Jane's heart, but her prospects remain reasonable if their mother would lay off!)

And if Elizabeth can't replicate that feat, then there's also no doubt in her mind that Jane will let her live in her house as a dependent as long as she likes, and never let it be made shameful or awful to be that impoverished spinster aunt. It will be okay never to be married at all, because she has her sister, whom she trusts absolutely to succeed and to protect her.

And if something eventually happens to Jane's family and they can't keep her anymore, she can throw herself upon the mercy of the Gardeners, who have money and like her very much, and are likewise good people. She has a support network--not a perfect or impregnable one, but it exists. It gives her realistic options.

Spinsterhood was a very dangerous choice; there are reasons you would go to considerable lengths not to risk it.

But Elizabeth has Jane, and her pride, and an understanding of what marrying someone who will make you miserable costs.

That's part of the thesis of the book, I would say! Recurring Austen thought. How important it is not to marry someone who will make you, specifically, unhappy.

She would rather be a dependent of people she likes and trusts than of someone she doesn't, even if the latter is formally considered more secure; she would rather live in a happy, reasonable household as an extra than be the mistress of her own home, but that home is full of Mr. Collins and her mother.

This is a calculation she's making consciously! She's not counting on a better marriage coming along. She just feels the most likely bad outcome from refusing Mr. Collins is still much better than the certain outcome of accepting him. Which is being stuck with Mr. Collins forever.

Elizabeth is also being pragmatic. Austen also endorses her choice, for the person she is and the concerns she has. She's just picking different trade-offs than Charlotte.

Elizabeth's flaw is not in her own priorities; she doesn't make a reckless choice and get lucky. But in being unable to accept that Charlotte's are different, and it doesn't mean there's anything wrong with Charlotte.

Because realistically, when your marriage is your whole family and career forever, and you only get to pick the ones that offer themselves to you, when you are legally bound to the status of dependent, you're always going to be making some trade-offs.

😂 Even the unrealistically ideal dream scenario of wealthy handsome clever ethical Mr. Darcy still asks you to undergo personal growth, accommodate someone else's communication style, and eat a little crow.

#hoc est meum #pride and prejudice #elizabeth bennet #charlotte lucas #meta #charlotte is a much less sociable person than lizzie #so avoiding her husband most of the time and not seeking out his company is more viable for her!#she also has more patience for people being wrong #partly i think because she kinds checks out and lets them get on with it which lizzie isn't too great at even with her mother #people have different needs like that's a thing okay #marriage #spinsterhood #pragmatism #like if elizabeth had to listen to collins talk for a few months straight she would be nearly insane with rage #he's not just a low-quality man he's a man designed to be the worst for her specifically #also note that because jane's marriage is elizabeth's fallback plan #darcy screwed her over personally by interfering between her and bingley #she ofc does not bring this up how could she #but it's intensifying the anger during the hunsford rejection i think

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puppyeared · 8 months

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axolotl

#covers my face. this is dumb theyre dumb idk what was going thru my mind making this.h #i like this brush tho i think ill keep using it #i had this thought awhile ago that axolotls kind of remind me of macs ears. and i had a nice thought that if wukong ever saw one #he'd say the same thing. and thats why im sitting here with my head in my hands #macaque doesnt know if hes embarassed amused or straight up smitten. its all 3 #i have such a hard time drawing necks and shoulders.. mac is supposed to kind of hunch up his shoulders #the way some ppl do when they bow their neck down kind oflike. defensive-tucking in position when theyre making themselves small #i cant really get it to look right so it kinda looks like his head is sunken too close to his shoulders. so i guess ill keep practising #maybe if i brought his head closer to the collarbone it will look better. but i struggle with foreshortening so theres a chance itll #just look like his neck starts at the collar. ughhh #god have mercy if i ever draw hugs. i hate positioning the shoulder i hate hate hate it. 10 dead 17 injured #i have new design note ideas for em but ill post another time #myart #doodles #lego monkie kid #lmk #monkie kid #shadowpeach #lmk sun wukong #lmk swk #lmk macaque #lmk six eared macaque #lmk liu er mihou

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courfee · 25 days

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“Regulus would be proud of us,” James whispered quietly to no one in particular, still gripping onto the painting like a life raft.

