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Dream Daddy OST!

Original Soundtrack!

From the Game!

The zip’s very light, so don’t worry.

~Enjoy :)

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i never know what to do with the body when i do these so here’s one of those things with arms™

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hi!! i love your art! can i ask for tips on your composition because you do it so well? if not its ok and i hope you have a lovely day anyways!

Thank you so much!! I don’t often get compliments to my compositions hahaMost of the time I just stare at my sketch long enough and try to figure out the right positioning of things… the rough composition is usually already planned out with the first sketch (example)Since my art usually focuses on a character I try to just build everything else around them. Here I tried aligning everyone in a circle (cause I wanted something like a wormhole in the bg) with Anabel as a main focus.

A different example, for this digimon zine cover I drew a very rough sketch and just kept tweaking it, moving the characters until I was satisfied. Here’s a process gif where you can see how much I changed them

Additional tips:

Splashing rough colors on your very early sketches helps figuring out what needs more tweaking

always look at the drawing as a whole at all times

I’m a designer so I look at a lot of stuff like movie posters or book covers or just art of artists I like and it’s a big help to get an eye for good compositions. Analyze the stuff you like!

I really recommend practicing to work more with type, it not only makes illustrations look more interesting, you’re also automatically forced to think more about the placement of things cause you can’t just put it anywhere

I take notes of things I want to try out (dunno if anyone should do that lol)

don’t get discouraged too fast, a properly made illustration with a good composition takes me fricking weeks, I don’t joke when I say I stare at my drawings for hours, thinking about it all day, takING NOTES–

I’m pretty bad at trying to explain stuff but I hope this was interesting enough to read!! Have a nice day!!

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hi! in your recent composition tips, what do you mean by working with type?

Oh I mean typography, using fonts in illustrations!As far as I can see, art students tend to always hand draw letters themselves and while some look very well made, some just look like the artist didn’t put any thought into it and I just want to cry cause the majority of tumblr artists does that… at least the ones who do anime zines lolOkay I didn’t want to whine. Here’s some nice places you can get good fonts at (they’re not free but… there’s ways you know)

myfontsyouworkforthembehance (for inspiration and sometimes people like students give away their cool fonts for free!)

I understand if it’s not everyone’s thing to use graphical fonts like that tho. I don’t have anything against hand-drawing text, but please regard type as something as important and needs just as much attention as the rest of the picture!I can’t let more artists ruin their very nice art by slapping lame text on it! Look at magazine covers! Copy stuff!

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So I heard that Red and Green(aka Blue in US) are popping their faces in Pokemon Sun/Moon.

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Sidu - Terashima Takuma (Shintaro’s seiyuu) - Jin, with their Shintaro illustrations respectively~

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More of Terashii’s “Let’s try drawing Shintaro” journey~

The previous post Terashii’s Pixiv

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three internet trends i will (regrettably) probably never grow out of:

• typing in a cresCENDO TO EXPRESS EXCITEMENT • …………..unnecessarily……. long……….. ellipsis’ • puttinfh a typo in eveyr other word to shwo u dont really give a fukc but u actually do

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Effective Exam Writing Tips

1. Make sure you read and understand the Instructions: This is absolutely crucial. A lot of students are keen to rush ahead and so they quickly skim over the exam instructions. Then, later, they discover that they did it wrong! For example, do you have to do every question on the paper, or do you only have to select a certain number? Is there a penalty for guessing – so is it better not to guess? (For example, because you lose an extra point for each answer you get wrong). 2. Read through the exam and divide up your time accordingly: For example, make a note of the number of questions there are, and notice what the different questions are worth. This isn’t wasted time as reading through the questions will actually start to activate your memory. Then decide which questions will be easy, and which will take more time, and mentally allocate your time accordingly. Also, allow some time at the end to review what you have written, and do some corrections if you think you’ve made an error. 3. Work through each question systematically: Slowly read through the questions, and underline key words. Make sure you check to see if there’s more than one part. Make sure you’ve fully understood what you’re being asked to do then plan what you will do before you start to write things down. 4. Attempt every question: It’s better to do something than nothing at all. You might get a few marks for thinking along the right lines. If you’re running out of time, then resort to bullets points. You’ll cover more by doing that than writing complete sentences. 5. What if your mind goes blank? Take a few, slow deep breaths and try your best not to panic. It’s important not to let your anxiety take over. Take control of your thinking by reassuring yourself that will pass in a moment – and is natural in exams. Repeat true, positive thoughts like “you’ve worked hard and are ready” and listen for your breathing – as it starts to slow. 6. Review what you’ve written and make corrections if they’re needed: Leave some time to go over your answers at the end – but don’t change what you’ve written unless you’re sure it’s wrong. Also, look out for blank spaces, for question you have missed, and turn over the last page – in case there’s something at the end!

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長野　金具屋

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Let’s talk about Onion

I really liked the episode Onion Gang, and there are some things I wanted to discuss about it. I put them on hold for a while though because I got some asks that were rather ambivalent about the episode and I wanted to talk about them too.

I think Onion is a very complex character and the way many people have been reading him as autistic-coded, to me, is pretty consistent with the behaviour of some of the people I’ve met with autism. I’m not an expert on mental illness, so I hesitate to conclude that he is autistic, in case I make use of the wrong word, but let’s expound on that further and perhaps a more accurate word can be used based on his character description.

Given that, I think it’s best to begin with an analysis of his character before moving on to the implications of Onion Gang. With that said, let’s get started.

1. There is a real difference in how Onion interacts with the world

Personally, I would be one of the last people to label a character who just happens to be quirky as having mental illness, because I don’t think it’s a great narrative to reinforce that mentally ill people can just turn it off when it’s not narratively needed, or a comedic punchline. With that said, I do find Onion’s behavioural patterns very unique. The differences between his and say, his brother’s actions are not perceived, but real.

For one, he very rarely speaks. And who does he talk to? His parents, and I’m assuming, Sour Cream. It’s not a failing on his part to understand that people are trying to communicate with him. He nods, gestures, and at times, flat out ignores when people are speaking to him. It’s just that speaking isn’t his main means of communicating with other people.

He talks to his parents because he’s very comfortable with them. In Onion Trade, for instance, he lets Yellowtail carry him. Vidalia does the same thing in Onion Friend.

Source: SU Wiki

He doesn’t really let other people get physically close to him. I feel he becomes uncomfortable when people get close, but when it’s someone he feels safe around, he likes being picked up and squeezed. 

Because Onion doesn’t seem like the kind of character who wants to be alone all the time. For the majority of the show, that’s how we see him. But this episode has shown us that’s not how he’d prefer it. If it were up to him, he’d always be with his friends. Much like most children his age, it’s the time to be very social and explore the world through his peer group. In the absence of that, he fills his time with a lot of activities he likely copies off television and other forms of popular entertainment.

Notice that Onion is given a lot of free reign with regards to doing things. In many episodes, he’s walking by himself even though it’s late (Restaurant Wars), or doing potentially dangerous things like taking a crowbar to the arcade (Future Boy Zoltron) or riding a motorcycle (Onion Trade). 

It’s not that his parents don’t care. The Yellow Fam is a very loving family. But they are very busy. Yellowtail isn’t home a lot of the time. I’ve covered before how fishermen leave before dawn, because that’s when the fish are out. They come back in the morning or around noontime after their catch and even then YT has to sell that catch. And then afterwards, he’s going to have to sleep because in the middle of the night he’s going to set off again. 

Vidalia has begun to rediscover her own individuality after settling down and having a family. And one interesting thing I’d like to point out is that the other people in Beach City don’t reprimand Onion for his behaviour. They stop him when he’s about to do something harmful, but we don’t hear people lecturing him or saying he’s being weird the way Steven has voiced out. In Too Short to Ride, Mr. Smiley reacts with horror, not anger, that Onion is juggling flaming torches.

Recall that Steven Universe is seen from Steven’s viewpoint. At this point, it’s very likely that the town and its adults know about Onion’s condition. And they’re all helping out in the classic “it takes a village to raise a child” way. But it’s not something they felt the need to tell Steven. The show has never made a big deal about details our society has deemed need-to-know, like race and gender. The town also sees Steven as a child too. It’s easy to forget he’s fourteen sometimes. It may be one of those times when raising Steven to just accept that some people do things differently is better than telling a young person, “Hey, this person is different in a way you can’t completely understand so your fear will just alienate that person from you.”

I think this is further reinforced by how Onion is treated at home.

Source: SU Wiki

In any other household in Beach City, this behaviour would have been chastised or at least looked upon with worry. Vidalia didn’t bat an eyelid at it. This isn’t her being a lax parent. Recall that in Greg the Babysitter, there was a very real fear of her murdering Greg if anything happened to Sour Cream. She’s supportive of her children and attends SC’s concerts, probably acting as the bridge between him at YT at times. There’s no reason to say that she isn’t concerned about Onion’s life. But that’s the thing. For children with autism, you can’t “fix” their behaviour. Many therapists will accustom children to socialising with others, so they can be functioning and can look out for themselves, but they can’t erase his autism. Basically, they’re not forcing him to act like “all the other children.” Onion can be Onion, but he also has to act within a reasonable set of expectations.

Additionally, autism, like many mental conditions, has a spectrum and manifests in many forms. Some people don’t like being touched or hugged by human beings at all, but they’re fine with hugs from animals. Some never speak, and communicate though other means. It’s very unique. Onion has shown multiple times that he likes the feeling of squishing things. The ketchup packets he drives over, the mashed potatoes, the bugs, I think he prefers pressure stimulation, and that’s why he often grabs Steven or tugs at him. To Steven, it’s an intrusive gesture. But it holds a very different significance for Onion, and that leads me to my next point.

2. Onion looks up to and cares about Steven

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studying animation more like

ok, looks easy enough

okay, i get this… this is fine…

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Trying to draw buildings

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inspired by mob psycho 100 and yotube 

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imagine being a totally random dude and all you want to do is catch some fish and then you get stranded in this weird, gigantic foreign kingdom and they make you the utmost authority on your language and literally all you wanted was to catch fish

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Hey guys, this is for you digital artists out there.

My friends have created this site for tracking your images, it’s called copypants.com.

It sucks finding people who repost your art without crediting you. On top of finding your images, Copypants acts as a middleman for interacting with the reposters. They make it really easy to send credit requests to people reposting your work.

Check em out, copypants.com