#imaginatorofthings

[kabukiaku]

Hello! I was checking out your commissions on Ko-Fi, and they're all closed. When might they be open again? Thanks!

Oh I have them closed, even if I have two slots available as I’m writing this, If you’re interested, DM me so I can open a slot for you!

[1863-project]

For the OC ask game

9, 22, 24

[Asks here]

9. By sheer coincidence, I actually drew a long-time OC for the first time in ages yesterday:

This is Ells Robbins, the lead from my old webcomic The Historians, but I've had her since 2004, about a month and a half before I turned 15! Looking back on her, Ells was clearly an attempt by me to make a girl more like myself - a more masculine yet still cishet girl who was blunt, often crude, and above all obsessed with driving as fast as possible. And like Engie after her, I did give her a boyfriend, Clyde, to try to show myself that I didn't have to change myself for anyone and that I could be loved as I was. I'm not sure it's stuck either time, though.

22. Engineer has my thyroid disorder, Hashimoto's thyroiditis! Actually, she has most of my problems because she's an extremely rare case of me actually basing a character on myself, but I never really see Hashimoto's in media so I decided to change that.

This quick pseudo-reference shows how I depict her thyroid stuff.

24. A LOT. In particular I am known to base characters in historical settings on comedians because I think this is a fun way to play with character dynamics. Arguably it's most famous in Basil and Dustin from the 1860s, whose dynamic as a double act is drawn from Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, but I've done it so many times I've lost count.

[theneighborhoodwatch]

Hi! Gonna start off and say that I love the work you're doing with the Welcome Home neocities website! It's perfectly stylized for the project/puppet show and I can see the work you're putting into it.

I'd love to learn how to make my own neocities website (for fun? For a personal project??), so I was wondering if you could provide some tips and/or pointers for a first-timer.

Thank you!

HAHA well first of all i'm flattered that someone would think i'm skilled enough to be giving pointers in the first place. i still consider myself a novice when it comes to web design (for example, if you're wondering why every page on welcome to welcome home has its own CSS, it's because CSS is Way harder for me to wrap my head around than HTML) so i can't give any Super advanced tips, but i can at least write about what's helped me so far:

GUIDES. neocities has its own tutorial and list of HTML/CSS resources, but user-made guides are your best friend when it comes to figuring out where to go from there. a.n. lucas and pauli kohberger both have really good guides for beginners, but for the more advanced stuff, i found myself referencing the resources on solaria's webspace and sadgrl.online the most. w3schools is also very helpful when it comes to answering more specific questions like "how do i use two different fonts on the same page?" (and probably more.) if all else fails, then usually just googling "how to (x) in HTML" or "how to (x) in CSS" will yield at least one useful result. for making your website more accessible, there's the accessible net directory and this masterpost by foxpunk on tumblr.

it sounds obvious, but it helps to have a solid idea of what kind of site you want to build before you actually dive in, and then snoop around on neocities to get an idea of how other users approach the same topic. for example, i got the idea to start a welcome home wiki on neocities after being reminded of the 8:11 wiki on the same site, and then i spent a couple days just looking up stuff like "wiki" or "fansite" on neocities and then clicking on any page that caught my attention to study it.

layouts! there's no shame in using a premade one, and you can even learn more about HTML/CSS in real time just by messing around with the base code before implementing any intentional changes. sadgrl.online's layout builder is a VERY popular choice, since you can already do a lot with the basic options it offers and it's easy to further customize once you have it set up on your page; it's what i used to make welcome to welcome home. sadgrl.online's webmaster links also feature a bunch of other options under the "layouts" tag, and if none of those work for you, then you can even find something just by looking up template/templates/layout/layouts/HTML/CSS on neocities itself.

side note: if you're reading this and you want to make a wiki then you can also use this wikitable code. it came out after i had already established the Look of welcome to welcome home, so i probably won't implement it any time soon, but i TOTALLY WOULD HAVE if it was around when i first set the site up.

you can scale images up or down using percentage, with 100% being the image's default size. i don't know how helpful or acceptable that is, but i use it a lot.

don't feel pressured to get everything done at once, even if you expect people to be visiting your site frequently. usually if you just slap on an "under construction" gif or even just write "hey this site is still under construction" then people will understand. i don't think i've ever seen anyone get super huffy about slow updates on neocities, anyway.

