Dexter's Showcase

he/him, Early 30s, Pansexual, Married and Responsible for my actions, SFW-ish blog. My bloggy thing here is a bit of a mess, so I apologize in advance for the scramble. I love to look at other people's art, and I love to make some myself. Trying to make my dash-board more human-experience-vibe, so I apologize if my following might come unexpectedly.

[dexter-by-designation]

[0] OPEN REQUESTS

[0] OPEN COMMISSIONS

Browse the art I've Posted on Tumblr!

I love Star Wars, have a hard time with star wars fans. I like Steven Universe, Star VS Evil, Phineas & Ferb, She-Ra + Princesses of Power, Dropout.tv, and much of their adjacent content. I won't fanboy too often on here, but I will speculate frequently when I post drawings or repost people's stuff.

Also, love Fire Emblem, Three Houses is my fave, but I enjoy the lot.

I've played a variety of Tabletop RPG's, such as Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, Feng Shui, and Ironsworn (one of my faves). E'en still, my dice luck is terrible, and I find myself minmaxing in most games to remain a contributor in tactical combat scenarios.

Also, if you want to use any of the art I post here for anything just let me know what it is, I'll prolly say yes unless it's a commissioned piece.

Want to commission me? See this post: [link]

Want to watch me draw? See my picarto.tv stream (WARNING, POSSIBLE NSFW CONTENT): [link here]

I have a sideblog for Mature Adults, that is, +18: [MINORS DNI]

I also have a (mostly empty) Cohost (+18 Content is Marked): [Tadaaah!]

I recognize that my difficulty presenting and drawing the sexual aspects of myself and my art come from my puritanical/evangelical upbringing. I'm still trying to learn to be comfortable with many parts of myself, so if you see a mistake in my ethical logic, or catch me pulling a microaggression, please let me know, or direct me to a resource that can help me understand.

I'll do my best to be receptive of criticism.

[luxiomahariel]

"im going to continue to compare trans men/mascs to white people in my analogies"

so youre just admitting that you dont think trans men/mascs are oppressed.

[embraceweird]

every time I see mfriendship I think micrib

[dexter-by-designation]

Crackpot theory:

The last component of magic is McRib now.

[dexter-by-designation]

Dearest Tumblr, my wife formally requests Sam Britain x Quolye (human-form) smut/spicy fanfic, and which includes the tags "plus sized goddess" and "monsterfucker". Understandably that may take some time, but if at some point it were to exist out in the ether she would be greatly pleased.

[dexter-by-designation]

I flew a balloon just off the coast of I-hate-you Island. I searched through the Infrared Scope of my rifle. No signs of life detected. I'll return to do another aerial sweep later.

[cvpidzy]

pick one!

Blue Lions

Black Eagles

Golden Deer

Voting ended onNov 14, 2024

[dexter-by-designation]

Trying to act like my bestie/gay-lover Yuri isn't real? Ashen Wolves all the way!

[nitashinori]

That post about death note being "everyone's first anime" (untrue statement) made me curious and now I want to gather data for science

Can you reblog this and tell me where are you from and what was your starter anime?

[dexter-by-designation]

America, PA specifically, and my first was this crazy trippy thing called Noein? I think?

Just checked, it's "Noein: To Your Other Self"

My introduction to multiverse storytelling. One of the few series where not only are AUs real, they're critical to the plot. Don't remember how well it holds up social-justice wise, and I'm afraid to go back and look.

[johnny-depp-is-loved]

Please, spread this for those who might need it right now

U.S. suicide hotline: call or text 988 (available 24 hours)

U.S. trans lifeline: [phone] (when you call, you’ll speak to a trans/nonbinary peer operator. full anonymity and confidentiality)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357) – provides 24/7 confidential support and referrals for individuals and families facing mental health and substance use disorders, including panic attacks and anxiety.

LGBT National Help Center: [phone]

Trevor Project: Call [phone], text START to 678-678, or chat online.

Take care of yourself and each other. Please stay safe ♡

[exhuastedpigeon]

For those people who need to hear it, there is nothing wrong with going back into the closet for your own safety. You aren't less queer because you can't be queer publicly. You aren't less trans because you have to act like you're not trans.

If you need to start going by your old pronouns or quietly go back into the closet to be safe - you are allowed to do that. Please do that if it means you're alive.

Your safety is important.

You are important.

And if you know someone who has to do this, don't push them. Don't out them. Follow their lead. People's safety is more important that grandstanding.

[la-principessa-nuova]

At first I was thinking I wanna see Brennan do Gastronauts in character as Evan Kelmp, but after seeing him do it out of character, I have realized that Brennan is not in character when portraying Evan Kelmp.

[dexter-by-designation]

Red from OSP had a thing she said in the "Writing what you know" troupe talk which can be surmised as "you may not know what it feels like to be set on fire and pushed out a window, but you know how it feels to burn and to fall. Extrapolating the extremes just takes a bit of imagination."

