The Chosen Ant

She/Her I draw anything I happen to hyperfixate on//(more active on my sideblog @theres-no-future-in-it)

[theschosenant]

FIRST TIME DOING ARTFIGHT!!!!! I'll probably post all my attacks here but if they're ISAT-related I'll reblog them on @theres-no-future-in-it!!!

Moots and others, tag me in your artfights!!! I'll try to do as many as I can this year but it's also my first time so I may not do that many..

[stormysol]

these were for @theres-no-future-in-it

[dragonslayer089]

ARTFIGHT BATCH 1

this year on artfight some idiot tries to do 60 attacks, gets mauled brutally by burnout and sleep deprivation

Besides that I'm currently on attack 20!!!!(How????) So I'm steadily working to that big goal of the shiny 60, I'll be sharing some thoughts and how things changed as I worked through each attack here.

Attack one!

For someone who has now deleted there Tumblr but @/ww13579 don't go to that on Tumblr it's some Korean idk...

honestly not my favorite but at the time I was both out of town and extremely busy every day. Plus I had just gotten my first iPad/apple pencil like 2 days beforehand so I was getting used to procreate and the feeling of drawing on a tablet.

Still happy with the way it turned out but I could've done a lot better.

attack 2

For @klhoins on artfight!

My second attack, I liked it, tried like 6 versions until this one but idk it was fine, could've done better, still out of town so...

ATTACK 3

For @Sukikisukiki on artfight

A bit different, pressed the random character and got blessed by this absolutely adorable character, I had to draw, I actually really like how this one came out in comparison to my other attacks!

end of day 1 of ArtFight (this was finished near midnight when j had a break)

Attack 4

For Ryzrat on artfight

Swapped to phone for a while, these took like 1 hours each but I really like the messy style with thick lines, j think they came out well for the most part. For ryzrat I loved reading through the lore and had a bigger planned attack but this is what I endrd up doing.

Attack 5!

For @toxictoxicities

Finally where this style shines! Iterators, somehow these phone types really come out best when done for iterators. I quite like the ones done here.

Attack 6

For @theres-no-future-in-it there in stars in stillness siffrin!!!

I'll have to redo this after ArtFight is over because I don't love it but I did enjoy making it (I did find it funny how many just attack, attacks stillness frin got but that's besides the point)

attack 7

for @moodymuu

the last one I did while out of town and imo one of the best ones I did, I tried my hand at a line less style again because of how distinct her design portions are and I think that came out well!

After this I got home!

Attack 8

For @aeonianopia

This one was from my hitlist but I'm still really glad I got to do it, it was done on the iPad on the 300x300 style I had been doing with my phone before, I think it came out striking and that makes me like jt.

Attack 9

for azavo on artfight

This one was fun, I used myself as a ref here and it came out rlly well, don't have too much to say besides I really enjoyed doing this and 8s thumbnails.

Attack 10!!!!!!

My favorite attack of the month so far for the amazing igobykuro on artfight

Kuro is genuinely one of the craziest artists on the site and also one of my favorites, I'm glad I could do them justice in this attack.

Loved figuring out the backdrop and grass and it was a blast.

That's gonna be all for this batch, I can't wait to keep making art and getting more people, getting closer to my goal!

Happy artfight for all! Remember drink water, eat food, take breaks! <3

[starays13]

Annnnd first week of artfight done! I’ve been trying to get at a goal of doing one attack daily at least, so here is my first handful of attacks

In order-

@sunnie-inajar

@/atlas_hound on artfight

@urbanqhoul

@ace-of-garlic-breads

@/rosely_lock on artfight

@dreamy-newt

@/potoado on artfight

@theschosenant

sorry for any repeat tags I just didn’t want to leave anyone out qq

[ibearfish]

Another art fight attack! This one is for @theschosenant!

[theschosenant]

AHHHHHHH MY BABY!!!! Look at them summoning a black hole, awwwwwww <3333333

….look out…..👁️👁️

[theschosenant]

My first few artfights!!!! <333

[theschosenant]

Do you have an AO3 account and if I make a fic inspired by your shoujo manga am I allowed to post it there and credit you?

FUCK I FORGOT TO CHECK MY INBOX (screaming, crying, throwing up) Sorry I was actually having tea with Gaster From Deltarune in the void UMM do whatever you want dear asker and also to anyone who happens to?? Want to ask me something similar take this as blanket permission because I will probably???? Accidentally not see it for almost a year???????

[theschosenant]

”Need somenthing to write on..”

Apothecary diaries AU

In which servant Wei Wuxian can’t stop getting involved with the matters of the Rear Palace, and Lan Wangji can’t stop involving himself with Wei Wuxian.

Heads up: I feel like because Apothecary diaries’s plot and themes are so intrinsically tied to gender and the patriarchy, for this AU to make any sense, it has to be omegaverse..

