#i love drawing the human body. i love the curves and irregular shapes that make up a body

[ollyou]

Every time I draw a shirtless/naked person in my free time but want to actually post the art to social media, I just slap the most low effort skin-tight undershirt on them and call it a day

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February Whump Prompts – 2023, DAY 7: Made to Watch

Content Warnings: Beating, Minor Sexual Content Suggested Fandom: Fairy Tail - Natsu x Lucy - AU 

Royal Trouble - Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

“Stop this, please!” Lucy gripped the bars of the cage and pulled at them, her muscles straining. Even her feet propped up against them as she worked to bend them enough to gain freedom. A shock of electricity coursed through the metal and tore a scream of pain from her lips.

“Lucy!”

His voice was muffled from the ringing in her head. Her body curled up on the floor, cramped and muscles wanting to stretch, but had no room to do so. Even her pixie wings had to hang down to avoid being damaged from the tight cell.

Pushing herself up, she pressed a hand against her chest to calm the irregular beats of her heart and the tremors from the shock. Across the large, dank room, she watched her husband, Crown Prince Natsu Dragneel of the Dragon and Demon Realms struggle against his bonds as they raised him up by his arms and tear his once finely tailored shirt from him.

She whimpered at the sight, remembering the night she had gifted that shirt to him. It had been crafted with the strongest magic threads to keep his wings and flames from destroying it, and dyed in a deep black that looked good against his cherry blossom hair and tanned skin. Now she had wished it had been blade proof, as well.

“Please,” she begged through the bars, desperate for these men to hear reason. “If you do this, it will be considered an act of war in at least three of the realms! My father will seek vengeance, as well as Natsu’s father and brother! Think over your actions, I beg you!”

A man towered over her cage and squatted down to glance at her. A lightning shaped scar ran across his face and a sadistic smile turned what could have been an attractive face into one of disgust. It did not take her much to guess he was the ring leader or the one who shocked her.

“Listen here, little pixie,” he said. “I am owed a lot of shit, and this is the surest way to get what I want. War can break out, like I give a shit about that. It will just line my pockets.”

His laughter made her pointed ears ache. Even Natsu’s loudest had never hurt this much. Then, her eyes widened, a familiar scent came from him that gathered as lead in her gut. While her senses were not as good as her husband’s, they were better than most humans.

“You are also of the Dragon Realm!”

How his smirk grew larger, she would never know, but it had and she felt herself draw back from him. “But…he is your crown prince!”

He scoffed. “I have never sworn fealty to him, Dragon Prince or not. I make my own rules.”

Behind him, three others stood around Natsu, another Pixie she did not know, an Elf, and one she could not distinguish due to his armor. Five wooden totems raised up around them and flew to circle around her husband. Then, without warning, they began slamming into his chest at high rate of speed.

His body lurched forward and back with each blow, teeth clenched tight, but he refused to make a sound. Between the two of them, she made enough for them. Especially when the totems began using magic to hurt him along with their hits.

“Stop!” Her thin arm reached through the bars, desperate to get to her love. The scarred man grabbed her wrist, pulling her painfully against the cage as he watched her struggle. She could do nothing as his eyes wondered down her chest, where she knew the fabric had been torn and ripped in places when they were ambushed.

“What do you say we make a deal, just you and me, little pixie,” he leaned in closer, but kept her arm extended out to the max it could. Her breath caught in her throat and she whimpered in fear. With her larger chest and curves, she knew the tone in his voice. Had dealt with it so many times before from those who sought her position for their own gain and to use her body for their pleasure.

A gasp escaped her when she felt heat pour through her and knew crimson eyes were glaring in their direction. Her fear for herself dissipated, but concern grew as she knew the words about to issue a challenge.

“Hey Ugly,” Natsu called out, his eyes mixed between his crimson and gold hues when he began furious. “I’ve had hatchlings hurt me more than your goons.”

“Why you little brat! How dare you speak to Lord Laxus like that!” The female pixie clenched her fists and glared at Natsu’s back.

The man in the armor laughed, tongue flung out as far as possible as he did. Five totems flew to him to hover above his helmed face. “Sure sounds like we have a talker on our hands, boss.”

“His language is quite foul.” The Elf put a hand on his hip and glared. “We could start with the runes. They are designed to induce the most pain with the least amount of damage.”

“No.” Laxus released her arm and stood up, walking to stand right in front of Natsu. Both Dragons faced off in a glaring match that she knew none of the rest understood the significance of. Not only did Dragons value strength of their bodies when fighting a foe, but the strength of their mind and determination, too.

Where Natsu lacked in cunning and brains, she had stepped in as his partner, wife, and future co-ruler. They complimented each other in many ways, and had grown up as best friends. While he could not challenge her at a game of wits, he had more drive and determination to win by brute stubbornness than anything else.

Seconds or minutes passed by, she could not tell which as she waited for the silent battle to be finished. If they could hold out a bit longer…she knew the Constellation Knights were on their way to their location, and with them, the Dragon Guard.

Just a bit longer, she silently willed her husband.

A fist slammed into Natsu’s stomach with such force, he spat and choked before lightning swelled over his body and into his muscles. She screamed out at the brutality, but another punch followed the first, and more after that.

Lightning sent his body into convulsions and from her position, she could no longer tell if he was conscious or not. The whites of his eyes did not bode well for her.

From his stomach to his face, the fists continued to rain down on him. Over and over. Her hands covered her face, but she forced herself to keep watching as she sobbed. Why? Why had they done this?

They had been on their way to visit friends in town when they had encountered a runic trap. It had sapped them of their energy right away, and neither had been able to do anything when captured. Unfortunately, their normal guard that followed them had not known they were unaccompanied due to some smooth talking on her part.

Had she been proud of tricking them into thinking the other would be escorting them? Yes, because it proved that she could do it. And while she was talented at communicating and using her words to get what she wanted, Natsu was extremely skilled at making her agree to his schemes with his tongue. But, thankfully, she knew her friends and those in both squads. Enough time had passed that news of their disappearance had likely spread, and their protectors would be on their way.

A sound of cracking filled her ears. Her eyes widened as she watched the lightning fist slam into Natsu’s chest and the ribs buckle. In stress, her wings fluttered against the cramped space and she cried out. “Natsu!”

“Shut it, Blonde, or you will be next to taste my flesh.” Lightning flickered across the floor towards her cell. His eyes had turned almost white as he glared at her, a speck of fear in the crease of his brow. That was when she knew he had lost the internal battle against Natsu.

Pride filled her chest, even with the current state of her husband. He had won, and now the hatchling of a lightning dragon was throwing a fit.

She hoped Natsu would forgive her of what she planned to do next.

“Must feel so superior to unleash yourself against someone who cannot fight back,” she said, raising her chin up. “How’s your pride of being a Dragon, Hatchling? Feel the biting shame of knowing you could never stand up to your Crown Prince without giving yourself an advantage?”

Those white eyes flashed with unleashed power behind them as he turned from the limp man to the mouthy caged brat. “You want to repeat that, pixie?”

She matched his glare with her own chocolate orbs. “You’re weak as a Dragon, and you know you will never amount to anything as you are now.”

He let out a roar as he shot out a torrent of lightning through the air towards her cell. Desperate to protect herself, she threw her arms up just chaos erupted around her.

From above, the ceiling caved in and one figure dropped in front of her cell and took the hit of lightning easily, as two other figures rushed at the now stunned Dragon.

“Regulus Impact!

“Iron Dragon’s Hard Fist!”

Both attacks landed hard, sending the large man flying back into the opposite wall. The three who followed him quickly backed off from where the prince hung and rushed to get their leader.

“Perfect timing!” Lucy gave a sigh of relief before the figure before her turned her glare on her. She tried to swallow the sudden lump in her throat. “Um, Grand Knight Erza, fancy seeing you here…”

Erza’s spear quickly destroyed the lock on her cage and Lucy felt relieved at being able to finally get out of the cage and give her limbs room to stretch. Yet, the first thing she did was fly over to her husband as she watched his young cousin work to heal him.

The other Constellation Knights and Dragon Guard had arrived and secured the room. They had brought Natsu down to lie on a blanket while the healer worked on him. Lucy took his hand in hers and watched the damage slowly disappear and his eyes open to focus on her.

Her wings fluttered behind her as he gave her his trademark smirk. “Hey Luce.”

“Hey yourself,” she whispered behind a sob. “How are you feeling?”

He squeezed her hand and let out a sigh. “Better.”

“Erza is here.”

Any blood he had in his face disappeared. “I…err, don’t feel so good now.”

Wendy and her shared a look and giggled at his behavior. Typical Natsu.

She leaned down and rested her head on his shoulder, mindful of his injuries, and listened to his heartbeat. Even injured, the muscle beat steady and strong in his chest. It soothed her more than she could ever describe.

Arms wrapped around her, holding her close to him as his face buried itself into her neck. Both inhaled the other’s scent and relaxed into the other. They were both safe, and relatively healthy. Something they were both glad for and knew things could have been much worse.

“I love you, Luce,” his voice rumbled against her ear, his lips caressing the sensitive tip.

A shiver of delight coursed through her at the touch. It promised an apology she would not forget later. “And I love you, Natsu, my dragon.”

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To be honest, I was thinking of re-doing the “torture” scene from the Avatar episodes and expand it. Mostly cause after I want Natsu to really feel helpless in watching Lucy get tortured before him and showed that even after a year of training, he still could lose her easily. And ever since the Edolas episodes where he was yelling to have them stop Wendy’s torture, I have wanted that, but with Lucy.

Yes, I will admit, I am a bit deranged. I like my angst and whumps.

But this came as I was trying to think of what to write, and Lucy being a pixie and having wings like her Leo x Virgo outfit seemed fitting. So, this AU came to play!

Hope you enjoyed!

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Since I like causing trouble, favorite body part of each twink and why? 😉

Tits ass tits ass tits ass tits ass

Oof this is a difficult one there's so much there to appreciate honestly it would be very tough to choose but I'll try my best! Let's separate face & body though & examine them separately. Also we are not taking hair in this because truly i will be doing the actors instead of their characters as these features apply to any role they've played even though it feels weird to rate a real person ...

With Mr Murphy, when it comes to face I know many would say eyes, I know I know I know, they are just so perfectly shaped but if I'm real Too blue eyed people freak me out a bit but he has such nice lashes to contrast it and incredible makeup worthy eyelids and a hauntingly hollow eyesocket with those strangely shaped and actually very long brows that are scarce enough next to that endless hollow that they sometimes seem nonexistent so he gets a flying pass. But. But. I'm going to have to say cheekbones because they are honestly one of a kind and you can cut a man with them they're just so incredible; if I was one of those artists that drew little to no actual facial details like the hollow of cheekbones and just a simple smooth face I'd have the hardest time trying to draw Mr Murphy they are just so essential to his face.

It's hard to choose between ass and tits and thighs and waist when it comes to him because truly he's gifted in all of these areas but I'll say waist because he looks so milfy with how hourglassly his figure is; so mommy.

Special shout out to: his hollow eyesockets giving him that iconic look.

Mr Cole has such incredible eyes and honestly their shape mesmerized me; it has this cat-like curve like his pretty plump pink lips that is so seductive and effortlessly charming; if John wasn't such a rambunctious little dude up for mischief he could easily be a fucking Bond boy with those lovely eyes holding so much mystery and elegance.

For him it would be a sin not to say how hot his ass is i just want to eat the whole entire thing, its so round and plump and bitable.

Special shout out to: the beauty mark on his lower lip giving a good target.

For Mr Dickinson it would be an actual crime against humanity if I didn't say lips, those lips oh my God, such pink pillowy perfections they are borderline insane they are so sexy. All the boys mentioned above have that born for blowjobs lips but him him he fucking has the supreme slap a dick in his pretty princess mouth lips like I would pay real money to see the Beach Rats cut where we actually witness from the homeless dude's perspective how those lips can work a cock for real.

In the butt department I'm afraid I've even spoiled by the other twinks because his one is nearly fat enough for me but he makes up for it in the most beautiful tits with rosy nipples and a cute beauty mark right beneath that's begging for a lick.

Special shout out to: his insanely long elegant fingers.

Mr Mackay has such an interesting face it is truly very hard to draw it is just so irregular and intriguing and its mystery draws the eyes in and keeps you captive but my favorite facial feature on him has to be the nose it just has such a unique profile, so sharp yet elegant and it compliments the whole face really, what a pretty boy.

Also he has a very unique body as well very fit and trim with the longest most shapely legs that end in a tight pert butt so I'll go ahead and say his pretty ballerina legs.

Special shout out to: his very protruding veins all over his body.

