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eld-creative · 6 months
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Blood Lotus
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bluesolarflare · 2 years
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“Falsie, I have a favor to ask of you...”
Just a sketch of an Idea I had. I am not sure if anyone else has thought of this but I think its a fun idea that Pearl is the one who put False into the Empires world. While the current rulers are not her friends, they remind Pearl enough of them to send a guardian to protect them.
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bweirdart · 3 months
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#mARTch 2024
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text version (with more info!) under the readmore! please check it out if you're confused about anything <3
F.A.Q
do i have to draw every day? no!!!! there are skippable days built into the event, please use them whenever you need them! i really don't want anyone getting a wrist injury!
can you share my art? yep! i try to share entries to @bweirdevents daily during the event!! the tags can get busy tho so i might miss some posts OTL sorry
what are the tags? #mARTch is the main tag, but this year you might find posts in #mARTch2024 too!
wait, i'm confused about a prompt... full breakdown of all the prompts below ↓ with helpful hints if you're stuck!
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INTRO WEEK
this week is all about your artistic identity ... technically, you don't have to draw anything new this week if you have some art that already fits. the starter days are:
1 ⭐ self portrait who are you? it doesn't have to be you IRL .. if you feel more comfortable drawing a fursona or mascot, that's fine too! if you don't wanna draw, you can also just share old self portraits today and talk about why you drew yourself that way!
2 🤍 inspirations see how this day doesn't have a star? that means it's optional and you don't have to do it at all! but if you really wanna- tell us all about what inspires you to create art! this could be anything from the people that inspire you, the shows you like, the pins on your big messy pinterest board, or concepts that you're drawn to! you can draw something about it, talk about it, or just post your inspirations! anything is fine
3 ⭐ fav thing to draw what do you like drawing most? backgrounds? animals? one specific animal? bust of your oc facing left? cars? the same anime boy over and over and over? no judgement!! show us :)
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STUDY WEEK
this is the week we actually start drawing from reference! polished art is not required at all, quick sketch studies are fine! please don't burn yourself out
4 🤍 plant
5 🤍 body
6 ⭐ animal
7 🤍 object
8 🤍 food
9 🤍 face
10 ⭐ hand
these ones are pretty self explanatory! you can do them as realistic studies, or adapt them into your own art style, it's all fine! you can reference from your own photos or from resources on the web.. have fun!
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COLOUR WEEK
this is the week for playing with palettes and working on your colour theory skills! if you're really struggling with these ones, don't worry about drawing scenes or characters, you can just have fun splashing colours around on an abstract canvas!
11 🤍 RGB a set or primary colours typically used in digital/screen art - red, green and blue!
12 🤍 CMYK a set of primary colours typically used in traditional/print art - cyan, magenta, yellow ... and key (black!)
for both of these days ↑ you can add in black and white. and feel free to combine the two days into one, if you're struggling with a three-colour palette! use all six!
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13 ⭐ WARM COLOURS the warm side of the colour wheel, reds oranges and yellows!
14 🤍 MONOCHROME monochrome doesn't mean black and white ... it means one colour! that can be any colour at all- shades of red, shades of purple, shades of green .. or yeah, grey if you really want!
15 🤍 COMPLIMENTARY complimentary colours are the ones opposite each other on the colour wheel! they're kinda married
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16 🤍 YOUR FAV COLOURS pick any palette that works for you! where's your comfort zone? what looks nice to you? what colour combos do you always go back to?
17 ⭐ COOL COLOURS the cool side of the colour wheel, purples, blues and greens!
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CREATIVITY WEEK
this week is all about vibes! try to create something that matches the mood of the prompt .. they're vague on purpose! don't overthink it, just draw from the heart!
18 🤍 SMALL you could draw something that's really small, like an ant .. or draw on a canvas that's really small .. or use a really small brush .. get creative with it!
19 🤍 DANGER try to capture the adrenaline .. the rush .. the fear that you associate with the word danger!
20 ⭐ SOFT soft colours, soft textures, soft vibes ... whatever makes you comfy!
21 🤍 MIDNIGHT darkness and secrecy .. spooky witchy vibes .. the tranquility of a forest at night .. the fun of a late-night party .. there's lots of ways you can take this!
22 🤍 POWER what does this word make you think about? superpowers? control and oppression? literal electrical power? something else?
23 🤍 CHILL chill as in calm? or chill as in cold? who knows .. it's up to YOU!
24 ⭐ LOUD try to draw something that feels LOUD! BRASH! IN YOUR FACE! how can you convey sound through art?
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FUN + GAMES WEEK
this week is just for enjoying yourself! take it easy and have fun! also .. another reminder! there are skippable prompts! if you're tired and struggling to get to the finish line, please don't hesitate to skip a day!!! or multiple days!! as many as you need!!!
25 🤍 TRY A NEW ART STYLE copy the art style of a show you like, ask a friend if you can try their style, draw the eyes a new way, develop a totally new style on the spot... whatever you want!
26 🤍 DRAW WITH YOUR NON-DOMINANT HAND righties, draw with your left! lefties, draw with your right! ambidextrous nation ... our time to show off!
27 ⭐ DRAW WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED don't peek! try to draw something without looking! if you really want, you can colour it with your eyes open after you draw the lines/sketch with your eyes closed... but please try not to cheat with the actual drawing part!
28 🤍 RE-DRAW SOMETHING OLD find some old artwork you like, or something you feel like you can do better on now, and give it another go!
29 🤍 RE-DRAW A MEME find a silly picture on the internet to redraw .. do you have any in-jokes with your besties?
30 🤍 DRAW A GIFT FOR A FRIEND create something for someone you love <3
31 ⭐ FREE CHOICE final day! you can draw anything you want today! show off your skills! draw something you've been meaning to draw! whatever!
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please refrain from reblogging this post after march ends - next year's prompts will be different, thank you! if you have any additional questions, don't hesitate to shoot me an ask!
