#it started with just plain colors

[mattodore]

a little update on what i've been doing in the sims lately! don't mind the huge walls of text for once i'm saying things in the post instead of the tags lmao

matthias's scars are very slowly coming along! i really love his left leg scar but can't really show all of it because i'd have to get him naked for that and it also wraps around his leg. um, but it starts at the side of his hip and carves down at an angle before abruptly following a steep line to the back of his calf. it looks gnarly which is exactly what i'm trying to achieve with matthias's scars! i'm also pretty pleased with the scars on his wrists and side, but the scar he has on the back of his right leg is... a little too crunchy? i don't know, it just looks weird. it's kind of hard to get the scars i'm making to look good on matthias's body. especially scars that're smaller or delicate... like the instant loss of quality makes me want to chew on exposed wires. but that's where i've left off on them! his arms and back are where he has the most damage but my god... it's SO difficult trying to get scars to look nice over his biceps and back muscles. also the hair ties i made for him look nice on his wrist <3

theo's apartment is also finally in the works. i've got the base layout finished and a general idea of what all the rooms are for. building and decorating isn't actually that daunting to me, surprisingly—instead, what's actually causing me a lot of grief is the realization that this is too big for theo to really be comfortable in. so, i was thinking, okay, that's fine, just get rid of three of the rooms and scale down the living area. only to pause and take into account the fact that theo's parents pay for this. they're controlling and also very big on appearance so i'm not sure they'd be fine with their son living in a shoebox—i mean, what would people say if word got to them that he doesn't even have a walk-in closet? like... that's the kind of people they are. but i wanted theo to feel comfortable in his apartment so now i'm feeling conflicted on how i want it to look. i'm definitely going to scale down the bedrooms and the living area... but it'll still feel too big to theo. there are just too many corners for him to ever fully let his guard down... which, hm... well, maybe that fits the story more anyway.

this is his general aesthetic for the interior btw... i want it to be brown, cream, and green all throughout the apartment with splashes of orange (this mix between his old dorm and his childhood home but with something new blending it together). i really wanted him to have stained glass windows in his kitchen and bathroom but couldn't find any </3 so sadly that's not happening. and i need to find a nice curio cabinet for his collection of bells... along with bells too lmao. but that's where i'm at so far! i'm seriously going to just sit here in build mode for hours just... trying to figure out how to make this place more comfortable for theo. like it's supposed to be where he feels safe but it's just too much rn.

[oneknightlight]

Yknow if Joanne’s really wants to stay in business and thrive again they have to completely redirect their targeted audience. Most people don’t walk into Joanne’s and go “god I REALLY want to get hundreds of dollars worth of Easter decor, and yards and yards of gold metallic brocade and this specialty st Patrick’s day flannel”

Most people walk into Joanne’s and go “man I’m like 5 black buttons short for my project” and then they go to the button isle and all of the buttons are ornately designed except for the single overpriced bag of regular black buttons.

[defness]

→ drawing the same pose over and over again and feels cringe

→ realizes that these drawings are simply pre-ref drawings to figure out one's design so I can Draw Them

→ no longer feels cringe

[ria-starstruck]

let’s all enjoy this drawing of pk being emo before i erase it from this plane bc i realized i actually can’t have him here he has to be in the next slides. also krita crashed and i didn’t realize my favorite bestiebrush is auto set to 12 not 9 so now i have to redraw all the pk frames

designs from @/foileadeux’s gjinkas!

[nerkmidcharm]

hello neofriends :) please look at my art page that i just spent all day coding

[lumpsbumpsandwhumps]

Every day I consider a little more quitting my job and dedicating like a full month to just learning basic art techniques

[hajidumps]

Cale wearing red lipstick can and will end every simp there is in his vicinity

[dear-kumari]

It’s kinda odd to see ppl defend Legendary Disaster’s lion swap in 2022.  I get that there were interesting meta reasons behind it but like, we do all remember that “let’s have the paladins match their lions and then switch them all up to match their original 80s placements for the nostalgic appeal” was arguably the genesis for all the worst choices in VLD’s narrative and visual design, right

[girlscience]

Garage Con is officially over. I am home again :( It was such a fun weekend. I want to do it 100 more times. I loved getting to see Kaz for 5 days and getting to cosplay for three days and see other cool cosplayers and getting to go to panels and getting to buy super cool art. It was an absolute BLAST and I loved every second.

