#also i drew it like it was a coloured in manga panel

[moonlit-orchid]

Zexal Month Day 21- The Devil

@zexalmonth

Time to someone who had every right to be evil and destructive BE evil and destructive :D

This prompt made me think of an au I made in my head ages ago when watching yugioh 5Ds

Meet the son of the ceo of Astral Corporations, Adrien Sangrave, who duels under the alias named after the family business: Astral.

Yuma's eyes widened when he saw his opponent walk into the arena. This guy... His mind flashbacked to that alley, the day the WDC had begun. The bodies of hurt, broken duelists. Heart pieces not just scattered, but shattered. The figure of somebody in a flowing cloak and hood perched up on that wall. The already completed Heart glistening in his hand.

That cold, piercing look in those mismatched eyes.

Those mismatched eyes that were glaring at him now

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Yuma Tsukumo.... how annoying!

What did that child know about him?

On that first duel, he wouldn't stop talking. Talking about friendship and dueling and fun.

So annoying!

Astral's eyes hardened, his fist clenching. It was time for their second duel, after he had beaten Yuma in the earliest round. It was annoying how that boy had lost to him yet still manage to qualify simply through blind luck. Luck!

Yuma and his constant talking. About what dueling meant.

He wanted to talk about what dueling meant?

Fine! He will show him what dueling meant.

Especially when dueling a monster.

As you can see, in this au Yuma and Astral cross paths due to the WDC, and end up dueling each other quite a few times. Astral's backstory is partially based off of Akiza- he's a pscycic duelist whose cards and monsters become real with his duels, and he duels wanting to hurt others because he's been hurt. Unlike Akiza, however, rather than running away or being pushed away for his power, his uncle Elias forced him to train his powers and want to use his powers to gain more power after the disappearance of Astral's father Dominic two weeks after Astral's powers first manifested, leaving Astral, his big brother Damien, and their mother Ena at the mercy of their uncle Elias! And instead of fulfilling Dominic's unkept promise to help Astral learn how to control his power and live a normal life, Elias forced him to make his powers stronger, even at the cost of his health.

Essentially, he's a bitter child soldier, and when he duels he duels with anger, intending to cause pain to others the way he feels pain. Especially to that annoying naive Yuma! How could that child possibly understand his pain? Even if both of them have lost their fathers... Not that Yuma would understand Astral's pain anyway!

Also if you're wondering about the Black Witch thing, that part of Akiza is given to Astral's brother Damien, who ran away from home to escape Elias's nightmare training and insults, and became part of a gang of psychic duelists under the name 'Black Mist', and Astral hasn't seen him in years.

Of course with the WDC, who knows who you'll meet....

[randomyuu]

the way it follows you home, the stories i never told

My guy Vox once again graced us with lovely Goyuu fanfics, and the way it follows you home, the stories i never told, made me go FERAL.

Time travel? Two Gojou Satorus? Double affection for our sunshine Yuuji? Yuuji sandwich? What feels like possible continuation of (you'll whisper, serpent tongue) what you fear you have become???

FUCK.

I need to stop indulging my imagination too much. I should’ve been content with writing long-ass comments but noooooo, my brain goes “you gotta draw it”. DAMMIT VOX, YOU AND YOUR DELICIOUS WRITINGS HHHHHH

So… usually I should’ve picked a favourite scene that is within my drawing capability, but I just… love all three chapters??? So I made a questionable time investment? I can’t stop??? Help???

This is probably the most ambitious fanart project I’ve ever done so far. Fair enough, considering I might combust if I keep these welled-up emotions inside from reading Vox’s Goyuu fics. Fuck.

Fic info:

Title: the way it follows you home, the stories i never told

Author: @voxofthevoid

Pairing: YuuGoGo. Future!Yuuji, Future!Gojou, Teen!Gojou

(idk why I laugh writing YuuGoGo. I’m beyond help)

Currently, it is 3 chapters out of 8. And it’s gonna be NSFW chapter 4 onwards, so don’t forget to read the tags first, folks!

The drawings are under Read More, because I have lots of thoughts surrounding each chapter and drawings. It’ll be hella long if I didn’t hide it here. It was a mess down there. A combination of hours before, during, and after I read said fic. I’d say good luck finding the art among the sea of jumbled words but… you’ll find them easily. Don’t worry about it haha

SPOILERS FOR ALL 3 CHAPTERS! I highly recommend reading those first before diving into these drawings!

Also for the comics, read from right to left please!

From here on, I will be referring to the Future!Gojou as Gojou and the teenage one as Satoru.

Overall, drawing all these is fun! Really fun! This project pushed me quite hard, forcing me to test my limit (because I rarely draw this much back to back). Since this is a combination of drawings and comics, the coloring style will not be consistent. In a way, I want to try some brushes I never get to use, as well as try out my new graphic tablet. Drawing these got me giggling because I was finally able to let loose during line art. It's much easier to do so, and sometimes I just get to reread the fic and giggle to myself for the nth time.

CHAPTER 1:

Whooo. Whooooooooo—

Ok, ok, the premise is just that good. It intrigued me, fascinated me, and I just… oomph. I cannot refuse a Time Travel Yuuji Sandwich. Sign me up.

Honestly, there are two scenes that are just… a bit too clear in my mind when reading this chapter. That would be the one I drew above, and the other is when Yaga called Gojou to come outside of the class. I love, loooove how Vox wrote Satoru’s POV. And when Yuuji fucking giggles?

I lost it.

Can you imagine, drawing Yuuji grins, with shiny stuff, maybe some sunlight, just purely happy and indulging Gojou?

Help me, for I am drowning in my love and adoration for Yuuji.

Page 2 is an experiment on using harsh black as shading (kind of?). I really enjoyed colouring Yuuji, and drawing those buffalo skulls! I wish I can grasp the concept of contrast a bit better tho :v

CHAPTER 2:

This is probably the only chapter where I picture still images instead of comic panels. A bit like those cool chapter covers in mangas. The one I really, really want to draw is the scene with Satoru on the table. Can’t pass the opportunity to highlight Satoru being a brat, albeit a really cool brat.

Cool idea drawing always proves to be a challenge, because of course my artistic skill just so happens to be below the requirement. Thank you, Sketchfab, for the chair and desk’s perspective otherwise I’m screwed lmao

The second scene that I want to draw the most is this:

Gojou is one step away from climbing Yuuji. Also, I have a bit of a problem picturing a man pouting that makes him look crazy instead, so please have Gojou pouting adorably instead. Because, as Yuuji said (with love), Gojou is (also) a brat.

This is possibly my favorite art in this project, after Yuuji's in Chapter 1 page 2. It's clean because I don't have to draw background, and I was having a fun time drawing Yuuji. And Gojou's squishy cheek as well.

Oh, actually, there is a “manga” scene in this chapter. It’s when Yuuji said, “I love Satoru.”

I just—

AAAAAHHHHH YUUJIIIIIII YOU AND VOX ARE GONNA BE THE DEATH OF ME. That secure relationship between Yuuji and Gojou? Satoru’s description of how Yuuji’s smile could blot out the sun??? Not me screaming 💀 I also see bits of hints of possible co-dependency, though I could be reading those wrong, but either way I’m good. Secure and possessive relationships are fun to consume hhhhhh

But yeah. There are too many wholesome Yuuji smiles in this fic, and I… I am not confident enough to draw genuine happiness. It’s too much for me ∠( ᐛ 」∠)＿

For this chapter, another reason why I chose these two scenes is just because I want to try and draw cover-worthy pictures of Yuuji and Satoru, and Yuuji and Gojou (cough)

CHAPTER 3:

We start the chapter with Nanamin. Ah, Nanamin. I forgot what his teen self looked like and was surprised to see his design again lmao

I want to draw Yuuji and Nanami scene because… I just want to, I guess. I have never drawn him before (Yaga as well) so that's an interesting challenge. I got two ideas on how I want to draw it. One is a bit painting-esque, and the other one is like another chapter cover. In the end, I chose the cover one because I want to emphasise the difference between teen!Nanami and the Nanami from Yuuji’s original timeline, and how the watch feels like a connection between the same (yet not) person. It’s a bittersweet feeling? In a way?

I’m not really good at explaining my intention ∠( ᐛ 」∠)＿

I love Yuuji’s answer to Nanami's question.

AND FINALLY.

A Yuuji SandwichTM scene.

And oh B O I do I love it. Have I told you I like every chapter? I probably have. But this one? Satoru’s curiosity, Yuuji’s on-brand self-deprecation, and Gojou come strolling down to show more of Yuuji to his mini-self. I want to draw this whole scene, from Gojou finding them, feeding Yuuji snacks, bitch-slapping Satoru into the backroom, to Yuuji growling. Them trying to hide a boner from Yuuji’s growl got me cackling so hard I LOVE IT 😭

I love it all. Please love Yuuji in my stead, Satoru and Satonyan :3

Oh! Also! 40-finger Yuuji sounds really, really cool! I’ll be happy with whatever Vox will give us in future chapters, but 40-finger Yuuji… possible scene with this timeline’s Sukuna… my god. The action! The drama! The bloodshed! One can only hope.

However, as much as I love that whole scene, it’s still too much for me :”) I’m still not yet confident in delivering the humour and action. Also my already-long drawing plan had my brain groaning in protest so I can’t push my luck :'D

When Gojou said "He looks sweet, but he's a bit of a beast", I kept picturing Yuuji staring innocently, but there was an edge to his look. As if the moment Satoru looks away, he will pounce. But in the end I just stick with innocent-looking Yuuji because I accidentally drew his eyes that way and I want to keep it in lol

Since Satoru points out how soft and cuddly Yuuji is, I also want to draw soft Yuuji :v

And the last one… is the last scene. For some reason, I read that both Gojou and Satoru share Yuuji’s lap and was having a frustrating yet fun time figuring out how it’s… physically possible, without having their butts on the ground because they both are not small at all. As I lined the art, I reread it again and… perhaps I read it wrong? Satoru is beside Yuuji, and not on his lap? So yeah, this one might be the least accurate, but hey, at least you can view it as a crack drawing or something :v

AAAANNNDDD I HAVE EXCEEDED TODAY’S BRAIN CAPACITY OF FORMING WORDS

Have I told you I love this fic?

…I probably have.

Have an amazing week (❁´▽`❁)*✲ﾟ*

[crepes-suzette-373]

Is this an error or on purpose?? It's driving me insane!!!

(I'm just parsing through my own theory and doubts, you don't have to read this)

Ichiji's eyebrow that's under the bangs is the subject of fans' theories, and I wrote about it too, but I really just... sometimes have very strong doubts about it. With the insane time crunch of Shounen Jump schedule, what if it's really just a mistake that nobody caught?

One of my line of thinking was "this panel is so big, surely sensei can't possibly screw it up?" But the answer is, yes, he can screw up a panel that's that big.

When Venus blocked Zoro's attack, not only is he holding the sword in the wrong hand, but the sword is also missing its iconic Kitetsu cross-shaped guard. That Venus vs Zoro panel takes up half a page. On the manuscript paper, that would've been massive, and yet there it is.

As far as I can tell, this was not edited, changed, or fixed in the final volume version. So, I dunno, maybe all the weird eyebrows is literally nothing and he just messed up.

If I may use myself as an example, I have drawn their eyebrows facing wrong directions multiple times, and sometimes I never noticed there was anything wrong until days or even weeks later.

I not only drew the lines, but also rendered the colours in detail. I didn't do it all in one sitting. I went over the image multiple times with fresh eyes, across many days, and not for a single moment did I notice the eyebrow was wrong. It's not impossible that sensei experienced the same thing.

The anime scene cannot be used as reference because I don't think the anime staff are privy to any future lore or backstories from sensei. I would assume that they often had to fill in the gaps with educated guesses on their parts.

Pre-timeskip the anime have once displayed Sanji's other eyebrow facing the wrong direction and/or simply missing its curl.

Also in Whole Cake's finale episodes, the anime included a short filler bit where all of Sanji's bros made it safely back to the Germa ships. This is proven to be wrong when the cover story revealed Niji and Yonji got caught while still on land by Big Mum and didn't manage to escape.

The only way you can reconcile these is if you imagine a scenario where Niji and Yonji initially made it out just fine, but had to jump off the ship to fight Big Mum. Otherwise there's just a flat out discrepancy between manga and anime.

I don't think the Pirate Warriors 3D model rips are also any solid confirmation that Ichiji and Reiju's eyebrows are different either, because I found what is purportedly a model from the first game, where Sanji also has the eyebrows facing wrong directions:

(left: all siblings from Pirate Warriors 4, right: Sanji from Pirates Warriors 1)

In my guess, what happened was that they just made half a face (and body), which is then mirrored to create the other half. See below for what I mean:

In my opinion what happened was that with Ichiji and Reiju they just left the brows in mirrored state because they didn't know for sure. Look at Reiju's irises. The highlights are also mirrored. It really looks like they just created one half of the face and copy + flipped it:

The eyebrows are modelled onto the polygons and not just textures, so they really could've just copy + flipped the half model and never bothered changing it afterwards.

Or, if not, maybe they saw the anime scenes, thought that Ichiji and Reiju's eyebrows are facing different directions, and then followed suit. The Pirate Warriors models are made based on the anime rather than the manga (as you can see with Reiju's eyes being blue and not purple).

Whereas with Niji, Sanji, and Yonji they might have went through the trouble to edit the eyebrows to be more accurate to the series since they know for a fact what their brows look like.

So yeah, I don't know, this thing has no answer at all until Germa shows up in the series again (or revealed in Vivre Cards).

[animation-practice-aru]

WEEKS FOUR, FIVE AND SIX

CREATING THE NOVEL

I started off my novel by sketching, I always found it easier to figure out my ideas traditionally rather than digitally. I figured out my panels pretty quickly. I had done a 20 page long comic for my final major project in foundation year so I already had some experience in making graphic novels and similar. I also read a lot of manga. One element I incorporated into most panels was the characters or objects breaking out of the panels, especially when the characters were in motion, such as running, as I felt it made them stand out more. I was initially concerned that the character jumped out of the panels too often and that it would be overwhelming for the viewer so one of the pages didn't have this. Though this disrupted the flow I had established with the characters jumping out of frame on every page but one. Because of this I decided to keep my characters out of frame for every page.

Sketching the initial pages has been my favourite part of the process, it made me debate doing my entire novel traditionally. I stick pretty heavily to digital art, its the medium I've used predominately for upwards of 5 years and so I'm really comfortable with it. Had this project been longer, I likely would have done it traditionally however for the time we had I decided digital was the most time effective method as I could edit my pieces easier. If I messed up traditionally I likely wouldn't have the time to re-do it. I did do my medium tests on paper though. I tried coloured pencil, chalk pastels and gouache. I made the backgrounds dark, even still it felt like my characters clashed with the background.

During a lecture, it was pointed out how sometimes the background is painted while the characters are done in simple block colours. I wanted to do that, I had the backgrounds be fully rendered in detail whereas the characters were in flat colours with little shading.

I drew directly over my sketches to create the line art. I made the line art red and slightly opaque to make the characters seem softer. This gave the effect of my characters being big blocks of solid colour helping them stand out.

In the end i opted for no dialogue. One, because the other character isn't human and therefore couldn't respond and two because of my time period. In my time period, stone age, humans didn't communicate with words and a spoken language didn't seem to fit at all.

I was really happy with how the initial sketches came out and I liked the way my digital renditions developed them. I wasn’t really good at backgrounds, so it was a challenge to have fully rendered backgrounds when I wasn’t used to drawing them. However I’m actually pretty proud of how the backgrounds came out. I based the cat on my own, I had a lot of references I could use for the cat because of this. I incorporated my cat also because in the beginning, I really struggled to come up with a story. I was advised to focus on something happening in my real life to draw (pun intended) inspiration from. At that time, I missed my cat a lot. This is what gave me the idea to focus on a cat in my novel. I based the cats behaviours on my own cats behaviour. I think drawing with her in mind put more love into my novel.

[cafemagie-magie]

Howdy! First I just wanna say you're a really great artist, one of the best I've ever seen, and I love every single one of your LWA fanarts! And if you don't mind, I just wanted to ask how you learned to draw? I've always wanted to learn, but I'm not sure how to learn the fundamentals and progressively get better until I'm as great as someone like you. If you know any books, videos online, exercises/habits, or any resource to look up and learn how to draw and slowly get better, that'd be great!

Hi! Thank you very much, I’m touched by your kind words ^^

I give you Diakko but theyre motivation coaches to wish you the best ! Have fun with drawing, it's one of the best thing on Earth!

