#'i have an anime art style' as an excuse as to why they can't learn how to draw fat ppl and poc

[snobgoblin]

some of the most important things u can learn how to draw are fat people and textured hair. btw. your art style should not lack these things

[neilgill]

Wish Defense I: The 'Complaints'

“Be to her virtues very kind, Be to her faults a little blind.” ― Matthew Prior

Disney's Wish was actually great and I'm here to defend it.

I'd like to start by negating most of, if not all, the 'complaints' this film's been getting. Please join me as I do this in 12 brief points:

Asha is a great protagonist. She is not just 'quirky' or one-dimensional: she's caring, strong, beautifully flawed, and doesn't solve every problem on her own; the movie makes a point of every one of these. I never saw her as a clone of someone like Mirabel or Anna. And she does have a character arc: she matures and learns to work hard for what she believes in. She learns that doing the right thing is difficult, but it's necessary. All this makes for a beautifully put-together character that gets through challenges and comes out stronger. Why aren't people talking about how great that is?

Magnifico is a great villain. He's an amalgam of familiar villains like Maleficent, Ursula, and Gaston, done in ways that seem fresh and unique. I've seen a lot of people say his motivation seems to change every few minutes or so, but I disagree. Him using his traumatic past is his excuse for his bad behaviour: that's what narcissists do. Just look at Mother Gothel and all her gaslighting. He was always a self-absorbed jerk who wants everyone under his heel, and whose darkness just got revealed more and more. And his 'villain shtick' is a cool and terrifying one: stripping people of their hopes and dreams to make them docile subjects who depend on him. He takes away their agency, essentially their souls and who they are as people. That is the bad thing he's been doing from Day 1, it's what makes him a villain: the film tells us that. How can people defend him? It's like people defending Gaston all over again. He's a great villain in that he goes against the values the story holds dear, challenges the protagonist in personal ways, is wonderful to hate, and is rightfully depicted as in the wrong for doing bad things. He's the selfish one, not Asha as the 'critics' are claiming. Why aren't people talking about that?

Star is a great secondary character. He is intentionally supposed to be a character that harkens back to those like Jiminy Cricket or Timothy Q. Mouse (I have a very personal connection with Dumbo, so this was important to me). People are REALLY misinterpreting that concept art of them: Star and Asha were never supposed to have a romance because Human Star would look like her grandfather. And 'Starboy' would just be a copy of Peter Pan or Genie, which people would definitely slam, thus I'm glad they changed him. See point 11 for more on Star and why his current form is the one they went with. People just care about having a Jack Frost clone (if they did go that route, they'd probably be slammed for copying Dreamworks, knowing 'critics'). The idea of a mute, magical sidekick, something that we haven't seen since Tinker Bell, is a pretty fun one that feels new and cool. And it's important to note that he never grants anyone's wish: he just helps out, letting Asha and others know that they themselves have to make it come true. Why aren't people talking about that?

I was really worried Valentino was going to be little more than a gag, but he wasn't. He helps out here and there, especially when aiding the Teens in freeing the wishes, proving his importance to the narrative. Plus I did find him pretty funny.

The Teens do stand on their own. I went into the movie knowing they were going to be new versions of the 7 Dwarfs, but each of them felt like their own unique person to me, especially Dahlia and Simon.

The animation is gorgeous: you have to watch it in HD or 4k, which people are doing for other films like Spider-Verse or Nimona, just not this one. It is far from 'lazy' or 'Disney Junior level': it harkens back to art styles Walt Disney himself loved. I can't believe they managed to replicate the feel of classic Disney backgrounds, like Snow White or Sleeping Beauty, so perfectly with modern technology. It looks like a painting, or a tapestry. Disney movies are still beautiful. Why aren't people talking about that?

The music is great: I've caught myself singing every song at least thrice. Each song brings something to the table. 'This is the Thanks I Get' fits Magnifico's character, and is something in the same vein as Gaston's song; you cannot tell me that one rent line is worse than 'nobody spits like Gaston'. I still get chills listening to 'This Wish' and its reprise. I don't know how people online are starting to think it's a bad song, but now others are just jumping on the bandwagon. You can see Asha's love and struggles within the song, and it even has the melody of 'Part of Your World'; how can you hate that? I've seen so many people personally connect with that song, myself included... Why aren't people talking about that?

'At All Costs' was never a love song between Asha and Star: Julia Michaels just wanted a love song (find that Variety article), and now it can be used for all kinds of love. I actually did tear up watching that sequence for the first time, seeing Asha hold her grandfather's wish dearly in her arms. I've seen people say it reminds them of what a parent would sing to their child, like 'You'll Be in My Heart', and I think that's just so wonderful and heartfelt. Why aren't people talking about that?

I don't have the actual post, but I'd like to bring attention back to what an artist on the film said: every 'Easter Egg' is meaningfully placed, a tribute to what has inspired generations. Not one of them felt shoehorned in to me. This movie is a tribute, a love letter, a celebration of what people have loved for 100 years. Why aren't people talking about that?

Magnifico's defeat is far from silly. It makes sense given the rules the world of the film runs on: the fact that 'we are made of stars' is a good Chekov's gun that carries a lot of meaningful importance. Each of us is special, each of us has magic, and each of us has hope. And this is where evil dies and good endures: Magnifico cannot comprehend that anyone but himself is worth anything, thus why he cannot quell this and it is the reason for this downfall. He, the villain, loses because he lacks the virtues the heroes possess. Why aren't people talking about that?

The story of this film is special: as confirmed by the staff, the film is an allegory for Walt Disney's life, and the story of Disney overall. Asha is Walt Disney, Star is Mickey Mouse: a magical force of creativity and inspiration that lights up a dark time. Because of the special nature of this, even though I'm a die-hard Disney fan, I'm fine with there not being any romance in this film (even though I'd like it back someday). This was intentionally made as a simple film à la Snow White, which was meant to be a happy, hope-giving film for people back in the 1930s. Just like this film is supposed to be now. One last time: why aren't people talking about that?

