#be fat and happy and draw fat and happy characters today...

[martyrbat]

theyre trying to dehydrate our beautiful bears and make them have a six pack.... i feel sick.

[laseracronym]

They Made You Cry (MHA/Fem!Reader)

(Laser: I'm sad today, so I curse you with angst.)

Summary: MHA characters reacting to making their girlfriend cry. (Angst, arguments, and some unhealthy relationship dynamics.)

Characters: Bakugou, Dabi, Aizawa, Shigaraki, Midoriya

MHA-MHA-MHA

Bakugou

Katsuki's heart sinks when he sees the unmistakable wetness that mists over your eyes. What's worse, what really makes him feel like the worst kind of bastard, is the way you shy away from his gaze with a sense of bitter defeat. Like he's getting what he wanted. Like his victory, his intention, was pushing you to tears.

As if he could ever consider this a victory.

"H-Hey..." he reaches out to you, awkward and unsure. He's so bad at dealing with tears, especially yours. It's so much easier to take on whatever piece of shit that's made you cry, but in this case, it's him. He's the piece of shit.

You sniffle, hurriedly brushing past him, equal parts angry and hurt.

"Whatever, Katsuki."

Dabi

The thing about you is that you're so damn unpredictable. Sweet one second, drawing blood the next.

Dabi kind of loves it. It keeps things from becoming boring, getting stale. And you're so hot when your eyes are ablaze with whatever emotion is overcoming you.

Just like right now, in the middle of some pointless, bullshit argument, when something he says makes you snap. You tackle him to the ground, your hands fisting into his jacket as you yell in his face. All he can do is grin up at you dangerously, just as angry, but equally as enticed by just how vibrant you look in this moment.

Then something even sweeter happens.

Big, fat tears begin to drip from your wild eyes, and Dabi sucks in a breath. You sob, frustrated and overwhelmed, and his cold, little heart warms at the sight.

"Oh, pretty girl..."

His arms wrap around you as you cry into his chest, cursing his name all the while. He strokes your hair, twisted affection squirming in his chest like a nest of spiders.

Always so unpredictable and entertaining.

Aizawa

"(Name), I-" Shouta falters, all the anger and frustration from your argument washed away by cold, all-consuming guilt at the sight of the tears slipping down your face.

You hurriedly wipe them away, stepping back, away from him, and the guilt deepens.

He knows you hate crying in front of him, even when it isn't his fault. It makes you feel weak, and he knows you worry he'll think less of you, that he'll find your more emotional way of being "irrational."

You turn, hiding your face as you try to walk away, but he stops you, gently catching you by the arm.

"Wait," he pleads, his voice gentle, "I'm sorry." Because no argument is worth making you cry.

"I don't want you to see me like this," you mutter, your head down. But at least you're not pulling away from him. He takes that as a good sign.

"Don't hide from me," he urges. He takes you by the chin and tilts your head up so he can look at you properly. He brushes your tears away, regretful that they're there in the first place. "Let's talk about this, okay?"

He's always so stubborn, set in his ways. But he'll try to meet you in the middle, to understand your perspective. You're worth it.

Shigaraki

Tomura feels no guilt at the sight of your tears, only vindictive satisfaction. Good. He'd been aiming to hurt you when he said those words to you. He really can't stand the way you make him feel sometimes, so he's happy to return the favor.

"You're seriously crying?" he taunts with a cruel smirk, poking at your cheek with a mocking finger.

You smack his hand away, "fuck you, Tomura, you fucking prick," you hiss, trying not to cry even more in front of him. You turn and storm away from him before things get even worse.

"You're so pathetic!" he calls after you, making sure you can hear him before you slam the door behind you.

He huffs, standing there and scratching at his neck. You're so damn overdramatic, a pain in his ass. You deserve to cry a little for the shit you put him through.

The image of your tear-filled face flashes through his mind. He ignores the way it makes his stomach twist with discomfort.

Midoriya

Izuku feels his own eyes fill with tears, watching you hug yourself and cry in front of him.

"(N-Name)... please don't cry..." he begs, his hands brushing up and own your arms, trying to console you.

"I thought I was never going to see you again," you cry, your words making his heart ache. You scrub a shaking hand over your eyes, "I was so s-scared for you!"

"I'm sorry, (Name)," he pulls you into a hug, his own tears running free. He really scared you this time. It was a close call. "It's okay, I'm okay. I'm here."

He shushes you gently, guilt spreading through his chest at the distress he's caused you. His job is always going to cause you to worry, the only thing he can do is try his best to come home to you at the end of the day.

(Requests)

[rotthepoet]

In love with your writing, specially bsf!theo. I’m in such an angst mood. Everyone knows we’re in love with Theo and he’s in love with us besides the two of us. Longing with fwb to lovers? Maybe some more smut if you’re feeling spicy?

IN LOVE WITH YOU, POOKIE!!! If theres one thing I know how to do its YEARN and LONG so lets hope that translates into writing 🙏 it’s been a hot minute since I wrote an actual fic, and i took a few liberties with your rq, so please let me know how you feel about it!

Notes: i typically write for a gn!reader, but I really hope everyone can forgive me for writing in a FEM perspective today. It just makes writing smut a tad bit easier on me(an afab person)

Content warnings: As always, Hogwarts University AU, Characters are all 18+, Draco Malfoy calls Nott a fat ass(degrading eating habits, commenting on working out), Theo’s mom is dead, mutual pining but being too stupid to figure it out, crying during sex but not in a hot way(no safe word used/tech needed), angstyish to comfort, use of drugs(weed), SMUT, oral(fem receiving), kinda proofread? Please let me know if I miss anything major.

Things only got more intense as the… situation went on. Hooking up had become significantly more common, almost a daily occurrence. You found your mind drifting to Theodore more often than not, thinking about how disheveled his hair looked in the morning, or how the first words he mumbled when he saw you today were “Hello, beautiful”.

Your thoughts never strayed too far from Theodore, and to be honest, it felt like he never strayed too far from you.

