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natspookie · 8 months

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muse

photographer!natasha x painter!reader

an, short one!! i thought i wrote this already that’s why it’s so late 😭 my apologies, anon

“honey you’ll be late” natasha rasped from your bed. “i know! but i can’t find my favorite pencil” you were scavenging all over around you and natasha’s dorm.

you both were in your 3rd year of uni and were forever dorm mates. natasha’s girls coming over seemed to slow down the more you spent time together. the next thing you both knew, you were out on a date and now dating for 2 years.

“the pencil, here?” natasha reached over to your side table with a short pencil in the air. “yes! thank you! love you, bye!” you kissed natasha before rushing out the door, leaving her as she chuckled at your antics.

natasha decided she wouldn’t be getting any more sleep as you weren’t beside her anymore. her first class was in an hour so she decided to get ready as well.

you both got back home to your dorms in time for dinner. alternating who was buying the food, it was natasha’s turn tonight.

“honeyy i’m homee” you sung, shutting the door to see natasha setting down some chinese food. “yeah honey.. get your shoes off” natasha smiled, sitting down on the bed, getting ready for movie night. “ugh chinese u love you, i’m going to shower! gimmie a sec” you rushed to the bathroom

when you came back, of course, james bond was paused. “james bond is very fine” you mumbled, sitting beside natasha, digging into the chinese rolls.

natasha mumbled a ‘mhm’ and you realized she held a jealous look at the man. “but, of course, he doesn’t compare to my super duper cool and pretty and amazing girlfriend” you grabbed natasha’s faced and smothered her with kisses till her face was as red as the chinese packaging.

the movie played in the background as you and natasha talked about each other’s day. “i got this new assignment to photograph a subject and i was wondering if.. if it could be you?” natasha said shyly

“of course!! as long as you’ll be my next painting” you nudged her “let me think about it” natasha joked, making a thinking face as you laughed at her “i would love to” she whispered against your face.

the next day, you and natasha both made time for each other’s projects.

natasha drove you to the closest beach and got your favorite ice cream. you both sat in the sand as the sun was setting and natasha took it upon herself to take the photos candid.

“did you know principal fury is dating someone” you licked your ice cream “mhm” “and he got his eyepatch from a cat?” “mhm” “nat- oh” you turned to see her adjusting her lenses as she took photos of you. “Natty!! I thought it was going to be a more formal photo!” You immediately put your hand to your face to wipe some ice cream at the bottom of your chin.

“Yeah I got some ideas for that too” natasha smirked as you nudged her. “c’mon let me take reference photos of you now” you held your hands out for her camera and she gave it to you. “what do i press?” “this button” She moved your finger over to a circular button sticking out.

you bit your ice cream cone in between your mouth as natasha fixed her hair but you made the photos candid as well.

“I’m read- dekta…i’m deleting those” you set the camera down on the mat “no! if you delete themm…. um… you-you- you’re taking advantage that i dont know how to work a camera! don’t you wanna be fair” natasha laughed, shaking her head.

“okay dekta”

“can you really not delete them though?” “of course, my muse”

#natasha romanoff fluff #natasha romanoff x reader #natasha romanoff #black widow #natasha romanov #natasha romonova #black widow fic #natasha x y/n

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pennylanewrites · 11 months

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sur le fil [levi ackerman x f!reader]

chapter 2: el valse

your neighbours learn about your secret skills; cooking and painting. the latter causes some disturbance. petra makes a scene and you see what levi is actually like when he’s furious.

a/n: this one’s short but hey, flustered levi makes his appearance. the next chapter’s bigger 😏

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you almost jumped out of bed when a loud thud echoed through the second floor. someone giggled and someone else shushed them. groaning, you slowly opened one eye to check your phone. 6:22 am.

“there goes my saturday…” you stretched and got up, pulling your flip flops from under the bed. with heavy-lidded eyes, you dragged your feet down the stairs, through the living room and into the kitchen.

“what the fuck? why are you all up?” levi was sitting down on the kitchen table, newspaper in one hand, a cigarette in the other. zoe and moblit slowly lifted their heads from the counter, looking up at you with guilt.

“i told you you’d wake her up, zoe.”

“that thud was you? i thought the ceiling fell.” you pushed the pair out of your way and looked at your coffee machine. “what did you do?”

“nothing! not yet, at least. we wanted to make coffee and levi wouldn’t help.” zoe scratched the back of her head as moblit sat her down on a chair. levi scrunched his nose and moved away from zoe.

“here.” you poured two espresso shots in shot glasses and placed them on the table. “drink these.”

“and take a shower,” levi added as zoe inspected the espresso shot, “you guys stink of gin.”

as your coffee poured, you took out an array of ingredients; flour, cheese, chocolate, eggs and more.

“breakfast is served in two hours.”

“thanks, y/n. come on, chérie.”

you were glad you took the time to fill up your share of the pantry in the week. you had loved cooking, ever since you were a kid. you always thought cooking for someone, sitting down to share the meal was one of the most intimate experiences.

you could cut the tension in the kitchen with a knife. every so often, you would peek at levi as you dusted flour off your hands, and he would shove his newspaper closer to his face. you still took it as a win; it meant he was already looking.

you were taking reference photos of the mess on the counter, the half-set breakfast table, levi’s newspaper and cigarettes, when you felt a cold hand on your waist. startled, you looked back at levi, who simply wanted you to get out of his way.

