#How to Draw Baby Groot

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OLD art of my dragon quest characters! i started it in 2022 and didnt play much at all in 2023 necause the vocations stressed me out too much but i picked it up again this december and havent stopped playing since!!

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[taylanix]

Hey guess what

Ramble time

Todays topic of discussion: My Rocket Raccoon design that I do not have a ref sheet for + some headcannons for this one

Aka this man:

His outfit takes from a variety of designs from the games, movies, and comics. Most notably his jacket, pants, and gloves are from rivals, and then the clothes underneath are inspo from both MCU and GOTG 2021 game. Goggles are from Avengers: Endgame (not pictured).

Fur pattern mostly matches rivals design with some tweaks. He does have a hole in his ear above where his earing is (again another design taken from both games). This hole is actually due to this Rocket's specific lore (which mainly follows MCU) where HE tagged him and when he escaped either he tore it off or someone else did (ouch). Example of when he had it:

(yes I want to give yall this image again. I love how innocent he looks)

If y'all would like I can make another ramble post over this version of events in this universe. ANYWAY BACK TO THE DESIGN.

Now this is just general design choices I do with rocket. First off is that his eyes are all red for most of the designs I give. His sclera is a bright red followed with the outer part of the pupil as a dark red and then the inner part being a softer red. The only exception is Celestial Rocket who has a different eye color (Yellow -> Dark pink -> Light pink). His eye shape is also very angular compared to more round. Most of his character design for me includes sharp points and spikey meaning his eyes should reflect it. The only time his eyes are not round was when he was a baby.

All my rockets have claws! Most of the time his claws are a dark shade of brown like usual raccoon claws. However some designs I give him white/clear claws bc it matches better with the color scheme. Going along with this is that his paws actually are two-toned. The top of his hands and feet are covered in his light brown fur while the inner/underside of his hands are the same color as his dark brown fur. This is to be like how actual raccoon paws are with having a darker underside.

Fun fact: The drawing below he does not have paw pads as raccoons do not have it them but they are in fact calluses. His hands are sensitive so thats why he wears gloves unless he needs to use his hands to see what he is doing.

Headcanon time:

He has decent eyesight but sometimes its strained. He owns glasses but doesn't like using them unless its for stuff up close that he cant make out. He does not defeat the tired dad allegations with his kid (Groot)

He is still very much an asshole to everyone but some people have it less. His favorite guardians are Groot, Mantis, and Nebula while his least favorite is Quill (hes still fine with him but likes the other 3 more).

I cannot for the life of me find the post but someone said that Rocket would love spicy food. I agree with that even though raccoons hate spice just so the imagery of white boy Quill dying to his food is funny. If someone has the link to the post I will link it here. (Edit: Found the post! Link to the post that was made by @/happylittleshrub and then reblogged by @/gumcatbd)

The underside of his hands are very sensitive to touch which is why he wears gloves. He hates it when any of the guardians (besides groot) or gross material touches his hand without his gloves. He often reacts violently when someone touches his hand without permission (often just a nip or claw swipe).

Overall bc he is an actual raccoon he is very sensitive to a lot of things which makes him easy to anger when everything at once is going on. No wonder he is pissy during fights.

Consider yourself lucky is he falls asleep by you or next to you. Groot is #1 at this ranking due to the closeness of the two while both Nebula and Mantis are tied for #2. Nebula is at number 2 due to her and rocket getting along and having to spend a long while together. Mantis is at number 2 bc she will just scoop him up and take him to watch stuff as a break. He often falls asleep when extra tired. The person in last place is drax. The amount of times Drax has made a reference to eating him/animals similar to him makes him not trust sleeping by Drax alone.

Continuing with the sleeping habits, when he sleeps in his hammock he is sleeping either one of two ways. First way he is on his back splayed out like he owns the ship. 2nd way is he's curled up with his tail by him/using it as a pillow.

He can grow a beard if he so does wish so (like 2021 Rocket) but chooses not to. Instead he has just barely any scruff.

He has a very fluffy tail bc I say so

As much as he represses it, he will make chattering and other raccoon noises when working. He eventually learns to actually use these sounds this on jobs with the others when alerting them of trouble, he's in position, or just to mess with them. Its great bc he sounds like an animal but he will get picked on if he purrs (he nearly bit off quills arm).

Thats all for now.

[bugbearstew]

Magic The Gathering's Pikachu-Baby-Yoda-Groot || How can you love a corporate plant?

In April of 2024 the Magic The Gathering set "Outlaws of Thunder Junction" was released. The set is kind of a mess. It's sort of a wild west cowboy story but with the edges sanded off and also kind of a villain set with the edges sanded off and also a treasure hunting set all smashed together.

That last bit is the most important for this post. Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) had a smaller set of cards within it called "The Big Score." I don't know if it was ever officially stated or just a common theory from players but most people believe that The Big Score (BIG) was originally planned to be a second, smaller set, similar to a recent set. However, that previous smaller set did so poorly that it seemed like wizards made the last minute decision to squish BIG into OTJ and just make them *very* rare cards.

In the lore of BIG we have the characters Jace and Vraska opening up the super secret hidden alien treasure vault on this wild west planet and instead of finding treasure they find... A Weird Baby! They understand it's name is Loot and essentially adopt him as their own child, and, well, most of the MTG fanbase kind of hates Loot. A Lot.

Can you really blame them?