— Tender Curiosities, Baby! @otrtbs

#ive thought about this scene for so long it just took me forever to draw cause once again the anatomy of cars is the bane of my existence #like originally i wanted evan and barty holding hands to be visible to have the contrast of sad lonely james and sad not lonely rosekiller #but alas cars wont allow it #ahb just still has my entire heart you dont get it #i have a none blurry rosekiller and a just james in front of blue with stars version of this but i think ill only put them on insta...#tender curiosities baby #art heist baby #james potter fanart #james potter #jegulus #rosekiller #rosekiller fanart #marauders #marauders fanart #evan rosier #barty crouch jr #jegulus fanart #jegulus fanfiction #fic: ahb #art heist baby!#mine #my art #hp #ahb #(sneaky end notes: i do have to admit i am not too pleased with evan and barty but this was my first time drawing them)#(so i couldnt figure it out quite yet hency why they look a little. less efforty...)#(also the snake ring is the same design that i drew for chapter 34 of ahb in my little chapter illustrations for my typeset)#((nvm i just checked back and i am fully lying here i used a different one for my typeset and now im vaguely upset oops)#(i shouldnt make decisions only half awake im going to think about this for too long now i am sad))#((like suddenly i was like. hold up. i had a different design there didnt i... it was an open ring goddamnit))

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laithraihan · 3 months

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#reigen arataka #mp100 #mob psycho 100 #my art #i have another sketch page where i put notes on design choices but i'll post it another time

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maiaczy · 4 months

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I've been kinda slow with the requests lately coz uni work is kicking my ass rn, but since it's jojolands day I felt morally obligated to do this one

@cailaope

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zivazivc · 4 months

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Man she really dumped him for being sad? I see where creek got his personality-

queen also didn't sign up for raising baby brothers-in-law instead of their own kids that they've been planning on having

#trolls #dreamworks trolls #is JD Creek's father?#the ballots are still coming in and it keeps being 50/50 #not that i won't go with my own preference in the end #but I prefer not to say anything and let the chaos go on XD #trolls creek #baby creek #trolls oc #freesia #drawing baby creek makes me feel weird #like drawing baby hitler #but he is one of my favorite character designs and he is cute #my art #answered #on a more serious note #it's unforgivable what freesia did and the way she did it #but the reasons for the breakup were more complicated and messy than i made it seem in that post #they had plans for the future that got postponed then derailed because of the deaths of the parents #and then JD started spending less and less time with her since he had to provide for the family #and the time they did spend together he used just to vent about his problems (understandable)#but at one point she had enough #so yeah...#also i headcanon JD always wanted to be a dad before this #and was excited to start a family #but then he got traumatized

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numbuh424 · 4 months

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here's a near & mello swap🍫🧩

#death note #death note fanart #near #mello #mihael keehl #nate river #anime #manga #digital art #fanart #elle draws #I know everyone's done one of these but I've had these as sketches since 2020 so I thought I'd just finish them #when you really think about their hairstyles (mello with the bob cut and near with the typical fluffy anime boy hair)#you can totally understand how their designs got swapped #this started as just a warmup i spent way too much time on these when i have other stuff i need to finish...

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npcproject · 10 months

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PC 01-1 Darryl Wilson

#dndads #npc project #dungeons and daddies #pc #darryl wilson #design notes:#doing a pc every 20 npcs #this is darryl at the beginning of their journey #he’s just a guy #guy of all time #s1

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onemillionfurries · 4 months

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i gotta stop scrolling through the palworld tumblr/twitter search holy shit my brain is rotting.

Palworld did not use AI in it's designs oh my god. the initial trailer for the game dropped in 2021, before AI art generation really kicked off into high-gear, and you can see many designs there that are finalized for the final game. You can look at the original trailer here. No doubt that many other creature designs were also finalized during this time.

Additionally, lets also look at what AI pokemon actually DID look like at the time:

... these look absolutely nothing like palworld designs. palworld designs are very deliberate "pokemon but legally distinct" or "two pokemon mashed together", wheras these are an amalgamation of all the pokemon available at the time. if anyone remembers the melty surreal AI of the time, you know there's no way to ask it to give you a "normal type lycanroc" and have it produce direhowl's design.

