Hi! I happened across your BotW dragons painting, and i wanted to knownif you've posted tutorials or talked about which brushes/settings you use to create your paintings?
Hi there! First off, so sorry for the late reply on this ^^; I kept track of my steps for the Farosh painting here, and the other two were pretty much the same process:
In general my process is a lot of lasso tool and photoshop’s default airbrush set to ‘dissolve’ :) I hope this helps!
Speaking of those 500 000 records for possession, and the legalization of marijuana... have you heard anything about using hemp to produce products? (E.g. paper, thread for clothes, etc.) Which would be way cheaper and ecologically friendly in the long run, especially since hemp can be used more widely than wood and grows much more quickly
Hemp has been legal in Canada for decades:
Why did the government change its laws to allow the growing of hemp?
In the 1980s and 1990s, there was increased interest in the cultivation of industrial hemp as a potential source of new jobs in the agricultural and industrial sectors. As well, there was an increased need to develop alternative sources of fibre. Research conducted between 1994 and 1998 showed it could be successfully grown in Canada as a separate entity from cannabis (marijuana). With the demand and encouraging research findings, Health Canada chose to give the agricultural and industrial sectors the opportunity to grow and exploit industrial hemp in a controlled fashion. Laws were amended to allow for the cultivation of industrial hemp.
It's become a meme around GCPD/Batfam that whenever another hero visits, their powers are just referred to as "weird" (e.g. Gordon calling the lantern rings just weird rings)
Who are you? Hey, Im Patrick (call me K or Archie :P ). Whats your favorite color? Oh that's easy: green! Favorite ship? Damn, of all of my fandoms? Probably... it's a tie between Batman/Wonderwoman, Timberwolf/Phantom Girl, or Gohan/Videl (actually scratch those: Robin/Maid Mariam). Favorite ice cream flavor? French vanilla, hands down. Do you have a cat? Yeah, an orange asshole called Oscar lol
Ooooh! Hello!
My favorite color is either pink or glitter
My favorite ships? Barbara/Strickler, Dopler/Amelia, and a few others!
Favorite ice cream? Pumpkin or vanilla/chocolate swirl
And do I have a cat? No. I’m allergic. I have a dog named Sadie
The Injustice 2 intro between Blur and Supergirl ("You'd be lucky to even tickle me" "Yeah, I kinda would be") got me thinking. Imagine Cassie being jealous over how Blue spends time with Supergirl and not realizing why she's feeling that way
I live for jealous Cass, let’s do this.
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For the record, Cassie liked Kara.
When the bubbly blonde landed on Earth and became a new member of the team, Cassie could not have been more thrilled. She was a girl easily enamored by most of Earth’s customs and material goods, and Cassie loved chaperoning her around. Even if Cassie wasn’t terribly fond of shopping - who wants to shop when they can train? - she adored watching Kara try on clothes and laugh at some of Earth’s outlandish styles. She was as much as an older sister to her as Donna was. Except this older sister was laid-back, cheerful, and didn’t expect her to live up to Wonder Woman’s name every second of every day.
It was only when Kara was with Jaime did she feel a weight topple into her chest, her breath hot at the mere sight.
Their conversations started out innocent enough. After all, Kara was a year or two older than Jaime. She didn’t really think anything could come of it. She was happy Kara was getting along with her new teammates, that she was giggling and biting her lip and tucking her hair behind her ear and -
“Oh, so you don’t think I could win against you?” Jaime lifted an eyebrow, meeting Kara’s flirtatious stare. “I may not be fond of hitting girls, but defeating Supergirl could lead to some amazing bragging rights and privileges.”
“Hit me?” Kara’s smile was replaced by a challenging smirk, eyes narrowed and stare intense, “You’d be lucky to even tickle me, Blue.”