[waste-0f-spacee]

i have such an urge to overhaul and change my whole appearance but idk what to even do

[sgterso]

fashion/appearance stats         BOLD what applies to your muse.

BODY

long legs     /     short legs     /     average legs     /     slender thighs     /     thick thighs     /    muscular thighs     /     skinny arms     /     soft arms     /     muscular arms     /     toned stomach     /     flat stomach    /     flabby stomach     /     soft stomach     /     six pack     /     beer belly     /     lean frame     /     muscular frame     /     voluptuous frame     /     petite frame     /     lanky frame     /     short nails    /     long nails     /     manicured nails     /     dirty nails     /     flat ass     /     toned ass     /     bubble butt     /     thick ass     /     small waist     /     thick waist     /     narrow hips     /     average hips     /     wide hips     /     big feet     /    average feet     /     small feet     /     soft feet     /     slender feet     /     calloused hands     /     soft hands     /     big hands     /     average hands     /     small hands     /     long fingers     /     short fingers     /     average fingers     /     broad shouldered     /     underweight (post-wobani)     /    average weight     /     overweight

HEIGHT

shorter than 140 cm     /     141 cm-150 cm     /     151 cm to 160 cm     /     161 cm to 170 cm     /     171 cm to 180cm     /     181 cm to 190 cm     /     191 cm to 2m    /     taller than 2 m.

SKIN

pale     /     rosy     /     olive     /     dark     /     tanned     /     blotchy     /     smooth     /     acne     /     dry     /     greasy     /     freckled

EYES

small     /     large     /     average     /     grey     /     brown     /     blue     /     green     /     gold     /     hazel     /     doe - eyed     /     almond     /     close - set     /     wide - set     /     squinty     /     monolid     /     heavy eyelids     /     upturned     /     downturned

HAIR

thin     /     thick     /     fine     /     normal     /     greasy     /     dry     /     soft     /     shiny     /    curly     /     frizzy     /     wild     /     unruly     /     straight     /     smooth     /     wavy     /     floppy     /     cropped     /     pixie - cut     /     shoulder length     /     back length     /     waist length     /     buzz cut     /     bald     /     jaw length     /     mohawk     /     white     /     platinum blonde     /     golden blonde     /     dirty blonde     /     blonde     /     ombre     /     light brown     /     mouse brown     /     chestnut brown    /     golden brown     /     chocolate brown     /     dark brown     /     jet black     /     ginger     /     auburn     /     dyed red     /     dyed an unnatural color     /     thin eyebrows     /     average eyebrows     /     thick eyebrows    

TATTOOS / PIERCINGS

no tattoos     /     one tattoo     /     a few here and there     /     multiple     /     full sleeve     /     thigh tattoo     /     neck tattoo     /     chest tattoo     /     no piercings     /     ear piercings     /     nose piercing     /     lip piercing     /     tongue piercing     /     eyebrow piercing     /     navel piercing     /     cheek piercing     /     nipple piercing     /     genital piercing

COSMETICS

eyeliner     /     light eyeliner     /     heavy eyeliner     /     cat eyes     /     mascara     /     fake eyelashes     /     matte lipstick     /     regular lipstick     /     lipgloss     /     red lips     /     pink lips     /     dark lips     /     bronzer     /     highlighter     /     eyeshadow     /     neutral eyeshadow     /     smoky eyes     /     colorful eyeshadow     /     blush     /     lipliner     /     light countouring     /     heavy contouring     /     powder     /     matte foundation     /     shiny foundation     /     concealer     /     wears regularly     /     occasionally wears     /     never wears

SCENT

floral     /     fruity     /     perfumes     /     aftershave     /     cocoa     /     moisturizer     /    shampoo     /     cigarettes     /     leather     /     sweat     /     food     /     incense     /     marijuana     /     cologne     /     whiskey     /     wine     /     fried food     /     blood     /     fire     /     metal     /     ice

