My Slugsona

“ITS NOT FAIR HOW DID PEWDIEPIE GET SO GOOD AT ART SO FAST IN JUST A YEAR WHEN IVE BEEN DRAWING LONGER THAN HIM AND MY ART LOOKS WORSE”

im gunna say this as gently as i can, in order to improve your art, you have to put actual effort into doing so aside from simply “drawing everyday.” Drawing every day is good advice and has lots of benefit, but unless you are engaging in constructive practices while you’re doing that daily drawing, your art WILL remain stagnant.

Engage in critique with your artist friends of a higher skill level on what you could improve on, watch videos about art and how to improve your art.

study artists you like and pick apart exactly what about their art is appealing to you personally and apply that to your work. Contrary to popular belief, art does actually require lots of effort to become good at.

Theres plenty of resources out there. USE THEM.

HE'S BACK! WELCOME BACK!

Guys, we just got video evidence of an echidna species that was presumed extinct for over 60 years!

Look at this little guy

doodle of my fursona.... silly butch loris smoking a joint and playin on her 3ds :3 (they/it/she)

from a (half) south asian american who's dark skinned, i think one of the best examples of south asian representation in video games as of recent is frye from splatoon 3.

i think they did so many things great with her. even though she's not really desi considering human culture has been extinct for over 1000 years in the splatoon universe, they did a great portrayal of her as a south asian. the inclusion of her dark skin really adds to that, because as someone who's half south indian, with dark skin, colorism and racism against dark skinned ppl in south asia is a really big issue, and is rooted in the caste system. and even though i doubt the inclusion of her dark skin was meant to break that stigma and stereotyping, it really adds to her regardless!

some other great examples of south asian influence in frye that makes her great rep:

- her singing in splatoon 3 is based on indian vocal music, especially carnatic (south indian) music. there's also traditional indian instruments such as sitar/veena, dholak, and nadaswaram used in songs where she performs. her dancing performance is also reminiscent of indian dances like bharatanatyam, odissi, and kuchipudi.

- her fighting style in her boss battle is based off of snake charming, using a pungi flute to control her moray eels to fight the player, in a manner similar to snake charming

- her outfit is based off of western-south asian or indo-western fashion and clothing, wearing a dupatta over what looks like a choli, and her pants resemble patiala pants. her headpiece also resembles mango chutney or another south asian condiment

- the locker decoration received from story mode that depicts her, sunken scroll 11, is based off of traditional indian art, especially from south india. the pose she strikes and the surrounding motifs are reminiscent of south indian and sri lankan sculpture and art depicting hindu figures; an example of a work of art similar to this depiction of frye is the bronze statue Shiva Natarāja, depicting the god shiva as nataraja, the cosmic lord of dance.

- and although i don't know for sure if her big forehead is based in south asian traditional beauty traditions, i still think it adds to her greatly as south asian representation. video game characters from any underrepresented culture are often depicted under western beauty standards, and frye's appearance that defies both western beauty standards AND colorist standards of south asian beauty truly makes her a great example of south asian rep in video games.

special thanks to twitter user rosierajin, who also compiled a list of examples of south asian influence in frye's character

anyways, that's my conclusion about why frye is an amazing example of south asian rep, hope you enjoy :3

Izutsumi in a traditional persian dress!! Her ears poking from under the veil is so cute to me

Sort of talked about this in my last post but ! I really want to see more persian representation in media, specifically animation. Really disheartening when most of the "popular" animated movies taking place in west asia are about war, revolution or just generally orientalist D: Hopefully one day that'll change !!

But till that happens >:) ill make my own representation

NEW OC IDEA I CAME UP WITH IN A DREAM... she's a woman from goa, india, who was rejected by her family for being gay, and receives a vision from her ancestor, a portuguese pirate, that his treasure is buried under a nightclub on the beach and it's her job to seek it out.

i trust you

This is the funniest fucking thing I’ve ever seen

sometimes when I'm bored, I go through the list of recent bad faith Wikipedia edits that have since been reverted. a lot of them are politically contentious/offensive topics that attract crazies and trolls in general, but sometimes there are completely innocent inoffensive articles that people attack for no reason. some guy yesterday vandalized the article on the chemical element francium