#because i reeeaaally like how it played out in game but. that’s for another post when i fully get inula’s backstory fleshed out :3c

[ectoplasmer]

finished (or at least got through part of the epilogue party in) bg3 today and ough. i’m going to be tormented by thoughts of post canon inula and astarion aren’t i

[aseriesofunfortunatejan]

(I don’t know how safe it is for me to post this but basically-- I mean no harm, take my word for it)

Here is my (very) quick attempt at understanding why I don’t like this sprite of Amami. Why-s and how-s (etc.) under the cut!

Having been doing Danganronpa sprite commissions for what? Three years now? And having been regularly looking at sprites for my useless analyses and useful translations, I’ve come to realize the official sprites are very flawed - as we all are - in a way I personally can’t overlook, which is why I simply don’t like them anymore.

When upset by the topic because I’m trying to use them as reference for a pose and find that it makes no sense and my animation teacher would destroy me if I tried to turn in a drawing like that (granted he’s not very nice), I usually bring up V3′s sprites as my arch-nemesis.

It’s extremely obvious they were rushed and most, to me, are simply displeasing to look at. Comparing them to UDG’s sprites, for instance, does them a huge disservice - UDG has my favourite sprites by far and I don’t think that’s a boiling hot take. They have different types of flaws that go from weird positions to weird proportions passing by awful hands and spots the artist forgot to colour in. Some are more obvious than others - some I could see immediately and some others I only understood after trying to remake the same pose properly for a while. When it comes to this specific sprite of Amami... Well, I always knew I hated it, but it was always hard to pinpoint why exactly.

Amami’s design is overall beautiful and most of his sprites manage, in spite of their flaws, to show off his bad-boy kind of beauty very well. His facing sprites, that is, because almost every other pose (3/4 or profile) he strikes looks genuinely disgusting to me. (Which is extremely disturbing to me because I may or may not have a crush on this fictional character.) This one sprite in particular is my least favourite and I was interested in understanding why, which is why I tried to edit it in a way that’d let me find out how it could look better.

Now keep in mind that writing all of this is taking me more time than I spent actually editing the sprites (because writing is fun). If I’d spent more time studying it, I would probably have changed a lot more details about it: most notably his trousers’ folds, which I think make no sense (I did think about editing them a little but I’m also a novice when it comes to folds, so it probably wouldn’t have been *that* much better in the end - I definitely don’t claim to be magically great at things a professional artist visibly struggled with) but I might also have played around the position of his arms and his hair, as they’re usually what I end up disliking about most DR sprites (that being said, I didn’t, so maybe they’re not that bad at all). On that note, you can probably see where exactly I cut some parts because I literaly edited them in a few seconds.

Now that this is all said and done, here’s what I found out:

- In terms of height, the proportions of this sprite are near perfect. Looking at his oddly small-looking legs, I assumed at first the upper-body to legs ratio would be off or something, but it’s actually really good. “Perfect” can rarely be applied to the proportions of a stylized drawing, but I can at least safely say there’s no ground for criticism regarding that part.

- My least favourite part of this sprite is the jaw. I’m judging by the amount of relief I felt when turning the “edit” layer on and off. I was very careful to use a reference of a man’s jaw and even though it’s quite the tiny edit, I find it reeeaaally satisfying. I really thought I was going to change his whole face and this sufficed to make me happy.

- I don’t know how I feel about his face. Sounds weird but okay. As I just said, I thought I would edit it a lot more, but as I tried, I found that nothing I did looked any better than the official one. I did sorta like the look of turning his eye a little bit but I’m guessing it’s subjective taste and cannot be identified as a “fix”-- but at the end of the day, I still think it looks a little off, but can’t put my finger on why or how it could be better. To be honest, profiles are hard to pull off and especially to stylize, and I can’t do it for shit, so... While I really like when my 60€ game has pretty drawings in it, I guess I can’t fault this sprite for having an awkward-looking profile?

- Legs too small lol. While I discovered they didn’t lack in length, I confirmed his legs could handle being a little t h i c k e r. It may look at first like I made his butt bigger (which is a very valid edit imo) but I actually made his pointy butt just a liiiiiittle bit thinner. The thighs are what really changed. I’m not saying Amami needs bigger thighs, but editing them this way made the whole drawing feel more stable to me, and his t-shirt look a little bit less like it was made out of solid plastic. I also think his feet could handle being a little bit bigger, assuming that he’s a cis man.

- I mean, Quasimodo is valid. But while I didn’t search for a reference that would correspond to this pose exactly, I’m pretty sure your arms... don’t... do that. In any case, I feel like my quick edit contributed to the sprite’s stability as well.

I also forgot that one of his rings isn’t closed off for whatever reason.

Anyway, that’s about it. I’m sorry about this long post and I don’t really assume anyone cares, I’m mostly writing this for myself because, again, editing this was pretty satisfying.

