#really love her whole colour palette

[wogglywiggler]

cassandra doodle on whiteboard... getting a feel for her design

[darkficsyouneveraskedfor]

Three for One 2

Warnings: this fic will include dark content such as dubcon/noncon, cheating, customer service abuse, and other possible triggers. My warnings are not exhaustive, enter at your own risk.

This is a dark!fic and explicit. 18+ only. Your media consumption is your own responsibility. Warnings have been given. DO NOT PROCEED if these matters upset you.

Summary: As a customer service associate, you’re used to work with a wide variety of characters. Your efforts to go above and beyond draw the attention of a certain set of customers who want more than what’s on the shelf.

Character: Andy Barber, Lloyd Hansen, Ransom Drysdale

Note: The ho-lidays are the daddies and the baddies.

As per usual, I humbly request your thoughts! Reblogs are always appreciated and welcomed, not only do I see them easier but it lets other people see my work. I will do my best to answer all I can. I’m trying to get better at keeping up so thanks everyone for staying with me <3

Your feedback will help in this and future works (and WiPs, I haven’t forgotten those!)

Love you all. Take care. 💖

You bob around to the tinkling of carols as they waft over the store. Unlike your coworkers, you enjoy the repetitive tunes. They are so fun and bright and help the time pass between customers and stocking. Not that there isn't more than enough to keep you busy.

In the rare moment where you aren't distracted, you let yourself browse the colourful lipsticks and shining perfume bottles all around. You don't have anyone to shop for, not even yourself. You have your dollar store glosses and discount nail polishes. You don't see the need to spend too much on those things. Or maybe you just prefer what you know. Simple and cheap.

Around lunchtime, traffic really picks up. Several customers ignore your approach and brush by you before you can entice them into buying some Chanel. You've already hit your sales targets but you never really think of numbers.

A woman stops you and asks for a very specific palette. You know just the one. You think it's cute, it looks like a cupcake, and while you adore the aesthetic, it isn't worth the price tag. It's just powder!

You show her where it is and Luanne comes over to take the reins. She's the makeup genius, her flawless contour is proof enough. You turn to float back to your zone and see a man watching you. You recognise him! Vaguely. You see a lot of people in a day.

"Good afternoon," you sing as you near him, "anything I can help you with?"

His throat bobs as he cheek ticks, "uh, yeah, er..." he pushes back his gray jacket, tucking his hands in his pants pockets, "you remember me?"

You smile as you try not to show your cluelessness, "I think..."

"I came in last week," he says.

You think, scrunching up your face as you tap your chin, "yes! You bought Liz Taylor for you mother."

"Mother-in-law," he corrects you, not unkindly.

"Yes, that's it," you jab your finger upwards, "you complimented my sweater."

"Yeah, that was me," He finally smiles, "anyway, I was thinking of getting a gift for my wife. Just a little stocking stuffer."

"Oh, that sounds so cute," you nearly squee. You get so excited to help people shop for a loved one. At the same time, you feel that void. Maybe one day you'll have a husband thinking of you. "We have some great gift sets, actually. They come with different scents so you're wife can figure out which one she likes best." You direct him over to a shelf, "oh, and if she has a favourite, you can get her a full bottle for Valentine's!"

He gives you a look. His eyes narrow just a bit and his cheeks round, "that's a good idea."

He glances over the shelf and you wait patiently. He turns back to you, his eyes flitting over your name tag as he reads it out, "do you have a suggestion?"

"Me?" You perk up, "well, I actually like the Coach. It's not too expensive and it's nice and subtle."

"Is that what you wear?" He asks.

"I don't... I use some cherry blossom body spray but I usually smell like the whole store by the end of the day," you shrug.

"Cherry blossom," he nods, "oh, by the way, I'm Andy."

He offers his hand in an overly formal way. You giggle but take it nonetheless. You don't really get that often.

"Sorry," he squeezes your hand firmly before letting go, "lawyer, habit."

"No, it's fine," you assure him, "I'm just a perfume salesman, is all."

"Well, you're really good at your job," he praises.

"How do you know?" You say.

"You're friendly and helpful. I have no complaints," he reaches past you and claims the Coach pack, "she's going to love this. I owe you."

"No problem. Do you need me to ring you up?"

"Actually," he sighs, "she has this idea. Christmas card. I'm supposed to find a sweater. So, I need to look around some more."

"Oh, that's so cool. A Christmas card? The sweaters are just over in the men's, right near the east entrance," you point, "they have some really cute Charlie Brown ones."

"Charlie Brown," he repeats.

"Anyway, I'll let you go," you clutch your hands together, "I hope your wife likes the perfume."

"I'm sure she will," he agrees, hesitantly clapping the kit between his hands, "uh, thanks. Again." He leans back on his heel, "oh and, that's a really nice colour on you."

"Uh," you look down at your gem green blouse, "thank you, sir."

"Andy," he insists, walking backwards, "again, you're a life saver."

You grin proudly and he spins on his heel, nearly knocking into Luanne as she comes over. He apologises as he side steps her and continues on. She gives you a strange look.

"Geez," she grumbles, "people. This time of year makes everyone so crazy."

"Well, he was nice," you say.

"Kinda cute, too," she intones.

"He was shopping for his wife."

"Lucky lady," she scoffs, "so, you wanna go on lunch first? I'm dying for a latte."

"You can go, I don't mind," you say, "I'm not very hungry."

"Deal," she winks, "I'll get you a hot chocolate for your trouble."

"You don't have to do that."

"I don't have to, I want to, sweetie," she preens.

"Fine, fine, I accept your coerced hot chocolate.”

🎀

Another day close to complete. It's like checking off items on a list. Each evening seems to darken sooner than the last, every morning rising too soon.

You yawn at the empty fragrance section as it’s only you left for the last hour. There isn't much to do except balance the till. Your headset keeps you entertained as electronics calls out possible shrink and home goods argue about their numbers.

“We need a body at returns,” Lucille cuts through the chatter. “Now.”

No answer comes and you slowly slide your hand up the wire. Before you can hit the button, your name is snarled from the other end. You're ordered up to cash to assist with the hordes.

You leave the ghost town that is beauty and as good as skip up to the front. You calm your step as you see Lucille sneering at you from behind a machine. You give a tiny smile and claim the extra screen behind returns. 

“I can help the next person,” you call and wave your hand in the air.

You stand back and wait for your first customer. A man comes up and throws a torn open package on the counter, the item bouncing out of the plastic. You flinch and barely catch it before it can slide off the other edge.

“Hello, sir,” you bat your lashes, “how are you today?”

“Not fucking well,” the man snarls. His mustache tickles your memory; do you know him? “It’s a piece of shit.”

“Oh, okay,” you look down at the trimmer and examine it, “you’d like to do a return?”

“Yes, I’d like to do a return,” he snaps, “are you dim?”

“Of course, sir,” you punch in your ID and passcode, “I’ll just get you going. Do you have your receipt?”

“A receipt? I bought the damn thing here, look it up.”

“Ah, alright, when did you buy it?”

“You don’t remember, little trigger finger,” he sneers.

“What do you mean?”

“Pfft, right, you think spraying people with skunk spray is fun?”

“Um, no?” Your cheeks tremor as you withhold a frown; you think you know him now as you’re hit by a sudden wave of Gucci cologne, the scent of a memory. “Did you have the card you purchased this with?”

“You don’t think I have money?”

Everything he says is aggressive. Your questions bounce off him like accusations. You don’t know what to say that won’t agitate him further, He huffs and kicks a foot out, leaning on his back heel as he reaches in his back pocket.

He flicks a black card onto the counter, “put it back on this.”

You nod and take the card, examining the nameless front. You turn it over and swipe it in the machine instead to search the number. He scoffs, “bet you never seen one of those up close.”

“Sir,” you smile bigger, letting the insult ping off of you. All the money in the world and he has no manners.

You find the purchase with the same sku and put his card back on the counter. He snatches it up as you start the return. You scan the barcode and continue on to the next screen, “what’s your name, sir?”

“Lloyd,” he answers curtly. You type, waiting, then look up at him, “Hansen.” He finishes sharply, “with an E, got it?”

“Yes, sir, and the reason for return?”

He rolls his eyes, “it doesn’t fucking work.”

“Alright. So it doesn’t cut the hair or–”

“It won’t turn on,” he growls.

“Right,” you take the trimmer and turn it over. It looks fine enough, even after he threw it. You slip the door of the battery compartment off. It’s empty, “and you had double As in it?”

“Double As?” He repeats.

“It needs batteries, sir.”

He pauses, eyes flaring, nostrils flaring.

