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To anyone wondering where the second installment went, Imma make it its own post and link to this. I'm also editing it cause I wanted something different from the scene. Thank you for understanding.

Stare Down: Ogata x Reader

CW: Smut, Awkward Conversation

You know, you'd always thought you'd feel a bit more excited, grateful even, getting the undivided attention of a sexy man.

You can't recall how you got here - at least, you can't bring yourself to care. You two are outside, hidden away from the rest of camp, clothes open to paw and kiss at each other. You share matching marks on each other's necks, hair wild. Ogata kneels between your open legs. He's reached into your hakama for access, and after a few moments of clumsiness, he's fucking you with his hand.

His fingers are amazing. They're thick and calloused from years of shooting. He's also a fast learner, and he immediately finds your soft spots with just a little direction. But here you are, nervously avoiding eye contact even with Ogata's fingers knuckle-deep inside of you.

Despite the layers still between you, you felt naked. Ogata always had a way of seeing through you, and it felt more apparent when he stared you down. His face didn't have its usual coldness - your kisses thawed his exterior - but his eyes maintained the same intensity. Storm Grey bore into you as he fondled you under your clothes. You felt too aware of how you would look if he pushed you over the edge. You were afraid to feel too good, not wanting to break in front of him and embarrass yourself. You cover your face and muffle your moans as he gently prods at you.

Ogata scoffs, halting his ministrations. He pulls out his fingers, and your hips chase after them. You can't help but be annoyed. You look up to admonish him, only to see a frown on his face.

“You keep looking away.” He’s very frank. “Am I doing anything wrong?”

You blink. “What? No. It feels good.”

“And you keep covering your mouth. You don't have to worry about being loud. We're pretty far from the others.”

You blush harder at his not-so-subtle request to hear you.

Ogata licks his lips, eyes lowered in contemplation. The tips of his ears go pink and he murmurs, “ ... Am I ugly?”

You blink twice. You tilt your head, concerned. “Now where the hell did you get that- you know what? Nevermind. It's just- you keep looking at me like that.”

“Like what?”

”Like,” Your face shifts into something that can only capture a fraction of Ogata’s usual “hunting face.” It’s low-lidded, analytical, and stoic. Although it’s a bit ridiculous on you. “This- I feel like I'm being studied.”

It was his face’s turn to go blank. He says in his usual deadpan voice, “I'm trying to see what makes you feel good. Are you self-conscious?”

Your mouth is agape, but nothing comes out. That's all he needed to know. He reaches out his dry hand and brushes his fingertips against your cheek. He carefully brushes the hair out of your eyes and grabs the back of your head, pushing you forward so your lips meet his. His lips are slightly chapped, but there's a tenderness to the gesture. He pulls away too soon, but his face stays close. You have no choice but to look him in the eye.

“You have a cute face. I want to see the expression it makes when I make you come. Can you grant me that?”

You pant around his thumb as his other hand continues to fuck you. You're drooling. Your toes curl every time he curls his fingers just so. All the while, you look at Ogata. He’s oddly calm, albeit there's a warm blush on his face and you can see the tent in his pants. His eyes roam your body, staring intensely at every twitch of muscle, every drop of sweat, every roll of your hips. He occasionally licks his lips in concentration. You can see the muscles of his arm flex as he keeps going at you. Your hands roam, anything to ground yourself but you feel that familiar tightness in your abdomen.

Ogata's other hand rubs against your folds. It doesn't take long to slick his fingers. His palm presses against your clit, just barely providing the friction needed. You bite back a whine, but your hips betray you. Ogata smirks, loving how desperate you are. He wants more. His thumb on your face pries your lips open, pressing onto your tongue.

“Oh-ga-thaaa~” you moan around his thumb.

“Hmm?” He removes his thumb from your mouth.

“Go faster. I need- I need-”

You go limp. His fingers slow down. You whine when he slowly pulls them out, rubbing against your folds before fully departing. You open your eyes to see him licking his digits, his eyes still boring into you. You feel yourself throb. You now understand. You lick your lips, peeking out him from under the hair in your eyes. ”Wanna let me return the favor?”

