did anyone order a metric fuckton of ghost holow nite

obsessed with the skin for rw actually, feat. @lightosoul

ghost deserves to have swag wings

Happy birthday to the number one princess in the world!! 💖

~from her biggest fans :)

ramble of my scattered thoughts on the piece under cut as usual cuz i love talking 😋

This has been an idea I've been cookin for a while, and it was so cluttered and unlike any other ensemble piece I've made... and I decided I oughta do it anyway. I love Miku, I love Vocaloid, and I wanted to do something really ambitious and crazy for her anniversary. Crazy that she's turning her "canon" age this year TwT

I had the idea floating around since like, May...? And then finally started acting on it around June 18. I'm terrible with deadlines, obvious with how I can never make a silly birthday post in time, so I started wayyyy ahead to make sure I have some room to be lazy lol, especially with an idea as ambitious as this.

This was finished on July 12! So I had to sit on this for an annoying amount of time. Very difficult for someone like me who just wants to talk about everything I'm working on to the masses. But at the very least, that gave me the time to work on the draft for this post.

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Here's some ~behind the scenes~ scribbles leading up to the finished piece!

Left is the chicken scratch plan i made in my handy dandy notebook (whenever things are getting real and ambitious, i always made a rough ROUGH plan in there. Usually I'd do a rough pass of the full thing, but this was too complicated for me to do traditionally. I majorly benefited from digital tools to make this possible). CyberDiva and CyberSongman were considered, but I ended up cutting them cuz I just didn't feel like drawing them sorry-- (just pretend they're off to the side. They gave Ruby and Clara the pizza lol). Right is the "final" completed sketch (before I decided to include Chika mid-way through coloring and VY1 and VY2 near the finish line). I started by drawing the main "groups" separated on a different canvas so I can plop them into the main canvas for easy rearranging and transforming. However I got lazy and ended up drawing everyone in the bottom right corner directly on the canvas since I liked seeing the big picture of everyone's positions. Y'know.

Almost excluded Chika! But I like her design so much that I just felt like including her last-minute. You win this time, Chika fans. VY1 and VY2 were very close to being cut! I added them when I began doing the banner and thought "eh why not". I figured their non-human designs would be pretty easy to include pushed back in the bg. Ik VY1 is more commonly associated with the fan design, but I referenced the hairpin cuz it was simpler and the fan looked very annoying to draw 😭

Sorry to the fans of many Vocaloids I had to cut because this composition was insane enough as is. I promise I wanted to include fellas like CUL, LUMi and Sachiko 😭 I will admit I was a little biased on who I wanted to include over others. Like, I don't normally care for Bruno and Clara, but I wanted to get some more international 'loids in the mix. Also wanted to stick in the realm of official designs and not fan-designs since, as much as I can appreciate those, are just a whole "wait who is that guy supposed to be" situation I didn't wanna deal with. I also did wanna include even more character references through the balloons, but they ended up being kind of ugly and overcomplicated the BG :,) (Oh, and while this was originally planned to be a Vocaloid-only piece, I did end up including Teto, Neru, and Haku 'cuz those are Miku's besties dude!!! They may not be Officially in the club but they're her girls and it would be criminal to not invite them to her birthday).

Anyway, this project marks the first time I've drawn a lot of Vocaloids. Lily, Piko, Rana, Yuki, Yukari, Miki, Maika, and many more lol. All of 'em I've heard or seen in passing, but now I actually drew them, and some have really cool and fun designs!! I got into a habit of drawing Merli after this since I just love her design for example. And I'll probably be drawing more lol!!

Oh and the last thing I'll add for now!! The cake is indeed made up of various song references!! I wanted to reference the "big four" producers, just absolute icons in Vocaloid history. The pink/black checkerboard is "World is Mine" (Ryo), the crescents on the side is "Rolling Girl" (Wowaka), the smiley faces is "Matryoshka" (Hachi), and the three hearts on the side is "The Vampire" (DECO*27, which is sort of a symbol of his whole Mannequin album tbh). I know "The Vampire" is a bit modern but I couldn't think of anything else off the top of my head. I'm a fake DECO fan I know 😔 "Matryoshka" was originally going to be referenced in the colors of the candles but believe me it looked like shit so I just went for something else last minute 😭

That's all I have to say!!! Hope you didn't mind the text wall if you made it here. I hope you like it as much as I do!!!! Happy freakin' birthday Miku!!!!

I have to deal with tagging all these characters now for my page,,, in the drafts my tags got cut off after a certain point so I think I'm massively breaching the tag limit 😭 um... I'll figure that out later...

not losing sleep that i can't tag everyone, even for page organization purposes because some characters have pretty generic names and some are a little hard to see in full yknow. If you're one of those people who tag every character in the art piece you reblog... I am very sorry.

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I FIGURED OUT A WAY TO FUCKING MAKE THE IMAGE SMALLER FOR POSTING ON TUMBLR WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE ACTUAL QUALITY OF THE IMAGE OH MY GOD

Ok so, what I did is go into the clip studio paint file, make a new file, copy and paste the group in the original file, merge everything, get rid of the extra stuff outside of the canvas, and then make the flattened image smaller and crop the canvas. Once you have that, export it and you're done. This helps maintain the actual quality of the image and also helps shrink the file size down to something actually postable (if anyone has a better way of doing this please tell me)

[Edit]: Ok I guess posting something to Tumblr just naturally compresses the image a bit more somehow because I'm looking at it now and zooming in too much makes it a bit blurry so I'm still gonna have to futz around with image quality for future pieces oof

Artist's Note:

I'm so glad I figured out a way to do this because I like working on a big canvas so I can get as much detail in as I possibly can. Only problems are how laggy it gets while drawing lol.

I had an idea for a drawing with Reimu and Zanmu because I really like thinking about their potential dynamic a lot. I also wanted an excuse to draw Zanmu again but in my normal rendering style because last time I drew her she was in my more sketchy style with generally flat colours so I wanted to draw her again. Speaking of, looking at the sketch for this is a jumpscare that I never enjoy seeing, like, man am I glad I didn't use those for my final piece.

Also about her spear. I was originally gonna make it like the ones she had in game, but it kinda threw off the whole piece. It was too big, too blue, and too flat, so I just went "fuck it" and gave her a different one instead. My headcanon justifying this is that the ones she uses in game are for danmaku battles whereas in any other fight she just uses a proper yari, or she still uses the yari and just makes it all glowy to power it up, maybe both lol. I pulled as much inspiration as I could from Sengoku era spears, and even put in some blue into the decorative part of the spear and also added a little skull to pay tribute to the original spear. Also, in my research I saw some art of izanami and izanagi making japan and saw that the yari izanagi has had a little decorative tassley thingy on it so I took some inspo from that and just made it one of Zanmu's tassles (Idk when that art was from or if the spear was still accurate to Sengoku period Japan but hey, probably the same reasons Eirin puts little bow ties on her arrows, it's just for personalization purposes).

I love rendering hair and clothes so much omg, while I like the super curly hair Zanmu, the longer, wavier hair suits her better for this drawing (I imagine it only does that like how Ghibli characters hair moves when they feel angry lol). I love making Zanmu's hair all messy and crazy, as well as giving her grey hairs, this woman has aged like a fine wine. Also, if the hem on the ends of her sleeves, top of her shirt, and her pants look like gold to you, that's because it is! It's fairly light so she's not collapsing under the weight, but it's gold! (I don't care how impractical it is, it's just cool). Not the undershirt though, it's made of a gold fabric. I had a cute idea with Reimu's hair to make it have a red shine to it. I also changed up Reimu's outfit so it isn't just a blob of red. I like it a lot when Reimu's skirt and outfit is segmented into different layers, so I wanted to incorporate that.

I tried to draw their hands differently as well, but IDK how noticeable that is. Also, I am super happy with how the side profiles for the two of them turned out, I used to struggle a lot with how to make the side profile of a character actually look like the character, so I'm really happy that they actually look like themselves.

Also added in the tree and rocks in the background as an homage to Zanmu's character art in Touhou 19, just because I was getting kinda stumped on what to do with the background lol.

In terms of a story idea with Reimu and Zanmu, idk why but the potential plotline of Zanmu wanting to ascend to godhood is so fascinating to me. Like, it is very possible that if she just convinced everyone she was a god (which would be very easy for her to do), she would become one in a heartbeat. Also, if she were to become a god, with her ability to return stuff to nothing, could she hypothetically get similar abilities to (Jojo Part 5 spoiler btw) GER? Like, idk about the death timeloop stuff, but the concept has been haunting me every night as I have been trying to find loopholes in GER's ability for a while now ( for no reason in particular). Back to the main topic, I imagine that she would probably tell Reimu that if she were to become a god she would take over the Hakurei shrine since the god there might as well be dead, and Reimu just says to her, "Over my dead body bitch." Like, I have no idea how to summarize their dynamic but like, it's the type of hero-villain dynamic where the phrase "We're not so different, you and I" would definitely be a phrase said during a fight. I think that if another IN style game were to release, Reimu and Zanmu would be in a team together. They could also have an interesting mentor and pupil kind of dynamic. Can you tell that Zanmu has been charging my mind rent these part few months? Like, instead of living in my head rent free, she kinda just uno reversed the whole situation and now she's the one charging me rent. What happens if I get evicted from my own brain? Actually, scratch that, I don't think I wanna know.

Happy 2000-- er... 2400 followers! I suppose this is what I get for overestimating how long it would take me to do two full bodies and 14 busts which I wound up cropping anyway lol.

Bonus commentary under the cut!

Link to the version with no commentary (x)

So first off, this was a considerable challenge for me since I don't normally draw in an anime style, and I think that shows. There were a lot of wonky proportions that I ended up having to go back and sort of fix in post. Irida, Rei, and Akari were especially bad-- my own sister told me that Rei looked like "a cross between a Victorian orphan and a frog". I decided to redraw all three of them, but since I drew them on a smaller canvas, I think it messed with the resolution a little when I shrank them down. I'm not sure anyone would notice if they weren't looking for it, but I've been staring at this for so long that I can't unsee it.

Next was the brilliant decision to put Emmet, Elesa, and Drayden on a light background. They initially faded right in, so I went back over some of the outlines to make them more readable; I had also tried putting the whole Unova set on a darker background, but found that it drew too much attention and unbalanced the piece.

On to the good things!

I adore how Melli and Zisu turned out. I don't know what it was, but my art game was on point that day.

I also had a lot of fun trying out different motifs. I knew from the outset that I wanted to play around with the duality of black/white, the duality of past/future, and the idea of making the whole disk resemble a PokéBall. The center design had me stumped for a while; I had initially used screenshots of the Highlands and Gear Station as placeholders during my planning stage, but around halfway through I decided that would be too busy and changed it to a simple railway track design instead. Then I decided I didn't like that either, and at the last minute I went back to a simplified version of my original concept. I think the stylized Coronet mountain range and subway train work nicely.

Other trivia:

During my planning phase, I used everyone's official art as placeholders-- except for Zisu, who for some reason I couldn't find any for. I used a screenshot for her placeholder, and referenced her TCG card for the final drawing.

Emmet being the only character drawn from a head on angle was deliberate. I wanted to subtly highlight his importance while still being able to place a key Pokémon in the center of both groups.

I drew all of my initial sketches on paper, lined and colored in Clip Studio, and compiled/edited everything in GIMP. I am a chaos gremlin and I will not apologize.

The reason I settled on a Station of Awakening as a follower celebration is threefold: The first is that I was hanging out with some good friends, and we wound up playing Melody of Memory. I forget exactly how it came up, but it was definitely a joke at the time as I do recall saying that it would take me forever... which it did, lol. The second reason is that I later realized that my first post on the blog (after the original "Ingo shouldn't be in old timey Hisui" (x) post) was Kingdom Hearts themed (x). The circle of stupidity is complete! And finally, I'm old enough to remember when making one of these for your blorbo was The Big Fandom Thing ™ that everyone did, and I wanted to indulge in a bit of nostalgia.