“sorry!” you squeaked out and went back to pour the pancake dough into the pan. what the fuck was that?

he chuckled. he actually chuckled as he poured a second cup of tea for himself. the shit was making fun of you.

after two long hours, you finally set the table; a platter of sliced mango and papaya, a bowl of warm pão francês with a side of butter and jam spreads, a plate of tapioca pancakes, filled with nutella. you finished the table with another plate of pão de queijo, cheese-filled heavenly balls of dough, and a ceramic jug of fresh-squeezed orange juice.

zoe and moblit entered the kitchen right on time, eyes lighting up at the assortment of food. levi excused himself, but zoe easily lifted him up and shoved him back in his chair. you couldn’t help but laugh at the sight, trying -and failing- to disguise with a cough.

after explaining the brazilian-inspired recipes, everyone digged in.

“ha-ha. levi’s eating balls.” zoe giggled, shoving half a pancake in her mouth. levi shot a glare her way.

“zoe.” moblit pleaded, knowing a simple word from her could result in one of levi’s outbreaks. zoe took one of the cheese-stuffed balls, and when levi opened his mouth to speak, shoved it between his teeth.

everyone stared at him. he was trying to be serious, but it was impossible with a ball keeping his mouth half-open. you muffled a gasp with your palm and looked at your lap, the table shaking from you keeping your laughter in. now it was your turn to be stared at from the rest of the table.

when you finally composed yourself, you looked up at levi. he had already chewed the dough ball and was now, while keeping eye contact, licking his thumb and then his pointer finger tantalisingly slow. a foot found it’s way against your calf, stroking it and gradually heading north. you shoved your legs shut and looked away flustered. he had won this one.

“turn off the porn.” zoe whispered to moblit, but both you and levi caught the comment.

you and zoe were left alone in the kitchen to clean up. she was washing the dishes, you were putting away the leftovers.

“levi and petra are still together, you know,” she started and you gave her a warning look, “but i’m pretty sure it’s over.”

“okay.” you shrugged.

“he wants to have sex with you.”

“zoe!”

“what?” she continued humming a song from an infomercial. you pulled saran wrap over a half-cut mango and sighed.

“levi does not want to have sex with me. we just started getting along.”

“he was about to have sex with your leg.”

“how did you know about that?” you looked at her with horror. zoe had this weird aura around her, and she always knew what you were thinking. at times you thought maybe she was a psychic. a low, evil laugh came out of her lips as she patted her wet hands on her skirt.

“because he thought my leg was yours at first.”

you had a moment where you both stared at the floor before looking at each other and bursting out laughing.

you were struggling to carry an unfinished painting, your easel and supplies to the terrace, when levi stepped out of his bedroom, a female voice yelling behind him in french. he shut the door and leaned back on it with a sigh. he looked so tortured, with his eyes shut close and his chest moving up and down with every sharp breath, as the female screamed behind the door. you pretended not to notice him and headed up the stairs.

“you’re going to fall.” he called out and walked up to you. he was right, but you were stubborn. looking down at your painting, you grinned.

“help me then.” you gave him the canvas. the back of it wrote self portrait and levi was instantly intrigued. you climbed the stairs with levi right behind you. any moment now…

levi stumbled on the very last step, almost falling on the floor. you looked back, and he quickly turned the canvas back around, cheeks rosy and eyes shifting around the ceiling.

“thanks, ackerman.” you placed your easel down and placed the canvas on it, admiring your work. a detailed silhouette on a mattress. the rest of the background was undefined, but the portrait of your naked body was finished, and it was engraved in levi’s brain for the rest of the day.

the afternoon rush hour had gone smoothly, even with levi’s mysterious absence. your mind wandered to petra; they were obviously fighting earlier that day, and she sounded furious. you wondered if she knew about the little…whatever it was, between you and levi. you really doubted it, however; nothing was happening, just a stupid act in the moment. as if on cue, levi stepped in. you suddenly were very interested in the dainty porcelain tea cups you had on display. levi worked around you as he got ready for his shift. you both jumped away when your pinkies touched under the bar.

“you can go now.”

“i’m working for another five hours.” you were not about to lose a day’s pay just because levi didn’t want you around.

“i have this covered.”

“it’s fine, ackerman,” he glared at you at the use of his last name, “i won’t pull any self portraits from behind the fridge.” you took a step back and grinned when levi looked away.

you worked in sync for a while longer, trying not to touch one another. what was this weird tension and when did it start? if levi didn’t basically try to fuck your leg that morning, none of this would be happening; you would still be bickering and muttering curses. you would definitely not be looking at his jean-clad ass and thick thighs. what kind of sorcery was this that they looked so muscly, even under jeans?

“i’m taking my break!” you yelled behind you before leaving through the back door. levi shook his head and even contemplated slapping himself as he watched your hips swing with your step.

you were mindlessly scrolling on your phone, eating a sandwich from the deli around the corner, when you heard commotion from inside the café. you grabbed your stuff from the bench and walked back inside.

petra, despite her petite appearance, was making a scene in the middle of the café. levi had his arms crossed against his chest and was staring at her, an empty look in his eyes. you were pretty sure that made petra even angrier.

despite your broken french knowledge, you caught a few phrases; ‘emotionless’ ‘cheap bastard’.

the only words levi spoke at the girl, you understood loud and clear.