In the most recent months, it felt like you two had become inseparable. That’s not to say it was a bad thing at all, oh no in fact, it made you quite happy to know he was around. He was your friend after all. The sex-thing, as you opted to call it, was just a benefit you both indulged in time to time.

Of course, neither of you dared to openly admit your scandalous behavior together. It wasn’t anyone’s business, even as Theodore had started seeing less women and spending less nights out partying. It wasn’t anyone’s business when Theo wrapped an arm around your shoulder while walking around Hogsmeade, or when he smiled at you when you weren’t looking. It wasn’t anyone’s business whenever Theo stopped sleeping around completely, and it certainly wasn’t their business when he beat the shit out of one of the Weasley twins for accidentally catching you in the crossfire of a loose prank.

It wasn’t anyone’s business besides the two of yours, and for the most part people had began to ignore it, except for a select group of close friends.

A day didn’t go by where you weren’t pestered by one of Theodore’s friends. They collectively figured that you were more likely to break under pressure than Theo was. It was ruthless.

Draco Malfoy stands at the front of your desk, glaring down at you. “You know you’re just another one of his phases. He does this. Falls helplessly in love with a girl, dedicates his entire time to her, only to remember he isn’t built for that life. It’s about time you save yourself the trouble. I’m only trying to help.”

Not everyone was as terrible as Draco, thankfully.

Mattheo Riddle would approach you from behind, wrapping his arms around your waist, putting on his most convincing Theodore impression. “Ciao, Bella,” even his most convincing impression wasn’t very good, “My room or yours?”

Sometimes you play along, running your hands over Mattheo’s in a way that makes his skin prick with goosebumps. “I was thinking we could do it on Matt’s bed again.”

That usually get’s you a hard shove away if Theodore hadn’t already spotted the situation.

Lorenzo Berkshire isn’t as insistent, just staring at the two of you, raising a brow whenever he finds you hand in hand. He draws a huge smirk on his face every time he sees you alone.

“Where’s your boyfriend?”

“You mean your boyfriend? I see the way you look at him, don’t play dumb Enzo.”

He doesn’t like that game as much. Usually scoffs and ignores you.

Then there was Blaise Zabini.

Blaise Zabini.

He knows more than he should. Far more than he should. He watches. He listens. He knows. He perceives.

The first time Blaise found you asleep in Theo’s arms, it was early in the morning. Their little clique never missed breakfast together unless something drastic had happened. So, whenever Theodore didn’t show up for breakfast, Blaise volunteered to check on him. Only Draco questioned it when Blaise grabbed a plate and two muffins(“Those are practically cakes, Nott’s fat ass doesn’t need one to begin with, let alone two! Doesn’t even show up to quidditch practice anymore.”). Draco was ignored.

“You’re going to lose her if you keep acting like this, you know that right?”

Theodore tries to ignore Blaise as best he can, he really does. He traces his fingers over your hair softly, watching you dream.

“Just tell her, Theo. What are you so scared of?”

“Drop it, Blaise.”

“No. You obviously love her, you’re obviously in love with her!”

“Lower your voice-“

“Why are you so scared? Is it your father, Theo? Is it your-”

“I mean it Zabini, drop it.”

The room goes eerily quiet as you shift slightly in Theodores arms. It lasts for only a moment before your breathing returns to the deep, rhythmic patterns.

“Get out.”

Blaise didn’t brother bringing it up after that. He knew what was going to happen, and he was going to let it play out. It wasn’t his business, after all.

Your friends weren’t much different. You stopped hanging out with them as much, not on purpose at all, but it didn’t go unnoticed. Maybe one or two of your friends resented Nott for it, “He’s a playboy, everyone knows that. I don’t like how close he’s getting to you.” Or “You aren’t… sleeping with him right? Please tell me you aren’t.”

Both you and Theodore laughed endlessly about every comment. It was silly. I mean yeah, you two fuck, but you’re just friends. You’re just friends, and friends can totally cuddle each other to sleep, and friends can totally kiss without sex. Its not a big deal! Its not a big deal as Theo almost pukes every time he says, “You’re my friend, I’d tell you if anything changed.” And it’s not a big deal when your chest aches as you say “Same here. It’s not that weird when you think about it.”

It wasn’t a big deal the first time you cried during sex. It wasn’t a big deal when he pulled out immediately and held your face, asking what he can do for you to make it better. It wasn’t a big deal when you sobbed in his arms for hours, chest hurting because you loved him so much and you knew you could never say anything. It wasn’t a big deal when Theodore kissed your mouth shut when you tried to apologize. It was a big deal though. It was a really big deal.

It was a big deal when you wrote your name next to Nott like a child. It was a big deal when you kicked your feet in bed thinking about how he called you pretty. It was a big deal when he kissed your cheek so absentmindedly that it felt natural. It felt right.

It was a big deal, and it hurt so bad.

But you could manage. Look at how strong you are. Look at how composed you are. You knew that one day all of this would come to an end, and you were okay with that! It was something you knew you could one day stomach, so for now, you didn't let yourself worry about it.

What you worried about instead, was how fine the object of your affection looked tonight.

Theodore was dressed to the nines. Black slacks, a loose button-up shirt, and those eyes that undressed you no matter where you were. He was gorgeous, and he knew it. You looked wonderful too, showing just enough skin to keep Theo on his toes.

Slytherin winning the house cup was a moment to be celebrated, the common room decorated and loud music playing from every corner of the room. You and Theodore spent every moment together, laughing whenever someone dared approach either of you for a dance.

Smoke curled out of Theodore's lips as he snuffed out the filter of a joint you had shared. He grinned at you, and you smiled at him, and everything else faded away.

Time slowed down, and Theodore's smile fell.

"I want to be with you, this summer."

And you laughed and smiled, nudging his arm slightly. "Well, all you need to do is invite me to your summer home in Italy, and I promise I'll spend every day with you."

"No. I want to be with you."