In my headcanons, during Tails' solo travels he ends up with a pretty cool jacket.

The jacket is made out of canvas, and recycled canvas at that. He picked it up at a thrift store originally. The patches were ones he sewed on himself, with the following explanations:

Atom symbol: Science™. He's a science boy, and the atom is a good representation of that.

Stars: He likes space and different constellations, and the stars are representative of that.

NASA logo: Again, he likes space, space exploration, and engineering. Also while I did draw the logo in my sketchbook, when it came time to color I cheated and just copy-pasted that one in, lol.

Twin tails logo: This is actually the logo that we see on the hangar door of the Mystic Ruins workshop in SA1. There it has some text, but it's unreadable and I couldn't make the text look good on the patch. This is what he uses as the logo for his "company" later on, Mystic Prower Innovations. It's not really a company since he's the sole employee, but it's what he files his patents under.

Biplane: Because he's a pilot, and in honor of the Tornado.

Wrench and screwdriver: He's a mechanic and loves to tinker.

Chaos Emerald: My friend Steph has a headcanon that the cyan Chaos Emerald watched over Tails between the first two og games (hence why Sonic only had six in Sonic 1), but I also felt that, as a Chaos gemstone, it's a good representation of, well, chaos, anarchy . . . those sorts of beliefs Tails was raised with due to Sonic bringing him up.

Recycle: Tails is a huge believer in recycling. I mean, this jacket was thrifted! And in the Scrapnik Island miniseries we see him overjoyed that all of the badnik and machine parts were repurposed on the island. I like to think Tails gets most of his stuff second-hand, he goes to junkyards to find scrap metal and things he can use to repurpose what's already there. His science is devoted to bettering the planet, rather than destroying it, so he recycles whenever and wherever he can.

When he first gets the jacket it's too big for him; the sleeves fall down over his arms, so he rolls them up and buttons them. He normally wears the jacket open, but I couldn't make the drawing look right, so I drew it zipped up. Once he gets his growth spurt (wherein he ends up about a head taller than Sonic) it fits him much better, but it's still a relaxed / somewhat baggy fit, which is what he prefers since he doesn't like constricting clothes.

I have a lot of other details in mind for what Tails looks like as a teen, but this is all I've drawn so far (especially since I'm so bad at drawing lol). I'm very certain about him wearing this jacket pretty much all the time after he picks it up during his solo journeys. That jacket was there with him when he was figuring everything out and growing into his own; it's a comfort item as a result.

Part 3 - Chapter 16 - I-Island: Exploring The Expo

Blank Canvas Part 3

AO3 - here

Fanfiction.net - here

And we're back continuing our journey on I-Island! :D We've got a bunch of friend fluff coming your way this update so I hope you enjoy! ^________^ Editing took a bit more time than usual because I had some parts I still had to flesh out. Didn't help that I had a really long week at work last week. On top of that I also caught a cold, but I managed to survive!

Alright, enough complaining. Let's get to the chapter!

Reminder that it isn't just Izuku who came to I-Island in BC. We've got Hitoshi, Shouto, and Mei tagging along under Present Mic and Hound Dog's supervision. All Might is here too but currently with David Shield.

Linktree to all the things!    

End notes for the chapter are under the line.

All the friend bonding! :D Izuku's friends really like to tease him and Melissa got to meet some peeps from Class A. No Kirishima though. :/ I could have brought him as well with the working the expo thing but I wouldn't think he would want to leave Bakugou behind by himself. Especially since the rest of the Bakusquad did go to I-Island. You're probably wondering how it's going to go down without Bakugou or Kirishima, but I'll just tell you throw canon out the window for this one. :P I've got a plan and I think you'll like it. I do anyway.

Sh-sh-shout out to cooper and Baltimoresurvivor for their help with outfit suggestions! (really thank you, I'm quite fashion illiterate...) :P I was originally going to keep Izuku's the same as cannon but Baltimoresurvivor had some fun ideas for changing it up as well as something for Hitoshi. Which I think I made it work? ^____^ And cooper even threw together some schematics for Mei's which I then drew up which you can see here!! :D To give you a better idea of her outfit. So thanks!

Flirting. Just a whole bunch of flirting this chapter. ;)

Also reminder I have no idea how coffee works. I don't drink the stuff myself so I made stuff up in an attempt to write something cute. If anything, I see it as Kaminari made that coffee himself also without much knowledge how it works. So there, that's my logic. :P

Fun Facts About Japan:

Let's talk restaurant etiquette! Now in the US, good customer service consists of the wait staff regularly checking in with their tables and seeing if there's anything they need and if they are doing okay. Very much attentive service without the customer having to ask for it. That is actually not the case in Japan. In fact, it's kind of the opposite. In restaurants and food places, they don't come unless you call for them as they don't want to interrupt your meal or socializing. In fact, a lot of places have a call button for that specific reason to notify them you need something or ready to place your order. There are also places like conveyor belt sushi that they will have tablets and such you can use to order your food without even talking to a person. I experienced it where those places will either serve your order to you via person or conveyor belt depending on the restaurant set up. This also goes for karaoke booths as well. You order through the tablets or indicate you're ready to order. Then they come and get your order and give it quickly once it's ready so that you can maximize your enjoyment of the experience. (also karaoke is super duper fun in Japan and they do have a large selection of English songs to choose from over there)

Another difference is tipping. In the US, tipping is a big part of the restaurant industry and are part of restaurant staff wages. The better the service, the better the tip. (at least in theory) In Japan, they don't tip. Top service is considered to be a part of the job and no extra compensation is expected. Which was really hard to wrap my head around at first because customer service in Japan is top notch. They are just so kind and determined to get it right the first time. You just feel like you want to tip them anyway but it's just not a cultural thing there. Like how I previously mentioned that if you're in a convenience store and they notice what you are buy is expiring, even that day, and they will go out of their way to get you a fresh one. I strongly feel this is tied to their cultural mentality of the betterment of the group verses the individual. Get it done right the first time and everyone will be happy.