This is the first of a few posts I'll make defending this movie, so for other Wish fans out there, please stick around. I don't care if I get dragged for this: I'd rather stick up for my beliefs and defend myself my way than let online bullies like Schaffrillas, Aldone, or Astor Rhymemaster stop me from loving something I really enjoyed. I really hope this movie gets the Atlantis treatment and becomes a beloved cult classic down the line. Until next time.

[sparkbeast20]

Seeing M!MC with facial hair

Summary: You forgot to shave and frankly you don't care. Now the others get to see you with facial hair.

This is the Demon Brothers version, if you like to see with the "Dateables" feel free to ask :D

Note: This is my first time making a headcanon with an male!mc in mind so I might get some things wrong.

Lucifer

The first time Lucifer saw you is with a five o' clock shadow when he was getting his morning coffee.

He ask why you have it and you were blunt and say you were just lazy. (He blames Belphie's influences on you)

When he ask you to shave. You said no, and if he keeps telling you you'll refuse to do so. (Again thanks Belphie)

So the past two weeks your five o' clock shadow grow into a beard.

Though during the first week you try and nuzzle your face on to Lucifer's cheek when you got the chance just to tease him.

He said it's a like rubbing his face on a itchy blanket.

Eventually he stopped telling you to shave, on which it kinda makes you want to shave now.

Though Lucifer does say you look handsome with a beard, causing you to blush upon hearing that from him.

He smirk but he does mean it.

He even suggest that he'll love to give it a trim and even style it. (From a distance Asmo's heart shuttered)

Mammon

Was put off at first.

He was so uses to seeing your smooth babyface and upon seeing your five o' shadow making you look more mature and hot. But pretend that you didn't hear the last part.

when you two are alone, he loves when you snuggle with your on the crook of his neck and he can feel your whiskers rubbing against his skin.

He was glad that there wasn't a rule at RAD against having beards. He kinda convince you to grow it out a bit longer.

You agree since you can't say no to your first man.

By the end of the week you grow a beard and Mammon love seeing it.

Since he did trim it so, it has this style. Though he had to fight Asmo about the style.

He was thinking of doing some couple pics with you.

Of course they were job theme.

This almost convince him on growing one himself.

Leviathan

Was put off at first.

Like why seeing you with a beard is so off putting?

Maybe because he wasn't uses to seeing characters with no beard and that beards is a sight of maturity/aging.

Though he eventually gets over that.

He was at awe when he saw day by day your facial hair grew into a beard.

He subconsciously start looking into anime characters with beards and start to appreciate them more.

When kissing you, he was taken aback by feeling the beard.

When laying in bed or tub, he loves running his finger down your face and feeling your beard.

But all things had come to an end when you two realize how hard to maintain a beard.

He's not Asmo.

Satan

Facial hair isn't new to Satan, since he met with some of his connection who has beards.

But seeing you with "Whiskers" at first was surprising at first.

But when you let it go, just to defy Lucifer which he support.

He start to like seeing you with facial hair.

More so it kinda makes you look more mature than you already are.

One time you and he were at the park feed the stray cats. You took a sit by the bench.

He turn to you, and find to cats on your lap and shoulder while you were asleep.

One cat start playing with your beard.

He took a chance to take a pic and eventually get the cats off you.

When you suggest that you want to shave off the beard.

He'll gladly help you out, even though you know how to.

Asmodeus

Hates it.

It more so reminds him about you are aging and eventually- No he doesn't even want to time about it.

Plus it removes your youthful look.

You can't blame him, but you do however send some cold glares at his way.

His excuses it gives you a rough look, which he help to connect to a dirty look.

But you made him rethink this point of view when you shown him hot actors who rock the beard and five o' clock shadow.

Plus you shown him that these days humans made having a beard as an art form where they can style beards.

Soon he learn to appreciate facial hair.

Maybe developing a taste for "DILFs"

His favorite part of you having a beard is that he get to help you trim and shave it.

It turns out it's like cutting your significate other's hair. It's a fun healthy bonding experience.

Beelzebub

Barely notice it, he just said something along "Did you cut your hair" comment and kept on eating.

Two days later, you gave him a special cake you bought when you saw it on sell.

He smile and thank you before capturing in his arms hugging. He felt your O' clock shadow around his neck and cheek and it tickles him.

Soon he saw your facial grew into a beard.

He was worried about food getting stuck in it.

And he watch as some did get caught on your beard, bread crumbs, a bit of sauce and sees your beard getting wet with the soup you were having that one time at lunch.

As much he like you having a beard, he suggest you shaving it.

You genuinely don't have a problem, you understood and at best he was right. It was hard to eat with a beard.

Belphegor

He tease you when he notice you grew a five o' clock shadow.

And when you two are alone and start feeling it and said the he like how it feels. Even going so far is to start scratching it and loves the sound it makes.

And in fact you too. No wonder there are ASMR with just the sound of fingers scratching beards.

When your Shadow grew into a beard, Belphie can't get enough how it feel.

It kinda reminds him of his tail.

Often he lays on top of you with his head turned to you his side of his face is next to your jaw.

He frown the whole time you shaved it off.

Why? Well, it was getting too long to maintain and manage, and more so it was hot to have on your face.

Belphie tried to guilt trip you but you ain't falling for it.

Eventually he dropped in and is just satisfied feeling your smooth face again.

But he does mutters that if you grew it out again, he'll be staying in your room.