CLOTHES

jeans     /     tight pants     /     over knee socks     /     tights     /     leggings     /     yoga pants     /     pencil skirt     /     tight skirt     /     loose skirt     /     formfitting dress     /     cardigans     /     blouse     /     button up shirt     /     band t - shirt     /     sweatpants     /     tank top     /     cutoff t - shirt     /     designer     /     high street     /     online stores     /     thrift     /     lingerie     /     long skirt     /     miniskirt     /    maxidress     /     sundress     /     tie     /    tuxedo     /     cocktail dress     /     highslit dress/skirt     /     t - shirt     /     loose clothing     /     tight clothing     /     jean shorts     /     sweater     /     sweater vest     /     khaki pants     /    suit     /     hoodie     /     hareem pants     /     basketball shorts     /     boxers     /     briefs     /     thong     /     hotpants     /     hipster pants     /     bra     /     sportsbra     /     crop top     /     corset     /     ballerina skirt     /     leotard     /     polka dot     /     stripes     /     glitter     /     silk     /     lace     /     leather     /     velvet     /     chemise     /     patterns     /     florals     /     neon colors     /     pastels     /     black     /     dark colors     /     fur     /     faux fur

SHOES

sneakers     /     slip - ons     /     flats     /     slippers     /     sandals     /     high heels     /     kitten heels     /    ankle boots     /     combat boots     /     knee - high     /     platforms     /     stripper heels     /     bare feet     /     loafers     /     oxfords     /     gladiator shoes     /    boots

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[ohello0]

Trying to decide whether or not I should recycle yarn from a project I did last year bc it wasn’t my best work or yarn usage, looking for a walking pad to fit in my room, and listening to femtanyl

[theboardwalkbody]

Me: nah, you know, I don't really play into those hyped up expensive scrubs that trend all the time. I kinda just stick with uniform advantage soft stretch because they have my size, they're cheap to mud range, and I can feel like I can move and breathe in them. Plus they have cute ones so yeah, no, I don't really need "trendy" expensive brands.

Figs: *releases a Star Wars line with various items being named after various characters from the Mandalorian, one of the men's scrub top being called the Din Djarin top*

Me: you know.... Part of me wants it, but the other part of me is just so so mad about it.

[zooophagous]

So why do you hate the advertising industry?

Hokay so.

Let me preface this with some personal history. It's not relevant to the sins of the advertising industry perse but it illustrates how I started to grow to hate it.

I wanted to be a veterinarian growing up, but to be a vet you basically have to be good enough to get into medical school. I do not have the math chops or discipline to make it in medical school. I went into art instead, and in a desperate attempt to find some commercial viability that didn't involve moving to California, I went into graphic design.

I've been a graphic designer for about seven or eight years now and I've worn a lot of hats. One of them was working in a print shop. Now, the print shop had a lot of corporate customers who had various ad campaigns. One of them was Gate City Bank, which had a bigass stack of postcards ordered every couple months to mail to their customers.

Now, paper comes from Dakota Paper, and they make their paper the usual way. Somewhere far, far from our treeless plain there is a forest of tall trees. These trees are cut down and put on big fossil fuel burning trucks and hauled to a paper mill that turns them into pulp while spewing the most fowl odors imaginable over the neighboring town and loads the pulp up with bleach to give it a nice white color.

Then the paper is put on yet another big truck and hauled off to the local paper depot, then put on another big truck and delivered to my print shop, where I turned the paper into postcards telling people to go even deeper into debt to buy a boat because it's almost summer. The inks used are a type of nasty heat sensitive plastic that is melted to the surface of the paper with heat. Then the postcards are put on yet ANOTHER truck and sent to the bank, which puts them on ANOTHER truck and finally into the hands of their customers, who open their mail and take one look at the post card and immediately discard it.

Heaps and heaps and literal hundreds of pounds of literal garbage created at the whim of the marketing team several times a year. And thats just one bank in one city.

I came to realize very quickly that graphic design was the delicate art of turning trees into junk mail.

And wouldn't you know it there are a TON of companies that basically only do junk mail. Many of them operate under the guise of a "charity," sending you pictures of suffering children or animals and begging for handouts and when they get those handouts the executives take a nice fat cut, give some small token amount to whatever cause they pay lip service to, and then put the rest of the cash right back into making more mailers. "Direct mail marketing" they call it.

Oh but maybe it's not so bad, you can advertise online after all. Now that there's decent ad blocker out there and better anti-virus ads usually don't destroy your computer anymore just by existing.

Except now when I search for the exact business I want on Google it's buried under three or four different "promoted search items" tricking me into clicking on them only to shoot themselves in the foot because I searched for the specific result I wanted for a reason and couldn't use those other websites even if I felt like it.

And now we have advertising on YouTube and on every streaming service, forcing more and more eyes onto the ad for the brand new Buick Envision that parks itself because you're too stupid to do it on your own.