“get the fuck out.” a few tears escaped petra’s eyes and your heart broke for her. she could tell she wasn’t welcome anymore, so she gathered her bag and jacket and ran out.

zoe and moblit had a fair share of stories with levi getting mad, frustrated, furious. they all ended in someone getting punched. but no, this. this is what levi actually was like when furious. he appeared emotionless to the naked eye, but if you put him under a microscope, you could see his chest puff in and out frantically, his nostrils flare, a bead of sweat fall down the vein popping on his forehead.

levi apologised to the customers with a polite smile, looking around before his eyes fell on you. you gave him a sympathetic smile before returning to your spot inside the bar.

“take a break.” you told him, but he just shook his head no. “you can’t even make tea, your hands are trembling.”

“i’m fine.” he muttered, hissing when the mug slipped from his hand, splashing the burning liquid all over his front. he slammed the mug down, lifting his hands to his temples and massaging them as hard as he could.

“are you trying to give yourself a lobotomy?” you took his wrists in your hands and turned him around, so his back was to the customers. “let me clean this up.”

you took a damp towel and lifted it to his chest, patting down the stain on his white shirt. you trailed down to his stomach, the pads of your fingers grazing his belt. he swiftly grabbed your wrist, looking at you from behind his black hair.

“stop.” he choked out. you nodded and took a step back, eyeing him from the top to the bottom. “i-i’m going to take my break now.” levi muttered and you noticed he held his bag over his crotch as he walked to the back room.

you danced around with a giggle as you prepared the next order. this one felt a little bittersweet after petra’s outburst, but it was still a victory for you.

levi 1 - y/n 2

taglist: @belovedackerman @bibemiiu @thisisketchy @ch-4-s-3 @kingfleury (bold can’t be tagged. lmk if you changed your user!)

#aot x reader #aot smut #attack on titan x reader #aot x reader smut #attack on titan smut #attack on titan #levi ackerman x reader #levi x reader #attack on titan fluff #levi ackerman fluff #levi x reader fluff #levi x reader smut #levi ackerman x you #levi ackerman au #aot modern au #hange zoe #hange x moblit #moblit berner

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pazzesco · 8 months

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Photo by Albert Harlingue/Roger-Viollet/Getty Images

The theft was dubbed “the most colossal crime of modern times” and reported by every single big newspaper of the time.

The Heist of the Mona Lisa

The mysterious heist led to a high-profile police investigation and extensive coverage in newspapers around the world, quickly elevating the Mona Lisa or La Gioconda, into the public consciousness. Museum visitors crowded around the empty space on the gallery wall, which was referred to as Paris’s “mark of shame.” Renowned cubist Pablo Picasso and Wall Street tycoon J.P. Morgan were both investigated as suspects—but the real culprit turned out to be someone named Vincenzo Peruggia.

From left to right

Vincenzo Peruggia, the mastermind behind the Heist.

"Theft of Mona Lisa" (magazine cover) illustrated by Achille Beltrame, 1911.

Paris’s “mark of shame,” the empty space on the gallery wall where Mona had been displayed.

How he did it

Vincenzo Peruggia worked at the Louvre— he was a handyman and former Louvre employee familiar with the lay out, how the painting had been installed and museum procedures.

Security at the Louvre was low—unlike today’s high-tech security systems and CCTV, there was little in place during the early 20th century to stop criminals.

He had the help of 2 henchmen—brothers, Vincenzo and Michele Lancelotti assisted him with the theft.

It took over 2 years to catch him—He hid the painting in a false-bottom trunk in his apartment for 2 years while trying to find a buyer.

Details

Peruggia hid in a closet and waited for the gallery to close. with the help of his 2 accomplices, they lifted the artwork off the wall, removed its glass case and frame, and wrapped it up in a drop cloth. They smuggled the painting out of the museum, and nobody noticed it was missing for over twenty-four hours.

Because the Mona Lisa’s popularity exploded in the wake of the heist, Peruggia could not simply sell it as planned. After hiding the painting in his Paris apartment for 2 years, he finally attempted to sell it to an art dealer in Florence. Peruggia was arrested on the spot and the masterpiece was triumphantly returned to the Louvre with newfound notoriety to its name.

So it was actually Peruggia’s shady criminal activities that helped make the Mona Lisa famous around the world.

#mona lisa #vincenzo peruggia #art #mona lisa stolen #louvre #shoplifting at the louvre #j.p. morgan #pablo picasso #art theft #art heist #leonardo #leonardo da vinci #cliff clavin

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danganrhys · 1 year

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fanart for a scene in Paranormal Activity by sweezey the fic is so good yall please read it

fem komahina designs created by cmykeyz, (1)(2)

background images are free-to-use photos, (1)(2)

PROCESS BELOW

first sketch, done a few months ago

first rough sketch, struggled a lot with drawing hajime's ponytail as in cmykeyz' original designs so i used a shorter hairstyle (also based on one of their designs whoops...)