He doesn't need you to continue. His pace is almost impossible. The air sounds with the wet squelching of his fingers in you. They're a bit embarrassing to hear but you can't bring yourself to care anymore, it feels too good. He lets go of your face to reach down, rubbing your clit in tight circles. Your leg kicks and it doesn't take long until you're arching your back, body clenching and eyes closed as you let out a short shriek, wetting his hand.

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Edit: To the people who saved this to reread: A friend of mine told me there was some tense inconsistency and after reading back, I agreed. I think that when I work on anything creative, if I spend a lot of time on something I worry about over-working it, so I just post and pray. So I fixed that and readjusted the pacing.

Indirect: Ogata x Reader

Tags: Friends to Lovers, Confessions, Ogata is kinda mean and wonders why he ain't got no friends (Fatphobia against Tanigaki)

You haven't had a pear in a hot minute.

You and the group are spread out in an orchid, helping a local farmer for harvest. In exchange, you can get two baskets of pears. Being the herbologist of the group, you pick the less ripe plants to last the week, and a few ripe ones for today. When everyone is done, you're happy to get your share of the green lumps and take a bite. You're sitting on a bench, a bit away from the others, humming and swinging your feet as you take your fill.

Next to you is Ogata. You two like to sit together sometimes and decompress when the others get too rowdy. Before, you wouldn't have thought of having this routine, given the way you'd butt heads, but you like to think that he attached himself to you when he found someone almost as quiet as him. Ogata insists that you're just as loud as the others but know when to shut up.

He holds a pear and slowly peels it with quiet precision. He doesn't look at you. “You seem happy.”

“Yeah. We haven't had fruit in…” You chew in thought. “Forever. It's taking me too long to remember, so- yeah.”

“Two weeks.” He answers. “It's nice, I guess. I'm more of a cherry person.”

“I like peaches more, but pears are still good. I like the texture.”

“Even the skin?” Ogata points to the ground.

You look down and kick a poorly ripped pear skin away from you. “Okay, I hate the skin. And, it's too hard to peel.”

“Hmm.” Ogata easily finishes peeling his, cutting it in fourths, and taking a bite.

“…Can you cut mine?”

He pauses and looks at the half-eaten fruit. “You already bit into it.”

“Then cut me a new one.”

“Pft. Greedy-ass.” He takes another pear and peels it for you anyway.

“Says the guy who's always stuffing his face.” You refer to his eating habits. The way he eats is akin to a squirrel filling its cheeks. It’s kind of cute when he and the other guys do it - all of the guys have that habit - it would be endearing if you didn’t always have to treat him and the others for nausea. Your mint supply always suffers.

A small crunch takes you out of your thoughts. Even now, the glutton bites mouthfuls out of the fruit in hand. He doesn't wipe his face when juice spurts out. You don't expect that from someone who compulsively pushes his hair out of his face. For now, he's content with stuffing his face with fruit, not caring for the juices that sometimes leak out and drip down his chin. Another annoying drop of juice runs over one of his cheek scars. You see your hand reach out and wipe the juice from his cheek with your thumb. Bringing your thumb to your lips, you lick it off.

Ogata's eyes narrow, scrutinizing your face. Then they look around the camp. Everyone is too caught up in their conversations. You realize what you did and dread overwhelms you. You feel the need to move away from him, but before you can move, he grabs your wrist. He brings your thumb - the same one that touched him - to his lips. He looks you in the eye, presses an open-mouthed kiss on the thumbpad, and licks a circle around the digit before departing. Then he goes back to eating.

You blink. The contact with Ogata's lips shot a tingle up your arm, and you find your chest warming. You stuff your face with pear slices, hoping to eat these unsure feelings away.

You later find yourself chewing on the thumb he kissed as if contact with your mouth could help understand what happened between you. You weren't even trying to be flirty, but Ogata took it and responded in kind. You could still feel the tingling from his chapped lips on your thumb.

It doesn’t help that he’s purposely ignoring you for the rest of the day. You can see the bastard sitting with Kiroranke, talking about nothing. You chew your thumb even more, watching the way Ogata's lips move in conversation. You start to reevaluate everything. The warm timbre of his voice. The way you always felt intrigued by his cat-like mannerisms. The way his scars curve up his sharp jaw and to his straight nose. Dammit, was he always-

Ogata suddenly turns towards you. Your eyes meet cold greys, slowly blinking back at you like a cat. He sticks his tongue out, and it's gone in a flash. You blush. Kiroranke is too caught up in his tale to notice. You're reminded of the small gesture of Ogata pressing his chapped lips to your thumb, and your chest gets warm again. You tear your eyes away, chewing at your thumb.

