#and kinda did become a tutorial

[wishfulsketching]

wow your comics are stunning! the vanco especially is so effortlessly beautiful and well structured. Do you have a tutorial on how you make comics? Your panel work and composition is especially great, would love to know more about the process

THANK YOUUU. I am not really good with tutorials, hah. My comic process is also very much "I want to do this NOW!" and then I do it. I don't do any script, I sketch full sized thumbnails and write the "kind like this" versions of the dialogue into the thumbnails (or I won't and after I'll be like hmm I wonder what I wanted to do here).

Here's the steps of my latest little comic:

These are my thumbnails. My main goal when I start a page is to do a simple 1. Establish where we are 2. Establish who are there

I am not good with establishing shots tbh. They kill me every time. With fancomics it's easier because I don't even have to show The Last Drop because of course these idiots would be there :D

After the rough idea I do the actual sketch that I will use to help me do lineart. Just very simple and usually the characters are just their most important features. Sometimes you can barely recognize them.

Here's the final one just for comparison.

With the bigger comic I posted yesterday, I just love making movement that carries through the panels. When I know I have to add lots of dialogue to explain things, I'll make the characters do something at the same time

I just wanted to make this casual/domestic moment of bitching about life while Vander is being caring and Silco accepts it.

With composition and panel work, idk, it usually comes down to what mood I want/what I want to show (expressions usually) OR. What I don't want to show :D When you want to be lazy, you will become creative! And nobody will know!

I am very fond of breaking the panels to kinda showcase change, I guess. I do it a lot. With like the effect of the next panel entering the previous one or with speech bubbles.

With this one I had to come up with ways to transition to all the scenes within the "memory" and it was pretty fun yet also made me anxious because I also had to keep the pace up.

I draw quick and I am pretty confident with my control over my lines, so I don't really have any tips for lineart. One thing I do wanna say is that you have to learn to let go. I want to fix so much from the headcanon comic I did. I won't. It's not bad, it's just not perfect. It wouldn't be perfect even if I would fix it.

[kxsagi]

hello! I know I’m asking this on ur glorious main character goatsagi’s bday but w the recent manga leaks (IF U HAVENT READ THEM YET PLS STOP HERE) I have a request (SPOILERS BELOW)

Could you write abt Househusband!Nagi like in an AU where bro doesn’t become a pro footballer after his Blue Lock elimination 😞 and what you think he would be like? For example: he’s unhelpful post u guys moving in together until reader lwk crashes out from the strain of carrying their household on their back (poor reader) and then nagi locks in 😈 and they r happy!! Or they aren’t I feed off of angst so either is ok 😊

“𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝! 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢”

a/n: this request is exposing how behind i am on requests 💀 BUT MY GLORIOUS GOATSAGI LMAOSJKSGJS

i’m all caught up to the manga so don’t worry! can’t spoil me 😼

i decided to not write angst for this one because nagi deserves to be happy after all the “burger king” jokes 

(i wish i knew art credits bc the art is so cute ☹️)

at first, living with house husband! nagi is like adopting a really pretty cat who doesn’t know what a vacuum is and keeps eating your leftovers. not out of malice, he just… forgets. or assumes you won’t mind. 

you do mind. 

"sei, did you wash the dishes?" 

"huh? no, i thought you were gonna do it after your class." 

cue the twitch in your eye. 

he’s not mean or messy. actually, house husband! nagi’s pretty neat. he wipes down the counters after he makes instant ramen and always folds his socks into perfect pairs. but helpful? not exactly. not unless you're standing there, giving him a step-by-step tutorial on how to do it. 

you didn’t expect it to be this hard. being the one who works, cooks, cleans, keeps track of bills, makes the appointments. he lounges around in oversized hoodies and his soft, soft hair, watching you buzz around the apartment like a stressed-out bee. 

and you love him, you really do, but love doesn’t clean the bathroom. 

so it happens. you burn out. 

it starts with you skipping breakfast. then forgetting to charge your phone. then breaking down in the laundry room because the dryer ate one of your socks and you’ve been on your feet for 12 hours and there’s no more clean towels. 

you come home and just. crash. 

no fanfare. no dramatic monologue. you face-plant into bed and sleep through dinner, still in your shoes. 

when you wake up, everything’s… quiet. 

no game noises. no crumbs on the floor. you blink blearily and shuffle into the kitchen, expecting chaos. 

instead, there’s house husband! nagi. hair tied back messily, sleeves rolled up, scrubbing a pot like he’s reenacting a cooking show tutorial. 

you just stare. 

"oh. you're up," he says, looking over his shoulder. there’s an apron tied crookedly around his waist. you don’t even own that apron. where did it come from? 

“did you… did you cook?” 

"mhm. made curry. didn’t know how spicy you liked it, so i made it mild and left the chili flakes on the side." 

you blink again. 

he glances at you, then at the floor. “also cleaned. and made a list of stuff we need. you look tired, so… i figured.” 

turns out, house husband! nagi just needed a wake-up call. he doesn’t like seeing you worn down. he doesn’t like knowing he was part of the reason. 

after that day, it’s like he flips a switch. he’s still the same laid-back, sleepy house husband! nagi, but now he folds your laundry with yours on top so you don’t have to bend down. he sets timers for the rice cooker and writes "don't forget lunch ♡" on post-its he sticks to your keys. he learns your favorite shampoo and stocks it before you run out. 

he even starts meal-prepping. you catch him slicing vegetables with alarming precision while watching cooking videos on 2x speed. when you ask him if he’s okay, he shrugs. 

“it’s kinda like a puzzle game,” he says, sticking a cut carrot slice to your forehead. 

he still doesn’t like vacuuming, but he does it anyway. with noise-canceling headphones and a sour face. 

