☆ Little Alien Girl ☆

ashbrie: “I’m Jane Maxwell. I’m known locally as the most...

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:30:07 -0400

“I’m Jane Maxwell. I’m known locally as the most beautiful woman here, next to my sister.”

Calamity Jane cosplay by Ashbrie. Photo by Sorahana Photography.

darkknightjrk: Future headmaster of the Jean Grey School for...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:30:26 -0400

darkknightjrk:

Future headmaster of the Jean Grey School for Gifted Youngsters, everyone.

chosenxbyxetro: I will stay with you always.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:00:25 -0400

chosenxbyxetro:

I will stay with you always.

men get into something not aimed at their gender: get special titles like "brony." recognition by creators. heralded for defying gender appeal. get documentary.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:30:24 -0400

men get into something not aimed at their gender: get special titles like "brony." recognition by creators. heralded for defying gender appeal. get documentary.
women get into something not aimed at their gender: not real fans. probably secret friend zone warriors deadset on erasing men from the human race. get insulting demeaning memes and sexual harassment.

Wild Arms 5 Cameos

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:00:13 -0400

Wild Arms 5 Cameos

cashewmonster: i sell smash ball and smash ball accessories

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:19:40 -0400

cashewmonster:

i sell smash ball and smash ball accessories

mmmcookies22: punziepond: kittykittydontpanic: bougiegal: just a reminder than tumblr gets face...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:06:57 -0400

mmmcookies22:

punziepond:

kittykittydontpanic:

bougiegal:

just a reminder than tumblr gets face characters fired and if you keep going in this direction with the new Peter Pan face character you are all so suddenly obsessed with you’re going to make him lose his job

can you explain how that happens?

people find out his real name and call him that at the park, therefore taking him out of character and ruining the magic for the younger kids

SIGNAL BOOSTING THIS SHIT

artist-confessions: It’s not that bad of a thing but it does...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:53:43 -0400

artist-confessions:

It’s not that bad of a thing but it does get a bit annoying whenever I just want to draw something random and end up spending more time on their backstory than trying to make the picture look really cool.

submitted by - Anonymous

If you actually want to make a character, then yes that is normal. (Or it should be since believable characters need some kind of history to be believable.)

If you’re having some problem where you need to make up a story in order to just draw some random person or something… maybe you should draw the same characters more? Or make a comic with the ones you have? Since that would imply you might be wanting to tell stories in your drawings.

somefinalfantasythings: Top Fifty Final Fantasy Characters 26....

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:21:52 -0400

somefinalfantasythings:

Top Fifty Final Fantasy Characters

26. Cactuar

Cactuar is an enemy that shows up in many Final Fantasy games. (most, actually.) Defeating a cactuar isn’t always easy if your party isn’t prepared, but when you do defeat one, the reward is usually pretty nice for that point in the game.

But I don’t just like cactuars because they give a good reward in battle… I like them mostly because they are hilarious looking. Many of these games are overall very serious. People are dying, romances are forming, there are battles to fight, monsters to avoid or defeat, corrupted people to stop, worlds to save… And then these crazy ass things come along, running around with their ninety-degree angle arms… They seem so ridiculous, absurd, and out of place. I love it! Just look at them… Don’t they make you laugh?

Then there are those giant ones that just loom over you and fire needles at you like a machine gun, running around all robotically in circles all around you… They are terrifying and hilarious all at the same time.

katisconfused: yesssssssss goood I have obtained my kawaiidesu...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:00:08 -0400

katisconfused:

yesssssssss goood I have obtained my kawaiidesu charms

yes good

This is the best use of both of these things, yes.

Fairy Tail Chapter 10

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:24:18 -0400

Fairy Tail Chapter 10

One of the most frustrating things about older games is that...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:26:45 -0400

One of the most frustrating things about older games is that there were nice wallpapers made then that only existed in sizes that people were using at the time. I believe I had the 800x600 version of this one on my first computer at some point.