That's all for today! I hope you liked all the fluff this chapter. 'Cause next chapter is the attack itself and just plain drama. A nice balance. ;) Thank you for your patience and have a great two weeks!

Your theme is everything !!! (*ﾟ▽ﾟ*) ITS SO PRETTY if u don’t mind sharing how did u make it?

AAAAAA PARDON LATE REPLY THANK YOU !! sldhldns i appreciate it wah TwT <3 ✨ and :O idm so ... !! this won't be like. a full guide or anything LDBSKD like a complete walkthrough ?? but >< :

i'm on laptop but uhh tbh any gadget wld work? apps/websites used: canva, photopea (editing/graphics) !! for the gradients on my pinned, i used this ^^

so like uhhhhuhhh idk how to really explain well sorry but simply put, for the dividers in my pinned, uh. it's a Bit Complex and tbh there's easier ways to do it prolly but i made them w canva using 1000x40px (40 is the minimum so ya)! so that's for the big one in pinned, but to make the smaller ones i made them w photopea w say, 1000x5, 1000x10, wtvr to make the dividers smaller! yeah!!

meanwhile for the picture in pinned :O w the cat & watermelons! i just used canva for that, altho the gif required work in photopea >_< bcs it's originally a cat that like. runs from left to right and sleeps in the middle, then ofc its a gif so it repeats, so i used photopea to remove the running and just keep the lil sleeping cat! and then put that into my canva ^^ i used the tumblr banner preset size (?) and mostly it's just uhh put a picture in, add borders, & then put a little overlay (w lowered transparency) to make it look more designy yeah! basically just that ><

and then for the header !! it's like uhh a transparent gif of the (cat) ears of my favorite character :] i removed the bg and all and yeah, just left the bits i wanted - then uhh edited the picture w the colors and whatnot, making my own filter/psd? which can be done through right-clicking the file in photopea, clicking blending options, and changing stuff w color overlay! if you wna try doing that, i suggest just playing around w it yourself ? >< and then for the designs in the gif, i made a copy of the ears and all so i cld have two pictures there, and make a gif! so basically just drew diff designs on both of the pictures, and that's basically it yeah!!

there's uhh a bit more complexities (like how to actually make it into a gif ^^ there's like uhh _a_ needed at the beginning of the file i think? smth like that?) and etc but thats basically it >_< sorry if this is long or anythinfFJSBDKSN i just word vomited my thoughts and all hehe so ^^ but again thank u uwah and i hope you have a great day, kaze!!

Well I’m not making any commissions before they pay anymore, I hand drew a replica of an old original piece of mine they spied and liked which wasn’t for sale but they really wanted it and… well I didn’t want to give it away so I offered to replicate it. Instead of do a print. They approved it, said they’re going to frame it for their new place and everything and then just ghosted for like a week. I’m only charging £15 and it was pretty hard esp as I’m in a lot of pain atm with un healed injuries… and I just asked if they were still interested and they got aggy at me and made me feel bad for asking and now are just not speaking again either after saying they just needed to get stuff done yesterday. Ughh. I didn’t sign up for this. I wish I didn’t go into art I swear down. I love it which is why I did but, christttt be respectful about our hard work. If I just get a no answer, I can sell it elsewhere but atm I’m making nothing because I’m in limbo. And apparently I don’t seem to even be allowed to message them about it either.

I also got super stressed recently and removed most of my art from my walls in a Give Up stint, but I ended up tearing one of my most special old pieces I made at my peak point in drawing horror cartoons and I just… ugh. Man my brain went “that’s a signal it’s over”. But my kid came in and noticed the next day and requested I put them all back up (which made me feel like I had a reason to keep doing art) and I said I would whilst he was at his grandmothers house but he was like hmm ok and but I didn’t as I didn’t feel up to it as it’s a big job and my back is basically out again, but he specified about the key on the canvas piece so I did manage to put that one up for him. That was warming. He makes me feel like it’s worth doing it still as I’ve lost the passion almost totally until I actually get started on something and then it comes back.

what is your opinion on s2 e12 btw. this sounds odd but I wanna talk about it. kinda. idk.

OK OK SO UH LEMME JUST PULL THAT EPISODE UP

Gonna start off my saying i don’t like how most of the fandom portrays LB’s and PB’s relationship </3 especially in shipping. People portray Paintbrush as irrationally angry and mean, which i see mostly in shipping context but also in just that’s their character context. Which is just, not them at all. Yes they tend to lash out and snap but not in a irrational sense. Their anger is something that builds up and once it’s reached it’s limit it’s hard for them to control and they snap, their anger has never come from no where

Saying this because this episode focuses on that relationship (while also balancing the focus with the relationship with of LB and TT) and this relationship is something that gets misread by fans a lot. Paintbrush isn’t a mean or irrational character they just have trouble regulating their emotions, and they certainly aren’t mean to their friends

This episode is great one of my favourite episodes though it’s an episode i really think should have had more focus on Paintbrush. I love Lightbulb and Testtube and their shenanigans and i like the inanimate insanity infinity thing, though i feel like we were just robbed of Paintbrush moments </3

They do definitely get some focus here but it’s shared with Testtube and Lightbulb who arguably got more focus on. The conflict (?) between Lightbulb and Paintbrush was a big focus on this episode, which i liked, they got much needed focus and development on their relationship which is good. I just kinda wanted more on Paintbrush’s feelings towards Marshmallow leaving, it was something that definitely had an impact on them and something i wish could have gotten a little more focus on

I really loved Testtube and Lightbulb interactions this episode and their relationship, which was something that wasn’t really touched on before hand. Testtube learning to see things through Lightbulb’s perspective was great

Paintbrush struggling to paint something the whole episode was super relatable (probs to a lot of other artists as well </3 them splashing paint on a canvas and just hoping to work off that is something I do- a lot-)

