#I'll make a couple more doodles and then post them all to my art blog

[raycatz]

He is aiming through his skull

[dorkfruit]

i put this together using my computer's trackpad so the new year is already starting out . bad .

posts: J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D

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reflections on the year, my plans for the future, some studies i did, and wips for the next year all down below for those who are interested

tldr; we will be ianthing next year so watch out!!

oh dear lord it's been another year. 2024! can you believe it! i don't talk much on this blog because i have a tendency to talk too much, but it's my little new year's treat, so here we go.

RECAP

i started taking drawing "seriously" in December of 2020, starting to do studies and stuff, and each year since i've ramped it up more and more. this year, i did. a lot of studies. there's probably like at least 200 more in my folder now (not including the 300 days worth of gesture drawings i did), with things like painting, faces, feet, poses, etc. anything i was struggling with, i went right into studying it. my art has been mediocre for a pretty long time now, and it's only the past few months where i feel i'm starting to get the hang of it, which is exciting!

more importantly, i started posting a lot more on this blog. i really like documenting my progress, looking on where i was before and seeing how i've improved. everytime i draw some fanart, im like, oooghh i can't wait to show my (: followers (: !! lots of locked tomb art of course. i've been trying to nail the energy of the different characters, which is why i enjoy books so much, because you get a lot of creative control. drawing ianthe is my fav of course, cause she's my lil nasty, but also i enjoyed doing designs for characters i hadnt thought about before, like judith.

in addition to the locked tomb, we had some new fandoms that got brief moments in between iantheposting: Fear and Hunger, Postal, Faith The Unholy Trinity, and a couple of old ones too, like We Have Always Lived In The Castle and The Merciless.

i posted about 115 times this year, although most of those are shitposts LOL i love posting stuff on my blog and showing people my stuff <3

THE FUTURE

my plans? do more ianthe art, of course. ill be working on more studies, probably going to work on developing a style, and figuring out how to paint. i'd like to do more actually finished pieces, but let's be honest, it'll still be mostly shitpost doodles. i'd like to do more weird stuff. i've been messing around with some gore and NSFW near the end of the year, and it's fun to draw for me. i like idk art that evokes some type of emotion, especially discomfort, and so i find that type of art fun to do, so if you don't enjoy what i've done thus far in that direction, perhaps this isn't the blog for you. i really like horror media, and so i want to do some stuff like that too.

for specifics, i like western type art, a comic book-esque style i'd like to aim for. but i'd like it to be a little more. weird with it. i find comic books often draw all the characters the same, and make all the characters traditionally attractive, and that's boring to me so i'll have to work on finding a way to keep things weird, while also appealing in a graphic sense. the worst thing my art could be is bland and forgettable.

locked tomb wise... more tridentarii art. need to be really weird with it. i have lots of wips planned, like i have a whole page worth of just thumbnails, so i wanna get some of those done. also i had a few animatics i wanted to do. mostly stupid shit, once i learn how to do animatics, then we'll do actual serious ones. id also like to do more comics. i have some comics storyboarded out with my girlies, i like telling a story so, need practice on that. id also like to develop a way to consistently draw them, for convenience sakes, so i'm not fighting for my life every single time i draw these characters. oh and i wanna do some outfit stuff. i draw them in like. generic clothes everytime but i'd like to come up with a few actual outfit designs, that i can just reference back to. and, of course, more shitposts. lots of stupid shit in 2024 for sure. there was something else i wanted to say here but i can't remember.

ART

oki enough rambling, here's some IMAGES for yall to look at i know everyone loves to look at images.

began this year by warming up with gesture sketches (almost) every day. i started with 20 poses (30 seconds each), and then in november i was like. ugh my hands suck i need to get better at hands, so i switched to doing 10 hand sketches (60 seconds each). i want my art to be very energetic so it's important that i do these !!

anatomy studies of extremities because i'm flopping at those -_- ive gotten better with hands but they're still a struggle. i hate feet tho still

need to get my painting game up. i joined an art forum to get advice, and the biggest suggestion i got was working on my values, so i did various value studies. also lots of faces because my faces flop !!

random doodles to work on drawing from imagination. on my "sketchbook" pages, as i like to call them, i'm usually pretty loose and messy, since the point is just to be drawing so often these will suck, but that's fine. i don't think very much when i draw faces on here either so they end up being in my Instinctive Style i suppose you could say

ianthe wip. i was planning to do a few drawings based on the idea of her having Missing Arm nightmares, but the lineart was intimidating to me so i haven't worked on this one more yet /: also there was going to be a toontown gay homosexual toxic yuri comic that i was gonna put here with it but the page is way too long so umm guess that'll have to wait.

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anyways. thank you for reading if you got to the bottom of this! i appreciate all the support that i've been getting lately (extra big kissies for the same like 5 people who always reblog my posts youre the best). and we will be ianthing soo hard in 2024 so watch out!!

[askourweavetalecharacters]

THE WEAVETALE LINEUP (NOT MY ART)

I DID NOT DRAW THESE

FINALLY, the moment we've ALL been waiting for: ART!!!! Look at them! Look at them. Fix your eyes upon them.