I also feel like this whole discourse around accusing the team of using AI for their monster designs does a disservice to the completely original designs in the game? because believe it or not, there are a lot of wholly unique designs in this game! my personal favorites so far being Tombat, Swee, and Caprity.

if it turns out that everything truly was AI generated then that's egg on my face. you're allowed to have your opinions on the plagiarism of palworld's monster designs, but don't go around spreading false information you read online just because it sounds true and makes the game look worse.

#lab notes #palworld #palworld discourse #im so tired yall #anyways look at Caprity. i love it so much i wanna hug it so so so bad #it looks so soft #it kicked my ass multiple times in game #i also rly hope that if/when they update the game:#if they add new pals that theyre a lot more original designs. PLS i love the original designs SO much

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odeu-m · 3 months

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b4 death B) - angel w a little hat below cut <3

tried to stick to their death dates a bit but. idk i only googled for like 5 mins. also i wanted those old news print colours 😌

#alastor #niffty #angel dust #hazbin hotel #fanart #i wanted to like. idk not necessarily match their designs but what i think they'd have looked like when alive #a lot of people give angel heterochromia which i dig but i like the idea he's got the same thing as david bowie - 2 different sized pupils #i wanted 2 make niffty deranged but also sweet bc i love her dearly but i do think she killed people #alastor i tried to like give him a cab calloway vibe like charming but then also his scary little smile #Had to give Al the little glasses chain for extra cuntitude #angel i think was strange to make bc. he's the least human out of these 3 to me. so he could've looked like anything.#you can pry him being a bleach blonde out of my cold dead hands tho this man has dark hair naturally #needed him to look Fruity. but only a little. the amount of times i'd give him makeup then had to force myself to remove it #i love talking abt visual headcanons im so shit at writing to so you'll have to put up w drawings just so i can ramble abt them in the note #human niffty #human alastor #human angel dust #.ctf

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pcktknife · 1 year

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final evos for my fakemon starters are finally done ^w^

pre-evos + extra notes under the cut

#myart #pokemon #fakemon #mycharacters #character design #the evolutions were all done w a fair amount of time between em and you can TELL #its late i went to sleep early so im up <///3 #i was gonna add their dex entries and shit but im tired man #EDIT: theres more notes now

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quartergremlin · 4 months

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#I don't have time today to influence the poll so week long!#Should be noted that I haven't actually designed or had plans for Leo yet #However I do have them at least partially for the others #This is less of a “correct answer” and nore of a “checking vibes” poll #See answers is for me! So I can study y'all like bugs

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wildflowercryptid · 5 months

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i thought that i should update florian & juliana's bb academy looks now that i've actually played indigo disk and have better refs of all of the school's uniforms, i wanted to make them look a little more distinct.

#the major reason for the design changes is that i'm pretty sure someone mistook florian for amarys on one of my kieflo drawings #i kinda want to avoid that in the future so now they've both got new looks #i'll add some design notes later i'm too tired to type out my thoughts rn aaa #pokemon #pokemon scarlet and violet #pkmn scarvio #pokemon florian #trainer florian #pokemon juliana #trainer juliana #hc : (pkmn) mjverse #chara : florian russel cavallari #chara : juliana sigal cavallari #🎨 : mj draws #( this is a scheduled upload so i may not be up by the time it posts just so everyone knows! )

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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 11 months

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oop found this in my drafts! might as well post! they become quite close in this au - thats what happens when youve only got each other for a Very Long Stressful Time <3 these are just fragments of scene ideas that came from my single braincell hitting corner perfect <3

#directly after the first one frank took the bat for Violence Purposes #which is good. wally is a pacifist isnt he.#in this au hes only sometimes violent out of necessity and he Hates It Every Time #but frank does Not hate it! yay! thats no longer wallys problem! for a while at least...#they get pretty protective of each other <3 #wh lights out au #scribble salad #welcome home au #side note i am once again gushing over how wonderful franks design is #like hes so nice to look at and draw. truly The Most Design <3

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