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nighttime-tea-party · 9 months ago

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since you say youve been in the kuro fandom even before BoC aired, could you tell me about how it was back then? :D ive always been interested in learning how internet culture used to be, how things eventually changed, how they improved/declined etc, more so when the current community is pretty much dead. was there an experience that marked you, what do you remember most fondly? was there an event that excited the fandom more than any other (like the release of a chapter or smth)? which blogs were the most popular? Its okay if you dont want to tho, i understand!

Super interesting question! I hope I can provide some equally interesting information in return.

Before the fandom had reached Tumblr, much of it centred around a forum, or at least much of what I knew. It wasn't originally a Kuroshitsuji forum but a sub-forum of a Bleach forum, actually. I think it was called Bleach Asylum? And I don't know exactly how it came to be but I think that Bleach forum had lots of sub forums for then-popular anime and manga but Kuroshitsuji gained so much popularity and the fandom happened to gather there, so that sub forum really took off and it ended up being an anchor point for the fandom. I used to always look for the most recent scanlations there, back before we were able to buy them legally.

I didn't actively participate in that forum but I lurked occasionally. It was full of wild discussions, one of which was the "two Ciel(s) theory"/"2CT" as it was called back then. It had a strong following on the website back then already. I sadly don't remember any of the other theories that were making rounds back then...

I didn't really participate in much fandom stuff back then, limited my art posts to deviantArt and my personal facebook... but eventually, I made a tumblr specifically to interact with the fandom.

As for blogs, I don't really like doing any name dropping, especially because it would go into some people who used to ship sebaciel and turned anti, and other stuff I'd rather not talk about. I do feel like back in the day, there were a couple of gigantic Kuroshitsuji blogs with massive followings that got a LOT of asks every day (to the point where it seemed like a full time job to keep up with them). Discussion around sebaciel was very different, there have always been people who disliked it but unfounded rumours like "did you know that Kuroshitsuji was supposed to be a yaoi" made rounds without people questioning it. That always annoyed me a little tbh haha.

There was one fan artist on deviantArt whose name I sadly don't remember but I think they were THE kuro artist in Western fandom back then because their style looked very similar to the anime style. I still see their art sometimes.

And fun fact on the side, I grew up in German fandom spaces and we had a big website called Animexx (I think it's still around) that was dedicated specifically to all things manga, anime, and related stuff. They had really convenient ways of browsing on-site fanart, fanfic, doujinshi, cosplay, and other fan creations, as well as forums and ways to host your own fan events. Until the early 2010s, I hung out there a lot so until then, my perspective is distorted by that German lens. I used to post my early Kuroshitsuji fanart there too.

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask! I feel like I could go on tangents for much longer but idk how interesting that would be.

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hesitantvampirealien · 5 days ago

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(>> /j <<) harshly judging you based on what art style you have

little warning - it might sound rude or offensive, but please don't take me seriously, okay? i'm just joking and i'm gonna make fun of my own art style if that makes you feel better :^) i also picked artworks that i thought looked nice, so don't be mean to the artists, okay? i am NOT talking about these artists in particular!!!

click on "read more" to be J U D G E D

Kidcore

Artwork by Silent-Chan on newgrounds. Go check their awesome work out here

You should NOT be looking through my blog, you're too young.

You'll go out of your way to search things you shouldn't be searching and then blame the nearest adult for what you saw

Your brain decayed so much that you're unable to listen to anything if it's not on 286x speed with the most earshattering high pitch possible

seriously man get off of tiktok for a second please for god's sake

but you're chill to be around and you're just vibing and not hurting anyone. You're nice

Jelly

artwork made by CottonCandyDrink on DeviantArt. Go check their awesome work here

you have an everskies account and that's the only thing you use all day every day

your whole personality is calling others out

you're so easily shocked by things that the first time you saw an nsfw artwork you wanted to die

your anti shein activism consists on buying the most expensive options on retail stores that promise they're much more ethical than shein

but you do nothing with ill intent. Even if some people are annoyed at you, you just want to do what's right. Also you're so fucking good at blending that i'm jealous

