[albrii]

avataroftheeye: #CALM DOWN KING. SIMPLY CLOSE THE DOOR AGAIN

hello thank u i laughed v hard at that tag and i said to myself “wow this would be a fun little animation project to do slowly over time as a break between my other art pieces!” as i proceeded to spend my entire friday evening on it

a…. sequel? to my last tma post

[sword-fighting-hermit]

Oh the romance of half-transforming into an eldritch-horror monster to save your assistant, who happened to love you for years, and then that man still sees you for your true self, not the monster you've been told over and over again that you are.

[sionfaileas]

Visual guide to Gavin Reed (detail oriented):

- Gavin’s hair is wavy. It’s only the longer bits that appear more straight looking. The shorter hairs wave and curl. Short hairs close to the head are difficult to tame and often reshape despite efforts of gels.

             CONCLUSION: Gavin’s hair is wavy. This is likely most evident when he just wakes up in the morning, or hasn’t had a haircut in a long time.

- Gavin’s skin is an olive tone. There’s no pink and it leans towards tan, though it has that green-gray look that lands it in olive.

            CONCLUSION: Olive tones, tan, and possibly leaning towards italian or latin descent.

- Gavin’s skin isn’t free of marks. Though he has his prominant scar (which I’ll get to), and likely has others, his skin is marked in a different way. On all available skin there are a few scattered large freckles, and a some small areas of tiny clustered freckles.

              CONCLUSION: Gavin Reed has freckles. Likely spends a lot of time in the sun. (Likely that this time is spent with no sunscreen.)

- Gavin’s hair is a mousey colour. This means that insted of leaning on the black, blonde, or red spectrum of browns, he has a gray undertone to his hair. This gives it a light quality, that can also add to him possibly looking younger than he is.

              CONCLUSION: The colour of Gavin’s hair lands more in the gray, mousey, shades. He may go gray more quickly, but also less noticeably. The brightness may also be attributed to long exposure to sunlight.

- Gavin’s lips are fairly full and well coloured. There’s a noticeably more pink/redish natural tint to them. This can be an appealing feature, especially since ones eyes may be drawn to his lips upon the initial glance at his face.

                  CONCLUSION: Gavin has very nice lips. A highly pronounced cupids bow and a natural tint that may leave you beleaving he has on a low pigment Chapstick.

- Gavin’s eyes lean green. The detectives eyes are gray in all matters of the colour. They’re tark enough to stand out, rather that to fall towards a powdery blue that lighter grays can fall into. In fact, his darker gray leans more favourably to a green tint rather than a blue one. These richen the colour and could possibly make his eyes look black when his pupils are expanded or even from a large distance.

                CONCLUSION: Gavin’s eyes lean green. They likely appear slightly different depending on the levels of light. His eyes would be complemented by dark, earthy colours.

- Gavin has a lot of small scars on his face. There are about 7 of them (inclusing the large one), though they’re small and hard to notice. There is one (1)above his upper lip, ending just below the tip of his nose. There’s another small scar (2) on the opposite side of the large one that’s tilted in the same direction and almost reaches to his eye. There’s a small scar on both eyebrows. On goes perpendicular (3), and the other goes along the arch (4) of the eyebrow as though extending it. There’s another very small scar going along the curve on the side of his mouth (5). There’s another tiny scar just below his bottom lip (6). His large scar also seems to extend across the bridge of his nose and all the way up to the corner of his eye. It looks almost as though it may have narrowly missed cutting open his tear duct (7).

               CONCLUSION: Gavin has a lot of scars. Many of them are hard to notice as they are small and are hidden by hair and middle skin tones. The way that they are scattered are reminiscent of the day that scars would be scattered with shattered glass, though that’s only a theory and observation.

- Gavin is broad and square/rectangular shaped. His body is conventionally attractive, and his body shape insinuates that he is fit and well built. His face is also ‘diamond’ shaped. He also has high cheek bones and a strong jaw.

             CONCLUSION: Gavin Reed is conventionally attractive. He’s likely fit and has a medium to bulky build.

