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[kabr0ztrousers]

Kabr0z Writes: A contents page!

The Kabr0z Writes series is a smut anthology that I am writing one per day, every day. Episodes will often not be related to one another, and will be clearly marked if they do.

Each part will have separate CWs at the top of the story, along with any author's notes I feel are pertinent. Please read these as tone veers wildly throughout

If you want to see something, and it doesn't look like it's been written already (or even if it does) please, please, please, send me an ask, a dm, anything, and I'll probably wind up writing it. 365 stories is a lot of stories! I need all the inspiration I can get!

Everything is OK to reblog, remix, copy, paste, whatever. Just please credit me if you do.

There's an Ao3 now as well!

Volume 2!

Volume 3!

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Episode 1: The First Time - in which masc!reader invites a man from the internet for oral sex

Episode 2: The Previous Tenant - in which a presence in a cheap flat invades fem!reader's dreams, then body

Episode 3: A Very Bad Idea; Part 1 - in which fem!reader and a close friend dabble in demonology

Episode 4: A Very Bad Idea; Part 2 - in which things go from bad to worse

Episode 5: A Very Bad Idea; Part 3 - a moment of tenderness, then bad medicine, then mad science, a feeling we haven't seen the last of this

Episode 6: Wedding Dong - Fem!reader goes to an old friend's wedding, meets another old friend, and has a roll in the rhododendrons

Episode 7: The Rowing Team - in which fem!reader attends a party, and gets ganged up on in more ways than one

Episode 8: Concerning Portals - in which fem!reader wears some mysterious underwear on the bus. It turns out to be a bad idea

Episode 9: Farm Work - In which Fem!Reader has a really bad day, culminating in being livestock on a hucow farm, with some added TF fun thrown in

Episode 10: Debt, part 1 - In which Fem!Reader agrees to 3 nebulous tasks in return for enough money to cover her mounting debts

Episode 11: Debt, part 2 - Professor Blaidd takes Fem!Reader to a party, as the main course

Episode 12: Debt, part 3 - The experiment involving Fem!Reader and Professor Blaidd comes to a sloppy conclusion

Episode 13: Tiptoe Through the Tulips - In which a gardening contest is taken too seriously, and leads to some whipping, then some tribbing

Episode 14: Artistic Intent - Fem!reader sits for an art class, then sits on the teacher

Episode 15: German Sausage - A long distance train sees Fem!Reader get very well acquainted with her cervid travelling companion

Episode 16: Fae Deals, part 1 - the start of the third 3 parter, Masc!Reader meets a Fae prince on Grindr and tries to hook up. They go to a second location where Masc!Reader becomes Fem!Reader

Episode 17: Fae Deals, Part 2 - Newly Fem!Reader is turned over to the Fae Prince's friends before being passed around

Episode 18: Fae Deals, Part 3 - Fem!Reader is introduced to her new friends at the hunting lodge. It's... a lot (seriously, read the CWs on this one)

Episode 19: Four Seasons Landscaping - Another palette-cleanser after yesterday. Fem!Reader has a gig to do some "minor weeding" and winds up getting up-close and personal with a flower

Episode 20: Your Minotaur Boyfriend - A quick scene of intense, enthusiastic fucking between fem!Reader and your king-bed sized minotaur boyfriend

Episode 21: The Lake - By request! Fen!Reader goes skinny dipping in a lake and gets got by a tentacle monster. Expect heavy noncon and impregnation

Episode 22: The Ritual, Part 1 - Another request! Fem!Reader is a barmaid with a slightly unconventional selling point. Lots of CNC, enthusiastic consent and multiple men on one woman

Episode 23: The Ritual, Part 2 - Fem!Reader winds up having a bad time at the hands of a cult

Episode 24: The Ritual, part 3 - The conclusion of this 3-parter. Fem!Reader finds out more about her new husband, and enjoys the wedding night

Episode 25: Suddenly Sci-fi - Fem!Reader gets abducted by aliens and probed. Expect drugging, overstim, and the end of human civilization as you know it!

Episode 26: Disciplinary Action - Fem!Reader tries to escape her alien overlord, winds up dispensing refreshments at his upcoming party

Episode 27: The Wounded Beast - Another fantasy! Forest ranger fem!reader is tracking a poacher, winds up meeting a minotaur and has some fun

Episode 28: Mountain Oni - Masc!Reader takes shelter from inclement weather on a mountain hike, gets femdom'ed by a beautiful Oni

Episode 29: Farm Work Part 2 - We return to the hucow farm to follow up on Fem!Reader during the last few weeks of her pregnancy with her monster child. This one actually turned out less dark than expected, which is a nice change

Episode 30: The Hash Slinging Slasher - Fem!Reader doesn't think she fits the MO of the local masked serial killer, turns out she does, and he's got a thing for plump women with great tits

Episode 31: Bug Buzz - Fem!Reader is doing cartography when she gets jumped, stung, and filled with eggs

Episode 32: Homecoming - Fem!Reader's Naga girlfriend is coming back from a business trip, expect fluffy wlw fucking with remarkably few CWs

Episode 33: The Book - Fem!Reader finds a book of summoning magic and decides to get an incubus encounter out of it, this one might get picked up again later

Episode 34: Free Range - A broken down car leads to Fem!Reader getting kidnapped and taken to a free-range hucow farm. Think episode 9 but less awful

Episode 35: Interdiction - Space Explorer FtM!Reader gets got by new life and filled with eggs in a slightly horrifying scene. It's fun, and the closest thing to fanfic I've written so far

Episode 36: Hunter, Hunted - Fem!Reader is hunting a beast terrorising a village, gets hunted in return and mercilessly bred, with some turnabout at the end

Episode 37: Coulrophilia - Fem!Reader doesn't like clowns, then meets a few she winds up really liking. Expect a nice and fluffy clown gangbang

Episode 38: Date Night - Another quick standalone, Fem!Reader gets home from work and has enthusiastic kitchen-table sex with her werewolf husband. Enjoy!

Episode 39: Haunting - Fem!Reader gets the attention of an unpleasant ghost, and duped into releasing its pals

Episode 40: Sanguinare Vampiris - Fem!Reader's vampire boyfriend comes over for dinner and a movie. It's either sorta fluffy or really horrifying depending on how familiar you are with 90's Vampire TTPRGs

Episode 41: Dances with snakes - Fem!Reader is doing an anthropology on an alien world, herself having been made into a snake-hybrid to better survive, ends up in a closer encounter than anticipated. It goes a bit Dune, a bit Foundation, very long

Episode 42: Orc Daddy - Fem!Reader is the only human in the orc village, and her adoptive father has a suitor in mind for her. expect enthusiastic consent, size difference, arranged marriage, and breeding

Episode 43: Getting into the nose - Probably not my best work, Fem!Reader discovers her husband is a part-time clown and gets drawn into the hobby for an afternoon

Episode 44: 'Neath a Pale Moon - Fem!Reader sneaks out of her village to meet her werewolf lover, winds up being able to spend a lot more time with him

Episode 45: Resistance - Fem!Reader is part of a resistance cell fighting the Chitinid forces, a failed act of defiance goes very, very badly for her

Episode 46: Another day in the fields - Following on from episode 34, Fem!Reader has had her child, and is going to get her minotaur lover/owner to giver her another one

Episode 47: One Year Later - It's Fem! Reader's anniversary with Oreg! They fuck! It's good! Enjoy!

Episode 48: Medical Attention - Funtime's over but Professor Blaidd is still stuck in Fem!Reader. Good thing you're both friends with a werewolf doctor who does house calls

Episode 49: Medical Science - Roswell-style aliens abduct and experiment on Fem!Reader using transformation serums. If you like rapid growth, you'll like this one

Episode 50: Hot as Hell - Masc!Reader is having a movie night with some demon friends, one is late, the other goes into rut, he helps out

Episode 51: Daring Escape - Fem!Reader has to escape a fantasy city without being spotted. Help arrives in the form of a centaur and, tied to his belly, the escape is launched. Dubcon cumulation fun abound

Episode 52: Doll - Fem!Reader offends a faerie and gets turned into a clockwork fucktoy. She later gets found, and claimed (a bit shorter tonight, sleep cycle is so out of whack)

Episode 53: Hornyposting - Fem!Reader gets a pair of portal panties off the internet and posts her friend code to a public forum. Then she wears them to a café and really irritates a barista by getting publicly knotted

Episode 54: The In-Laws - Fem!Reader is out of options and needs to stay with her in-laws to keep a roof over her daughter's head. It turns out to be a mixed blessing. CWs for vampires, and I'm not kidding at all when I say gallons of blood

Episode 55: Young Lovers - It's A-level results day and Fem!Reader has done well. She spends the day with her doting werewolf boyfriend and they get up to some fun

Episode 56: Demonic Awakening - Fem!Reader tries to summon a succubus to break her dry spell. It doesn't work, and she gets more than she bargained for

Episode 57: Ranch Hand - Fem!Reader didn't get a job as a hucow, and almost gave up on her ambition to become a professional whore for the three minotaur brothers who run the ranch until a mysterious text message gives her hope (I'm real proud of this one)

Episode 58: Pack Tactics - The world ended several years ago. Fem!Reader has been running with wolves since then. A juvenile takes an interest in her, and one thing leads to another

Episode 59: Sacrifice - Fem!Reader escaped a terrible fate long ago, and now has to come back to her hometown to save her niece from the same. It ends badly

Episode 60: Beauty and the Beasts - It's the 1600s and Fem!Reader has a pair of wolf boyfriends! It's a good time, lots of consensual fucking, lots of exposition about the origin of lupines in the continuity, some implied impregnation

[tsuy4n]

Okay so I’ve been obsessing over the Saja boys these days. Hyperfixation. New brain rot unlocked. Absolute serotonin. And after reading all these chef's kiss stories on here, my delulu brain said:

"What if Artist!Fem!Reader x Saja boys?"

And no, I don’t mean reader who just likes drawing.

I mean full-on webtoon artist. Sleep-deprived, over-caffeinated, hasn’t seen the sun in days—that kind of artist.

The kind who sees hot people and thinks, "great bone structure. Gonna draw that."

So here’s the ✨vision✨:

Reader isn’t romantically impressed by the Saja boys. At all.

They try to flirt?

"You’re shaped like a Pinterest pose reference. Mind holding that flex for a sec?"

They're shirtless?

"Nice lighting. I need to sketch your obliques."

They do the sexy wink?

They're out here looking like gods and MC’s just collecting them like rare anatomy models.

"I’ve seen better. Your symmetry’s a little off."

How'd she got involved? Well, she didn’t even mean to meet them, really.

She just took a low-key staff job which is some basic behind-the-scenes work. Water duty. Carrying gear. Sweeping up glitter. Whatever pays rent.

But then:

Accidentally walks in on them mid-magic ritual.

Mistakes it for a stage rehearsal.

Doesn’t scream—just critiques the lighting and poses.

Becomes a walking enigma the boys can’t stop thinking about.

THEN her apartment burns down. Rent’s out of the question. And after a lot of suspicious looks and internal debates, one of the Saja boys goes:

"You can stay with us. Temporarily."

So now she’s:

Working for five hot demon idols

Living in their house

Still not impressed.

But wait—it gets worse (better.)

She thinks they’re just dramatic, overly aesthetic idols until she finds out:

They’re literal demons.

And their enemies? Obv the Huntrix which she thinks is another group that has... some similar name to that kpop group.

[Y/n]: "Like— Like Demon slayers?!"

YES. SHE STANS HUNTRIX. But she knows 2...

She has fanart. She follows a fancomic. She thought Mina, They said Mira but she thinks they mixed the name—pink hair, dual-scythe (technically a guandao, but whatever), was fictional.

Sneak Peek Scenes for Flavor:

1. The Huntrix Fangirl Reveal

The boys are bandaged, battered, and mid-complaint.

[Y/n]: "WAIT YOU FOUGHT MINA?! THAT'S SO COOL???" Abby: "She almost took my arm off!" Baby: "She stole my favorite jacket, too!" [Y/n]: *casually flipping through her webtoon collection* "Wait. The one with the dual-scythes and pink hair, right??"

Roman: "…Yeah, why?” [Y/n]: *eyes sparkling, playing along* "OH MY GOD YOU FOUGHT THE MINA?? SHE’S SO COOL!! I LOVE HER ???"

Dead silence. Mystery: *barks once in betrayal* JINU: *eye twitching* "You… stan the person actively trying to kill us?"

[Y/n]: "Okay first of all, she's not trying to kill me. Secondly, have you seen her design? Iconic. Her color palette? Perfect. Her character arc? Chef’s kiss. The drama. The trauma. The hair."

She pauses.

[Y/n]: *softly, reverently*: "She’s everything I wish I could draw." Abby: "You’re sleeping outside."

2. The Abs Incident

Abby: "Go ahead, babe. One-time offer to touch perfection." [Y/n]: "Okay." *Touches abs with terrifying focus.* [Y/n] *nods* "Good texture. I’m using you for a villain character. Thanks."

3. Rumi’s Breakdown (Huntrix Squad)

Rumi: "THEY’RE DEMONS! HOW CAN YOU STAY AT THEIR PLACE?! Not with just one—but all five?!!" [Y/n]: "Really? Wow.” Mira: *narrows eyes* "…You don’t look surprised." Zoey: Are you in cahoots with them?! Like—were you so BEWITCHED by their faces?! Because SAME. But also, betrayal??? [Y/n]: "Oh no, I’m freaking out inside. I just… this is PEAK webtoon content. Enemies to lovers potential. I’m living in someone’s AU."

4. When She Meets Mira

[Y/n]: "Oh my god. You’re real." Mira: "And you’re the artist who’s been drawing me in armor and… cat ears?" [Y/n]: "It was for the Patreon tier okay please don’t kill me."

5. Late-Night Kitchen Chaos

She just wanted rent money 😔Now she has demon roommates, stan wars, and probably develops an accidental crush on the villains.

Baby: "Most girls would kill for a moment alone with me."