(With the rules of the rear palace, it would also mean tweaking a lot of the plot in order to get Wei Wuxian in as a maidservant, rather than a eunuch..)

Because Lan Wangji is Jinshi, the emperor is obviously Lan Xichen. The previous emperor, Qingheng-jun, had a long, contreversial rule..

Madame Lan is still alive, though very bitter.

———

When three of the emperor’s heirs die shorty after their birth, rumours of a curse begin circulating. When Wei Wuxian arrives, tensions are already high as two of the highest-ranking consorts, Precious consort Jiang Yanli and Wise consort Qin Su’s babies contract the illness contracted by all of the Emperor’s previous children.

Not long after the confrontation in the plaza, Qin Su’s tearful accusations still fresh in everyone’s minds- warning written on servant’s cloth arrives, tied to a Rhododendron flower.

Wei Wuxian meets the beutiful eunuch of the palace, Huanguang-jun, when all palace maidservants are called to his office to get “checked” due to an investigation.

Wei Wuxian is pretty wary when he’s told to go, but the moment he sees Lan Wangji walk into the room, well..

When Lan Wangji confronts him, Wei Wuxian still lowkey panics because does NOT want to get involved with court politics again (due to backstory reasons I’ll elaborate on another post after I’ve finished some drawings for them)

so he decides the best course of action is to seem mentally deranged and. Just starts flirting with him. Extremely boldly. It startles Lwj long enough that Wwx manages to run away and hope that Lwj will dismiss him as just another hopeless servant, but Lwj gathers his wits fast enough to catch him by the collar and drag him to Jiang Yanli.

Jiang Yanli & Wei Wuxian recognize each other, but silently agree Not To Talk About It because they think the other doesn’t know the other (wwx) or that they aren’t supposed to be there and don’t want to get them in trouble by exposing the other (jyl)

But Jiang Yanli still obviously cares about WWX, so she asks for him to be moved to her palace. His position as the poison taster wasn’t her first pick, but Wei Wuxian insisted he’d be happy to take the position after the incident with the face powder.

And so Wwx AND Lwj begin juggle multiple secret identities while investigating the mysteries (and crimes) of the Rear Palace as well as uncovering a years-long conspiracy.. or two

Ft. Wei Wuxian’s Hannah Montana transformation^

Theres still more stuff I have in my brain about this au, (pre written) mostly about some backstory things.. but that will come later!! Anyway if u made this far uhh thanks for listening to me yap & happy holidayss! <33

[britttaperryhasmoved-deactivate]

[aurevoir-mes-amis-deactivated20]

YOU GUYS IT’S DECEMBER 10TH YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS HAS BEEN IN MY QUEUE SINCE FEBRUARY

[donttwalkaway-deactivated201302]

you have the rest of the day to reblog this

[theschosenant]

Interacting with Wei Wuxian is forbidden.

[theschosenant]

Did a pokesona scetch (i found the perfect brush)

[ann-mauriii]

"It's so strange. I know it will be a dangerous trip, but I'm not scared at all." WWX to LWJ before departing on a journey that led them to Burial Mounds second siege.

--- I wanted to draw messy-but-still-composed-HanguangJun

[chayssakharom]

A Couple of Helpful Resources for making Scum Villain Fanworks All in one Spot

Disclaimers - If your resource is here and you would like for me to remove it or change something related to it, just lmk and I will do so as soon as possible! I did as well as I could to make sure these resources are reliable, but if you notice something is off, please lmk! Feel free to add other resources in the reblogs :)

1. The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System Timeline by VagabondDawn on ao3

2. svsss canon log by allpiesforourown on Tumblr/Google Doc

3. [Guide] The Scum Villain's Self Saving System by Jin_Mitel on ao3

(^^ An Index of Jin_Mitel's other guides, many look useful for this purpose/others are scum villain focused! Find them at A Guide to Fictions)

4. Guide of Locations in Scum Villain Self-Saving System by misfitmonarchy and stardust_falling on ao3

5. A Partial Beastiary for Chinese Mythology and Folklore by PyrrhaIphis on ao3

6. Guide to Writing Scum Villain (or XianXia and XuanHuan in general) by velveteentuzhi on ao3

7. Stallion Novels: A Guide by ibex_ascendant on ao3

8. Chinese Names + Naming Resources by lingxhr on Tumblr (Useful for OCs!)

9. Chinese Naming Basics for Fanfiction Writers by miqqumi on ao3 (Danmei/SVSSS Specific! Useful for honorifics! Contains a long list of resources for this subject)

10. How to Name your Chinese Characters by drwcn on Tumblr (Useful for OCs!)

11. ziseviolet on Tumblr (For hanfu fashion history, explanations, and inspo! A lot of helpful history and cultural information/resources as well! Extremely helpful, see their masterposts on their blog to start)

Ziseviolet's masterposts one and two

12. peekofhistory on Tumblr (Really incredible history/arts/crafts/guqin making and lessons(!!)/culture resource! Highly recommend to check them out!)