Loot's first appearance was drawn by Rudy Siswanto. Rudy does a lot of art for League of Legends. Which is why Loot just looks plucked straight out of the LoL character screen. Rudy is an amazing artist and has done a ton of great work for Riot but, seeing Wizards go to one of Riot's premiere "cutesy guy" artists made most people jump to the conclusion, i think, that:

Loot is an industry plant

Designed from the ground up by committee to have a hit new baby pikachu yoda groggu to make plushies and sell stickers and tshirts. It doesn't really help that fans felt like Loot was shoe-horned into the next story set. And, for being a character that was just introduced, he's already on 22 cards *including* the holiday promo. The suits at Wizards of the Coast want to shove Loot down your throat and buy merch.... Right?

Cards on the table we will probably never know entirely for sure if Loot was actually designed to sell merch or not. Because, let's be real, if he *was* no one would ever admit it and if WotC tells players that he *wasn't* then no one will ever believe it.

So what are we left with? A character that, I think, rightfully gives players a knee-jerk reaction. WotC doesn't have the best reputation and honestly often doesn't deserve the grace to expect anything but the worst. But, I kind of love Loot. I think his first card "Loot, The Key to Everything" is a really fun card. Him being the adopted child of Jace and Vraska, two complicated and long-running characters, also makes him a very interesting character. This is especially true as Jace begins to go a bit darker and treat Loot pretty bad.

There is kind of a humor to Loot for me. If Loot is indeed designed to be a pikachu I think he just kind of... fails entirely? He's kind of weird and over-designed, the artists never draw him exactly the same which gives him a weird unknowable appearance, and, most importantly, WotC cannot make good merch of him at ALL.

Loot is this cringefail creature that just kind of makes me smile at how bad they fucked up. Loot is kind of like shitty bootleg pokemon merch. Obviously made to make cash and deceive someone and yet... you kind of love your poorly made goofy ass totodile plush. Loot is a funny little guy who I've decided to adopt and take from Wizards of the Coast. I've put in for full custody and they'll be hearing from my lawyer soon.

[happylittleshrub]

Rocket and Art Headcanons

I actually don’t see Rocket as being much of an artist in the painting/drawing sense. 

Sometimes he’ll sketch up drawings of different inventions he wants to make, but they’re not detailed in the way blueprints tend to be. Rocket doesn’t need to work from blueprints so when he sketches down an idea it’s more like him writing a note for himself, how this is something he wants to work on at some point.

I think Rocket’s creativity lends itself more to a 3D creation space. He likes working with tactile mediums. 

In most instances when he makes something the form follows the function. Rocket usually works with a lot of repurposed parts and he’s generally more concerned with what a gadget does than how it looks. 

That being said though he does have a great sense of what looks frickin’ awesome. It’s canon that he’s the one who designed the Bowie which is amazing, and there’s also the aero-rigs which look so cool and sleek. I definitely think he adds flair to different weapons and such when he wants to.

I also like the headcanon that he participated in the creation of the Guardians’ uniforms in Vol. 3.

Headcanon of mine: He knows how to sew. He mends and alters his clothes 

He’d be really good at metal working. He already knows how to make a gun or a spaceship so if he wanted to create a sculpture of something he’d have no problem identifying what metal parts to use and how to put them together. 

I think he would also have a talent for origami (Raccoonfallsharder wrote a rly cute hc about this)

Rocket doesn’t really judge art on its technical aspects. A painting could be the most technically proficient piece ever created but if Rocket feels no connection to it he’d just be like “That’s worth millions of units???” Conversely he wouldn’t get why a single dot on a canvas is worth millions of units either just looking at it. 

For him the context of a piece, who created it and why, would matter far more in determining an artwork’s value

He adores the little drawings Baby Groot would make of the Guardians. He’d call them masterpieces and fully mean it. It’s his son expressing his love for his family and that means the absolute world to Rocket.

[raccoonfallsharder]

If Rocket were to get a team-up film, like Deadpool and Wolverine, featuring a character he’s rarely interacted with but could have great chemistry with, who would you choose?

oh my god. this is a delightful question that i have so many thoughts about THANK YOU FOR ASKING and i would love to hear your thoughts too??

SO. in addition to yearning for an ongoing rocket & thor series, i’d actually love a deadpool & rocket feature (in spite of how disappointed i was in deadpool & wolverine) à la blue river score. also no shade to the marvels but that whole arc with chewie having kittens is (i am pretty sure?) based off Captain Marvel 2014-2015 issue 7 & 8 in which rocket is the one who informs carol that chewie is a flerken and then chewie has babies and i have been wanting to see that whole arc reimagined for the big screen for ages and i was so sad that when it finally happened, my guy was not part of it. and of course i would have loved to see the wanda & rocket road-trip happen.

(and also this is not exactly what you asked but here’s my previous list of rfh-approved ideas for rocket-related sequels and follow-ups to the gotg trilogy)

BUT. you know what i actually think i want most? if i’m allowed to mess around with timelines and ages and shit? i want rocket & sassy teenage groot to come across kamala khan, lost in space. i want young groot & kamala to be the weirdest and best of friends, and rocket to be single-parenting them both while the three of them accidentally save the universe together — probably multiple times — and rocket tries to get kamala home to the khan family.

i just love the idea of smart-ass groot and sour grumpy rocket trying to figure out how to navigate life with this actual ball of sunlight who does not have an inauthentic or disingenuous bone in her body and is also funny as FUCK all the time. i think she and groot would actually just be excellent immediate grumpy-sunshine friends. like kamala would probably catch onto groot’s speech immediately, and they’d be such good buddies. and rocket would be like what the hell do i do with this baldbody kid this is the worst until the first time he and groot get into a fight and before rocket can even yell at his son for having such a terrible mouth, kamala full on GASPS and is like groot i can’t believe you talk to your dad that way. he loves you so much.

