#lostgods

[salty-dracon]

colors run prime

paint a picture so bright

all these things about me you never can tell

you make me sleep so badly invisible friend

(by @salty-dracon)

[momentofmemory]

this or that: elements edition

TAGGED BY: @severelytinyeagle and @lostgods 💜

TAGGING: @seek-rest, @cosmic-absentia, @experimentaldata, @graceful-avocado, @beguilewritesstuff, and anyone who wants to go (pls feel free to say I tagged you!) (or if you’re tagged and would rather not that’s fine too!)

RULES:  bold the statements that apply to you, italicize your aspirations, then tag nine people.

AIR i have small hands / i love the night sky / i watch small animals and birds when i pass them by / i drink herbal tea / i wake to see dawn / the smell of dust is comforting / i’m valued for being wise / i prefer books to music / i meditate / i find joy in learning new truths from the world around me FIRE i like to wear ripped jeans and overalls / i play an organized sport / i love dogs / i am not afraid of adventure / i love to talk to strangers / i always try new foods / i enjoy road trips / summer is my favorite season / my radio is always playing WATER i wear bracelets on my wrists / i love the bustle of the city / i have more than one set of piercings / i read poetry / i love the sound of a thunderstorm / i want to travel the world / i sleep past midday most days / i love dimly lit diners and fluorescent signs / i rewatch kids’ shows out of nostalgia / i see emotions in colors not words EARTH i wear glasses or contacts / i enjoy doing the laundry / i am a vegetarian or vegan / i have an excellent sense of time / my humor is very cheerful / i am a valued advisor to my friends / i believe in true love / i love the chill of mountain air / i’m always listening to music / i am highly trusted by the people in my life AETHER i go without makeup in my daily life / i make my own artwork / i keep on track of my tasks and time / i always know true north / i see beauty in everything / i can always smell flowers / i smile at everyone i pass by / i always fear history repeating itself / i have recovered from a mental disorder / i can love unconditionally

[baelatargaryen]

mal, i have a ps question regarding sharpening: what settings would you suggest are the best for coming out with the most hd gif?

Depends on what program you are using, but as long as you are using CS5, I would Smart Sharpen 500%, 0.3p, Remove Guassian Blur and tick More Accurate. I always sharpen after downsizing. 

If you are using CC, go into Preferences and make sure your Image Interpolation is set to Bicubic (Best for Smooth Gradients), then you should be fine to use the CS5 settings for CC. 

[salty-dracon]

This is unreasonably poetic on like 6 different counts

[salty-dracon]

The Tale of the Newborn God: A Lostgods Story

A tale narrated by Lyra, the main villain of Lostgods. It's from the end of the story, but it doesn't spoil the ending at all and only covers the major themes of what the villain thinks.

There was once a newborn god. Human-formed, yet born of the despair of thousands of humans, they called it a living apocalypse. When it grew especially angry or sad, it would unleash waves of torment over everything it saw. It did so the moment it was born, trying to defend itself from those who did not want a god to wander the earth.

The god would appear randomly in certain places and attempt to interact, though it could not speak due to the despair in its heart. It would spend time in crowded places with other humans, attempting to copy them. But it had a distinctive appearance, and every single time it appeared, it would be hunted down by those who did not want a god to grace their world. They would threaten it, scaring the god- and so, it would lash out at anyone nearby, trying to protect itself.

The god grew to hate humanity, despite its desire to interact with it. It feared that its wanderings would be a neverending cycle of destruction.

Until one day, it happened upon a small town that learned that a god walked among them. But instead of threatening the god, they offered it a feast.

The god wept with joy at the kindness of people who offered it food and drink, adorned its hair with flowers, and welcomed it into their homes. The god wondered if this was where the cycle of violence ended. It felt the despair in his heart start to wither away and turn into hope.

But as the feast continued, the feasters were attacked by those who wanted the god dead.

The enemies pointed guns at the god, threatening to execute it. But dozens of people protected the god with their own bodies, refusing to let themselves be separated from their new friend.

Even so, they opened fire.

The god could not be killed by bullets. It could only watch, could only weep tears of blood, as every single person that had fed, clothed, and befriended it died in a bloody heap.

The rage and sadness in its heart mingled with the despair that already existed within it. The souls that formed the god wept for those who protected them. Eventually their wails turned into howling screams of rage and anguish. All of those emotions exploded outwards into a calamity that took every life within the town, drowning its people in black death.

When the god finally came back to his senses, it saw the murdered bodies of those who were kind to it. It saw the dead bodies of those who tried to kill it. It saw the dead bodies of those who had not been present that night.

It wept for the fallen, and continued on its journey.

My question to you isn't "What do you think of this story?". It's "How many times do you think this happened before the god changed what it did?" It's "How many feasts was it fed, and how many people died at those feasts at the hands of killers?" It's "How quickly did the god conclude that if those who attacked it disappeared forever, would the world become a safer place for everyone?"

Answer me this: In the god's quest for a world were all people were happy, in a quest to heal its own wounded heart, how many would-be murderers died at its hands?

[salty-dracon]

so there’s this pixel rpg whose style i’m in love with...

[salty-dracon]

a little test for the ol' "scan a sketch in and color it in on the computer" trick that results in all my best work

[salty-dracon]

there is a horrible contradiction between the fact that i think we need to abolish our societal systems of punitive justice and the fact that i just can't get enough of writing torture and saw traps and revenge plots and punishment as a narrative tool