And for a moment, it felt like everything was still. Theodore looked so scared, and you looked so scared, and your mind was fighting the high to fully understand and process his words.

"With me?"

"With you."

You bit the inside of your cheek, almost not realizing whenever Theodore groaned and stood up.

"Theo."

"Fuck. I knew this was a bad idea."

"Theodore."

"I'm sorry. I knew we shouldn't have."

"Theodore Nott, look at me right now."

And he did. He looked at you so sadly. It made your heart ache.

"I want to be with you, too."

It felt like a brick that sat on your heart had finally been lifted. You laughed at the smile that spread across his face. You laughed as he pressed sloppy kisses against your lips. You laughed as he picked you up, kissing you stupid as he carried you to your room.

The weed still made your mind and body buzz with a high, and fuck, every touch felt better than ever before.

Your back hit the mattress, and Theo climbed over you. He looked so handsome, and you felt so pretty the way he looked at you. His hands worked at your dress, pulling you into a deep kiss as he found the zipper in the back.

Your hands gracelessly unbuttoned his shirt, whining into the kiss as you struggled. Finally, with a small chuckle, Theo offered to help you. His hands worked smoothly, pulling his shirt off his shoulders.

"You're stunning."

"Take a look at yourself, cara mia."

Theodore pushed you back down, gripping your hips as he dragged you to the edge of the bed. You laugh, resting your hands over his, feeling just how wet you are between your thighs. You lean your head back, sighing softly as Theo drops to his knees.

Nothing else mattered when Theodore's tongue found your clothed pussy. His strong and veiny hands pushed your thighs further apart, and pathetic mewls spilled from your lips as he licked you.

Theodore continued to tease you, a grin plastered to his face at every moan and whine you let slip out. He licks over the lace of your panties, daring to suck on your clit through the soaked fabric. Pleas spill from your lips, and Theo can't bite back his groan as you tug on his curls.

Dead eyes look up at you from between your legs, and Theo pulled away just enough to remove the lace hiding your heat from him. He blows on your wet folds, pulling your thighs to his shoulders.

"I think I could stay like this forever, right here."

You roll your eyes and sit up, pulling Theo up just enough to admire his wet face. "I think I'd miss your face too much," you laugh, leaning in and kissing his lips, shivering as you taste yourself on him.

"I have a few other positions that I wouldn't mind staying in."

You push away his smirking face with a laugh, gasping for air suddenly as his mouth finds your clit. Gasps turn into soft whines as his tongue moves across your pearl, your hips jerking and shifting at each motion. You can feel his smirk as he licks a long stripe from your hole to your clit, collecting your arousal on his tongue.

"Theo," You whine out, but he silences you with a long finger prodding at your entrance. He shushes you, planting wet kisses along your thigh. "I know, bella, just take a deep breath. 'Gotta stretch you out all the way."

A needy moan slipped from your lips as a finger slipped inside of you. You could hear how wet you were, and Theo pulled back just enough to watch the digit disappear inside of you. He pressed a second finger in, carefully spreading them inside of you.

"So soft. So pliant."

His whispers made your legs shake as he stretched you out thoroughly. The knot in your stomach grew tighter, and it became almost unbearable as his lips found your clit again. He was slow, savoring the feeling of your legs shaking beside his head, and the feeling of your walls clenching around him.

Ecstasy flooded your mind before you had a moment to think about it. Theo groaned into your cunt, committing the taste to memory. He continued working his fingers in and out of your cunt until you were shaking in overstimulation, only then finally freeing himself from between your legs.

"You have one more in you, right? Can't get enough of you, cara mia. Will never have enough of you."

[werehounded]

Seeing people like @omens-for-ophelia draw Aziraphale as a Big Fat Man With A Tummy makes me so happy cause... That's my body! My body looks like that! I'm a big dude with a tummy too!

What I'm trying to say is: thank you for making this weird trans dude feel better about his tummy today! You and artists like you make me feel so much better about a body that isn't easy to live with and in, for various reasons, including dysphoria and dysmorphia.

Seeing hot fat guys getting loved on, especially when they're my comfort character too, means so much to me. Thank you.

[ducktracy]

Do you think a lot of classic animation from the Golden Age is considered low-stimulant? There are a lot of long shots and the color pallete is not as saturated but just the right balance of Technicolor.

FAAAAAAAAAAAAAR FROM IT, MY GOODNESS!!! Bob Clampett is my all time favorite director and cartoonist for a reason, and that's because his shorts--especially within his peak--stimulate and perfectly keep up to pace with my ADHD riddled brain!! Frank Tashlin too!! and Popeye cartoons!! and many Tom and Jerry cartoons!! all of my favorites in animation are largely because they're brash, bold, fast, exciting, stimulating and just plain crazy

i don't think the issue is that golden age cartoons aren't stimulating, but i think animation today is WAAAAAY OVERstimulating. i'm generalizing, of course, but it feels like there is HARDLY ever room for characters to breathe. characters are constantly talking, and they're constantly telling, not showing. there are way too many cuts, hardly any time for anything to breathe. anytime a character moves, it's a cut! i truly think that cartoons have gotten more and more condensed that it makes golden age cartoons seem "slow" in comparison, but that is absolutely untrue. cartoons in the golden age are often more thoughtful and less trigger happy to spoonfeed the audience every bit of information. there's so much more consideration for balance--if everything is a high, nothing is. even Bob Clampett, so renowned for the energy and insanity of his cartoons, is on record as saying such. i don't mean to sound "OLD GOOD NEW BAD", i highly disagree, and i know i'm generalizing, but i've had maaaany conversations about this in my line of work. in fact, my director once told me that he notices i put in little pauses and beats "as if waiting for an audience to laugh", because that's how these golden age cartoons were timed and accounted for and i've accidentally absorbed their pacing through how much i love 'em! so i find myself having to trim a lot of fat--often for good reason, but i do miss the thoughtfulness of GAC pacing. not that shorts aren't paced thoughtfully today, but, yknow.

