i saw someone make a comic about waluigi willingly declining to be in smash bros and i like that because it ties into this concept on tumblr that waluigi is just a dude who’s content with a fulfilling normal life which we know nothing about.
wario asks him like “hey you wanna join me in this fighting tournament where you can get your ass kicked by all sorts of legendary fighters and monsters for no tangible benefit?” and waluigi is just like “thanks for inviting me bro but i’ve got a full time job and i can’t take that much time off, plus we’re having my niece’s birthday party at chuck-e-cheese on thursday, but hit me up if you wanna play tennis this weekend”
my girlfriend, a scholar, just added: “what if waluigi’s name isn’t even waluigi? what if wario just recruited him as his tennis partner and was like, ‘your name can’t just be ‘jeff’ or whatever. we have to have a theme going. i oppose mario and you need to oppose luigi”
and waluigi was like “who the fuck is luigi? whatever i want to play tennis”
That’s a pretty difficult question to answer, not only because I’m really bad at picking favorites but also because I went through several different artistic “phases” (as every artist does) and for each one of those there is one piece that was like, the best thing I made at that time. So I can select a few that I have a soft spot for.
One of the first illustrations that I was really proud of and that got me a lot of positive feedback was this one on the left, made in 2012. I like how atmospheric it is, how gracile I made these big predators (Gorgosaurus, inspired by japanese cranes dancing) and how gentle the whole scene feels – so much so that I decided to remake it 4 years later. The original still feels quite special to me.
Another one that I liked a lot is this Linheraptor. I put a lot of work into these feathers and patterns in a time where I was still learning all the tricks of digital art, and I still used a mouse for all my artwork (that, I don’t miss). It turned out looking so cute that I decided to use a close-up as my avatar both on here and on my Facebook page, and I feel a lot of people associate it with me.
This scene with Pachycephalosaurus and the pink magnolia tree is one that I feel encompasses a lot of what I have tried to incorporate on my paleoart over the years: scenic, atmospheric views with pleasing colors and animals behaving in very natural and often peaceful ways. I always felt like dinosaur art, at least around the time I was growing up, focused too much on the action and less on the mundane beauty that I admire in nature. I’m very glad to see things are going in a different route nowadays.
This Alioramus is another one that I like a lot and many people seem to enjoy as well, maybe because it feels so joyful and pure, bordering on silly. The relative simplicity of my earlier works meant that I could produce stuff like this much quicker that I usually do today, and I was also easily inspired by photographs or things that I saw around me. So this picture makes me try and go back to that.
Finally, this is one of my most recent works and it makes me proud because of how much time, energy and research went into it; I wanted to make something as accurate as possible to the current day, preserving my trademark style but also going all-out with the details and introducing some action, dynamic poses and two very well-known species, all things that I do not often partake in.
I’m sure if someone asks me this question again 2-3 years from now I’ll have an even longer answer welp
It’s 37 °C (98,6 °F) outside and me and my north european genes are not coping.
As a Midwestern American, some tips!
1. Drink plenty of water. If you’re thirsty, you’re already dehydrated.
2. If you can get you hands on a spray bottle, fill it with cold water and spritz yourself regularly.
3. Wet washcloths, freeze them, and then put them on the back of your neck and chest to help cool off.
4. Cold showers.
5. If you can get a cheap box fan, they will help!
6. How to make a swamp cooler; fill a bucket with ice, set a fan behind it to blow the ice air around.
Stay safe over there!
Oh so I have been dehydrated for three days already lmao thanks gods I’m living in from of a fan at least, ty for the tips ❤
Sweating sucks fluids and electrolytes out of you like crazy; it’s easy to get dehydrated when it’s that hot. And being dehydrated makes it harder for you to thermoregulate AND also just makes you feel like crap.
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