dexter-by-designation
Jun 24, 2023
[0] OPEN REQUESTS
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Browse the art I've Posted on Tumblr!
I love Star Wars, have a hard time with star wars fans. I like Steven Universe, Star VS Evil, Phineas & Ferb, She-Ra + Princesses of Power, Dropout.tv, and much of their adjacent content. I won't fanboy too often on here, but I will speculate frequently when I post drawings or repost people's stuff.
Also, love Fire Emblem, Three Houses is my fave, but I enjoy the lot.
I've played a variety of Tabletop RPG's, such as Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, Feng Shui, and Ironsworn (one of my faves). E'en still, my dice luck is terrible, and I find myself minmaxing in most games to remain a contributor in tactical combat scenarios.
Also, if you want to use any of the art I post here for anything just let me know what it is, I'll prolly say yes unless it's a commissioned piece.
Want to commission me? See this post: [link]
Want to watch me draw? See my picarto.tv stream (WARNING, POSSIBLE NSFW CONTENT): [link here]
I have a sideblog for Mature Adults, that is, +18: [MINORS DNI]
I also have a (mostly empty) Cohost (+18 Content is Marked): [Tadaaah!]
I recognize that my difficulty presenting and drawing the sexual aspects of myself and my art come from my puritanical/evangelical upbringing. I'm still trying to learn to be comfortable with many parts of myself, so if you see a mistake in my ethical logic, or catch me pulling a microaggression, please let me know, or direct me to a resource that can help me understand.
I'll do my best to be receptive of criticism.
dexter-by-designation
Aug 16
doodlemancy
Hey, so, Patreon is lying to you about Apple forcing their hand.
Patreon is getting rid of 1st-of-the-month/per-creation billing, claiming a new decision by Apple has forced their hand. This will hurt a lot of creatives, and their excuse is bullsh*t. Allow me to explain.
In 2018, Patreon tried to impose a new ill-considered fee structure on everyone that would have cost creators a lot of smaller pledges. They ended up apologizing for this profusely; they have now deleted this apology from their website and unfortunately I was unable to find it on the Internet Archive. This was shameful, but to their credit they backed off quickly when things got ugly.
Back in 2021, Patreon discussed plans to force all creators into a rolling bill structure and get rid of first-of-the-month/pay-up-front billing. The community once again very decisively shouted them down, and they had to walk it back again. This whole fiasco damaged the already shaky trust between Patreon creators and staff.
This week, Patreon announced that, along with extra fees, Apple's policies were supposedly forcing them to move everyone over to the rolling fee structure that they first tried to get us to agree to in 2021. Patreon will tell you they are not happy about this. As a person who spent a long time watching Patreon make terrible decisions, I can tell you-- they are probably very happy about this, because it's exactly the smokescreen they needed to do what they've been trying to do for years, which is pull ALL Patreon creators away from 1st-of-the-month and per-creation billing.
The spin in the news I've seen so far is "Apple bullies Patreon, boo hoo hoo poor Patreon". This is very obviously not what's happening. Mind you: Apple does suck, and they are doing something bad here. f*ck apple. But Patreon and Apple are BOTH the asshole in this situation; Everyone Sucks Here. Patreon has options: they can make the iOS app a reader app and do billing through the browser to avoid the restrictions and the extra fees (Netflix and Amazon, notably, both do this), or they can allow creators to opt-out of iOS billing if they want to use billing models that don't work with it.
It seems most likely to me that the Apple situation is a real fire that Patreon has chosen to use as a convenient smokescreen to do what they've been wanting to do since at least 2021, and maybe since 2018.
What do we do?:
They have a feedback form specifically about this.
They also have a creator discord.
And they have lots of social media pages where they probably really, really hope that this doesn't blow up again, because they never learn. The incidents I've described here aren't the only two other times Patreon has pissed off their creators. They know if they don't contain the noise it'll be harder to get away with it, so make some noise. They've done a lot of work to spin this cleverly so you'll have sympathy for them and they won't get the kind of backlash they know they deserve.
Please don't misuse these links and make threats or spam or something. All you have to do is give well-reasoned feedback. Patreon hates feedback. Make sure they get a nice heaping helping of their least favorite vegetable.
thesarahshay
Thank you for explaining this so clearly! Patreon has been treating us like garbage for years; blaming all this on Apple is transparently bullsh*t to anyone who is involved, but harder to explain to anyone outside it.
dexter-by-designation
cherrypikkins
Aug 16
marat
i know we joke about cis artists having the weirdest sense of anatomy, but also even when the anatomy is fine, no one seems to want to draw women doing normal things
marat
Drawing challenge: draw your favorite male characters like this
thatdemonbish
this is exactly why i’m a huge fan of posemaniacs!
you get 3d model pose references with the option of having a male or female anatomy for each pose
they have a WIDE VARIETY of poses that you can search for using a TAG SYSTEM
(as you can see by the scroll bar in the second image there is Even More Tags)
you can select a pose you like for larger viewing and the convenience doesn’t stop!!!
you have full 360 viewing range of the pose plus zooming in and out
and what’s that? a TOOLBAR?? MENU?? THING??