[Y/n]: *without looking up from her sketchpad* "Can you move? You’re blocking the fridge light. I’m using it to shade your clavicle." Baby: "…Do I at least look cool?" [Y/n]: "Yeah. You’ve got the perfect bone structure for a mid-arc character death." Baby: "????"

And somehow, that’s still not the weirdest part of her week.

✨ [Y/n] doesn’t flirt. She doesn’t swoon. She just humbles the boys like it’s her side quest. ✨

On the side note: When I get into it imma start writing! (I’m into it.)

[bweirdart]

#mARTch 2024

text version (with more info!) under the readmore! please check it out if you're confused about anything <3

F.A.Q

do i have to draw every day? no!!!! there are skippable days built into the event, please use them whenever you need them! i really don't want anyone getting a wrist injury!

can you share my art? yep! i try to share entries to @bweirdevents daily during the event!! the tags can get busy tho so i might miss some posts OTL sorry

what are the tags? #mARTch is the main tag, but this year you might find posts in #mARTch2024 too!

wait, i'm confused about a prompt... full breakdown of all the prompts below ↓ with helpful hints if you're stuck!

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INTRO WEEK

this week is all about your artistic identity ... technically, you don't have to draw anything new this week if you have some art that already fits. the starter days are:

1 ⭐ self portrait who are you? it doesn't have to be you IRL .. if you feel more comfortable drawing a fursona or mascot, that's fine too! if you don't wanna draw, you can also just share old self portraits today and talk about why you drew yourself that way!

2 🤍 inspirations see how this day doesn't have a star? that means it's optional and you don't have to do it at all! but if you really wanna- tell us all about what inspires you to create art! this could be anything from the people that inspire you, the shows you like, the pins on your big messy pinterest board, or concepts that you're drawn to! you can draw something about it, talk about it, or just post your inspirations! anything is fine

3 ⭐ fav thing to draw what do you like drawing most? backgrounds? animals? one specific animal? bust of your oc facing left? cars? the same anime boy over and over and over? no judgement!! show us :)

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STUDY WEEK

this is the week we actually start drawing from reference! polished art is not required at all, quick sketch studies are fine! please don't burn yourself out

4 🤍 plant

5 🤍 body

6 ⭐ animal

7 🤍 object

8 🤍 food

9 🤍 face

10 ⭐ hand

these ones are pretty self explanatory! you can do them as realistic studies, or adapt them into your own art style, it's all fine! you can reference from your own photos or from resources on the web.. have fun!

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COLOUR WEEK

this is the week for playing with palettes and working on your colour theory skills! if you're really struggling with these ones, don't worry about drawing scenes or characters, you can just have fun splashing colours around on an abstract canvas!

11 🤍 RGB a set or primary colours typically used in digital/screen art - red, green and blue!

12 🤍 CMYK a set of primary colours typically used in traditional/print art - cyan, magenta, yellow ... and key (black!)

for both of these days ↑ you can add in black and white. and feel free to combine the two days into one, if you're struggling with a three-colour palette! use all six!

13 ⭐ WARM COLOURS the warm side of the colour wheel, reds oranges and yellows!

14 🤍 MONOCHROME monochrome doesn't mean black and white ... it means one colour! that can be any colour at all- shades of red, shades of purple, shades of green .. or yeah, grey if you really want!

15 🤍 COMPLIMENTARY complimentary colours are the ones opposite each other on the colour wheel! they're kinda married

16 🤍 YOUR FAV COLOURS pick any palette that works for you! where's your comfort zone? what looks nice to you? what colour combos do you always go back to?

17 ⭐ COOL COLOURS the cool side of the colour wheel, purples, blues and greens!

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CREATIVITY WEEK

this week is all about vibes! try to create something that matches the mood of the prompt .. they're vague on purpose! don't overthink it, just draw from the heart!

18 🤍 SMALL you could draw something that's really small, like an ant .. or draw on a canvas that's really small .. or use a really small brush .. get creative with it!

19 🤍 DANGER try to capture the adrenaline .. the rush .. the fear that you associate with the word danger!

20 ⭐ SOFT soft colours, soft textures, soft vibes ... whatever makes you comfy!

21 🤍 MIDNIGHT darkness and secrecy .. spooky witchy vibes .. the tranquility of a forest at night .. the fun of a late-night party .. there's lots of ways you can take this!

22 🤍 POWER what does this word make you think about? superpowers? control and oppression? literal electrical power? something else?

23 🤍 CHILL chill as in calm? or chill as in cold? who knows .. it's up to YOU!

24 ⭐ LOUD try to draw something that feels LOUD! BRASH! IN YOUR FACE! how can you convey sound through art?

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FUN + GAMES WEEK

this week is just for enjoying yourself! take it easy and have fun! also .. another reminder! there are skippable prompts! if you're tired and struggling to get to the finish line, please don't hesitate to skip a day!!! or multiple days!! as many as you need!!!

25 🤍 TRY A NEW ART STYLE copy the art style of a show you like, ask a friend if you can try their style, draw the eyes a new way, develop a totally new style on the spot... whatever you want!

26 🤍 DRAW WITH YOUR NON-DOMINANT HAND righties, draw with your left! lefties, draw with your right! ambidextrous nation ... our time to show off!

27 ⭐ DRAW WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED don't peek! try to draw something without looking! if you really want, you can colour it with your eyes open after you draw the lines/sketch with your eyes closed... but please try not to cheat with the actual drawing part!

28 🤍 RE-DRAW SOMETHING OLD find some old artwork you like, or something you feel like you can do better on now, and give it another go!

29 🤍 RE-DRAW A MEME find a silly picture on the internet to redraw .. do you have any in-jokes with your besties?

30 🤍 DRAW A GIFT FOR A FRIEND create something for someone you love <3

31 ⭐ FREE CHOICE final day! you can draw anything you want today! show off your skills! draw something you've been meaning to draw! whatever!

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please refrain from reblogging this post after march ends - next year's prompts will be different, thank you! if you have any additional questions, don't hesitate to shoot me an ask!

[warframestuff]

Pride 2025

Celebrate inclusivity within the Origin System!

We’re celebrating Warframe’s incredible LGBTQIA2S+ community! We are immensely proud to support and honor our wonderfully diverse players during Pride month and throughout the year.

This year, you can celebrate Pride by picking up in-game items, watching our fantastic LGBTQI2S+ Warframe Creators and plenty more!

Rainbow Railroad

We are deeply thrilled to once again support Rainbow Railroad, a global not-for-profit organization that helps at-risk LGBTQIA2S+ people get to safety worldwide. Operating in Canada and the United States, the organization helps LGBTQIA2S+ people facing persecution based on their sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics. Learn more about this incredible organization by visiting their website.

To kick off the Pride festivities, Digital Extremes has donated $20,000 CAD to Rainbow Railroad! If you are interested in directly supporting the incredible work Rainbow Railroad does to protect LGBTQIA2S+ people, be sure to check out their donation page!

Featured Creator Streams

Featured Warframe Creators will also be celebrating Pride every weekend throughout June! Tune in to these streams for 45 minutes each and receive Twitch Drops for some immaculate Decorations. Please note: linking your Warframe and Twitch accounts ahead of time is crucial to receiving these goodies!

