#BUT DECEMBER ART DONE AMIRIGHT

[mayordea]

legacy of lunatic freakin kingdom

[miraculousfanworks]

Artist Spotlight: Riley

The Miraculous Fanworks Discord server is introducing the creator spotlight! Each month, one artist and one writer from the server will have their accounts and content promoted on our social media accounts. This month's artist of the month is Riley! See the writer of the month post here! Riley is a fantastic artist! He's constantly posting various content with his unique art style. From animation clips, to fanworks, to comics, his works are always fun and exciting! We've interviewed Riley, asking him questions about his artworks, fanworks, and advice for other artists.

1. How long have you been drawing in general?

About nine to ten years! I began drawing back in middle school with animals from book series I was into at the time, and then just kept going and going until I had a pretty wide range of things I could do.

2. How long have you been creating for the fandom, and what's your favorite part of the process?

Not very long at all! I’ve had a few drawings and even an animatic that never saw the light of day in 2019-2020, but it isn’t until this past August that I began to make things actively for the Miraculous Ladybug fandom, whether it’s funny comics, random drawings, or animatics. My favourite thing is honestly reading reactions to art posted; it’s so fun to see what people comment. I know that when I see a keysmash I’ve done something right. My favourite thing to make though is definitely animatics/AMVs! Time-consuming as they are- I have one set for release in late December in the works right now, actually! It’s kinda funny it took me so long to begin drawing for ML since I’ve been watching it since 2015!

3. Has there been anything in particular that influences your style?

I’ve always loved Glen Keane’s character sheets, how expressions look and work, and trying to exaggerate certain things to help beat same face syndrome. I can’t really say I bank off of just him, though; the style I’ve developed has been the result of transitioning from drawing just cats to people back in 2017, and finding something comfortable! The funniest comment I’ve ever gotten on my art style said it was feral and I don’t think I’ve stopped cackling since.

4. Do you have any advice you'd like to give to other creators?

Don’t put the value of your work on how others respond to it! I’m in art school currently, and the thing they hammered into us on day one of my program was never to take a response to your work personally. You should love to create and love what you do create. I try to put a little love into everything I make, even if it’s something big and fancy for a class or something quick and silly for the internet!

5. How do you think the identity reveal is going to go? Feel free to draw something quick if you want to!

I… honestly have zero clue, but I know I do want it to be Ladybug who is revealed first! Maybe it’s all the angst I’ve read in the past month but a reveal in a really tense, dramatic moment? Like, I dunno, an akumatized Marinette- final boss, amiright? That has a special spot in my heart. Dunno if canon will ever have that, though, but a dude can dream!

Riley can be found here on Tumblr @rileyclaw and on YouTube under the username rileybigfoot. Some of his works include art of Chat Noir in a an autumn tree, Marichat on a balcony, and sides of the love square at night! He also creates animatics and MVs, like How to Fall and I Love You So. Go check them out!

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[milfzatannaz]

hey besties! It’s Millie, Zatanna thirst poster and Constantine enjoyer.

what a year amiright?

I wanted to post this as a way to keep track of my reading progress and to offer some insight. I’ve only been reading comics seriously again since June! So while it feels like I’ve been in this fandom for a long while, I actually just started exploring new material and getting a feel for what I really like fairly recently. I have lots of ground to cover still, so I’m excited to put together my 2022 to-read list.

I started in the Batfamily fandom in 2017 but I didn’t actually read a lot outside of Batman and Robin 2009/2011 and RHATO. So when I got back into comics, I suddenly had to assess what I actually wanted from a story, and that’s where horror/ magic really caught my attention. Stumbling into being a Vertigo fan is a whole separate story but I’m so glad it happened.

