PenciledToast

AroAce female teen. Selectively smart, mostly dumb. A chronically depressed and mentally exhausted cupcake, topped with microwaved anxiety. Self-diagnosed Autism and ADHD. TRANSFORMERS!!!!!!! (My longest-running fixation with literally anything) Mystery soup of a music playlist person.

[mcapriglioneart]

how to draw arms ? ? 

[swagginsloths]

holy fuck

[shoutsofthunder]

holy fuck is right… but… does it work with legs???

[mcapriglioneart]

yes !!

[empresspinto]

but how much extend

[thunar]

^^^^^^^^^^

[kvothe-kingkiller]

[gabbyzvolt25]

I NEARLY CHOKED

[lifeofcynch]

ENJFDFNFATFVFDF

[deactivated-blog]

finally. i can be accurate

[shiny-charming]

This is too fucking great to not reblog

[wishem]

I give it MASCLES

BIG MACHO

[keithislactoseintolerant-deacti]

🤣🤣

[urhella-gaychloe]

LMAOOOOOO

[fernacular]

Okay but for anyone who legit wants to know how to calculate it correctly:

The elbow joint on average rests a couple inches higher than the navel, so if you measure how long the distance is from the middle of the shoulder to that point then you have the length of the upper and fore arms!

[fernacular]

So if anyone’s wondering about legs too, the simplest rule of thumb is that the length from the top of the leg to the knee is equal to the distance between the top of the leg and the bottom of the pectorals:

And I wanna stress that when i say “top of the leg” i’m not talking about the crotch (please don’t flag me tumblr it’s an anatomical term) i’m talking about the point where the femur connects to the pelvis, which is higher up on the hips:

It’s easier to see what I’m talking about in this photo of a man squatting: 

So yeah if you use that measurement when using this technique you should get fairly realistically proportioned legs:

But remember! messing with proportions is an important and fun part of character design! Know the rules first so you can then break them however you please!

[im-a-hyperion-vault-hunter-deac]

HOW THE HELL DID I FIND THIS POST OMG

[erasaure]

[i-am-corbin-dallas]

Licherally in the midst of drawing a guy and crying at how bad the arms are. Thanks Tumbles

[drrockbell]

I only ever saw the part where people started drawing the limbs outrageously long and genuinely wanted to know how to fix that, so I’m really thankful to see the rest.

[pinkmistle06]

Reblogging for my art buddies!

[just-laufeyson-deactivated20231]

This is super helpful for me now :D

[toastedpencil]

Just started drawing a proper profile banner and intend to make more art than what I usually do, this is a perfect time for this to appear on my feed

[toastedpencil]

Hello person that also got tagged with me in atleast two of these

Why'd they spam us 4 times for the same request/post? TT Also, hiiiiii and good luck w/ ur process!

[floofeh-purpi]

ITS NOT LEGIT THANKFULLY OMG 🥹

[toastedpencil]

OH THANK GOD! :D

[toastedpencil]

Hello person that also got tagged with me in atleast two of these

Why'd they spam us 4 times for the same request/post? TT Also, hiiiiii and good luck w/ ur process!

[toastedpencil]

Tumblr, whyyyyyy?

Sometimes I Like a post, then I scroll. But when I scroll, the Liked post immediately loses its Like, complete with the heartbreak animation, so I Like it again.

Same issue, except I didn't do anything but like the post. So I try again for the third time and finally it works and my heart of appreciation/love stays on the post.

PEOPLE, I'M SO SORRY IF YOU'VE GOTTEN RANDOM SPAMS OF ME LIKING THE SAME POST THREE TIMES, I SWEAR I DIDN'T MEAN TO!

I am on Tumblr through the website and using a phone, so that might be causing the issue-

[toastedpencil]

My beloved

I tried drawing G1 Perceptor from memory while in a class.

[tragediegh]

stay vigilant. there are still people out there who will try to convince you that eating fruit is somehow bad for your body

[bluejayblueskies]

[trans-ouroboros]

[starbiird]

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There were signs I'd become obsessed with Transformers....

When I was younger (4, maybe?), the only advertisement that really interested me was the Bumblebee movie one (Charlie and Bumblebee's story), never saw the movie though, but the ad was awesome. Didn't even know what franchise it was a part of until I watched TFA as a 10-11 year old.

