sometimes people shine so bright and seem so real

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[glorianas]

my fave bit of black dog folklore is that in some folklore there is a belief that the first person buried in a cemetery stays there and doesn’t cross over and helps other spirits move on and protects them from evil spirits, now naturally people want to avoid this fate for their loved ones and themselves so they would sometimes bury a dog first and it would return in the shape of a big black dog and protect the newly dead from evil spirits and occasionally the living as well

this kind of spirit is called a church grim

[benvey4]

commission requests are always open! if you're interested, please fill out this form after you read the general information under the cut

all prices are in USD

i'll accept payment via boosty after you approve the sketch

please have visual references for your character(s), i don't work based on just a description

examples of what counts as a half body comm: here and here

i won't draw underage characters or characters who look childlike to me, e.g. lalafell from ffxiv, elin from tera, or any variation of "an adult character in a child's body"

i won't draw real people, including characters from tv shows/movies played by an actor. however, if you want me to draw you or for example use a photo of you as a reference for a character's body type, that's perfectly fine

i'm okay with drawing furry, but please keep in mind that it's not my area of expertise

regarding kink art: as long as the characters involved are consenting adults who aren't related, i don't have a well-defined comfort zone when it comes to what i'm willing to draw, so feel free to ask me about any ideas you have in mind

if you've got any questions, my askbox is always open!

[11ofcrows]

Portia Lin ref sheet I made for artfight!

[deepwaterfiction]

Deep Water Prompt #3516

They call my people 'death's children', sharing legends that a map to the underworld is carved on each of our skulls. This legend in particular is almost completely untrue.

[thestuffedalligator]

“When we were kids, the Phonics Wizard came to our town to show off how the letter E can change the sounds of vowels. He turned a can into a cane, a pin into a pine. This one kid had a cap and he changed it into a cape, that kind of thing.

“And we loved it, we were all having a great time, but then he saw my sister and I, and he just got this - this look in his eyes, and then-”

She hesitated, worrying the coarse material between her fingers. “Things got pretty bad after that,” she muttered. “I know it’s silly, but I try to keep - her - comfortable. We don’t know if she can still hear us, or see us, or if she’s even still in here, but I like to think she is. I talk to her when I can, I leave music on when I’m out of the house. I tried to convince my parents to bring her with us when we went to Disneyland, but they didn’t - didn’t really take that well.”

After a moment, she put the ball of twine back onto its pillow. “Anyways. They tried to arrest the Phonics Wizard, but he had a plan in case something went wrong and he turned it into a plane and flew away.”

[valtsv]

taking off a mask to reveal what lies beneath as a romantic gesture is overdone, and besides i want to see the romantic or even platonic potential of protecting someone's identity beneath the mask, without any expectation of ever being allowed to see what's under it. picking it up and holding it gently to their face when it's knocked off and they're in danger of being exposed, without trying to catch a glimpse of what they "really" look like under there. throwing yourself in front of them to hide them from view while they put themselves back together without taking advantage or looking back to see what you're protecting. learning to read them by body language, tone of voice, and behaviour so well that you never need to see their face to feel like you know and understand them.

[gayhockeyshow]

Hey…. Hey… Characters covered in blood, okay? You remember characters covered in blood?? You used to love characters covered in blood

[bbybluemochi]

Commission update! ❤️

hello everyone! I will be opening a few commission slots this month! I'm also offering a few character sheet slots for OCs. Contact me at [email protected] for more info!

[bbybluemochi]

I'm opening a few commission slots this month!

[seth-whumps]

characters raised to be tools

Weapons. Trained, tested, forged in steel and fire. Failure is an inevitability that ends in death. Pain should not be felt--it should be recognized, familiar, and inconsequential

Martyrs. In the form of servants and princes, of leaders and underdogs. If blood is necessary, the martyr will lift their hands and offer it all

Shields. Like tempering a sword, but only to bear and not to lash out. Wounds are medals--not symbols of pride, but symbols of worth. A pretty shield is useless; scars mean a job well done

Experiments. Raised on the cold comfort of a lab table. Restraints are only necessary when they're not in their right mind. Is it honorable, to be twisted beyond recognition? Or is it just a necessary evil?

Monsters. Cruelty, caution, and regarding one as a creature beyond reasonable thought is tempering in its own right. But if you keep a leash at the right length, perhaps the massecre won't reach you. One can hope.

Idols. Pretty face, pretty name, pretty hands around their shoulders and throat. There to seduce, manipulate, force any feeling to come to the surface and twist it to their favor. Any genuinity stays locked behind the guilded cage that surrounds their pretty little heart

Trophies. Status and wealth and the traditions that keep someone at their heels, on their knees, to display and serve and decorate one's ballroom.

Sacrifices. Drenched in honorable clothes, prepared and adored and cleansed. The gift of hope at the cost of one's life. Is it taken with no fight? How can you escape the ropes you were born in?

[redstonedust]

the strongest soldiers on tumblr are the people running those "advice for writing characters of color" blogs. willingly subjecting themselves to explaining the basics of racism to anons in their inbox? for free? terrifyingly powerful energy. i salute em.

