One Thing I Want To Point Out About Nimona Is That It Captures Tenderness In Such A Visceral Way That

All of my incorrect quotes as Splatoon!

It took days but it’s done.

run, save yourself.

Neo3 -“Leave me, Four, save yourself.”

Agent4-“Oh. Okay.”

Neo3- “FOUR!!!!”

Agent4-“alright alright I’m coming back.”

Marie- “Are you high?!”

Cap3- “What?”

Marie- “High?”

Cap3- “Hello?”

Cap3- (About 8) “She’s so pretty”

Neo3- “don’t be jealous, you’re pretty too!”

Cap3-“ I wasn’t being jealous I was being gay”

Agent4-“I know exactly what you’re going through my friend. It’s called; Being Gay!“

Neo3-“Oh.”

Agent4-

Neo3-“OOHHHHHH!”

Agent8- “I’m breaking up with you and here’s a puppyyyyyy!”

Cap3- “Aww- wait what?”

Agent8- “His name is Marvin I need my keys back and he’s very cuuuute!”

Cap3- “Do you think I’m not hearing the bad parts of those sentences?”

(they ended up not breaking up)

Pearl-“I like um movies that talk about the- *glanced at Marina* that- that talk about-“

Marina-*snickers*

Pearl-“FPHG What? What? WHAT???”

Marina-“NOTHING! I just like you!”

Pearl-“BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAGAHAHAHAHAHA”

Neo3-“Can you tell what this word says?”

Agent4-“Pw- wait- Pwmoly…?”

Neo3-“I don’t think that’s it.” 

Agent4-“Okay, wait, let me use my imagination. That could be a backwards A, and that could be a U, so Puamo- it’s still Pwmoly!”

Neo3-“So? What do you think?”

Cap3-“I think it has 3,600 pages.”

Cap3-“I have a life, I have a family, and until I read this, I had a will to live.”

Agent8- “Blood. Seas of blood.”

Agent4- “Nightmares?”

Agent8- *more annoyed* “Ennui? Blood! Fire and blood!”

Neo3- “Time!”

Agent8- “You fool! It was birthday parties!”

Agent4- “BIRTHDAY PARTIES?!”

Pearl- “HEY ASSHOLE!”

Callie- “It would appear Pearl has read the article.”

Marie- “It would appear he has.”

Cap3- “Agent 4 is above reason but they are of Inkopolis. And they are my sibling.”

Marina- “They killed 80 Octarians in two days.”

Marie- “They’re adopted.”

Cap3- “And I’m like boom, you looking for this?”

Agent4-

Marie-

Cap3- “Boom? You look- why do I even talk to you guys? Everyone else that story kills.”

Marie- “That’s the whole story?”

Cap3- “Yes, it’s a war machine story.”

Agent4- “Oh it-it’s very good then.”

Agent4- “Lets rande-voo at our Junk Shop!”

Neo3- “We jammed the door closed, but we’ll kick it open!”

Marina- “Shelldon left very clear instructions, Four. Did you not see the very clear instructions?”

Agent4- “I saw the note.”

Marina- “And what did it say?”

Agent4- *looks at note reading “Four, you are still too young to drive the truck.”

Agent4- “It’s ambiguous.”

Marina- “I’m not overriding the controls for you.”

Agent4- “Please?”

Marina- “NO.”

Callie- “If you had 24 hours left to live, what would you do?”

Marie- “Say goodbye and mend my relationships.”

Pearl- “Something illegal.”

Neo3- “I’d message ten people on FaceBook saying that if they don’t forward the message to ten people I’ll die tomorrow.”

Cap3- “Jesus, kid.”

Pearl- “That’s awesome, can I change my answer?”

Octavio- “Where’s your sense of self-preservation?”

Cap3- “GONE BABY!”

*Later*

Marie- “We’re having a talk.”

Cap3- “yup.”

Agent4: *running towards 8 with open arms*

Agent8: *moves out of the way*

Agent4: Hey, why'd you move?!

Agent8: I thought you were going to attack me.

Agent4: I was going to hug you!

Agent8: Why would you hug me?

Agent4: WHY WOULD I ATTACK YOU!?

Marie: How petty can you get?

Pearl: I once edited a Wikipedia article to win an argument I was wrong about.

Neo3: Why does Agent 8 have you in her phone as BBG?

Cap3: How about we stop talking for a little while.

Cap3: One time, I had a crush on an ally of ours but I didn’t know how to deal with it so I just wrote them a note that said “Get out of my house.”

Agent8: THAT WAS YOU?!?!

Marie: So, did everyone learn their lesson?

Neo3: No.

Cap3: I did not.

Agent4: I may have actually forgotten one.

Callie: Also no.

Marie: Oh good, neither did I.

Marina: *Exhausted sigh*

Agent8: Captain is too tall for me to kiss them on the lips. What should I do?

Agent4: Punch them in the stomach. Then, when they double over in pain, kiss them.

Pearl: Tackle them!

Marie: Dump them.

Neo3: Kick them in the shin!

Captain: No to all of those! Just ask me to lean down!!

Neo3: Bye Captain! Bye Miss Callie! Bye Miss Marie! Bye Agent4! Bye Captain!

Agent8: You said ‘bye Captain’ twice.

Neo3: I like Captain.

Mr. Grizz: Man, they look like a real handful. How do you deal with them?

Marina, watching Agent4 and Pearl screaming, Captain trying to set a sleeping Neo3 on fire, and Callie choking on air: I don't know either.

Pearl: Rules were made to be broken.

Marie: They were made to be followed. Nothing is made to be broken.

Agent4: Uh, piñatas.

Agent8: Glow sticks.

Neo3: Karate boards.

Callie: Spaghetti when you have a small pot.

Pearl: Rules.

Marie: -3-

Captain: Crud, we have a flat tire!

Agent4: Ah crud! 

Neo3: What are we gonna do? We're still really far away!

Agent4: Don't worry guys, I put a spare in the trunk!

Marie: ...Four, I swear on the Cuttlefish name, if I open the trunk and there is bowling pins set up back there I am going to throw you to Splatsville.

Sheldon: *glaring at 4*

Callie: *staring at 4*

Captain: *glaring at 4*

Agent4: ...

Agent4: Don't open the trunk

Callie: Cap won't come out of his room

Neo3: Just tell him I said something

Callie: Like what?

Neo3: Anything factually wrong

*a few minutes later*

Captain, bursting into the room: Did you say the sun is a pLANET

Marie: Three, what is this called?

Neo3: A mop?

Marie: Now tell him what you think it is

Agent4, close to tears: Wet broom 

Agent4, very high/tired, to Neo3: "You're so full of yourself" is such a weird expression like, what else would I be full of??? Bees??? Styrofoam???”

Neo3: ????

Marie: “You’re dating him.”

Agent8, painfully: “I know.”

Marie: So what's the new rule here?

Callie, Pearl & Agent4: No daring Three to do stupid stuff

Captain: Why?

Neo3, muttering: Because I have no regard for my personal safety

Captain: Right

(On the teacups)

8, Marie & Marina: *spinning calmly and talking about things*

4, 3, Cap, Pearl & Callie: *zoom by at lightning speed, screaming loudly*

Marie: Whenever I’m mad at Pearl I tighten all the jars in the kitchen so they has to come to me for help.

*sound of glass smashing*

Marie: It hasn’t worked yet but I’m staying hopeful.

Marie(about 8 to Captain)- I thought you said she was JUST trying to kill you.

Pearl- Wow, quick turnaround.

Agent4- No kidding, it took me MONTHS to stop trying to kill Captain.

Callie- I’d say it took me a day, day and a half.

Neo3- I’m still on the fence.

(Insert offended Captain here)

Callie- That sounds bad

Pearl- That looks bad

Marina- That IS bad!!

Marie- So I come home and see my brother’s made this cool thing so I pick it up to look at it and he goes, “HUH. That’s neat!” And I said “what?” And he said “I WASNT SURE IF THE WHOLE THING WAS GONNA BE ELECTROCUTED OR NOT!” I mean like what? Were you just gonna let me be a Guinea Pig is that what was happening?!

Sheldon(faintly)- yes

Pearl- *choking*

Marie- Can you die a little quieter I’m reading.

Agent4(laying in hospital bed very much sedated)- I’ll tell ya. They did that real quick, they just went right in there, and they snippidy snip snipped it. They did THREE snips.

Agent8- Three snips?

*Empty stretcher moves by*

Agent4- That guy didn’t make it.

Agent4- HAWAII? HOW DID SHE EVEN GET HER CAR HERE? ITS ILLISOIS?!

Neo3- WHAT THE HECK?!

Agent4- AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Neo3- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Agent4- When you go to a bbq joint and there’s twelve rolls of toilet paper, you kind of question the food

Marie- He’s a grown man that eats apple sauce with his fingers! Even 4 doesn’t do that, right 4?