many of my favorite cartoons of all times are the ones that are so stimulating that they make my heart pound by the end. i genuinely judge how much i enjoy a cartoon by how similarly it mimics my experience to watching Baby Bottleneck for the first time, in which i genuinely thought i was having a heart attack and was genuinely upset and anxious. nothing nothing nothing low stimulant about this

Frank Tashlin was so ahead of the curve in regards to this, too. in fact i sometimes think he cuts between scenes TOO quickly!! but a gag like this, it seems tame now but the sort of speed and manipulation and abstraction of it all... very ahead of its time for 1936 Warners. there's a similar gag from this short i've been meaning to post for a long time with how impressed i am for its kind of impossible streamlining, very much like this--a visual gag that puts drawings first instead of real thought and physics. it's quaint now, but pretty dang transformative.

some more fast Tashlin for you, and this is his early stuff!! you really have to take in for account the speed and domesticity of what his contemporaries were churning out at the same time. i dare say he even had Tex Avery beat at this point in time

as for the lack of saturation, i think that's partially owed to certain restorations bungling up the colors (depending on what you're watching a restoration of), as well as just.. common sense. people like Maurice Noble go into very meticulous detail discussing the reasoning behind the colors and values and contrast--if everything is saturated, nothing is, and it's just going to make your eyes bleed out of your skull. instead, it's best to be strategic, which is why we have stuff like Daffy wearing his garish yellow and white suit in My Little Duckaroo and Nasty Canasta in pink, as they spend much of the cartoon inside an environment with deliberately dull, neutral colors, casting more attention to them. i actually analyzed and broke down the short while i was reading Noble's book, and it was very illuminating to discover the certain color choices and how remarkably thought out they are:

also.. just watch any Tex Avery MGM cartoon!!

or any cartoon with Jim Tyer's animation!

and here are some of my favorite Adrenaline Inducing Clips that i have on hand

WHEW. I DID NOT MEAN TO GO OFF AS LONG AS I DID HAHA but i just love talking about this stuff! so, no, i don't at all think golden age cartoons are low stimulant. i think we are too HIGH stimulant, and that's again coming from my ADHD riddled self who thrives on fast and loud and flashy and stimulating! Daffy Duck isn't my favorite fictional character of all time for no reason!

[hazshit-hotel-hater]

Fat Nuggets Redesign! (1/???)

Very quick post for today because it is my birthday! I wanted to draw a character that I actually enjoy and genuinely have like no issues with because he is just a pig. I plan to draw some other pets like Vark but that’ll be more complex and about Vox because Vark will be a seizure alert animal and I want to put a lot of stuff into that post. Fat Nuggets though he’s just. God he looks so stupid. I love this pig man. Fat Nuggets is not a minipig in my rewrite by the way! He is a hellhog piglet and is at least 11 years old, however hellhogs age very very slow and he will not be big for a long while.

Considering he was also previously raised in a bad environment and was in someone else’s possession prior to Angel who did not treat him well at all, there are some things Fat Nuggets cannot do or experience. After his previous owner tried to disbud him for “less hassle”, it has permanently stunted and damaged his horns and spikes so they can no longer grow any longer than they are now. Fat Nuggets is now being well cared for and has not had any unwilling cosmetic procedures performed on him, is happy and healthy, and enjoys eating oatmeal.

If Angel actually signed him up for it I have no doubt he could become a therapy animal. Honestly I may look into the idea, I think a lot of these guys could benefit from a warm pig on their lap. Oh also, reminds me, because Angel is cold-blooded (technically) Fat Nuggets is his main source of warmth whenever clothes or blankets aren’t available or working well. Very good pig!

[perfectlyperverted]

I dont want to text post too much on this blog because the whole point of this blog is for me to make drawings even if theyre crappy, so that I dont ramble, because rambling is one of my compulsions. But I dont have time to draw today and Ive been thinking:

I'm really happy that I am finally open/semi open about what I like sexually. My friends all know and joke with me. I tell people about my fat preference if it comes up, and I don't worry that I'll "look creepy" when I bring up characters that I have crushes on in group conversations anymore.

I really used to think that if anyone realized I had a preference, that I would be feared and exiled. LMAO. (Especially as someone who is a serious sfw artist trying to become a professional). After that fear went away, I was still obsessed with proving I was "good" (only liking the finest art and characters, checking myself 24/7, never admitting I enjoy kinks/kink art). I get OCD still, but I'm realizing all my fears made no sense.

I feel guilty and embarrassed, because this fear and OCD is a product of fatphobia I absorbed -- meanwhile I'm relieved yet saddened because it doesnt seem like I'm the only one who has had these feelings.

I'm glad that when I'm not paralyzed by OCD, I get to be myself now. It sounds dramatic if you can't relate but being sexually repressed and secretive for 20 years has been MESSED UP. (and it gave me OCD).

I'm glad that I get to design/write cool fat characters and not just say "oh yeah representation is important to me...thats all..." like some saint, but now say "representation is important to me and Im HORNY" like a real human person.

Hopefully draw something more about this later.

[seriousbrat]

It has been a while, but I hope you're not too tired of these!

I went to the museum today, so I bring you some Marauders questions about The Arts. As usual, I'd also love to hear the Snape and Lily side of things as well.

Who'd enjoy a day at the museum the most?

Who's the most likely to become friends with one of the Hogwarts paintings? (Snape could surprise us here, since he was pretty close to Filch)

Who would appreciate the theatre the most?

Who took the most artistic pictures?

Did they have artistic hobbies of any kind? Visual, musical, or just generally creative.

Who was the most deliberately expressive in their fashion?

Art history question! Could you assign each character to a movie? Or to a work of art?

Who'd be the most curious about muggle paintings?

Who simply doesn't get art?

Have an artistic day! See you next time.

yay I missed these, and this is so fun ty!! At least I can give a slightly more educated answer than what sort of economic system they had 😭

Who'd enjoy a day at the museum the most?

