💬 3 🔁 9 ❤️ 16 · this has been an idea in my head for awhile now, but someday i want to gather as many as possible permissions from selfshi
So atm i have ~9 people whose characters i have refs of! if you expressed interest you're set to be included, and i checked for ref images/art/descriptions, so no need to worry abt sending said things, unless i couldn't find any. I'm slowly dm-ing a few folk to ask questions about preferred outfits if any.
I plan to end the call for OCs/Inserts near the start of summer (June), and begin the actual piece around then, so if you saw that post a little bit late, that's okay! you can still join in. i think if we do reach beyond 10-13 characters I'll think about doing chibis rather than halfbody portraiture 🤔
once again, feel free to reblog/reply or comment/message me if interested!
I think I tried doing a baroque thing with the first one. I cant remember. The second thing is an attempt at figuring out an animation-friendly reduction(or cartooning) of mac that would be cute and easy.
YES. I KNOW YOU DO! BUT DO YOU KNOW THE HAT TRICK? NO?
Literally! They are potato chips. Hear me out. (below cut)
Most "hard to draw" hats - y'all know which - ALSO fall into a very specific category. The category is:
That's right: A wide circular brim on top of a crown (or "egg stuck through portal" depending upon how you interpret the above). SO why the hell are they so complicated to draw? The answer:
...MEN.
No, really. So "the most basic hat shape" became a SUPER inconvenient style for 1700s European/colonial people men of means for two reasons:
1) it did not conveniently allow display of FANCY WIGS, which were beginning to come into fashion between the 1600s-1700s;
2) it was obnoxious to carry wide-brimmed hats around - a bit of a problem, since European societal norms dictated hat removal when a gentleman went indoors.
AND SO...the "most basic hat shape," ubiquitous in Western European cultures for some time prior, got upcycled by cocking (folding up) the brim. We first got the cavalier hat:
Related modern hats include the slouch hat/bush hat -
- and of course, your Favorite Guy's hat.
...BUT I CAME HERE FOR CHIPS
And chips you shall have.
You see that brim on Preston's hat? That's one of these (which my wife has informed me is known as a "wish chip" - I have learned something new, thank you @twosides--samecoin):
The thing to keep in mind is that, like a potato chip, this whole brim situation is just a circular plane with a hole in the middle, folded over on one side. See those shapes above? Now see them below, on the cocked side of the brim:
...WHAT ABOUT HANCOCK'S HAT
Well, around the 1700s, our male trendsetters decided it wasn't enough to turn up one brim; it needs must be Fancier™, and show More Wig, and be More Convenient With Which to Use Firearms - and we got the cocket hat (if you're Scottish)/bicorne, as well as the cocked hat (later known as the tricorne). Same circular brim, but for a tricorne, folded up thrice:
And yet again, this is just a potato chip. Observe:
See how that nice fold is acting? Now apply directly to hat:
Below: pink circle for where the sweatband meets the head and from there, fold up your chip:
Honestly, this works for so many kinds of hats. You can literally trace potato chips to make all of this easier until you become more familiar with the shapes (or just for fun):
MacCready Week 2026 Prompt 10: There and Back Again
For the last prompt, I decided to redraw the first piece I made featuring MacCready which was about 2 1/2 years ago. I tried to keep it as close as possible while incorporating Claire's fresh design. I'm pretty happy with it 😌 Happy MacCready week everyone 💚
Last post!!! A bit late just like Mac with that cure amirite
This was such a fun week to make some more art and see everyone’s interpretations of the prompts. Thanks to @maccreadyweek, a lot more maccready art exists in the world now which can truly only be a net positive!! I love seeing this guy in situations and I love when other people do too. Thanks for liking my stuff this week, thanks for sharing your art too. Peace and love 💕
Dropping in to post this piece I commissioned from Verkomy on Vgen. ^^ I wasn't prepared for them to look a little older and it made me feel things lol.
I've so many thoughts on the time in RJ's life when he had just arrived to Boston after leaving Duncan in the Capitol Wasteland. What a horrible swirl of emotions that must have been. He must have had all this urgency and restless drive to make money and support his child. Many people in our world did the same, leaving their families behind in Appalachia to follow creeks down the mountains into cities.
hope this doesn't cause any fallout 4 between us @perfectlypreservedpie - Tumblr Blog | Tumgag