(Guqin Masterpost from peekofhistory)

[theschosenant]

Nolele

[glumshoe]

what do I have to do to go to events where people are dressed nicely and there are plates of free cheese cubes

[nowlander]

Go to the inaugurations of littlely known artists’ exhibitions.

We are always begging for people to attend, there actually is the “hack” to invite your whole family but tell them to pretend they don’t know you. People with money are more willing to buy your work if they think many people likes it, so your mere presence eating our cheese and canapes will be a great helps. Please bring whoever you want too.

[glumshoe]

Don’t mind if I do!

I will dress like an eccentric weirdo if that helps.

[themightyglamazon]

[modmad]

one time a pal of my pals was having a tough time selling their work in an art exhibit and called us up on the last day, ‘us’ being about 8 students who were Very hungry and also bored. We put on the nicest/artsiest clothes we had available (one dude had a legit fancy suit and put on some shades which were Bright Pink he looked like a movie star I swear) and rolled up to the show in pairs, separately. Fine Art Pal has some nice paintings! but nobody is really paying attention to them, so after getting some fancy cheese cubes in a manner that did not betray that we were actually a ravenous pack of starving students we casually wander around the show and then, fairly individually, drift to a stop by their work. Some of us even walked away, then came back a bit later ‘captivated’ by the art (it was actually really nice but recall we were all poor as shit and this was a help hustle). Our group’s interest naturally caught other folks, and eventually there was a small clump of about 15 people musing over this art, and within ten minutes the biggest piece had been snatched up by a shrewd investor. by the end of the exhibit every single piece was sold. It helped pay off the artist’s student debt and on that success they got into another exhibit! They’ve been doing well ever since.

So yes, please attend new artist shows, you get free cheese, get to look at nice art, and you can really help out people who deserve more attention.

[dreamsy990]

i saw someone say nobody needs to know what a .txt file is anymore. what the fuck is the world coming to

[dreamsy990]

unironically i think we need to bring back computer labs because APPARENTLY some people WERENT taught basic computer literacy and internet safety in school

[dreamsy990]

things about computers/the internet i think kids should be formally taught in schools because theyre important to know and the amount of soon to be grown adults i know who know NOTHING about any of these is quite frankly almost all of them (and resources to learn if you dont know these things, because its never to late to get better with computers)

how to troubleshoot by yourself when you have a technical problem

what common file types are

some very basics on how to use ""developer tools"" on your computer (because i cant think of a better way to refer to them) like task manager and command prompt (and their mac equivalents, terminal and activity monitor ofc)

how to read and understand a privacy policy and what your personal data is, as well as what it being collected actually means and steps you can take to keep it private

how to understand terms of service (hey. if you have trouble with reading legalese and worry about being able to understand these policies anyways, here's a site that gives basic summaries of privacy policies and ToS)

what a cookie actually is

internet privacy and your digital footprint!! seriously i dont know why we stopped teaching people that they shouldnt be putting their entire real identity online in a world where your online actions can ruin you irl

basic safety measures like antivirus software (and why you should use it or if the built in one on windows or mac is enough for you) and backing up your computer (also a mac guide)

common keyboard shortcuts (and on mac)

as an additional note: things i think everyone should know on computers and the internet but schools may bit hesitant to teach about for whatever moral/legal standards schools pretend to operate on

vpns and adblockers! (btw for most of these where you can pay for things im purposefully not recommending any specific software but seriously just use ublock origin for an adblocker)

how to not get a virus while pirating something

what a temporary email is and when to use one

red flags that you shouldn't trust a website (and how to quickly check the security of a site)

what javascript on a website does and how to disable it to get around paywalls

[dreamsy990]

ok one last addition! if you want to take it one level higher, i think learning the very basics of at least one programming language is good for people. it makes computers less scary and it makes you feel very cool, and a lot of people get discouraged about it because it seems overly complicated and hard to learn outside a formal classroom setting, so heres some resources for learning the very basics of python (because i consider it the easiest language to learn and knowing one language will make it easier to learn others)

an online compiler so you dont need to download anything or worry about running code directly on your computer if that makes you nervous

a basic video guide to introduce you to python and walk you through beginner steps

a guide to some syntax and commands you should know (this was literally my lifeline in my first CS class)

some performance tasks to give you things to code to practice and assess yourself

[theschosenant]

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[johan-the-unknown]

Shoujo Manga AU, huh? AKA: What If Dark Worlds never happened, i guess?

…will there be more?

[theschosenant]

Yes, hello! :) (not sure if this question was meant to be rhetorical, but here’s an answer anyway) there will be more, yes. You can find all the shoujo manga au posts under the shoujo manga au tag :3