#maybe that would help

[muzsmoux]

Akutagawa is one of my favorite bsd characters because despite having the coolest deadliest ability in the whole show he still manages to exude the same pathetic energy as a raccoon trying to wash cotton candy in a stream for the first time.

[stressedanime]

if i changed my url would yall know me….

[maranello]

this sort of attitude has bothered me for ages when it comes to charles especially just because he’s always so generous with his time with fans outside of official capacity and very nice about it. 

[fairykippen]

“if you were a character who would your fans ship you with” i wanna know what they would head canon my sexuality as and start discourse over it

[bookwyrminspiration]

The graphic novel’s cover looks like a lot of kids catered things these days- the bigger eyes, vibrant colors, etc. It makes sense, though. After all this is a series meant for kids as young as 10. That said, I do kind of wish they hadn’t had asked the artist to change her style or anything- her original style is beautiful and would’ve worked just as perfectly (if not better), but I feel like this has been done already with artists who work with the series professionally.

Madebyinkjar on Instagram was tasked with doing a few Foxfire portraits a while back and things seemed so stiff and just.. off compared to what she typically does. The hair especially appears to be quite a bit different and more along the lines of those mobile games targeted towards little kids to play while their parents grocery shop or something. As for the colors, she seems to be comfortable using vibrant tones, but the shading style and pallet she’s chosen for them feel… strange. It’s almost like she wanted to (or was told to) make the pallet as eye catching as possible.

Meanwhile, artists like Artofmachira and Jason Chan, who are tasked with making less characters- and are likely given a much larger time frame- look to not only give more care to the work (because, again, they probably actually have the time to do so), but also stick to their personal art style. Additionally, the colors they choose aren’t as intense as the ones Madebyinkjar have used. Don’t get me wrong, they’re still vibrant and eye catching however, everything fits together nicer. Jason Chan and Artofmachira also look to be known more as digital painters with the way they blend, shade, and highlight.

The weird thing, to me, is that Itsbrych’s style, in both pallet choice and coloring style, seem like it should fit into the same category as Jason Chan and Artofmachira’s art. Chianello’s art looks like she could paint it. The blending isn’t as seamless as the other two, but it’s still softer than what I’d personally call a cartoonish way of shading. It makes it feel like, if what Shannon and/or co. wanted to do was use a more child-like style, they should’ve commissioned Madebyinkjar once again instead of asking this artist to change their style or possibly not giving enough time for her usual style.

To sum it up: I am confused on why they chose Gabriella Chianello (though not at all upset, she’s amazing) if they style they were looking for was more cartoonish.

I am so sorry if this made no sense I just word vomited at you <3

I've done just a smidge more digging, and I think maybe they chose her because she has a cartoonish style, it's just not her only style. What she posts on her IG and Tumblr are her personal artworks, not her professional work.

I found this portfolio of artwork by her, which is way more stylized and cartoonish than the paintings she posts, and more similar (though not exact) to what we see on the cover. That's likely more like what the people who hired her would've looked at and based their decision off of, as well as her actual graphic novel work. The Nightmare Before Christmas graphic novel is much more stylized and similar to the keeper cover than her personal artwork, so I wonder if when she said the artwork was a different style than her usual, she meant what she usually posts? But while different from her painterly personal style, it's still similar/in the realm of what she does professionally.

I don't think Madebyinkyjar would've have been a great choice for the novel though--not because her art is bad, I just am not aware of any qualifications for this kind of thing. Being a "freelance character concept artist" (taken from her twitter) is a big difference from illustrating entire graphic novels, something Chianello has done before.

This is very light digging and speculation, but my guess is that they hired her based on her prior graphic novel work, not her personal art style posted on her social media. And since those are different, it seems like an odd choice to us without that knowledge. None of us have (that I'm aware of) seen her actual graphic novel work in depth, and a really involved painterly style (more like what we have seen from her on her socials) isn't asrealistic for a graphic novel. That's my guess for the discrepancy we're noticing.

That being said, I am a little disappointed that it's so...mainstream? Like you said, it's catered towards kids, and I'm well aware i'm beyond the intended audience, but it feels a little mundane. And I think kids who are the intended audience deserve a variety of art styles and medias! They already see that Bratz doll style elsewhere, and I think it'd be better to break away from that rather than lean into it. However, leaning into it is marketable and therefore profitable, and that matters more than creativity and expression in today's world. So I can understand why they did it, but I think it could be better.

