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[luckyartdrawer]

For all the goobers (Including me) that wanted to give this man a smooch-

(Trust me I know 101 ways I could have made this better but it's supposed to be a simple project dang it!!!!!! I had to reel it in as is lol)

Yeah I saw all y'all in the reblogs, you think I was just gonna let that slip by?????? No, if I'm not the only one who wants to give a batter a smooch we're all gonna give a batter a smooch ya dig?

This was in reaction to the reactions of the fanart I made here. Y'all put this in my head not my fault mmhm, y'all are the ones who possessed me to do this. OooOOoOo I wanna hold him so baddd-

Once again, not my AU! Batter Sun belongs to @monsteractialuna (sorry for tagging you again but also GET FLASHBANGED WITH SMOOCHES 💥💥💥)

[serpentface]

Retconned Wardi firearms- a basic handgun, a highly decorative ceremonial handgun (belonging to Faiza), and a lance-gun.

Gun tech has officially been nerfed down to hand cannons (press F) (this has been a long time coming but I'd been fallacy of sunk costs-ing myself out of retconning).

Handguns are held similarly to a shotgun, with the butt pressed into the user's shoulder, one hand gripping under the barrel, and the other free to ignite the gunpowder. These represent the most advanced firearms in contemporary usage, both in make and in their use of uniform iron projectiles built to match the gun's bore for greater range and efficiency. Lance-guns are the more basal form, usually larger and mounted with the pole held over the shoulder, and are most effectively used by two people (one to hold and aim, one to light the gunpowder).

The spread of firearms is currently mostly limited to the Eastern Inner Seaway peoples (with some additional distribution via overland trade), and actual manufacture of hand cannons and gunpowder at Significant scale is limited to the region's core powers.

The reason for this limited spread is partially due to specific elements of the technology's history. Gunpowder was first synthesized by Burri alchemists and considered to be the discovery of the legendary divine weapon + solar fire of the deity Inanariya, and its formula (along with techniques for ideally refining its components) remained a closely guarded state secret. It was used predominantly in priestly contexts to generate flame and explosive sounds (in conjunction with earlier practices of generating multicolored flames with use of other chemicals), then integrated into combustible weaponry in the forms of fire lances, which would eventually develop into early handcannons.

The treatment of gunpowder as a guarded sacred or semi-sacred substance continued with Wardi adoption, where knowledge of its making is considered a closed rite. It's name (inya tsatsul or just tsatsul, a derived adoption of the Burri iñazatsūya) still reflects a divine solar association (the Burri word means 'sun's thunder', the Wardi 'inya' invokes the sun, 'tsatsul' is an adapted loanword and has no meaning independent of the substance itself), though its priestly use is now predominantly associated with the firearm'ed Odonii (rather than priests of the solar Face Inyamache). The composition of gunpowder can no longer be regarded as a Secret by any means, though efforts to obscure the methods of its creation are still moderately successful and has kept knowledge of gunpowder manufacture more limited than the total sphere of firearm usage itself.

The actual strongest limiting factor of firearm usage is the rarity of natural saltpeter deposits necessary for making gunpowder. The practice of actively producing saltpeter via nitraries has not been developed anywhere in the setting, and all is instead obtained via natural sources. These sources are rare and limited within the current spread of firearm technology, and result in gunpowder being a limited and expensive substance to produce. The weapons themselves are also very expensive to manufacture (a good quality steel SWORD is far too material-cost prohibitive for most people to own), particularly high quality firearms designed for use with standardized ammunition.

These guns are also very basal, and logistical difficulties in their use (weight, very slow loading and firing speed, high visibility, Relatively low reach and accuracy) along with the restrictive cost of production has kept firearms far from rendering conventional weaponry, armor, and projectiles obsolete (even within the societies that have access to them). They are still, however, very devastating in use within their contemporary context, particularly in that high quality guns have a longer range than the best arrow-based projectiles, and utterly negate most contemporary forms of armor at close range.

[rustyrailways]

This might be an odd detail to fixate on but one of my favourite Jayce features are his eyelids, and I feel like they aren't super talked about? When I first started drawing him his eyes were the hardest part to get down (second being his jaw due to how square it is) and I can't tell you how long I spent looking at them as references or studies, eventually there became something so endearing about them.

I love how they always have an element of softness regardless of how beaten down he is. I think it's the way the lid fold tilts slightly downwards to cover his upper eyelid slightly which gives the illusion it's ever so slightly curved or drooped at times. You also can see the shadow where it begins to tilt up again to the corner of his eyebrows, especially in contrast to his previously mentioned upper eyelid which is much more creased with causes a more noticeable contrast. Softer curves around the eye tend to be percieved as more gentle looking as opposed to harsher curves which come across as more intense.