lineart... ignore me forgetting to hide the sketch in the last panel. also yes i used real life footage of me kicking my wall as a reference image

shading! fun fact, i have never made a comic page before so i was at a loss as to how to make the squares in a program like paint tool sai which isn't amazing with making lined shapes. so i just created the outline of the squares and put it over top of the entire drawing to separate the panels. also i just realized i forgot to add the action lines shown in the sketch to represent hajime spinning around... rip

and here is the first draft of the final product, I added komaeda's silhouette to the first panel because it wasn't clear enough what was going on. i decided to use photos for the background because i honestly didn't even know how to begin tackling them. they're not really accurate for the setting but the colors look somewhat cohesive so i don't really care :] also komaeda is supposed to look somewhat sarcastic in the last panel but im not sure it got across well... and the flushing on hajime is supposed to be mostly from alcohol. this took me a little over 4 hours to complete

real life footage of me drawing this (real) (not clickbait) (cryptid sighting)

#danganronpa #komahina #nagito komaeda #hajime hinata #genderbend #genderswap #r63 #fem komahina #fem komaeda #fem hinata #lesbian komahina #my art #art #wlw komahina #sapphic komahina

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thew0man · 19 days

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it took me like 30 seconds to find the firefighter you painted over/traced for that secondo drawing. reference images are one thing but come on—you’re more talented than that! you don’t need to do that. alter the reference enough to make it your own. use a different palette. idk. it’s not a big deal but be please just be careful about your sources when you do that kind of thing in the future.

I was going to delete and ignore this but actually - I've done nothing wrong. My first thought when I read this is - you were clearly going out of your way to look up my references… why? The only thing I can think of is that you were wanting to try and be like “a-ha! You copied!”. Indeed, it seems like a weirdly veiled threat. Btw it took me about 15 seconds to find the reference image I used...

I make absolutely no bones about the fact I copy. I trace. A lot of people do. Even artists who are commissioned by Ghost! Le shock! A lot of the time my doodles are a massive Frankenstein of multiple references that I have traced or copied. This one happened to only be two. I didn't want or have time to make a completely convoluted piece that took me hours to research and sketch out.

Why would I need to be careful about photo sources that I’ve copied? Genuine question. It’s a photo that I’ve based a doodle off. Literally all the faces of the papas I’ve copied from photos… so I feel like that’s a really important statement for someone to clarify. If its a photo of a body or a photo of a waterfall...

I’m not charging for my work and never do, I doodle for me. Recently I directly copied a big artists work - I contacted him about it and he gave me his blessing and seemed genuinely pleased I had used his image as a practice image. Im learning colours, textures, lighting, composition. So much can be gleaned in this way.

Indeed I have recently completed a popular digital drawing course which 1) teaches you to trace and 2) teaches you how to get and use the colour palette from your reference image.

I also say that I’m documenting my digital art journey. I only started in September-ish 2023 so 7 months in. One day I would like to just be able to create images direct from my brain, but I doubt I have the talent to. All I do is practice and for fun. Don't take life so seriously.

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goron-king-darunia · 3 months

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Funguary #1 Mycena Subcyanocephala

Very casually dropping in an entry I did as a warm up. My brain is all fuzzy lately and I took a break from a bigger project for a week to take care of my sack of meat body IRL because my hormones are shit and I fell off the face of the earth for, like, a week, and then I couldn't get started on my larger project again. So I smashed my brain with a stick until art fell out so I could prove to myself that I still have art muscles. Coincidentally enough, I also pulverized the part of my brain that forgot how to draw humanoids until it remembered how to do that again. Percussive maintenance, if you will. (I am not actually injuring myself IRL, this is hyperbole, I promise.) So yeah, I'm probably going to be doing this super casually and probably outside of February since I have more IRL meatspace obligations that I am juggling. I may try to do one entry for each of the 4 themes to start or I may take it extra slow and do all of them at some point or other as warmups and do all the different mushrooms with their themes as I feel like it. Not officially back online yet, but I am browsing around Tumblr when I have time, so... Yeah! Cherub-inspired character to fit the theme of celestial for the mushroom Mycena Subcyanocephala. All the references I looked at showed this TINY mushroom with a singe fruiting body in the frame so I drew a cherubic sort of cyclops fairy/angel/cherub creature. Selected the mushroom because it was the first on the list so why not? The colors in the reference photos were nice enough so I figured why not? Might just draw the mushroom itself at some other time! Speedpaint here, so I can remember how I did it if I ever have to stop making art again for another 10 years. XD

I drew some concepts on notebook paper, and honestly the lips/lipstick I doodled out was a big main design element from the start, which is unfortunate because they're small in the grand scheme of the piece. The sort of digitigrade, faun-like legs were a whim, and I had my heart set on puffy pants to match that fat stem body on the mushroom, so I think a different pose might have been better because once the actual color and rendering goes down, you don't see much, if any, of the initial shape I set down. Maybe slightly more distinct colors between the skin and clothes too since that hand disappears into the pants a bit. But for something I smacked out in a couple hours, it's not bad. Especially for my first real attempt at drawing humanoids from imagination in a good, long while. (Clip Studio Paint, Gouache Brush, Airbrush, Gouache Blender, and Pencil Brush. 2 ish hours.)