Anyway, here’s my read in 2021 (June- December)

* ⭐️- favorite/ must-read recommendations

- Justice League Dark (2011)

- Justice League Dark (2018)

- Justice League’s JLD Backup issues 64-70

- Zatanna (2011)

- Zatanna: Come Together (1993) ⭐️

- Zatanna: Everyday Magic (2003)

- Seven Soldiers: Zatanna

- Forever Evil: Blight (2012)

- Lucifer (2016)

- Lucifer (2018)

- Identity Crisis

- Heroes in Crisis

- Reign in Hell

- Hellblazer (1989) ⭐️

- The Sandman Universe Presents: Hellblazer ⭐️

- The Sandman Universe Presents: John Constantine Hellblazer ⭐️

- Constantine (2011)

- Constantine: The Hellblazer (2015)

- The Hellblazer: Rebirth (2016)

- Hellblazer: City of Demons

- Hellblazer: All His Engines ⭐️

- Hellblazer Special: Chas

- Hellblazer: Pandemonium

- Hellblazer: Rise and Fall

- The Books of Magic Volume 1 (1990) ⭐️

- The Books of Magic Volume 2 (1991)

- Hellblazer/ Books of Magic Special ⭐️

- Saga of the Swamp Things, volumes 3-6 (1984)

- Kingdom Come (1995)

- Death: The High Cost of Living ⭐️ (1993)

- Death: The Time of Your Life ⭐️ (1995)

- Death: At Death’s Door (2001)

- The Girl Who Would Be Death

- The Demon (1990)

- the Sandman (1989) ⭐️

- The Sandman Universe presents: Books of Magic (2018)

- The Horrorist

- The Trenchcoat Brigade

If I put the series that means I finished the whole thing, with the exception of Sandman, because at the time of typing I am only 3/4 finished, but I expect to be done in less than a week.

Other misc titles include: sporadic amounts of JLA and Detective Comics, Truth and Justice and a little bit of Urban Legends. I also read Stephanie Brown’s Batgirl run, and Bombshells.

Millie’s 2021 Top 3 Most Recommended

3) Zatanna: Come Together (1993)

Of all the Zatanna related material I read, this is by far my most favorite to tell people to read. It sets itself apart from her solos or one-shots because it was written by a female writer who had a vested interest in a more feminist leaning work. Zatanna here is fun, a bit quirky, friendly, sexually confident and still learning about herself, her family and her powers. She’s not perfect, but she’s determined. The art is a bit of an acquired taste but it’s truly unique, and I frankly really like it.

2) The Books of Magic (1990)

I adore this miniseries. I own a physical copy. There is no better way to ease yourself lightly into the Vertigo universe or even DC magic as a whole than with Tim Hunter and the Trenchcoat Brigade. There are so many notable cameos, including Death, Zatanna, Jason Blood and even Zatara. Plus, it’s got my favorite John and Zatanna dynamic. Tim isn’t overdone or made to be a genre-changing protagonist. He’s just a kid, and that’s what I love about him. The 4 issues make a really nice story arc and I’ve reread it soooo many times since my first reading.

1) Hellblazer (1989)

Look, did anyone expect anything different? This comic changed my life. It changed how I viewed comics and my role in the fandom, and I’ve made so many friends because of our shared connection. I have never loved a singular series more than Hellblazer. Parts of are dated and mishandled, but I think that’s why I prefer it: I would rather an honest piece of work with considerable flaws made earnestly than a series purely created so DC can capitalize off certain audiences. I adore John. I haven’t encountered a character so fully human in my entire time reading. And the fact that his bisexuality was made canon in 1992 is so astounding to me. I’m so grateful I managed to read all 300 issues, with the good, the bad, and the ugly. It’s so worth reading, especially #51, #63, #118, and #120.

[violet-of-the-flies]

My 2019 Tumblr Top 10

I literally only joined tumblr for the Ghost content. It’s become one of my favorite sites and I’ve met such wonderful friends here, so thanks for that you lovelies! Love you guys! Here’s to more art and more thirst in 2020!

1). 230 notes - 24 July 2019

More work on this beast. Gotta buckle down if I want it to be done by my September meet and greet!

2). 186 notes - 25 November 2019

3). 161 notes - 12 August 2019

I have gotten very little done since summer vacation with a 5 year old is literal torture, but enjoy the hair on this backahast...