Oh thats ok maybe I'll get Spotify premium and go ad free and listen to some podcasts- SIKE we have the hosts of your show doing the song and dance now. Are you depressed and paranoid from listening to my true crime podcast about murdered and mutilated teenagers? That's ok, my sponsor Better Help can keep you sane enough to stay alive and spend more money.

It's gotten so terrible that now you have content farms, huge hubs of shell companies that crank out video after video to get more and more precious clicks. Which if the videos were innocuous maybe that wouldn't be so awful except now you have cooking hacks that can actually burn your house down and craft hacks that can electrocute you being flung into your eyes at the speed of mach fuck so some slimy internet clickbait jockey doesn't need to get a real job.

It of course goes without saying that animals are also relentlessly exploited by clickbait companies that will put them in compromising situations on purpose to create a fake fishing hack video or even just straight up killing them for sport by feeding small animals to a pufferfish that rips them apart for the camera.

And all of this, ALL of this doesn't even touch how adveritising is the death of art in general. Queer topics, any kind of interesting art, any kind of sex or substance use topics are scrubbed clean and hidden at the behest of advertisers.

Sex education, a nude statue, topics such as racism or sexism or bigotry in general have tags purged or hidden from search, even life saving information about SDTs or drug use, because if someone saw that and complained then Verizon might sell fewer tablets and we can't fucking have that.

Conservative talking heads often bitch and moan that they're being censored on social media. The stupid part is, they're right! They are being censored! But it's not by a woke mob, it's by ATT and Coca Cola not wanting their adspace sharing screen time with their stupid fucking opinions.

However, they won't ever figure that out, because the talking heads they get their marching orders from like Tucker and Jones ALSO rely on the sweet milk flowing from the sponsorship teat and they aren't about to turn on their meal ticket so they have to come up with even stupider shit to say for the train to continue rolling.

I managed to rant this far without even getting into the ads I see for the beauty industry. The other day a botox ad described wrinkles as "moderate to severe crows feet" as if wrinkles are a symptom of a fucking serious disease! Like having a flaw in your skin is a medical problem that you need thousands of dollars of literal botulism toxin to fix! I was incandescent with anger.

Advertising is a polluting, censoring, anti educational and anti art industry at it's very core. It destroys human connections, suppresses human thought and makes us hate our own bodies. It ads no value, actively detracts from value, and serves no real purpose and I believe it should be almost if not entirely banned.

[splattacks]

my brain has to STOP giving me ideas i DONT have the time and energy for it rn but making a little oc comic would be so so cool. im being plagued by visions

[sunsetsimon]

more random simon headcanons <3

☼ his favorite colors are black, blue, and grey. his personal style is very plain, black hoodies, white tee's, and black sweatpants are his go to. simon doesn't want to stand out any more than he already does with his large frame, so he opts for comfort over style.

☼ simon is very helpful around the house, constantly tidying up and fixing anything with a problem. he has no issue doing the dishes or folding the laundry, but for some reason he hates sweeping and mopping? you don't get it, it's not an intense or demanding chore, but simon claims that "it's too boring" and he'd rather trade something else with you. it becomes an agreement for him to do most things in the room, and then you come in after to finish with a quick sweep and mop.

☼ he's extremely low maintenance. he always buys the cheapest products he sees, opting for a basic body wash and 2 in 1 shampoo/conditioner. when you first started dating, he didn't even own a proper face wash, using the bar of soap from his shower. simon isn't the type to have a whole routine, but he does pay more attention to the things he purchases so he can impress you with a new scented body wash or a moisturizer you'd mentioned.

one of his favorite gifts to ever receive from you is a bottle of cologne, loving the way you're drawn to him every time he gives himself a spritz. now every christmas he asks you to get him a new one that you'd like him to wear!

☼ cannot handle spice for the life of him. we all know that foods in the UK are usually seasoned with just salt and pepper, and not commonly spicy, so he's sensitive to it. something you may consider mild will have him breaking into a sweat and chugging down a bottle of water to ease some of the burn. his cheeks get flushed red and he just shakes his head in pain, reminding himself to never trust you when you say "oh it's not that spicy!" ever again.

☼ he has the lowest screen time, averaging about 20-30 minutes a day, and that time is spent either texting/calling you, taking photos of you, looking through photos of you, or making lists for you. the only extra app he has downloaded is goodreads, and even then you were the one that downloaded it and created his account. his passcode is set as your birthday too of course.

he's a little obsessed.