LOOK AT OUR TWO GAY SHIPS IN THE STEVEN UNIVERSE COMICS

*this is especially important: these days on Tumblr there’s a wonderful atmosphere of being able to talk openly about your mental illness or your struggle. And that’s great! But there’s a difference between sharing in order to help yourself and other people and sharing just because you have no other coping mechanisms. As much as you’re able, try to work on developing a different outlet. People aren’t qualified to be your therapist because they’re nice to you a couple of times. Please remember that they have lives too, and their job is not to make you feel better or pity you, no matter how difficult your life is. 

And last but not least: 

But… 

I really don’t have a way to better this. 

Your interests are your own. I can’t advise anyone to change their interests to fit in with a certain group of people - that’s stupid, and actually quite damaging to your sense of self. 

Instead, I would recommend that, maybe if you feel like your topics of conversation are falling flat with this group of people, you move on to other, greener pastures. There are bound to be places where your ideas mesh better with an audience. 

And of course - try to be considerate about what you say and how you say it. 

Sometimes, what might seem like a harmless comment to you might be a very discomforting thought to another person. I recently had a conversation on a forum with a guy who was telling me that his headcanon was that Pearl (from SU) would soon get a male love interest who loved mechanics and weapons next, and that would be her best arc, because she would finally get a ‘healthy’ love interest. 

His intentions were good, but he was entirely unaware of how cringey this kind of thing was to a bunch of (probably queer) people, who have spent their entire lives being told that the only ‘good’ character development for them would be to get a ‘male love interest’. No one wanted to be the jerk to say “fuck off, we don’t want that to happen” but everyone was answering him in a flat way, trying to discourage the discussion further. Instead of picking up on the hint, he bulldozed on, thinking he was having a ‘lively conversation’ which was, in fact, in its late stages of death. 

I know I’ll probably get a few messages to this saying: What about people on the Autistic Spectrum? Sometimes, people can’t pick up social cues or ‘hints’. And if that’s the case, it’s incredibly difficult to understand why you’re not having any luck communicating despite your best efforts. 

I feel that on a person level, please believe me. I made this infograph for THAT VERY REASON. Because I WAS that awkward kid who didn’t pick up on hints well. In fact, I still have trouble talking to people. If any of you have had the misfortune of being my conversational partner, you’ll know that I tend to be overly blunt and come off as very unfriendly. It’s something that I, myself, am working on currently in order to grow into a better person. It’s a struggle in progress, but I am aiming towards the progress side, and I just wanted to help out others while I was at it. 

Here’s the condensed video process for my painting, Flowing Out. The video that Patrons voted on to be made into a tutorial is Our Blue Planet :) Due to visiting family in China, I haven’t had time to make that tutorial yet but I will soon! HD images and full video process for all new paintings on my Patreon.com/Yuumei

http://instagram.com/godsschool Coucou juste je partage c'est un projet d'animation super intéressant, je vous invite à regarder la vidéo et liker le compte insta et la page facebook !!! https://youtu.be/xJMQ-jc3tRE

Season 7 is coming out soon, so here’s a few reminders

If your ship doesn’t become canon, THAT IS OKAY. You can still ship it and enjoy it. Plus there’s always fanfic.

There is absolutely no reason to send death threats or harass the cast and crew of Voltron (looking at you, overkill klance stans). Please, just stop. Your ship just isn’t canon. Get the fuck over it. The show has an amazing plot and diverse, complex characters. It’s great even without the romance.

Voltron is a fucking kids show.

Don’t promote your ship by bringing down other ships. Don’t call a ship pedophilia or say that it’s “toxic” unless you know what you’re talking about and are not just saying it because you ship something else.

Klance stans: Calm the fuck down. Like, you guys are fucking embarrassing. I ship Klance, but I’m still going to be okay if it doesn’t become canon, and it probably won’t. BUT THAT’S OKAY.

Peaceful shippers: Thank you. You guys are amazing and I love you. Stay strong in this fucked-up fandom. (Even though I feel like most of the peaceful shippers had the good sense to leave a while ago.)

Stop with the ship hate. In general. Like, there are limitless realities. Your ship is probably canon in at least thirteen of them. Shut the fuck up.

Lotor stans: I am so sorry.

Sorry if that was aggressive. Here’s some friendlier reminders:

Shiro is gay. He’s the leader of Voltron and essentially one of the good guys, but he’s also flawed and has PTSD. He’s written as a person, which I dunno, I think that’s pretty awesome.

Pidge is Italian.

OUR BABIES ARE COMING HOME!

Adam exists. I don’t care if you ship Adashi or not. You can still appreciate Adam and the fact that he’s named after a vine.

Lance has a widow’s peak, and I find that beautiful.

Coran’s full name is Coran Hieronymus Wimbleton Smythe.

I love kido but I hope others will also have their importance ! I wish there was a little formal romance because at the moment , we only have tracks on the shinxAya (even if it is almost sure) , the HaruxTaka ( Pretty sure too) but the kanoxKido there are only guesses and I will like us to be attached AT LEAST these 3 stories. I look forward to the film and so we see every new designs !!!

Okay so, I have a theory on what the movie’s going to be about. And it’s going to be very Shintaro and Kido focused. They’ve been the main focus of all the advertisements for it, so that would make sense. 

Okay, so looking at the most recent trailer… We have this scene with Shintaro.

It starts with his eyes red, and his power active… And then as they go back to their normal color, he looks so… panicked. Obviously because of his power; he was seeing a past timeline at this point. 

Back to Kido… It would make sense that she would be centric to the film, especially with my theory. She just got a novel, right? Everyone’s fucking hyped about her. 

We learned more about Kido’s power in the novel. How she can use her power to block out memories and shit. 

So, my theory?

The ‘new character’ from a while back is Kuroha. Who will show up in flashbacks to past timelines. 

Kido ends up using her power to help Shintaro with his, so that he can hopefully forget some of those timelines. 

Give me the Kido + Shintaro friendship, plz. 

Some art process stuff I compiled.

No more melted tomblerones or mising skulls, yyeann!

This is my basic process for pretty much everything I draw. The key is understanding the shape of the garment you’re trying to draw and the shape of the body part you’re putting it on.

Drawing the body first forces you to make the shoe, hat, or clothes fit that body. With practice you’ll be able to skip some steps. This method works the same no matter the perspective or pose. It just relies on your knowledge of what a hat looks like from above, or what the bottom of a shoe looks like. When in doubt, just google refs. Don’t necessarily need the exact angle you’re trying to draw. Look at different pics to give you an idea of how it works in 3d.

Shoes are always a bit tricky because feet are a stupid ass shape.

It might help if you think of hats as a cylinder fitted to the person’s head to help you get the perspective right before you push in detail. note: heads aren’t circles. they’re kind of egg shaped if you look at them from the top.

Here’s the first half of slides from my comic class on Lettering! 

Rest of the slides: https://gingersnappish.tumblr.com/post/616487287636803584/the-rest-of-the-comic-lettering-slides-first

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