#design basics

[iwascoolerinmiddleschool]

Masterclass on the importance of shape language for character design, kindly given by my two seemingly identical cats:

Very pointy triangles VS Very round circles

(this is of course nonsense in real life, because they're both little evil fuckers, and I love them so much)

[design2repeat]

OKAY SO YOU KNOW THAT FEELING when you spend hours creating this gorgeous pattern and it looks PERFECT on your screen but then you print it and suddenly there are these OBVIOUS SEAMS EVERYWHERE??? 😭

Listen, we've been there. We've cried those tears. We've rage-quit Illustrator more times than we can count. And after countless cups of coffee and approximately 47,385 test prints, we're here to share Everything We Learned About Pattern Design™️

This isn't one of those "professional expert guru" guides because honestly? We're still learning too! But we've compiled all our "oh god I wish someone had told me this sooner" moments into one massive post, including:

→ How to fix those annoying visible seams (WITHOUT starting over) → The actual difference between half-drop and brick repeats (with pictures!) → Why your beautiful design might look like a blob when printed on fabric (learned that one the hard way 😅) → All the tools we tried (so you don't have to waste money on the wrong ones) → Real talk about pattern design across different industries

Plus a bunch of troubleshooting tips we've collected through our many, many mistakes. Because if we're going to mess up, at least let's mess up together! 💕

[fettiowi]

My punishment for wanting to draw something cute is having to do it with my finger on my phone without reference in the wilderness

[chloesimaginationthings]

Purple Michael is the best FNAF Michael

[mangozic]

michael shelley I would die for you

[idolomantises]

Okay so I’m not going to lie, part of why I haven’t been drawing Mara a lot is for three reasons:

1. She had an entire plotline planned that I ended up scrapping and redoing but that meant putting her in the backseat for a bit.

2. Im honestly afraid of drawing her 20 fallen angel partners I feel like I go a little insane even thinking about it. 20 characters with unique designs and outfits? No, I’m exploding in real life.

3. I’ve been slowly regretting making her a succubus. She was originally an Imp but I didn’t have a base idea for the imp design yet so I just went with a succubus but I’ve been wanting to add more demon characters that weren’t just succubi and hellhounds.

Unfortunately the way people treated the redesigns (specifically Domino’s where I had people messaging me for WEEKS to change it back), makes me kind of unsure if I wanna do a full species swap lmfao. Mara is very cute and I love her OG design, I just don’t want her to be another succubus, so it’s frustrating.

Damn. Remember when this webcomic was a hobby for me.

[bixels]

The Piedra sisters.

Born and raised in a small mining town in New Mexico. Calida and María Molina have stayed behind to support their parents while Rosita and Madelina have gone off to pursue their dreams. Madelina recently obtained her Ph.D. in geology from Las Cruces College. Rosita works as a baking apprentice and entertainer in Ponyville, Nebraska. Madelina is the eldest, Calida the middle child, and Rosita and María Molina (non-identical) twins.

[bynineb]

critters

[starridge]

you cant tell me bill was around during the victorian era and not expect me to feel some kind of way

[thebrainrotsreal]

Eve, Kate, Mark and Rex! Nailing some ideas down on how I wanna draw them in the future, and enjoying messing with their designs like usual! Not a fix-it whatsoever just fun + ref for the future! I cannot do realistic styles so translating them into something I can do while still being recognizable is peak. I will mess with Rex's suit more. Trust. I Kate so much now. Look at her <333333

[samglyph]

Some guys

Commissions & Tip Jar

[suja-janee]

I’ve been losing my mind over these guys recently

[space-bowl]

Unconditional love.

Based on this meme, shoutout to whoever made it (I saved it a while ago so if you see this and it's you, please let me know!):

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF Phone guy was wild for saying that to Michael..

[deecotan]

anyway here's wavewave

[ghosted-jazz]

Traffic Gals- Introducing Gem!