Are you done yet? Take your time if not. If so... ISN'T THE ART AMAZING!?!?! ALL credits go to my friend Snowey, who plays the 3 characters in the drawing to the right. Isn't she an awesome artist!?!? I'm not even into 2D art; aside from pixel art, my heart is entirely with 3D art, and yet her stuff is STILL a massive inspiration to me. Sometimes I forget just how talented she is, and then she makes stuff like THIS. I aspire to make things on the same level of quality, even if it's in an entirely separate medium.

Anyways, my friend being an awesome artist aside, these are all of the characters currently featured in this ask blog! WeaveTale has a very, very colorful cast of characters, some more sane than others. All further information can be found in the pinned post, so check it out if you're interested! Unless... you got here from that post... which would be a bit awkward.

Oh yeah, did I mention that Snowey is a phenomenal artist? She doesn't post much of her stuff, but she does have a couple doodle accounts that I'll share now:

Snowey's Instagram Doodles Snowey's TikTok Doodles

I rarely use Instagram and have already uninstalled TikTok (and wiped my account...), so go make up for what I don't/can't do and FOLLOW HER THERE. Or else.

Again, more information about WeaveTale & this blog can be found in this post. Thanks for reading, and ask away!

[pine-niidles]

2024 August Monthly Updates

It's a very text heavy update this month, I'm... working on getting back into the habit of regular art. My art muscles have grown stiff and it's slow going training them back up. It is going though - I've even been doing some sketching in my physical sketchbook this week.

Doodling fish makes for a good warm-up

Website/Blog

I've been wanting to set up a proper art blog for a while. Social media has always been hard for me to keep up with, I've never really had fun posting art online ever since deviantart stopped being good. Figuring out what, when, how to post & keeping up with constant changes... it's been said a million times so I won't get into it, and at the end of the day even if it's frustrating it's still worth it for the connections I make and the art I get to see because of it. Still, I don't want to rely on social media to be the only place where my art lives (it's a sad thought!). That's why I've been compiling art pdfs, it's why I've been looking into physical print making, it's why I started these monthly updates in the first place.

So if you're reading this on my new blog welcome! (if not - it's here) I'm planning to eventually move to hosting it myself but so the moment I'm relying on wordpress, I apologize for the banners. I'm still deciding how I want to do monthly updates from now on - I'll be posting all of them on the new blog for sure but I'm still undecided if I want to continue to cross post them on tumblr & kofi. I have a poll just for that running right now if you have an opinion (or if you don't - it's a nice motivator just to see that people are actually reading these).

Other than monthly updates I'll be posting process breakdowns on here, and more in depth looks at individual projects at various stages of their process. Maybe doing some features (or even reviews?) of other artists/projects. We'll see how it goes! I won't be cross-posting those, thought I'll probably post links to them when I write them (you can also sign up to the email newsletter for this blog at the bottom of the page - though you'll have to make a wordpress account). I know a lot of people use patreon for this kind of thing but I like the freedom of not having an expectation of consistency (or quality).

Fanzines

I've started taking part in fanzines again, there's a couple in particular I'm very excited for! Not much more to say on that topic as I'm not allowed to announce my participation yet but that's something I've been working on this month.

All in Good Time

I've done very little (read:none) art for my own projects this month, but I have done some writing for a couple I've yet to introduce publicly.

The first is a short (12-16 page) self-contained comic featuring a friend of mine and my ocs. I've written a rough script for it and will be working on character designs and art for it when I have a little more free time :)

They Say There is a Monster in These Woods

The second project I was doing writing for is much longer term - I've been toying around with the idea of doing a solo visual novel for some time now and I finally came up with a story idea for one.

The game starts with you in the woods, injured. You stumble across a clear where a lone manor stands and collapse in front of it. When you come to the Lady of the manor greets you, and invites you to stay as her guest for some time while you recover from your injuries and to attend her birthday celebrations in two weeks. You spend this time in the manor getting to know the inhabitants, maybe finding the sparks of romance with one among them, and maybe even figuring out the source of the mysterious rumors that there is a monster in the woods...

\o/ I hope that intro sounds fun to you! I'm certainly excited about it. This will be more of a long term project - both in the fact that it'll be a lot of work to make and because I have other game projects I want to prioritize first, some collab work and some of my own games that are only a couple steps away from completion (Don't Wake the Sleeping Dragon I've not forgotten about you...)

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And that's all for August! I'm looking forward to Summer ending and the start of Fall, maybe I can do some plein air watercolors of the leaves changing color when that time comes :)

[strawglicks]

Sorry for the ramble in your inbox incoming- I'm a really huge fan of your analysis type posts like the ones about Cathal and recently Flint ;A; So I hope its ok to maybe throw in my own 2 cents about Cogs/their society- (Sorry this gets rambly I thought about this last night and writing this like an hour after waking up lol)

I think what alot of people kind of (I wouldnt say ignore- more of:) don't really get is that I dont believe characters like Cathal or Flint have bad tendencies because they really want to in a way, (I kind of worded that poorly but point is) but because their society rewards and encourages that type of behavior. I think you said something kind of similar on Cathals post- But especially for Flint, whose a Bossbot (Who are literally the embodiment of a toxic workplace and elitism. I believe a old snippet from the TTO magazines says "They have no real skills of their own, just the ability to push down others and stay on top!" Or something to that nature.) he has to be demanding and imposing. There is no benefit to him in being kind. (Like looking at Misty for example) And don't get me wrong I don't believe that if Flint and Cathal were removed from Cog society they'd be better/objectively nicer (Like Flint not being condescending to Toons and Cathal not making people do things for him and being encouraged to try) But I do wonder how much of it is pressure, or how much of it is egged on and rewarded. Atleast in the aspects it relates to how they treat others.

