A Devious Creature That Sometimes Writes Things

AroAce! Gender? Never heard of it. 20s I’m an adult so NSFW content might show up here. Other blog is the-bad-poker-raccoon. Blog is kinda dead, life is kicking my ass.

[souperwrites]

Master-Post

Rule's, boundaries, and Requesting

Requests - I'm willing to take requests on writing or making bots of ROTTMNT, batman and transformers.

Please be aware that I'll probably be very slow when it comes to responding to asks but i do see them.

What I WILL write or make bots of:

- Fluff

- Angst

- Romantic(may be cringe as i don't write a lot of romantic stuff)

- Platonic

- Comfort

- Character x Reader

- Yandere

- Horror

- Charater x Charater(like AprilTello, CassandraxArprilXSunita, leosagi, milesxmikey, monaxraph or other ships where the charater are clsoe in age.)

- NSFW smut or bots(please if your asking for smut don't be anon so i can confirm your over 18. i don't feel comfortable writing smut for someone under 18.)

What I will NOT write or create bots of:

- Any form of Tcest

- Character x OC

- Cheating/abuse/fetishes or certain kinks

Do I write Yandere, horror, gore, and other toxic and wild shit? Yes.

Do I support any of it irl? NO.

~Characters I write about/make bots of~

((Will be updates if anything changes))

ROTTMNT

- Leonardo (Future and present)

- Donatello (Future and present)

- Michelangelo (Future and present)

- Raphael (Future and present)

- April O'neil

- Cassandra Jones

- Casey Jones Jr.

- Sunita

- my subnuatica turtles

- my Addams/vampire au(@lexiechr helped bring this into exsistence)

- any other au's that I've posted on this blog

Boundaries-

Ask box Boundaries

My rules on minors interacting with my content

- I don't write Tcest and i never will.

- If you don’t like something I’ve posted or reblogged please block either me, the tag, or the post/OP.

- Be polite when sending requests or questions, I’m just asking for common online courtesy.

- Anon hate will get you blocked immediately!

- If you find my content disturbing or it makes you uncomfortable please just block me, i write for my own fun and self expression. Only you can curate your own online experience.

- Respectful feedback on my bots is most welcome but nasty comments or unsolicited criticism of my writing will get you blocked. i make these for fun they’re not always going to be perfectly canon.

- If you do not have a profile picture, blog name, and have only liked posts with no reblogs you’re potentially getting blocked. Mostly because i can’t tell if you’re a bot or not.

- So since this keeps happening a lot I’m gonna put this here for clarification, but if you can’t find on of my bots on c.ai it’s not because I deleted it its probably just c.ai bugging out. If you can’t find a bot try refreshing the page or giving c.ai/j.ai a few minutes to load. I’ll make a post if I permanently remove a bit or something like that.

Links-

Janitor.ai

Character.ai

Bot List(updated! 30 out 54 bots linked! More to be added soonish)

My Discord Server!

[gettiregretti]

“DON’T write this character like-“

“Stop drawing them with-!”

“I’m so sick of fandom sleeping on-“

My friend, do it yourself then.

[iamda05]

Some people don't know how to draw or write dumbass

[gettiregretti]

Then perish.

No but in all seriousness, I have no sympathy for you. I didn’t work for years on my writing voice or artwork skills just to cater to your fandom preferences. No one else in your fandom did either. No one owes you artwork that matches your headcanon.

You have three choices if you want fanworks that match your internal vision;

1) learn how to make fanworks yourself (fic, art, cosplay, gifsets, profile pictures, roleplays)

2) commission someone else to make the fanworks you desire with money or trades, or inspire gifted works by hyping up ideas you like/writing prompts and headcanons

3) eat your lovingly pre-prepared fandom food without being rude to the people keeping your fandom alive

[fauxinsox]

Fandom entitlement is rampant to a hysterical (notaffectionate) degree.

We are all here enjoying a thing that doesn't belong to us, with perhaps a skill or two to go along with it that we choose to share with others.

No one has to do that. Certainly none of it has to adhere to the strict source material, or some random fan's personal designs, or a design even remotely close to the source at all. God, how boring would it be to see 100 carbon copies of Star Trek episode 72 or the last Boruto episode or whatever shit you're into, because no one dared to think of something *new*.

