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iceclew · 4 months ago

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hahaha, yeah, might have been re-obsessed with my own AU here, because some @mechazushi fueled my brain with new content about them..so I can't help it.. once again diving deep into the fantasyy... and next to the Witcher and Skyrim law... well I came along with something else as well now :D

*mushes WOW into the fantasy pile*

Part 1 here

Oh, and THIS time I'll add my thoughts about them IN the description, how 'bout that? (▀U ▀-͠)

Narumi Gen:

Witcher/Hunter and counterpart/companion of Soshiro Hoshina. They both initially travelled to the mountains to find a rumored dragon's den to slay said. His skills are very much resembling what a witchers can do, and he is remarkable in swords art, but also a formidable sourcerer for fight related magic and enchantment. Hoshina lacks the skill for advanced spells. They have an unspoken agreement to help each other get better with the skills the lack. He also prepares most of their potions.

Mina Ashiro:

(OK, listen Reno bb, pls don't cry, I promise you get your own ref sheet, I already made some scribbles as well!! She just shoved herself into my brain last night, and I liked it, so I simply had to do this! (~￣³￣)~ I'll make it up buddy <3)

I very much loved the idea of her being a long gone friend of dragon Kafka, that gifted him his human form and influenced his life so much. It suits the story sooo good!! But I kinda was sad she wasn't part of the current story anymore... ಡ ﹏ ಡ Well yeah, that's what I thought about yesterday while working on Narumi, got to bed, and at like 2 am a word hit me like a rock and I was fcking wide awake..

Banshee... ╭( ๐_๐)╮omg, that's gonna be awesome, I'mma make her a banshee like Sylvana and she's gonna be there and has to rediscover the world, since she was gone so long.

sfhfsdldkjthat's what I did. She is a banshee now, lol. A half-elf banshee, might I add. Revived by a necromancer in a very complicated ritual. So basically - welcome to season 2 of this AU of ours I guess? The necromancer in question (oh my, who could it possibly be, I ask? It's ma gurl Rin, of course) contacted Kafka and his party, with the intention to perform a ritual on Mina's grave to free her soul, which is still clinging to earth because of a later discovered act of betrayal that 'caused Tachikawa to fall when their enemies arrived. (smth like this, I dunno, I didn't think this part through a lot, lol)

For performing the ritual she needs, amongst other things, detailed information and a contribution of someone that was close with the deceased. After finding Mina's grave and corpse deep down in the catacombs of Tachikawas ruins they start the ritual. Kafka needs to contribute a scale and some details about Mina in the past, that the necromancer incorporates into the ritual. To everyone's suprise she also adds her own blood. The necromancer reveals her true goal to not free but capture Mina's soul and obtain her powers. But something goes wrong (maybe because of Kafka interrupting the ritual now, or smth idk) and instead Mina is revived as an undead soul with a new (but slightly unfinished) body. Because of the contributed blood she is bound to her summoner for as long as it takes her to find and free the part of her soul that is in fact still captured somewhere on earth. (Oh no - so Kafka gets his bestie back, that is also basically immortal :| And I def. have in mind some enemies to lovers bullsh*t here with the banshee and her necromancer, lol sorry not sorry)

I used a whole bunch of references that I would like to mention:poses 1 2 3 + clothing 1 2

#kn8 #kaiju no 8 #fantasy AU #fanart #shared AU fandom #based on prev ref sheets and also zushis storyline #cause it's amazing and headcanon to me now #narumi gen #mina ashiro #icy's art

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saltminerising · 3 years ago

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Running An Art Shop With Minimal Crying 101

Hey y’all, not sure what compelled me to write this Now but I wanted to put together a list of helpful ‘good business practice’ tips for artists who want to start selling commissions on FR and want to build up a good reputation and make bank. I’m not sure if I’d feel comfortable throwing this on the forums personally so here you go, y’all have to look at my stupidly long possibly helpful brutally honest post cuz I don’t know where else to put this.

I’ve been doing art on FR since I was a young teenager in 2015 and through that time I’ve definitely learned some lessons the hard way. I’ve taken on more than I could handle, I’ve let commissions rot for months because I got overwhelmed… you know what I mean. Here’s some of what I’ve learned over the years that’s helped me run a consistently successful art shop for well over a year now.

