rb to give your mutuals a silly little paper valentine card and a red heart shaped lollipop 💖
D: Oh beautiful lady of my heart, will you-
D: *sees Chuuya* Excuse me *immediately stands up*
Woman: Wha-
D: *tilting his head with a charming smile* I'll be right back pretty lady. *kisses her hand*
Woman: But we are in a date-
D: *not listening and walking towards him* Chuuya hasn't grown an inch.
I want to tell a story to the artists and would-be artists out there.
When I was 19, I made a large oil painting of the nerd I would eventually marry. I poured all my attention and care into this painting. It's the only art I have from back then that still holds up as a work I'm proud of today.
I entered it into a judged show at the local art center. It got an honorable mention. I went to see the show with my beloved model. One of the judges came up to talk to me, and highlighted that all the judges really liked the painting. It would have placed, except, you see, the feet were incorrect. They were too wide and short, and if I just studied a bit more anatomy-
I called over my future wife, and asked her to take off her shoe. Being already very used to humoring me, she did. The judge looked at her very short, very wide little foot. Exactly as I'd lovingly rendered it. I would never edit her appearance in any way.
The judge looked me in the eye, and to his credit, he really looked like he meant it when he said "Oh I'm so sorry."
Anyways the moral of the story is that all of those anatomy books that teach you proportions are either showing you averages, or a very specific idea of an idealized body. Actual bodies are much more varied than that.
So don't forget to draw from observation, and remember that humans aren't mass produced mannequins. Delight in our variation. Because it's supposed to be there.
Disappointing as it may be, Poseidon himself (a storm in literal ITHICA) stopping the last livestream is hilarious. Shouldn’t have stabbed him so many times ody
Fuck moon’s taking poison damage
Amphoreus
to be honest I think working on a sewing machine strains my eyes as much as being on a computer does. However, I am incentivized to remain alert and focused by keeping my fingers within stabbing distance of a needle making 60 stitches per minutes.
(via meanboysclub)
Forgot to post this one here
Chuuya doesn’t just stand on the ceiling—he weaponises it. Mid-fight, he’ll dodge an attack by casually flipping upwards, forcing his opponent to scramble just to track him. It’s almost unfair. No one ever looks up when fighting indoors, and he uses that to his full advantage. Dazai, of course, makes it a point to always look up. It’s saved his life more than once.
At this point, Mori doesn’t even question it. Kouyou doesn’t even look when she scolds him to get down. The Black Lizard has stopped reacting entirely. Higuchi still flinches. Tachihara once made the mistake of standing under him—Chuuya dropped down and nearly gave him a heart attack.
Chuuya claims he only does it for practicality, but the truth? It’s a habit. When he’s thinking, he sometimes finds himself pacing along the ceiling like it’s the floor. When he’s drinking, he’ll kick back upside down like it’s the most normal thing in the world. One time, he fell asleep up there and woke up to find Dazai had stacked chairs trying to reach him.
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