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I know I say that I'm kinda nuts for doing the amount of visual research I do, but at the same time: Specificity is SO much more compelling and real feeling, and imo not getting references often makes things look more amateur.

Eg. drawing a sofa- my mental image of a sofa is something like this:

Like. Its a sofa. It works. But it's not very convincing, the pillows are kinda wrong at the back, and it's not really giving any information about the owner. Even if you want a basic sofa... What kind of basic.

comfy and cheap?

kinda rigid?

inherited? ------

who does this comfy cheap ikea sofa belong to anyway?

guy living alone?

teenage girl?

Grandma?

Anyway I'll get off my soapbox but specificity is sexy and fun and it can do your storytelling for you!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY GRUMPY KITTY

gonna leave this here because Im not able to finish this on time and its still August 16th somewhere in the world

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Dick and Bruce hugs I've collected while reading some comics

They mean a lot to me

This isn't even including them in the golden age

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something something generational emotional over regulation something

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These four idiots (they're not idiots, they're smarter than I'll ever be)

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People are so much more sad, and desparate, and lonely than you think. I have had three incidents in the last four months were a technician I was working with was being either dangerously unfocused (we work with high voltage), or just flat out angry with their coworkers, and every time when I just pulled them aside to say hey, this isn't you, you're nice, and you're competent, so something must be up - what can I do to help - they have responded by bursting into tears. One guy was struggling to get his wife moved into a care home, one guy just got served divorce papers, and the other hadn't slept a wink the night before because his daughter had the pukes.

I haven't spent my whole life responding to people being rude, or stupid, or dangerous with knee jerk compassion. It's a new habit. The first time I did that as the lead for my lab, it was because the guy genuinely was so good natured that I knew something had to be off. But the other two times were just me going, alright, lets see if it always goes this well, and so far, it has. I'm almost 30, and I just figured out that the #1 reason people are shitty are because they are going through shit.

I don't think you have, like, a moral obligation to respond to people being jerks with knee jerk compassion. But it has made my life so much easier the last four months that I would recommend trying. For your own sake. Please.

(I'll step off my soapbox now. Enjoy your Sunday.)

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they're so in love

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local teacher misses his friends, gets caught by villains on purpose to see them

been sitting on this one for a while because there was supposed to be more with other characters but I’m probably never gonna get around to doing it to here you go :)

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no one noticed

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needed to do this rq

ref and bonus:

ill work on something serious next (⁠´⁠ε⁠｀⁠ ⁠)

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Superman is on his way but for now Bruce has joined his family

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i just like how hinata looks so done with everyones shit

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ok so

alternate ending:

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the category is drawing the best brother duo of all time and Dan mora CLEARS every time. Dick and Jason’s brotherisms you are so dear to me LOOK HOW TINY THEY ARE MY SHAYLAS

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My vampires CAN walk into the sunlight but doing so would reveal what they would look like if they aged normally

Younger vampires don’t have much to worry about but older vamps have reason to avoid sunlight as they age. They are still immortal, but their aged, sunlit selves are significantly weaker than their non-sunlit forms. Vamps over 100 years old run the risk of crumpling over, fully immobile, but still conscious