Note: I wanted to change up Asmo's part. I don't like the idea he "Always" like what MC has. He does always learn to like and even love it. Plus he would be the character is a bit nervous seeing a beard on MC since in some people having a beard is a sign of maturity and age. And we all know that Asmo don't like aging especially when it comes with the reminder of MC being a human and mortal.

If there’s grammar or spelling error, please let me know and don’t be shy to leave a comment or reblogging with cute tags. I just love to see you guys thoughts on this :3

[spookymultimedia]

how did you become so good at this thing of art?? like i love you

When I was 7-13 years old I would draw pretty much daily in my sketchbooks. I've never in my life had an issue with an empty sketchbooks, I had the problem of filling it up too fast. Every day I just drew my favorite characters doing whatever I wanted. I'm autistic so engage with my special interests by drawing them.

Every year in highschool I took an art class that taught me how to use different mediums, art styles and methods of drawing. I think doing those studies helped a lot. Just dipping your toes into different stuff helps.

Drawing from real life helped me slot. In middle school I would draw realistic portraits of my favorite characters from Pirates of the Caribbean while watching them in motion. What also helped was trying to draw in different styles and letting it influence my own style. Some of my influences are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,Steven Universe, Anime (I refuse to say which one), Batman The Animated Series, The Simpsons, South Park and other semi-realistic fan artists I've taken inspiration from. My biggest inspiration for my semi-realistic art style is Lopodiddy on DeviantArt.

Another thing I think has helped with improvement is not tying myself down to one single medium or art style. I let myself be creative and try new things, it's healthy for the brain. Which is why I call myself Spookymultimedia. I know alot of people stress over finding the one art style and staying consistent with it but you can't get there without exploration and study. So expecting yourself to have a consistent art style, especially as a learning artist, is setting yourself up for failure.

Also this works for me and I swear by it. Occasionally draw realism or figure drawing helps improve your anatomy and how to structure the body and hair. Just one session of either does wonders, at least it works for me. I highly recommend these videos to do guided figure drawing with

And I connot stress enough, THIS BOOK, USE IT

Here free link: you have no excuse. It's right here.

[shoujoboy-restart]

Artist who suffer from colorism are so weird.

Because they will either be doing it on porpuse or subconsciously, and either way they just come up with the weirdest excuses

"it's pastel art!" Okay....why is the skin of the character who's very dark skinned not "greyed out" but in fact obviously lighter in shade, as in edging into a lighter skin tone not the original one altered by a change in color spectrum? Even so, because most anime characters and characters are in fact In media and fanart are in fact white passing...how exactly do you know that's a prorrogative for pastel art when objectively speaking 90% of the art you have seen never had dark skinned characters to begin with?

"it's just doesn't fit my style!"

Lol skill issue git gud.

Most anime styles I have seen are inherently racially ambiguous, to the point a blonde, round and blue eyed character like Naruto can still be read as 100% Japanese, idk why exactly you are so special in copying said 80% to 90% racially ambiguous art style that you can't just learn to color pick from a reference sheet or expand your color theory to shades of brown and black.

Even when using Naturo as a example, the show, that has kinda of already made a very obvious racial ambiguity implication, still goes out it's way to show characters with phenotypically black features.

And in all seriousness, if the moment you see a dark brown or black skinned character, and your instinct is to find some over complicated excuse to lighten their skin tones and not draw their features in ways you wouldn't ever do to a white(passing) character, then sorry babes you are brainwashed by colorism and in denial or it's so subconscious you may not really even think there's any maliciousness in it(which is a tenant of racism in itself).

[childofaura]

Ok, so I'm back at my computer now, I've gotten through all my messages.

Time to break down this whole Scooby Doo AI fiasco and why the people defending it have all the integrity of a moldy piece of wood. Because I thought I should just put it behind me after the first day, until I saw more bullshit from people coming out of the woodworks, including people trying to come at me with false equivalencies they were so smug about. Putting this under a read-more so people don't get exasperated with this post stretching their dash/blog.

Before we get to the main argument, we have to address what happened. And even before we address what happened, let's make something clear for anyone who's just here to argue and detract from my main point:

The animator at the center of this doesn't deserve to be harassed. A discussion deserves to happen and people are allowed to express their displeasure. But the animator doesn't deserve to be dogpiled.

So the main gist of it is that an animator created a pseudo-stop motion Scooby Doo short crossed over with FNAF, in the style of Rankin' Bass stop motion. The thing that's got everyone in an uproar is the fact that he used AI voices for most of the other cast (to my understanding, he only did the voices for Shaggy and Scooby). This caused the whole shitshow that's going on at Twitter right now.

Now there's a lot for me to break down on this one; I've already explained most of what was wrong with the excuses people were trying to come up with for this guy (Whom for some reason, people are trying to paint him as this "poor widdle kid who's just following his passion-" GUYS he's FUCKING 23 YEARS OLD. HE'S AN ADULT). But I'm gonna recap most of them, and then some based on the new discourse that's been coming out.

>"He can't afford voice actors! He's a single indie animator just working on a passion project!"

You can put out a casting call and let people know that this is a portfolio project, and you would like to see if anyone is willing to do it for free. Lots of people online are pretty enthusiastic about joining fan-dubs or dubbing projects even if it doesn't pay, and if you advertise the premise, you will have PLENTY of takers.

Or, regardless of whether you sound like a character or not, you do it yourself, with family/friends helping for roles of the opposite gender. Your credits should look like this:

(Credits are from Matthew Gafford's "A Fox in Space Episode 2")

Or, additionally, you can collab with dubbing productions like Alex Henderson did for "Return to Krocodile Isle" with Bootleg Dub Productions:

The bottom line is that there's no excuse for resorting to AI, especially if you claim to hate AI. You're just a hypocrite.

>"So you hate fanart then!"