“You think I’m stupid? That I don’t fucking know that? You’re not getting free fucking batteries from me.”

“Of course, sir, of course,” you rarely feel this addled, even this time of year, “I’ll get you your money back on a gift card–”

“Gift card? I want my money,” he holds up his card between two fingers.

“Yes, sir, I understand. As per our return policy, personal care items, once opened, are only eligible for a store credit return. Or you can exchange for another item. Would you like to look at our other trimmers? I can put this aside while–”

“What? How would I know that?” He hisses.

“It says on the receipt, sir.”

“I don’t have the goddamn receipt,” he barks.

“I know, sir, sorry. I can only refund this amount on a gift card. I can’t override the option.”

“I want a manager. NOW!” He demands as you jump in your shoes.

“I… I’ll see if she’s avail–”

Lucille has you jumping even more as she appears beside you, no doubt drawn by the raging man in front of you. She elbows you out of the way, not even acknowledging you as she puts on her mask. She leans on the counter just slightly.

“Sir, is there something I can help with? I’m the manager,” she says.

“I want my money,” he echoes once more. “I bought a defective product and I don’t want store credit. I drove out here twice for this bullshit.”

“Oh, certainly sir,” she brushes you with her hip, further edging you out, “right back on that black card, right?”

She scans her keycard, overriding the safeguard, and proceeds to the refund screen.

“Yes, exactly,” he snorts, “not like I don’t have even more money to spend here. Even if the customer service is lacking.”

You back away, unsure what to do. Do you just stand there for the transaction or do you go back to your department? You twiddle your fingers and bob on your heels.

Your eyes meet that man’s and he smirks smugly, wiggly his credit card at you. It’s fine, you won’t let him ruin your day. He’s already ruined his own getting so worked up.

🎀

It’s another busy shift. Your hot chocolate has gone cold from your neglect and you long to sneak away and shove it in the break room microwave. You can’t mourn the lukewarm drink as the line before you stretches on. You’re only a week from Christmas.

You finish wrapping the Prada bottle and hand it over the iron-haired woman with her cute curls. You wish her a good day as she waddles off. The next customer comes up, slamming down a cup so hard, the foam of the drink spits through the slot in the lid.

“Hello, sir,” you croon, “how are you today?”

“Here for a pickup,” he ignores your question.

“Right, can I get a name?”

“Why?” He challenges.

“For… for the package,” you sputter.

“Oh, uh, Drysdale,” he sniffs.

“I saw that earlier. I’m the one who called,” you brighten up.

“So you’re the annoying songbird,” he grabs his drink again, “took you fucking long enough. Line’s a mile long.”

“It’s very busy, yes. Everyone’s catching up on their Christmas shopping,” you bounce, “are you almost done yours?”

“Yeah, I bought myself cologne. So, chop chop, sweetheart.”

You nod and quickly spin. People get so impatient. You go into the small back room housed behind the shelves of lockup and you search the shelves. Drysdale. You pluck up the box and hurry back out.

“Right here,” you announce, “I have good news, too.”

“Tell me you’re gonna stop yammering,” he snickers.

“Um, no, the uh… the cologne is currently on markdown so I can do a price match and give you your money back.”

“Why would you do that?” He asks.

“Er, because… it’s policy?”

“You think I can’t afford it?”

“N-no, I didn’t say–”

“Look, I don’t need some department store busy bee to judge me, got it? This scarf costs more than your whole wardrobe,” he touches the patterned scarf around his neck.

“It’s a very nice scarf,” you agree.

He narrows his eyes, “you’re mocking me.”

You shake your head, “no, sir, I like the colours–”

“Give my goddamn package," he reaches and rips the box out of your hands, “and a tip, shut up and do your job. Maybe then you won’t have half the city waiting to get their shit.”

“Thanks,” you swallow down his anger. “Have a great day, sir.”

He doesn’t reply as he takes his cologne and storms away. You watch him and notice his cup still beside your till. It’s too late to call him back. You’ll just put it aside, you’re sure he’ll come back for it.

You move it to the other end of the counter and face the next customer, “hello, how are you?”

“Good,” the blonde woman answers with a gentle smile, “some people…” she tuts, “don’t let the grinches get to you, honey.”

“Thanks,” you feel the ice melt away, “I won’t.”

“Adorable cardigan,” she adds, “I really love the collar.”

“Oh, thank you,” you trill, “is this everything for today?” You gesture to the bottle of Calvin Klein on the counter.

“That will be it. And I’d love to have it gift-wrapped, thank you, hon.”

[officialrocketjumper]

HOWDY EVERYONE- so excited to FINALLY be able to show off my piece for this year's Bumbleby Big Bang!

Unfortunately no accompanying story as of yet- but I really hope you guys get to read it someday! The premise involves Yang cursed to be trapped inside a sword, which was an idea I KNEW I had to make move.

Details and development stuff under the cut!

Lots of fun collaboration with the author, Celeste! We worked together to find the look-of-picture, Blake's outfit, how the Grimm look, the style of the sword, the whole shabang! I'm really happy with how it all turned out!

When I first saw all the prompts, even before claims opened, I got to work on a handful of exploration pieces based on some of the summaries, to decide which of the stories I was interested in would be the best fit. Here's the initial idea for this one I put together over a lunch break:

After showing Celeste, we got to work finding the look we wanted! Went back and forth a bit and found this great look for Blake! Also shoutout to Pinterest boards for visdev inspiration I love you Pinterest boards.

Just about everything stayed to final anim, with the simplification of getting rid of that purple cloth hanging from her belt, (since I already had the rope ends to think about working with), and the light purple strap across the chest, since leaving it out would simplify the linework on her chest.

The sword also went through a bit of change! Celeste had the idea of Yang making the sword catch on fire, which I LOVED. I went with a split design so we can see the fire more clearly start from the hilt and grow to cover the whole blade.

And from there we brainstormed animation ideas! I went all over Youtube for video reference of sword work (that would be complex enough to be interesting, but short enough to be manageable). I found something we liked from Motion Actor Inc., a channel I've used LOTS for both personal and professional work (I work in 3D Animation, for those who don't know). I edited this together, to see the action from multiple places at once, which gave me the idea for that camera move that's in the final anim!

Now for the fun part! Make that badboy MOVE. For the cam turn, the first frame she's in the air I'm referencing the top left video, and the frame she lands I'm referencing the bottom left one. While she's airborne I'm just inbetweening that! No reference for the Grimm, just wanted it responding to her attacks, but I end up tweaking the roughs later on to make the block feel stronger.

Then from there we had to actually figure out Grimm designs! Nimona had just released, and Celeste and I loved it, so she asked if I could take some inspiration from Nimona's shadow form! GLADLY. Here's what I came up with!

I was going between how the movies and comic designed Nimona, really loving the almost liquid shadow of the movie, but also how the comics had this broken up/held together rougher form. Celeste liked the second to last one the best! The original plan was to have it leave a wispy shadow trail like the concept art, but to simplify the animation we left it solid instead!

Next up is tiedown! Basically just getting the roughs more on-model, so the lineart comes out nice and clean. I've also transferred the new Grimm design to the base from earlier, and fire's also outlined orange so it reads clearer. (SPOILER- if you look REAL close here, you can see Yang visible in the fire! I liked the idea of Blake's slash also doubling as Yang throwing a punch. The idea is in the concept art earlier but now it's working with the action.)

Next step- final look of picture!! I asked Celeste for sources of inspiration to draw from when thinking about environment design, and we got Nimona, She-Ra, and Owl House! Used each of those as springboards for shading style, colour palettes, and how the fire would look!

From there, we kept the straight trees/bush/lake/foreground greenery from the first one, the blues from the second, and the fire from the third!

Once I had this frame, it was a matter of working backwards and making the background work pre-camera turn (which was ABSOLUTELY the most challenging part of this process). Learned a lot doing this! Procreate isn't quite equipped to make something like this efficient, but I'm pleased to say that Dreams would make something like this easier in the future (keyframing objects instead of hand-drawing/spacing duplicates by hand, for example).

From then on it was just colouring the lineart, adding shading, and finishing up the background! Beginning-to-end this whole process was beginning of July to end of October!

I had an absolute BLAST putting all this together. Here's to next year where I find a way to do something even more ridiculously complicated!! It's fun!!!

[lutinsdolls]

Monster High G3 redesigns!

Ghoulia: I wanted to change her outfit and define her colour palette. I wanted to go for a more skater/chill vibes.

I added worms because the whole brain motif was boring me. Also added more zombie features.

🪦

Catty Noir: I personally love the new Catty! I was never a fan of her og g1 design, but I still overall love the idea behind her concept ( the whole superstitious gig ). Even tho I think her G3 design is really nice, the clothes are lacking.

