#take this with a grain of salt ofc lol

[gaylactic-fire]

Seen nobody talking about this on Tumblr. Potential TOTK leak showing NSO compatibility.

Online multiplayer 👀👀

[weirdthoughtsandideas]

I know that whenever a song we cannot understand who voted for gets to the finale, we tend to blame everyone: The juries (tho we can’t blame them tonight), the televoters, straight people, etc (and I def am a part of this)

But I think maybe we should just blame non-Tumblr people /hj

[hoodienanami]

best and worst The Clash song?

excluding any song from cut the crap bc everything on that album is objectively the worst, i def think ghetto defendant is the worst clash song simply for having allen ginsberg on it. fuck that guy. combat rock is already a mid album but his presence just makes it so much worse

as for their best song...its white riot. i mean ofc its white riot. how can it not be white riot? its everything great about 1976/77 era clash distilled into one song. punchy and politically resonate lyrics, fast and catchy, joe giving it his all on vocals, and tons of fun of listen to. it makes you want to get up and pogo but the message behind the lyrics sticks with you long after the song has stopped playing

but my personal favorite clash song is stay free. mick has always been good at inserting real wistful longing into his vocals when its time for him to sing. you dont need to know that the song is based on a true story to tell that mick cares a lot about the person hes singing about and means every lyric from the bottom of his heart. its a powerful song and, like a majority of clash songs, the lyrics are some of the best ever written for a rock song

[twrambling]

I think my controversial take is that Lolo was probably born around Guàrico and Anzoàtegui

[mouseoho]

why is there a microwave in the background of cheeky

[anders-hawke]

raads but you actually have social anxiety disorder. just cuz i’m tired of mental “disorders” meaning only adhd and autism in mainstream conversations.

[notimetoparty]

Can I get an idea of how the plagued sillies habe their life cycle?

Like grub to pupa to full blown pest bozo

And its ok to make ocs right?? Id love to make a lil grub of my own..... I LOVE THIS AU RAAAA

i imagine they'd be grubs for a while. at least 2 years before they pupate... but they learn basic words/phrases and also get biiiig before they finally pupate. big fat grubbies. lots of biting too they are little teethers. they will absolutely fuck up anything they consider edible which is basically all the same stuff pest considers edible LOL especially wood (sorry mark you will get bit)

i don't think the pupation lasts too long. some months at most. but this is like. their most vulnerable bc they can't really get away if something goes after them. gotta protect those little things even more than normal

after that they're basically just normal toddlers! gotta raise them like you would any normal kid! just uh. you know. with an extra set of arms. and also a need to bite and eat everything. more so depending on the personality haha. especially since the few we're following for this au are hybrids (and, by extension, POOB'S kids), so they are a HANDFUL

ofc idk i'm not solid on all of this so take it with a grain of salt. also apparently canonically pest's mandibles shed like deer antlers so at a certain age they'd need to deal with that too which would probably make the poor kids panic the first time their fucking mandibles (the 'horns') fall off HEJDNDNDF

also yea that's fine have fun :] -flint

[jiaoqiu-s-bitch]

most important question of them all: what genshin characters prefer boobs over ass? (pls also include genshin women, they deserve some love)

HECK YEAH LETS GO

a/n: I added thighs bc why not & I included everyone except for the lil children (aka I included the teens) bc I don’t consider this nsfw; also disclaimer that these are ofc just my opinion so take it w a grain of salt

also shoutout to @naradae for helping me w these!

—————

Ass, Thighs or Boobs?