It's the next morning. You don't know what to do with yourself. You were bold, yes. But it's mostly in response to others, not something you initiate with. It hid an inexperienced awkwardness you're hyper-aware of. Still, when the group visits the next town and you're paired with Ogata to get supplies. You're wired at the thought of being alone with him, but you focus on your task and make him hold all of the goods to keep him busy. The two of you are at a fabric stand purchasing a spool of thread.

“You'd think Tanigaki's fat-ass would buy a new shirt instead of using up all the thread fixing his buttons.” You hear him grumble as he readjusts the other bags.

You smack him hard on the arm. He nearly trips, but you grab his arm, keeping him and the bags from falling over. That familiar tingle shoots up your arm, and you quickly let him go, coughing.

“You're so mean! Inkarmat insists on fixing it.” You giggle, just picturing the fox-lady doting on the shy bear. “She probably admires the view when he takes it off.”

Ogata lets out a shudder. “Still, why do we have to replace it?”

“Cause there's other things we need to get and it's in our direction. Did you wanna go bullet browsing with the boys instead?”

“Kiroranke knows what to get.”

It’s not long until you two are finished getting your part of the list. It was miscellaneous medical supplies on your end. There’s still time before you have to meet with the others, so you decide to get a snack. You drag Ogata to a nearby dango stand and order for the two of you. When you sit down at a neighboring bench, Ogata is already digging into the squishy pastry. Some of the soy sauce sticks to the side of his mouth, and he licks it off. He's missed some. You feel your teeth itch.

“You call Tanigaki a fat-ass, and yet look at you, stuffing your cheeks like a squirrel.”

Ogata swallows before scoffing. “Do you always have to scold me about-”

He doesn't get to finish. He freezes when he feels your tongue licking the sauce from his face. You feel him stiffen for a moment before swallowing. You pull away, but he grabs your arm. That familiar tingle shoots up your limb, and the look between you is supercharged.

His eyes have shifted to storm clouds. “What was that?”

You steel yourself, looking back defiantly. “Just licking you and leaving you to dry. I’m only copying you.”

“What I did yesterday was not the same.” he deadpans. He looks down at your lips and perks up as if he fully processed what you said. He licks his lips. “Out to dry…you wanted something more?”

“I want an explanation.”

“I like you.”

He lets go of your arm and looks down at his food. His ears are slightly pink at the tips. He takes smaller bites this time. If you squint a little, you can see the tips of his ears turn red. Your heart swells.

You lean against him, taking a bite of your dango and swallowing before trying, “I think you look cute when you stuff your face.”

“…Really.” He’s skeptical.

“Yeah! Or when you hunt, you have that pleased look on your face, like a cat bringing in a mouse.”

Ogata takes a bite of his last dango. He closes his eyes before turning to you. “Hmm. You remind me of a dog.”

You blink. “How so?”

“Your nose for one. You can tell herbs apart by smell. Hell, you usually can tell if one of us is sick with just one whiff. And you yap a lot.”

“Pft. You don't seem to mind.”

“Only because you actually can sit in silence sometimes. Unlike the others. You're the least annoying person here.”

You chuckle. “Glad to know I'm tolerated.”

“It's more than that.”

You finish the rest of your snack. Plucking the skewer from Ogata’s hand, you replace it with your interlocking fingers. You feel your arm tingling again, and as the man looks down at you, you can’t help but give him a smile.

“Let's find the others. Maybe on the way, you can tell me more things you like about me.”

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Indirect: Ogata x Reader

Tags: Friends to Lovers, Confessions, Ogata is kinda mean and wonders why he ain't got no friends (Fatphobia against Tanigaki)

You haven't had a pear in a hot minute.

You and the group are spread out in an orchid, helping a local farmer for harvest. In exchange, you can get two baskets of pears. Being the herbologist of the group, you pick the less ripe plants to last the week, and a few ripe ones for today. When everyone is done, you're happy to get your share of the green lumps and take a bite. You're sitting on a bench, a bit away from the others, humming and swinging your feet as you take your fill.