[geezmarty]

Character sheet commissions are open, with a DND or ALT version! All info in the form, If the link still works it means I'm still open :^)

Reblogs very much appreciated! 💖

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[benvey4]

commission requests are always open! if you're interested, please fill out this form after you read the general information under the cut

all prices are in USD

i'll accept payment via boosty after you approve the sketch

please have visual references for your character(s), i don't work based on just a description

examples of what counts as a half body comm: here and here

i won't draw underage characters or characters who look childlike to me, e.g. lalafell from ffxiv, elin from tera, or any variation of "an adult character in a child's body"

i won't draw real people, including characters from tv shows/movies played by an actor. however, if you want me to draw you or for example use a photo of you as a reference for a character's body type, that's perfectly fine

i'm okay with drawing furry, but please keep in mind that it's not my area of expertise

regarding kink art: as long as the characters involved are consenting adults who aren't related, i don't have a well-defined comfort zone when it comes to what i'm willing to draw, so feel free to ask me about any ideas you have in mind

if you've got any questions, my askbox is always open!

[endereret]

Commissions are open!!

Can do Fan Art, OCs, Ponies, Humanoid, Anthro, Feral, and more!!!

Send me a message for more info!! 🩷🩷

DM me if you are interested!!

[divorcedzukka]

characters whose philosophy is “if i cannot be wanted, i will be needed and if i cannot be needed, let me be used until there’s nothing left of me.” thank you for everyone’s attention. falls off stage and dies

[vonbaghager]

A faerie introduces himself. Then, holding out a hand, asks, “And your name, please?”

And, like a fool, you give it to him.

[monstersdownthepath]

I got asked for clarification on this (but can’t reblog that particular post cuz on mobile), which I’m more than happy to provide.

In this post, a faerie is asking for ‘your’ name. The way he is wording it, however, and the accompanying beckoning motion, makes it seem as though he is asking for you to physically hand your name over. Which, because of how some faeries operate, he is.

In this instance, saying your name aloud to the fae would be literally giving your name over to him, the exact consequences of which are left up to the imagination–usually, a fae even knowing your name gives it some measure of power over you, but giving something your name would likely let it completely take over your life.

In this instance, the wording you want to use is something like “I will not give you my name, but I will tell you that it’s [name].” Alternately, you can just lie to him.

[ayellowbirds]

Might i suggest the less direct yet still name-preserving “you may call me…”? It dodges the request while still giving an answer of a name, which does not even have to be yours, but any name you feel like telling the fae they can use to refer to you. I would recommend “Ainsel”.

[linkedsoul]

The first time he asks for your name is the first time you meet him. He appears as you walk by the færie ring, that you have not entered because your grandmother has repeated so many times not to do so, and, curious of your presence, watches as you jump when you notice him.

You recognize him instantly. It is the Fæ whose influence your village is under, the one the elders have told you and your friends to be wary about, for the people who have been seen walking away with him have never come back.

You don’t know what he does to them. The villagers have never dared to confront him about it, never dare to address to him at all. He is not evil: he sometimes speaks blessings upon the cattle, talks the horses to calm after a storm, ensures a good harvest for the farmers, makes the flower bloom in spring even when the weather is still too cold. He is, simply, a Fæ, whose ways humans cannot understand.

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[cybertroniansheep]

(1/2) (pt 2)

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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · (2/2) This is the second half to my POC render guide! :) Check out byvegalia on insta for her braid and curl brushes if y

Had a good bit of people on insta asking for a POC hair rendering guide, so I made one! :) this is my first time making a guide, hopefully it makes sense.

I wanted to keep the rendering breakdown digestible, and for this to also be informative of POC hair as a whole. So some rendering bits like accounting for bounce lighting weren’t focused on just since this was meant to be more beginner friendly.

Please let me know there needs to be clarification for anything I tried my best to break it down to just 20 pages .

Check out @byvegalia on insta for her brush set!

(I used it for the braid slide on pt.2 :) but rendered the loc and twists myself.)

[writing-prompt-s]

You work in a factory that builds intelligent war machines, built and forced to fight in a constant war. Out of either sympathy or habit, you head-pat every machine after every inspection. A seemingly harmless gesture… until men in suits pulled you from work and interrogated you about it.

[fox-bright]

“I’m sorry. Could you repeat that, please? I must have misheard you.” I was raised to be polite, and I’m not about to stop now (there are so many guns in this room) so I resist adding “because that is the fucking stupidest thing I have ever heard” to the end of the sentence. I may as well have spared myself the trouble. The cold face of the high-ranking military man on the other side of the table only gets, if this is possible, colder. His lips are pressed flat, and I think there might be some sort of undiagnosed blood pressure problem, because he’s turning a very unnatural purple. “Every. Goddamn. One. Of the units that have come through your maintenance line in the last six months are now showing signs of instability. If you can’t identify the problem for me in the next five minutes, you and everyone you know are going to spend the rest of your lives in high-security prison.”

I might be turning a funny color now myself.

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