I was personally inspired by Ariana Grande’s earlier outfits ( mostly the ones worn in the Break Free mv ) and by Lizzo’s.

Less pink & more silver please !! 🐈‍⬛

Spectra: Her face mold and overall doll is stunning, but I’m not a fan of her outfit. Why does she have biker shorts. Also, and this is my personal issue, I really don’t like the 3D printed chains. It feels really cheap. Anyways, I was inspired by Stevie Nicks’ outfits, since she would always wear these flowy, ethereal clothes on stage, giving her a ghostly appearance. I like the fact that she wears crystals, I think it fits with the clothes I designed for her 🔮

[rxdidz]

★ — bnha characters doing you’re makeup !!

ft. izuku, bakugou, shoto, denki, momo, ashido

izuku

vv exited when you ask him to do your makeup!!!

nervous af at the same time 😭

knows of some products like mascara, blush, lip gloss.

giggling before you even start because aklfjdk you’re so pretty and he’s so scared

he’s so clueless at what to start with. he asked you for hints LMAO

eventually figured it out and was struggling at blending.

accidentally poked you in the eye with the mascara wand.

he’s so sorry forgive him

“i feel so bad, it doesn’t hurt anymore?“

“it’s been 10 minutes izu.”

he’s shaking and crying over doing your eyeliner like help

very good at lipstick, probably blushing the whole time though

the whole look was kinda good, it was just the brows and uneven eyeliner 😣

katsuki

you have to BEG him.

he says yes but for the first 5 mins he’s just wasting your eyeliner and playing with your palettes 🙄

doesn’t know any of the product names. literally only eyeliner because he’s used it before.

“gimmie the sponge and bottle.”

“the beauty blender and foundation?”

“tsk, yeah.😒”

honestly not bad at it like you just sat in silence as he did it

kept grumbling to himself when doing your lashes 😒

not terrible at eyeliner + he looked good when doing it 😓🙏

opens every product you own and and also smells some of them???

starts messing with the highlighter like it doesn’t cost $7.99

mumbling under his breath when doing your lipstick because you look so kissable rn

gives you his phone camera as a mirror and it wasn’t bad.. like it could’ve used some work but it was good for a beginner!!🧎🏽‍♀️

shoto

knows a little bit about it from watching his sister.

kinda hesitant at first i love him

“are you sure? i might mess it up.”

good at putting the foundation n concealer but was scared to dab the beauty blender too hard

so gentle when doing your mascara so he doesn’t poke you <3

smudges your eyeliner 😭 (i don’t blame him it’s so hard for me too)

he has a cute concentrated face

confused on why lip gloss, lip stick and lip liner are all different but it’s okay

takes a min to just look at you, his hands holding your face and you giggle because of how quiet he was.

he smiles, a bit embarrassed and continues to finish it.

asks if he can do eyeshadow because the colours are so pretty!!

chooses dark blue and is so gentle with it ajldjsajdkj

in the end it was really good, he had everything down except the eyeliner 😨

kaminari

he suggested it!!

he’s so exited likes he’s grinning and everything

very good at the base he likes the beauty blender

ends up not doing eyeliner because he’s horrible at it. he’s tried on himself already.

mascara was okay but he kept scaring himself that he was gonna poke you 🙁

starts playing around with it and putting eyeshadow on you.

you knew it was going south when he was putting the brush in the green and then onto your eyebrow.

“just let me finish it, it looks good!” he lied, holding in his laugh.

kisses you when applying your lipstick, n then kisses you on your cheek so he has to redo your lipstick AND put concealer over the lips mark. 😒😒

like bae stop kissing me in the process of my makeup being done.

loves highlighter, puts in on your nose.

covers your eyes with his hands and leads you to the bathroom to reveal his “masterpiece”.

it wasn’t horrible, the lashes, the eyeshadow and the lips looked very good 🤭 it was just your brows and the amount of highlighter..

congratulate him!!!!😓🙏

momo

her face lit up when you asked her to do it <3

her makeup always looks flawless in class, not that she even needs it.

probably has the best products too because she’s so rich 🤭

so good at eyeliner

she’s so steady and focused with it and you’re just trying not to move or she’ll cry internally

also very carefully does your mascara because she does not wanna poke u

she’s so sweet too

“tell me if i poke you, kay?”

when doing your lipstick she gives you a peck before aksjjsk

needs a moment to admire her work before she gives you the hand mirror

overall look was so beautiful fr you looked like a model 10/10 😓🙏

she was on a roll so she decided to do your nails 🧎🏽‍♀️

ashido

her makeup is so fun

she pleaded for you to let her at a sleepover and you caved

literally giggling and swinging her feet she’s so exited

practically on top of you when doing it 😭

calling you pretty the entire time

makes a cute concentrated face when doing your eyeliner

she’s so good at eyeshadow and making the colours n stuff blend

chooses pink 🤭

holds your face in her hands for like 10 seconds while examining it

realizes she needs to add more

your face is her canvas and she’s the artist ‼️

squeals when she’s finished and makes you close your eyes till your at the mirror

it looked so good especially the eyeshadow 10/10 😻

now kiss her on the cheek n tell her it’s beautiful

[fanonical]

Don’t take this as someone hitting [X] for Doubt but why are people saying Gwen Stacy is canonically trans?

I’m not really a comic book enthusiast nor a marvel fan but I enjoy the Spider-verse movies and I love hidden/blink-and-you’ll-miss-it/iykyk representation in media as much as the next guy but I what did I miss in the second movie that led to this conclusion?

so first of all, Gwen has a trans flag hanging in her bedroom that says “PROTECT TRANS KIDS”. people are saying, well she could be an ally etc but are forgetting this isn’t like, a real person’s bedroom, it’s the bedroom of a fictional character where everything is placed there as a commentary on what type of person she is. in this case, it’s pretty clear to me she’s saying she is a trans kid. her dad even has the trans flag stitched into his uniform - i’ve never heard of a cop doing that unless they have a trans kid, and again, i think that’s pretty clearly what we’re supposed to take from that. finally, Gwen’s entire world and design is defined by the colours of the trans flag. if you pay attention to her outlines, backgrounds, the colour grading of the scenes she’s on, it is clearly and specifically the trans pride colours. sure, it’s also her costume’s colours, but with the trans pride flags it’s pretty obvious what we’re supposed to read these colours as, if anything it implies that’s why she chose those colours for her suit. finally, the Spider-Woman “coming out” and “returning home” sequences specifically are defined by these colour palettes. when Gwen explains being torn between being “just a normal girl” and the new moral panic in the news to her father, when she finally opens up about the decisions she made to kept who she was secret from him, the entire scene very obviously bleeds into the entire trans flag. Gwen’s hair, normally a dyed blonde & pink, is the trans flag, vibrant and passionate — truly who she really is.

it’s not even really that subtle? its really obvious especially if you watch the scene with this in mind, it literally bleeds in like water colours into the scene.

there’s also just plenty of other details. her narrative is one pretty identical to the experience of a trans girl coming out. her dad, normally loving and caring, is awful and hateful about just one thing — who she is, who she has been this whole time, who she’s hiding from him. and when she finally is forced to come out, he insists on this hatred. and she has to run away. to a group of people just like her, where she can crash on the couch of a punk instead of going back to her dad. but with time, he comes to accept her. he changes - it’s no coincidence that this is the scene with the trans flag watercolours.

also she shares a shoesize with Hobie lol

[hazshit-hotel-hater]

Vaggie Redesign! (1/7)

Welcome to my new quest of redesigning the entire main 7 Hazbin cast! First on the chopping block is Vaggie who I will be addressing as Evangeline/Van for the rest of this post.

I’ve designed a good 100+ characters in my lifetime so I think I can manage a decent moth lady.

First thing, she was supposed to be a moth. Why not keep her as a moth. Vivziepop is a coward. Second but much more important, she is not grey anymore!!!!! All colours I used were picked from this wonderful little Gaudy Sphinx moth so everyone thank you Gaudy Sphinx moth!

For her scars, she didn’t have nearly enough to begin with. What even is this.

She deserves som recognition for yknow. Killing people. And yes I know she has that whole thing where she thought Angel’s couldn’t be injured but these are from Lute when her eye got ripped out so! Checkmate. The X is supposed to resemble Lute marking her for death so sinners could notice it and then probably torture Van because betrayal yknow. The scar colours and placement on her neck are supposed to resemble angel blood and also the swoopy things exorcists have on their necks but imagine they got more like. Burnt into her skin. Also it’s not immediately recognizable as angel marks cause theyre moth colours anyway!