#Funguary #Funguary 2024 #Mycena subcyanocephala #mushrooms #character design #my art #art by GKD

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3amclothesmonster · 9 months

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Filler content while I learn how to draw again ajdjsidjsjdjs

Facts about my welcome home oc's

Belle Dear:

#1 Her full name is Lulu-Belle Dear

#2 She supplies Howdy with most of the produce

#3 She bakes with Poppy on the weekends

#4 Her first appearance was in an episode detailing the importance of vegetables and fruits and how they grow, most of the episode taking place at her farm

#5 When she first moved in she didn't know there was a person named Howdy so when people said he wasn't there she was confused (It took her three weeks to figure it out)

#6 She definitely chases people with a broom when she feel threatened (Or they're trying to steal her crops)

#7 She's friendly with a the neighbors but she definitely glares at Wally time to time when nobody is looking

#8 She constantly shows embarrassing photos of Eddie to Frank (Such as his cringe phases)

#9 She knows every ounce of drama there is (Girls nights get quite heated sometimes and also it's just fun)

#10 Her house is a very western movie cottage/ saloon

Axel Moon:

#1 He doesn't know his last name so he just came up with the first thing he ever saw (Which was the moon)

#2 He has a Galaxy blob as a friend

#3 He is the most clumsy out of everyone in the household

#4 Him and Sally are best friends (Due to them both coming from outer space and sharing a love for acting and music)

#5 He definitely plays the guitar

#6 He will set up shop in the middle of town and just stare and the stars through his telescope

#7 He is never allowed back at Wally's (He broke to many paintings and art supplies)

#8 He knows every constellation by heart

#9 He sleeps with a rag cat doll every night (Elliot gave him it)

#10 Worse babysitter ever

Elliot Bright:

#1 His side of his and Axel's room is covered in books and poems

#2 He's written a two books

#3 He joins Belle and Poppy in baking

#4 One of two in the household that can cook

#5 He has had the same glasses since he was 7 (He's 21 for reference)

#6 He is usually at a library

#7 Actually not an idiot

#8 He never goes out in summer (The mosquitos are attracted to him)

#9 He'll accidentally switch from English to French every now and then

#10 Is an decent babysitter

Vinny Vander:

#1 His left eye is a button instead of the normal other eyes

#2 He only comes outside when it's raining or when he needs to buy groceries for them

#3 Mf has 8 siblings

#4 He is constantly injured due to failed experiments with gadgets

#5 He is covered in stitches due to the constant injuries

#6 He is massively touch starved and if you hug or show any touch related affection he will breakdown and hug you (Can go on for hours)

#7 He is the other one he can actually cook (Oldest out of all his siblings so he had to learn)

#8 Constantly wears glasses that have decorated spirals on them (They're more so goggles buy eh)

#9 Has the most weirdest closet out of everyone

#10 Every corner of the house is filled with gadgets (Failed, in progress ,etc)

Cupid Heart:

#1 Has only succeeded in playing match maker two times (Elliot and Axel + Eddie and Frank)

#2 Is a literal butterfly Muppet version of Cupid

#3 Loves spring

#4 She was the reason her, Axel, Elliot and Vinny became a friend group

#5 Her and Julie definitely have sleep overs often

#6 Has multiple bow and arrows (Broken and unbroken)

#7 The most social out of all of them (A social butterfly you could say!)

#8 She definitely has a lot of plants arounher room and the house in general

#9 She loves tulips and sunflowers

#10 She is horrible at actually striking targets (Has missed all besides the one directed at Axel and Elliot and Eddie and Frank)

Btw the house Axel, Elliot, Vinny and Cupid live in kinda looks like a toy box

THAT IS ALL

#Welcome home oc #Welcome home ocs #Character facts #Characters facts #Elliot Bright #Vinny Vander #Belle Dear #Cupid Heart #Axel Moon

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nonuggetshere · 1 year

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If you don't mind asking, what was the longest time you ever spend in a drawing? -🦂

Oh jeez, I think it must be this one commission I did for a friend that took me like 19-20 hours (painted background, detailed shading, all that jazz). But it's very possible that it's actually a different commission for the same friend that was all painting, but unfortunately, I don't have the raw file anymore to check the time. But I think it'd also be around 20 hours

These are the extremes though, most of my fully finished artworks take around 3-7 hours to complete, depending on the polish and the detail. The longest I took on a non-painting drawing is 9 hours, and it's this one

Didn't even do the background, lol, it's just an edited photo I took. I fully blame the jacket for that time

If we're counting other art projects, my Brutus animatic, Poplar St MAP part, She Wants Me (To Be Loved) MAP part and Spiral of Ants MAP part 22 triumph over anything else. I can't give you the exact numbers but I can make an estimate

Brutus I made in 3 days, barely sleeping and just chugging through that bad boy like my life depended on it. It was fully made in FlipaClip so I'm not sure about the exact time but excluding the time I slept, rested and ate, it probably took like around 12-18 hours. Which is insane considering how unfinished it is compared to the other projects on this list LMAO. I just remember it took a long time and I was exhausted by the end.

She Wants Me (To Be Loved) took me around 6 hours and 35 minutes to draw character references, then 15 hours and 35 minutes on all the frames, then putting it all together in FlipaClip and tweening it probably took me like another hour? So around 23 hours total.

Poplar ST was my first fully lines and coloured frame by frame animation. The references for the characters took me 4 hours and 15 seconds, and all of the scenes combined took me 26 hours and 12 minutes, then I had to put it all into FlipaClip and animate it which I'd again estimate to around an hour of work, makes it an around 31 hours long project.