and then rocket’s like fuck i guess i gotta adopt this girl now

(also join me for a moment in imagining the sheer MAYHEM these three chaos muppets would cause in every single sequence) (and all of rocket’s exhausted single-dad-moments) (and the potential for softness too ugh) (i require at least one scene with rocket in the dad-glasses reacting to the two of them the same way he reacted to groot’s drawing in i am groot s1 e5)

and then once they finally got kamala back to terra, rocket & groot would have dinner with the khan family (who are honestly actual jewels, the best humans that terra has to offer tbh). rocket would be so awkward and trying not to be rude (but he’d be so bad at it) and the khans would be so weirded out but also so grateful that this talking raccoon and tree-thing kept their daughter safe in outer space and brought her back home. and i think just like rocket had sort of inadvertently adopted kamala in space, the khans would sorta adopt him and groot and tell the two of them to make sure they stop by whenever they are in the area and probably send them back to their spaceship with leftovers.

anyway i just want another found family for my guy and i love the khans and i. i dunno i think i’d probably cry

[usagi-zakura]

Would you like some miniatures for your RPG game but you think they're too expensive? Or maybe you just can't find the right figure... because lord knows I've had that problem... sure you could just use your dice... but its more fun to have a figure that accurately represents your character right? This is my box of minis. Most of them are official miniatures or 3D-printed ones... but there's also some odd ones in here.

Option 1 is toys. Just ordinary toys. Sure a lot of these are as expensive if not more expensive than DnD minis... but if you happen to have some lying around... or maybe you find a box in the thrift store they can be used. Some of these are MLP blind bag figurines, or the pets of full sized ponies. A few are Shleich figurines which admittedly don't really fit the DnD scale, but I've been buying baby ones and made them stand in for large sized animals (and a rabbit that wasn't meant to be big... but for some reason I just couldn't find any smaller rabbits for the longest time). Also I painted them... because I a druid with a theme and that theme was stripes. (She was a tigerstriped Tabaxi) the elk is the only full sized figure I used for her because it was meant to be a Giant Elk. And Groot...I got no clue where he came from, I got it as a gift. Thought he could stand in for an awakened scrub or something.

Next are kinder toys. May not be available in the US but that ain't my fault... If you're looking for animals I recommend the Natoons series of Kinder Surprise Eggs. They're pretty great and come with delicious chocolate.

These are buttons. Yes buttons. I found them at a craft store and made them a base of hot glue.

If you're feeling artistic you could also try making them out of clay.

then there's my current favorite method of creating minis:

I made these using shrink plastic! (Base is hot glue once again) Admittedly they require at least some artistic talent and it can take a bit of trial and error to get them the correct size, but at least all my minis are 100% accurate to how I draw them :3

A friend of mine would have little paper figurines inside of a plastic stand (I belive he got the stands on Etsy, not sure which store tho) so it doesn't have to be shrink plast specifically either. If you can make a stand for a paper figure that works too! The Shrink plast ones just tend to be a tad more durable which is why I prefer them. X3

[companionjones]

Pirates

Fandoms: Marvel, MCU, Guardians of the Galaxy

Info: This probably takes place pretty soon after Gotg 1.

Warnings: Cursing

You were hanging out with baby Groot on the Milano when the ship landed on a small purple planet that was well known as a pirate trading post. You and the Guardians frequented this planetary establishment when you wanted to trade off something you had gotten on your less than righteous side-quests.

"Okay, everyone remember: We are not here to start anything," Quill told everyone. "We're here to trade-off the Maker Suckers, and we're doing nothing else. Got it?"

"Yeah," Rocket agreed, then went on, "So, we're not allowed to take a shit?"

"I am Groot," Groot piped up with a smile on his face.

Rocket pointed at him. "Exactly. We're not allowed to piss either, huh?"

"Come on, Rocket. You know he didn't mean that." You rolled your eyes, and tried your best to suppress a smirk.

Quill didn't catch your expression and offhandedly thanked you for sticking up for him.

You caught Rocket's eye right after, and the two of you chuckled because of the interaction.

It didn't take long to trade the Maker Suckers, but on the way out, Gamora caught sight of a flyer. "Hey, guys, look at this."

It read that there was an object a few planets over that could be exchanged for credits on this planet.

"What is an Oxigen?" Drax wondered.

"What it is is none of your business," a rough voice came from behind you all.

You all turned around. Standing in front of you was a man with what looked like a pig-shaped skull for a head. He was flanked by three men on either side of him.

He spoke more, "Me and my crew are going to fetch the Oxigen, and none of you twats are going to do anything regarding it. You hear that?"

"Actually, no," you spoke up, drawing your weapon. "All this 'twat' heard is a challenge to beat you fuckers to this planet Montoff to get this Oxigen." You took a step forward to challenge them.

In response, all of the pirates in front of you started drawing their weapons as well.

Everyone else in the vicinity drew their weapons. Rocket stepped in front of you as he did so which surprised you.

You were ready to fight them, but apparently, Quill wasn't.

"Okay, why don't we all just calm down, huh? We'll all race to Montoff to get the Oxigen, and may the best man win. How about that?"

The pig skull man got a very evil grin on his face, and he was looking directly at you as he responded to Quill, "Sounds like a plan to me. But you best be sure to keep your crew in line. It would be a shame if one of them were to turn up missing one of these days." He and his crew walked past you and the Guardians, a few of them bumping into your shoulder along the way.

