#concept refinement

[dots-in-my-head]

Child of the spirit

[faerieomenart]

Can we talk more about how bamfs are like... demons or what. I feel like they should be a little off putting? Thinking of gremlins or furbies(???) or something. I tried to balance the cuteness and the imp-ness?? I actually don't like these but I need to get this out of my folders and consider it finished, because I already have six other art projects that I'm casually working on... and several being planned. 😭 The brain rot has me going insane, ok ok?? Also I gave this lil' a bow/ribbons... because I say so.

[verflares]

new guy just dropped

[makerofmadness]

I swear I have something I've found something

From "the making of" (with the earthbound Halloween hack)

you know how sometimes people will take their old bad fanworks and remake it into something like actually good and also probably an original work? I've done that a few times. Anyway:

Can you see what I'm getting at here?

"Varik is almost dead, and yet he can't stop moving because you keep pushing those buttons."

[obstinatecondolement]

There is an aphorism in science that all models are wrong, but some are useful. The general idea is that a simplified representation of something much more complex may not perfectly replicate every element of the real thing, or account for every single factor that would affect it under real world conditions, but a good simplification potentially can approximate something more complex enough to get broadly accurate* insights that are useful.

In my opinion, specific sexualities and genders (all of them, fwiw), and the even the concept of being cis or trans, are best thought of as useful models for certain amorphous clusters of experiences and feelings, rather than as things that have concrete, inflexible definitions that map perfectly onto every single person who uses that model of identity as a shorthand. Dictionary definitions of what gay means/what a woman is/etc., are all assuming spherical cows in a vacuum to make the maths easier, and you look like an idiot if you think that cows really are spherical and are not affected by atmospheric pressure in any way (or indeed that they could survive vacuum conditions) and then go around harassing cows on this basis.

A person's internal sense of self is more important than your belief in a model. Fuck off and let me get back to chewing cud.

[wyfy-meltdown]

I FINALLY DID IT!!! SHE IS DONE!!! Meet my first Madoka Magica OC: Komoe Mimura!!!

Below the cut is more info about her ♡✧⁠*⁠。

Bio / Base Information

Name: Komoe Mimura

Wish: "I wish I could grant wishes!"

Age: 16

Height: 5'2

Weapon: Magic Wand

Power: Grant Wishes*

Soul Gem: Purple, Rabbit Head Shaped

Witch Name: Velveteen

*Her ability to grant wishes is limited to things that can be created or destroyed.

Ex: she can grant the wish "I wish I had lots of money" but she cannot grant the wish "I wish I was rich" (one implies gaining something while the other implies altering the current reality).

Ex2: she can grant the wish "I wish [Name] would break up with his girlfriend" and/or "I wish [Name]'s girlfriend died" but she cannot grant the wish "I wish [Name] broke up with his girlfriend" and/or "I wish [Name]'s girlfriend didn't exist". (1&2 implies events that can occur in the future, 3 is past tense [meaning it would have already had to happen, thus altering the reality], and 4 would alter reality).

Personality

Design Breakdown

She has a very optimistic outlook and determined personality. She tries her best to get to know everyone, and her soft voice contradicts her upbeat personality. She absolutely loves magical girls to a stalkerish extent: she's willingly gone into witches labyrinths with hopes of meeting magical girls, and has a diary where she keeps all her information on the "magical girl secret world". She's very girly, and loves feminine things: dresses, long hair, and cuteness are all things she adores. Her favorite pastimes are watching tv, sketching, and hanging out with friends. Often times she can come off as pushy or intimidating (especially to girls she scouts to be magical girls) but she genuinely means no harm, and doesn't ever realise she's acting poorly. She takes great pride in being a magical girl, and her current goal is to thank the magical girl that saved her.

Trivia

I'm not sure if I fully like the design (mainly the waistcoat thing, and I should've given her gloves) but I'm happy I managed to actually draw her. This was a very self-indulgent design (not a sona though) and so I included ungodly amounts of ruffles and pastel pink!

Underneath her skirt is layers and layers of ruffles to the point her legs are not visible, and she has a double sleeve situation (also with ruffles underneath). The teacup & saucer hat is... rough, but I loved the concept and wanted to include it! Her rabbit ears are attached to a headband which has a ribbon on it. Her soul gem is located on her monocle chain; the alternate locations were the rabbit ear headband, one of the hairtie ribbons, and an anklet. I went with heterochromia because I could not decide whether I liked the pink or purple more (I also debated on mint, but I wanted to keep the colour palette analogous), I also struggled with very light purple vs very light pink for the hair; and went with very light pink (but I'm not sure how I feel about it). Those hair flicks near the top of her head aren't real rabbit ears, but are meant to resemble floppy rabbit ears. I wanted her overall design to invoke the feeling of "magical girl" strongly, and I hope I succeeded in that!