June 6 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET - JamieVoiceOver (She/Her) Drop: Lotus Noggle Twitch: twitch.tv/JamieVoiceOver

June 8 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET - Miabyte (She/Her) Drop: Domestik Caliber Drone Twitch: twitch.tv/miabyte

June 13 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET - Brighan (They/Them) Drop: Deimos Velocipod Prex Twitch: twitch.tv/brighan

June 14 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET - SiejoUmbra (He/Him) Drop: Operator Switch Decoration Twitch: twitch.tv/SiejoUmbra

June 20 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET - VoiceQuills (She/Her) Drop: Spotted Bolarola Floof Twitch: twitch.tv/voice_quills

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June 27 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET - LadyTheLaddy (They/She) Drop: Amir Floof Twitch: twitch.tv/ladytheladdy

June 29 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET - MjikThize (She/Her) Drop: Solaris Motherwrench Decoration Twitch: twitch.tv/MjikThize

Pride In-Game

Three brand-new and utterly iridescent items are available via the in-game Market’s Community Event tab for Pride 2025, including:

The Pride Glyph IV designed by the Community Team’s TadaCharly!

The Pride Oro Decoration

The Pride Qorvex Fusion Display by Community artist Rebecca Weress

Both the Pride Glyph IV and Pride Qorvex Fusion Display are up for grabs for only 1 Credit each, and the Pride Oro Decoration for 25,000 Credits. It’s worth noting that there’s no purchase limit for the Pride Oro Decoration!

We have also brought back several Pride items from prior years, such as Pride Display I, Pride Glyph I, Pride Display III, Pride Glyph III, Pride Celebration Color Palette and Neon Pride Wings Decoration.

You will have until June 30 at 11:59 p.m. ET to scoop these new and returning items up from the in-game Market — all of which are permanent items that will stay in your inventory, so you can celebrate Pride all year long! Should you happen to miss out on the Pride Glyph IV, Pride Oro Decoration or Pride Qorvex Fusion Display, we will share a code on July 1 via Warframe’s Twitter and BlueSky pages that will remain valid until June 2026.

Pride Time Streams

Embrace inclusivity and diversity with Pride Time — streaming every Thursday at 6 p.m. ET on Warframe’s Twitch channel. Tune in to hang out with the community team, play Warframe and support our amazing LGBTQIA2S+ players.

[elodee3]

Day 5

False + pixel art (Commodore 64 limitations)

For False I made pixel art following Commodore 64 limitations!

To read more about pixel art and see what Commodore 64 limitations are, please continue below the cut.

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Pixel art is digital art where images are built using only pixels as their building blocks. Nowadays pixel art pieces can be massive and complex, but historically pixel art had strict limitations on size, color, and arrangement that were dependent on the software being used. Today some pixel artists still follow historical limitations as an aesthetic choice and personal challenge.

For this piece I followed the pixel limitations from the Commodore 64, a computer model from the 1980s. Specifically, I followed the Multi Color Mode limitations, which are:

1) 160 x 200 pixel size with each pixel character being 2 squares long and 1 square tall (so the image size in square pixels would be 320 x 200)

2) Within each 4 x 8 area (8 x 8 if we were using square pixels) only up to 3 colors, plus the background color (black), can be used.

3) The only colors in the image are 16 predefined colors from the Commodore 64 color palette.

Since thesec are pixel limitations from the 80s, I also designed False to resemble characters from the 1986 anime Saint Seiya.

[kapiiiravioli]

Draw This In Your Style!!!!🎲😈💜

This is my very first DTIYS and I really hope you like it! I'm super excited (and a bit nervous haha😭) but mostly I just want everyone to have fun with it!

✨Here are some gentle rules:

(Feel free to go wild—just a few basics to keep it fair!)

🎲1. Please don’t trace or copy the original drawing—or artwork from other artists. I’d love to see it in your unique style!

🎲2. You can slightly change the pose, just keep it similar enough to be recognizable.

🎲3. Any color palette is welcome. Be as creative as you want!

🎲4. Feel free to tweak the design a little (change the outfit, add accessories, etc.) but keep the core idea.

🎲5. All art styles and mediums are accepted! Digital, traditional, go for it!

🎲6. No AI-generated pieces, please!

🎲7. Use the hashtag #KapiiidevildiceDTIYS so I can see and share your work and please tag me in your post so I don’t miss it!🙏

🎲8. Most importantly: HAVE FUN. This is all about enjoying art and supporting each other!

🎲9. There’s no deadline, so take your time and join whenever you feel inspired!

🎲10. The first 5 participants to complete the DTIYS will receive a little doodle from me as a thank you!

[enilehtnorevol]

Do you have an art tip you’d say changed your life and wished you had known sooner?

(LOV UR ART WOWOWOWOWOW)

i can think of five actually (some of them my personal observations so may be something that is not actually true)

1. you have to figure out if you think in lines or in shapes and adjust your drawing process accordingly. you don't have to abandon what you want to do for the sake of what you better at, you just have to be creative

2. colours are more important than lots of other things in your art. a good colour palette can hide all your mistakes or make them look likea personal style and a bad colour palette can make a professional artist's work look like the author knows nothing

3. aside from a regular eraser use some sort of airbrush eraser. it leaves a faint reminder of what was there before and sometimes you don't need a thing to be erased completely and drawn again from scratch

4. let eyes be the last thing you put on a face. you may put a mark where they should be but don't go into much detail before you're done with everything else. very often when something's wrong with the face it's either the eyes or their fault as they set other features for failure with their wrong position

5. if your dominant hand is the left one and you're trying to learn composition and you look at all of those examples in books/articles/video lectures etc and you kinda understand the schemes, but you wouldn't see 'the movement' they're talking about without purposely looking for it, you don't really 'feel the flow', nothing actually 'leads your eye', try mirror flipping the images

[noneorother]

The art director & the Good Omens book cover tier list of doom, part 1

part 1 l part 2

This is going to have to be a multi-part series because there are *checks notes* 64 different covers that I've found so far.

I am your resident Art Director/Good Omens enthusiast, and welcome to my completely meta-free book cover tier list. Listen, making a book cover is HARD. I should know. But while we salute these artists for their hard work and time, I think we can all admit that once in a while, the vision is just not on. And on very rare occasions, publishers seemed to have managed to commission the cover art directly from hell... 1. The original UK cover

Ahh, the standard by which all shall be judged. We're starting off with a nice & easy cover, with adorable woodcuts of Aziraphale and Crowley flanking a custom Good Omens font! While I have to take a few points off for the terrible kerning of the word "GoOD", the blockprint vibes and general bitchiness of Aziraphale's teeny weeny wittle face, along with the sick colour palette puts the orignial in my good graces. Tier: Great

2. The duelling US covers

Progress! Hail to the designer who figured out trying to make "GoOD" and "OMeNs" fit the same width was a fool's errand, and even managed to IMPROVE on the original handmade title by adding a little halo and devil's tale to the design. Aziraphale and Crowley are facing each other, while also managing to serve absolute cunt. Aziraphale is wearing EIGHTIES SNEAKERS. Crowley's little snake boots have HEELS. They've managed to keep the woodcut vibes and colour simplicity, while balancing out the full title of the book. Both authors get to trade off on who's name comes first! Dare I say, this is a work of genius. I could dock some points for Crowley's sad bat wings growing out of his right clavicle, but who am I to question greatness.