4). 131 notes - 14 February 2019

A little cheesecake Copia for your Valentine’s Day, emphasis on the cheese. Love you, Ghost fam! 🖤

5). 128 notes - 09 December 2019

Not the biggest fan of this dope, but working on fanmily hexmas gifts!

6). 122 notes - 23 June 2019

I’M DEAD.

7). 111 notes - 07 February 2019

A doodle for you, friends! My tablet died so it’s not as pretty as I would have liked. But ghoul cuddle pile!

8). 99 notes - 02 October 2019

You guys, imagine goth Copia listening to Sisters of Mercy in satanic seminary in 1989.

9). 86 notes - 30 April 2019

What’s up my dudes? I’ll just be here drawing the fuck out of this beautiful creature….I know more than a few folks who would happily drown with this bäckahäst, amiright? Work in progress…

10). 78 notes - 18 July 2019 (this original work was ever so slightly nsfw and thus not safe for tumblr algorithms I guess. Bah. Go read the chapter none the less.)

A doodle today, friends, featuring Sister and (thicc) Copia from Chapter 14 of The Son Who Comes by our own lovely @copious-amounts-of-copia . I may add Papa iii observing from the background if I can make it work. Have a sinful Thursday, lovelies! https://archiveofourown.org/works/16621685/chapters/41765645#workskin

[mattress-on-the-floor]

Subculture, Misogyny & Dating Skaters

*wheels roll against concrete in the distance, a chill blows through the air*

@Tinyhat_skatelife

nothing gives you quite the loud exhale of air through your nostrils like a heavily relatable meme. especially when those memes feel like they could have sprung from your own dang fingertips regarding every single date you’ve been on in Vancouver in the last two years. when I first stumbled upon @tinyhat_skatelife, i knew I had found a corner of the internet that understood what it is to date skaters. I first thought that the trials I was experiencing while dating were specific to the east van niche, but this account allowed me to expand my knowledge beyond the giant neon crucifix on Clark and 6th and know the unsettling truth - the tinyhats are everywhere.

‘hello hi - what the fuck is a tinyhat?’

glad you asked! a tinyhat is a variation of toque (or beanie, hello american friends) rolled up so aggressively high that it really is doing none of the job it intended to do - as the QUINTESSENTIAL factor of this concept is that each one of the ear tips remain uncovered. Essentially, the physical form of the tinyhat works to cover as few square inches of the noggin as possible without *pop* flying right off.

(retrieved from @tinyhat_skatelife)

the deeper meaning of the tinyhat, however, comes from within the hearts and minds of the main user demographic: skaters and softbois. through the lives and experiences of these wearers, the tinyhat can now often be associated with leaving your text messages on read, listening to (male) obscure indie artists on vinyl (then mansplaining music to you), shooting 35mm and never shutting up about it, and owning uninspiring tinder pages full of skate photos with no bio.

this instagram page has done a deep dive into the idiosyncrasies of skate culture, outlining different stereotypes with scarily specific starterpacks that almost always nail down the ways in which these types of TH’s will inevitably ghost you.

(Retrieved from @tinyhat_skatelife)

the creator of @Tinyhat_Skatelife has stated in a recent article by Vice  that while this account targets a niche audience, dating and hookup culture in this current time makes for some solidly relatable content - which makes sense seeing as her account now has over 59k followers.

from a wider perspective, noting what this has to say about the impact of hegemonic masculinity on a niche scale is really important. skate and indie art culture is PACKED full of toxic masculinity that tends to manifest in a lot of exclusion (hello, homosocial environments like the skatepark), and it works to normalize shitty male behaviour within the realm of dating as something to not only be expected, but often excused and accepted as an inevitability. and although Hasinoff (2012) suggest that in certain cases online dating interactions may provide some advantages for women (p. 455), we still have to grapple with the fact that the men in these environments tend to get away with a lot more, with a lot less accountability (patriarchy rears its ugly head once more).