Cassie’s eyes widened. Kara’s tone insinuated just a touch more than it should - was Kara talking about combat? Or something more...romantic? Intimate? And why - why did it matter? It’s not like Jaime would -
The boy in question chuckled, his cheeks dusted pink. He was blushing? Blushing around Kara? “Yeah...I kinda would be.”
Cassie’s gut dropped.
She spun around before the two could take notice of her on the other side of the team’s meeting room. She knew she was supposed to debrief about a new mission half of them would partake in tomorrow morning, she knew it was her job as co-leader, but she needed to take time to sit down and breathe.
“Why am I acting like this?” Cassie mumbled as her fingers dug into her scalp, her hair sticking to her cheeks. Oh gods, was she perspiring? “There’s no reason to feel like this. It’s almost like I’m -”
Cassie cut herself off. A bitter pang shot across her lungs, and again her breathing halted. No, she couldn’t do this. She was not about to admit that she was - that she felt -
“Cassie?”
She jumped as she heard his voice call out to her, goosebumps traveling down her back. Hardly a minute had passed since she’d seen Jaime and Kara so close together, there faces inches a part. Had he noticed her departure? Did that bother him?
“Yes Jaime?” she turned around, and watched as he averted his stare from her back down to the floor.
“You kind of just shot out of the room,” Jaime replied. His feet shuffled, and he turned his attention back to her. “I thought something might be wrong. Are you alright?”
That tiny admittance - that he noticed, that he cared - gave her hope. Though, hope for what was something Cassie had not the time nor the patience for. She was just happy that Jaime Reyes had not forgotten about her. She was still his friend more than Kara was. Yes, that’s it. Cassie didn’t want to be replaced, even by her new, cool sister-in-arms.
“I’m fine!” Cassie smiled, and looped her arm around Jaime’s. He was her friend. He wouldn’t replace her over some casual flirting. Of course. “Come on, let’s get this debriefing over with!”
Jaime returned the smile. Though, unnoticed to Cassie, it didn’t reach his eyes.
Hey! I'm new here and I saw your post abt unpopular ships; I have a crackship of Julia Fernandez/Tyson, if you wouldn't mind me requesting how she asked him on their first date?
Hi! Thankyou for your request! I’m really sorry though. This is a headcanon request? Yes? I’m really no good at headcanons or writing in genral even though this sounds like a really cute idea! I’m sorry~
I can make you an edit of Julia and Tyson though, if you want?
Hello Lovely peeps, I is alive! sorry for the time taken to put up this next chapter I have been pre occupied- I hope y’all enjoy and there should be more up soon.
Nick had waited for Hazel to leave and Fangmyer to go to work and sat there gently sipping on the coffee Fangmyer had bought him; he also threw one blueberry after another into his gob, his mind picturing Hazel and how kind she had been to bring him a coffee.
“Why did I hide? This could have been the turning point of things…” he paused thinking of his sentence, before he sighed in defeat. Judy’s cheeky innocent grin poisoning his thoughts and breaking his positive thought.
“I’m so broken” he confirmed dropping his face into his paws, to notice how grubby and dirty they were.
He placed down the coffee Fangmyer had given him and gently stood from the park bench making his way across the grass to where the cup Hazel had left lay, still slowly dripping out remnants of coffee.
He picked it up in his paw and gently turned it to see the sentence she wrote, he breathed heavily starring at it fighting with all his inner strength not to think of Jud- Maria.
He slowly and carefully tore at the cup between his tiny claws, taking caution not to wreck it completely, the excess cardboard peeling like skin from a potato, until all that was left was a rough little oval where Hazel had written. Her handwriting was second to none with brilliant curves and strokes.
@patrickarch
He sat on the park bench gently twirling the paper between his claws; he dared not read it again however in fears it would spark his depression or anxiety. He picked up the coffee Fangmyer bought and drank the rest placing the cup on the floor next to his bench.
He lay back on the park bench looking at the sky, his head gently resting on the tiny backpack he kept all his stuff in, he reached back puling on the zipper to open the bag, gently sliding the paper within; a little memento.