(..And also I wonder what happens to Cogs that don't get jobs and are seen as ..not functioning. Since Graham was freaking the hell out in "Meeting Of Two Minds" over the possibility of not getting the job. I have a whole thing about this actually in my oc lore but thats another thing entirely I'll write about someday I swear)

Also I gasped when I saw the doodle of Graham in the MSI shirt finally a MSI listener Graham truther. I think he'd like the album "How I Learned To" and of course "You'll Rebel To Anything". I associate him mainly with the songs "Lights Out", "On It", and "You're No Fun Anymore" :p (This has been my favorite band since I was like 13 and now I get to spill all my opinions xD) I always imagined him doing the guitar backbend their bassist does! And my final hc is that Flint plays bass and Graham plays the main guitar. I think it fits them .. some people overlook bass when its actually pretty hard to learn from what I hear and vital to the song. (Like heres Feel Good Inc w/o the bass.. feels wrong x_x)

Anyways thanks for reading ;A; take care and happy new year!

RAHHHH EATING THIS UP YUM YUM YUM YES YES YOU GET IT

THe biggest issue with Cogs Inc is that it REWARDS and ENCOURAGES these poor behaviors, worsening these characters as people. ESPECIALLY cathal considering the position of power they’re in. I’m sure it applies to a ton of other cogs too, but unfortunately I haven’t gotten to them yet bc I’m not as insane abt them . LMAO

And yeah since cogs are literally built for work, it’s a wonder what happens to those who can’t find a job as easily as others. Hoping that gets built on since it’s clear in MOTM that these cogs have to actually apply and go to interviews and probably face some trial and error to land a job, just like people IRL.

ALSO. THE BAND HCS. I love it and you’re SOOOO RIGHT about the backbend that is so grahamcore. And yes I’m pretty sure Flint does play bass, I think his creator mailman said smth abt that on their blog . AND IM SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP FEEL GOOD INC bc i did draw flint in a demon days shirt in that same animatic . And ive def drawn them in the same shirt a couple times in the past too . I’ve always imagined him to be a Gorillaz fan, maybe graham too

Anyway ty for these thoughts im eating them up and leaving no crumbs . I love when ppl come to ramble in my inbox bc discussing this stuff IS SO FUN and a good outlet for me esp when i might be having art burnout rn .

[tmntkiseki]

TMNT Art Diary 2: The Importance of Art Goals and Focusing Your Attention

Happy March, everyone! How are we doing? It's been almost a month and a half since my last turtle art diary, so I figured it was about time to type up yet another set of ramblings talking about my experiences learning how to draw the 2003 TMNT.

Before we get started, I feel it's worth mentioning that the future of this blog is kinda up in the air at this point? From the beginning, I've been against AI generated images because of the ethics involved and like many in the Tumblr art community, recent going-ons with the site have me concerned for where things might be headed. I'm not planning to jump ship just yet, but there is a pretty good chance that I'll be posting less and less original drawings here and start utilizing my newly created Pillowfort instead, as the staff has taken a very firm anti-AI stance to the point of completely banning both AI generated images and writing on the site (the official Tumblr post regarding their decision). If you're a fellow artist, TMNT or otherwise, they might be worth checking out as a potential alternative to Tumblr.

With that out of the way, let's begin!

Okay, so let's talk about something that applies to most anything when you're learning how to do art; the importance of art goals and taking things one step at a time. Whether you're a beginner artist or someone who already has years of experience under your belt, it's important to not only have goals in mind of what you want to learn, but also to try and not do everything all at once. There is a lot that goes into successfully drawing the turtles; their anatomy, applying their less human features like their shells and three-fingered hands, their expressions, their colors, etc. HOWEVER, if you're trying to learn to draw too many aspects of their designs all at once, you are going to become overwhelmed very fast and you will not see improvement as quickly, which inevitably results in frustration and loss of motivation. Ergo, you need to take things bit by bit, breaking down the turtles designs into bite-sized pieces and focusing on specific areas that you are having trouble on.

For instance, early on, I realized pretty quickly that one of the areas I was struggling in was the turtles heads; I love their shape, but damn are they hard to draw. Subsequently, there was a point where I was largely drawing turtle heads and ONLY turtle heads so I could learn what shapes went into them, what they looked like from different angles, etc. Within even a few days, I already saw massive improvements just because I wasn't trying to draw EVERYTHING all at once; just one very specific aspect of their designs. Compare the very first Donny I drew on the 5th of January to a quick doodle of Mikey I did a couple of weeks later on the 25th and you can see how much I learned in such a short timespan.

Speaking of shapes, you wanna know the biggest hack I've discovered for learning how to draw the 2003 turtles? Studying the Fast Forward art style. Yeah, you heard me.

At first glance, this seems kind of stupid. I'm pretty sure most people aiming to draw fanart of the 2003 turtles are planning to draw them in a similar style to the first five seasons, so it makes more sense to study screencaps and model sheets from those seasons rather than FF. However, the reason why Fast Forward is so useful for TMNT 2003 fanartists is because, at its core, Fast Forward is 2003's art style simplified. Anyone who has ever taken a professional art class or looked up tutorials online knows that basic shapes are incredibly important when drawing, as they are the building blocks of literally whatever illustration you're trying to make. Now, I absolutely love how detailed the designs from the first five seasons are, but because they are so detailed, a lot of the basic shapes do get lost under everything as a result, which can make it hard to figure out what actually goes into the turtles designs at a fundamental level.