I honestly can't decide between Lily and Remus! I think Lily would enjoy the overall experience, whereas Remus would probably have the most appreciation for the actual art.

Who's the most likely to become friends with one of the Hogwarts paintings? (Snape could surprise us here, since he was pretty close to Filch)

Hmm, well I think it would probably be James or Sirius with the Fat Lady. I've written the Fat Lady as having a bit of a crush on Sirius (which makes it worse that he slashes up her portrait rip.) I can also see James and Sirius having a fun time teasing Sir Cadogan though that's not really a friendship. Lily's probably the most likely to stop and talk politely to a portrait.

Honestly I know Filch and Snape are shown to be closer than Filch is with other non-Umbridge staff members, but I don't think this was really the case when Snape was a student. I think Filch hates all students basically equally (except for the ones he especially hates, like the twins or the Marauders.) While it's implied that Snape tipped Filch off about the Map, and that would probably be a point in his favour, I think their later cordiality is mostly just the respect Filch has for staff members. And Snape as a punishment-happy teacher would probably align more with Filch than kinder teachers. Idk I don't see him being sympathetic to Snape as a kid, he hates kids lmao.

Who would appreciate the theatre the most?

I keep just answering Remus and Lily for all of these because they're the most 'cultured' in my mind lol. But I think I'm going to go Lily because I think she loves stories in general and would be enchanted by the theatre. She probably had very fond memories of her dad taking her to pantos as a kid.

Who took the most artistic pictures?

I think I've spoken about Photographer Lupin on here before!! Although honestly in canon probably nobody had time for artistic photography, if it was anyone it would have been Lupin. I can see him shut up in his house taking moody photos post-war, and I think he'd have a good eye for it. In my band AU where he's wealthy he collects photography haha.

However I can also see Lily dabbling!!

Did they have artistic hobbies of any kind? Visual, musical, or just generally creative.

James liked to doodle, as we see in SWM, and I think he was probably quite good at drawing. In my mind he was behind the artistry and precision of the Marauders' map, though he approached drawing in a more technical sense.

I see both Lily and Snape as writing poetry!

Who was the most deliberately expressive in their fashion?

Probably Lily, as nobody else really was lol. And I definitely see her as having an artsy girl style.

Art history question! Could you assign each character to a movie? Or to a work of art?

I think I've done films before so let's think about art!

Lily screams pre-raphaelite, at least superficially. Honestly Millais's Ophelia may be a basic answer but I think it works for her as a character. BUT I also like Leonora Carrington for Lily and the kind of dreamlike nature of her work. So maybe Self Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse.)

Snape hmm.. maybe an Egon Schiele self-portrait. Generally I like Expressionism for Snape, but maybe Futurism too. I think this general area fits his emotional struggles but also his intellectualism (and also the fact that he joined the DEs hence futurism lol.) Maybe Unique Forms of Continuity in Space to give someone a sculpture.

Remus clearly says Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog to me lol. I don't have a lot to add here because I think this is so clear for me, basically his reflective nature/complex emotional world romanticism etc etc. I could see him with other movements like Realism but Wanderer is sooo Remus to me.

I'm giving Sirius Joseph Beuys' I Like America and America Likes Me. Haha I feel like locking himself in a room with a coyote is very Sirius vibes. I quite like performance/Fluxus for Sirius since he's so active, daring, and radically-minded, he'd be very into that movement.

For James I kind of want to give him something like... neoplasticism/De Stijl. James reads to me more as an architect type than an artist, I could see him in the Bauhaus for instance. But then his vibe also fits Abstract Expressionism for some reason?? Like a Rothko? It's Man Art, it's ego-driven. Or honestly maybe even Pop Art kdjghkjg I can't decide. Arghhgh ok stop I'm giving him Roy Lichtenstein Brushstroke.

Peter lmao... for some reason my immediate instinct is Guernica and idk why, he doesn't deserve it, I think it's just because of his sentiments about the war. I can't fully decide on a movement for Peter either (and this answer has become which art movement would everyone be lol) maybe... Fauvism? Impressionism? I kind of like Manet's the Fifer for Peter lol. The more I think about the Fifer the more I like it for him-- a child dressed in military garb is pretty fitting for Peter's mentality at the beginning of the war.

Lol I had way too much fun with that answer.

Who'd be the most curious about muggle paintings?

I tend to think Sirius is the most curious about everything to do with Muggles, he's a Muggleboo (weeaboo for Muggles.) While Remus and Lily are probably the most appreciative of art in general, they're also the most used to Muggle art. And I think Sirius, having grown up only seeing boring oil paintings would be pretty impressed by what Muggle art has achieved. Personally I hate this work, it's pure male ego to me, but I think Sirius would get a huge kick out of Warhol pissing on a canvas and calling that art. Or (and I do like this one) Duchamp's Fountain. I gave Sirius Beuys and I also think he'd legitimately be fascinated by all the wacky high jinks of the conceptual artists of the 60s. He'd love to have attended a Happening. Like come on.

Who simply doesn't get art?

Peter lmao. Obvious answer but he'd definitely be that person who sees abstract art and says 'I could do that at home!!'

[andromedaexists]

Happy STS! What inspired the design of your main character?

Hiii!! Happy STS!! I hope you are doing well today!!

There are a handful of places I draw inspiration from for the design of my characters, so let's go through them!

Icarus

Icarus' look spawns from a few different places, but the biggest influence was Dabi from My Hero. Wild to hear given how not like Dabi he ended up looking, but that's where I drew a lot of inspo from!

From there, I ended up bringing inspiration from the punk subculture that I'm a part of in Cleveland! At the time of writing, I had noticed a pretty big techwear wave within the alt groups I knew, and I leaned heavily into that look for him. Somehow, Dabi + Techwear + my need for my MCs to be redheads equalled this:

(art by Neon Jess on IG!!)

