Dang, How Long Did This Even Take??!! It's Beautiful And Has So Many Complicated Design Details. Wow

Show, don’t tell

"Show, don’t tell" means letting readers experience a story through actions, senses, and dialogue instead of outright explaining things. Here are some practical tips to achieve that:

1. Use Sensory Details

Tell: "The room was cold."

Show: "Her breath puffed in faint clouds, and she shivered as frost clung to the edges of the window."

Tell: "He was scared."

Show: "His hands trembled, and his heart thudded so loudly he was sure they could hear it too."

2. Focus on Actions

Tell: "She was angry."

Show: "She slammed the mug onto the counter, coffee sloshing over the rim as her jaw clenched."

Tell: "He was exhausted."

Show: "He stumbled through the door, collapsing onto the couch without even bothering to remove his shoes."

3. Use Dialogue

What characters say and how they say it can reveal their emotions, intentions, or traits.

Tell: "She was worried about the storm."

Show: "Do you think it'll reach us?" she asked, her voice tight, her fingers twisting the hem of her shirt.

4. Show Internal Conflict Through Thoughts or Reactions

Tell: "He was jealous of his friend."

Show: "As his friend held up the trophy, he forced a smile, swallowing the bitter lump rising in his throat."

5. Describe the Environment to Reflect Mood

Use the setting to mirror or hint at emotions or themes.

Tell: "The town was eerie."

Show: "Empty streets stretched into the mist, and the only sound was the faint creak of a weathered sign swinging in the wind."

6. Let Readers Infer Through Context

Give enough clues for the reader to piece things together without spelling it out.

Tell: "The man was a thief."

Show: "He moved through the crowd, fingers brushing pockets, his hand darting away with a glint of gold."

7. Use Subtext in Interactions

What’s left unsaid can reveal as much as what’s spoken.

Tell: "They were uncomfortable around each other."

Show: "He avoided her eyes, pretending to study the painting on the wall. She smoothed her dress for the third time, her fingers fumbling with the hem."

8. Compare to Relatable Experiences

Use metaphors, similes, or comparisons to make an emotion or situation vivid.

Tell: "The mountain was huge."

Show: "The mountain loomed above them, its peak disappearing into the clouds, as if it pierced the heavens."

Practice Example:

Tell: "The village had been destroyed by the fire."

Show: "Charred beams jutted from the rubble like broken ribs, the acrid smell of ash lingering in the air. A child's shoe lay half-buried in the soot, its leather curled from the heat."

This scene from one of the Suicide Squad movies reminded me of team ENA so I had to animate it ✨This drawing helped me a lot with the posing of the shotgun!!

They De-Tumblrized Ms. Frizzle

Another little guy. He's an oc I've been working on. Little guy commits workplace safety violations.

An animated icon commission that i recently completed for Ashdown/frankie!!💖💕

I love doing these but also gosh they take forever to complete lol😩💕

I’m super happy with how she turned out!!✨

A WIP I'm working on.

Woodfrog, whom @mrmrsdarklordjrthethird named, is sulking. I'm considering giving her a coat since she may not tolerate the cold as well as normal icewings.

May or not finish it idk I'm working on something else too. I drew her with the intention of potentially animating her movements but idk.

She may become my new angsty character that I get inspired to draw at 3am.

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#i love cookie cutter sharks #because of the espionage

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Visit the End!

A Minecraft travel poster

(Posters/stickers/etc on my redbubble!)

Mud/Rain OC concepts; based on my two fursonas

They were part of a clutch of five, but only two eggs hatched. Shoebill (right) was the bigwings. She hatched from a red egg.

Both pass fully as Mudwings, with their only give away being their frills, which they tell others are a rare mutation. They don't know their parents (and have no desire to seek them out) but deduced their hybrid status easily due to Margay's (left) color changing abilities. Only Queen Moorhen and a few other dragons know about this.

Both were soldiers for a time during the War until the Queen was made aware of their unique talents and they were eventually promoted to being diplomats and spies, taking advantage of Margay's camouflage to gain information, with Shoebill serving as her bodyguard and backup in case something were to go wrong.

Both are clever and highly educated. They're both extremely curious about the world in a way similar to Starflight or Cricket, but they're extremely reserved and refuse to show visible excitement.

My passion for this idea disappeared into thin air suddenly before I even finished coloring so these will probably be one of those "hey guys, check out my new oc!" *forgets about the character the very next day, never draws them again* type of situations. Thankfully I typed out their bio in a draft before my dopamine machine broke. Enjoy the art ig.