#im so smart i prommy

[olibensstuff]

goodnight everynyan here’s some sketches

[little-candy-store-of-horrors]

Where did those quotes in the art piece of yours you reblogged about Charles V being ugly and stupid actually come from?

I'm really curious about which academics said that

YAY im being recognised as a reliable source to come to for these things!!!11!

Moving on okurrrrr i //did// say academics in like massive inverted commas so 🤡🤡🤡 regular history book writers is more like but doesn't quite have a ring to it. Anyway here are your Sauces™ because i may throw words around but I don't make shit up!! *Taps head*

"A perfect twit, a cruel victim of spoiling and aristocratic inbreeding" - Eric Metaxas, Martin Luther

"He couldn't help being ugly", "Villainously ugly" - John Julius Norwich 🔫 WHAT'S GOOD CUNT!!!?!?!????!*, Four Princes

"Not quite put together.... Ungainly and frail-looking" - James Reston Jr, Defenders of the Faith

"Thin, sickly-looking and somewhat ugly" - Henry Kamen ((aka the only bitch on this list i respect)), Spain 1469-1714: A Society of Conflict

*((if you all KNEW how much i hate JJN. it's Unreal. Had semen scumbag Montefiore from soviet history's good review on the very back of this book too they can suck each others and rot together imo.))

Have a sketch i never posted with it! And yes he was a skrunkly lad wasn't he!! If I can't *quite* say I love him then I can at least say I feel a deep sympathy really every time someone unironically dunks on what was otherwise an uncomfortable teenager. It just feels mean, ye know what i mean?

And then a deep fascination with his arc from that sopping wet rat to whatever the hell god complex delulu bullshit he became when he got older. Thoroughly insufferable. I'm obsessed.

[watatsumiis]

Some Pantalone money headcanons

I know a lot of people tend to headcanon Pantalone as being straight up stingy with his money but personally I read it a little more as him being smart with his investments, and figuring out ways to play the market to get discounts and such, pulling the highest quality stuff for the lowest prices.

I'd imagine being so heavily involved in something as unpredictable as financial matters would be super stressful on him but he can usually keep a pretty cool head (but if anyone pulls something unwarranted that makes like no sense he may have a private little screaming yelling tantrum about it).

His canon background talks about how he grew up in poverty so I'd imagine that may reflect in some of his day-to-day mannerisms as well, he may agonize over the things he's planning on spending mora on and spends a long time thinking over each decision before going through with it, he's extremely against being wasteful and not making use of the resources they have on hand (though he'll splurge a little if it means plans will go off without a hitch).

He doesn't often spend money on frivolous things (for himself, at least), though it may seem that way to others. Each and every thing he spends his mora on is carefully planned out in some way or another, even if it's not evident at first! He's always willing to spend some extra to make some more later on, he's very good at investments I feel.

I could also see him being very willing to drop huge wads of cash to make his loved ones happy (something about seeing them smile being better than anything money can buy (though technically he did buy it with money))

Anyways wouldn't it be so funny if he were a crypto bro in modern AUs

[im-smart-i-swear]

Well that's an awkward family reunion if ive ever seen one

uh anyway this is like a month old and im not 100% satisfied w/ how it turned out but i dont think i'm going to try and fix it up any time soon so yeah. that's all youre gonna get ig

[nebuladreamz]

Gonna be editing Starlit Skies' chapters so if things are different, don't panic, they're actually intentional now

[bmpmp3]

playing a very dangerous game today by working on doll faceups and working on my bikes chain issues at the same time

[waloeders]

i need to blow up several jjk fans. shut rhe fuck up abt these guys. seriously. what is wrong with you.

[minipuppyofmadness]

Are you sure you weren't deeply in denial? It's almost like you were playing a role. Now that you're all diapered up with a paci, it looks like you were just play acting as a grown-up.

Perhaps mini should ask @mommyvalfie to put away all the long sharp and dangerous things that Maiden has so puppy can't hurt herself. After all, puppies aren't smart enough to leave dangerous things alone, and we don't want mini to get hurt when she plays pretend.