- Gavin isn’t short. He’s actually of average height for men above the age of 20 in the U.S. Connor stands only 3 inches taller than him (which wouldn’t make him seem all that much taller in most interactions). Hank is 6 inches taller than him, and he would have to look up into the older man’s eyes. RK900, after looking at many comparisons and as there are no specified height indications, appears to be taller than Connor and likely the same height as Hank, putting him at least 6 inches taller thab Gavin. However, Gavin is taller than Perkins by 4 inches (Perkins is about 5'5"). He’s also 3 inches taller than Chris Miller, 5 inches taller than Ben Collins, and 2 inches taller than Leo to name a few.

                  CONCLUSION: Gavin Reed is of average height, and is taller or just under the average height of many of the characters.

Base : Physical Description

- Species : Human

- Gender : Male

- Height : 5’ 9"

- Weight : 176 lbs

- Eye Colour : Gray

- Hair Colour : Brown

- Date of Birth: October 7, 2002 (age 36)

[sionfaileas]

A Visual Guide to RK900

RK900’s hair is identical to Connor’s in all ways, shapes and form. Even the swoop and tuft of hair which falls onto his forehead is positioned in the same way, and has the same fly aways. The only way in which his hair may seem to differ is in it’s fullness. This is an illusion created by the relative thickness of his face compared to Connor’s.

            CONCLUSION: RK900s hair is the exact same as Connor’s. To the t.

RK900’s hair colour falls into three sub catagories of brown. Chestnut, coffee, and ash. The two richer browns are the more prominent undertones, while the ash sits as a highlighted overtone. Therefore, when hit by direct light his hair may seem to have a slightly dusty, silvery, or cloudy look to it. However, in general cases his hair will just look to be a dark natural brown.

                CONCLUSION: Though a synthetic representation, RK900’s hair tends to change tones in light much like human hair is wont to do. Overall, the appearance is a rich brown.

RK900’s skin colour falls into one of the palest of those within the game. His skin is within the range of more peachy tones, with underlying pink and yellow. In the light this becomes even more exaggerated.

               CONCLUSION: RK900 has a fairly light skin tone. Highlights and blush tones should fall in the yellow/ivory/cream and pink categories. If he were human his background would likely be English/Scottish/Irish and/or Nordic/Baltic.

Another way in which RK900 appears to be identical to his predecessor is in reguards to the marks on his face. Just like Connor, RK900 has a splattering of freckles over all visable skin. The major markings are in the same relative places. Relative because their face and body shapes are slightly different.

             CONCLUSION: RK900 has all of the same freckles and marks that Connor has. Again, this was done to a t.

Interestingly enough, upon the change of the face shape between the 800 and 900 models, the lips seemed to have gained just the slightest bit of fullness and shift in pigmentation. Blink and you may miss it, but RK900’s lips are indeed just the smallest bit larger than Connor’s, and have a bit of a pinker tint to them. They seem to have been adjusted within scale to the RK900’s new face shape and width.  The colour overall doesn’t fairy all too much, but in highlight there is a slightly pinker shade.

             CONCLUSION: RK900’s lips are well within proportion to his face, though they still remain slightly plush and pink.

RK900’s eyes are perhaps the most striking thing about his appearance. They are a cold, steel colour. The illusion of a silver with a colour that sits between blue and gray. If it weren’t for his dark limbal rings his irises may seem to almost blend in with the whites of his eyes. Despite the popular choice to settle him with blue eyes, the more that the image is studied, the more that his eyes appear gray with hints of blue highlights.

              CONCLUSION: RK900’s eyes are a light and cold gray. They have highlights of blue and shine with a silvery sheen.

RK900 is very rectangular in body shape. Fit but lean. His shoulders are fairly broad, and sit just the slightest bit wider than his hips. His body overall is very straight. He is broader and slighlty thicker than Connor.

           CONCLUSION: RK900 is well built and rectangular shaped.

While his height is left undetermined by the game details itself, after looking at the available images from his in game appearance I have determined that he is, in fact, taller than Connor. This makes logical sense given the idea and interest behind his model was for him to be more intimidating and imposing than his predecessor. The measuring tool for the RK800 and RK900’s relative hieghts is the one thing that they can be veritably measured against, Amanda.

