ronnie

🇪🇪|| nonbinary lesbian ||they/them||22||audhd|| some of my special interests are monster high, jjba, transformers and dolls in general || i also draw, my art tag is mantisart ||

[hollow-point45]

[malacandrax]

I know I say that I'm kinda nuts for doing the amount of visual research I do, but at the same time: Specificity is SO much more compelling and real feeling, and imo not getting references often makes things look more amateur.

Eg. drawing a sofa- my mental image of a sofa is something like this:

Like. Its a sofa. It works. But it's not very convincing, the pillows are kinda wrong at the back, and it's not really giving any information about the owner. Even if you want a basic sofa... What kind of basic.

comfy and cheap?

kinda rigid?

inherited? ------

who does this comfy cheap ikea sofa belong to anyway?

guy living alone?

teenage girl?

Grandma?

Anyway I'll get off my soapbox but specificity is sexy and fun and it can do your storytelling for you!

[haridraws]

I accidentally learnt a lot about sofas via drawing fantasy / historical comics and I feel like it made my art and my life better.

Like in one project I'm working on (set in early 1800s England) most sofas had a similar shape, but I tried to learn a bit extra so they still felt distinct!

It's also pre-mass production when most people couldn't actually AFFORD much clutter or variety, but I think there are still ways to show differences!

And not to be an insufferable nerd, but I do now sometimes notice BEAUTIFUL detailed fantasy art of eg. a rough, battered medieval tavern that also has the most luxuriously polished mahogany Victorian furniture of all time...

I too love a button-backed sofa, but is it always the MOMENT for one?

Is exact accuracy a huge deal or more important than storytelling? NO!!!! But usually you don't need to know anything about furniture to see the vibe is a little off, and a little visual research can add a lot to a drawing, and just be INTERESTING.

No, suitcases weren't a thing in 1800, yes I put them in anyway to give a VIBE

IMO in fantasy, being more specific and conscious of what realworld things you might be drawing from can help avoid 2nd-hand-fantasy orientalist, generic 'Eastern' settings, and gives you a chance to go look up cool craft and fabric art from around the world.

And honestly, looking up real historical settings taught me just how much European fashion, architecture and design has been deeply, inseparably intertwined with trade and colonialism in other parts of the world for thousands of years. (Persian rugs, mahogany furniture, so much wallpaper and almost all block and textile printing, dyes, colours, silk dresses, cotton anything. Anyone who tries to tell you traditional british culture means white culture is lying to you on more levels than you think.)

I just feel these are valuable things to be more conscious of in general, and made me more thoughtful about how everyday stuff gets designed and made.

But IF you do care about accuracy, specificity can also help you avoid accidentally drawing the default ikea chair of the mind into your space future / ancient China / 1400s Bohemia yaoi

[spicyartinsp]

if you want to find references for furniture, look art catalogues from furniture shops like ikea. i found this one that collates ikea catalogues from 1950-2021

[chimaerakitten]

So the banner ad didn’t scale down for the mobile browser and it took me multiple minutes to realize that this stock photo of people in business suits was not, in fact, an illustration of what oathbreaker paladins in service to an evil power are supposed to look like

[buffyannesummrs]

now what does it mean to read fanfiction about the gay hockey show which is based on a book which was based on a fanfiction which was based on the avengers 2012 which was an adaptation of a comic book

[libertineangel]

[milfsisyphus]

[the-wanton-house-wife]

You’re welcome 🧄

[dragonclawz2007]

I needed some extra motivation for finals week so I made this

[mpregeminem]

Normal notification to get at 2am

why is your tumblr popup coughing up my name on its last breath

[oldmanpusspuss]

mpreg... mpreg... hard nipples and everything

[driflloon]

the gif of sasuke knocking over the glass of water with the caption “Is Nothing Easy?” is the best image on this site

[everythingungodly-deactivated20]

[dannyboyandpdawg]

I of course love all versions of Phil Lester, but especially since the hard launch podcast has been airing, I do keep having moments where I'm reminded JUST how much of him he was holding back in the past. Every episode he gets to be like "I'm GAY and I love talking about sex, I have sex with MEN. Specifically THIS man, my partner of sixteen years Dan Howell. I will now piss him off on purpose. Speaking of, PISS. SHIT. FUCK. CUM." I am SO happy for him. True freedom

[cuntholicism]

[veryfuckingphannie]

The rebrand of Dan from "oh my god my best friend is such a dork and i'm a cynical bitch but we have fun together" to "i'm in love with this dumb bitch" is quite impressive, but Phil's rebrand from "i'm just a silly innocent guy with emo hair" to "i love talking about piss and gay sex to rile my boyfriend up and also i'm hot"??? Actually life changing

[laddersmp3]

much to think about

[laddersmp3]

@shamelessfanturkeycreator incredibly real. you understand

[the-bedheaded-league]

So many modern detectives have tried to emulate Sherlock Holmes, and none of them have even come CLOSE to touching Benoit Blanc. That man is Holmes' true spiritual successor. He's a silly little guy. He's gay. He's a drama queen. He has impeccable fashion sense. He loves music. He works with the cops but refuses to work for them. His voice is both goofy and incredibly fun to listen to. He sucks at playing Clue and Among Us. He mopes in the bathtub for weeks when he doesn't have a case. He loves hanging out with The Girls but gets incredibly uncomfortable when women flirt with him. The only reason he can afford his gorgeous downtown apartment is because his husband works a real job.* The only thing he hates more than Rich Assholes are Stupid Rich Assholes. He solved a double (attempted triple) homicide and the thing that made him most upset was plagiarism. He supports women's rights and women's wrongs. He refuses to break the law himself but actively encourages his client to commit arson.

And, most importantly, he and Holmes would fucking love each other. If most of the modern day detectives inspired by Holmes ever met him, he would probably want to kill them with hammers, but he and Blanc would probably end up being penpals and sending each other newspaper clippings about crime or some shit. And I can absolutely envision a teenage Blanc reading the Holmes stories and being like, "Wait, being a silly little gay private detective is a viable career option? Well, I guess I've finally found my calling in life."

Anyway I love the Benoit Blanc movies and I hope they make a million of them

*confirmed by Rian Johnson

[thedykeparade]

[punicatera]

late-night doodle sesh! hoping to finish this sometime this week

[lesbiphannie]

can’t get over dan and phil talking shit about their exes on their public podcast in the first place but phil’s ex texting him and phil texting back only to be left on read by ‘john smith’ and then proceeding to put him on blast on their aforementioned public podcast AGAIN and title the episode ‘Phil has been texting his ex’ when they know said ex is likely to tune in again is absolutely crazy and messy behaviour from dan and phil i’m so obsessed with them

[hotrodfebreeze]

day 29–primus/unicron

this was how tf was made btw