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This is some badass shit! I love this guy!!

the phantom: sing for me my angel of music!!!

9 year old me honestly believing i had both the vocal range and operatic stylings of miss christine daaé:

Little half assed ref sheet for my version of the Ninja turts 🤓

zuko, candid cam

I’ve been really happy that AtLA has finally dropped on Netflix USA - I know a lot of people haven’t seen it before, and I’ve been watching it virtually with some friends who haven’t either. I hope yall can enjoy it! Please see if you haven’t already!

Apart from some episodes from season 1, I’ve only seen it once while it was airing on tv the first time all those years ago, but it had such an impact on my life! And on our culture and western animation especially. I’m pursuing animation now, actually :D For this one I really wanted to practice with acting and facial expressions, and I feel like I’ve learned a lot. I hope you like it ;u;

I feel like I only ever draw fan art of Zuko lol…

Used: Clip Studio Paint, Wacom intuos pro.

Coconut Chicken Curry

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Is this how you roll?

At the Watchtower

Batman: [standing at the front of the room] thank you for coming to this emergency meeting of the Justice League.

Batman: [pulling up a presentation on screen] let us proceed without further delay.

Batman: [pulls up the first slide] This is a picture of Tim. He is asocial. That means he avoids social interaction. Other examples of asocial people is me.

Batman: [changes slides] This is the Joker. He is an antisocial person. That means he has a "long-term pattern of disregard for, or violation of, the rights of others", struggles with emapthy and is prone to bouts of aggression. Other examples of this would be most of the villains we fight, though that is mere speculation since antisocial personality disorder is a psychological condition and most of our opponents have not been diagnosed.

Batman: [exits the presentation] in conclusion: asocial and antisocial are not pseudonyms and thus should not be used interchangeably. I expect you all to take this under advisement in the future when making snide comments about your teammates.

Batman: That concludes this portion of the meeting. I now turn the stage over to Nightwing.

Nightwing: [Takes the stage, wearing his police uniform and a domino] Thank you Batman!

Nightwing: I call this segment "Jaywalking- it's illegal even when you're wearing a cape!"

Nightwing: [pulls up a powerpoint with 94 slides] Let's begin!

Baby bear catching snowflakes

I know it’s 2020 but Merlin AU where Uther notices a bunch of problems that could only be solved by magic ~spontaneously~ getting solved around Arthur, and concludes that this must be a side effect of Arthur only existing due to magical intervention. An intense bigotry-versus-parental-love internal conflict commences, followed by some that’s-pretty-hypocritcal-of-you-isn’t-it-dad screaming external conflict, generally upending everything. Merlin is standing in the corner the entire time holding a serving jug of mead and sweating.

Rottmnt!Casey Jones (Jr.) design is fantastic and here's why:

I'm sorry for ignoring the numerous asks actually requesting stuff for me to review, but I have to strike the iron while it's still hot.

Ok, so. Rottmnt has fantastic, 10/10 character designs. That's not something I discovered, it's something anyone with two eyes and a brain can figure out. In particular, the eponymous Turtles themselves have never been more interesting and distinct before this incarnation:

They are fantastic anthro designs, simultaneously easy to imagine as humans while feeling inseparable from their animal traits. And the crew managed to take this a step further with Casey by going in the complete opposite direction! Casey is not just a regular post-apocalyptic fashion kid, he is a reverse engineered turtle gijinka. It's not all that visible at first because the pieces of his attire are all pretty standard, admirably practical, and color-faded, but think about it! The green jumpsuit and shoes are the base "skin", the chest-plate is self-explanatory, and the cape is the turtle shell.

And of course, it's all made even more endearing by how he incorporates something from each of the 4 brothers. Leo is the most obvious influence because Casey is his direct protege; he adopted his eye markings in his mask, his color for the armor, and the diagonal fanny-pack -I wouldn't have complained if he used a belt, but the fanny-pack is the much better option because it's more realistic and practical for him to use that-.

Donny made his gadgets, so he wears his insignia on the cape -which also cleverly breaks the dullness of it without bulking the silhouette- and his shoulder pad is purple.

You get the sense that Casey never really met Raph in his original timeline, so he is only present in the red details and, lastly, Mikey is present in the adorably doodled knee-pads.

Lastly, his facial design is great. Now, I could follow that up with an actual argument about how it balances his more traditional lean hero physique with less conventionally attractive traits that actually convey a personality and a context for where he grew up, but actually, no, I'll just spam pics of him because he really does have Expressions™️ and I love him for that: