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Something I try to keep in mind when making art that looks vintage is keeping a limited color pallette. Digital art gives you a very wide, Crisp scope of colors, whereas traditional art-- especially older traditional art-- had a very limited and sometimes dulled use of color.
This is a modern riso ink swatch, but still you find a similar and limited selection of colors to mix with. (Mixing digitally as to emulate the layering of ink riso would be coloring on Multiply, and layering on top of eachother 👉)
If you find some old prints, take a closer look and see if you can tell what colors they used and which ones they layered... a lot of the time you'll find yellow as a base!
Misprints can really reveal what colors were used and where, I love misprints...
Something else I keep in the back of my mind is: how the human eye perceives color on paper vs. a screen. Ink and paint soaks into paper, it bleeds, stains, fades over time, smears, ect... the history of a piece can show in physical wear. What kind of history do you want to emulate? Misprinted? Stained? Kept as clean as possible, but unable to escape the bluing damages of the sun? It's one of my favorite things about making vintage art. Making it imperfect!
You can see the bleed, the wobble of the lines on the rug, the fading, the dirt... beautiful!!
Thinking in terms of traditional-method art while drawing digital can help open avenues to achieving that genuine, vintage look!
Masterpiece Theatre III- Marianas Trench
bootleg porygon, one for each type! let me know which is your favorite…
theres too many pokemon games where you play as a kid whos full of life and full of potential. there needs to be a pokemon game where you play as a college dropout who lives in a shitty apartment
A guide to designing wheelchair using characters!
I hope this helps anyone who's trying to design their oc using a wheelchair, it's not a complete guide but I tried my best! deffo do more research if you're writing them as a character
Homestuck dreamer base, new and improved! Now with 35 types EACH, compared to the previous 24. This was super taxing but hey, future Monty's gonna want this and hopefully some of you will also appreciate this. I also separated them into skirts at the top and pants in the bottom for ease of searching.
As always, feel free to use for anything, adopts and comms included!
alternate link: https://sta.sh/011urp5emleh
my free to use base collection: https://sta.sh/22ahmhan4nvw?edit=1
Some sketched fanart of @bonefall’s Better Bones au, including his versions of the characters Bumble, Houndleap, Lionblaze and Runningnose.
I have love, love, loved reading through all the posts on clan culture and foods, it’s so great to see a version of the books that leans into the fantasy and sorta ‘human’ elements of the clans, while also creating a consistent moral theme.
I wanted to make this look like the scribbled journal of some baffled human discoverer cobbling together their findings of the clans :) also the scribbly notes are all based on text posts of the au.
rose lalonde, age 8: what did she mean by this. what mind games is she playing
rose lalonde, age 13: oh.
I have just found out that, like leopards, servals can also be born black.
Look at this beautiful baby
do you ever think about how if you dive into the ocean and go deeper and deeper you will pass through layers of darker and darker blue until everything is black and cold and the pressure will be so intense that it will kill you without protection but if you keep going you will find little glowing specks of light, and if you go up into the sky and go higher and higher you will pass through layers of darker and darker blue until everything is black and cold and the pressure will be so intense that it will kill you without protection but if you keep going you will find little glowing specks of light
when john enters the game he’s a weenie who almost dies fighting an imp wielding a stuffed bunny even though he had a hammer. when rose enters the game she’s like okay it’s time for me to wade through an ocean of corpses i’ve got two knitting needles and i’m going to be unto these monsters a new doom marine
Robby Keene X Reader
Warnings: None
Something Sweet
The sound of your phone ringing pulls you out of deep thoughts, checking the caller I.D. you quickly grab your phone as it was your boyfriend Robby. "Hey Robby!" You smile, although he can't see it.
"Hey Y/n, mom's out again and I was wondering if you wanted to come over? I bought frozen pizza... i thought maybe we could eat dinner and spend some time together?" He says, a small hopeful smile spread across his lips, praying you'll say yes.
"I'd love to Robby, I'll be over in 10" You smile, hearts filling your eyes as you pick at your ripped jeans in contentment.
"Awesome, just walk in when you get here" His smile is so wide you could practically feel it through the phone as he talked.
You bite your lip out of habit as you try to contain your smile, grabbing your keys before exiting out of your house and to your car "alright babe, I'll see you soon" you let him hang up before placing your phone and purse into the passenger seat of your car.
On the drive over to Robby's your heart couldn't stop racing out of nervousness, it's not like you hadn't been to his apartment multiple times, but he always just seemed to make you really giddy and nervous.
Pulling into one of parking spots you quickly make your way out of your car and into the tall building, 3 floors up and you were at your destination only with a few steps in the hallway until you were standing in front of Robby's apartment.
You bite your lip as your hand falls on the door handle, with no hesitation you open the door walking inside as you do so. Robby had his back turned to the door in the kitchen so he wasn't aware of your presence yet, which caused you to smirk as you gently shut the door so it wouldn't alarm him.
Sneakily you make your way behind Robby, putting your hands over his eyes and pressing your front into his backside "guess who" You smirk as he puts the pizza box back onto the counter, a huge side smile plastered against his face as he pretends to guess.
"Hmm, I dunno I guess you'll just have to reveal yourself" He says slightly sarcastic, as you remove your hands from his eyes allowing him to turn around.
You don't even get to speak before Robby places his lips onto yours, your lips part in surprise allowing him to slip his tongue past your lips causing you to let out a light moan as his hands go to your cheeks, holding you firmly as some of your hair bunches up around his hands, the cold metal of his rings placed against your warm skin.
You back Robby against the counter as you wrap your hand around the back of his neck, curling your fingers around his soft hair as your other hand goes to his side slipping under the red and black checkered flannel he had on, and onto his lightly loosed black shirt.
You hadn't expect this when coming, but you definitely weren't complaining as your tongues fought for dominance, though he wins as he pulls your body closer to his front. Your lungs ached from the lack of air but you couldn't bare to part as your lips craved his.
Robby slows the kiss down before slowly parting, you both gasp for air as you continue to hover your lips on one another's, your foreheads pressed firmly against each other's as you both continue to press light kisses on your lips, not yet wanting to part.
Once you both fully pull away, you're a lost for words as his eyes pierce into your own. All the both of you can do is pant, your chests rising up and down from the intense make out. "Oh my... what was that for?" You manage to squeak out, causing Robby to smirk as a chuckle escapes past his lips trying to hide his burning red cheeks.
Though with as close as you both still were; you could feel the heat radiating off his body, and you were pretty sure he could feel yours too. "What? I cant kiss my girlfriend?" He questions cheekily.
You playfully role your eyes as a cheeky smile slips onto your lips, you place your arms around his shoulders connecting your hands together as he lays his arms around your mid waist.
"You know that's not what I mean" You chuckle placing your lips onto his once more, before letting go with the grasp of his hand and walking over to his speaker; putting on you and Robby's song as light background noise, you turn around tapping your finger to the beat.
Robby smiles; completely smitten as he holds up the pizza box "wanna help?" He refers to the pizza, causing you to nod as a yes.
You grab one of the pizza pans out from under the cabinet as Robby begins opening the frozen meal, you place the pan onto the stove as Robby finishes opening the frozen pizza and places it onto the pan.
With the stove already being preheated you place it in the oven using an oven-mit and setting a timer for 15 minutes, by now the song was coming to an end as you walked up to Robby.
You grab Robby's hand and tug him over to his three seater couch, letting him sit down first you wrap your legs around his legs, straddling him as you place your hands onto his checks, the promise ring Robby had gotten you months back placed onto your ring finger, the cold metal placed against his warm skin causing his to let out a small gasp, you practically smirk as Robby's hands sneak up to your waist, slightly under your shirt.
You bend down placing your lips onto his, a much slower kiss than before. The warm, feeling of his lips pressed against yours. Robby's slightly chapped lips move across yours as you take lead with this kiss.
Moving away, you press a kiss to his bottom lip before moving up to his top lip. Taking your time with each gentle peck, showing him the amount of love you held for him.
You pull away "Robby..." You speak up, causing him to open his half lidded eyes and his smile to widen; hearing his name slip past your lips.
