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I’ve been writing a lot of TAZ fic lately but I’ve also been writing some of my own original stuff! After @acadieum shared stuff about what they’re working on, I thought I’d also give you all some insight on my projects!

Riding Through Shadows series (Paranormal/Dark Fantasy, Collab)

This is a story I’ve been working on for the past eight years with my best friend Maddie (aka @reneedenim). This is a story about demons, sorcerers, growing up, and fighting prejudices of all sorts. The tag I currently have for this story is #rts series!

Exodus Trilogy (Science Fiction)

This is a thing I’ve worked on by myself, though I’ve had a lot of input from friends and a few of my high school teachers. It’s a sci-fi story about an intergalactic war and space pirates, and also about found family. The tag I currently have for this story is #exodus series!

Legend of the Light (Fantasy, Graphic Novel)

A story I’ve been working with on and off since 2010. A fantasy story about a fallen city of wizards with a lot of flower symbolism (the main character is named Lilac) and religious analogies. The tag I’m currently using is just #for my graphic novel since I’m still dubious about a title.

And he had this huge mass wedding party to honor her.

And he called a bunch of celebrity chefs to make the food for it.

Wow this is… really cute?

I’m… sympathizing with Guy Fieri?

But.

Dude’s biggest show on TV is one where he drives around and highlights tiny restaurants that make good food. (And they do- I found my favorite pizza place in town because it was on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.) And they’re all little places, usually run by family or something, making food they love. So he’s doing an amazingly awesome thing for these small restaurants, driving a lot of business to them. I found this article that’s talking about how places see a definite bump in sales, and they can even tell when a repeat airs, because they’ll still get emails and stuff. 

And there’s the fact that every time he goes out to film an episode, he invites a kid along from the Make-a-Wish foundation- actually, he invites their whole family, so no one feels left out. Apparently, that happens on all his shows, which is pretty amazing. Again, this is because of his sister- she was diagnosed with cancer as a kid, and beat it, though she died of melanoma a few years ago. So because he went through that as a kid, he does a lot to help out families who are dealing with that sort of thing. It’s pretty awesome.

RIP David Ogden Stiers

RIP David Ogden Stiers

A quick tutorial/cheat sheet on how I draw kisses!! I’m going to assume you already know how to draw a head and how to angle it, because that’s an entire procedure in itself. I’m going to focus on mainly the lips and also try and tackle some common mistakes when you’re first starting out. 

Pursing the lips

So this is boring but crucial. If you don’t purse, their is no real kiss (take notes) bc placing your lips on top of someone else’s is not how you kiss… The most important part are the corners of the mouth, especially from the side view, because that’s what changes the most. 

The actual kissing yeee

Let’s start do a basic side view kiss on the lips. And believe it or not, I think this one is the hardest!  

Think about which parts of the face are going to be in front of the other! This can take some time to get the hang of, but once you get that down it’s easy. Also, focus on getting the heads at the right distance and angle. A common mistake is drawing them too close. 

The Lightning Shape: 

Still keeping in mind which part of the line is “Red’s” upper lip and which part is “Blue’s” lower lip, play around with the shape of the lightning. Very subtle changes can have a very strong impact! I usually go by feel, so take your time, but here are some things to look out for: 

Details squishing etc.

So yeah once the lightning shape looks good, I usually add details and squish parts of the face that will touch. Which usually includes the noses, but from this angle they won’t squish unless you intend on making nice big noses <3. By now it should look something like this: 

You don’t have to add the corners of the mouth! I usually do when I want to show that the character is smiling. 

One technique used a lot in anime/manga + other cartoony art styles, is fading lines where two soft-ish objects press hard against each other. The picture above explains it. 

Common mistakes

Getting down the crucial kissing part of fanart is hard and you will mess upp SO MANY TIIIIIIMES, but you learn from your mistakes, so don’t be discouraged. There are some things though that I frequently see when people draw kisses that makes it look awkward and stale, many of which I used to do myself. Here are some examples:

Try your best to avoid these. Most of the mistakes have little to do with the lips and more to do with the angle of the head. So getting that down before you move on to the lips is important. 

¾ view Kissing

There are not a lot of angles where you actually see the lips meet (or at least not that I can draw…). Depending on how the heads are placed in relation to each other, you may or may not see the lips in a ¾ view. The way I have demonstrated is done in a way that the nose will bump into the other’s upper cheek. 

Aaand that’s about it! These things will make more and more sense the more you draw them. At first it can seem very hard with so many things to keep track of, and it is, but practice makes perfect! 

Rule of thumb: does the angle and position of the heads make sense? How are the lips going to align? What parts of the face are going to be in front of the other? How much will the lips purse? And finally, what is going to squish? 

Thank you for reading! 😘

I’m this close to disagreeing but nonetheless THANK YOU! ❤

I feel like I’m a little late on the theory bandwagon > v < Sorry! But we have about a week left of DR3 and I’ve been noticing some things throughout the show.

This may seem crazy… But I honestly think Yasuke Matsuda is the mastermind.

Some of you guys might not know who he is and others definitely do. Yes, I know he died in DR0, but this is just some speculation.

1. Bodies of Security Guards and Gekkougahara I find it weird that Monaca said she actually killed the therapist. If she left Towa City to kill her, wouldn’t Komaru and Touko notice? Also the way she and the security guards in Future episode 1 have their necks broken and twisted around. Matsuda killed Kamishiro like this in the novel.

2. Betrayal It seems in this killing game Monokuma isn’t being despair over our heads. It’s more centered around betrayal and the if Future Foundation members actually trust each other. Also if you betray your forbidden action, you die. At the end of DR0, Matsuda was stabbed and betrayed by Junko.

3. Deaths Oddly enough, the deaths of the ones stabbed by the ‘traitor’ remind me of how Yasuke died.