Correct!
the eye button hold a very fun menu
negative space blacks out the background and fills the pose with a solid white silhouette
the “texture” refers to the skin situation of the model with the “color” and “grey” shown below
(i usually use color personally)
then there’s the option of different sized drawing grids(4 and 16 below)
idk wtf bounding box is about but it looks like this if it matters to you
“floor” toggles all shadows on the floor, “floor grid” you guessed it puts a like perspective guide grid on the floor that goes to forever, and “shadow” toggles ALL shading. there is NO lighting happening if you turn that off. NONE.
NEXT ITEM! that box thing with the line through it? flips the pose horizontally.
the little person symbol? lets you switch anatomies
camera icon? you can choose from a selection of preset camera angles PLUS an option for … idk what to call it but you can do this!
less flat right!! i’m sure there’s a word i just don’t know but this is maximum *that* so there is less *that* if you want it
the lightbulb gives you a menu like the camera one but it offers a selection of lighting styles with variable intensity
CHARMING!
and that’s not even everything this site provides!!!!!!! they have tutorials, instructional videos, lessons, all sorts of sh*t!!! (although they are vast majority if not all in japanese just a heads up)
AND ITS ALL FREE
DONT EVEN NEED TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT OR APPROVE OF COOKIES JUST GET IN DO YOUR THING GET OUT NO STRINGS ATTACHED
and if you don’t have ad blocker or are on mobile(like me) NOT TO WORRY
the ads are few and far between! ZERO video ads, NONE take over your screen or glitch you at all, they are of no concern i forget they’re there!
(this is not at all sponsored btw i’m just a genuine fan of this site and i’m happy to spread the good word unprompted)
dexter-by-designation
Weekend project.
dexter-by-designation
Aug 16
ace-disgrace-on-the-case
For those who needed to hear it today
dexter-by-designation
This is part of why I came to Tumblr honestly. Seeing people draw bodies and faces that weren't always the anime thing is really satisfying. Some day maybe I'll post some of the stuff I do that tries to reach that Non-conventional Beauty carried by people on the street or working in a shop.
dexter-by-designation
hoedin1
Jun 25
el-shab-hussein
As a rule of thumb, don't reblog donation posts or people asking for donations unless they've been vetted and reblogged by Palestinian bloggers. We usually go to lengths to verify this sh*t because we know scammers have been faking to get people to send them money, using the urgency of our genocide as bait.
It's disgusting this is what we're dealing with, but people are losing money because of some truly evil people out there.
Accounts don't just randomly spring up on tumblr without gofundmes while asking for someone to help them create a campaign. f*ck out of here with that sh*t.
el-shab-hussein
I'm also gonna stop listing the reasons why I recognize something is a scam. It's becoming more and more clear there is 1 person behind this STRING of scams and they're leaving less trails behind but it still reeks of them and their MO.
DO NOT TRUST ANY GOFUNDME OR REQUEST FOR CROWDFUNDING THAT PALESTINIAN BLOGGERS HAVEN'T VERIFIED.
At this point I'm fine receiving a bunch of inbox messages asking me to vet x y z so y'all can avoid this sh*t. But please have some critical thinking!
People are exploiting our situation.
el-shab-hussein
Reblog this post.
Whether you wanna read the whole thing or not idc.
REBLOG IT.
The person this was about deleted the 4th or 5th scam account they made and are definitely gonna make a new one soon. I don't want anybody falling for this anymore.
hummerous
OP's masterlist of vetted requests
every little bit helps.
dexter-by-designation
May 15
fandomsforpalestine
FFP artist - Martilyong Abo
Want to donate money for Palestine? Ask for a commission here.
Marty here! As of now, I can only offer more sketchy and simple works, but what matters at the end of the day is that we help those in need.
