#just a overlay was fine

[imorphemi]

Fjord and Jester <3

[obsob]

a redraw of ‘lament for icarus’ by herbert james draper ✷

[hirookouji]

Nobody that opposes me is allowed to look down on me. Lower your head. (ref)

[id in alt]

[cubecast80]

not thrilled with how leo turned out in both pictures but if i dont stop now i'll spend another hour nitpicking. giving myself a hard deadline.

[utilitycaster]

Sort of a distant tangent off my post about Ashton, but I'm growing more and more suspicious of the fandom claim that there's no time for small RP moments in Campaign 3. I do think that it's been challenging to get deeper party bonding or serious conversations that aren't about the big philosophical questions they're facing, since those do take much more time; but then I think about Calamity, or Candela Obscura. I can genuinely give you at least a couple paragraphs about pretty much every relationship in the two Circles, or in the Ring of Brass. I can also point to no shortage of small moments between characters in the Mighty Nein Aeor or Vox Machina Vecna endgame episodes, which were all extremely plot-heavy and fast-paced, and D20 consistently nails character relationships in a fraction of the time.

I think it really does come down to, as Brennan Lee Mulligan always says, the character creation phase. Laying down a solid groundwork in which everyone has a detailed, rich backstory and sense of personality and relationship history (in the case of characters who knew each other prior to the start of the series) is absolutely crucial, and even in the case of characters who don't know each other before going in, a good amount of time spent in character creation ensures that it's easier for them to develop those interpersonal relationships on the fly. I know in actual play there's some degree of finding the character as you play, but there are games for which there is a very short runway, and I don't think it ever hurts to do more extensive character prep than the bare minimum. And if there are gaps, I think it also helps to go back and fill those in mid-way, away from the table - Travis clarifying Chetney's backstory being a great example that allowed the history of Chetney and Deanna to feel realized and full, despite only a few episodes.

I'll also be blunt: most of the time when people complain that there aren't moments because the plot keeps moving...they're mad about shipping. Which has always rung hollow to me. It was a common complaint in C2, that no time was taken for character relationships, despite them taking an entire half of an episode for the Beauyasha date and despite no shortage of moments for all three of the other couples (and plenty of platonic moments between friends). The issue was never a lack of time; it was that the characters they wanted to talk to each other didn't actually have the relationship in canon that the fans had dreamed up, and so, when the chips were down, they went to other people.

It takes two seconds to say something like "I hold their hand", even in the middle of plot-heavy adventuring. If someone doesn't say it, it's rarely the GM rushing them; it's the player either choosing not to do so, or not remembering to do so, and either of those is quite revealing regarding how the player feels about that relationship and where it stands in their priorities.

[the-eldritch-it-gay]

What do we think about the progress so far?

[gomzdrawfr]

me: do it, create some sick drawing of your oc cuz there's never enough of them

also me: *cries* wHY DID I DECIDED TO DO THIS-

[lolliputian]

Question for the BG3 fandom who writes ZevlorxOC... How many of you write Zevlor against a NON-Tav OC?

I struggle with this a little because Mavari isn't a Tav--the way my brain works, Tav for me will always be my first BG3 character, who marries Wyll. But, even if it weren't for Lelith, I couldn't see her fitting into the Tav role/story. (Mind you, I had been writing Mavari for two years prior to BG3.)

If anyone else out there writes a non-Tav OC against Peepaw (or any major character, really), lemme know. 😅

[shuploc]

Your pieces always look amazing (not helping my obsessions lol)! What brushes do you use that give it that oil painting effect? You’re amazing!!

The oil painting effect on some of my pieces are from using Rebelle 5! It's an art software like Clip Studio Paint and Procreate and such, however Rebelle specializes in traditional paint textures. The software itself is pretty wonky and hard to use, so I don't recommend investing in a copy if you're just starting out, frankly.

The way I add the effect onto my drawings however is by drawing with one of the more textured brushes on a new layer on top of the already finishing drawing, have the new layer set to Overlay, and then just paint over the entire piece with a neutral gray. By doing so, it doesn't change the original drawing, but only adds the texture from the brush itself 😊 (I hope that made sense lmao)

Thank you so much for asking, and for the kind words!! ❤️

[bonetrousledbones]

ok how tf do yall get screenshots of undertale. i have looked at approximately 42 different tutorials just to find out its most likely the game itself not letting me instead of steam

[gailynovelry]

The great thing about being in charge of our own book design stuff is that we can, in fact, decide to go through a ridiculous amount of effort to create custom headers for every chapter.

We've gotten about two thirds of the way through Shadow Herald's headers right now. Downside; every time a chapter takes place in a new location, we have to draw that location. Upside; every time we draw a location, we can reuse it later. My gods do the shop interiors take forever.

[fly-sky-high-bug-games]

subtle changes to pfp's my main blog and art acc on twitter/insta C:

[hearties-circus]

Hank may have been exhausted but sanford was kinda tired and needed a long sit down so yk they made sure he could in peace

[ssspringroll]

the palette...

[draconicace]

i don't have enough medical knowledge to say the Correct way of handling it, and, also, stories don't have to be accurate to real life anyway.

but if and when i write an immediate post-tribunal fic, those bullet(s) are staying in. i am going to lead poison harry

[voidimp]

new image & video viewer on mobile is. bad