#finally committing to a design

[emily-escott]

Jedi Master Lene Kostana

I’ll admit, the format of Dooku: Jedi Lost was really hard for me to engage with. Because it reads like a script, it felt to me like all the characters were going 😐 at each other the whole time. I know I probably should have listened to it to get the full effect, but I have a really hard time locking in for audiobooks, even if it’s a whole production ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ it’s one of my flaws. But anyway! Lene is so fascinating to me because she really is cut from the same disaster cloth as Yoda’s lineage. Almost every decision she made had me going “why would you do that” or “thats just going to make things worse” but we really do love to watch someone who’s technically not wrong about the fate of the galaxy continuously make questionable choices that harm the ones they care for and undermine their reputation with the Council. It’s an age-old tradition.

Here’s my headcanons for her -

- After getting to know Thame Cerulian through their shared interest in the Sith, she initially viewed him as an irritating, pseudo-intellectual bother. His belief that the Sith could return comes more from a place of (by her estimation) frivolous academic conjecture rather than actionable concern. However, when he’s offered a seat on the High Council, she realizes it could be advantageous to involve him in her research. He is incredibly knowledgeable, and as long as she puts up with him, he can intercept most of the prying questions from the Council. (To be clear, I don’t ship these two - Thame likes guys)

- She watches as Dooku, Sifo, and Jocasta all develop a big stupid crush on each other and goes out of her way to foster whatever that is. She does this largely because she thinks it’s cute, but also to confuse Thame and spite Yoda. Thame isn’t sure why these boys are always hanging out in his apartment, but he doesn’t really mind. Yoda knows exactly what’s going on, but is frankly relieved Dooku even has friends.

- While training Sifo, she quickly learns her words carry a lot of weight and anything she says could potentially end up being extremely impactful to her apprentice. This is advantageous most of the time - Sifo only needs to be told something once for the lesson to stick, and it warms her heart to see him basking in her praise, even over something small. The downside? Lene is horribly foul-mouthed, and Sifo is a sponge.

In terms of visual references, there’s obviously not much to go on. The book basically says she’s purple, she’s got a shaved head, and she has a curl of hair behind her right ear… The lil baby version of her in that one comic I haven’t read at least shows what the species looks like. @ junchan_nyan_art has a couple gorgeous drawings of younger Lene on insta, and @bolithesenate more or less captured how she looks in my mind! idk what the curl of hair behind her left ear is supposed to mean or look like. So I’m giving her a sick faux hawk. idc. I was pretty much happy with her design right off the bat, it just took a few drawings to really nail her features. What do we think, is this something?? I feel so late to the party. She’s been on my to draw list foreverrrrr but I just wasn’t getting around to reading the source material 💀 we’re really in serious blorbo territory now, this ain’t an entry level Star Wars blog anymore, if it ever was

[dinoserious]

full moon dogey

[chrisrin]

all my behind-the-scenes concept work and such for the HGCZ! i had a blast working on it all.

check out my finished piece here, and check out @hotguycomiczine for the full zine!

[ellmovy]

i draw so much hetalia you wouldn't believe

also tumblr exclusive because it's too suggestive to put where my family & coworkers are:

[fifi-in-the-new-world]

hands u tiny phil

[citrine-elephant]

MANTICORE

hey don't worry, he might look scary, but he's just a weird puppy!

[korbmirror-art]

After way too much deliberation and several failed attempts to justify my initially random decision to make Volo fat I finally decided to just say "fuck it" and make it into a wholeass redesign.

..or perhaps it's just him in a different time period? who's to say...

[whatsthebestanimeop]

T1: What's the Best Bleach OP?

Final Result: OP 1 ~Asterisk~ by Orange Range is the Best Bleach OP

1st: ~Asterisk~ - Orange Range [OP 1] 2nd: Ranbu no Melody - SID [OP 13] 3rd: Rolling Star - YUI [OP 5] 4th: chAngE - Miwa [OP 12] 5th: After Dark - Asian Kung-Fu Generation [OP 7] 6th: Shōjo S - SCANDAL [OP 10] 7th: Ichirin no Hana - High and Mighty Color [OP 3] 8th: HARUKAZE - SCANDAL [OP 15] 9th: Velonica - Aqua Timez [OP 9] 10th: D-technoLife - UVERworld [OP 2] 11th: ALONES - Aqua Timez [OP 6] 12th: Blue - ViViD - [OP 14] 13th: Tonight, Tonight, Tonight - Beat Crusaders [OP 4] 14th: Anima Rossa - Porno Graffiti [OP 11] 15th: Chu-Bara - Kelun [OP 8]

More tournament stats under the cut! I'll be adding my own ranking of Bleach OPs in the replies, please add yours too!

The final bracket:

All final match results:

~ Asterisk ~ by Orange Range vs Ranbu no Melody by SID 58.7% // 41.3%

Rolling Star by YUI vs chAngE by Miwa 55.6% // 44.4%

After Dark by Asian Kung-Fu Generation vs Shōjo S by SCANDAL 61.4% // 38.6%

Ichirin no Hana by High and Mighty Color vs HARUKAZE by SCANDAL 64.9% // 35.1%

D-technoLife by UVERworld vs Velonica by Aqua Timez 44.3% // 55.7%

ALONES by Aqua Timez vs Blue by ViViD 74.4% // 25.6%

Tonight, Tonight, Tonight by Beat Crusaders vs Anima Rossa by Porno Graffiti 62.1% // 37.9%

The top 4 closest matches were:

Round 1: Velonica by Aqua Timez vs Shōjo S by SCANDAL 48.5% // 51.5%

Round 2: Shōjo S by SCANDAL vs chAngE by Miwa 48.3% // 51.7%

Rolling Star by YUI vs chAngE by Miwa 55.6% // 44.4%

Round 4: D-technoLife by UVERworld vs Velonica by Aqua Timez 44.3% // 55.7%

The 3 Biggest L matches were:

Round 2: Velonica by Aqua Timez vs Anima Rossa by Porno Graffiti 92% // 8%

Round 2: Ranbu no Melody by SID vs Harukaze by SCANDAL 83.1% // 16.9%

Round 1: After Dark by Asian Kung-Fu Generation vs Chu-Bara by Kelun 82.9% // 17.1%

The most voted match was the Round 4 Final with 230 votes. This was followed by Round 4 Third Place Match with 189 votes.

Thanks for making it to the end of Tourney 1! I am sooooo happy that ~Asterisk~ won, it has such a special place in my heart and it appears for so many of you as well. For everyone who voted (and this is such a whopping number 230?! holy heck) I adore you. For those of you who stuck it out throughout the 1.5 months this tourney has run, the biggest of respect. And for those of you who followed and shared these polls across all this time...like literally...take my hand in marriage? Or maybe just tell me with you agree/disagree with rankings, your thoughts, your personal rankings, idk just whatever. Other important things I'll mention (or re-mention) now are Bleach TYBW Tourney will be held upon the release of Cour 4. Bleach ED Tourney will happen but undecided on starting date. Aside, I am also terrified of a 30+ ED tourney (...though One Piece is in that realm so maybe it's not as scary as I'm making out to be). Okay, rambling over. I'll probably never end a tourney with this much gratitude again so please accept one last big thank you (─‿‿─)♡

Bonus: This OP has so many great moments but this is definitely my favourite part. I think it's changed over time - it used to be when Tatsuki and Orihime spray paint the screen raaah just so much good stuff, tell me urs maybe

[thisischeri]

Mac OS X v10.0, 2001

instagram: cheri.png

[andro-dino]

refreshed Essi ref bc it’s been ages since I’ve given her a new one and I wanted to adjust her colors slightly

[moeblob]

"Still alive in 2025, time to make it everyone else's problem"

[auriidae]

oh god i made him a furry DO NOT MAKE YOUR OCS DIGITIGRADE bro looks straight ripped outta a deviantart base TToTT

[tadc-and-md-sideblog]

Hugging my N plushie like he's my lifeline half the time lately

[viperhearted]

im hammering out the particulars because it would take so much fucking work from all parties to even remotely get this to happen but i like thinking about it recreationally and wanted a visual for it to help with the hammering. tl;dr post m8-8 secret ending RI mephisto who is not any less nasty much less repentant but is still Useful and grasping for any sense of self-deluded normalcy in a post sasha and talulah world, or some such.

whether he ever makes it to being an operator is. well. lol. lmao. as said. Piece Of Work.

[cyndrastic]

hey remember when i said i was drawing Vic Chaos as a milf?

alternates with different lighting (with and without words) and a time lapse under the cut! (btw the words on the cover all have to do with lore in my post covid au so send asks if you’re interested <3)

tw for nudity (without genitalia) in the time lapse cause i shaded the whole body before drawing the dress

[crimson-nail]

TWWWOOO LITTLE VICTORIAN ORPHANS????