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More creecher silliness! I need a creecher of my own I think.

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Fresh JCS whump!

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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weirdest art trick i have is that sketching limbs is easier and neater if you slice em at the joints instead of using those little circles

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If your plot feels flat, STUDY it! Your story might be lacking...

Stakes - What would happen if the protagonist failed? Would it really be such a bad thing if it happened?

Thematic relevance - Do the events of the story speak to a greater emotional or moral message? Is the conflict resolved in a way that befits the theme?

Urgency - How much time does the protagonist have to complete their goal? Are there multiple factors complicating the situation?

Drive - What motivates the protagonist? Are they an active player in the story, or are they repeatedly getting pushed around by external forces? Could you swap them out for a different character with no impact on the plot? On the flip side, do the other characters have sensible motivations of their own?

Yield - Is there foreshadowing? Do the protagonist's choices have unforeseen consequences down the road? Do they use knowledge or clues from the beginning, to help them in the end? Do they learn things about the other characters that weren't immediately obvious?

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i love editing. yes, little perfectionist, now is your time to shine. go frolic in my rough draft, eat the excessive commas and throw alliteration in your wake

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Another collab with @bisexualroger and this one is for @whumpthemusical !

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A little oneshot for a valentines zine :3

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shout out to my fave under-appreciated unbreakable transgender hero

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Carldas and w-👀

W Wild Card

Ok so the thing is there’s something uniquely complex about romantic asexual attraction and relationships that I feel like I see in the 1973 version.

I feel like he’s someone who has tried sex at least a few times and for whatever reason just doesn’t care for it. He still experiences romantic attraction, but there’s this unspoken assumption holding him back that he can’t give his love interest what he wants. He assumes that there’s a level where they can’t connect, and it might not even be true (Tedsus gives chill celibacy vibes if that makes sense).

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OOOOOOO okay so now i am VERY CURIOUS so I'm gonna go with bensus and e also (AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE glensus and o ((for reasons.....)) and bluedas for k ((bc I'm curious what you think)) if you don't want to do that many it is a-okay with me!)

Bensus headcanons are always at least influenced by @bisexualroger but these do apply outside our collabs too (nsfw of course)

Experience - Bensus

Ok so I like to characterize him as a charismatic, very sweet and just a bit too intently focused guy if that makes sense. He’s boyfriend material for the most part and nice looking, he became sexually active in his teens and has always felt very normal about it. I won’t get too into my Virgin Mary headcanons, but I think she made sure all her kids had thorough, age appropriate sex education talks and supports her bisexual son. He only sleeps with romantic partners and he’s had like three maybe three and a half before Judas. He’s mostly vanilla but he makes missionary seem exciting.

Also bonus kink thoughts his whole life is pretty out of his own control so I think he’d like tying Judas up on occasion. He isn’t rough at all but sometimes he just has to tie him down and make him see how he loves him without allowing reciprocation.

Oral - we’ve all seen that gif where Judas is doing that thing with his fingers. That gesture is so specific, at the very least he’s walked in on Glensus. I think it’s reasonable to assume his face has been between many a pair of legs and he likes being there. I also think he prefers it to anal but I don’t know why I think that. But most importantly I don’t think he gives oral unless he knows it will be reciprocated.

Kink

Ok so Bluedas seems like he really craves structure and predictability so everything is very thoroughly discussed ahead of time. He’d probably like having something like a collar since it’s like. The collar is on so sex is happening and no sex happens if the collar isn’t on. He’s a sub, and he really just wants someone to tell him what to do and tell him he did well and they love him. So submissive with a praise kink and a strong aversion to sensory deprivation.

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Reblogging this from jami pls I have so many headcanons

Headcanon Game - A to Z (NSFW)

Hey guys! I thought I’d so something fun this weekend, so I did my best to sexualize the alphabet and turn it into a headcanon game!

So here’s how it works. You send me a character (or a few), and the corresponding letters that you want me to answer for them!