(Retrieved from @tinyhat_skatelife)

@TheBoyandHisDickies

and on that note…

masculinity in skate culture still remains as a fragile concept that is still under pressure to be performed in a toxic manner. @Tinyhat_Skatelife’s page allows a bit of a catharsis for those who get involved in this (still highly, highly heteronormative subculture, on the male side of things) while still calling out the ridiculous behaviour from both sides of the coin.

The Boy and His Dickies also works this angle with a subtle ferociousness that honestly feels like a post from your funniest, most culturally tapped-in friend who just simply gets it.

(Retrieved from @theboyandhisdickies)

oh boy do I like a multi-referential cultural nuance when it calls out problematic hegemonic maleness through a traditionally feminine medium of literature.

amiright?

The Boy and His Dickies uses the same poetic format of massively successful internet poet Rupi Kaur while replacing the words and messages with pointed and hilarious commentary on skate culture by focusing primarily on the trials of dating male skaters. the admins of this account have admitted to forging this product out of a desire to use the medium of ‘tumblr poetry’ to highlight both emotionally unavailable, fake woke and slightly misogynistic skater boys, as well as the ones who find themselves hopelessly attracted to them.

((Retrieved from @theboyandhisdickies)

the poems can often feel like a battlecry for those who know the utter disappointment that comes with yet another underwhelming dating experience, inevitably either ending with a mattress on the floor and likely a swift bout of ghosting.

((Retrieved from @theboyandhisdickies)

bigger than that however, what @TheBoyAndHisDickies and @Tinyhat_skatelife do is contribute to the continually strengthening rhetoric within the world of “networked feminism”(Breheny 2017 p. 37). The accessibility and ‘relatability’ of this content allows for users to engage in this route of participatory culture and work through the specific levels of misogyny it calls out, while also reflecting on their own actions when it comes to dating and interacting within these specific subcultures. these accounts work off of both irony and exhaustion to keep everyone engaged with the experiences they highlight aware of their actions and how they impact other people. this sense of awareness and self-reflection, in my opinion, can only contribute to the greater good of dismantling the leak of hegemonic  masculinity into these subcultures that thrive off of deviating from the norm.

if we call out the bullshit, maybe thats when things start to change for better. for now, i’ll keep laughing at the memes that so perfectly describe what it’s like dating in East Van.

Sources:

Breheny, C. (2017). “By Any Memes Necessary” Exploring the Intersectional ... Retrieved from http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1113531/FULLTEXT01.pdf.

Haidari, Niloufar. “Memes That Perfectly Skewer Dickhead Skater Boys.” Vice, April 8, 2019. https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/nexap8/memes-that-perfectly-skewer-dickhead-skater-boys.

Hasinoff, Amy (2012) “Sexting as Media Production: Rethinking Social Media and Sexuality.” New Media and Society 15.4

Sung, Morgan. “The Skate Culture Parody of Instagram Poets Calls out Bad Men.” Mashable. Mashable, December 11, 2018. https://mashable.com/article/instagram-poet-skate-culture-the-boy-and-his-dickies/.

[cookies-hetaoni]

This is a rant but, like, you know. It would be nice if you read, if, like. You have patience and time? idk lmao

 (adm: Hey guys!! Some things are kind of getting out of control, and honestly I don’t even know where to start, but...! I’m putting this under a cut because it’s so long lmao [I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE]

First thing’s first: this blog was originally created to keep you updated on the progress of the making of my own version of HetaOni [holy cow, that’s a lot of “of”s]. It was released on December 26th, 2016. So, since then, all I’ve been doing is answering asks. 

First the asks were about the game, glitches and all that. When people started to praise my art saying they liked how I drew a certain character, I drew them said character as a thank you for the compliment. And somehow, my art has become the main attention of this blog. 

It makes me extremely happy that everyone enjoys my art so much, and even more happy when people remember I spent so much time working on the game [lmao], but, guys. Listen. I do not mind getting requests at all, but please understand that I am busy, I have a life and I when I have free time, I want to focus on working on HetaOni and its sequel. 