Manhwa

i could not find the artist for this piece, please help me find them so i can give proper credit (it was one of the few pieces i found that wasn't generated)

you can't stand having people think your art is generated anymore

you spent too much of your money on yaoi. Seriously you need help at this point this is bordering on a shopping addiction and a porn addiction combined

you have artwork made by you in the thumbnails of videos like "[M4A] toxic yaoi dominant husbando asmr" and obviously you just listened to the whole 30 minutes of male grunting

you're just very horny. but that's fine we're all kinda freaky

but you're undeniably very skilled and odds are that you're queer yourself so your time spent on yaoi (assuming that part was right) was just because you want to read something that makes you comfortable in your own skin

cute anime

art made by bonnybel_ (video) go check their awesome work here

you're going through some shit and drawing kawaii anime girls is your escape

you can cry VERY easily

you really wish you were in the 2010's still

like the kidcore person, you also listen to music on 384798q8x speed

people find you annoying when all you're doing is just displaying joy

you have dozens of pages long essays about how QB from madoka is still alive and just waiting to counter attack

but you're trying your best and you're trying to stay happy even when shit hits the fan. That's a very admirable trait. Drawing as an escape is also a very healthy mechanism and you chose the right path

Edgy anime

artwork by... me, actually !!!!!!

you're the opposite of the previous, you're FUCKED in the head

my brother in christ stop fucking skipping your medication maybe??

you hyperfixate on things and you want to either turn your hyperfixation into gay sex or bloody edgy murder mixed with kawaii visuals

you fucking hate people.

you're a menace to society and probably to yourself

you love some edgy shit don't you, you didn't grow out of that

but even if you're messed up, it's not like you asked to have your head messed up and you're trying really hard to work your way around it and sometimes it's unbearably difficult, and people aren't making it any easier so no wonder why you hate them. Don't give up on yourself, someone out there loves you

if you're the author of any of the pieces i used as an example for the mentioned art styles in the post and you want me to remove it, please message me and i'll remove your piece.

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maydenadie · 8 days ago

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Who is Kayono?

During the 2000s, bl, o, yaoi was at its peak, it was so popular it was scary, that's when Kayono made a space for herself among so many fuyoshis, but who is Kayono? Well, she's the daughter of veteran mangaka Chikae Ide, who was very popular in the sixties and seventies, but now we're talking about her daughter Kayono.

first got to know Kayono's art when I started drawing, at that time I was looking for anime images on Pinterest to learn how to draw the anime style, also during my school days, I looked for cute images and saved them, that's when I found an image of her art.

If you ask me, she has a very beautiful style, the girls and especially the boys are perfectly drawn, I even remember hearing a fuyoshi lament that Kayono doesn't do yaoi, since those men were very pretty, really pretty. Something that captivated me about her art was not only the beauty and charm of her character designs, but also the fact that she touched on the Arabic style and the Arabian Nights, a theme that I love and adore. The only thing wrong with Kayono's works is that she is not very original in the names of the countries or characters in her stories. Many will remember that she did erotic shojo, that is, spicy scenes that I think gave her more popularity at that time.

I also regret that everything is very short, maybe it was because at that time she was still a newbie, and maybe she didn't have a developed story or something like that yet, but I think it's a waste of talent.

I remember reading that that was never her intention, but since 2008 nothing has been heard from her and that was because of her controversy with Kazusa Takashima, the author of the Bl manga of the shaved cavemen or Wild Rock, and because of an accusation of plagiarism. In the manga Nait Battlerflai the following panel appeared very similar to a scene from Wild Rock, very similar, but from what I have investigated Kayono did not like Yaoi and this could be a coincidence, although there is a year difference between manga, but still Kazusa Takashima sued Kayono. The judge ruled in favor of Kayono and this was the beginning of the end of this magaka, her last manga was in 2008, the poor girl could not handle the anger of the BL lovers who began to boycott her inside and outside Japan.

I never understood the fanaticism of these women for BL which is incredibly misogynistic towards them, the women themselves and I even have homosexual friends who hate BL saying that it is a poorly made fantasy, all homosexuals want a male partner and not a female one, but that is another story, let's continue with ours.

Kayono was bullied and criticized by everyone in Japan, to the point that nothing else is known about her. I think that if Kayono had started her career in the 2010s, a little more prepared, she would have survived as an artist. Unfortunately, I looked for information about whether she was still drawing, but I only found blogs from the 2000s throwing poop at Kayono and being really cruel, how ugly.