I don’t have a tumblr and I don’t know how to add a ‘read more’ to a submission, so happy scrolling <3 I apologize for causing some people a very minor inconvenience

-Do not take prepayment for either more than three commissions at a time, or more than the number of commissions you think you can finish within a month or two, whichever is smaller. This is especially true if you’re like me and you have ADHD. Trust me, the more commissions people have already paid for you have piled up in your to-do list, even if they’d only take you 20 minutes each, you will get more overwhelmed and discouraged and people will wonder why it’s taking you so long. Even if you aren’t getting concerned PMs, a lot of people are just too anxious or polite to ask for updates. (On the flipside, if you commissioned someone and haven’t gotten any word/updates in a while, you’re not in the wrong to ask how things are going and when you can expect an update.)

-Full payment upfront is something I definitely recommend for smaller pieces (headshots, sketches, etc) you can finish in one sitting. However- if you’re doing a ref sheet, a rendered fullbody, etc, and you’ll be spending multiple sessions on the piece and getting feedback for it multiple times- split it up, take half upfront and half either after the sketch is approved, or before you send them the final unwatermarked version. I’ve done dozens of commissions like this and never had a problem, personally. There’s a low chance of a customer backing out on you if you’ve already started and sent WIPs because, y’know, sunk cost, and on the other hand it is reassuring to customers (especially if your shop is new) that if you drop off the map, they paid $20 upfront and got at least a sketch, instead of paying $40 upfront for an unfinished piece.

-In the same vein: if you’re doing a large piece like a rendered fullbody, ref sheet, etc, more communication is always better than less! I always stay on the safe side here. Some people will tell you they just want you to go apeshit and do whatever you think will look cool, other people might have much more specific ideas of what they want and how closely your artwork needs to match the image of their character in their head. Send them the sketch and ask them if they want any changes. Send them the lineart and ask if it looks good. If you’re working on a time-consuming painting that will take you weeks to finish, please please please, communicate! Send updates! Your customers will feel a lot less anxious about how long you’re taking if you keep them posted (plus this is just a personal thing but I love seeing peoples’ artistic process, it sparks joy!!)

-If, once again, you’re like me and stuff like painted fullbodies take you so much longer than other commission types- the worst thing you can do is underprice. Let’s say a detailed, shaded dragon fullbody takes you, for instance, 8 hours, maybe longer because you get burned out and can’t finish it in just one sitting, but you don’t think people will buy an $80/8kg fullbody. Do not lower the price you think your art is worth. If fullbodies take you really long compared to other art, or you get unmotivated, just… don’t offer painted fullbodies, or scenes with multiple characters, or whatever. If there’s a form of art you’re capable of creating but it’s faster, more fun, and gets you more money to do smaller things, just do more smaller commissions instead of taking the big ones. This one was a lifesaver for me.

-Once again in the same vein: It is okay to say no. Just because you are physically/artistically capable of drawing a detailed scene of multiple dragons with complex apparel, doesn’t mean you won’t get burnt out or bored. For me, larger pieces take exponentially longer because I just get bored and don’t want to work on them anymore. If someone asks if you can draw something that will require so much of your personal time and effort to go into a single piece, just say no. Sometimes I’ll say yes to some big commissions because I think the character is cool and inspiring and I want to draw them; otherwise, I will admit, I’ve said no to big commissions because I personally found the character boring as hell (though I wouldn’t phrase it that way). And that’s ok!

-If you are going to be really busy in the near future, stop taking commissions. You have finals? Don’t say “sorry if things take forever, I have finals”… just don’t take the commissions while you’re busy. If you have too much on your plate, commissions will just stress you out more, and nobody likes to draw motivated by stress. There’s nothing wrong with temporarily pausing your art shop. Put your mental health first. And if you aren’t able to get commissions done on a regular basis because of mental health, or because you don’t give enough of a shit about other peoples’ characters: don’t do commissions. I don’t mean this in a bad way; I’ve been in that spot before and it’ll just cause more stress and guilt than it’s worth.

-NO PARAGRAPHS. That sounds hypocritical of me writing this lol but do not put long paragraphs in your art shop, ever. I promise nobody will read it. Put your rules, and any other information, in bullet points that are one or two lines. Keep your rules clear, simple, unambiguous and short, or everyone will ignore it and I won’t blame them. Put titles and subtitles wherever you can. If you have a block of text longer than probably five lines, it will be ignored by most people. I have decided not to buy art from people because I didn’t want to have to dig through blocks of text for information.

….so yeah I think that’s about all I can think of at the moment. time to sit back and get yelled at for not being able to shut the fuck up and get to the point lol, hope you (yes you) have a great day c:

#submission #long post #art tag 🏷

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cattstarr · 4 years ago

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I've been on a Digimon kick lately, can't you tell? Cyber Sleuth broke me, lmao. Haven't played a good ol fashioned rpg in a long time. Not since Temtem. Which, is still my preferred battle monster game, but damn did Cyber Sleuth blow me away. Wasn't wild about some of the fetch quests, but hey, what rpg isn't complete without them?

So anyway, I'm going through the anime now.

I'm going through a rough time in my life and this is majorly distracting. But once Hacker's Memory is complete, I have to hope the PS4 version of World can hold my attention. Flickie made it look fun but then he got frustrated with it. Idk if he couldn't figure out how to raise his champions or if it's just balls hard to do but it was a bit off-putting. He said it was a lot like World 1.

So anyway, that's what's up with the influx of Digimon posts from yours truly. Just lil ol me trying to escape some God ol fashioned depression and anxiety. It's kinda working...

I just wish I could draw again. I have a gift art in the works for Flickie's birthday that could have totally been finished by now but I just didn't have the energy to finish it. I'll do it, hopefully in time, but who knows. Probably not. It looks like it could be a day or 2 late. Which isn't as bad as I've been some years... And it isn't even that stellar. I wanted to make something bigger, but I've just been in an artistic slump. I wanted to draw another piece of Maynard, I wanted to work on my graphic novel, I wanted to iron out some of my lesser OCs, make some ref sheets... And I'm just... Ugh. I even have my alt universe Catt who's a tentacle monster to play with. So idk what's wrong with me. I'm not bored with my content, I know that. And I know I don't need something new. In fact, I fear that would be a bad thing at present. Idk, maybe I'll just draw dorumon, lol. He's my favorite rookie I think. I mean, I ID with gatomon or black gatomon (thinking more black cuz long winded reasons), but if I were a Tamer and limited to 1, it'd be Dorumon. Plus he looks easy enough to draw. Something to get the ol motor running, I suppose.

Anyway, sorry for all the spamming, I'm high on caffeine and when I am I type. I have a lot of issues to work out and I just don't know how to deal with them.

When I'm home I'm depressed and when I'm at work I'm depressed and anxious. I can't win. And I got denied ssi again. So I started the process over. This time I have a lawyer. I need to call him though to make sure they got everything... I forgot to do that.

I feel like I'm drowning. And if I could kms, I probably would. But I'm scared. So I'm hanging onto life out of fear. My love for everyone and their love for me just doesn't feel like enough sometimes... I tried hospitalization, and it's not quite what I need. Plus, we can't afford for me to take the time off of work. All I can do is daydream about not being a pussy about suicide.

If you read all that, thanks. If you don't know how to respond, that's ok. It's a lot and it's a very big thing to take in. I know it's uncomfortable to hear about someone's personal life when it's this dark and intimate. I still appreciate the concern.

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bearsontheinternet · 7 years ago

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now mailing Christmas cards :U ) scenes: photo 1: racheal recently saw claw smoking a huge cigar behind the prison, being a teenager she secretly stole some from claw and started to smoke. however claw noticed it has her and told cyrag, cyrag being a parent was outraged but strangely calm. as a punishment he grab his pipe and made racheal a deal if she can smoke as much as he can she can keep on smoking. in the long run she lost and gotten sick for weeks and now completely disgusted with cigars and smokes. photo 2: shadow beasts or what everyone else calls them "boogiemen" eat the souls of mortals, especially children. one tried to enter and eat racheal's soul but little did the beast known cyrag was in her arms at the time and..well you can guess the rest photo 3: cyrag hates getting pictures taken lol _________________________________________ revamp of cyrag~! new ref sheet! ________________________ Name: Cyrag victor ruthless Species: plushy dog gender: male city or town of birth: new hy'dron ((shadow claw ruthless settlement)) sexuality: straight enough Age: lived for quite awhile, lost count after he hit the triple digits Alignment: chaotic neutral leaning into lawful evil. ((alignment doesnt really apply to him)) Weapon/gear: salvaged: mini smoke bomb. good things do come in small packages ~gunner these little smoke bombs produces some of the biggest distractions and field covering smoke known in all of ooo~ courtesy of the smoke kingdom! however these smokes don't last very long so you have to be quick! corrupted tech: electro grenade don't activate indoors :U ~gunner this little babeh~ is your common corruption grenade. it acts mostly like a flashbang but with additional effects~ lets just say your enemy might be a tad bit "shocked" hehehehehehe, electric effects were off after a blink or two, however like most flashbangs the blinding effect will last a couple of seconds. crafted: charged..uhhhh charges! aka happy cyrag~ finally! home made fireworks! ~riku a marvel made from bombmaster riku himself~ something doesn't want to blow up? EASY! just set the timer, place it on the thing you want to blow and..KABLOWEY! shows a pixelated laughing cyrag at the end of the count down for effect. salvaged: explosive ninja stars ninja's are so great man ~gunner i dont think a explanation is needed for this one black market: corrosive darts OH NO! IM MELTING IM MEEEEEELLLLTINGGGG ~gunner got a big lug, beast, or tank with very hard to pierce armor? no problem! these corrosive darts can melt through even the hardest of armors! blackmarket guaranteed! theblackmarketwillnotberesponibleifsaidprojectcausesyourdemise plushy arms: standard issue military knife its old and rusty..not to mention it smells like chicken...and i don't cut chickens with this..~cyrag just your regular old military knife cyrag used when he and brown were left in the woods by stripes :3 alone.. GREAT PARENTING salvaged: throwing knives like carnies use? ~claw iron steel throwing knives for all of your long distance kills needs~ comes in packs! crafted: viper antivenom RACHEAL ANTIVENOM! NOW! ~cyrag vipers venom is potent enough to kill a fully grown man in under 49 minutes..it attacks the nerve system and the lungs at the same time..however thanks to racheals skills in poisonmancy she was able to develop an antivenom. which brown made for widespread use across the lands. plush arms: deathwatcher its more of a..ummm..show off weapon ~stripes a blade forged of pure ironsteal *cough*and a few other things stripes doesn't want to mention *cough* just for cyrag when he was still prince of the plushy kingdom. when a plushy prince or princess reaches maturity its proper for the plushy king to give them their first weapon in arms~ however cyrag isnt the sword type so he only uses it for show. however in his spare and alone time he does take it out of storage and begin to practice with it. it brings back good memories. blackmarket: spring loaded shoulderpads. how many of you thought cy's pads were fo sho? ~gunner blackmarket grade combat shoulder pads! because the best defense is the best offence. crafted: choker shhhshhhhshh..let it happen ~lois if you need something more cleaner then a knife to the back, then claw has your back~! its a common tool claw learned how to make in prison..sadly i dont need to explain why claw needed to use such a weapon..prison ya know :U medical: threads and needles please please please dont be a idiot..~paw needles and thread common medical tools for the common plushy~ legendary: number 41 twin corrupted claws. ask-theruthless.deviantart.com… weapons choose there owners..legendary weapons take that a tad bit to literal metal laced cape. given to him by his friend sherry sherbet for his birthday according to her this cape is laced with hard metals threads that can protect the user from some weapons, bullets, and the occasional explosive. cy send a small scrap of this cape to froggers to see if he can replicate it, mass produce it, and equip it as fabric implants for the plush army. Class: combat assassin stealthy. check, handy with all weapons. check, a ego large enough that it has its own gravitational pool, check. congrats you have the makings of a combat assassin~! a type of assassin that has knowledge about stealth but prefers to fight head on; face to face. utilizing every trick, trade, and tool in his or her arsenal to cause the demise of anyone who is unfortunately in his or her way. Occupation: loving father, currently jobless due to personal reasons. Height: 7.1 Voice: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwfuKv… Theme: Relationship status: happily married to the assassin usha :U Status: alive and laughing at everyone who tried to kill him. currently living: deep in the winter lands; in the ruthless estate. native language: plushy languages known: oooian, plushy, Spanish, demonic ((has a heavy accent; only words that he remembers "may i use your bathroom?")) Quote: "SCREW! OOOOFF!" (fluffy: "come laugh at my face then!" he