Rocket took a step in their direction, and it looked like he was about to yell after them. Gamora saw that and was quick to react. She snatched him up and put a hand over his mouth. Rocket fought against Gamora's grasp for a moment before the pirates were gone and Gamora let him go.

"Did you just bite my hand?!" Gamora cursed as she cradled her wrist.

"How many times do I have to tell you people not to manhandle me?!" Rocket yelled in return.

Quill then cut in, "Alright, alright! Everyone back to the ship, before some other poster catches our attention."

Back on the Milano, Quill admonished you, "What were you thinking calling out those pirates like that?"

You rolled your eyes. "I was thinking that nobody gets to push us around."

Rocket defended you, "Yeah, and you were right to do so. Those guys were assholes."

Groot agreed, "I am Groot."

Quill sighed, "Well, I guess we gotta get the Oxigen now. Let's just hope we don't die doing it."

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5/2/25: r/SketchDaily theme, "Free Draw Friday." This week's characters from my anthro WWII storyline are Unnamed Father and Unnamed Uncle. The first is Gold Rat's estranged father (he basically relinquishes custody of him as a child) and the second is Teal Rat's uncle (he raises Teal after his mother gives him up). They're both not terribly nice people, though they aren't monsters either, just really lousy with kids. There'll be more about them later in my art Tumblr and Toyhou.se.

Regarding their design, Gold's father has shaded/bloodshot eyes as he has a problem with drinking, while Teal resembles his uncle more than his mother or father.

TUMBLR EDIT: Individual entries beyond this point.

The majority of info about the relationship between Gold Rat (real first name Arthur) and his father is in Gold Rat's entry and in Amelia de Groot's entry. (Take note that certain details, such as some specifics in the train-top confrontation between Gold, Ratdog, and Schavitz, are out of date.) I don't know much about Gold's father or his history, though I can say his drinking is even more of an issue than Georg Klemper's; at least Georg has his sober moments, especially while working, and based on how much his temperament changes when he's drunk, I feel he never really learns to "tolerate" alcohol.

Gold's father is...pretty much always drunk, just to varying degrees, and apparently adept enough at coping with it that he can somewhat function on the job. I'm assuming it's some blue-collar job, probably drudging factory work, as he's only at home in the evenings and at night. He and young son Arthur are on their own, so his wife must die when their son is very young, as Gold later has hardly any memory of her. She doesn't die in childbirth, so maybe she's sick. This is perhaps what triggers her husband's alcoholism, though I'm not 100% sure. There's a comparison here between this family and the Himmel family; Otto Himmel's wife dies in childbirth and he's left to raise his mentally disabled son, Kolten, on his own, while Gold's father is left to raise the "stupid" (dyslexic) Arthur alone. Kolten is forcibly taken away by the state and Himmel fights tooth and nail for years to try to get him back. Arthur is removed from his father's custody and placed in a group home after his abusive father beats him badly enough to blacken his eyes...yet his father makes no effort to get him back. Even if he dearly loved his wife (I'm not sure yet), for some reason, that love doesn't seem to extend to their son.

Or...? In Gold's entry I mention how his father is likely glad to be rid of a problem child, an extra mouth to feed. Yet maybe it's more complex than that. Another comparison can be made, here with Ratdog/Adel, who is also prone to drunkenness and some time after a one-night stand finds himself unexpectedly saddled with a baby. Adel doesn't want a kid. He has no idea how to raise one. In fact, his first reaction is to flee, leaving the baby alone, to try to find a female neighbor to help him figure out what to do. He makes LOTS of mistakes in the following weeks--including accidentally slicing his son's ear open when he throws a fit and hurls a bottle at the wall--yet...gradually, he finds himself experiencing the same feelings Himmel does, and ends up willing to do anything for his son. He never fully recovers from the boy's death a few years later.

I find myself wondering if Gold's father ever experiences something similar, if he's relieved to be rid of Arthur not only because it's less hassle to deal with, but because he figures his son is better off in other hands, hands more capable of dealing with such things than his. He's not father material--same as Adel--but that doesn't necessarily mean he doesn't love his son. Some people just aren't emotionally equipped to handle such things. Maybe he never goes to reclaim his son as he knows Arthur stands a much better chance somewhere else, away from him.

This of course doesn't excuse his abuse--same as Georg Klemper--but I doubt many people set out wanting to hurt the ones they supposedly love. Gold's father probably wouldn't treat him the way he does if not for the alcohol. He still wouldn't be a particularly great father, he just wouldn't be as lousy at it. This is hinted at when Gold--now grown and ready to ship out to Germany--and he run into each other on the street and share a few words. By now, he's largely lost interest in drinking, but is simply burnt out and worn out; he lives alone and in poverty, retired if you could call it that, nothing left to do but sit in a shabby chair in a shabby room by a shabby radio, eat a small meal by himself, and go to sleep in a shabby bed. He's perplexed by this young, bright-eyed soldier who greets him out of nowhere and expresses interest in talking to him--nobody ever talks to him--and he's so rusty at it that he barely knows what to say, though he tries, if only to force himself to be a bit polite. The chatty soldier does most of the talking anyway. He hates the look that comes to the soldier's eyes the longer they speak; the friendliness--and something else?--shifts to uncertainty, then sadness--it looks like pity. Why should a total stranger pity him? He bites down his bitterness and self-loathing, makes himself remain polite, and a moment or so later they amicably part ways. He tries not to scowl too hard as he trudges home, unsuccessfully attempting to put the odd experience out of his head.

