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i keep seeing that post about how frustrating the buff guy -> petite girl type genderbending is, and i wanted to add my two cents regarding the addition of ‘just swap pronouns and don’t change the design’ approach because i think these are two sides of the same coin, as they both fail to really delve into what i think is the most interesting aspect of this design exercise.

the reason i find genderbending to be such a fun and interesting challenge is because, if you actually want to be good at it and put thought into it, you have to really consider the character’s canon gender expression and think about what it means to them and how it reflects in their outward appearance and presentation.

is this male character buff because he likes to work out / be strong, or does he aspire to achieve conventional heteronormative male beauty?

is this female character a tomboy because she likes to express herself in a more masculine way, or is she doing it to fight gender norms?

the answers to those questions should produce very different designs!

this website loves to say that gender is a spectrum, but sometimes i genuinely wonder if people actually understand what that means. 

gender expression, much like gender, is also a spectrum, which is why keeping the character exactly the same won’t always work, in the same way that just making the character conventionally attractive won’t always work. but sometimes, a buff dude would actually just be a hot girl. lady bane, however, would 100% look exactly the same.

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It's 2:15am have a few more Kai doodles (feat. Raghnoll who I definitely don't draw enough)

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Hello I do not remember how to draw my own character. Again.

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It's 2:15am have a few more Kai doodles (feat. Raghnoll who I definitely don't draw enough)

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It's 2:15am have a few more Kai doodles (feat. Raghnoll who I definitely don't draw enough)

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/checks the year on the GW2 timeline/

Kai is canonically 41 as of JW

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Hello I do not remember how to draw my own character. Again.

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Hello I do not remember how to draw my own character. Again.

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So unless Anet adds an actual Ice-Covered Chest skin and (icy) Hoof Boots Grim is about as complete as he's probably ever going to get.

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Anyways self reblogging this again after awhile because I'm struggling at trying to draw Borje again and also once again begging Anet for the Forbidden Borje Lore

Even if they gave us another short story or an official comic or something ANET I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HIM (and also his and Eir's relationship before she left PLEASE)

I'm sure others have their own Borje appearance headcanons but here's mine. (Feat. a very quick doodle with a tiny Braham)

Still not 100% on the hair but at least it's something. (I did include the hair/beard I referenced from at the bottom for comparison)

(Watch; with my luck Anet's gonna find a way to reveal what he looked like and this will be obsolete asdfghjkl)

Anyways I'm getting a mild headache so if I do draw anything else tonight it will be in pencil

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Was looking for something else but am reminded I really need to dust off blender again

I’m calling this done and I’m going to do literally anything that doesn’t require staring at a screen now.

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NA VS Art Party for September!! @cyrisusriftwalker, @idrawtoomuch-gw2, and three other folks i couldn't track down, if you recognize them please tag them!

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VS Art Party! September 2024! EU and NA

I'm trying to simplify my stuff lmao

Character names below

EU

Moyra

Deissy

Nio Starrkin

Nutcracker Halle

Rhikl

Utopica Wodna

Maelmordha

Briester

Slubby McSlubface

NA

Szhor

Azilab

Finn Longshot

Illuso

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only 11pm on a Saturday night and I can't sleep so doodling Shapes it is

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oops that was supposed to queue but whatever,

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Art party NA :3

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I think it might be a sign that I've been on this hellsite for too long that an npc that is literally a Brown Bear named 'Seer of All' makes me laugh uncontrollably