Let creators do what they want. Policing them leads to nothing but not wanting to share at all.

[phoenixcatch7]

Fanfiction is great because you can see so clearly how people learn to write.

Some people, it's clear, learned almost entirely through absorbing the world around them. Grammar and punctuation will be all over the place, spellings are approximate, but the voice of the narration will come through so clearly. You can hear the dialect of the people around them as of they're telling the story. It's not a written story, it's a transcription of how they talk in their day to day life.

Some people learned through reading a gazillion books as a kid. Grammer and spelling will be rock solid, formatting occasionally based on the single tab of physical books rather than the double tab of online scrolling, but dialogue is often stilted and overly formal. You might notice a lack of contractions and very rigid rules they made for consistency that actually have a lot more flexibility than they think. They tend to have a fantastic grasp of sentence flow, though.

And other people formally learned how to write. This could be anywhere from taking school classes seriously because they enjoyed writing stories as a kid to literal certifications and jobs in the field. Grammer is flawless. Punctuation is triple checked. Foreign words are in italics. Characters have distinct voices. But their self indulgence is tempered by perfectionism. They know precisely what they want from a fic. Authors notes often feature mutterings about their happiness with the chapter. Kaomojis often appear! They seek a style to their writing, and it makes for some wonderfully clever plots! These are the ones most likely to get fun with formatting!

And some people.... Some people examined it all. They dissect dialogue, people watch, cross reference behaviours and compare characters to people irl. You can tell almost immediately who had formative experiences with Terry pratchett and/or ghibli, because it's these people. While others see writing as fun, expression, craft, they see it as art. Plain and simple. Sure, the grammar is occasionally sacrificed on the altar of creative freedom, and the occasional sentence might miss a full stop, but these people seem to self reflect on themselves as part of the art making process. On occasion, these people have the most masterful grasp of dialogue and invocation and hand sewn characterisations. Formatting is pretty standard because all the focus is on the actual words. These fics can be edited to the moon and back!

All of these can vary wildly in forethought and quality, and betas can often catch individual problems before they hit post, but just. Isn't it so cool? What's that one Oscar Wilde quote about every mask just being another fragment of yourself?

Did you recognise yourself?

[lemonwrap]

[souperwrites]

Lmao my Greek tragedy au is literally this

[souperwrites]

In you Greek tragedy turtles what if m/c did the same thing they did to the turtle but to someone else in a third new life like

They would look at their new life with all their love in their eyes like they did to the turtle and what if they knew love that m/c falling for is a hero like the turtle but returning their love

And can see the turtle being extremely jealous of them because they are what they want to be

So like if mc feel in love with a hero that the Greek turtles use to be and how would the turtles react to that?🤔

Hmmm…

They’d probably straight up kill the new lover if they found mc again already with someone. They know they’re not hero’s anymore, they don’t care to be.

Like they’re legends it’s why they’re still alive because their story is told again and again and again and it keep their spirit alive and their bodies unchanged.

But like all stories theirs has changed as it’s retold and they’ve kinda gone from these great hero’s to the morally grey warriors to villains as time progress and world views change.

Kinda like how nowadays we read old legends and go “how’s that guy that’s throwing babies off walls the good guy?!?!”

So as their story’s have changed so have they, and not for the better.

Donnie who used to be cunning but still kind, willing to slip some gold to the downtrodden or harass a noble to treat his people better, in his own way is now cruel and cold. Uncaring for those that don’t benefit him or cannot afford his prices.

Leo that while flirty and a bit of a womanizer was still willing to stand up for what’s right is now callus and doesn’t care to defend those he used to unless their pretty or would get him something to help. He used to be the first to just into a situation to save someone nowadays he’s more likely to watch til the middle, step in, and then demand payment or favors or something unsavory like a night of entertainment. And he’s smooth enough still that this tends not to be frowned upon but he’s a right fucking bastard(bitch, if I ever right a story about these guy imma shake him like a maraca the cunt/aff)

Raph, angry and violent at times but gentle to the most defenseless, is now stubborn and liable to lash out over tha smallest thing causing major damage to the area and those around him. Before he used to love spending time in nature with small creatures now he fears his anger will lead to him waking up surrounded in blood and broken bodies.

Mikey, once mischievous but benign trickster that would always play light hearted tricks on those that needed a bit of fun in their lives and monkey paw ones on those that deserved them, now takes joy in cuase dangerous mischief and humiliation to those he pranks.

They’ve all been changed by the world retelling their story without understanding the inner depths of these people and how they were told like that to begin with.

So…

Yeah they’re kinda evil now in a kinda not their own fault but also they’re not set in stone defined by these retelling they just refuse to put in the effort to fight against the change it causes in them.

Also mc isn’t really changed by this, their more of a shadow to the turtles narrative than a character so that’s why their both not immortal and also not influence by the changes in the turtles mythos.

Damn been a while since I wrote about these guys let’s hope I remember my own lord and this doesn’t cause issues with the stuff I’ve already wrote lol. Anyways hope that answers your question about mc. Sorry kinda got derailed by turtles so less mc heavy than I think you wanted😅

[alectricblue-deactivated2025061]

the og post was way too long so I'm making a new one

thanks for the tag @lombolica !! :D

You're stuck in a room with the last character in your gallery how safe are you

very safe

the worst thing that could happen is him being clumsy, so I think I'm alright (unless monsters find him I guess)

tagging (no pressure): @flaretheidiot @lemonic-whimssyy @wibbly-wobbly-blog @cryptidanathema @virtualunease @aurlworthfightingfor @angrysheep @sugarplumanderson @time-travelling-chaos @fateisnotafactor @monstrousmaws @sinfulauthor @idkaguyorsomething @vampireopossum and anyone who wants to do this!

[the-love-giver]

This isn't too bad! He's a nice enough guy, I don't think there's much that could go wrong - with this version of him at least.

@localcanadiancreature62 @alastorssimpforever @michifstar2 @river-nonbinary-billcipherfan

[the1andonly-adrienbillcipherfan]

yay we could find ghosts together and probably(accidentally) ✨get bill to hate us both✨

Also lmao another gravity Falls character-

I dunno who to tag so uhhh

@kelpio @moonbowcats @rxravxmp

[moonbowwcats]

[tears in eye] I'm included in something.... yayy

Ermm I got that one Bill panic emoji I downloaded from the GF discord server... lol. I don't think I'm safe, but who knows.

Idk who to tag either so @zhenni12 if you want to join maybe + anybody else who might want to join!

[zhenni12]

Heheh HUEYYY

his face was such a vibe I saved this screenshot. I am in no danger, we’d be geeking out about way too many things for him to go Duke-mode.

thanks for the tag @moonbowcats!!

idk who else to tag….Erm…..hm. Anyone can reblog!!

[natalies-ghost]

Uhh.. I’d say it depends on what mood she’s in, Otherwise, I think I’m safe— but if she’s frustrated / annoyed or in that… dominant mood then r.i.p me and it was nice knowing you guys!

(as long as JD isn’t there as well, I’ll be fine)

moots <3 @too-sapphic-to-function @fiorewashere @vijaxx @15secondsofsilly @niyahbabes @your-fav-russian-assassin @jazzyxox @frogs00 @avastarr-official @the-magic-female @blushyeleven @blushyelevensgf

[pandorasiibox-deactivated202507]

tell me why its my pfp

its okay nat ily

@diaryofadoomer @bellabugggg forgetting my moots as we speak

[bellabugggg]

Thanks for the tag!

I’m actually crying why did I look this up

@juhgaton @neondyke @minxatron @itzzzzzzyyyyydaaaaa @urgirlshay

[angelwings-fly]

oh i am VERY safe ☺️

@ning-ningx300 @bamgyuuu-2001 @hyuneskkami @jennissera @444prettybaby444 @le0nardo-84 @leonardotheturtleinblue @blackvinylbloodx36 @izumi-miffy

[leonardotmntstayhead]

I don’t know if I’m safe

@multi-stays @turtledove824 @le0nardo-84 @mistytmnt @misbangtan @xokairenxo @bulbabutt @poisonisweird @denerturee @raphtdm @strawberryswirl4321 @chickenclan @bagels-and-cream-cheese333 @justthatwalkerscobellgirl

sorry if I don’t respond quickly and stuff I am on vacation so don’t feel like I’m ignoring you guys, I’m just on vacation right now. I will try to respond and be on some but not a lot right now. Talk to you moots later Love you!