- Genshin edition

Arlecchino - ass & thighs

Chiori - thighs

Xianyun - no preference (she’s mommy but seems aggressively straight)

Gaming - ass & thighs, he just likes looking at them when walking/moving around

Chevreuse - boobs

Navia - thighs

Furina - boobs

Wriothesley - ass (as if he doesn’t already have enough ass for all of us lmfao)

Neuvillette - boobs & thighs

Freminet - thighs? (plus he seems like he‘d like chubby ppl bc they give the best hugs)

Lyney - thighs

Lynette - boobs

Kirara - no preference

Baizhu - gay LMFAO

Kaveh - thighs (our bi king here loves em on everyone)

Dehya - ass & thighs

Alhaitham - too autistic to have a preference💀 doesn’t really look at ppl lol

Wanderer - thighs

Faruzan - no preference

Layla - boobs cause very comfy to sleep on

Nilou - boobs

Cyno - ass (would randomly slap it) & thighs

Candace - boobs & thighs

Tighnari - ass

Collei - boobs

Heizou - everything tbh

Shinobu - thighs

Yelan - ass & thighs

Ayato - boobs

Yae Miko - thighs

Shenhe - no preference

Yun Jin - boobs

Itto - everything, maybe leaning towards thicc thighs

Gorou - boobs

Thoma - ass

Kokomi - boobs bc she doesn’t have any

Raiden Ei - no preference

Sara - thighs (or anything on Raiden LMAO)

Yoimiya - boobs

Ayaka - boobs & maybe thighs

Kazuha - ass

Eula - no preference

Yanfei - boobs (same reason as Kokomi)

Rosaria - no preference, maybe thighs

Hu Tao - boobs

Xiao - thighs

Ganyu - thighs bc she likes being squished between them while napping

Albedo - ass

Zhongli - personality💀💀

Xinyan - ass

Tartaglia - everything but heavy on boobs

Venti - boobs to squish them and make a honking noise

Keqing - boobs & thighs

Mona - boobs

Diluc - ass & thighs

Jean - thighs

Chongyun - no preference

Noelle - boobs

Bennett - boobs bc comfy and squishy

Fischl - no preference

Ningguang - thighs

Xingqiu - no preference

Beidou - ass

Xiangling - no preference

Razor - ass

Lisa - thighs

Kaeya - everything as long as it’s squishy enough

Amber - boobs

Lumine - thighs

Aether - boobs

[savnofilter]

Reaction to FEM!Reader W/ Tongue Piercings

-> Bakugo Katsuki & Kirishima Eijiro

   Bakugo Katsuki | Kirishima Eijiro x [FEM]Reader

CONTENT WARNING(S): suggestive content, mentions of kissing, implied mentions of seggs.

WORD COUNT: .4k words.

READ MORE: masterlist + [student masterlist].

A/N: i wish i could work more with these but we'll see later on!! ofc the other choice would be kiri <33 n i wasnt sure if the implications of the ask so they stayed (mostly) sfw lol. as for student reqs, i will take them with a grain of salt. no guarantee they will be done or finished. thank you, anon!

oh he thinks you're fucking cool.

at first i was thinking he'd question you, but does he gaf like that??

[+] the answer yes and no.

Bakugo honestly has never thought about piercings in his own free time, so when you pop out with him he just starts thinking.

asks to see it and analyzes it like when dads stare at a TV screen with their hands on their hips.

Bakugo was sure of two things:

1) it was cool as fuck.

2) it was hot as fuck.

he loves your tongue piercing.

once your piercing is all healed he wants to experience everything (physical) he had with you.

when he kisses you with added tongue for the first time in awhile, the kiss is slow and sensual. he likes feeling your piercing but is in no rush to avoid hurting you.

so much more hums of approval and low moans as he finds himself getting lost in your kiss.

dont even get him started feeling your tongue on his skin and how the little change in texture can easily make him shiver.

he thinks your tongue is honestly so rad that he hopes you get more.

[+] he doesnt even care what you get next, he just wants to see you in more!!! 🤭

unlike contrary belief, i don't think Bakugo is the type to get piercings and tats so he leaves that category up to you lol.

Kirishima asks all the questions lmao.