Kit

I really wanted to lean into the looks I grew up with when it came to Kit! So lots of work wear, lots of tattered clothes. Basically anything I saw people wearing in the fields or to school as someone who attended a rural school that had a "Bring Your Tractor To School" Day.

As far as his physical appearance, I really wanted Kit to look as "normal" as possible. I wanted him to be an every man, someone that you could look at and he kinda just looks like anybody. In the end we got this:

(art by werewolfpresident on IG!!!)

Kodi

Kodi is the easiest and most straightforward answer. He is me! I didn't mean to make Kodi look like me, I just gave Yune the description of: A fat Appalachian trans man who is disabled, walks using a forearm crutch or a cane, with a mohawk that has white roots and is dyed red, wearing tattered work overalls and a tank underneath, with a wrought iron torc around his neck. Oh and he has a scar through his right eye leading to being blind in that eye, the other eye is brown. (for lore reasons I haven't revealed just yet)

That is me. I showed my mom the comm and she went "i thought you were getting art of a character??" because it looks so much like me. So uh, yeah.

Anyways,,,

(first art by jacquelineillustrates and the second by heavenlyystar both on IG!!)

[yanderefarm]

I would like to thank you for making Noemie a thick goth boy, that is a public service. Fucking hell, the refs are. Damn. I don't even have the words to describe how objectively correct you are for pushing the thick goth boy agenda. I need to be between his thighs yesterday, wow. I am, as always, deeply affected by Noemie's conceptual existence, so thank you for creating him bunny <3

Also all the Valentine's Day responses you've written are so wonderful, I'm amazed at the sheer number of those you've answered even just today, but the responses themselves are equally impressive

-🦎

I've exposed my secret past as a roleplayer.....

ive never been very good at roleplaying but i really love doing yume stuff for people. i love making people happy and especially if its a character im good at that could make them happy. i always love sending people messages in character. its also really easy for me actually it's infinitely easier than actually writing things out.

noemie was always supposed to have the fat femboy ass its just when i made him trans i was like "...... i could give him huge titties" i love boys with tiddies..... i love like when hentai artists draw goth girls with a lil bit of chub and big tiddies and big thick thighs.... ive always always loved the idea of a cute goth trans boy like that whos the typical gross gooner yandere drooling and pathetic........ i love gross gooner boys too..... noemie is truly perfect....

[kitspiderguy]

hello world!

I gots drawings and I feel the need to share em, so here we are!

this place isn't really for kids! it's PG-13 at most! maybe R on ONE occasion! bring your mother!!

this place also isn't for hate! take your phobias and your isms far, FAR away! except for autism! you're the best ism in the whole world!

expect mostly draw posts and whatever is rotting my brain at the time. mostly spiders. arachnophobia warning!

short-n-sweet character bios under cut to get a better idea about them if you wanna ask em anything, from left to right.

and to preface this, this is all a vaguely Starbound theme sci-fi! it'll be hard to tell most times, but that's the setting.

Kit, a naive but well-meaning spiderboy. he believes that everyone on and around the block are his friends. he's mostly right! co-owner and bartender at the Last Tree, and close friends with Felvia.

Felvia, a rebellious demon tgirl. starting the bar was mostly her idea, but Kit said it should be as homely as it is today. co-owner and bartender at the Last Tree, and close friends with Kit.

Annie, the nuisance cat woman. she was found eating whatever out of the dumpster behind the bar, and was put to work around the Last Tree. she's kind of lazy about it, to Felvia's annoyance.

Casey, a slightly annoying bee boy. you know that friend you keep around despite him saying or doing stupid things and occasionally getting on your nerves, but he'll be a good friend when he needs to be? that's him. also obsessed with bee puns. works at Becky's Big Slices with Kaz.

Kazuo, aka Big Kaz, the big brother fishman. always has a shoulder for you to cry on, and even if you don't need it, he's just a chill dude to be with. will roll with the fat cracks, as long as they're not done in bad faith. works at Becky's Big Slices with Casey.

Sticker, an easily distracted retro enthusiast moth. because he thought streaming old games online would bring in the big bucks fast, he's having to work with his sister at her tailorshop for a while until he makes enough to pay three months rent, minimum.

Summer, the pompous older sister moth. while she's not happy about the circumstances, she is glad that her little brother is working at the tailorshop, even if it's just for a little while. she acts pretty high-and-mighty around others, but is very down-to-earth with Sticker.

Alex, a movie buff mantisman. after hearing that there was a video store with all sorts of old and new movies, he just had to apply for the job. he's watched just about every movie they have and Wow Now!, except the horror ones. he's fine with the cheesier ones, though.

Xenon, the star Cowboy. along with his ship, the Stardust Flyer and motley crew, he's a somewhat well-known bounty hunter that got into it because he was bored one day. good with the charm and even better at shooting his way out when it doesn't work (it rarely works).

Mawa, the big and boisterous floran! she joined up with Xenon because she was either envious of his lifestyle, or because she wanted to see other planets, and hunt whatever creatures they have. quite handy with a sword and is the muscle of the crew.

P, the… enigma. tell you the truth, not much is known about them. Xenon said they 'were just there one day' on his ship, and he never got rid of them, for some reason. they don't/can't talk, and usually act like a child, probably being new to this whole 'being alive' thing.

Source, the mechanical critter. while he's not one for social situations, Source is usually content working on the Stardust Flyer, or just chilling with his friends. he also doesn't really remember where he came from, or why he's a cyborg, but he's happy with his life right now.

[pettyshippen]

This Just In, We’re Back to Libertys Kids While Higher Than Ben Franklins Kite

New York New York

Gotta be one of my favorites because of how smooth that guy was

Why isn’t this the national anthem? I want someone singing this before every football game

American history but make it so sugarcoated that everyone gets diabetes

Mom I like your friends house

Black Dick, your telescope sir

James that collar looks great, stop whining and be the queen you are

James is like fuck she’s conservative af too

Omg that cute yankee soldiers looking at me ☺️

I’m just gonna get out if this march to try an get some

James should have started cackling after her ‘I’m English’ comment. It would make Udneys comeback way smoother.

