#click link for ref

[secondary-colorentimy]

saw a tiktok…made me think of them

[kitnita]

🦦🦦🦦

[puppydoggraham]

[signanothername]

Was scribbling and ended up with this

Villains or not, I like to believe the Hamatos are against the Foot in some shape or form

Also dw about casey she beat the shit outta DonDon and got out semi-unscathed, she’s way too cool to be a lab rat

Also DonDon is one of those weirdos that’d stare at you for an uncomfortably long time, and he has zero sense of personal space too

Anyway here’s my villain Donnie ref if you’re interested

[muninnhuginn]

thought I'd compile a list of some of the current dangling threads we have in link click. specifically, going to ignore the ones that others have gone into detail exploring and just bring up the ones that haven't gotten as much attention but will almost certainly be relevant.

the missing files on the seventh victim of the serial murders from season one. emma was noted as 'victim one' in the files and there were eight in total. if these killings were done by red eyes then all we know of the victim profiles is that they're not seen to be 'innocent' in the culprit's eyes (ofc, we can only speculate what that means, but I'm currently gunning on it being some form of bystander to crime just going by themes*/what we know of emma/the fact the police struggled to find a uniting motive) and there's no set age/gender being specifically targeted. the killer's methods are said to be 'meticulous' (big qian jin vibes there ngl even if the motive part of it doesn't seem to obviously align). anyway, missing files implies an inside job and timing-wise it's unclear if that means qian jin or if chen bin was somehow involved. chen bin apparently was the last to handle the files before passing them to xiao li, but at the same time he doesn't react in a particularly guilty manner when xiao li asks of the missing file. meanwhile, qian jin would have left the force before these killings started but I'm sure he still had plenty of connections left in the force. either way, the seventh victim has been hidden for a reason. knowing what was in that file should lead to a breakthrough of some sort.

liu min's younger brother mentioned in the first two episodes of season two. said to be the more favoured of the two siblings and hasn't yet officially entered the game, but just from law of conservation of detail I think he is going to be a player because why even bring him up when liu min is already dead.

li tianxi's mutism and subsequent abilities of speech as a teenager. the mutism and later explanation are both such deliberate details to include. I don't know for sure what the answer is, but I do think the idea of tianchen or someone else possessing tianxi is a possibility given we know that possession overrides certain physical traits. cxs even explicitly confirmed that this would include mutism when he spoke as tianxi in his dive. it could also be that tianchen is literally dressed as tianxi and is using the mask to help disguise this fact. or tianxi could be tianxi. but whatever the case, I do think the mutism is a relevant point to return to. (also, in s2e4 it looks like the sibling with the messy fringe (tianchen?) doesn't speak. unsure if this is to hide that there were multiples and we just didn't hear the speech but ig it does add to the option that tianchen and tianxi have swapped bodies entirely)

fountain boy. I know I said I'd avoid the stuff that's already been explored but this is such an obvious thing that *will* come back. my intuition says that the fact they picked such an adult sounding voice actor means the character hasn't yet been formally introduced and will appear later (and so opens up the possibilities of hat guy/liu min's brother etc) but that's purely on a meta level. within the story itself it could be almost any male character sans cheng xiaoshi.

Liu Min's phone, taken by Li Tianchen(? - going by the fringe but not confident of this) without Qian Jin's oversight. Does this mean Tianxi is working with Qian Jin whilst Tianchen is double-crossing? Either way, these three are not all in it together. They have some shared motives but ultimately their own agendas.

*themes here meaning qiao ling's big regret re: doudou was that she saw someone leave with him and said nothing. emma's only 'crime' was that she knew of the financial irregularities but didn't speak up. li tianchen saying about people pretending to be nice but secretly are jerks are the worst. my other idea is 'people the law won't punish' because qian jin's backstory (vigilante justice type deal also kinda fitting the themes) especially as the murderer who killed his wife later 'committed suicide' and it was mentioned that several of the meticulous killings were initially mistaken for suicides. anyway, I'll fully admit I'm running on vibes for this as speculation and am fully open to there being another theme tying together the victims.

[linkclick-unfocused]

Cheng Xiaoshi the type of guy to see a mouse on the floor and ask if anyone’s gonna eat that and then not wait for an answer

[iiigris]

‘cause you look even better than the photos (ref; plain lineart below)

Happy 2023!! <3 This year I’m challenging myself to sketch something every day, no matter the subject or the simplicity. so, here’s day 1! :D I need to draw Ray more often, honestly. he’s so beautiful.

i honestly think i like this lineart by itelf better than the flat monocolor version sknskghf i dunno. either way, i tried smth a little different than i normally do and i really really like how this looks hehe

also, thanks to @thefutureviolents​ for (indirectly and, i’m sure, unintentionally) helping me decide what to draw <3 

[lunarrscribbles]

@purehoneybees gets his own tarot starter featuring kirby card: upside judgement

"please. don't do this." it had been a normal day between the two, where they could be hanging out at one of their apartments or somewhere else and it all blends together. but then he had said that and kirby felt rooted to the spot, unable to do or say anything else besides those four words. her mind was reeling. it felt like a freight train had smacked into her, all the signs and meanings and everything coming forward suddenly. it was like it all clicked, yet she couldn't find it in herself to be happy. it felt more like the rug had been pulled out from under her and what she had considered her safe haven, her normalcy, had been replaced with doubt and fear. "i ... we're so good at friends," she attempted to reason, "why did you have to change that?" because the scariest part of all wasn't their admission of feelings, no. it was the fear that she felt the same way in return.

