hi you can call me ed :) this account is mainly for batb, but I enjoy other fandoms too!!! if you like gaston x adam/beast PLEASE READ MY FIC!!! https://archiveofourown.org/works/62355925
not necessarily related to anything specific, but this is meant to be set in my batb au! which is kind of obvious from gaston’s outfit…
although, I was a bit inspired by the next chapter of my fic a little bit 👀 I’m so happy I get to let these two be SLIGHTLY more affectionate with each other…in a FRIENDLY way!!!
ITS LITERALLY BEEN SO LONG SINCE I LAST UPDATED THE FIC….so uh…sorry..? to anyone still reading…? but I hope things will start to pick up even more now (which I also said in the author’s note at the end of the chapter…)
if you are actually caught up with my fic and want to read the most recent chapter, let me know if the title makes sense!! I deliberated over it IMMENSELY, and ended up with something sortve (?) subtle…SO I HOPE IT GETS THE POINT ACROSS!!! AND THANK YOU TO ANYONE WHO IS READING/HAS READ MY FIC!!! <333
this scene isn’t actually featured in my fic, but I wanted to showcase what belle was getting up to during the events of chapter six! (which is linked above if you want to read…)
also, I think it’s funny how adam and gaston are always getting into hijinks while she’s living her best life in the castle…for the most part!
been sitting on this drawing for a hot minute, so i arbitrarily decided to post it today!!!! just two best friends!!!!!! and only that!!! (this version of them was actually inspired by the batb book “the beast within”…I’ve been meaning to write a fic related to it)
also, here’s the version without the shadow obstructing their faces!!! I worked hard to draw those…
and of course happy pride!!! perhaps I’ll draw something detailing my sexuality headcanons for these two 🤷 if that’s something someone would want to see..
I do like a lot of these Parallels between Gaston and the Beast, and in a way how they show who the true monster of the story is. I don’t have the complete thoughts together so I hope this rapid fire works…
Something about paying close attention to their eyes. They’re a very intense blue, but for the beast that ice eventually melts into something softer, sadder, valuable.
The way they move is similar! The beast sort of has to move the way he does, half lumbering and sometimes on all fours. Gaston lumbers but to show off his ability, his physique. There was no earthly reason for this man to hop rooftops in the village— but he can so he does.
Their tempers, honestly I could end just at that however there’s a key difference there from the very first moment we meet the beast. Even as he roars and he throws things and rages— he knew better, he wanted to be better but had no control of it. There was a deep layer of guilt and regret, knowing he’s wrong and what it has lost him— not just from a curse standpoint! Gaston never falters - whatever he says whatever he does he means it and means it proudly. His arrogance runs so deep it overpowers any conscious he could contain. The Beast displays the want for change, even at his most stubborn and angry.
There’s something there too In the offers Belle is made, while a prisoner the Beast gives her a better room, attempts to actually listen to her even if he just rages again. He is taken in by the goodness in her heart, how unselfish she is to trade her life for her fathers— clearly not knowing many like that, or knowing he wouldn’t have done the same. Gaston knows this goodness and seeks to exploit it to get the status of a beauty for a wife/mother to his children. It gets in his way instead of stirring a change in him.
Well Belle was briefly a prisoner, to Gaston she would be a slave.
THIS WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE JUST A JOKE DRAWING 💔 but it’s based off of a scene from the SIXTH chapter of my fic (which…isn’t done yet)
this is the more comedic version of the piece, AND it better fits my original vision :’)
with the context of the fifth chapter though, hopefully it’s understandable what I’m trying to convey…AND if you read the snippet from the SIXTH chapter (sneak peeks, huzzah!)
Be our guest at Beauty and the Beast Week, August 24–30, 2026!
We're creating fanworks celebrating all variations of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast! Save the date and start drafting your creations!
Anyone can join, and all types of fandom works are welcome: fanfic, fanart, podfic, gifsets, edits, mood boards, memes, etc. Each work must contain at least one Disney BatB character (crossovers, OCs, and reader-inserts are allowed too!), be newly created for the event, and not use AI. See the full rules and FAQ.