Brennan uses his own memories of pain and self-abuse to portray Evan, as he's talked around during his 2nd adventuring academy with Aabria. I'd wage that all of the players (actors), Aabria included, are pulling from lived experiences in someway. For the humorous bits yeah...but for the uncomfortable stuff: micro-aggressions, grief, mistakes...those too.

You (reader) may already know this, I might be a little slow. If anything, this is a reminder for myself to try and step outside of my own experience.

[la-principessa-nuova]

one thing i love about the format of tumblr is that i’ll often think, “I want to add nuance to this post or clarify that, like, I’m aware of the additional context and have more complex thoughts on the matter, but i think if I do it will make my joke not land as well and effectively ruin my comedic timing.”

but then because reblog a show underneath (as opposed to on top on sites like Twitter), clearly separated, it’s possible to add that context through a reblog afterwards. But in this case I didn’t feel like writing up something about it.

But then, Tumblr still has me covered, because eventually somebody else stumbles onto my little joke and has the same more complex thoughts and context, and they write it out, and I get to read someone else’s take on the same nuance.

[la-principessa-nuova]

At first I was thinking I wanna see Brennan do Gastronauts in character as Evan Kelmp, but after seeing him do it out of character, I have realized that Brennan is not in character when portraying Evan Kelmp.

[dexter-by-designation]

Red from OSP had a thing she said in the "Writing what you know" troupe talk which can be surmised as "you may not know what it feels like to be set on fire and pushed out a window, but you know how it feels to burn and to fall. Extrapolating the extremes just takes a bit of imagination."

Brennan uses his own memories of pain and self-abuse to portray Evan, as he's talked around during his 2nd adventuring academy with Aabria. I'd wage that all of the players (actors), Aabria included, are pulling from lived experiences in someway. For the humorous bits yeah...but for the uncomfortable stuff: micro-aggressions, grief, mistakes...those too.

You (reader) may already know this, I might be a little slow. If anything, this is a reminder for myself to try and step outside of my own experience.

[sexioto]

[crilbyte-deactivated20240607]

Oh shit. No. Shit. Thank you

[villianext-deactivated20190407]

Just gonna reblog this out of gratitude because I actually did forget…

[novacaineandabelle]

Fffffffff let me get right on that. 

and then reblog for the next forgetful son of a bitch

[blondiez-b-deactivated20171118]

I’m so great full for everyone that is reblogging this. I totally forgot to take mine

[optimysticals]

I think that there is some sort of unspoken fairy godparent thing where you see this, realize that you forgot your meds, and rebagel it because if you forgot someone else must have. And in our turn we all take care of each other, even if we don’t know it.

[transhuman-priestess]

Getting a new computer soon. Where’s that windows debloat guide people post every so often

[sautethehorrors]

GitHub - Raphire/Win11Debloat: A simple, easy to use PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps from Windows, disable telemetry, remove

A simple, easy to use PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps from Windows, disable telemetry, remove Bing from Windows search as wel

https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat

This one?

[transhuman-priestess]

YES THANK YOU

[dexter-by-designation]

While working on some world-building stuff, I did a drawing of a holy knight (without symbols of a religious order), figured I'd share. Now, as you may be aware, Knights were always sworn to lords, or were nobles themselves, which makes them enforcers of the feudalistic system, and enforcers of religious belief. As such, most characters I'd create as POVs would not mesh with them, not a big fan of religious institutions.

If your fantasy world has heroic knights, neat. Just so you know, that's the feudal equivalent of cop-aganda. Toss that book into the problematic faves pile.

This also applies to the Brotherhood of Steel. Fallout 3 is propaganda, the BoS has not stood for anything but the hoarding of power since the death of their first leader, but even that guy wasn't looking out for his fellows.

Is the use of ACAB as AKAB problematic? Possibly. The enforcement system of feudal knights doesn't carry the systemically racist oppression implications that modern cops do, even though the class enforcement angle is shared between both. Would love to hear further expression, unless you have a problem with ACAB itself, in which case, your argument/statements/comments will fall on deaf ears.

[doodlemancy]

Hey, so, Patreon is lying to you about Apple forcing their hand.

Patreon is getting rid of 1st-of-the-month/per-creation billing, claiming a new decision by Apple has forced their hand. This will hurt a lot of creatives, and their excuse is bullshit. Allow me to explain.

In 2018, Patreon tried to impose a new ill-considered fee structure on everyone that would have cost creators a lot of smaller pledges. They ended up apologizing for this profusely; they have now deleted this apology from their website and unfortunately I was unable to find it on the Internet Archive. This was shameful, but to their credit they backed off quickly when things got ugly.