😳😳😳 i dont- thats not necessary!!! Dont gotta ask Mommy, playing pretend is why im in the diapers, not the other way around 👉👈 prommy!!

[xamaxenta]

LMAOOOOO I did not imagine Dadan but now I cannot possibly picture anyone else!! Xam your mind is a gold mine!!!! Deities so old they've been disproven at this point in time but Dadan comes from the countryside where tradition is life so her odd habits are considered quirks among the castle staff... She constantly swears in the name of a creator that everyone literally thinks she's made up... As a running joke, no one has ever heard the same three names of minor gods Dadan prays to because theres so fuckin many that she's always cycling through that it is impossible for everyone to keep up!!!

But you bring up an interesting point with the magic. Had I been a different person or this a different AU I might've bit on the angle of Rouge being seen as a goddess after her passing. However religion is very not my scene so I am going to ignore. (I think I prefer anyway Ace returning to the castle and seeing all the hibiscus motifs that had been added since his and Rouge's deaths, and he can't remember his mother's face anymore so the image of the flower she adored is all he really has left of her memory WAHHH!)

Thanks for the heartfelt response though!!!!? I loved reading through it lots. The line about Sabo wanting Ace's garments treated with care had me crying in the club.

Honestly i have no other additions to this, youve summed up my feelings on all the points touched upon above

Like im just here nodding and groovin like yes yes exactly SEND TWEET!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽All I have to offer is my heart on a platter bc GOD. the hibiscus imagery and all Ace has left of his mother is this flwoer she adored and pquehdih

It means so much to him 🥹

I think Dadan’s stance would change when she realises its not because Sabo is being difficult but because he loves Ace so deeply that he won’t have him treated any other way, they come as a package deal now and well best get used to it because once Sabo succeeds Roger and Ace becomes next in line as Sabos, its just smart yknow learn what they need

I was chuckling over the ask abt many attempts in which other people vying for the throne would chance if it meant they could “assassinate” the crown prince skdhbe (more on that prommy)

And yes i fully agree this au can be called my prince we shouldnt, but oh my knight yes we should or however it was ypu wrote it as 🩷

[anxiously-awaiting]

tell me about the greater themes applied to lancelot riot I would like to know 👁️

im so sorry addie i autismed for like 2 hours writing this its SO longklfjds

Okay so, before I start, i neurotically need to give my disclaimer: all of this is primarily based on how I handle lancelot's characterization both in my original content and with fan-content related to the Fate series, i'm not trying to claim that this is Fate's intention with the character, nor am I trying to claim that this is a theme of the original arthurian tales. While my themes did come from a lot of those stories, I'm not a historian nor a medievalist nor particularly smart in general, i'm just Some Guy who thinks about knights till they get nauseous.

The general thematic throughline tied to lancelot in all of my stuff is. Objectification primarily. He's socially objectified by a society that deems him greatest of all knights, reducing him to a knight and bringer of violence before a person. He's objectified by people who view him first and foremost as a handsome "man"^ before a Person. When he's having his multiple mental breaks, he's often viewed as a madman to be pitied before a person to be helped.

^this is also slightly tied with the theme, because lancelot is NOT a cis man, but despite how he feels about his own gender, he's repeatedly viewed as one. He's repeatedly described as being handsome, broad shouldered, perfect muscles, an ideal man, and the one thing that people describe about his body as being "imperfect" is his chest being broader than it "should" be (in my lancelot, it's gynecomastia, something that he never viewed as a problem or even knew was "abnormal" until he left the Lady's lake and entered the wider society of camelot/england). (i was going to add a screenshot of the book section here that i referenced but i straight up can NOT FUCKING FIND IT i spent like half an hour looking for it but i didn't make it up i prommy)

Like he gets kidnapped a fucking LOT, to the point of becoming desensitized to it. He's repeatedly seen as a Thing to be taken as a bargaining chip rather than. Y'know. a Person. He's seen as a sword for Camelot- and even Galehaut, at first, sees him as a gorgeous bringer of violence before a person- though he does desire to know the person behind that violence. Even his son, at first, sees him as a great knight to be defeated and prove that Galahad is greater than him (demonstrated in my stuff with Galahad's knighting fight, wherein he chooses to fight Lancelot to prove his place at the round table not too long after first arriving, and in the fight, takes advantage of a weak point of Lancelot's, kicking in his bad knee, causing him to best Lancelot- but at the cost of like Genuenly causing him a shit ton of pain).

(tw for discussion of sexual violence below)

And that's not even mentioning Elaine of Corbenic. He's very obviously not interested in her, and Elaine, only wanting the the object of her affection, rather than the person, drugs and rapes him TWICE, under a thin viel of using "fate" and "prophecies" of bearing the grail knight as an excuse. I straight up do not give a fuck if people try to claim that she's "morally grey" or whatever. Die.

(end tw)

But so that's like the pre-emptive context of My Lancelot Themes, tldr; He's repeatedly objectified. Everything past this point is Strictly about my headcanons for specifically Fate's versions of Lancelot (Both saber and berserker), as well as Chevalier Mal Fet, a third variant of Lancelot made for my fanlostbelt Doggerland.

This theme is EASILY applied to berserker Lancelot, like, what's more objectifying than becoming a shadow of your purest, most violent self. He's repeatedly called a mad dog, and other names alluding to being only capable of violence in this state, with his madness enhancement only making his mental state Worse. Even one of his Noble Phantasm's, For Someone's Glory, whittles him down from "Lancelot" to "Berserker", hiding his identifying marks, leaving only a literal shadow of armor. (which, this also ties to The Gender Thing, because berserker lancelot LITERALLY SAYS "this body is not something to be idolized" or smth to that effect in fate/zero i'll get the screenshot and put it below with the direct quote.)

Now with saber Lancelot it's. A little more complicated. Since saber Lancelot is specifically from Fate Grand Order, and is thus subject to an insane amount of flanderization depending on who's writing him and if he's in an event, im going PRIMARILY off of the lancelot we see in the camelot chapter, as well as just. a lot of personal hcs.

Saber lancelot, somewhat similarly to Berserker, has kind of given in to the objectification for a lack of better words? In one of his lines, he specifically refers to him and his blade as being one, and saying that all he has is his swordsmanship. He defines HIMSELF as only being good for his sword, and even literally says Out Loud With His Mouth that he dislikes himself, and his only wish would be for Arthur to pass judgement on him for the whole affair thing. His bio even references that he believes that berserker should be the only class suited for him.

Saber lancelot doesn't have any specifically gender-related stuff so this is fucking. ALL Riot's fun zone for this next paragraph but lancelot's repressed. like REALLY. REALLY repressed. He cloaks himself in manhood like armor, fearing what might be seen underneath- and that manifests Literally in his armor. His exaggerated pauldrons give him an even more broad shouldered silhouette emphasizing a more "masculine"^ body shape. ^Not that broad shoulders are or should be considered masculine in and of themselves but it's moreso feeding into how other people see him in a ouroboros of dysphoria.

Literally. I have a whole fucking rewrite of the agartha singularity in my brain with the subplot about him recognizing that it's like Okay if he's not a man, and finally starting to allow himself to reckon with and start to heal from the Elaine-related trauma.

And all of this leads to Chevalier Mal Fet. Oh, Mal Fet.

For context, his name comes from one of Lancelot's bouts of madness, where he referred to himself only as "Chevalier Mal Fet", meaning "the ill-made knight".

Lancelot is summoned into the Doggerland lostbelt by the counterforce or whatever, (saber or berserker, it doesn't matter. The outcome's the same either way.) and he's found by Dr. Moreau.

Moreau is just another in a long, long line of people viewing Lancelot as a Thing rather than a Person, but Moreau sees Lancelot as something more than just a knight or a bringer of violence or a sexual object.

He views Lancelot as a guinea pig. It isn't uncommon to see dogs used in medical testing- Moreau's a doctor, a scientist, after all.

He's a pet project for Moreau to take apart and put back together, murmuring to himself that this knight is ill-made indeed. But he knows how to fix him, make him something better.

Moreau's human, after all, he knows better than some silly dog.