This year, our theme is ✨Magic✨ and the prompts work a little differently. Every day has 1 magical phrase that you can use verbatim in a fic or comic, as well as 1 magical item and 3 magical concepts that you can use to inspire any sort of fanwork.
(Text version of prompts and condensed version of prompts banner below the “Keep reading” link)
Even though the theme for the prompts is magic, your works do NOT have to include magic. For instance, you can take the “spell” prompt and write a story about Belle winning a spelling bee. Or you can take the “Say the magic word” prompt and draw a comic of Beast being grumpy about having to say please. The prompts are meant to expand your ideas to new things you haven’t tackled before, not limit them to strict topics. That being said, you can of course also create works that are about the literal things in the prompts. Whatever inspires you! And if you’re stuck, there are plenty of free ideas at #inspiration.
You do NOT need to use all the prompts on a day, just one.
You do NOT need to post on all the days, just one.
Send an ask or DM if you have any questions! Hosted by @firawren
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Text version of prompts:
Day 1: “Say the magic word” ~ mirror ~ wish, charm, bewitched
Day 2: “Voilá!” ~ wand ~ curse, ceremony, power
Day 3: “Abracadabra” ~ cauldron ~ spell, transform, disappear
Day 4: “What’s up your sleeve?” ~ cloak ~ illusion, mystery, witch hunt
Day 5: “Is this your card?” ~ top hat ~ trick, showtime, disguise
Day 6: “Prepare to be amazed” ~ smoke ~ glamor, enchanted, wonder
Day 7: Free day! ~ Any work with at least 1 Disney BatB character
I was tagged by the wonderful @myheartinshambles! Thank you so much bb!! ♡
I'm actually tagging you loves because I have new people I wanna learn more about and updates on my long timers (tagged in no particular order) @bartolomamba @passifaggot @1-jar-of-stars @precociousreader @bucky-thebae-barnes @sophfandoms53 @always-rolling-my-eyes @skyhawkstragedy @padawanduck @taylorslistofexlovers @insertcoolnameherethanks @ziggyuchiha @whoblewboobear @phalpz @funghoul @kyberghoul @gloriousfckingpurpose @kenobion @princessplantasaurus @talesfromthevoid
If you feel left out DON'T I'm 30 and stupid and have had this blog since 2010 and hit a patch of mutuals who have not updated in almost 10yrs and got sad lmao So if you see this and wanna do it DO IT and tag me! I'm trying to yap to more than my three people more :)
1. oddly specific thing that brings me joy: what I call "trivia night" which is going through a bunch of songs by various decades and seeing how many I can identify by the first few seconds. sometimes I do genres too
2. phone wallpaper: i'm doing this on desktop and don't feel like uploading screenshots just know that my lockscreen is trafalgar law and my homescreen is roronoa zoro (portgas d ace and choso are my two pretty boy widgets)
3. are you a morning or night person?: i love getting up early and being productive on days i dont have to work lmao but my body is naturally a night owl
4. favorite scent: anything clean/fresh, lavender, beach, and fresh balsam because I am that annoying christmas friend
5. origin of your username: way back in the day i used to go by various "simply(blank)" and on all other social media I have kodos (simpsons reference) so while I'll always love star wars, it didn't feel right to have lukeslywalkers any more and went back to my roots.
6. song on repeat: i do this thing where I rediscover Zeppelin (my favorite band lmao) every other month and get into these like listening loops and right now I'm back to listening to their best album Houses of the Holy (rain song was literally inspired by my favorite solo artist george harrison and jonesy was a GENUIS on No Quarter). also America Has A Problem Remix with Kendrick staaaays in my On Repeat playlist
7. i will always order this food: any variation of a turkey club. i love a basic sandwich so much
8. current favorite show/movie/book?: current right now favorite show is Apothecary Diaries and JJK, movie is still GDT Frankenstein but also rewatching classic Disney, book I've been a very bad reader and have only been reading fanfic lmao im sorry the creatures in my phone just know how to write my brainworm characters so well
9. last thing you hyperfixated on: the same thing ive been hyperfixated on since like sept of 2023: One Piece lmao i caught up to the anime in Jan and for the last few weeks it has just been me in my room going "i miss one piece :(" while actively reading the manga, fanfics, watching edits and compilations. i also briefly hyperfixated on the original star wars movies there but thats because i got a new tv and soundbar and what like im NOT gonna watch the greatest movies to test ride it?