It took some time to answer because I wanted to write a document with a lot of resources, so you and other fellows can use it :

To answer the first part of the question, I always loved doodling with a pencil and replicating manga panels like Dragon Ball, Naruto... also I love scientific illustration and fashion design! Never took art classes, but went to an art club in high school^^

I have a pencil and watercolour self taught art background, drew since 9 but with a lot of art breaks (the most recent one lasted 4 years because of pharmacy studies), digital art came very late when I hit 23 (January of this year, got an iPad!🥳🎂) and I learned it with the resources stated in this shared document :D

Now for the second part, let's say every artist have their own art planet, like the Little Prince 😊

You have your art home,  and realism is the house foundation to you build up other skills on it. The first skill associatied with foundation is observation : when you look at something...how does it work? Why is this moving like that? What are the simplified shapes of it? 

Near you home, you can plant your favourite artists seeds from other art planets in your own art garden to be inspired by them. They'll bloom into different flowers, scents and colors... they'll inspire your work as you progress :D it's like pretty things to admire and look up to! To keep you on the go and learn from them! (It works with the library metaphor too, like having a collection of your fav artists, subjects, reference...)

 Then you build up solid walls for your house, by learning/practicing technical things like figure drawing, life drawing, drapery... with these, you can already have a lot of fun!

Adding windows will bring you some fresh air as you'll explore colour theory, light and shadow... at this stage, traditionally or digitally, you'll be able to create really cool sketches/llustrations! You can always use references and observe them to understand the light source, a particular scenery, or some tricky anatomy position, etc...so you can incorporate it in your drawing.

Then you can make your house bigger by adding new rooms: learning how to draw specific things like detailed backrounds, animals, weapons, machinery, everything you'll be interested in...if you started with humans only for example.

Later on, you can decor your house with things like art style, aesthetics, that little somtheing that makes people recognize your works...these come naturally as you progress so dont worry too much about it!

Building a comfy house takes time but it's your home and even if there will be struggles/frustration... enjoying the process is key to a happy artist journey ^^

Hope this helped, and you can always dm for more specific things, if needed (or ask anonymously again, I’m shy so I’ll understand lol)

[fumiko-matsubara]

I know I said that my art style might've made her look too young the last time I drew her. But I'm now keeping that as one of her physical characteristics, considering the age I chose her to be.

A fully coloured design of my interpretation of how Ryuunosuke's mother would look like, based from the small cameo panel we saw of her in the manga!

Because of the strained relationship she had with her birth family, Sango wishes to be the kind of mother whose children can live their lives happily without worries, giving all of them the freedom to do what they want and like what they like as long as they aren't out of line. Hence, she and her husband both chose to work full-time so that their children would not have to worry about expenses when indulging in their interests. She couldn't have known that this was the sole reason why her children, especially her only son Ryuunosuke, would talk about anything BUT their problems and would have burdens of their own to carry even when there was no need to.

Sango was originally from Miyagi and attended university in Tokyo since she wanted to cut off ties with her birth family as soon as possible. Her early pregnancy with Rena was actually planned.

She met her husband as a senior co-worker in her part-time job back then in her 1st year. They got married not long after Sango graduated from university, then moved to Kunugigaoka Town shortly before she was pregnant with Ryuunosuke.

"Sango" was not her birth name. She had officially changed her government name the same time she took her husband's surname. This was done in case her birth family had tried looking for her.

Her son thinks she's an absolute badass and still does to this day.

Ryuunosuke would always reassure her with a big gentle smile whenever she asks him if he's okay and it's been that way for years. Seeing him being so unresponsive and sullen after she had learned he was dropped to the infamous Class 3-E was incredibly heartbreaking. Since then, Sango had been trying to get him to talk to her about his worries... but she was slowly beginning to see the cons of her children inheriting her stubborn streak.

She claims to not have favourites and loves all her children equally. But it's quite obvious that Ryuunosuke was her favourite, followed by Kohaku.

And the reddish-eyed side of the Chiba family are all done! Also I kinda felt bad that I have so much to think about their mom, compared to their dad who I got almost... nothing, sorry 😭

Navigation: Chiba Ryuunosuke | Chiba Kohaku

[harley-michaels-main]

Hi! If your still doing matchups could i get a jjk and mha one? Don’t worry about this if your not doing them anymore.

I’m intj, scorpio, pansexual and use any pronouns. I’m about 5’8. I have a leanish build and have wavy/ curled brown hair and eyes. Fashion wise i have a very techwear inspired style but sometimes I also just love to go out in a huge hoodie and some jeans.

My hobbies are, art, reading (i prefer non-fiction unless it’s manga), plants, going out with my friends and sleeping in. I don’t really have a favourite genre of music rn I just add whatever song i like to my playlist but my favourite artist is probably mitski.

I would describe myself as akward, smart, nice and creative. When i’m very focused on something i tend to get tunnel vision, wether that’s to do with a project or just colouring a manga panel. Over all i don’t think i’m difficult to get along with but it takes some time for me to warm up.

I hope that was enough info and made sense:) Also please ignore this if your not doing matchups anymore! Thank you :)

Hiya love, my apologies for doing this so late. You sound like a lovely person and I think I know the perfect people to go with you.

Your Jujutsu Kaisen Match Up is...

Nobara Kugisaki

Nobara may say that she doesn't care about others, but it is very obvious that she does and she quickly started to care about you.

The first thing that drew her toward you was that you didn't seem to participate in the group of first years.

At first she thought it was you just being lazy, until she found out that your hobbies included things instead of shopping and sight seeing.

Thus, she made it her goal to get you interested in more extroverted hobbies. Things that you all can do together.

Although that doesn't work and it leads to you two hanging out in each other's rooms, listening to music, and doing your own things.

Nobara will often share songs with you just to try to figure out what your favorite genre is. She finds it unfair that you don't have a particular taste because it makes it hard for her to put playlists to listen to when you two are together.

The rare chances that you two do go out, she makes sure to take you to the fanciest places and buy you two a lot of different food.

What made her realize that she had feelings for you was when she saw you get injured. It made her realize that she actually did have room in her heart for you and that she should be more accepting of that.

After you two start going out, she loves to spoil you. Not really with objects, but with affection. She becomes a very clingy person and loves to just be around you.

You two exchange hoodies all the time. She makes it a competition to see how many times she can switch hoodies by the ends of the week just to mess with you.

She knows how much you like to draw and color, so she always begs of you to draw small doodles on her arms and hands because they're so pretty and she loves them.

She is also always there to be there for you whenever you feel down and depressed. She knows that things can be difficult as a sorcerer so she will always be there for you.

All in all, she is very supportive and caring, even if she doesn't always show it.

Your My Hero Academia Match Up is...

Shinsou Hitoshi

Shinsou thought nothing of you other than another obstacle in his way of becoming a hero. He thought that you were someone who you try to stop him.

What drew him toward you was that you didn't seem to care about his quirk like others did. You treated him like a normal person, not someone who was afraid of him.

He slowly started to realize that you may not be someone who is an obstacle and may be someone to aid him instead.

He was still cautious around you because of his trust issues, but he slowly started to open up to you more and more.

Shinsou may not explain himself through words well, but he does little gestures to help prove his care for you.

He likes to bring you small snacks or new pens for you.

He enjoys to just be the two of you when hanging out since he doesn't have to worry about others talking about him.

He realized his feelings for you when you stood up for him one day. You two overheard someone talking about his quirk and how he uses it against people, and you stood up for him.

It made him realize that you actually cared about him.

After you two started going out, not too much changed. He was new to relationships and he wasn't sure how to handle things, so you two didn't change much.

He liked to have little movie marathons in your dorm rooms while eating snacks. It just made him feel safe to be with you.

You two protect each other as well. You both know how cruel other people can be so you make sure that you two are always there for each other.

All in all, you two are calm and happy together, but are not afraid to go crazy if needed.

[nari20]

2020 Fanart Year In Review

Thanks for tagging me @floraone! I only became active in the fandom (both creating and posting) around July so I don't exactly have a year to review, but thought it might be fun to look back on what I did during all this madness that is 2020! Here we go!

1.  Number of started vs number of completed fanart this year

I started 319, finished 208!

I thought I only finished maybe half of the ones I started but I did a little better than that and I want to give myself a high five for that. 

2.  Most popular piece of fanart this year

I believe it's the Usagi's bed hair compilation!

This one I tried to emulate Naoko's art for stationaries that came with the original Nakayoshi magazine and stuff! Also fun fact: I have done several of these Usagi hair fanart and it tends to be quite popular. People seem to really like Usagi's hair (just as much as I do)!

