The Inner Workings of a Chibi.

I have a lot of messages to catch up on and pictures to post while I recover from Convergence, which was ridiculously fun :) But before I do I wanted to share a message.

A lot of people over the weekend loved my cosplay, but something else that was neat was hearing people say that they’re happy that I’m out here cosplaying. That’s so great and means the world to me. I mean I know I speak the cosplay words of go out and have fun, and I truly mean that, and I know that when I get hate on I always have a positive outlook and try comment on how foolish it is to waste your energy on bullying someone, and I mean that as well.

But here’s the honest truth.

Words can, and do, hurt, and no matter how strong you are there’s a moment where you feel a pain in your heart when someone takes time out to try and hurt you. Or maybe it really doesn’t bother you, but there was probably a time when it did. We’re human and we feel things, and when I get hate there’s a moment of sadness, exhaustion, and just this voice of doubt. It goes away when I remember the positive or hear the positive, it’s a reminder of, “Hey, you’re great.”

So besides the whole being here because I want to be, I’m also here because your encouragement keeps me going, and because if someone needs to hear that, “You’re great,” I would be more than happy to say it.

We’re here together, never forget that.

Getting ready for Minneapolis Comic Con tomorrow! Here’s where you can find us, some of the things that’ll be at our tables, and costumes you can expect :) Hope to see you there!

Oh god Minneapolis Comic Con is this weekend must keep woodburing @.@

ronanpedrosa:

Wake Up DC! - by tombancroft

OMG this is so cute!

raybucho:

okay, so what happens DIRECTLY before this bit of dialogue needs needs NEEDS to be talked about.
This entire episode is all about Batman and Orion shitting all over how The Flash does things and how flippant and aloof he is and so they all go to his city to try to stop some of his criminals from trying to kill the flash.
And when Flash finds this villain in the bar Batman and Orion both try to beat the info out of him and flash calls them off and sits right down next to him and just asks if he’s gone off his meds and lets him vent about what’s going on in his life. And at the end he tells the Flash that he’ll start taking his medicine again and where the rest of the villains are that are trying to kill him. ONLY THEN does Flash tell him to hand himself in.
once Flash is assured that he’s okay and not going to hurt anyone else. it flies in the face of Batman’s fear and Orion’s brutality, it throws both of their brutal real-world techniques out of the water… because the Flash just wants people to be happy and safe, not to strike fear or defeat foes.
and that makes him pretty amazing

I remember this episode! I <3 the Flash :)

So Anime Milwaukee is over Valentine’s Day weekend, so this new piece is finished just in time. The many loves of Harley Quinn! The first picture is the finished woodburning before I added any color. Then with the realization of this being Harley’s loves and the con being over Valentine’s Day, the second picture now has a bit of color: white, red, and pink <3

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So we’ll be going to a Holiday Geek Expo here on December 7th and 8th, which means we’re going to be offering holiday themed items. Yesterday I finished sketching 6 Christmas stockings that will potentially be made for the Holiday Expo. Essentially, my job is to sketch ideas that my wifey can make. The top picture is my sketches while the bottom picture is an example of what the finished product looks like (it can come in a smaller size, this particular person wanted it bigger).

Going left to right from the top:
1. Harley Quinn
2. Sailor Moon (and of course it can be made into the other scouts ♥)
3. Jack Frost from Rise of the Guardians (seemed appropriate for the time of year)
4. Nagisa from Free! Based on the outfit from the ending sequence.
5. Yoshi! ♥♥♥
6. Death the Kid from Soul Eater.

We also can take commissions on these, all you have to do is ask for a character and a stocking will be made for them. You can either go to the listing or message me or my wifey here on tumblr.

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jasric:

deviantART [x] Wonderbat version [x]
Okay so this was so much freaking fun to draw!<3
Daniel Clara and Breanna :)

Wow. Didn’t realize how much I wanted this until this very second.

Superman spent his childhood baling hay on a farm, he’s a working class hero and people don’t like that. Whereas Batman is a billionaire who sleeps until three in the afternoon, puts on a rubber suit and beats the shit out of poor people. Now that’s a wish fulfillment fantasy.

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Grant Morrison during a panel at the Edinburgh Book Festival (via operationfailure)

#i mean superman is wish fulfillment too but for two jewish guys wanting to help people they couldn’t as opposed to like #taking out the privilege of the rich thru violence against the poor #it depends on how you want to define wish fulfillment #but it is true: superman is a working class hero and batman is not

(via anartinsorcery)

#i guess it’s worth mentioning that superman’s narrative was (and remains) heavily coded but that fact is often lost on modern readers #to whom he appears to be an anglo-american masculine archetype and a perfect vehicle for wish fulfillment #you’d think though that people would’ve figured out by now that if straight white dudebros can’t (or refuse to) relate to a character #it’s probably because they /aren’t serving them as wish fulfillment well enough #not because they’re ”not realistic enough” #hence the popularity of batman #and iron man #and wolverine #and the overwhelming dismissal of PoC/queer/women heroes #grant morrison #superman #comics #*isms

(via twoxheartedxdream)

forever reblog, especially with those tags

(via whenyourenotsavingtheworld)

Funny because I just argued about this only a few short days ago on Twitter with a guy who, otherwise, is intelligent and well spoken. Yet, this idea that Clark is an “othered” figure was totally lost on him.