Nick was thinking of having a sleep but couldn’t get the image of sadness Hazel held in her eyes when she obviously couldn’t find Nick in the morning.
“Where does she go?” thought Nick to himself, annoyed that she was the only thing he could think of.
He got up off the bench and headed in the direction he saw the vixen go every morning and as if that wasn’t easy enough to follow, her scent was almost known to Nick, he loved it, it was like milk and honey, with a hint of timber, strangely alluring and imbedded in his memory.
He finally caught up to her, she was entering a building, Nick read across the top “Library”
The library was a large stone structure made of cinderblock, the entrance was formed by two giant paw carved pillar; brilliantly decorated. The shelves inside were made of a brilliant dark oak, Nick had never been in but he had peered through the windows, it had looked warm and cosy and had a brilliant fireplace.
Nick went to follow Hazel inside when the lady near the door shooed him out, no doubt due to his unhygienic stature and the fact that he might try and stay there.
A street band played music in the street while Nick walked around to each window until he found her.
She was sitting at an oak table with a laptop in front of her, she typed across the keyboard, her fingers danced gingerly, such lovely paws she had, thought Nick. Placing one of his paws into the other, until he realised what he was doing and shook his head, unhooking his paws.
The band that had been playing around the front of the building began to play a song that echoed down the alleyway in which Nick stood, peering in at this strange Vixen.
Hazel was amidst typing the third chapter to her newest novel; when something grabbed her attention, her large rounded, rose red, ears twitched and she pulled out her headphones; a soothing melody made its way into the library from outside, she knew the song, it was a new pop song making its way to number one on the charts; “up and up by foalplay”.
She stood up and gently brushed her paw across the oak table, looking all around to make sure she was alone and when she knew she was she hoped left and slid right dancing in a twirl of flow and colours.
Nick looked through the window in a trance as the vixen danced, lost in the magic of her own mind and seeming to bring Nick along for the ride. She seemed not to have a care in the world, she giggled and laughed as she twirled and bounced. Nick strangely wanted to join in, his tail gently brushing back and forth without his permission.
Her dress flung outward and from above she looked like a dancing blue flame. The music finished and so did she, taking in a deep breath and giggling to herself in a state of euphoria.
@patrickarch
Nick, who had sat in the dark for so long, felt a surreal shiver travel up his spine. He starred through the library window with a single tear rolling down his cheek, never had he seen such beauty and freedom, in such a simple moment.
For one year Nick had felt nothing, loved nothing, not even himself, but now he followed her like someone follows a ray of light in the dark, who was this strange Vixen?
Rain began to fall, and she sat inside the confined of the library with headphones on listening to music, her foot tapping with the beat and her paws brushing over the laptop spilling stories of wonder.
Nick placed his paw on the window, then looked clearly to see his reflection, a scraggily, unhygienic cripple, with no job and nothing to offer. He ducked down having to force his eyes away from the window, away from his realistic day dream and made his way back to the bench in the park.
Hazel turned to the window to her left, where rain slowly pattered down on the window.
“That poor fox” is all she mumbled, thinking of the fox that was stuck outside in the park.
Nick lay back gently under the bridge sheltering from the rain talking to himself, he knew he was a mess and to fix himself he had to start somewhere. The rain stopped and Nick went and crashed out on his bench.
“I should see Fray….”
“I need to see Fray…”
“I’ll go see Fray” he confirmed in promise.
“I’ll….see….Fray….” Nick whimpered as he nodded off.
Judy walked over to Nick, but something was amiss her eyes weren’t purple, they were the colour of the fox Nick had seen, Nick felt Judy’s paw travel up the back of his neck and grip at his fur pulling him into her lips, he wanted to pull away he wanted nothing to do with her, and her kiss of death.
Then he heard the sound of a gun click, Judy was using the kiss to preoccupy him while simultaneously using him as a shield he tried to pry from her grasp but was so weak and feeble.