I'm not always too great nor confident with verbal descriptions but if I pull out my cobbled together "eye board for when I'm too lazy to look up a reference" page I put together I (hopefully) might be able to verbalize it better:

^(Latest edition. Now with photos from s2)

These are probably my favourite examples that highlight it. The gentle curve it causes creates a much softer look that absolutely contributes to how doe-like his eyes are. In addition, the permanent crease it causes at the side of his eyes give them an overall more gentle appearance (as upwards titled creases tend to do - often reminiscent of eye crinkles which are associated with people that smile often). Not to mention the extra creases add further visual interest on a purely interesting character design level.

The eye crease in itself, along with his permanent eye bags are other features I unreasonably adore - but I think I might make a seperate post about them. This might be a bit of a curious thing to be thinking about but just I love how much more life it gives him and how kind it makes them look, I always catch myself looking at them :)

Tldr: I love how gentle his eyes are and I need to stare at them for hours memorising every detail and squeeze his head like a watermelon between thighs

[ribbononline]

MANIFESTATION OF QLIPHA DUE TO SEPHIRAH BREAKDOWN > Suppression of Sephirah’s Core Required

Commissioned by @thepeacockshallstrut !! These were so fun to do , thank you for the comm!

[aroaceleovaldez]

i would like to say my ideal PJO adaptation (if i was being physically forced against my will to have to pick a live action adaptation over an animated one for some reason) would be a combo like writing of the musical + casting of the show + visuals of the movies

BUT the show actually does have the playwright for the musical as one of the major writers for like three episodes and that did nothing for it. so...

[buglaur]

she's live

now you can see what everyones height is in my head because i refuse to download height sliders. look at ass <3

[ectonurites]

accidentally fucked up my bundt cake . they're gonna kill me with rocks now

[perilegs]

i know it wasnt a serious comment but every time i look at a datv character and start thinking about their designs my blood starts boiling from the giving cosplayers a challenge comment

"The previous art director had the mindset we should make things easier for [cosplayers], which I think is a misunderstanding of cosplayers," he says. "We've seen the kind of challenges they're willing to take on, and so we've gone for, in some cases, a level of complexity and detail that I hope a lot of them are excited to rise to the challenge for."  x

unrelated to my point but why are you dragging the previous games down. have you seen any of the designs you speak of mr art director. do you think merrill in da2 wasnt peak. or morrigan in origins? do you know how hard it is to make cosplay armor.

you could have just been like "hey the characters have a lot more detail than before! look at neve's hat and everyone's clothes every single inch being embroidered or otherwise patterned"

which also makes me think. was any thought put into the designs or did they just want to detailmaxx so they can brag. idk if they could have said anything that would turn me personally off more from cosplaying anyone or analyzing their outfits

[heparolia]

Me and my 250lb larval brother if I’m being honest idfk

[mieltelecheycrema]

something about me is that I love that cowboy and vaquero shit. country music, horses, rodeos, square dancing and the whole get up. makes me think of when i was a kid.

[ourladyoftheflytrap]

We are doing a trial run of pupsitting tonight bc we wanted to see if these new dogs could vibe with our current pets before we agree to pupsit them for 2 weeks so now we have 2 weenies, a pomeranian, and a beagle mix in the house and tbh I am having a Great time with it

[mildmayfoxe]

i loved that focaccia with guanciale and egg that i had the other week so much that when i saw little round focaccias at the store yesterday i knew i needed to try to make another one myself (with bacon). it came out great but i had to bake it in the toaster for like an hour so finally i put my oven thermometer in there & turns out it’s only hitting like 250 while set to 450 so guess i gotta go toaster oven shopping

[sysig]

Some possible* Tala stickers :D (Patreon)

[kicksnscribs]

ok so this is like, incredibly ambitious for a first time project and im more posting this for posterity than anything BUT

im planning on practicing my 3d modeling skills by modeling the objects from pokemon games starting from the most simple and [hopefully] ending up with more complex things like furniture and plushies found in the games [provided i can find the refs for them] and i was sitting here just now thinking "now what can i do with these props in the meantime while i try to figure out how to make my own pokemon game?"

WELL....

what about making a simple room designer game that brings back the base camp mechanic that Gamefreak abandoned a long time ago and uses said props? Would anybody be interested in following a project like that? :3c

[lesbianraskolnikov]

Rodya begs to get an animated adaption hes crying hes saying Pleaaaase for the love of god I will kill anyone who makes another dogshit live action one Pleaaaa