"i miss football sometimes," he admits one night, curled into your side on the couch. "but this isn't bad, y'know? taking care of you. feels like i'm good at something again." 

your fingers slide through his hair. "you’re amazing at it." 

he hums, sleepy, a little smug. “yeah? then let me spoil you, okay? house husband! nagi’s locked in.” 

and you let him. because for all the lazy afternoons and pajama days and burnt toast attempts, he really is locked in. 

and the two of you? you’re happy. 

finally. 

© 𝐤𝐱𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐢

[undasura]

people develop their niches in doll spaces. a hobby within a hobby. i used to follow a bunch of random doll accs on twitter that did woodworking for dolls for example (making incredibly detailed scale furniture that kinda stuff) but i think my niche is becoming a guy who wants to collect as many pairs of cute underwear as possible i feel like spongebob ms krabs panty raid. im looking at sewing tutorials and patterns for little underwear. what is happening to me

[akanemnon]

hey akane! i want to try making an animatic for the first time, and i was wondering if you had any tips? like, i just want some general recommendations cause im just kinda scared lol

Tbh, you're asking someone who is also still very new to doing animatics, haha...

The best advice I can give you is looking for tutorials on YouTube and following along. That's what I did.

I know it's very intimidating at first, but it becomes quite fun once you get a feeling for it.

[nightzap]

Older games in the Monster Hunter series are often criticized for taking too long to get started. Forcing the player to go on several trivial quests to gather mushrooms and slay small predators that aren't threatening on their own before allowing players to actually hunt a real monster.

Over the years, the developers have streamlined the early game, cutting down on lengthy menial tasks and letting them get to the proper hunts sooner and sooner. Now in Monster Hunter Wilds, the newest game, the first thing you do after getting your weapon is to immediately fight your first boss. Very streamlined so the player won't risk getting bored with immersing themself in the wilderness.

And then it stays streamlined. For the entire low rank story lines, there's pretty much only three things: Cutscenes, on-rails riding sections to get to the next location, and fighting the next new large monster. There's little optional content. No sidequests to upgrade facilities like in older games, no optional monsters you can hunt to take a break from story fights, and all the gear you can craft costs very little in terms of materials so you don't have to farm much, especially since the difficulty during the story is quite low so you don't actually need to upgrade your equipment very often.

And I found it pretty boring. Don't get me wrong, the fights themselves are fun, but the gameplay feels reduced to just fighting a new monster every twenty minutes, with little incentive to explore the world or to redo fights to master them. No, says the developer, we need to keep things streamlined as to not lose the player's attention.

Only when the low rank story was finished, 15 hours in, did the game open up. Now the game actually has sidequests to unlock stuff. Now most monsters are optional, and the game asks you to raise your Hunter Rank to unluck the next story segment by hunting whatever monsters you want. Now upgrades become expensive enough that you actually need to farm monsters and explore the areas for ore runs. Now you can randomly run into higher tier monsters that you wouldn't be expected to fight at your current progression.

Now I felt like the game has really started. After more than 10 hours. It's ironic. Back in Monster Hunter Tri, I didn't mind the long tutorial sequence to gather mushrooms, mine iron ore in a cave, swim in the ocean (and crap my pants when Lagiacrus shows up) and kill weak Ludroths before I was actually allowed to fight my first Great Jaggi. Meanwhile, Wilds immediately starts off with the fight against Chatacapra and works hard to keep the player occupied, and I found it boring. Only when the fights started getting kinda challenging, around Ajarakan about 9 hours in, did I start to have real fun. It's ironic, Capcom wanted to cut down on the slow start so much, yet I found that Wilds takes much, much longer to actually become great, while the humble beginnings of Tri's hunter drew me in much more quickly.

[mmatchadd]

Hi 😊

Just found your blog and love your writing.

May I ask for a request please? 😇

There are bearely Tsukishima Kei x chubby reader one shots 🥲

So, could you do a Tsukishima Kei x chubby reader?

Reader is part of the Karasuno Team and they go to the beach for swimming. But reader is super insecure about her body. Wearing a cute bikini but stays coverd. And things goes on. The rest is up to you. Feel free to write what you like.

yess! ofc (´꒳`)♡

warnings (?) reader is a bit insecure, mentions of being nauseous.

a/n: I took so long because I was trying to do those color gradient texts but it wasn’t cooperating and those tutorials weren’t even tutorials bruh. I raged half way and just gave up..and it wasn’t any better cause I was trying to do the same with my other request! So sorry, I wasn’t ignoring you it was just kinda collecting dust😞

I got..carried away. sorry 😞

let’s pretend these are the bikini options!! (or two piece)

when you were made aware of the trip to the beach you were somewhat thrilled until you had to pick out a bikini to wear. You never really wore bikinis whenever you went swimming..just an old shirt and some gym shorts was enough for you. But considering this was a BEACH and not the public pool..you definitely felt obligated to buy a bikini.

As the day of the trip crept closer and closer, you began to overthink and become nervous. “What if there isn’t any in my size?” , “what if my stomach starts to spill out?” , “what if they laugh at me? Or take pictures of me?” , “what if there aren’t any cute bikinis?!” Your mind was plagued with thoughts and the way you hands were sweating did not help. You sighed as you put your head down on the desk, letting out a small desperated sigh. You look up once you hear your name and see that it’s yachi, you smile and chat with her. She asks if you already found a swimsuit for the trip and your chest twist as you wanted to lie and say yes but you couldn’t really bring yourself to do so..”no I haven’t, none of the ones online look good and I have no idea where to buy any in person”. Yachi tells you that her and kiyoko are going to buy some this Friday, before the trip, and you should come to find you one! And yeah, you being you. You reluctantly agreed..too deep in already to say no.

Friday came and you’re standing inside the fitting room with the bikini on..turning side to side, checking out your body. A small frown graced upon your face as you saw how your stomach poked out over the fabric. How the strings felt suffocated between your back rolls. The analyzing of your crooks and Nannies came to a hault as you heard a soft knock on the door. “Y/n are you done?? Did you find what you like?” Yachi asked on the other side of the door. “y-yeah!” you replied. Opening the door, you showed kiyoko and yachi the bikini you picked out. Searching their face for any judgement or disgust but all you saw was them, the bikinis they had tried on and how effortlessly their body look without sucking in their stomach. You felt small under their gaze but big next to them.