Tier: Blessed by God Herself

3. The Halo Master Chief(?) cover

How the mighty have fallen... As a Canadian child, I was subjected to maybe the most horrifying ad in existence by the War Amps warning children about machine safety. This cover is the paper embodiment of that ad. I am confused by the purple haze. I am frightened by the seeming ethereal flatness of Adam and Dog. I am strangely aroused by Aziraphale's eyebrows, and intensely saddened by the terrible outline/drop shadow they had to inflict on the type to fit "Pratchett" in that god awful space. Tier: WTF

4. Germany, Ein Gutes Omen covers

This cover inexplicably exists in two colour ways: red and teal. I put the audiobook cover here so you could experience the full illustration, and also how fucked up it is that they cropped the book version to include three horse-people of the apocalypse, but cut off DEATH on the regular cover. Points must be given for drawing a pretty slick Bentley, but I think we have to take even more points away for turning Crowley into a Ray Charles/Mike Wazowski hybrid. The ducks are nice. Tier: Not so Good (Omens)

5. Germany, Ein Gutes Omen covers continued

I don't know if the German designer of this cover *knew* that they were using western yeehaw cowboy woodblock letters when they made this cover, but judging by how they spaced the rest of the text at the bottom, THEY DID NOT CARE. And that seems to be a running theme for this one. We get kind of a duality thing going on with the black and pink background, but it just seems like somebody whispered the general themes of Good Omens into a jar, and threw it down a well, and this poor chap came along and picked it up. The baffling choice to align every piece of text on the cover *except* Neil Gaiman's name which is right aligned and rotated 90 degrees (not even real vertical type) will haunt my dreams, I think.

Tier: Bad

6. US, UK The Traffic Jam cover

For the love of Good Omens, WHY. I can think of so many more interesting symbols to put on the cover of this book than the ODEGRA SIGIL TRAFFIC JAM. Props for keeping the good colours and type, but like, I think this cover was secretly designed by @amtrak-official, or someone who just really, really likes public works. Tier: Does the Job

7. France, De bons présages cover

Leave it to France to make sure people know that Aziraphale and Crowley fuck severely. While I can't condone leaving out half the title of the book (and thinking a red carpenter's square counts as decoration), I can begrudgingly acknowledge that Ron Pearlman and Benedict Cumberbatch's love child is excellent Crowley casting. I think I give this a solid dark academia/10. Tier: Good (Omens)

8. France, De bons présages covers continued

Just imagine with me, if you will, the absolutely hilarious reality that this cover posits: Good Omens is exactly the same in every respect, but Crowley drives a pink 1950s convertible. Why do all of the colours on this cover look like they've been pre-digested? Why are the font choices and placement so bafflingly bad. My face is the demon's face holding that car. I feel his pain.

Tier: WTF

9. France, De bons présages covers continued

Minus points for not managing to write the full title of the book once again. I don't know what it is with the French. They seem pretty set on Good Omens being demonic. While I do appreciate a good Bosch-style demon party, the dude in the middle confounds me. All-caps Museo Sans that isn't even *centred* in the frame is just so lazy. I am le tired. Tier: Bad

10. France, De bons présages covers continued

Uhh. The font. The font is okay.... I think? Yeah. The font and kerning are. Okay. OHHH GOD I LOOKED DOWN BELOW THE TEXT WHYYYY. Tier: WTF

END of round one. I need a nap.

[matts-girlfriend]

It’s You I Welcome Death With- Chris Sturniolo

TattooArtist!Chris and MakeupArtist!Reader

chapter 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

warning this series will contain, substance abuse, angst, arguing,tension,swearing, mentions of absent family, blood, abuse (not from chris). smut, oral, this is a warning for all chapters

The bell above the studio door jingled.

Y/N didn’t even look up from her palette at first. Just assumed it was another walk-in or a client arriving early.

She was halfway through mixing foundation for the bridal shoot scheduled at noon when a familiar voice dragged her attention up.

“So,” Chris started, leaning way too casually against the front desk. “Is this where I ask for a touch-up, or are you gonna pretend you don’t know me?”

Y/N blinked.

He was wearing all black again, rings on almost every finger, a cigarette tucked behind one ear even though he wasn’t smoking inside. His hoodie was a little wrinkled. His hair a little messier than usual.

He looked like he’d rolled straight out of bed and into trouble.

Of course he looked hot.

Y/N raised an eyebrow. “Touch-up?”

Chris nodded, deadly serious. “Yeah. I’ve got a faded line on my forearm. Real tragic. Thought I’d come to the pros.”

“You literally work in a tattoo shop,” she deadpanned. “With your brothers. Who are both artists.”

Chris shrugged. “Yeah but you’re here.”

Y/N rolled her eyes so hard it could’ve counted as cardio. “You’re not even trying to be subtle, huh?”

“Nope,” he said, popping the ‘p.’ “You ghosted me at 2AM, remember? Least you could do is let me hang out near your workspace like a lost puppy.”

She snorted and gestured toward the faded leather chair across from her station. “Fine. Sit. But if you get in my way, I’m kicking you out.”

Chris dropped into the chair with a grin that didn’t reach his eyes all the way. There were circles under them, soft and purplish, like maybe he hadn’t slept much either.

Neither of them said it, but it hung between them like smoke.

Last night happened.

And it meant something.

⸻

An hour passed. Clients came and went. Y/N worked, her hands steady even while Chris watched her like he was trying to memorize the way her nose crinkled when she focused or how she chewed her lip when she was annoyed.

At one point, he stole one of her makeup brushes and used it to flick her shoulder.

“You’re such a child,” she muttered.

“You love it.”

“I literally don’t.”

“Your face says otherwise.”

“My face wants you to shut up.”

But she was smiling.

⸻

Later, she was back home, halfway through taking off her makeup when Ava burst through the door like a damn FBI agent.

“Oh my god.”

Y/N jumped, nearly dropping her mascara. “Jesus, Ava—what the hell?”

“Don’t ‘Jesus’ me. You were with him again, weren’t you?”

Y/N blinked. “With who?”

Ava gave her a look. A full, dramatic teenage glare complete with crossed arms and narrowed eyes. “Tattoo boy. The one who looks like he’s permanently five seconds from lighting something on fire.”

Y/N paused. “Chris?”

“Chris.” Ava repeated, like the name tasted like forbidden fruit. “He was at the shop earlier, wasn’t he?”

“Yeah? He came to get a fake-ass touch-up. Why?”

“Because,” Ava said, flopping onto Y/N’s bed dramatically, “I knew something happened the other night. You snuck out. You looked weirdly soft the next morning. And now he’s showing up like a sad boy with commitment issues and secret feelings? Bitch, I read wattpad. I know this trope.”

Y/N turned to the mirror, pretending she wasn’t blushing. “You need to stop reading my Kindle library.”

“Not until you admit you wanna climb him like a tree.”

“I don’t,” Y/N said, but it sounded weak even to her.

