#Captivate Designs

[thelostmoongazer]

more figuring out how i wanna draw the Lamb :3

[levikra]

NYX

[silbermilch]

the Prince of Vere/the King of Akielos

[deconstructthesoup]

Have I already posted something like this? Yes. Am I gonna do this anyway? Also yes.

*clears throat*

Reasons why you should read the How To Train Your Dragon books if you haven't already (regardless of whether or not you're a fan of the movies)

The drawings throughout the books can range from being silly little doodles one moment to unforgettable portrayals of some of the most intense scenes in fiction you'll ever read.

Toothless is A Baby (and a bit of an asshole, but in the same way that a cat is an asshole).

Hiccup can verbally communicate with dragons, and the dragon language is canonically composed out of absolute nonsense

Fishlegs is ten times more important to the story due to being Hiccup's best friend, and he also has an incredibly lovely arc of his own.

Speaking of arcs, Hiccup's arc throughout the series is a beautiful portrayal of a misfit becoming a hero in his own way and advocating for the rejection of all of the flawed ideals that his ancestors put into place.

Seriously, this is a book series about choosing to be intelligent, imaginative, and empathetic in a society that wants you to be the opposite of all of that.

While Astrid is great, Camicazi---the character who was probably her jumping-off point, since they both have a dragon named Stormfly---is a feral gremlin of a girl who we should all aspire to be (also, as far as I can recall, there's never any hints of there being something romantic between her and Hiccup, or her and Fishlegs---it's just a great platonic friendship between the three of them, which is a win for me personally).

Alvin the fucking Treacherous. This, to me, is something that the movies absolutely should've added, because he is one of the best goddamn villains... ever. I genuinely cannot think of any other piece of media that shows the main antagonist developing side-by-side alongside the hero, becoming a worse and worse threat as the story gets darker and the stakes get higher, but my god did it rewire my mind as a kid... and for spoilers, that's all I'll say about it!

The dragon designs are the. Most. Fun. Every single kind of dragon in this series is unique, memorable, and more often than not, really hammers in the fact that "dragon" is a word that encompasses a vast number of traits---really, it just means a creature that's weird and somewhat reptillian, and these books take that concept and run. With. It.

THE LORE AND FORESHADOWING IS FUCKING LEGENDARY. If I go into any detail, I will spoil so much, but let it be known that if you're writing a story, and you want to work in foreshadowing and big reveals in both a mystery and a blink-and-you'll-miss-it fashion, these books are a masterclass in how to do it. Loose threads that you don't even know existed will be woven in right when you least expect it.

Honestly... I don't think it's too much of a stretch to compare How To Train Your Dragon to Adventure Time, because their way of storytelling is similar in all the best ways. Yes, at first, it leans more on the comedic side of things, but as you delve further into the story, it unfolds into a truly fascinating epic about growing up and what it means to be a hero... and it also gets very, very dark. I'm not exaggerating when I say that some parts of the later books gave me nightmares, and I loved every second of it.

Big fucking kaiju sea dragons with eyes that shoot lightning what more could you WANT

[bananafire11]

I saw minus one and immediately had to draw godzilla

[hyperfix-8-ion]

Tex and Mary starring in American Gothic <3

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[melissart-s]

@kitsuneisi 's & @xmaruu11 's version of Mumbo! This sleep deprived man has my whole heart

[merelyafacade]

Found this BG3 indie animation vid that blew my mind. An example of magnificent story telling. It crushed my soul and made me Fully Invested in a character I’d never met before.

Absolutely stellar.

This amazing video is by @ritzeldraws! This is the YouTube link. They’re also on tumblr under the same name. Check them out! Their art is absolutely amazing!

[miss-mossball]

Rosemary the unicorn healer

[cryptidkreates]

some andrew expression practice (im insane)

[jerrsterrr]

fishstick redesign has been added to my EVIL collection

muehehehhe

MUAHAHAH you can see them here in my dca lover folder omg

i CANNOT wait to add more here like waow

[clumsypuppy]

Unsurprisingly assigned fairy type so heres me as a pokemon/fakemon lol

[hot-faerie-threesome]

Book Design: All My Words by Itallends

I haven't been able to stop thinking about @goldencuffs's works, and while I try to cope with waiting for yngt's next chapter, I finally finished my mock-ups for All My Words (which I'm still very much not over).

I struggled a lot with this one, but I thought I'd share all my options and maybe get some feedback?

Concept 1: Paintings & Lemons

Art is very present in this fic; Damen's a writer, Laurent an aspiring one, one of their first dates it's at a museum. Art is also messy, full of emotion, often something that consumes artists – similarly to how their love consumes them.

Damen is pretty obsessed with Laurent's lemony scent, so that's a theme I kept coming back to. Beyond lemons (both the fruit and the colours), amw also makes me think of tones of blue – the sea, the depression, depth of feelings.

Concept 2: Lemons & Words

Now, this concept technically also uses a painting (Donald Sultan, Black Lemons), but it has a more gritty feeling to me and combined with other graphic elements like the handwriting or textured background it feels very different from the previous concept.

On the first version of this concept, I also used smoke on the front cover as a nod to Damen's weekly cigarettes.

Concept 3: Flat Design

A more modern take on book design, this breaks away from the lemon imagery and instead focuses in Damen's vice and guilty pleasure – which could very well be also used to describe Laurent for him.

This is the only version in which I added a long excerpt, as well as the original fic's description. I ended up liking it a lot more than I thought I would...

Concept 4: Liquified Lemons

There's no much thought behind this one other than I really wanted to try the liquifying tool and the lemon obsession served me well for this one. It looked a bit empty so I also added some of the handwriting to the background. Not my fave, but it was fun to work on it.

Also, if anyone wants to see these in higher quality or get one of the designs for your own use, let me know and I can share :)

[hyperfix-8-ion]

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[northstarscowboyhat]

Clover and Flo sibling moment real

@s0ckh3adstudios drew some wonderful art of my older Clover design with their Integrity OC and I simply had to contribute! Their sibling dynamic is everything to me.

Some bonus doodles from practicing drawing Flo and thinking about their hilarious dynamic.