People who have been following me since the beginning might remember I used to say that the reason I was rushing so much to finish and release the game was because I knew that this year I wouldn’t have nearly as enough time as I had last year. And this is exactly what’s happening. I made another post the other day talking about what I was working on regarding the game and the sequel, but now I’m going to tell you a bit of my personal life. Which is not much, to be quite honest.

I am a 21 year old student attending to a Graphic Design course in university, which is set to end in December 2018. It’s a really quick course, so I have to respond just as quickly. Every week I have a lot of work to do for it, now even more so since my class chose me as the class rep [I had absolutely no say in it tbh lmao but that’s okay]. So yes, you get the picture. Picture a Cookie running back and forth, carrying things around while helping my classmates.

Now, because I have depression and other mental health issues, I have to go to both a psychologist and a psychiatrist. I have to go to the psychologist every week, and to the psychiatrist once every month to get meds prescriptions. Imagine a Cookie, running back and forth carrying things around, helping my classmates and having to take meds and go to appointments to try to live life a little bit more normally.

Not only do I have these problems, but things have been going on in my family that have been making me feel even worse. I swear to all that’s looked upon as Holy in this world that I have NEVER been more stressed in my entire life. Never, ever. I’m currently experiencing overwhelming stress while having to deal with uni, health care and personal problems.

To top it off, the country I live in, especially the city I live in, is extremely dangerous. Just so you have an idea, last year my mom’s car and all of my sister’s and her documents/money/credit cards were stolen right in front of my house, while she was getting her car out of the garage. Last week, as I was coming home from uni, there were cops everywhere in my street and a bunch of people gathered together. We heard there was shooting while theives tried to steal someone else’s car. My neighbor’s dog has been killed recently when theives attempted to get inside their house. My neighbor was killed two years ago when he was painting his gate. 

So now, imagine Cookie, running back and forth carrying things, having to help my classmates, while having to deal with uni, health care, personal problems and the risk of being killed/assaulted at any time, any day, anywhere. Not really fun, huh?

Well, let’s all be honest. All of this isn’t really a big deal. No, really, it isn’t. Literally everyone have their own problems to deal with, and just because I’m exposing my own doesn’t make it any more serious than anyone else’s problems. In all honesty, even with all of this going on I am still extremely grateful for having a house, clean water, access to education and health care, a family and being someone competent enough that people can rely on. All of us have it hard, and it’s only natural. If things were easy, we wouldn’t be able to experience emotions to its fullest, amiright?

The same way my problems aren’t more important than anyone else’s, that doesn’t make it any less heavy either. Everyone’s said this before, everyone says this constantly and in 80 years, people will continue to say: Life is hard. We are only one, yet the world demands we work as if we were one hundred. But we are not.

Why am I telling you all of this? I could’ve just summed it up and said I was busy, right? Well, I did make a post telling you I was busy before, but people still seemed not to care much. Which is totally fine, I guess. It’s not like it’s anyone’s obligation to care for other’s lives, anyway. Especially since a blog like mine is supposed to create entertaining content. If I offer you something you like to see then you’ll obviously want to see more, because entertainment is most definitely a thousand times better than having to deal with problems.

I am not writing this to complain about the asks I get, or that I want you guys to stop sending me asks or anything of the sort. I am just trying to explain that I do not have time to answer you immediately. That’s all. 

I don’t delete any of the asks I get [unless it’s people sending me useless criticism - aka bitching at me for nothing], so it’s not like I forgot about you. So you don’t need to send me the same asks over and over again- this has happened multiple times, probably with different people. I get it, you want your request, I will do it but I just don’t have as much free time as I wish I had.

As I said in the beginning of this post, I created this blog to focus on HetaOni and on its sequel, so that’s what I’m trying to do. If I spend all of my time answering asks, I won’t be able to work on the game and I’ll have to deal with solving glitches for everyone and not getting any work done. And besides all of this I have to do, I also need to work on commissions.