Because the designs in Fast Forward are less detailed compared to what was seen in the first five seasons, many of the basic shapes that go into the turtles designs are much easier to spot. If you've been following me long enough, you know that I was absolutely LIVID to discover that one of the things I genuinely don't like about the Fast Forward style--the pentagon shaped heads--makes drawing the 03 turtle heads so much easier. To explain it in detail; a pentagon basically maps out the five "points" of a turtle's head. What these points represent can change depending on the angle from which you're drawing your chosen turtle, but if you're doing a turtle head from a front/three quarter view, the five points denotes the top of the head, the cheeks, and the chin. It requires some practice to get right, but by building off this initial pentagon shape, you can easily draw a turtle head in the style of the first five seasons. A hexagon works just as well and is especially useful if you're going for a rounder/softer head shape.

Beyond that, I think making to deliberate choice to draw in the Fast Forward style rather than the OG style is helpful for other reasons. When a turtle's head is only a pentagon, you don't have to worry as much about details and can focus on other areas you might be neglecting, such as figuring out the positioning of the eyes/mask, or developing the way you draw the turtles' expressions. (Seriously, the white pupil-less eyes are cool, but they do make conveying emotions a hassle, especially when the turtles are lacking for proper eyebrows.)

It's been about two months since I drew my very first 2003 turtle and while I'm still very far off from where I want to be, I've already made some leaps and bounds in terms of overall progress. I do sometimes feel annoying yelling about my turtle art learnings and struggles (especially when I know there is stuff that potentially comes off as Captain Obvious territory to others) but I personally find it helpful to write down everything I've learned and experienced in case I forget something and need to look back on it. And hey, maybe someone will see these disjointed ramblings as helpful. You never know.

Anyway, here's a lil Donny doodle from today to finish this entry off. See ya later!

[pumpkin-spike18]

✨Weekly Progress #29-30✨

Let me start this off by apologizing for my inactivity 🙇‍♂️ I try not to dive too deeply into my mental health on this blog, but those who know me well know how much I struggle with it. I think my brain shut down and retreated after finishing my recent projects. I relied on daily never-ending tasks to get me through each day with a sense of accomplishment so when that ended, I wound up in a void where I couldn't bring my creativity to amount to anything new.

I kicked my butt back into gear the last couple of days after realizing how little I did during week 29 (and week 28 looked inflated, but I did most of the work in 2-3 days leaving most of my week blank).

I don't know where I'll go from here, but I've worked out some new upcoming plans for future projects! And I'll do my best to start replying to messages and comments;; I've left everyone on read for long enough...!!

Thank you so much everyone, for continuing to support me al this time! 💕

Weekly Progress #29

Wrote O2A2 post mortem

Finished aKwtD ref sheet lines, flat colors

Weekly Progress #30

Finished aKwtD Liz refsheet

Finished aKwtD Camille refsheet

Reorganized/scheduled work

made SFB roadmap

Prepped SYVNH plan

Updated vgen services

Drafted more proposals

Sketched SFB sprite

Detective story concepting/outlining

A Kiss with the Devil

I completed the refsheets for Ley's upcoming yuri game!

It was a lot of fun designing them from scratch and then being able to render them in full body art! I've always shied away from full body pieces because they take a lot of time and energy... the refsheets took over a week from sketch to final piece. But I'm really happy with how they came out!

Camille, the player character, and her love interest, an immortal and possibly immoral eldritch creature, Liz!

A Sky of Falling Birds

I'm working on proposals for funding and marketing of this game as it will be a commercial work when finished. I created a new roadmap for how I'll plan to get more assets done (...and reduce the number of assets, hopefully). The current plan is to have a Demo 2.0 for Yuri Jam to better show off the story since the current demo focused more on the art and animation aspect.

A sketch for the final character sprite of SFB. I originally planned to give her two outfits, but I might try to cut that if I can...

Stuck in a Yandere Visual Novel... HELP!!

Yes...! I've still got a bit of work left for this project!! Mainly some future updates. I do want to get a steam release for SYVNH one day so I'm working towards that!

I will also be putting out some surveys soon for interest in merch based on the characters. The feasibility of it will depend on interest for what type of merch, ofc, but at the very least, I will be working on some new art for folks soon [: As a thank you for playing, and all the love you've shown for the game so far!

Other

I went into more detail than I probably should've in the intro of this post, but even in my "slump," I've been busy practicing art when I'm not getting my butt kicked by some Hollow Knight mini boss for 2 hours.

I've started a doodle blog, that some folks found in less than 24 hours 💦I'm not ready to formally connect the two together, but if it seems like I've been active there, it's just cause I draw a lot every day. It makes the monotony feel better. This blog will still contain all of my devwork, but all my art musings will be in that one.

I'm sure I'll have the courage to link the two together soon.

[the-gimmick-fanartist]

Hey, welcome to whatever this is!