Spiral of Ants part 22 was a massive beast, but not even because of the finished product but mostly because I almost finished a different version of that part before losing momentum and deciding on something else entirely. The three frames (one of which is lost to time) of this original concept took 12 hours and 27 minutes to make. Unfortunately, the reference sheets were on my old phone so I don't know how long they took, but seeing how long the other references took me and considering the amount of characters in this, I'd say 4-5 hours is a fair estimate. Then after that didn't pan out, I made two storyboards for my ideas for this part, which took me 3 hours and 54 minutes. Then the references for that took me 4 hours and 51 minutes. Then making the frames for that took me 11 hours and 30 minutes, and tweening I'd say took me around 2 hours in total. In total, that's roughly 40 hours of work for one MAP part.

But these are all animations, so it's a given that they'll take way longer than a singular artwork

As a bonus, have these frames for the original Spiral of Ants concept that never was and some of the refs that survived Nuking (phone change)

(that fire frame alone took me 6 hours)

#asks #thylacines can talk #spooky arts #Sorry I went into a ramble #It just got me interested in how long certain projects might have taken me and I decided to add them all up #Man. The ant motive was cute. I should have kept it for the final version. Oh well #You sly dog you got me monologuing #Also. Lilith's name has been since changed to Asmodeus. Because bastardising a mainly Jewish figure and shoving her into a mainly christian #Story is a yikes from me chief.

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hippiesolitude · 2 years

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I’m bringing back the speed paint you guys 😤

Here’s a little video briefly showing my drawing process! I more often than not use reference photos for numerous things; like poses, colors, shadows, etc. References are your best friend!! I would love to post more of these if anyone has a drawing in mind they’d like to see in a speed paint ;D

Also this pic took way less time than usual, usually I’m drawing for 2+ hours lmao

Song: Hot Rod by Dayglow

#futurama bender #futurama #bender #bender bending rodriguez #planet express #philip j fry #procreate #frender #futurama fanart #doodle #speedpaint

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camjammed · 6 months

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todays school experience of wearing bad quality cream face paint

-costume was a clown, my outfit slayed for reference (will provide photo later)

-do not fucking do what i did.

-took me about 1 1/2 hours to fully put on the makeup, woke up at 5 am (misery misery misery)

-the base white paint dried (horrible misplaced happiness in this fact.) while the rest minus my eyeliner was able to be transferred/smudged

-talking/eating/breathing is impossible without cracks. don't even raise your eyebrows. neutral face

-you cannot open your mouth more than about 1/2 inch, and your jaw WILL be stiff because of this (also headache)

-I'm a very smiley person and this experience was horrible bc of that. my friends kept making me LAUGH

-also yelling/laughing is horrifying because of that fact, your voice sounds weird aswell

-eating/drinking is more important than preventing cracks in the paint. idc if your costume looks really good, STAY HEALTHY. I had food truck funnel cake :3

-if you constantly reapply the paint it will turn into massive horrible clumps and flake off. and by god that is an awful experience

-maybe it'd work in smaller sections but i only have experience with full-face makeup, so ig experiment if its really the only option for you

-please just use grease paint/other products that don't dry out

-gave me a rash :(

#halloween tips #costume tips #cosplay tips #cosplay #cosplayer #halloween cosplay

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marcholasmoth · 1 year

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OSRR: 3160

physical therapy this morning was, in a word, tough.

since i shoulder was aching on tuesday and actively hurting yesterday, i knew i was gonna have a hard time. i was right. we switched up the order today, so i went from heat to exercises directly with the massage after, instead of heat-massage-exercises. i couldn't remember what my exercises were, for one, and i had a particularly difficult time getting to and past five reps. i usually try to focus on smooth motion, but it was so jerky today that it was obvious something was wrong. so i told my therapist, who was also the one who worked on my shoulder on monday, and she was really gentle as she massaged my shoulder. she told me to take it easy and to rest my shoulder for the next few days, and she said that the heaviest thing i should be lifting is a plate. so i've tried to keep this in mind today.

i stopped at starbucks before going to work, per usual. i went to work, and i spent an hour talking to one of the most interesting people i've ever met - he's an associate's degree student after having been both a master's student and a principal correspondent for a news outlet in iraq, and he's a published author who speaks four languages. i was like, "i should be asking YOU for writing help." the issue he's encountering is the specific language of US government and references to the constitution and stuff which is somewhat unique to the united states' government system. so i offered to look over his paper once he's all done with it. he walked away and i was in awe for a while.

i meet the most fascinating people at work.

after that first appointment, though, i went to take a sip of my cocoa. i get a (starbucks language) large hot cocoa made with soy milk and hazelnut. they got the soy milk and the hazelnut right.

there was no chocolate in it.

if i wanted a steamer, i would've said i wanted a steamer. i wanted hot chocolate. there was no chocolate. it's in the name, guys.