It isn't until he's sitting down at the tiny kitchen table for his solitary supper that he realizes what was that unknown something else he saw in the soldier's eyes when he greeted him--hope. Uneasy, anxious hope, but hope nonetheless. It's been so long since he's felt it himself, of course he wouldn't immediately recognize it in someone else. And as soon as he finds himself wondering why a stranger would be hopeful on meeting him, he realizes the soldier was no stranger. The eyes, the face, a younger, more vibrant, more alive version of himself. He stood on the street for several moments having a conversation with his own son, and he didn't even know who he was.

He doesn't feel angry or upset or anything like that. Same as Gold had felt on realizing how small and miserable and lonely his life is now, all he feels is drained and sad. He stares across the little table as he eats, at the spot where his son would be sitting if they hadn't parted the way they had, if he hadn't given up on him and given him up. He knows Gold is better off, is likely a better person having grown up without him in his life...yet he still feels empty inside, and probably wishes things could have been different.

I don't know if he makes any changes for the better or not in the remains of his life. Maybe Gold's success moves him to do something, maybe he's too far gone. I do know that he never meets his son again.

[Unnamed Father (Gold) 2025 [‎Friday, ‎May ‎2, ‎2025, ‏‎12:00:10 AM]]

[funkydancingdinosaur]

I don't have many drawings of them, these are mostly from memes I made for my friends, but this is Tadoria (They/she), but they primarily go by Dori.

They're the result of the High Evolutionary's failed attempt at "perfecting" a race of shape-shifter aliens. Long story short, the HE wanted to make the species' shape-shifting be internal as much as external and wanted to make them able to change their eyes, which was the species' "tell." But he failed at the latter goal and sort of succeeded at the former... at the expense of dooming the species into being unable to multiply, so he decided to erase his failure and destroy their planet.

Dori and a handful of their race escaped, and bounties were placed on them. She stays silly, though, and is like, who'd guess that one of us would be a bounty hunter? So, her shape-shifting comes in handy for that. They're a huge nerd about spaceships - as cool as they'd like to think they are - and a bit of a self-taught engineer through trial and error.

Anyway, she stumbles into the occasional work partnership, messy friendship with Rocket - and by extension, Groot - about 2-ish years before the Guardians are formed because they're also a bit of a smartass and - while slower at building than Rocket is - build decent heavy artillery.

She's a bit paranoid bc of her past and would like to one day be known for her engineering skills as opposed to her stealth. I don't know how well I'm able to show it with these drawings, but they're actually pretty feminine (while not considering herself 100% a girl). Personaliy-wise, they're actually loosely based on the Electra Heart - Family Jewels, Marina era. In terms of design, they're basically a more humanoid Jerboa with chameleon accents.

Functionally, I thought it'd be interesting to challenge Rocket, my baby girl, by having someone be a few steps behind his character growth and there to symbolically represent the more fun side of his old bad habits and misbeliefs. They're silly, bad at communicating, and they like to get into trouble together. All that coupled with some commitment issues, what could go wrong?

I'm writing an episodic fanfic where both she and Rocket get put through the wringer, and their messy relationship evolves as they grow as people, so if anyone wants to check that out, the first part'll be dropping soon! If you like angst and goofy adventures, I hope you enjoy!

can u guys rb with ur gotg ocs/sonas… i wanna see em

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How to Draw Baby Groot - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2

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How to Draw Baby Groot - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2

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Also, don’t forget to check another tutorial Sketchbook Sessions – 23 – Easy Things to Draw

Hey guys, how you been, I’m Enrique and welcome to Easy Things to Draw. Today I’ll teach you how to draw baby Groot, you can find the pencils that I use to draw this drawing in the video description on my YouTube channel, but if you don’t have time for that, I use a kind of charcoal pencil, these get dark pretty fast so you have to be careful with them. I also use the eraser from the back of my Mechanical Pencil, I like this because it is white, as some eraser with colors can dye the paper, although as I have said many times, you can use the materials of your prefer. If there are any questions, do not hesitate to ask me.

Also, if you want it, you can draw following the video tutorial with me, but you should pause if it goes too fast, since it is sped up three times. If you want to see it in real-time, you can find that in the description on YouTube, but unlike the video on my main channel, the real-time video has no comment.

Having said all this, let’s start with the drawing. The first thing I want to do is draw a general position of baby Groot, this is without much detail because that I will be adding it later. So I add the shape of his head, body, his feet, which remind me of the feet of an elephant. Once I have done the general position that I want, I think about this body, for me, from the head down, it’s an adult body, the head is what gives baby Groot the appearance of a child and this it also looks like an emoji.

The bigger you make the head, it will look more like a child. I find interesting that the eyes are quite small or normal considering the portion of the head. One thing a part of all this, is that Groot is one of my favorite characters since I love the design of him in the first movie.

Then it continued with the neck and I have to make sure to connect the connectors in the right way. As I was saying earlier the body of baby Groot is more like an adult since you can find pecs and that sort of thing. I also want to add deeper eyes and I do this by making them a little bit darker.

After doing this, I star detailing more the body parts. The body of baby Groot doesn’t look so human but still follows the anatomy of one, for example, baby Groot possesses Deltoid, Biceps, triceps, etc. I darken the eyes a little more because I want them to pop out and I also add a smile on the face, which reminds me of the emoji that smiles.

Now I try to figure out how to draw the shoulders and I detail again the muscles of the chest, which are quite similar to humans only with the difference that I add these branches and the appearance of a tree, like if they were made of wood. When you look at the extra things I’ve put in, it seems like it doesn’t follow the human proportion, but it does, it’s pretty close to doing it…

I continued adding a little bit of shade, this gives more dimension to the drawing. With this drawing I’m adding more elements than I normally do and also I’m concentrating more on certain areas, for example, right now I haven’t drawn anything in the hands and this is not normal in me, because when I normally draw, I like everything to be gradual, you know, I like adding details little by little on the whole drawing I don’t usually concentrate on just one area. Another thing that I do now, is trying to fade or alter the darkness in some way because to me, it looks a little bit like a massive body.How to draw baby groot step by step easy.