3.  Personal Favorites

I like this one because it has a story to it, it was inspired by @floraone's "Becoming" where I pretty much picked up my Mamoru's character. 

I like this one because it was for the first fandom event I ever participated in, Usamamo Week 2020, which I absolutely loved (I basically came to Tumblr to participate in it so I was very happy!)

4.  Characters Drawn Most, in order of frequency

I had about 100 Usamamos together, 44 Usagi by herself, 38 Mamoru on his own, no surprises there. The next frequent one was Harumichi, who had 9 including them together/on their own!

5.  Most Used Color Scheme

In general I seem to use navy~blue a lot! Combination wise, I like to put pink and purple together, blue green and blue together!

6.  A piece of art that was challenging

I drew Mamoru and (almost) every character that loves him/had a crush on him in the series for his birthday. 26 people were definitely a challenge, but oh so satisfying also!

7.  An area you feel you’ve improved

I think my line work has improved quite a bit in the past 6 months! I can now draw really fine lines, the kind of lines you would find in a shoujo manga, which I love!

8.  A piece of art you’re really proud of

It would be the Sailor Cosmos art! Starry night sky and galaxy fits really well with SM art (obviously), and I tried to make it look believable, and I think I did an OK job with it :)

9.  New things you tried out this year

Digital art on a drawing software was new to me, so all of that, including layers and blending and masking and everything!

10. Something you learned this year

Using layers to manipulate colour schemes and giving different textures I found was particularly useful.

11.   A comment that touched you

I realize art is harder to comment on in a way, so I appreciate all comments and tags(those are real gems) but I particularly love those that mentions something I did differently in each pieces. @floraone and @brownsugarheartattack always notices these little things - whether that's the shimmering effect or the orbs or different lighting and it makes me happy every time!

12.  Something that inspired your art this year

I get hella inspired by fanfiction, so pretty much all fanfiction I read this year, especially from fandom events like Usamamoweek and Smutember!

13.  Something that you want to try out next year

I'm doing a doujinshi that is coming out next year, so doing a *proper* manga, with screen tones and actual panels and everything! Also, I want to work on my backgrounds... particularly sceneries.

14. A goal of any sort for next year

 I think the number one thing is to have this doujinshi come out nicely! I will try to improve my skills until then, and after that? I can't think that far ahead in the future lol but I'm sure I will come up with something new!!

Anyways. Writing this year end review made me realize even more how I am just SO glad to have found this fandom corner, and came to know all of you, it really saved my sanity through a otherwise very lonely year. So thank you to all of you who have interacted with me this year!!🥰🥰

[goldenkamuyhunting]

Quick outline of the changes in Golden Kamuy Vol 24

Here is a general outline of the more relevant changes that take place in Vol 24 compared to the magazine. Note that as usual I won’t dig into minor changes or redraws unless they seem to be relevant for the plot or characterization (or I really like them).

So now let’s start.

WARNING: I hadn’t had the chance to check dialogues yet. I’ll probably do it during Christmas holidays. If there are changes in them that are relevant I’ll update this post as soon as I can.

We spend a moment on the cover, which, like the previous, shows us a character who has never appeared on a cover before and who’s also one of my fave, our charming Roger... I mean Kikuta Mokutarou.

It’s an action scene in which he’s making good use of his beloved Nagant while wearing Toni’s scarf... and he’s not alone on this cover.

Ariko is also with him, ready to fire at his opponent. The background is Sapporo as we can recognize the building as appearing in chap 232 when the characters are in Sapporo.

Really, I love this cover and I was hoping so bad to have a Kikuta cover...

Anyway this is our updated list of covers.

Noda please, give us a Boutarou cover as well!

We then move to the colour page.

It’s the image with Tsukishima and Koito that was used as a cover for chap 251. It’s a fitting image considering this volume starts with the chapter in which the cooperation between Tsukishima and Koito began.

A colour cover that was in the chapters included in this volume and that instead isn’t shown is the one of chap 234.

Maybe Noda will use it later.

No summaries for this volume. Pity.

This volume counts 9 chapters only and changes are pretty tame but, as usual there are additions of extra pages and panels to expand scenes that already were in the magazine version so we can better understand what’s going on and of scenes that are redrawn, either to improve their quality, correct mistakes or add to the plot.

Note I’m not going to add them all but only those which are plot relevant (or that I particularly like). Also no scanlations this time as the changes aren’t so characterization or plot relevant you’ll need to read a scanlation to get what’s going on. I’ll add a dialogue explanation though. Keep in mind I might be wrong.

Let’s start with chap 232.

We start with a new opening page for the chapter in which the box says we’re at Asirpa’s grandmother’s house near Otaru and we’re shown that Tanigaki is next to Inkarmat.

As many already know Noda has enlarged Tanigaki’s neck as he watched Osoma and changed a little his expression so, although I know Sensei pays a lot of attention in improving Tanigaki, I won’t show you that.

A line is added to Tsukishima’s dialogue. Now in addition to saying that it might be that Tsurumi doesn’t have a true goal he adds that it might be a lie that Tsurumi is acting for the sake of the dead comrades and for the prosperity of Japan.

Tsukishima’s memory of Tsurumi having finger bones now is enlarged and that shows clearly Tsurumi’s naked feet.

Naked feet had been used to foreshadow the death of a character so is this meant to hint at how Tsurumi too will die?

As everyone knows I’m partial for Ogata I’ll show him adjusting his bandages. I wonder, does he have the glass eye already and he’s trying to get adjusted to it?

Asirpa and Boutarou’ hair had been redrawn, which makes them better but it’s nothing big.

We move to chap 233.

After Ueji manages to disappear noda added more dialogue between Sugimoto, Shiraishi and Asirpa.

Sugimoto asks for confirmation that the boss they met was called Wakayama and Shiraishi asks Asirpa if she’s certain that guy said they would never be able to find the gold. Asirpa says that’s what it sounded like and Shiraishi asks what they will do now, wondering if they should go after the candy seller or continue to pursue the pirate. Sugimoto thinks he should have stripped the candy seller and Asirpa wonders if maybe she heard wrong.

Noda also expanded the scene with Boutarou and the old Ainu. Now Boutarou is no more heavily shaded at the start and his men are more active.

Pirate Boutarou’s main henchman (子分 ‘Kobun’) now has a name, Gontō Kōjirō (權堂 公二郎は) and he’s better drawn. 

The old Ainu says Boutarou won’t find the gold because his sons also went looking for it but it wasn’t anywhere.

Those are very good improvements, if you ask me.

Chap 234...

...continues the tradition of better drawing Boutarou’s hair (which are also often drawn longer than previously) and also gives him a better pose.

The postman also has a name now he is Nozawa Niheiji (野沢 仁平治).

Shiraishi is definitely more worried when he meets Boutarou.

...but Boutarou looks even happier to meet him, while his reaction catches the captain’s attention.

The sailors are better drawn and there’s even a new small panel of a sailor trying to catch Sugimoto’s rifle.

Sugimoto gets an extra page in which he’s shown throwing the sailor off the boat...

...and then some more panels as he fights the other sailor as well.

Really Noda is so good at drawing fighting scenes...

He also expanded the scene of Boutarou talking to Shiraishi about Sugimoto.

...and redrew Gontou with the other henchmen, who’re shown wet because they too had previously ended up in the water.

Really, a lot of additions for this chapter and I love how Noda tried giving the henchmen some characterization now, despite them being merely plot devices.

We continue with chap 235.

I’ll say in the cover Noda better drew the water. It’s not terribly relevant though, so I’m not showing it, i just love the man for the care in this details.

Better image of best boy Shiraishi...

...but there are also a lot of images that are better drawn.

The order of the panels is switched a little as in the magazine the bandits would knock at the door, then we would see Shiraishi praying the boat would hurry then we’ll go back to Asirpa and the postman.

In the volume first we see Shiraishi and Sugimoto praying the boat would hurry then we go to the bandits knocking and then to Asirpa and the postman, with the scene mostly redrawn.

Noda actually put a lot of care in redrawing the postman who now to me look even more like Clint Eastwood.

The shooting fight also gets better drawn and so the boat crashing against it. But my fave redrawn is the one of Boutarou and Shiraishi cheering, which now shows a much more happier Shiraishi and a childishly cheering Boutarou. I love those two!

Noda then proceeds to show how Boutarou is very angry at the idea 3 of his men were shoot... which better explains why he took an anchor and attacked without regard for the people. Similarly to Sugimoto, when he’s furious he’s dangerous... and it’s possible he grew so angry because he was fond of those men.