“Just Like Me!” Is maybe my favourite song in ii just because ough the narrative it comes with. Lightbulb being surrounded by people who are just like her, she feels like she belongs, she feels free but then that reality she starts building up falls apart. The reprise version is i imagine in both Paintbrush and Lightbulb’s perspective where they finally start to see and understand each other

I really like Paintbrush’s coming out scene, i think it’s really good and i think we need more scenes like this in literally anything. It’s wonderful to hear how much this scene means to people

I have a lot of thoughts about Salt and Pepper this episode and inanimate insanity infinity but ik there are posts out there that explain them way better than i ever could </3

Oh also fun fact Testtube originally drew sailor moon for her painting on this episode. I think about this everyday

The Grey, WIP: 7/7/23

Well, I wish I had realized yesterday that by painting the base coats of the wings and then just fading out the references over the top of them, I could have saved myself some time and trouble. Now all I have to do is erase around the white wing and it'll be mostly done...save for some highlights I might want to put in.

This was a single image, then a doubled one because my graphics program has a tendency to merge all layers prematurely once in a while. A glitch that I'm not at happy about. I was just able to remove the bulk of the reference picture today. Look so much better without it there.

I was going to do a half gold and half silver halo, but with all that black and white, there's need for more splashes of color. So, the halo will be solid gold and have red jewels set into it. The flames will also add some color as well as the lady's skin. A nice brown. Her hair will be black.

References for the bits I need to see are still there, just invisible at the moment. Except for the frame design. I'm doing my best to eliminate anything I copied from online as fast as possible. Except for the wings of course. I need those.

I will lighten the hue of the cloak; I usually start dark and work lighter then darker again in spots as I go along. I even have brushes that will do fabric textures. I think I might try that. In spite of the need for more color, I still insist that the cloak be grey. Maybe I can add some patterning or something. I'll think about it.

Anyway, I never meant this drawing to look like a playing card. In fact, the main elements of the drawing just showed up randomly in my head when I wasn't really thinking of anything particular. But I liked what I saw, so I'm drawing it.

Yes, I know I'm cheating a lot. This is because sometimes I have trouble translating what's in my mind onto canvas. I can draw the human figure but haven't had a lot of practice at it. Nor do I have a lot of practice drawing clothing. It was just easier to find what I needed online to help me out this time. I don't know who all the artists are who put out all these free resources for me to use. Though angelic figures are common, I can say with confidence that this idea is uniquely mine. Just for the fun of it I did a general search image for a moment and found lots of angels, but nothing exactly like mine. So, there's that.

I can and to draw freehand. I'd do it more often than I have been lately if I had more time. My time off is sporadic at best/worst. Given the choice, I'd spend more time doing everything in my head. Taking a few hours a day just to draw. I can do a solid three hour session of drawing before my brain gets tired and I have to take a break. I rarely get that time lately.

Ugh. This is devolving into a bitch session. I won't do that here. Anyway, when this is completed, people who are into games like Dungeons and Dragons or similar games may use this character as part of your game. Just ask me first because I want to know about it. Give me credit for the design. No, you may not sell it. I need the profits far worse than you do.

I came to think of The Grey as a kind of judge for contests and legal issues...and maybe other things. She knows there's more than one facet to every story, there isn't just pure evil and pure good. There's always those shades of grey. And she's an excellent and fair judge. A living personification of justice and a powerful force for the good side. My mind had to work on this for a while as I drew her "card." Because originally, she had no story, no meaning. I'm still inviting people to have an open interpretation of her character however.

I can also see this as a big poster over someone's bed simply because it looks cool. It would be a nice decoration, especially if it turns out as nice as I want it to.

I'd appreciate it if no one used my idea until it was completed. I might make some changes along the way that I won't know about until I get there. Not that I think anyone will really. Every offer of free resources I put out gets ignored. I don't know why.

I will also post this on Redbubble when it's done and send a link. I can't seem to completely let my optimism go even though I'm aware that no one wants to buy my artwork. I don't know why.

Tate Modern

The Gallery of modern art certainly stuck to its name. Not only were their exhibitions modern they were also contemporary. What makes them so is the relatability of the pieces on display. Their contents varied by culture, gender, socioeconomic, political standpoints, and race. I wasn't sure how the exhibitions were laid out during my walk through the gallery. However, that did not stop me from finding this room with three large paintings on its three big walls. When I first entered the room I questioned if they were all the same. I then sat on the bench and the middle and thought of two things. The song Red by Taylor Swift which I then proceeded to quietly sing with my peer @melodierosasblog. And that those big angry-looking red swirls were probably what a period cramp was on a canvas. I then decided to read what the artist had said the piece was about and was satisfied with the original intention. He mentioned that he drew inspiration from the Greek god Dionysus whose rituals involved drunkness and dancing, but he was also associated with violence and apparently, his followers would eat raw flesh. Meaning that the red swirls on the canvas are meant to represent both the wine and the blood.

There were also another two pieces that caught my eye which were a few floors above this one. With these two pieces I didn't really focus on what the artist wanted to convey but more on how I could relate myself to the art. The piece to the left which is a collage of different brown pigmentations made me smile when I saw it. I was so happy that I found myself getting as close as I could without crossing the string and pointing at the shade that closest matched my skin tone. I recall joking about the way it looked like a foundation line. The piece to the left had me intrigued for different reasons. The flags that I immediately recognized were Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, and Barbados. I then noticed that the one thing all these countries had in common was the fact that their populations were predominately black. Seeing their very colorful flags in black and white made me theorize if the artist was commenting on the impact of white colonization in these places. however, I decided that I would rather enjoy not knowing and simply keep theorizing.