"Did it hurt?" "How long did it take?" "How many piercings are you gonna get?"

gives you so many kisses as soon as you are healed LOL.

likes to toy and play with you, even gifts you rings (or whatever tf the jewelry is called for tongue piercings) cuz he knows you'll look good in them.

almost has a weird obsession with it if we're being honest.

your choice might also influence him?!$($(

HE JUST LOVES IT.

thinks it's fuckin' rad and honestly it might just influence him to get one of his own.

but that's a decision for later since he knows he will be lazy about the recovery process.

youre his punk gf in training and he will NOT miss this opportunity to cash in on it

[+] and of course if you don't want more that's totally fine. he just can't help himself but start to fantasize lol. he's a dreamer!!

he loves playing with your tongue and feeling it on him.

it's like an extra stimulant and the little texture it adds just makes him shiver in all the good ways.

11/10 he loves it. would not complain if you got more.

and if he does get a tongue piercing himself, he'll make sure to be an expert in tongue technique okay—

    all rights reserved © do NOT steal, alter or copy this work.

[tubeon]

wouls you be ok if we used your spider-gayatri design for our villain!pavitr au? in that universe gayatri is spiderwoman.

basically i would give credit to you for the design at the beginning of the fic, and in the fix i would describe gayatri’s spider outfit using your design

its 100% fine if not btw /genuine

Ooooh!!! Ofc!! I'd love to read when you're finished !! Allow me to go a bit into detail of her desiiign

What she's wearing here is a Dhoti Saree! It's a lot of clothes for a spider person but trust me she has it secured lol.

The pattern across her arms and hands are inspired by jewelry, looking like leafy vines (its messy and probably hard to see that I thought I'd clarify) with her spider symbol decorated like FLOWERY vines. (Spot the blue lines under her arms bc I wanted to jab at miles somehow)

Her mask is based off of a blackbuck! And I wanted to incorporate her casual choker somewhere so theres that too :]] also red bindi to imply that she is practically already married to Pavitr so she may as well wear it !!!

TAKE THIS ALL WIFH A GRAIN OF SALT HOWEVER u are the writer, u can interpret and write her design however u want as long as u are respectful . Teehee :3

[markantonys]

WoT Up had a new video which is of course take it with a grain of salt as with most of his videos however this one was super interesting. It's about the Choedan Kal and how supposedly in the show they're getting renamed to Sarkanen (which is a sa'angreal Demandred uses in River of Souls I guess?) and in s3, Moiraine finds one of them in Rhuidean and is sucked into using it outside of her control.

Which sounds very interesting but of course there's the Rand stans who are like "Here they go again taking things away from Rand and giving them to other characters!" Rand doesn't even use the Choedan Kal til Winter's Heart. Like calm down lol

Plus I definitely feel like like this will would be to show/foreshadow for the audience that they're dangerous to use for whenever they do the Cleansing. And even getting into the differences between Saidar and Saidin?

re: the name change. To avoid people on the show saying "chode" is my guess. Which is a slang term I didn't even know about until today 😂

thank you for bringing me the TLDR so i don't have to watch a 10-minute video for 2 sentences of "news" haha when it comes to WoT Up i'm taking it with a bucket of salt rather than just a grain, but that aside, let's engage with this hypothetical show change!

name change: no issue for me! lmao it's very true that the show might change some terms here and there to avoid running into slang that has developed in the time since the books came out. no discussions of the dark one's taint here!

if those rand stans had their way, he would be the only character in the entire show. yes moirane is likely transitioning into a more supporting role in s3 (just as she was less in the spotlight in s2 compared to s1), but she's still a main character and needs something to do besides just hanging around in the background giving rand advice. us getting to actually witness moiraine's rhuidean trip onscreen feels like a no-brainer, and her having a mini-adventure with a dangerous sa'angreal is a neat idea for giving her a good story beat! AND in doing so we get a preview of how dangerous sa'angreal can be for even a channeler as disciplined and highly trained as moiraine, which would be very useful for us to see. it's important to set up stakes & risks early on so that the audience will already be conscious of them when the time comes to challenge those stakes and take those risks!