10. what's your job/occupation, if applicable?: front desk at a urology office! DRINK MORE WATER OH MY GOD
thank you for tagging me even though it took me 800 years to get to it!!!!!
1. oddly specific thing that brings me joy: getting the shade i’m looking for just right when i’m painting. i have really specific preferences and i like when it comes together well.
2. phone wallpaper:
i made my lock screen myself but like. you can probably tell 😭 there’s so much space in the top right corner because my phone didn’t want to fit everything i wanted so i had to compact stuff
and my home screen is a wallpaper from an unknown source but my friend said it reminded her of me before i moved away forever so it’s been there like. 9 months. i’m not going to put it here bc i don’t want to repost anyone’s art but it’s a moon over the tide with various stars around it. and one of them has a music note inside it. it’s very nice.
3. are you a morning or night person?: i do my best work at night!!!
4. favorite scent: i like vanilla and chlorine. not together ofc
5. origin of your username: okay so the fun thing is that i have. No Idea. i’ve had it since 2022 i think? and i was like. 12. and then i changed it for 4 months last year in memoriam before changing it back because i missed it. no idea where it came from though 😭
6. song on repeat: right now it’s been brand new city by mitski!!! orrr way down by adrian lyles!!! and as by stevie wonder!!!
7. i will always order this food: fried rice is one of the foods of all time i know this in my heart. also my local mall has the best picada in the world its ridiculous. it’s chicken, beef, sausage, fries, and fried plantains and they give enough for two people plus a drink of choice and it’s like. 17 dollars.
8. current favorite show/movie/book?: my current favorite shows are one piece live action, interviews with the vampire, and yellowjackets!!! my favorite movies are Sinners, The Long Walk, Lilo and Stitch, and Scream but. s/o to bodies bodies bodies, the truman show, and funny games. and my favorite books are the secret history, the long walk, and the hunger games series!!!
9. last thing you hyperfixated on: Well. this is a long walk blog right now but before that it was a tie between yellowjackets and thg!!!
10. what's your job/occupation, if applicable?: im basically a ticket clerk. its sort of more complicated but. ticket clerk sums it up pretty well
1. oddly specific thing that brings me joy: man, there are so many, since i'm such a weird person :') i love it when i'm able to open an envelope without ripping the flap, and if you don't find this satisfying, i am going to assume you're crazy
2. phone wallpaper: ah....... ahahaha....... i don't have a phone :') so. no phone wallpaper for me
3. are you a morning or night person? definitely a night person! i am so unbelievably slow in the mornings, and i really feel like i'm on the ball at night :D plus, my parents go to sleep earlier than i do, so i feel like i can kind of do whatever i want late at night! :D i'm an incredibly late riser, but i usually stay up pretty late, so.......
4. favorite scent: new books! yes, i know, i'm such a nerd, but. i don't care. the smell of a bookstore is basically the equivalent of heaven to me. i also really like the smell of tar, which sounds really stupid, and honestly, it is :') i don't know why i like it, it's just been something i've enjoyed since i was really little. call me crazy :)
5. origin of your username: ooh, honestly, i'm not sure. i titled a wordpress blog "just being alexis" once, so maybe it came from there? i've just had this, like. attitude of "always being myself" for the past couple of years as well so :D it's quite ironic now, but. beside the point
6. song on repeat: dude no lie, i always get irrationally excited whenever i get asked this question :D my current song on repeat is nothing but you by the vamps!! i love this song so much and i sing it like. all the time. i also tend to listen to peacock by katy perry a lot, so that's another one!!
