#(They're here too)

[nebula-remnants]

IM BACKKK (Temporarily)

got smacked with a depressive mood for a few days, bought goat simulator three and felt better for a little bit, still have some art/writers block issues though so im taking a little longer on projects again. I have to do birthday stuff tomorrow so i don’t expect to be able to make much progress then either. I’ve been busy in the sense of thinking about being busy i guess. I haven’t been able to keep up with ACTIVELY working on things this past few days but I'm hoping I can get back to it soon, because I also recently got like a flood of followers and I don’t want to disappear just as people are finding an interest in the stuff I put out. i’m also trying not to overwork myself into not wanting to make anything at all.

aghhhrhueur it’s a bit of a gamble but im hoping to come back with something soon, or at least be hit with some intense motivation and inspiration. Apologies for the ranting and here’s a doodle of me projecting artblock onto Sun ❤️

[ro-botany]

How Big Is Sombron?

I guess this is gonna be a series now where I measure how big various FE dragons are

Anyway, after I measured Grima, I figured the next logical step is to measure the other Fell Dragon and compare. Y'know, since I have all these ripped models lying around.

TL;DR

I took some data from my Grima-measuring post about how tall Fogado and Emblem Byleth are, and used those conversion factors to figure out how big Sombron's two dragon forms are.

According to my measurements, Base-form Sombron:

Is ~40.5 m (133 ft) long from snout to tail tip.

Is ~13.5 m (44 ft) long from snout to vent.

Has a ~34 m (112 ft) wingspan.

(Obligatory Fogado for scale. No Fogados were harmed in the making of this post.)

And the much bigger Great Fell Dragon Sombron:

Is ~117.7 m (386 ft) from snout to tail tip.

Is ~50 m (164 ft) from snout to vent.

Has a ~114 m (374 ft) wingspan.

(See? No Fogados harmed! He's fine.)

Base Sombron, tail not included, is about half the size of a blue whale, the largest animal known to have ever existed. GFD Sombron, tail not included, is as long as 1.6 blue whales.

In both forms, he's QUITE LARGE. So large that he's liable to start my spec bio brain whirring again as I try to figure out how something that big is as nimble as he is. The fuck kind of metabolism do dragons have and the fuck do they eat.

But of course, if you saw the numbers in the TL;DR of the Grima post - you already know Sombron ain't got shit on Grima for sheer size in either form. Seriously. Look at these two - I scaled them accurately with each other with the help of Chrom. Grima is a ridiculous creature.

(Weeeee piggy back ride)

A bit more detail on how I measured this jackass below the cut!

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Methods, in Brief

My methods for this were almost identical to the one in the above-linked Grima post. Almost. The difference lies in how we told the MeasureIt add-on to measure the dragon.

Neither of Sombron's dragon models have a default pose that is conducive to length measuring, and the way the models are rigged makes getting them to lay flat basically impossible. His chest and the back of his neck crumple up all weird if you try it.

So instead I just measured him in a bunch of segments. I went from nose to tail tip and put a point down every two-or-so back plates, and summed it all up after. Like carefully laying a measuring tape along his spine.

Here's the measurement renders for base form:

And for GFD form:

And here's the relevant spreadsheet tables:

[itmethefalloutman]

I have a lot of thoughts about the House of Grief sequence, vis-a-vis Shadowheart and Durge.

Both of their memories were taken from them. In Act 3, their pasts are revealed, and they must find a way to come to terms with the versions of themselves that they used to be. Before they were made to forget.

That loss of self changed Shadowheart for the worse.

It changed Durge for the better.

I don't know how much of it is intended, especially since these characters change so much depending on player input, but the themes of rebirth and reconciliation seem too in-focus to be accidental.

But despite the growth these two have gone through, the slate is never clean. We are responsible for the person we were, and for who we will become. Shadowheart was able to confront her past, deny Shar's temptations of blissful ignorance, and reclaim her old identity.

Can Durge do the same?