“I give you my strong arm for your protection” “BRO WTF GET BACK IN LINE”

Almost got it Udney.

“Can I come?” “NO”

Strategy is important

“This is a PAID internship” “Ok hell ya”

“What do they know about running a country?” Mrs. Radcliffe spitting facts.

Whot are you doin in ma swamp?

They really let Henri get snatched like that 

“Because they can’t fly” Damn

“General Howe is welcome to him” DAMN

Henri wtf

Henri blew up the Sept, not Cersei

“I found Ugly and he told me what happened.”

Welp, the British have New York

Black Dick took Manhatten.

One Life To Lose

Ah yes, this was when they saw a nice man get hanged for creepin’

I feel like the sound of his neck snapping and the sight of his limp body would make Sarah faint if they were ballsy enough to include that

Wow these dudes were fat

And the proof is in the pudding

Oy the drunkin sailor be back

Sarah is so bored

The Brits are stealing American men

The old man was like “Get tf out of here”

Nathan cuts in so randomly it does not feel natural.

She did the full curtsy for him

Mr. Hale so hot he’s got all the girls curtsying.

Nathan, why are you telling them all this?

Sarah is totally flirting with him.

So wait, Admiral Howe and General Howe are different people

God damn it how did I not know this

They’re spying on a spy. The irony

Nathan WTF

Don’t tell me this is actually how he got caught is it

There come these three stooges

I think James has been kidnapped way more than Sarah could ever be despite her damsel in distress demeanor

Nathan is ballsy af

James said I’m staying

Sarah said I’m gonna hitchhike.

Here it comes ya’ll

“He’s actually quite gracious and cultured when you get to know him.” Ok Jane Austin.

And now they’re Hillips shippers

“So, when is the big day?” And then it transitions to them years later at the alter, Sarah wearing a nice green dress with gold butterflies and a veil and James in a nice blue suit with a hat, and you hear the priest say ‘I pronounce thee Man and Wife.’

“Anyways, Nathan’s hangin out with the redcoats today.”

These men are so burning in hell for how they treated these people

They wouldn’t even draw in a noose

The sight of Nathan at the gallows causing Sarah to cling to James’ arm tho

Alright James time to write this article

Captain Molly

Ok but an episode where Henri accidentally joins a mafia

THE JAM STAYS

Ben be going on another cruise

Sarah’s insulted Washington won’t let her come

And here comes Molly

Henri giving off autistic vibes here

Rosemary, that is French silk you crotch goblin

Damn Molly

“Sarah, she’s English!”

“I don’t ask permission to do nothin’!” Sarah, let those words inspire your character.

Dad Moses mode activated

James got passionate there

You can forget about those eight to ten kids Molly

Well Sarah now you’re seeing a lil bit about why King George is evil

They brought in tHe bagpipes for their funerals.

I’m surprised the redcoats didn’t hold all those women and children hostage.

James is so happy Sarah’s alive

Molly was another woman school didn’t teach me about.

American Crisis

Henri has a soldiers spirit

Moses you’re too calm about Henri running away

Traveling by ship must have been mentally trying for everyone.

These dudes are not ok

Henri 😭

When a little French boy smelling of onions sneaks into your camp in a barrel.

Thomas Paine is back 🩷

Writers block is a bitch

Do you think Paine would like the movie Soul

“We’re walking to Philadelphia.”

Omg Moses no

A printing press is large enough to bone on. Just saying.

Tom said “I will beat yo ass in with this log.”

Imagine putting all those letters together by hand

“Hold your breeches”

[abimee]

same anon as the stew ask - i forgot to mention this but your tags about fat really reminded me just how much i love love love your depiction of nophica. I love the way you draw skin and fat, your drawing of ysayle (i forget if it was her or someone else but the point still stands) with acne almost made me cry with happiness when I first saw it. Please keep doing what makes you happy and I hope you can continue to find love in the act of creation. I was surprised to hear that you once got told that your work was depressing but more over I'm so happy for you that you're finally reaching a point in your creative journey that you can be proud and happy of. Thank you for sharing what you make with us.

oh yar it was pretty common in both my fanfiction and art to get told that but admittedly i do think i wasnt really drawing anything of substance besides vague sad thoughts and emotions i was having in highschool LOL

like looking back on it i cant blame people for extrapolating the Bad Emotions from the stuff i made even when the piece wasnt about that cause i was in like, a really bad spot constantly but it being the only thing i heard was definitely something people could've lighten up about cause i was also just trying to draw fanart and live in peace but even my friends from back then told me such and its like GOT DAMN (ITS REALLY FUNNY NOW)

but i am really happy to know that im at least a little more well enough that that has stopped being prominant in my art and that people get good fuzzy emotions AND IM HAPPY that i can finally make ''the art'' i want..... i can never really describe how i felt held back in a way i didnt know of back then but i really do think it was because the artists around me just never Talked or Made an effort to draw things in their art like acne and such, and since i had no way of learning about art besides by listening to big artists back then i never Thought i could do that, or i thought people wouldn't like my art if i did that that i even refused to draw features I Had (i even remember once trying to hide that i started forming acne as a teen because i was so hyperaware of being seen as unsightly on the internet for it after having smooth skin and that was rough. ROUGH) so the fact that now what i once feared of ''what if people are rude about the way i draw people'' is entirely flipped upside down to ''people really love the way i draw characters'' i think also helped me get out of my shell of insecurity with my own art and actually Enjoy drawing because i feel like i can really express something

thats a lot of rambling but what im trying to say it is from viewers like you that my art has made it where it is today and i wouldnt have developed how i have and with the love i have in creating without it so [pbs channel voice] Thank You..... im hanging this one up on my fridge as well

[melodybottles]

hello and happy holidays everypony!

i have nothing to do at work at the moment. let's talk about art bc i've been thinking about it a lot lately and particularly have been struggling! which is a shame bc i've had the drive to draw lately, but haven't been able to put things down on paper the way i've wanted to.