Agent4- I-I do that too.

Agent4- if you’re American when you walk into the bathroom, and you’re American when you come out of the bathroom, what are you when you’re in the bathroom?

Neo3- *glances at Captain*

Agent4- European!

Captain- The darkness gets closer to consuming me with each passing day-

Sheldon- That gives us 41 hours until the destruction of all organic life on Earth.

Callie- All organic life?

Sheldon- Yeah, like the animals, the plants, the insects. You know, people.

Marina- Alright time for lunch all peanut allergy kids come with me!

Callie- But I wanna eat with my friends!

Marina- And be at risk of dying?

Callie-…yes?

Marina-No.

Agent4, aggressively throws water bottles: HYDRATE OR DIE-DRATE!!!

Marie: Help! He’s trying to yell mental health and wellbeing into us!!

Agent4: I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU!!!

Captain, crying: It's working

Agent4- my brand just overheated

Neo3- it’s pronounced “brian” dummy

Captain- it’s pronounced “brain” morons

Captain(hasn’t slept in days)- Last night, I saw three woman walking down the street that way. And I asked them, “Hey you three ladies! Why are you going that way? There’s nothing down there?” And then they flew away, and I said to myself, “them were some birds.”

Marie-

Callie- *wheeze*

Neo3- One large pizza, extra fishy.

Callie- You must be hungry.

Neo3- No, I’m ordering for two.

Pearl- *spits out drink* NEWBIE IS PREGNANT?!

Neo3- Freaking out isn’t going to help! We gotta be chill.

Captain- HOW CAN WE BE CHILL LOOK AT ALL THAT ICE!

Marie- That’s it! Christmas is cancelled!

Captain- You can’t cancel a holiday.

Marie- Keep that up and you’ll lose New Years, too.

Agent4- What does that mean?

Marie- MARINA! Take New Years away from Captain and Four!

Agent4(heavily sedated(yes, again))- I guess I’m just too tough to cry.

Agent8- Just today you were crying about snakes.

Agent4- They don’t have any arms!

Marie- And crabs?

Agent4- *sobbing*THEY CANT HOLD HANDSSSSS

Agent4- What happened? Did Neo fall and break his butt? Haha.

Captain- That’s not funny.

Agent4- …I know.

Neo3: I have a plan. It might get us both killed, but if it works, it'll be a totally boss story. Cool?

Captain: What? No, not cool!

Neo3: Cool

Captain: I SAID NOT COOL! 

Agent4- Dr Pepper please

Neo3- Is Pepsi okay?

Agent4- Is Monopoly money okay?

Captain- What are you, twelve?

Agent4- YEAH.

Captain- ON A SCALE OF ONE TO TEN.

Marina- Four! Captain said not to!

Agent4- Cappy needs some help from the Love Doctor~.

Pearl- And his assistant!

Marina- Get back here!

A- I have to tell my something parents, can you wait here for a second?

B- Don’t you mean tell your parents something?

Neo3- LOOK. my mosquito bites spell out “beware”!

Captain- That says “bewarb”

Captain- So I heard you like bad boys.

Agent8- Who told you that?

Captain- Pearl. Anyways, *hair flip* I just want you to know I’m bad at everything. ;)

8- 

Cap- *still ;) but def about to break a sweat*

8- Pick me up at seven

Captain- What country are y’all from where they got this garbage at

Neo3- Jersey

Agent4- I KNEW IT 

Agent4- Just let go! Be in the moment!

Neo3- I am in the moment! ITS A TERRIBLE MOMENT!!

Neo3(telling Agent4 about Mr. Grizz)- I handled it like a champ.

*3 hours earlier*

Neo3- *uncontrollable sobbing*

Neo3- Sir, you’ve misplaced your five dollar bill directly into my palm.

Cuttlefish- You fight almost as well as a man!

Agent8- Funny! I was going to say the same thing to you!

Agent8- How do you make someone fall in love with you?

Agent4- Well, There's The Usual Things: Flowers, Chocolates... Promises You Don't Intend To Keep

Pearl- This year, I lost my dear husband Marina.

Marina- STOP TELLING EVERYONE IM DEAD

Pearl- Sometimes I can still hear his voice

Callie: "Sorry it took me so long the bail you out of jail"

Pearl: "No it's my fault, I shouldn't have used my one phone call to prank call the police,"

*a few hours earlier*

Captain answers their desk phone: "Officer Sango speaking"

Pearl: "is your refrigerator running?"