I adored Ninjago as a kid, and my favorite character was Zane- entirely based off the first sight of all the Ninjago, which was in the intro. Guess what? My icy boi was a robot.

Later in my kid years, I played most (if not all) of the Gears of War games with my brother. My original favorite was Damon Baird bc techies are awesome, then later it changed to Kate, Del, and... Dave, the little drone guy of Gears 5, the replacement for Jack, who I forget if they were in GOW 4 or not. This was years ago, like, when I was 7-ish?

So ye, there were signs I'd become obsessed with Transformers. Its actually my longest-running obsession with anything in my entire life.

[toastedpencil]

Fly-hunting season

I have come up with a name for a household nuisance event— when there are too many flies in the apartment or house.

FLYHUNTING SEASON

A time where you get to be yourself and bestow death upon any fly you find in any way- be you wanting to take out your s*dist side on the insect or simply a tired person tired of them landing on your food. Tip- they're easier to spot by the windows or food areas.

I go crazy-mode for when I see a fly, and since I've labeled it as fly-hunting season, I'm a lot more inclined to slowly stalk through the house to find them and smash their tiny bodies on the window (I do clean up the m**der site, dw). It motivates me to know I can hunt something and also not see any insects around the house. Dopamine rush for the day.

I'm also terrified of bees‐ respect Barry Bee's cousins plz- and wasps, but gimmi a paper plate and some shoes to wear and I'll be the top huntress against wasp kind until we gotta leave the picnic. Bees I'm scared of but won't hurt intentionally.

[toastedpencil]

I should prolly take a Neurodivergent test when I'm older

My dad is partially autistic- mostly neurotypical, and my mom is ADHD, I got some personality traits from both‐ also a tad depressed and have BPD probably, but I haven't taken any tests to prove all this yet.

I usually shame myself to do tasks bc it's perfectly fine when I do it to me, but it's the end of my fragile will to live when someone else shames my habits and mess.

I usually exist around what I'm comfortable with and play whatever song I currently like on repeat through earphones so as to not disturb ppl and also happily ignore the outside world until I realize that someone's calling my name. Can and will read books ONLY in sequential order (1 then 2 then 3, etc) I will be disappointed in myself if I accidentally pick up the wrong number and read it, and will barely touch a book until I've read all books leading up to it. (Fantasy, romance, and a tad dystopia is lovely)

I kinda just eat the same food for until I avoid eating it despite wanting it yesterday (I lovee sour foods and rn like stale Craisans—raisin-ized cranberries), then randomly go on a spree of drinking roughly a (red plastic) party cup amount of water for until I realize I'm dehydrated again and don't really do anything about it.

"Mother, I crave violence" is a lovely quote that idk where came from bc I was introduced to it being used as a meme. I have a favorite hoodie, now I feel naked when leaving the house without a hoodie or light jacket of some sort on. My arms are too bare for my liking (unless I'm wearing long sleeves) jewlery is weird, makeup sucks to bother with. Hair being short is easier to brush.

I like making weird noises (currently enjoying a loud "E" or "caw caw"— the caw caw is my impression of a crow, lovely birds) also flapping my hands when I feel like I'm bursting inside with happiness— more likely to do small yips too— I HAVE REDISCOVERED HOW TO HOP AROUND LIKE A MONKEY ON CARPETED FLOORS, YOU SHOULD EB SCARDE (I did a similar four-limbed run when I was about 5, then I grew and it felt too painful for my back to do, so I stopped, BUT NOW-)

I like to turn my neck to hear and feel the satisfying pops and half-snaps in it, and I'm a patchwork human of everything I've known and have liked or been shamed for.

I sometimes cannot describe at all what I'm thinking about, but I'll let you know when I see it. I suck at describing things in general, plz don't ask me how to even drink water unless you wanna see my hands start flying in the air to mimic the movements I'd make for drinking water.

I like chewing on things; sticks, school pencils & pens— occasionally paper, small rubber balls with those jel-looking colorful swirls in them, and biting my nails so that they never grow more than 1-2 inches max on my finger. The tip of my finger is farther than my nail is.