I very much probably made it obvious that I do not have money. I have to gather every single penny I have to be able to pay for my school. If I couldn’t pay it myself, my mom would surely help me. The thing is, I don’t want her to, because I know she doesn’t have money either. All of it goes to pay for the house itself, its expenses, her car, food, bills, and my sister’s uni. She already has her hands full, so I’m trying my best to keep myself standing still. My friends know already that I love my mom unconditionally. She’s everything to me, I would give my life for her in the blink of an eye. I love her a billion more times than I could ever wish to love myself. She is trying very hard to keep everything under control. I’m not going to go much farther on this subject because it would get too personal, and it’s not really necessary for me to share this much information. All you need to know is I am trying my best to earn money so I can pay for school myself and give my mom one less problem to worry about. And earning money is NOT easy.

I don’t have a job. I couldn’t find one because of my mental health issues. Now I am a bit better than before so i started job-hunting again, but with no luck until now. All I can do is rely on commissions, the Patreon account I created just recently and on the donation button I added in the page, though I don’t really expect anyone to actually donate to be completely honest. It’s literally all I can do to earn money, besides selling some of my things.

Making art takes a lot of time. Requests usually take me at least 2-3 hours each. I enjoy drawing requests very much so, I just love drawing with all my heart and whenever I get positive feedback from you guys, I feel like everything is worth it. As much as I love this feeling and wish to hold on to just this, I can’t pay for my university with emotions. More than I love drawing, I love my mom. And if it’s to make the weight she carries even a little bit lighter, I will do whatever it takes to keep steady on my feet by myself, until someday I can earn enough to take care of all of her financial problems and give her the proper life she deserves to live.

I’m not begging you for money. You do not have the obligation to give me financial support, especially because I know a lot of my followers are underage, that art is often not appreciated enough to be seen as something worth investing on and that money is just something VERY hard to attain. Not everyone can afford commissions, being a patron or donating. It’s just natural. That’s why I like to draw requests. I myself am someone that would love to offer financial support to a lot of my favorite artists, but I can’t. Even so, I have to talk about it everytime because I just don’t have another choice. 

I am also not writing all of this to make you feel sorry for me, or to create drama or whatever. I am just being completely honest with you, and the length of this post just goes to show how absolutely stressed I have been trying to keep my life in order.

The only reason I am writing all of this is asking you guys to be patient. I WILL answer your asks, but please, just be patient. I’m trying my best to always get as much done as I can whenever I have free time, but I only have two hands. Art isn’t just magically created. It takes time, effort and lots of love for me to come up with answers for you. A lot of you already told me to take my time, not to worry about it and not to stress myself, but it’s kind of impossible not to. To each ask I answer, I get 3. I can never clear my inbox. When I tried closing it, even though I made a post about it, everyone came talking to me personally saying they couldn’t send me asks. I’m not the type of person who forgets about things easily. You could’ve asked me for something 10 years ago and I would still remember about it today- because you asked something for me, and I have 100% intention of doing it. I just need time and inspiration.

So please understand if I take long to answer your requests, or if I turn down a request because it would normally be considered a commission. I’m trying my best. I keep repeating that over and over again, but it’s not something I say just out of habit- I really am trying my best.

I appreciate your asks. I appreciate your support. I appreciate you taking your time to write something for me. Recreating this game and creating this blog was honestly the best idea I could’ve ever had. Interacting with you and creating art that causes positive emotions on both of us is what gives my life meaning. I am holding onto this fandom as if it were my life, because it gives me joy and the feeling I actually matter to someone, that I do things that some people care about and that’s what’s helping me get through the hard times. I love this game, I love this fandom, I love this blog and I love you. All I want from you is patience and understanding. If you want to do something for me, just show you care. Reblogging my art and getting other people to see it is a great way to do that. I just want to get someone to smile with my art and hope to make their day a little bit better. Life sucks for everyone, but we’re all in this together.

 But jesus this was a HUGE rant lmfao I am so sorry for all of this. I just needed to write all of this down. If you actually read it until the end, thank you so, so much for your time. I really appreciate it, and hope you have a great week!!!)