#Chibiblabbing

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What are ur favorite video essays?

you activated my trap card!!!!!!! here's some video essays/long form videos for u, just not all my faves or the list would be insane long

Pathologic is genius and here's why

The last Bronycon

The bizzarre world of fake video games

The rise and fall of Gaia Online

A thorough look at Resident Evil

A thorough look at Fallout

The future is a dead mall - Decentraland and the Metaverse

The cruelest video game

Action button reviews: Tokimeki memorial

Victorious retrospective part 1 part 2

Cardcaptor Sakura is a beautiful mess

Defunctland: The american idol theme park experience

Burn book: I fell for Caroline Calloway's never ending scam

Lost and cancelled dolls

Homestuck sent me a legal threat and then it got worse

A lukewarm defence of fifty shades of grey

would also recommend to watch the roblox oof.mp3 and Disney channel theme: a history mystery to feel a wide range of emotions about art and crediting people for their work

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Would you rather have Asa's rizz or Denji's dating luck?

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my tiny heart cant take it

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btw quick reminder that if you're a terf you're not welcome here

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artist rendition of me watching ep7 of the fallout show

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I love your art, dont die anytime soon

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ok this is my personal fave out of the three cards that were in my newsletter

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are you able to make a guide on how to make lineart fit into colourful art? i'm trying to go with a bright llook like yours, but my lines are quite thick, so i try and detail them but then everything looks messy. please help!

I'm really bad at explaining but I will try orz

I think the easiest way to do that is to think of the lineart as part of the color palette? Usually I choose a background color and a lineart color as first things when coloring a piece (obviously things don't have to be set in stone and I can change it later, but it's usually a good starting point)

I'm also a big fan of purple and blue lineart but literally any color can work as long as it's cohesive with the rest of the colors & it adds to the mood of the drawing

another thing I keep in mind while I work with colored lineart (and it doesn't necessarily have to apply, this is just what I do 90% of the time), is that the lineart color is the 'black'/darker color I have available in the palette*, so everything else should be lighter and possibly follow the same saturation

*sometimes I break this rule if the colors look nice but if you have to print the art do a test print and check that the colors don't get fucked in the process cmyk is a deadly beast orz

also lately I've been adding little different colored spots in the lineart because I like them, but they're not really necessary, I just do it for personal preference rn (●'◡'●)

it's easier when the palette is limited to very few colors, but that doesn't mean you can't have a cohesive look when there's characters with different color schemes!!! it just takes more trial and error but it's doable

also for personal inspo for this kind of thing I usually refer to stuff like trigger/gainax's works, Promare is a good example of the colored lineart and bright colors combo

that's all, I think, I hope I was able to offer a little help!

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Do you have any favorite webcomics?

oh boy, do I

ok, addressing the elephant in the room immediately: homestuck. just read it. don't read anything after the main webcomic ends, don't get into the epilogues, or the sequel, but hs? fun, still love it dearly.

now for the others!!!!

Paranatural - middle schoolers with supernatural powers fight supernatural entities, it's one of the funniest thing I ever read that also managed to punch me in the gut and make me want to draw even more

Sleepless Domain - magical girls protect the city at night from monsters. Everything is fine until things happen :)

Heartstrings (18+) pop star/punk lesbians :]

webtoons:

Public U. Art Club - it's an art club. liloth my beloved

Cursed Princess Club - story about self love and acceptance, I just really really love this comic and I am still so happy I followed it while it was updating. It's finished so it's a good binge read!

Love Advice from the Great Duke of Hell - this one is also finished, idk how to pitch it, just read it, it's so fucking funny, also read Vampire Family from the same author

also on tapas:

Fantasy x Grounds (I'd say 18+ for this one too) - the summary on the page just says "A funny fantasy comic with nameless characters". This is true but it's also a lie, it's also a fantasy comic full of heartaches and characters that feel like real people This one is from an italian author and I've been following it for years, I'm so in love with the story, the characters and their arcs it makes me unwell. There is an english translation and that version has updated art on old pages, some fixes for colors and redrawn sequences that are very very cool - the translation itself is also kinda rough at first but it gets better. I will also say, the earlier parts of the comic didn't age super well BUT. IT'S SUCH A GOOD COMIC. YOU HAVE TO SEE WHAT FUCKERY HAPPENS LATER, YOU HAVE TO SEE THE INSANE THINGS THEY FIGHT. YOU HAVE TO READ THE [MOONANGEL KING] ARC BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE MY FAVOURITE GUY STARTS BREAKING FOR REAL

edit also if you read any of these pls let me know what you think

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sometimes you really just need to get unwell about a little guy to experience a new genre of media huh

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The feel when you watch the executions to feel some Despair but the Monokubs ruin the vibes with their Wacky Hijinks.

ch4

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CONTACT YOUR GOVERNMENT AND DEMAND A CEASEFIRE FOR PALESTINE

For Eu look up:

Voices in Europe for peace

For Usa look up:

US campaign for Palestinian rights

BOYCOTT FOR PALESTINE

FOA (Friends of Al-Aqsa) have organized a boycott in support of palestine. Here are the key companies to boycott:

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Coca-Cola

Israeli produce

We will be ending our call to boycott

PUMA once the contract with IFA officially dissolves in 2024. Until then, we encourage you to continue boycotting PUMA products.

Please help to spread the word by sending this copypasta to as many blogs as you can and/or going to FOAs website where you can find posters to download and print out

I'm gonna add on this because boycotting brands like HP and Puma, which are usually a one off purchase every now and then, is not feasible for a lot of ppl - remember the BDS boycott list, which has more brands that are likely to have you do a day-by-day purchase there

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So what do you want for Christmas?

I just want everything to stop happening all the time

also I need socks

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Me, seeing movie trailers: hey it can be good

Me, seeing the minecraft movie trailer: holy shit it's gonna suck

my first reaction to this ask was "I can think of a ton of movie trailers that made me go nah thats gonna be bad" but then my friend showed me the mc trailer and huh wow. theres no saving grace

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ok but did you guys see tsukasa & keroppi and haruka&tuxedo Sam because they're very important