Her hair looking like wings was a cool idea though I’ll give them that. Obviously she can’t fly with her hair but it’s the silhouette that counts. Oh and her short hair was cuter so I just mixed them

Also her colours were ugly!! I love myself a good black and red—i mean who doesn’t—but we know of hazbins little addiction to that colour palette and why would I use just black and red when I can divulge into insanity and refrence @bluehazardanonymous’s colour wheel again!!!!!!!!

YAAAAAYYY!!!!!! I think the greenish red suits her a lot with her protective nature and honestly probably a little bit of envy from heaven stuff. Justified of course because genuine why is heaven like that. Also the reds are definitely red but theyre a little subdued so she doesn’t come off as incredibly angry and all that. Plus red can look very elegant and I think she deserves that. As for her dress I tried to keep it inspired based off the traditional dress of El Salvador while still using colours picked from the moth.

I also really wanted to include the lace from these dresses because it is genuinely beautiful but unfortunately my lace pattern was too big and got smushed when I tried to use it so the most I can do is show it of separately😞

The blue also is a much cooler colour of course so it gives that little bit of approachability to her character. I am latino and I think I can safely say for every other latino/latina person the spicy latino character archetype is stupid and she needs more depth than that. Give us more Charlie and Van being sweet and having Charlie pull her weight instead of just standing off to the side crying all the time.

Hopefully you all enjoy the new design, I am working on a certain ssomebody next 🐍 and I intend to get it out soon (hopefully)

I am not Salvadoran and I am not super familiar with the culture there so if I messed up anything with her dress and whatnot please don’t be afraid to call me out on it so I can improve in the future. Thank you!

[stil-lindigo]

hi! i'm currently taking a stab at a short comic for the first time and i was wondering — if you're willing to share — what goes into the “base” of your projects? your creative notes have been a HUGE help in pinpointing things i might want to outline in my own work before i actually start making the project, but i'm still incredibly curious about the initial work and planning that goes into the making of yours. love your art!

hello anon! first of all, congratulations on starting on a comic! I hope you find it very fulfilling, and a great learning experience. To answer this ask, I'm going to use bite of winter as the main example for my work process.

Text: More often than not, I start with the entire textual part of the comic finalised. This is kind of obvious, considering my comics are entirely built around it serving as a sort of narration substitute, but it stays true for comics that are just dialogue as well. Speech bubbles will always take up more space than you think. It's good to have all the dialogue finalised before you start so you can accommodate them in the thumbnailing process. --

Thumbnails: I make thumbnails for all my comics so that I can, at a glance, see if things are cohesive. I'll often spend a lot of time at this stage, since it's also the part where I wrack my brain for smart things I can do compositionally (sometimes I go into comics knowing what sort of smart things I want to do e.g the comparison between the open grave + the empty bed was the entire inspiration behind making shallow grave). Thumbnails are always quick and dirty for me. I know my own brain, so I always just do the bare minimum and know I'll be able to interpret it later. Here are the thumbnails I made for bite of winter.

note: the bright blue border on all the 'pages' is just to indicated where i should try to keep my panels.

it's extremely shitty but it's decipherable to me, and the whole point of thumbnail is that you're hopefully saving yourself time in the future by getting all this planning out now. --

3. Colour: Colour blocks are how I plan out how a comic's colour scheme should look as a cohesive package. Although I didn't used to do this for comics, I do it now ever since I wasted around 8 hours on patchwork canary just fiddling with the colours (ugh). I'll usually go into a project knowing what kind of tone I want to convey with it, which gives me a launchpad for what kind of colour scheme I'd like. For instance, RED, one of my best comics, only uses three colours (black, white and red) and that limited colour palette enhances the message behind it. I think it wouldn't be nearly as impactful if it was all standardly coloured - having that contrast pushes Red's impact as a significant character in the narrative by making her pop on the page.

In a similar vein, almost all of the sunset's emotional complexity gets expressed through its colour palette of red, blue and yellow.

Even though it might be more conventionally coloured with shading and whatnot, the choices behind making certain scenes darker/lighter and etc really sells the story more in my opinion.

These are the colour thumbnails I made for bite of winter. It's incredibly rough, but at a glance you can tell the comic doesn't have any particular page that is jarring or pulls you out of it.

As one more note: I'd advise doing all thumbnailing/colour-blocking at a much smaller size than the actual page is going to be. It keeps you from obsessing over fine details, and encourages you to just block in shapes and colours really quickly.

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that's all from me for now. I hope this helped, and I wish you luck on your project. Pace yourself! Comics are more work than people ever say they are, and it's good to just take your time and enjoy the process.

[shadowbriar]

I love you - Fred Weasley

Pairing : (F/M) || Fred Weasley x Reader Word Count : 3.4k Warning : Mention of severe allergic reaction. A couple of harsh words. Notes : Years of prank wars finally lead to unintended harm that makes one realise, enough is enough.

It was inevitable. The moment she steps in the Great Hall, Fred couldn’t bite his grin any longer. The bright streaks of neon colours of her hair were reflecting the light from the window. Every colour listed on the colour wheel was present on her hair. A walking paint palette indeed.

She locks eyes with him, forcing a smile as she flicks her hair. It was certainly the worst hairstyle known to the history of Hogwarts education, but she couldn’t give Fred the pride. This isn't over. Her revenge prank will certainly take the cake, she’s sure of it.

“Lovely day, isn’t it, Weasley?” She says with fake hospitality.

“Certainly it is, yes. Very lovely.” Fred nods eagerly, unable to contain his sneers “Loving the new look. Bringing the whole circus, aren’t we?”

She scrunches her nose, unamused, “Still not as ugly as that bright red hair of yours.”

“Oh, I beg to differ.”

She glares, earning a whole hearted laughter from the boy.

Neither of the two could recall how their prank wars started but by the second year, these two have already done more harm than good to each other. Though Fred has always tried to keep his mischief light and relatively safe for her, there are still times when scars are left on either or both of them.

Knowing how mean Fred could get with his jokes and how drop dead competitive she is, it’s a miracle that neither of them are yet to be found in a casket.

“Say Freddie, you’re playing for the quidditch match later on this noon, correct? I heard you’ve poured your whole heart into the practices.”

Fred’s smile soon turns into a frown, “What have you done?”

“How do you mean?” She plays innocent, batting her lashes “I’m only wishing you for good luck later. I’m sure you’ll smash today.”

“Naturally.” He nods, squinting his eyes to find any traceable suspicious gestures of her “If you do anything to my quidditch robe or broom, I’ll kill you, you know that.”

“You hurt me, I would never do that.” She places her hands to her chest, acting offended at his words “You know I love you.”

Fred scoffs.

To anyone outside of their circle, their relationship is surely out of ordinary. Just like not knowing when the prank wars started, neither of them knew when saying ‘I love you’ meant ‘I hate you’ to each other. The phrase has been used for years, daily. The more they emphasise on it, the more likely they want to kill each other. 

“You’ll come and watch, won't you?” Fred asks, still trying to figure her out.

“Would you want me to come?”

“Well if you’re pulling a prank on me, wouldn’t you want to see it for yourself?”

“Who says I’m pulling a prank on you, silly?” She says with raised brows, lips tucked into an amused smile “I know our boundaries Freddie, I wouldn’t harm you like that.”

“You’re not very convincing but I’ll let it slide this time.” Fred says, hands folded to his chest as he tries to study her one last time “I’ll see you at the field.”

“You won’t.”

Fred rolls his eyes, saying the magic phrase before leaving her, “I love you.”

____

The Gryffindor boys walk to their dormitory with tired steps. It was a rather hard game today, having to play for more than 3 hours until the snitch was caught by Harry. All they could think about is the comfort of their bed and to drift off to slumber right after.

Fred’s mind was busy elsewhere. She wasn’t there at the field. He’s flown around in circles throughout the match and there is no way he could’ve missed her, not with that bright neon hair of hers. She didn’t come. And though he should’ve been glad that her absence meant none of his quidditch equipment was messed with, he’s still disappointed about it.

Now that he thinks about it, she has never actually been to any of his matches. Other than pranking each other, they really have nothing in common. That is as far as he could recall. He doesn’t know much of her either, as he thinks deeper about it. All he knows is that she’s the only one girl that could tolerate his mischief and return the jokes.

Had they met on a different condition, he would surely fall for her.

As the boys enter their room, Fred notices how his blankets were neatly placed on his bed. He wasn’t one to tidy up his bed in the morning, so the odd placing of his blanket is surely a fact that raises his brows. But as he sees underneath it and smells nothing amiss, he shrugs the thought and slides himself to bed. Perhaps he did do some tucking this morning and forgot about it.

