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working with Onyx’s expressions

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What if Puffball was stuck in some sort of time loop with her memories constantly being erased?

So… she would have vague feelings of familiarity whenever she sees/hears/feels/tastes/smells something that is related to whatever happened in those past time loops.

The one comment I’ve gotten was about… I think offering their services to animate or promote it or whatever. I responded to it and it got deleted. Sad.

I’ve gotten several comments like these over on Wattpad as well. Pretty sure it’s a scam.

reblog if you’re a writer who’s very terrible at responding to comments from your readers, but has read them all and loves and appreciates each and every single one of them very dearly

…I only let the automatic spellcheck and grammar checking stuff help me with my writing. People are actually AI generating fics?

Do they not know the beauty of braindumping and sharing your unhinged writing ideas?

Personally, I only use my locally sourced, homegrown ideas that had been stewing in my mind for—at the very least—a few seconds (but sometimes up to a few years).

NOTICE: As more and more fanfic writers are using generative AI for their works (you uncreative dweebs), I hereby swear on everything I hold dear that I have not and will NEVER use generative AI in ANY of my written work. Everything I post will be organically and creatively my own.

Ok, so, I start with a planning document, writing down whatever vague idea I have in my head.

And then, I add to it.

And then (once I have enough of an idea), I create several more documents over whatever amount of time it takes for me to get a semi-clear outline done.

And then, I continue to modify my outline while writing my main story.

…and that’s as far as I’ve gotten.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

hello writers.

…I hate that I have to exclude the people without an account from seeing my writing… but… I don’t want my writing to be fed to an AI without my knowledge (not like I’d do that willingly anyway).

AO3 has been scraped, once again.

As of the time of this post, AO3 has been scraped by yet another shady individual looking to make a quick buck off the backs of hardworking hobby writers. This Reddit post here has all the details and the most current information. In short, if your fic URL ends in a number between 1 and 63,200,000 (inclusive), AND is not archive locked, your fic has been scraped and added to this database.

I have been trying to hold off on archive locking my fics for as long as possible, and I've managed to get by unscathed up to now. Unfortunately, my luck has run out and I am archive locking all of my current and future stories. I'm sorry to my lovelies who read and comment without an account; I love you all. But I have to do what is best for me and my work. Thank you for your understanding.

Colored that last sketch in!

(And added extra doodles of Doom Morph Onyx!)

started reading A Change in Perspective and From the Shadows of the Deep, got inspired (would recommend reading)

Say hello to a siren/kraken version of Onyx (and Doom Morph Onyx)!

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Drew this one ⬇️ on Wednesday. The rest were drawn Thursday.

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Practicing with drawing hands.

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Originally, was just going to have the tentacle things (that are in place of her quill spikes) move when she was experiencing different emotions… but then I decided to add colors to it. May or may not change or modify later.

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Full-body side view:

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Doom Morph (she looks more like an octopus than a squid 😭):

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This one is by far my favorite. Didn’t want to draw over it with my pen for fear of ruining it.

Yeah, I’ve seen these recently. Had to turn off my ask box because I got several EXACTLY like this. And I’ve been tagged in a few posts with this stuff. I scrolled through the comments of the posts I was tagged in… and it’s just some accounts spam @ -ing other accounts.

I miss when I would get Tumblr asks that actually said things and weren't just digital panhandling scams.

started reading A Change in Perspective and From the Shadows of the Deep, got inspired (would recommend reading)

Say hello to a siren/kraken version of Onyx (and Doom Morph Onyx)!

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Drew this one ⬇️ on Wednesday. The rest were drawn Thursday.

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Practicing with drawing hands.

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Originally, was just going to have the tentacle things (that are in place of her quill spikes) move when she was experiencing different emotions… but then I decided to add colors to it. May or may not change or modify later.

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Full-body side view:

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Doom Morph (she looks more like an octopus than a squid 😭):

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This one is by far my favorite. Didn’t want to draw over it with my pen for fear of ruining it.

Reblogging because I’ve gotten comments like this on my blog before. I’ve gone through and blocked all comments like this already.

It’s good to stay aware of these types of things.

Hey guys let me tell you about advance fee scams

I hope y'all are familiar with these in this day and age, especially my artists out there, because they're incredibly common.

About half an hour ago I posted a drawing and tagged it #artists on tumblr, and very quickly received this comment.

My scam radar went off immediately, due to the generic blog name and lack of any emotion in the comment, but I decided it might be an entertaining venture so I dmed them. They asked for a drawing "of these", and sent me a random selfie. I got the details and told them it would be $15, and they promptly offered me $300. At this point I know it's a scam, but I play along for funsies and give them my paypal. Shortly, they send me this image for "confirmation" (I blocked out my email)

And they began to insist that I checked my email. I looked in my spam folder and found the following email.