The weekend came and you’re sitting on the bus next to them both. Watching as you passed by many houses, resorts, big cities and rural areas before getting to the big sandy dunes full of people and chatter. Everyone was enthusiastic, some already in their swimming trunks and others waiting to get changed in their swimming attire.

Once everyone is situated, you wait till they leave to get dressed on your own. Nervous, scared..you didn’t want to walk outside looking like this. oh lord..your stomach is twisting and churning just thinking of all the things that could go wrong. As you lollygagged and wasted time in the bathroom changing, lost in thought..you didn’t hear anyone come in the room. A knock on the bathroom door was enough to startle you “hello? Who is it?” You asked, intently listening. “Come out the bathroom y/n.” You internally sighed..of all people Tsukishima? What did he need!? “did he really have to use the bathroom?? Why this one??!” You groaned in a defeated manner. The last person you’d want to see your body is Tsukishima kei..god knows what he’s thinking or might say behind your back.

You Settle down to just throwing a flimsy see through shirt over your bikini with a thin patterned towel to cover your waist (your mom insisted you bring it with you..it definitely came in handy.) with a deep breathe you open the door to a Tsukishima in a compress shirt with his swim trunks on in his signature color. He scoffs and looks at you “no way you’re wearing that to the beach, y/n.” you whip your heard to look at him, words stuck in your throat. “You’re getting in the water, not SUNbathing.” he teases “I- what’s wrong with it?? I just didn’t want too much skin to be showing…that’s all!” You fumble with your words as his presence alone is intimidating, but with the constant fear of judgment lingering in your head..him being around you makes it even worse. He’s known for his bluntness and sass..one comment about your body is enough to make you hide under the covers for the rest of the day.

“It’s literally the beach. Not a public pool, no one will be looking at you like that.” He scoffs “besides..it’s too hot to be wearing rags around your waist..but if that’s what you want to wear then go ahead.” He shrugs, seeing the pink fabric beneath the see through T-shirt you had on. He knew you had something on beneath it..just didn’t understand why you’d want to cover yourself so much. You roll your eyes at his remarks before walking behind him going out to the shore. You stopped and look..yeah it was a lot of people but that doesn’t mean anything! Maybe they won’t be paying attention you or maybe they will. You watched everyone on the karasuno team play beach volleyball and walk around, playing in the sand. But there you were, standing in the shade watching others enjoy themselves.

sitting down on the towel you brought out, just morning your business, too lost in your thoughts to look up or try to include yourself in beach activities. You felt a presence hovering above you. Looking back, it was none other than Tsukishima again. He found his way next to you “why are you sitting here by yourself..like a loner” you could feel him smirking by the way he called you a loner. “I don’t know, same reason why you’re bothering me?” You retort back, somewhat annoyed of how he disturbed your peace. “Well excuse me, sorry I’m not wearing my bedsheets to the beach” he jokes as he leans back on his elbows “why are you even wearing that in the first place? I can see your bikini underneath that shirt you know.” with a sigh you look at him as he’s waiting for an answer “I just..really don’t wanna show too much skin. It’s sensitive..” he looks at you with a raised eyebrow “lies..” he mumbles “you don’t have to be modest or hide..especially around me.” He says that last part underneath his breath.

The delayed look you gave him as you thought and wondered..why is he so persistent on what I’m wearing?? “If you think someone is gonna make fun your body..I wouldn’t let them. You know I wouldn’t.” He states that like it’s facts and yeah, if you’re someone dear to Tsukishima he wouldn’t let anyone disrespect you. You saw how he was with tadashi and how he shut the whole show down when some upperclassmen thought they were bigger than the program. But you were just their manager, not really a friend to them per se. especially to Tsukishima. “Why do you care so much about it?” You asked, looking over at him. There was a long pause as he stared ahead of him “cause..I personally don’t think there’s nothing wrong with the way you look. I like your..body. It’s nice.”

He’s for sure you heard that last part but he didn’t care, he just hoped you didn’t see how pink his ears were and him avoiding your eyes. A small smirk appeared on your face and he rolled his eyes at it “tch, don’t get too happy about it” but how could you?? When the Tsukishima kei is giving a girl like you words of encouragement about her body? wow. Standing up, he looks down at you and sticks his hand out..signaling for you to grab it and stand up as well. As you do the cloth around your waist gracefully fell and pooled around your ankles. You felt naked sure, but less insecure with the words he spoke to you “I guess I might as well take the top off as well” you say. The way he looked at you wasn’t disgust or judgment, it was like revisiting his favorite movie again.

a/n: you can tell I got carried away..ANYWAYS I hope you enjoy this and I pray I didn’t go off course with the prompt.

[yorunoangel]

it's been a whole year since I started making game dev posts about my farm sim! Wild.

I made a good chunk of progress in the last month, mostly polishing some of my existing systems.

So for the mines, I expanded the level generation system so that the stair case is hidden on some levels and sometimes you might find a room full of pitfalls and such. The pitfalls don't immediately send you down now as well, you have to step on it twice. Also sometimes gas will spawn when you break rocks. (I don't remember if I've mentioned this but my mines will remain monster free)

I updated my fishing system to work with the animations I made.

Then I finally went back to my building/furniture placement system which was kind of a mess bc I basically took parts of different tutorials and mushed them together without really understanding what it did. So now I understand it better (but it's still kinda off bc I don't know how to maths anymore lol)

And just recently, bc it's more fun, I started working on the cutscene system so I can make some heart events!