“So she hasn’t pranked you back yet?” Lee asks, trying to get comfortable on his own bed.

Fred shakes his head, “Maybe she’s struggling to find one that could top the one I did. A rather brilliant one, wasn’t it?”

“I have to say, she doesn’t look half as bad as how I imagined she would be.” George chimes “I mean, her hair is hideous yet she still looks.. Decent. It’s amazing how she hasn’t killed you. Girls are always crazy when it comes to their appearance.”

“Hasn’t killed him yet.” Lee corrected, looking slightly worried at Fred “I pray for your soul, brother. I hope she will be merciful and let your death be an easy one.”

Fred rolls his eyes.

A smile silently creeps on his face. It’s true, he should’ve been dead a long time ago. He has certainly vexed her, the same way she vexed him. Surprisingly, all these years of pulling each other’s hair had yet to lead to any real hatred for each other. At least, on his part. Sure he wants to annoy the living out of her, but never to harm her. All he wants is to see a smile or laughter escape her lips.

Though sometimes that happens with nasty pranks as payback.

“And I have to agree with you George, she still looks fit even with such monstrous hair.” Lee added “She’s single, is she not? You wouldn’t mind if I made a move on her, right Fred?”

 “Yeah, right.” Fred scoffs, throwing him a pillow to the face “Try anything funny and you’ll be the first to turn into a corpse”

Lee groans with a nod, “Alright, duly noted.��

____

She lets out a huff of annoyance as George and Lee finally let go of her arms. They’ve pushed her to enter the abandoned lavatory before closing the door. The look on their faces show how sorry they are to have dragged her across the castle like this, but they fear Fred's wrath worse than hers. He’s been seething for almost 4 days after all.

She places her hand in front of her nose, closing her nostrils as the foul scent was smelled. A small smile was plastered on her face. The prank works after all.

“Finally, you’re here.” Fred says with anger evident in his tone.

“Merlin, Freddie, you reeks!” She says, faking her surprise “Have you tried taking a shower?”

Fred clenches his fists into a ball, trying to contain his anger, “You. Did. This. I have taken the most showers in a day of my entire life and instead of smelling better, I smell worse! I have not been able to go out of this bathroom in days! Undo it, now.”

“I’m afraid I can’t.” She says, scrunching her nose “You see, you made me have that horrible neon hair for two weeks.”

“So you’re going to make me smell for two weeks?!” Fred yells, frustrated “Your ugly hair was nothing compared to this! I couldn’t go out, I haven’t seen the sun for days! I have a quidditch match to play by the end of this week. I can’t play smelling like this!”

She fakes a pitiful look, “Well, since I’m nice like that, I’ll cut it down to a week. You’ll be good as new by Tuesday.”

“Tuesday? My game is on Friday!”

“I’m sorry about that.” She says with a shrug, smiling mockingly “If that would be all-”

Before she could head back to the door, Fred flicks his wand. His blanket that was charmed to make his body smell like a mix of dung and skunk’s fart was enveloping her body. He casts a spell to make the blanket wrap her, lacing her with the very same scent that is covering his body.

“Fred Gideon Weasley! Let me go!” She yells in panic as the blanket gets tighter “Let me go, you tosspot!”

“Your fault for not doing it the easy way. Now we both have to smell like shit.”

After struggling for another minute, Fred finally let the blanket go. She immediately starts to vomit at the smell of her own self. Now her skin and clothes are as stinky as him.

“If I have to wait for Tuesday, then so do you.” Fred says, hands folding in front of his chest “Unless you’ll be willing to spare us both out of this hell.”

“You twat!” She yells in anger, taking out her wand “It was my prank! My turn! How dare you use it against me!”

“I wouldn’t have had to do it if you would just tell me how to undo it!” Fred says, pointing out his wand too though he knows he would do nothing on her “You won this round. Your prank is better than mine. Now please cleanse me.”

Her brows were furrowed in anger, nostrils flared. She lets out a groan of exasperation before heading to the door. To her dismay, it was locked from outside.

“George and Lee jinxed it so I wouldn’t leave the loo.” Fred says, watching her desperately trying to open it “Unless I- We’re off of this stench then the door wouldn’t open.”

She turns to glare at him, “I will kill you, Fred Weasley.”

The amount of anger tracing her words made him gulp. He has never seen her this angry, not even after a prank of ripping all her essay parchments in fourth year. He’s starting to worry that there might really not be a way to clean themselves until Tuesday.

“Tell George and Lee to get some vervain, lavender, and sage oil. I’ll get the water running.”

Fred raises his brows, “That’s it? The remedy to this horrid smell is to take a romantic bath?”

“D’you want to get rid of this stench or not?”

Fred didn’t say another word. 

He watches as she walks to the empty pool placed in the middle of the bathroom. Something about her looks off. Her head was hung low. Though he understands making her wrapped on that blanket was surely something to be angry about, he didn’t expect her reaction to be this extreme.

It looks as if he was endangering her safety instead of dragging her into a silly little prank.

After telling George and Lee to get the ingredients, Fred walks closer to her. He sits at the edge of the pool, staring at her with a puzzled look. She was so quiet, watching the water flowing down the pool with a saddened look.

“Hey, it’s just a bath. And you don’t smell half as bad as I am, don’t be too dull.” Fred says, trying to enlighten her “You don’t even have to get your clothes off, just get in the pool so they can be cleansed too.”

She raises an eyebrow, “Is that why you jinxed the blanket on me? To see me naked?”

“Don’t flatter yourself.” Fred says, his cheeks slightly red “I only did it because you were about to run away.”

At last, she finally chuckles. Though her laughter did not last long, it did leave a longer lasting smile on his face. If they didn’t smell like they’ve just done a journey to a skunk’s arsehole, Fred might have already leaned in and kissed her.

George and Lee did not take long to bring back the ingredients. They placed the kits by the door, having Fred pick them up and jog back to the pool. She stares at the small jar of vervain and takes a gulp, instructing Fred to put the ingredients in the water.

“Is that all?” Fred asks after dumping the small vial of sage oil.

“Almost.” She says before taking out her wand and casting a spell to the pool, turning the water colour green “Now it’s all.”

“Brilliant.”

Fred hurriedly takes off his clothes and trousers, leaving himself in his boxer shorts. He gets himself in, dipping his whole body to the water as it washes away the smell. The warm water and pleasant smell from the herbs were relaxing. He finds himself leaning to the pool side, brows furrows as he looks at her who’s still standing by the pool.

“Well, don’t be shy.” He invites with a smile “There’s plenty of room for the both of us, you can come in.”

She bites her inner cheek, “I can’t.”

“Why not?” He asks, playfully splashing the water on her.

But instead of getting a cute happy session of water splashing each other, Fred was left worried as she winced in pain. The water that touches her skin left a red burning mark. He hurriedly gets out of the pool, about to reach her before she stops him.

“Don’t come closer.” She says in panic, still wincing from the water he splashed “You’re laced in vervain.”

“W-What happened?” He asks worriedly “Why’s your skin so red?”

“I’m gravely allergic to vervain.”

Fred’s mouth was hung open. He blinks, trying to comprehend the new information. If she’s allergic to vervain, then she wouldn’t be able to take the bath and had to smell for another week.

“Shit.”

She chuckles lightly, “Yeah, shit.”

“I- We- There’s got to be something we can do.” Fred tries to say, words scrambling out in incoherent sentences “You can’t stay for a week here, you’ve got classes and all.”

“I’ll be fine, my friends could pull a lie or two.” She says lightly, forcing herself not to look as bothered “Well, you’re cleansed now. So.. I’ll see you next week, I guess.”

Fred’s brows rose, “You’re daft if you think I’ll leave you here alone.”

She bites down the growing smile, nodding.

“We’ll find a way, I promise.”

____

Fred bites his nails, watching as her chest rises with every tired breath she takes. After a desperate four hours discussion on how to get her out of the stinks, she finally agrees to take a quick dip into the pool. She didn’t even last thirty seconds, just enough time to wash off the smell and she’s back up to the surface, but even with such a short window, the burn covering her whole body was too much for her to bear.

So now he finds himself waiting warrily for her to wake up from her rest. Madam Pomfrey has been kind enough to not ask him the details of their not so pleasant bath and how it almost caused her her life, but she was sure to make him understand how the state she is in is nowhere funny.

Their pranks have finally led to a real danger now.

“You look even uglier with brows furrowed like that.” She says, breaking Fred’s train of thought “I’m alive.”

He chuckles at her comments, “You’re alive.”

