doomed by the narrative... @belalegoshi - Tumblr Blog

artist (2d + 3d), editor, game dev (sorta) sex positive, anti-R*dQ***r (get ouuut), pro-trans liberation. Not as online as I used to be. Feeling fine. My blogging tag is #actually blogging

HRT since 06/20/2025

badassdemonsword

Picture of the Chicago skyline

sunnyroop23

someone holds me safe and warm, once upon a december

fostershyperfixator

My local library had a days since James Patterson last published counter.

dogpuppy

belalegoshi

also false alarm im back on tumblr (a littol) because i enjoy looking at posts like 3 times a week or less

belalegoshi

tumblr is still transphobic and the CEO still stalked my friend, but at least the CEO is miserable and this platform is dying

also false alarm im back on tumblr (a littol) because i enjoy looking at posts like 3 times a week or less

bixels

I like the new Star Fox designs 😭

bixels

listen i'm a character designer and animator. i get the distain for cartoon characters getting hit by the gritty realism beam.

but sometimes gritty realism beam looks cool as hell and is intentional as hell. especially if it's to fit a specific genre like 1980s space opera, or explore creative design choices like incorporating digitigrade legs or winged arms for your anthro characters. your jokes about "ewww they look like gross rotting animals" bore me.

bixels

like just look at the costuming and little personal touches!

check out the detailing on fox's leather pack straps and how there's a small seatbelt buckle right above the belt buckle, presumably so he can easily buckle his entire body and pack into his cockpit without extraneous straps getting in the way.

look at how the zipper extends all the way up the jacket's collar, the star wars comlink device on the jacket's utility loop, the gun metal nylon material, the corduroy texture on his pants.

falco's emblem pin, the rubber ribs on his jacket sleeves, the layered pauldrons on his shoulders to mimic feathers, the dual-wielding leather thigh holsters connected to his belt buckle, and how the straps extend up his flight suit and under his jacket.

everything feels so practical, so lived-in, and clearly intentional. and it's not to say a cartoonier style couldn't have included these details, but i think going for more realism allowed the designers to fully explore and implement these details and personal touches without feeling limited by a more basic anatomy and face.