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return2zero · 4 days ago

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the m7s lyrics are SICK AS FUCK

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#ffxiv

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return2zero · 4 days ago

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Thinking about how Yoo Joonghyuk learned to love the stars because of Kim Dokja.

After centuries, millennia, of vowing to break the sky (direct reference to his sword and transcendent skills btw) and destroy every constellation, Yoo Joonghyuk began looking up for comfort and security. So much so that he achieved the ‘Stargazing Lvl. 10’ skill.

Not only that, but Yoo Joonghyuk went into space for Kim Dokja, surrounded by nothing but stars for a century. Looking at Biyoo’s human form, he described her eyes as ‘starry’ and found them beautiful (also likening them to Kim Dokja’s).

Something, something, to be loved is to be changed…

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return2zero · 4 days ago

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may your heart be your guiding key. ♡

#🥺 may your heart be your guiding key

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return2zero · 4 days ago

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「 you are a fool, dear star 」

#or #omniscient reader's viewpoint #huhuhuuuu #it hurts

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return2zero · 5 days ago

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tumblr friendships are hard to maintain like im sorry i know i havent talked to you in 5 months but you’re still super rad and i still consider us friends im just dumb

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return2zero · 5 days ago

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if you had any hope of breaking me, you should have spent those endless cycles refining your rhetoric. you had infinite chances to sway me into the future you want... and yet here we are. the score: 33,550,336 to 0. so tell me, lycurgus-- who's the real loser here?

#phainon #honkai star rail #shao jiiiiiiiii #the writing in amphoreous and phainon's cycles will always get me... T-T

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return2zero · 6 days ago

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wahhhhhhh thanks for the tag @solifloris (gosh imma be here full on outing myself asdfghjkl and oh gooooosh... my type is painfully obvious 😭😭😭)

I think my long time friends know, I literally only have 1 type - coughcloudstrifecough, but thanks to a recent game I have now 2 X'D (and yes, for that, they get their own special row) the rest are just... well... here to fill up the rest of the 7 choices. I guess u can say they fit my fave tropes but def nowhere close to the other two...! >w>;;;

AND a joke grid (this is the REAL grid tbh) because...! those two fit just nicely with all their diff appearances 🤣

UHM opening the tags up to anyone that comes across this lil fun activity and wanna do it :3 (this person doesn't know enough ppl to start tagging this TwT)

angel startin a reblog game on a saturday?! ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶ reblog with nine of your f/os/faves !! let's see if there is a trending type hehehe

very shyly tagging some mooties :3 no pressure !! @heiayen @sincerelyhunnybee @carminechrollo @yaminohimeyume @dewberrydusk @hikentomori n whoever wants to join !!

#chu replies #i'm now just realizing i'm actually really picky asdfghjkl #cuz i may have some faves but it's like under the category of i like them and their story along with their relationship to the protagonist #so it's less on the level of F/Os or platonic F/Os #and there's sooo many manga/manhwa esp male leads that fall under that umbrella #and they'll def make it even more painfully obvious what my type is... ToT....!!!!!#ALSO WHY TF ARE THEY ALL BLONDE!!!!#IT'S NOT MY FAULT!!!#I SWEAR I LIKE OTHER VISUALS TOO...!#BUT THE TROPES ALWAYS COME WITH A BLONDE HAIR AND BLUE OR GREEN EYES...!!!!

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return2zero · 7 days ago

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zack & cloud🩵💛

#final fantasy 7 #ff7 #zack fair #cloud strife #MUH BABIES!!!#the coloursssss #so warm and fuzzy #cuteeee #and the lil polygon chibis!!!

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return2zero · 14 days ago

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return2zero · 16 days ago

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a typical day in the life of cloud strife

#cloud strife #this editttttttt 😭😭😭😭😭😭

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return2zero · 20 days ago

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Hiiiiii, dropping in for a brain worm. What's your drawing process like? Like how long does it usually take for you to go from sketch, coloring, layering etc until you hit the final work? Super curious what's your favorite part of the process for a work :)

By the way, love your art. It's so dynamic, quiet yet visceral, loving, sensual, and comforting in a lot of ways. Do a little dance jig whenever I see you on my dash bc I know I'm gonna be spoiled well 🙂‍↕️

🥺 💞💞💞 wow thank you so much! I just really need ppl to understand they are CLENCHES FIST in love. Rawing nasty but in love

I do have a speed paint of my last Raf piece that I can't post here because his hands are in his junk, but that's on Twitter here.

Most of my art takes 17 - 20 hrs! That Sylus x Zayne x Caleb threesome in their catch 22 fits probably took closer to 35 or 40. This is gonna sound wild coming from a nsfw artist but I actually really don't like drawing the human form. It's too restrictive and I don't like following references very much, I'd rather have more freedom. Replicating the outfits and accessories in this game is EXHAUSTING,,,, but I must. The boner demands it.