Captain while still on the phone turns to glare at Pearl:

Agent4- I can’t miss a photo op with you and a pile of trash

Cap- Oh, A, you’re too hard on yourself!

Callie- If you don’t like my tuna casserole then you’re a liar. Or worse, VEGAN.

Neo3- STOP BEING SUCH A KAREN

Agent4- I can’t be a Karen what kind of Karen likes anime?

Neo3- tch

Neo3- KAREN JAEGA

Marie- I’ve been looking for you everywhere!

Agent4- What a coincidence! I’ve been avoiding you everywhere!

Callie: Hey, can we stay in your room tonight?

Marie: Why? 

Cap: Four fiddled with an ouija board and cursed Three’s. 

Callie: Three doesn't know how to banish spirits, so they just throw salt at them and yells "DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A HOTEL TO YOU?!"

Marie: I've not slept in the past five days.

Callie: I worry about Marie, he's got awful sleeping habits.

*interview gets interrupted by Captain stumbling in the background squinting from the bright lights as he grabs the entire coffee pot and then leaves*

Callie:.......I take that back. All of them have awful sleeping habits.

Cap- “Listen, I need you to do something I was never strong enough to.”

Neo3- “Fulfill my destiny, right?”

Cap- “No.”

Cap- *wheezing* “Get therapy…!”

4- you think I don’t like you? I do! I’d kill for you! Please-ask-me-to-kill-for-you

Cap- first of all, let’s calm down.

4: Three, we've been together through thick and thin

Neo3: We have

4: Three, when we were six and I fell off my skateboard, you were there by my side

Neo3: I was

4: And when we were ten and I burned myself trying to make pop tarts

4: you were there by my side

Neo3: True

4: And when we were twelve and my favorite action figure tragically broke

4: You were there right beside me

Neo3: Yes

4: And the night I was thrown out of a window

4: where were you? Tell them

Neo3: By your side

4: By my side...

4: Three, you're a fucking jinx

8- “Can you guys get Captain? She’s kinda bleeding a lot.”

Cap- *incredibly strained* “I’m bleeding a normal amount, thank you.”

Pearl- BY THE TIME I’M FINISHED, YOU’LL BE WHISTLING OUT OF YOUR BUTT!

4- “Argue with me-“

Neo3- “But you’re wrong!”

4- “Dont argue with m-“

Neo3- “BUT. YOURE. WRONG.”

4- “That’s why you’re the slowest in your class.”

Neo3- “That’s why you don’t have a girlfriend.”

4- >:0

Neo3- >:)

4- “I’m about to end your whole career. You know Santa Claus isn’t real right?

Neo3- :0

4- >:)

Neo3- “What?”

4- “Right, Hm?”

Neo3- “What?!”

8- “Why would you say that?!”

4- “he had it coming!”

Neo3- “MISS MARIE!!”

4- “DONT CALL MARIE NOW!”

Neo3- “he said to bring it to my parents.”

Cap- “So you brought it to me(????)”

Neo3: So, what was your childhood like

4: Oh, you mean my tragic backstory that you must be at least level 3 friendship to unlock? 

Neo3:...What level am I at? 

4: Ten. So it all started-

Marie- “I bet Captain has a six pack.”

Neo3- “For eel? Can I see?!” <- has never seen a six pack before

Captain- “Okay sure! Did you mean the six-pack of twinkies or soda?”

Callie- :0

Neo3- :o

Marie- :”)

Neo3: We’re going to defeat you with the power of friendship. 

Cap: We’re not friends yet. 

Cap: We’re going to defeat you with the power of incredible violence.

Marie-

Callie-

4- “Sup’ guys Cappy couldn’t make it I’m New Cappy! Insert random grumble here!”

Marie- “GRAAAAAAAAAAMPS!”

Callie- “I dunno I kinda like New Captain!”

Neo3- “Where’s Captain?!”

4- “Wherever she is, I’m sure she’s trying to save us right now!”

Cap- *spamming the elevator close door button*

Marie- “When was the last time you slept?”

Captain with eye bags the size of the Grand Canyon- “Would you believe me if I said last night?”

4- “And I said, ‘What’re you gonna do? Stab me?’ ”

Neo3- “So I stabbed her.”

Marie- *deep breath*

4- “WAKE ME UP”

Neo3- “Wake me up insiiiide~”

4- “CANT WAKE UP”

Neo3- “Wake me up insiiiide~~”

Captain- “SAAAVE MEEE!”