[bagels-and-cream-cheese333]

it’s okay, we don’t mind <333 take all the time ya need!!

….

guys? um GUUUYYSSS GUYS GET ME OUT GET ME OUT I WANNA GO HOME I AM NOOOT SAFE IM NOT SAFE HELP ME

(Tron Cat from the Wolf Trilogy. If you know you know.)

@oopsallturtles @thecryingcl0wn @lady-inkmare

[barnowlbookworm]

Definitely safe-

@orangescarfs2000 @katiemaycreate

[katiemaycreate]

Well, would you look at that XD

I’d say I’m pretty safe…unless Zarynthia decides to go on a killing spree—for whatever reason.

@chil-aglia @cimmerian1275 @qoldenskies

[cimmerian1275]

I literally get to hang out with a dragon, im living a dream lmao

@chil-aglia @exhaustedwriterartist @quetzal-animations @explodes-onceawhile @bootyshakerrr9000 @mizaryroku @leonmyeon @elementaldragonninja @reclusive-raven @rosewashereyt @nerdyboiyeet @dydxzero @berh-hi @devildewdrop @tenurez @convictedrone @fluffyyyfrog9000

[mizaryrottmnt]

You're stuck in a room with the last character in your gallery how safe are you?

I'm screwed....

:)

@melok-be @d-choppychoppy @mrabubu @kana-hamato

[kishi07]

You're stuck in a room with the last character in your gallery how safe are you?

...

I think I'm pretty good 😏

@chessman-protocol @smoothturtle0 @wannareadstuff

[smoothturtle0]

Yeah you'd be a threat to him LMAO

MY TURNNNN

I'd be a threat to him too.

@lordfreg @kittpunk144 @unbakedturtledoodles

[lordfreg]

thankkss for the taaaggg!!!

100% safe!! >_<

@chipofsadness @stephaniereddit

[chipofsadness]

Txxxxxx jorjieeeee

I’m so damn safe. We getting out of that room the second his snacks run out lol

@little-mouse-gardens @saltydoesstuff @the-bad-poker-raccoon

[souperwrites]

I am extra safe. Also meet my neat oc, brought to life by seastarz who can be found on tiktok, Oriana!

She is very fierce and I love her very much!☺️

@ramblehour @bloodyellenlost

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

sick of the homemaker-provider dynamic being gender based when it is clearly a vampire-versus-werewolf thing

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

"going out to hunt prey beneath the moonlight" provider-coded. "skulking menacingly in the shadows to guard your coffin" homemaker-coded

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

"vampires hunt too, stop erasing their labor" this is correct! vampires are yet another example of homemakers who are in fact pulling double duty. being expected to run a household fulltime and lure victims into their lairs, under the pressures of today's "work from home" era,

[crow-thing]

Me when a character starts experiencing an agonizingly, Horrifically, painful transformation :

[paradoxgavel]

autistic folks when their routine gets disrupted, and they don't get alone time when they're supposed to get alone time

[p0tat0-g0ddess]

I haven’t platonicposted in a while

[depsidase]

[roach-works]

REMINDER: luigi mangione has been accused of killing the CEO, not convicted, and the evidence presented is extremely questionable. luigi mangione is NOT the claims adjuster until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt in a court of law, and the widespread presumption of his guilt makes it much more likely he will be falsely convicted.

[mr-orion]

Repeat after me: I draw so good. Not everything needs to be a banger. I'm not a content machine I'm a person who makes art and art takes time. Inspiration comes in waves and when it recedes that's when I should let myself rest

[qqueenofhades]

Okay all -- few quick thoughts about the Elon Muskifying of the government, especially the takeover of the Treasury and associated financial data for every single US citizen and organization, that we are learning about in detail today.

Don't panic. This sounds bad, because it is bad. It's really, really bad. It's outrageously fascist bad. But we've still gotta take a deep breath and get through it.