Next to you is Ogata. You two like to sit together sometimes and decompress when the others get too rowdy. Before, you wouldn't have thought of having this routine, given the way you'd butt heads, but you like to think that he attached himself to you when he found someone almost as quiet as him. Ogata insists that you're just as loud as the others but know when to shut up.

He holds a pear and slowly peels it with quiet precision. He doesn't look at you. “You seem happy.”

“Yeah. We haven't had fruit in…” You chew in thought. “Forever. It's taking me too long to remember, so- yeah.”

“Two weeks.” He answers. “It's nice, I guess. I'm more of a cherry person.”

“I like peaches more, but pears are still good. I like the texture.”

“Even the skin?” Ogata points to the ground.

You look down and kick a poorly ripped pear skin away from you. “Okay, I hate the skin. And, it's too hard to peel.”

“Hmm.” Ogata easily finishes peeling his, cutting it in fourths, and taking a bite.

“…Can you cut mine?”

He pauses and looks at the half-eaten fruit. “You already bit into it.”

“Then cut me a new one.”

“Pft. Greedy-ass.” He takes another pear and peels it for you anyway.

“Says the guy who's always stuffing his face.” You refer to his eating habits. The way he eats is akin to a squirrel filling its cheeks. It’s kind of cute when he and the other guys do it - all of the guys have that habit - it would be endearing if you didn’t always have to treat him and the others for nausea. Your mint supply always suffers.

A small crunch takes you out of your thoughts. Even now, the glutton bites mouthfuls out of the fruit in hand. He doesn't wipe his face when juice spurts out. You don't expect that from someone who compulsively pushes his hair out of his face. For now, he's content with stuffing his face with fruit, not caring for the juices that sometimes leak out and drip down his chin. Another annoying drop of juice runs over one of his cheek scars. You see your hand reach out and wipe the juice from his cheek with your thumb. Bringing your thumb to your lips, you lick it off.

Ogata's eyes narrow, scrutinizing your face. Then they look around the camp. Everyone is too caught up in their conversations. You realize what you did and dread overwhelms you. You feel the need to move away from him, but before you can move, he grabs your wrist. He brings your thumb - the same one that touched him - to his lips. He looks you in the eye, presses an open-mouthed kiss on the thumbpad, and licks a circle around the digit before departing. Then he goes back to eating.

You blink. The contact with Ogata's lips shot a tingle up your arm, and you find your chest warming. You stuff your face with pear slices, hoping to eat these unsure feelings away.

You later find yourself chewing on the thumb he kissed as if contact with your mouth could help understand what happened between you. You weren't even trying to be flirty, but Ogata took it and responded in kind. You could still feel the tingling from his chapped lips on your thumb.

It doesn’t help that he’s purposely ignoring you for the rest of the day. You can see the bastard sitting with Kiroranke, talking about nothing. You chew your thumb even more, watching the way Ogata's lips move in conversation. You start to reevaluate everything. The warm timbre of his voice. The way you always felt intrigued by his cat-like mannerisms. The way his scars curve up his sharp jaw and to his straight nose. Dammit, was he always-

Ogata suddenly turns towards you. Your eyes meet cold greys, slowly blinking back at you like a cat. He sticks his tongue out, and it's gone in a flash. You blush. Kiroranke is too caught up in his tale to notice. You're reminded of the small gesture of Ogata pressing his chapped lips to your thumb, and your chest gets warm again. You tear your eyes away, chewing at your thumb.

It's the next morning. You don't know what to do with yourself. You were bold, yes. But it's mostly in response to others, not something you initiate with. It hid an inexperienced awkwardness you're hyper-aware of. Still, when the group visits the next town and you're paired with Ogata to get supplies. You're wired at the thought of being alone with him, but you focus on your task and make him hold all of the goods to keep him busy. The two of you are at a fabric stand purchasing a spool of thread.

“You'd think Tanigaki's fat-ass would buy a new shirt instead of using up all the thread fixing his buttons.” You hear him grumble as he readjusts the other bags.

You smack him hard on the arm. He nearly trips, but you grab his arm, keeping him and the bags from falling over. That familiar tingle shoots up your arm, and you quickly let him go, coughing.