Ava grinned like a cat with a dead mouse. “Sure. Keep lying. But just so you know—if you two fall in love and he breaks your heart, I will key his bike.”

Y/N laughed, actually laughed, and tossed a pillow at her sister’s face.

“Go do your homework, asshole.”

“You’re welcome for the emotional support,” Ava called, already disappearing into the hallway.

⸻

That night, Y/N opened her messages.

No texts from Chris.

But she wasn’t mad.

Some things didn’t need to move fast. Some people didn’t need to talk all the time.

Sometimes, someone sitting beside you and handing you a blunt at 2AM was more honest than a thousand words.

Still—she kind of hoped he’d show up again.

And maybe next time, she’d give him her number.

Maybe.

a/n: i love ava

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[blueskittlesart]

Hi, I’m a huge fan of your art and I wanted to know a little bit about your comics. About how long does it take you to make one, and how do you stay efficient about it? Also, how do you decide which parts are black, which are white, and which are gray? And are any parts of the process particularly difficult? I think it’s really beautiful how you can get so much across in your comics without crowding too much in each panel, like in manga for example. Also how most of them are entirely black and white. I’m asking all of this because I have a story I’ve written, and I want to turn it into a comic, which I’ve done before. But I’ve always become discouraged when I overshoot and make it way too detailed from the beginning and not be able to get that same amount of quality with more complicated panels. Thanks if you answer this.

HIIII. so the time that it takes to do like one page of comic varies for me depending on the level of finish i put into it, but i'd say not counting the scriptwriting or layout, the actual art for one page usually takes between 1-2 hours to finish. any more than that is too much for me, personally, but one of the things i've learned at art school is that i work INSANELY abnormally fast, so that kind of pace might not be sustainable for you. (i'm currently doing 5 pages a week for my thesis which is the kind of pace that kills people. it might kill me. we'll see.)

my best advice for b/w/g placement is to have an idea of what you want your finished panel/page to look like BEFORE you start drawing it. if you're just drawing the lineart and then filling in the black and gray after the fact, it's going to be much more difficult and you're going to run into problems like tangents and legibility issues with your color placement. especially when working with a limited palette, knowing roughly where each color will go before even beginning the project helps a lot. I'd also suggest trying to limit your use of gray to like, 3 tones max. I usually only use 1 or 2 if i use gray at all. this helps keep things in high-contrast and therefore more legible. Line weight is also especially important when you're only doing black and white, because it helps create depth and ground us in space when there's no color to do so. in general, don't be afraid to go for big blocks of black, but try to think about where and why you're using them!

As for your comment about overshooting, my advice is to ration. we joke sometimes about how manga artists will use a much more simplified style up until like, a big climactic scene and then suddenly lock in, but that's a genuinely useful tactic sometimes. You don't necessarily need a background in every panel if the background isn't the focus of a scene, and that leaves more energy for you to go all out when you DO need a big fancy establishing shot or some complex perspective or whatever. obviously you shouldn't just be totally phoning it in on less complex panels, but don't try to kill yourself over the less important details. focus on what's most important to get your point across in whatever situation you're working with!

[cn-alastair-lite]

here are some honest tips and remarks regarding commision work for anyone who is considering as someone who has been taking them for like, 1.5yrs?

1. people will dip on you. a lot. "i will commision you after the pay-day", "save me a slot" etc etc, don't get too excited abt these sorts of messages cuz usually people forget

2. most people are understanding and won't ask you for updates for even like, a month. don't stress over sending progress pics every few days, man

3. (whispers) tumblr people tip more than the ones on twitter. sweet website ily

4. if you're open about being proship/anti-harassment/whatever the fuck, for the love of god do NOT accept commisions from people who flaunt about being self-proclaimed antis on their accounts and this is 1000% for your safety!!! paypal n kofi show your info do not forget!!!

5. never take on more than 2 or 3 comms <- a guy who has 4 atm and is suffering. also, doesn't learn from his own mistakes

6. you will draw OCs. a lot of OCs. most likely, 85% of your commision work will be OCs. don't get too happy about getting to draw fanart and/or ship art, if that's more to your liking.

7. this is moreso for commisioners... artists might be nice to you but, personally, if you're super difficult to work with and mean, they'll add you to their unofficial blacklist and try to get out of working for you again in the future lmao

8. take 100% of payment up ahead ik this is controversial but genuinely. people who like your work will not mind, especially if you send progress pics after every step WHICH BY THE WAY! YOU SHOULD DO!! do not just. draw the entire thing and send to them for approval. engage the person in the process! make them feel part of it!

9. the client is always right, if you don't like the composition or color palette or anything else just suck it up. this is a drawing for someone else, not you. push personal tastes aside, pooks

[rockethorse]

Stocking Stuffer 1/5: A Bajillion Random Painting Recolours

Happy Holidays to all! While I'm proud that last year I finally managed to achieve a longtime goal of sharing a full TS2 Advent Calendar, I'm simply not gonna be able to pull it off this year. Nonetheless, the holidlay spirit has encouraged me to finish up and share a couple of things before the end of the year! I'll be sharing five little gifts over the next few arbitrary days. First up: A BUNCH of Maxis painting recolours.

One recolour each of A/B/C Stroke (yes, I still enjoy playing with these as three separate paintings) using vintage matchbook covers designed by Saul Bass for The Ohio Match Company.

Two recolours +frames for Abstrutionism; "Poppy Cake" by Adolf Fényes (1910), and then this edit of Christina's World by Andrew Wyeth (1948) to include Bella Goth (the original Tumblr poster has deactivated).

A recolour of Anonymous Masterpiece with these two digital paintings by user chestnutroan featuring their farmer Sim and his two alien daughters.

One recolour of the Arghist Soldier with "Friday Nights" by Deborah DeWit (2006), perfect for your novel-enthusiast Sims' reading nook.

One recolour of City Skyline with a fruit & veg painting by Twitter user snail_soup (you can buy a real print of this too if you like it!)

One recolour of the Fourth Element wall scroll with "From Stardust to Stardust - Raccoon" by user ArtOfMienda.

Four Vegetables recoloured with four deliciously juicy tomato paintings by artist Leah Gardner.

Geometry 101 recoloured with a beautiful palette knife painting by Lynn Boggess.

Two recolours of Grilled Cheese (you all know what Grilled Cheese looks like, c'mon); one vintage ad for Hollywood Diet bread which I cleaned/redrew to remove text/graphics, and then "Cloud Rows" by Ivan Eyre (2004).

In The Beginning (+frame) recoloured with "Little Thief" by Courtney / Trash Kitty Art (also available as an affordable IRL print).

Kitten vs. Yarn (+frame) recoloured with this goache painting by user ieafy.

"Until Tonight" by Mark Grantham (2019) slapped on Lady On Red.

Two recolours of Living Room; "Midwestern Summer Fun" by user ink-the-artist (you may wanna zoom in for a surprise), then "Girl On A Swing" (2000) by Andrew Macara.

One recolour of Marketing Print with the Beatles as drawn by other Beatles. I don't remember who drew who because I'm actually not much of a Beatles fan but I thought these sketches were really darling.

