#rule of cool i guess

[zivazivc]

do you think freesia and jd would ever get back together? or will they stay sort-of friends?

I'm not going to lie, I kinda like the idea of them starting to date again and seeing where it takes them. 🙈 freesia sneaked into my heart for some reason (she kind of started this new trend of mine where i make ocs that were created to be dicks and then me just getting protective of them and trying to reason out their awful behavior kasjsdj)

also their ship already has a #1 hater and #1 supporter, both of which are doing it for the wrong reasons...

[adriles]

Wow some of you are really mad at me. Probably b/c i maimed & killed your friends, brothers, fathers, and sons on the field of battle. Thats ok though. Im fated to die soon

[egophiliac]

I was wanting to try doing an art piece in the style of the signature spell poster art pieces you create. But I’m not really the best at coming up with a composition for such a thing.

Do you have a process for how you come up with the compositions for them?

oh, awesome! it is an INCREDIBLY enjoyable style to work in; I hope you have fun with it! :D

I'm not great at putting my thought/art process into words, so my apologies if this doesn't make a lot of sense, but I'll try! my first step is always to do a LOT of thumbnails to figure out both the idea and how I want to show it; not trying to do a real sketch or anything, just little doodles to figure out what exactly I'm trying to portray. (I also call these "garbage passes" because they're not meant to be any good, they're just there to throw things out. aha. ha. ...anyway.) I think it's important during that first stage to really focus on the idea and the layout and not to get too bogged down in the actual drawing yet!

I tend to save my final thumbnails, so I'll use 'em as examples (I posted the ones up through episode 5 here if you're interested!) (and, uhhh, spoilers through episode 5 also in this post, hopefully that won't be an issue!)

the main thing I try to think about in composition is balance -- not necessarily in terms of symmetry, but in where each element is placed and how much space it's taking up. remember, empty space is still space! it's also really important to think about the parts that don't have anything in them, as much as the parts that do!

personally, I like to divide things up roughly by both halves and by thirds -- there's a lot more in-depth info out there on why the "rule of thirds" in particular works well visually, but in short, our brains tend to focus on things that are placed closer to imaginary division lines, instead of in the exact center of an image. so even when I'm doing something that is very centered and symmetrical, I try to keep that in mind and generally aim around those for landmarks like faces/eyes (or...where they would be, anyway) and other focal points.

it's not a formula of "the character's face should be in this division of this grid" or anything, more like "our minds like to focus on these areas, let's think about how to use that", if that makes sense! and of course rules are made to be broken, art is lawless anarchy, and so on. but it can be a good starting place for deciding where you want to put things!

(blue - thirds, red - half)

and against the finished versions, because they do usually end up changing a lot (including the empty space of the border):

(...these actually lined up a lot better than I thought they would. :') it makes me look like I do things way more intentionally than I do.)

other stuff I just try to keep in mind is that our eyes like following arcs and paths, which can be a good way to guide the eye:

and frame and control the focus:

honestly, composition is one of those things I feel like I struggle with a lot, so I'm not sure how much of this is helpful or actually makes sense outside of my head. but hopefully it helps a little! it's all just stuff to think about while drawing and not anything hard-and-fast, so don't, like, stress out about making sure things are lining up exactly on the thirds or anything. again, it's more "our brains think these are the dopest parts of the rectangle" than anything else! take advantage of the cool parts of the rectangle!

NOW GO HAVE FUN DRAWING seriously though, it is always super cool that other people like this idea and style enough to want to do it themselves and for other/their own characters! thank you! ❤️❤️❤️

[secondbeatsongs]

when you're into the Big Ship™ in a Big Fandom™, you have the luxury of having an OTP - a real One True Pairing, where you can read about just them for ages, and you will never run out of fics, and everything is perfect and beautiful and nothing hurts

but when you go to a smaller fandom, you'd better pray to whatever god you worship that someone else in this room ships the same thing that you do, and that if they do, they're writing more than late-night crackfic, because you're on thin fucking ice!

and how small is your small fandom? is it less than 100 fics? maybe even...less than 20 fics?

welp, then it's time to make peace with that god and either open up a text document or learn how to ship everything, because it's swim or drown babey! and your ship is sinking fast

anyway all of this is to say that after hanging out in small fandoms and shipping less-common pairings for a while, going back into a Big Huge Fandom™ is wild because suddenly it's like...wait, why didn't I ship these people again? I don't remember. why was I only sticking to one ship in this fandom?? boring of me, honestly. these guys should make out.

[forgetlove]

my favorite shots from richie’s episode :-)

[sentientstump]

thinkingg

about things

in the alt text with some notes

[moo-savr]

some aggie/magma stuff I made with my wife @pacific-watercress non chronologicaly

[bonetrousledbones]

damn they weren't lying. that art style can evil

yucky unfiltered version under the cut

i tried a super different coloring method too and it did not work particularly well lol

[ahsoka-in-a-hood]

when watching the mandalorian I am left with the distinct impression of there being no reliable narrators, which is cool, but also that the writers themselves are not reliable narrators, which is slightly less cool,

[silusvesuius]

fictional female characters and characters with insanely obvious cluster B personality disorders will never know peace as long as te/s fans keep making posts about them i mean it

[sandy-shocks]

Man some people are still having a really hard time coping with Firefly being Sam, it's kinda sad

I saw someone say they hope Firefly dies and Sam gains sentience. And like ok, if that happens I hope the sentience is just Firefly. Like she gets five nights at freddy'd and oops now she's a ghost haunting a suit of armour

[000yul]

something i’ve never quite understood about siracusa is why texas’s martial prowess with swords is so prized in a setting where people can and do get randomly assassinated with car bombs

[itsafternoonpast5]

HOLY SHIT? got around to watching the new episode and it’s one of the best in the series. im absolutely shocked it’s so good

[raeloganthesonic06fangirl]

So

Um

How 'bout this Hazbin Hotel show?

Let's just say someone close to me hooked me up with a viewing~

I got one more episode to watch

[ghostreblogging]

It's late but I have this idk a scenario u imagine but can't place anywhere in ur au but u like it so much.

Anyway the Justice League has been getting calls from this town In the Midwest for a while now. But it has always been hoaxes, they have found no evidence of such attacks except from massive damages around the city. No otherworldly monsters, no readings, no anything.

"It's really true ! There are ghosts attacking us!"

"you have to save us!"

"help us" there were many many people crowding around them. Trying to get their attention.

"Sorry , but where is the infestation you speak of?"

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Danny stood at the edge, and frankly he was tired. He was tired of the endless nights where he hunts and being a guardian spirit. The simple mental energy he needed to spend to keep amity claimed as his haunt was mind numbingly tiring. Especially when there were thousands of other claims

So he finds himself wondering, if he wreaks havoc just a little bit, maybe the justice league will finally recognize the world level threats here. But doing that will be against his very nature, he is a ghost but he is also a guardian spirit. He is sure just letting some of his rogues loose won't hurt anyone. It was about time he took a vacation anyways.

So he walks up slowly in his phantom form. Feeling more and more nervous as attention starts to wander onto him.

But he needs to do this now.

The justice league is asking if he's a cosplayer.

"Sorry" he utters to his people.

He strikes down. The ground breaks with a crack as green flames from the realms erupt. He truly looks menacing.

He tries to remember how to make the portals properly, as wulf taught him. A wrong strike could lead to corruption.

He is not fighting he has all the time to make it right.

As the portal stabilizes, many of the unthinking creatures erupt with a screech or a roar or any of the demonic noises they make .

He sees the justice league surprised, trying to fight off the new adversaries.

Maybe now they'll help.

[616nightcrawler]

it sucks that like. tumblr is a terrible site and a relic that most people assume has been gone for years bc there aren't any sites anymore that are popular and allow you to share your art and form a community around it. like i remember back in the day people used to interact with art so much, people sent me asks all the time and reblog and talk in tags and like. people knew certain bloggers and they'd interact in certain fandoms. which is still kind of a thing in smaller communities but its becoming really rare. i remember being on deviantart and befriending people who liked the same niche things as me and just commented a lot it was just way more collaborative and fun. the internet has become so lonely if you're not good at discord servers