This is the kind of shock-and-awe exercise of untrammeled fascist power where they are absolutely counting on gleefully terrorizing, paralyzing, and stunning you into mounting no resistance, or just giving up and giving in. They are literally live-tweeting it in real time and boasting about all the access and influence they have right now. They want you to know about it and feel like you can't do anything, so you might as well let it happen.

We have to show them that's not true.

TIME TO MAKE SOME NOISE. Because it's Sunday night, I've gone ahead and contacted my state Attorney General and both senators by email (but come Monday morning, we should all be calling). Here is the email that I wrote to my AG:

Dear Mr. [AG],

As you will be aware, today (February 2, 2025) the Trump administration has granted wide-ranging access to sensitive US Treasury data, including the personal and private information of [state] citizens, to Elon Musk's so-called "Department of Government Efficiency." Musk is an unelected private citizen who has no legal right to access this data, and is engaging in extensive intimidation and coercion to fulfill his personal and harmful ideological agenda. The present and material harm that this causes to US citizens, [state] residents, and basic laws of government, privacy, and financial security is direct, unconscionable, and actionable. I strongly urge you, in your capacity as [state] Attorney General, to file direct suit against the Trump administration, Elon Musk, the "DOGE" office, and any identifiable individuals who have taken part in this action, in order to protect consumer data, citizen privacy, and basic faith and trust in government.

All the best,

[Qqueenofhades]

Short! To the point! Doesn't waste time, tells him what I want him to do, how Elmo's nonsense directly harms the residents of my state, and why he should take action to stop it! And frankly, given how on-the-ball blue-state AGs have been thus far, they're probably already working on it. You are very welcome to copy-and-paste this message and fill in your AG's last name and your state as appropriate. Super easy to do. Takes five minutes. Call tomorrow.

If you are in a red state, your voice is particularly important right now. The Trumpsters are counting on and are even emboldened by blue state pushback, but you really need to make it start coming from Republican strongholds. Congressional Republicans will only feel the slightest amount of unease about docilely enabling this BS when it starts threatening their own personal power. Hit them where it hurts.

Other lawsuits are coming. Marc Elias, Democratic lawyer extraordinaire, is well aware of this situation and has noted on Bluesky that more lawsuits are in the works. He often wins his cases. This does not mean that you shouldn't loudly make noise elsewhere, but please remember that this is one of those 24-hour periods where, as noted, they are counting on demoralizing you with a nonstop blizzard of bullshit. It does not say anything about how this will play out long-term or the opposition that can and will be mobilized to stop it.

Once again: courage. Take the small steps that you can do today. Then take a breath and get off social media for a little while. Try to take the long view. One step at a time, we will get through this.

Courage.

[notanecromancer]

here's some advice from a high-level staffer for a Senator.

There are two things that we should be doing all the time right now. You should NOT be bothering with online petitions or emailing.

1) The best thing you can do to be heard and get your congressperson to pay attention is to have face-to-face time — if they have town halls, go to them. Go to their local offices. If you're in DC, try to find a way to go to an event of theirs. Go to the "mobile offices" that their staff hold periodically (all these times are located on each congressperson's website). When you go, ask questions. A lot of them. And push for answers. The louder and more vocal and present you can be at those the better.

2) But those in-person events don't happen every day. So, the absolute most important thing that people should be doing every day is calling.

YOU SHOULD MAKE 6 CALLS A DAY:

2 each (DC office and your local office) to your 2 Senators & your 1 Representative.

The staffer was very clear that any sort of online contact basically gets immediately ignored, and letters pretty much get thrown in the trash (unless you have a particularly strong emotional story — but even then it's not worth the time it took you to craft that letter).

Calls are what all the congresspeople pay attention to. Every single day, the Senior Staff and the Senator get a report of the 3 most-called-about topics for that day at each of their offices (in DC and local offices), and exactly how many people said what about each of those topics. They're also sorted by zip code and area code. She said that Republican callers generally outnumber Democrat callers 4-1, and when it's a particular issue that single-issue-voters pay attention to (like gun control, or planned parenthood funding, etc...), it's often closer to 11-1, and that's recently pushed Republican congressmen on the fence to vote with the Republicans. In the last 8 years, Republicans have called, and Democrats haven't.

