pika pika

late 20s, they/them, my neopets thoughts are on @altadorheadcanons

[thewrithingsouth]

I think people need to be more conscious of the fact that 100% of Callout Writers(tm) are stalkers baying for blood regardless of how you feel about the subject of the callout and they're not to be trusted.

[ottoillustrates]

today i just (remembers to maintain privacy online) did something really cool. you have to trust me

[abortedansha]

Sorry I will never be one of those "this isn't even the character anymore, just make an oc at that point" people. Nuh uh.

There is a huuuge difference between sanding off a characters unique parts to fit them into bland fanfiction tropes, which is awful and boring and disrespectful, and then someone loving a character so deeply that yes they arguably are fairly removed from the canon representation but are absolutely filled to the brim with love and have an extremely distinct feeling to them augh why am I trying to describe this when my brain can't articulate shit rn. Do you know what I mean?? It is SO charming to me when I see a character be so thoroughly loved by someone that they are changed. To me it is no different from an old and well-worn teddy bear that you've hugged every day for years

[abortedansha]

Bringing this back up again bc . The strict adherence to canon to the point it almost feels like a competition, or fans who seem to feel hierarchical about who can be the closest to canon, annoy the everloving piss out of me. This all comes back to me hating trying to police how others engage in art and creativity, to me that doesn't stop at kinks and dark themes.

Again, to reiterate, there's a huge difference between loving a character so deeply that they seem to take on a life of their own, and then bastardizing a character down to simplistic fandom tropes. I feel the need to make that as clear as possible but still I'm sure there will be someone who willfully misinterprets what I'm trying to say

To me, canon is a springboard for creativity and imagination, not a bible or rule book

[teomodo]

art books on the internet archive for you

morpho books

figure drawing for all it's worth (+ creative illustration)

framed ink

will eisner comics and sequential art

will eisner graphic storytelling and visual narrative

understanding comics (+ making comics)

folder of various animation production art

burne hogarth drawing dynamic hands

perspective for comic book artists

michael mattesi force drawing

the animator's survival kit

color and light james gurney

be free

[doodlemancy]

hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage. (for future editing convenience i am just linking my blog post on dreamwidth.)

✨ good places to find art reference that are not full of AI trash 🌈

[super-autism-death-ray]

reblogging for personal use

[theunsureartist]

ART REFERENCE NOT FULL OF AI?! YESSS

[fangirling-and-making-stuff]

THANK YOU

[writingdose]

I am once again begging people to realize that AI checker doesn’t work. it’s never worked. it’s notoriously known to have flagged human-made works as AI and AI-generated works as human-made. and by feeding it people’s works, you are feeding more works to AI, because apparently the machine itself is AI.

the only thing AI checker does is harm genuine artists and people in general too.

[dearausten]

not now sweetie, mommy is watching how the massive girlbossification of female characters has led to the belief that weak and vulnerable female characters are badly written characters because apparently every woman needs to be outspoken and witty and snarky and brave in order to be considered “complex” and have any value in a piece of media!!

[chilewithcarnage]

[dd-the-man-without-fear]

The Chief Graphic Designer:

[never-kill-on-the-first-dat-blog]

Hey, what’s Winnie the pooh’s favorite color?

[taco-bout-a-shit-blog]

Yellow

[never-kill-on-the-first-dat-blog]

No it’s red because of his shirt

[taco-bout-a-shit-blog]

No, it’s yellow because he loves honey

[never-kill-on-the-first-dat-blog]

You have no idea what you’re talking about

[taco-bout-a-shit-blog]

DID I FUCKING STUTTER?

[voaga]

Things heating up at the Winnie the Pooh fandom

[sun-of-a-watcher]

@hellsite-hall-of-fame

[reactionimagesdaily]

[reactionimagesdaily]

[nightfeverfever]

murder isn't okay however sometimes your friends have REALLY bad parents

[aflo]

I'm imagining a world where RPGMaker somehow made it as the de facto codebase for software and you have to navigate your banking app by walking around in a huge room full of NPCs named "make deposit" and "make withdrawal" etc and there's loud as fuck stock music playing

[aflo]

[slyandthefamilybook]

I can't remember who said it but I saw a comment or tweet talking about hypocrisy that essentially said The Hypocrisy Is The Point. hypocrisy is power. it's the ability to set rules for everyone else except you. and if power is a virtue then hypocrisy is a virtue. it's why you never really get anywhere with "by your logic..." or "then wouldn't that mean...". it's not that they don't realize they're being hypocritical. they do it on purpose to prove that you have to listen to them and they don't have to listen to you

[nycswebhead]

theres a new villain roaming around new york that has all the powers of a tapir. give me an hour or two im gonna go google what the fuck tapirs do ill let you know if we need to be scared

[nycswebhead]

OK it seems if you are fruits or berries this is really really bad news for you otherwise youre fine

[luxwing]

Whenever I hear someone say "the woke mob" I have to stop myself from laughing because even today all I can think of is this fucking tweet

[luxwing]

Happy Pride to the Woke Mob

[dogpuppy]