My main is @riiviir and before you ask, yes I have a gimmick, it's @ohio-thestate and I love them dearly (way more than I thought I would making them on a whim)

This is not necessarily a gimmick blog!!

well, it technically fits the definition, but I will NOT be doing and RP from this blog. One is enough for me.

This will probably be mostly doodles, but I also want to test out my ability to make comics here, so please send me any (completed) threads you would like to see in comic form.

please read this full post before doing anything, though.

Important Stuff:

° THE DESIGNS HERE ARE NOT 100% CANON TO THE GIMMICKVERSE!!! this includes my design of my own gimmick!! unless I specificy otherwise, ALL DESIGNS HERE ARE HEADCANON!

° Have a request? Please see this post on how to send it in!!

° Requests will ALWAYS be open, but I will not always complete them. I 100% plan on letting everything rot in my inbox until I find motivation.

° please only send requests that are SFW. Suggestive is fine, but I'm still stuck being a minor for another couple of months.

° if you like my designs and want to draw them, please tag me! less because I want credit (though credit would be nice), more because I like gimmickverse and want to see more art of it

° if you make your own fanart for the gimmickverse, tag me and I'll reblog it!!

° let me know what else I should add to this pinned post! I'll update it as I go

[herzspalter]

hello! just wanted to let you know that i've been a fan of your art for many years. you're one of my favorite artists and i keep your username on a little .txt (along with a couple other artists) so i can always remember who i look up to and who i hope to become as good as someday.

i love your art. all of it. even the transformers fanart, and i don't even like transformers. i especially like your choice in colors (and i never see anyone comment on it!! it's such a key component to your style and nobody talks about it!!) but i also take inspiration from your lineart and poses. the way you draw teeth is unsettling but it grabs the viewer's attention, it might as well be your style's trademark.

i'm an artist, too, and i'm not nearly as popular as you are. (... probably because i'm only on twitter, i post infrequently, and when i post i only post ocs lol.) i just want to say that you've been one of my biggest inspirations and your art drives me forward. it reminds me that if someone can continue as long as you've been going, then i can continue, too.

i haven't always had a tumblr account. i made a couple just recently, and today i remembered that you exist, so i came to your blog. and read through it. all the way back to 2019. and liked several of your posts. so if you see a rando that liked a bunch of your old posts and left you a follow, that would be me. ^^;

since i didn't have a tumblr account, how did i know about your art? well, a lot of it (mostly your JJBA fanart) is on pinterest. some of it is even credited 😭 (pinterest users are notorious for reposting fanart without linking back to the creator). so yeah, your art is on pinterest, sometimes it's credited, sometimes it isn't. but yeah, you've got a ton of fans on pinterest that can't make their presence known to you. we all support you from afar until the day we make tumblr accounts.

this got long. sorry for being weird. i promise i'll buy from your shop and support you more directly someday, but for now i remain a broke nerd. don't feel like it's necessary to respond to this, i just wanted to let you know that you inspire a lot of people, even though you probably already know that.

your art is wonderful and i encourage you to continue with it! please stay safe and take care of yourself. and... thanks for reading my little essay ^^

Ohhh Lovely Anon;;

This is genuinely so, so sweet, and I've been thinking for two hours now how I should even reply to this because I'm very touched by it ;_;

Thank you so, so much, seriously. I'm happy you like my colours, that's honestly a great thing to hear because I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing with them;

It means tons to me when people enjoy what I do, whether I can see it or not, so this all means so fucking much to me; I don't know what to say really other than Thank You a million times over, seriously. You people have been keeping me going for years now by just enjoying stuff I doodle <3 I've found my drawings on pinterest before too when looking for refs of characters and it means a lot to me that there are people like you who go out of their way to find me still ;__; Thank you!

And you don't need to buy anything from me at all <3 I appreciate anyone looking at stuff I've made! Thank you so much for taking the time to write me such a lovely message!

I wish you the absolute Best for yourself and your path as an artist, always keep on doing what you love no matter what, and keep up your OCs!! <3 That's so powerful of you!! <3<3<3 Take good care!!

[askmadcomcrew]

Just wanted to say it’s really impressive how far you’ve taken this blog! It’s a joy to read honestly, the characterization is spot on in my opinion. I’ll admit I’ve sent… kind of a lot of asks myself, so I hope the amount you get isn’t overwhelming or anything. Thanks for making this, I admire your writing!

Also, any thoughts on people drawing these asks? I think that could be fun to see.

Thank you! I plan to take it as far as it'll go, which is really for as long as people keep submitting asks. As soon as I think things might be slowing down, they pick right back up! It can be a little overwhelming, especially when the backlog begins to form (thankfully I just cleared it out) but it's never to the point where I avoid answering questions, it's largely just a matter of setting aside time for it. I usually do a lot of the answering at around 11 to 2 AM, somewhere in that timeframe, usually before I go to bed. Sometimes I knock them out at work if I've got the chance.

And I'm glad the characterization still feels solid, I will admit it's hard coming up for realistic sounding answers for some of these characters (and I've been trying to improve about using Doc way too much for stuff other characters could answer), but so far I've managed to get out something for just about every ask I've gotten. You guys haven't stumped me...Yet.

And I would absolutely love it if people drew the asks! A couple people have added on some doodles to a few of them and it's always really fun whenever it happens, and I totally encourage people to keep doing that. Feel free to draw any ask you want, just submit it as a reblog to the ask you're drawing and I'll reblog it back onto here! Alternatively, you can just submit drawings of an ask into the ask box and I'll post them here as well.