7. i will always order this food: oof, tough one, since i rarely eat out, if ever. um. i guess if i had the choice, i'd order japanese food, namely either sushi or sashimi! i also really love the warm udon bowls from fukada....... can you tell i'm japanese american lol
8. current favorite show/movie/book?: uh...... i don't watch a lot of tv, but i did finish a short miniseries called looking for alaska, and that was really cute! so that's honestly probably my favorite show..... favorite movie is probably cars? the original one lol, i'm such a sucker for the song life is a highway :') and i've also adored that movie since i was like five, so it's kinda nostalgic for me. favorite book is easy, the long walk by stephen king
9. last thing you hyperfixated on: um? probably the long walk to be honest. i'm not AS hyperfixated on it anymore, so maybe that counts? if not, then probably something baseball-related. getting into that again now :3
10. what's your job/occupation, if applicable? cries..... i'm an unemployed, broke teenager :(( no job for me
hello everynyan. thanks for the tag goatlexis happy emoji jumping around emoji
1. oddy specific thing that bring me joy: okay. don't poke fun for this but I have a plush that I really like and sometimes I leave it in my bag by accident when I'm going out and I get rlly happy seeing it there bc "aw aw he wanted to go on an adventure"
2. phone wallpaper: i have one of those moving ones that makes colours when you click/scroll (magic fluid i think its called)
3. are you a morning or night person: it depends on the day but usually a mix of both. which means we get like 3 hours a night most of the time...
4. favourite scent: vanilla, freshly baked stuff, my cat, and this colour. to us it smells like strawberry cake (synaesthesia).
5. origin of your username: its a line from The Long Walk (2025). HIGHLY recommend to anyone who hasn't seen it
6. song on repeat: Your Reality by Dan Salvoto. its a comfort song for us.
7. I will always order this food: depends of where im ordering from but my go-tos are tom yum (rice noodles instead of mushrooms), any type of spicy sushi with fish eggs on it, bolognese with bruschetta as an appetiser, or anything with fries (#american). now I'm hungry however it is nearly 1 am
8. current favourite show/movie/book? ... guess. however if I were to pick smth different probably Us or Donnie Darko (their soundtracks are GOATED). I don't watch a lotta shows but mlp and creeped out are good bc they were my childhood. and book... we have too many. ill maybe make a list at some point but know that The Long Walk is on there
9. last thing you hyperfixated on: ddlc keeps returning as a hyperfixation so prolly that. and tlw. obviously.
10. what's your job/occupation, if applicable? full time student, part time babysitter, randomly time (whenever our boss texts us) teen advisory board at the library. we plane events and watch over them and sometimes sell things. a lotta snacks and face painting. and we get free pizza.
1. oddly specific thing that brings me joy: making playlists with the same 5 songs.... i like my music
2. phone wallpaper: i'm on my computer and don't want to get my phone !!! uh it's a light brown cowboy kitty holding a gun and wearing a bandana
3. are you a morning or night person?: i'm 100% a night owl, i like how peaceful it is
4. favorite scent: my dad has this one cologne that smells like the beach and we found it in a candle once... i like that smell
5. origin of your username: the -phile suffix to mean 'a lover of' and viscero from 'viscera' because i'm a #freak about that kinda stuff
6. song on repeat: opinion by nirvana !!! its soooo good please listen to it omg... and drain you by nirvana !! but i haven't listened to music in a bit 'cause i didn't have my earbuds on me when i went on vacation
7. i will always order this food: philly cheesesteak... #myphilly
8. current favorite show/movie/book?: right now it's gachiakuta, but bungou stray dogs HAUNTS me please save me i hate it here
9. last thing you hyperfixated on: i meannnn i don't hyperfixate on anything. but whenever i get into something random it'll suddenly take over my life for YEARS. like through elementary school and middle school it was fnaf, then for like 5 years it was bsd, and right now i can do nothing but think about sunset over the canaries (my oc universe #cringe)
10. what's your job/occupation, if applicable?: #unemployed
tags yay !! @puppyboybarkovitch @evvwenthome @thottykunikida @aph-meowlexiis @silvertrail-forgotten + open tags
1. Oddly specific thing that brings you joy: not that oddly specific but going on a walk to this one canal cus there’s always ducks or geese and I like to see them :)
2. Phone wallpaper: I made it on shuffles.
3. Are you a night person or a morning person: it honestly depends on the time of year, currently I’m a morning person against my own will.
4. Favorite scent: Paris Hilton Can-Can body spray, or Lilac flowers.
5. Origin of your username: Thotty + Kunikida, thotty indicating promiscuity, Kunikida being very unpromiscuous = moral ambivalence ig…
6. Songs on repeat: King of the world by Steely Dan + Mohae by Monsta X + Decode by Paramore.
7. I will always order this food: For coffee: iced Americano with chocolate syrup and whipped cream, for food: gnocchi (doesn’t matter what kind), for sandwich: Italian supreme or whatever from jersey mikes.
8. Favorite Show/Movie/Book: Show, probably The Frog, been thinking about it again a lot… Movie, Surfs up or Blue spring (my header is currently blue spring themed). Book, idk probably the secret history as a stand alone book.
9. Last thing you hyperfixated on: idk, probably either golden kamuy or the apothecary diaries or resident evil 2.
10. What’s your job/occupation: Currently dogsitting till the end of the week then I shall be thrown back into unfortunate neetdom…
Tags: @xngelsthesis @why-i @austerity-audacity-asceticism @polarcis @nishiki-apologist + open tags !!
1. Oddly specific thing that brings you joy: i love it when a cup of coffee is at exactly the right temperature... still hot, but cool enough to drink without burning your tongue!
2. Phone wallpaper: I have so many wallpapers, but rn my favorite is fanart that someone made for a fic that i wrote!!
3. Are you a night person or a morning person: i've always been a morning person, its really difficult for me to stay up late even when i have to cram for a test.
4. Favorite scent: a cheap milk perfume that i bought online!!
5. Origin of your username: i had a random sticker that said "austerity" laying around, since its a name of a local thrift store. and then i wanted my username to be alliterative, so... yeah. tbh, not a lot of thought went into it.
6. Songs on repeat: drag path by 21 pilots + come over by bts +
7. I will always order this food: an americano, though the temperature depends on what the weather is like. for food... mashed potatoes, always. that, and chocolate.
8. Favorite Show/Movie/Book: oh my gosh too many to name!! for shows, ATLA, Naruto, Frieren, and a lot of others that i can't think of right now. for books, i'd like to give a shout out to one of my enduring favorites, The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Bradbury. i'm not really a fan of movies, but I really like All About Eve!
9. Last thing you hyperfixated on: Batman...
10. What’s your job/occupation: *still* working on getting some certifications for a license! which is a lot of words just to say that i'm still a full-time student.
Tags: @ecceagnesdarling @moethh @gravitilly @two-microscopes @withercat22 @aspiringbabushka @dandelion-de-deus @renaissancerevival + anyone else that would like to join!!
Oddly Specific Thing That Brings Me Joy: I try to find joy in everything; from scraping wax off the floor, to normal things like cooking and spending time with my family.
Phone Background: the altar at my church!
Night or Morning Person: Night person: I've always had trouble falling asleep since I was little!
Favorite Scent: Winter Candy Apple or a Thousand Wishes by Bath and Bodies Work.
Username Origin: Based on the Gravity Falls series, which I loved at the time! From Gravity_Life to Gravitilly, which is just a combination of 'Gravity' and 'Silly' which was a play on words based on my sister's username.
6. Songs on Repeat (just some I like. I haven't had any on repeat recently): The Motion Waltz by Rufus Wainwright, Starlight by Muse, Deeply Human Gable Price and Friends, Kalmia Kid by Chloe Moriondo
I Will Always Order This: Burger and Fries, or Biscuits and Gravy.
8: Favorite Movie: Meet the Robinsons
9: Last Hyperfixation: Undertale
10: Career: Design kitchens. Sell Appliances.
@gaalaxsea @cleverqueen2 @margindoodles2407 @themariandevotion @byzantine-death-machine @cheerfullycatholic @zeldastrife and anyone who wants to join!
Oddly specific thing that gives me joy: drawing rare characters from the Disney Descendants fandom since I don’t see anyone doing it.