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aveloka-draws · 2 months
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I imagine you have a lot of asks so please don't worry if this is too much to respond to, but I wanted to ask if you have any advice/could recommend any tutorials on how to lay out comic panels (or just choose what shapes/layouts to do)? I have some comic ideas but I struggle so much with each frame not just being like 'a rectangle, then another rectangle under it, then anot- etc.,'
Like I can't even figure out whether to draw the art first and then sort of crop it to fit a frame or if I should draw it directly into the frame.... Any help is much appreciated ;-;
No clue! I guess reading a lot of comics/manga you like can help, I keep a stack of my fav mangas around when i want to get ideas for staging types of shots and figuring out panels. (obsessed with Gachiakuta rn)
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Even if you only use rectangles you can change the pacing by changing the amount and the size you put in a page, smaller panels usually are meant to read faster (a quick action, a conversation) while bigger ones are meant to keep your attention for longer (introducing a new character, a location, putting more importance in a conversation, expressions etc). Theres many ways to use them tho, so be sure to observe a lot of comics to get a better sense for it!
My process is kinda messy? I'll sketch the scene ideas and stuff in my sketchbook and then try and arranging them in panels.
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cveasie · 4 months
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My haikaveh headcanons:
- Haitham falls first, during the academia years, but he just kinda... accepts it? He's not the type to voice his feelings, he'd rather show them through his actions - even if they aren't clear enough for the other person to understand. He doesn't need Kaveh to know. He just needs Kaveh to... feel appreciated, in any way. For him, love is another language to master; not only for the sake of Kaveh, but also for his own. He cherishes the feeling and never denies it.
- Kaveh on the other hand, falls harder. I'd like to imagine that it happens some time after he'd moved in with Haitham. Somehow, through this sense of normalcy, domesticy, he starts to dig deeper into Haitham's actions. More importantly, gradually, he starts to notice: he starts to notice how his heart clenches in this burning feeling of appreciation, of belonging. It just feels right - Haitham feels right - they, together, feel right. And, oh, he loves him, and he has for some time now. His love for Haitham feels right as well.
- While Haitham knows Kaveh like the back of his own hand, he doesn't even consider that his feelings are mutual. Kaveh has always been focused on the academics, driven, passionate – romantic relationships didn't concern him during their academia days. While a romantic at heart, reality just often... fell flat, and Kaveh didn't mind it whatsoever. So, Alhaitham has never seen Kaveh crushing on someone. Of course, he notices the architect's sudden nervousness around him �� Kaveh tends to bite his lips when anxious. Of course Haitham sees the way Kaveh starts to spend more time on his hair and make up. How could he not? How could he not, when his braids look more perfect than ever (though the scribe finds Kaveh's messy hair equally beautiful – the sign of his hard work, of his passion), when the jewelry matches the blouse perfectly, every day. Mere noticing however, doesn't equal with knowing. And Alhaitham hates the feeling of uncertainty, this weird, almost uncharacteristic anxiety for him. Something has changed. Why? What has caused Kaveh to feel such devotion, that even his dark circles have almost disappeared under a neat layer of concealer? So, he starts to pry. Subtly. He takes an extra minute to get ready, just so he can talk to Kaveh a little more, hoping for any kind of information. In the evenings, he starts to sit unusually close to the architect, watching him sketch – maybe its a new project? A new client? Why wouldn't Kaveh tell him? To his absolute misery however, the architect only seems to draw further and further away. He starts to stumble on his words, starts leaving for work earlier, as if embarrassed, as if he couldn't even look at Alhaitham. That's when it strikes Haitham – maybe he is the one making Kaveh uncomfortable?
- It starts with a question:
"Am I making you uncomfortable?" Asks Haitham one day, during a seemingly peaceful evening. Kaveh's cheeks are dusty pink, and he's smiling to himself. With the question, his expression changes almost completey.
"Is my junior suddenly insecure? It's so unlike you to ask about such things..."
There is a hint of teasing in the architect's voice, but even that cannot hide a clear nervousness in his behavior. There is a sudden tension in the room, and Alhaitham also starts to feel anxious.
"Well... you've been acting strange, that's all. After observing you for quite a while, I've come to the conclusion that the problem must be in my presence – it's the only logical option".
Then, Kaveh's lips are on his. Things happen so quick, he doesn't even have time to respond, to kiss him back, when the architect is looking at him with teary eyes and a hand over his mouth. He looks terrified, ashamed, suddenly so small, despite his usual confident face. All of this takes Haitham a bit too long, because Kaveh is suddenly standing up.
"I'm... sorry, I didn't mean to. I didn't think, I just acted, I..." he doesn't get to finish, when his hand is grabbed in a gentle grip, and he's lead to sit on the couch once again.
Then, they talk. For this whole time, Haitham doesn't let go of Kaveh's hand, looking at him with gentle eyes, full of disbelief. He doesn't even notice the tears on his own cheeks until Kaveh makes a snarky remark about it. After two hours of talking, he kisses Kaveh back. After few years of waiting, he kisses Kaveh back. And to Kaveh, this feels right.
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trashcanwithsprinkles · 3 months
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Hello! I have a quick question.
So, I started rereading itysg(ainly) today and a thought popped up in my mind; is your design for Rex Lapis the same as the one from cn? I know that, personality wise, he's more like canon Zhongli, but what about appearance wise? I'm pretty curious
so uh- i went through my files to see if i had ever made a sketch of zhongli in itysg and i remembered that i like- for fun, started making sketches of kinda mockup book covers? for some of the fics. most are just messy sketches, but a couple do have color. i think i was originally going to post them as a group, if i ever ended up finishing the others? but i never did. so-
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as you can see, very basic, and the resolution is kinda dogshit bc it's in a larger canvas w the rest of the sketches. anyway, as for your actual question,
it's mostly the same, yeah. just like- add the earring, and instead of the archon outfit he's dessed in his nice robes
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chisutofu · 25 days
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quick weekend color values study ft. sunday // grayscale to color
thought it would do me some good to go back to the basics since i felt like i'm having a hard time with rendering lately. i especially feel like my lighting and shadows are kinda off and my color choices are all over the place. so for this i just started out with a basic messy sketch and filled in the base tone then plotted in the lighting first before figuring out where the shadows go. as you can see on my layers window, i only have 4 key layers which are the sketch, base/mid, shadows, and lighting. after that, i duplicated the base layer and added in the flat colors then i messed with the color balance to give it a more purplish hue. nothing too detailed since it's just practice and my brain really isn't braining much since it's the weekend lol
but in all seriousness, these are the points that i would like to improve on this year so wish me luck. and if you've been following my art journey on here, thank you so much for sticking around despite my inconsistent art style. i really appreciate it!
