#if anybody does it differently or You want to do anything differently that's totally okie dokie :)

[cozylittleartblog]

Do you have any tips on drawing the Swatchlings?

frankly i am happy that i have gotten good enough at drawing these bird boys (gender neutral) that someone wants my opinions. anyway

i see a lot of fun ways to draw swatchlings tbh and i don't really know what you want tips on Specifically so i will just make notes on a few of the main things i think about when i draw them, most importantly: just make them bitches broad and fluffy, man. they're all canonically Ripped, but an important thing to remember is that they are likely completely covered in feathers! that's going to smooth out those muscular details, so you wont be able to see them, just the broadness of them.

my style is all based in gesture and shapes, so i use a lot of blocks so they look nice 'n sturdy. it's okay if you don't nail the anatomy on the sketch, i am constantly nudging things around all the way into the coloring phase trying to get the shapes right. frankly i would probably bulk out even this Example Bird if i were drawing them all the way. i usually add more fluff or muscle or chub or whatever when i detail them but the absolute bare bones of them is dedicated to blockie

i give mine these sort of vestigial wings on their arms to make them look softer, and i think about how feathers move and stick out on real birds to help inform how they'll sit on these birds, too. and i carry the soft, pointed feather shapes into the fingers so they also look soft.

tip for drawing Soft: don't get caught up making too many individual strands or feathers, soft things tend to come together in big tufts. you want big gentle shapes, not a bunch of little ones. unless you want your bird to look wet or scared in which case you're doing a great job and you've probably just drawn spamton instead

their faces are really tricky so i think of them as these kinda... non-euclidean semi-hollow pentagonal cones. there's five "planes" with the top two dedicated to eyes and the bottom three dedicated to mouth placement. sometimes you can see the far eye even though, in real life, you would not be able to see that "plane" of their face. you don't always have to understand things sometimes they just look cool, especially when characters are cybernetic birds made out of Magical Darkness. there is no rule about when to draw one or two eyes. it's just whatever looks better.

biggest and bestest tip of all about drawing swatchlings! very important! write this one down in your most favorite gel pen and Really Big! give them either tails, or tail coats. i don't care that canon has neither, canon is wrong. you can switch it out, even - my birds have tail coats as part of their standard uniforms but they can wear their real tails out on special occasions.

lastly, if you want to stick closer to a canon interpretation, i would not try to make the birds too unique, when they're on the job anyway - they like being coordinated! tasque manager is very particular about keeping them coordinated as well. but if you just want to have fun then you can make your birds as fun and unique as you want :) even though i draw them all about the same i personally love love love seeing super funky swatchling designs, making them different colors and species and such.

course summary:

make them Large. make them Fluffy. use really broad, blocky shapes and draw big, thick tufts of feathers instead of trying to detail them too much.

their heads are silly magic nonsense. draw a triangle and get funky with it. no rules, only vibes. if it vibes it stays

they always need some kind of tail or tail equivalent and i don't care what Anybody else says

if you want to follow canon, draw all the birds except swatch just about the same. if you're just here for a good time, throw that out completely and have fun with it.

[chochote-sijali]

Hello! Once you get this you have to answer with 5 things you like about yourself, publicly, then send this on to 10 of your favorite followers (non- negotiable, positivity is super cool!) 💕

Okie dokie, I really, really appreciate this. Thank you so much. To be honest, I’ve been going through quite a bit of stress lately so it will be a bit tough for me to find out my good qualities. But of course, this can’t hurt 😊Again, thank you

1. I think I’m pretty good at writing (not fiction like I hoped but personal accounts and the like that I seem to have an affinity for)

2. Someone told me I’m good at editing so that could be a thing lol

3. I may suck at “peopling” but I don’t suck at loyalty. You can stop speaking to me for three months and when you call back, I’m there to lend a hand. No actual hard feelings even if I myself was hurt

4. Hmm, I strive for humility. Doesn’t mean I am. But it’s definitely a journey for me that I’m totally inspired to take. (Huh, I may even look at some religions or different philosophies/teachings that I could learn from. If anybody has any suggestions, I’d love to hear them.)

