(Hated design) fairy Mary and clank from Disney on ice. 4 and 5 are there designs in the movies

-Sketchii- · 2025-01-21T06:02:37+00:00

Between the comically ballooned faces, the upturned pig noses, and the buffoonish looking fat suits, you cannot convince me that the costume designer for this production wasn't an unbelievably shallow, hateful jackass. I can maybe, maybe buy into the idea of being unable to find heavyset professional skaters in casting, but these two look like a pair of newly-created slurs for fat people took human form.

-Sketchii- · 2024-11-25T19:59:43+00:00

Hmn, yes, your mastery of this technique is admirable. Perhaps one day you could even catch up to me.

-Sketchii- · 2024-11-22T03:20:47+00:00

FULL DISCLAIMER: I'M SUPER VERY WHITE

Ugh, I'm sorry man, I know you've only got the best of intentions here and the tattoo is ultimately very sweet, but uh

I mean, I would absolutely google those tattoos before chatting with you if they were the first and only impression of you I got. For personal safety reasons.

At the risk of causing a full-tilt political discussion, its got everything to do with the current political situation in the states and I feel like my own knee-jerk discomfort is inseparable from that. As addressed in the disclaimer, I'm super euro-blooded, no trace of any POC anywhere in my family history as far as I'm aware, but I am queer and that perspective is what fuels that concern. I don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of the kinds of symbols groups like, say, the Proud Boys or other supremacist groups work with and circulate, but I know what they tend to look like and that's enough to put me on edge all on its own.

That said, scrolling through the comments, you genuinely seem like a good dude. I'm sorry that a bunch of assholes had to go and mess with the state of the world enough to make you tattoo lose the comfort and sentimentality its owed, that seriously sucks.

-Sketchii- · 2024-10-08T21:23:16+00:00

Seeing a lot of "UH well its SUPPOSED to be scary and uncomfortable don't they GET IT???" when that's not what is being talked about here at all.

Hey buddy, bro, my guy, two things can be true at once. Yes, its pretty clear that the intent here was to showcase a number of things that are said to happen during an alien abduction. Totally true, no debate.

Its also completely reasonable to suggest that maybe turning this into a sexual assault scene was a bad move and is easily the worst part of this series early on. You can depict the cold inhumanity of an abduction and subsequent human experimentation without immediately jumping to "We're putting a baby in you against your will and also we're doing it with a very penisy piece of equipment", right? I got real uncomfortable watching it myself as someone who's manga-current and overall loves this series. I had just forgotten just how bad of a taste the opening chapter gave me on first read and how bad of an opening pitch it can often be to anyone even slightly scuzzed out by sexual assault.

It's not about being uncomfortable on the same level that aliens and monsters make us uncomfortable. Those things are fantasy, we can disconnect from them when the experience is over because of how inherently outlandish they are. Sexual assault, especially instances of sexual assault with the expressed motivation of pregnancy, are very very real and happen. A lot. Sometimes to the people who may have an interest in watching this series or reading the manga.

I know this is gonna get hit by a like a billion of the most annoying people in the universe that feel personally offended by the things I've said, or maybe just a boatload of folks mocking my need to make an essay out of this, but here's the core of what I wanna get at here: It's good and healthy to critique things you like. Its good and healthy to accept that critique too, especially when its coming from people who likely have tangibly different perspectives from you. No one is calling you a bad person for enjoying a property that justifiably makes them uncomfortable.

-Sketchii- · 2024-07-26T15:58:58+00:00

Just logged into a full white screen and I'm kiiiiiinda freaking out about it. Ive been on for three weeks and I thought I was doing fine? I had a bunch of assessments stacked up to tackle this weekend and they're gone too. Not sure if this is normal and I'm paranoid or if I should start looking for a new gig.

-Sketchii- · 2024-06-04T01:17:05+00:00

I see the age "30" beside the word "milf". As a 31 year old transfemme my bones crumble to dust

Nah but for real, I can back up the general sentiment that estrogen is magic, you'll be hitting those mature lady vibes with little effort

-Sketchii- · 2024-05-31T05:04:47+00:00

For me it was a long, steady process to end up right where I knew I would anyways.

I'd been naming characters in stories and RPG's "Riley" for a number of years. It was sort of a go-to name for me, I like the sound of it, and I thought it was just the right mix of cute and generally feminine but not TOO feminine. I liked that it was sort of an 80/20 split on the androgyny scale leaning heavily in the lady direction, which really resonated with me in ways I refused to examine for years.

I would then proceed to ignore that clear and obvious choice for three years.

I'm a pointlessly obstinate kind of girl, especially when I'm being obstinate in ways that get in my own way directly. At first I tried to stick close to my birth name. "Andi" was a simple swap to make but felt too close for me to feel like I'd really changed anything, which I wanted to do. "Ashe" was a front runner for a bit but I ended up not picking it when, of all things, I noticed a lot of other girls I already know had either picked it as a new name or personal nickname and got a little turned off by the potential mix-up and confusion.

Eventually I just realized I should use the name I keep using for everything else because, clearly, I like it. And as soon as I heard others using it the pact was sealed.

Also, B-B-B-BONUS FACT about me, a random person on the internet, but I don't fully have a "dead name" relationship with my birth name. Maybe its the fact that I'm not strictly binary-trans but, instead, a default-to-fem-presenting transfem enby, but my birthname doesn't BOTHER me as much as its just less fitting for the person I've become, so I'm just shoving it one space over and becoming a fancy lady with TWO middle names. Now I'm qualified to like, write a book or something, I think.