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squidpedia · 3 months
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Hey! How do you do lineart & Sketches???
You’re one of my biggest inspirations for drawing and I really love your art style!
UM??? THANK YOU?? I 🥺🥺🥺
I’ll try to word this as best as I can but I am honestly terrible at text descriptions/explanations sometimes, so I’m sorry if anythings unclear or odd. My process also varies sometimes depending on the artwork
Sorry for somewhat long answer ahead!
Usually for any artwork that I know will take a longer amount of time, I start with a really quick 1 minute sketch to get the proof of concept down. It doesn’t have to look good and the proportions may be very off and really messy but thats ok, my main goal is just to get the whole idea down and interpret it again later. I write notes next to the sketches sometimes if I have a specific thing I want to include later like for the coloring or lighting.
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After that, I usually make a revised sketch on top of that and keep tweaking or redoing the sketch until I get something I like. This is also where I reccomend you start checking proportions and flipping the canvas. The first and third image had to be revised before I was able to make lineart I was happier with. Some other times I just jump straight into the lineart if I think the sketch already looks ok (but this is kinda risky as I usually end up having to resize a lot of the lineart later when doing this, which can end up dropping the quality of the selected area and making it slightly blurred compared to everything else. Sometimes I just end up redoing the lineart entirely for the selected area when this happens).
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When coloring the lineart I try to mostly color lines that exist inside the silhouette of the person, but I’m also kinda loose with this rule and also will color anything on the edges if I think it looks better in a certain instance.
I’ve been trying to keep my lineart much thinner and enjoy using Procreate’s ballpoint pen for lineart. For sketches I usually use whatever feels most satisfying or convenient or just try a new brush for sketching to spice up my process every now and then.
In worst case-scenarios, if I’m really struggling to get something I like when sketching, then I just keep redoing the sketch and trying to figure out what I don’t like about it. The undertale the musical gif had something around 6 redo’s before I finally liked it enough to give it lineart
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Sometimes I also try making quick messy color mock-ups of my sketches to plan out colors or specific effects for later to test what colors I like and what I think would look good for later. I also might write notes if there’s any extra details I think of that I want to include later
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Thats everything I can think of, I hope this helps and sorry again for this being a pretty long answer, its the best way I could think to explain my process, but I hope its a bit helpful at least!
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finchwingart · 8 months
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its so, idk, reassuring? relieving? to see your art. not just the full, big, detailed and pretty and complex pieces you hold up as proof of your skill and talent and all, but especially the little ones you post occasionally, the little doodles and scribbles and quick and messy scraps or beginning bits. because usually all artists hand out is the first group, the big done skillful works and there's always this implication, that *those* are what /counts as art/ and anything less isn't. getting to see the little scraps & scribbles and all just.. reassures me that, hey, art isn't just the big painstaking detailed beasts of canvas and layers and detail. that the little ones, the starting, matters too. That you have to begin somewhere, after all, or that you don't have to throw your full effort all the time into what you do. that it's okay to.. not. So, thank you for showing the little things too.
aw man, that means a lot T^T I've always liked when artists show their rough work n sketches, and even silly little doodles, cause it kinda makes them feel more real? It's nice to see their dirty work and remind yourself it's ok to not have to make super polished stuff all the time, bc tbh I don't have the energy for super polished work these days, I just like to colour sketches and nap
Means a lot that you like them!!
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tamelee · 1 year
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Hi =) I'm here with a stupid question about Kishi's art again... (I'm so sorry😶)
What emotions do you think are Naruto and Sasuke expressing? Naruto is smiling, but what about Sasuke?
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Hi @shutkaminutka ! 💕
I have two versions in my head. One is the more marketing version where they both look down on us and flaunt these necklaces proudly as they should. But then I was looking at these clothes and when this art appears in the Manga between chapters and I changed my mind. It's always hard to tell without the eyes/eyebrows.
Cr. to Kishimoto:
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Something like this maybe? Sasuke looking at Naruto who's grinning at him while he's struggling internally because.. Naruto. Lol sorry for the quick messy sketch.
Explanation:
In the Manga when the creator wants to hide a character's emotion they hide the eyes purposefully like that. So when you see a panel for example like this:
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It means that the character is hiding an emotion or feels something that is contradicting to what is shown. Mostly it is to create some distance between characters or the reader depending on context. It can be ironic since even as a reader you can perfectly know what is going on. That is the point but it's more to add drama, clues or even pacing. When there was a shooting star, Sakura cried while looking at Sasuke's picture. Hiding alone in her room because she's upset.
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Naruto however looked at the star, clutched his chest tightly and was happy. He smiled and got determined to train harder. We get to see multiple close-ups from his eyes afterwards:
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Ever noticed that? You may think those are just some small details but no, no, that is all done deliberately. Kishimoto is showing us the contrast literally with intent after one another. The exception is when the focus is on the emotion itself:
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In Chapter 316 Kishimoto draws Naruto without eyes as well saying that Naruto's "enjoyable Summer is just about to begin!!"
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And we all know Naruto's Summer was not particularly enjoyable.
So why did Kishimoto not draw the eyes in the art? Because the focus is on the necklace anyway and it doesn't matter? Too much work? Haha yeah not buying it but it could be. I learned a Japanese proverb which is 目は口ほどに物を言う. I think it translates to something like eyes are the windows to the soul kinda-thing and that's very important in Manga. In this case Naruto and Sasuke are wearing boyfriend necklaces and there is literally no context. Showing no eyes.. What are the hidden thoughts/feelings or intentions? What is the emotion or contradiction? Why is Naruto's necklace he got from Tsunade so.. veiny.. why does it have balls? Why does it look like a.. why. Why. Kishimoto why. Why why why. I wish I had all the answers tbh.