“You're so mean! Inkarmat insists on fixing it.” You giggle, just picturing the fox-lady doting on the shy bear. “She probably admires the view when he takes it off.”

Ogata lets out a shudder. “Still, why do we have to replace it?”

“Cause there's other things we need to get and it's in our direction. Did you wanna go bullet browsing with the boys instead?”

“Kiroranke knows what to get.”

It’s not long until you two are finished getting your part of the list. It was miscellaneous medical supplies on your end. There’s still time before you have to meet with the others, so you decide to get a snack. You drag Ogata to a nearby dango stand and order for the two of you. When you sit down at a neighboring bench, Ogata is already digging into the squishy pastry. Some of the soy sauce sticks to the side of his mouth, and he licks it off. He's missed some. You feel your teeth itch.

“You call Tanigaki a fat-ass, and yet look at you, stuffing your cheeks like a squirrel.”

Ogata swallows before scoffing. “Do you always have to scold me about-”

He doesn't get to finish. He freezes when he feels your tongue licking the sauce from his face. You feel him stiffen for a moment before swallowing. You pull away, but he grabs your arm. That familiar tingle shoots up your limb, and the look between you is supercharged.

His eyes have shifted to storm clouds. “What was that?”

You steel yourself, looking back defiantly. “Just licking you and leaving you to dry. I’m only copying you.”

“What I did yesterday was not the same.” he deadpans. He looks down at your lips and perks up as if he fully processed what you said. He licks his lips. “Out to dry…you wanted something more?”

“I want an explanation.”

“I like you.”

He lets go of your arm and looks down at his food. His ears are slightly pink at the tips. He takes smaller bites this time. If you squint a little, you can see the tips of his ears turn red. Your heart swells.

You lean against him, taking a bite of your dango and swallowing before trying, “I think you look cute when you stuff your face.”

“…Really.” He’s skeptical.

“Yeah! Or when you hunt, you have that pleased look on your face, like a cat bringing in a mouse.”

Ogata takes a bite of his last dango. He closes his eyes before turning to you. “Hmm. You remind me of a dog.”

You blink. “How so?”

“Your nose for one. You can tell herbs apart by smell. Hell, you usually can tell if one of us is sick with just one whiff. And you yap a lot.”

“Pft. You don't seem to mind.”

“Only because you actually can sit in silence sometimes. Unlike the others. You're the least annoying person here.”

You chuckle. “Glad to know I'm tolerated.”

“It's more than that.”

You finish the rest of your snack. Plucking the skewer from Ogata’s hand, you replace it with your interlocking fingers. You feel your arm tingling again, and as the man looks down at you, you can’t help but give him a smile.

“Let's find the others. Maybe on the way, you can tell me more things you like about me.”

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Stare Down: Ogata x Reader

CW: Smut, Awkward Conversation

You know, you'd always thought you'd feel a bit more excited, grateful even, getting the undivided attention of a sexy man.

You can't recall how you got here - at least, you can't bring yourself to care. You two are outside, hidden away from the rest of camp, clothes open to paw and kiss at each other. You share matching marks on each other's necks, hair wild. Ogata kneels between your open legs. He's reached into your hakama for access, and after a few moments of clumsiness, he's fucking you with his hand.

His fingers are amazing. They're thick and calloused from years of shooting. He's also a fast learner, and he immediately finds your soft spots with just a little direction. But here you are, nervously avoiding eye contact even with Ogata's fingers knuckle-deep inside of you.

Despite the layers still between you, you felt naked. Ogata always had a way of seeing through you, and it felt more apparent when he stared you down. His face didn't have its usual coldness - your kisses thawed his exterior - but his eyes maintained the same intensity. Storm Grey bore into you as he fondled you under your clothes. You felt too aware of how you would look if he pushed you over the edge. You were afraid to feel too good, not wanting to break in front of him and embarrass yourself. You cover your face and muffle your moans as he gently prods at you.

Ogata scoffs, halting his ministrations. He pulls out his fingers, and your hips chase after them. You can't help but be annoyed. You look up to admonish him, only to see a frown on his face.

“You keep looking away.” He’s very frank. “Am I doing anything wrong?”

You blink. “What? No. It feels good.”

“And you keep covering your mouth. You don't have to worry about being loud. We're pretty far from the others.”