Cap: *staring pensively out of a window*

Neo3: So wise, so knowledgeable. He really is a born master

Cap, to themself: Is cereal a soup?

Cap- “Can you be serious for five minutes?”

4- “My record is four, but I think I can do it.”

Octavio- “As some of you know, I took a bit of a break last year-“

Pearl- “You mean when you hooked up with that old man and then he dumped you?”

Octavio- “Let’s move on.”

Marie- ”Gramps sure did.”

Cap- “So…Who broke it? I’m not mad, I just wanna know.”

Marina- “I did, I broke it-“

Cap- “No, no you didn’t. Pearl?”

Pearl- “Don’t look at me, look at 4.”

4- “Huh? I didn’t break it.”

Pearl- “HUH. That’s weird. How did you even know it was broken?”

4- “Because it’s sitting right in front of us, and it’s broken.”

Pearl- “Suspicious.”

4- “No, it’s not!”

Marie- “If it matters, probably not, but uh Shiver was the last one to use it-“

Shiver- “Liar! I don’t even drink that crap!”

Marie- “Oh really then what were you doing by the coffee cart earlier?”

Shiver- “I use the stirrers to push back my cuticles, everyone knows that MARIE.”

Marina- “Okay, let’s not fight, I broke it, let me pay for it Captain.”

Cap- “NO. WHO BROKE IT?!”

4- “Cappy… Frye has been awfully quiet-“

Frye- “REALLY?! OH MY GOD!”

*everyone arguing*

Cap*in the next room with 8*- “It was me. I broke it. Burned my hand so I punched it.”

4- *holding up photo* “D’you know what this is?”

Marina- “It’s a weed plant.”

4- “And now did you know that?!”

Marina- “…it’s labeled…”

Captain- “Boys be like “Oopsie Daisy!” WHOS DAISY.”

4- “Girls be like “No way José!” WHOS JOSÉ”

Neo3- “HOLA BITCH”

Captain- “God give me patience.”

Neo3- “Don’t you mean god give me strength?”

Captain- “If god gave me strength you’d be dead right now.”

Callie- “We’ll just have to agree to disagree.”

Marie- “I don’t agree to that.”

Pearl- “Me either!”

8- “I need relationship advice.”

4- “Break up.”

8- “At least listen to me first.”

Doctor: $140,000 a year

Furry artist on Patreon: $160,000 a year

Super Duper 100% Serious Steven Universe “Who Shattered Pink Diamond” Theory

-No one. The whole thing was faked (JUST LIKE THE MOON LANDING) by Pink Diamond herself who was just goddamn sick and tired of dealing with Yellow and Blue’s shit for all of eternity because c’mon, look at them, you’d rather pretend to be dead too.

((

The clouds below rumbled and threatened rain upon the valley. She could feel it around her, the dropping pressure as the warm front pushed through, and the inevitable fall of water dropplets coating the vegetation.

Maya, in her dozing off, focused on every single one. They trickled down and bounced, some colliding with each other and some shattering into mist and cycling back up into the clouds.

It was a shame that it never rained on the monastery, what advantages would she have during training if it did, but then again the fire EMs powers would surely be dampened.

Speaking of, her mind wandered back to his odd behavor that day. During training he had excused himself claiming to be sick, in which Wu allowed, and the he didn't show up for lunch or dinner or even chores. Ray didn't allow her into his room despite how close she felt that had become as of late, which was even more odd.

Did she say something to him and made him upset? Maya made note to speak to him about it in the morning.

Falling deeper into sleep, her mind's consiousness slipped into lucidity. The dream before her she had many times before: a blue lit cave with strange markings that coiled around led her down to a gated opening. Within laid an unfathomably large serpent, its horns jutting like jagged yellow coral from its dark scaley head. Its eyes, however open, peered lifelessly towards her.

In her hand she held a stone that shimmered blue, the shape ever shifting between her fingers. Somehow she knew it belonged to the sleeping beast, and although she knew it wrong to return the stone, she felt as though it was calling for her.

Just as the thought to break in came to her, Maya felt the hairs on her neck stand up. Something was watching her, something large and unknown that loomed with an intent to attack.

Maya snapped awake fast enough to see a serpents tail twist its way into the shadowed rafters.

A serpentine, here? Wu had said anacondrai could turn invisible and despite their size, were very sneaky. If one had snuck out here and managed to get past everyone, that meant that it surely has had enough time to collect information and was on the move to get out.