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ppottato · 5 months
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just a quick messy sketch of Toby that I did right before the new year, kinda love it so
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cassketti · 2 months
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Comissions r open rn get a quick buck to make lol
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Messy sketch w/ color
Chibi — $10 (extra char +$7)
Bust — $15 (extra char +$12)
Half body — $20 (extra char +$17)
Full body —$25 (extra char +$22)
Shading — +$5
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Refined sketch w/ color
Chibi — $15 (extra char +$13)
Bust — $20 (extra char +$18)
Half body — $25 (extra char +$23)
Full body —$30 (extra char +$28)
Shading — +$6
This is the only good example I got right now u just have to trust me on this for now. Its just a sketch where I put more detail and make it more polished and less messy
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Rendered
Chibi — $35 (extra char +$33)
Bust — $45 (extra char +$43)
Half body — $55 (extra char +$53)
Full body —$65 (extra char +$63)
Extra refining — +$5
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Backgrounds
Simple stuff (flat color, shapes, non drawn pictures, simple patterns, text) — FREE
Some more stuff (objects, very simple chibis, drawn font, other specific stuff) — $5-$25
Vague shapes to roughly indicate an environment — $5-$25
Sketch w/ coloring and some shading — $5-$25
Messy/minimal rendering — $25-$110
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Feel free to ask me if ur unsure I don’t bite lol
Can draw
- suggestive themes
- blood/gore (depends on how bad it is)
- oc x canon/self ship
- animals/nonhumanoids
- furries
- real people (kinda depends)
Won’t draw
- straight up rawdog NSFW
- nudity (kinda depends)
- offensive/political content
- prodhip, don’t talk to me
- fetish
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Cashapp Kett TeeJ $m3owTJ
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!! I TAKE CASHAPP. If u got any other payment service ideas let me know but cashapp is like the only one ik that can work for me LMFAO
- dm on instagram or discord @evil_fruit). I can probably get u better on those platforms
- payment is made %50 upfront, the other %50 paid after commission is done
- no refunds after agreed payment, unless I really feel like it.
- it takes like, a few days to weeks to finish a piece so just be patient
- I got school and other stuff I'm busy with so keep that in mind. It's not like a commission is the only thing I have to do
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dtupdates-archive · 9 months
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♡—DREAM was active on Dream__Fanart (pt. 3)! He liked:
songwriting sessions
souproll my fav ship
until I end up dead 💤
puppys ૮ ・ﻌ・ა !!
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Plush dream dying in a glue trap
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wasnt able to do a full drawing today so here 2 i did on the boat !!
hi :)
to whoever wants to hear 💚
Dream Team together at last
C H A O S
plushie day! collect them all 🕹️✨
Hug🫶
Type 1 2 3 for DreamNap
Certified dnf artist 💚💙
HUBRIS VOL. 0 PART 1 (of 4)
Everest 🏔️
historians will say they were just best friends 💚💙
fine a wip i never finished
while i was listening to the dream space i was drawing dream in space 🪐
Guys with hats am I right?
Loved @/TunaMuffin Whimsy Dteam designs sm I had to draw them ✨🌸
who is he talking to 0_o ??
i was bored and missed doing art so i decided to do a super quick messy dnf sketch just because and they're kinda cute, just two little guys 🍄
happy birthday dream! 💚🪐✨
This player dreamed of sunlight and trees. Of fire and water.
found a lil guy 🔍✨
Cat beanie/crochet update!
"Living in our virtual lives"
dream here's an edit of patches bc anyone can be under the mask
//WIP hopefully I'll finish this by tomorrow 🤯
Reborn from stone
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imthepunchlord · 6 months
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How do you feel about the new Indigo Disk mons? Personally I think Hydrapple is sick as fuck.
Sorry for the wait! Was at work all day.
This answer will be under cut due to spoilers as it came out today.
I'm going to get these guys out of the way real quick cause I don't have a lot to say about them. In general, I am not a fan of robots/mechas, and Violet's Paradox pokemon, to me, are boring as it's the same mon but robot. Actually seeing them go robotic is what had me decide to get Scarlet over Violet. Only thing that tempted me was that Miraidon looked better for bike lizard, but the majority of the Paradox mons I just didn't like. I think only other I liked was Iron Thorns, but not enough to get it.
Of the... Iron Justice Trio (?), I actually like Iron Crown and Leaves the most.
Of the Justice Trio, Virizion is the one I liked the most. Iron Leaves doesn't do much to improve them, but I kinda like it cause I like Virizion the most of the trio.
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Iron Crown for me actually improves Cobalion for me. In some shots in the trailer, it actually looks majestic and fierce. I think with this, they were just able to polish the design better cause Cobalion to me just... always looked awkward. Like, it has blocky noodle legs. I don't like it. And by the lighting it looks like it's wearing a skintight jumpsuit and I don't like that. So, yeah, Iron Crown really improves and polishes up Cobalion's design. At least for me.
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Iron Boulder is just... meh. I don't really care for Terakion (similar issue to Cobalion in that it's just kinda awkward) and I wasn't expecting too much.
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Walking Wake I actually wasn't too crazy about initially.
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I will say, a big part of it was that I was salty we didn't get that sketch. I really liked the look of this thing. It looks like something you would ride into battle and it'd be epic.
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And then we got Walking Wake and it's like, oh.... ok.
But WW has grown on me, but if I had to pick between it or Suicune, I'd go with Suicune. It's not my favorite of the Paradox Beast Trio. Maybe it's making that shift of going onto two legs that throws me while the other two stay on four, so it's not so jarring? Idk.
Raging Bolt I liked more than Walking Wake, I think it's just so silly I can't help but kinda love it. It may be my fav of the trio.
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I do wish they picked a color to stick with. It's kinda messy with the red and the blue, and there are others in agreement. Some artist even go with blue over the red.
Gouging Fire, initially, I want to say I like what I see.
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But it's also kinda busy, so I'm in that spot where I kinda like it but I'm also unsure. Maybe I just need to see them in the game and how they move.
Duraladon I didn't really like, so Archaludon does nothing for me. When I first saw it, I wasn't even sure what I was looking at or knew where to rest my eye. So it's a mon I'm never going to use.
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By leaks and rumors, Hydrapple was a pokemon I was excited to see, and I gotta say, I do like it. In general, I love the Applin line, it's such a cute punny pokemon.
