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In one of my film classes last semester we had to tell a story in 3 pictures for a mini assignment so my friend and I did this

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Google search how makes friends without clamming up and running away like a pathetic animal

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when I was a little kid at some point I got upset with my parents because I didn't have a crucifix in my bedroom and they did- I was like why do YOU get to be safe from vampires??? you're okay with me getting my blood sucked???? so we took a little trip to the catholic store but the one closest to us was run by a group of nuns that had been moved here from romania. I got a little baby pink cross and this sweet old nun was like 'aww, is this a baptism gift?' and I was like no. I need to be protected from vampires. and she immediately got SO serious and was like 'this is the best one we've got, you'll definitely be safe' and since she was literally from vampire land I was convinced she was like, van helsing. like the whole time my parents had been laughing about how cute my fear was but she literally Knew dracula and was taking my concerns seriously I held this over my parents for so long lmfao

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For some reason, I listed out what I think each toon's favorite game would be.

Boxten: Little Nightmares

Poppy: Baba is You

Shrimpo: Plague Inc.

Toodles: Professor Layton

Tisha: Mini Metro

Finn: Dave the Diver

Rodger: AI The Somnium Files

Looey: There is no Game

Cosmo: Cooking Mama

Teagan: 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel

Brightney: Library of Ruina

Flutter: Cult of the Lamb

Scraps: Draw a Stickman 

Goob: Bugsnax

Connie: Spooky’s Jumpscare Mansion

Gigi: Project Sekai

Razzle: Dayshift at Freddy’s

Dazzle: Bad End Theater

Yatta: Mario Party

Glisten: King’s Quest

Blot: Cuphead 

Rudie: Goat Simulator

Ginger: Don’t Starve

Bobette: The Sims

Eggson: Any Hidden Object Game

Flyte:  Henry Stickmin

Cocoa: A Hat in Time

Bassie: Celeste

Shelly:  Slime Rancher

Sprout: Deltarune

Vee: Portal

Astro: In Stars and Time

Dandy: Stardew Valley

-🦐🔪anon

LITTLE NIGHTMARES, GOAT SIMULATOR AND SLIME RANCHER MENTION WOOHOOO THIS JS A WIN

-cheeky

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love that this caused so much controversy the thread needed to be locked. over chicken sandwich

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wait kids need ai to make their favorite characters talk??? they can't just do that in their heads normal style?? what happened to making your favorite characters kiss by making little videos in your head and projecting it into your psyche cinema style before bedtime

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anxiety really is the stupidest disorder like shoutout to my ancient fight-flight-freeze responses jacked up to absurd levels convincing me that an email can't find me if I don't make eye contact with it

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I need to repost the funniest fucking video my friend has ever made I cant stop thinking about it I need to inflict it on more people

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Happy pride month

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Holy shit Uncle Iroh takes no prisoners when it comes to being an ally

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fat bodies tutorial!

ALRIGHT SO my pal @kalreyno wanted help with drawing fat characters and as a fat artist i felt like i could give a bit of helpful insight on that. there’s also been a lot of complaining about “boo hoo fat characters are hard to draw so i can’t include them in my work Ever” goin on lately so if that’s your case then this is for you too!! and also just for anyone who would like help with fat bodies in general, ofc. anyway, let’s get this show on the road!!

let’s start with some common misconceptions. these are the two main attempts at chubby bodies i run into, so i’ll focus on them. 

the Anime Chubby i see everywhere, and it’s just……so wrong in many ways. first of all, there is almost no additional body fat compared to your average thin character - except for where it’s added in “attractive” places (breasts, hips, thighs). the breasts are way too perky, and don’t have the realistic shape fat would give them (though how to draw accurate breasts is another tutorial all on its own lmao). there is still a thigh gap, which usually only happens in very thin people, and bones are still visible on the surface of the skin, which also rarely happens in fat people.

the Michelin Man is better in some ways, but still not that great. it’s a slightly better attempt, but basically all that’s done there is taking a thin character and blowing them up, while giving no thought to fat distribution. the thigh gap is usually still present, and they look a lot more hard than soft - and fat is very soft and pliable.

