Welcome my Lovelies

Hey! My name is Chaz and this is my art blog! You'll find all my art here! It's mostly Steven Universe stuff but I MIGHT draw some other stuff!! If you have any questions, please ask! I am also willing to help you with your Gems if you need it!!!

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Merry christmas!

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An Open Letter to Tumblr about the Adult Content Ban and How it is Hurting Your Users:

Recently, Tumblr was removed from the Apple app store due to an incident involving child pornography. This incident is incredibly unfortunate, but it doesn’t stand alone. Tumblr was also removed from the app store due to the large influx of porn bots and pornographic spam, users claiming to be proud to be pedophiles, blatant Nazism, racists who are not deleted for sending hate and harassing users, and more. I myself reported someone for harassing me, but because I had blocked the person and couldn’t access the messages where they harassed me, they were still able to send me anonymous asks. Your support staff, with back doors to the website (presumably), claimed they could not access the messages, and I was left SOL. Many features on this website do nothing to actually protect your users from harassment, racism, homophobia, transphobia, Nazis, pedophiles, predators, porn bots, and more. 

You claim in your statement to us that you “have been working on these problems for a long time”. This is blatantly untrue. Please do not lie to us and patronize us. We’ve been here. We’ve seen you do nothing over, and over, and over again. 

We complained to you for months and months about the rampant porn bots, and you did nothing except add a report button on mobile which only reported sensitive content or spam at best. You could have addressed this problem with an effective algorithm, but you did not. We complained to you about being harassed and sent hate speech for being LGBT+, and you did nothing. We complained to you about blogs being randomly deleted, and sometimes you’ve restored them, other times you have not. We complained to you that there were people proudly claiming to be “Minor Attracted Persons”, or pedophiles, and you did nothing. We complained to you about people proudly claiming to be white supremacists, and you did nothing. All of these things are “against the community guidelines”, and yet over and over, you have not found effective ways to handle these problems or suppress the feeling of welcome that these users claim to get here. You have had a long time to work on these problems, but you haven’t addressed them. To say you have is untrue. 

 Multiple other social networking websites, such as Wordpress, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and others have effectively dealt with rampant pornography, racism, pedophilia, and other problems without causing massive issues for their users who are not misusing the platform. They are continuing to find new, effective ways to deal with these issues without causing problems for their userbase as a whole.  There is no reason that you are unable to do this effectively other than that you wanted to do it quickly. You have once again chosen your stock holders over your users. And we have had enough. 

You have already started to ban “Adult” content with a new algorithm. Here are screenshots of just a fraction of the posts you have flagged as containing adult content:

Your new system of simply tackling everything at once is not working. At all. And each of these screenshots is proof of your utter incompetence. None of these posts contain pornographic acts, “female nipples”, or any community violation of any kind. 

We, the users, have been asking you for months to deal with these problems - particularly, the porn bots and bots that spam. In order to block a bot from a side blog, I have to do it manually, even though they are in my side blog’s feed. This is a huge issue for mobile - only users. They keep cropping up in droves, taking over our posts and tricking google into making it look like a legitimate blog linked to a pornographic website. We have complained to you for months and months now, and your solution to simply “ban all adult content” is ineffective. I agree that children should not be able to access pornography - but this is not how you tackle a porn bot problem. Your system is utterly useless, allows for racists, pedophiles, porn bots, and Nazis to remain untouched. It also harms sex workers and real people who may use this website for some forms of adult content responsibly. Moreover, as seen above, it harms plenty of users who have in no way violated your terms of service.

 If you keep this up, you threaten your website and company as a whole. Many of us are backing up our blogs and planning places to go to. 

You already have a content filter for “sensitive” content (content inappropriate for younger viewers). You could have improved this, instead of attacking your entire user base. It seems to be a very lazy “solution”, if you could call it one at all, and one that harms your entire userbase.

If you are going to keep this filter in place and make Tumblr, a website that has never been known for being family friendly and has never claimed to be, you are going to lose millions of your users. We are already planning our exodus. It isn’t hard to follow. Censor us, and we will go somewhere else. That is not a threat. It is a promise. 

Sincerely, 

The users of your website. 

@staff @support

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They flagged this post immediately and I’ve submitted it for review… this is… quite a week.

[aninactivebloggfgfgf]

If you believe these words, reblog it, please. I want this to be right in their face because I couldn’t email them directly. 

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@staff @support

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oh god what did i do

IT SUMMONS MAIL EVERYONE TRY IT

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HOLY FUCKING COW.

[carverly]

OKAY IT’S TRUE

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WHAT

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???

[kittyluvr69]

I THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE

WHAT HOW

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I’ve been wondering what message it sends for awhile now, apparently it’s random?

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oh?

OH

[ohcaptainmycaptain1918]

#lmfao no way #why do i reblog these things #hahaha #urban legends #tumblr myths #im so gullible 

nO FUCKING WAY THIS JUST

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gUYS NO JOKE I GOT “motor oil” IN MY ASK BOX I’M SCREAMINH

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I HOPE U GUYS DON’T LIE 

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THIS SHIT FUCKING WORKS WTF

[stach3nscarf3n]

you’re shitting me

HOLY MOTHER OF ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THE WORL-

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i wanna see what happens

[annotateee]

it looks fun i guess

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Where did this even come from

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WHO IS THIS

[ptaflowey]

//Mun did this before on her main blog so lets see if this happens again

[bumblyboy]

i don’t believe this 

[arcana-natured]

((HOLY FUCK??))

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@gemcrust I wanted to jump onto the Euclase fanclub, so here is my Euclase I drew!

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Can you draw the body shape of Holly Blue Agate?

Uh yeah

I guess that’s kind of it? Maybe a bit off idk

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Got a few asks for body type bases of some of the gems, so I thought I might as well just make one big post - some I drew without reference so they’re probably not as accurate If you use these a small credit would be appreciated ✌️️

[gwaiwai]

Subtitle: Everything I’ve learned so far.

*more added on bottom of list*

made for a friend but I figure I’ll post it if it’ll help anyone ^-^

Probably will add to this every now and then if anything new comes up.

All links marked as “❤”

Most link to written tutorials but some are videos. Scroll over links to see if it’s a video in case there’s a reason why you can’t watch them.

Also posted on Deviantart 

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❧ Super helpful tutorials made by other people:

The shrimp method (How to draw anything) ❤ 

Colour turtle ❤ 

Background composition ❤ 

Colour theory ❤ 

Perspective trix for the needy & lazy ❤ 

Step by step digital painting ❤ 

Action line ❤ 

Perspective tutorial ❤ 

All of these video tutorials ❤ 

All of these resources ❤ 

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❧ Human anatomy basics:

Hair ❤ 

Hair types ❤ 

Head ❤ 

Face ❤ 

Eye and eyebrow ❤ 

Ear ❤ 

Nose ❤ 

Mouth ❤ 

Chin ❤ 

Neck ❤ 

Shoulder ❤ 

Forearm ❤ 

Arm ❤ 

Hand ❤ 

Finger ❤ 

Back ❤ 

Breasts ❤ 

Chest ❤ 

Hips ❤ 

Butt ❤ 

Vagina ❤ 

Penis ❤ 

Legs ❤ 

Knees ❤ 

Feet ❤ 

Skeleton ❤ 

Body type ❤ 

Weight gain + loss ❤ 

Age ❤ 

Skin ❤ 

Average female face ❤ 

Average male face ❤ 

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❧ Quotes:

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The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. -Michelangelo

“If you don’t know what colour to use, use black” -Pablo Picasso

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“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” -Aristotle

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“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” -Pablo Picasso

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“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Make. Good. Art.”  -Neil Gaiman

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“No one’s better than me. I’m not better than anyone. ” -Carlos Santana

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“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” -Pablo Picasso

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“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” -Vincent Van Gogh

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❧ Advice:

Loose grip = better for your hand & better precision while drawing.

If your hand hurts after a short amount of time drawing your grip is too tight.

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Colour is a very personal thing. It has a lot to do with the way you see colours and the way you feel about those colours. So as much as things like colour theory are important, you’re the one choosing the colours,  you’re in control.

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People who say things like “a poor workman blames his tools” really need to stop. Your tools make a big difference, there is no denying that. Anyone who’s ever tried Roseart crayons knows using them it’s like hammering in a nail with your bare hands, there are easier ways of doing things.

Of course this doesn’t mean you’ll draw better with more expensive tools but it does mean that if you don’t like using a particular pen/brush/software/etc there’s no use continuing to use it. It’s distracting, makes you feel worse about your art and you’ll be more likely to just not draw anything at all.

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Experiment that’s all. Just keep experimenting with things until you find out what you like. (guess that can also be life advice)

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You can always improve. This doesn’t mean you’ll never be good, it only means you can get better even if you’re an expert.

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Okay let me use this quote as a start off point “The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.” -Orson Welles. This might sound counter-intuitive but it’s very true. Your brain can only handle a few things at once, if you’re told to draw anything you want you’ll most likely draw something like a cat or dog or a house, things that are very normal to you, things that you’ve probably drawn a hundred times before because when you’re faced with too many options you’ll most likely pick the simplest and most familiar things to you.

Give yourself limitations when you’re drawing. Before you draw start with a theme or palette (etc) to let your mind relax and boost your creativity. (of course you don’t have to do this every time you draw, just when you want to draw but have no ideas.)

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Write down/sketch your ideas as soon as you get them because chances are you won’t remember them. Not that you can’t change your mind about it later, it’s just good to know they’re there and you haven’t forgotten anything.

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If you feel like there’s something not quite right about your drawing, take a break. Come back to it the next day even. If you focus on something too long it messes with your judgement.

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You don’t have to show anyone what you’ve drawn. It’s your business what you draw so draw anything you want. 

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Chances are you’ll come across people who have no idea about anything to do with art but still tell you how to do it/ what you’re doing wrong. These people aren’t worth listening too. Ignore their advice.

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There’s no problem with learning from tutorials, absolutely none. It’s just one of the ways people learn. It’s the same with art classes or anything similar. If you learn from it then keep doing it, but if you’re not then don’t.

The best tip I can offer about tutorials is if you don’t like the art style of the person who made the tutorial there’s no reason to learn their techniques. Study artists who have art styles you like and figure out what it is you like about them. (their use of colours, emotion conveyed, etc)

And honestly if you’re a good artist and you’ve never used tutorials or been to art classes, good for you, but it’s nothing to be smug about and no one is a lesser artist for using them. 

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❧ Referencing:

I made a mini tutorial on how to reference here ❤ 

Here’s one on how to use them another way ❤ 

Also see ‘Tracing vs referencing' ❤ 

also these are a couple great sites for references

Humans ❤ 

Animals ❤ 

Plants ❤ 

Objects + architecture ❤ 

Everything all together ❤  

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❧ Things that are really good to focus on and practice in your drawing:

-Light & shade ❤ 

-Wind ❤ 

-Reflection ❤ 

-Perspective ❤ 

-Movement ❤ 

-Composition ❤ 

-Emotion ❤ 

-Mood ❤

-Values ❤ 

-Texture ❤  

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❧ Warm ups and practice

If you don’t know about gesture drawing here’s a tutorial ❤ 

If you do, this site is good for it ❤  

Draw shapes, draw lines, draw random squiggles, whatever helps you warm up.

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❧ Possible reasons for artblock and remedies: 

-Stress. Sometimes there are certain times when stress is for whatever reason unavoidable. It’s a difficult thing to deal with and there can be a lot of different reasons why you’re stressed. Take breaks, try yoga or something that’s more of a workout like boxing if it helps, meditation, anything that helps you feel better is a good start. Try writing down everything that’s making you stressed so you can get more of a perspective on why you’re stressed and deal with the smaller problems first. Things like cleaning your room/house or fixing something that’s been bothering you can help a lot. There’s also this helpful list if you wants some more ideas ❤ 

-Depression. *groans* don’t get me started. Depression is a big deal and I have no idea what the best way to help it is. Maybe time. Maybe feeling useful. Maybe leaving your current life situation. Depression makes the simplest things difficult so the main thing to remember is to put your health before your art. Art will wait for you and be there when you’re ready, it always does.

There’s also this masterpost on depression if you’d like to have a look ❤ 

-Feeling inadequate. This might sound like a strange thing to say… It’s kind of a good thing. You are wanting to improve and that’s great. It’s safe to say everyone experiences this multiple times in their life at some point but what you need to keep reminding yourself is, if you know you love doing something then you’re on the right track so stick to it. 

-Feeling Un-motivated. Make an inspiration folder and go on a picture finding search to fill it with anything that makes you want to draw. Learning something new always helps for this as well so read/watch tutorials or someone drawing/painting. 

-Not having ideas. Surprisingly easy fix most of the time. Use a random generator like this ❤ or start some kind of art challenge to get you started.

-Boredom. (or being bored with the way you draw) Try using a different medium like sculpting or pixel art, anything you don’t normally do. Surprisingly changing your image can help as well so getting a new hairstyle/colour, anything like that can work.

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❧ Selling art:

Don’t under charge for your work. It doesn’t matter how much you love to draw, you shouldn’t have to under charge for your work. You’re not only charging for the piece its self but for your skills as an artist and for the time and effort you put into it. 