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It makes me wish Flapple and Appletun got an evo too, cause they feel like 2nd stage pokemon and could go further. Like, Appletun could've gone draconic turtle apple pie thing, and Flapple could've gone farther as a wyvern. Maybe one day.
Honestly, only thing that's disappointing is that it turns out those rumors were wrong and it's not our first Bug/Dragon. So, not yet sadly. But I am looking forward to trying it one day.
Terapagos was the legendary I was most intrigued with. And then I saw the apparent true form in the anime.
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Yeah I'm... I'm not crazy about it. My interest kinda dropped a little. The head is cute, but the rest of the body makes it look like some weird poodle. I like this form much more and I rather they stuck with it as the true form.
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I also saw that Terapagos has another Tera form, which so far, I can't find an image of it to share but I have caught glimpses, and atm, until I can get a good look, I have no idea what I'm really looking at. There's a lot of visual noise with that Tera form so I haven't really processed it yet in the bit I've seen.
Lastly, Pecharunt, I can't quite tell what I'm looking at yet. A butterfly??? I'm not sure. Supposedly this corrupted the "Loyal" Three, and is the true mastermind, or so I've heard. But of what I see doesn't impress me or interest me as much. It may be a matter I just need to look at it when there's better quality images and footage out.
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So for me, with the Indigo Disk, new mon wise is probably a positive but mixed bag. There are some I like, and some I don't.
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tyo-mimt · 7 months
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@kittencatcool @rottmnt-secret-gifting Thank you so much for the gift! I am so sorry this took so long to post, but I hope that this was worth the wait! I had a lot of fun writing it out so I hope you enjoy it!
(It is longer than I expected; I had to put the Keep Reading tab there)
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"I'm not too much for you, right?"
April froze, looking up from the open bag of spray canisters and art supplies to face Mikey properly. The box turtle halted his work on the mural, fidgeting with the cap on his spray canister as he waited for her answer. He stared directly at her with a look she only recognised on a much younger Mikey.
"Whoa, what brought this up?" April asked lightheartedly, putting the bag down. She immediately regretted the teasing, watching him crumple in on himself, looking just about ready to retreat into his shell.
Her big sister instincts kicked in, and she was quick to place a hand on his shoulder assuringly. With an apologetic look on her face, she backtracked from her dismissive teasing and tried again. “Sorry, sorry—what's going on, big guy?"
"I- Hmm…" Mikey chewed on the inside of his cheek. She exhales, sitting down and patting down the spot in front of her to invite him to sit. He took the spot, crossing his legs and letting out a weighted sigh.
There was a moment of silence between them. For the other guys it would've been normal, but it was always unsettling whenever Mikey did it. Not to say that he was a lot, but a quality April always appreciated was how the box turtle was always ready to share how he felt. But at that moment, it felt like the brothers' inability to talk about their problems was passed down to Mikey. And April O'Neil wasn't gonna let that happen!
To draw the turtle out of his shell (pun intended), she needed a different approach…
Her eyes drifted to the bag they brought. Fishing out a few papers and crayons from the bottom, she laid them out in front of Mikey. "You know I'll never force you to talk… But I do wanna know what's going on with you. And I do know that you do wanna tell me."
Mikey looked down at the pages, before looking back up at April. There's a turbulent expression on his face as if he's doubtful about the idea. April responded, "Come on, Doctor Feelings. Didn't you say art's also a valid way to express how you feel?"
Hesitantly, he reached out and grabbed one of the crayons. He still looked unsure. "It doesn't have to be something fancy like the mural; it could be a doodle or a sketch.”
Uncomfortable on the asphalt surface but all the more grateful for the suggestion, Mikey began doodling away at the page. He first drew Splinter's shape in his colours, then Draxum's. Red exclamation marks and sharp jagged lines covered the borders of the page. At some point, Mikey began tearing up. His tears added to the crude drawing, and April silently gathered the pieces of her shattering heart.
She didn't know, and she doubted anyone else noticed, too.
In the end, she was left with a messy, slightly crumpled, tear-stained sketch, a quietly sobbing Mikey, and an impression of what was happening.
April sighed, picking up the drawing and smoothing out the creases, "How do the others feel? About this?"
He answered quicker than before.
"Donnie doesn't care, Raph and Leo try to stay out of it, and I'm the only one who tries to do anything about it," Mikey's head sank a little into his shell, "I get that families are supposed to argue sometimes but... With Dad, with Draxum... It feels like all they do is fight!"
April reached her arms out, offering a hug. Mikey leaned into her embrace, wiping away rogue tears with the back of his hand. "Sometimes, it feels like I'm the only one who cares..."
April rubbed the back of his shell in reassuring circles. Eventually, she spoke, "At first, I was honestly kinda on the fence about Draxum being part of the family, but living in the same building as him, studying in the same school he works at, even having the few conversations we have with him... It's made me come to appreciate him, and well, the more the merrier, right?"
Mikey looked up at her. She wiped away the rest of his tears with her sleeve, "Just saying... If you weren't there, I think we would've missed out on a very welcome addition to the family."
She beamed, "You have a knack for bringing people together! It's never too much—if anything, it's perfect because it's you! Never forget that."
"You mean it?"
"I wouldn't mess with you, Mikey," April assured, hand to her chest, "cross my heart and hope to die."
Mikey laughed and April let out a sigh of relief. He sprung onto his feet and the girl followed.
"Wanna get this mural done?" she asked. Mikey picked up his spray canister, looking at the unfinished piece then back at April.
"Can I... keep talking about my feelings while we continue?" he asked.
April's heart warmed as her smile widened. "Of course, I'll always be happy to listen!"
The sound of soldering tools clattering onto the table drew April away from her homework daze. Her head spun toward the source of the sound, and she saw it there: Donnie’s defeated silhouette hunched over the table with an array of tools and gadgets littering the desk.
Rolling her chair gently over to Donnie, she tapped on his battle shell to remind him of her presence. He tensed, immediately snapping his head to face her with wide eyes and immediately relaxing the moment he realised it was just her. There were the victories and exhaustion of being an inventor, the joys and pains of a craft so meticulously developed that burning out left a gaping hole in his plastron.