and there's no reason for rand to already start acquiring a whole hoard of Surprise Tools To Help Us Later that he won't use for 3 more seasons lmao i'd entirely forgotten rhuidean even was where he got the choedan kal until it started coming up in s3 speculation discussions, because it's sooooo far removed from when he actually starts using them. and same for callandor ofc, where just because he didn't get it pre-waste doesn't mean it's cut from the show, maybe he's just going to get it later closer to when he actually needs it (i'd be surprised if the stone is cut since it was foreshadowed twice in s1, but i don't have a strong sense either way about callandor itself just yet).

i really like @butterflydm's idea that maybe callandor could be the only super-powerful male sa'angreal in the show, and rand's Dark Power Temptation is instead the true power rather than supernova levels of saidin via the choedan kal. so in this theory, maybe moiraine picks up the one and only super-powerful female sa'angreal in rhuidean which nynaeve eventually uses for the cleansing, and rand gets the one and only super-powerful male sa'angreal from the stone at a later date. now we're all geared up for the cleansing, we still get the "saidin & saidar teamwork" theme even if the 2 cleansing sa'angreal aren't twins of each other, callandor could still have its flaw but they could reason that it doesn't come into play in the cleansing since he's linked with a saidar channeler (ik it has to be 2 saidar channelers in the book version but we can finagle that) and oh, then that actually sets up a method for them to be able to figure out how to use callandor properly that isn't just "min, who has 0 knowledge of angreal or the power, supposedly figured it out offscreen from reading the wikipedia article on philosophy" haha if rand already did use it successfully once, it would be doable for min or whoever to compare his successful & unsuccessful uses and determine what the deciding factor is.

although maybe there's still a male sarkanen too in the show and rand finds it later in a different location! plenty of possibilities.

re: the differences between saidar and saidin, the show has already very clearly shown how different the channeling experience is for men and women and very clearly established that they are using 2 different halves of the one power. and it's done all this just using generic terms like "the male/female half of the source" to make it easier for show-onlys to learn and understand the magic system. so it's now well-positioned to start dropping in the official terminology saidar and saidin now that show-onlys are very solid on the gender-based magic system and will be less at risk for mixing up two very similar fantasy jargon words (i know it took ME a while to keep straight which was which of saidar & saidin when i started the books, and keeping track of fantasy jargon is even harder in an auditory medium imo). but even if they don't ever use the words saidar & saidin, i will not gaf because the show is so clearly following the book magic system and explaining it accurately to viewers even if it doesn't use the specific fantasy jargon terms for it.

i saw somebody say that cutting the pool of saidin at the eye was yet another example of the show diminishing the importance of rand & male channelers, and i was like...........the pool of saidin? the pool of saidin that is never seen or mentioned again after book 1? the pool of saidin that i'd argue doesn't even fit with the magic system RJ later established more firmly since i don't think it should be possible for there to exist a physical pool of tangible one power? THAT pool of saidin? lmao some people are just being so insane about the show ~diminishing rand~ and ~propping up women~

it always reminds me of that workplace study that found that when men & women each talk for 50% of the time in a meeting, the majority perception is that women dominated the conversation, whereas the perception of an equal conversation was one where men spoke for the majority and women the minority (i forget the exact percentages). this is kinda what we're seeing in the book-to-show translation. in my opinion, in the books, men dominated but the narrative purported it as men & women being equal and readers think so too (some even claim book!randland is a matriarchy which is absolutely laughable), whereas the show is trying to make it actually 50/50 and this is causing the perception that women are dominating and rand is getting shafted. i am now going to make this post unrebloggable because every time i state my personal opinion about the books not being perfectly feminist 100% of the time, somebody inevitably tries to come in and peer-review my personal opinion and booksplain to me how my personal opinion is incorrect lmao (@ everybody who insisted to my early-reader self that i was wrong to be mad about the girls not being ta'veren in the books and that it is actually anti-feminist & agency-reducing for them to be ta'veren in the show and i would understand that once i read farther - guess what, i read all the books and it did not change my opinion by a single iota!)