[naitiaclo960writings]

Day 4 - Branded

A caress. A sigh. A smile against the sheets.

Dean stretched out languorously among the clean blankets, his cheek rubbing against the fabric as he felt fingers running over his naked body. His smile widened discreetly as a curious forefinger went down into the curve of his back. With his eyes closed, he let out a second sigh of satisfaction and leaned a bit deeper into the mattress.

Finally, the hand pushed back some of the blankets on the back of his thighs and stopped in the hollow of his lower back, revealing the lower part of his bare body. The fingers redrew a thin white scar, at least three centimeters.

"This one?"

Dean hummed joyfully to the deep sound of Castiel’s voice, the syllables rolling down his throat to slide over his tongue. Dean materialized the mark of his skin in his mind.

"Shapeshifter. He threw me through a window. Four stitches." He replied softly.

And so the fingers resumed their exploration, their soft and volatile contact on his hips leaving a trail of goosebumps in their wake. Dean was almost unable to move as he was relaxed, strokes more effective than any massage. No matter how much he had tasted human flesh against his body before, nothing was more fulfilling than a pure dose of intravenous love like the one he was high on right now. Dean let out a sound of contentment.

This hand — damn, delicious hand — as impertinent as ever, continued their path even lower. Dean felt Castiel straighten up slightly next to him to access his left calf. There, the fingers came to explore the strange hollow that was there, playing with the smooth and still reddish skin despite years of healing. Dean wasn’t used to people teasing that part of his body, the nerves sensitive under the skin.

"This one." And it was no longer a question, merely a thirst for curiosity that needed only to be quenched.

"Vampire." Dean whispered. He licked his lips nervously in memory of this fight. "He didn’t let go until I took his head off… I left a piece in it.”

Castiel let out a small "mmh" and Dean easily imagined his eyebrows knitting together imperceptibly, as he did when an insect flying around him began to irritate him, but he dared not chase him away.

After long minutes of silence and caresses, Castiel pressed the palm of his hand a little harder against Dean’s pelvis and he understood that he had to turn around. Slowly, his muscles awoke to allow him to rotate on his back, completely exposing his bare front. Without further preambles, the touching resumed, but this time Dean kept his eyes open and fixed on the angel’s profile. Everything was so quiet, out of time while Castiel recreated the world on his anatomy.

He came to cup his belly in the palm of his hand, following the trail of a wide gash. Dean saw Castiel pouting again.

"Tell me…" His lover asked, his voice a bit hoarse.

Dean took a breath, calm. Although he hated the reasons why these scars had ended up on his body in the first place, he had made peace with most of them. To say that he was totally comfortable with his body would nevertheless be a lie and admitting his modesty often triggered laughter. His previous conquests usually let out a sarcastic mockery if they noticed his shyness at the idea of making love all lights on, so Dean kept pretending.

Castiel, however, had never mocked. Quite the opposite, he had kissed and drawn each of his scars for hours until Dean was able to lie down as he was now, naked, exposed, and his heartbeats appeased in his chest.

"Angel…" Dean finally replied. He saw the dull anger in Castiel’s eyes again, like a mute storm, while the rest of his face remained as neutral. "I crossed paths with him when I was…" He licked his lips again." When the Mark had turned me into a demon? I won the fight…"

Both of them knew what these last words implied and Dean could not prevent a spike of anxiety from forming in his chest. He killed one of the angel’s brothers. However, Castiel nodded after a moment and leaned gently forward to trap the marked skin of his lips. Dean sighed and the caresses resumed.

The fingers stopped again on an irregularity, encircling his left pectoral, near his heart. Castiel frowned at the sight of the funny scar and Dean replied before he could ask the famous question, a laugh in the voice.

"Bike accident, I must have been 11 years old. I landed in a tree jumping off the motel roof." Castiel arched an eyebrow, halfway between admiration and disbelief, and Dean let out a laugh. "Sam was luckier, he landed in the pool as planned. But the following year, he broke his arm in exactly the same way and I had to take him to the hospital on what was left of his bike."

Castiel shook his head with amusement and Dean’s smile grew to the memory of his little brother contemplating the drawings he had drawn on his cast.

The time slowed down a little more as Castiel now moved to the wide hand-shaped burn on his shoulder. Although the years faded, the handprint was still visible on its body, shining slightly with variations of light. Dean turned his head to contemplate it before returning to Cas’s face, surprising the same tender look in his features.