We then see Boutarou take matters (and an anchor) in his hands...

Another redrawn is in the Boutarou/Sugimoto confrontation.

And with this to chap 236 we go.

Again, some scenes or expressions are drawn better here.

Plus we get some redrawing when Boutarou explains things.

We’ve a new panel of Sugimoto turning down Boutarou’s idea.

Then we get more interaction between Boutarou and Sugimoto as Sugimoto’s reveal of his past now involves more Shiraishi and Asirpa.

And we better dig into Boutarou’s connection with Sugi.

Sugimoto’s expression after he pet the cat is much more dramatic...

...his eyes losing their light.

Chap 237 continues expanding things.

We get a flashback in which Boutarou remembers the cigarette case was Heita’s.

The volume shows us the gold is a lot more than the one we see in the magazine version.

The scene about Botarou trying to kill Sugimoto and Shiraishi is expanded.

Boutarou seems genuinely shocked when Gontou is hit by the spinning wheel, stretching is hand as if he were wishing to bring him aid.

Differently from teh magazine he won’t be smiling when he tries to drwon Sugimoto...

...and the two will fight a lot more. Sugimoto tries to kick Boutarou a lot and Boutarou uses his long hair to tie Sugimoto’s foot and pull him down.

It’s beautiful and definitely worth buying the manga.

We are at Chap 238.

A small panel about Asirpa explaining Sugimoto about Heita.

We’ve then more interaction between Boutarou and Asirpa.

I find interesting how again we’re show Sugimoto saying hinna but not Asirpa.

And so we reach chap 239.

Jack/Ostrog’s face is still kept in the dark at first, but his clothes are much more visible. The battle between him and Usami is expanded and sorry, no, I’m not going to show it. Still Noda is more comfortable showing him, his face partially visible (and Kikuta too as his eyes were back in the magazine).

And it’s when Kikuta see him we’ve the big reveal and it makes A LOT MORE SENSE having it here than as late as it happened in the manga. And honestly that lateness feels it was due to Noda not having chosen yet how to characterize him.

We can also see that on his genitals there’s a birthmark... which explains why Kikuta comments on getting a look on his face and member, because now he can recognize him either by looking at his face or by looking at... something else.

So yeah, Ostrog/Jack stops being a dark silouette.

Noda let us hear his thoughts after he killed those two women.

We’ve a flashback from Kikuta, showing Jack/Ostrog’s face and how he had a birthmark in a... peculiar area, which is why Kikuta remarked it was relevant he saw it.

And now we move to the last chap of the volume chap 240.

Ostrog is now clearly visible where before he was just a dark shadow.

A new panel showing how Kirawus... well, he didn’t quite disguise himself, albeith he did something, he tried to sell fireworks.

Another new panel showing how Kadokura in his disguise, can’t pick up coins.

When Ishikawa explains about Jack the Ripper Noda added people walking in the image of the city he drew and also showed a nespaper talking of Jack. The writing on the newspaper explains how in Japan the case became a hot topic in 1888 and how in 1900 they started to call the killer ‘Kirisaki Jack' (切り裂きジャック “Jack the ripper”).

We’ve another image of Ostrog/Jack when Ishikawa talks about him.

And we finish with the last page which shows the faces of Ostrog and Ueji.

And that’s all.

Well, actually no. The one thanking the editor is...  I’ll let you see for yourself.

And that’s all for this volume. While there’s nothing drastic in terms of new content, it better flashed out the relationship between Boutarou and his underlings, giving a name to the main one of them, better showed how Boutarou fought underwater and handled Ostrog/Jack WAAAYYY better than the magazine version where it seems Noda remained undecided on his character design for a much longer time and that’s why he obscured his face, making the reveal pretty anticlimatic as nothing big justifying it happened.

Here instead it’s just perfect so really, I recommend you to buy this new volume of Golden Kamuy, either in Japanese or as soon as it comes out in your country!

[paintsplash1712]

Zodiac OCs Incorrect Quote #1

(If you'd like to learn about these characters go to my deviantart art because there's a lot to their backstories. All you need to know right now is Sebastian (boy in second and third panel) is the Zodiac sign of Sagittarius and Scorpious (boy from the first panel) is Scorpio. Also the two are boyfriends.

https://www.deviantart.com/paintsplash1712/gallery/80762430/sebastian-and-the-zodiacs-ocs)

I found an "incorrect quote generator" a while back and screenshotted a bunch of the funny scenes I thought fit my characters, I only did it with my Zodiac OCs though because the quotes seemed to fit them way more then my other series'.

I was looking at my screenshots of the generated quotes and found one that was actually a quote from Brooklynn 99 that surprisingly fit Sebastian and Scorps a lot so I decided to draw it out.

I drew them in more casual clothing as Scorps deserves a break from consistently being drawn in armour, fun fact: Bastian's outfit is actually a reference to his first design where he had more of an orange and brown colour scheme (because I thought those were the Sagittarius colours, after I found out the actual colours that represent the sign I redesigned him closer to what he is now). 

I've always have trouble with text boxes, Adobe Illustrator doesn't really give a lot of options or at least not any you'd see in an actual comic or manga, so sorry if it looks bad.

I love how the last panel came out, Sebastian's expression came out so well.

I had trouble with the other panels though, I wanted to have Scorps holding the bridge of his nose but I'm awful at drawing hands so when I tried drawing the pose it came out awful so I just went with arms crossed. I also think Sebastian's face in the second panel didn't come out as great as the third's, he looks more confused then worried or sad like in the third, though that could just be me.

This was really fun to draw, it was a simple design but I loved how it came out.

[kimamanitranslate]

Haruhara’s Chapter Commentaries: Senyuu F5 Ch. 1-3

Haruhara has uploaded some extra commentary and sketches for some chapters in Senyuu F5 and Senyuu+. I include the images in these articles only if (a) they’re free to view, or (b) they have content to be scanlated- otherwise, I only include a text description of them.

Please do not repost the text and/or scanlations here to another website, especially Twitter as that’s where Haruhara is. (Feel free to discuss the contents of these posts wherever though.) 

And please consider purchasing the raws if you enjoy any of the content here!

This post translates the articles for F5 Ch. 1, 2, and 3.

List of all commentaries:

Haruhara’s Chapter Commentaries: Senyuu F5 Ch. 1-3

Haruhara’s Chapter Commentaries: Senyuu F5 Ch. 11-17

Haruhara’s Chapter Commentaries: Senyuu F5 Ch. 18-32

Haruhara’s Chapter Commentaries: Senyuu F5 Ch. 43-45

Haruhara’s Chapter Commentaries: Senyuu F5 Ch. 46-53

Haruhara’s Chapter Commentaries: Senyuu F5 Ch. 54-60

Haruhara’s Chapter Commentaries: Senyuu F5 Ch. 61-67

The Commentaries section of the Senyuu online reader (kimamanitranslate.tumblr.com/senyuu#commentary) should also have an up-to-date list of all current chapter commentaries.

Note: No chapter commentaries exist for Ch. 4-10 and Ch. 33-42.

Senyuu F5: Chapter 1

Raw: ch.nicovideo.jp/haruhara-ch/blomaga/ar1736317

My first new series in four years, Senyuu Reload, has begun. It tells the tale of what happens to Alba and the others after the end. I began thinking of the story while writing Senyuu+.

Everyone, please journey along with Alba and the others!

Since I’m drawing Reload as a normal paneled manga on a normal manuscript-sized paper, I’d love to have it in a proper volume someday.

[Image: A high-quality, coloured version of the below (taken from F5 Ch. 1)]

I redraw this scene to be new and fresh. Since I might as well, I’ve uploaded a big colour version here.

I want to make can badges someday.

Senyuu F5: Chapter 2

Raw: ch.nicovideo.jp/haruhara-ch/blomaga/ar1745538

At first I planned for them to meet in a town, but when I drew them facing off in town, I thought, If I put them in a forest, won’t it look like that panel in Yu Yu Hakusho? and let my personal tastes go wild.

Senyuu F5: Chapter 3

Raw: ch.nicovideo.jp/haruhara-ch/blomaga/ar1745545

This was the first battle scene I’d drawn in a while, so it was a little embarrassing handing over a serious storyboard to the editor I’d given nothing but Senyuu+ gag plots for the past four years. It felt like showing a manga I actually put effort into to classmates I always just joked around with.

Lolo Fry Mitts. His name has no real inspiration. When I decide on Western names, I either pick random German or English words or choose whatever sounds good to me. His name was just something that sounded good to me.