Moreau has always been one to push beyond what others may think is impossible. Using Mal Fet, he attempts to do a forced class switch, giving Mal Fets the strength of a berserker with the rationality and delicate swordwork of a saber. It worked- but only on a technicality. Rather than Mal Fet being both a saber and a berserker at the same time, his damaged and unstable spirit core rather oscillates RAPIDLY between the two classes, the only thing keeping his core from shattering and letting him die and return to the throne is Moreau, of course.

Lancelot, the person under the armor, is reduced to an object once more. A spectacle, a guard dog, a test subject.

[sergeifyodorov]

calle, mikko and eichel for the send me a character ask thing >:)

hehehe taylorrrr <33

i confess im terrible at remembering my first impressions so thats gonna be the least filled out part but lets get INTO it

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Cale: “Everyone has been talking about this man’s rosy cheeks and -- wow, he really does have rosy cheeks”

Mikko: [vague absorption of names you hear when you’re watching a game but you don’t know what’s going on][oh yeah that mikko rantanen guy is an av]

Eichel: “The guy who’s kind of bitchy”/ lbr it was mceichel slashfic

IMPRESSION NOW

Cale: Sweet little rosy-cheeked milkmaid of a babygirl. That hair looks like a baby bird. Dude is a nerd, and probably going to be the Avs’ next captain. That Conn Smythe run was memorable as hell, and I’ll always remember him as a playoff performer, even though the Avs are literally all hurt. Except Mikko.

Mikko: HART 2023 WINNER IN MY MIND. For some reason to me (ngl, my opinion on the Avs is “favourable but I don’t think about them”) he is the only Av who played the whole season -- he carried the entire fucking team through that early-season hell where everyone was really really hurt, as opposed to only mostly hurt like they were in the back half (plus Natemac was back). All this has cemented to me that he is an underappreciated big beautiful blonde moose of a man. Great tits as well if i have to be honest.

Eichel: My bitch wife. Mad respect for being apparently the only hockey out there who knows how to take care of his body (i see u going right down the tunnel when somethings wrong instead of trying to tough it out on the bench. Yesssssss). Robbed of the Smythe. People keep trying to say that he’s not better than McDavid -- this is obvious, but that’s not the point! Also I think it’s funny that that attitude (read: self-respect) has caused people (sabres fans) to note him as a locker-room cancer. It turned out that it made him a playoff performer instead. Not that I want VGK to win more Cups (for purely petty reasons, namely that my leafies should win out), but I do look forward to seeing him tear up the playoffs from here to kingdom come. Also, he’s not objectively handsome but i want him carnally.

FAVOURITE MOMENT

Cale: Just watching him skate/man the power-play. His edges are gorgeous, he’s really in the top tier of pure skaters out there. Also the Stroopwaffel Incident

Mikko: Hm. Probably that one media where they had Avs do the heart hand thing and he didn’t understand it? Himbo supreme. Just so large, and so beefy, and so stupid

Eichel: Do I really have to say it?

IDEA FOR STORY

Cale: He is the barmaid that the cowboy (natemac?) sees when he enters the mysterious Old West town’s saloon for the first time. He’s got this sort of quiet demeanour that everyone knows not to mess with, because he’s smart as a whip and he’ll get you if you don’t know what’s good for you. Maybe it turns out he’s also the rival gunslinger and we can have this Dark Cale against nate. (and then they kiss)

Mikko: Equal parts romcom boyfriend and werewolfcore. Werewolf boyfriend. I’m sure there are no paranormal romances with a plot that can be established in this manner

Eichel: I’m still on the mceichel train I prommy but I admit the eichel section in scheherazade was really quite fun… I’d like to stay a little bit in that universe, only not plunking auston in just having him already be there. The eichelston teammates to ex-teammates to teammates again to lovers. They could be gossipy haters together. They could kiss under the moonlight. 

UNPOPULAR OPINION

Cale: I think this new failgirl era (questionable concussion treatment) is a dangerous trajectory for him. We’ve already seen many, many NHLers with promising careers interrupted or cut short by concussion mismanagement, and Cale is one of the best and brightest of the younger generation. I’d hate to see him go down the path of someone like Kariya.