Back in 2021, Patreon discussed plans to force all creators into a rolling bill structure and get rid of first-of-the-month/pay-up-front billing. The community once again very decisively shouted them down, and they had to walk it back again. This whole fiasco damaged the already shaky trust between Patreon creators and staff.

This week, Patreon announced that, along with extra fees, Apple's policies were supposedly forcing them to move everyone over to the rolling fee structure that they first tried to get us to agree to in 2021. Patreon will tell you they are not happy about this. As a person who spent a long time watching Patreon make terrible decisions, I can tell you-- they are probably very happy about this, because it's exactly the smokescreen they needed to do what they've been trying to do for years, which is pull ALL Patreon creators away from 1st-of-the-month and per-creation billing.

The spin in the news I've seen so far is "Apple bullies Patreon, boo hoo hoo poor Patreon". This is very obviously not what's happening. Mind you: Apple does suck, and they are doing something bad here. Fuck apple. But Patreon and Apple are BOTH the asshole in this situation; Everyone Sucks Here. Patreon has options: they can make the iOS app a reader app and do billing through the browser to avoid the restrictions and the extra fees (Netflix and Amazon, notably, both do this), or they can allow creators to opt-out of iOS billing if they want to use billing models that don't work with it.

It seems most likely to me that the Apple situation is a real fire that Patreon has chosen to use as a convenient smokescreen to do what they've been wanting to do since at least 2021, and maybe since 2018.

What do we do?:

They have a feedback form specifically about this.

They also have a creator discord.

And they have lots of social media pages where they probably really, really hope that this doesn't blow up again, because they never learn. The incidents I've described here aren't the only two other times Patreon has pissed off their creators. They know if they don't contain the noise it'll be harder to get away with it, so make some noise. They've done a lot of work to spin this cleverly so you'll have sympathy for them and they won't get the kind of backlash they know they deserve.

Please don't misuse these links and make threats or spam or something. All you have to do is give well-reasoned feedback. Patreon hates feedback. Make sure they get a nice heaping helping of their least favorite vegetable.

[thesarahshay]

Thank you for explaining this so clearly! Patreon has been treating us like garbage for years; blaming all this on Apple is transparently bullshit to anyone who is involved, but harder to explain to anyone outside it.

[marat]

i know we joke about cis artists having the weirdest sense of anatomy, but also even when the anatomy is fine, no one seems to want to draw women doing normal things

[marat]

Drawing challenge: draw your favorite male characters like this

[thatdemonbish]

this is exactly why i’m a huge fan of posemaniacs!

you get 3d model pose references with the option of having a male or female anatomy for each pose

they have a WIDE VARIETY of poses that you can search for using a TAG SYSTEM

(as you can see by the scroll bar in the second image there is Even More Tags)

you can select a pose you like for larger viewing and the convenience doesn’t stop!!!

you have full 360 viewing range of the pose plus zooming in and out

and what’s that? a TOOLBAR?? MENU?? THING??

Correct!

the eye button hold a very fun menu

negative space blacks out the background and fills the pose with a solid white silhouette

the “texture” refers to the skin situation of the model with the “color” and “grey” shown below

(i usually use color personally)

then there’s the option of different sized drawing grids(4 and 16 below)

idk wtf bounding box is about but it looks like this if it matters to you

“floor” toggles all shadows on the floor, “floor grid” you guessed it puts a like perspective guide grid on the floor that goes to forever, and “shadow” toggles ALL shading. there is NO lighting happening if you turn that off. NONE.

NEXT ITEM! that box thing with the line through it? flips the pose horizontally.

the little person symbol? lets you switch anatomies

camera icon? you can choose from a selection of preset camera angles PLUS an option for … idk what to call it but you can do this!

less flat right!! i’m sure there’s a word i just don’t know but this is maximum *that* so there is less *that* if you want it

the lightbulb gives you a menu like the camera one but it offers a selection of lighting styles with variable intensity

CHARMING!

and that’s not even everything this site provides!!!!!!! they have tutorials, instructional videos, lessons, all sorts of shit!!! (although they are vast majority if not all in japanese just a heads up)

AND ITS ALL FREE

DONT EVEN NEED TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT OR APPROVE OF COOKIES JUST GET IN DO YOUR THING GET OUT NO STRINGS ATTACHED

and if you don’t have ad blocker or are on mobile(like me) NOT TO WORRY

the ads are few and far between! ZERO video ads, NONE take over your screen or glitch you at all, they are of no concern i forget they’re there!

(this is not at all sponsored btw i’m just a genuine fan of this site and i’m happy to spread the good word unprompted)

[dexter-by-designation]

Weekend project.

[ace-disgrace-on-the-case]

For those who needed to hear it today

[dexter-by-designation]

This is part of why I came to Tumblr honestly. Seeing people draw bodies and faces that weren't always the anime thing is really satisfying. Some day maybe I'll post some of the stuff I do that tries to reach that Non-conventional Beauty carried by people on the street or working in a shop.