Then I go down to his feet and interconnect some pieces. All the pieces have to relate to each other. For an experienced artist or the person who designed this character is easier to draw, but for someone with less experience, it has to be very careful to not leave the muscles like a pile of wood.

It continued with its rib cage and this part is not anatomically correct, because it looks like a explode tree.

Right now I’m just adding details and darken some parts, you know, adding some shadow patterns to make everything look a little more organized, that way you can differentiate each part and also know what’s going on, I also do this by adding halftones and some parts leave them completely dark.

I still have to define more the hands and I don’t want them to look like the hands of Pinocchio. For this character, it needs to have rivets and more dimension. Then I cleaned a little bit with the eraser since the pencil of charcoal can leave some dirties.

Then I add a thicker line around the contour of baby Groot, this is something that looks good in some drawings and I like how it looks in this, especially in the head. This is something that I usually do with marker, but for this drawing, I wanted to do it with a pencil.How to Draw Baby Groot Face.

Then I only add a little bit more shadow in some places and that’s it. Hopefully, this tutorial has been helpful to you, if you want to learn how to improve in your drawings you can go to my YouTube channel “Easy Things to Draw 101”, there I will teach you how to draw step by step.

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[mirkwoodshewolf]

Drawing chaos; Peter Quill x toddler reader

*Author’s note*

So this comes from @white-wolf-buckaroo​ who I thank for being sooooo patient with me and I hope this is the continuation you were looking for. After seeing the Groot shorts on Disney+ the Magnum Opus short was BIG inspiration for this fic so I hope you as well as all my readers enjoy this little drabble.

No warnings just some pure, unadulterated fluff.  This can be served as a sequel to this story here.

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It had been four years since the Guardians had found little (Y/n) and to say their lives had changed well—it definitely had its fill of surprises.  Like the one time when they were on a mission in Tamaran to stop a Leviathan attack and (Y/n) (who had just started learning how to walk) had gotten out of the ship and while completely and blissfully unaware of the dangers on the planet, walked through the forests of Tamaran and nearly got eaten by an alien plant.  Of course Rocket managed to spot her and get her out of there.

Or the time when she was three and her father Peter had to stay behind on a mission because he had injured his arm pretty badly.  Though he enjoyed spending time with his daughter, he almost had a heart attack when they were playing a game of hide and seek and he couldn’t find her anywhere. It took over 2 hours of him having a panic attack searching every nook and cranny of the Milano but he couldn’t find her.

Only to have the team come back, yell at him before helping to find her until Gamora saw that she had slipped under Peter’s bed and had fallen asleep.  Of course as soon as Peter saw how cute she looked asleep, he couldn’t stay mad at her and took her back to her room (but he did give her a lecture about scaring him like that again).

Now at four years old, (Y/n) could walk and talk and she seemed fully invested in her world of the Milano.  She was especially good friends with Groot, or Baby Groot, again. Yep, another incident had made Groot burn up and he had once again become Baby Groot.  And of course when you get a baby as mischievous as Baby Groot and a curious toddler like (Y/n) Quill, things can get a bit chaotic.

The Guardians were out cruising through the galaxy when both (Y/n) and Baby Groot had decided to make something for their dads. Together the two of them got the supplies they needed to make their drawings.

They got to lounge room where they had their meals, coffee breaks or wanted to take some time away from the others.  (Y/n) and Baby Groot set down their supplies and set down their papers.  Groot began to white out the ALFIE comic book cover he had taken from Quill’s collection while (Y/n) was using an old page torn out of a Laskavarian translation book.

Groot then used some glue and placed it not only on the paper but also on the tail hair he had cut from Rocket’s tail.  While (Y/n) used her markers to draw her pictures.

“I am Groot.” He said to her.

“No my picture will be better.”

“I am Groot!”

“No mine!” (y/n) stuck her tongue out at Groot before returning to her drawing and Groot back to his.  (Y/n) capped her red marker before picking up the green one next and drew the next person she was going to draw.  She then looked up to see Groot holding her father’s boot which had his rocket propeller. “Hey that’s daddy! He wouldn’t like you using that.”

“I am Groot.”

“You better or I’m gonna tell on you.”

“I am Groot.” He mumbled before placing the broken shades over his face and activating the rocket boosters and placed it over his picture to draw off the glue.  After a while their pictures were almost done when Groot got the idea for how to get glitter.

He placed one of Rocket’s makeshift bombs on top of a green glittering hard drive Groot had pulled from the ship and then took him and (Y/n) out of the room with the detonator.

“I am Groot.”

“No I wanna push it.”

“I am Groot!”

“You can push it.”

“I am Groot.”

“No you push it.”

“I. Am. Groot.”

“Okay, I will.” She had tricked him thanks to an old gag she had seen on a cartoon show.  Groot gawked at her then pouted as she hovered her finger over the big red button before she pressed it and the room exploded loudly.  After the smoke cleared and the massive wave og glitter than shot out of the room had fallen to the floor, the two kids raced back inside with their pictures to use the glitter as they saw fit.

Suddenly Groot almost tripped over a large hole that had been made in the ground by the bomb.