She tries to sit up, still wincing as the fabric of her clothes and blanket chafe her skin. Madam Pomfrey’s ointment works wonders to subdue her torment, but the pain is still very much present. Once she’s seated, she points at the empty chair by her bed, gesturing to Fred to take a seat instead of standing by the bedframe.

“How are you feeling?” He asks worriedly, eyes watching her expression intently “I’ve brought my own healing paste, though I doubt they would work half as effective as Madam Pomfrey’s, but you know, just in case you need more pastes and all.”

She smiles, finding his change of nature to be strange yet comforting, “I’m alright. Still in pain, but it’s bearable.”

“I thought you died in my arms, you know.” Fred says, sighing in relief to see her smile “The whole castle was watching me, running through like a lunatic as I carried you to the infirmary. Your skin was so red, like a newly boiled crab.”

“Newly boiled crab, huh? That sounds like a brilliant idea for a prank.”

But for once, Fred’s eyes didn’t sparkle at the mentioning of a prank idea. Instead he looks even more regretful, feeling so guilty of the trouble he’s caused for her.

“I’m sorry.” He says with so much regret you could visually see it bleeding out of him “Had I known I'd cause you this much danger I would’ve waited for a week instead.”

Her gaze softens, playfully messing his hair as she smiles, “Is little Freddie growing a soft spot for me?”

Fred was still out of it. He couldn’t shake the nightmare off of his head. How she flinches in pain with every step he takes, the suppressed scream of agony she bottles, everything. He hated seeing her in pain and it kills him more to know that he’s the sole reason to her torture.

“I love you.” He says gently, looking at her with tender eyes.

She smiles, patting his shoulder, “I love you too, Fred.”

“No,” He objects, gently taking her hand and giving it a small squeeze for her to understand his true words “I love you.”

Her smile waters down, letting his words sink in.

“I don’t want to do pranks to you anymore. I want to do pranks with you.” Fred continues, his eyes showing so much love and warmth “But if you don’t want to do pranks anymore, that’s fine. We can find something else we could do. You can watch me play quidditch, or I could watch you, or we could just play together. Or I don’t know, we can go and have tea with Filch for all I care. Anything, so long as I get to do it with you would be fine.”

She tries to search his eyes, still wondering if this was a dream, “You’re not pranking me, are you?”

He shakes his head firmly, “You can shave my head, curse me to smell for the rest of my life, or even kill me if this was ever a prank.”

Fred could not tell the expression she’s showing right now. She was smiling but the way her brows crinkles is giving him second guesses. Does she feel the same way? Does she still think of his confession as a prank? How else should he show his true feelings? Questions were filling his head.

“Alright,” She nods, smiling wide herself “Is that all you wanted to say?”

“I- Uh, honestly I’ve never been good at things like this.” He admits, sounding and looking sheepish “If there’s anything you’d like me to say then don’t be shy, I’ll try my best to say it and impress you.”

“I don’t need you to impress me, you’ve done well these past few years.” She says softly, returning the gentle gesture at last “I love you too, Fred Weasley.”

Fred finally grins, huffing out the nervous breath off of his chest as she says those three words. He nods to himself, proud of how well his confession goes and how pleasantful it ended. Yet now he’s confused on how to proceed. 

Would it be too fast for him to ask for a kiss? Godric knows how long he’s been imagining to kiss those lips of hers. Dreaming of how blissful it must be to finally lock their lips together. But given the circumstances, would a kiss be appropriate?

“So.. We’re dating now, yes?”

Fred grinned from ear to ear at the thought, “I suppose.”

“Brilliant.” She beams, nodding in understanding “When do you suppose I could get that first kiss?”

“It’s terrifying how you could read my mind at times.” Fred says amused “But the answer to your question, right about now.”

Fred leans in, gently eliminating the distance between them. As their lips touched, Fred could swear his blood turned warm in bliss. How each fibre in his body was set in a pleasant fire. Had he known this would be the outcome to his confession, he would’ve done this years ago.

“I’m gonna find it hard to not kiss you every other second now.” He says as they part away.

She chuckles, “Let’s not rush anything now, shall we.”

“For you, I’d wait for an eternity, Love.”

[loopeyfluff]

Spiderman across the spiderverse thoughts and spoilers underneath read more. it's all just gushing, do not expect a proper review.

That. Was. Fucking. Insane. That was the best movie I’ve watched. Literally captivated from start to finish. WHAT AN EXPLOSIVE INTRODUCTION?! with gwen stacey and her drums? Such powerful animated movements, in fact ALL THE ACTION SCENES carried SUCH GOOD WEIGHT, made SUCH GOOD USE OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT, and were just generally so well choreographed! The first villain was just so visually stunning and animated, I LOVED his style. And the humour from the very start was just, on point. This entire movie WAS SOOOO FUNNY. IT WAS HILARIOUS! Hahaha the lego spiderman scene? How miguel was like, “you’re one of the best of us” XDDD. And omg the MAIN ANTOGNIST IS THE BAGEL GUY. I CANNOT. THATS SO HECKING FUNNY. HAHAHHWYWHAJABWHAJJAHAHAHAH.

Such a visually stunning movie man. Like the first one was amazing, but this somehow topped that. The ENVIRONMENTS AND WORLDS THAT WE EXPLORED WERE SOOOO BEAUTIFULLY CONSTRUCTED? Indian spiderman- just everything about him was hilarious- had such an amazing universe, just the layered upon layers of buildings and roads EVERYWHERE. omg HOBY??? I LOVE HOBY MAN. How earlier he was like, miles u gotta use ur palms too not just ur fingers, and then he was also very established to be an against capitalism and institution type man, AND OMG MY GUY AAAAAA HELPING MILES OUT!!!! WHEN NO ONE ELSE WAS DOING ANYTHING FOR HIM??? HOBY’S A REAL ONE GUYS I LOVE HIM.

MAYDAY WAS ADORABLE! Peter being such a doting father was so adorable and EVERYTHING. Like that sequence of him showing all the baby pictures to miles and gwen, and then when he told miles that he should HOLD THE BABY IT’LL MAKE YOU FEEL BETTTER!!!! And ofc it did XD THAT TRAIN FIGHT SCENE??? SO MANY MOVIES HAVE TRIED IT BEFORE, BUT THIS WAS THE ABSOLUTE SICKEST TRAIN FIGHT SCENE IVE EVER SEEN. Just the train BULLETING UPWARDS, and then the call back to the leap of faith?

AHHHH but also! So many wonderful computer screen background worthy shots within this film. I absolutely adored the way they kept having the spider people sit and hang upside down. It made so many visually stunning scenes! Like when they were going up the elevator,,, AND THEY WERE ALL UPSIDE DOWN!!! AARHEGEH SOOO COOOL!!!!

Oh man but that brief appearance of peni parker! SHE LOOKED SO TIRED :(!!! URGEGWHW WE GOT TO SEE SPIDERHAM AND SPIDERNOIR AT THE END BUT MAN I RLLY WISH I CUDA SEEN MORE OF THOSE GUYS WYHWHAHWUIAKjahauai!!1!1!?1!1!1 I was so happy when they finally appeared with gwens group of spider allies tho ; - ;!!!!!

Okay back to bagel guy, what a fun and hilarious opening and introduction? Hahaha trying to steal the atm machine and their whole banter, it was just so funny. Amazing introduction. I loved miles’ roommate too! I wish we got to see more of him haha.

Oh oh oh, I loved all of the impact frames in this movie, and also the speech bubbles and sound effects and other fun comic style things, but the glossary squares that kept appearing on screen??? AMAZING!!!! I would love to go through this movie again and just pause and read over everything! THE COLOURS WERE SOOOO GOOD IN THIS MOVIE??? THIS MOVIE REALLY STOOD OUT FOR ME IN IT’S PALETTES! SOME SCENES WERE JUST COMPOSED SO BEAUTIFULLY I JUST AYWHAHAHWUJAHAHAHAH!!!!

The plot twist at the end was so good. It was so well built up too, there were so many hints and what not but it only hit me when aaron showed up… the mom’s eyes being different, her not knowing who spiderman is,,, earlier when the screen got the WRONG DNA,,, and also just the different colour palette? So many good clues. I’m over here laughing at how anticlimactic the mom is taking the news, and then AARON SHOWS UP. And the revelation HIT ME LIKE A TRUCK MAN. IT WASN’T A JOKE.

can we talk about the amazing sound track and sound design for this movie??? I watched this in VMAX which is a cinema which had a larger screen and louder speakers, and wow, I WAS SOOO IMMERSED MAN. Not only does the music SLAP and match each new place so well, but it just adds so much to the viewing experience!!!!

This movie was an absolute masterpiece. Wow. Jesus. The first movie was like my favourite movie. But this somehow TOPPED THAT???? Insane.