You blush harder at his not-so-subtle request to hear you.

Ogata licks his lips, eyes lowered in contemplation. The tips of his ears go pink and he murmurs, “ ... Am I ugly?”

You blink twice. You tilt your head, concerned. “Now where the hell did you get that- you know what? Nevermind. It's just- you keep looking at me like that.”

“Like what?”

”Like,” Your face shifts into something that can only capture a fraction of Ogata’s usual “hunting face.” It’s low-lidded, analytical, and stoic. Although it’s a bit ridiculous on you. “This- I feel like I'm being studied.”

It was his face’s turn to go blank. He says in his usual deadpan voice, “I'm trying to see what makes you feel good. Are you self-conscious?”

Your mouth is agape, but nothing comes out. That's all he needed to know. He reaches out his dry hand and brushes his fingertips against your cheek. He carefully brushes the hair out of your eyes and grabs the back of your head, pushing you forward so your lips meet his. His lips are slightly chapped, but there's a tenderness to the gesture. He pulls away too soon, but his face stays close. You have no choice but to look him in the eye.

“You have a cute face. I want to see the expression it makes when I make you come. Can you grant me that?”

You pant around his thumb as his other hand continues to fuck you. You're drooling. Your toes curl every time he curls his fingers just so. All the while, you look at Ogata. He’s oddly calm, albeit there's a warm blush on his face and you can see the tent in his pants. His eyes roam your body, staring intensely at every twitch of muscle, every drop of sweat, every roll of your hips. He occasionally licks his lips in concentration. You can see the muscles of his arm flex as he keeps going at you. Your hands roam, anything to ground yourself but you feel that familiar tightness in your abdomen.

Ogata's other hand rubs against your folds. It doesn't take long to slick his fingers. His palm presses against your clit, just barely providing the friction needed. You bite back a whine, but your hips betray you. Ogata smirks, loving how desperate you are. He wants more. His thumb on your face pries your lips open, pressing onto your tongue.

“Oh-ga-thaaa~” you moan around his thumb.

“Hmm?” He removes his thumb from your mouth.

“Go faster. I need- I need-”

You go limp. His fingers slow down. You whine when he slowly pulls them out, rubbing against your folds before fully departing. You open your eyes to see him licking his digits, his eyes still boring into you. You feel yourself throb. You now understand. You lick your lips, peeking out him from under the hair in your eyes. ”Wanna let me return the favor?”

He doesn't need you to continue. His pace is almost impossible. The air sounds with the wet squelching of his fingers in you. They're a bit embarrassing to hear but you can't bring yourself to care anymore, it feels too good. He lets go of your face to reach down, rubbing your clit in tight circles. Your leg kicks and it doesn't take long until you're arching your back, body clenching and eyes closed as you let out a short shriek, wetting his hand.

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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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Announcement

Going to condense my socials and not post on all of em cause even with like, having a checklist and junk it takes a lot outta me. Idek if anyone sees my stuff. So I'mma just write fanfics or ramblings on here cause that's less of an obligation

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Happy Halloween! Zivia and I are continuing with Amanda the Adventurer 2!

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Webtoon's new age rating standards say that a comic can't be rated All Ages if it includes "Fully censored profanity (e.g., #$%^) in a few episodes". Literally more restrictive than 1950s newspaper funnies!

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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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Sketch dumps of some other campaigns from way back

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Thanx to every one who donate ,reblog or support us even by words .. 🙏🌹🌹

I tried many times to describe the situation here but words dont help .. we now are asked to relocate another time and we have to carry our tent to another place trying to carry our last hope of survival ..barely finding basic necessaries ..

‼️‼️news said that Rafah crossing is openning soon and we didnt even collect half the ammount of money needed to evacuate gaza ‼️‼️

Help us even by little amount it really can help 🙏

Please save my family from this genocide .. 🍉

Help my 3 lovely kids to build a life in a safer place ..

Help us just to live normal human life 🙏🙏🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘🆘

Please donate if you can and share widely 🆘🆘 1100 SEK = 100 dollars each (55 sek =5$) will make a difference🙏🍉 be the one who saves us

🌺Vetted by 90-ghost

@medicasino @ana-bananya @magnus-rhymes-with-swagness

@smilepilled

@appsa

When i lost my home 10 years ago and was extracted from my bombed home .. and still alive to live more and more wars— i posted this on facebook before 10 years .. still struggling to survive ! .. fedaa (motaz wife )

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Please help by donating, sharing, and praying for a fast recovery! We just got some news that might make us be hospitals a few weeks longer than expected!