5. Does a love/hate relationship with your head count? I mean, I love it as a whole. I love what it does, I love how it thinks, I love pretty much anything it ever thinks about or imagines. But then I do something or say something stupid that makes me think “BAD DOG!” Sometimes, it gives me memories of this and it’s funny in hindsight. And other times, these memories are miserable. But I love my brain either way, ya know? I may hate how mentally sick it is, but it’s like having a bond with it the way you do with another person. Might sound crazy or weird but it’s like my brain and I are two separate beings. I’ve mentioned it before but it’s like a sick grandparent that has to be catered to from time to time, but it’s so independent that it still wants its space. It doesn’t want to be held or pitied just because it’s sick. Lol I wrote such unnecessary stuff that it’s obvious I love my brain to death 😅

[racingtoaredlight]

Degenerate’s guide to college football tv watch ‘em ups for week 10, 2018 season

Somehow there are a couple of HUUUUUUGGGGGEEE! matchups this week and the overall effect is still a complete waste of time trash set of games.

I love it and hate it all at this point. Rooting for a repeat national title for UCF. Of course, this Bama team is one of the best talent collections in football history but I still don’t want them to win anything.

You know the drill. Times are eastern. Lines are accurate per Vegas Insider at the time the post is written and will not be checked again before publishing. Advice is sketchy at best. All complaints are to be addressed to Dr. Soused Bergin, Toronto, Canada.

Saturday, November 3

Matchup                                             Time (ET)                     TV/Mobile

Air Force at Army                               12:00pm                       CBSSN

Air Force destroyed Navy earlier this year so a win here gets them the Commander in Chief Trophy. Go Zoomies.

Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan   12:00pm                 ESPN3

I doubt I’ll ever care about the MAC.

24 Iowa State at Kansas                       12:00pm                      FSN

Kansas is +15.5 at home against a team with only one more win than them. The Jayhawks are second in the country in turnover margin and feature one of the top players in the country for total yards. And I can’t stress enough how much you should put your money on Iowa State in this game.

Louisville at 2 Clemson                         12:00pm                      ABC

Two years ago at this time Louisville was a top 10 team with a soon-to-be Heisman trophy winner at QB and a close loss to eventual national championship winner Clemson the only blemish on their record. Now they’re a 38.5-point underdog against the same Clemson program, which somehow seems too low, and Bobby Petrino is probably going to get fired even with a $14 million buyout.

Memphis at East Carolina                      12:00pm                   ESPNU

Memphis has a lot more talent than their record would suggest. ECU does not. I’ve been burned too many times by Memphis this year, though, so take the Pirates at +11.5.

Michigan State at Maryland                    12:00pm                   ESPN2

This is really kind of gross feeling right now. If you watch this game make sure to report back on all the awkwardness from the announcers. There should be a lot.

Nebraska at 10 Ohio State                      12:00pm                     FOX

Scott Frost somehow has Nebraska in better shape than Louisville so that’s some sort of victory, right?

Oklahoma State at Baylor                       12:00pm                      FS1

Okie State is only a 6.5-point favorite. Is Baylor really going to have a decent team again within 2 years? That’s terrible. Go Cowboys. Beat that spread all to hell, please.

Rutgers at Wisconsin                               12:00pm                      BTN

Oddsmakers like Wisconsin to win 40-10 but they’re hardly any better than Rutgers at this point.

South Carolina at Mississippi                  12:00pm                    SECN

You will be hard pressed in your lifetime to find a game featuring more NFL talent that is less worthy of your time than this piece of shit.

19 Syracuse at Wake Forest                     12:00pm                RSN/ESPN3

Syracuse is ranked 19? What a stupid year this is.

20 Texas A&M at Auburn                           12:00pm                   ESPN

aTm at 20 isn’t much better than Syracuse at 19. This is a matchup of two of the better QBs in the country but the twist to that is that neither of them is really very good. Kellen Mond is OK. Jarrett Stidham is a stiff now, as he always has been.

Georgia Tech at North Carolina                12:15pm             Raycom Sports

I am absolutely dumb enough to watch a bit of this.

San Jose State at Wyoming                       2:00pm                    ATTSN

This is true degenerate football but it’s scheduled very weirdly. The over under of 38.5 is hilariously low and appropriate. I don’t know what happened to Wyoming this year but they are pure trash. SJSU is trash but they’ve been that way.

Texas State at Georgia State                      2:00pm                     ESPN+

You could convince me pretty easily that these schools don’t actually exist in the sense of having classes or students.