I hope Kayono makes it back and has a longer story or makes an adaptation of some Japanese or Western light novel. Who knows? I would like to see Kayono's art with themes: Victorian era, Rococo era, 20's, Caiberponk, Feudal Japan, Stiimponk, etc.

For those who don't know Kayono's works, here are some of them I recommend:

1) Lovenista, also known as The True Bible of Love. 2) Searching for the Ideal Man 3) Princess Jana Ko 4) Royal Seventiin 5) Spirit Hunter 6) Night Butterfly

I just hope that one day Kayono returns and forgets about this horrible incident or coincidence, and as for Kazusa Takashima, well, she's still working on the manga and it's all bl. I wish her good health and luck.

#mangaka #Kayono #my opinion #art #2000s #manga shoujo

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blackthornass · 8 years ago

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Do you have any art tips?

Uhhhhhh Funk im not The Greatest Artist ™ but I’ll try to bestow some Wisdom on you. Keep in mind Art is Subjective and I’m no expert and all that so take everything with a grain of salt but that being said I’ll try to give u Tips and Tricks

-listen so if you have a boring class at school just draw in it. School is great because you have 1. Access to paper at all times 2. Incredibly boring lectures. If you have a study hall that’s the Drawing JACKPOT. Basically what I’m saying is practice all the time when you have energy but like that’s such boring art advice. It’s important but “practice! uwu” is like what people with Natural Art Talent say when they didn’t have to figure everything out from the ground up so it’s kind of aggravating

-There’s gonna be people better than you. Chances are you have a friend who’s better than you because this is Tumblr we all draw. Try Not To Compare Yourself ™ which idk how to do but it’s bad don’t do it

-unless you find a terrible person with worse art than you in which case FUCK DUDE COMPARE YOURSELF TO THEM! THEYRE HORRIBLE AND THEY CANT DRAW FOR SHIT LOOK WHOS LAUGHING NOW!

-“work until your idols become your rivals” is absolute bullshit because your idols are working at it at the same time you are. You fool. You imbecile. I feel like this works better for writing when your idols can become irrelevant or straight up die between you being an aspiring author 8 year old and a tired 30 year old who just wrote The Great American Novel ™ or just kind of. Leave the fandom if you’re writing fanfic. Anyway

-ok that’s all the preachy shit, time for Real Art Advice ™. Keep in mind I do digital cartoony shit with Strong Lineart and cel shading for the most part and I pretty much only draw people so my knowledge is limited to that. if you wanna be a professional artist maybe do other things and Expand your Abilities ™

-Ok first off if you’re using Gimp or Photoshop please love yourself and download Firealpaca or illegally torrent Paint Tool Sai or something. I swear by Firealpaca it cured my depression but like. Photoshop is Trash for drawing. Get Firealpaca it has Line Correction ™

-Keep Line Correction ™ at like. A 5 when you’re sketching and at a 19 (the maximum) when you’re lining, coloring, shading, highlighting, doing literally anything that isn’t sketching

-Sketching digitally can be hard if you’re used to sketching on paper and I find it easier to do a sketch on paper, take a picture of it on my phone or scan it, and line/color it digitally. You do you and figure out what works best

-speaking of which I refused to use sketchbooks until I was Worthy ™ of not drawing on notebook paper and uhhhhhh that’s dumb just get a sketchbook they cost a little more than a notebook at Target it’s not super expensive. Although if you’re not financially in the position to buy a sketchbook anyway, just hoard notebooks from school that you didn’t use much. Bam, that’s your new sketchbook

-the Head Circle Cross Thing and the Spheres For Shoulder, Elbow, and Wrist Thing are good and important and will save you

-hands are hard so use references but bullshit your way through it. eventually they’ll look good (I haven’t gotten there yet)

-HAVE FUN WITH NOSES OH MY GOD. Noses are super fun and cool because there’s, like, infinite variety with them, they can be as long or short, thin or thick, rounded or pointy as you want, you can make them be, like, triangles or circles or more squareish or diamond-shaped, the base of the nose can be about as high or as low on the face as you want, you can make the nostrils prominent or not really there at all, they can add another Layer to a character’s design, oh my goodness noses are so fun. They’re like, severely underrated and oh my god I could gush about how fucking fun noses are

-same with facial expressions. Where you put the pupils and how big they are, how much of the eye is covered by eyelids, the way the eyebrows are, the mouth, tons of other shit. There’s loads of variety and so much you can do and honestly having fun with the facial expression is The Best Part. There’s tons of Face Art Chart Memes floating around, you know the ones, save it to your phone/computer and practice those on your own time it’s fun

-if you don’t know how to do something, avoiding it won’t help you. Just kind of draw around with it in your sketchbook or in a “I’m not posting this” file until you feel confident enough to do it in your Real Projects ™.