"This one…" Castiel gently whispered, tracing the contours of the brand with adoration.

Dean breathed in, filling his lungs with love and pride. He carefully grabbed Castiel’s fingers before joining their two hands, covering his mark with the warm skin of his angel. Just as delicately, he attracted the rest of Castiel’s body to his own until they were pressed against each other, Dean kissing those lips tenderly that he knew by heart. After a moment, he broke contact to whisper:

"The beginning of the rest of my life." 

Castiel smiled for the first time in several minutes and kissed him back, gripping his shoulder with more force. And while the sensations were awakening in his body, Dean swore to hearing his scars shouting that he belonged to only one being. Castiel could have marked him hundreds of times if he wished, but one thing was certain: his guardian angel was watching over him.

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Finally a bit of tenderness and some Destiel! Hope you will like it :)

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Character Design - Anatomy and Robot Design Research -  28th of December

For this research section for my character, I thought I looked at body anatomy and robot designs online to help with my research for the character design project. This will mainly help to look at not only interesting robot designs that I can help towards my research, but also think about functionally how and mechanically would these parts work and how could I carry this over into a CG model-making process.

To start off with, I began to look into anatomy online like the different types of body forms as well as looking into muscles and bones for humans as this would help me with my visual library in coming up for ideas for my characters as well as helping me out later for my silhouette designs/drawings later on. I first looked at different body language in not only in a design sense but also posing wise too as one of the criticisms with my turnaround previously was how stiff the character looked as it didn’t have any flow to the character. This is why I didn’t just look at body shape but also something called contrapposto flow which shows how you can give flow to a model/character in a standing pose using Michelangelo’s statue as reference. Through just exaggerating in areas like the shoulders and ankles by titliting them, you create a more true to life character on screen than a character that’s standing in an A-pose that gives freedom to express which can also in term describe the character from just looking at it. Learning this, I understand the comments from the tutorial a lot better as this creates a much more dynamic and varied pose that allows you to understand the character better.

Body Form Diagram 

Michelangelesque Contrapposto

After this, I then did some research on bones and muscles in the human anatomy as I felt inspired from one of my favourite artists of all time (Igor Verniy) as one of his projects led to him combining human bones with scrap metal and mechanical parts he found in a scrapyard to create these really disturbing but gorgeous looking sculptures. 

Because of his artwork, it influenced me to look down this path of bones with technology which a video I found online really helped solidified what I wanted to do for the Hyde character’s design. From casually browsing on Youtube, I stumbled across a video of a deer snorting in the cold where visibly you can see the cold mist fly out of it’s nostrils. Because of this detail, it clicked in my head that I wanted to base my Hyde character using a Deer head as the basis for the design which linked in with Igor Verniy’s work, influenced me to look into trying to make a deer’s skull incorporated with technology. This was because I could imagine a mechanised deer that is collectively made from scrap and bone that is collected from the ground to help build up this monstrous beast as well as smoke snortling out of the deer’s nostrils.

Whitetail Buck Encounter With a Serious Snort || ViralHog

Because of this new revelation, I began to research into two different types of mood boards for the Hyde character with one looking at deer heads and skulls and ideas for the Hyde character based off my deer prompt. Starting with the first mood board, I wanted to look at the designs of the antlers and the skulls as I plan to use these as a base for the head of the character and maybe design aesthetics for the body too. Two images I really love are the more metallic deer skulls and the real skulls with their large teeth as the teeth aesthetically is something I might enhance on the characters deign as well as the metallic skull of a deer as i’m looking to experiment in both fully metallic skulls and a cross between the middle.

For the the second mood board, I came across a scandinavian folklore called a Kyrkogrim which is a deity that often protects christian churches and they’re grounds from people that want to try and harm it. From this, I found that there could be symbolism from the folk tale could be implemented between the characters as Hyde while his methods are outlandish and brutal is all in all trying to protect his smaller vessel from straying away from his self and losing his identity. Researching the Kyrkogrim online, I found a lot of depictions of the creature being very human like but having a deer like head for its appearance which I was particularly fond of ‘Specimen 8′ from Spooky’s house of Jumpscares (the deer deity on the left of the mood board) as I love his creepy design to him from the antlers to his long and elongated cloak flowing down his body. I think if I was to create him more nuclear, it would be the main basis of where I would want to be taking forward with the character. In addition to looking at the Kyrkogrim, I also looked at the designs of the Wendigo as it’s another piece of folk-lore that I was inspired by as it also contains these deer like creatures in its depecitions. In addition to the folk-lore research, I looked into big bulky character designs mostly of the mechanical nature as the character is going to be made up of scrap metal lying across the ground which I instantly gravitated towards the bottom robot design for it’s cluster of colours and unproportionate shapes.  

