What do you consider to be the main giveaways that a drawing is my “style?” Is there a certain feature that stands out or description for what makes you scroll through and recognize my art on sight?
Ex: Gachiakuta art has distinctive eyes, exaggerated proportions, and a “crunchy/grunge” feel to me
Since I’m still learning and refining my own style, I’m curious to hear what stands out to others.
I can never overstress the importance of a mockup for your costume!
Also called a toile, this is the first draft and sometimes pattern for your garment! It’s especially important if your costume has abnormal seam placement or you don’t fit neatly into commercial pattern sizing (and let’s face it, most people don’t!) Making a mockup can save you so many headaches later: you can check the fit of your pieces, make rounds of adjustments, and not worry about messing up your nice and sometimes expensive final materials.
A mockup should also use material that emulates the hand, drape, and thickness of your final material. For example: on my Black Widow bodysuit, I used a super cheap stretch knit, because my final fabrics were all stretch neoprenes. For my Astarion breastplate, the final was going to be veg tan leather, so I mocked up in craft foam (I have also used felt as a leather mockup material!)
Mockups can be lengthy processes; I often end up doing 2-3 rounds of fitting and alterations before I’m happy with the final pieces. It’s frustrating at times to work through the fitting challenges, but ultimately I have always regretted the times I didn’t do a mockup, and I know my final costume will be better for having taken the time and care!
“You’re in a subway car, and at the end of the car there is a door, and beyond that door there is a Demon King. You must slay the Demon King. If you don’t, it will be the end of the world.”
SLAY THE DEMON KING is a free ORV joongdok fan visual novel currently in development! written by @merthurlin, drawn by me, with editing/review by ellsyx and @cfeather. we aren’t keeping a separate tmblr account, but if you’re interested in tidbits as we toil upon this task you can check out our bsky or little website :)c
[ID: “Cold weather reminder. Do NOT plug space heaters into power strips or extension cords. Plug space heaters directly into the wall outlet. Power strips are not designed to handle the high current flow required by a space heater and can overheat causing a fire.”
A photo is attached of a power strip with an extremely charred end. Part of the power strip’s wire is also charred. End ID]
My husband, an electrician, told me I have to reblog this.
For clarification’s sake, is this true everywhere? I ask because I know that different countries have different quality home electricity provision; American home electricity Ain’t Great compared with most of Europe, for example. In Wales I have never heard of this being a Thing, but our electricity comes in 240V flavour, so possibly the higher current naturally avoids this issue?
My British husband (not an electrician but electrician-adjacent) says yes this is true in the UK as well - anything that uses a lot of power should be plugged directly into the wall rather than an extension lead
chat reminder to just write whatever the fuck you want. write that overused trope. write that obscure shit that no one will have heard of. just. do it. your writing is yours stop depriving it of that.
honestly in the era of AI slop it is more important than ever for you to write or draw that incredibly niche/strange/unpalatable thing you want to make. the world needs the unique weirdness of people more than ever
people who are just finding out about internet tracking and data mining in the year 2025 and that your special robot friend does not respect your privacy lol
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