So, when you call:

A) When calling the DC office, ask for the Staff member in charge of whatever you're calling about ("Hi, I'd like to speak with the staffer in charge of Healthcare, please") — local offices won't always have specific ones, but they might. If you get transferred to that person, awesome. If you don't, that's ok — ask for that person's name, and then just keep talking to whoever answered the phone. Don't leave a message (unless the office doesn't pick up at all — then you can — but it's better to talk to the staffer who first answered than leave a message for the specific staffer in charge of your topic).

Give them your zip code. They won't always ask for it, but make sure you give it to them, so they can mark it down. Extra points if you live in a zip code that traditionally votes for them, since they'll want to make sure they get/keep your vote.

C) If you can make it personal, make it personal. "I voted for you in the last election and I'm worried/happy/whatever" or "I'm a teacher, and I am appalled by ——-," or "as a single mother" or "as a white, middle class woman," or whatever.

D) Pick 1-2 specific things per day to focus on. Don't rattle off everything you're concerned about — they're figuring out what 1-2 topics to mark you down for on their lists. So, focus on 1-2 per day. Ideally something that will be voted on/taken up in the next few days, but it doesn't really matter — even if there's not a vote coming up in the next week, call anyway. It's important that they just keep getting calls.

E) Be clear on what you want — "I'm disappointed that the Senator..." or "I want to thank the Senator for their vote on... " or "I want the Senator to know that voting in _____ way is the wrong decision for our state because... " Don't leave any ambiguity.

F) They may get to know your voice/get sick of you — it doesn't matter. The people answering the phones generally turn over every 6 weeks anyway, so even if they're really sick of you, they'll be gone in 6 weeks.

From experience since the election: If you hate being on the phone & feel awkward (which is a lot of people) don't worry about it — there are a bunch of scripts (Indivisible has some, there are lots of others floating around these day). After a few days of calling, it starts to feel a lot more natural.

[heartless-aro]

i’ve decided deep sea anglerfish are aro culture because:

1. “anglerfish” starts with an “a”

2. i’m aro and i like them

3. there’s “plenty of fish in the sea” but you know which ones you’re probably NOT gonna catch? deep sea anglerfish. (go on. try it. catch a deep sea anglerfish. i dare you.)

anyways i rest my case.

[incognitopolls]

Adults (18 and older), how often do you see your parents in person?

I live with them

Every day (but I don't live with them)

Multiple times a week

Once a week

A few times a month

Once every 1–2 months

A few times a year

Only on holidays

Once a year

Less than once a year

Literally never

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[aplaceofnonsense]

[succubusboyfriend]

being a self-taught artist with no formal training is having done art seriously since you were a young teenager and only finding out that you’re supposed to do warm up sketches every time you’re about to work on serious art when you’re fuckin twenty-five

[succubusboyfriend]

someone: oh yeah, do this exercise during your warm ups! it’ll help

me: my what

[suave-eddboy]

[thepioden]

What’s up I have an actual college degree in art and I was never ONCE taught to do warm ups.

[sparksel]

when i was in undergrad, it was kind of mentioned in and offhand way that we should do warmups, but we were never shown what that meant. And, y’know, we were young so it didn’t matter so much. 

Being older now and having an art job it’s…kind of essential. 

So: a quick primer for those of you who are like ‘ok but how do i actually go about doing this warmup thing.’ 

1) you may be tempted to do ‘a warmup drawing’ which is just a drawing that will take longer than it needed to and probably be frustrating and kind of bad because you didn’t warm up first. It’s tempting but always a trick your brain is playing on you! Do not trust! 

2) warmups will vary based on what feels good to you/what task you’re about to do/what motor skills you want to practice. That being said, some good standbys:

a) circles. Just a whole page of circles on whatever drawing surface you’re going to be using, whether that’s your tablet or your sketchbook or a drawing pad on an easel. For these circles you should make sure that you’re drawing from your shoulder and not your wrist. In fact, you want to be drawing from your shoulder rather than your wrist most of the time! forever! your wrist is delicate please preserve it! 

In order to ensure that you’re drawing from your shoulder, when you’re holding your pencil or whatever drawing tool you’re using, the only part of your hand that should be touching the drawing surface is part of the last two fingers–some people prefer the finger tips, but I tend to favor the first knuckles. Either way, the fingers should really be ghosting over the surface, providing guidance rather than support. 