He turned back to the desk, immediately slumping. His arms were folded on the desk and he buried his head in them. April could only sit next to him, leaning against his arm, "You okay, Dee?"
Donnie paused. It lasted a while, and neither he nor April moved for a long time. She expected it to last all night; in which the only way she could help was to put her back on his shoulder and remind him that she’d be there. Instead, she felt him shudder and shake.
Those sobs were involuntary but were real nonetheless.
She didn't turn her head but leaned it back to assure him of her judgment-free presence. He was wounded, defeated, and angry—the sobs that wracked his shuddering frame reminded her of that. She opened her mouth to let out her assurances but stopped herself when Donnie was the first to speak.
"Tech is easy, it's supposed to be—as in, it's predictable and modifiable. Every variable is something I control and every unwanted result can be easily remedied with a few repairs of a few lines of code."
He paused, letting in a shuddering breath before letting it out. Not wanting to betray his trust, her eyes remained trained on the wall of existing tech Donnie had hung on the wall. A wall of his past and present glories.
"But sometimes, it doesn't cooperate. Wires get in the way, code becomes illegible, and every mistake I've made prior piles up to become a bigger problem."
Donnie leaned against her; she buckled under his weight but kept upright. Realising his mistake, he turned himself and April around. She looked at him, the tears at the edge of his eyes and the way he just left them there... As if he didn't know what to do with them.
"I'm sure you remember what I said, back in Witch Town," Donnie murmured, stiffening himself and holding the arms of his chair tight, "I'm the science guy. If I can't do that… If I keep messing up… Or if my fixes only get us into even more trouble then... Then what good am I?"
"Donnie," April started to get his attention. He didn’t look up to face her, but he didn’t evade her sight either. It was still something.
Tentatively, she guided one of his hands off the chair and squeezed his fingers reassuringly; an invitation to an embrace if he'd want one. He didn't move, but he didn't pull away, "You know you're more than just your tech. You’re not just the science guy, you're Donnie: the guy who loves to dance, the thespian out of all of us, and most importantly, our brother…"
He didn't seem convinced. Judging by the look on his face, this wasn't a long-term assurance that he'd be able to internalise. Even then, he leaned his head on her shoulder, letting April's hands squeeze his. This was probably the closest thing she'd get to a hug for the night.
"I'll keep reminding you as much as you need, okay? Donatello Hamato, you're always gonna be amazing, with and without your tech."
He made a defeated nearly inaudible murmur, but April would still consider it a win. She chuckled briefly, sighing.
"You know, you'll be more comfortable if you sleep in a proper bed."
He muttered something unintelligible, his free hand gesturing half of what he was saying (she couldn't even see with her positioning anyway). She got the gist of it though: he couldn't move. Or rather, he didn't want to. She chuckled.
"Fine, at least let me sit in your chair. It looks comfier," she teased. Much to her surprise, the softshell pulled back and moved a little, leaving April a small opening to squeeze into. She was lucky he didn't take up too much space on the seat as she folded comfortably into the space she was given.
She was glad her brother was so warm. Sitting shoulder to shoulder with both little regard for personal space and the least physical contact possible, she felt Donnie was the first to doze off. His head leaned on her shoulder, and she didn't need to look to know he was already down for the count.
"We love you, Donnie. Don't ever forget that."
A centuries-long feud between two clans finally met its end, but there was always an aftermath. More often than not, that aftermath was a fallout.
The old lair was trashed by the Shredder, and April nearly got lost in the city trying to find the new location. She had it easy, considering she wasn’t the one to have lost the childhood home her brothers grew up in and lived for so much of their lives in.
That wasn't her only focus though; something else plagued her mind, and it was something she should've discussed long ago.
"Hey, Raph, can we talk?"
The snapping turtle turned his head up to face April; she struggled to hide the grimace on her face. Barring the heavy bags under his eyes and the fresh wounds scattered around his body from the fight a week ago, Raph let slip a grave expression. Not a split second later, the big guy was already sporting a large smile, even if every other part of his body portrayed the opposite.
"Oh, sure!" It was his usual level of enthusiasm, just enough to put anyone at ease. However, with what April's seen, it’s hard to believe he was completely genuine.
April sat on the couch, tapping the space next to her. Raph dropped the boxes he was carrying (they made a surprisingly loud thud on the ground) before walking over. He was slow to sit down, making sure his sudden added weight on the cushion didn't cause her to go airborne.
She let out a sigh, looking up at the snapping turtle before speaking, "You uh... you remember how you guys unlocked your ninpo, right?"
She saw Raph bristle, as if recounting the events of that fateful day within that split second, but he kept his small smile intact. "Yeah."
April leaned against him, splaying her arms out and wrapping them around him; their size difference made it difficult to give him the same hug he could easily give others, but she gave it her best attempt anyway, even if Raph wouldn't notice. "You know you could talk to us, right?"
"Of course! Raph tries to, but... you know there are some things we shouldn't share..." Raph seemed to trail off there.
April raised an eyebrow. "Like?"
"Well, Raph's the oldest. I had to make sure everyone got out of that situation alive…"
She didn't like where this was going.
"And Raph had to keep it together, 'cause if I didn't, we all… who else would've…"
It was too much to put on a kid…
"Raph just wants to keep everyone safe…"
April could feel him begin to shake as he trailed off; he was holding back. She looked up, and the snapping turtle wasn't hiding his tears. Her face shifted to a solemn smile.
Raph may be an immovable mountain and April may also be a tiny human two-thirds his size. But she's also April O'Neil! And she wasn't going to let a size difference stop her from getting her point across!
She clamoured onto the table, using the added height to get in front of him and look at him at eye level. He looked up at her, eyes glazed. All she needed was his attention, at least for that moment. "The world needed a hero... but that was too much to put on a kid."
He looked away, "Raph wasn't a kid."
April pulled his gaze back to face her, her palms wiping away any tears he'd neglected to wipe away. "But Raph's younger than April, and that makes him a kid by default."
That made him laugh a little, a tired kind of laugh but one seething with an easy relief she'd never heard from him before. She continued, "Point is, you've played the hero... It's over. So now, you're allowed to just be a kid again."