BANG, BANG, BANG! Went a gun from over his shoulder. Nick ground his teeth waiting for the all too familiar pain of being shot in the spine.
BANG!
Nick shot up from where he had fallen asleep, awoken by a football smashing into his bench; he looked around, quickly grabbing his lower back as pain shot through his nerves.
He was no longer in the shade and the sun had been beating down on him with full heat, blinding his just awoken eyes. He was hot and bothered and his chest was pounding like a drum.
He leaned down and gently picked up the football, taking his time to catch his breath that seemed to have escaped him.
A cub was running towards him
“Over here mister!” shouted the cub waving his paws in the air above his head to get Nick’s attention.
Nick gently rolled the ball back to him and he ran off towards his group of friends.
Nick stood up and stretched taking a breath at the same time to help ease the pain in his back.
Nick remembered the last thing he was thinking before falling asleep, it had been a long time since he had even seen Fray, last time he saw her was before he found out the truth, and Nick knew she wanted to tell him, but couldn’t bring herself to.
“GP’s don’t fix hearts” Nick murmured remembering her words; a warning in disguise.
Nick waited at the bus stop, bent over with his cane helping to pry him up; reading the bus time table.
“Excuse me do you have the time?” he gingerly asked a nearby pig, who turned away with her headphones in, completely ignoring him.
He then turned to a middle age, female horse “Excuse me miss” he gestured with a polite wave near her face to grab her attention “do you have the time?” he asked.
The horse, gave him a “humph” and also ignored him; walking to the other side of the glass panel of the bus stop standing and starring off at nothing in particular.
Nick sat down on the seat and dropped his head, no anger; just disgrace and self-hate.
It reminded him of the time he tried to look for a job and was blocked at every chance.
“Whatever” he grumbled.
Nick waited and waited and as he did so, the bus stop got more and more packed. He scootched over and tapped the seat making eyes contact with a she wolf.
“Would you like a seat?” he asked cheerfully, shining a big smile.
She returned a fake smile that Nick could see straight through.
“I’ll stand thanks” she responded with a condescending snark that she assumed Nick didn’t see, without considering his proposal for even a second.
Nick had finally gotten on the bus assuming it must be the one destined to arrive at 10:30am, he scraped together all the coins he had at the bottom of his backpack and handed it over, just the right amount; the bus driver looked at the mountain of silver coins that Nick handed him; rolled his eyes at the chump change and angrily gestured him on, having to sort Nick’s money in to several different trays for all the different coins.
He sat on a seat and the armadillo who sat in the opposing seat got up leaving, Nick slyly smelling himself, embarrassed and self-conscious as their seemed to be a dome of space around him.
The bus ride felt like it took forever, and apart from the rattling and bouncing, her could also hear all the judgmental comment, and see every single set of judgmental eyes.
“Don’t let them see that they get to you” he thought to himself
Deciding to stare directly out the bus window and counting each porcupine they crossed.
Nick finally got to his stop and pushed by all the animals on the bus to get off, before the driver locked him in.
He stood out the front of the medical centre, Nick’s jaw dropped as he saw the size of the place.
“No way” he coughed.
It was the biggest place on the street, brilliantly painted and signed, surely, it was a split office and she only owned part of it he thought. He went to the window and peered in; the entire waiting room was full.
He gently opened the door that rattled as there was a tiny bell above it; he cringed as it brought every set of eyes on him. He stepped in and as if he were a beacon, everyone turned to look at him.
There was silence that seemed to stretch on like the black void of depression Nick suffered from, the attendee at the administration desk spoke out loud, noticing Nick had stopped still.
“Excuse me sir? Hello?” called the admin.
Nick’s heart raced, not only was he the centre of attention but also didn’t have any money, and Fray was nowhere in sight.
He went to turn and walk out the door-
“Nicholas P Wilde” spoke a voice full of reverence.