Phone background: princess Aurora wearing green dress drawn by Itslopez on instagram
Night or Morning person: idk, depending how bad my sleep is
Favorite scent: hmm, I don’t have fave scent but I adore the Mulan bath and body works spray and it’s just….Mulan lol
Username origin: Well, when I was creating my tumblr back in 2018, I was trying to create a unique username but failed so tumblr suggested ‘cleverqueenchild’ to me but I recently changed it to ‘cleverqueencommander’
Song on repeat: Sour Grapes by Le Sserafim. That song is my brainrot
I will always order this: rice and peas with fried chicken with bbq gravy
Favorite movie: Robin Hood 1973
Last hyperfixation: Creating the book of Esther comic based on the Catholic Bible with sprinkled history in it
Career: self employed, mainly selling household chemicals with family and poultry (sometimes goat) but I’m working to become a freelance and full time artist
@sky665 @daughter-of-mary @hannahhook7744 @starry-stitch @breezee513 @colormipretty @crownprincessoftherusalkas and anyone else who wants to join
Oddly specific thing that gives me joy: Holiday theme stuff, I just love teddy bears (or other animals) with hearts and Santa hats, candy and cupcakes in special wrappers, Halloween-themed recipes, etc.
Phone background: A picture of clouds and the sky in shades of pink and purple.
Night or Morning Person: Morning person, even though sometimes I don't get enough sleep. I'm just more productive in the mornings.
Favorite Scent: Revlon Fire & Ice
Username origin: I have been a fairytale and folklore geek for years and years, crownprincessoftherusalkas sounded so unique and romantic (even if apparently "rusalkas" is grammatically incorrect)
Song on Repeat: So Easy by Olivia Dean, I'm crazy about it right now!
I will always order this: Cheeseburger and fries.
Favorite movie: This is a really tough choice, I'll go with Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Last hyperfixation: Edward Scissorhands
Career: Self-employed, I create crafting patterns, primarily for crochet.
Oddly specific thing that gives me joy: I really like when things are pink, especially when they don't need to be. I also really love sorting things hehe.
Phone Background: A picture of my boyfriend holding one of our cats, with something really sweet he said to me typed in the corner.
Night or Morning Person: I am absolutely a night person. I love the morning, but I am terrible at waking up lol
Favorite Scent: I have a couple, lilacs, roses, pool chlorine, and rain. :)
Username Origin: this blog's is pretty self explanatory haha. I self ship with Gaston so it's Gaston x Me.
Song on Repeat: Lately the entire "I Love You So F***ing Much" album by Glass Animals, but especially "A Tear in Space (Airlock)"
I will Always Order This: BBQ pork ribs. Or Lo Mein.
Favorite Movie: oh boy, um. I'll give you my top 4 on letterboxd. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Swiss Army Man, Perfect Blue, and Pearl.
Last Hyperfixation: I have been playing hours upon hours of Sea of Thieves lately hehe.
Career: I am a contract mail carrier! (The contract part kinda sucks, but I love my job hehe)
I’m so honored to have been tagged here, thank you! ^^
Oddly specific thing that gives me joy: spotting deer when I go outside 🦌 (for a…nonspecific reason…)
Phone Background: I have some of my (VERY OLD) art as my phone home screen, but on my ipad it’s a frame from the stained glass sequence of batb!!
Night or Morning Person: DEFINITELY night, because that’s usually when I have the most free time:)
Favorite Scent: really anything that’s not too overwhelming, if I had to choose it’d probably be roses though (how stereotypical of me…)
Username Origin: this account was solely made for me to find people who also liked batb, so I think it speaks for itself pretty well!!!
Song on Repeat: right now I’ve been listening to a lot of rock…my current favorite is “the british are coming” by weezer :’) BUT it could change at any moment…maybe….
I will Always Order This: if there’s something that comes with rice I’d probably get that…
Favorite Movie: (shockingly) beauty and the beast 1991 🌹
Last Hyperfixation: deltarune!!! I obviously still love it, nothing can compete with batb for me though
Career: errr unemployed…I’m just a student
absolutely no pressure to those tagged to participate, but it’d be cool to get to know a bit about you :D I appreciate all of my mutuals very much!! ❤️
hiii!:D i just wanted to say i really love your art and i’m really happy to have found batb fans online! as a person who’s new to tumblr i feel really glad to have found cool artists like you so quickly! i rly wanna know how you got the hang of drawing beast tho, you draw him in a really nice way:)
Hii thank you!!!!!! :'')) I'll try my best to describe my observations and how I personally draw him!