(not the only time reading comprehension and a wrong order put me out today.)

my second appointment was for chemistry with a student i've worked with a bunch before. he's quiet and soft-spoken with a knack for being pensive, but he also sometimes forgets formulas and ideas when put on the spot. so i do problems step by step and explain them quietly as i go, i label everything, and i give him the paper i've written on. we work on problems together, checking knowledge and understanding as we go, so i know he walks out with a better confidence than what he walked in with. he's a good kid.

he also showed me a couple pictures of some pieces of pottery he recently painted with his mom! they worked on a raccoon and a fox, but they swapped the color schemes so the fox is painted like a raccoon and the raccoon is painted like a fox. they didn't look wrong. they were really cute. he's working on something else now, and i asked him to take a picture of it when he was done so i could see it.

he also showed me an older photo of a pumpkin that he painted. it was bright red and had an angry face. it was really funny. i appreciated it. he showed them to me because he thought i "would get a kick out of it." he was right.

my third appointment was with my friend kendall, and i told her about my cocoa problem. she was shocked because the bedford one is where she goes all the time and they always get her order right. she took pictures and after opening her laptop and handing it to me, she left to get me a replacement cocoa 🥹

i was able to do a few things for her without having her in the way, like handling a few emails and a lab that wasn't coming across properly from her computer so i fixed it on mine and sent it to her professor directly.

i had my lunch in the meantime, and i looked at a few things while she was gone, and in the interim her laptop had logged out, so i just shut it down and relaxed for a little bit. she came back around 2:30 with my new hot chocolate and i gotta tell you i've never been so happy to have a hot cocoa at 2 in the afternoon. big happy warm smile from me, curled into my cocoa cup with both hands.

after kendall left, a coworker of mine showed up, and we spent like. two hours just talking. he's such a fun guy, and i'm happy he's my coworker and my friend. i learned about halal and kosher meat preparation, and we talked about polyamory and swinger parties and we talked about helping people because it's the right thing to do and the social contract and societies and we discussed food stuff near the end.

before he left, my last appointment showed up, the girl i've been working with lately and the reason i have so many hours at work lmao. we got all of a chapter worked on, and she's getting sets and venn diagrams much better than she did when she walked in. she's working really hard, and im challenging her to do math in her head and she's rising to the occasion and meets every challenge without fighting it. she's doing a really great job.

after work, i went back to joel's to collect my belongings so i can be home for tomorrow when we move stuff around the house because moving shit.

i grabbed my stuff and as i was leaving i called my mom. i called her three or four times. didn't pick up. i figured since it was thursday she was probably watching battlebots and not listening for her phone. i was calling to ask about dinner, but since i didn't get an answer i just decided to stop for mcnaldos on the way home. i made my order and they ended up making and giving me two hot fudge sundaes instead of just the one i ordered.

i got home and i opened up my burgers and there was cheese on them.

could t eat them. grumpy. thrown off because they were CLEARLY marked NO CHEESE. sad.

by that point i'd discovered my parents weren't home, my mom's phone was on her chair, and i couldn't eat my dinner that i'd gotten.

then my dad texted me: "dinner exploded so we're going to longhorn. do you want to join us?"

so i just called them and asked them about it, told them i'd be there in 15-20 minutes, finished my nuggies, put away the rest i hadn't eaten, put my shoes back on, and headed out.

i got there just in time to order, and when it came out i was surprised and delighted at the sheer amount of broccoli on my plate. i didn't want a salad, so i got double broccoli instead. it was awesome. the salmon was cooked enough, but it wasn't great. i don't think i'm gonna order salmon anymore. i've had it too much.

after dinner we made our way home and we watched battlebots, and after a few hours and some work games, i came upstairs, and now it's 1:05am and i am ready to pass the fuck out.

missing joel already. he cuddled me big time last night, and i was so happy to receive big joel hugs for extended times. he was almost like a cat, curling into my arms and staying there for as long as he pleased. it was really nice.

anyway, im so exhausted and my back and shoulders hurt. i need better sleep lmao.

#molly rambles #operation srr #osrr #3000s #3100s #sunshine boy

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levynite · 1 year

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I posted 21,699 times in 2022

That's 1,333 more posts than 2021!

221 posts created (1%)

21,478 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 204 of my posts in 2022

#youtube - 60 posts

#malaysia ge15 - 19 posts

#food - 9 posts

#my photos - 8 posts

#replies - 5 posts

#ge15 - 5 posts

#2am baking - 4 posts

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#lol - 2 posts

#solo leveling - 2 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#my uncle in vancouver chose euthanasia as he knew a couple years before that he was diagnosed with a death sentence and he took that step wh

My Top Posts in 2022:

Me and my brain

Me helping friends table at a mini con that accidentally saw more people than anticipated so they were stuck waiting outside for their turn to enter, surveying new batch of cosplayers: Oh hey, look at that Kokomi cosplayer! (it's a Genshin Impact character)

Friends: Which Kokomi???

Me, who was referring specifically to a hijabi cosplayer who tastefully modified the slightly skimpy canon outfit but also brain tired at hour 6 of this event: That one! The halal Kokomi!

Friends: *pauses to process before losing their shit and laughing*

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Me, watching random Youtube video: what in the

This is a man who recreates Renaissance paintings and decorates every surface of his council home with them.....this painting lives in the spare bedroom apparently

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My #1 post of 2022

Excuse but wtf is that, a tamale dog?!

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destinywhisperslove · 4 months

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Gravity

When we were waiting on Oliver to be born, I was counting on the same gravity I felt with Nolan to draw me to into him so much that Turtle gets taken in with it. Now that he's here, it didn't happen. If anything, he's more shut out and feels more shut out. I made a one week post and he found it upsetting and offensive because I didn't really reference him or put captions on the two pictures that included him. I also captioned one photo of the two boys to say "Now we are a trio # boymom". I don't take it back though. Besides it being my own post with my own brief reflection on this week, there hasn't really been a togetherness to it. He's in bed for 11 hours a day and then he spends about 4 or 5 running errands and at least 2 or 3 playing video games. He took up the new hobby of making pasta and he's also painted a bunch of his miniatures. He is a master of escapism and he frankly seems increasingly unhappy while I'm having the time of my life, even if I'm the one with a gaping 7-inch cut and glue holding in my bowels.