In Memory of Johnny Gnome (+frame) recoloured with a piece by Emma Roulette.

A recolour of My First Holiday with art from Twitter user heikala_art.

On Pointed Toes (+frame) recoloured with this digital painting by Twitter user catwheezie.

I fell in love with this Guinness ad so I tweaked it from the photo to fit on the Route 66 poster, then made an accompanying Simlish option.

A single Scruffles recolour (+frame) with this adorable cow illustration by Twitter user poodlewool.

Four recolours of the Sim Noir pop art print; three pieces by Al Parker I found through this Tweet (with some English removed) and then an edit of the original painting to look passingly familiar...

Two recolours (+frames) of Snoozing Enemies; "The Cat on the Pillow" by Adolf von Becker, and "Sleeping Sasha" by Lena Rivo.

Stiller Life (+frame) recoloured with this oil painting of McDonalds by artist Noah Verrier.

Two recolours (+frames) of Stumped Hound; "Shadow" by Tianyi Zhou and "cat falling off table" by user anasauruss.

The Muse recoloured with this Juxtapoz magazine cover by artist Josh Courlas.

And lastly, three recolours of Untitled (the Bella Goth pop art painting) with works by Hiroshi Nagai.

Download All Paintings @ SFS

[bllkrarepairweek]

BLUE LOCK RARE PAIR WEEK 2025 PROMPTS ARE HERE! ✨

We have a full week of AUs, Premises, Dialogue prompts, and NEW: per popular request, COLOR PALETTES!

Note on Color Palettes: Color palettes are just like any other prompt - you can use it, or use something else! Artists, if you like the "Mafia AU" prompt but not the color palette, then just draw Mafia AU in any colors you want! If you like the Day 2 color palette but not the AU/Premise/Dialogue, then just draw your rarepair doing whatever in those colors!

For a full text list of each day's prompts, including hex codes for all the color palettes, please read below the cut!

DAY 1 AU: Mythology Premise: Firsts Dialogue: "Do you trust me?" Palette: #2C363F, #B8EBD0, #703D57, #5B6C5D, #FFE1EA

DAY 2 AU: Vampire Premise: Caught in the Act Dialogue: "Eyes on me." Palette: #FF8929, #AAEEE8, #518B79, #C3BDB2

DAY 3 AU: Actors Premise: Hurt/Comfort Dialogue: "Thought you might want some company." Palette: #69334E, #9C5151, #C2732F, #C9C591, #8CB85A

DAY 4 AU: Different First Meeting Premise: Red String of Fate Dialogue: "Kiss me and tell me you don't feel anything." Palette: NEON! #FF0000, #FF8400, #FFF200, #85FA00, #C600F7

DAY 5 AU: Royalty Premise: Domesticity Dialogue: "Say it again." Palette: PASTELS! #C7FFF1, #D2E5FA, #FAC0E9, #DEB5E8

DAY 6 AU: Mafia Premise: Confessions Dialogue: "Wait a minute. Are you jealous?" Palette: RPW 2023! #141B41, #00A5E0, #89A1EF, #FECEF1, #F39237

DAY 7 AU: Hanahaki Premise: Denial Dialogue: "Why did it have to be you?" Palette: RPW 2024! #FF66C4, #F9EBAA, #F6DB6E, #C1FF72, #1F2C72

DAY 8 FREE DAY! Got old prompts from last year? Want an excuse to post a rarepair fic that doesn't fit any of these? Favorite AU didn't make the final cut? Day 8 is your day!

[viewofagarden]

Dandy's World OC: Claude the Paintbrush

Bio and details in description.

“Claude really knows how to paint the town! He’s as passionate for his craft as he is easygoing. For him, there are no mistakes, just happy little accidents. He teaches children about art and that they don’t need to be perfect to love what they do”

Full Name: Claude Warhol Other Name: Claude the Paintbrush Species: Paintbrush Gender: Male (He/Him) Voice Claim: Alex Bankier (Crème Brûlée Cookie - Cookie Run: Kingdom)

Dandy Store Quote

“Lemme paint a picture for you; Claude’s the best at doing that!”

Requirements

1618 Ichor

50% Research on Twisted Claude

Encounter 30 different Twisteds

Appearance

Claude is a brown paint brush that wears a pink beret. He wears his bristles downward like a ponytail, tied with a gold hair tie. The ends of his hair and cheeks have light pink paint splotches on them.

His outfit consists of a pink button-down shirt with rolled sleeves, a white apron, a pair of khaki pants, and a pair of dark brown shoes

Personality

As mentioned on his info card, Claude has an easygoing yet passionate personality. As to be expected, he is an artistic and a creative Toon who loves to paint and admires all kinds of artwork. He has a go-with-the-flow attitude, especially when it comes to painting, not fussing over mistakes or setbacks. 

That being said, Claude can be quite pretentious, usually in the sense that he attempts to appear more “cultured” or intelligent than he actually is. He can also be a bit spacey, especially if he’s working on a painting, pretty much forgetting (or ignoring) the things around him or even his own needs. And while he is usually pretty easygoing, he does tend to be rather sensitive to criticism, not so much on his artwork, but him as a person. 

Stats

Rank: Rare Health: ♥️♥️♥️ Skill Check: ⭐⭐⭐ (Size 150 / Value 2) Movement Speed:⭐⭐  (Walk 12.5 / Sprint 22.5) Stamina: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (175) Stealth ⭐⭐⭐⭐: (15) Extraction Speed: ⭐⭐ (0.85)

Ability

Coat of Paint Active This Toon creates a paint area-of-effect around him, blinding any Twisteds that are in its range, preventing them from seeing any toons for 5 seconds.

Dialogue 

Finishing extraction

“Picture perfect!” “I call it, “The Art of Extraction!” “Magnifique!” 

Descending to the next floor

“Don’t worry, it was just a happy accident.” “Let’s make a strong impression this time.” “We should brush up a bit before we start.”

Activating Coat of Paint

“Witness my masterpiece!” “I just need to add the finishing touches…” “Just gotta beat the devil out of it!”

Twisted Claude

"This Twisted’s newest technique will leave you blindsided…literally. By covering your screen in ichor, he will make it quite difficult to find machines and escape. Use the spots he’s missed to find your way.”

Rank: Rare Speed: Slow (16.5) Attention Span: Above Average (3) Detection Range: Average

Twisted Claude is a roaming Twisted that will cover most of the screens (except for the UI) of all players every 60 seconds with ichor. The ichor is harmless but will be a severe hindrance to those looking for machines or being chased by Twisteds. Thankfully some spots won’t be covered however (usually 3 spots will be uncovered, but if you’re lucky, it might be up to 5 spots) allowing the players to have at least some visibility. 

This is similar to Twisted Vee’s primary gimmick, however, unlike Vee, The ichor will disappear after 8 seconds.

Just like Twisted Gigi and Finn, Twisted Claude leaves an ichor trail when he walks.

Twisted Research Trinket: Paint Palette Trinket Category: Other

Increases every stat by 1 star when you’re on your last heart. 

Trivia

Claude’s name comes from Claude Monet, founder of Impressionism painting. While his last name comes from Andy Warhol.

