I Have Neither A Good Imagination Nor Aphantasia, But A Secret Third Thing

me and who

(friend)ship dynamics or smth

simple little ref sheet guide with some tips relevant for any amount of detail! With Art Fight season around the corner they're some good things to keep in mind :)

other miscellaneous tips

if your character has detailed markings that need to be accurate (like tattoos), place the reference for it on a rectangular transparent section so it can be selected easily for copy/paste!

if your reference is for art purposes, try to keep it relevant to art! lore can help, but a lot of backstory text can make it difficult to tell what's important when drawing them

important things to include as written details are heights, weights / body types, pointing out any intentionally unusual proportions, and other things that may be interpreted as an art style (or that your reference may not accurately convey)!

if you can't draw something the way you want others to draw it, you can just insert other photos / screencaps for others to reference!

always have a SFW version. not one with censor blocks over the bits, I mean one that doesn't have the bits out at all. put some underwear on that beast. it's common courtesy.

ADD ALT TEXT. write a description of your character! bullet point lists of succinct traits are clearest for artists to work with when commissioned. having both a written and visual reference makes it possible to verify things

you might THINK that pissing off a spring dragon is easiest to deal with because their abilities literally heal anything they touch but they are still big and you know. dragon strong.

EMBER DRAGONS on the other hand. oh you can kick those guys like the football. what are they gonna do? eat rocks about it?

thinking about that esoteric fictional time of "the good old days" where we all believed in 4768 gods and had gay parties while drenched in blood and alcohol and chanting at the moon. but alas, it is not reality

Too tired/low spoons to put an image ID but. I hate this specific kind of ableism I’ve had handed to me again and again (Edit: added and slightly edited an ID from the notes!)

[ID: A comic. Panel 1 dialogue, from a person holding up a piece of paper: "I'm here to get help with problem X, what should I do?"

Panel 2 dialogue, from a cheery second person, assumedly a tutor or other teaching figure: "Well, what do you think you should do?"

Panel 3: Person 1 stares at person 2 silentely, but their thoughts are written behind them in faint all caps: "Why the fuck would I be asking you for help if I hadn't already tried doing what I thought I should do, and even tried what I thought I shouldn't do!" the rest of the thought is covered by the people but continues to the bottom of the panel.

Panel 4: Sound effect "BAM!" Person 1 cartoonishly flattens Person 2 with a folding chair. /End ID]

Analysis so bad you don't even know what it's talking about anymore.

Guys i only ate like 3 wizards there please stop calling me the Beast of Crymythwarre i was just Hungry,

wizard council please stop sending wizards to hunt me down they will just end up becoming snacks and im worried about my weight

yours grimacely,

Moveriath (Smoothie

one of these days i will make a post thats just like "HAHA YES! I'M FREE!!!!" and then you will know. i will be free.

this is like seeing an amazon drone in your backyard but half of its components are missing and your cat has peed on it twice. girl go home you are wasted

im trying to get the "To Live Forever" achievement in No Man's Sky so i started a permadeath run. It is Hard. not because of any of the actual permadeath stuff, no no. i am very good at the game. it is hard because i have to spend 5 hours building a base EVERY GODDAMN TIME. it is part of the MAIN QUEST. that you CANNOT IGNORE. seething. i absolutely despise this part of the game and if I turn off tutorial quests then it doesn't count as a permadeath run, for some reason...

no mans sky, i love you but like. come on. 40 side quests are not essential to the main quest