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i js found ur account and MY GOD do u have the best artstyle EVER the shading is so pretty 😭😭uueue💧💧uu😭💧ueee💧💧😭😭ueueu😭😭💧💧

My friend I'M the one weeping euuuuee🥹🥹 thank you so much!!! That's very sweet,,, 🌷🌷🌷

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wow im love with your art!! it makes me want to ask a billion art questions because your art style is perfect!

how did you learn to draw? and not in a advice kind of way just in a curious about your journey way :3

(i quit drawing a while ago but art like yours pushes me to want to draw again. THE LEONA AND MALLEUS YOU DRAW ARE AMAZING BTW)

Hii! Thank you so much for the kind words! 🩷🩷

I'm actually mostly self taught haha,, I've been drawing for as long as I can remember, and of course with me discovering the wonderful world of the internet, I was able to find a lot of stuff related to art,,, you know the classics, how to draw cute anime chibi girls, how to draw this and that character on DragoArt lol,,, i would copy a lot of the art that I admired and wanted to be able to reach the skill of, and I would redraw the same thing maybe 2 or 3 times until I was able to draw it from memory and then build upon it to make a mostly original drawing :)

i even started drawing digitally when I was like 6 or 7, mostly on ms paint or a website called DrawingNow that I used to frequent (though the majority of the really popular and what were practically artifacts of the website are long gone now :<), until I was able to get my hands on a... Truly ancient 2010 photoshop,, then I just looked into a bunch of other art programs after that,, I started taking art more seriously at around 11 years old or so, mostly digital, and I bought my first tablet then which I still have lols,,, it's still going strong though! The rest is history really, mostly the media that I would consume affected my artistic journey (mostly anime obviously haha) as well as watching a BUNCH of artist youtubers back in the good ole 2015-2018 days,,, that's pretty much it haha :)

(also, thank you!! The twst boys are truly pretty especially Poster Children malleus and leona so I have to do them justice hehe 🩷🩷)

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WHAT THE FUCK

SSR Cater [Trick King Jacket] groovy and sprite! 🎉

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Allow me to add that anon was also mistaken about that Malleus apparently "still has yuu even if lilia is leaving". Like... Dude, what? Yuu literally tells Malleus, out of the blue, right AFTER he was told about Lilia's impending departure (and implied DEATH hello???) that they found a way to get back home.

Yes, we're still not sure how that is gonna go, or whether or not we will even get a choice between leaving and staying (and that's not even accounting for the many, MANY plausible theories surrounding Yuu's existence in the game to begin with— time loop theory, death theory, Crowley-is-using-yuu-as-a-pawn-for-nefarious-plans "my proud flower of evil" theory....)

Yuu, as stated in the previous post, is literally the first, if ONLY person to treat Malleus like a normal student and not with fear and intimidation of his status and power, and that in itself makes their bond undeniably special to him. What anon clearly didn't understand is that the game applied Malleus early on, on purpose. The whole point was to cement his presence, at least to us players (and subsequently, Yuu), slowly surely, deliberately, so that we'd understand just how developed their friendship is, so that when the time came for the Big Bang of his arc, we'd understand the full picture of his breakdown in book 7— he's dealing with two successive losses, all thrown onto him suddenly, for the first time in his LIFE. He didn't understand exactly what he was missing until Yuu filled the void that previously enshrouded Ramshackle. His presence early in the game, specifically with Yuu, is definitely relevant.

That's literally the whole thing about his character. He has status he has immense, terrifying power which he wields effortlessly, he's been surrounded by a makeshift family but a family nonetheless, pretty much his entire life; he's always had everything, even when the one thing he'd always wanted to acquire—friendship, connection— was never in his grasp. So to have the one form of (to him) evergreen bond he'd ever had break apart by the inevitable, AND the first true friend he'd ever made tell him they would leave? Possibly for good...?

Book 7's entire premise is that nothing lasts forever, and that you can never change fate, only learn to make the most of your circumstances and that it's up to you how well or badly you're gonna take it; hence the whole dream sequence we're seeing, as ridiculously prolonged as it is. Not power, not life even for long-lived fae, not friendships and bonds.... When it eventually comes to a close and we look back on all the events of the book, we'll see just how significantly these little details that had been sprinkled around every book about Malleus would affect the magnitude of his overblot and the Life Lesson he will get.

Also, gargoyles or not, Malleus makes it very clear, on our first encounter mind you, that the reason he liked visiting Ramshackle was because he enjoys exploring ruins. Finding Yuu residing there and them accepting him as a friend with no qualms was just a bonus—a very wonderful bonus— and thus he continued visiting them so long as they accepted. Which, evidently, they did, always.

I cannot stand Malleus's involvement in the main story. And I don't mean in Book 7, since every overbloter goes with their respective book, or Book 6 since they need to set up the plot for Book 7. However in every other Book, I HATED Malleus being there. Mainly because he wasn't necessary.

I know that some might think "But in book 2 he's the whole reason Leona hurt so many people." And yeah, I will admit he is important to book 2. However if I were a writer for twst, I would not have had the Diasomnia dorm even make an appearance in Book 2. It was WAY too soon to introduce them, now if they were just mentioned, that would be fine, but to have their models be actually there was pretty ugh to me.

I also didn't like him showing up to Ramshackle, this is mainly because again he didn't need to be there, and it kind of ruins Book 7. This is because 1. Yuu already has friends, 2. There are no gargoyles at Ramshackle dorm, 3. Yuu is now literally his friend, and 4. It gives too much away about Malleus before it's his time to shine.

I will expand on 3, and 4 because they affect Book 7 the most. With Yuu being Malleus's friend it really makes it weird Malleus is so upset with Lilia leaving, since he has Yuu, and there's no guarantee Yuu is even going to go home soon. I say this because Crowley is unreliable. And with having Malleus talk with Yuu about his interests, and himself it made me feel like I didn't really need to read Book 7. It's like if Yuu talked to Idia, and before we got to Book 6 we found out that his brother's death made him not want to explore, and highkey gave him PTSD.

I also feel like having Yuu talk to Malleus doesn't really have any world building. In my opinion I think that Rook should have talked to Yuu at night instead of Malleus. This is because 1. He would be totally interested in Grim and a person from another world, 2. He could explain the twst world, and 3. He's not a main part of Book 5 besides the voting thing.

I've always said Malleus is too important for his own good.

(He's probably too important for anyone's good.)

But seriously, his importance to the story and basic writing mechanisms require him to have effective setup and substantial preliminary involvement.

You might not like Malleus. But this is TWST sticking to the absolute bare minimum of what constitutes passable writing. We talk about that a lot on here and Malleus is one of the characters they actually tried with. So no, replacing him with a less featured character doesn't make sense or improve the writing.

I'm not going to dismantle this take piece by piece unless someone really wants me to. For now, just know that I acknowledge your hot take and leave the rest to the reblogs and replies.

Thank you for your take.

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💌Send this to the twelve nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart and if you get five back you must be pretty awesome 💌

AAAA TWICE IN A ROW??? OUUGhhhHHH OTL OTL <333

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💌Send this to the twelve nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart and if you get five back you must be pretty awesome 💌

UWAHH THAT'S SO NICE :'))) yall are *very much* awesome <33

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High-res Base card for Rook Hunt - Room Relaxation

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late-night talk, late-night impulse...✨🌙💌

passion brings about passion, what a warm presence you are! (Grace, don't be mean!🤭🤍)

see, maybe that was a bit ambitious, for the hour....

hiii besties i apologize for the long absence, I got swamped with college work and midterms are currently happening, so I barely had any time for myself,,,, this is all I could manage to cook up after the lil hiatus and with my slight burnout, so hopefully it tides yall over until I can make more elaborate drawings,,, thank you for all the love! you're all wonderful🥰🥰

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I LITERALLY JUST WOKE UP OH MY GOSH I'M LOSING MY MSRBLES AAAAAAA AAAAAAA!!!!!???!?!!!?!???? ++

twst anime news!! (finally, lol)

The Twisted Wonderland anime is confirmed to be an adaptation of the main story!! The animation will be handled by Yumeta Company x Graphinicia and can be streamed on Disney+.

Seasons 1-3 have been greenlit. The first season, Episode of Heartslabyul, airs in October of 2025!! 🌹

Seasons 2 and 3 are dedicated to Savanaclaw and Octavinelle, respectively. No dates have been announced for those yet.

UPDATE: According to this tweet from Yana, it sounds like the anime will be an adaptation of the comics/manga adaptation.

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*ding* You've got a new post!

thatdriftingjellyfish 🪼

❤️ 46 🗨️ 4 🔄 8

thatdriftingjellyfish snagged a little cute octopus hat over the weekend~✨🐙 thank you fun_gi for taking the picture! 🫶🏻 <3

fun_gi fufufu, no problems dear yura. i'm sure a certain other octopus would love to see this too.

> mostrolounge ...