Georgia Southern at ULM                            3:00pm                    ESPN3

Georgia Southern is going to end up with a 12-1 record playing in a bowl game before Christmas. Not sure if I wish this was a 1-AA game or if I’d rather have all of D-1 be a single division (like it is in basketball.)

Marshall at Southern Miss                           3:00pm                   Facebook

Marshall has been one of the better group of 6 teams for a long time now but Southern Miss gave us NFL superstar QB Nick Mullens. So the Favres are better in the long run even if they’re losers in the immediate term.

South Alabama at Arkansas State               3:00pm                     ESPN+

There is no joy to be had in this drab expression of “football.”

Florida State at 21 NC State                          3:30pm                      ABC

FSU is at an interesting point where everything they do can make me laugh. They can live up to their talent level and win big or they can bicker and fall in on themselves like they normally do or they can get excruciatingly close and lose in heartbreaking fashion. I don’t see a downside here.

6 Georgia at 9 Kentucky                                3:30pm                       CBS

Georgia is favored by 9 and I think Kentucky is a mirage of a team but I also think the line is too high and I can’t quite explain my thought process there. THE ONLY PROCESS I NEED IS MY GUT!

16 Iowa at Purdue                                           3:30pm                      ESPN2

I think this matchup looks like fun. I might need to be committed.

Kansas State at TCU                                       3:30pm                       FS1

This game is a perfect metaphor for the Christian notion of purgatory.

Liberty at UMass                           3:30pm         11 Sports / NESN / WZBJ-24

Liberty is #4 in my teams I’m least likely to ever root for. Go Minutemen.

Louisiana at Troy                                            3:30pm                   ESPN+

It’s stupid that Troy’s teams are named Trojans instead of Horses.

Minnesota at Illinois                                        3:30pm                    BTN

This game is a perfect metaphor for the coming apocalypse.

Navy at Cincinnati                                           3:30pm                  ESPNU

Navy is bad this year but they might not be any worse than periphery of the top 25, 1-loss Cincinnati. The world is not orderly.

Tulane at USF                                                   3:30pm                 CBSSN

Is Charlie Strong any good as a defensive coach anymore? Did Texas just completely break him? Tulane is all scheme, no talent and they’re somehow only a 6-point dog on the road against USF. This is all very odd.

UTEP at Rice                                                     3:30pm                  ESPN3

This is an important game every year for recruiting. It’s hard to play in Texas and never find any good players but Rice and UTEP have made it an art form. Sure, UTEP has a rookie starting in the NFL this year but sometimes things but even the greatest masters don’t always get it right.

13 West Virginia at 17 Texas                            3:30pm                   FOX

If Texas is really BACK! they’ll lose this game by 40. 

22 Boston College at Virginia Tech                 3:45pm          Raycom Sports

Football actually sucks and here is my proof.

14 Penn State at 5 Michigan                             3:45pm                ESPN

In the interest of making football terrible for everybody as long as I’m hating it, I am rooting for Michigan to win out and make it to the playoffs. Even allowing that I don’t really want that for anything other than spite I’d still hope for a huge blowout win by the home team in this instance.

Alcorn State at New Mexico State                    4:00pm            AggieVision

Look at New Mexico State out here scheduling a 1-AA team in November like an SEC team.

Charlotte at Tennessee                                      4:00pm                 SECN Alt.

Tennessee is gonna lose.

Missouri at 11 Florida                                         4:00pm                   SECN

Florida is still Florida but the ranking doesn’t seem wrong because there are only a couple of actually good teams this year.

15 Utah at Arizona State                                     4:00pm                 Pac-12N

Utah could lose this and it wouldn’t be at all surprising even though there’s no logical reason for Utah to lose this game.

Appalachian State at Coastal Carolina              5:00pm                   ESPN+

It seems like only a week since Appalachian State was a top 25-ranked powerhouse.

Duke at Miami (FL)                                               7:00pm                  ESPN2

Mark Richt is playing some kind of long cruel joke on his alma mater. The only nice thing I have to say about Malik Rosier anymore is that he’s never lost to Duke. I half expect that to change this week.