“Uh-oh.” Said (y/n).  Groot pondered before racing over to the cabinet drawers and pulled out a roll of duct tape.  He raced back over and pulled apart the tape and together the two kids tried to patch the hole up before anybody noticed.

Walking through the hallway was Quill as he looked around with both a curious but worried look.  All day he hadn’t been able to find (y/n) and he knew she wasn’t playing another game of hide and seek.  For one thing she hadn’t finished her lunch which was odd because (much like her dad) she never leaves food behind.

He came into the engine room where Rocket was doing some repairs to the control panels that had been acting up and glitching on his side of the ship, preventing him from taking control of the ship when he wanted to.

“Hey Rocket.” Peter called out.  Rocket peeked out from the floor and lifted up his goggles holding both a hammer and blowtorch in each hand.

“What do you want Quill? Can’t you see I’m very busy fixing up my ship.”

“Uhh first of all it’s my ship. And second, you hadn’t seen (Y/n) or Groot around have you?”

“I’ve been down here doing repairs Quill, hadn’t seen hair nor twig of em.”

“Well I haven’t either and I’m starting to get worried.”

“Alright, alright. If it’ll keep your pants on, let’s see if we can’t find them.” Rocket said lifting himself up from the floor, set down his tools and took the goggles off.

The two of them walked along the hallways when they felt the room shake as well as the big boom that sounded off.

“Oh no.” they both said worriedly as they both took off running.  As they turned left, they saw that the room that lead into the lounge area had gone up in smoke and the fire alarm was blaring off. “Groot! (Y/n)!”

“(Y/n) can you hear me!?” Peter called out.

“Groot are you dead!!” Rocket exclaimed as they looked around frantically for both their children only to look down at the floor to see them both completely fine as they continued to patch up the hole with duct tape.  “Oh there you two are. Wait are-are those the ship’s fuel rods?!” Peter gawked as he pointed out the entire destruction in his ship.

“And how did the walls collapse like that and why is everything on fire!? And more importantly what smells like something died in here?!”

“Wait a minute is that….” Rocket sniffed the air before bending down and picked up the purple soap bar.  “Drax’s soap?”

“He’s been bothering me looking for that thing, won’t shut up about it.” Peter said.  The two parental figures then turned to the kids and Rocket scolded them both.

“Kids, why does it look like a bomb went off in here?” As Baby Groot pulled on the roll of tape he said.

“I am Groot?”

“Don’t give me that boldface lie. There’s no way this was a gas leak!” Rocket reprimanded him.  Peter crossed his arms over his chest before looking to (Y/n).

“(Y/n) Meredith Quill, give me the truth or it’s no music for a week.”

“We used the-the bomb for the glitter.” She said.

“WHAT!? How did-Rocket I told you to keep your bombs out of reach of the kids!!”

“Hey don’t you put this on my Quill!”

“You’re the one leaving bombs easily available for the kids to get to! Who else am I gonna blame!?”

“How bout the two gremlins who caused the explosion in the first place!?!?” the two of them looked down at the kids who were now looking down shamefully at their pictures. “Now don’t you two think you’re getting out of this by being cute.” Rocket scolded.

“He’s right. What you two did was completely dangerous and unsafe! You could’ve been hurt or worse killed!” the two kids looked at each other before holding up their pictures.

“What? What’s this more trash? Better be a written apology.” Rocket said as he took Groot’s picture while Peter took (y/n)’s. Rocket pulled out a pair of glasses and set them along his muzzle as he looked at the picture.  “Huh this is….hmm…..wow this is, this is pretty cool. Oh this is very nice!”

“Let me see.” Rocket showed Peter Groot’s picture to see that it was all of them together with Groot encompassing his arms around his friends and family.  “Wait why am I crying in the picture?”

“Cause you’re always a crybaby Quill. Face it, you whine more than these two do.”

“I do not!” Peter whined.  Rocket raised his brow with an expression that said, ‘really?’ Peter grumbled before clearing his throat and said.  “Well at least my baby girl sees her father for what he truly is. BAM! Top that!” Peter then turned over (Y/n)’s picture.

She had drawn each of the Guardians in a way she always remembers them.  Her and her dad dancing to music, her aunt Gamora’s hugs, climbing onto uncle Drax’s shoulders pretending he’s a mountain, and Rocket along with Groot (in his current state) with machines.

“Hmm. Impressive job there kid. Even though I still disagree with how you drew your old man.” Rocket ruffled (y/n)’s hair.  “We’re gonna have to get these two pictures framed, maybe even put them on top of the refrigerator.”

“You really like them?”

“Of course squirt, you and Groot did a pretty good job on each of your pictures.”

“I am Groot?” Peter and Rocket looked at each other before Peter said.

“As long as no one was hurt, I guess we can’t really fault you guys. Besides Rocket can fix this up.”

“WHAT!?!?”

“Your bombs, your mess. C’mon kiddo.” Peter picked (y/n) up and they walked back to their shared bed quarters.

As promised, Peter managed to find an old picture frame that he had kept and placed the picture inside and sealed it up before setting it right by the bed.

“There. Perfect spot for it.”

“Perfect spot for it.” (y/n) repeated which made Peter chuckle softly as he ruffled his daughter’s head.  “You know baby girl, that was pretty unsafe of what you and Groot did, I thought something bad had happened to you.”

“I sorry daddy. Just wanted to make the picture more prettyful.” She softly said.

“I know. But next time don’t follow Groot’s instructions on using bombs to make glitter. At this stage Groot’s a little psychopath.”

“What’s a psychopath?” she asked mispronouncing the word but Peter understood what she was saying.