> thatonemoray BWAHAHAH HES SEEN IT!! man is too stunned to speak-

theaceofhearts not mostrolounge posting on the wrong account... 😂😂😂 bro is whipped frrrr

post layout inspired by @ephemii 's magicam series www (i hope you don't mind the tag!! love your work btw <3)

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I absolutely ADORE your art style!! I've really wanted to draw my own twst OC, but I can't draw, and I'm trying to learn how. Do you have any tips on how to get started or any anatomy bases that I can try to learn? No pressure! Have a great day!!

hello! Thank you so much for the kind words! 🩷

And as for your question, I'll try my best to explain, as I don't really have the time or resources to give a visual explanation. I hope that's alright! ^^;

as a basis I would suggest you start from the very basics in order to be able to get the hang of anatomy. A good way to do that is by practicing how to draw mainly cubes and cylinders in different angles. You'll also find many tutorials or free websites from esteemed artists that teach you how to add flexibility to these otherwise static shapes, like how to draw a 3d rectangle as if it was twisting— which you will then be able to translate into a person's torso later on!

References are also important, obviously. You can go to websites like Line Of Action or Bodies In Motion for dynamic poses, or even just search on Pinterest for some poses to practice with. Break down the bodies into simple 3d shapes atop each other, practicing on how to angle them or implement them into the line of action needed to draw whatever pose you want (the line of action being a dynamic line that helps you determine the movement of the body and the flow of the captured motion iydk)

You will need to practice with this a lot until you gain the confidence to exaggerate the movement and master how to make the flow of movement look natural and dynamic, the confidence in your lines will improve with time as well. Another suggestion is also seeing archives from animation studios like Disney or gobelins to see what their sketches look like and imitating them to get a good idea on how their lines were drawn— the facial expressions and their exaggerations will also help you gain a primary idea of how expressions can be presented, and in the future you can make it more natural if you'd like, depending on your preference.

Aside from that, the internet also has no shortage of tutorial videos on art basics and anatomy tips— just know what to watch first so that you don't stress yourself out on things you still haven't mastered :) (let it be known that "mastered" doesn't necessarily mean that it has to be art museum levels of perfection— what's important is what you are comfortable with and consider to be your favored result or style) :]

I wish I could have given a more in-depth advice, but I'm self taught and half of the things I picked up or learned were from more than a decade of practice and under my belt,, I pretty much grew up on the internet, so i would always try and copy drawings that I really liked so I can try to the best of my abilities to reach their level, and the more I practiced, the more the basic idea gets fixed in my mind, and I can implement it in a different way in my own original drawings!

I'm still personally re-learning drawing basics as I'm now in my first year of fine arts, so even I have some room for improvement. It's very cliche of me to say, but the more you practice and the more resources you look into, the more opportunities you will have for improvement and learning :)

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I'M GONNA LOSE MY FREAKING MIND MALLEUS I'M GONNA GET YOUR ASS NEXT YEAR JUST YOU WAITTTT😭‼️‼️‼️‼️

MALLEUS CLUBWEAR GROOVY

OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD

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HOLY- HAHAHA i saw the magicam posts and i knew your art looked familiar! sometimes you like my twst fics and i just feel so honoured that someone with art as pretty as urs likes my silly little word throw-up enough to like it! i've been wanting to say I love ur artstyle for a while now, genuinely, it's so pretty :)

Awww that's so sweet of you!! 🥹 Thank you so much for all the love, I'm flattered!! 🩷🩷 And it's nothing at all, creators have to support each other always! If you don't mind me asking, do you post your twst fics in a separate blog? I'm curious to see!

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Hi all :D a bit of reiteration on this, I'm alright with this, but keep in mind that I'm not going to be active at all times and that I might disappear for a few days to even a couple of weeks due to my schedule,,,, if I don't answer your ask until muchh later, please understand ^^;

Can my Yuu be in your magiccam series please?

Yes, of course! Whether it's you drawing your own version, or if you're asking me to draw your yuu in this series, it's fine by me! If it's the latter, though, I'm going to need a reference for your Yuu! :)

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HII UM IS IT ALRIGHT IF WE CAN BE MOOTS?/NF

Hii! Yes, of course!!! The more the merrier :DD

I'm actually thinking of making a list for all my mutuals,,,

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MAL YOURE THE FACE OF THE TAG!!!!! congrats omg your art is sooo beautiful

AGSBSNNS YEAH I SAW!! it's so wild to me omggg???

You're all so wonderful, thank you for all the love🥹🩷🩷🩷

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Can my Yuu be in your magiccam series please?

Yes, of course! Whether it's you drawing your own version, or if you're asking me to draw your yuu in this series, it's fine by me! If it's the latter, though, I'm going to need a reference for your Yuu! :)