Mikko: HART 2023 WINNER IN MY MIND!!!

Eichel: I’m not sure if eichelthirsting is unpopular or not (or if any of my opinions are unpopular really), but that is what i’m going to say. I saw pictures of him post-Cup with his shorts rolled up all the way and that leg exposed to get the Cup tattoo, and. Awooga. 

FAV RELATIONSHIP

Cale: Cale x a good nights sleep, cale x stroopwaffel. I think natecale is probably a pleasing one, just because they’re both Canadian Weirdguys, but i’m going to be honest I haven’t read many Cale fics. (Yes, to anyone who might b reading, this IS an opportunity to drop your fic recs in here. Id love em)

Mikko: Arsirane, I don’t have time for messing around

Eichel: McEichel, just because of that juicy juicy Narrative. They don’t have any personal beef with each other, but if you lock them in a room I bet they’d complain to one another so much about the media that they’d start spontaneously kissing. 

FAV HEADCANON

Cale: ex-emo kid. We’ve all seen that one photo of him with the bad black hair dye job, whether it’s real or not. I would just like to state that I also believe he can bust out I Write Sins Not Tragedies on the karaoke machine if he is JUST this side of drunk and horny enough.

Mikko: Reportedly funny, but probably the kind of funny where about half the time he doesn’t realize that what he’s said is hilarious, but everyone else laughs at it anyway (he doesn’t mind this. It’s a point of pride)

Eichel: im gonna vote him Most Likely To Kiss His Teammates Platonically On The Mouth 2k23

[b0njourbeachsvoid]

Thought the prompt was interesting, and I already love your ocs! (Me personally i wouldn't fw that combo. More of a fries and milkshake guy)

I'll be sure not to blow up your inbox with questions about them! I enjoy it when people talk about their characters. Just one more:

Would any of them survive a horror movie? We're talking about films like Saw or Halloween! Oldies, maybe? Would they be the killer or that one mf who falls while running and doesn't get back up?

Im done yapping i prommy 💗🐐

It is an interesting prompt indeed, especially because it's not the usual "What is your OCs favorite color?" - I like the odd and strange, keeps my mind working which is always enjoyable. I also appreciate you liking them, I'm quite fond of them myself. You see, I've had a great variety of OCs but some simply didn't stick out to me, so I gave them away like leftover cake. But these three, they got stuck somehow. Especially Ruby, he was there from the beginning, the first one to stand. Many friends and siblings have left but he stayed and so did his cousin (Armaros) and the new part of the family: Félix.

You're so real for the fries and milkshakes tho, bloody hell it's been years since I last had it. Then again, I'm not much of a fries person unless it's curly fries.

Do feel free to blow up my inbox, it's actually quiet empty right now. I do love asks especially because they're much more comfortable than DMs (And worry not about being "too much" - I'll be answering them at my own speed anyway because sometimes I just have my hands full yk? This applies to everyone here btw!) The "worst" case that can happen is that I may save the asks about my Ocs for later for when I developed them further but that doesn't mean I don't want them! All asks are welcome here.

I am actually quite grateful that you show interest about them. I'm not the type to yap on my own about them but once I start yapping, I can't be stopped so easily hahaha.

You see that's an actually quite interesting question because of their unique nature! Armaros despises Ruby to death, so there may be very well the chance that he would toss Ruby at the first second present - If he's not even the killer as is. Ruby, on the other hand, doesn't really care as long as fire isn't involved. A calm mind, average smartness, so it would really depend on the killer and which type of horror movie we're talking about tbh. Armaros knows how to fight and he's quite booksmart, so he would be definitely staying alive in the most cases.

But Félix,, Well I'm not too sure about him because he's a necromancer, so he isn't really scared of death and it's actually quite difficult to scare him because some parts of his body are just bones (his right arm, for example. It's skeleton only), so injuring him would be a tough spot altogether. He isn't the brightest tho, so he might be in a rough spot in a movie like Saw (then again, he could also make use of his body to escape).

So for now, in their Twst version, Félix might be the first to die.