[beastabyss666]

The new Mammon and Fizz episode has been released and I wanna put my two cents in.

The palette is oooof........ One of the most "hard to watch" HB episodes. Seriously, hasn't anyone told Vivzie that her colour choices are just utterly failed?

Mammon was simply annoying and cringe, especially considering he's one of the highest "demons". He curses every few seconds, has an Australian accent and is some kind of a rock star(because......because). Oh yeah, he's also a very bad guy, cuz he disrespects women! Also I find it funny that Vivzie said in one of her tweets that she apologizes the fans wouldn't like him, as he's "fat and ugly". In reality, he's just a typical Vivziepop-ish male character, having sharp teeth and eyes without pupils. And his "fatness" is just looking like a Christmas tree with a round body.

Overdetailed backgrounds and sloppy animation, as always. Some moments look reeeeeally stiff. Maybe Vivzie starts drawing easier backgrounds and make characters with less details so the animation was better and faster to produce? Just dreaming.......

The songs are just generic tasteless pop-stuff. Gosh, I just wish they have a better composer cuz it's tiring to hear these cheap pop tunes every time. Maybe get some real rock or something with synthesizer........ I don't know.....

The background characters in this episode look much less like some early Deviantart furry OCs or cosplay freaks, which is a real plus. Take some cuties:

Hee hee goat boy

Hee hee goat girl(kinda accurate to the demonology, love it).

I really like the left amphibia girl, she's so pretty. Also yeah, bg characters really look better than in previous episodes. Almost like they were drawn by someone who actually knows their job well and doesn't make every person look like different art style or different teenager's OC.

Fizz being tired to be a clown for entertainment, having panic attacks, dealing with crazy fans and a shitty boss was honestly a good idea but the final song was just too weak to handle it. If it was done better, it would be really good.

The sigh language kid is cute and it was interesting to see a disabled person being cheered and supported by another disabled person.

Oh wow Viv made another female characters whose entire personality is being bitchy and arrogant(even to each other, though they're sisters they're calling each other whore, bitch etc.). Can't wait for the fanbase to hate these two or lust for them in the worst way possible.

Though there were actually some beautiful and......esthetic frames.

Am I the only one who never understood why Fizzarolli is considered a sex icon in this show? Like, yeah, Mammon said that he'll exploit his "clown employee" in every way possible and it's all for money, but I still don't get the whole "having tons of sex dolls based on him" thing. Who in sanity would buy a sex doll of Fizz? He looks like a stick with limbs and painted face, which is somehow considered sexy by Vivzie or her fans? Wouldn't it be more logical for a woman to be a sex icon? Lots of real women, including teen idols, were sexualized and fetishized for media by their producers and shown as beauty icons. But I just couldn't imagine the same with males. Like, I'm sorry, but to me Fizz who's a circus performer, celebrity and a sex icon is in the same category as Angel Dust who's a porn star, stripper and prostitute at the same time.

I'm very glad there wasn't much Blitzo.

It's funny that this girl looks like a better design for Loona than Loona herself, lmao.

It's actually a progress to see that Vivzie didn't fetishize a romantic relationship between two men and actually showed them as a loving couple which doesn't talk about sex and cocks every five seconds. She actually has put some unexpected effort in it.

Oh wait she didn't—

[lemonadier]

Was messing around with what I'd want from a Shyvana VGU a while ago because I LOVE her. The art is kinda messy, oldish and I'd probably change her look a lot if I drew her again but I thought i'd post this anyway before anything is properly revealed. Nothing too groundbreaking here but my notes are under the cut so it's easier to read (I thought her name was spelled with two n's oops):

Note for her hair: -An attempt to groom, some struggle implied.

Note for her body: -Diagonal scars to represent that she is in between worlds

Note for her horns: -Files her horns (to appear more human specifically)

Extra Notes:

-Shyvana tries to look more fem/human than she is. It pains her, but the community/acceptence makes her happy.

-Armour colour palette purposefully conflicts with her organic colours.

Extra notes not feature in image:

-I wanted to really focus on the dichotomy between the two sides of her and the idea that as much as she may try, she is always apart of both worlds.

-I reference her old design a lot her mainly because I actually really like it despite it's many flaws and just tried to make her more refined to fit in with modern league.

-I really want to design her Demacian armour at some point because that will really help to sell the whole idea, I think.

-I specifically made her very monsterous but not to the point where she'd be too inhuman. Snaggled tooth, ridged ears, large horns and her deep purple skintone (you can't see in the image but she has partially clawed feet, as well).

-Even though it's not a choice I'd usually make I think the eye colours I picked feel very league-y even if it's not entirely appealing to me and I'm pretty happy about that.

-I'm honestly really unsatisfied with her face, it really doesn't feel right. Maybe it's too smooth or something but I'd probably completely change it in the future.

[phoenix-before-the-flame]

not a hc but can you rank lucy's stardresses?

A fit rank huh? Sure I can do that. Just gonna preface n say that obviously this is my opinion and whatevs and that I won't be includin any of the ones introduced in 100yr because I don't care about the sequel :]

Alrightie lets get into it! This gonna get long tho, so imma put it under read more so I don't murder ppl who are scrolling.

Aquarius Stardress

This one honestly might be on the lower tiers for me. Like for the first stardress shown its rather, boring. The colour choice of green and yellow is weird, and visually disconnects it from Aquarius (like seriously? No blue anywhere?). The wrap skirt is cute and I do love how she has Aquarius' collarbone tattoo. That's fire. But the basic bikini top is meh. Overall its serviceable, 6/10 on the Phoenix scale.

Leo Stardress

Honestly can't go wrong with a nice black dress. I really would've preferred a pants suit for this one but the dress regardless is fun. I has a nice shape with the asymmetrical skirt and I like the ruffles all over. I also like how the anime gave her stockings

If I had nitpicks i'd say to get rid of the center line down the middle of the chest, the two under the bust are enough and get rid of the purple hair clip, it feels tacked on and just tosses in a random colour to the palette. I'd also maybe change the yellow to something more orange so it pops more (maybe even make the interior of the dress something eyecatching to add some extra oomph visually when she's kicking.)

But good fit, 8/10

Virgo Stardress

Well, it's about what you'd expect tbh. It's a maid outfit lol. There ain't much here to say cept that its cute. 6/10

Tauros Stardress

Oh hell fuckin yea. HELL YEAH

Unabashedly this one is one of my favourites solely because of the uneven pants. It's so fun and stupid. I also like how she and Tauros have matching belt buckles.

The basic ass bikini top does bring it down though (sorry i'm a bikini top hater. If you're gonna put a character in a bikini top at least make it a different style! There's different types of tops that can be both sexy and interesting!!!!). It also looks wack at certain angles.

My chest hurts lookin at this.

Apart from that I don't think the double buns works best with this dress, I think it'd work better if swapped with the double braids of the capricorn dress. Also I just think it'd be cool if this dress gave her an axe, like how the cancer dress gave her weapons.

but because of how much joy the stupid pants give me, 9/10.

Sagittarius Stardress

Another banger stardress despite a glaringly obvious issue.

This shit's great to me. Good colours, fun patterns, i fuckin love that its backless and the high ponytail is great here. The issue?

That deep ass coochie cut.

On god it just looks so uncomfortable. The anime tried to even it out by giving her tights but that just tossed in another colour to the palette and just unbalances it. A simple fix would've been just to make it white leggings under there. Skin tight, sexy and still practical. Apart from the coochie cut the only nitpick I have is that I think the boob window should've been star shaped and i wish her sleeves also doubled as archery gloves.

Apart from that and how much the coochie cut haunts me, its a 9/10

Aires Stardress

Now I have no idea why, but I was never exactly big on this one. Like it's not awful, all the stardresses have a baseline cuteness to them. The alternating pink and white tiers on the dress is nice, but the cut under the bust kinda kills the uniform pattern it had goin on. Likewise the leggings don't feel coherent to the rest of the fit. Like still cute, but the stripes and the introduction of black makes the whole thing feel busy and plain all at once. Though ironically when it's in the manga and purely black and white i think it looks better.

But I dunno, i think this one actually might be my least favourite. 4/10

Gemini Stardress

Ok. I like the alternating blue and white all over. That's cool. But, that headdress on top of the already busy outfit feels like its a lil too much on top. Also the random gold baubles on the outfit itself feels sorta thrown on. The belt can stay I suppose but nix the tassels near the collar and trade in the boob window for a deeper neckline.

