Latest Posts by crabedward - Page 2

what came first the chicken or the egg except it's "was this OC based off an alter i didn't know about or is that alter an introject of said OC"

Cringe system culture is being 99% fictives except for fucking Steve over there. Probably the only Brainmade one 💀

(It’s me. I’m the Steve 😔) -🦝🐾

Cringe System Culture Is

Silly guy

"This language can be forced on plurals and systems in an invalidating way" and "this language is extremely validating to some plurals and systems" are statements that can coexist. I think so many people are familiar with the first that they forget the second. The harm comes from pushing parts language onto people, not from people choosing to use it because it resonates with them. It's equally as harmful to discourage someone using parts language for themselves because of how it makes you feel.

This is by no means a 1:1 comparison, but think of how some people find being called queer validating and empowering while others feel the exact opposite and would rather not. That is a choice they make based on how it makes them personally feel and what it means to them.

Hot take but we HATE how parts language is always talked down on, attacked, and torn apart by the plural community. Just because you don’t use it for yourselves doesn’t mean it’s bad or wrong!

Those who identify with parts language aren’t “less than whole.” They’re not “less than a person.” They’re not less than anything! They are systems and they are deserving of dignity and respect just like everyone else.

We use parts language and we are dismayed and greatly pained to see the plural community, OUR community, so quick to bash and tear down the language that we find affirming. It makes us feel left out of our own community, downtrodden and cast aside.

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Finally looked into what radqueers are because I've been seeing the term everywhere and by gods I need to bleach my brain what the actual fuck

Found this on an old post by a seemingly-deleted account and it is my very honest reaction:

🤍!

revising your writing is just like "is this weird. is this a weird sentence. is this the weirdest most poorly-worded sentence ever written by anyone" and the sentence in question is "he walked across the room"

Love your art! What's your shading process / any tips? I really like how vibrant it is

Thank you!! also sorry this is a long post

I usually start painting the character after I already have a background, super sketchy or with a placeholder (a photo usually), just so i know what colors to use

I fill the character with a color from the BG or a similar color and use the multiply blending mode

then i paint the lights on another layer with the "add glow" blending mode (i also pick the color depending on the bg).

I add another multiply layer for anything that needs to be darker, like stuff under the characters clothes

I paint a line with a saturated color between the lights and shadows, for example i added a bright red for the cape and light purple for their skin (? this is subsurface scattering, it doesnt happen on every surface but i like how it looks so i use it on everything lol.

Then i paint the lineart a similar color to each part of the character or you can paint it all red and use multiply

that's basically it

some tips (these are just things that work for me)

I think is better to paint the lights, not the shadows. it helps to see the shapes of the thing/character you're drawing better (its what i did with lambert ⬆️)

Draw backgrounds, i think it makes every drawing look more interesting and its easier to decide the lighting for the character, if you dont want to draw anything detailed you can paint something simple and blur it

i really recommend to start with a thumbnail, experiment with colors, perspective, composition, etc. before actually starting the drawing thumbnails of this post

this tip is something that everyone has heard before but use references, real life references like photographs for perspective and lighting, 3d models for anatomy and perspective, paintings to see how other artists stylize objects, bgs or characters. use references for everything

this tip is super important for me: check the values of your drawing, (lower the saturation, with the lineart hidden) if it isnt readable/ doesnt look good in black and white it most likely wont look good with colors (this depends on artstyle and personal preference tho)

plural lawyer call that a justice system

Overriding anon's opinion by saying GET THAT BAG PUKI

God just open an ebay account or something, I didn't follow you to be advertised to

A. I never requested you to follow me, so I don't OWE you any fucking funny post quota. You do not own me, you little content-gobbling imp.

2. Everything I do is free, so if I wanna try selling something, you are free to not feel as if you're owed more content from me.

3

I need money, and we're all hobbyists, I wanna trade with other hobbyists. Ebay is informal and slow, and I have a big audience here that I can offer good mutual deals on - and have done just that many times in the past.

D. Once these lenses sell u don't need to worry about puki market any time soon.

No thoughts only technoblade giving his cape to tommy to keep him warm but the cape is a bit too big bc Technoblade is a BIG GUY and Tommy isnt SMALL exactly but he’s definitely not technoblade-size so hes trying very valiantly to wear Technos cape all cool-like and pretend that he’s intimidating in this long flowing cape but also he is. Being drowned in the fluff. And hes tripping over the cape. Hes faceplanted in the snow. Techno wonders if he might’ve been better off without the cape at all, and he’s like “i can take it back” but Tommy is like NO NO I GOT IT and then he trips over it a second time

Co-con? unoriginal. boring. (/lighthearted)

Backseat gaming? supreme. unique. perfect. implies everyone behaves like twitch chat.

Going through anti-endo tags to block sysmeds and my gods the amount of "anti fakeclaiming" posts from people that literally fakeclaim other systems daily is staggering, it's gotta take conscious effort to be that dense

Anyway all systems are valid, gatekeeping helps literally no one and this is a very interesting first day back on tumblr. Not sure if anyone's gonna sign off yet.