lets off a light growl until cyrag gladly complied and rushed to the generals face. cyrag: "ha..ha...ha.." fluffy: "gr-great see now w-we can laugh to-together..") "DAMN IT GUNNER!" "SHUT UP GUNNER!" "you have five seconds...to apologize to me AND sew the scratch your weapon left on my check..if not...well atleast you'll make great penguin feed." "what do you mean i left you in the mall!" Extra fact: cyrag is a vegetarian; due to the fact that meat becomes less than pleasant to look at when you see in raw in your line of work extra fact 2: he never curses at gunner. hence you never expect him to say "shut the "hell" or "fu" up gunner". just "shut up gunner" extra fact 3: in his free time he likes to do gardening or sunbathe. extra fact 4: he gloats..alot Likes: his family His clan His friends ((to a point :U)) Tofu Rapping ((ask about that I dare you lol)) random organized fighting money ((omg give him the greens`!)) trophies Professionalism cooking gardening ((lol ask about that to ;3)) testing his own strength rich sheet Dislikes: Snakes When a plan goes horribly wrong Thinking in the middle of a fight Meat Abadeer gunners and Brown’s stupidity ((infact stupidity in general)) Doing jobs for free ((even if it’s for a friend)) Scammers fighting for any others enjoyment except for his own ((tournaments and other things like that)) Humans…((oh crud he hates humans as much as he hates snakes. )) Strengths/Powers/skills: plushy strength plushy people are very very naturally strong despite of there fluffy stature. this is because of their strong will, this will is converted to physical strength by the plushies' soul. however how much they can lift depends entirely how much will a plushy has. but despite being extremely willful cyrag has a stitch deficiency; this causes him to rip easily when he uses his to much of his physical strength. shock absorption due to a plush fluffy body they can absorb most physical blows making fighting a plushy with fisticuffs a bad idea in general lol. however this goes the same for the plushy, if a plush punches you it will just feel like a pillow hitting your face, UNLESS they have implants that would make there punches hurt. cyrag has hard leathers implanted on his fists, elbows, arms, legs and feet. static electricity it can only be done if the plush is standing on a fluffy carpet or if there's another plushy next to him/her. since the plushy is made completely from fabric the static shock can be very strong, strong enough that if passed to another plushy it could temporally cut the link between the stuff animals body and soul causing temporary paralysis and dizziness. hand to hand combat master twin claw mastery~! dog senses despite racheal destroying his sense of smell when she was still a infant, cyrag's still retains his profound sense of hearing and vision. corrupted static he can generate vast amounts of static electricity increasing his speed, strength, and overall power. however this corrupted static energy effects his own mentality making him more corrupted and bloodthirsty so to speak. to keep this from happening cyrag keeps a anti-static collar that suppresses this power. however once remove it will released the suppressed energy in a large corrupted burst of energy. this collar must not be removed in closed spaces. Weaknesses: fire fabric+fire= ash water water can clean a plush BUT it will make him/her sluggish and slow until he/she dry. to much water can lead to fabric breaking apart and stitching moving out of place. negative emotions to much of it and a plush will start feeling drain and weak due to it draining his/her soul the nightosphere due to the chaotic energy in the nightosphere a plush can be drained to the point of death, the time it take depends on the plushy. all browns cant sorta? fly even tho he is adopted, this was sorta passed down to him. he tends to get air sick. a huge ego :U not really a weakness. anything that can destroy fabric really be creative lol if you give a ruthless some cash. he will spend everything in your bank account. five people used to live in the ice kingdom..now all the family resides in the mansion. with crest there, they are effectively spending less money when only five people lived in the household. Figure/Build: thin, slender, well built for killing Hair Color: black/brown Eye Color: dark green Scars/Distinguishing Marks: cheek scar and a heart patched on his chest. Hobbies: gardening, cooking, and target listing Summary bio: former prince, assassin, Family man, clan leader, and a bit of an ass; these are words that describe this vegetarian assassin. Unfortunately cyrag is very very hard to befriend, he usually doesn’t trust anyone until they proven themselves to him. If you do befriend him and his family then you'll have a very very strong ally that commands even stronger allies! but if your unlucky enough to make him one of your enemies AND attack his family then it will suck to be you.. If you’re an enemy and he hasn’t attacked you to teach you a lesson then he is just trying to get information on you by any means necessary this includes spying, computer info, surveillance, interrogation of your love ones, and acquiring a bargaining chip. so ya not the best guy to mess with. despite being the adopted son of stripes and brother to the plushy king, he isnt in speaking terms with the kingdom associates. banned from the kingdom.. the only way for cyrag to visit his brother is viva sneaking around, brown twisting the laws, and outside of kingdom grounds. now in present times tension rises as sylas is behind bars, stripes and brown appealing to the plush council to repel the ban on cyrag and his family. but an uneasy arcanick can ruin this and raise tension between the ruthless and the plushy kingdom ((spoiler alert..he tots does and starts a small feud between the two. but more on that later :U)). this egotistic plush is now his own boss and still one of the worlds dangerous assassin!

#cyrag #OC #original character #artists on tumblr #my art

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