"Oh no you don't," She spat and sprung up into the rafters.

The quiet nimble motions of the intruder became loud and scrambled as she skipped closer, its tail flicking around wildly as it attempted to throw her off. It dived between a beam and the roof, squirming as it squeezed its way into a small storage area.

Although being unable to see in the dark, she heared it and dropped down into the room just outside of it. Maya smirked triumphantly, knowing well that the room beyond the door was a dead end, albeit pitch black. "You're pretty dumb for a serpentine," she taunted, lighting a lamp and taking one of the sparring rods off the wall.

Confident in her combat abilities, she batted away the thought of getting backup and slid the door open. Many scrolls and boxes laid in piles amongst overflowing shelves, the yellowed paper flickering with the fire in the lamp. Maya eased her way in, eyes scanning the room as she went. This serpent could be anywhere, could be any colour, but any movement it had she was confident that the sheer amout of paper would give away its position immediately.

And then, as the lamp's glow met the far wall, she saw it: a red scaley form sat upon a crate, its body curled around in a tight ball with its hands childishly around its face as if it would help it further hide. From between its claws, a fearful eye peaked out and stared at her.

If this was a serpentine, she reasoned, it surely was an ugly one. Especially wearing such a red gi that seemed stretched and unfitting, yet somehow familiar... Maya took a step closer, eyeing over its form once more and lowering the lantern. "You're not a serpentine... you're... Ray?" She asked almost not believing her own words.

Any doubt left her mind when he squeaked out his awkward laugh and smiled his goofy smile. His hands fell to his lap and idly squeezed at the ruined fabric, "you caught me, surprise." Ray fidgeted.

"Ray what happened to you? Is this why you disappeared all day? We need to tell Wu right away, I'm sure he can undo this-" Maya turned to do so as she talked, only to spin around and approach him again. This time, in a much lower voice she asked, "Was it the fangpyre general?"

He blinked, unsure of what she meant, "N-no? Maya this isn't serpentine related, its, I'm-I'm not fully human." Well that's an odd way to put it.

"Then what are you?" Her voice became harder, "and why were you watching me sleep?"

"Well, I maybe kind of sort of am part dragon..." he squeaked, "and I-I can explain the second one! I was going to tell you about this but then- well you looked so peaceful I didn't want to wake you up. But then you looked at me like you wanted to kill me so I got scared and ran." Ray smiled.

Maya squinted, not buying it for a second, "does Wu know?"

"No. I rather him not know... Maybe he already does... I don't know."

"Can you change back?"

"Uhh, well, no. I'm stuck sort of."

If it was a secret enough to cause him to be in hiding all day, that certainly didn't bode well for tomorrow. "How did you end up like this in the first place, maybe we can reverse walk through this." She set the lamp down and sat on a box across from him, leaning the rod against a shelf.

Ray thought about it, "I dunno. We were all sparring in the morning and then I guess I just started thinking about how to really channel my element you know? Then I started thinking about the war and what we're fighting for and I just got so worked up about it that I felt -I dunno- sick. And thats when this happened." He flicked his tail. "My dad told me a story once, about how a dragon in our family went rogue and forced a drought that wiped out villages. What if I do the same thing?? What if I lose control when we go to fight and I hurt you?"

Maya tapped her fingers on the wood, "do you feel yourself slipping away?"

"No... but what if people think I am?"

"I think you're overthinking this."

"But what if-"

"Ray," she stopped him, "So you're part dragon and you had some bad family history. That doesn't mean anything until you prove it to mean something. My mom told me when I was a little kid that all of the great feats in my bloodline mean nothing to me unless I make them meaningful, and unless you actually want to go and make farmers mad, I don't think you'll do it." She crossed a leg over the other, "You may look differen't, but you're still the dorkishly annoying blacksmith I care about."

He looked away, "you don't think the others would be scared of me if I looked like this?"

"well... no I think they would be, which is why we should tell Wu."

"I don't want anyone else to know about this." Ray muttered.

"Then we'll make him promise not to say." Maya nodded, picking up her things. "Ill be back with him shortly."))

Pride Icons of my Favorite P5 Ships

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rare vent art from a few months ago

The evolution of Hat Kid

A while ago I did this fun challenge on Twitter and look how far we've gotten!

Can't afford art school?

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard)

Aaron Rutten (free)

BoroCG (free)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates)

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, ect Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Libresprite (free, for pixel art)

Those are the ones I can recall.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

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