EDIT: OH. GRAPHICS. i mention all of these on welcome to welcome home's front page but i Also wanted to note them here: betty's graphics and websets by lynn both have HUGE collections of background tiles and other graphics that work especially well if you're going for that old web charm. i also like to use this mirror of patterncooler for backgrounds bc of the customization options. you can also make your own background tile and then use a seamless tile maker like this if all else fails.

EDIT 2: ALSO. obviously. do not be like me and use discord or any other chat client as a filehost, no matter how promising it looks, because one day you WILL get a very nasty surprise when the request signature on those urls expire and the images are no longer accessible on other sites. there are a myriad of other filehosts out there, but personally i recommend file garden (and also donating to file garden if you can, even if only for a couple months. i know i said that just yesterday, but if it gets more folks to subscribe then i'm gonna keep saying it.)

[ishouldsleepbut]

aaah i didn't know you were filipino! i'm part filipino (third generation) so my grandparents speak tagalog and my mom can understand it and parrot back like you do. i can't speak it or understand it and i really want to learn someday. but there's not really a ton of programs for it.

still, it's always fun to meet another filipino :D

maraming salamat, kaibigan ko!

wait wait wait. you know talagog??? that's so fucking cool! how'd you learn?

Oh!! Yes, yes I do!

I understand a good majority of it, my ability to speak is...eh, I get Taglish messages across, but I can't read it unless I say it aloud. It helps that it's a pretty phonetic language though.

I picked it up through my parents! They're both Filipino, and thought that if they spoke Tagalog around me, I'd naturally pick it up and speak the language back. Unfortunately, that didn't work out so well.

I can at least understand them, which is decent enough for us. I've tried to make an effort to retain phrases and words to "parrot" back, so that's bounds better than when I was younger!

Maraming salamat, kaibigan ko! (Many thanks, my friend!)

[skygemspeaks]

I remember seeing on your blog (I think) a post about a goddess of architecture, one where she had metal cables and laughed at various groaning bridges.

Do you know where I can find it again?

Yea I couldn't find the post on my blog because tumblr's search system sucks, but here's a link i found for the post on someone else's blog: x

[sketchy-tour]

WAIT DID I EVER-

I was gonna finish these with color and shit before my last tablet died... But I don't think I ever posted the sketches!

From a scene in the fanfic I commed from @imaginatorofthings

[ishouldsleepbut]

uquiz time because i'm sad and the one i found is really pretty

the midnight lover the midnight lover [noun, german origin] refers to a character that believes their final destination is a second place. they are always there when people need them, but they are never their first choice, merely the one to talk to at midnight when one is the most honest, just to be thrown away the morning after (hence why they're called a midnight lover). midnight lovers love too much, fall too deep and land to hard for anyone and everyone they appreciate, but they never seem to get their love back in the way they'd want, forever united by the dreadful second place in people's lives. many take advantage of midnight lovers, using their heart that's always there to listen as something they can dump all their problems on, not acknowledging that their heart is just as fragile as any other. still, midnight lovers listen and comfort and give their all no matter it draining them - sometimes it's truly astonishing how much love they're able to store within themselves. all midnight lovers long for is to be perceived as something more than 'the second resort', though many struggle to realize their already achieved significance in eyes of others. who knows, many (or majority) may haven't ever been a second choice, they were just lead to believe so via people not treating them accordingly. as a certain saying goes, "one not worthy of your love should not be able to spend it." - a fellow midnight lover fully expect this to flop but oh well no pressure tags @imaginatorofthings @olivers-cocoapuffs @officialsoupstore @scabscribz @automaticcatsandwich @if-i-could-give-u-the-moon @averydeadshootingstar @charliethinks and everybody else

[wholesomepostarchive]

10/27/2024

my mum knew i was sad so she went out and when she came back inside she called me up to her room and showed me this

[janebonbon]

"Hey, thanks for watchin' after the little stinker!"