With most of the systems working reasonably okay now, I'm starting to feel like my silly project is becoming a Real Game. Of course, every time I feel proud of myself for achieving one thing, I quickly realise oh wait, there's still so much more to do lol

[silicon-katydid]

Eye sweater! :D 👁️

I used this tutorial as a guide, and I cannot recommend it enough, especially to anyone else out there who might be a little perfectionistic about their arts and crafts. Hearing someone say over and over in an incredibly soothing cadence that it's fine to kludge it a little as long as your structure is consistent is like a balm for the soul! "It'll come out cute" has become my crochet motto. <3

And you know what? This did come out cute! And very fun to wear, because it feels like a big cozy afghan and the big bell sleeves are kinda wizard-y. I'm about to go wear it out in the world, and I'll tell you if I get any comments on it! ^_^

[createwithintent]

Stop overcomplicating stuff

When I was six years old, i always said I wanted to have younger siblings.

I was the youngest of two, and i wanted to be like all my other friends who complained about their nagging brothers and sisters.

So I annoyed the hell out of my mom (who was single at the time) and was mad when I realised I didn't get what I want and gave up.

Skip to about 9 years later and now I'm the older sister of 5 little urchins.

Do i regret my decision? Kinda...(jk)

But,

the reason I'm saying this is because people tend to invalidate their own experiences when it comes to manifestation.

Simply because their conditions for achieving their desires weren't completely met.

And i only have 2 things to say to that:

1. Be more specific so the universe (you) can't twist or turn how/when you'll get your desire.

2. This (and it might radicalize you)

For the love of God, or who you believe in: Manifestation is along with change/evolution the only truly constant thing.

There is no on/off switch for manifestation, it's just a thing we can all do.

Putting it on a pedestal by making this community an exclusive thing or saying it's special won't make you automatically better at it.

And if it does, then you're on the right track and you don't even have to read this.

The only thing you're learning by reading all those reddit posts and watching all the damn tutorials is how to consciously manifest. (= becoming aware that you *really* want something)

There isn't a cheat code out there that will help you out because we can all manifest. Those are only tools.

We all manifest unconsciously.

We just wanna fo it consciously; that's our actual goal most of the time: being in control.

Back when I was little and pestering everyone about the fact I felt lonely without younger siblings, I didn't realise that I was manifesting. Which goes to say that anyone is capable of it.

Notice that:

I was going through a rough patch back then

I didn't affirm that I already had my desire, nor did I do any SATS/scripting/...

And I didn't perform any wack-ass rituals sold to me in a manifestation course (I'm not saying they don't work but I'm trying to day you don't need any of that)

I didn't specify what I wanted, or whatever.

I just said I wanted it, and I got it.

The point is, that I still got what I wanted. Even after waiting for almost 10 damn years.

And that doesn't invalidate the fact that I got what I wanted.

And, yes you could argue that my mom just considered my wish from back then; but that doesn't change the fact that I still got what I wanted.

That should be the only thing you should consider when receiving your manifestation: if it aligns with your desire.

[quibble-auk]

Yk what no one asked for? My art process.

At least when it comes to drawing transformers... I don't put a lot of my other stuff up here haha. This guide probably won’t help with drawing TFP stuff tho. I like sticking to my cubes.

Who knows. Maybe this can help someone. Or provide amusement cause I have no idea what I'm doing. Just thought l'd share some stuff lol. And an unpopular art opinion.

So yeah, my secrets. Which like.... my art isn’t incredibly impressive or anything but... you get the point.

If you ever really wanted to try out whatever my style is called, here’s your guide. Along with a tutorial on how I draw Sunstreaker, but it’s like 5 steps lol.

I apologize in advance for the sheer amount of yapping I’m about to do. I’m just trying to makes sense

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This is the part where I share my tips and tricks yippee! Small disclaimer, I just kinda do half of this stuff as a go. There is no real order to this. I’m basically just explaining how my style works (despite how much my style varies tbh)

There’s a general build for the body that I’m pretty sure most people have figured out. The head, chest, torso, and weird hip thingy. Then the legs are broken into two main segments, the arms are broken into three, shoulder, upper arm, lower arm.

Here we go, unpopular art opinion rant.

When I make my base I usually work from the head down. Don’t be afraid to use the lasso tool to readjust the sizes of different components. If the head you started with has the right angle but is too small, lasso it and make it bigger. If ur doing traditional, sorry, you’re just gonna have to redraw it.

I’ll usually try and clean up overlapping lines, but I wanted yall to see the shapes before I did that.

Then we can start adding details. I look at other artist’s designs and the source material and pick out reoccurring traits that will help make the character easily identifiable.

I tend to add the most detail to the head simply because that’s what is commonly used to identify characters. Usually when designing my version of a character I allow myself to kinda make up details for this part.

But do feel free to add your own details to make sure people can tell it’s “your” design!

These are still very simple shapes and not detailed whatsoever. We are keeping it basic on purpose.

Very loose shapes, extremely vague idea. Just putting down the most identifiable parts that are important in building it, if that makes sense. I put down the bare minimum for this.

You really don't want to over complicate things. It makes it difficult for the viewer to figure out what's going on. A crowded design is distracting and unappealing. The simpler the better.

So now we have our sketch layer done. Because I'm impatient, it's line art time baby!

I end up just kind of feeling it out with line art. There will be some changes between the sketch and the line art. I’ll also use line weight to just general shading stuff sometimes. In this one it’s not very consistent but I was kinda losing motivation cause… adhd my beloved.

This is pretty self explanatory. Use your sketch to outline what you want, adding details as you go. I'll still leave my lines pretty loose and messy for most of these, just because it adds a bit more... character? Makes it feel more authentic? But feel free to clean it up as much as your little heart desires.

Smth im really passionate about is not overcomplicating the designs and crowding it. I know I already mentioned it once but… yeah.

While adding a bunch of detail can be cool, if not executed right, it can become overwhelming and difficult to understand visually. Keep it simple, you don't need to add every crease or seam. Just the important ones that can help a character stand out or fill in an awkward large space.

Usually after that l'll just put flat color down. Nothing fancy. I like to just do greyscale but you can go crazy. I'm not stopping you.

