Trying To Describe Poirot To My Friend At Trivia Night: "if Youve Seen A Detective Who Looks Like This,

I think Sebby could use some hairclips. He clearly seems very bothered by his hair getting in his face😞

speaking of how to train your dragon and creature design, the shift from the really naturalistic art direction and character animation for the first movie's toothless- the face getting flatter, the eyes bigger and closer together, getting rid of the little realistic details like the dust collecting between the scales, the pink splotching where the scales end at the nostrils, the muted markings, the animation making a shift from largely realistic animal behavior to much more anthropomorphic- is such a huge downgrade to me, made worse because it's subtle in such a way that you will sound insane if you mention it

(huge L for the "the audience's capacity to find a creature cute and empathetic and expressive is directly proportional to how much it looks like a human baby" principle of character design because the first one is so so much cuter)

I love the way you draw bodies sm! They're always so fluid and unique!! Do you have any tips?? (other than the super obvious look at a reference lol)

hi thank u!! rather than just looking at refs, i explained how i actually use them here in a big old post, and how i keep those poses fluid!

another tip tho, and a more recent thing i’ve been doing, is that i use a ref just to decide a general idea for a pose and then pick my favorite lines either within the reference already or i make up my own

^^ for above, i very loosely used the reference at all. it just gave me an idea to start with for a pose and then i picked dramatic curves i really wanted to do and pushed the pose to show those lines.

a lot of my fluidity comes from caring more about those lines showing in the pose than the pose or anatomy actually making sense LOL

this is a more direct reference !! i liked the angle and the point of the knees, so i started there and then exaggerated what i wanted to draw more swoopy :3

additionally helps line confidence to use as few lines as possible.

it makes a lot of organic swishes and pretty lines if u try to keep each section of a limb or whatever to just a few strokes. 2-3 if ur really wanting to push it!

hello beloveds ☺️

The promised Catnap redesign 🌜

Reblogs are greatly appreciated

I wasn't certain whether I wanted to post this one or not bc maybe (just maybe) I got a liiiittle carried away with body horror, but bestie told me they're loving it (the design) so ig it's fine lol

Notes on this redesign:

- I'm fine with Catnap's original design, save for his cartoonish creepy head and weird paws. I mean ye, he looks freakin cool, but I'm trying to imagine what would be more or less possible to actually create in real life

- this Catnap is less mutated and more surgically changed. The idea here is, he was mutated into a giant purple thing and then some cat features were added via surgeries.

- during mutation Theo's ears elongated and became pointy, but it wasn't deemed enough by the company, so they stitched fake cat ears to his head :')

- they fixed his lips in a permanent smile with braces as well as removed all of his teeth and his eyes to make him look more like his toy prototype

- weird paws are actually just hands and feet now. Not that i don't like his paws, i just don't see how he could walk on those (they look really unstable)

End of notes

P.S. Catnap plushie in the corner is to fill up the empty space bc it annoyed me :P

verbal stim of the week ig: “aw jesus, what the hell? oh fuck!” - lucas baker

Hiii! Confluence is my favourite pressure fic so far! Very delicious thank u very much!

I need to say, ever since Gabe said he could keep Sebastian in a pool at home, this idea has been rotating in my head. Like, i don't know HOW they'd get Seb to home or how a giant mutant merman would remain unnoticed by neighbours and stuff, but the idea is just so funny to me:D

It's especially funny to imagine Celeste's live reaction. Like "hey sis, you remember our little bro who was claimed to be dead but then i recieved that weird message? Well he's just outside now and wants to say hi!" And Celeste goes and sees:DD

Celeste just faints on the spot and Gabe is like oh shit lol

microdosing on catharsis by watching a fictional character or persona i relate to have an emotional breakdown until my chest starts to ache from the amount i’ve repressed

Okay, so I just had a negative online experience. Don't expect me to post anything in the nearest time. I will be moping in my bed, because some random person on the internet thinks I'm problematic😔

Imagine the kids being just kids after their escape. Just playful and silly, pranking each other and having fun...