A = Aftercare (What they’re like after sex) B = Body part (Their favourite body part of theirs and also their partner’s) C = Cum (Anything to do with cum basically… I’m a disgusting person) D = Dirty Secret (Pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs) E = Experience (How experienced are they? Do they know what they’re doing?) F = Favourite Position (This goes without saying. Will probably include a visual) G = Goofy (Are they more serious in the moment, or are they humorous, etc) H = Hair (How well groomed are they, does the carpet match the drapes, etc.) I = Intimacy (How are they during the moment, romantic aspect…)  J = Jack Off (Masturbation headcanon) K = Kink (One or more of their kinks) L = Location (Favourite places to do the do) M = Motivation (What turns them on, gets them going) N = NO (Something they wouldn’t do, turn offs) O = Oral (Preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc) P = Pace (Are they fats and rough? Slow and sensual? etc.) Q = Quickie (Their opinions on quickies rather than proper sex, how often, etc.) R = Risk (Are they game to experiment, do they take risks, etc.) S = Stamina (How many rounds can they go for, how long do they last…) T = Toy (Do they own toys? Do they use them? On a partner or themselves?) U = Unfair (how much they like to tease) V = Volume (How loud they are, what sounds they make) W = Wild Card (Get a random headcanon for the character of your choice) X = X-Ray (Let’s see what’s going on in those pants, picture or words) Y = Yearning (How high is their sex drive?) Z = ZZZ (… how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

I’ll have this running all weekend, so feel free to drop by!

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Based on some rumblings I heard, I ended up quickly throwing together a fun little WIP bingo sheet! I'll admit I largely wrote the prompts for writing, but I think a good number of them should also apply to art!

Ultimately, the goal is to have fun, and finish whatever WIPs you can (without burning yourself out or having a bad time). If you needed a sign to pick up that project you've been putting off, the time is now!

3x4 Bingo square titled "Finish your fucking fics february"

the top three across left to right read "Update your oldest WIP", "Finish a WIP that's been buried deep in your drafts", and "Finish a WIP that you haven't posted yet"

the second row reads "Finish a recent WIP", "Finish a WIP you're scared of" and "Finish a WIP that's been haunting you"

the third row reads "Update a partially posted WIP", "Finish any WIP/Free Space", and "Finish the next WIP in a series you've been avoiding"

the last row reads "Update your newest WIP", "Finish a WIP that's been ignored for at least 6 months", and "Finish the next chapter for a fic you've been meaning to for months"

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So my problem with most ‘get to know your character’ questioneers is that they’re full of questions that just aren’t that important (what color eyes do they have) too hard to answer right away (what is their greatest fear) or are just impossible to answer (what is their favorite movie.)  Like no one has one single favorite movie. And even if they do the answer changes.

If I’m doing this exercise, I want 7-10 questions to get the character feeling real in my head. So I thought I’d share the ones that get me (and my students) good results: 

What is the character’s go-to drink order? (this one gets into how do they like to be publicly perceived, because there is always some level of theatricality to ordering drinks at a bar/resturant)

What is their grooming routine? (how do they treat themselves in private)

What was their most expensive purchase/where does their disposable income go? (Gets you thinking about socio-economic class, values, and how they spend their leisure time)

Do they have any scars or tattoos? (good way to get into literal backstory) 

What was the last time they cried, and under what circumstances? (Good way to get some *emotional* backstory in.) 

Are they an oldest, middle, youngest or only child? (This one might be a me thing, because I LOVE writing/reading about family dynamics, but knowing what kinds of things were ‘normal’ for them growing up is important.)

Describe the shoes they’re wearing. (This is a big catch all, gets into money, taste, practicality, level of wear, level of repair, literally what kind of shoes they require to live their life.)

Describe the place where they sleep. (ie what does their safe space look like. How much (or how little) care / decoration / personal touch goes into it.)

What is their favorite holiday? (How do they relate to their culture/outside world. Also fun is least favorite holiday.) 

What objects do they always carry around with them? (What do they need for their normal, day-to-day routine? What does ‘normal’ even look like for them.) 

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New Year’s resolution is to draw enough to get to the point where I can illustrate my fics and be happy with the results