here’s a chart on how fat usually distributes (if you can’t read my messy writing, “1. next to no fat, 2. moderate amount, 3. most of the fat distribution”). basically, the more muscle an area has, the more prone it is to develop fat, such as the abdomen, thighs, and upper arms. it’s important to note that fat sits on top of muscle, and that it does distribute in different levels, and not evenly across the body as shown in the Michelin Man. 

now, here’s an accurate fat body with all of that kept in mind!! notice how the fat isn’t only kept to aesthetically pleasing areas, and how it sits realistically on the character’s body. their breasts sag a lot more, which happens even in thin people with larger breasts, and the nipples are pointing more downwards than straight out. there is no thigh gap in sight, there are no bones in sight, and most importantly, they have fat rolls, which are very important in drawing a convincing fat character!! as far as i know i’ve never met a single person with no rolls at all, and everyone has them, whether thin or fat - they’re just more prominent and more consistently present in fat people. pay close attention to where they are and how they’re shaped.

here are a couple of drawings showing how fat is affected when sitting vs stretching. as seen in the first, the fat specifically on the stomach is distributed a lot more evenly and stretched out, so it becomes “flatter”. the love handles are still pretty visible, though, as well as the fat on the thighs and arms. the breasts are raised with the shoulders, and the fat on the shoulders and near the neck forms rolls as it’s being pushed together. 

in the second, there is a lot less room for distribution, so the fat is all pushed together. the breasts sag and the stomach forms rolls and spills into the lap. a good analogy for the way fat works is to liken it to a water balloon, and thinking of how its shape would change when resting flat on a surface, hanging off of a ledge, held upright, etc.

here are a few extra tips i find a lot of people miss!

first on the top is the hip/pubic region. the first circle is showing the way the bellybutton is folded in fat people, as opposed to stretched out in thinner people. the second is the stomach fat spilling over onto the pubic region and creating a separation in the two areas, which is something that’s missing in a lot of art. in addition, the pubic mound also gains fat, making it round as seen in the profile drawing i did up there (i’ve heard people refer to it as fupa?). the last in the hip region is the lack of a thigh gap. i can’t stress this enough!!!! if you’re trying to draw a convincing fat character, make sure their thighs are pretty much always touching!! for reference, mine literally don’t separate until my feet are about 2ft from each other.

the bottom right is showing the double chin, which a lot of people are afraid to draw!! fat does distribute itself here too, and there’s nothing wrong with it, so don’t feel like you shouldn’t give fat characters a double chin in your work for fear of it looking like a caricature.

in the bottom middle, it’s showing how fat affects different types of breasts with the presence of more or less breast tissue. 

lastly, at the very right are stretch marks with their usual locations and directions, which i also can’t stress enough!!!!! i sometimes forget to add them honestly, but they’re so important in accurately portraying fat characters, as they literally come from the skin being stretched from fat being gained (and they’re also just rlly neat lookin like why wouldn’t you lmao). some people have less and some people have more, feel free to experiment with them!

the last thing is body types!! there isn’t one single way for a person to be fat, so feel free to experiment with shapes once you’ve learned the basics!! 

so there you have it, a tutorial on how to draw chubs!! now go forth and make some accurate fanart or some rad fat characters, because the world could always use more of both. hmu if you have any questions or concerns, and thanks for reading!!

EDIT: someone pointed out the bad wording in the tutorial. thank you for bringing it to my attention and sorry for offending anybody. i’ve updated the tut, so please reblog this one!

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Friendship Test

Friendship Test is a 10+ hour long narrative-focused RPG maker game that follows a friendprogram, a robot built to be a perfect friend, as they travel a mysterious lab and encounters multiple Programs in need of help (and friendship). But perhaps being the best friend you can be isn’t truly what FriendProgram wants… Is that so wrong?

This is a story that focuses on lovelessness, aplatonicism, aromanticism and many other aspec identities, as well as neurodivergency.

I hope my game is fun even if you don’t know much about these topics, hopefully it can even help more people find out or understand different aspec identities better!

Friendship Test is already out!

You can check out the trailer (and many previews!) in the official youtube channel. If you’re unable to play the game yourself, full playthroughs will be provided there too.

You can play the full game on itch.io, completely for free!

You can follow this blog or the official bluesky account for any Friendship Test-related news and content.

This is a 1 year long project I made for fun, to learn and to create a story that matters a lot to me, I’m very excited to share it. Thanks for reading and see you!

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We can put them back together....we have the technology...