Dont skip, please help, fundraiser is Vetted and verified: save life in Gaza (palestine) Organized by Maxwell-0.🚨🚨🚨

Hello, my name is Maxwell-0 from Gaza. When I was only 20 years old, I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (cancer in the blood and bone marrow). I would like to share with you a little of my life struggle and ask you to give me a little of your time.

My illness came as a shock to me when we were living in the Gaza strip (deir-al-balaa) with my family, After my 20th birthday in a week the illness started to show small symptoms but which were evaluated very quickly. At that time when I found out about this disease my hope was zero, but now with the help of God and people with big hearts I know that I will be able to overcome this disease.

But I cannot win this fight alone. I need your help for expensive treatment, it will include chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant. I am aware that this road to recovery is not easy at all, but I will never give up on my dreams and I hope to beat this disease. I am determined to win this battle and continue my life with new strength.

I don't have all the time in the world, I want to believe that there is still a chance in life and the possibility to create a good future for myself, so I need your help so that I can stop the war and genocide, and go to Egypt for more treatment. I am very grateful and I thank the people who are with me and can contribute their little in such a difficult situation. Every donation, no matter how small, can make a big difference to me and my family.

《 Here is the link to donate 》

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GOAL: $620/25,000

Please help me and share my story with people. with big heart and soul. I really need help in this fierce battle for Life! Thank you for every kind gesture and thought of yours.🍉🍉🍉

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There are many web hosting companies to choose from if you're taking the plunge into making your own website with a comic content management system (CMS) like ComicControl or Grawlix, a Wordpress comic theme like Toocheke or ComicPress, or a HTML template to cut/paste code like Rarebit. While these solutions are generally free, finding a home for them is... generally not. It can be hard to choose what's best for your webcomic AND your budget!

We took a look at a few of the top hosting services used by webcomics creators using webcomic CMSes, and we put out a poll to ask your feedback about your hosts!

This post may be updated as time goes on as new services enter the hosting arena, or other important updates come to light.

Questions:

💻 I can get a free account with Wix/Squarespace/Carrd, could I just use those for my comic? - Web hosts like this may have gallery functions that could be adapted to display a series of pages, but they are very basic and not intended for webcomics.

📚 Wait, I host on Webtoon, Tapas, Comic Fury, or some other comic website, why are they not here? - Those are comic platforms! We'll get into those in a future post!

🕵️‍♀️Why does it say "shared hosting"? Who am I sharing with? - "Shared hosting" refers to sharing the server space with other customers. They will not have access to your files or anything, so it is perfectly fine to use for most comic CMSes. You may experience slowing if there is too much activity on a server, so if you're planning to host large files or more than 10 comics, you may want to upgrade to a more robust plan in the future.

Web Host List

Neocities

Basic plan pricing: Free or $5/month. Free plan has more restrictions (1 GB space, no custom domain, and slower bandwidth, among other things)

Notes: Neocities does not have database support for paid or free accounts, and most comic CMS solutions require this (ComicCtrl, Grawlix, Wordpress). You will need to work with HTML/CSS files directly to make a website and post each page.

Hostinger

Basic plan pricing: $11.99/month or $7.99/month with four year commitment (monthly, 1, 2, and 4 year plans available).

Notes: Free domain for the 1st year. Free SSL Certifications. Weekly backups.

KnownHost

Basic plan pricing: $8.95/month or $7.99/month with four year commitment (monthly, 1, 2, and 4 year plans available).

Notes: Free DDOS protection. Free SSL Certifications.

InMotion Hosting

Basic plan pricing: $12.99/month or $9.99/month with three year commitment (monthly, 1, and 3 year plans available).

Notes:  Free SSL Certifications, free domain names for 1 and 3 year plans. 24/7 live customer service and 90-day money-back guarantee. Inmotion also advertises eco-friendly policies: We are the first-ever Green Data Center in Los Angeles. We cut cooling costs by nearly 70 percent and reduce our carbon output by more than 2,000 tons per year.

