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okay i made one more :)

i forgot the eepy’s Zs :(

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quack quack

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not me getting the yearly itch to play sunshine again

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i made another insym animation :)

i've had this in the back burner since august, it just took me pulling an all-nighter to finally get it finished!

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sketched some waddle dees while at the airport :)

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glory to mario!

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presenting the Toadstool Carolers’ debut single: Auld Lang Syne!

have a happy new year, everyone :)

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a quick animation inspired by Insym's playthrough of Choo Choo Charles!

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I do genuinely believe that the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (and arguably the Zelda franchise as a whole, though i myself have played literally none of these games) is closer to fitting the description of ‘Tolkien-esque Fantasy’ than most other movies/shows/games/books etc that claim that label

Like, compare this post by tumblr user wufflesvetinari, which makes an important point about Tolkien’s worldbuilding, and also lives in my head rent free:

and then these quotes from Jacob Geller’s “Every Zelda is the Darkest Zelda”

and his conclusions about the messages in Zelda games are thematically very similar to the through-lines about friendship and love in LOTR, and what a lot of authors miss about what makes a fantasy story personal and memorable:

“A world without joy and humor isn’t a compelling world to fight for” is exactly why there are so many pieces of fantasy media out there that just feel like carbon copies of each other (i’ve seen many posts that explain this better than I can though I can’t find any specific ones at the moment, just know that I didn’t invent this thesis). You’ve got the cool swords, you’ve got the wizards and the spells and the battles, but first and foremost you need the LOVE.

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I should probably post this here, this is my free animation and art resource sheet! Use the tabs throughout the bottom to switch between departments. You are free to share this to whoever you want. Please enjoy!

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as both a zelda and jojo fan, i'm surprised this didn't occur to me sooner.

here's a timelapse that also features a track i made to accompany the illustration :)

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insym demonstrated a flying glitch in phasmo today and i was inspired to draw :)

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You CANNOT serve from an empty vessel but go off I guess

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i've updated the little guy (#7) i use to represent me for the 3rd time this year!

even though it doesn't look like much, i think the progression really shows my growth as an artist :)

aside from the obvious design changes there's subtle things like the shape of the glasses and that the lines overall just feel more confident and relaxed.

#6 was made in june and represents the time when i wanted to bring more vibrant colors to my art as well as when i made the massive update to the design by completely changing how i draw the hair. while not perfect, it's much more interesting than the large block of color that it used to be.

#5 was made in january and while i like the style i was going for, it really shows how flat and geometric my linework was. i remember struggling with how to fit my character into a 3D space and decided to tackle this pitfall by practicing and experimenting with my art while making thumbnails for twitch vods of all things. those thumbnails really gave me the confidence to just sit down and draw because i knew that no one was really going to see them aside from me lol

aaaand that's it for my trip down memory lane! overall, i'm proud of my progress for far for 2022!

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made a colour palette challenge thing

feel free to reblog and use for yourself :]

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what’s the most exciting to me is how tumblr is 100% uncharted territory so i’m trying to learn as much as i can to effectively use it.

other social media sites that i’ve tried didn’t work out mainly because it gets a little too close to my personal life. twitter was the exception to that but i didn’t find it very user friendly so i just used it passively and didn’t engage much.

that’s the end of my social media ramblings, i’ll try to post art soon!