I've been hoping to see more people drawing the asks, because one of my favorite things about the old era of Tumblr ask blogs was the art people would often make for them. Unfortunately my artistic skills are extremely lacking in the drawing department, so I have to rely on others to make it for me, but I can assure you it's always super cool to see every time it happens. Like for the 1k asks art that I had requested from my friend Eternal, it still makes me grin wide whenever I look at it.

Sorry for all the paragraphs, I suppose I just have a lot to say! I'm still super shocked every day that the blog gets so much engagement, especially in an era where tumblr ask blogs are all but extinct, so it's all really cool to see.

[soapymohawk]

This is my intro post

Hullo there chum, whit's up?

The names John Soap MacTavish, you can call me Soap or Shoapy.

He/Him, maybe They/Them sometimes

A'm a minor, dinna be weird please

Currently most fixated on Modern Warfare, all the games both reboot & original. (Except for the 3rd reboot, fuckin absolute shite)

Some smaller fixations atm:

-Lethal Company

-Regretavator -Phighting

-Madcom (very rough relationship with this..)

-TF-0FG (friend groups self inserts into the CODMW universe)

-Transformers

-Military/Guns

-Archer

-Ultrakill -Cult of the Lamb -Smiling Friends -Fallout

A dinna like ye very much if: (This is ma DNI list):

-End0genic "system" or supporter

-Z00/Ped0/R@cist/Tr@nsph0bes/H0moph0bes/Etc

-Will prolly add more as time goes on.

Interact with caution (or preferably not at all, no offense):

-Makarov likers, shepherd likers

-Other systems

-Heavy role players (this isnae a roleplay account)

-People who will act like they know me, when we've never met 😅😅

Some facts about me:

D.I.D. System. Won't talk about it much, no need to in my eyes.

Autistic, struggle to understand tones a lot, please forgive me if I mistake your tone.

A'm here tae party, post ma art, n' look at shite about my hyperfix's

Fun fact: Made this account to stalk my close friend Dozer

Ma best friend is Bluejay..

🫧🫧🫧🫧🫧🫧🫧🫧🫧🫧🫧🫧🫧🫧

I really like studying languages;;

I switch between learning Russian, German, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Arabic, & Polish. Before you comment on it, aye, a know it's really slow learning several at once. Ma brain just likes douin it that way..

I often enjoy writing in Scots, it's enjoyable. I apologise if it will get hard for some of you to read, let me know if you need translations 🫰

If you want examples, prices, or have any questions, message me on here and I'll answer any inquiries ye got.

I take commissions and they are currently: OPEN!!

A note though: I might not respond right away, I don't really use tumblr often.

If you want a less serious doodle/sketch; just ask me through blog. I don't mind making silly little people for free

I do:

-humans

-furries

-light gore

-couples art / several characters art

I do not:

-ship art

-fan art

-Nsfw (lots of gore/suggestive/etc)

-mechs/robots unless you're okay with a high likely hood of bad quality

Thanks for briefing with me;

Guidluck out there, mate 🫶

-🧼🫧

[fountainpenguin]

Blog Stuff

^ Like, "FYI if you want to block tags" stuff

Little announcement here: Factor It In is on hiatus for now, probably for the rest of 2023. I know where the story is going overall and I know where the next chapter's going, but I struggled more than expected with the "Torus" voice (took like 6 weeks longer than the other chapters and all of it painful :'D)

I don't want to face a timecrunch struggle with TJ and Rose POVs (two characters who will be new to me), so I'm taking the bi-weekly update stress away and putting the 'fic on hiatus for now. But I wrote 77k before a hiatus was needed so I'm proud of that <3

We've got some 130 Prompts coming up as well as "Unicorn Years" for Origin in September (and hopefully a special Friday the 13th piece in October). In other words, FOP stuff is still bi-weekly as usual.

-> As a reminder, the 130 Prompts are posted in the order they are for a reason. You don't have to read them all if you don't want to, but extra context is always nice. If you've been dragging your feet on "Looking Back" by any chance... I might recommend that before the next update, which is "Sentry" ;)

On the "off" Friday I'm planning one-shots for various fandoms, especially shorter character studies. Really want to practice capturing a variety of voices, some quicker one-shots, and maybe I'll try some characters I don't use a lot. Or I'll be self-indulgent and focus on my faves... who knows.

Hoping to post more Come What May as well since you guys were excited to see it back <3... and it would be nice to actually finish a non-one-shot 'fic for the first time in. 7 years.

It's probably been obvious, but I also took a long hiatus from digital art. Traditional art is more comfy for me and I've been trying new digital programs, but haven't fallen in love with anything (i.e. I've been a vector artist for 10 years and moving from my safe space to different programs and styles is... painful).

I think I'm ready to start pushing my comfort zone, but be forgiving of my digital style because I'm playing around with new tools and this is a big jump for me, ha ha. I think I'm going to do some silly, low-stress fanfic doodles with very little attempt to make them look good, just testing stuff out.

I miiiiiight have a few PMV / animatic ideas, so we'll see

By nature of me posting art for my own 'fics, spoilers be upon ye if you're not up to date with my writing. Relatively recent stuff and/or stuff I consider "big" will get the #ridspoilers tag, but stuff I wrote 6+ months ago is less likely to get the tag, so that's how that goes.