Her magic wand shots a magic beam(?) thing from the top (between the ears) and functions like a whip; the hand-guard is based off a rapier's, and the bottom has a sphere that looks like a rabbit tail. Her soul gem features a rabbit head on top, and a clock face (sorta) as the bottom symbol. ALSO! I promise her purple eye is the same colour as the soul gem, the glass shading from the monocle makes the eye look lighter!

Her original wish was "I wish to be a magical girl!" but Inkyuu (the resident incubator) told her to pick a different wish since she'd become a magical girl regardless

She was aware of magical girls before being approached by Inkyuu due to being saved from a witch by a magical girl; she has gained an obsession with magical girls as a result

She uses her power of granting wishes to scout potential magical girls for Inkyuu

Her white rabbit theming is because she leads girls down the rabbit hole of becoming magical girls (the day I stop using metaphors and symbolism for everything is the day I die)

[Adding onto above] She has no particular love of rabbits or Alice in Wonderland, but thinks her theming is cute and so plays into it

She'd either be a mentor figure or an antagonist or possibly both

She either knows the secret of witches or if she found out about the secret of witches she'd probably be supportive of incubators (maybe even intentionally becoming a witch[?])

She hasn't been a magical girl for very long, but is very enthusiastic about it so she's fought many witches

She's very close with Inkyuu and carries him(?) around with her

[100-percential-artman]

Mongolian morro anyone?

Messy sketch but I had to rush it on my lunch break so.

[sonic-adventure-3]

it’s fun drawing with bright colours

[ganymedesclock]

Taylor has become very square since I initially designed them so I had to update their skeleton form to accommodate.

[hitosumi]

What if Deku had his sonic moment and got a metal Deku?

[16star]

4/9/23

Orpheus looked back

[anonymouspuzzler]

I hope this doesn't sounds like a dumb question, but whay are your plans for the villain coded comic?

no question's a dumb question!! right now that's basically the start and end of the plan - make the comic, post it on line. I don't especially plan or expect to make a living of of it or nothin' but if I don't draw guys and make stories my brain will explode forever

[skelekins]

=w= have another silly scar page - this time featuring shenanigans Soma & Fang belong to @smokbeast Snaps belongs to @didderd

:D Snaps tree doodle is a reference to the fic-thread didderd and I are working on. U can see the most recent update here

[p-s-yokubo]

Invader Zim Future AU (ooooooo!)

Hello IZ tumblr. I come bringing an AU and character designs. Enjoy them please :)

ZiM - 200+ Years Old - College Student/Irken Invader

Ten years have passed since ZiM began his quest to conquer Earth, and things couldn’t be going better! (At least, in his opinion.) Despite the literal years of failure after failure to achieve his goal, he still hasn’t given up. In fact, he believes every scheme he makes is more amazing than the last. (Because he’s a genius, in his opinion.) There’s just one thing standing in his way… Dib. As always. But ZiM will be ready for him. He has been keeping an eye on the Dib creature, even making sure to attend the same high school as him, and now to go to the same college. Even though ZiM thinks things are going wonderfully, he can’t help but feel like something is off. Like someone is watching him…

Dib Membrane (Agent Mothman) - 22 Years Old - College Student/Paranormal Investigator

These ten years have been absolute hell for Dib. ZiM’s constant scheming to take over the earth and tormenting of him in particular have made Dib lose his mind a bit. Okay, a lot. He’s now more determined than ever to capture ZiM- no, not just capture ZiM, kill him. He wants ZiM on that autopsy table more than ever before and he will stop at nothing to achieve his goal. He is now being assisted by the Swollen Eyeball Network to do it, so he’s more of a threat than ever before. (Though the Swollen Eyeball Network are only helping him because they fear if they don’t help him now, he’ll continue annoying them for the rest of their lives.)

[moe-broey]

I def wanna color these when I have the energy BUT..... back on a Pokemon kick.... ever so slightly......... also second sketch is so rough SORRY (I DO WANNA CLEAN IT UP!!! But I was mostly focused on conceptualizing the outfits!!!!)

I have soooo many other sketches too but I wanna save em for later.... but let it be known, this is just an elaborate excuse to play dress-up. Esp for Moe I'm gonna be so real, it has SUCH A SILLY OUTFIT and it is SO. SOOOOOO jackass rival coded. Guy who is gonna pick fights and cause problems for NO reason. Or for gay reasons. Most likely gay reasons tbh

[mutodaes]

Titans (From the family Thoracicae) share the group's most notable identifier - glowing, inflatable nasal sacs. Connected to the sinus cavities, these sacs can be inflated to create a dazzling display of faint lights. Each family has a distinct colorway that allows them to locate each other in large crowds. This was a small test to figure out how exactly these sacs look. I want them to look more like the cephalopod marking displays but that would take 1000 years to animate that by hand ^^: