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starling is a dullahan!

she was a raging tyrant for like...2000 years, died, and then somebody brought her back to life!

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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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starling has comically bad taste in partners.

first relationship? with her for the power/money. loveless.

second relationship? tried to kill her.

third relationship was actually pretty solid but she had a lot of brain damage at that point and therefore was the bad partner that time. god bless that poor woman, 1400 years with a wife who could maybe remember your name.

fourth relationship (and her current one!!)? married to a traumatized pride half-demon who didn't even realize they were married. and also is very very aggressive.

in general starling tends to be very very submissive and permissive in her relationships. i guess the subdermal armor helps with that, though - mere skin wounds.

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i finally figured it out. my favorite ship dynamic. murderous

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okay laudna.

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double post because fortnite

my favorite artemis skin is the stygian one because green :)

and green remind me of starling :)

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starling likes to do drugs. any drug. her godhood is rooted in partying and substance use.

despite this, she actually isn't a fan of drinking.

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on it boss

Subject your Followers to your favorite Stupid Bullshit.

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bothers me when people respond to my posts and i can't see the responses. they're in my inbox! i see them! but they don't appear on the post itself!!!

i don't seem to be blocked. i haven't blocked them. tumblr functioning as intended, as always. ah well.

we move on keep loving our trans-neuro siblings <3

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Cup of dirt dragon Adoptable!

(no ab rn cause im love them.. ill add 1 later)

SB $50

MI $5

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「 commission 」 portrait for miloproponyl🔺

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Hey! proshippers interact with this post if you're s selfshipper who's totally chill with asks being sent to you about your f/os and interacting with posts about your f/os! I love seeing ship content for all these s/is and I want to support my community!

Antis need not interact with this post.

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sometimes the awful horrible darkness isn't solved by a nap or snacks. sometimes it's your circumstances, sometimes it's because that song is too loud, sometimes it's because your brain moves faster than the decade-old devices you have to use.

sometimes the the awful horrible darkness is out of your control. and that's okay, too - take a second. take a sip of water. scream into the pillow.

it's gonna be okay.

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villain with a sense of love just twisted enough that when you drive the blade into their shoulder, they kiss you.

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you should engage in your hobbies for the simple joy of creation btw.

creation is the purest form of love. and sometimes, love isn't beautiful. it can be ugly. it can be painful.

but it can also be aimless. wandering. random.

i think a lot of people talk about love as a romantic or committed thing, but...love is just love. i love my partner, yes, but i love my friends, too. and even beyond that, i love a cup of hot tea and i love iced coffee and i love raspberry-flavored treats. i love the sound of heavy rain, i love the sight of a rainbow.

and your creations should reflect that. just as not all your loves are big or grandiose, your creations should be allowed to be small and simple, too.

draw a flower. no, not that one - the little one, the circle with uneven petals.

write a short story. no, not like that - put words down, sloppy and vague and meaningful to only you.

code a webpage. no, not like that - make a program read "Hello, World!" a dozen different ways, playing with the color, the font, the size.

create simply, so that you never forget how to love.

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Bless me father, for I have sinned. I know you see me at mass every Sunday, as well as at evensong and bible studies and outreach ministries during the week. You might think that I'm a man of great faith, a virtuous, upstanding Catholic with an unflagging love for the mother church, but, well, that isn't true. I'm not even trying to convince anyone of that, either, it's just kind of something they all assumed about me. The real reason I'm in here so often is because of the water cooler in the social room. It's culturing some kind of greenish-black mold that gives me, like, an insane buzz. It started to get to the point where I'd be really pissy and irritable on Saturday night because I was in, like, withdrawal, and I just wanted to go hit the mold and feel alive again. So yeah, not really sure if that's a mortal or a venal sin, but thought I'd bring it up to be safe. By the way if you clean out the water cooler I'm probably going to immediately apostasize and dedicate myself to combining PCP analogues with Russian benzodiazepines to try to recreate whatever it is that Basilica mold is doing to my brain.