Two of Claude’s quotes are references to Bob Ross. Specifically the “happy little accident” and “beat the devil out of it” quotes, which are things Bob Ross would commonly say on his show. His info card also references the former.

Claude enjoys video games when he’s not painting; Splatoon is a favorite of his, as is Okami. (Anachronistic, I know...)

Claude’s ichor cost references The Golden Ratio, a mathematical ratio that has been used in art for centuries.

Notably, his trinket does not have the color red on it. That is intentional, as it’s the only stat that doesn’t utilize stars.

[bugcoat]

hello! you inspire me to get back into art :)) the way you color is very harmonious & pretty! any tips on coloring/picking the right colors?

that makes me so so happy to hear, i am glad my art inspires u thank u :,,)

for colour, i'm still personally learning a lot but there's a couple things i think that go into it. putting a 'read more' thing bc i am a really big nerd about colour and ramble a looottttttt here

keep in mind everything i say here is not a rule, just suggestions... every single art "rule" always has an exception so what's most important is to have fun!!

before i say anything, here are some resources from people who are good teachers that explain things really well and i recommend more than my own word:

all of James Gurney and Marco Bucci's videos, that's where i started studying.

Ian Roberts on youtube also!! lots of great tips in short and digestible videos :) he talks about oil painting but it applies to other mediums. I don't oil paint

a nice interview w/ Angela Sung, my favourite quote is that you have a quota of bad paintings to make.

I would also recommend the book Artist's Master Series: Color and Light, however it's really dense. I'd only read once you really wanna get into the nitty gritty of colour theory. I'm only a third of the way through since starting it in february, i'm taking my time to absorb it because it's just so packed full of info to break down and practice

Gigi DG has been a huge inspo to me since I was a kid, Cucumber Quest was what got me into colour. they have some posts they made that are probably more comprehensible than me here and here

anyways my word dump!

1. VALUES!! our eyes quite literally perceive value and colour differently (cones detect colour & rods detect light), but colour becomes a blur without values. no values, no forms and shapes to grasp onto. technically you could put any colours you want if you understand value, even if the colours aren't very cohesive. that's the freedom you acquire once you get values down!

i practice values both in b&w and in colour. i recommend doing 2-value studies because it forces you to group a subject into its most simplified shapes. you can move on to 3 values after a bit too. basically what u learn here is that any well composed painting can be broken into 2-3 value groups. jennifer mcchristian has really amazing examples at how far you can go with this:

2. contrast draws the eye like crazy. we are fascinated when something is symmetrical and then one part of it isn't. we loveeeee big shape vs. small shape it's awesome. or when there's a lot of dark things but then one really bright thing. If you want something to read on it, I think Marco Mateu-Mestre's framed ink book series is where I studied?

3. don't take colour too literally because it's completely made up by us. we just group colours into categories so we can conceptualize them. we're really good at adjusting to say "that ball is red!" in any lighting circumstance, even though if you colour pick it, it's obviously not red. that's bc in that specific environment, whatever colour that ball Actually is, it's the closest thing in the room to a pure red. colour is always relative to its setting!

4. colour gamuts!! this ties into what i was saying before. a lot of paintings are just a small sliver of the colour wheel. this is a great blogspot post that makes more sense than me explaining gamuts

5. intention and story. when you choose a palette, are you doing it because it says something? communicates a mood? we are deeply moved by colour, it's a character of its own! (****doing palettes just bc they're super fun or u wanna try something new is also totally valid and i do that all the time LOL)

6. every colour on the spectrum can be found reflected on any object, even if it appears to be just one colour. think of pointillism: it's a million bits of different colours next to each other, but zoomed out they mix together to create beautiful hues. our screens are doing this all the time with RGB light. when an object reflects one wavelength (thus appearing as that colour) and absorbs others, it's not 100% absorbing the other wavelengths. there's always SOME other colours getting reflected too, because objects that 100% absorb every colour and reflect just one are very rare to find on Earth. colours are ping ponging all over the place all the time. so u can play with that variation :3

but singlehandedly the thing that helped me understand colour the most is going outside and plein air painting or doing object studies. there's no better learning tool than observing the world right in front of our eyes. other than that lots of trial & error and just trying new things to see if they work a lot. don't be shy to throw paint at a wall & see what happens, you'll figure things out along the way. I didnt rlly start studying colour theory till recent years, ik people who can't be bothered with theory and just figured it out thru practice and self-reflection, so find what works for u :)

i hope this helps!

[amalthiaph]

✨ EDMON RAMPART (Amalthia's Version) ✨ You know I once swore to never draw him, well that was of course before he got the James Norrington treatment so it's the Alexsandr Kallus Effect for me again. Talk about from fuck this man to I wanna fuck this man.

Teeny weeny fandom salt and salt in general coming up so if you don't like that, you can go scroll down. There used to be a cut here but I removed it. I will always be polite, but I know WHEN to talk.

From now on, I will be calling my fanart "Amalthia's version". I hope I don't come across as tone deaf or insensitive about this, but I wish I was good at art.

I've seen posts that say "I wish artists would stop drawing [character name] with [this] or [that]" or "stop drawing [character] with [this]". While it's great to hear about your preferences, please bear in mind that at the end of the day, fanart CAN BE an artist's take on a character. For me, THIS is how I draw Edmon Rampart. This is with regard to the art style I developed and the color palette that I constantly use to keep up with my blog's theme.

Another ick is an ongoing issue in the TBB fandom. In my Hunter and Omega art, I did something I don't usually do, which is add a secondary light source. A few minutes after posting, I got an anon telling me to unwhitewash the characters. I immediately messaged one of my friends for their honest opinion and they said I don't whitewash the characters. I went on to the drawing file and tried to study my own drawing and see if I really did whitewashed the characters. Edit: There really are some artists who whitewash the characters and I was trying to do a SELF-CHECK bec maybe I'm one of them.

I found out that the thing that made the difference is the secondary light source that I added. This secondary light source is lighter in color than their skin, and it created the Contrast Effect. Due to the nature of the human eye and visual processing by the brain, there's an optical illusion that the same color will look different depending on the color beside it and/or the background. It's in psychology class, paying attention would help.

In addition to the secondary light, it could also be the brown background color that caused this effect. And before anyone goes, "are you sure?" Yes, I am. I sat with a Psychology major to discuss about this whole Contract Effect thing.

This does not only apply in colors, it could also be to objects, that why they say all things are relative. One thing could appear bigger or smaller depending upon the object beside it. One of the things they 'check' to see if a certain artist whitewashed a character is the size of the nose. Once again, please do apply Contrast Effect. Some artist really draw their characters stick-like so try to compare all the noses they had drawn in their entire lifetimes and maybe, just maybe they did draw the noses wide in comparison to their other artworks, it just looks like that because it's part of their art style.

Edit: Please do try to analyze things first before casting down your judgement.

It's so difficult to be an artist AND IN THIS FANDOM. We never seem to be enough. If we do the character with artistic freedom, you'll say "stop drawing them like that bec they don't have that in the show" and when we try to draw them as close to the show, you'll say "unwhitewash the characters". We are never good enough for you.

So yeah, I wish I was good at this.

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