-> #Dog's Life spoilers will get a unique tag because the weekly updates and drama make me say "Yeah, a special tag makes sense," so if that's a 'fic you think you want to read someday without spoilers, consider blocking that sooner rather than later :)

-> I'm also adding a #Pixels Imperfect tag to stuff from that universe (and I'll go back and add it to the chapters I already posted). "Pixels Imperfect" is the series name on AO3 for my digital gremlin Traffic SMP content (Everyone can freely wander around New Star Station outside the game and just puts on their roleplay hats when they go in, everything under this series fits under one umbrella of universe canon, etc.)

-> #Neighborhood Watch is the series name for "we take the roleplay lore seriously, this is their life, no digital world and no roleplay hat to take off" Traffic SMP content. I haven't posted anything for it yet, but I've got stuff in the works (I'm playing with a couple "making every season as canon as possible in one storyline" pieces and </3 it's big divorce speedrun hours for Clocker fam rn)

As for the other 'fics, I've been posting stuff like Origin, the 130, and Knots for 7 years and I feel okay about how that's going- I don't normally get spoiler Asks, but my general rule is to wait 1-2 weeks before I say anything spoilery on my blog. I think that's been working fine and we've got a good system, so I'm not changing anything there.

Lastly - and this is also part of the reason Factor is going on hiatus - it sounds like Traffic SMP Season 5 is just around the corner. For my followers who don't know much about this Minecraft deathmatch series, the creators only play for a few weeks - I think the shortest season was 6 weeks and the longest was 8 - and each creator puts out one episode a week (usually Friday).

So, it's a pretty short chunk of time and I don't want to be juggling too many things while it's coming out. I think this year I want to jump in and create some nice content while it's ongoing instead of just doodling off to the side and keeping it to myself... I need to dig up my old liveblog doodles I never shared, hm.

-> The traffic story canon gets reset every season (i.e. it's unscripted play, there's no continuous plot, and each season starts relationships from scratch), so if you've been enjoying any of my Traffic SMP reblogs, consider looking into it and riding that wave while episodes come out for a couple weeks and we can be hype together <3

-> Stuff for that season will be tagged #traffic spoilers, which is the tag I use across all the seasons, and I'll make a new post with my Season 5 spoiler tag once we get the name reveal.

-> As is traditional when I liveblog, I'll also use the tag #Riddle watches Traffic so you can block that too if you like. Just wanted to let people know in case I have any Traffic SMP followers who want to go in blind and don't want to risk seeing my posts before they have time to block my spoilers tag. #traffic spoilers still covers everything, including new season.

-> I also need to look into maybe switching from Traffic Life SMP as my blog tag to Traffic SMP because I think that's. the right name and it would probably be smart to tag properly... hm.

I think that covers everything I wanted to say. I'll add a list or link to my pinned post as well so people can figure out what to block for spoilers and stuff.

Thanks for enjoying my blog!

[whaleofatjme1920]

Hemlo! I hope your doing okay Elsie <3 Heard you were taking a break! You deserve it ;D Right, uhm I would like to request for creepypasta headcanons. Characters consists of Tim, EJ and Toby! The headcanon is them having having a s/o that writes but they’re hardcore (would parachute or like touch a cobra or sumthn XD) Yep! That’s all ;) Thank you Elsie and have a nice break! <3

Masky, Eyeless Jack and Toby with an SO that Writes but is Also Hardcore

[GN!Reader]

[Warnings: Like, none?]

[AN: I love snakes sm. They're so sweet. Also, in case you didn't see my other post - no, I'm not on break. My work is just shifting because I care much more about my uni work than this blog. I'll still be working here, just at a lower capacity.]

Masky (Written as Tim)

The amount of times Tim has to reel you in because he thinks you're going to get hurt are astounding. He would love for you to have hobbies that are more lowkey.

So, when he finds out that you're actually really into writing he's like wait what?? You're such high energy he didn't know you could sit still long enough for this.

He asks to see your writing. Doesn't want to cross boundaries on what you consider safe and yours.

When you show him, he's really surprised at your writing!! Compliments it, tells you how eloquent it is. You write about fiction, to things that happened in the day.

Loves how vivid and descriptive you can be. It's almost as if he's living the experience from your prose alone.

Eyeless Jack

He's the same way just really pretentious about it. He likes doing somewhat thrilling things but not to the extent as you. He knows about your writing habit before he even has a chance to "accidentally" stumble onto it.

Unlike Tim, he just goes in and starts reading. You'd never actually know he was in there but-

He loves your habit of journaling and how descriptive you are. It sounds like poetry in his head.

I have a feeling it's kinda like one of those aesthetic field guides and stuff. He might hint to things you can put in there. Also gets you supplies from time to time to continue writing in it.

Writing dates are a thing between the two of you and I refuse to believe otherwise.

Toby

He's just as off the wall as you are but! He doesn't really journal all that much??? I mean, I do think he has a sketch book based off of @ark-bile's in character Toby's doodles/social media. But, it's not to the extent of you.

You focus on writing much more. You write so vividly about the world around you that Toby can't help but ask at one point or another to read through it. Of course, you say yes.

Eventually, the two of you trust each other with your journals so much that he doodles cute little things in the margins (and his art skills actually grow!) and you add little descriptions or make up little stories for his doodles.

