What If It All Worked Out

what if it all worked out

Someday I will go into a lengthy diatribe into how certain YuGiOh characters are designed, and break down the clothes that each character wears.

Ever since I started making characters, designing clothes for them that make sense to exist in the world is so important to me. I don't like my creations sticking out like a sore thumb.

If I ever go into a diatribe on how Batman works, I'm sorry. I fell in love with the hero when I was a wee lass thanks to Kevin Conroy's acting, and I have been attached ever since.

I do believe it is hard writing for Batman if you don't know what you're doing. I've heard of a lot of stories where the writers didn't understand Batman, which is easier to do more than Superman.

Do not get me started on the butchering of Superman over the years. He has such a simple concept, yet people think he's a god-- I could go on forever.

Honestly the biggest issue with me writing YuGiOh fanfiction is the fact that I'm a character writer, and I don't see the Duel Monsters Card Game as a character.

Please, let me explain this.

If you are familiar with the YuGiOh franchise and have delved into it as far as I have, you would know that it initially started off with a love with games. The card game featured in one of the chapters got so popular that Kazuki Takahashi decided to try and make the game himself after some fans were interested in playing it.

Despite me not liking the game, or rather how it was implemented into the story, it's still an important factor to the show.

I see the game as a tool more than a character. I don't see any personality with the game, just a bunch of pieces of cardboard that are activated by a machine that then projects holograms. (I have a theory that Kaiba Corp made a special set of paint for Industrial Illusions to use in order for the machines to work with the cards. I don't know how else the machines would work, since they are cardboard.)

I see the game more as a tool to be used. And like with most tools in real life, you don't always need to use them. It could be because of all the rules to the game, since I can use the monsters associated with it as nightmares or spirits; hell, YuGiOh GX did that and it was honestly very interesting.

Is there anyone that's going through the same issues as I am? It honestly sucks, since I have this huge YuGiOh project in the early production stages.

ok but legitimately i think the reason why kids aren’t taking internet safety seriously is because the people who are telling us not to put our personal information out seem so out of touch. no one acknowledges the possibility of meeting very real teenaged friends online, they always say that everyone you meet is a 40 year old white man in disguise. because they aren’t acknowledging things we know are true, it becomes a lot easier to dismiss the rest of what they’re saying as well. internet safety lessons absolutely must keep up with the times and acknowledge the internet’s capacity for good if you want kids to take to heart warnings about its capacity for bad.

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Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.