When I choose based on what sounds good to me, names tend to get influenced by my own tastes, so the probability of stretched-out sounds in the name increases. (Like with Alba Paulred). I think this is because my favourite Western name is Tifa Lockhart.

(T/N: In Japanese, all of these names include a dash (ー) that indicates a stretched sound.)

Tifa Lockhart really does have a good ring to it. In terms of personality, I prefer Yuffie Kisaragi though.

As with manga drawn for a magazine, I draw Senyuu F5 panels on a large canvas, then my editor trims it a little before publication. The whole thing including the entire outer frame looks like this:

(T/N: I included the F5 version as well for easy comparison)

Try comparing them!

[Image: Natsu snapping Teiba’s leg in two at his ankle]

For this scene, I originally intended for Lolo’s leg to be blown off instead of just broken, but I decided that even Lolo wouldn’t be able to stand with a leg blown off, so I let him off with just a broken one... though a normal person wouldn’t be able to stand on a broken leg either.

[Image: Rough doodle of DakiKaba with brown hair and Natsu with red eyes and black hair]

Here’s a doodle I did on the edge of my storyboard.

[innovativestruggles]

TsukiYachi speculations, thoughts and theories based on canonical evidence - PART 2

EDIT: Read Part 1 here

Okay following on from my original thesis, I thought I would put up a Part 2 now that I have finally caught up with the manga. And seeing as the manga is in it’s final arc (though this may take awhile to complete considering how long an arc takes), I thought I would do a final wrap up of my TsukiYachi speculations/theories up until the timeskip (final arc of the manga). If I see any other interesting stuff during the final arc, I will write a Part 3 but judging from what I have read so far, I am unsure if there will be any more details.

In saying all this, Part 2 is relatively short as the interactions between Tsukki and Yachi are non-existent minimal. So what I will do is draw on some comparisons between the earlier parts of the manga series and the arc before the timeskip. Do I make sense? My mind has been a jumble these past few months ughh

WARNING: This post contains some manga spoilers

Interactions

Following on from the Shiratorizawa arc, it’s sad to see the very minimal page time for Yachi. Tsukki still had some of his moments but there was nothing major in terms of character development. There were scenes of flashbacks that looked at comparing his development re; before vs. after but that was pretty much it. 

Yachi just had a few panels of interesting facial expressions during the game.

Yeah I’m gonna put them in below even if it is irrelevant to TsukiYachi - cause Yachi is a gorgeous lil freaked out bean. And mind you, a couple these reactions involved Tsukki blocking so yeah maybe it is like 30% relevant (don’t ask me how I came to that percentage) lmao

Comparisons with Earlier and Later Chapters

I want to use the Shiratorizawa arc as the ultimate baseline for this paragraph, as this was where we saw the most (and important) TsukiYachi moments hehe. So having just caught up with the manga, I’d still like to say that Yachi’s page time over time becomes less and less. When she was first introduced to about the first quarter of the Inter High Spring Tournament prelims, we get to see quite a lot of Yachi. Then it dropped dramatically until the Shiratorizawa arc and then very, very minimal again thereafter. 

Likewise on Tsukki’s end, post-Shiratorizawa we see a lot less of him (prob because his major development time has been done and dusted). 

So my concluding thoughts? We don’t see anymore Tsukki character development after this arc, so the one and most important time for his growth occurred with Yachi having extra page time (yeah she makes a comeback with more page time just for this dork). Hehe, overanalysing much? Yeah I think so too but I fucking love it, cause it proves this ship ain’t no crack ship. 

Again, Furudate could pick anyone to get in on the Tsukki character development commentary (he did so with Yamaguchi in the earlier parts of the manga, and considering how close Yama is to Tsukki, I would think Furudate would use him again. Or even Kiyoko! She’s the damn manager! but yeah he chose cute Yachi instead).

Post Spring Nationals (before timeskip)

YO CHECK THIS OUT! FURUDATE DREW THEM NEXT TO EACH OTHER AGAIN! 

FOR THE SECOND DAMN TIME! 

Cause we all know how important a panel with all them players are sitting down together and eating. The panel below was of the team after they finished up at Nationals. LOOK AT THEM! LOOK AT TSUKKI AND YACHI EATING BESIDE EACH OTHER! I can’t. I’m gonna cry tears of joy.

AND THEN THIS ONE! WHEN THEY WERE SAYING GOODBYE TO THE GRADUATING THIRD YEARS! Ughhhhhh ... look at how small Yachi is next to Tsukki. These twwwwwwooooooo <333 

Furudate thank you for feeding my TsukiYachi soul. Like one panel after another. I’m gonna faint....

Extra Info on Star References

I already wrote this in my other post, but I wanted to put an image of how much Yachi loves her damn stars...HER BLANKET...AND THE LIL END OF THE SANTA HAT AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH 

(and Tsukki with his giant star in the manga)...I’ve lost count of how many star shirts he got in varying colours and with different star sizes lmao...

Timeskip

Not much to post here except the fact that Yachi looked adorably pretty and her star accessory migrated to her ears as earrings instead. Yeah this girl still obsessed with them stars. 

So I am looking for future references whether grown up Tsukki still wearing his star shirts..or got any other...variations...

Currently awaiting for more chapters. Fingers crossed Furudate gives us more subtle references for grown up TsukiYachi teehee.

Bonus

The three lil munchkins all grown up. Lmao Tsukki looks so sass here..

Bonus Bonus

Unsure why Tanaka gotta be in this image but Tsukki and Yachi together in a merchandise promotion for Season 2

Bonus Bonus Bonus

Both these precious dorks were born in September (Yachi: September 4th, Tsukki: September 27th). They be September babies together <333

Why are these two so matching?!?!?!?!? <3

I had so much fun doing this! HAHA! The major evidence are all in the first post I wrote. So this one is just some extra materials I found along the way and whilst finally catching up in the manga.

Also, for @mimi-cee-hq​ because I know you will always be interested in TsukiYachi materials hehe

That’s all folks ! Peace out !

[kieranosbornfmp2]

Far Sector

James Campbell made far sector in 2020 and it is about a futuristic world where crime doesnt exist. It is a green lantern based comic and won the award for best comic of 2020 a sentiment I can’t share. This comic isnt bad it is really well drawn and is one of the only western comics where the art doesn’t look stiff however it is extremely hard to read and it’s due to the colours and lack of bold outlines that often help comics set things in the forground apart from the background. The style looks good but I feel it would be a lot easier to read if it used less panels especially less overlapping panels as they always look awful and like you didn’t know how to make a few rectangles fit properly on a page. I would hate to see how they play Tetris.

Compared to my style and manga in general I find manga a lot easier to read. Unlike westerns Mangaka’s are often given an extremely brutal deadline to make their comics in often expected to make a chapter a week which is about 20 pages. This means that some cut corners, making them black and white to save time colouring (plus it looks good) and also making simplistic easy to master styles that they will be able to redraw over and over effectively and quickly. Manga also often has less panels than a western comic and don’t overlap a panel over another panel because that looks extremely bad and is hard to follow. My manga Wild Hunt is set to follow the rule of only having a maximum of five panels and this is so that I do not overcrowd a page, give the art you drew room to breath and also make it easier to follow. 

Wild Hunt page 5 (most recent page at this time)

Other Manga

[luna-memoria]

Thank you to the amazing @goldensmilingbird for tagging me!

Rules: It’s time to love yourselves! Choose your 8 (ish) favorite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc.) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought into the world in 2020. Tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome work!

1. Kageyama Tobio jogging at dusk

You can probably guess but this list is gonna have like all of my coloured art lmao because I'm always too lazy for those. I honestly like this one a lot! After reading the hq prototype manga I wanted to do a panel redraw so I did it and actually coloured for once and it turned out pretty nice

2. Engeki Haikyuu Tokyo Battle screenshot redraw feat. Akaashi

Another screenshot redraw. Tokyo Battle was really just filled with content that the anime ova Did Not provide and the first time I saw this scene I freaked out a little internally, idk if it was in the manga as well but it really made me love Akaashi and Fukurodani a lot

3. My silent cat fic "Snow"

Yea. I really didn't write a lot this year bc ~✨lack of inspo✨~ amiright but this one I'm actually pretty proud of and am capable of reading it without feeling incredibly embarrassed (the bri/chat one from last year is... hard to read, to say the least hahaha, also I have a hard time remembering When exactly I drew/wrote what)

4. Edeleth, "Dear El,"

One of those things I did for fun and stress relief and turned out nice!