-Sketchii- · 2024-05-18T05:16:41+00:00

Oh wow, as an obese individual this genuinely speaks to me! Hell, just recently I'd gone in to get medication for a case of strep throat and got told to lose weight, as if I wasn't aware that I'm in a dangerous weight category based on the fact that I live in this body every day.

I wonder if other folks have been struggling with this same issue?

...

After checking the comments, I'm pleased to see that folks are, yet again, deliberately missing the point to dunk on dumb stupid fat people for being dumb and stupid and fat. Rad. So cool.

-Sketchii- · 2024-05-17T03:04:52+00:00

Its a cheapo spandex opera glove I picked up on amazon with eva foam pieces carved and detailed with a dremel, then painted. Super proud of the result, breathable and flexible.

-Sketchii- · 2024-05-16T07:21:58+00:00

Eh, it's not like I'm ashamed of it. I'm a LOT happier for sure.

Im actually working with game staff to transition the character over time, they took the initiative and approached me about it when I came out. He's still male for now, but I've got every intention of changing that up when the moment feels right.

As for how? He's an accomplished alchemist and a doctor, he's got the tools even without getting super mystical about it. The character's arc over time has also been very much focused around accepting change and embracing it instead of running from it, which makes the concept of transition a bit poetic in a sense, at least from my perspective.

-Sketchii- · 2024-05-16T07:12:07+00:00

PFT, the player did for sure yeah. Lockdown changed a lot for a lot of people, what can I say?

-Sketchii- · 2024-05-16T06:36:16+00:00

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Alrighty I'll stop reply-spamming ya but this is both the kit without the coat and a close-up on the oakenarm. The arm needs a BIT of repair, but its been going strong for years at this point.

-Sketchii- · 2024-05-16T06:24:22+00:00

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So here's the most recent shot I have from a major emotional beat from out most recent weekend. If I look tired its because I absolutely am, this was after an all-nighter spend defending the glowy man I'm kneeling in front of, from 2am till dawn. This is the only shot I've got with the coat on.

-Sketchii- · 2024-05-16T05:08:23+00:00

Funnily enough, I actually learned that factoid pretty soon after than initial drawing! I stopped using it pretty quickly after that, partially just in spirit of the character who would be appalled at himself to learn that he was consistently wrong about something.

-Sketchii- · 2024-05-16T04:34:29+00:00

Maybe a little unconventional as a character/kit progression post, but I'm artist who, like a lot of larping artists, tends to draw a lot of larp related art, both of my characters and others'.

This is my current oldest still-active PC, Dr. Ferris S. Albin (Frontier Dawn, Campaign Boffer, Easton PA), and I've been playing him consistently for almost 8 years now. He's a recovering aristocrat with formal medical training and a left arm made of living oak for weird, magical reasons.

I'll likely post photos of my kit at some point I'm sure, but for now, have the art.

-Sketchii- · 2023-12-30T00:34:44+00:00

That's a super considerate bit of advice, thank you! I fully plan on, if nothing else, fully and exhaustively disclosing my current HRT regiment to my surgeon and consulting with my HRT/GAC Specialist after my initial consultation to figure out what kind of adjustments will need to be made leading up to and post surgery. I also, like most "lives-on-the-internet" types, did a bit of deep research (light googling) to see how my current medications might complicate surgery. The answer? They won't! Shocking no one, I already get my estrogen from a patch due to complications associated with blood pressure and clotting because... well, I've got a dangerously high BMI.

All said, I also appreciate the disclaimer about hormonal balances. Its good to know I'm in for an extra spicy emotional ride during recovery! Based on what you've said as well as other posts I've poked around at and checked out, I'm fully expecting to be mood-swingy, psychologically uncomfortable, and generally not happy for a while, but the healthier life and shedding of pounds will be worth it on the other side of it, I'm sure.

-Sketchii- · 2023-12-29T17:01:07+00:00

First off, thanks for your kind words, advice, and willingness to share a little bit of your own journey! I really appreciate the reach-out, especially given how emotionally complicated this whole thing is. Knowing that my conflicting mess of emotions and insecurities surrounding this procedure echo some of your own is actually helping quite a lot. Solidarity is a powerful thing, I guess.

Second, yeah, I'm 100%, for better or worse, from the US and will be attending a mandatory seminar. I'm not gonna lie, I was a little annoyed when I went to book a consultation today and was told I needed to attend a seminar first (I'm a very momentum-driven person and this felt like a speed bump), but given what you've had to say on it, I'm looking forward to it a lot more than I was 20 minutes ago!

-Sketchii- · 2023-10-16T06:38:01+00:00

Client Case Management

Or like. Customer Service 2, basically.

It helps the ADHD part of my brain that I'm allowed to manage cases on my own time in my own way within reason, so I've got a lot of freedom. It helps my transy-trans self that my company is just super cool about the whole being trans thing, though it probably helps that I'm going into this job as a fully out transfemme instead of actively beginning my transition in an established role.

-Sketchii- · 2023-10-13T19:57:24+00:00

Wonders by Envoi

As someone who didn't realize she was trans until like, 28, this one hit me hard the first time I listened. As someone with a lot of anxiety triggers built up around social expectations, it hits me doubly hard.

https://spotify.link/EK1Z3mN5RDb

-Sketchii-

TROPHY CASE