NOT REMOTELY COMPARABLE. If you wanna compare this to fanart, this is the equivalent of tracing over someone else's work without their permission and adding a side note that it doesn't belong to you. The fanart/voice comparison only works when you're doing an IMPRESSION of a character. AI is plagiarizing someone's voice with existing content. Someone doing Sonic voice impressions based on a specific actor is the equivalent of fanart, while using a Sonic AI voice of the existing actor is the tracing.

>"You must hate YTPs where they splice together or isolate certain audio!"

THAT'S NOT COMPARABLE EITHER, DIPSHIT. YTPs are done using PRE-EXISTING recorded lines that the actors were compensated for! AI is generating entirely brand new "recordings" that the actors have no compensation for! Actors like Long John Baldry with the famous "PINGAS" line or Gary Schwartz with "Pootis" were asked to record those lines, and paid for it. You're generating brand new content with an AI voice that they were not asked to record, nor compensated for.

>"This was for his portfolio! It's a harmless indie project!"

See, this one is harmful to the animator specifically. A big thing I've learned about the animation industry, having learned from my friend who went to art school, having learned under famous animators, and having collaborated/cooperated with a LOT of her peers, is that the animation industry is a buddy-system team effort. Want to make an animation with voices? Hey, these guys over here want to be VAs and are looking for any kind of little work they can to see if they can get the hang of it. Cool, let's work on this together! Now, when you're an animator with a portfolio using AI, you've essentially told your peers to go fuck themselves. In addition to that, you're telling your potential employers these details about yourself that you may not want them thinking:

You have no moral integrity and you're willing to cut corners when put into an unfavorable situation.

You're dishonest, and you'll cheat out other people who could stand to benefit from having a role in your portfolio.

You're unintuitive, and can't think outside the box when it comes to resources being scarce.

You're lazy and unwilling to look for an ethical solution if you're lacking important aspects of your projects like the voice actors.

And even worse, these people defending this situation are bouncing between "It's a passion project, who cares!" and "It's a portfolio, who cares!" PICK ONE, BECAUSE THERE'S A VAST DIFFERENCE IN NUANCE BETWEEN "FUN PASSION PROJECT" AND "SERIOUS PORTFOLIO WORK".

>"AI isn't hurting the integrity of art or harming anyone!"

Hi, remember when Erica Lindbeck asked a Youtuber to remove their video of her voice being used in AI to sing a song? And did so professionally and even stated the person she contacted was very sweet and understanding about it? AND PEOPLE FUCKING CHASED HER OFF OF TWITTER BECAUSE SHE HAD AN ISSUE WITH HER VOICE, HER FUCKING VOICE, BEING USED IN WAYS SHE DIDN'T CONSENT FOR? It wasn't just about the silly AI parodies, she even said, and I quote, "It's not about *this* video in particular or *this* creator specifically. I've had a content creator make an AI video of my character [referring to her character of Loona on TV show Helluva Boss] saying disparaging remarks regarding the show I was on. Literally putting words in my mouth that could easily be taken as mine. As an artist, that is so terrifying. I absolutely believe these people are making this stuff for fun, and are not fully aware of the negative effects AI content could have on the people whose voices they're using. I never meant for this creator to be dogpiled." And people still decided to attack her and just further disrespect her wishes. People refused to treat her like a fucking human being because the shiny keys they drool over and play with are violating and intrusive, after all the horrible shit she's gone through the year before with losing her boyfriend Billy Kametz. What it's doing is solidifying the perception that "AI is no big deal and who cares what people do with it, just let us have fun you fucking stuck-up asshole".

>"It's fine when small-time indie creators are using it, it just shouldn't be done by big corporations".

And now you've just admitted you have no fucking integrity. If corporations are looking at all these AI covers and AI projects being done on small scale, why should they give a shit if they do it too? I mean, everybody's doing it right? Who cares?

You're just affirming their notion that actors deserve to be cheated out of their work.

I'm sure there's a billion other excuses that some of these chucklefucks are going to come up with, but in the meantime, these are the biggest arguments I've seen (some people trying to argue with me DIRECTLY) coming from people. And I GUARANTEE these hypocrites are going to be coming out of the woodwork screaming when the next story breaks that a corporation is doing the exact same thing, or when it happens to someone they actually like. I know this isn't going to change anyone's mind if they're already set on treating VAs as non-humans, but if you're concerned about AI and actually have a moral backbone, these arguments are here for you if you need some good solid reasoning to fight back with.

Edit: Since making this post, I’ve calmed my shit down significantly more. I realize I’ve tended to come off as way too unapproachable whenever I tackle any sort of discourse, usually because I’m coming right off of a personal argument with someone else. And that blinds me to the fact that there are people out there who are nothing like the asshats I’ve just been arguing with.

So honestly and truly, if you have a good counterpoint, come and engage in the conversation. We’ll approach this civilly and see if we can’t at least gain a perspective, even if we still disagree with each other in the end.

[thowawayuntilfurthernotice]

So I watched the animated Urkel Christmas movie and oh boy......do I have a lot to say about it.

First things first, I'm glad that this project managed to survive the HBO Max content purge. As it proves that getting shit canned by David Zaslav is no longer a death sentence.

Now, as for the movie itself.

It's fucking weird.

I'll admit that I didn't grow up with Family Matters, so I have no real emotional attachment to the Steve Urkel character, and my only exposure to Jaleel White as a kid was from his voice work on the Sonic cartoons.

So I didn't know what to expect going into this, and if I'm being brutally honest, I'm still trying to process what the hell I just sat through.

First of all, the title is a fucking lie. He does not save Santa. Santa doesn't appear until the tail end of the movie. And when he does appear, he doesn't really do much outside of teach Urkel the true meaning of Christmas.

A better title would have been "How Urkel learned to be less overbearing during the Holidays."