 Houston at SMU                                                   7:00pm                  ESPNU

Ed Oliver probably isn’t going to play, which is a shame for watching Houston games but is good for him and his future earnings, but D’Eriq King and the Cougars offense has been going berserk all year. I don’t know about the -14 on the road but the o/u 71 seems like smart money.

UConn at Tulsa                                                     7:00pm                   CBSSN

Nobody likes football enough to watch this on purpose.

3 Notre Dame at Northwestern                            7:15pm                   ESPN

Maryland eventually listened to public outcry and fired their murderous head football coach but Notre Dame plays with a different set of morals. I’m still waiting for the Irish to unravel and bring some balance back to a world gone evil.

Florida Atlantic at FIU                                           7:30pm                Stadium

I always thought that in the long run Butch Davis would be the better hire between these two head coaches and looking at their current records the long run might have only been 18 months.

LA Tech at 18 Mississippi State                           7:30pm                 SECN

I don’t think anybody could guess the top 25 right now.

UCLA at Oregon                                                     7:30pm                 FOX

I’m interested to see the reception for Chip Kelly in his old haunts. Justin Herbert is probably sitting this one out so if you were planning to check this one out for his sake make other plans.

UTSA at UAB                                                           7:30pm      beIN SPORTS

Very solid weird football as counter-programming to LSU-Bama.

1 Alabama at 4 LSU                                                  8:00pm            CBS

Very obvious game of the week choice, might be the game of the year. Might be a platform for the Tide hype to kick into a ridiculous gear. Night games in Baton Rouge are often a bad time for the visitors but Bama’s whole thing this year is bombing the shit out of their opponents in the early going so if Tua is who we  want him to be and it’s 35-3 at the half then where do we go? Alabama has a tiny little bit of apparent vulnerability at this point but I’m not sure if LSU has what’s needed to exploit the defense. Ultimately I view this game as a way to gauge how sure I am that Clemson-Bama IV is going to happen in the CFP first round or in the championship game.

7 Oklahoma at Texas Tech                                       8:00pm             ABC

You’ve probably seen by now that this is a replay of the Most Big XII Game Of All Time. I watched the end of that game. I fucking hated it. The offenses didn’t look unstoppable except that the defenses didn’t look like they were even playing. This will probably be a lot like that but with worse QBs. Hurrah.

Stanford at Washington                                            9:00pm        Pac-12N

Weird set of circumstances that this game is mostly worthless in a national sense.

USC at Oregon State                                                10:00pm           FS1

It might be best for the long-term health of the USC program if they just go ahead and lose this game and fire Clay Helton now instead of waiting a few weeks to do it.

BYU at Boise State                                                    10:15pm         ESPN2

Not a bad blue field game. If Boise wins out they’ll be a top 25 team playing in a decent bowl game. That’s always entertaining.

San Diego State at New Mexico                               10:15pm          ESPNU

This is pretty good late night football.

23 Fresno State at UNLV                                           10:30pm          CBSSN

I am not seriously considering attendance for this which, in my defense, charts with writing about football as a TV entertainment.

California at 8 Washington State                              10:45pm          ESPN

Last year Washington State was a top 10 team playing Cal and they lost 37-3. So there’s no reason to think you know what the outcome should be in this game.

Utah State at Hawaii                                                    11:59pm       Spectrum

Utah State probably deserves a top 25 spot as things stand. This game is being televised by a cable provider instead of being on a channel that you can watch. I don’t really know how that works.

[movietweets]

Thor

Okie dokie, here we go one more time (obviously we’ll be doing it more times than one more) for another MCU film. This time I’ve got a jar of delicious greasy olives to hand and I’ll be watching Thor (2011). 

The only difference between this and other tweet-alongs is that I’m actually not going to tweet it! Yeah... I know that’s not really allowed but screw you! I make the rules and I prefer this format with the pictures and everything all at once.

Also since starting this I’ve lost 5 followers. It means almost nothing to me but I don’t want to be an annoying pest and I can see how filling up your timelines with endless tweets about a film you’re not even watching could get irritating. So suck it up, this is how it’s going to be from now on.

Anyway, on with the show.

What’s this? A rag-tag band of misfits in a van! If only they had a dog it could have been Scooby and the gang! They even have a Velma.

Daphney’s on point but looks like something awful happened to Fred. So sign of shaggy or scoob yet, no doubt they’re off somewhere making unrealistically tall sandwiches.

