"challenge her"? I hardly know 'er!

for all the art challenges I WANT to participate in but never will

[forents-saveforlater-archive]

Hey-o! Welcome to my art challenge archive!

If you're here from my main, welcome! If this is the first blog of mine you're interacting with ever, wtf are you doing here you've entered through the backdoor LMAO

My main is @forentertainment-purposesonly come say hi!

This blog is prolly gonna be majority reblogs of art challenges, might post art challenge art, dunno yet

Minors dni

[commandersheena]

In one of my film classes last semester we had to tell a story in 3 pictures for a mini assignment so my friend and I did this

[writingisbestonrainydays]

flirty banter to fantasize about...

or write about! whatever floats your boat

"you're going to have to try a little harder than that" (or "to impress me," but avoid making it sound overly cocky)

"liar."

"don't flatter yourself."

"you'd just love to know, [wouldn't you?]"/"wouldn't you love to know."

"was that a compliment?"

"if i didn't know any better, i'd think..."

"i like when you say my name."

"say that again."

"you're distracting me."

"stop staring."

"miss me [yet]?"

"careful, someone might think..." ("that you like what you see," "you've grown soft," "you miss me," etc)

"you love it." > "i do."

any playful feign of injury (to the ego); "ouch."

"[i know how you can] make it up to me."

"what will i get [if i do]?"

"stop pretending that you aren't enjoying this."

"you just can't stay away from me, can you?"

"were you trying to make me jealous?" > "maybe. did it work?" > "absolutely."

"is that right?" with a little smirk...

"do tell."

as always my friends, submit to my "ask" box if there is anything you want to see OR anything you want to share :)

[laboratoryrats]

“small thread on drawing plus sized characters!”

Source: Ullaiin on Twitter

[laboratoryrats]

“small thread on drawing plus sized characters!”

Source: Ullaiin on Twitter

[rookthornesartistry]

𝐃𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 | 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐒 𝐍𝐨. 𝟏

for @thevillainswhore

please like, reblog, and tag @rookthornesartistry if you use the dividers below.

SEAL BROWN

BROWN

BURNT ORANGE

PUMPKIN

BROWN

CHOCOLATE

CAFE NOIR

BISTRE

GRADIENT

[paper-mario-wiki]

decided to put a normal anime girl in my town and it wasnt 5 seconds before she was corrupted by the island's malevolent influence

[iphysalian]

Small fantasy worldbuilding elements you might want to think about:

A currency that isn’t gold-standard/having gold be as valuable as tin

A currency that runs entirely on a perishable resource, like cocoa beans

A clock that isn’t 24-hours

More or less than four seasons/seasons other than the ones we know

Fantastical weather patterns like irregular cloud formations, iridescent rain

Multiple moons/no moon

Planetary rings

A northern lights effect, but near the equator

Roads that aren’t brown or grey/black, like San Juan’s blue bricks

Jewelry beyond precious gems and metals

Marriage signifiers other than wedding bands

The husband taking the wife's name / newlyweds inventing a new surname upon marriage

No concept of virginity or bastardry

More than 2 genders/no concept of gender

Monotheism, but not creationism

Gods that don’t look like people

Domesticated pets that aren’t re-skinned dogs and cats

Some normalized supernatural element that has nothing to do with the plot

Magical communication that isn’t Fantasy Zoom

“Books” that aren’t bound or scrolls

A nonverbal means of communicating, like sign language

A race of people who are obligate carnivores/ vegetarians/ vegans/ pescatarians (not religious, biological imperative)

I’ve done about half of these myself in one WIP or another and a little detail here or there goes a long way in reminding the audience that this isn’t Kansas anymore.

[milanesa42]

[cheasewedge]

Something wrong with him

[chikuwathecat]

Wake up.

起きて。

[pizza-thecat]

guess who's talkative today

[albanenechi]

Drawing bases & pose references pt 130 💖

Finally more poses yayy, hope u like!

There are 3 extra drawings for patrons, including a couple that are a little spicier 🫶

[un-fortunate-sloth]

I was considering writing more fanfiction so I drew some dividers for tfc boys

Pierrot

Harlequin

Jester

Ticket Taker

And last but not least

Doctor

I'm really proud of how these turned out tbh

They did get more elaborate as I went on tho lol

[pantserspen]

How to Fix Underwriting

1. Slow down at emotionally important moments.

Big emotions need space to land. If a scene feels rushed, pause the plot briefly to show how the moment affects the character.

2. Add reactions, not explanations.

Instead of explaining what a character feels, show it through physical responses, hesitation, or small actions that reveal emotion naturally.

3. Ground every scene in the senses.

If a scene feels thin, add one or two sensory details—sound, texture, smell, or temperature—to make the moment feel lived-in.

4. Let thoughts interrupt action.

A line of internal thought can deepen a scene without slowing it too much. Thoughts show stakes, fear, longing, or conflict beneath the action.

5. Expand consequences, not events.

You don’t need more things to happen—you need to show what matters. Focus on how events change relationships, decisions, or self-perception.

6. Strengthen setting where emotion peaks.

The environment should echo or contrast the emotion of the scene. Setting is not decoration—it’s emotional reinforcement.

7. Add specific details instead of general ones.

Underwriting often relies on vague language. Swap “they argued” for one sharp line of dialogue or a specific breaking point.

8. Let dialogue breathe.

Short dialogue exchanges without pauses can feel flat. Add beats—silence, gestures, interruptions—to give the conversation weight.

9. Show transitions between scenes.

If scenes jump too quickly, readers feel disoriented. A brief transition helps establish time, mood, and emotional continuity.

10. Clarify stakes early in the scene.

If readers don’t know what can be lost, scenes feel empty. Make sure the character wants something specific and fears losing it.

11. Use the “what are they feeling right now?” check.

After each major beat, ask what emotion is dominant in that moment. If it’s missing on the page, the scene is likely underwritten.

12. Expand scenes that feel “too clean.”

If a scene resolves too neatly or quickly, it probably needs more tension. Messy emotions and unresolved feelings add depth.

[forents-saveforlater-archive]

[r0tting-rat]

I am Very interested in your predator au, but I've never seen any of the movies. Do you have any recommendations for which to start with? :3

-moonbug

Hi Bug! Ohhhh well, it all depends if you also want to watch the Alien saga! Alien and Predator are set in the same universe, and although I do believe you should be perfectly able to view the whole Predator saga without any issues, I sugggest you to watch the Alien movies too simply because they are So Good.

The thing is that, Alien and Predator are different kinds of horrors. Alien is a space-horror who REVOLUTIONED the sci-fi genre both with its technical effects and its story, while Predator is a more classic (dare I say "slasher") horror movie, with Big and Scary Killer going after the Final Girl (in the case of the Predator movies, it's usually a "final guy").

I'm a fan of both, so

Anyway, you can watch them in order of release, which imo gives you a better cinematic experience, or you can watch it in lore order.

The lore order, for both Alien and Predator together, is this one:

Predator: Killer of Killers (set in the Viking Era, Feudal Japan, and WWII),

Prey (1719),

Predator (1987),

Predator 2 (1997),

Alien vs Predator (2004),

Alien vs Predator: Requiem (2007),

Predators (unclear, around 2010/2020),

The Predator (2018),

Prometheus (2089–2093),

Alien: Covenant (2104),

Alien: Earth (series, 2120),

Alien (2122),

Alien: Romulus (2142),

Aliens (2179),

Alien 3 (same year as before),

Alien: Resurrection (2381),

Predator: Badlands (so far the furthest in the timeline, around 2400)

Now, I gotta tell you that many make a distinction between the "canon" Alien universe and the one in Prometheus and Alien Covenant simply because, having actually been released many years after the og alien movies (Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, and Resurrection) but having decided to go all the way back to focus on the origins of the xenomorph, they changed some key components of the og lore. This isn't meant to confuse you, I'm warning you simply bc you might watch Prometheus, then get all the way to Alien and get confused a bit.

Also, I will admit the only GOOD predator movies might be Badlands, Killer of Killers, Predator 1 and 2, and Prey. All the others got butchered either by a bad director or a bad script.

I'm sorry for Whatever is The Predator. We do not talk about that one.