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[bananabonez]

verily! the one true blog! the one who forms himself!

hi guys

this blog is 18+ , minors don't follow

art and characters

tags tba, hugs and kisses

also I have a toyhouse. same name

bluesky is coldbananabones

[not-avril]

A small guide for people who struggle with this area

[jojo-the-dogg0]

Equiping an armor tutorial

i'll prob make more bc i love talking ab armors

[vampantheon]

on the topic of disabled characters, though, i think a LOT of artists give characters mobility aids that their character wouldn't actually benefit from using.

i'm sort of having a mild brain fog moment rn so i can't fully articulate what i'm on about, but i think a lot of able-bodied artists view things like canes and crutches as interchangeable. and they often don't know enough about the wide range of mobility aids to make an informed decision about what their character might actually use based on their disability

i also think that aids like walkers and rollators are sort of viewed as "cringe" on some level, and many people view them to be "just for old people," so many artists will opt for giving a character who has full-body pain and fatigue a cane (which, in many cases, can potentially WORSEN full-body pain) instead. and a lot of people don't realize that most wheelchair users are able to walk, so they don't consider it an option for characters with chronic pain

[vampantheon]

idk it's kind of frustrating. i've genuinely never, ever seen a character that uses a rollator before. not once. i cannot name a single one. i know of multiple ocs who are described to have full-body pain, dizziness, and fatigue that are drawn as cane users and are never shown with wheelchairs or walkers, though

[vampantheon]

it's also sort of sad? i've been diagnosed since i was twelve years old, and i only heard of rollators LAST YEAR. and that was only because i saw one irl and immediately asked what it was. i wonder how many disabled people out there don't even know it's an option solely because they're completely underrepresented online and in media

[vampantheon]

if you're a creative with a disabled oc, PLEASEEE check out this link. it's a very nice and detailed guide for telling which mobility aids suit someone's needs best. it's incredibly important to make the right choice for your character! mobility aids tell you a LOT about someone's lived experience. picking the right one will communicate to your audience #1 what your character goes through #2 that you UNDERSTAND what your character goes through!

[bananabonez]

wip Ammar and his mom

[bananabonez]

Oh there's already a Carterverse out there. Well, Phelanverse? That's more sensible anyways since the main characters are the Phelans and not the Carters 🤔

[some-dull-scissors]

I love whatever is wrong with them

[saszor]

[ID in alt text]

"Tutorial" on how to draw an OC with dwarfism (well, some of it).

Boring tired disclaimer: Keep in mind that this is an introductory "drawing" "tutorial" and has some generalizations in it, so not every “X is Z” statement will be true for Actual People. Which happens to be true for everything in general.

You are heavily encouraged to do your own research because this does not contain everything you should know before making a character with any type of dwarfism.

Consider supporting me on ko-fi if you find this to be helpful.

If (when) you repost this on pinterest at least put a link to the original post somewhere..

[bananabonez]

dormousie

[bugshark]

hi welcome to my hospiral. youre Diagnosed with Fun. ❤️😛Yay!

[bananabonez]

Last minute Artfight revenge for C4tchy 🦎

[scramratz]

I really don’t like how the general public treats people with dwarfism

[ozempicofficial]

[bananabonez]

Artfight attack for Hollyclawws 👍

[toydrill]

i've seen a large uptick (especially on twitter) of queer teens/young adults* making OCs** that are like acne ridden incels (their wording not mine) and school shooters and snuff film creators who hate women but secretly like men (or, in some cases, are closeted trans women***) and i find this development... very interesting, especially as a black person in america in current year

i'm not smart enough to be able to trace an exact origin point to why this has started being popular, especially in the past few years, but my personal theory is a combination of the renaissance of interest in late 90s to late 00s 'gamer/nerd/otaku' culture (i.e revitalized love of retro fps, rising interest in heisei-era anime and VNs, and then-contemporary commentary on nerd culture a la the eltingville club), the rise of the 'male loneliness epidemic' theory/ideology (which is flawed at best), and like... the regular old right-wing pipeline. what aspect of this is most prevalent depends on the person/project, but they often have some level of all three

i'm not going to act like i've completely sidestepped the influences of this either-- i have OCs that have qualities of characters like this! i love retro fps! i love the eltingville club! --but i think with the concurrent rise of kids doing stuff like saying the r slur again and sending gore to each other and participating in s/h communities and stuff it's like... ummm... uh oh guys. i've seen this movie and i don't like how it ends!****

*= i'm going to estimate between the ages of 14-20 here, but it's usually more like 15-19. they are often (but not always) white, which probably makes it easier for them to cherrypick the aspects of these types of people they relate to (loners, struggling with their sexuality, maybe have a bad relationship with their parents, bullied, etc) without the stuff that doesn't directly align with their still forming political beliefs (so most OCs like this aren't explicitly racist or neo-nazis, but they're almost always misogynists because it's easier to handwave hating women as compensating for being closeted)

**= the OCs are often of similar age (though i see some creep up into their 30s) and are always white. i think i've only seen a non-white character of this kind once or twice.

while that doesn't surprise me considering most prominent people irl like this are also white, i think it's also a symptom of the fact that most people who make OCs and especially in these edgier communities don't really find people of color compelling or even capable of being anything other than bland side characters or victims to their more prominent white OCs

***= i have never (to my knowledge) seen a person who makes OCs and art like this who is TMA, and i think making characters like this in current political climate without any real lived experience or input from transfem people can be extremely dangerous.

i'm not going to act like i've never met a racist trans woman or one with internalized misogyny or one who had an edgy phase, everyone has the capacity for that kind of behavior, but i'm also not going to make a character who is predatory towards women and constantly thinking about (or actively) killing and torturing people and then turn around and tout that as my messy transfem rep. you see what i mean

****= adding my obligatory 'covering my ass for people who can't read' statement here:

this does not mean you cannot make characters like this! i do not control the kinds of characters people make, i am not your dad!

...but if you are a 16 year old white kid from rural USA who is really into 'the 4chan webcore aesthetic' and putting m14 pixel dividers on your zero day selfshipping posts and your only black OC is someone who gets killed by your snuff film yaoi OC couple, you should probably look around at what's going on in the world and maybe read a couple of books. i don't know i'm just spitballing here

[bananabonez]

deltarune

[darkspaceboytoy]

Two things this website hates and that’s women and gay people who are gay in the “I have sex with other gay people” way and not some sort of thinly defined yearning and homophobic joke based system largely applied to brothers and male coworkers in early 2000s television shows. Three things this website hates actually sorry silly me but this website does hate black people.