5. Akechi nostalgia doodles

This one's pretty well received for my usual stuff, I was testing out a new pencil brush in procreate and at the time p5 was on my mind so of course I had to draw my absolute fave

6. Deltarune fun gang in front of the fountain of darkness

Pulled up Before the Story, extended ver. on youtube and just decided to color something because the music made me feel at peace

7. Kagehina doodles

I started watching the stage plays around this time probably lolol and got lots of s2/summer of evolution feels

8. Fukurodani Hinata + bokuaka

I saw an art of Hinata in other schools' uniform and there wasn't a Fukurodani version so I made it! They're my favorite (then again I literally have four favourite schools and idk how many fave characters in this damn series) so I had to do it heheh

Anyways that's about all of my rambles haha, thanks for reading. As usual, tagging anyone who wants to do this. Wishing everyone a good year, for content creating or otherwise 💕💜✨

[kenkamishiro]

zakki:re translations Part 2, Vol. 3-5

Part 2 took a bit longer than usual because I had to finish the Ishida x TK interview (which you can read here). On to volumes 3-5, and hopefully I can start on Ishida’s Q&A’s simultaneously in the next couple days!

If you would like to start from the beginning, please click here.

Takizawa.

I was happy when I could finally show him like this since I've always wanted him in this form ever since OG. But I fumbled the timing of his entrance, plus I also had the idea of putting Amon first in the auction hall. Next to him are two Dobermans. I hope I’ll be able to draw animals better.

Weekly Young Jump 2015, Issue no. 17, Opening colour page

Little Kaneki.

I think this colour illustration was drawn well, considering my abilities back then. The thing he's carrying in his arms, is it a birdcage? Or possibly an urn?

Weekly Young Jump 2015, Issue no. 28, Opening colour page

[T/N: HQ scans provided by TG_Hub, thank you!]

The cover of :re volume 3 features Takizawa and Hinami. I like it because of how disturbing it looks. I drew this Takizawa nibbling on his fingers by underlying the drawing of him from the last page of :re volume 2. (...if I remember right!)

Auction x Audition The various squad members who appeared in the Auction Raid were recruited through a “Recruiting investigators!” type of project that the general public could apply for via collaboration with the part-time job magazine “an”. Originally I wanted to pick one person and have them appear for a bit before killing them off in the end. What ended up happening was that about six thousand-ish applied, though I looked at everyone and picked from there. Hairdressers seemed to have a high acceptance rate, might be because they’re good at styling themselves and taking pictures? Also Numa Jun-kun, who’s aiming to be a comedian, is being called onto T.V. every once in a while. He’s contacted me and asked me to watch his skits, though every time I see it I feel he’ll do just fine...yup, do your best.

Operation status (at the time of magazine publication) ...anyways, every week the squad members would get injured, and with Owl showing up the situation changed, creating a very hectic environment to develop the plot. At any rate I had to somehow make the 20 investigators from “an” appear in the story...now that I think about it I have no clue why I tried to do that. I was asked to write down a status report of the dead, injured, etc. I created a draft of the design every week, thought of what content to include...I thought making something like that would be interesting, so readers could look at it while reading the manga. But when the volume was being edited, rather than being omitted from the page it was relevant to, it appeared halfway through the chapter, and as a result it became even more confusing to follow. (As an aside, I tried to request that it be brought back in the digital version as the original, but I don’t know if it will?)

Side story JOKER At the end of volume 3 of :re there is a one-shot about Juuzou, who’s become an associate special class investigator, investigating together with Hanbee. This was published while I was drawing OG volumes 13 and 14, and oh! It was published by Shounen Jump. They asked if I could draw a one-shot for Jump. One Punch Man also did something similar and the survey results turned out well, so they thought it would be good for my series. “Makes sense,” I thought, but at the time I was very busy and had absolutely no interest in it since the one-shot would force me to not include any spoilers. If spoilers were allowed I would’ve agreed to draw it. But when I was talking to my editor a light bulb went off in my head and I came to the revelation: “What if I write about Juuzou in the future?” I was still in the stages of drawing OG, and I thought if Tokyo Ghoul readers read it they would think,” What’s this supposed to mean?” and Juuzou would be able to pique the interest of even first-time readers. I drew more than 30 pages of manuscripts while running a weekly series at the same time, wondering if I should’ve just called it quits even though I was the one who came up with the idea. Though the survey results didn’t turn out well at all.

2015, Volume 3, Cover

[T/N: Numa Jun is based off of Hiranuma Junya, whose Twitter you can visit here. He is also featured on the dust cover slip of volume 3, and funny enough Ishida apologized to Numa on his Twitter after killing him off.]

The cover of :re volume 4. Tsukiyama and Kanae. I also really like the illustration of these two. I was addicted to putting vivid pink on deathly pale skin. However, the characters’ complexions seem to slowly be getting worse and worse.

2015, Volume 4, Cover

Kanae vomiting roses. She looks deathly pale, doesn’t she?

Weekly Young Jump 2015, Issue no. 43, Opening colour page

The colour page found at the end of :re volume 5. There is no clean version of this illustration since it was combined with the text layer.

2015, Volume 5, End frontispiece

[T/N: The translation for the text, which is an excerpt from Takatsuki Sen’s “The Black Goat’s Egg”, can be found here.]

Kanae as a woman. An image of her ideal appearance.

2015, Volume 5, End frontispiece

Hairu. She had already been slaughtered at the time of drawing this illustration. And then, my unfulfilled love for Hairu began to simmer and boil over... Is this...the type of girl I like...?

2015, Volume 5, End frontispiece

The cover of :re volume 5. Haise with Eto by his side. Their complexions are deathly pale here too. I forget what I was trying to do here, but I was so busy those days that I couldn’t finish this illustration. I remember I had a difficult time drawing because I wasn’t in good condition. (Was that when I was working on JAIL by any chance?) Kijima’s death is depicted in this volume. I was eating cheese when I was drawing the “I want to eat cheese” panel. After hearing the amazing “I want to eat cheese” moment in the anime, it makes me glad I drew it. You can tell Furuta was drawn to look like a good person at first before his true character was revealed. There were a lot of panels I liked art-wise, such as the scene where Noro obliterated the investigators, and the two-page spread of Kanae playing the violin.

2015, Volume 5, Cover

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April 4th-April 10th, 2020 Creator Babble Archive

The archive for the Creator Babble  chat that occurred from April 4th, 2020 to April 10th, 2020.  The chat focused on the following question:

What is something you’ve improved with in regards to writing or comic creation thanks to working on your story?

carcarchu

Oh this one i can answer definitively. it's 100% lineart. forcing myself to have to do lineart for hours everyday is definitely a way to force yourself to get better at it while i still don't like it it's something that i can do now without being scared about it

shadowhood (SunnyxRain)

Colouring. I had to get really creative in expressing emotion and hinting plot devices with colour. Also got much better with drawing gesture drawings due to looking at a lot of references!

Cronaj (Whispers of the Past)

Either writing dialogue or drawing/painting backgrounds... I used to be particularly awful at writing dialogue. It was too stiff and formal, and sounded a lot like old prose. Now, because of writing a comic and going through several scripts, the dialogue is a lot more natural, and the pacing is more realistic to actual conversations. And the other: backgrounds. I really used to not even draw them at all, and doing a comic forced me to have to think about environments in scenes. So I went from drawing floating characters to having to consider where they are and how it affects the story/mood.(edited)

Feather J. Fern

Paneling! That was my main focus to figure out how to do good paneling to have clearer pages

Deo101 [Millennium]

Honestly? Everything. It's all gotten better and I've learned so much. I would say my biggest improvement is probably in my time management, and art wise is probably composition and layouts. But it's hard to pick because I've grown so much in every aspect!

chalcara [Nyx+Nyssa]

Biggest thing I learned was to keep the story small and focused - and that the smaller, more human struggles are much better in creating tension than the whole default "the world's gonna end!" thing. Mind you, I still love a good "world's ending" story, but you gotta make people CARE about the people in that world first!

Holmeaa - working on WAYFINDERS

ohohohoooo I have done more drawing in photoshop in this short time I have worked on Wayfinders, than the rest of my life! That has given me some skills for sure! Coloring is another one, and generally just efficiency and flow in a comic

Nutty (Court of Roses)

For me it's been my use of color, and getting more confident in experimenting with it to really drive home a scene's mood!