Through doing research on robots, I look into few images of real life robots that are made today and see how mechanically they work as well their design aesthetic. In addition too, I looked into robots built up from scrap metal for references and compare in visuals against the real life robots.

I first started off researching looking at robotic movement to see how morden robots have evolved in their articulation. This is where I stumbled across this video where a robot can simulate human movement in its body. Whilst not a fully autonomous robot that moves itself, understanding its movement was really fascinating to watch from how jittery but also smooth the movements were from the arms, legs and body of the robot were but quite strange at the same time with details like the legs and hands being so stiff in places. The design of the robot was something that really struck me as they use a lot of smooth and curved panels to hide the electronics of the robot but also have exposed areas in the arms and legs like wires and bolts.

This Humanoid Robot Can Mimic Human Movement In Real Time | Mach | NBC News

From this first bit of research, this then led me to the Boston Dynamics Youtube channel where their most recent video showcases all of their most developed robots dancing to the song ‘Do you Love Me’. I was completely mesmerised by the animation and how in sync they were all in together especially for something that's been made today. The main highlight was how each robot had their own style of movement to them giving them a different personality as they danced. The robot people acted jittery and stiff but somehow smooth with the dog and crane robots much smoother but much more limited in flexibility compared to the human based robots. Overseeing the robots dancing and watching a few more of the other demos of the robots opening doors and doing stunts, they have a very slow and jittery movement to them before they do a really quick action like they’re building up energy for the action. This is definitely more seen in the human based robots as the non-human like ones operate movement is a lot smoother but often hold a position/stance before a next move is made. 

In terms of design, they almost follow the same principles to the Toyota robots with the smooth white panel design to them with loose cables visible to the eye. However I prefer these robots to the Toyota ones very greatly as their visuals are more the kind of design I want to imagine for my Hyde character as they may have the protective panels on the more sensitive parts of the robots so they aren’t damaged, the loose cables and the exposed mechanisms that can be seen are so up my street for the character as it gives it a very futuristic look to it without looking too smart which what modern robots tend to look like. This is mostly shown in the human based robots that Boston Dynamics have made as the dog and crane are designed to have no protective panels or completely protective. Not this is a problem as both of their designs I really enjoy as I love the smartness of the dog looking robot and the complex and technical nature of the crane as they complement each other really well from how they move.

Do You Love Me?

Hey Buddy, Can You Give Me a Hand?

What's new, Atlas?

Images from the ‘Do you Love me’ video by Boston Dynamics

After the Boston Dynamics research, I then looked into scrap/junk based robot designs on the internet as that's how I imagine the Hyde character to look like when I will design him. Going back to when I was first thinking about the character in this blog post. the character ‘Metro’ from the film ‘Reel Steel’ is the the exact direction I would want to take with this character and possibly for the render style too. This is mostly from the irregular shapes that have been attached to the design like they’ve been randomly placed on the character in a frankenstein sort of fashion to the character which would work really well with my Hyde character as he gathers bits and bobs collectively around his surroundings. Going back to variety, I love how the arm joints are constructed here as its on a three ball hinge but being really exposed compare to the other arm which is heavily built too. I think from observing this design, I want to do a cross between irregular shapes on the characters design in addition to the smart looking design of the Boston Dynamics robots. Essentially, a fusion between Reel Steel’s Metro and Boston Dynamics Human-like robot is what my Hyde character should look like with deer elements inspired for the character.

Below is the mood board I also created when looking into the scrap aesthetic and creating a scrap robot of some kind. Like with ‘Metro’, i wanted to focus on irregular shapes for the Hyde character as this is how I imagine he's going to be built up which I looked at character which were not inherently bulky but more going along that brief. With the top right image in the corner of this mood board, it uses an excellent use of these irregular shapes with bits of metal sticking out of the body. Another thing I like from these mood board images is that I’ve looked at a variety of both bulky and thin character designs as they use different ways to build up the metal and parts to make the character like the one on top with the purple background being comprised of one solid object compared to the one below it with different parts scattered across the design with different patterns. 