"Later, after Trek was on the air, the producers used the network’s concerns about sexuality to their..."

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:29:01 -0400

“Later, after Trek was on the air, the producers used the network’s concerns about sexuality to their advantage — they would deliberately put sexy stuff into episodes for the network to freak out about, so the censors wouldn’t notice other things. For example, in the episode “A Private Little War,” the producers deliberately put in a scene of Kirk having an open-mouth kiss with a half-naked woman, so the network could throw a fit about that — and not notice the blatant Vietnam allegory.”

- 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About The Original Star Trek (via mediahascookies)

THIS IS WHAT STAR TREK IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT

(via bookishbutcorruptible)

When JJ Abrams decided that he didn’t like the “philosophy” of Star Trek, this is some of the stuff he was knocking.

(via grouchythefish)

I guess the T&A distracted Abrams so much so that he missed the allegorical aspects too.

(via thetrekkiehasthephonebox)

Photo

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:31:51 -0400

princeofdrunk: SHOTS FIRED

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:34:02 -0400

princeofdrunk:

SHOTS FIRED

fattyforever: ramon-salamander: witchlingfumbles: GUISE GUISE IF YOU HIT “X+C” IT SHUTS OFF EVERY...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:17:05 -0400

fattyforever:

ramon-salamander:

witchlingfumbles:

GUISE

GUISE

IF YOU HIT “X+C” IT SHUTS OFF EVERY GIF ON YOUR DASH

EVERY SINGLE ONE TURNS TO A LITTLE GREY BOX WITH A LOCK

GUISE

TUMBLR HAS MADE ITSELF SAFE FOR EPILEPTICS

PASS IT ON

I BRING FORTH THIS KNOWLEDGE TO ANY FELLOW TUMBLRITES/SEIZURE-PRONE PEOPLE THAT MAY FOLLOW ME

KINDLY THANK THE OP FOR THIS KNOWLEDGE

I AM A HUMBLE MESSENGER

BEAUTIFUL.

Um… does OP have Missing E installed with Safe Dash enabled? Because I believe that had a thing that turned all images into locks (I uninstalled it and can’t be bothered to reinstall it to see if x+c is a keyboard shortcut to enable that, so someone else would have to confirm that one way or another.)

Either way, pressing those keys does absolutely nothing for me, so I’m going to have to assume that OP has something installed that they didn’t realize they were activating by pressing those keys.

ashbrie: I spam pics of this costume a lot—it’s because I love...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:36:15 -0400

ashbrie:

I spam pics of this costume a lot—it’s because I love it so much ;~; I really really really need to cosplay more Wild Arms girls! (…and maybe some guys.)

Calamity Jane cosplay by Ashbrie. Photo by Sorahana Photography.

I wish there was some rule when deciding A+X teamups that no one who is or has been a member of both...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:24:27 -0400

I wish there was some rule when deciding A+X teamups that no one who is or has been a member of both the Avengers and the X-Men is not allowed in the series because that feels like cheating.

Alternately, an issue that is Wolverine teaming up with himself because it’s pretty clear they want him in everything all the time anyway.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau To Play Horus In Gods Of Egypt.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:57:28 -0400

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau To Play Horus In Gods Of Egypt.:

arseniccupcakes:

blackfangirlsunite:

shulamithbond:

sourcedumal:

kemetically-afrolatino:

jadescreen:

Granted the title of this post does not sound too enthralling, but trust us when we say seeing The Kingslayer in a slightly less villainous role may well be just what the maester ordered! Widely kn…

Swapping his medieval attire for some ancient robes? Yes please!

NO PLEASE

no, how about just NO, NOW.

this just hurt me in so many melanated places and third eye gland nerves from floating in a sea of whitewashing bullshit.

sign this petition to stop the mayhem

THE FUCK YOU SAY?

So let me get this fucking straight.