P.S. This is a candid photo probably taken by @leo-in-london

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Reviewed the original article on Travel + Leisure. When talking concerning how easy it would be to obtain a job if you did not administer for one, it is tough to say that the job yard was completely completely transformed over the previous two years. There were actually not big numbers of qualified job hunters in high-paying projects. Additionally, the number of possible employers that possessed apps hanging around for them was quite reduced. Maintain reading Many studies have located perks to spending time in the outsides: much better concentration, raised mood, also faster healing and improved sleep designs. The end result: a brand new research study led through Dr. Kaitlin W. Miller at Georgetown's Department of Exercise likewise discovered "a crystal clear and beneficial effect of taking a brief remainder at a time, in contrast to possessing the exact same quantity of exercise twice a time for around 40 mins.". That added workout aids you focus on those early instants. But outdoor camping isn't merely a prescription for handling along with urban dread and stress. Related source here has actually to be a way of life correction procedure. What may you take as a marker of this change? It's been a married couple of years since my 1st hike, but that sense was ultimately over. I still had lots of opportunity between the last time we came back in June, and the last time we went in February. The previous few months have incorporated a brand new fact for me — the weather condition. It's additionally a joy in its very own right — an reason to go to mattress early, stare at the stars and get your hands grimy consuming icky s'mores roasted over an available blaze. But this is a really great, enjoyable video game — one that permits you to receive all this attention and acquire that lot of it.". More than five years later on, this is the first time we may view anyone truly carrying out it. If you're appearing for a main reason to clean off your headlamp or fire up the RV, every singular state in the U.S. boasts outstanding gardens where you can easily bunk for the evening. Listed below are some of our top ranked California tourist attractions. In a handful of additional states, you'll desire to receive a new vehicle because that's where you've been very most used to finding the attractions. Check-in and walk-in hrs are currently open simply on time courses.

From remote seashores easily accessible only through boat to tough gulches best looked into through canoe, these are the greatest spot to camp in every singular condition. The majority of have fishing and camping amenities and are simply easily accessible by aircraft, by watercraft, bus, automobile or foot. The chart of Arkansas presents numerous web sites off Lake Erie so that there would be just the pond of ponds and streams you needed to get to for the time you are happening up. Glamping fulfills the hinterlands at Gulf State Park's three walk-in Outpost sites, where canvas tents established on the sand look drew from a travel Pinterest board. For the the majority of component, backpacking and backpacking websites are a delight to go to. All of the individuals who make it listed here are terrific to be around: some of whom are household, buddies or coworkers. For the remainder, check out out the Outdoor Life Guide to the North Country's Natural Outreach for less cash. Each happens along with four beds, an outside sink, port-a-potty, fire pit and, perhaps very most significantly, tranquility and personal privacy. The bed room opens up up right into a tiny room, with four full-size mirrors and a small, hand-made tub that is simple to readjust for your specific convenience level. Lastly the living location has actually three or four bedrooms, plus a large wash basin so you can easily clean around your physical body and physical body components. In a condition complete of organic treasures, Glacier Bay is a wonder, home to lofty optimals, humpback whales, 700 miles of shoreline, and blue-tinged icebergs that calve directly in to the ocean. The label: Glacier Bay. In simple fact, the label is really the same as the label of the state's largest traveler tourist attractions, the Grand Canyon Trail. It's a impressive place, packed with natural elegance and incredible scientific research centers and all-natural tourist attractions that stand up the test of time. Established within temperate rainforest along Bartlett Cove, the playground's only camping area is beautifully environment-friendly (if a bit moist) and an quick and easy diving off point for paddling trips or boat trips. The brand-new camping site is only 15 min walk from the campsite, and its area delivers a lot of shade, new water, and excellent meals. The grounds are encompassed by lots of plants, which have been adjusted to develop on-site for the brand-new Camping Site. Obtaining to Havasupai is a problem. Listed below is the tale: It goes coming from a single-class starship to a more intricate starship created by two students at a single university. In each case, a singular student performs a job and in purchase to complete it, the teacher generates a model computer system. To function, one trainee has actually to find out how to develop that pc making use of a system foreign language and the student has to apply that plan language to the work of producing the task possible. Permits are taken up virtually promptly, and also if you run into one it's 10-mile hike coming from the edge to arrive at this rustic camping site embracing Havasu Creek. When it happens to what is considered an American heritage, a few additional policies are in purchase. The majority of campgrounds possess car parking. In Hawaii, car parking was obligatory, but in Hawaii it was restricted. Some camping grounds had cost-free going swimming pools and plenty of other establishments, but some did not. Make the adventure, nevertheless, and you're awarded with a series of emerging waterfalls and natural pools all an surprising shade of robin's egg blue. The upcoming measure is to go for the lengthy, long method. At that point you leave the town's breathtaking coast and venture in to the hinterlands. This isn't generally a trip to receive abundant. But it is a worthwhile stroll to check out the country that doesn't finish in what one could call wilderness.

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Hermès Exotic Pores And Skin Luggage Charles Gorra, founder and CEO of luxury resale web site Rebag, shares his expert advice on the process. With the value differences between Europe and the United States, buying a Birkin bag in Europe will still be cheaper. himalayan birkin If you’re ever in Europe, there’s no higher time to get your hands on that Hermès Birkin you’ve been coveting. Please saving the tax dollar might make a big distinction as well. The household is even promoting clothes for his or her children, with a pair of purple and purple Gucci tights for a one-year-old promoting for $125,000 and a Burberry sweatshirt and pants for $200. In October, Kris, Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Kylie and Kendall created Kardashian Kloset, where they recycle their expensive wardrobes and declare to “promote sustainability,” in accordance with the website. The assortment was known for its fundamental, stripped down, ready-to-wear fashion which drew affect from flesh colored tones and military clothes. In October, Kris, Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Kylie and Kendall arrange Kardashian Kloset, where they recycle their expensive wardrobes and declare to be ‘promoting sustainability’, in accordance with the website. Although the bag comes with a padlock, it's not recommended to be used beyond ornamental purposes. The Birkin has a rectangular, tote-like silhouette with a curved top. It has two handles for carrying by hand or in the crook of your arm. We at all times advise our shoppers to bring their CITES document with them when they travel with their unique Hermes bag. The Birkin bag is a line of tote bag, launched in 1984 by the French luxurious items maker Hermès. Birkin bags are handmade from leather and are named after the English actress and singer Jane Birkin. In February 2019 Selfridges banned the sale of unique animal skins similar to alligator, crocodile and python. Used for a number of hours or days before being tossed apart for the following years "type". We ought to really learned the way to help eachother and spend cash on helpful things to higher the world quite than wasting it on issues simply to get consideration and recognition of others. The world can be a much better place if folks could figure out that what actually matters in this life usually are not objects however PEOPLE. The problem concerned with buying a Birkin directly from the store has led to a lucrative pre-loved market. By subscribing to our newsletter, you comply with receive information by email concerning offers, companies, products or events from Hermès of Paris, Inc. and the opposite corporations of the Hermès Group in accordance with the Privacy Policy. wikipedia hermes crocodile birkin Multi-pocketed and multi-practical, this soft and lightweight bag is inspired by army clothing. The ingenious results of the leather-based inlay work mixed with the canvas assembly make it a really strong bag. There are not any excuses for not happening an adventure with this primary off-road bag. A born creator with a keen eye, he immediately sketched a supple and spacious rectangular holdall with a burnished flap and saddle stitching. Money doesn't just disappear when someone buys one of many baggage - it goes to other folks. I agree completely along with your statement, folks ought to be capable of do what they need with their hard-earned money.Yes, charitable acts are always favored, but at the end of the day everybody ought to have the power to do what they want inside moderation. The major distinction between the Kelly and the Birkin is the handles, the previous has one while the latter has two. The Himalaya reference in the name isn't a nod to its origin, however rather the coloring. In June 2018, a Himalaya Birkin with an 18-carat, white gold, diamond-encrusted lock bought for £162,500 at Christie’s London, turning into the costliest purse ever in a European auction. On 12 December 2018 in London, this was broken with arare and distinctive Matte Himalaya Niloticus crocodile diamond Birkin 35 with 18k white gold and diamond hardware, made by Hermès in 2010, which fetched £236,750. The Himalaya Birkin purse is made from matte crocodile skin, with handles encrusted in 205 diamonds and 18-karat gold buckles. I assume most people would love the Constance at an extra style within the Hermes assortment. May I current to you, Ms. Touch in blue marine croc and noir novillo leather-based with palladium hardware. At some level in our Hermès journey, it is not uncommon to try our hand at slightly one thing extra, a contact of something…special. Often, which means a hard-to-come-by leather or dipping our toes in the exotic-skins pool. PARIS - Actress and singer Jane Birkin has asked Hermes to take away her name from one of the luxury items maker’s best-selling luggage due to what she called “cruel” crocodile farming and slaughtering practices. The term “Himalayan” refers again to the unique coloration of the Hermes bag in query. Julie Wainwright, the founder and chief govt of the RealReal, said that her firm has been in a position to offer these luggage by “unlocking the supply of luxury items in people’s houses globally,” a bounty that Bain & Company values at $307 billion. What has enforced luxurious purses as a collectibles category was that many pieces, such as the Birkin, were not solely holding in worth via time, however rising. Because Hermès can have waiting lists that may span years for Birkin bags, handcrafted in France, the secondary market exploded with the prevalence of on-line retailers. This spectacular work of art, was made with the help of shoe designer and jeweller Pierre Hardy.

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Hermès Exotic Pores And Skin Bags Charles Gorra, founder and CEO of luxury resale web site Rebag, shares his expert advice on the method. With the worth variations between Europe and the United States, shopping for a Birkin bag in Europe will still be cheaper. If you’re ever in Europe, there’s no better time to get your arms on that Hermès Birkin you’ve been coveting. Please saving the tax dollar might make a big distinction as nicely. The household is even promoting clothes for his or her youngsters, with a pair of purple and purple Gucci tights for a one-year-old selling for $125,000 and a Burberry sweatshirt and pants for $200. In October, Kris, Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Kylie and Kendall created Kardashian Kloset, the place they recycle their expensive wardrobes and claim to “promote sustainability,” according to the website. The assortment was known for its primary, stripped down, ready-to-wear fashion which drew affect from flesh colored tones and army clothes. 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Money would not just disappear when someone buys one of the baggage - it goes to different folks. I agree utterly with your statement, individuals ought to be succesful of do what they want with their hard earned money.Yes, charitable acts are all the time favored, however on the end of the day everyone should be ready to do what they need inside moderation. The primary distinction between the Kelly and the Birkin is the handles, the previous has one while the latter has two. The Himalaya reference in the name just isn't a nod to its origin, however rather the coloring. In June 2018, a Himalaya Birkin with an 18-carat, white gold, diamond-encrusted lock offered for £162,500 at Christie’s London, turning into the most expensive purse ever in a European public sale. On 12 December 2018 in London, this was broken with arare and distinctive Matte Himalaya Niloticus crocodile diamond Birkin 35 with 18k white gold and diamond hardware, made by Hermès in 2010, which fetched £236,750. The Himalaya Birkin purse is made of matte crocodile skin, with handles encrusted in 205 diamonds and 18-karat gold buckles. This is barely more pricey than crocodile pores and skin, of which the corporate prefers the niloticus and porosus species (they don’t idiot with Caiman croc or any lesser crocodiles). The HAC is the original iteration of what we right now know because the Birkin. wikipedia hermes crocodile birkin They personalized the Birkin to be wider and shorter than its predecessor. This yr, Birkin requested her name be faraway from the crocodile model of the bags due to allegations of abusive practices in obtaining the skins. What makes every Birkin style completely different is its leather-based and hardware. You can get every thing from Epsom leather-based to exotic crocodile skins. 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i was gonna draw tonight but i dropped my tablet pen and the barrel of the pen broke off and flew somewhere underneath (??) my bed (?) and now i cant find it so I’m just gonna answer asks before bed instead. just some art asks and more mentions of infinity train LOL

What program and brushes do you use when making your art?