Looking back on my research over these couple of days, I’m really happy from my findings as not only have I developed my understanding on the themes for my characters but also coming with new ideas and visuals that I can work from to make a final design for my characters. I think my favourite part of my research was looking up the deer-related content for the Hyde character as I ended finding a lots of cool references dwelled into like the Kyrkogrim and looking at modern day robots like the ones from Boston Dynamics. Their design of the panels being spaced out is something I would really love to incorporate into the character with loose cables and mechanisms being exposed to the eye.

[beautysupply101]

Rawsome Beauty: Luck of the Draw or Within Reach of All?

Excerpted from the book "Your Right to Be Beautiful: How to Halt the Train of Aging and Meet the Most Beautiful You" by Tonya Zavasta.

All of my life, I wanted to be beautiful. In today's society, it is more acceptable to insist that you are "beautiful on the inside", unfortunately, those of us on the outside are not seeing your insides. Wanting to be beautiful is now criticized as being shallow. I'm sorry but I would rather be perceived as shallow than hypocritical because I find it impossible to believe than any women is content to be less than she can be.

Personal initiative is a powerful force in achieving goals and attaining wealth. What about beauty? Are we desperately helpless here, or is there a way to bring it under personal control? I believe we have as much leverage in becoming beautiful as we have in accomplishing anything else we set our minds to. But we have not been looking in the right places for beauty.

The most inspiring books about becoming wealthy are written by people who have made it from rags to riches. However, advice on becoming beautiful often comes from those blessed with exceptional beauty to begin with. For a woman born beautiful to teach others how to become beautiful is like a sweepstakes winner teaching people how to earn a fortune through hard work. Is there a means for achieving beauty for those of us who are not big winners in the gene lottery?

Good news! It is biologically possible to look beautiful at any age. If you do not see yourself as beautiful, it is because your beauty is unclaimed. Your body has never been given a chance to reveal how it can look when provided with the best possible nourishment and care.

Some of our physical characteristics we cannot change--they are determined by our lineage, food choices our mothers made during pregnancy, and our environment. Oriental diagnosis has noted that small eyes are caused by consumption of cooked vegetables and animal products during pregnancy and early childhood. Large eyes, on the other hand, are caused by intake of raw vegetables, fruits, and fruit juices. Long eyelashes in a child indicate the intake of substantial amounts of liquids, raw vegetables, and fruits by the pregnant mother.

These things we cannot change. We can change much, however, by the consumption of a raw plant diet as an adult. This diet will make a difference in weight, complexion, and the texture of skin, hair, and nails. All of these traits and more are determined by our daily choices, with food being one of the most important--and one we have full control of.

Our bodies' natural ability to renew cells means that your body is capable of improving your looks. After all, we were designed to bloom continuously as old cells are replaced by new ones. The raw food diet makes the most of that rejuvenating ability. Rawsome beauty is not manufactured from the outside; it is cultivated from the inside by nutritionally charged food. The body responds with alacrity to an improved diet. As the body strengthens and heals your insides, you will see your beauty starting to surface on your face and re-structuring your body.

The artistic ability of your body will surprise you. It will seem as though a sculptor is chiseling your face and body. Fat deposits will disappear from the right spots. Everything bumpy or lumpy will be smoothed or straightened. Everything dull will be illuminated. The features will be refined until a lovely face surfaces, and the skin will be polished until it glows. By revealing and intensifying what is good, the raw food lifestyle will make the best of whatever goodness you have and will open every avenue for more. This lifestyle bestows upon you an identity of your own and makes you beautiful.

Only the body sustained on raw food demonstrates natural beauty or, shall we say, "rawsome beauty." The landscape of the body will change. Fat that has accumulated in pockets under the eyes and at the jaw will melt away. The lumpy potato look of one's face will give way to sleek, smooth contours. Pockets of fat and retained water will disappear. The surface of the skin will become soft and smooth yet firm and supple. Visible pores will diminish. Sallow, yellowish skin will turn into a porcelain-like complexion. The whites of the eyes, once red, will become bright with a bluish tinge.