“Well….it’s a person who doesn’t understand right from wrong and makes bad choices everytime. Which is something I don’t want you doing promise me okay?”

“I promise daddy.”

“That’s my girl. Now go to sleep.”

“Will you sing for me?”

“Of course. Which song shall it be tonight?”

“My song! My song! My song!” she cheered as she got under the covers.

“Alright, alright, alright calm down. Get settled in and I’ll sing it.” Once he tucked her in, Peter softly began to sing ‘Ooh child’, the very song she’s always loved ever since he officially adopted her what felt like a short time ago.

[uglly-rodent]

Guardians of the Galaxy headcannons

Here are my some of my headcannons (except they're mostly rocket lol). I might draw some of them in the future

The guardians are all a fan of boba tea. Its all their favorite drink

Rocket sleeps the best when he's squished or cuddled up with people because it reminds him of when he used to cuddle up with floor

When no one is looking, rocket has the habit of sometimes washing his food before eating. Quill filmed it once

Drax has warm hands and nebula has cold hands

Rocket doesn't like bathing so after a while of not bathing, they all pin him down and force bathe him like a cat but they all end up getting bites and scratches.

The guardians are a "bad influence" on mantis because of them, she learned swear words and got anger issues.

Rocket still does fatherly things to groot even when hes grown.

Nebula's fav guardians member is rocket because of all the time they spent together in the blip. They are very close.

After rocket almost died after quill got drunk. He never ever touched alcohol again.

After Rocket pointed out in vol1 that Gamora called him a rodent and how it affected him, she never even dared to call him something other than rocket, out of guilt. (she even corrects nebula in vol2 when she calls him a fox)

Rocket only tells Groot1 about his past. He used to tell baby groot too but in the form of bedtime stories that he doesn't remember anymore

Rocket has survivors guilt from when lyla, teefs and floor died. Then it just got worst when the guardians blipped.

If they ever rode a rollercoaster, drax would love it, peter would have fun, nebula would be fine with it, mantis would be very nervous, groot would feel uneasy after and a little sick and rocket would be terrified and literally shaking in his boots like a cat lol

Okay that's all

EDIT: I FORGOT TO ADD THESE

Rocket is a teeny bit dyslexic. He has a hard time telling apart right from left and confuses a lot of spelling.

Rocket is a jack of all trades and multitalented. He can do literally anything. His handwriting is unintelligible tho. Absoluteley atrocious. Its like its own language. Harder to understand than Groot. Only the guardians can read it.

[theonlypterydactyl]

!Spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy 3!

This movie was heartbreaking. It absolutely shattered my heart.

First, you have Quill who has been absolutely heartbroken by Gamora dying, drinking himself practically to death. He was absolutely in love with her, she was his everything. Quill dedicated himself to Gamora from day one. Then, Gamora shows up, but it wasn't his Gamora it was her past self who had never met Quill. That destroyed him, he had to look at the woman he had just lost, who he was still grieving over, and have her act cold and unlike the woman he dedicated himself to. Then to add onto it, Rocket is almost killed and they have to hurry and try to save him or else he'll die. Quill spends the whole movie trying to save Rocket because he's his best friend.

Rocket's whole backstory is absolutely heartbreaking. He was a fucking baby when they changed him, a baby. He lived in a cage with Floor and Lylla and Teefs. They only had each other and all they wanted to see was the sky. Rocket tried to save them, but it was too late and he watched his best friends die in front of him. Then, when it's too late Lylla pulls a freaking Vanessa from Deadpool 2 and was like "it's not ur time" then he went back to the place where he watched his friends die and he saw baby raccoons. He saw himself in them. Scared, innocent, and tiny. The scene with them is so sweet and heartfelt as he picks all of them up, determined to hold every single one. The way he begs Quill and the rest of them to save all the animals because they're important too, he knows what it feels like to be locked in a cage and he knows how much he wanted to see the sky, and he wants them to see the sky.

This movie is about family. How the connection between these friends is so strong that they would do anything for each other. Even separated, they know that they have a family waiting for them somewhere out there in the universe, waiting to reconnect. But, they need time apart. They can't continue to rely on each other and they need to grow. Mantis goes off on her own. Quill goes back to his family on earth. Draw and Nebula take care of Knowhere. Rocket leads the new guardians of the galaxy with Groot. Gamora goes back to the Ravagers, where she found her new family because she's not the Gamora that Quill or any of them knew.

They're all connected to each other and they can feel it. But, they can't be together, not until they grow and learn what its like to be apart.

I think it's beautiful. Absolutely and utterly beautiful.

[hyzenthlayroseart]

GOTG art that takes place sometime in the future after Rocket has passed away (hopefully peacefully in his sleep from old age) and is reunited with the rest of Batch 89 in an endless meadow where they can enjoy the sky for the rest of eternity. Oh and of course he'll reunite with his Guardian family too when they eventually pass (he's definitely reunited with Gamora, Yondu and Groot Sr. but I just wanted to focus on Batch 89 here).

Y'know I know Rocket and Lylla were a couple in the comics but I'm actually glad the movie made them just friends, especially since in their first meeting together he was a baby and she was already an adult and was acting motherly towards him since he was frightened and in pain so....yeah.

Speaking of ages, judging by how flawless Lylla was at speaking human English from her very first scene, I assume she's the oldes of the bunch. In fact here's how I imagine their age range from oldest to youngest: Lylla, Teefs, Floor then of course Rocket is the baby.

I may or may not have cried several times while drawing this (spoiler alert: I did). Also at one point I accidentally closed this drawing without saving it so I had to redraw Teef's wheels, his lower body and Floor. Ugh.