Does it truly impact my life? No. But I can enjoy and be excited about the graphic novel while also observing that it seems to be another consequence of popular culture--none of which is the fault of the artist or any single individual, just something I'm noticing.

Maybe I'm way off, but it makes it feel a little cookie cutter-esque, and I think it and the people reading it (of all ages, whether in the demographic or not) deserve more than that, but it's a problem that goes way beyond keeper.

Anyway, you're making sense Ozzy, dw. Hopefully I am too :)

[onlydreaa]

Someone fuck my brains out already

[xamaxenta]

I want to reset my brain to the factory default

[wheremermaidsdwell]

i'm both very tired and very impossible to go to bed on time which has just been The Way of things lately but shouldn't be the way considering my meds that used to fucking knock me out at 9:30 but now i'm just like. mostly tired? around then and sort of slowly die until 10:30-45. now. i don't have to be awake until 7:20 so one would think this is enough sleep but i'm on enough psych meds to kill a horse and i have never in my life met an alarm clock i listened to so i invariably have been arriving to work 30 seconds before final clock in time. which is 9 minutes after "on time"

needless to say when i start job hunting attendance policies are going to be taken into account.......

[ooc-miqojak]

The Empress: Is your muse patient? How does your muse express creativity? How do they overcome a creative block?

I feel like she is patient moreso out of necessity... but in general? Not so much. Maybe slowing down more often might help her avoid more mistakes in the future... she's always been a bit of one to rush into things head first. (What paladin isn't like that? -.-)

As for creativity... funnily, as my first real OC, she's actually the only OC of mine not to have a creative hobby like all those who came after! She rather intentionally sucks at cooking because of how she was raised, and she's always had more of a penchant for hanging around outdoors, rather than doing much of a hobby that's an indoor thing? So there's really no creative block *to* get over... though I've really been pondering whether or not to give her some sort of new creative hobby! Maybe she needs one! But my last two (GW2/FFXIV) OCs were artists, so I don't know if I want to do that angle again! I suppose new hobbies don't have to be 'creative', necessarily - I have been putting real thought into her learning alchemy because... in her mind, she lost the Light - and thus the ability to help others in ways that 'only' magic can - her magic is more for offense these days, so she figures that alchemy might make her 'useful' again.

For the most part, her 'creative' hobby was relic retrieval! Working with ATS gave her the itch, and she got really into ancient Elven culture and loves collecting little things from ancient every day life, etc... but the discovery of Suramar kind of popped that bubble! Why do archaeology and conjecture about things, when the ancient people were rediscovered and can just tell you?! Exploring the Isles is great, but the girl needs a new hobby or two.

[tizzymcwizzy]

this is a poster i made for my call to action assignment in humanities! it's a bunch of basic and easy stretches for people who sit and work at a desk all day (me)

the idea is that you'd put the poster up above ur desk and do the stretches every 30 minutes or so,, the whole routine won't take more than about 6 minutes to complete and when done regularly it can prevent wrist, shoulder, neck and back pain! :)

all these stretches can be done while sitting (although i HIGHLY recommend you stand up and move around while taking a break from working)

you can get a free digital copy of this poster here on my gumroad!

and you can order a print/poster here from my inprnt!

[ghostlynimbus]

I am having trouble working out what Max's domains are going to be in this gods and goddesses AU

[dayoldpepsi]

The audacity

[chloesimaginationthings]

Michael Afton draws FNAF tape girl for Vanessa,,

[watchingwisteria]

listen there really was just something about how in the book, snow’s 3-page descent from hesitant lover boy to deluded mfer happens entirely in his mind. lucy gray gives him no indication whatsoever that she suspects him, that she’s going to leave or betray him. he’s just sitting quietly in the cabin waiting for her to return when that seed of calculated suspicion, which he has needed to survive the capitol, takes a hold of him and chokes the life out of any goodness left inside him. it really drives home your terror as a reader that “oh my god did he kill her? did she escape? what happened to her? why would he even think that?” in a way that when the movie had to adjust for visualization it lost some of that holy shit this guy has lost it emphasis.

[braisedhoney]

okay but can you imagine—

[puppyeared]

learned something about myself lately