[angelsarewatching]

*coughs* because i am mentally ill and unstable to make headcanons my wife was kind enough to give me Her krueger headcanons because this man is Not alright in the head. at All. and sometimes it's hard for writers to get in his head because he's just soososososo fucked up he's so fucked up (im completely normal about him i prommy)

anyways ok so. krueger!!!!

-he's super super indecisive. extremely. he's so Good at decision making in the field bc natural leader or some shit but when it comes to the smallest shit ever like should he get water or orange juice he overthinks it and then suddenly just gets grape juice. like

-golem golem golem his friend golem 🥺🥺 (they're Not friends)

-manipulative. very. knows what he wants. gets what he wants (through changing himself to achieve his goals) embodiment of gaslight gatekeep girlboss

-lies. so much. a lot. too much that sometimes he forgets what's actually true. has fabricated backstories and personalities. he uses Personality A to gain friends. is charismatic. then he uses Backstory C: Suburban life, raised in Germany, had a decent life, ex-girlfriend cheated on him, and that's how he's in the pub right now.

-so good at lying though. because no one ever bothers to check.

-makes new friends. listens to the drama. then causes drama. spectates for a while for amusement then disappears. repeat

-not Ok in the head. but we already know that.

-actually a convicted murderer.

-literally everything he does is for amusement OR part of a very intricate plan he made to get something he wants or both.

-plays 4D chess with people. for fun. bizarre, intricate, and complicated calculations in his mind. like "if i ask X for Xyz, i won't get it, but if i ask A who is close with B, and get on their good side, then B will notice, because B hangs out with A a lot, and who is closer with X than A, and-"

-somehow knows how to read people. Scarily good at reading people. obsessed with learning how people tick. and human psychology. and human behavior. a walking fucked up lovechild of sherlock and dr jekyll

-can't process his emotions well. he knows what emotions are. knows the emotions that other people experience just by looking at them. but when it comes to His emotions. he's kinda stuck. the familiar ebb of arousal and the thrill of excitement and danger is nothing new to him, but feeling actual sadness is replaced with hollowness and numbness(?) that doesn't last very long.

-does not know how to grieve for people. understands what sadness is and what it does to people but cannot experience it for himself. he doesn't know why people just.. move on when people die.

-in his line of work, he's seen his comrades die, of course. but he doesn't understand why their families mourn. he was never really close with anyone, not even his parents or siblings if he had any--so he's generally confused why when someone is "close" with someone-they're upset when they die or disappear. can't they just find someone else?

-something REALLY fucked up his childhood psyche for him to come out as a scarily smart person that understands what certain emotions do to influence people's behaviors but doesn't actually feel them himself. his parents or the environment he was in as a kid is probably to blame.

-from the start i think Sebastian was ok. he was normal. but his family did not so normal things. his "normal" is what other sane and mentally stable people would call "terrible" and "horrifying".

-calculating. cunning. calm. uses other people's feeling and emotions against them or for his own benefit. he does it like second nature. he didn't know what it was when he was younger, but it just came to him naturally. manipulating people. lying. faking feeling emotions like "sympathy" when hard times struck. even though he doesn't actually Feel those things.

-backstabbing. a cheat. a traitor. a dangerous man.

[intertexts]

im on episode 8 of tg now my pd thoughts have all but completely fallen apart by now so just watch the first 3 episodes and youll understnad me

ALSO I HOPE U HAVE WARM HANDS AGAIN SOON !!!!!!! hey u know who else has cold hands. william wisp. i think he does the evil "stick ur cold hand on the back of someones neck/under their shirt when theyre not paying attention" move. bc hes an annoying little shit . every day i am thinking abt these 3 teenage boys living unsupervised in a winnebago for x amount of time. doing so much stupid shit. dakota runs hot william runs cold vyncent is sitting between them on the couch in perfect temperature bliss

I WILL WATCH TG... I WILLLLLL I WILLL I PROMMYYY... aughghhhh ;___;