I remember more of my past the older I get, which is dumb bc I need to know what someone told me three minutes ago, not how I threw a shoe across a room in a angry fit and it hit a cream-colored wall five years ago.

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Thank you for reading my post.

[toastedpencil]

The 'joyful' and joyful surprises of packing up:

Finding things you don't remember getting.

Realizing that you bought two of the same object and the third is currently in use.

Finding mystery food from who knows how long ago.

Laughing at something you have good memories with.

Seeing a well-developed spider web.

Cringy things corner. (I'm sure we all have at least one somewhere)

Deciding what to and what to not take.

The empty, echoey rooms for someone else to redecorate.

[toastedpencil]

Ninjago rewatching

soooo, I've been rewatching Ninjago from sdmeason one for a couple weeks now, and currently at Skybound. It's kinda nostalgia? I watched it originally when I was a little older than 5 and I've never had a good memory- which is mostly in the fact that my memories do not have timestamps and are pretty detail-lacking.

Anyways, Ninjago? Awesome. I'm loving it now that I'm older and- this is used generously- have a slightly better memory than a goldfish. Zane and Pixal are adorable, still not sold on Jay and Nya being together and the gal isn't really into him since season 3. Nardakahn (I think that's the spelling of the Djinn's name in S5?) is rude for capturing Zane by using his love for Pixal against him. >:(

[gaytistic]

Watching Ninjago with my mom and she asked who the girl robot inside of Zane's head was so I told her the full story.

Then she said, "So, do the others know he downloaded her into his head or do they just think he's crazy?"💀

Like Imagine😭

Zane: PIXAL can you spot any obstacles?

Jay: Is anyone gonna talk to him about that?

Cole: He just needs some time to grieve😔

Zane: *Chatting to PIXAL*

Lloyd: This is starting to become a problem...

Jay: Cole, you go deal with it.

Cole: Why me?

Kai: You're our mental support

Cole: Ugg

Cole: Hey buddy... Whatcha laughing about?

Zane: Oh, Cole! PIXAL just made the funniest joke about the bounty's wiring!

Cole: Sure buddy. Listen, you know Pixal isn't actually here, right?

Zane: Sure she is. She's a part of me.

Cole: Yeah, she'll always be a part of you.

Cole: *Puts his hand on Zane's shoulder and nods his head in commiseration*

Zane: Right. Cause she's in my head.

Cole: Okay bud, It's great that you wanna keep her memory alive but-

Zane: She is alive.

Cole: ...

Cole: Okay.

Cole, to others: I tried.

[sarue]

Zane is actually hilarious and we don't talk about it NEARLY enough. He literally BLEW HIMSELF UP to kill literal in-universe Satan and them what was the FIRST thing he did after killing himself and yeeting his soul into the computer? He flirted with Pixal. "Are we. . . Compatible now?" Like bro SHUT UP you literally killed yourself two weeks ago??? You're literally rebuilding your body right this second? Your funeral is going on like two blocks down the street and you're SHOOTING YOUR SHOT??? WHO IS THIS GUY

[toastedpencil]

Ramblings abt fictional ppl

Like, Ik he/she in a book is the worst person you could ever meet, but they're hot too and that may or may not cancel out the fact that I'm nothing more than a fly in their eyes. I'd love to meet him/her/they/it and pet them.

On the other hand, them appearing in front of me also may or may not mean there's an apocalypse behind them that's now in our universe........ rip.

...Worth it for a sniff though, because I know the book be describing them smelling of XXXX scent, but I gotta smell it myself, even if it's the most basic scent ever and not 'Holy water under a new moon right after a 48 minute rain with platypus eggs.'

[marinatedsaltea]

Shoutout to all TFA fans

I had a long talk with Marty Isenberg (story writer of TFA), and he said that there still might be a possibility of the show’s return. The devs need support, so please hear me out

Let’s reach 2300 votes

Do you want to see Transformers Animated come back (series, comic books etc)?

Yes

No

Voting ended onSep 26, 2023

[toastedpencil]

First post?

If I don't like you, then say "I don't know" when you ask why; there's a good chance I originally had a reason, but then forgot and my mind hasn't corrected or reminded me why I dislike you.

[calmdowngorgeous]

Destroy the myth that libraries are no longer relevant. If you use your library, please reblog.