Seriously, the entire conflict of this movie could have been avoided if any one of Urkel's friends or neighbors just pulled him aside and said "Hey, Steve. I know you mean well, but can you tone it down a little bit?"

Also, Santa is a yeti because..... why the fuck not.

While I'm on the subject of the supporting cast, I don't know what to make of them.

They're passive aggressive towards Urkel for no reason whatsoever.

For example, there's a part where Urkel invents a translator helmet as a gift for Robin's dad, who doesn't speak English on the count that he's from Ecuador (Why his daughter is able to speak perfect English with an American accent is never explained, but whatever.) and Robin just shoots the idea down. Which is fine and all, but why does her dad have no say in the matter?

This scene would have been a lot more effective if Urkel had pitched the translator helmet to Robin's dad, rather than Robin herself.

Speaking of Robin, I can't help but feel like the writers originally wanted her to Urkel's love interest, but they most likely vetoed that idea halfway through production. As their first interaction is written like a meet cute, so I legit thought that they were going to get together by the end of the movie, but I guess not? Which is whatever, but it's still bizarre none the less.

Oh yeah, this movie is also a musical because the writers needed an excuse to pad the run time.

The only enjoyable song is Santa's song towards the end, mostly because his voice actor has a beautiful singing voice. The rest of the cast try their best, but they're not given any decent material to work with, and listening to Jaleel White try to sing in his Urkel voice is as grading as it sounds.

There's also this evil billionaire tech bro character, because this movie needed an antagonist for some reason.

Though I will say that I do like the art style, it's very 2000's. I just wish the animation quality was a bit better, but it is what it is.

Overall, I feel like this would have worked better as a forty minute special rather than an a hour and a half movie.

It's not terrible, but it's nowhere near as fun as it could have been I guess.

[nochi-quinn]

campaign 3 episode 52: it's bad were running

(that's not bad grammar it's a PUN)

omar!

omar going after travis' coffee

oh they were serious about no sponsors, I thought sam was gonna jump in at the end

split party SPLIT PARTY

critrole scent collection when

…don't let sam do it tho

imogen turns into a snake

OH SHE GOT BACKLASHED

just dunk chet in a snowbank it's fine

chetney pockopea the snow nomad

snowmad

laura's raspy voice is still attractive, sorry laura

something something the last of us joke

"this is getting weird"

pls contact my boy

(they will not contact my boy)

so just completely incommunicado

I don't know why ashley's quiet little "still dogshit" made me giggle but it did

time to make a snow pit

NOT A SHOEBILL creepy muppet motherfuckers

"they're cute in the way sun bears are cute"

[aabria voice] hate it. hate to have learned it.

chetney what

that's flora, travis, fauna is animals

dislike

too big, disapprove

white eyes blue lizard

DISLIKE

oh no letters

Shield of Help

disLIKE

it has BREATH WEAPONS

it has BIG BREATH WEAPONS

"MY NOSE CAN'T SEE"

panic zaps

"baby is tired!"

It's Bad We're Running

(It's Bad, Were Running)

and then the cave collapsed in on them

CHET DON'T YOU PULL A MOLLY

"I've seen this mistake made before" YEAH

FRIENDS? PLS BE FRIENDS

GUNSHOT

WHOMST

FRIENDS!!!!

pause game for hugs

slayer's take style!!

I like aabria's braids, the blue is cute

not the ✌️ selfie

AEROMATON

AEORMATON IN A TRENCHCOAT

THEY/THEM AEORMATON IN A TRENCHCOAT

help I'm attracted

GIVE ART

GNOME AABRIA

PELOR GNOME

I LOVE HER

COMFY PALADIN

I have had them for fifteen seconds and if anything happens to them

sam why

"roll better!"

"why didn't I fight for that last campaign?" "it's the only thing you didn't fight for!"

"I would not assume all automatons know each other, that would be bad" "we have a handshake"

"can I be laerryn?"

"shut up, CERRIT"

deanna!!

I wasn't looking at the subs, I assume that's the spelling

"I'm going to fly - " "- away"

YEAHHH

it IS deanna

AABRIA CHETNEY EX??

aabria just divorcing every player

erika's gonna kiss every player, aabria's gonna divorce them

fcg

FRIDA

it's an ACRONYM

frida tripleclass??

that's too many, put some back

travis just CRACKING

we're not talking about the flesh tongue

"THIS IS UNFAIR"

gay

"I've never heard him so quiet. Thank you."

zombie ex??

DUSTIL

"I was brutally killed! I got better."

midsommar festival

fearne

excuse??

aabria's coming for me again, I didn't consent to this

"he kept a promise"

"I have stew!" my roommate playing red dead online

laughter recordings?? that's either cute or creepy I can't tell yet

"I will never let you die :D"

"you're the main character"

"aabria is available on twitter"

"you should save it for someone who needs it" "I did" T_T

fcg no

them FACE COME OFF

oh, they're a scout

roll to remove face

natural 1: face comes off but it's not supposed to

I'm just picturing sevika from arcane and her knife arm

"no attention on me right now please"

"I. Am. Freaking. Out. 😎"

that's some forceful recruitment

"why do you believe a god gives you purpose?" fearne: YEAH

letters istg

frida

"we understand time"

"I don't put much credence in what a god wants"

again, not sure if the laughter thing is creepy or cute

laura eating at the table, just like old times

aabriaaaaaa

"I cursed him!"

not the tony stark hologram

"do I need to roll high or low? I need to tell my dice"

"we'll teach you how to use dice sometime"

"those aren't numbers" "that's my handwriting!"

that's an extremely cool way to do a psychic knock-knock, I'm disappointed there's no chance it was ever gonna work

wait when were people trying to give themselves electrical scars, stop that

No Thoughts Only Stew

"I have fallen a lot today" "it's because you're behind me and can't concentrate"

death ward jealously

I don't know how I feel about a mango bundt cake

mango frosting mb

"what's a mango?" [miguel roadtoeldorado voice] and where was he keeping it?!

there's a pocket plane inside his chest with a full michelin-starred kitchen

"you can dream?!" "you can bake!"