Pronouns: He/Him
Social media: @martilyongabo (Tumblr)
Fandoms: Etrian Odyssey, Fire Emblem, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Slay the Princess, Who's Lila, Cookie Run, Pathologic, Fate/Series
Ships and characters: Fire Emblem (Awakening kids!), PMMM (Homura, Sayaka), RGU (Utena, Nanami, Anthy, Juri), CR (PureLily, Hollytaya, FireKnight, Sea Fairy, Moonlight, Wind Archer), rest are no pref but I can take anything <3
Type of fanworks: Fanart
How many fanworks the artists propose: Max 7
Price of fanwork: $10-$15
NSFW possible? : No
Art:
hbd maribelle! (04.14.2024) (3hr)mixed her design a bit with eoiii's princess
03.12.24-03.13.34i got medibang! been doodling this in between scenes.these two have had a vice grip on me for about 2 weeks now i think
lucina (03.06.2024)
dexter-by-designation
May 1
Started Anxiety/ADHD meds today as a trial run. See where this goes.
dexter-by-designation
Apr 23
dale-afficanado-blueberry
I regret to inform you that Discord's new Terms of Service includes an arbitration clause. You can find it here https://discord.com/terms/#16. This clause includes an opt-out, which I have transcribed here:
Read about Discord's Terms of Service
You can decline this agreement to arbitrate by emailing an opt-out notice to [emailprotected] within 30 days of April 15, 2024 or when you first register your Discord account, whichever is later; otherwise, you shall be bound to arbitrate disputes in accordance with the terms of these paragraphs. If you opt out of these arbitration provisions, Discord also will not be bound by them.
These clauses are underhanded ways that corporations seek to deprive you of your right to participate in class-action lawsuits and your right to a jury trial. (This does only apply to us users ,other people still spread the word though )
ganurath
#whats arbitration someone help me
Bad news, @noodelzmop. Arbitration basically means that if you want to sue Discord for whatever reason, the dispute needs to be handled in house. Specifically, in their house. If you don't get this email out, you're basically signing away your right to legal recourse if they do criminally sh*tty stuff to you, like with the McDonalds app.
dale-afficanado-blueberry
I have been told that emailing "I am confirming that as of the date of this email, I am choosing to opt out of binding arbitration to settle disputes with Discord." With the Email you used for your discord account is enough for the notice but take this with a grain of salt as this was not said by a lawyer
everyone-needs-a-hoopoe
reiterating that this only applies to US users
tmmyhug
THIRTY DAY LIMIT BTW. I suggest taking sixty seconds to fire off a quick email with op’s recommended text. I have no plans to sue discord but better safe than sorry
dexter-by-designation
Feb 16
Practicing with animation, doing small pieces at a time. I imagine Ratou is saying "Have fun storming the Darkwood!"
dexter-by-designation
Feb 12
Been jumping from obsession to obsession lately. Hanging around Cult of the lamb. Writing some fic to go with it. Will never be released. its for me.
dexter-by-designation
Feb 3
depsidase
dexter-by-designation
My favorite thing about this statement is that Zullie is a prominent Soulsbourne lore-tuber. A great deal of Fromsoft's lore ends up leaning into anti-authoritarian/anti-capitalist sentiment, so it's fun to see that pop up in the fanbase.
dexter-by-designation
Jan 25
Calling my shot, Kipperlilly Copperkettle is seeking info on the Bad Kids to strategically plant time-traveled traps to f*ck with them using the quangle. Leaving this up for proof of my commitment.
dexter-by-designation
Jan 16
I have sequestered myself in a metaphysical basem*nt as I read vampire books and draw pictures of Monkey (the last drawing I posted) that I don't post because they're not refined and some are too sexual for this blog.
I have been reading the Urban Shadows 2nd Ed. Play test material to do some world building, and trying to contextualize vampirism as a metaphor for authoritarian exploitation, and some of the world building elements get a good response from my wife, but the two of us are an echo chamber, so I'll need to get some 3rd opinions.
This basem*nt is deep: there's at least 2 rickety staircases to descend and a secret door hidden in a wine rack, plus a ladder inside a coffin you have to climb down to reach me, all to find me giggling about vampire puns as I write text that would likely feel pretty at home alongside the likes of 'My Immortal'
What I'm saying is: I'm having fun living my edgy dreams. Do not send help, unless they/you can give me new words to tell me about deepest-darkness.
dexter-by-designation
Jan 11
imforeverjustyours-deactivated2
dexter-by-designation
Dec 29, 2023
A Vampire named Monkey
I have SIMS brainrot right now, and felt the need to draw what I imagine my primary guy to look like in a more anime setting. Really happy with how the chimp-like vampire face turned out.
dexter-by-designation
Dec 27, 2023
Halp! I've been consumed by making sims kiss! I can't stoooooop!
dexter-by-designation
Dec 24, 2023
Rough draft #2 of the prologue (part 1 of the prologue at least) is ready for wifely criticism. No more [insert thing here] bits, and I wrote a longer than expected sex scene. 4k words, and now to get some critique.
I'll post it to squidgeworld and Co-host once it's been peer reviewed.
If you like my art, or me, or anything about what I do, you are by no means obligated to read the posted fic. I make it for myself more than anyone.