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Alright fuck, here we go. I did that Then And Now thing I said I was gonna do. So here's my 2016 art I was pretty proud of at the time:

And 2024 using the same type of pen (Bic ballpoint I am SO sick of bic ballpoint but it's done omfg)

I'm pretty proud of this one too (i spent SO fuckjng long on it, if i wasnt proud of it, I'd probably be devastated smh):3 And uhhhh idk if the old one had a premise beyond Mayuri looking vaguely spooky amidst some tech.. but by the last panel of the new one, I decided he's running some diagnostics on his brain (aka trying to figure out wtf is wrong with him) and you can take this to be as 'haha he needs to know why he's so weird' lighthearted or 'oh shit that has heavy implications' serious as you want:3

Below the cut is just another pic of the new one that I tried to doctor a bit (Bic ballpoint also sucks to photograph cuz it is shiny), figured I'd use a basic ass photo for comparison just like the old one, wanted to be level on all fields so I can properly pummel my old self>:3

Btw the paper I used for this has been perfectly fine for literally everything else - that being pencil sketches and felt tip pen - I have Ever done on it, yet between ballpoint needing a heavier hand, loads of re-sketching and erasing, then just.. my hand being all over it for several hours, it was SO warped and ready to crumple and/or tear. Like. I have better paper. I have SO MUCH fucking paper. But here I am using the shittiest stuff I have bc uh... fjddhvdvdvd idfk:p

It's sketch paper btw. Like when u see a sketchpad that's just as big as the ones surrounding it, but it's mysteriously way cheaper? Then u open it up and feel the paper and yr like

Yah it's that paper

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You know that big urge of, as a writer, to be an artist and vice versa?

With all due respect to the Reddit user...

Did ya have to put my thoughts into words??

I mean, if I was an artist, the world would be dealing with Wizard Mayuri for eons now. He wouldn't just be prancing around in my brain. But this here makes too much sense.

Kubo forgot Kido in the BBQ (I say this in a loving tone, maybe) but I never forgot that time Mayuri Rasengan'd the wall of the fourth division. And it has a name too! Mushikuidama!

(And I do believe one of the Mayuris in Brave Souls has a bigger version of that!)

And with stats like, 100 Kido, 100 Int, 40 mobility, my babygirl is literally BUILT to be the Wizard at the back of the party just taking his time to cast fireball!

So yeah! Reddit user set me up! Wish I could draw that, man... Back to writing for me 😭

But they do banter like they were forced to be in the same party. And I don't even need to explain Zaraki being a Barbarian, Mayuri literally calls him one.

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Briefly fell asleep at my desk and had a weird, fleeting dream of Mayuri trying to flirt with someone in a 'conventional' manner but also having absolutely no clue what that even means. And he was like 'hey handsome, I have the correct number of organs;)'

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Kenpachi: Not everything is about you.

Mayuri: That's fucked up and I refuse to believe it.

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~ Jushiro Ukitake’s Celebration Week ~

A fandom event to celebrate the beloved captain of Squad 13 who sacrificed himself to save the soul society.

When: December 15th through the 21st 🥳🎂

Prompts

Day One: Academy Days/Squad 13

Day Two: Favorite Ship/In The Garden

Day Three: For One’s Honor/Shikai/Bankai

Day Four: Family/Twin Fish/Friendship

Day Five: Sweet Treats/Spiritual Pressure/Healing

Day Six: Hell Arc/Alternate Universe

Day Seven: Holiday Spirit/Happy Birthday

Feel free to choose to mix or combine prompts from any days!

Rules: No AI art, underage ships, or work that is not your own. Official art/manga/anime screencaps are of course okay. Nsfw and x reader stuff is fine but please tag it.

Upload any fanart, edits or fanfic you create for this event in a post tagged #UkitakeWeek2024

I AM SO SORRY I know I took awhile to come out with this post, I was worried my prompts aren’t very good so it took me awhile to finalize things. I hope this is enough notice! Late submissions will be accepted for up to a month afterwards.

Thank you so much to the people that have expressed excitement at this idea and encouraged me! He’s been a favorite character of mine for decades now and I’ve always wanted to plan something like this for a character that I felt was underrated and overlooked, and over the years it’s been lovely meeting other fans that love him as much as I do here on tumblr. It’s especially nice being able to honor him now while tybw is going on, painful as it has been lol. I hope you’re able to participate and share 💜

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Flowers for Unohana

In TYBW cour 2 opening, sad looking Ken-chan is throwing bouquet of blue flowers into the river and walking away. These flowers seems to be kikyō (桔梗) - Platycodon grandiflorus, chinese bellflower, balloon flower

They're mostly blue, but also different colors exist. Plant is used in traditional medicine and for culinary purposes too.

