HAPPY ASEXUAL AWARENESS WEEK!

slappin’ a bass

I was walking through the toy aisle at Target when I found this thing and had a VIOLENT AND IMMEDIATE FLASHBACK to when JP first came out and they had a bunch of REALLY COOL T Rex toys that I would have sold one of my scrawny small-child limbs for but my mother wouldn’t get me one because they were “too violent and also ate people” :(

I’ve only had this game a few hours and it’s already a treasure!!

I have NEVER had my sense of humor catered to harder than I have by this description

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Come Along With Me

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Hey!! I love your art so much, and I really like the blue sketches you do- would you mind telling me what types of pen/brushes you use the most? I think it's really cool how you alternate between pencil-like sketches and paint-like drawings. :) Sorry if this question has been asked before, and I hope you have a good year! ((also recaptcha is extremely annoying))

I think you mean these? If so I did this with a blue Pilot push-pencil. I only realized in the last couple years that filling my sketchbook with colourful pencil drawings in stead of the same grey was more enjoyable to me and even encouraged me to draw more! Give it a try, maybe it might work for you too!

My DnD characters that I have or will play. I have a character for each class too cause Imma a loser. Here’s a little bio on each of the ones pictured above.

Erys (Wizard Wood Elf)

Erys was a young wizard in training, under the tutelage of her sister Illiya, when tragedy struck. While tampering with dark magic Erys lost control. At the last second her youngest sister, Wysp walked in the room and was struck with a powerful curse, killing her. In a moment of desperation Erys bonded Wysp inside an arcana focus nearby. Illiya revoked Erys’s apprenticeship and tried to shatter the arcana focus that held Wysp but Erys grabbed Wysp and disappeared in the night and hasn’t returned home.

Known facts:

Erys is my snarkiest character but can be somewhat playful.

Wysp is inside Erys’s arcana focus, which the floating orb that follows Erys.

Only people with Wysp’s bloodline are able to hear her.

Erys doesn’t care for animals.

She has a staff that can cast Feather Fall

Rowan (Bard Half Elf)

Rowan’s mother was a high elf that fell in love with a human man. When was Rowan was born, his mother was forbidden to ever she her lover again by her overbearing mother. For years Rowan and his mother came under scutiny from his mother’s family. When his mother died he found letters for his mother from his father hidden away in his grandmother’s room. He demanded answers and she gave him none. So Rowan stole his father’s letters and ran away from his abusive family. He later meets an Aarakocra named Qir (who belongs to a friend of mine).

Known facts

Rowan plays the lute, harp and flute.

He carries a lute that his mother gave him

Has a fear of spiders

Very dramatic

Prefers men

Hates elves

Irana (Ana)- (Cleric Tiefling)

As an infant Irana or Ana as she likes to be called was left on the doorsteps of one of Helm’s Temples where one of the acolytes found her. Ana grew up not knowing the true heritage of her birth. Growing up in a sheltered life Ana is very naïve and sees the good in all people. Ana wants to prove that tieflings are not all evil and that they can ignore their demon heritage.

Known facts:

Ana hates her infernal name Irana and prefers to be called Ana.

She likes the color pink

Knows sign language

Best friend is Winterpelt

Likes romance novels

Can sound like a know it all

Ana is probably one of my most defensive DnD characters.

Her patron is the God Helm, god of protection

Jericho (Warlock Oni)

Jericho was a young soldier who was part of the Royal army. After being on a hunt after a pack of demons Jericho killed the demon leader Yorozu. Later after returning home the demon’s father, an Oni named Akuran, slaughtered his family. Jericho was severely wounded. Akuran decided instead of killing Jericho, he would instead curse Jericho with a life of immortality and transformed into an Oni. For the next 20 years Jericho hunts for Akuran to avenge his wife and son. Jericho suffers from extreme guilt and depression and will occasionally jump into risky and dangerous situations.

Known facts

Has a short temper

He’s 50 years old but Jericho still appears to look like a young man in his late twenties.

Will get severely drunk on three days out of the year. The death of his wife and son and his son and wife’s birthdays. 

Keeps a locket with pictures of his wife and son

Weapon of choice is a glaive

Is in a pact of the blade and his patron is The Fury, goddess of war and madness

I will be painting the rest of my characters but here’s the first set. 

DO NOT REUSE OR REPOST TO OTHER SITES!!!

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kids shouldn’t be fighting your wars

Shadow of the Colossus | First Playthrough

So I recently purchased the 2018 remaster of Shadow of the Colossus. I have never played the game and besides a few Game Grumps clips and some concept artwork I know next to nothing about the game. I thought I’d give it a try.

What I do know-

It’s about this guy who is trying to resurrect his girlfriend? sister? totally platonic female friend? by killing enormous beasts.

I have seen Agro’s fate... and frankly that’s a good thing. As someone who has lost a horse it is probably for the best I don’t subject myself to that sort of pain again without warning.

The music is fantastic. I’ve listened to the soundtrack before and I look forward to having context for it now.

I’m notoriously bad a platformers despite my love for them. I’m aware the controls are a bit wonky but if they are anything like The Last Guardian, I should be fine. I really enjoyed that game.

Here we go!

Adjust brightness!? There aren’t any jump scares in this, right?

First off, this intro is gorgeous.

Is this bird following us important?

Woah, that is one long guardrail-less death bridge if I ever saw one.

Oooh photomode!

Agro, Voice of Reason, Conqueror of Many Stairs

Dramatic corpse blanket removal

SPOOKY SMOKE PEOPLE

MAGIC SWORD

Dormin, I’ve come to bargain

I am but a mere mortal before you skylight gods! Please fix my lady friend

Uh Dormin, one of your voices is starting a bit early. (I’m calling her Carol)

DAMNIT CAROL! Get it together!!

Alright have my mission! Murder living idol knockoffs, got it.

First Colossus

My sword is a laser pointer!

I preceded to press triangle and yell AGRO a bunch of times before finally getting on the horse

Agro is unamused I’m sure.

Best advice I think on the camera controls is to just let the camera do what it wants

Ok so it says to jump, and grab that ledge? No

*2 minutes later* OH... there are plants here to climb

Ooh cut scene

Hard to believe this game was even possible on the PS2. I mean that’s a huge fully rigged and animated character that you can climb and interact with. Crazy!

Running, running, running

Must climb leg hair to glowy tattoo

WOAH AAHH ITS SHAKING ME OFF

and I got stepped on

Ooooh gotcha, stab stab stab

I did it!!

AAHH SMOKE IS CHASING ME

Did the smoke just stab me?!

And I’m dead

Light at the end of the tunnel? Is someone crying?

Wait how did I get back here?! What about Agro?

Uhh, spooky smoke guy

I’m good, and the statue crumbled... progress

Onwards!!

Second Colossus

Agro is back!

Oh pray to regain health at the glowing statue, cool

Do I smack it with my sword?

Don’t think that worked...

Nearly rode Agro off a cliff

Don’t laser pointer sword and drive

Earthquake!!

Agro, we are here

Woah giant bull, with an awesome unibrow

NO! IT STEPPED ON AGRO

Agro’s fine

Gotta use my arrowssss

Oh I’m terrible at this

Oof I feel bad shooting it

Wait... where are the glow tattoos!?

Hold up what? What now?

I fell off...

Oh hi Agro!

Dormin that’s not a helpful tip! DAMNIT CAROL!!

Oooh... Gotta switch to the sword. Oops

The sound design is phenomenal, so cool. 100% suggest you play with headphones

I did it! Aw but I feel bad though

Agro, save me from the smoke!

Aaah no I’m dead again

And we’re back... TWO SMOKY GUYS

Everyone I kill is going to return as a sad, smoky guy huh?

What’s next Dormin?

Third Colossus

Still don’t know how to use this praying stone thing

This map feels massive

Aww, Agro can’t swim... sad face

Oh no there is a dive mechanic... is there an underwater colossus? Oh boy

Running up this bridge thing

And... I missed the jump

Swim of shame

I’m back, gotta be careful this time

Damnit... swim of shame again

Careful...

*angry swimming*

Ok... ok.. not that hard just get close to the edge

And I fell...

*several attempts later*

I don’t know what I did right that time but that victory may be more satisfying than murdering this giant

OH It squashed me

Took me far too long to notice the metal platform in the middle

I DID IT! Yeah that jump was the hardest part of this haha

HAHAHA I did a beautiful swan dive from the top in the cut scene

And we’re back

3 smoky dudes - check

Welp, I’m gonna pause here. Until next time!

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