It's really sweet?? Like a couple bonding activity and generally low energy to bring the two of you down from a pretty crazy day.

It's like the most low energy thing the two of you will do and always ends in smooches and giggles.

[goosecorp]

SO YOU’RE ON MY BLOG.

let’s start with the fact that's probably a [[UH OH, BAD DECISION!]] Idea.

but like, since you’re here, here are the side accounts directly connected to me (aka I’m running them)

while you're still reading this, here's a link to my HomePage.

A blog of my doodles, [[UNFINISHED AND LEFT TO ROT]] work, and completely scrapped artwork, you’d be surprised how many pieces of art I put in the company shredder.

An [[ARCHIVED]] art blog I no longer use, balancing my main and this blog hurt my brain a lil bit when I used to use it, most likely not gonna bring it back.

EYESTRAIN WARNING!!! || A little [[PASSION PROJECT]], pretty much a glorified RP account with a couple OCs of mine, though this is definitely more story-focused.

A blog for my own [[MADE WITH LOVE]] Undertale AU, the entire AU is still in the works, and everything MOST things are subject to change, but here's where I'll post stuff like character designs n' [[@#$&]].

EYESTRAIN WARNING!! || A aesthetic side-blog where I reblog even more stuff, though for aesthetic reasons this time.

SURPRISE SURPRISE! I STILL PLAY [[WHEN YOU CROSS THE ANIMALS]], I recently reset my save after a long break because the fact the animals point out how long you were gone makes me upset. (STOP [[SHARING AND CARING]] ABOUT ME), so I'm posting this sort of IC-ly (HAHA [[WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF TROLLING]] IM SLIGHTLY RP-ING HERE!)

Also! I have tagged this post with all of the tags that I use for my own [[MAN-MADE HORRORS BEYOND YOUR COMPREHENSION.]] on this blog, which as you can see is unsurprisingly small.

[vrnicky]

Pinned post.

I write about Undertale universe and their different Aus. My own aus, one-shots, I share my ideas and mostly interact with my mutuals if I ain't simping over skeletons.

What will I write?

-Headcanons/reactions: How my boys would react, feel, do to a especific situation that you can ask without a problem.

•My main aus are undertale, underswap, underfell, swapfell red (sometimes swapfell crystal), storyshift and horrortale but sometimes i can add more aus or that. You can specify ones too.

-Poly headcanons: If you send two characters that I think would make a good couple I make some headcanons about them, you can ask for official couples headcanons too.

-Dating headcanons: Similar to the poly headcanons but with only one character, how a relationship with that character would be, their love language, etc.

-Asks: You can ask whatever doubt you have about my aus and my characters. Even you can ask them personally, im down for everything.

-Match-ups (CLOSED ATM): You send information about yourself, what you like, dislike, your hobbies, etc. If you know your soul trait, the better. And if you wanna a match up with a especific au of mine you can say it in your ask.

The rules are below for everything, also I have the aus I write for and their names!

Rules!

NAMES AND AUS!

COLOR CODE UNIVERSES!

OUT-CODES!

Ut x atsv!

Masterlists:

🌸 Masterlist 1.

✨ Masterlist 2.

🌸 Masterlist 3.

✨ Masterlist 4.

🌸 Masterlist 5.

✨ Masterlist 6.

🥀 Non-skeletons characters.

🍷 Gaster names.

About me.

•Call me Nicky, Wolfie or Taco!

•Im Demisexual/Bi-demiromantic

•Im taken <3

•18 SO stuff can get suggestive so be careful! 16+ only!!

•Extra nicknames i go with: Puppy, Cottoncandy, Takis, Pomf, Bun, Froggie, Sunshine

•All pronouns unless i specify otherwise.

•I take care of a lot of blogs.

•Discord Server!!

Events that happens here:

•Event im doing to get motivation back (not done atm)

•Dtiys event! (Not done atm)

•chit chat single character ask! You ask easy questions about a character and I'll answer them!

•taco art trades! Basically me doing an art trade with someone! They're: OPEN

•taco art requests! I do small doodles of a character I get ask for! They're: CLOSED ATM.

•#preggers hcs! This basically mean how a character would react/act at being pregnant.

•#ask the guys smooches edition is basically where i write a one-shot with a guy giving you a smooch.

•#ship day! Where you say two characters and I'll say if they work together or not.

•#fan-kids day! Is basically where you say: "name of the baby, the parents of the baby and magic color" and i doodle your fan kid with a character!

And my other social media:

◇Twitter◇

♤Instagram♤ (in the make of a new one)

♧Tumblr (You're here!)♧

>Ko-fi<

Commissions: OPEN! 3 SLOTS

Extra information about me or the creator:

•Im married to Asgore and Papyrus.

•Papdyne enthusiastic! Love the ship! <3

•I write for the ships I personally enjoy, no, I do not like papyton, sorry.

•I use the tags #no thoughts head empty for things I don't how to tag, #mutual interaction <3 when im chatting with mutuals, #rp? When im doing kinda a rp with my characters and #taco's videos! When I share links from YouTube.

•I have a bitty name Casper and little Fox named Boots!

•The pokemon of the blog: Litten!

•My ask box is open for everything and everyone

•I create aus every second but I take my time to actually write about them

•My simp list <- OLD (UPDATED HERE) (Non-Ut list)

•stupid spanish class with Taco: pronouns