She opened her arms up, and Raph immediately took the gesture as an embrace. Her spine was on the verge of cracking, but what were a few fractures for a hug anyway?
"Just be Raph, my big little brother," she finalised, "My big little brother who'll tell me if things are getting hard. M'kay?"
"Okay."
She smiled at that.
"Now, you'll also tell me if you need help moving stuff, right?"
"There's nothing much left."
April eyed the pile of boxes Raph carried around. It may not be that heavy to him, but she wasn't hallucinating when that thud sounded like an earthquake. She was quick to rush over to the pile, picking up a pile of boxes on the top. They had their heft, but it wasn't as heavy as she initially thought.
"Hey now, starting now, your big sister’s helping you out; this is the least I can do!"
Leo finally woke up and, unsurprisingly—on the count of a human's life being very busy, especially after an alien invasion, April was the last to see him. And because of her brand of April O'Neil luck, she walked in while he was sleeping.
She brought a few Jupiter Jim comics she borrowed before the whole Krang situation happened. She specifically brought the ones she knew Leo favoured, quietly wondering to herself why Leo let her borrow them in the first place.
April waited, not wanting to wake the slider up when he needed recovery. A part of her was ready to leave and try her luck when her schedule freed up again, only for a voice to stir her out of her dazed stupor. "April?"
"Leo!" She dashed in for a hug, immediately tracking back to leave him some space to breathe, "Ah! Sorry! Are you okay?"
She took a better look at Leo: it's easy to see, he'd certainly seen better days. Even then, he wore an easy smile. "I'm fine, never been better! Okay, well, I have but… You get it."
April let out a relieved sigh, wearing a melancholic smile. "Okay, good. Now…"
She was ready to yell, and Leo braced for it. Her face immediately fell, and she could imagine he already had this reaction with the guys. Maybe together, maybe individually, maybe with Splinter or either Caseys… It didn't matter. At that moment, she wanted to be selfish; she was also someone who was terrified and hurt and scared. She was the one holding a weeping Splinter when they thought they'd lost Leo. Forever.
It wouldn’t have been fair to him though. She sighed, resting her forehead on his shoulder. Her words came out weaker than she'd have liked, but at least they came out, "Don't... ever do that again."
She heard Leo chuckle as one of his arms raised to embrace her. "I'll try."
"Promise me."
"If I did, I'd’ve made that promise to everyone now," He chose his words carefully. It sounded like a tease, something to clown about, but he tried to distract away from his skirting around the promise. As if he wasn't sure he could keep it.
She didn't move back to confront him, to stare him down or to scold him; the guys had probably already had their turn anyway.
So she instead let out an exhale and leaned more comfortably against him. She forgot just how warm her brothers could be. "Can you at least tell me why you did that?"
He paused, hesitant (who wouldn’t be?), but spoke his piece anyway. He spoke as if this line of questioning was repeated over and over again, and that her questioning was the thing that broke his silence. "It's simple. It was either me or the world... And well, you guys were part of that world, so the choice was easy..."
"You're also part of that world."
"I endangered that world… I put all of you at risk!" The reply came quicker than she'd like; it was defensive, hurt. Something cold dripped onto the fabric of her shoulders, heavy and damp. April didn't dare interrupt. "If it wasn’t for me, there wouldn't have been a world to save..."
His tone felt angrier.
"There's a reality out there that ended because of something that I did…"
But his voice grew more desperate.
"And I'd rather die than let the world end twice!"
She did pull away this time. And she saw a glimpse of it: the kid who saw the end of his world; the kid who’d find an eternity of isolation preferable to that… as long as that world remained safe. He was quick to roughly rub his eyes with the palm of his hand. April grabbed his arm, gently guiding it downward.
"You stopped the apocalypse... You saved the world... And that's worth celebrating! But what we're asking you to do is to never sacrifice yourself again..." April gently wiped his lingering tears away, "You said it yourself... Between ourselves and the world, we’d choose the world. We all would've rather braved the end of the world with you than continue living without you, ‘cause our world isn’t complete without a Leo in it."
"You guys could do without me..."
"Hey now! Whoever told you that’s a liar, we’d be lost without you!" April grabbed his cheeks, pulling his face to meet her eyes. Strangely enough, it reminded her of a simpler time, before they had anything to do with anything mystic-related. Those times were long gone, either for better or for worse, but she wouldn’t trade it for the world, "You're worth more to us than you think, Leo... Please don't forget that."
She watched the small smile crawl onto his face. It wasn't tired or forced; it was involuntary, and that was all she needed. She let go, and it was Leo who initiated a one-armed hug. She smiled and gladly took the offer.
Time for a little fun.
"Also, the next person who says something bad about you's gonna get April O'Neil'd. And my bat doesn't discriminate against bedridden turtles."
It rained that night.
She walked up to the basketball court of her apartment. She wasn't about to skip out on a game just because of a little downpour!
Out in her raincoat, she picked up a ball and dribbled it amateurishly across the court. At least she was getting better... She threw the ball upward, wincing when it hit the edge of the backboard instead.
In a brilliant flash of her classic April O'Neil luck, the ball bounced off the edge and fell off the building. She didn't even try to run for it; it wouldn't be worth falling off the complex just for a ball, but she knew she'd have to go down anyway... By herself. Fun.
Steeling herself for the walk of shame, she turned to the roof entrance before pausing. The gentle tapper of a ball bouncing back up onto the rooftop court took her out of her daze. April turned to the source of the sound—she picked the ball up and walked over to where she thought she dropped it.
Peering over the edge, she stopped herself from screaming in terror when she saw it at first: four dark silhouettes of different sizes (three of them larger than herself) obscured by the alleyway's shadows, cartoonish yet intimidating white eyes staring right up at her.
Instead of running for the hills, she swallowed her initial hesitancy and gave the figures a nervous smile. "So... Thanks for the catch... Wanna try a game?"
There were whispers, then a flurry of movement towards her. She barely even had time to react before the silhouettes moved out of her sight to the rooftop behind her. She whirled her head around, unsure what she was expecting.
Four humanoid turtles towered in front of her. The largest of the four reached out, and April didn't even flinch when she realised he was taking the ball. "What are we thinking, boys?"
The one with a blue mask looked over the red one's shoulder, "Oh, hey! We know this one!"
The purple one peeked over Red’s other shoulder, "It appears to be a baské ball."
"You mean basketball?" Blue deadpanned.
“I said it right.”
“No one in the world says it like that!”
The orange turtle took the ball from Red, flipping over him with surprising dexterity and looking up and down at her. "You're serious about a match with us?"
Red chimed in, gesturing vaguely to their whole being, “Even with this whole situation?”
The girl blinked. It was a surprise, and maybe a little scary in the beginning, but these turtles were just... dorks. Her confused tight-lipped look shifted to a pleasant smile, "Well, yeah! If y'all already know the rules, let's start!"
"Up-pup-pup-pup-pup! Hold on, we need teams first," Blue butted in, "I say we do Rock, Paper, Scissors and whoever loses gets stuck with Donnie."
Purple (Donnie, she's assuming) placed a hand on his chest? Plastron? "Scoff! You all underestimate the value a mathematically gifted mind can provide!"
"The last time we played, you got the ball stuck in the hoop!"
"And I was also the one who got it out, Nardo!"
"Take it easy, fellas," Red grabbed the bickering turtles by the top of their shells, "Let's just let the human decide teams!"
"Good idea, the one who knows the least about us picks the teams," Donnie said. She genuinely couldn't tell if it was sarcasm or not.
Orange hopped over to her, rolling his eyes with the ball still in hand. "Don't mind them. Oh, we almost forgot to ask—what’s your name?"
She froze for a moment when the smallest turtle jutted his arm out. She took it quickly, "It's April! April O'Neil."
"April!" Orange echoed, before pulling away and hopping to the side of the other three turtles, "I'm Mikey, this one's Leo, the big one's Raph, and the one about to bite Leo is Donnie."
April blinked before laughing, "You guys are fun! All right, seeing as you make Donnie out as the weakest in B-ball, he'll be on my team—the winning team!"
She pulled the purple turtle by the sleeve. She noticed the way he jerked a little and tried to avoid her contact (fair enough), and she left their contact at that. The other three laughed.
"Oh? You underestimating us, O'Neil?" Leo smirked in defiance.
April crossed her arms, mirroring his competitive expression. "Sounds like you're underestimating me. I'm the queen of this court, you'll see!"
Mikey (as he called himself) pushed himself between April and Leo. "All right, all right, enough banter! Let's get this show on the road!"
He threw the ball into the air, and the game officially began. None of them knew any of the rules and played according to the stuff they saw on television. April may be amateurish, but it turned out the Turtles had no idea what they were doing. April was small and nimble enough to steal the ball from their dribbles, and the only one who was able to match her throwing accuracy was Leo.
Nevertheless, they all sucked at the game, but it was the most fun she had.
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hi I hope this doesn’t sound like a demand lol but I love how you draw jupiter and I hope you draw him more
your art is so cool by the way I really like your character lineup 🥺
Thank you so much!! I literally never draw Jupiter, on account of my inability to draw 1. adult men and 2. beards, BUT it’s something I need to / want to get better at. The only other time I’ve drawn him was that lineup which I did super quick, so it was fun to try and think of an actual design so I can try to draw him more!
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[ID: Three half-colored digital sketches of Jupiter North from Nevermoor. They show him as a kid with messy hair, a young adult with a mullet and mustache, and an adult with longer hair and a fuller beard. End ID.]
Details on my Jupiter design / headcanons (?) for his life under the cut:
I started with the middle— in my layers, I dubbed him to be “teen” Jupiter, originally intending for him as a senior scholar, but as time went on I figured he was more like, early 20s young adult Jove. The Wunsoc sweater is just still there on the adults because I didn’t want to redraw <3
I feel like Wunsoc, especially with Dearborn and Murgatroyd prowling the halls, holds its student’s appearances to a certain standard. Sure, society members are representatives of the society for the rest of their lives once they graduate, but their time in school is their first introduction to that life. It's their debut as society members. We see this in a lot of stuff with Holliday, in Hollowpox and in the one Silverborn snippet, how she's manufacturing an image for Mog and co. and physical appearance plays a part in it.
Going with this: I feel like Wunsoc would expect their students to keep their appearance clean and approachable somewhat. Jupiter gives me a vibe of the kid who had a crazy growth spurt, and was able to grow a beard before graduating– BUT I don't know if Wunsoc (really just the Scholar Mistresses) would be crazy for that. So I imagine that he's relatively clean-shaven for the most part, nowhere near modern Jove, and then starts to grow out his facial hair a bit more as a senior scholar where I imagine things would lax a bit, and then just commit fully to growing a beard once he properly graduates.
So young adult Jupiter is perhaps in his early 20s, a somewhat recent Wunsoc graduate. I'm a mullet Jupiter truther, where his hair is longer in the back, and had to represent that. Younger Jove's is messier and more fun; he's not too concerned about his image as he hasn't quite reached that laundry list of titles and accolades yet.
Present-day adult Jupiter is still rocking the mullet style, just now it's longer and styled a bit more professionally. But let's be real– it doesn't stay this way. It totally gets easily messed up from his hats, and Jove loves to have fun and entertain people, Plus, he's a busy man, constantly stressed and running around. While the hair here might be great for say, a formal meeting or a magazine cover, the hair most folks end up seeing him with tends to be a bit more wild. He definitely starts to resemble his younger self's hair more after a rowdy night or a stressful endeavor.
Kid Jupiter– not much to say here, tbh. I figured I'd stick with the longer hair he has as an adult, kinda rowdy. Not a mullet yet, though! I was thinking of the part in Nevermoor where he starts talking about the rules he broke and stuff he got up to as a Wunsoc student, and how Hawthorne started taking notes, and made his hair similar to the rowdy hair of our favorite bestie. However, while Hawthorne's hair is curly, I'm of the belief that Jupiter's hair is definitely pretty straight. So no curlicues for him </3
Hopefully now that I've started to nail down a design for Jupiter, I can draw him more!! I always have soooo many Nevermoor ideas circling around in my brain. I love thinking about designs for various characters and the reasonings behind different aspects of their appearance.
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