But adding a flat color under your line art helps pull together the sketch. It makes it easier for people to understand what is and isn't a character and makes it simpler to understand the character’s shape.

If I have several characters in one picture l'll usually make them separate colors to help make sure you can easily identify them as different people. I usually try to keep in mind the characters actual color when doing this. People with darker colors get a darker gray.

I’ll also try and give a different color to an object they are interacting with so it doesn’t get confused with the character themselves.

The entire reason I gave Sunstreaker a gun was to show this. I hate drawing guns.

These are also rarely perfect. As long as it's not extremely obvious that you're out of the lines, no one will notice. At least that’s been my experience.

I usually do this on separate layers

There's a lot of personalization when it comes to drawing and I don't know if I explained all of this very well. Ironically I don't really think much about how I'm doing it, I just... do it.

If you need any further explaining, I'll try my best to help. And if you made it this far ive got mad respect for you. I’m pretty sure I’m just rambling for half of this lol.

Have fun creating!!!!

[adventurermari]

I've slowly seen more and more you tubers talking about and singing the praises of the first cars game and that makes me really happy to see, however one aspect of these games that I feel like I haven't seen discussed is how much of a fantastic and natural job that game and it's sequels do at expanding upon the world building of the first movie.

Okay so first of all I wanna mention that in the first movie, in front of mater's junkyard, there's two buildings that are in extremely rough shape

in the first movie, the space that these buildings occupy aren't really relevant to at all aside from them giving lightning mcqueen is first impression of radiator springs, well, at least in a way where he can actually process where he is. Now then, fast forward to the very end of the first movie, lightning mentions that he's getting his own racing headquarters.

now take a look at this screenshot from the first video game, notice the sign mentioning a racing quarters for lightning in front of the abandoned buildings? if you look closely, it mentions "coming soon"

In the sequel to this game, Cars mater-national, that exact space of land where those buildings reside are replaced with lightning's racing headquarters, which it's own construction progesses as you progress through the game alongside lightning's own hometrack and it's all wonderful to see both of these landmarks slowly develop in the game

In cars race o rama, none of this expanded world building has been forgotten about, lightning mcqueen's new headquarters is still a part of radiator springs while not plot relevant at all, it is still nice to see it there mean while lightning's new home track, now actually having the name of radiator springs speedway, which isn't only a place that you can race in, but is also it's own hub world that you can explore which absolutely blew my mind as kid, also the track is also more developed than it was in mater-national, and has a drastically different layout for some reason but idk it's not a really big deal, especially because of how cool this track looks

Another thing I find interesting is that race o rama establishses the hudson racing acedemy, a racing a acedemy where young, future race cars can train alongside lightning mqueen which is a very interesting direction for his character, especially considering the mentor figure that lightning would later become in cars 3, Race O rama basically beat that movie to the punch with that concept and I find that very interesting

Like oh my god, I just love how much these games expanded upon the world building from the first movie so much in such a natural and interesting way, like I can't think of that many other licensed games that even do that and I feel like this aspect of these games should be discussed more often cause it's just so fascinating, like the video games practically serve as a great continuation from the first movie, especially with the first game already taking the interesting angle of taking place after the events of the first movie and then the other two games continuing after that first game. It's just one of those aspects of these first 3 cars games that I believe makes them so much more fascinating and special compared to the cars 2 and 3 game, which I don't have anything against, since I did really like the cars 2 game back then and I haven't played driven to win, despite some of the flaws and criticisms i've heard from that game I still feel like I'll still really enjoy it since it has the same gameplay style as the cars 2 game. I also do like how that game also takes place after the third movie but I cannot speak for how well it expands upon the concepts presented in it's movie as I have never played it but I find it very sweet that the tutorial race has lightning doing a simulated race with doc even if it's present kinda weirdly cause of the dialogue/voice acting in that game is really strange. But it's fine honestly, I kinda don't really mind that those games deviate so hard from the first 3 cars games. however I cannot deny that little egg me found it odd when the second movie and it's game had not a single appearance of any of these things that were established in the games, however that didn't stop little egg me from making both the first movie, games, and second movie all be canon in my cars diecast lore.

[yannaryartside]

A revision of Claire’s “pushing” and who really benefits from it

A list of red flags I have been thinking about.

gif by @felixcarlucci

I was reading this post and reflecting on why it felt, like @brokenwinebox mentioned, that Carmy was always in the passenger seat in the relationship with Claire (physically and metaphorically); their post is amazing, by the way, talking about this concept of "pushing" and how it should be a mutual thing.

I want to go back to the party and the context of Carmy and Claire's past. All of it is enhanced by that interview with Molly we have been discussing.

My biggest question here is:

Why? Why the hell Claire "could tell" that Carmy wanted a relationship with her? They hadn't spoken in more than a decade, for real, wtf kind of signal did she see that he wanted to be with her? Does she think he has been in love with her all this time? Did she get that idea when she supposedly met Mickey? Because if she pursues Carmy, assuming he has feelings for her but only assuming this because of what other people told her, that is kinda fucked up. It all goes back to Fak being the one that tells her that Carmy loved her after all that shit he said while being stuck in the fridge. I swear to God that the more Molly says things favoring ClairexCarmy, the more red flags I see. Did Claire pursue Carmy knowing it would be a sure thing. "Oh yeah I remember you, you had the most obvious crush on me"

There is also the context of both of them growing up in the same spaces, Carmy very shy and Claire a very popular girl. Did she hear how lonely that was, which made her assume he was avoiding her because of a lack of social experience?

In their first phone call, she never let him explain if he was bussy, even after all that talk of her being supportive of the restaurant she said "don't make this weird," Claire was completely dismissing that Carmy was indeed doing something important to him; she never offered to work around both of their schedules, almost like she knew that if she "pushed" enough, she would get what she wanted.

And even that, their first date or hangout is not to a coffee place, maybe a restaurant with Claire actually interested in Carmy's profession and passion, or any other place they could get to actually know each other after, I repeat, a decade of not seeing each other. She brought him to a party.