"Yeah?" He questions, studying your features as if trying to read what you were going to say before you did.
Your eyes move to his bottom lip, your pointer finger caressing the smooth, pink skin, "I'm in love with you" You finally speak up, your eyes moving from his lips to his eyes that were already starring into yours.
Robby's expression is un-readable for a few moments, causing you to think it wasn't the right time; sure you had said you loved each other before but being in love was a much deeper feeling than just saying 'I love you' because anyone can say those three simple words and not mean it.
Robby's eyes start to get glossy as he looks down, breaking eye contact for a moment. He looks back up to meet your eyes, a single tear escaped his eye causing you to place your hand on his cheek and wipe it away "hey hey, what's wrong?" You say worriedly, praying that you didn't push him to far.
"All of my life I thought, I would never find someone who would love me.... Family or relationship- and now someone who I feel that way about, finally feels that way about me" Robby chokes, his eyes never leaving yours.
"I'm in love with you too Y/n" He breaks out into a smile, as if he had been wanting to say that for years now.
You let out a little laugh as your eyes had started getting glossy to, you press a firm yet gentle kiss to his lips that held happy tears past them.
The sound of your alarm goes off, signaling that the pizza was ready. You look towards the kitchen before standing up, Robby following as you switch off the stove, placing a mit on and pulling the pizza out.
Robby grabs the pizza cutter before slicing them in even pieces, while he does this you grab two paper plates and some napkins from the top shelf, placing them beside the pan Robby puts two slices on your plate and two on his.
"Thank you Robby, for the dinner and for everything" You smile lovingly, Robby looks over at you; he smiles finally feeling what it was like to be appreciated and it felt like he was living a dream; his perfect dream.
 "Anything for you Y/n" He smirks, grabbing both of the plates and walking into the living room, placing them down on the coffee table.
 You grab two glass cups before going to the fridge and pulling out a two liter of coke, before placing it back into the cool fridge, you carry the half full glasses to the living room before sitting them down in their designated spots.
 Robby grabs his laptop and puts on a random chick-flick movie, you sit down beside Robby so closely your thighs were touching as you bent upwards to grab your plate, Robby following behind as you both start to dig into your pizza.
 "So um.. I was wondering if you'd stay the night? Mom's going to be home late tonight anyways..." He says, the last bit sounding more disappointed.
 You look up at him after swallowing some of your food, you always hated how Robby's mom would leave every night to hook up with random guys and then come back at 3 am at night, or sometimes two weeks later.
 Robby's eyes meet yours, waiting for your answer to which you smile bashfully "of course I'll stay Robby" You say, causing Robby's side smile to show with a gentle nod of his head; you both turn to look back at the laptop screen.
 You sink back into the couch while eating your pizza and finishing up the chick flick movie Robby had put on, ten minutes into the movie and you're both done with your dinner, you grab the dishes and began taking them to the kitchen, placing the paper plates in the trash as you began washing up the glasses.
 Soon you hear footsteps walking your way, a smile placed on your lips once Robby wraps his arms around your waist, also laying his head on your shoulder.
 "Thank you for staying Y/n... it means a lot..." He says into your neck as you rinse the soap off of your hands, soon drying them with the towel.
 "You don't have to thank me Robby, I love spending time with you" You say, turning around so you were face to face with him.
His eyes stare into your soul, making it much more intense seeing as you were only inches away from each other, Robby places his hand on your cheek slowly as his eyes fall back and forth, between your eyes and lips.
Your arm subconsciously wraps around his mid-waist as he leans in teasingly slow, his lips meets yours into a much more slow kiss. The kind of kiss that would be described as a perfect first kiss, but with much more emotion and sentimental value.
You both pull away, resting your foreheads together as a smile rest against your lips "what do you say we cuddle and binge watch cringe chick flicks" Robby says, a side smile resting against his lips at the thought.
You smile and look down "that sounds perfect" A chuckle escapes past your lips.
 If only every day would go like this...
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Hey guys! Sorry for not updated like usual! Here’s something sweet in return!