Blond haired white male is totally fucking okay to play HORUS, a fucking GOD OF KEMET, WHICH LITERALLY MEANS ‘THE BLACK LAND’

But we still can’t get people of color to play anything other than fucking slaves and maids?

We can’t even fucking play OUR OWN GODS?

All of y’all bitches who complained about Heimdall being Black better not ever say anything ever again. All of y’all bitches who complain about possible Black people playing a white character better not say shit.

Don’t any of my followers dare just “like” this post. Sign the petition and pass it on. There is no reason to cast white actors here other than racism and greed. If you aren’t at least comfortable signing this petition then I’m honestly not sure what you’re doing following me.

what the living fuck?

ugh

eschergirls: soozarts: karenhealey: bisexual candycorn: thoughts on...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:38:44 -0400

eschergirls:

soozarts:

karenhealey:

bisexual candycorn: thoughts on skintones

princessneeshydoomcuddles:

mulattafury:

people ask me a lot about drawing poc, more specifically “how” to do it. my kneejerk reaction is to get frustrated by it, because the answer is “just like you’d draw anything else.” it’s like the main excuse artists and writers use to not include poc in their art and in their worlds — they “don’t know how,” implying that we somehow operate by a separate set of rules, that while white characters don’t require a special set of considerations to be varied and textured and interesting, non-white characters are just an elusive series of step-by-step instructions that most creators just can’t be assed to learn or to include

i still feel that way

but

i guess i can understand that most instructive media focuses specifically on white aesthetics, proportions, skintones, and features, so there really is a need for more instructive material that is more inclusive

i can dig it

that said, there is a lot that i don’t know and am not good at and i don’t really feel comfortable trying to instruct other artists, but i’m fine with taking you through my thought processes a little

SO here’s some stuff about skintones. it’s not perfect, and there will never be a better teacher than the world around you for showing you what things look like and how to express them

first off, if you’ve ever seen me stream you know i don’t usually block in my shading with hard lines like this. i like to paint and sample colors as i go, but i’m trying to communicate my ideas about color a little better

but i’ve always used the same basic process for coloring skintones, any skintones, forever and always:

this is going to change up a little bit with directional lighting, colored lighting, environmental lighting, shit like that, but this is your basic procedure. the biggest mistake i think artists make is using skintone+black for shadows and skintone + white for highlights, and that results in pretty dull looking skintones

in the former image, i only varied the value of the main skin color, but in the latter i also varied the hue and saturation. doing so gives you more of an opportunity to add warmth and depth to your colors, as well as bring in environmental colors if you need to

you want to sample around the palette, use reds and purples and oranges, don’t just stay within the range of your base tone!

this applies for all colors, not just skin, but especially skin! you want skin to look alive, not plastic and dull

these same rules apply for most skintones

though it’s always going to be incredibly helpful to just look at references of the skintone you’re trying to draw, for little details like (for example), very dark skin, because there is a more extreme light/dark variation, will often look much more reflective than very light skin under the same lighting conditions

like so

because of this, you’ll want to work on using light more than shadow to describe form on dark skin

again, this is true of all colors, but especially skin, because you don’t want skin to look flat and lifeless!

the same rules can apply to fantasy skin tones. start with a base tone, then use warm, saturated colors to add light and shadow. sampling around the palette becomes really important for fantasy skintones if you are trying to make them look realistic/believable

this is especially true if, for whatever reason, you wanted to make a character with grey skin that looks alive and believable

OKAY THAT’S THE END OF OUR SHOW

LOOK AT THIS GOOD ASS RESOURCE MOTHERFUCKERS

Another helpful note is that darker skin tends to be shinier, which is especially easy to see on the super-dark people in the pics above. My rule of thumb is to use larger swaths of highlights on light skin, and more focused, smaller ones on darker skin.

(Though this is no more a hard-and-fast rule than anything else in art, but it’s a decent shortcut.)

Sharing another drawing tutorial for any interested. :)