We can just get rid of the headdress altogether and change her hairstyle to like, crown braid with a hanging blue and white ribbon on either side to keep with the alternating colours and we golden. 5/10

Scorpio Stardress

Gonna start this off to say, not a big fan of the bottom (the leather panty thing with the chain on it? Dawg idk i don't like it lol). and the chain on it looks so silly and not in a fun way. If anything I think she should have a bigger tail, not as big as scorpio's but defs something bigger that what she has currently. And as much as I like backless fits I don't think it works here, the deep cut boob window can stay though. I do like the headband and how her hair frames her face but overall its another 5/10.

Also here's a scorpio stardress redesign that I like. Doesn't fix all my issues with the og but it's still pretty dope.

Cancer Stardress

I like this because it looks cool and gives Lucy weapons. I don't like it because it doesn't connect well with Cancer the spirit visually. But Cancer's design sucks and I like this better than Cancer himself. Truly a design with conundrums for me. 6/10

Capricorn Stardress

I don't like this dress! Not one bit! Why is it a bdsm tit dress! The hair is cute and I like the shades and the horn clips with the bows but the dress!!!!!!!! Why is it so visually disconnected from Capricorn the spirit! Why isn't it a skirt suit with sexy fishnet leggings like in the concept art!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why isn't this the canon design!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tragic/10

[chrisevansonly]

Little Duck's Tea Party (Little Duck AU🐥💛)

Pairing: Dad! Chris Evans x Arlie Mae (Little Duck)

Summary: Little Duck is having her weekly tea party, and this week’s special guest is her dad, I wonder what costume and makeover he’ll be getting today? 

Warnings: none, just very fluffy and sweet girl dad Chris, he and Arlie are just my favourites

A/N: Here is the first fic of the day, this idea was I think a suggestion by an anon and I really fell in love with it, so I wanted to write a little something, I hope you enjoy it, thank you for all the love on this page recently, I appreciate you guys so much

Word Count: 756

Arlie was hard at work setting up her special tea table, laying out plates, cutlery mugs, she was pulling out the whole nine yards because today, her daddy would be the special guest at Arlie’s Tea House. To be completely honest neither you nor Chris could figure out where she thought of the name, but it was the cutest little concept she’d come up with recently. Her playroom was now set up, the table looking very beautiful with little flowers and sparkles intertwined between the utensils and plates. Arlie made sure to add Duckie to a seat as well as her stuffed brown bear named boobear, yes, she named him boobear, when she deemed the space perfect enough, she yelled down to Chris

“Daddy!!!! Come to tea party!!!”

Chris chuckled at the urgency in Arlie’s tone, kissing your forehead and making his way up the stairs to her party 

“I’m coming up little duck!”

Arlie giggled and as he reached the top of the stairs her head poked out behind the door 

“Hi daddy!”

“Hi baby, you all ready for our party?”

She nodded, smiling her famous megawatt smile 

“I am, but you not ‘weady yet!”

He crouched down to her level and swiped a piece of hair out of her eyes 

“Oh, I’m not?”

Chris could notice she was holding something behind her back, and he had an inkling of what it could be 

“No daddy, you need to put on special hat and makeup silly!”

Never in his years of living did he ever think he would find himself staring at what everyone, his wife included says is a carbon copy of him, his baby girl, in all her excitement as she waited for her favourite man in the world to let her dress him up. He would move mountains for Arlie, and if that included a makeover from the toddler, then he’d be dammed if he ever said no

“Alright then duck, help me get all ready for tea!”

Arlie pulled him further into the room, making him sit in a chair far too small for him, but he wouldn’t complain, especially if it was Arlie putting him in it. They spent some time laughing together as she mixed blues, purples, and pinks from her kiddie eyeshadow palette, using a small brush to put it on his eyes. Chris made sure to stay extra still so she wouldn’t mess up, a smile creeping up when he noticed her tongue poking out of her mouth as she concentrated on the colour of blush she was going to use. Her little eyebrows furrowing together in thought as every step and product of makeup was applied to Chris’s face

“Okay daddy, just lips then done!”

Chris chuckled before pouting gently so she could apply what he saw was a cherry red lipstick, yeah…cherry red

“Wow Daddy!! You so pwetty now!!”

“Was I not pretty before duck?”

Arlie shook her head no and he laughed, watching as she put the makeup away neatly, turning and clasping her hands together 

“Sit down fo’ tea now pwease daddy!”

Chris found his spot and Arlie got to work, setting out snacks, plastic of course, and filling their cups with water, there was absolutely nothing but joy radiating from his baby girl, and it was one of Chris’s favourite sights. They two of them were partners and crime, and when you snuck upstairs to check on them your heart warmed watching the two playing with Duck and Boobear, a slight chuckle slipping out noticing Chris’s amazing makeup job. When you snapped a quick photo both of their faces turned to you and Arlie waved

“Hi momma!!”

“Hi my love, look at how beautiful you made daddy!”

Chris narrowed his eyes playfully at you, a wink being sent back in his direction 

“Daddy so pwetty now, you want some tea momma?”

After pretending to think about you agreed, taking your spot next to Chris, Arlie pouring some water in your mug

“Arlie does momma get her makeup done too?”

You smiled getting yourself ready for all her makeup and artistic talent when she laughed 

“Daddy you so silly! Momma alweady’ pwetty without it!” 

You couldn’t hold in the laugh that escaped as you leaned over to kiss Chris on the cheek, his eyes rolling slightly before he joined you in laughing. If there was anything about your little duck, is that she was not afraid of honesty, she’d tell you the truth no matter what, and clearly, she wasn’t shy about it.

[ghostbite0]

*casually steals Ro and runs away*

My child now.

I think that I’ve said how much I live Ro, but have I said how much I ADORE her character design?

The split hair is just… beautiful. It really suits her.

AND HER EYES!!!!!!!

If I could choose either my oc (now Asai, I may or may not have scrapped Sonia in favour of a new one-) or Ro’s eyes to have, I would choose Ro’s. They’re just so damn pretty!

I love her haori, and her colour palette. It’s really pleasing to the eye (I have something with me that if there is one colour that looks out of place, I’ll freak out, even on others art, so just seeing how nicely Ro’s pallets is tied together is really soothing for me-)

All in all, I love how creative you’ve been with Ro.

She’s an awesome and well thought out character, and I can see how much work you’ve put into her, Ghost.

Your daily dose of Bruce Banner from the Loaf of Bred.

Stay Curious!

-Night-mince0

awww :( thank you so much night, you're so sweet!!! i really appreciate this message (and the bruce banner gif!!! i love bruce banner!!!!!!)

i was working really hard to be symbolic with Ro and for her design to incorporate her themes! obviously there's the whole seeing spirits thing being portrayed in her haori, but there's also the half-and-half color scheme!

A lot of her theme surrounds being stuck between two paths or two decisions… like her haori being split in half as white and red or black and blue. The only thing being the same is her eye color, which represents how she’s certain about one thing: she sees people— she sees spirits— and she wants to help them however she can

i hope you have a wonderful new year!!! thank you again!

[furious-blueberry0]

I've been rethinking about the Ahsoka serie for a while and I realized that I'm not really the biggest fan of it...

But since I don't like to spread too much negativity on things I otherwise enjoyed I decided to make a checklist of the things I liked about it:

Sabine's haircutting scene as a parallel to Kanan's one, both of them prepering to save the people they love

Sabine using Ezra's lightsaber was cool, even though I would have prefered her not being a Force sensitive

CAPTAIN CARSON TEVA!

Lothal and the mural

MY GENOCIDAL BOY CHOPPER!!!!

MY SASSY BOY HUYANG!!!!!!!

THE GOLDEN BOY HIMSELF C3PO!!!!!!!!!

I love Star Wars droids, okay? okay

Little Jacen, and the scene where he heard Ahsoka and Anakin's duel

ALSO HIS PAULDRON, A MINI VERSION OF KANAN'S!!!

Hera basically telling the senator to fuck off and let her do her job

How Shin's grey palette is in direct contrast to Sabine's explosion of colours.

Baylan Skoll's journey to the Mortis gods (apparentely)

The whole WBW sequence

I cried at that, two times

Ahsoka going to take the clone's hand

Anakin with the Darth Vader flashes

How it took this sequence to make me realize how much PTSD Ahsoka must have from the war and everything that happened after

Ariana Greenblatt as young Ahsoka

The way they retconned the atrocious tube top

The way her Akul theet Headress looked. I never liked how it was in TCW

AHSOKA THE WHITE!!!

THE PURGILL'S SEQUENCE!! AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!

"A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away..."

THE CRAB PEOPLE

Ezra aka Space Moses

The Great Mothers

"For the Empire" "... for Dathomir"

Morgan and Ashoka's duel

ANAKIN'S FORCE GHOST