She knows the Berzattos and how gatering will go on their avail, she knows Michael will set things on fire, she knows he comes from a family of addicts, and she knows carmy had difficulties on social environments (we can assume by the pictures they had around, taht Carmy attended to her birthday party and other stuff surely).

So why the fuck, on their first "date," not only does she insist on going to a party, but she tells him that he "owns her" to go there? Where there is alcohol and other people that he may felt rejected for as a kid? She knows this is a scenario that may cause him anxiety or discomfort, and she insists he must go. Maybe I am projecting a little bit here, since I am autistic, and at some point in all my friendships or relationships, I have to have a conversation about places that, because of my disability, I don't enjoy.

(little note aside: the excuse "my friend needs me" to convince him to go was utterly pathetic. Almost as much as "you own me.")

But what does this mean coming from Claire in the "pushing" thing? Does she feel she can push him to become (kinda by force) the person that will hang out in the same places as she does, assuming that is still what he wants?

She also knows that he probably felt cast aside from social events because of his shyness, and she invites him to provide all the things that may cause her to look like his only anchor in this stressful scenario.

She brought him the soft drink, tried to tell other people what a cool job he has, and told him what to do to comfort and upset a friend of hers. It felt like she was walking him on a tutorial on "how to be normal," and I didn't like that at all. Again, I may be projecting here, but the dynamic was kind of hollow regardless.

It is not like it is bad for Carmen to socialize and whatever. But she removed his agency completely; it feels like manipulation on many levels because she has perceived a lot of his struggle in this area; she also ignored his first reaction to going to the party and flipped her way. Carmy ended up trapped with a lot of immature young adults with whom he definitely has nothing in common. There was no space for actual empathy or connection to him to "come out of his shell." His conversations with Sydney are so natural because of this; there is connection and mutual respect, and he was very out of his shell with her.

The Pushing between Carmy and Syd this next season will likely be in a professional context but also rooted in a (future) agreement on mutual collaboration. But my feelings about this are not only for sydcarmy.

The "pushing" in ClairexCarmy was always in the context of Claire getting what she wanted and Carmy having to force himself to make it happen. There was no discussion, no middle ground, not even a recognition of why certain things have been difficult for you in the past; it is not an actual intention of helping to heal, but an expectation of the other to go your way "because they want you/love you. Claire is sure that only because of her will he want to change, and she will gain his heart by providing the scenario for all these things Carmy desperately wanted as a kid. I am sorry, Storer, if this is the love story you want to sell us, a salvation of all lonely/hurt people, I am very sorry, I hate it with all my heart.

[chaikachi]

Hi chaikachi I’ve been a longtime fan of yours and I was wondering how do I get better at drawing humans or humanoid figures because I kinda wanna start making more art of two characters I like

Oh hey thanks!

Before I give any advice, I need to disclaim that there is No One Correct Way to learn anything in art. What works best for one person might not for someone else.

That being said, I personally saw the most improvement from doing life drawing studies (aka, classes where we all sit down on the most uncomfortable chairs in the universe to draw a naked person in various poses). There's a difference in how our eyes perceive the 3D form when we are observing it first-hand, versus off a photograph. I'd suggest looking around in your area for any classes that might be available; but if you don't have access to that sort of thing, websites like Quickposes and Line of Action are a great alternative. They have randomized references you can set to different timers. It's good to start with intervals as low as 15 seconds to really just get a feel of the flow and movement as warmups (these are called gesture drawings) before increasing the duration and the detail you add to them.

The next suggestion is anatomy studies. The Morpho books are phenomenal references. Your library might have them, but otherwise I'm sure there are Very Legal ways to get a copy for free online if you know where to look. But there are also all sorts of references and tutorials people have posted online for free. Browse tumblr or follow some youtube videos if that's more your thing. Another really good one is to trace - yes, trace - reference photos to understand how the body is constructed. You can then try drawing entirely from a reference once you've got a slight handle on it. One of my favourite tutorials for how this works is The Shrimp Method.

And lastly: become obsessed with something that you simply can't not make art about, and you will naturally get better at it the more you draw that thing. You are going to make ugly drawings trying this, and that is part of the process. Keep going, and I promise you'll be happy that you did. <3

[stewdoesthings]

watched the outsiders musical a few nights ago (slime tutorial bc I'm broke lol) and was ugly crying at midnight so bad I freaked out my brother-

anyway eating the drywall thinking about Darry and how much he's separated from his brothers...

like obviously the fact that he has to be their parent and cant have that same uncomplicated sibling relationship Pony and Soda have with each other, but also even his name?? like. "Darrel Shaynne Curtis Jr." <- very much A Name. dare I say a normal name. and then "Sodapop" and "Ponyboy". like tf is that nonsense??

the age gap too!!! soda and pony are two years apart, and pony is a year ahead in school and soda's a dropout, so they're really close age and grade wise. and then there's darry! four (? I think) years older than soda!! he's literally Not as close with them as they are with each other!!!!!

and ofc the fact that he befriended the socs, he was kinda a part of their group, whereas soda is a hardcore greaser and even though pony is a little less so, they beat up his best friend and he probably blames them for johnny's death.

also I think he's a lot like Pony, in ways im too tired to articulate. (*cough including queerness cough*)

anyway sorry for ranting so much I just love darry to pieces and I wanted to ramble to someone abt him

Thank you so much for sharing!!!

-"I think he's a lot like Pony" I think that Darry looks like their dad, soda looks like their mom and Pony looks like Darry. Pony and Darry's relationship is so much more important to me than Soda and Pony's because I can relate to it more. Like I know that at some point Darry pushed Pony aside to hang out with Soda or his own friends and that led Pony to believe Darry hated him. Something I've learned is that when you have siblings, you'll be at each other's throat when you're under the same roof but once one moves away, you'll become best friends. It's the same thing with them. They're so much like each other and that's why they can't stand each other, but the love the other so much but can never say it to their face.