[starsworldd]

hello!!! this is my first astrology post bc im bored af lol 🌸

please take these observations with a grain of salt!! they may resonate some may not :)) i put orbs (for conjunctions only) as suggestions but ofc feel free to use ur own interpretations and guidelines <3

general observations:

- mars trine pluto (specifically in fire signs)in men >>> the sex appeal is so **chefs kiss**

- 10th stelliums tend to care a lot about their image. they can attract a lot of online attention too!!

- pluto opposite ascendant or conjunct the midheaven attract a lot of toxicity from other people. pluto on the mc is on a broader scale regarding your reputation as a whole, but on the descendant i’ve noticed it affecting one on one relationships whether that be friends or partners.

- ^^ to add on to the pluto on the descendant observation, the native can also get really obsessive crushes on other ppl.

- i love pisces moons so much they’re really easy to talk to while also having depth and insight when needed <33 such a lovely placement.

- jupiter in 5th house natives tend to date a lot of ppl👀 could also be indicative of talent in the arts (i have this placement :p)

- neptune in the 6th house could have hypochondria or a lot of health anxiety

- people who have planets/asc in your fourth house tend to make really good friends :))

- aquarius venus tend to fall in love with ppl in their friend circles

- do NOT argue with pluto in third house people they will win oml they’re so dedicated

lunar return observations: (orbs: 1-3)

- this is gonna be an odd one but if you have saturn switching between conjuncting your ic/mc for 3-4 consecutive months it can show major adjustments in your home/private life or career for those months ahead.

- fifth house ruler in the fifth house or part of fortune can indicate talking to someone romantically for that month ;)) (ofc 5th house also rules over creativity so maybe as an alternate outcome, it can signify focus on creative endeavors too!!)

- part of fortune in 1st house can also bring confidence and overall good feelings about yourself

- pluto opposite the ascendant can bring a new person/people into your life or bring back an old friend group/friendship but can also indicate ending a connection with someone depending on context.

- pluto in 12th house can signify poor mental health for that month :(

- saturn in 12th can show major sleep deprivation for that month

- jupiter conjunct mc 🤝 achieving big goals for that month (and maybe getting some recognition for it too, but mostly ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS!!!)

- moon in the first house can mean crying yourself to sleep every night or feeling on top of the world (depending on planets in 1st house and aspects to moon for that month)

- neptune in 4th house can bring a really dreamy, “sleepy” and relaxing vibe in your home life.

- mars/chiron/mars conjunct chiron opposite the mc can mean a big fight at home might happen that month :(

solar return observations: (orbs: 1-3)

- moon in the 6th house can make it dififcult to be consistent with daily routines and doing work throughout the year

- uranus in 12th is sooooo difficult i had this last year and i was mentally so exhausted and stagnated

- venus opposite uranus may mean some sort of major break off with a close friend/partner or going through mutliple friend groups/friendships (like getting with one friend group then breaking off with them and joining another one and so on…if that makes sense?)

- mars opposite ascendant may make the native feel like another person or some sort of third party is getting in the way of their plans for the year. this is a really aggravating aspect, had these last year and i felt like school was getting in the way of my artistic goals but yet i still had to put the majority of my energy (mars) into something else (descendant) which was school for me in this case.

- pluto conjunct mc in the 9th house can indicate a major change in life direction. it may not manifest into reality but this is more of a mental change of where you want to go in life.

- sun conjunct mercury can mean a year with a lot of work ahead.