OH HE FOR SURE DOES THAT EVIL THING. YEAH. also now that u mention it ohhh my god dude i have SO many winnebago thoughts. you don't even know how specifically that whole thing caters to Me Specifically. i think i still have archived somewhere the closed roleplay forum btwn me n my middle school rp friends where the Entire Premise was just. we were friebds hanging out traveling around the country in our rv & imagining going cool places in our rv together :] (<- entire friend group & every other rp forum & thread was was entirely based around fantasy shit. i just really wanted this.) so. like.

but YEAH they get up to so much stupid shit. you KNOW that place is trashed!!! awful!!! they piss into the chaos realm!! one brain cell between them! some reason they keep letting wiwi drive!! (<- side note it is ENDLESSLY funny 2 me that william wisp, certified guy who definitely tries to be the mature responsible one around adults & is smart & stuff (TRIES being the operative word) is the worst fucking driver out of all of them. literally worse than the guy who didnt know what a car was and eats rats. worse than the chronic adrenaline junkie. god.) head in hands. anyway i'll watch tokyo ghoul i prommy!!

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Do you do art tips?

your very good I want to know how you do expressions

🥺

i can sure as hell try! this is entirely in text sorry <3

half of the battle is knowing how faces move. whether you're drawing people, animals, what have you, having a solid foundation of anatomy will help a ton. make faces at yourself in the mirror, watch shows or documentaries or realistically animated movies - basically just know how skin/muscle squishes and stretches over the skull

im not saying you have to extensively study skulls and muscles. or really even study study. just having a basic grasp of dimensions and that squish/stretch helps a Ton

then you wanna know what style you're aiming for. cartoony? exaggerated? realistic? i usually use a scale of cartoony being shows like Adventure Time or Gravity Falls etc. exaggerated is Dragon Prince or Disney or Vox Machina or some animes. realistic is Arcane or Spiderverse etc. that way you know specifically what to look at the most when figuring out expressions

for practicing them, i think it's best to start small. granted, i started drawing in 5th grade & drew in a super simplified style for years. but it is usually a good idea to start gently and then break into a sprint from there - art tends to follow that trend.

make sure to practice facial features independently. draw eyes & mouths in different states of emotion & in different cartoon styles. USE REFERENCES!!! USE A LOT OF REFERENCES!!! DON'T BE AFRAID OF REFERENCES THEY ARE YOUR BEST FRIEND!

actually yknow what - its tangent time.

people will tell you that using references is cheating and taboo. thats stupid as hell. everyone uses references, from new artists to professionals. use real life, media, and yes you can use art from artists you really like.

tracing is similar! it helps a ton! it gets you familiar with how shapes flow and interact. pick s simple image to draw, like a deer, and draw it freestyle. then trace the deer with the same movements you use to draw normally - trace smart. then draw the deer freestyle again. you will probably see immediate improvement!

just make sure that if you trace from an artist, don't post it without the permission of the artist, don't post if they say no, and never try to pass it off as your own. same with if you heavily reference an existing piece of art.

people say all the time that the best thing to do is practice. practice practice practice. and thats true! but practicing isnt just drawing the same thing over and over again - that'll get you nowhere. real practice is studying, using references, draw consistently (bc your skills will weaken if you don't, trust me on this) all that good stuff.

tangent over <3

so focus on faces! know how they move! know what you're aiming for before you draw and don't be afraid of using references to get the vibe right!

once you can get the emotion in features down, it's fairly easy to translate to different monsters and creatures and people as long as you're aware of how their heads are shaped

and also be aware that improvement takes time. sometimes its a week, sometimes years. i know im still far from where i want to be lol, but we all get there eventually.

and last but MOST IMPORTANTLY! have fun with it! fuck around and find out, & i mean that in the most positive way possible! your art will thank you for it, i prommy

[rusty-gloinks]

ohma my god thays isnae...I tru st you compeltelu and behlieve you

You kn.uoukno.you know.what.what yiu should. Do. Explode the schgol....again.... no mor misry only ecplod💥🐛💥💥💥💥💥💥 I'm so smar...

Im doing grrr Bakr rgrrrrrrrrrr [in clarss]

yeshw she told me real .I prommy

alsoe I woukd Love to explodes the schoel agaub…everyone gone🙏🙏🙏🙏ur so smarlests smarts 🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