-The greaser gang aren't Darry's friends, but Soda's. Darry's friends were the socs, he was friends with Paul and Bob and Chet and Brill and Trip. He saw them like how he sees the greasers, and then they hurt Johnny, and then they hurt his baby brother. He's stronger than me because i would've been the one to kill Bob.

-And with Darry being isolated: he didn't have someone to look up to comfort himself when their parents died. He didn't have the time to cry because Soda needed someone there for him. Because Pony stopped talking and he didn't know what he could do. He works from dusk till dawn and when he comes home, it's all trashed and nobody did their chores and they're all out partying or going to the movies and he's left alone. When he tries to protect and look out for his brother, he's brushed off as overprotective. And then, when he slapped Pony. He didn't mean to. It happened and suddenly he was 7 again waiting for his momma to scold him for not being careful with Pony. Because Pony was small and didn't understand everything he understood yet. And Darry staying up all nights, trying to tell himself it's okay but he can't.

-Can we mention again that their parents died on his birthday because Pony forgot the frosting? They BOTH have to live with this and look each other in the eyes and tell each other it's not their fault.

-this is me acknowledging that Darry and Pony are both queer and also the thing you said about names (although I hc that Darry chose Soda's name and that Soda chose Pony's name. IT MAKES SENSE)

[im-getting-help]

AND THE THING ABOUT OLIVER AND BOUNDARIES!

Is so obvious to me that his parents were party at fault for his lack of boundaries. Not because they we're malicious and intentional about it, but because they loved him so much they tend to cross his limits.

(Kinda like what Oliver did with Felix, but less obsessive).

From my experience it's something relatively normal about the relationship between parents and their children. The first time we really understand boundaries is when we enforce them to separate ourselves from our parents expectations. It seems to me that Oliver never learned how to do that. He's constantly molding himself to appease and appeal, and when it becomes to much, he flees.

Let's go back to the little things Paula and Jeff share with us in that brief birthday scene.

"He always wanted to be an only child, always beetling off by himself"

"He was so clever, that's why he found it hard to make friends, they were jealous".

"It's been hard not seeing him. But it must be a lot of pressure being the top scholar and being in the rowing team, and the union, and the plays..."

Let's start with the lies.

How long ago Oliver started lying to his parents to make space for himself?

Cause the lies don't necessarily feel like something he used to impress them. It seems to me like the Quicks already thought Oliver was exceptionally smart "he was always so clever" and he's just keeping appearances.

But the amount of things he said he did. The plays, the rowing team, the union, the work of studying to maintain the "top scholar position" like reading, doing work and essays and projects, assisting to classes, lectures and tutorials, it's a lot!.

"It's been hard not seeing him". How many times Paula called just to be ignored or quickly dismissed? with an excuse like "sorry i have an essay due tomorrow" or "im going to practice for the play". And why Oliver wanted to separate himself so much from his family?

"He always wanted to be an only child, always beetling off by himself" why would Oliver wanted to separate himself not only from his parents but his siblings too?

The Quicks said that "We go to to Mykonos every year. Well, not anymore. Not now that the kids are all grown up". That makes me think that Oliver sisters are older than him. Oliver doesn't seem to have a close relationship with them either. Was it because of the age gap? How much older were her sisters? Maybe they had to babysit and that created a second-mother kind of dynamic?

It sounds like he was being smothered by them. And again, i'm not saying it was intentional, but maybe Oliver needed much more space that what the Quicks were able or willing to give. And he didn't know how to ask.

And maybe (only maybe cause i don't really have good foundation for this) Oliver learned that the best way to get space from them was saying he was occupied, specifically studying. So maybe it started at school, him saying that he had to finish homework or read a book or do project, and maybe these were the only times he'll be left alone. Maybe that was the perfect excuse to explain why he didn't have many friends too.

(and i wonder why a kid with no sense of boundaries would have a hard time making friends 👀)

And why Oliver keeps lying?

After moving to Oxford, he could've just draw back and create that space without making an excuse. But he didn't, because he cares, he likes that his family thinks he's intelligent and capable. But he doesn't care for spending time with them.

I don't think he said all those lies to look especially intresting or important, but he did choose to "be occupied" by being a good student. Not in a "i won an award for best performance" but a "I'm too busy to talk, i have tutorial"

And look at the way the Quicks react to Oliver saying he has to go, is very interesting.

Paula just gives up instantly. She offers a compromise, and when rejected she's obviously frustrated but she just lets it go. On the other hand Jeff tries to reason with his son a little "your mother spent all morning doing lunch" but they seem very accustomed to this situation. It's not the first time Oliver escapes a conversation.

So, to me, is obvious that Oliver's parents knowingly or unknowingly contributed to Oliver's lack of healthy boundaries.

He never really draw the line with them, he just made excuses to avoid and elude and ultimately flee when the situation got out of hand. And they never picked up on it, they kept repeating the same scenarios multiple times without having a conversation about it.

I feel like his parents never really confronted him about anything. Maybe because they didn't sense anything was wrong, maybe because, same as the Cattons, they didn't know how to approach the situation or maybe because they know Oliver gets really fcking upset whenever they tried to have a conversation about it, who knows.

So at the end we have a 20yo dude who never learned how to enforce a boundary or why is healthy to have them and has absolutely no idea how to perceive and not cross others limits.

[itsadragonaesthetic]

How to Train Your Dragon Remake Review

Sighhhh..... here we go

Saw the movie with @klypsolworks btw!

The first thing I thought once the credits began to roll was......... nobody on Tumblr is ever gonna respect me again lmao.

So with that in mind! In no particular order!

Um....... movie good............. yeah.............. sorry

Okay it's not httyd 1. Of course. Duh. But it's pretty close. Most scenes are shot-for-shot exactly the same. And it doesn't suffer a whole lot from that thing that The Lion King remake did where the actors just.... don't emote or whatever. Ya know, when you're watching a remake of a beloved scene but it looks like a bunch of dolls are just being bounced around a bad and awkward set? It was actually pretty good! A lot of the actors were just good. My biggest problem was actually just Astrid. She was... a brick wall. I don't think I can imagine a single look of fear, anger, nothing. I don't even know if she smiled.