The body becomes transformed and will unfold from the inside out. While your non-raw-eating peers discover new blemishes, blotches, and moles on a nearly daily basis, you will see your own skin irregularities gradually fade or disappear. Feeding your body raw food will make your eyes, once sunken in bulbous flesh, look larger and rounder by eliminating the surrounding puffiness and by firming the eyelids. Eyebrows that were beginning to form an awning over the eyes will regain their youthful arch. As natural collagen production improves, it will fill in the places where it is needed, as in hollow cheeks. It will not just patch your face, but it will improve every one of your 3,000 square inches of skin.

Raw food eating will clarify and refine your features and bring delicacy to your face. This diet will give the impression of high cheekbones. In fact, it will give the effect of a cheek implant, by providing a subtle contour to the cheek area. The blurred chin-to-neck curve will become sharper and more pronounced. Broad jaws and square jowls will slowly give way to a more desirable oval shape. Sagging cheeks will gradually become tauter and tighter. Incidentally, an oval-shaped face, high cheekbones, thin jaws, and large eyes are universally considered to be the major characteristics of a beautiful face.

As the cleansing is completed, you will see how you were meant to look. You will become satisfied, even fascinated, with your appearance. When you look your very best, you look perfect, in a sense that you are as close to the divine image for yourself as you could ever be. You accept yourself completely. Natural beauty is above conformity; it doesn't demand to be accepted by the dictates of the beauty norm.

People who have been on the raw food lifestyle for several years begin to have an emerging radiance. The glow is hard to fake because it is basically internal. It comes from an abundance of clear pink, almost transparent, cells that light up the face. Only superior blood circulation can bring this transfiguring glow. Several years on the raw diet will give you a translucent radiance.

There are beautiful people who are not on the diet, but even they have never been as beautiful as they could be because they have not been cleansed of all toxins. Our frustration with our looks is a subconscious reaction to our innate knowledge that we have not achieved our best look. The Rawsome Diet gives us confidence that we look the way we were meant to look when we are at our most beautiful.

The best proof that raw plant eating is optimal for the body is that it makes you beautiful. Slim face, slender waist, and clear skin with smooth coloration--these subtle changes will convince you that the raw plant diet is the best for good health and graceful beauty. No woman knows her true beauty until she cleanses her body completely of all waste.

I like to study each woman's face. I see not just how she does look, but how much better she could look. What I now see is just how far her looks fall short of her potential. I see her beauty as it would be if her body had been cleansed from all toxins and excesses. On the Rawsome Diet, you will be stunned by how the Master Artist makes the most of your individual features and brings balance to the face. Texture, hues, and shape will be re-arranged into a harmonious whole. Perfection and imperfection will be joined into a unique personal beauty.

But our imagination is limited. The perfect face is an invention of our culture. It shows human preference in particular time and place, and it is severely limited in its variety. While eye bags, puffiness, and sallow skin make faces look similarly unattractive, the variety of beauty versions, supplied by God Himself, is endless.

When your peer group is going through a stage where they think: "I am losing my looks," you will be finding yours. At 47, I enjoy looking in the mirror, while in my youth and young adult life I detested my reflection. People who have not seen me for years often tell me that they hardly recognize me. Even my mother recently said I looked like a different person.

Adopting the raw food diet actually brings the beauty equation full circle. Finally, beauty is for everyone! We can drop the pretence. Ugly Ducklings of the world, this is your chance! It is forgivable to be born ugly, but there is no more excuse for staying ugly. Healthy foods create healthy organs. Strive to become beautiful on the inside--you will be beautiful on the outside.

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Tonya Zavasta is the raw food lifestyle expert, the author of the books Beautiful On Raw: UnCooked Creations and Your Right to Be Beautiful: How to Halt the Train of Aging and Meet the Most Beautiful You, named a 2004 Health Book of the Year Award finalist by ForeWord Magazine. In these books Tonya makes a stand as an ambassador for plain looking women in their quest for physical beauty. Firmly believing that the roots of under-performing and under-achieving lie in feeling and looking less than your personal best, she is on a mission: she wants every woman to look and feel beautiful. To learn more about how you can reveal your Rawsome beauty, visit: http://www.beautifulonraw.com or call 866-STAY-RAW

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