Mikey's rambles

18yo | they/them | commisions open but limited

[mikeyyikess]

My oc Angelo and Harvey! Posting this to use the picture on my artfight^^

[iamespecter]

The Artificial Entity's Guide to Empathy 101 - Parole AU [6/6]

Part 1! || Part 2! || Part 3! || Part 4! || Part 5! || You're Here!

Guys, I don't think they were talking about just bees

WE'VE FINALLY REACHED THE END!!!!!!! FINALLY I CAN REST. OH BOY.

This was a handful, but one hell of a journey.

First things first, there are some things that I'm unhappy about this comic. But in the end, I can't really bring myself to care about the mistakes anymore, I just want to get this out of the way now, since it's actually hindering my schedule.

So I did my best to end it off as soon as possible, though I managed to preserve most of the message, so there's a plus there.

Another would be that I don't like how I ended up diverging their characterization a bit to make the message possible. I'm sure if I had more time on my hands, I would've been able to provide a much better paced story that's actually in-character for these two, but... I don't have that kind of liberty.

I'm honestly just so relieved that it's finally over, and I was actually able to reach the end.

Now, for my thoughts about Caine's ignorance towards psychological torment: this is the one that I'm most certain he doesn't know. Mostly because you could easily mistake psychological pain with emotional pain and mix the two together, so I'm certain that this is the reason why he keeps doing things his way.

Just like emotional pain, as long as there is no stimulus source of the discomfort, he thinks that it will eventually go away.

But there is one aspect of psychological torment he kinda has a bit of an idea for: mind influence. And that one, he's since stopped doing, and he's only doing seldomly-- and within safe boundaries. (What he admits to doing in episode 7)

It will not be an easy journey for Caine towards betterment, but it's a good starting point.

I do hope you all enjoyed the story, and thanks for sticking 'till the end! As well as for the support, I've been receiving so many messages about how immersed people are with this comic. Which is just so heartwarming;;;;

It's been an honor making this comic! But GOD I do NOT want to make another one of these LMFAO

[midwinterhunt]

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

[bunbunshark]

Have used some of these though i might need more

[nnebuchadnezzar]

[mikeyyikess]

Item: A Half-blank Notebook Rarity: ⏶ Common

What video game do you most regret not finishing?

Feed your dashboard by answering my question, blogger.

Stanley parable.

[mikeyyikess]

Item: A Soft Pillow Rarity: ⏶ Common

What's your comfort game?

Feed your dashboard by answering my question, blogger.

My comfort game is minecraft🫶

[quillmoores]

New shop open!✨

Thank you to @acggoods for giving us artists this opportunity 💕

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[camilleflyingrotten]

[camilleflyingrotten]

𝘖𝘩 𝘈𝘻𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘦…

[camilleflyingrotten]

The mysterious Golden Bullet

Or a take on Aziraphale and Crowley’s Wild West Era

And to this day…

[camilleflyingrotten]

More faeries Good Omens AU ✨

[camilleflyingrotten]

The day Crowley realised who was guarding the Eastern gate…….

[elierlick]

I don’t usually post about acquisitions from the NYC Trans Archives, but this one is too cool not to share. We recently obtained 1 of the 2 known remaining copies of the censored 1933 German booklet “Wie erlange ich eine vollendete Büste?” (“How do I achieve a perfect bust?”). It advertises an early estrogen compound using a patient who was assigned male at birth.

The text shows that not only were hormones readily available to trans people in the 1930s, but actively advertised to them. Nazis targeted this specific book in the 1930s, leaving only a few copies left in existence. This text, along with hundreds of other rare trans books, zines, and ephemera, will be available for viewing next year when NYCTA opens to the public.

[captainfantasticalright]

An Ineffable Timeline of costumes:

I had done this previously in separate posts, but I did want to keep the timeline in order (the mess was bugging my brain). Well mostly in order, I had to switch up Golgotha and Land of Uz so that they could fit better.

So, hello again! (or for the first time). I gathered every official source detailing the costumes for s1 and s2. From interviews with Claire Anderson, lead costume designer for season 1 to Kate Carin, lead for season 2.

Some things of course I was not able to put here because there was nothing official confirming or describing the costume choices.

Some extra bits:

Something I did not add here from the X-ray section of GO2, was that Kate Carin mentioned that Aziraphale’s detective look in episode 3 was a sort of “Noir Detective”. But not much else was said about how it came to be, except for the obvious raincoat and hat and case he is carrying. She also talked about rhinestones being glued to Aziraphale’s magician cape in his act in 1941. But that is a fairly noticeable detail as well (I believe) so I did not add it here.

Some very important things to keep in mind:

Nanny Ashtoreth in the book is never directly alluded to be Crowley. There have been debates about this, and that is why I included in the slide of “Brother Francis” the reply Neil gave addressing exactly that. For the TV show, it was decided that both Nanny/ Brother Francis were going to be Crowley and Aziraphale (radio omens too). For the book, well you can read it/ see by yourself that even though one nanny showed up, it is never said to be Crowley.

I had read some tags previously saying “this is not accurate” “this is not this” etc. so just a gentle reminder that the costume department is not here to make things 100000% accurate. Claire Anderson and Kate Carin both had the creative freedom to craft attires and make them believable for the time period. I collected all the sources (below) if you want to read them yourself. This is about experimenting and giving it credibility without it being down to a T.

Some arrows are not specifically pointing to a specific thing. They are there to guide you find what is in the text.

The Sources:

Ineffable Con

SYFY Claire Anderson

SYFY 2

Claire Anderson Costume Designer

Film School Rejects Claire Anderson

RadioTimes- Hair

YouTube Kate Carin interview

Youtube Wrap Party Podcast

Including the behind the scenes videos from Prime “Biblically Good” and “Grave Danger”.

[ririwithrice]

no lie the amount of times i’ve seen transmascs talk about the opression they face and people confidently and clearly say “when has this happened?” or just “this never happens”. but sure trans men have male privilege, we’re all whiny bitches who are speaking over women, we should just shut up and be bullied and suffer but we’re also not opressed at all. ok.

[bunnyjesters]

saying kys even as a joke is fucking gross btw

[feathers-67]

"but they hate eachother" "this ship makes no sense" "that would never be canon" "they're only friends" "but one of them is already dating someone" "they'd be toxic together" don't caaaare I'm consuming media of them being insane about each other and falling in love in situations you couldn't fathom