Meanwhile, the house is a complete wreck. Ollie had trouble latching last night so I put some milk in a bottle and asked him to try to give it to him and you would think I was asking him to put Ollie to his own breast with the way he acted about it. He has a baby monitor on and will ask if everything is okay whenever Ollie fusses, if it wakes him up, but when I actually ask for help, he seems almost as clueless and scared and unwilling/unnatural as when Nolan was first born. I feel even less in love than before, but when he hugs me or kisses me, I feel like I owe it to my vows to hang on as long as I can

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naeryssethewickedbloom · 6 months

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-PLEASE NOTE- All art pieces and form are for expression only and are not meant to offend others. I made these in the light of spirit and wanted to show my skills in form and execution.-

Hello Fellow Creators and People with Imaginations! My name is Naerysse Sin’tricae, and I am an artist! I am trying my best to start up a way to properly get my art out there, and I want to open Commissions so people can enjoy my art for keeps :D Allow me to explain... >//w//<

Alright, I am going to explain this, and I will be quite frank. I took about 2 weeks of Life drawing before I had to drop the course for complicating circumstances. I do draw things that hit all spectrums of topics (Fantasy, some Realism, Custom Concepts, NSFW, Anime, Video Game concepts, and anything within these subjects). I started on pencils, paper, pastels and other physical things. I painted a few times but it wasn’t my favorite medium (more on the fact that I am not used to the way the art medium works).

Some of the content within my pieces here are NSFW so I apologize to any kids who see it. But I also see art as to each person’s interpretation. I also sat there for a couple hours each day the course was held through the two weeks drawing my naked friend. So that is a thing. But, I am getting more into digital pieces so that way it is easy delivering.

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What I require are:

References

References can including photos from things to reflect a pose or character/person/concept. Some references can also reflect a setting or a biome in which the photo is held. This is to each person’s interpretation. So whatever references you can get to me online, and whatever you can find for a visual representation.

Descriptions

Some things that you would refer to doesn’t always come to tuition as far as photos go, so if you can’t find a photo or draw a doodle or what have you to show -me- how you want this drawn, sometimes writing a decently detailed description is another method. Most times, more often than not, I would like to have both a photo reference and a written description so I can interpret what your idea is with more accuracy. I like to be precise :D

Lastly, we get to talk about time frames. More often than not things don’t take too -too- long to create. But sometimes, the more realistic it is, the longer it takes. SO, we MUST discuss this in some way right? Well, this is where things get interesting.

I have an email things can be sent to, as well as a Discord. So, allow me to list all three things. And keep in mind if something is going to take longer than we agree or I can’t define a time, then I will always keep in contact.

Discord ID: PhoenixDownFae#1592

Email: [email protected]

More often than not I will respond to my Discord before my email, so the Discord ID is more the way to go.

So this is my LEAST favorite part, but that is more of my own personal morality. Pricing!

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So this is where I get very articulate about how I make this work. Usually, the content and how much time I have to make it, on top of how I have to draw this will determine my pricing. But, I am going to also make this quite easy to see a basis on what you are looking at as far as Categories. I am more for efficiency than anything, so am going to be honest and blunt right here :)

--This is listed as follows ( Keep in mind, any of these numbers I toss out there are more for the estimate of size. It can have whatever dimensions for the size and shape within the parameters. It varies within each size category --

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Small Works: Small works including small sprites, as well as small thumbnails and designs. These are often considered to be within the pixelated parameters of: 256x256 px (pixels) through 1000x1000 px (pixels). Well, with these, they are more of a smaller work. A thumbnail usually follows under this category and they are used for custom emoticons on certain programs, or decorative pieces for websites. If I am going to place a price, I would give the base to be about $8.00 plus the time factor, content, and how fast you need it.

Medium Works: Alright, now we are getting a bit bigger. This one does have a lot of specific factors that effect what I will charge, but I am going to explain what I see as a medium work. A medium work in my case is 1100x1350 px through 1750x2000 px. So these would take a bit more time and more resourcefulness of what is wanted of me, but a fair price is also in factor here. So I would place it at $12.00 plus the time factor, content, and how fast you need it.

Large Works: So this is where I get a bit more explanatory. SO, a large work is anything above 1750x2000 px on either width or height. So this is the bigger pieces that take longer to create because it has more pixels within the picture. These would take me a lot longer than Medium or Small works, but I can also give you an estimate as well as updates. I will do that with all sizes of works, especially the Large works. So these, I would charge $16.50 plus the time factor, content, and how fast you need it.

I hope this helps anyone who wishes to ask me for a piece of artwork. I will be only working with digital arts, since I am not even sure how I would send pieces through the mail. Also for the fact that not all mailmen are careful with things that have the word “FRAGILE” on them. So... It’s more of my distrust for them, not anyone. :)

I live by a Famous Concept artist’s quote, and it has kept me drawing. I used to draw his pieces for fun just because I liked them and wanted to see how it would come out.

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“A.B.C - Always Be Creating”

~Samwise Didier, Former Senior Art Director of Blizzard Entertainment

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#inkcrushqueen #inkcrushcomics

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