Should he?

Anyway, the most evilest-looking guy in Faerûn is proud of his friend, and gives surprisingly good hugs. more at 11

[ithinkimightbeagoose]

i love ao3 writers

[technically-human]

First meeting

[hansoeii]

guess who watched the sonic movies recently and is now glued to the stobotnik tag on ao3...

[crystallized-cheese]

so like imagine Undertale characters but they're all crafts supplies Part Five (Sans and Papyrus) (Undyne and Alphys) (Toriel and Asgore) (Frisk and Flowey)

[cj-the-random-artist]

This was supposed to be lighthearted and I think it reads that way??? Idk but it was fun to make

(For context: the two followers getting married are Pana (the dog) and Julon (the deer (???)) and their kid is Fianna, and I know you can't officiate follower marriages in game but if we could that would be fun but really I just needed a context that would raise this topic of conversation lol)

Again. It's not a perfect comic and I was kind of rushing at the end but dang I enjoyed making it. I hope y'all like it and may good things happen for y'all today :D

[a-star-is-here]

height differences

[inkskinned]

you know, you know. no gods, no masters, no kings on pedestals. everyone is fallible. death of the author. you know! you are balanced about your intake of media - you allow the wiggle room, the grace, the gratitude, the skepticism. nobody above criticism.

but still. a weird gut-punch feeling, something akin to betrayal. you read the article. surprise! an author you love is actually: a serial fucking predator.

well, shit. what now. no, you knew he was a person (all people are), but now you're wondering - what have i overlooked by accident? what messages have i internalized that are strange and cruel? and also, like, what the fuck?

his actions lay a thick glaze on top of everything. like each place is now ruined, opaque in a new way. but okay, fine, you've done this before. you knew better, right? you've been betrayed by many a cherished childhood author.

still, this stickiness. fuck. can you pick up that book again. will you read it to your children. you've recommended it to others - will you ever do that again? and of course, of course, no parasocial relationships. you were theoretically above this kind of sentiment. but the artist informs the art, right.

so it's not something as clear-cut as feeling he owed you, specifically (a stranger) better behavior - just that you kind of, in a distant and odd way... sort of trusted him to do better. it's not like a real trust or something speakable, just the faint hope that the product (good books) was a thin representation of the soul. now it feels like the product (good? books?) was a mask. in some small or insignificant way, your previous support of this person lent them power. your money and your time and your laughter.

and the thing is - you have this terrible, echoing sensation. how many times will this happen? over and over. you find out that the singer you love is actually a predator. you learn over drinks that your favorite high school english teacher is in jail for what he did to her. you listen to the news idly and suddenly discover that a woman you used to idolize has been abusing her kids for an actual eon.

what can you touch without the static melting off. you can't even really complain about it too much (you were supposed to know better, and besides, you don't want the same re-split "it's not your fault, love what you love" basic advice), but now it's here. somehow, it feels like - you let him into your life.

it's not that things need to be pure or an artist has to be like, endlessly perfect, mindful. demure. it's more just this terrible truth that has been replayed through your veins so often it feels criminally vain. power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. did you want any one person to be worth that power?

it's just that he wrote books where he seemed to understand that. he seemed to know about hierarchies and unfair systems and bigotry and privilege. you thought they were books about what it means to struggle. you thought they were about having power and still using it for good rather than for control. he spooned you a narrative of being a good guy, a kind soul. you fucking bought what that fucking monster sold.

maybe that's why they were fantasies, after all.

[bberetd]

PIGTAIL DAISY ACQUIRED!!!

[wardingshout]

ALTTP december warm ups and doodling (and one from today, happy new year)

[sualne]

paranoid poisoner

[deimcs]

THE VEILGUARD COMPANIONS + first words.

[dapper-lil-arts]

As far as she's concerned, there's only one open seat.

[canisalbus]

Ok I drew them with silly 'hats' to cover their ears too (Vasco is wearing ear socks)

Machete looks like a jester

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