[catboyazem]

let it be known that after making that gifset yesterday i then spent 5 consecutive hours writing him a profile from scratch ✌️ he is finally a proper oc with a name and a personality and all.

meet quill

[laureleikirsch]

There's some overlap here with the other #ref posts I've reblogged of sites and services to AVOID LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT, because who knows, it might. Definitely watch out for all of these.

Edit: Forgot to mention, the UnPaywall extension is also available on Firefox and probably other browsers so be super careful!!!

[secondary-colorentimy]

YOU MOTHERFUCKER !!! 😾

[pauein]

Literally BEGGING for my brain to let me post contextless art of the same oc so i can get my art blog properly running again. Its literally been over a year . AAuuaauuu

[hran-art]

Referencing @ksopaz Fresh as a magical girl. Click this link to see the ref n Fresh in a bootiful dress with more intricate designs.

Fresh belongs to @loverofpiggies

This is just a rough sketch and coloring, go check out ksopaz works. It is bootiful. I love fresh, platonically and aesthetically. My eyes are blessed.

[idolverse-official]

Hello! Sorry to bother, but i've been trying to find some Idol's reference sheet and I couldn't, so I tought it would be a great idea to ask you if you could make a post linking everyone's reference sheet? Thank you!

IDOLV HORROR

IDOLV INK

IDOLV DUST

IDOLV DREAM

IDOLV CROSS

IDOLV FRESH

IDOLV ERROR

IDOLV KILLER

IDOLV NIGHTMARE

....is being reconsidered...

IDOLV BLUE

[dollya-robinprotector]

Midsummer Day Dream

ref, I only have this very tiny screenshot from somewhere long ago, would really appreciate it if anybody knew the source!

Edit: Here's the artist and the bigger drawing! I won't post it here but you can click da link!

[zinzabee]

Hi @birthday-cake-rockz! I hope its okay if I answer your questions here in a separate post. I definitely have some tips and thoughts for help with drawing Raph.

First of all, I recommend This free PDF of the book "Morpho - Fat and Skin Folds: Anatomy for Artist" for those who are interested in really getting familiar & comfortable with drawing larger/fat/thick body types. (Make sure you click the second link, the first one is broken)

Now for Raph specifically, I do have a one very important shape I use when I draw him that might be helpful:

A lot of people like to associate diamonds with Raph as much as squares, and I think that's accurate to his design, too! The boy has a lot of serious neck muscle going on, and so his trapezius muscles and those surround it are gonna be more visible. Which actually creates a diamond shape around his collarbone and upper body. If you follow along with the angles of his shell, you can create this shape to help give him that stronger upper body look!

As for his leg proportions, that's a bit tricky because unlike his brothers, Raph's lower limbs are disproportionate to his upper limbs. It's a case of "you have to understand the rules of anatomy in order to break them".

SO!! Real quick anatomy lesson that I learned in art school: the average adult body should be about 7 heads high. Because the boys are teenagers, theirs come up to be about 6 heads high, which I credit to their younger age. But as you can see by the red marked areas, everything is still in normal proportion.

Raph, on the other hand, is different.

Raph's arms are as long as his body is, and his legs are much shorter than his arms. Because of this, he's actually disproportionate to his brothers, since his height is only about 5 and a half heads tall, rather than 6 or 7. In particular, his thighs seem to be unequally shorter in length than the calves. I think its important to keep that in mind when draw him! Because even if you know he's made up of all these thick, blocky shapes, if you try to give him the normal proportions you would Leo or Donnie or Mikey, it might still not look right. He's a stocky lad, and his upper body strength is showcased by these design choices.

Hope all this was helpful for you guys. Now go be free and draw him to your hearts content! :)

Additionally, here are several other links to posts people have created that give references of Raph and the other turtles! I'm sure these will be a big help, too.

High Quality Reference Sheets of everyone, including April and Splinter

Turtle Side Profiles Specifically

Multi-Angle Ref Sheets

RAPH'S SHELL

MASTERPOSTS by @melancholic-rowen: RAPH | LEO | DONNIE | MIKEY | APRIL | CASEY | CASEY JUNIOR