This is why it doesn’t just make me angry but actually makes me uncomfortable when dudebros get super excited about Batman beating the shit out of Superman.

The last 3 live action adaptations of Superman—-all of which found huge audiences—-have particularly focused on this idea that Clark Kent grows up feeling othered. (In one of those adapations, Clark Kent was actually played by an actor who is bi-racial and was abandoned by his father at a young age btw.)

In several of these adapations, Clark Kent learning to accept his body and accept his heritage balanced with his intense love and identification as a human is not only a right of passage but the driving force of his identity and self-discovery. The fact that a lot of this self-discovery also often includes a human female who accepts him fully and without fear or persecution for his “otherness” is vital and important.

So when I see people talking about how “awesome” it would be for Batman to come into Superman’s movie and “beat the shit out of him”….I’m not just annoyed with you. I’m not just angry at you. You actually make me uncomfortable. Your thoughts about fictional icons and myths make me uncomfortable.

(via therearecertainshadesoflimelight)

I think it’s also very telling that a lot of these same guys who worship Bruce over Clark, absolutely hated when Dick Grayson (who is open, affectionate, paternal in a way that Bruce isn’t, often queer coded, relies on women, and is a (white-passing) man of color)) was Batman.

They don’t love the idea of Batman himself, a normal man with extraordinary will, training, and resources, but the idea of Bruce Wayne as Batman—a white, super-masculine, super self-reliant, rich man.

I mean, I love a lot of versions of Bruce too—when he has the right writers, he’s awesome. But yeah.

(via reservoircat)

Man, I have new feelings about Clark Kent now.

(via cockchomp)

I am so grateful for this. I am so sick of people being like BATMAN IS SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING THAN SUPERMAN. No, he is not. I love both characters but a well written Clark is just as complex, layered, and interesting as a well written Bruce-but you would never know that from the bashing and hatred Clark gets. Darker does not always mean better, and the transparency of Bruce Wayne Batman as a white male wish fulfillment fantasy is pretty damn staggering.

(via geekygothgirl)

I admit, I was one of those “BATMAN IS BETTER” kids. I also saw Superman as perfect and Batman as imperfect and, more human. The people of Metropolis loved him, whereas Gotham City wasn’t always as welcoming to Batman.

But recently I’ve been seeing that Superman isn’t perfect, either. He’s not invulnerable, though everyone thinks he is. He’s the perfect example of that person you think is flawless actually being very flawed. This is probably why I loved “Man of Steel” so much. It wasn’t just about him becoming Superman, it was about him becoming Clark Kent, which is why the villains worked so well because they came from the same place as him which meant, aren’t they who he’s supposed to be? And it became painfully obvious that that was the assumption, since even while he was fighting them the army was attacking him, too.

I think what’s interesting with Superman is that, I feel like we sort of grew up thinking he was the perfect image. But, as we grew up, we discovered that there was more to him then that. But that’s what happens when you grow up. You notice things about the people close to you, about the people you feel are perfect. You learn things about your family, your friends, and everything like that. You learn that these people you have on a pedestal aren’t perfect. We already know that Batman’s not perfect from the start, but with Superman, we have expectations and suddenly, he’s insecure and questioning himself and the reason why he’s here. He’s actually, extremely, human.

Take, for example, even the smallest thing. There’s an artist on Tumblr you really, really like. You love all of their art and you think they’re perfect. You start following their blog and you see posts that make you realize that, wow, they aren’t perfect. This isn’t a bad thing, though. Maybe it’s something small like, “Working on a commission and not sure I like how it’s coming out,” or something big like, “I hate myself.” You think, wow, you question yourself too? But you’re perfect! At the end of the day, though, there is no “perfect.” We’re all just human, and I think Superman shows that real well. At face value, sure, it’s this huge guy who is always doing good and fighting evil and whatnot, but when you dig deeper you realize that there’s more to him then that. There’s more to everyone then that.

With “Man of Steel 2” I really think the movie has a good opportunity to not just have this colossal battle, but like, to show the development of Clark Kent more. "Man of Steel" ended with him going to the Daily Planet, so now the sequel should show him adjusting to that life. Usually, he’s already there, but we had an entire movie of him dealing with his heritage in a rather tragic way (last of Krypton wants to destroy his current home). Now, he’s the Clark Kent we know, and frankly, he’s going to have to deal with that AND the destruction of Metropolis and everyone’s opinions about Superman and all that, which I’m pretty sure aren’t going to be nearly as positive as they were back in the cartoons and stuff I watched as a kid. Usually, I love the dynamic between Superman and Batman, because Batman brings out that kind of snarky side to him. But let’s face it, after “Man of Steel,” Superman is already there. He spent his life travelling from place to place not for vengeance, sure, but for something that’s almost worst: because of what people would think of him. Even if he was doing good things, he would leave because of what he feared the response would be. And that way of thinking came straight from home: his father, who believed that people would react so badly that he DIED to keep his son’s secret safe. There’s more to this version of Superman/Clark Kent, so honestly, maybe he’s going to give Batman a run for his money. Not just in physical combat, but in personality.

pandreaa:

The DC Trinity

Things that need to be movies. Like, yesterday.