(nerd emoji) ahem
As well as studying screencaps, I like to study Glen Keane's original sketches of him. With loose sketches there's more freedom to explore the design itself without the restraints of needing it polished for final animation, which can appear more stiff in comparison. So they're a great point of reference to understand how his design works at first
There are a few things I keep in mind while drawing Beast!
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FUR! (and line direction). With this rough sketch below, you can already see a strong sense of dimension because of the specific directions that Beast's fur is drawn going. For example, the direction of his back fur leads us towards the body, then maintaining this same direction to curve all the way down to the tail.
By connecting these lines, this helps keep his overall shape consistent. You can spot these line connections all around his design, such as his shoulders curving off his back, his arm fur pointing towards his hand.... All these lines flow between each other, hugging around him, to contribute to the bigger picture
Through utilising intentional line direction also helps add a sort of fluidity to the design. Think about gravity/physics; the fur pointing down on his arms tells us that it hangs heavily off his large body. Another thing is that his fur can be a useful tool to show which direction he's moving at, without literally seeing him animated! He's idle here so the fur is hanging straight down, but if he was moving about the fur moves along with him
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SHAPES! Once you can spot the big blocks of shapes that make up Beast's design it becomes easier to style him. He is very Shape. This is most apparent in Glen's drawings. Below you can easily see that he's comprised mostly of triangle/diamond shapes, with the most obvious being his head as this rounded triangle. Try to subtly implement these shapes all around him!
His face can be tricky but again, break it down into smaller shapes.
One thing I like to keep in mind that may seem obvious; every facial feature movement will always influence the other. Like when his eyebrows move, so does his eyes, cheeks, the rest of his face. Classic squash and stretch dynamics! Squash or stretch those shapes!!! This helps add a naturalness to him. Here I find studying actual frames from the movie would be most helpful as you can see him whilst in movement.
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PROPORTIONS! ok cool we got these elements... LETS DRAW HIM
With any full body drawing, it's best not to start with detail right away, but to focus on the correct body part proportions first. Here I broke down some pics of him.
To point out-- one of his most defining features is his hunchback. This is the main source of his height, with his actual head (almost) always hanging below. Wherever his head goes, his back pokes up right behind him
My process:
Main line of action (his spine basically, how you want it posed), helps with more expressive posing
Simple circles as guidelines for the body. ALWAYS use reference on the correct proportion sizes of his body parts. Also; move these circles around depending on the pose and perspective!!! They can go in front or behind one another, clump them together or stretch them out... get creative
One by one, build up details around each circle
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I'm still not absolutely perfect drawing him but I hope this helped a little :D really really love studying a character's design
MY FIRST SHIP ART (that’s fully lined and colored) OF GASTON AND ADAM!!! gasadam? gastadam?? antlers and roses??? I call them guns and roses sometimes…but that’s mostly because I’m into rock music a lot…
these designs are based on the “caged before beauty” fic!! well, gaston is at least, adam basically looks the same (other than yknow, his TEETH)
(this drawing isn’t tied to any specific scene from the story btw, but maybe?? it should be??? idk you tell me)
I’m a man of my word…so here’s some digital art!! sighhh I really missed rendering…
kinda just started doodling and then I landed on adam staring at the rose forlornly (because he IS [mostly] human in the au for my fic!)
I changed how the curse works a little bit in my fanfic “caged before beauty” so if you wanna find out why adam’s not a beast here…please read it!!!
I’ll definitely continue to make more digital art from now on though o7 if you have any suggestions, you can uhhh put them in my ask box or something ^^
STOP HE IS SO CUTE I WANT TO THROW ROCKS AT HIM RAAAAH
Bombastic side eye...criminal offensive, side eye
YESSYESYES I LOVE YOU BEAST!!!! the top screenshot is amazing 🥲 thank you house of mouse for granting us such glorious images of him…(that’s where my pfp comes from too!)