“So how much do i charge?” This question is one of the more difficult ones to answer. It can depend on the demand and the time it takes for you to make, etc. So this is just a basic list of things to ask yourself before you decide how much you should be charging.

-‘How much time do I spend making it?’

-‘How much am I willing to work for?’

-‘How much do other artists charge?’ (not always relevant but something to consider)

-‘What kind of customers will i get?‘ 

-‘What is the customer going to use my art for?’ (if it’s for a personal thing it’s no problem but if it’s commercial and they’re going to use it on multiple occasions profiting from it, either charge more or work something out where they have to pay you each time it’s used)

Don’t worry if you realise you’ve been undercharging for your work because it’s part of the process of finding out what’s right for you.

If someone challenges you on your prices or says you’re charging too much remember this

“If you like what I do, this is what I charge. If you don’t want to pay it, you don’t have to buy it.”

Visual examples work better than descriptions. Show what you’re willing to draw and what kinds of commissions you offer with the prices listed. It can be laid out however you like. Here’s an example ❤ 

Additional payments. Something to consider is are you going to charge more per added character or for a detailed background anything else that requires more work than your set price.

Make a check-list for commissioners to fill out. Not always necessary but can be a good thing to have. Things like “character:  background:  outfit:  ” anything that you would usually ask them.

Some people might ask you to copy or trace something. I have absolutely no idea why people want something that’s traced but don’t do it. I promise you won’t like working with the client and you won’t be proud of your work at all.

Explain when you expect to receive payment. Either before you start, after you show them sketches or when the whole project is completed. In this case just do whatever feels right to you. But keep tabs on who hasn’t played because there are some people that think they can get away with not paying. (just something to be aware of)

There will be people who try to get things for free. Ignore people who say things like “I wish could have something like this but i don’t have money :( ” please, please, please don’t respond to these people with anything other than something along the lines of “Thank you, maybe next time :)” because the only reason they’re saying that is because they want it cheep or free. These people aren’t your customers, don’t worry about supplying to them.

Also along those lines, if someone asks you to do work for them for free and “maybe they’ll hire/pay you” if they like your work is bullshit. They’re conning you. What they do once they get your designs is tell you they’ve decided not to hire/pay you when they’ve actually stolen your design and get their designers to finish/alter it. DON’T TRUST THESE PEOPLE.

Have a paypal or something similar set up. This is completely necessary unless you’re working with someone face to face.

You can decide whether or not to work with someone. If whoever is commissioning you is making you feel uncomfortable or asking too much or is trying to make you do anything you don’t want to, you don’t have to work with them. It’s entirely your choice. 

Little bit more commission advice by someone else ❤

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❧ More stuff added by others: added by fruitncreme - What is talent? ❤ 

- Anatomy, Manga to realistic and perspective ❤ 

- Poses ❤ 

- Anatomy and proportions ❤ 

- Folds and wrinkles ❤ 

- Tips and tricks ❤ 

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❀ Hope this helped ❀

Feel free to add to this list if you have any other advice or tutorials you think would be helpful

[gemsonaresources]

Promote Me! Gemsona Help Blog!

I’ve been around for a while, but I feel like my follower count has been stagnant for the last few months. Reblog to help promote me and send in your questions and art~! Gemsonaresources Offers Suggestions For: -Weapons -Abilities/Powers -Gem Shape -Gem Placement on the Body -What Fusion(s) Two or More Gems Would Create Together -Color Palettes for Gems -Outfits for Your Gems -Dancing Styles -Personality of Your Gemsona -Gemsona’s Ranking on Homeworld -Critiques on your gemsona art and backstories/personalities **Read my FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) and Submission Rules pages before sending in asks and submissions please! Also use my Search Bar to check to see if I’ve answered your question(s) before.

[julshii]

anyone please ask your crush out like this

[julshii]

The thrilling answer

[brojohn4lyfe-deactivated2015102]

no they need to kiss out behind the school!!!!

[daitoshi]

oops my hand slipped

[moodycrissy]

nexttttt pleaseee :D

[sinofangels]

Come on guys add on to this tumblr needs this to be a comic series

[maria-ruta]

I was asked for doing this, so I did

BAM!

I’m out of ideas! XD

next?

[hamburgergod]

THIS IS TOO CUTE I CAN’T LEAVE IT ALONE I’M SORRY

[maria-ruta]

OHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDD!!!!!!!

LOOOK ATT THIIIIS!!!!

LOOOOK ATTT THIIIISS!!!!

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NEEEXT!!!!!

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IT HAD TO BE DONE:

[maria-ruta]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*O*

OH MY GOOD!!!!!

ThAT’S IT!!!!

#0o0#

[theartofwazzing-blog]

so yeah

[thornsword]

WORDS CANNOT EVEN DESCRIBE HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS

[kyounlimited]

And all the people that collaborated on this!!!

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@spooky-little-bug

[maddreamer111]

I want more

[kronis-the-weirdo-deactivated20]

OMG…Yes..

[immenseheadaches]

welp (/o~o)/

[latenightmoan-s-deactivated2017]

I HAVENT SEEN THE LAST ADD ON OMG IM IN LOVE

[tinyspacewishes]

AWWWWWWW OMF THIS IS TOO CUTE

[starboypercy-deactivated2020010]

THE LAST ONE IS NEW I HAVEN’T SEEN THIS BEFORE

[wild-springflower]

Best love story EVER!!!! XD

[pesky33]

When tumblr just works like this, it’s a wonderful thing

[christykia]

I second this last post! This is a beautiful story and a beautiful collaboration and this is what makes tumblr so great!

[reimove-dat-shit-blog]

oH HELL YESSSSS

[whostolesheen]

I’m so happy there is more!!

[xxforeverlonelyxx-blog]

MOOORE PLEASEEE

[mikkapi]

And that was how young wizard Yuuri (13) met his Durmstrang idol Victor (17), who still managed to throw shade while being supportive lmao. BASED OFF OF AND INSPIRED BY @46gohan‘s absolutely lovely YOIxHarryPotter au:

♥ http://46gohan.tumblr.com/post/153315272616/so-ive-been-rewatching-the-hp-series-lately-and ♥ 

When I saw the au I was absolutely smitten by the idea and I wanted to draw something for it, but then I thought maybe one frame wasn’t enough.. And then this long-ish fluff comic happened LOL. I also just wanted an excuse to put blue roses and Victor in the same shot heh. Wiki stated “orchideous” is used to conjure ANY type of flower, but it really sounds like it’s exclusive to orchids hahah. Thanks again @46gohan ~ ! :))

[46gohan]

; ______ ; THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH FOR DRAWING AND SHARING THIS!!!!!

I already spammed your inbox with my thoughts and screams on this but boY IF I’M STILL NOT CRYING……..I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR ART, YOU’RE AN INSPIRATION !!!!!! LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS the colors!!! the paneling!! The way the sun comes out when Yuuri gets the spell right and Viktor appears!!! t h E WAY YOU DRAW EXPRESSIONS I’m dead. deAD

[bluetopazzz]

@gemsonaresources Here are the gems I asked (forced) you to write about with the fusion thing! I want you to critique them please! 1) Blue Topaz 2) Petrified Wood 3) Biggs Jasper Thank you!!!

[bluetopazzz]

Oooooh boi. These babes. Amber (Left) Gemstone is located on her chest Her weapon is a machete thing She/Her pronouns She is heterosexual She is a rad ass sassy bitch Black Tourmaline (Right) Gemstone is located on the inside of his right wrist His weapon is a spiked sword thing uvu He/Him pronouns He is heterosexual He is MADLY in love with Amber

[gemcrust]

I drew my own Ruby, Sapphire and Garnet!

Yaaay!!  nose ruby!! >w< you did a good job on the outfit designs too! 

[bluetopazzz]

I did these at like 1 am x.x XD

[bluetopazzz]

Tiger’s Eye (Left)

His gemstone is on his right bicep. His weapon is a pistol. He uses male pronouns. He is asexual. He has the ability to teleport!

Pyrite (Right)

Her gemstone is located on her chest. Her weapon is a dagger. She uses female pronouns. She is pansexual. She has electric powers!

[bluetopazzz]

*whispers* I drew this hunk of meat at like 2:00 am…

This is Zincite! This gemstone is at the palm of his left hand. He doesn’t not have a set weapon, he stores multiple weapons in his gemstone. He uses male pronouns. He is pansexual. Every sentence he says has at least one swear in it.

[gemcrust]

This is Melanite, she is my queen

well she’s definitely  got the the whole regal look down o.O

[bluetopazzz]

Moonstone Her gemstone is on her neck. Her weapon is singing and dancing! She uses female pronouns. She is pansexual. She honestly is a little innocent peach.