(A thank you to all of these lovely folks down below!) @khaosssss @imaginatorofthings @smallpwbbles @roseombre @yet-happy @angyc0rtoons @indigopopton @funonion001 @catmadeofglass @somdxr @heythereneighbor @gremlem @paper-starz @weevmo @cyanwyrmy @gremliinsart @carnivalcarrion @kaybl @z0mbieparty @anonymouspuzzler @sharpiepirateninjaratenu

[batri-jopa]

"Currently"

Since I've already been tagged by both @figuringthengsout and @notasapleasure I should finally do something about it🫡

favorite color: recently it's yellow💛💛💛 Juicy mango type of yellow the most. Often combined with black and white because I enjoy looking like an oriole:

last song: Tina Turner - GoldenEye

last movie: Mask (1994) (and maaan how I never suspected I would look at Stanley Ipkiss as a relateable character when I grow older...😅)

currently reading: Romans na receptę - another one of few books by Monika Szwaja that my mum borrowed in our local library. I like her style and it breaks my heart that she died being only 65🥺 There's always so much hope and friendliness and support in the world that she's depicting. And, fascinating enough, there's usually AroAllo woman representation somewhere and depicted in the positive way! Of course it is not called "aromantic" by a polish writer born in 1949, more likely for the main male character to call that "AroAllo" woman character a "robot" who "uses him as as a sex toy"🤭 - BUT nevertheless even the male protagonist really likes her, appreciates her skills as loyal assistant, treats her as good friend to confess his problems to and genuinely wishes her all the luck!👍 In other books you can expect other queers occasionally too (like a teenage son who turns out to have a boyfriend), but it's always in sympathetic and realistic yet bringing-back-faith-in-humanity kind of way🫠

currently watching: umm... nothing actually (I feel like a weirdo😑 Like maybe I should start watching sth finally just so I could fill in the meme next time around? I do have a lot of series on my "to watch list")

currently craving: MANAGE TO GET SHIT DONE!💪 seriously I need either only 2 working days a week instead of 3 or... better time organisation😩 (so what that I have 4 "free" days a week now when there are emails to answer and books to read, and my pictures to make into album, and family members to visit, and all the new pictures' ideas to draw, and new tumblr posts to create, and those fic-WIPs waiting for so long already, and... I wonder if scheduling everything in precize days and hours would help me to feel more organised somehow?🤔 or only feel more remourse for not being able to follow the schedule?😑)

tea or coffee: Oh, so glad you asked! Tea please, black, strong, no sugar, no milk. Lemon appreciated but not necessarily. Thank you!🫖☕️

Tagging: @zorilleerrant , @chrisoels , @swordoftheseeker , @kaiaprax , @imaginatorofthings , @parttimereptile , @corey-m13 - some of you won't play probably so I'm just saying a friendly "hi"����

[bunny-bun-draws]

April-part of June Commissions!!

Commissions done these last months,,,! Quite a time between them- but none the less- thanks as always for the support! Hope you all like them~

Credits:

juliokahverengi (Instagram) (Full body, full color)

@ask-candyland-hetalia (Full body, full color)

Camellia (Chibi style 2)

Yasmin (Chibis style 2, chibi couples)

@imaginatorofthings (3 chibis style 1, with background)

Emily (Chibi couple)

jadeheart_26._.3000, kaleb.micheal.5496 (Instagram) (Chibi couples)

Robyn (Chibi couple)

missrainary (Instagram) (Chibi couple)

vitrjin (Instagram) (Chibi couple)

Thtoneboi (Chibi couple, chibi style 1)

Yosu (Chibi style 1)

Sora (Chibi style 1)

parrskerr (Instagram) (Chibi heads)

@cupcakes-and-british-tea (2 chibis sketches)

lillystarred (Instagram) (2 chibis sketches)

[macabre-discotheque]

THANKS FOR THE TAG @imaginatorofthings It's been a solid minute I think since I did this, but WOO okay this is kind of straightforward I think,, Let's see how I do this with a Long Ass Name

No Pressure Tags!! @robotoast03 @ilovepuertoricanfood @lazyfrogget @izzyinsanity4 and whoever else would like to join the fun!