Join me below the cut and I'll talk more about my process and the two most influential pieces of art advice I've ever recieved: shade dark to light, and paint with color rather than a darkened version of your flat colors.

PaInT wItH cOlOr I will now proceed to use my silver dragon Sylus as an example.

I haven't taken an art class since I was in middle school so most of my learning was done on deviant art before it was an ai cesspool. Narrated speed paints and being introduced to other mediums were huge for me. I never learned color theory we go off vibes in this house.

So for my process now, I go through 4 or 5 phases of sketching. My sketches are still a little messy when I'm ready for them to be colored. Standard flat color process, also a little messy. I use one default brush for everything. Like EVERYTHING. When I got csp I messed around a lot (which you can see in my very first posts on this blog) but then when I found a brush I liked I married it. Sketch rendering everything.

I've been drawing dragons longer than I've worked with anything else. Also a lot of creature designing. My favorite step in the process is rendering and my favorite things to render are scales and hair! There isnt anything wrong with using brushes but I REALLY like drawing/rendering individual scales. Tedious is good sometimes

To do my base shading I flatten the color layers and copy it. Then on that new layer I go into tonal correcting and slide the hue around until I find a color I like. I bump up the saturation and lower luminosity, and set that layer to multiply. It's a bit hard to see but if you look on his neck and the back leg behind his tail, its a little blue; using a bit of color in the shadows is an easy way to make pieces more vibrant AND you're getting some backlight in.

And then I erase roughly where there will be highlight. I use a big brush and this takes just a few minutes.

If I want the piece more colorful I'll go in and add more of that backlight, like here with those light purple splotches on his tail, and the yellow edge around the tub, etc;

You can get away with slapping whatever color you want anywhere if you're gonna blend it and if its light/dark enough to work as a highlight or shadow.

Here's one of my spiderverse ocs, she's meant to be iridescent. Again its just a matter of blending colors well enough you can get them to work. And see how her base color is like a very light icy blue but some of the shadows are purple, but then others are a little gray so it's not overpowering.

And I dont use the blend tool, I color digitally like I'm using colored pencils.

And I typically do all the painting on one layer because too many layers is cumbersome! So I can't show you a few layers between the base shading and the final render because its all one layer! These still image tutorials dont work very well for me because its very 'draw the rest of the owl' !

It's also very typcial for the base shading to look naked by comparison. If you zoom in on his face there are a lot more scales. I don't sketch out fine details like this because I know that I want to do them later. Stuff like this you just need a clear image of the final piece in your head I think

If you see lineart in my pics its something I added during the painting process. I feel like it's been a long time since I've done proper lineart, after the sketch step but before flats.

Ok I feel like this is long so I'm stopping now.

#putting this here because very good advice #and it's always fun to see other artists' process!! <3 #the understanding of tones and contrast with ur pieces is just 👌

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return2zero · 25 days ago

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It makes me happy when they listen

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return2zero · 1 month ago

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Do you think G'raha had an adjustment period of "initial reaction vs. experience"

#ffxiv #inside you there are two... cats #graha tia

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return2zero · 1 month ago

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#ToT being called out..........#not like thisssssssssss

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return2zero · 1 month ago

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Reblog to bonk your mutuals on the head every time they start thinking negatively about themselves

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return2zero · 2 months ago

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Okay! Random FF7 Ever Crisis yap time because...

I wasn't expecting this news at all...!

Was just casually running errands and bam! Cloud banner is up...?!

I had to stay away from socmed just to keep the suspense because... I mean.. RIDER STYLE CLOUD!!!

That means...! THIS RIGHT?! GBike Leather jacket Cloud!

...right...?

wrong 😭😭😭😭 SE YOU HAVE ONE JOB...!

But okay, all things considered, this is still a... cool design (albeit with some questionable parts X'D;;; and it's like the return of the BELTS... BELTS EVERYWHERE!!! ToT belts on the pants, belts on the jacket... oh where else to put belts... I KNOW... BELTS ON THE SHIRT!! asdfghjkl)

That torn jeans with knee pads is def a vibe! not my style but I've seen enough to know that type and it suits the theme they seemed to be going for! (those big ass chains tho X'D;;;; i cant... I get that it's for visibility on the model since this game is mostly on the mobile screen sizes... BUT STILL)

Though.. the rings... Cloud... those ToT they're a little too big and kinda clunky ass lookin, ngl

Despite all that it's overall a cool design and like, come on...! That painted on 7th Heaven print at the back!!! love that!

All that said... this wallpaper though... I... ♡(˃͈ ˂͈ ) (Thank you Cloud for giving me the outfit and enough to OverB thrice and get the wallpaper)

#cloud strife #ff7 ever crisis #ever crisis

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return2zero · 2 months ago

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do you love the color of the post?

Which one?

#I....#this #well at least it's shorter than the actual one #and also it's just as pretty to look at

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