This is fake. This is not a thing. And the "you're to refund the $200.00 back" is the scam. They send vaguely official-looking emails at you to "prove" that they sent you the money, then have you send them $200 (or however much the scam is for). Then, surprise surprise, you're out $200.

I continued to play along for a bit, and in the second email "Paypal" told me that I had to refund the $200 before they could "credit the $300 to my account", along with these lovely threats.

And yeah, it's silly. But it's not silly if you don't know and get scammed. So. Spread, please! And thank you very much to @mlaurel for the opportunity to get these screenshots.

How much would anyone bet that this guy failed biology classes? I know (as someone who just finished a biology class), off the top of my head, there’s:

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And I’m sure there’s more that I forgot. (Please tell me if I got any of them wrong.)

Education is important, y’all. (Again, please tell me if I got any of them wrong or if I’m forgetting any.)

Also, that other representative should’ve corrected him loudly. Let everyone else with only half a braincell know that he was spouting bullshit.

remembering what past versions of Onyx looked and acted like… so I wrote them down

I literally created Onyx right after Sonic 3 came out, and she’s already on her sixth version.

(Also, typing out “sixth” felt so wrong. It doesn’t even look like a real word.)

Anyway…

Time to go leave comments on fanfics and lose my mind (positive) writing comments on people’s art.

People used to comment on web comics.

People used to comment on fanfiction.

People used to comment on fanart.

People used to comment on OCs.

I hate "content" culture.

I hate "consuming content" and scrolling immediately to the next thing.

People used to be excited about the art that other people created.

People used to want to share that excitement with creators.

I hate this future.

I don’t give a shit what you identify as. As long as you’re not intentionally an asshole to everyone.

Please reblog if you think that “they/them/theirs” is a valid set of pronouns.

this post must be reblogged by everyone

exploring different concepts for Onyx’s backstory

Decided to draw her in the most recent idea I had.

experimenting with different poses

Edit to add:

I was thinking of Spider-Man while drawing these… if you couldn’t tell.

Just realized I colored her in wrong 😭

Fixed it, though.

drawing Onyx again ✨

The only difference is that the one on the right is at 175% zoom instead of only 100% zoom.

❗AVOID THESE PEDOPHILES AT ALL COSTS! ❗

I was scrolling through Tumblr and came across a post of KNOWN PEDOPHILES ON TUMBLR (many of which have or want to rape actual children/minors)

THERE ARE ACTUAL PEDOPHILES ON TUMBLR TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH MINORS ON TUMBLR

PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST THIS LIST AND KEEP OUR MINORS SAFE

Colored her in!

drawing Onyx again ✨

The only difference is that the one on the right is at 175% zoom instead of only 100% zoom.

drawing Onyx again ✨

The only difference is that the one on the right is at 175% zoom instead of only 100% zoom.

I tried to draw Shadow…

(Ignore the fact that I didn’t draw his shoes. I suck at drawing shoes, the reference image I used cut off at his shoes, and I was too lazy to look up another reference image.)

Final product (3):

Rough sketch (2):

Reference image:

When you see it, REBLOG IT.

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I can’t not.

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I need to go to bed.

This is so real. I get stressed about seeing abhorrent grammar and spelling mistakes in writing, but I don’t obsess over getting it right like how I do with my writing.

Me reading another person's writing: Oh they missed a period there, no worries mistakes happen :) Three adjectives in a sentence? Adverbs for days? No worries I love descriptions and this story is fire.

Me seeing the same thing in my work: Wow am I illiterate? Am I actually ok? Who the actual fuck told me I can write so I can go and curse their entire family for the time it took for me to carefully craft this GARBAGE.

She looks like she’s judging people. Honestly? I don’t blame her.

She looks like she’s judging people. Honestly? I don’t blame her.

Onyx’s design is getting better and better.

And I’m finally able to draw hands more decently!

💜

Redrew my new design of Onyx.

Still working on getting my style down.

I decided to redesign Onyx after I made this ⬇️ and redrew her.

I was struggling to make the purple and black (or purple and really dark purple) work… and white (or really light purple) just seems to go a lot better with her.

…and I wanted to make them two sides of the same coin anyway: opposite, yet the same.

Eyes still look a little odd, but I’m getting better. And I’m so glad I figured out the shape of the quills (I was watching the Snapcube fandubs last night and got a good look at the shape of Shadow’s quills… soo… that helped).

💜