NO REPEAT SONGS OR ARTISTS GO!!!

M - Mr Sandman by The Four Aces A - Altars of Apostasy by Heaven Pierce Her C - Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Cover) by Boys Town Gang A - Amnesia Was Her Name by Lemon Demon B - Burning Love by Elvis Presley R - Rhythm of The Rain by Johnny Tillotson E - Everybody Loves Somebody by Dean Martin D - Dreamer's Ball by Queen I - I Am a Poseur by X-Ray Spex S - Satana Tarantula by The Brains C - California Dreamin' by The Mamas And The Papas O - Ocean Man by Ween T - Tales of Glory by Motörhead H - Harvey by Her's E - Earthworms by Kawai Sprite Q - Questions and Answers by The Apples in Stereo U - Use Somebody by Kings of Leon E - Eclipse by Pink Floyd

[isleofair]

Thank you so much for the tag, @applescabs!!! 🥰💚

Are you named after anyone? After, of all things, a 15th century noblewoman (whom I always thought was a saint, but actually wasn't, I just found out!) My mom saw an amazing statue of her on a trip and loved it, and her name, so much that she named me after her.

When was the last time you cried? I teared up a little yesterday when I got my friend's wedding invitation in the mail. The last time I properly cried was... huh. I think a couple of weeks ago, watching TV. That's a fair amount of time for me to go without crying, so go me!

Do you have kids? No, and I don't want any.

Do you use sarcasm a lot? A bit less than I used to, and not a lot in general. Only when I think it will be funny, or when I need to make an underhanded comment about something that ticked me off but I can't do much about.

What sports do you play? None. I am a very inactive person, sadly. I hope I can at least start going on more walks as the season keeps warming up.

What’s the first thing you notice about people? If they seem friendly or not.

What’s your eye colour? A very, very dark brown.

Scary movies or happy endings? Happy endings all the way. I can't handle scary stuff very well at all. 🫣

Any special talents? I'm fairly good at languages (I learned them easily in school and I usually have a decent shot at figuring out what a word might mean if it's in a language that has at least some relation to the ones I know/have studied). Sadly, the only one I'm still fluent in (besides Italian, of course) is English, because it's the only one I use regularly.

Where were you born? Italy, smack dab in the middle of the top part of the boot, lol

What are your hobbies? Writing fic, reading fic, scrolling Tumblr, playing video games (mostly just Pokémon), playing D&D, and very occasionally drawing or weaving bracelets or assembling jigsaw puzzles.

Do you have any pets? My two cats, Sasha and Misha 🥹🥹 They're tabby-and-white twins, they're almost 5 years old, and they're the ones I come home to. 💚💚

How tall are you? 164cm, although sometimes when I'm in a hurry I just say 1.65m 😅

Favourite subject in school? All the sciences and Math, though I also liked English when I started having it as a subject.

Dream job? Writing a single novel, or a trilogy or something like that, that becomes inexplicably popular, gets a movie deal, and gives me enough residuals to potentially live comfortably while bumming around on my couch writing fanfic for the rest of my life.

I am tagging (but only if they want to answer, zero pressure, as usual!) @nicoroni, @imaginatorofthings, @zimithrus1, @thekuraning, @saltedpin, @horikoshi-secret-ao3-account, @damedanedameyodamenanoyo, and anyone else who sees this and wants to play! 💖💖💖

[tired-all-the-time22]

My first ever art commissions! Thank you to both @ pishywwu on tiktok and @imaginatorofthings for commissioning me - your OCs were very fun to draw! ^^

[xx-sketchy-xx]

@imaginatorofthings oc!

one of the three that asked me! 💜💜💜

[theunboundwriter]

Last Line Tag

Thank you @thewriteflame for the tag!!

Rules: Share the last line you wrote

I'm cheating a little bit and sharing the paragraph :)

She was raised to fear nothing. She was a weapon. She was ruthless. Merciless. Valiant. She was trembling. 

Tagging (with no pressure): @berryzxx , @otpcutie , @isleofair , @gender-premium-tm , @imaginatorofthings