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[chloesimaginationthings]

This is so poorly made I’m sorry

THIS IS VERY ACCURATE…

[alphajn]

Buff avery. Carry husband.

Sorry for being late I wanted to be able to do a quick doodle about it HAHA

In this house we support strong Avery agenda

[yamainuken]

Hiiiii! Your art is lovely. You draw Caine with so much emotion and dynamism! I’d like to draw him more, but I really struggle with his teeth/head. Would you be willing to share any tips for how you approach drawing him? No worries if not; thanks for sharing your art with us. 💖

Thanks for the question!

I wasn't sure how to explain it in words, so I made a little visual guide for you.

① Imagine a 3D western-style toilet seat. (Sorry, Caine! lol)

② Add some thickness toward the back teeth. The small diagram on the left shows what the dentures look like from directly above.

③ Give the silhouette some definition by rounding the corners and adding subtle curves. (Actually, adding a jagged texture to the molars makes it look more realistic, but I usually skip that part! 😅)

④ Finally, pop the eyeballs inside.

Bonus: On the right side, I added my go-to "lazy" way to draw Caine! 😂 Explaining things is hard, but I hope this helps you even a little bit!

And one more bonus!: Here’s my personal tip for creating expressions.

I expand his range of emotions by combining the movement of the gums with the shape of the eyeballs and the size of the pupils.

[ebi-noodle-doodles]

Well I for one think that fat Miku looks very nice

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[fitnessadvicethatfitsinyourlife]

hi, asking because you explain things in ways that make sense: what the hell does “engage your core” mean? everyone says it but no one says what it means, best I can figure is maybe like “tense your abdomen”? tysm!!

I am honestly so stoked you asked this question. That honestly may be the number one LEAST explained cue in the entire fitness world and I am just as guilty of using that without proper explanation. So thank you for this overdue opportunity to info dump about it. 

To answer your second question: yes and no. Tensing your abdomen is part of it, but it's not the only part. Just squeezing our midsection is going to engage the upper core, but it largely ignores the deep core muscles which are crucial for every movement pattern in our body. 

To engage the entire core you actually want to think a bit lower than your abs. Your core starts with your pelvic floor, and so "engaging the core" when you're not used to using those deep core muscles, often goes easier when you start with the supporting muscles like quads & glutes.

Squeezing your butt and thighs can help engage the pelvic floor and it can be helpful to start with those muscles to help feel the deep core activate. So instead of starting from your "six pack ab" muscles, thinking about starting from your thighs and butt.

Additionally, while you do want to squeeze your abs, there's a bit of a finesse to it. It's not just about like sucking your stomach in.

What you actually want to feel is a sort of lifting sensation from the bottom up. Core activation should start from your pelvic floor and move pressure up the body. 

When you start by just squeezing your abs pressure goes the wrong way, this not only can affect how stable your core is, but it also can put you at higher risk for pelvic floor dysfunction. 

I'll share some tips I've learned over the years about how to feel that deep core engagement: 

The first I learned from Taylor J (I don't think she invented it, but she's who I learned it from) 

Ok so this one is kinda crude but bear with me: 

First, I just want you to think about a really thick milkshake. Yeah a literal milkshake. And I want you to imagine you're drinking this milkshake through a straw. Think about the engagement you're experiencing in your jaw muscles. 

Ok now I want you to imagine you're drinking that thick milkshake not with your mouth, but with your anus.

Yeah I know, bear with me. Think about how that engagement pattern would feel if you were sucking up that milkshake (It's a literal milkshake still, don't lose focus) through your butt. 

Ok after the giggles wears off, really think about how that activation pattern would feel. Like you are drawing up from the bottom, through your abs, literally lifting your belly button and pulling it in towards your spine and most importantly, lifting it up. You can do this in front of a mirror and you should actually be able to see your belly button moving.

It's not always a huge movement, but you should be able to see it actually moving up, not just in. Again the goal is not just to suck your stomach in. It's to get it in and up. It's the lifting that's the most important feature here. 

Another way you can feel for this engagement pattern is to put two fingers on each hip point, as you engage the deep core with that up and in movement you will feel the distance between your hip points shorten slightly. This is the work of your transverse abdominis (another deep core muscle) "knitting" your core together to protect your spine. It's often described as "knitting" because it works sort of like a corset. It wraps around the base of your trunk and when it's engaged it literally pulls the skin between our hip bones closer together. 

So putting it all together what will it feel like: 

You'll feel a slight lifting sensation in your groin, your abs will squeeze, but in conjunction with that rising of the bellybutton. The sensation of engagement will start from the bottom and move upwards through your abs.

Now we're talking about the core, but properly engaging the core requires coordination throughout the whole body. You want to keep your shoulders down and back, your chest lifted, but not pushed out if that makes sense. You want your rib cage to stay stacked over your pelvis because core activation also involves your diaphragm, the primary breathing muscle. 

When we flare our ribs out (this can be very subtle) and lose that alignment between ribs and pelvis, our diaphragm can no longer extend in its full range of motion. If the diaphragm can't fully extend, this causes dysfunction in the pelvic floor because these two muscles are supposed to work together. If the diaphragm can't effectively do its job, then neither can the pelvic floor. If the pelvic floor can't lift properly on that engagement, it's going to effect how stable the core can be as a whole. 

Please let me know if any or all of this doesn't make sense and I will try to clarify it more!

Also, I made a video a while back explaining the deep core stuff too, which might be helpful just as a visual aid to go along with this verbal explanation. But fair warning that video is kinda long, as I'm sure you're already aware, I am incapable of explaining things succinctly 😅😂

[where-does-the-heart-lie]

you had mentioned in an earlier post you maybe had some other thoughts re: the sabo cameo in OPLA, and if you did, i think it'd be perhaps cool and awesome and rad if u felt up to sharing them.... ? (idk how to put emojis in here but imagine big eyes and a point right point left)

Well thank you so much for inquiring yes I will discussssssssssssssss because I think about him. The man.

This is my ideal Sabo In Loguetown situation.^

I want him to have seen Luffy’s “execution” soooo badly so so badly. Sabo’s whole situation is just one big joke the universe plays against him and that’s my favorite thing about him.

I’m thinking because they showed Sabo in logue town maybe they will have the rev army interacting with the alabasta Koza revolutionary army. The live action has been doing a great job of setting things up and not waiting to show the connections those things have. I think it’s very in character for the writers to have it play out like this. I hope we see Sabo again soon. In the next season PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

PLEASE

I’d throw up if they were all in alabasta at once id vomit. But i want it so bad. Could you imagine. It would be so delightfully JUIICCYCYYYYCYCYYVSHVKJAHJH AAAAA

I want to see his beautiful face, they havent even released the ACTOR YET those stingy bastarts. To draw his face i was literally

LET ME SEE HIS BEAUTIFUL FACE OPLA

Anyway thats all for now. <3 thanks for asking about it :))

[sketchupnfries]

Putting some asks in a compiled post again :) Thank you so much! I'm glad you like my art and art style, and that it brings y'all joy! :D It brings me joy that you guys are enjoying what I draw, and it does help keep me going on the tougher art days :') Drawing fanart and drawing in general (especially storyboarding) is something I love oh so very much, and it makes me happy that stuff I create can have a positive impact on others. Have a Grace and Rocky!

[rebelsafoot]

Thought the golf club was a mobility aid and now I'm thinking of Mable with a wheelchair that is so bedazzled it glows in the dark

yeah i loved this idea a lot i had to draw it