"I've never dreamt with anyone before" gay

"I am the night"

rogues are whatever

oh fuck that guy

the music is murdering me

"I left on bad terms" "why?" he murdered santa

PUPPY?

"why the kneecap?" "it was at eye level"

knees are the worst, I want them patched out in the next update

gonna fight aabria in a parking lot while sobbing uncontrollably

"it's been like ten years for me, I still got it"

"please don't make me roll for heart attack"

"bro…"

APPLEBEE'S SOLSTICE

roll for titties

"does he grow?" "ALL over" "that's not necessary"

"I smirk in monsterfucker"

"getting the five rows in tetris"

"we've had this fight a lot so you can be a part of it now"

"I have never believed in anything more than I believe in you" lays in the floor with my tenrose feelings

lays in the floor with my the silt verses feelings

SUNNY D

someone inverted imogen's y-axis dslkfjsl

"y'all just keep saying neW SHIT"

wuhoh

this feels ungood

[stargate voice] the giant aliens

I don't know if they're giant, it's just what pops in my head every time

"this is bad but I know you're not" oh I enjoy that a lot

oh calming down from tactile

"chet you got deep faked!"

PC ON GUEST VIOLENCE

werewolf vs robot, this summer on syfy

emotional damage :(

"I'll get him out the old-fashioned way!"

I zoned out for the whole last fifteen minutes

werebot? WEREBOT??

the way ashley yeeted mister and matt just caught him dslsldkfs

[pocketbelt]

River City Girls 2 (Switch)

This was long overdue because they took quite a long time to resolve the Unity camera issue and other frame-rate problems. You'd think that wouldn't matter so much on Switch, especially as RCG1 runs fine (not as well as other systems, I think, but fine), but no, Switch has problems even with this. But, I'm not as inclined to blame the toaster for it, given the history for this one.

I played this online with a friend, and the online is deficit in some woeful ways. Host has significant advantage, which might not be unexpected, but with them in the US and me in Europe, we needed to use the European server as the US host using a US server caused such hideous lag it was practically unplayable. It still lagged frequently (though it's hard to tell what was network issue and what was general performance issue), and the game's rollback would kick in fucking viciously and just teleport me across the screen.

But the real kicker is, inexplicably, the game does not share progress for both players. And like, no, do not listen to the assertion that that is difficult or unreasonable to implement; just make it set the fucking progress flags for all players and hand all items to all players! Player 2 gets the EXP and money handed out by clearing story sections and sidequests, but not the items or other unlocks - including the two new player characters unlocked through the story - for no good reason! They even made custom graphics telling Player 2 to unlock them on their own! This has been a solved problem for basically as long as there's been online play, MMOs as a concept are around 25 years old at least!

I grant you, WayForward doesn't do online multiplayer, it's why RCG1 didn't have it, but even so: how?! However you've set your triggers for unlocking items and characters, how can you not set it to ping for both players, especially if you can set it to display a customised image message telling Player 2 to go fuck themselves?

There's never any good excuse for this and there isn't one here!

Outside of all that, River City Girls 2 is still fun. It has all the same woes as RCG1 as ultimately not much at all has changed, but it's still a fun beat 'em up and its spritework and animations and art style are top-notch. But the issues still resound: bosses are generally better but quite a lot of them are still bad, guard-breaking is a conceptually good addition but the execution makes them too fussy to use (enemies block less than in RCG1 at least), grab attacks are useless as unless you play Marian you will never stun anyone, the map is woeful at indicating which exit on the screen goes where, menus are identical to RCG1 and thus pretty bad (why doesn't the move shop show the inputs involved so you can tell what it is? Why can't you see your inventory on item shop screens?), on and on.

It speaks to the intrinsic joy and the satisfaction of beating foes that RCG has that the game is still fun in spite of this. You learn to work around them (become very fond of specials and launchers) but they'll nip at your heels the whole time. I don't think you'd intrinsically change what RCG is by resolving some of these issues, so if they do go back for a round 3 they had better bring their A-game for it.

If you enjoyed River City Girls 1, by all means get 2, especially if you're playing alone. I think there's quite some merit to 2's approach but I'd still recommend going to RCG1 first if you're new. And if you want to play it in online multiplayer, you get that shit on a sale.

[theartisticgamingwitch]

Any habits you like to share with the class?

OK welcome to the 7 deadly sins of my art farting career. Hopefully i will not get the punishments equal to these said sins in my life So buckle up cause were starting hot with lust.

Lust is a complicated one because im not twisting the anatomy to the point its not legit accurate. Looking at you superhero comics and games that are just boobs and ass mostly mortal kombat is a fall of this.. i just.. can't draw ugly people. Dont get me wrong i honestly am trying! Its just complicated. And dont worry i may write smut but i cant draw it either.. Ill try if im brave enough but i know better not to put it on my portfolio...or here..

ENVY ohhh boy do i have it. and i have ways to control this lil demon! Its okay to compare yourself to the masters/ other people BUT, not to the point where you think copying them 1000% will make you just like them! Mish mash your favorites to make your own style. Thats how i learned mine. Compete with yourself not with someone else. Take breaks from other peoples work if they make you the sads and focus on your end goals. ok now BACK IN THE CORNER ENVY!

