For the love of Cartoon @fortheloveofcartoon - Tumblr Blog

A birthday gift for my brother. I posted this on my Deviantart a few weeks ago and now I'm finally getting around to Tumblr.

I like to think of Rouge as Shadow's older sister. I drew the characters (aside from Rouge) being annoyed with each other, but it's a loving, "you're my annoying sibling" kind of attitude.

#team dark #rouge the bat #shadow the hedgehog #e 123 omega #sonic characters #sonic franchise #sonic the hedgehog

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If you haven't already seen in the news, Afghanistan's government has fallen to the Taliban extremists and the United States is pulling out the country, putting a messy, unsatisfying, and worrying end to a 20 year in Afghanistan against Islamic extremism. This news hit me hard, but I know my shock and fear at this failure of freedom is just an insignificant percentage of the fear, sadness, anxiety, and uncertainty Afghan refugees, current Afghan citizens, and even Afghan and Islamic families living all over the world and within the USA must be facing. I am not here to say whether the President's decision to finally leave was right or wrong because the situation is complicated and I have never been here to promote political rhetoric (unless it has to do with civil rights for minorities, women, or the LGBTQA+.) However, I am deeply saddened by the sadness and fear, perhaps even anger, no doubt being felt by the Afghan and Islamic people and being felt by our own Afghan American and Islamic American citizens. The night I heard the news I stayed up to make this piece as quickly as I could in order to process my emotions about the situation and all my worries: worries about the fate of women and young girls in the country, worries about the fate of good progressive and supportive men in the country, worries about little boys growing up under hateful and sexist doctrines, worries about unwarranted growing Islamophobia within this country and around the world. Peaceful Muslims are going through enough right now, and we would all do best to remember that for the vast majority of Muslims the Taliban is their enemy, too. Unfortunately as with any religion or group with power (ex. with the U.S. police force, Catholics, other sects of Christianity), a few bad apples seem to spoil the bunch in terms of public perception. I know we might be scared for the safety of U.S. troops and our safety as U.S. citizens under the growing Taliban threat but I implore everyone to remember who the most impacted victims are and to see the humanity of peoples whose traditions and clothing may differ from that of you or I. The Islamic people, as a whole, are not scary or a threat, they are people with families and interests and passions and dreams, dreams of freedom and fairness, just like you or I. If you are a member of the Islamic or Afghan community or have family or close friends who are, I am sorry for any pain you may be feeling at this time. To U.S. soldiers and military members who did what they could to provide humanitarian aid in the area and fend off terrorist threats, thank you for your service to the American people and to the Afghan people. I offer my condolences if you felt your work was not yet done. At this juncture, there is little that I see can be done to directly help the people within Afghanistan while the Taliban has control, besides praying for the safety of good and innocent people within the country and not forgetting about their current struggle. So all I want to do is send the message to remind anyone feeling hopeless that when we can seemingly do nothing, our last resort can always be holding each other closer and not losing the hope that a better day will come. We must support and love one another even in the darkest times. We may lose wars, but whatever happens we must not lose the war in our hearts and minds. We must not give up hoping. ___________________________________________

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fortheloveofcartoon

I know it's not cartoon related but please forgive me, I believe the message is important.

#spread love #love one another

fortheloveofcartoon

First image:

A year ago I made some bases I can use to draw different outfits on Ladybug / Marinette. And now you can to, so long as you credit me, of course. Figured it made sense to use Marinette as a model because 1. She's into fashion, 2. I want to draw some fashion designs, and 3. I want to see Marinette in my fashion designs. First one's meant for her superhero persona, third's meant for civilian outfits, and the one in the middle is meant to show off the back of any outfit in either persona. Not sure if I'll ever really use it though. Not all designs I draw on these Marinette bases will necessarily be intended for her (like I don't see them as her style), so in a way it feels like I'm drawing fanart but not really drawing fanart at the same time, if that makes any sense, since I'm really drawing clothes not necessarily intended for the Miraculous Universe.

