did this have a ship to it, i don’t remember so i’m just gonna try and not make it too weird

1. Scott grew up sure he would go into some sort of medicinal field because he loved being Deaton’s assistant, and he loved what his mother did to help people, but during college, he winds up taking a part time ‘job’ at this small ice cream parlor owned by this older couple that pretty much start calling him their grandson. (half the time he doesn’t take the pay because he enjoys helping them out. the rest of the time they force the cheque into his hands.)

2. the fact that they call him their grandson means when they retire, they pass the shop over to him, because they can see how much he loves it, and how much he loves putting smiles on people’s faces when they get some ice cream. he is far from disappointed. he loves the place, loves this couple, loves the fact that now his mom lives in the apartment upstairs with him and works at the hospital in the area, and doesn’t have to take as many shifts.

3. somewhere in his second year owning the place, this man walks in to the shop, and Kira is too busy flirting with Malia at her table so Scott, who is usually in the back making ice cream, steps up with this bright smile on his face to take his order. the man first looks really brooding and serious, but then he takes off his sunglasses and smiles back at Scott, and wow, he must have eaten something weird today because his heart is feeling all sorts of funny. he’s a little bit disappointed when the man leaves after getting his ice cream, but he does notice that the man waves to Malia as he leaves.

4. he’s back again the next day, while Scott is talking to the older couple and trying to convince them that since this was their place, they don’t have to pay for the ice cream. they don’t listen to him, obviously, and when Scott heads behind the counter to take the man’s order, he’s got a resigned look on his face, but so much fondness that the man just leans forward and asks why his grandparents are so stubborn. it startles this laugh out of Scott, and a little bit of a stammered explanation. he’s stammering because it can be a complicated story if not told right, not because of anything else. (in the background, the older couple is looking over contemplatively, but Scott and the man are too busy talking to notice.) this time when the man leaves, he tells Scott he will see him the next day, and Scott just - grins to himself.

5. somehow he does not notice that the crowd in the shop the next day is basically the most important people in his life. it’s a busy day in general, there’s a field trip going on nearby and the students are all crowding the shop on their breaks. Scott’s all smiles and easy conversation and does not notice when the man walks in. but the man sees Scott and stops in his tracks, wide-eyed and thinking, shit. the older woman nudges Melissa and raises her eyebrows and Melissa just grins back because good, someone sees how great her son is. Malia and Kira are giggling in a corner because Malia knows exactly who that is, and is thrilled because her cousin and Scott would be good together. the man sort of steals himself and walks up to Scott. Scott’s smile seems to brighten when he sees the man, and the man blushes a little bit. he stammers over his order, and then blurts out, “i’m Derek by the way” before wanting to facepalm because Scott never asked. but Scott’s smile softens and he repeats Derek’s name like it’s a prayer, and then they’re just grinning at each other softly.

DANCE PARTY

thank you!!! aah tbh my. coloring process is all over the place. im completely winging it all the time…but here’s a Quick Rundown i guess?

i use paint tool sai, and i don’t really have brush settings: i use the brush tools for all coloring and change the blending/dilution/persistence & textures/brushes as it suits me

i’m…recycling this even though i’ve posted it cos i’m lazy and lineart is Hard

i put down basic flats, skin first usually

shading first. uhhhh about shading colors:

thats charles’ skin color

here’s his shadow - or at least the Lightest Level of his shadows. i moved the color picker down and right and moved the pointer on the color wheel slightly downwards

on him(used the simple circle brush w 0 persistence/blending/dilution). it’s important to not just go straight down to darker with shading bc it more often that not gives u a grayscale-ish murky color

blending + layering of darker shadows. i just used the simple circle Brush Shape for shading his body here and i used the skin tone/blush etc with the spread Brush Shape

(here i realized i only needed to demonstrate on charles and got Incredibly Lazy. im sorry lorna darling)

Hair. i mostly follow the lines of the hair i’ve originally drawn in pretty closer to make sure the highlights are properly…Flowing. more color picking stuff here….make sure to pay attention to what tint the subject’s hair has. charles and erik’s hair is both brown, but charles’ has more golden tints to it, while erik has more reddish tints to his. that dictates what shade you use to highlight hair. you also don’t want to make anything too bright or it’ll look Odd

the clothes….er. i just color these in and attack them with either a simple circle brush for shading & highlighting if it’s like a sketch such as this or whatever Brush Shape i feel fits the texture of the clothing

i’d recommend closely visualizing how clothes irl hang on the body and how clothes would hang off your subject’s body specifically. don’t just shade, highlight the clothing too

some color correction + Darque Overlay Magicks to make more faded colors pop

more coloring tips - 

try not to use overly bright-to-the-point-of-tacky colors or too grayscale colors. try not use anything that’s just a straight up primary color. try to keep it all balanced.

don’t be afraid to experiment with colors/brushes/textures until you find something that looks right. you can always hit undo. 

color matching is important. if you’ve got two people in a picture and you can control how they’re dressed (they’re not in a set costume or something) try and make them complement each other. 

in addition, try and make each part of their own outfit complement the others. they don’t necessarily have to be the same hue (that could be bad sometimes) but they shouldn’t clash. 

Anshuman could either be Chloe/Lila or Nathanael??

could be, but I feel like that’s kind of a stretch? like I like to stick as close to canon when it comes to relationships, even in AUs, and the main issue is that the only person that Mari idolises is Adrien, while Chat Noir is her trusty partner who she’s also attracted to- she just doesn’t know they’re the same person.

Because alcohol harms the brain? And brain development doesn't really end until your 20s so it's more of a health precaution. And driving a car is a learned ability which unless there is an accident won't actively cause harm to a teen?

GREY: 2 facts about my favorite things

1. about music, it’s come to a point where even i think that maybe my music library is too excessive but i just love several kinds of music and rn it’s over 12GB and that’s just the music that i upload to my phone...

already done esther!