#I don't think I will

[sanhatipal]

"Who killed poor Alice?"

An illustration of Alice's defiance and hatred and conviction all culminating in the event that unfurled before Jack's eyes on that fateful day, 100yrs in the past

I did this as an experimental technique,more under the cut!!

I used to do the multi layer oil pastel scraping technique a lot as a kid,but only for fun,I never considered using it for a serious illustration. But a few years ago,I saw Mochijun use it for a VnC illustration: the one with Louis surrounded by stakes. And since then, I've wanted to try it,but didn't have a subject I wanted,so I pushed it to the back of my mind. Well.... inspiration struck recently,and I wanted to draw Alice this way..the composition was suddenly clear as day in my mind. So I started,the sketch as usual,and inked and coloured Alice with watercolour,as usual. Nothing remarkable here,I almost always use a lightbox for inking, so far it's the same (ignore the extra eyes)

Then...I busted out my old oil pastels. These are 12-14yrs old, haven't been touched at least 11 yrs or more,I have no idea.

Now, instead of removing the sketch from the back,I left it,and with the help of the light box,added in colours according to the sketch

The next step may or may not be done,but I didn't want to risk getting any ink into the paper,so I used a candle to rub the shit out of the oil pastel areas,and removed the sketch

Once I was satisfied that nothing would get past the wax layer, I used ink mixed with acrylic matte medium to cover it up. The medium is important,else it won't stick to the wax at all

Once dried, I rubbed graphite to the the back of the sketch and pressed it on with a ball stylus(a ballpoint pen or back of toothpick can be used) to press on the pattern onto the background

After that, it's just a matter of scraping and scratching with a scalpel until I was satisfied

Finally I sprayed it with some varnish,to protect the ink layer from peeling off(but scanned before that, because varnish scans weird),and adding some final highlights and lines here and there.

So...am I happy? Yes! It's almost exactly as I envisioned! I do feel like I overcomplicated it,I could absolutely achieve this with just paint and ink,no scratching. But hey,I had fun,and I'm happy with how it turned out!!

[thsc-confessions]

"Rupert Price & Reginald Copperbottom are divorced British exes." submitted by anon

[the-overanalyzer]

Was it slight? Yes, but as the capper to three weeks of that good good content I can’t bring myself to complain too much, and there’s still quite a bit there. We got Tim and Kon holding hands, we got Bart gripping that brain cell tight for a good seven pages or so, we got Cass getting to take her rightful place as the Batfam’s preeminent fuck-sayer, we got the implication of Tim getting a new nemesis, we got Tim finally settling things with Steph in a satisfactory way, we got Bernard finally starting to meet people in Tim’s life for the first time since 2004, and we got the greatest exchange in this relationship’s brief history thus far:

[thotpuppy]

i wonder if i will ever have some semblance of consistency when drawing Stiles

[wild-west-wind]

I just bought a fun little instant camera, time to pace around and freak out a little because I exchanged money for goods.

[geekynightowl1997]

GUYS. I'M DOWN TO THE LAST TWO EPISODES OF LEVERAGE.

I'M NOT OKAY.

[macmanx]

No. No, I don't think I will.

[keyh0use]

desperately want someone else to watch s4 of obx and tell me if I'm going to like it

[euesworld]

"Take my hand.."

"No, I don't think I will."

"What?!?"

"I want your heart."

Hahahaha.. ok, ok.. it's yours anyway, soooooo take it - eUë

[amburglr]

Me: Oh no why am I getting fantasy high spoiled for me this happens every week tumblr pls shut the fuck up

My one braincell: Stop following the fantasy high tag.

[soft-lee]

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[ancientbeast]

should i make bacon and eggs

[aro-tarot]

Earlier my brother was telling me about how what's driving him to see more of the story of BG3 is seeing more of Astarion and his romance.

And like, ah yes, I see he has fallen into the same trap of doing everything in BG3 for Astarion.

[mewharley]

I loved the newest season of Good Omens

It's been a while since I enjoyed something this much, it's nice

Such a great story

Great acting

The expressions and the voices

It was SO GOOD

[hopeymchope]

If I was mikan and I received anything resembling an apology from Saionji, I'd throw her ass and throw Mahiru's too for good measure. I think an apology after all this time would be hollow and not exactly satisfactory.

I'd like to think that the Danganronpa Anthology story showing Mahiru taking care of Mikan and making sure she gets included in the girls' activities is canon. So I don't know that Mikan would have adequate reason to throw (either literally or verbally) Koizumi. I mean, if we're going to start throwing everybody who failed to step up and stop Hiyoko's behavior... that line is forming around the block. :(

But as for Hiyoko, I think the truth is that Mikan is quick to blame herself for the treatment she receives. She often believes she must deserve it. And even if she gets past that unhealthy way of thinking, I think she's just too kind-hearted to bear much of a grudge. So I imagine she'd be very quick to accept any apology.

But STILL.

Do I think that Mikan refusing to accept any apology from Saionji would be kinda out of character for Mikan? Yes.

Do I deeply want to see it happen anyway? Also Yes.

[kiisaka]

I changed it up a little and overcoloured it with black instead. And I must say... I like this a lot more.