#i need a tag for paintings specifically

[sixofclovers]

flips the fishbowl like an hourglass

[mattodore]

OC Questionnaire with Imani

NAME: Imani Mahad Haut.

NICKNAME: Mani, Sugar.

GENDER: Female, she/her.

STAR SIGN: Sagittarius sun, pisces moon, leo rising.

HEIGHT: 181cm or 5'11".

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Bisexual.

NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Somali, born in England but has lived in America since age ten.

FAVORITE FRUIT: Grapefruit.

FAVORITE SEASON: Classic winter baby who loves the summer.

FAVORITE FLOWER: Calla lily.

FAVORITE SCENT: Vanilla and amber.

COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Coffee.

AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: 7-12 hours, depending on the time of month.

DOGS OR CATS: Cats, for sure. She’s a bit of a commitment-phobe so she could never adopt a cat herself, but she spoils Odious any time she comes around Matthias’s place.

DREAM TRIP: She’s been as part of her work before, but she’d love to go back to Brazil at her own leisure. She’s often too busy for downtime like that.

NUMBER OF BLANKETS: A huge comforter and an old knitted blanket from the hospital she was born in.

RANDOM FACT: Imani was a trained ballerina from childhood up until she was injured in her late teens. She was considered very good for her age.

tagged by @spurgees specifically for imani <3 twirls her around for you. tagging @afrolatinotrait, @raiiny-bay, @stinkrascal, @kazuaru, @literalite, @elderwisp, and @non-sims this time :)

[treefish]

another spooky thrift find 🦉

[fattylime]

commission of Juniper and Avani for @1eona 🌸

[e77y]

Procrastinating so hard even though this is a fun topic about my embarrassing old interest... It's literally an excuse to infodump WHY am I procrastinating 😭

[sketchy-scribs-n-doods]

the way i wish there could be more good faith analysis and fic about billy having adopted racial prejudice from his dad and then learning to properly recognize it and grow past it in order become a better person. i wish there was more posts and fics that tackle the bullshit lucas has had to deal with as a black kid in small town indiana because the duffers never even considered it. but the sheer puritan black and white thinking and performative activism or moral virtue signaling or whatever the fuck that is so pervasive in this fandom means that even the few posts and fics that dare to try and actually tackle racism tend turn it into either a punishment narrative, are depressingly shallow about it, make it about hating and liking the 'right characters', or miss the mark entirely

like i get it, homophobia/transphobia is easier to explore and talk about for most fans. it's complex and multi-layered just like other types of oppression, but so much of fandom is queer and dedicated to shipping and labels that yeah, i can see how talking about it is just. easier for a lot of ppl. also a lot of fandom is white. and lots of white gays get weird about discussing racism in their spaces. y'know the deal, but i digress. from what i can see, very few ppl want to explore how racism affects our favorite characters and the stories they live in. i know some ppl are probably afraid of getting it wrong, or they don't know anything about it and don't feel like they should. it's like, my blorbo is queer and so am i, so why wouldn't i talk all day about that? i get it. but it honestly just means a lot when someone tries earnestly. i have read beautiful fics about trans love through hardship by cis authors and such genuine fics about connection in the face of racism's poison by white authors.

there is just SO much untapped potential in exploring lucas and max and billy and patrick and argyle and all the other characters directly and indirectly affected by bigotry and racism within the narrative that never got the acknowledgement it deserved. plus it's super weird being used as a 'gotcha!' by white fans that hate billy (as if poc fans of billy aren't capable of seeing it for the bullshit it is) or seeing lucas' treatment in the show get brushed aside like it's nothing or how argyle gets sidelined an awful lot in the fandom (and don't even get me started on how messy the classism in this fandom can be, the borderline erasure of eddie's poverty and its effects on who he is as a person in fic is insane sometimes)

anyway. idk if any of this makes sense, but i can count like maybe 3 good fics and maybe a dozen good posts about billy that actually address this in good faith and only maybe a dozen more for every other character i mentioned. and i desperately want more. i am brown and queer and i want healing and love for all of these characters and i am going to have to start churning out more of it myself at this rate.

[venomgaia]

ngl i genuinely wholeheartedly think i paint best in paint tool sai 1.0 theres just smthn so distinct about the rendering thats unique in sai pieces vs stuff i do in csp or procreate. i can get CLOSE but its not the same

[cannibalrotmeat]

Painting of a clown i just made

[snailasleep]

TRICKYS!!! 

i just think all his forms and all the different headcanons about him are neat

sketch(es) under the cut :)!

fem tricky clothing options because i feel it is important:

[tiktaaliker]

i FINALLY have a dedicated space for painting!!! first thing I did was do a quick lil painting of khetzal, who turns out is significantly less frustrating to paint compared to drawing digitally lol

[crossbackpoke-check]

most boys could be improved with a little nail polish bit thomas bordeleau especially. like what is not clicking for him that he hasn’t done it already my god

EX 👏 ACT 👏 LY you understand. i saw this post one time and simply never looked back so without further ado here are the top ten nail polishes, in no particular order, that i think thomas bordeleau should try:

1. sally hanson xtreme wear in 140 rockstar pink

we’re starting with this one because i previously mentioned it in another post, and, while i think thom gives the vibes of a single color natural nail mani, i like this one because it’s one polish that’s multicolor—dark pink glitter with a little bit of blue to call in the sjs and the baby blue suit he was wearing. also, glitter nail polishes will last you FOREVER

2. chanel le vernis in 339 cassis

also have to start out by including my closest approximation to the nail polish in the photo that started this all. i love the sheerness of this polish, which means it can be more unobtrusive and a little blink-and-you’ll-miss-it barely-there detail or more prominent with more layers

3. gucci glossy in 715 winterset snow

personally i don’t often go for a white nail but i think borde would like something very crisp and clean (white does look nice on him). however, i think his white and/or cream needs to be a little cooler and not as much on the yellow side, which made finding this polish difficult but like. what else was i doing today (so many things)

4. les mains hermès in 85 rouge h

we have solid evidence that borde loooves a good maroon moment and i did specifically pick hermès (no idea why. fancy? would appeal to him?). love the cooler tones in this red for him and i heavily debated giving him this really deep rich purple (violet byzantin) of the same style of polish but we can work up to wearing that one

5. cirque colors x live. love. polish in puttin’ on the ritz

while i know the first color on here is literally a fine glitter, To Me thomas bordeleau is a chunky glitter gorl. it’s got artsy details, a bunch of different types of glitter, it’s iridescent, it can be layered, i’m in love with it. it will match any outfit thom i promise

6. maniology in b333 gold rush

imho i would wear more silver jewelry to compliment the cool tones he likes to wear BUT. borde almost always sports gold (honestly not bad wrt bringing out the california tan, it doesn’t wash him out) so i am giving him a boring, but very specific metallic not-too-yellow-or-light-or sparkly gold nail color. sorry. just paint one nail and use it like an accent or for french tips for spice, idk bud you’re the hand model here and i am simply an incredibly picky art director

7. àuda.b in my cactus

i love how vibrant this green is, i love the finish on it, i think we could convince thom to branch out into more jewel tones and pastels. also yes i picked this to match his houseplants

8. nails.inc caught in the nude in hawaii beach & boy de chanel in 404 black

i have a lot of shiny and glittery finishes on this list and i reeeeally wanted to throw in a matte finish so. this is a two for one because i couldn’t find a matte version of this chocolate brown that i really liked for him but also i’m giving him a special matte black polish because to me these are both neutrals

9. mooncat in millennia

this one just looks dope. i feel like he would like the chrome effect to it? it is more high effort because it’s a magnetic polish, but also given that he loves juicewrld now i think i could swing this one on that basis alone (it’s the same colors as legends never die).

10. zoya in zp797 cecilia

how could i make this list and not include a pacific teal nail polish for the san jose sharks 🦈 this also would be stunning as a pop of color to accent his grey game day suits just saying

ok if you made it to the end of this i love you ✨ thank you for coming to my ill-advised impromptu ted talk @ thom please paint ur nails and also confirm or deny whether you have pierced your ears thank you

[istherewifiinhell]

must go back to my roots (i mean their new roots but whatever)

[idw 2012 annual Eastman]

[ID from alt: A domestic scene of the turtles [Leo, Mike and Don only], in their home with Splinter. The TV is on what might be a cooking show, Splinter faces away from it looking over his family. One turtle faces the TV lifting weights, one is asleep on the couch and one is painting a small figurine in the foreground. END ID]

[phoenixiancrystallist]

Day 6, and the background is coming along! Still not satisfied but since I'm not practiced in backgrounds I figure it'll take a lot of finagling to get me happy with it. On the one hand, it's kind of disappointing when my art doesn't turn out exactly the way I want it to. On the other hand, look at all this progress I get to make and things I get to learn! I'm gonna be a better artist and learn so much shit about backgrounds by the time I'm done with this!

And that's what the Great Artscapade is about: learning and growing as an artist and expanding my skillset. This is gonna be a good year for art progress, I can tell :D

[fat-psychward-sockgrippussy333]

I'm mad at myself for not saving that art book in my drafts/: it was how to draw fat bodies.. I neeeddd ittt 😭

[dinghyrudder]

Captain's Log

Friday April 29, 2022

Ahoy, shipmates! It's been a bit since I've updated the Ship Route, so I just wanted to give you a mini-update.

I've been fairly engulfed in my day job, and quite frankly overwhelmed, so I haven't made much, to any, progress on all the projects I have going on. Hence no updates.

But!! I'm hopefully coming out of this funk, and should be back to working on my projects soon! Of course this means the expected Arrival Date (July) will probably be pushed back (again). However, as I've mentioned before, I would much rather take my time and have fun with it than stress myself out and feel rushed.

One day we will finally forgather together at the mast and embark on a most tremendous adventure!

I shall see you soon shipmate, may the wind fill your sails!