Oh, but maybe they’re baddies... they do appear to have a bomb,

Whoops, things aren’t going so well for them now. I’m having twister flashbacks!

Damn! Did they just hit someone? Maybe they are baddies...at least they got out to try and help. This has a sort of teen horror movie intro vibe to it. I’m sensing that they all might die soon. 

Oh now we’ve jumped back in time and now its a history documentary, That was unexpected! 

Oh not these guys from Game of Thrones! Is this set in Westeros then? Even the music is a bit like the GoT intro music.

Okay, this is a wackiest one yet, two alien races (that nonetheless look roughly humanoid) are having a war together on earth (of all places). It’s a little bit lord of the rings too. I’m having all kinds of feelings here. 

Asgard: also known as Organ pipe city.

So what? Fight to the death? My money is on the blond kid, the other one looks like the jealous villain type. 

I guess he did win then...Look at that cheeky wink. Although, I think it was aimed at his mother? Maybe that’s normal here. 

Healthy Asgardian flirting with mum

Alternate cast of The Lord of the Rings

And that guy dressed in jealous green must be his brother from before. Man he looks bitter. I bet he turns out to be the main baddy. These films have a track record of introducing the baddy within the first 10 minutes and I get the feeling it isn’t going to be Velma or any of the Mystery Machine bunch.

Oh Heck! Its an icy man! They’re baddies too!

Ooo, don’t piss off King daddy!

He’s such a sneaky snake. If only Thor didn’t have such an ego. He’s like Norse Tony Stark

Typical Gimli, in the room for 5 seconds and already grabbed a massive plate of food. 

Roadtrip! 

Why are they riding horses though, isn’t this world super high tech? Come to think of it, why are they wearing armor and fighting with swords? Don’t they have laser guns? Even that bloke from Ironman, living in a hovel in Russia, managed to cobble together a laser weapon. What gives!?

Idris Elba! Oh I hope he’s a main character! Looks like he needs a rest though... his eyes are pretty bloodshot.

Is this where rainbow road from mariocart is set? Or is that some kind of future techno-path?

Ideally I’d like to make some clever comment about this transportation sphere thing but its just too bizarre... Who know’s maybe this is what alien technology is like?

Hold your breath guys!

Could have said something earlier Asian Aragron! No use piping up now with your doubts!

Yep, I’m sure he’s going to back down now. He seems like the backing down type to be honest. Not a hot head, just easy going Thor, trying not to upset anyone.

Nobody calls me a woman! Even though there’s nothing wrong with being a woman. I’m not a sexist demi-god, really I promise! I know literally every other religion has a pretty bad track record but I’m different... It wasn’t what he said, it was the way he said it! 

Daaaaammnnnn! You got burned son! How you gonna let him front like that?

Oww! You got me right in the hand! No fair! And down he goes like a premiership football player. 

Cool hammer trick, I wonder how he does it? Magnets? It’ll definitely be magnets. I’ll bet it’s magnets.

Oh no! Frostbite! I’m sure there won’t be any long term consequences though.

Why is he only pulling out that attack now? Also, great wrist action, that must come in useful... Some friends he’s got though leaving him there to fight alone.

Another neat trick...This guy is a demon with the hammer.

Okay, now this is just hammer porn.

How many legs does that horse have? Is that part of the mythology?

Uh oh! Somebody is going to be grounded when they get home!

Isn’t Thor the god of lighting? If Final Fantasy has taught me anything about elemental damage its that he should have gained HP from that taser.

He’s going to end up in an institution! Hasn’t he worked it out that he’s on earth yet? They all knew about earth earlier.

Here’s Johnny!

I guess you’re not going to be crowned King Arthur.

Told you! That’s it buddy, you’re in the system now. Your only hope is a Native American smashing a window with a water fountain. 

Wow, Portman really has a knack for running this guy over.

HMB I’m going to get me a kingdom. 

Okay party’s over. Agent killjoy is here.

Yeah, real subtle Portman! I know he’s got a pretty ripped body though so I don’t blame you for acting like a school girl.

Oh surprise, surprise! Sneaky snake bro is a sneaky snake.

I’m blue dabba dee dabba doo. He actually might be that guy from X-men though. 

Stolen avatar baby. Again this seems familiar. Right George R.R. Martin? 