              CONCLUSION: Based on measurements against Amanda (5'5"), RK900 is taller than Connor, and approximately 2 inches taller than Connor, putting him at 6'2" (the same height as Hank.)

The RK900 model was made to be a more advanced and “appropriate” model than the “Connor” series. Inconsequential details were left untouched, like his hair and freckles. However, features that may prove to be more intimidating, imposing, and effective in detective and poliece work were changed/added. His gray eyes and more filled out and taller body are two prime examples of this. Another is his more square shaped face. Connor’s face is fairly round and slim, while RK900’s face is more blocky and sharp.

              CONCLUSION: RK900’s face is more blocky and well defined than Connor’s, making it both more strong looking and a bit more commanding.

Upon looking back and forth between the two late RK models, one may notice that the eyes of RK900 look smaller than those of the RK800. This isn’t quite the case. In the official images both from the game play and the gallery, RK900 spends the majority of the time squinting. This perhaps adds to the assumption that he would have a cold and calculating demeanor, as every actual appearance has him furrowing his brow and squinting before smoothing his features out into something cool and impressive.

               CONCLUSION: RK900 narrows his eyes and squints judgingly frequently in the only canonical recordings that we have (this being in the full Machine Connor, ‘bad ending’, as well as the unlocked gallery sets.)

Base : Physical Description

- Species : Android (RK900)

- Gender : Male

- Height : NA

- Weight : NA

- Eye Colour : Gray

- Hair Colour : Dark Brown

- Date of Birth: November 11, 2038

[malinanan]

Hold him gentle❤️

[murcielaguitos]

Illustrations for vol.1 of the russian edition by anteikovich

Pictures by hourlyfengqing on twitter and 28oi's official site

[vivernt]

[mimimar]

my fate is up to me and not the heavens

TGCF book 3: no paths are bound (part 2 + book cover mockup)

1 2 3 3.2

[fadeintoyou1993]

#let the babysitter kiss the metalhead you COWARDS.

[fixaidea]

I don’t know if there’s a market for this but here’s a lil’ compilation fics (by yours truly) where Xie Lian is being a sassy little bastard:

Bully - A bored and seriously out-of-the-loop god tries to bully Xie Lian. Keyword being ‘tries’.

The Dancer - Following some worrying rumours, Mu Qing takes it upon himself to sneak into Paradise Manor and investigate. He does not find what he expected.

The Quest - Hoping to prove his worth, a freshly ascended god vows to destroy the two remaining Calamities. He’s… not met with the awed approval he was hoping for.(In which new god Liang Yexin is clueless, Pei Ming is trying his best and Xie Lian is a bit of a troll.)

Audition - Watching their Chengzhou deal with petitioners is a time-honoured form of entertainment for the good people of Ghost City. Today’s show is exceptionally promising.

[ziseviolet]

Hello! Do you happen to have a master post of all of your asks/posts anywhere? Just to help me navigate! ^^

Hi, thanks for the question! (Image via duitang)

For all my own posts, please see my China tag (that’s the tag I use for my original posts).For navigation via tags, my Tags page has links to common & useful tags on my blog. I’ll be updating the Tags page and this Masterpost as needed ^^.

Ziseviolet’s Replies Masterpost, Part 1 (Part 2):

Hanfu Terms:

What is Hanfu?

Guide to the different types of Hanfu

Hanfu names

My favorite Hanfu style - Part 2

Top 10 most popular Hanfu styles of 2018

Unisex Hanfu

Formal Hanfu

Difference between Ru & Shan

Banbi (half-sleeve jacket)

Bijia (sleeveless jacket)

Zhaojia (men’s Bijia)

Difference between Bijia & Banbi

Daxiushan (large-sleeve robe) - Pt 2

Difference b/w Beizi/Daxiushan/Dachang

Yuanlingpao (round-collar robe) - Pt 2 / 3

Difference b/w Tang & Ming Yuanlingpao

Hezi (chest undergarment accessory)

Weichang (short outer skirt)

Doupeng (cloak/cape)

Parallel/straight collars

U-collars (Tanling)

Aoqun & Pipa Xiu (pipa sleeves)

Jian Xiu (arrow sleeves)

Winter Hanfu - Part 1, Part 2

Casual/adventurer type Hanfu (Shuhe)

Hanfu sleepwear

Mourning Hanfu (Sangfu)

Burial Hanfu (Shouyi)

Waist-high Ruqun from Wei/Jin dynasties

Identifying Hanfu in a photoset

Chinese armor

What does Dunhuang style mean?