Astrid as a character though was some of the only places of actual change. And I think those changes were good changes. There were scenes in the OG that always felt weird to me. Her line of "Our parents' war is about to become ours. Figure out which side your on" felt weird to me in the OG, considering Astrid, at the time, had no indication that Hiccup was apologetic to dragons. Around others, he just seemed like a coward and aloof about dragon training. Clearly wasn't trying. Her line made sense to the audience, but I felt like it didn't make sense for Astrid to say that. That is given its own context in this one! Hiccup, before reading the Book of Dragons, tells Astrid about how maybe humans are a part of the problem. She also confesses that she is jealous of Hiccup's privileged status as the chief's son; he is allowed to be weak and useless because of his status, unlike her and everyone else in the village who have to be more engaged with their own safety and future. I really liked it and felt it was important to add!

The movie looks really good. I'm sorry y'all who are counting Toothless' fkn scales or whatever and saying it looks like dogshit. It really doesn't. The dragons do not look the way they do in the OG. I wish the nadders were fat. Nightmares kinda look almost normal and not goofy (because the visual style of more realistic. Duh). I was the most disappointed in the gronckles, but I've grown to love it. They're still goofy tubby babies. The thing I was really paying attention to was how it looked when the characters interacted with CGI, which often looks fucking terrible. Maybe I would notice problems upon rewatching, but I didn't see anything. Puppetry is always better, but it all felt good for the scenes. The actors felt grounded for the most part.

I know for a fact that they did amazing color and lighting studies for this movie to make sure it actually matched the OG. Because it really does. Every single scene has almost the exact same scheme as the OG. It's actually shocking. Every lamp and rock is perfect. It doesn't suffer much from that oversaturated thing that a lot of CGI heavy movies have (Jurassic World was the worst offender. Most action movies are pretty bad about not having an actual color scheme and they just make it 12pm at the equator bright or a full moon all the time).

Toothless looks like Toothless. Not perfect 1:1 but it's Toothless. This is coming from a person who made night fury drawing tutorials when they were 15. (my biggest problem with his design is actually his wings but that's a whole thing) I thought the flying scenes were fine despite the differences in camera work. It worked for what it did. Not as good as OG but it did a good job with what it wanted to accomplish.

The movie does suffer somewhat from a lack of that animated spark, as many remakes do, but it isn't so bad that it's insulting to me. The Lion King was so fucking bad it made me wonder why they even made the movie realistic, or at all, if they were going to animate the lions with an abnormal lack of emotion. Toothless, especially, isn't comically animated anymore. He doesn't nod or give those obviously disapproved looks the way he did in the OG. But again, it doesn't ruin it for me. I think the biggest problem I had was that when Toothless got his first tail, he didn't sit to feel the new tail. He just kind of..... gets up and flies. No real emotion is expressed about it. He similarly doesn't look down at Hiccup in disapproval before throwing him off, he just kind of goes "ugh" before throwing him off. (the way Hiccup screamed in joy after that first flight felt so legit I loved it lmao)

Snotlout.... y'all gotta know I'm delusional about Snotlout. I love him and he's one of my favorite side characters. He's an idiot. He's nuanced. He has a complicated relationship with his father. Me and him would be best fucking friends if I lived in Berk. And let me tell y'all this actor put his WHOLE PUSSY into this performance. Knocked it out of the fucking park. I felt like someone read my mind exactly for how I personally view Snotlout and did him justice. He literally catepults himself over a table toward the camera knocking shit off so he can talk to Hiccup at one point. I was rolling out of my fucking fancy lounger. Everyone else in the gang feels pretty good too. The twins don't really look like twins but it's mentioned as a joke. Hiccup and Fishlegs are shown to be quick friends once the barrier to the group is broken down.

Idk exactly why but the ending felt SO good. Maybe it was because they slowed down pretty heavily when the village was mourning Hiccup. They also slowed down the scene where Toothless is helping Hiccup out of bed. Everything was quite slowed toward the end. The colors felt even better. The scenes felt so good. I remember watching that outro "this is Berk" scene and.... I felt like I was just watching my beloved characters in a different lens. Call it "useless nostalgia" but it was one of the few moments where I was able to properly forget I was watching a remake and I wasn't comparing it constantly anymore. I was just having a good time. THAT is what I wanted the most. I wanted to forget I was watching a remake. I wanted to stop comparing scenes and line delivery, especially because I knew it didn't matter.

I was in the same camp as the rest of you originally. "this movie is just another derivitive cash grab remake!" I thought to myself. I blindly accepted that my beloved story would be reread to audiences that don't care about movies for any reason other than the fact that they need to keep their kids entertained for 2 hours. I changed my mind and decided to watch it for a few reasons: the director of the OG movies directs this one too. I've watched MANY interviews with him about these movies, and he has a deep passion for these movies. He puts his pain, insecurities, and struggles into his movies so he can watch a hero overcome them. His creative drive and vision is inspiring to me. Any story of his intrigues me. I wanted to know if he had something to say with this movie. The second big reason came when I was at work and noticed our Lilo and Stitch merch and our httyd merch next to each other. These two movies were released at around the same time. And Dean DeBlois directed every one of these OG movies. He left Disney soon after directing OG Lilo and Stitch. I couldn't help but wonder if httyd was a response to Disney's inevitable money grab botch of his work. Even if all it was was Dreamworks asking DeBlois to do a movie in response to Lilo and Stitch, that has a mountain of personal implications alone. Even if I don't support remakes overall, I do support being hateful and spiteful to Disney. Might add more later idk! I'm just ready for a quarter of my followers to block me after this because that's exactly what happened when I said I didn't hate httyd3 hehe :33