Reviews:

👍“I can't remember it ever going down.”

👍“InMotion has a pretty extensive library full of various guides on setting up and managing websites, servers, domains, etc. Customer service is also fairly quick on responding to inquiries.” 👎“I wish it was a bit faster with loading pages.”

Ionos Hosting

Basic plan pricing: $8/month or $6/month with three year commitment (monthly, 1, 2 and 3 year plans available).

Notes: Free domain for the first year, free SSL Certification, Daily backup and recovery is included. Site Scan and Repair is free for the first 30 days and then is $6/month.

Reviews:

👍“Very fast and simple” 👎“Customer service is mediocre and I can't upload large files”

Bluehost

Basic plan pricing: $15.99/month or $4.95/month with three year commitment (monthly, 1, 3 year plans available).

Notes: Free domain and SSL certificates (for first year only). 24/7 Customer Service. Built to handle higher traffic websites. Although they specialize in Wordpress websites and provide updates automatically, that's almost a bad thing for webcomic plugins because they will often break your site. Their cloud hosting services are currently in early access with not much additional information available.

Reviews:

👎"The fees keep going up. Like I could drop $100 to cover a whole year, but now I'm paying nearly $100 for just three months. It's really upsetting."

👎"I have previously used Bluehost’s Wordpress hosting service and have had negative experiences with the service, so please consider with a grain of salt. I can confirm at least that their 24/7 customer service was great, although needed FAR too often."

Dreamhost

Basic plan pricing: $7.99/month or $5.99/month with three year commitment (monthly, 1, 3 year plans available).

Notes: Free SSL Certificates, 24/7 support with all plans, 97-day moneyback guarantee. Not recommended for ComicCtrl CMS

Reviews:

👍“They've automatically patched 2 security holes I created/allowed by mistake.” 👍“Prices are very reasonable” 👎 “back end kind of annoying to use” 👎 “wordpress has some issues” 👎 “it's not as customizable as some might want“

GoDaddy

Basic plan pricing: $11.99/month or $9.99/month with three year commitment (monthly, 1, 2, and 3 year plans available).

Notes: Free 24/7 Customer service with all plans, Free SSL Certificates for 1 year, free domain and site migration.

Reviews:

👍Reasonable intro prices for their Economy hosting, which has 25GB of storage 👍Migrated email hosting service from cPanel to Microsoft Office, which has greater support but may not be useful for most webcomic creators. 👎 Many site issues and then being upsold during customer service attempts. 👎 Server quality found lacking in reviews 👎 Marketing scandals in the past with a reputation for making ads in poor taste. Have been attempting to clean up that image in recent years. 👎 “GoDaddy is the McDonald's of web hosting. Maybe the Wal-Mart of hosting would be better. If your website was an object you would need a shelf to put it on. You go to Wal-Mart and buy a shelf. It's not great. It's not fancy. It can only hold that one thing. And if we're being honest - if the shelf broke and your website died it wouldn't be the end of the world.The issue comes when you don't realize GoDaddy is the Wal-Mart of hosting. You go and try to do things you could do with a quality shelf. Like, move it. Or add more things to it.” MyWorkAccountThisIs on Reddit*

Things to consider for any host:

💸 Introductory/promotional pricing - Many hosting companies offer free or inexpensive deals to get you in the door, and then raise the cost for these features after the first year or when you renew. The prices in this post are the base prices that you can expect to pay after the promotional prices end, but may get outdated, so you are encouraged to do your own research as well.

💻 Wordpress hosting - Many of the companies below will have a separate offering for Wordpress-optimized hosting that will keep you updated with the latest Wordpress releases. This is usually not necessary for webcomic creators, and can be the source of many site-breaking headaches when comic plugins have not caught up to the latest Wordpress releases.

Any basic hosting plan on this list will be fine with Wordpress, but expect to stop or revert Wordpress versions if you go with this as your CMS.

🤝 You don't have to go it alone - While free hosts may be more limited, paid hosting on a web server will generally allow you to create different subdomains, or attach additional purchased domains to any folders you make. If you have other comic-making friends you know and trust, you can share your server space and split the cost!

Want to share your experience?

Feel free to contribute your hosting pros, cons, and quirks on our survey! We will be updating our list periodically with your feedback!