Second image: Finally a year or so later I'm posting some designs! First off in the Marinette fashion collection we have casual and superhero outfits based on color schemes I find appealing and how I view those color schemes. Originally red, white, and black was another pair, but that superwear design needed refining and I wanted to finally post this, so that one will be in another set of color scheme casual & superwear clothes. This was a lot of work already and it is a minimal color scheme challenge, so I hope no one minds the lack of shading on the clothes. Anyway... ABOUT THE SUPERPOWERS: #1 - Hero Name : Fractal Power: Fractal Shields, Barriers, and Small Weapons - Can generate incredibly strong iridescent crystallized shields and crystallized shuriken-like weapons that look like snowflakes by focusing energy out of her hands (don't ask me for a scientific explanation, she just can. If you can think of one let me know.) Her barriers and weapons always follow a fractal arrangement for some reason. (Yes, her name is very literal.) #2 - Hero Name : Cricket (or Silent Cricket?) Power: Tech provides Super Hearing and Super Jump - Ironically, unlike a noisy cricket, Cricket's goal is stealth and information-gathering. She uses her insect-like antennae for super-hearing, listening in on secrets and shady dealings. She is called "cricket" not only because of her antennae but because her super boots are able to power up, storing enough energy to allow her to leap very high and across vast distances like her namesake. There are small cushions underneath her boots that deploy when she leaps so that she always lands quietly and does not give away her position. #2 - Hero Name : Kore Power: Plant Super-growth & Control over Plants - Named after the Greek nature goddess of spring and fertility Kore (another name for the goddess Persephone that means "maiden" and has a little more of a punchy ring to it than Persephone), Kore the hero likewise can stimulate plant growth to produce plants of enormous size. She can also use surrounding plants, including her gigantic plants, to protect and attack. Just in case she finds herself fighting in an area lacking in plant life, she has seeds stowed away in hidden pockets in her cape. All she needs to do is locate a suitable spot for vegetation (even something as small as crack in the pavement will do in a pinch), and then the fight is back on! ABOUT THE CLOTHES: * Note: You can imagine that the casual wear is the "civilian look" of the hero wears the paired costume. 📷 #1 - Bubblegum Pink, Yellow, Light Blue : I love yellow and blue together and combined with pink I think it adds just the right amount of POP! With these colors I really wanted to go for a color-blocking look with both outfits since I love that aesthetic and it suits the bright colors. I also knew when I started this project that I REALLY wanted to make a minimal-aesthetic hero suit with asymmetry for flair. For the casual look, I thought a 60's, 70's-ish mod style dress would be perfect for color-blocking. While Marinette looks super cute in this casual look, I think it most suits Chloe actually, who I see as having the perfect look for 60's-70's style clothes. Color scheme might have to be changed though, probably to black, white, and yellow or to pumpkin orange and lavender, oddly enough. #2 - Purple, Neon Green, Black : Maybe I'm just being influenced by Winx Club, but there's something about these colors together that SCREAM techno and techno music to me. For the casual look Mari is modelling a cute club outfit complete with glow stick accessories, even though I think Marinette and I would agree it's not either of our's usual tastes (You'd see me wearing #1 with a belt and possibly #3). I wanted her tights to look like an arcade floor. 📷 Funny enough, my brother really likes that look, so go figure. The hero look is tech mixed with insect. The cricket idea came from me wanting to give the outfit funky looking antennae and jump boots and it kinda just evolved from there. The butt cape

(?) is meant to emulate cricket wings and the line designs on her arms, legs, and butt-cape skirt-thing are based off of the look of crickets' legs. (Lovely design on a cricket's leg, but that doesn't mean I ever wanna have to google those disgusting creatures again. I actually really HATE crickets. 📷 Saw one in my room once and it was the creepiest thing I had ever seen, rivaling big ass praying mantises and house centipedes.) #3 - A lighter Celadon/Sea foam Green, Darker Pink, A bluish Celadon Green, A kind-of Celadon Green : ...It's hard to specifically name these shades of green, okay? Just know I really like green. Anyway, this combination may seem a bit more random, but I think that's because for these looks I started with the aesthetic in mind before I picked the colors (I think I did, anyway. It's been like a year, who knows?). I wanted to make outfits that were soft and gentle. I also really wanted to make a flower-themed hero suit because I LOVE florals and flowers. For the casual look, I want to push the cutesy aspect of it without making it seem like too much. It's kinda like a softer, cuter version of the first casual look's aesthetic. I can see Marinette wearing this but perhaps without the headband and with flats instead of the socks and heels. For the hero outfit, I just went all out with the detail. I wanted the hero look like a mix between modern hero and classic Greek goddess. Check the vines emulating gladiator sandals, the laurel wreath, and the flowy cape meant to emulate a flowing dress. WHEW! Finally done! Thanks for reading if you did!

shadybugandclawnoirfan

Umm this is a bit icky. Why are you drawing minors in their underwear?! Eww. That's just wrong!

fortheloveofcartoon

@plaggandadrienbondingisthebest ,

I get the concern for minors, really I do, but I really think this is nothing to get riled up about for a few reasons:

These are bases. They need to show a lot of skin in order to be usable. If I want to make a summery design like shorts and a crop top or a swimsuit design, I need her to need to not be completely covered up, for obvious reasons.

Yes, Marinette's a teenager but she's also a fictional cartoon. She's not gonna feel exposed by some drawings of her in her underwear or a bikini or whatever, that btw–

– clearly aren't meant to be sexualizing/ When you look at the drawings she is drawn innocently and when you know the context (that these are fashion bases), anyone can see that this is not a case of fetishizing or sexualizing minors. Trust me, lots of fanart and fanfiction exist that paint cartoon characters in "provocative" light (heck, I'll concede that I've aged up characters and drawn suggestive art myself!) but this is not it, kid.

She's basically wearing a bathing suit (what bra looks like that?) . And if someone sees it as her in her undies, it's just a natural human body in some fabric, not even a real character, not even close to having any sexual undertones. So I, and I hope others agree, don't see a problem here.

I recognize that I didn't have to respond to this critique since I think my points were already obvious to most people, but I do take take the sexualization of minors (which was the accusation implied by the critique) very seriously. I want children and teens to feel safe while enjoying mine and others' fanart without feeling "icked" out by my work [at least my PG, PG-13 work], but as I've outlined I have thought this stuff through immensely and I don't think this art harms any minor's socioemotional well-being or intentionally promotes harmful values in the slightest.

No hate to @plaggandadrienbondingisthebest , I think they are probably young and they are just trying to speak out and be positive force on the internet, but I do not believe this is valid example of harmful art. If anyone still takes issue with this art after reading all of this (and please do read all of it before forming an opinion) , I have outlined my stance above and am not interested in further debate unless provided with a counterpoint that can strongly refute the points I have already outlined.

I hope every has a great day. Be kind to each other. And God Bless.

shadybugandclawnoirfan

Sorry. I was just making sure. But I understand.

fortheloveofcartoon

It's all good.