@ravki hi! part of this is in my FAQ but i’ll say it again anyways LOL: I use photoshop CC and have used photoshop for pretty much....my whole art career. I’ve dabbled in clip and paint tool sai in the past but photoshop is my true wife, we eloped away from her awful father adobe many years ago and are very happy together. 

as for brushes... I should prob put this info in my FAQ too lol,... my default brush set is actually free to download here! Tho I will say I also use steve ahn’s storyboarding brush sometimes and lately i’ve been using shiyoon kim’s brushes A TON. Shiyoon’s cost a couple bucks but they’re super worth it imo

How do you choose colors?

This is kind of a difficult one to describe from scratch but hmm.... I’ll put it this way. Generally when I go into coloring or painting something I already have some colors in mind. Like for a certain piece I know I want a bright green, or a magenta, or a dark blue in certain areas. A lot of the time I know a mood I want. So I’ll start with that core color tone and build around it. I’ll use an example from a recent piece

So you can see here that the first color I accessed was that bright cyan. So I start with that bright cyan and then bring in its “friends” in the form of analogous colors (shown below on the far left)

greens greys etc. THEN I know I want the characters to stand out against all the blue so I start laying down warm contrasting colors for them (middle group). the mat under them is orange, skin tones are warm, ryans flannel is red etc. then to get them to work together I work more cool colors into the shadows and slightly warmer (not too warm because its a cool img overall so in this case, greener LOL) colors into highlights. 

hope that makes sense? for me choosing colors is a lot about story and composition. If you know what you want to say, the mood you want to create, where you want to go, the path to get there becomes a lot clearer imo.

Have you ever considered making an art book?

I have! But I don’t think I currently have enough...original illustrations for one LOL? Not that an art book has to be all original work but if I were putting fanart in an art book...at that point I’d just make a fanzine. I’m making more original work lately though so maybe this year....? Who knows. For now, I do have a sketchbook up on gumroad. Hoping to do one of those next year too.

Any tips for keeping background drawings from getting super stiff, especially since things like interiors have a lot of straight lines?

This is a really interesting ask. Really great question that I don’t think gets asked enough - forgive me if I get a bit art school here but I drew up some examples.

First I think we have to investigate the assumption that straight lines make things stiff. That seems true on an instinctual level and certainly proves to be true very often But I don’t think its actually the straight lines themselves but the sort of arrangements and compositions they tend to dictate. Take this for instance.

pretty big difference, right? there’s a couple things that make a composition feel stiff and one of the most significant is lines that are perpendicular and parallel to the frame. it feels locked in and solid, like bricks. but the moment you shift these angles even a little the composition instantly becomes more dynamic because our innate senses of weight, gravity, and directionality can sense movement.

But it’s not just diagonals let’s take this one step further

when lines meet and terminate together those tangents can flatten and lock space so the best way to solve this is with overlap and complete intersection, forms continuing past or behind each other feel more layered and less like a flat mosaic... again, even in the simplest line drawings. So how do we apply this to a background?

ok I drew this really fast so its potentially not the best example but I think the idea is there. This space isn’t even particularly deep, it’s basically a room, a doorway, and a hallway behind it, and we’re not seeing that much of any of those things LOL. but when you draw an environmental object like a doorway in a way that lines up with the perpendicular and parallel lines of the canvas you’re automatically flattening it and making it look rigid.

and when you create tangents with objects and characters you flatten the space around them and make it difficult to tell what is actually in front or behind or if they’re on the same plane.

GOD I HOPE THIS MAKES SENSE. Anyways. avoid those things and you’ll instantly have less stiff bgs no matter what kind of bg you’re depicting.

I wanna mention however that this isn’t to say a stiff bg with flat space doesn’t have its purposes.

sometimes you want to create parallels and tangents. it can make characters feel closed in, trapped, regimented, part of a routine, etc. it’s also great for making a composition look ornamental (especially combined with symmetry).

directors like wes anderson can even use these compositional elements to make images feel uncanny or harrowing! its very versatile. I think the important thing is to just be aware of when you are making something rigid and when that’s the last thing you want to do. conscious choices.

Can you speak Tagalog?

@lemuelzero101​ I can! BUT NOT VERY WELL LOL ;;; both my parents are from Visayas! but they met and had me in the states lol so I’m pretty American born and raised. We go back to visit family on occasion but not regularly. My tagalog is mostly absorbed from listening to relatives at parties lol and my parents speak bisaya at home so I’m marginally better at that. Sorry to any filipinos out there hoping I’d be better educated, I’m like a little baby...

I do love meeting and talking to other filipinos online though, I grew up in an area that was relatively diverse but the asian population was small and the filipino population basically non-existent. I was like one of maybe 2 filipino kids in my highschool of 2000.

Apart from infinity train what shows are you watching now? Have you seen jujitsu kaisen?

Man this is gonna sound so boring but I haven’t watched a lot of tv lately.  It’s not really part of my daily routine. Let’s see... I was sort of watching Amphibia, Craig of the Creek, and the new Digimon Adventure 2020 but I keep falling off watching those for one reason or another. Also there’s a lot of episodes, it doesn’t feel like something I can just binge and be done with.

The last thing I binged was Succession. I want that show and Euphoria back so bad, when I’m done forcing all my friends to watch Infinity Train im cancelling my HBO subscription until Succession and Euphoria return so they know exactly what I’m on their list for LOL. 

I have not watched jujitsu kaisen but I’ve kept up with some of the sakuga news (I keep up with anime industry news and production info like x5 the amt i keep up with actual anime) for it and their compositing/editing looks dope. I’ve read the manga actually LOL or at least part of the beginning. I wasn’t super keen on the whole finger eating thing. Also to be honest I kinda feel like its the new Bleach and I never particularly cared about Bleach. Characters look nice enough tho. I wholeheartedly support jjk fans.

Thank you! Thank you @keznodzieja​! <3

And thank you anons who don’t watch infinity train LOL...it’s always nice to hear when people enjoy my fanart despite not knowing the source material because it lifts a little bit of the “oh god am I being annoying???” fear off my chest. But also I think you should watch infinity train because it’s really good I have no reservations recommending it.