- sun square moon can mean big changes happening (whether that be home, school, career, etc..) but can also show a v stressful year

- pluto conjunct mc can also indícate divorce

- pay attention to where your part of fortune is!! whatever house it’s in may show which area of life will go really well for you (ofc depending on aspects)

- stelliums in houses can show reoccurring themes for that year.for example, i had a third house stellium for my 2019 solar return chart which was the year that i got serious about songwriting!! a lot of my energy was put into writing lyrics and music and also communicating with others too hehe.

i hope you’ve enjoyed reading these :) i think some of these observations are very obvious. maybe i’ll try and research some more insightful ones in the future <3 bye for now!🎀

[starspilli]

hey hi hello sorry if this is an annoying ask and ofc no pressure to answer it but I'm getting into the dc fandom and want to read some of the comics but am completely lost as to how/in what order/which ones to avoid/which ones to read. any tips? (also your art is amazing and I love it :D)

hi don’t worry i love this question!! & ty for the lovely compliment :,)

it’s a little hard for me to answer, i’ve been a fan of dc since i was very young & just reading whatever random comics my library had in stock LOL so its hard for me to think what i would do if i was getting into it from scratch & all at once. so just take what i say w a grain of salt lol

a lot of people recommend picking one character and just reading through their whole publication history, but i personally think it’s good to have an understanding of the broader universe first to avoid coming away with a distorted view of characters & stories. (ie i wouldn’t suggest just reading jason todd stories without reading general batman stuff first.)

i think what i would suggest is looking up a few reading guides for essential stuff, seeing what kind of stories, characters, themes etc you vibe with out of those, and then maybe looking more into specific characters / stories from that. the internet & tumblr especially is so great for this because even the most random d-list characters (affectionate) have people who love them so much they will make rly detailed reading lists which are great jumping on points!!

dc can be complicated at first glance because there’s so many reboots, but i’d say there’s a lot of runs that represent the characters & universe so well, or they’re so engrained in the lore that they’re sort of immune to retcons and rewrites so if you stick with those at first it gets a bit easier.

it’s also unfortunate because ‘essential’ reading doesnt always equal quality, and there are writers who really aren’t great people whose work is, unfortunately, very significant to certain characters. so just again. take this stuff with a grain of salt

i think if you look on google the essential reading for dc is very unanimously agreed on so there’s no point in me rehashing that, BUT long halloween & dark victory, all star superman & perez & rucka’s runs on wonder woman are pretty essential basic choices imo and i enjoy them. some more random choices off of my list of personal favs r: batman: the cult, under the red hood (obviously), batgirl (2000), task force z, justice league international (1988), bruce wayne: fugitive, catwoman: zero year, poison ivy (2022), robin: son of batman & john ostrander’s suicide squad.

as for how to read them, i know there’s a lot online but id suggest having a look in your local library to see if they have anything. i also rly like dc universe, they have a £5/month subscription for access to most of their archive which is very good & it lets you download them for offline reading as well !

if there are any characters/runs/stories you specifically would like to know more about pls send me another ask!! i hope this was helpful and not too convoluted/rambling lol. i love comics & talking about them so i never mind anons asking questions or wanting to talk about them god bles

[stewieonthewall]

Not sure if you’ve seen but the guy that said that P’s on a cruise said she’s there with a teammate.

Now he could 1000% be trolling but going through his Twitter a lil (lol), i don’t think he is tbh. And also, P going on a cruise could also explain the Florida trip, like it would not be a stretch.

Now is A there with her? Idk, maybe, maybe not. The fact that A wasn’t at the game tonight but her parents were (and also her parents sitting in her and P’s seats) is a bit sus but well yeah.

Take all this w a grain of salt ofc, cause we obvs can’t confirm or prove anything that guy’s saying.

Yk what though, if they are on a cruise, I hope they’re having a good ass time!!!

yeahhh i saw that i was like hmmm

like someone give us one pic just so we can see if he’s lying 😭 like i’m legit more interested in if he’s being fr than what exactly they’re doing

it does sorta line up so let’s be delulu for a sec!

[pleucas]

Would you ever consider doing a colouring tutorial?