If anyone else is interested in the topic, though, I’d like to hear your opinions! What would you change about this sprite, or maybe another specific sprite you don’t like? What do you and don’t you like about my edit of this one? When it comes to stylized art, everyone draws the line of what’s part of the style and what’s too much in a different place. I’m always interested in hearing where that line is and what type of art someone likes!

(PS: I could most likely have edited his legs and butt a little less thick as this might give him a bit more of a feminine figure but uuuuuuuuuuuuuuh)

[alffamilysquad-blog]

ALF - Squad Headcanons

Chapter 2.1: Families

Let’s continue with the Family of our beloved K, shall we?

K is really secretive about them he’s pretty secretive about his personal life in general

Reeeaaally secretive

“K, tell me about your family.” - “I.....have one.”

He doesn’t answer any questions about them

The Gang jokes that he murdered them or something and K just stares wordlessly at them

They are frightened

Tbh, at first no one really buys it except Silver 

He starts behaving weird around K because “HE COULD BE A MURDERER”

“Ollie stop, what could K possibly have done.” - “Tell me one personal fact you know about him.” - “Oh my god.”

They start an operation to find out what happened to K’s family

They subtly start asking questions about them more like Silver screaming “Where did you hide the bodies?!” over Dinner

At that point, K has probably had enough and introduces them

Surprise, surprise, he actually has a functional Family

His Parents dote on him

They’re really sweet but also embarassing

“Oh, is this the cute animal rights group you’re always telling us about?” - “Mom”

They immediately pull out the baby pictures

He’s all rebellious and shit and they’re just like: “You do you Sweetie!”

“I’m going to destroy corporate evil today.” - “Good for you honey, bring a sweater.”

His Parents are called Seong (the Dad) and Dae (the Mum) But feel free to correct us if anything’s wrong with those names, because we don’t know shit about Korean names or Korea in general 

And they love gardening

They start giving Silver giant baskets of Vegetables to bring home with him whenever they visit

(Then they give Blond another Basket in case Silver runs out)

K’s Family is huge btw

And for some reason they are always at his Parent’s house

He has lots of Baby Cousins and the second the Gang arrives, they make him play games

He’s surprisingly good with kids (at least with his cousins because they love him for some reason) cue to Jay drooling in the background

They’re like: “Let’s play ALF! I’ll be a puppy!” and K is totally embarassed

They immediately love the ALF Gang

They love Jay because he’s so sweet and he immediately starts playing with the children

And Blond charms everyone’s parents instantly

They actually think that Red is K’s Girlfriend for a sec which leads to Red declaring that she’s “very much gay, no thank you”

His whole Family is just really open and friendly in general and he’s the awkward one

Except his cousin Jaime

She’s the edgy, emo, Tumblr-Girl Cousin who’s always on her phone

She’s the other odd one out in the Family so K loves her, but she’s weirded out by him

But of course she’s as loved by the Family as K is, so they’re encouraging of her too

She just doesn’t appreciate it as much

Jaime: *coming into the room wearing all black with red hair and some fake piercings* “You look good today, Sweetie!” - “....I hate this fucking Family.”

She likes swearing in general

Her actual name is Lauren but she prefers to be called Jaime because Lauren is too old-fashioned for her taste

“Prefers” - If you call her Lauren and you’re not one of the adults in the Family, you have a death wish

Upon meeting the Gang (more precisely Jay) the first time, the first thing that comes out of her mouth is: “You look like the fucking Onceler.”

 But she says it in Korean, so Jay looks at K expectingly and K has to make up something

“......she says nice to meet you.”

She’s shittalking the Gang in Korean the whole time they’re there tbh

They sometimes hear their names and Red and Platinum totally know what’s up but Jay just thinks she’s saying nice things

She’s mostly just asking when JK will finally bang while smiling politely at Jay (who’s happy that K’s very polite, little cousin likes him)

Jaime nicknames Jay as Onceler btw

Once Jay finds out what Jaime has been actually saying, he’s mad at K for not telling him the truth while K is having War Flashbacks to all the times she told the two of them to “Fuck already” in Korean

And that one time Jaime got Jay a shirt that said “How bad am I” in Korean but told him that it meant: “’Animals are our Equals’ :)))))))”

He regrets nothing

But even tho the ALF knows now that K’s Family is not dead, there are still so many layers of mystery to them

It’s hard to make out how everyone is actually related (even K isn’t sure sometimes)

For example, there’s this one guy they all call Uncle but no one really knows how exactly he belongs to the Family

He’s just there

That’s about it! Those are our thoughts on K’s Family! (I’m actually lying, there’s more - there’s always more - but adding those things too would make this post way too long, so it’ll have to wait until they get a post of their own.

As always, feel free to ask us about certain stuff, we love to talk about Okja! as you can probably see lmao

Stay tuned for the other Families as well. Next up: The Kingstons.