Faceless bureaucracy and data

Dinner date 🥀

Comm for @beepboopappreciation

And this is my friend’s handiwork – she added a rainbow to Starscream on my artwork🤣

Ahahahaha, and why do I like this? XD

I’m still experimenting with backgrounds, and here’s a version I’ve drawn featuring him

I’ve set it as my desktop background – it looks absolutely brilliant✨😍

my entry for the tf swimsuit charity zine ☀️

the zine’s currently available for pre-order up until the end of this month, and all proceeds will go toward the skin cancer foundation — so please have a look if you’re interested! ^^

More ES Skywarp, she’s so fun to draw 🗣️🗣️

I love jazterwave!!

Megatron massaging his conjunx’s servo, then kissing his digits softly, before trailing all the way up to his derma. Softy, he pressed a kiss to the side of his face, and caressed his buccal plates. The light stroking sent pleasant tingles to Optimus’ receptors, causing his optics to shutter open and close in time to Megatron’s gentle touch, before he leaned into the servo.

“I missed you,” Megatron murmured as Optimus tiredly kissed the inside of his servo.

“‘Sssd ‘ou too.” Optimus yawned. He nuzzled more into the warm servo as his optics fluttered shut.

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.