Heyooooooo

I've done a coloring post before (a few months prior), but somehow, my coloring/painting process has changed a lot since then lol. I'll give a breakdown of my process (and go into specifics on coloring) here, but please do take it with a grain (or a spoonful) of salt... I'm still very much learning, and though you can use my process as a guide, experiment on your own to find what works for you! This post got a little long I'm ngl so. open at ur own risk. it's really just me rambling and being a bit too pretentious for my own good

using my recent post as an example, my process is basically just:

first i get a clean sketch (after many hours of pain finding detailed references lol), not gonna go into that since you asked abt coloring

then i immediately go to block out shapes over the sketch. For big paintings, I don't do lineart (because i find that it eliminates a lot of depth that can be achieved with shapes and shading) — for smaller sketches and pieces, i'll do lineart tho.

I started darker to lighter in this painting because I knew I wanted harsh light. For me, it's a lot easier to project "additions" onto a surface — ie, if there's a harsh light, that's the addition vs. a shadow in neutral lighting as the addition. dunno if that makes sense, but breaking tones down like that helps me understand how i want to chronologically color smth and choose my bases:

for example, since I knew I was gonna have harsh light here, I felt comfortable with just getting the tones for my shadows down immediately. There won't be many midtones due to how extreme I saw it to be, so there was no point in finding a neutral base tone.

how i choose colors varies from painting to painting, but for this one, I decided to lean purple-blue because skk are just one of many red and blue gays (same reason why most of my other skk works lean red-blue-purple), and also because I knew I wanted my light to be on the warmer side — thus, the shadows and unlit areas will be cooler.

i also wanted it to recede (to emphasize the perspective and for depth), so for the base colors, i made them cooler + darker as they went back. This wasn't as clear in the finished product, but i think it did a good job at reminding me the vibe i wanted as i rendered

By how much I've written for this step, I guess you can assume that it's the step I put the most consideration into — and you'd be right. I think base colors really determine the vibe, and it sets you up for the rest of the painting. Sometimes I have to color adjust my bases over and over (with hue adjustments, color balance, curves) until I'm satisfied. I think that satisfaction is obtained w/ more ease as I've painted more and more. Alongside the sketch, this step takes me quite a while. Sometimes it's fun to mess with really wild color combos, but that's another topic.

Then I block out the lighting, which is probably the most drastic step but also somehow the quickest for me. Once you understand how light affects color (warmth, tone, etc) and you gain confidence with it, blocking out values in relation to base tones isn't too hard. That ofc takes practice and a lot of fundamental understanding of Shapes & Colors but there's a lot of stuff online abt the theory specifically from professionals, so I'm not gonna lecture y'all as a fanartist for glorified literary author rpf

then i just start rendering, layer by layer. above is a screenshot i took mid-rendering; at this point, dazai's clothes were basically done but I later worked on the face + hair more and textured the tie.

I try to do the stuff I want people to focus on first, because at least for me, that's when I have the most energy to make smth detailed — the more detailed an area is, the more naturally drawn you eye is to it (this is because the brain likes areas of high contrast, and details are entirely founded on the placement of contrast).

My art has never been too extremely detailed — I enjoy flatter + bigger shapes, styled texturing and silly patterns, but I find that "detail" still translates into "effort". When I look at paintings, it's very clear where someone put most of their effort — and when I can't tell, then I know I have a very confident + experienced artist who can effectively distribute their workflow (goalz). So yeah, I render in my very silly poly style but still keep that in mind.

eventually, I finish rendering. This part is kinda a blur tbh, and it always varies from artist to artist. I'd say the things I keep in mind are:

shape + form (making sure my rendering doesn't mess up gesture or vibes, and that it keeps things loose)

composition (making sure i don't overdo areas where i don't want people to focus on)

and tone (ensuring that the depth and believability of the scene stays intact so that my non-realistic style can work)

I added the bullet because i wanted a reason for the goofy expressions, just a bit more pizazz so that skk's drama was also believable lol. also visual storytelling or whtv (but that's not something i usually prioritize, it mostly comes with the concept and sketch).