LadyLazuli (Phantomarine)

The clearest improvement I always notice is my layouts - I’ve gotten more adventurous with panel shapes and placement as time has gone on, experimenting with more interesting designs for the whole page. Some of those experiments haven’t been totally successful but it always feels like a worthwhile try. I’ve gotten some really, REALLY cool layouts out of these experiments, and I love seeing how dynamic the panels have become compared to my first chapter. Also speed. I’m so much faster now. Thank gooooooodness (edited)

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

@LadyLazuli (Phantomarine) I've definitely noticed the experimental panel layouts! They're really cool.

AntiBunny

Planning. Book 2 is when I started using sketchbook thumbnails to plan ahead. The luxury of that first draft meant I could rethink panel layouts and how to best express the events happening if I first had an idea of what was happening laid out.

Also digital art by necessity since I switched to digital during the current arc. I was decent at lineart already, but other aspects have really challenged me to grow as an artist. I had to totally rethink the way I create backgrounds for instance. During this time the background quality actually declined a little while I got used to a new method, but experience has improved my skills greatly as I force myself into new methods.

DanitheCarutor

Hmmm maybe paneling, speechbubbles and backgrounds? My current project is my second real attempt at doing a comic, but I have learned a lot of stuff from the community and general art and story tutorials. Backgrounds and bubbles were the worst for me when first starting out, I only read manga before starting so the speechbubble shapes did not fit with how English is written. Plus I've only drawn wooded fantasy settings before making my comic, so using a ruler, figuring out perspective points and drawing buildings was very new to me. I still hate drawing cities and such, but I've gotten a lot better at it and it is easier to do now. Since I mostly stuck with B&W before my current project, coloring also kind of improved? Depending on who's looking at it. Lmao If I were to think about story/characters/dialogue, I have no idea if I've improved. Honestly, I don't pay much attention to the quality. Also my brain kinda says it's all bad regardless of what I make.(edited)

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

For my Improvements: I'm getting better at my comic panels, as I adjust to the vertical style. Before I've always drawn the standard format. It's more than just boxes, I try to keep a variety of sizes. I'm picking up roughly how much 'gutter space' I need per 2-3 panels.etc I'm also improving on choosing colors that fits my love of detailed linework.(edited)

OH! I'm also learning about Clip studio shortcuts, how to use the assets they provide which makes the process, abit easier on me. Things I need to change, is I want to get a good speedy coloring style, without referring to my usual coloring.(edited)

Tuyetnhi (Only In Your Dreams!)

the more I worked on the comic, the more I feel ambitious in making different angles and perspective. So it's really hitting me out of my comfort zone which is good! lol Though I'm trying to keep in mind of my speed, what I feel like I've improved a bit is trying to keep in mind of paneling and dialogue.

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

Process! Space and i have definitely figured out the most productive way to produce content at the rate and quality that also provides us with time for our own projects. Comics are a useful tool that helps you discover ways to better organize your creative workflow for sure!

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

I think probably scenery. I used to dread drawing inanimate objects but now I feel more confident in filling in a scene & even look forward to it sometimes. Maybe also page composition and paneling but I still have a lot to learn there

eli [a winged tale]

One of the reasons I embarked on the webcomic journey is to push myself to improve not only storytelling but also utilizing art to create a reader experience that would be difficult to replicate with just words. I’d like to think that 9 months into making A Winged Tale, I’ve improved on deciding when is a good opportunity to invest more into backgrounds vs character dynamics and when should be focused more on sequences of panels and composition. While the comic is written in a four panel format, more and more I’m finding areas where the story could be told by breaking those rules (attached pic). It’s a balance and I hope going forward I will improve more in pushing the limits of panels and find ways to express the story in fun and interesting ways.(edited)

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

Wow that's a very good description @eli [a winged tale] I look forward to reading more of your story journey

eli [a winged tale]

Thanks so much Joichi! I’m eager to keep learning~

Capitania do Azar

I'm gonna go with planning and actually getting it done. I'm so much faster because now the process is much more streamlined to me

kayotics

My whole comic was started s an exercise to just get better at comics generally so I’d probably say every part I’ve improved at? The biggest things are probably colors and the upfront planning process

Phin (Heirs of the Veil)

Ooof hard question. I think my main improvement lies with page and speechballoon layouts and writing natural feeling dialouge. I'd say maybe also character acting?

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

I'm slowly learning how to create more engaging comic narrative. I read and research in the polished prem webcomics to see what makes them engaging? Like I'm going to challenge myself by creating a series of short stories with a reoccurring set of characters. Every new comic series I create is an experience, trial and error. Sometimes I skip the writeup and just go in blind, trust my own instincts. I'm glad to reach out and talk about it than in my own head. I hope by this year, I'll have at least 2 chapters of Hybrid Dolls out.(edited)

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

I've definitely gotten better at planning/ outlining multiple chapters ahead of time. I did not even do this when I was doing the first 10 something chapters. (I did attempt an outline before I began the comic, but the story changed significantly from the outline by the time I started the comic, and I did not try to do it again for a long while.) I can't remember when I started, but I do recall having a lot of trouble the first time I tried to do it. It's gotten a little easier each time, though. In fact, I just spent the past few days outlining the next few very important chapters, de-tangling some big tangles. I'm really glad my outlining (and overall writing) skills had leveled up, because HOO boy, I don't think my 2014-2015 self could have done this!

I also became friends with enviros. I had already become somewhat comfortable drawing perspective when HoK started, but I had a sort of mechanical approach to it, like "oh I need some enviro for these establishing shots, guess I'll draw them." But now I LOVE drawing enviros! (some types anyway...) It's my comfort activity, something I treat myself to after a long day! In the thumbnails for my next few pages, there's a few enviro-heavy panels that I have to remove, because I drew too many of them (and the pacing got too slow as a result). I have to stop myself from drawing too many of these.

My biggest improvement is probably I've come to understand my characters and my themes much better, but that's more of a "I got better at making HoK" than a "I got better at making comics." There's definitely a difference between the two.

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

@keii’ii (Heart of Keol) ah I totally understand I tried the outline method before I start but my story changed alot after I drew it. So it start to feel like a waste of time for me, but I'll still write an outline to make sure to plan where my story heads(edited)

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

Yeah! I needed to draw those first few chapters to understand the direction of my own story.

The drawing part is an essential part of self-reflection, to try to understand what it is that I want out of the story. The answer has always been there in my heart, but I'm not able to see it clearly from the get-go.

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

I end up breaking scenes and put them in for future episodes, since I want to get a certain flow in the story.

It could be tricky to see what it is you want out of the story until you are in at least 3 chapters in?

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

I needed way more than 3 chapters -- though granted, my chapters are short, so that could be a part of it

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

I see the early first script as testing the water. like a test to figure out the characters personalities. Unless you are bringing in old characters which you knew before?(edited)

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

Even if the characters have been with you for a while, unless I have made a comic with them, there is a big chance that the characters will completely change, too.

DanitheCarutor

You know, I was thinking about about this, mostly about how I wouldn't have been happy if I was able to finish my comic the day I started. Then I realized I'm happy that I didn't. The first chapter wasn't the best, I was just learning how to coloring a comic, still fleshing out my characters and was still brainstorming small kinks in the story. I also still didn't have as much of an understanding of perspective, or panel and bubble layout. Even though I still have a lot I need to work on, I've gotten a lot better in all those aspects. Even though my use of color is weird, I've definitely gotten much more confident in it, enough so that I experiment and take a lot more risks with style. Even though my panelling can be boring, I have a much better understanding of how I want a page to look. I've improved a lot with my planning as well, like even though my thumbnailing/storyboarding only takes maybe 30, I've learned to step away for a bit if I don't like a layout, or analyzing why I don't like it and brainstorming ways to make it better. If I had magically finished the comic all at once, it would look really bad and may have been less readable.

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

That is inspiring to hear about your improvement @DanitheCarutor

Natsu-no-Hikari

Chiming in! Just this week, Miko (my co-creator) and I were discussing how far we've come from when we started our first comic (https://liarsgotoparadise.com/) vs. where we are now. I think there have been a lot of learn experiences, such as art, dialogue, general editing - but especially with pacing and character interaction. We regret that we didn't stop to focus more on that interaction, as we wanted to move ahead in the story...and now we can't change that, except to start now and not allow ourselves to grow impatient. Take our time and enjoy the journey - that's our new motto. There's a time to rush ahead in perilous moments, but there's also definitely a time to catch our breaths and let the characters mingle and speak. It's an improvement that will become more noticeable going forward in Liars and our second comic as well.