4th Division has bellflower as it's insignia. It can be other species but it can be also kikyo.

Hidden meaning of kikyo is eternal love, patience, strength, loyalty, good fortune. In classic literature is often associated with tragic heroine and self-sacrifice.

Let's take look at 11th Division plant - Yarrow, Achillea millefolium.

Name is derived from ancient Greek hero Achilles. Obviously. Centaur Chiron teached Achilles how to use plant to stop bleeding. Is used in medicine, but is also toxic. Yarrow is used in butterfly gardens because attracts beneficial insect. Wild yarrow has white flowers, but different colored cultivars exist.

Hidden meanings - everlasting love, courage and war, healing and good health, protection against evil

Seems quite legit.

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You know that big urge of, as a writer, to be an artist and vice versa?

With all due respect to the Reddit user...

Did ya have to put my thoughts into words??

I mean, if I was an artist, the world would be dealing with Wizard Mayuri for eons now. He wouldn't just be prancing around in my brain. But this here makes too much sense.

Kubo forgot Kido in the BBQ (I say this in a loving tone, maybe) but I never forgot that time Mayuri Rasengan'd the wall of the fourth division. And it has a name too! Mushikuidama!

(And I do believe one of the Mayuris in Brave Souls has a bigger version of that!)

And with stats like, 100 Kido, 100 Int, 40 mobility, my babygirl is literally BUILT to be the Wizard at the back of the party just taking his time to cast fireball!

So yeah! Reddit user set me up! Wish I could draw that, man... Back to writing for me 😭

But they do banter like they were forced to be in the same party. And I don't even need to explain Zaraki being a Barbarian, Mayuri literally calls him one.

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Sea slug doll

pencils, markers

I miss LGBT lights in sun suit.

But. I love sound of hirenkyaku shoes. *clink clank* ✨

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Bubbles

pencils, marker

Wanna help, soap guy?

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happy tdov my loves. don't let anyone else define your transness for you.

help trans women evacuate gaza

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I'm as grateful for cellphones as the next person, but sometimes I think about how everyone having a phone on them at all times really did cause us to loose some things as a society. I mean - for example, kids these days will never experience their car breaking down and needing to find the nearest place with a phone they can use. They're never going to have the opportunity to tentatively approach a house only to discover that it's full of queer people having a party hosted by a transvestite to celebrate his creation of a sex homunculus, stay the night, and loose their virginity while unintentionally partaking in cannibalism. It's tragic, that kind of gay sexual awakening just doesn't happen these days because of cellphones.

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You know that big urge of, as a writer, to be an artist and vice versa?

With all due respect to the Reddit user...

Did ya have to put my thoughts into words??

I mean, if I was an artist, the world would be dealing with Wizard Mayuri for eons now. He wouldn't just be prancing around in my brain. But this here makes too much sense.

Kubo forgot Kido in the BBQ (I say this in a loving tone, maybe) but I never forgot that time Mayuri Rasengan'd the wall of the fourth division. And it has a name too! Mushikuidama!

(And I do believe one of the Mayuris in Brave Souls has a bigger version of that!)

And with stats like, 100 Kido, 100 Int, 40 mobility, my babygirl is literally BUILT to be the Wizard at the back of the party just taking his time to cast fireball!

So yeah! Reddit user set me up! Wish I could draw that, man... Back to writing for me 😭

But they do banter like they were forced to be in the same party. And I don't even need to explain Zaraki being a Barbarian, Mayuri literally calls him one.

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Meanwhile in the afterlife…

Senjumaru: “Might as well having some tea while watching these fools.”

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Mayuri: When I was your age-

Kenpachi, mocking Mayuri: When I was your height.

Mayuri: ...

Mayuri: Listen here you little shit-

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“I have all these OCs! But no story…”

bruh

make a fighting game

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I believe they are the cleanest captains of the gotei 13

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Bleach is great because when you tell people (through both oral and written communication) to include their slides in the slide deck, and that they should be able to copy/paste them directly in from either Google Slides or PPT—or, if they prefer, they can compose them directly in the group slides—and you still get multiple people emailing you with PDFs… of their slides… instead of thinking “I cannot fathom a reason on earth why you’d think this was the best way to do this” you can think

“Which shinigami definitely do it like this”