I usually start with big circles and then go to smaller circles and lines of ellipses, and then try to fit circles and ellipses inside other shapes i’ve already drawn as a precision exercise, but i don’t do that unless i’m feeling loose

b) spirals! i don’t always do spirals, but if i’m stiff and the circles just aren’t cutting it, spirals are a good fall back. I start from the center and work outward, going both clockwise and counterclockwise until i feel comfortable with the whole range of motion. Some people really care about getting perfect spirals but for me it’s all about making sure i’m comfortable with how i’m moving so who really even cares about how the spirals look. Not me! 

c) lines! straight lines! in parallel! i do a mix of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal. These are often more from the elbow than the shoulder, especially if I’m working on a smaller surface. For this exercise, I recommend holding the drawing tool perpendicular with the surface

d) connect the dots. This is a precision and accuracy exercise and takes two forms. The first is to draw two dots and then draw a straight line between them. The second is to draw three dots and draw the curve that connects them. This sounds a lot simpler than it is in practice. Take time to ghost over the line you plan to draw before actually committing to your line. (I don’t always remember where I picked up my warm up exercises, but I’m pretty sure I got this one from Scott Robertson. His how to draw and how to render books are very technical but also accessible and worth checking out)

e) cubes, spheres, cones, and cylinders. These help get your brain into a more volumetric space. I draw multiples of each, rotating the forms around, and I’ll often take the time to do some rough shading on at least a few of them

f) spidermans! This one is really good if you’re going to be storyboarding or working on dynamic poses. Just fill a page full of spidermans doing all sorts of acrobatics. 

g) beans. I don’t do beans too much anymore, but I know a lot of people like it so I’m mentioning it here. Fill an area with different size bean shapes without lifting your pencil off the paper. 

h) short medium and long line repetition. draw a short, medium, and long line on your page, and then draw directly on top of them 8 to 12 times, doing your best to exactly trace what you’ve already drawing. Repeat with a wavy line. I’m bad at this one, which means I probably need to do it more. 

And there are lots more options too! Hit up youtube to see what other people recommend, put together your own go-to list, mix it up when you’re getting bored, etc. 

This is a long list, I know, but I usually don’t take more than 10 to 15 minutes to warm up, and I can warm up one handed while I’m drinking coffee, so, multitasking hurrah. 

Sometimes I’ll advance to a precision warmup and find that I haven’t loosened up enough yet; it’s totally ok to go back to an earlier exercise! Also, all of this has the added benefit of kind of ritualistically getting you into the drawing mode so even if I’m not feeling it before I start, by the time I’ve gotten to the end I’m usually Ready For Drawin’. Brain hacks. 

so, yeah! that’s a lot of words, but! Warmups are important! Save your joints, take less advil, do better drawings! 

[concerningwolves]

[t-c-art-inspiration]

How on earth are you supposed to draw from a sholder? might as well tell me to draw from the foot. It makes no sense

[justpickupthatpen]

https://youtu.be/pMC0Cx3Uk84

https://youtu.be/NBE-RTFkXDk

:3

[stupidlittlesideblog]

Reblogging to save a wrist

[justpickupthatpen]

[briarbramble]

Hi I have a literal animation degree and I learned fucking ✨none✨ of this

[souperwrites]

Howdy there, just a small question as someone who is currently obsessed with Epic the musical and Percy Jackson, have you ever thought about a Greek God bot (probably of Leo or Donnie) where he claims a random kid even though they’re like a kid of Apollo or some other god? Or maybe a Calypso-esque yandere bot where the (chatter? Reader?) y/n character person is like just trying to find a way off the island but are unable to bc of the turtle keeping them there?

Just random thoughts in my head but I really like your bots! Feel free to use these ideas if they give you inspiration or whatnot

BRO! Same hat!🫵

Because when i first heard the calypso songs in the epic musical all my brain could think up was that bitch is so Leo coded I could definitely make a bit of that. Like I immediately had to rant to my discord about the song because it chased such brain rot.

Also I do have an entire Greek god Tmnt bot line up. The only one that’s public I believe is Greek god Leo but they’re more myth based than Percy Jackson based.