Hanfu History:

Did Hanfu exist after the Han dynasty

Comparison/charts of Hanfu from different dynasties

“Left-over-right” rule of crossed-collar Hanfu - Pt 2, Pt 3, Pt 4

Children’s Hanfu - Part 1, Part 2

What type of Hanfu would old women wear

Commoner’s Hanfu - Part 2

Poor people’s Hanfu

Hanfu and cleavage - Part 2

Han dynasty Ruqun & footwear

Three Kingdoms period Hanfu

Northern & Southern dynasties Hanfu

What Mulan would’ve worn

Tang dynasty emperor’s Hanfu

Was Daxiushan restricted to royal ladies

What Hanfu did people wear in winter

Song dynasty Hanfu styles

Ming dynasty skirts

Ming dynasty summer Hanfu

Yuan/Qing dynasty Hanfu - Part 1, Part 2

Symbolism of Orange-Red and Turquoise color combination

Hanfu for empress/noblewoman

Differences b/w contemporary & historical Hanfu

Books & magazines on Hanfu - Pt 2, Pt 3

Wedding Hanfu:

What are the colors of wedding Hanfu?

Wedding Hanfu recs

Pictures of wedding Hanfu

Wedding Hanfu accessories

Manchurian vs Han wedding attire

Why couples both wear red even when it’s not the traditional color for certain styles

Modernized/Modified Hanfu:

Incorporating Hanfu styles in a modern way 

Combining Hanfu & modern styles

Modified Hanfu shops recs - Pt 2

Men’s modified Hanfu shops recs

Websites that sell modernized Hanfu

Where to buy modernized Hanfu

Modified Hanfu shops in the West

Identifying Chi Xia’s modernized Hanfu

Hanfu Accessories:

Pibo (long scarf) - Part 2

Tuanshan (rigid fan) - Pt 1, Pt 2, Pt 3, Pt 4

Difference b/w Tuanshan & Folding fan

Jinbu (waist ornament) - Part 2

Hebao (purse) - Part 2

My tag for Chinese hats/headgear

Weimao (veiled hat) - Part 1, Part 2

Weimao (veiled hat) Taobao Recs

Tiger hats

Douli (conical hat)

Yingluo & Xiangquan (necklaces) - Pt 2

Traditional Chinese earrings

Meaning & History of Jade

Bangshoudai (hand wraps) & Huwan (wrist guards) - Pt 1, Pt 2, Pt 3, Pt 4

Panbo (strings to tie up sleeves)

Miansha & Mianlian (Veils) - Part 2

Nail guards - Part 2

Hanfu Shoes

Hanfu boots (xue)

Hu Ban (ritual tablet)

Hanfu Hair Accessories:

Names of Chinese hair ornaments

Shop recs for hair accessories

Hanfu hair accessories

Fabric flower hairpins for Hanfu

Ronghua (velvet flowers) - buy & make

Hair accessories for fine hair

Phoenix crowns (Fengguan)

Lotus crowns

Miao silver hair accessories - Pt 1, Pt 2

Huasheng (forehead ornament)

Hairpin styling question

Fasheng (hair rope) & fakou (hair buckle)

My tag for Chinese hats/headgear

Jewelry boxes for hair accessories

Hanfu Hairstyles:

Hanfu hairstyle tutorials

Traditional hairstyles

My favorite hairstyle

Pre coming-of-age ceremony hairstyles for Han girls

Looped hairstyles in “The Empress of China”

Tang dynasty pinned peony hairstyle

Ming dynasty hairstyles

Dynasty with long loose hairstyle

Did ancient Chinese people have bangs

Half-up half-down hairstyles

Short hair and Hanfu

Simple hairstyles for shoulder-length hair

Makeup:

Huadian (forehead decoration) - Pt 1, Pt 2, Pt 3, Pt 4, Pt 5

Did men wear Huadian

Traditional Chinese makeup ingredients

Tang dynasty lip makeup

What makeup is used to replicate traditional makeup styles

Men’s Hanfu:

Hanfu styles for men

Men’s formal Hanfu

Types of men’s Hanfu

Resources for men’s historical hanfu styles

Pictures of men’s Hanfu

Dachang (open-fronted robe)

Zhiduo vs Daopao

Yesa/Yisan vs Tieli

Yichang vs Yesa/Yisan

Men’s Hanfu blog recs

Men’s Headwear/Hairstyles:

Historical hairstyles for men

Did men wear ponytails

Men’s hair accessories

Where to buy Xiao Guan

Men’s hairstyles & Guan

Guan (headdress) - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Guan & Mianguan

How bald men put up hair with a Guan

Fangjin (four-cornered flat cap)

Hanfu Undergarments:

Hanfu undergarments guide - Pt 2, Pt 3

Children’s Hanfu undergarments 

Hanfu petticoats - Part 1, Part 2

Emperor’s undergarment for Mianfu

Dudou (chest undergarment)

Lower body Neiyi (underwear)

Zhongyi & Neiyi

Wearing Hanfu:

Tutorials on wearing Hanfu

How to put together a Hanfu outfit

Mixing hanfu from different dynasties

Plus-sized Hanfu - Part 1, Part 2

Girl wearing men’s Hanfu

Wearing Hanfu made for a gender you are not part of

Chest-high Ruqun for big-chested figures

Chest-high Ruqun skirt slippage

Is Hanfu hard to wear/sew

Is Hanfu comfortable to wear

Are chest-high styles restrictive for the chest - Part 1, Part 2

Hanfu renting/dressing up

Photo studios for renting Hanfu and taking pictures in Shanghai

Do people in China still wear Hanfu - Pt 2

Events in present-day China where people wear Hanfu

Making Hanfu:

Resources for sewing Hanfu - Pt 1, Pt 2

Hanfu sewing patterns - Pt 1, Pt 2

Buying Hanfu sewing patterns

Making Hanfu by hand - Part 2

Making Chest-high Ruqun

Making Hanfu with patterned cloth

Using shiny brocade fabric

Young people learning to sew Hanfu

Buying Hanfu & Hanfu Accessories:

My recs for places to buy Hanfu - Part 2

Where to buy Hanfu & Chinese hair accessories  - Pt 1, Pt 2, Pt 3

Recs for places to buy hanfu accessories that aren’t based in China or have an English website

How to buy Hanfu on Taobao

International shipping on Taobao

Using a Taobao agent

Posts with links to where to buy Hanfu

Recs for non-Taobao Hanfu shops

Buying Hanfu in US/Washington DC

Hanfu shops in Shanghai

Where to buy Hanfu in Hong Kong

Hanfu shops in Singapore

Recs for colorful & flowy Hanfu

How to search for large-sleeved crossed-collar Ruqun on Taobao

Taobao shops that regularly carry larger sizes for men’s Hanfu  

Shops that sell Hanfu w/natural fabrics

Where to find Hanfu for pageants

Hanfu from Aliexpress with right side over left

Hanfu brand Qinghuige’s Taobao page

Where to buy crane-print skirts

Where to commission high-quality screen-accurate Hanfu

How to find Hanfu for BJDs

Hanfu in films/dramas/animations, Pt 1 (more in Pt 2 of Masterpost):

Hanfu in television dramas

Q&A on cdrama “The Empress of China” is in Pt 2 of Masterpost!

Q&A on cdrama “The Rise of Phoenixes” is in Pt 2 of Masterpost!

Q&A on donghua “Modaozushi” & cdrama “The Untamed” is in Pt 2 of Masterpost!

Q&A on Mulan (including Disney’s animated & live-action Mulan films) is in Pt 2 of Masterpost!