NO! DADDY!

HAHAHA! This guy is worse than Hulk for smashing.

How much did Zuckerburg pay for that totally unnecessarily distraction from the scene.

Oh she’s totally smitten. He’s everything a girl could want: brutish, zero social awareness, no money but really confident and with a killer bod. It literally makes no sense though, she’s a total babe but has to wait for a mental patient to literally fall from the sky to find a man. Has she even tried Tinder?

America! Land of freedom! They’ll steal your stuff and there’s nothing you can do about it...

Apple? you too? Aren’t you setting enough Ipods already? It’s 2011 for christs sake. I swear Velma is only in this for the product placement. 

The king is dead, long live the king. He’s like one of those co-workers who suddenly becomes a dick when they get a promotion so supervisor.

Good thing she turned up, that guy looked like he was about to show him to the back-room bestiality ring he runs on weeknights.

She’s doing some pretty impressive mental gymnastics there to even consider that he might not be completely bonkers. 

Is this a theme starting to emerge, ignoring daddies instructions?

Why does he need to go in there at all, that’s my question. we’ve already seen that he can use his magnet hands to summon it from a distance. He could have done that from up on the hill and then flown them both the hell out of there before anybody knew what was going on.

Gun or bow and arrow? 

Hmmm... I’m feeling cocky today.

I knew it was magnets! 

He just said it! Right there!

Oh, what a let down. He’s fucked now.

No use crying over impossible to pick up hammer. As they say.

Who’s this Robin Hood guy anyway, obviously not just a random grunt or he’d have gone with the gun and would probably be dead by now.

What is snakeboy doing here? It’s all your fault but don’t blame yourself. This guy is a sociopath.

I think my eyes just nearly rolled out of their sockets. Absolutely shameless.

Okay MUM!

Earth Daddy is a rebel after all. CHUG THE BEER, GET IT DOWN, DOWN IN ONE, DRINK IT ALL!

Of course it was all him all along. Sneaky snake.

MY VOICE IS RIDICULOUSLY DEEP AND RESONANT!

Just having a chilled night in with a good book and some ‘Go Lean’ Cereal! 

Oh! Heaven forbid that he see your cereal!

Greedy ginger Hagrid is always stuffing his bloody face!

“Don’t you DARE fat shame me!” 

Everything in Asgard is so serious and stern. Don’t they ever just chill?

So that’s where crop circles come from! It’s just the Norse gods popping in for a visit. Technically it is aliens then I guess.

Final boss? It does look like something from Dark Souls. 

Oh cool! Cosplayers! 

Just act natural guys...

Not dinosaurs? I it could happen right? Wouldn’t be the craziest thing to have happened in this film so far.

Oh no its just Norse Ironman. Eat shit Tony.

Just like in the wild west... but seriously, why hasn’t Norse Ironman used his face cannon to finish the job yet? He’s wide open!

Wow, that worked?

Psyche!

Oooofff!

He’s not going to have died though is he... lets get real here. Something is going to save him.

There we go space daddy’s tears made a massive hammer fly out of the sky and electrocute him back to health. 

Saw that coming a mile off, its straight out of the superhero user manual.

Can you really hit fire with a hammer?

It’s not exactly what you’d call comfortable though is it.

What a melt.

Really, all that tension and you’re only going to kiss her hand?

Finally.

WHAT? Double, double cross!? Such a sneaky snake but it won’t help you once Thor gets here.

What’s the big deal about frost giant genocide? They’re obviously evil! Just look at what they’ve done north of the wall already! They’ll eat Danarys! Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

How come it doesn’t just crush straight through him if its so heavy?

That was lucky. These superheros always get lucky.

Nice shot. This film has been surprisingly good quality, I think its the first one that I’ve really enjoyed the whole way through. Even despite its ridiculousness!

No surprises at who’s tucking in at the feast!

Awhh Daddy is finally proud of you. What a tear jerker.

Alright, lets see what happens in the after credits scene...

Oh its earth daddy and nicky the patch! Take a look at my energy cube? Oh no! who’s that in the background?! Not snakey snake bro!

The End.

Well I didn’t hate that one. I didn’t hate it at all. Tune in next time for Captain America. It’s one that I’m particularly looking forward to hating every second of. Bloody America man!