billtergiest
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#100%#i feel partly woman and partly... agender?#thats how id describe it for myself anyway lmao#Demigirl#nonbinary
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Its nice to use the weekend to draw some extra art :) (she's from my webcomic ofc!)
#anime art#original character art#anime artist#oc art#digital art#original character#the leftover cannibals#webcomic
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new update time!!
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The best part of having ocs is using them as dress up dolls because i cant afford to buy clothes like these right now
#oc art#original character#digital art#shiro lolita#sweet lolita#lolita fashion art#lolita fashion#egl#egl fashion#egl art#the leftover cannibals
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some silly doodles from last night
#original character#oc art#anime art#original character art#the leftover cannibals#webcomic#anime artist
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This year we're rebloging only one eurovision post
Just boycott that shit
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the format has been changed going forward
after the update next week, I'm going to be switching to a biweekly schedule for tumblr as well :)
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a new update. this time im posting two pages :)
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‘Angel’s Egg’ (1985) Concept Art Artist: Yoshitaka Amano
#woke up thinking about angels egg#god i love angels egg#it permanently damaged my psyche for the better 6 or so years ago#pwetty art#ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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i tried to play with textures more. I wanted to imitate something like watercolor while keeping a fairly high contrast too. This process was way faster than my usual rendering method which is a nice plus
#digital art#original character#oc art#anime art#anime artist#the leftover cannibals#aesthetic anime art#dreamcore#dream aesthetic
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pony oc. his name is oddball
despite his name he is actually very good at his job. which is basically everything
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with where im at in my webcomic buffer i have to draw two new characters now and i have to get used to drawing them and getting into a groove and PHEW
im still making steady progress so it isnt delaying me too bad but my perfectionism is giving me headaches lmao
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No Such Thing As Filler
Okay, so yes, this is another post based on something I saw that irritated me, but it seems like this idea keeps coming up, so I need y'all to internalize this. There is no such thing as filler in good writing. None. Do not approach your work thinking you have to fill space in a story, I will beat you with this wiffle bat. Don't ask me where I got the wiffle bat. Don't even worry about it.
The idea of filler comes from a very particular place - when an anime or TV show has to fit in a certain number of episodes, but doesn't have enough content (hasn't caught up with the manga, the source material isn't long enough, etc) to cover those episodes. An episode has to be written, but the characters can't really progress, and so are given something else to do. Many a trope has come from these episodes, and they're sometimes necessary. Filler in this context is something that makes sense.
The dark side of filler is the idea that you need some space between Big Event 1 and Big Event 2 in your story, therefore you need throw anything in there to take up space and make your word count. This is a mistake I've made and I've seen plenty of other writers do it too, but it's a huge waste of your time. You do need something between those big action scenes, but you should always be writing to accomplish something.
Instead of thinking of that writing as filler, try to approach it with three things in mind:
Move Forward With Character Development and Backstory - Your characters barely survived a huge gunfight, and they won't encounter the big bad again for another few chapters. How do your characters decompress from that gunfight, and what does that say about them? Did a cocky character go in guns blazing, only to be deeply shaken by how a real fight works? Did that fight spark a moment of deep trauma for the main character that they have to reflect on afterwards?
Filling this space with meaningless scenes is a huge waste of opportunity. Think about how to dive deeper into your characters.
Move Forward With Plot and Subplot Development - The bad guy beat the heroes to the stolen gem, but they left behind a clue to why they want it. However that clue could reveal some painful truths about the protagonist's beloved great aunt... Carmen Sandiego???
A major goal following a big action scene is having the characters figure out what to do with what they've learned and what to do next. It's where romance subplots or secret relative subplots make progress, when truths are revealed and next steps are taken. You can absolutely do this in any setting - a flirty conversation while at the battling cages, a tense moment of feelings while hunting down a wayward chicken - but your main goal is making progress for both the characters and plot.
Move Forward With Worldbuilding - Worldbuilding has it challenges, believe me. You don't want to write a chapter on how an airship works only to have to cut it later. But you should still try to flesh out your world, and you should do so with the perspective of how to use that worldbuilding to your benefit. Maybe a critical scene hinges on the main characters knowing how that airship works, or that lake your main character often stares at is the setting of the big Act 3 Boat Battle. The weather can play into both perspective and emotions. Knowing what the main character's house and car looks like can reflect a lot on their personal character or backstory.
When you're struggling with a scene or a chapter, rather than writing filler, take a few steps back and think. What can you establish with your worldbuilding? What can you reveal about your characters through their dialogue and actions? What subplot could you explore or add in these between moments?
Filler from a fandom perspective - Now let me make this clear - if you're writing a fanfic just to have a cute moment between the characters you like, or you really want to force everyone to do that weird Twilight baseball scene, that's fine. You don't need a grand goal to achieve for every story, there's no need to justify your fanwork in any way other than you wanted to do it.
But I'd also argue fanwork doesn't fall under the filler label either - something you create, be it a character snapshot or a 'what if the gang meets Slenderman' parody, isn't taking up meaningless space. It's something fun you did that you and others enjoy, and there's nothing wasteful or pointless about that.
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A small representation of the fear the smell of grass instills in my cat
#doodle#my cat#cat#cat meme#stupid doodle#shes so stupid but i love her and her equally stupid brother#she doesnt wanna touch grass..
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