first and foremost i have still not finished sorting all my CSP assets. lol. lmao even. (i've even returned to downloading MORE, thus making the problem continuously worse for myself). when i finally do that the palette tests WILL get done.... someday.................... but unfortunately that day is not today. certainly i could already start using it, but unfortunately i'm a very organised person to the point of perhaps neurotic overorganisation so i NEED things very meticulously sorted into folders. relatedly on the topic of brushes i've also been really dissatisfied with any of my SAI ones so that's been A Struggle

SECOND OF ALL. actually this is primarily wanted to make this post about bc i wanted to lay this out and discuss it so that my friends don't have to hear me whining in dms anymore -- i've mentioned over the past several months my style has been kind of experimental, right? well. i'm at the point where i'm deeply unsatisfied with my style as a whole atm </3 and it's not even like my art style is bad by any means! i enjoy a lot of what i've put out over the past several months. but i'm really dissatisfied with my work because there are a lot of elements i want to include that i can't quite get a grasp on!

it's like.... i want something stylised. but i don't want something too stylised. but i don't want something realistic. but i want something with more realistic proportions. but also i do like doing the stylised limbs. but also. i want variety to my work but still enough consistency where you can tell it's mine. i want to figure something out that's able to integrate drawing fat people easily into it. i want to learn how to draw older characters and make sure i settle on a style that grants me the ability to do that too. i want to do art like this and like that and i have soooo many things i want to do with it that i see from other artists it just makes me kind of shut down and struggle LMAO

basically i want a lot of things! and some of them contradict each other </3 art is hard folks

[skytroops]

just a couple of dudes who've been through some shit

tw; extreme transphobia talk

British transphobes are currently losing their shit over a coffee chain having a cartoon transmasc person (who's got top surgery scars) in a mural, saying that it's promoting/encouraging ~vulnerable young girls~ into "mutilating their healthy breasts via surgery". Yeah, like infantilizing and degrading AFAB (and mentally ill/disabled) people over personal choices about their own body isn't completely unhinged behaviour befitting a uber-fundie who thinks Pokémon is satanic /s

And like. . .people shouldn't be shamed or looked down upon for their scars, yanno?

*heavily sighs in trans*

Anyway.

With all that bullshit going down, I felt the need to draw something happy around top surgery and its scars, so I used the chance to practice the gheys' body shapes without their clothes covering everything up. Though the scar Ash got from Eternatus overshadows Skye's healed top scars lmao

The locket's design isn't final but I don't think Skye would want anything super ornate or something that'd make it obvious that it's hiding a Key Stone.

I ended up watching some random Johto episodes today before working on this, and the juxtaposition of canon 10 year old baby Ash and 30~ year old Greyverse Ash was. . .a lot. I'm so used to drawing Ash as an muscular adult, so seeing actual canon Ash being so smol almost feels like they are different characters skldjfdj

please don't let anyone be weird about skye's weight gain for the love of god, let this man be fat without someone being horny about it.

[crypticpine]

Hello I turn 20 this year, and I thought I would also add what I learned in my teens:

That edgy poetry/art you made, no matter if it was made over something you see as trivial today, is not embarrassing. It was made from a strong emotion that needed an outlet, and you gave it a wonderful outlet.

It's also okay to keep writing that poetry or drawing that art today. No one can stop you from letting your emotions free on the page.

Even I will not understand the kids these days.

Do. Your. Own. Research on issues that you are passionate about. What you learned from school and/or your parents on politics and all that could be skewed (especially in the us) to one side.

Isolation leads to more isolation. Try to go outside and talk to someone irl at least once a week.

Stop it with the self-depreciating humor. It's a lot funnier to be overly confident (talking about how handsome you are and how smart) and it's better for your mental health.

You are not the opinions people have of you.

You are beautiful. Yes, even with a crooked nose. Yes, even with a double chin. Yes, especially if you are fat. It sucks that fashion is the way it is, but sizes are evil and are based on no metric at all. Do not feel bad because you can't fit perfectly in a size.

In order to love your body you have to stop dressing like you hate yourself. I know it's hard to clothes shop, fast fashion is terrible, and it feels like you "dont deserve it," but trust me you absolutely do. You can start with baggy clothing like blouses and skirts if that makes you comfortable(what I wore for over 2 years), but try something. Buy a shirt in your favorite color, get some stylish pants, get a button up with a lil duck on it. Anything that Makes you happy, put it on.

Watch people with your body type too. With the internet anything is possible so go out and find someone who has characters that have traits you are insecure about or physically have themselves. I got my self confidence through a blue elf with thunder thighs and a muffin top, anything works as long as it works.

Are you stuck in waiting-to-hear-back-from-someone-about-some-government-thing limbo? Distract yourself. Do you need to wait a few days to know if something important either failed or succeeded? Disteact yourself. Are you in an emergency situation but you have to wait to act for whatever reason? Distract. Yourself. Listen to music, do a hobby, scroll online even, anything to keep you from worrying too much. Takes so much off your chest and when it's time for you to do something you are a lot calmer and keeps you from trying to speed up the process (which usually prolongs it).

Listen to your elders. They know a lot about this world and how things work and their advice is valuable. Obviously. They were in your position at one point.

I turn 30 next month so here’s what I learned in my 20s:

—don’t work for startups, they’re always one ‘innovative idea’ away adding ‘sell your kidneys on the black market’ to your job description.

—keeping a collection of basic OTC medicine on you will save your life one day. I recommend Advil, Imodium, and TUMS.

—those little single-use glasses cleaning wipes are 1000% worth the money

—overly self-depreciating jokes just make people uncomfortable, wean yourself off of them

—you can buy dehydrated mini marshmallows in bulk online and they’re a godsend for hot cocoa

—people don’t care if you have fidget toys on your desk they just want to play with them

—try to go to bed BEFORE the existential ennui kicks in