Hanfu Revival Movement:

What direction I think the Hanfu Movement will take

The motivations for the Hanfu Movement

How I feel about the inconsistency of the Hanfu Movement

Comparison with Kimono and Hanbok:

Comparing Hanfu & Kimono (padding)

Comparing Hanfu & Kimono inspired figure skating costumes

Comparing Hanfu & Hanbok (resources)

[spicyvampire]

These men are out there fighting for their lives

PLUS & MINUS (2022) EP.5

[eeniiart]

[anxietyproblem]

[randomgooberness]

Whole-heartedly BEGGING writers to unlearn everything schools taught you about how long a paragraph is. If theres a new subject, INCLUDING ACTIONS, theres a new paragraph. A paragraph can be a single word too btw stop making things unreadable

[randomgooberness]

Ok So I’m getting more notes than I thought quicker than I expected! So I’m gonna elaborate bc I want to. 

I get it, when you’re someone who writes a lot and talks a lot, it’s hard to keep things readable, but it’s not as much about cutting out the fat(that can be a problem) so much as a formatting issue. 

You are also actively NERFING yourself by not formatting it correctly, it can make impactful scenes feel so, so much better. Compare this, 

To THIS. 

Easier to read, and hits harder. 

No more over-saturated paragraphs. Space things out.

[randomgooberness]

@s1ld3n4f1l​ WAIT WAIT WAIT SO TRUE LITERALLY LITERALLY 

[ariwrote]

Ficlet: Ranwan + Reverse AU

Mo Ran finds Chu Wanning among the ruins of an empty town, his robes stained dark with drying blood, long before the mob even realizes their “trusty source” had lied. His shizun, still his shizun no matter what anyone may say, pretends not to notice him.

It’s a ruse no merchant worth his salt would buy; his shizun’s cultivation too high, Mo Ran’s steps too careless. Even still, Mo Ran does not question it. He has not seen his shizun for years now, ever since he’d disappeared the night of the Heavenly Rift.

Keep reading

[cursed-angelic-art]

my ranking of domestic disaster to househusband

okay in the danmei stories I know so far, the ranking goes:

12. Zhou Zishu: Has never been seen to lift one finger towards a household chore or practical skill. When left alone WILL drink himself to death on the side of the road

11. Xie Lian: Eats moldy shit out of dumpsters. Has been known to make semi-edible food when the occasion calls for it, but then the skill seems to magically leave him? maybe it was only semi edible bc he was feeding it to starving orphans who had no other options? Can't do housing repairs.

10. Shen Qingqui: I don't want to know the state of his bachelor pad pre-canon. Also barely lifts a finger in regards to practical household skills, but he has managed to live a few years on his own at various points, to varying degrees of success.

9. Mobei-jun: Needs constant supervision. Can cook noodles poorly when necessary. I could not imagine him doing anything else domestic for the life of me.

8. Shang Qinghua: Can manage other people's messes, cannot manage his own life. Has been known to beg for food. Has been known to write 20k words a day without sleeping or eating. Also lived alone to varying degrees of success, but not healthily.

7. Wei Wuxian: Has grand delusions about being a house husband....not suited for the task. Can grow radishes at least. A child did not die under his (albeit supervised) care.

6. Chu Wanning: Somehow lived alone for several decades without dying or growing mold spores in his clothing. Can cook 1 (one) recipe. Does have an organizational system, albeit one no one else can understand. Gets sick often, probably due in part to lack of ventilation and poor laundry hygiene.

5. Wen Kexing: Can cook, can supervise others cleaning, mildly alcoholic but trying his best.

4. Lan Wangji: Can cook, can take care of children and pets with varying degrees of success, Lan arm strength probably makes him unsuited for doing laundry, but probably good at home repair.

3. Hua Cheng: not enough data, but probably a good househusband. Ive been told this ranking is accurate. Can at least chop up veggies and do basic home maintenance (rip xie lian)

2. Mo Ran: basically a master chef, is a pro at cleaning up after chu wanning, has been known to weep over bad hygiene, wants that domestic life like nobodies business.

1. Luo Binghe: Househusband supreme. Beyond just doing the cooking, the cleaning, etc, gives me the vibes of someone with tasteful interior design skills. Look at him go. Good for sqq.