Okay whos next *sees sloth playing animal crossing* Right. you.. I tend to get unmotivated by projects easily if im stressed the hell out or i dont like somthing in my sketchbook.. so i just put it away and go play some video games. IMHO this isnt 100% a bad thing.. we all need a break for a kit kat bar every now and then however HOWEVER!, Making excuses for weeks at a time effects your artwork later, So this is why you need to focus on the game but also allow yourself to take maybe 15 min breaks to do anything else besides video games. Water your plants, Play with your pets, Party in your room, EAT SOME FOOD!

Next is Gluttony and taking on too many things at once is a good and bad thing all at the same time. Welcome to the world of ADHD. This is mostly bad for me cause im a people pleaser and i want to please everyone except myself (yes my dad raised me as a doormat im slowly growing a spine.)

Now the biggest sin i have out of all of them...almost killed my chances of getting into this school.. PRIDE. Its okay to take pride in your work but, you have to learn when to step back and give what the client wanted..even if its in graphite form. Bite your lip and hold those words you were gonna say and just give what they wanted. You might just get in.

Next is greed and like i said before im a people pleaser not a greedy person so this one is off the table kind of however, i have seen people on my artstation and my linkdin accounts trying to work with me cause im going to this school and they gave off red flags. One was even a huhbot trying to sell me makeup. o

*looks at wrath* Okay buddy youre up! Now im not the 100% type to use blood, violence, and edgyness into my work. Its more i hate my own work and it drives me insane to where i wanna crumple it up, yeet it in the bin and start over..and this cycle can continue for a few days till i go into sloth mode. Dont be so harsh on yourself to where what your drawing is no fun! Try to think about it from another view if its not what you expected. You might be surprised on how it comes out.

[tokyoghoose]

Another rant about my hero academia

Because i can

So i mentioned in the tag of my last rant about deku how i believe and many others believe that UA is training child soldiers. Now, i understand that this may be a little controversial and i know that some people will say: 'its just an anime, its not meant to be taken seriously' blah blah but art is the reflection of life.

The kids at UA are right out of middle school when they get into the hero program, where before they are even inducted in they have to go through grueling, dangerous tests to see if they apply in their field. It sets up multiple bases. A. The classes are separated by power- you have classes like 1-A, and 1-B and then classes like the General studies course. The point of the test the students face when they first come to UA and the sports festival is to see how strong their quirk is, mostly (though there are other elements to the sports festival). Its been repeated multiple times how unfair the system is when people with powerful quirks cant face up to other quirks that are more styled for fighting. It doesn't matter how much control you have over your quirk if you can't beat someone in a fight. Think about shinso and his brainwashing quirk and how he was placed in general studies because his quirk is not suitable for the type of fighting the heros want. Battles. They are asking ans testing these children to be strong enough to fight in battles, eventually leading ti a war against villians. Even the teachers acknowledge how quirks that aren't flashy and overwhelming in strength, even if they hold a lot of power, is taken lightly. They also train these kids day in and day out, very little do you see them actually learn something. Even if it's the hero course, they should still have classes related to everyday life but it seems like most of their days revolve around training and building their quirks to be more powerful.

The idea of UA also creates the stigma around quirks and people who don't have quirks. Although it's rare now to not have a quirk, a prejudice has been built around people who dont have one. This is often shown their the early stages of bakugos and dekus relationship and Overhauls ideals of considering people without quirks are pure because of the damage quirks and heros have caused to the society (note: the original yakuza had the right idea, lowkey).

Class A-1 and occasionally class 1-B are often put in life threatening danger at the age of like fifteen, becoming the target of villians because of how powerful their quirks are and how broadcasted it is, very much like a military (or at least here, where if is very well known how big and advanced our military is compared to others). They are actively putting these kids into dangerous situations and expecting them to react correctly because they are training them to be soldiers. Realistically, would you tell and expect teenagers to fight against the villians instead of evacuation as soon as youre notified? Ill give them the benefit of the doubt that sometimes it was very tricky to get out of some situations, especially with the LOV but then, when calling for help why didn't more heros show up when it came to the risk of a whole class, sometimes two of hero course students at a training camp? Not all of the heros could have possibly been so busy to not help, and if I remember correctly it wasn't impossible to call for help.

Instead of taking a step back from the hero course after the kidnapping of bakugo and the training camp, they moved the kids into the dorms for protection. Almost like a base of sorts. And although this may be a stretch, it doesn't seem like the appropriate thing to do right after the incident. Even dekus mom was a little hesitant and for the right cause, how are you going to protect the kids at UA if you cant even protect them now? Now they are one sigular location.

This clip of a video by kenmasstocks gives a bit of insight of how fucked up it really is by pointing out all the ways the hero stereotype has slowly destroyed the society starting with all might:

Villians ideal

The villians are actually quite the opposite of villians in the hero society that has been developed. Although i do not condone the horrible ways they run things and the execution of said ideals, Stain (especially), overhaul and overhauls father were onto something when it came to the My Hero Universe. They are seen as villians because they kill people and commit crimes, but when you hear the villians out like Stain when he was explaining his cause, it kind of make sense. The world that has been built around them and stigma around heros and how to be one and what you need to be one has failed the villians. They were outcasted by society and labeled as villians unfit to be heros and their standards.

They are the rebelling side, the opposers to the standards that have been set of citizens. The kids are taught about villians except for how bad they are. Very few times do you actually hear out a villian and see a character see their intentions and understand. They are criminals, not villains. But they weren't fit to be a soldier to the hero side. They express often how bad the heros have left the soceity, the quirk discrimination, the abuse of power, etc. Heros like endeavor have gotten away with a lot because they are considered heros. There are some heros who have done horrible things that are often overlooked.

What i hope the revolution is like and how the rest of the story will go

After stains storyline, we can start to see a change and after 'villians' like dabi, twice, and toga were introduced and we can see the chaun reaction that stain caused. All of these 'villians' were let down by the hero society and have expressed their reasoning for doing what they do, even if it's twisted and executed wrongly. We can see deku truly hear out stain and his story, stain declaring him a true hero because he has no anterior motive like the other heros he's been faced with. He truly cares about everybody, even the 'villians' at some points. I hope that we cam see deku start to understand more of their POV, reaching his own conclusion on the hero community and the impact they have left on their city and the world as a whole. I want to see him start trying to change it for the better, demolishing the pretenses and executing the villian ideal in a more appropriate way instead of being blindly lead by manipulative, powerful, and excused heros. Although he may not be able to get rid of crime (a separation from villiany, a criminal and villian is not the same imo) he can help prevent future 'villians'.

[yasbxxgie]

The talk of the past weekend revolved around two battles, a beat battle between Just Blaze and Swizz Beats and a lyrical battle between Remy Ma and Nicki Minaj. In the first instance, the masses were thoroughly entertained and they immediately considered the sea of possibilities surrounding future beat-battle matchups between two producers. In the other? Although people were ranting and raving about the flawless execution and lyrical ferocity of Remy Ma’s “ShETHER,” some listeners argued about whether or not Nicki Minaj should even respond to it. Some based their arguments on the fact Nicki Minaj is so big a star that engaging Remy wouldn’t help her career. Others pointed out that regardless of what Nicki does, it won’t matter. If she puts out another lackluster track she’ll still retain her spot in the industry. Remy Ma will never be able to make the money she does, land features on huge hits like her or sell out arenas globally. While all of that might actually be true, I’d like to bring up the fact that in the culture of hip hop and the art of MCing, all that matters in a battle is skill and execution. It’s the ultimate equalizer.

The idea that Nicki Minaj needn’t respond to “ShETHER” is ridiculous, and the fact Nicki thinks bringing up how much money she makes or how many hits she has can shield her from the scrutiny she’d face for not engaging Remy Ma with bars means she’s borderline delusional.

Almost anyone with any knowledge of hip hop history can tell you that battles were typically lopsided affairs: one person had a “name” and the challenger was usually an upstart. The MC battle as we know it was revolutionized by a young lion named Kool Moe Dee of the pioneering rap outfit Treacherous 3 when he blindsided party rocker Busy Bee during a rap contest at Harlem World back in December 1981. Most hip hoppers at the time were pissed off that Moe Dee had a premeditated routine ready where he ran down a gang of facts about Busy Bee and his battle tactics, biting someone else’s name, etc. But it was so effective that it became the new standard for the culture. The battle aesthetic and dynamic was set from then on.

From that day forward, the typical battle template became a person with status being challenged by an upstart. It followed the model of the Wild West duelists or shootists who were often challenged by a young gun seeking to make a name. More often than not, the veteran gunfighter dispatched the challenger and their fame grew. In rap, however, the young gun often came away the victor. This didn’t dissuade the person with clout from accepting the challenge, because they understood that battling was part of the culture. Whether it was MC Shan of the Juice Crew engaging upstart KRS One of Boogie Down Productions or the legendary Grandmaster Melle Mel challenging the young Mikey Destruction at the 1988 New Music Seminar, everyone understood that you took the challenge because it went hand-in-hand with being a participant and contributor to the culture. If you were an MC, you battled or else you couldn’t make any claims about your proficiency on the mic anymore. It came with the territory.

When Bruce Lee was an international superstar on the set of a film he starred in, choreographed the fight scenes for, coordinated the stuntmen and essentially served as assistant director on, he was still occasionally challenged by some martial artists on the staff of his own film! Rather than brush the challenger off, Bruce Lee would whup the guy’s ass and not even fire him afterwards. Why? Because it was part of the culture he’d been a part of since he engaged in rooftop Kung Fu fights in Hong Kong when his gang The Tigers Of Junction Street used the Wing Chun they learned from Ip Man to fight students who practiced competing styles. If Bruce Lee wasn’t above accepting a challenge from an extra/stuntman as an action superstar then Nicki Minaj has no excuse in not responding to Remy Ma.

The other component that baffles me is how people bring up sales or hits as if they’re an accurate gauge of who’s better. Music doesn’t work in the same way sports statistics do, although in both cases you need to consider the eras in which these numbers were amassed, the field of competition and other mitigating factors. In regards to art, what does the best commercially is rarely the best in quality. If you look at which films did best in the box office year by year, you’ll rarely see films that were the most critically acclaimed or highest quality. Michael Jackson’s best album quality-wise was Off The Wall, but the sales numbers for Thriller dwarf it. In the case of rap, the top-selling rap albums of all time—for many years—were Vanilla Ice’s To The Extreme and MC Hammer’s Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em. I know you’re not trying to tell me those albums were better than classic like Run-DMC’s Raising Hell, LL Cool J’s Bigger And Deffer, Slick Rick’s The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick, Stetsasonic’s In Full Gear, Public Enemy’s It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, or N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton—purely due to sales numbers? If that were the case, Finding Dory would’ve swept both the Golden Globes and Oscars for Best Animated Film and Best Film. In reality, it wasn’t nominated in either category despite being 2016’s top-grossing film. Sales numbers don’t determine nor reflect overall quality. They never have and they never will. Find a new argument.

If you make claims on record of being the best in your field but don’t back it up when challenged? You forfeit the right to ever make those claims again.

This is hip hop and no matter how much the mainstream rap industry tries to remove the culture that birthed rap from its DNA, there is no denying its roots. Rap is a full-contact competitive sport in which MCs must study their craft diligently and battle each other to stay sharp. Steel sharpens steel. Otherwise? You’re just a rapper. If Nicki Minaj professes to be the Queen Of Rap then she must defend her crown. If she doesn’t, she can no longer make that claim without dispute. Either step up your bars or step the fuck down. [x]