-Ok for lining did you know..… it isn’t illegal to erase parts of the lineart to clean it up.… just be careful and draw it back in to the best of your abilities if you erase too far and use a smaller eraser brush/lining brush for this… I know it’s tedious nobody likes lining it’s okay you can do this put on some good music

-use mcfucking references

-eyedrop character’s official colors but adjust said colors based on the color of your background to make them look less funky is my general rule for clothing, I usually pick the hair/skin by myself or from something I’ve already drawn though

-for flats, make sure your lineart is all closed off and there aren’t any “holes” cuz that’ll mess up your coloring

-so how I do flats is I use the magic wand tool to select whatever I want to color, expand selection 3 pixels (in firealpaca you can set it to do this automatically), pick the color I need, turn up the brush to as big as possible, and color it in. It saves the time you’d spend with cleaning up where the color gets outside the lines

-you can do the flats on one layer, but I personally like to do every Object on a different layer so when I do shading, I know what goes on top of what

-if a color is darker than the lineart it looks ugly so pick your line color with caution (or just use black! Unlike shading black lineart tends to go with pretty much everything)

-SHADE YOUR GODDAMN ART. Like, what makes people go “wow holy shit that’s good!” is the shading + highlights, don’t be lazy ya fuck.

-I’d take a break before shading to Refresh Your Eyes ™ but also I constantly forget this is a good idea

-don’t shade with black oh my god. Unless you’re doing Strong Punchy Dramatic Stuff or monochrome black and white stuff, don’t shade with black, and if you’re doing that it’ll probably be drawn into the lineart. Don’t shade with black please we can tell you’re doing it and it looks bad

-highlighting with white isn’t too bad though, especially with the eyes, but it might look too strong in some places

-As a general rule, shading is darker and more saturated, highlighting is lighter and less saturated. Whether it gets warmer or cooler depends a lot on what color or thing you’re shading or what you want the feel of the picture to be and I’m not 100% sure how to do it myself so uh. Trust your gut and change the color if it looks wrong I guess.

-where exactly the shadows or highlights fall depends on lots of things, just kind of. Look at how things work irl maybe? This is the kind of thing that you just have to practice, and it’ll look like shit until suddenly it doesn’t sorry I’m not sure what to say

-One Medium Sized White Dot on a layer above the lineart where the pupil borders the Iris (or the whites of the eyes if you’re like me and you make the pupil and Iris one thing) works for a glint in the eye that makes a person look less dead and more cute. How big you’re gonna make it depends on how adorable you want the person to be

-SMOOTH BORDERS FOR THE SHADING ARE REALLY IMPORTANT IF YOURE DOING CEL SHADING which is why firealpaca is my best friend thanks line smoothing. If you’re doing like. Soft shading or painterly shit or other kinds of shading it’s less Super Important but like. Still be sort of neat. Unless being really messy and sketchy is what you’re going for but even then you still need to be sort of careful

-for simple backgrounds, it’s like. Easy to make it interesting. Add polka dots to the background or a big old square or a gradient or a cloud filter or something the possibilities are endless. Another option is to straight up make it transparent and write a secret message in white on the side. But uhh never do a blank white background at the very least fill it with a solid color

-ok style is kind of hard because I never had to struggle to find my style? I just “drew in my handwriting” so to speak and then if along the way I realized something looked shitty I just changed how I drew it slightly? I guess a thing you could do if you’re in tune enough is look at the styles of things you do like and things you don’t and figure out why you do and don’t like it. “I like how *2010s cartoon* does Eyes!” great take that general concept. “I hate how this shitty yaoi has enormous hands!” great then don’t do that. It’s all Personal Preference my dude style is Your Own Thing

-notes aren’t everything but fuck do they feel nice. Self reblogs are fine but don’t overdo it, I’d say reblog it Twice to account for time zones and tag it as self reblog so as to not be a dick

This got long whoops. That’s all I can think of but I hope this helps it’s All I Know

#long post -#hey look an ask #anonymous

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