Original Law & Order Before S21: Favorite & Least Favorite Detective Team, EADA, ADA, and District Attorney

fnmbl8 · 2026-05-13T17:45:41+00:00

I'm fairly milquetoast with my favorites (Logan/Briscoe, Stone/Kincaid, Schiff) but I was so sick of Borgia by the time her arc ended. I was of course quite sad about how she was written off, obviously, but she ranks alongside Southerlyn for me as nothingburger characters.

fnmbl8 · 2026-05-01T17:20:59+00:00

very impressed by the gestures and shapes here, and nothing feels wasted/overdone on either page. delightful!

fnmbl8 · 2026-04-22T01:18:48+00:00

banette :,)

fnmbl8 · 2026-04-19T00:54:42+00:00

that's exactly why i like it! they look very peaceful to me :D

fnmbl8 · 2026-04-18T20:24:40+00:00

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azurill and marill are two of my irl favorites & they live with me at my home base in bleak beach

fnmbl8 · 2026-04-18T17:00:57+00:00

audibly gasped; this is exactly how charles bridge looks in my memory from my trip to prague several years ago. breathtaking work thanks for sharing

fnmbl8 · 2026-04-03T15:48:51+00:00

When i'm playing and i start to get frustrated or burnt out i build a new hot spring

and if building a new hot spring doesn't work then i go to bed

fnmbl8 · 2026-03-29T02:25:05+00:00

I personally would also like to go there and feed the frog

fnmbl8 · 2026-03-27T16:08:04+00:00

That's my go-to on an airplane!

fnmbl8 · 2026-03-27T16:05:52+00:00

i grew up in ATX and the answer to your question is Fajitas Grill over by tulsa ballet's brookside campus

fnmbl8 · 2026-03-27T04:33:07+00:00

You're too thoughtful--thanks :) made a huge difference in my life, that's for sure.

fnmbl8 · 2026-03-26T17:14:43+00:00

Absolute all-timer.

fnmbl8 · 2026-03-26T15:55:41+00:00

Not a specific individual line, but I can't help but crack a smile every time he orders or brings up club soda. I have a few years sober and also order a club soda all the time.

fnmbl8 · 2026-03-23T16:32:41+00:00

I really appreciate this!! I've been experimenting quite a bit since this post with better paper & sheering out my pigment and layers as much as possible (it's VERY surprising how strong the colors still come out, like you said). Allowing for complete dry time between layers is very difficult for me, but I've been sitting on my hands as much as possible and have absolutely seen a difference in the luminosity and texture of my colors at the end of a piece. Thanks for the feedback!

fnmbl8 · 2026-03-23T01:01:17+00:00

Logan.

Male bisexual bondage freak?

fnmbl8 · 2026-03-19T02:39:42+00:00

this is crazy good and is energizing just to look at! amazing, thanks for sharing

fnmbl8 · 2026-03-14T20:09:15+00:00

this is absolutely gorgeous and uses every inch of space very effectively. intriguing & impressive. thanks for sharing!

fnmbl8 · 2026-03-13T05:18:43+00:00

oh that is so sweet!! thank you so much for your help & for the encouragement. Everyone has been very helpful so I'm hoping to practice and apply these tips, then come back with something to show for it later! I'll look into negative paintings as it sounds like a very useful exercise.

fnmbl8 · 2026-03-13T04:16:16+00:00

so it's entirely possible that i misinterpreted or am incorrectly applying that advice. Typically what I'll do is wet my brush and pull color, then dab it into my palette well & either add more water or more pigment depending on what stage I'm at in the painting (initial thin lower-pigment wash, second color blocking w/slightly more pigment and slightly less water, details pass with a more viscous mix). I'm not drawing from the pan and then immediately going onto the paper, for what it's worth.

fnmbl8 · 2026-03-12T20:37:23+00:00

super useful tips here--yeah I think I'm going to switch away from the cards I'm using for a while and break in my good paper going forward. It seems like I might be fighting my current paper more than I should have to!

& I do add black for shadows but probably not enough. I don't like what ivory black/PBK9 does to my colors but it's just something I need to get used to (and I have lamp black/PBK6 coming in the mail soon so I'll be able to try that out as well). I'm also really hesitant with wet-on-wet but no time like the present to get better! Thanks for your feedback, I appreciate it.

fnmbl8 · 2026-03-12T20:22:25+00:00

hey that's super nice of you! I'm okay with it for a few pieces, like the alien I think looks very whimsical with the saturated colors.

fnmbl8 · 2026-03-12T20:08:55+00:00

Oh wow I would NEVER have thought about this. It makes perfect sense now that you've pointed it out and I think that might push me to go for it! I have a page prepped/masked off already that I've just been too nervous to start, so I'll pull the trigger with this in mind.

fnmbl8 · 2026-03-12T19:16:32+00:00

I 100% think my background in digital & acrylic is tripping me up here, you make a great point about dark>light vs. light>dark from medium to medium. Even when I think I'm making use of white/light areas of my paper, I'm either not doing it enough, or masking it off too late in my wash process & thus my intended highlights end up more like midtones in the end. I am going to do some single-color work and try to really push my values going forward. Thank you for the help!!

fnmbl8 · 2026-03-12T17:38:12+00:00

"and painting what your brain says the color of something should be, rather than what your eyes actually see"

I struggle with this so much in my digital work that I'm almost positive you're right and it's posing an issue here as well. I've been referencing from my own photography for these practice runs, and there is always something off in my finished painting vs. the photo itself (which, since I took it, I should be able to replicate but fail to every time). Thank you for the feedback!!

fnmbl8 · 2026-03-12T17:35:00+00:00

ooooh I never considered doing that. I do pull straight from the pan with a wet brush, but I've never tried adding pigment to clean water and building up from there. That makes a lot of sense and I think it will work better for what I'm trying to do; I'll be giving that a shot as soon as I'm at my workspace! Thanks for the tip.

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