I also added the bullet for some compositional spice. the dark shadow on dazai's arms was there to also emphasize the warped perspective, but it also left a weirdly empty vibe that I didn't enjoy lol. So yeah, bullet! and ofc my favorite, weird flowy line pattern thing that doesn't adhere to the laws of physics

I think a lot of my traditional painting experience leaks into my digital painting practice. I don't like lineart too much, and since I mainly work with acrylic, I rely on opaque color blocks, layering, and "carving out" shapes. probably explains my affinity for solid flat brushes in Procreate,,,,, but yeah. It's a little all over the place, but at its core, it's a lot of technical stuff mixed with habits after finding what works for me.

Dunno if this helps at all, or if it was interesting lolol. Thank you for reading until the end if you're still here! I appreciate it. I'm still learning but I've definitely learned a lot since I started this blog so it's exciting to track my progress. I'm sure I'll see this in a few years and laugh lolol.

[punksocks]

Astro Observations No.12:

-just my opinions, take them with a grain of salt !

-Does anyone else notice that Taurus in the big 6 (but even more in the big 3) gives people a square/sturdy look about them.? Their head or their hair or even their hands or their torso (more rectangular but ykno same rule applies) some physical aspect of them tends to be squared off.

-Omg nobody likes showing off their significant other like a fixed Venus! (If they really like them ofc)

-Mars in 1st/Aries risings walk really fast and are always going like they’re got places to be even when they’re just wandering around.

-Said this in my astro analysis on the show You but like, Mars in Asc/Aries rising women can have a bit like not like other girls or I mostly get guy friends vibe a lot of the time. Sometimes I notice this with Aries moon women as well (sometimes they think they’re above more traditionally feminine women sometimes they don’t, this depends on how they’re socialized imo)

-Scorpio/Chiron rising may have tattoos heal especially well on their body (it’s scarification after all)

-Men/Masc folks with heavy water placements tend to be…tumultuous. I think its a cross of how masculinity is defined societally (patriarchy is such a thing) and the intense emotionality that water heavy folks already tend to experience. I think developed water heavy guys can be very comforting and emotionally in tuned and have a very nuanced sense of masculinity, but they usually have a lot of work to do to get there. Heavy Scorpio placements are known for this but Men with Cancer in the big 6 have a lot of work to do with their relationship to women & femmes/feminity/their mothers/ being nurturing/healthy emotional expression.

-Where Capricorn is can show where you’re picky and a bit rigid in your expression- Venus means you’re picky about who you romance and befriend and you can be critical of your friends and partners; moon means you express your emotions in very particular ways and can be rigid in naming your harder feelings etc.

-No matter how sweet someone is, if they have a fire Mercury they’re gonna say something out of pocket (they’re gonna go too far with a joke or something) to you just because they’re a fire Mercury. No filter imo.

-Do Gemini Venus women appear fox like or is that just something I see? Lol (maybe true for Gemini Asc as well?)

-Mercurial risings do tend to look youthful and mischievous, I believe Mercury is a trickster god in mythology and I see that all over virgo/gemini Asc. Just a sparkle of mischief in their eyes even if they’re not up to anything nefarious. Also they frequently have people guess they’re much younger than they are.

-It’s so interesting that no mater how dark Scorpio risings look kids are often like totally chill with them or even drawn to them. I’ve had kids stare and approach me. Idk why, I do feel protective over my siblings but those are kids I know lol. Maybe it’s Pisces in 5th? Giving a ethereal and empathetic approach to children in general? Food for thought. (Once a tiny girl complimented my hair from a car window and I thought I was hearing things then I saw her and I was like :,0 thank you precious child and that was that lol)

-Earth moons can have a special soothing relationship with animals, like calming for the animals and the moon natives. It’s almost symbiotic at times.

-I’m big on wearing what you want in general but especially if you’ve got that 1st, 4th, 10th house Lilith/ Lilith conjunct, square, opposition your ascendant - Reclaim your power and wear. what. you. want. Your confidence will carry you a long way. (Same can apply for Pluto aspecting Asc)