#god bless the yuri artists

[lutheban]

some dbda doodles + comic dead girl detectives

[psipaka]

Happy pride month guys / original pics under the cut

[itcantbe]

still very sick in the head for them (Yuri/Loid)

[einsatzzz]

Ein's Art Log #1

@lixenn!! Here's the timelapse I recorded for my rarepair week submission! I'm just gonna start this log series because I wanna study art more and take notes of it here in this blog. And maybe it will help people with their drawings? I'm putting my notes below ↓↓↓

Draft & Lineart

First, for this art, I used a base made by Ging (깅). Using bases like these are always useful for a lot of things and it also forces me to draw things (like poses, hands, etc) I wouldn't normally draw by myself (if its up to just my hand with zero braincell input, I would just draw the characters facing 3/4 to the left over and over). Also a lot of them are just so *chef kiss*, god bless Korean artists. They're so good, especially with how they do the figures and anatomy!

I just adjusted the base a bit to match the characters' heights, since Kurumi is taller than Chrome by like 6cm.

Then when making the drawing a draft layer over the base, I usually use bright colors like green, red or blue (most often green). I usually don't think about the draft too much even if it turns out ugly, I think it's actually better that it turns out ugly and messy.

Otherwise, if the draft looks slightly more decent than expected, then I'd become too lazy to draw a more proper lineart. Whenever I remember to do so, I also use a gray-colored background so it's easier on my eyes, especially since I drew this after work.

For the "lineart", I used a brush called 촉펜 (MTL says it's "Touch Pen" in English; Content ID: 2050169). I recently started using this for doodles/sketches, it feels nice. It was free when I downloaded it, but it costs 10 Clippy now.

Anyway, I used a little bit more braincells for the "lineart" now after the draft, but then I didn't really try that hard to make it look clean, since I'm rushing to finish it as fast as I can. I just made sure that the outside lines are connected just enough for easier selection & coloring later.

Coloring & Shading

The coloring is where my experiment actually started! I usually go ahead and color them one-by-one per each color and part, but to be quicker, I used the Magic Wand selection tool to select the area outside the background, then inverting it so now the selection is at the characters *except* the background.

I then used the the bucket tool to fill the selection with the color I use as the base skin color. I still keep the selection there for further coloring purposes.

Just from here, I added another layer on top for the shading of the skin! For the shading, I used a brush called Yuri Watercolor (Content ID: 1889385). This one's really a paid brush, but I liked it a lot so I got it hahaha.

I do plan on replicating on doing this on IbisPaint one of these days! My plan so far is to use the free watercolor brush there, lower the brush opacity to around 60-70% and then draw the shading on a clipping layer set to the Multiply layer effect.

After shading, it looks like this now! I didn't mind the colors bleeding through the non-skin parts (except for two parts: the neck shading that would bleed to the face and thigh shading that would bleed to the skirt). I also used this brush to color Chrome's eye. Huhu I can't remember how I did it, helpskjfbjsbf

Then for the coloring of the hair and clothes, I just used the soft airbrush! I tried using the Yuri Watercolor brush for it too, but I couldn't quite grasp it yet on how to use it for coloring/shading those parts. I guess I know what to study next hahaha

When coloring the hair (and clothes), I did color the middle parts but didn't really full-on color till the edges to make that fading effect at the edge.

For the shading, I added clipping layers above and used the watercolor brush again!

For the hair highlights, I used the soft airbrush again. I just used a white color on a Soft Light layer effect to add a faint highlight on their hair (showed on picture on the left). Afterwards, I added another layer above with the Add/Glow effect and turned down the opacity to around 50%, to put more shine to it (showed on picture on the right).

Additionally, I also added a paper texture layer at the bottom! I also grouped up all the lineart and color layers into one folder and set the layer effect to Linear Burn.

Finally, after a bit color corrections/adjustments, blur filters (post-processing stuff, maybe for a different post?) and adding some decorations, the drawing is finally done! KuruKuro my beloved 💖

That's the process I'm playing around with so far, but I think I can still improve on it. I'm also planning on making a page on my wiki to compile my resources, references and such (maybe some free to use assets too). But anyway, that's all for now!

[priestess-of-yuri]

idk if i caused a cultural shift with my complaining or what but it's nice to see artists are recently saying mizisua are "doomed yuri" instead of "toxic doomed yuri" because one of these is accurate and the other is dumb and nonsensical af (see my other posts for why, btw)

god bless. i love mizisua so much. they are like if you distilled how i feel about my partner and put it into fiction i'm so NORMAL ABOUT THEM!!!!!!!

holds my head in my hands..............

[thenanamisimp]

Lycoris recoil

Genre: Action

Warnings: Violence/ Blood

You want a ridiculous anime? You got one! (stick with me for this one)

A secret Japanese organisation fights terrorism by training orphaned teenage girls to be unparalleled assassins called Lycoris. The two Lycoris, Chisato and Takina, become partners after a rash decision causes Takina to be kicked out of headquarters. That’s how she meets Chisato, Lycoris prodigy, who is determined to show her there’s more to a Lycoris’ life outside of headquarters.

I know it sounds stupid but I swear you’ll be glad you watched this.

First of all, yes, I’m aware how ridiculous 16 year old assassins that fight terrorism are. I’m also aware this is a fictional work and I can appreciate ridiculousness because Attack on Titan is just as ridiculous if you think about it but it’s just set in a different world so everyone loves AoT.

Second of all, I also know that the reason Chisato is so OP is absolutely stupid but once again. This is an anime that just decides to really go for ridiculous and I’m here for it.

I have watched anime after anime of ridiculous male leads with stupid strong powers where they manage to do the most insane shit and that anime is still considered good *cough*Devilman Crybaby*cough*.

Thing is, the point of this anime is not the Lycoris. It’s not the fighting. It’s Chisato and Takina and the fact that if you add a confession scene, this anime would’ve been the best fucking yuri ever. I will die on this hill, we got queerbaited HARD and you know what? I ate it up. Gimme more. I know those girls are lesbians and they will one day realise they’ve been sitting in a glass closet with no doors.

Moving on from the queerbait tho, while the plot was a bit…. hole-y, I actually found the character writing very good and I’m sure people will disagree with me. But watching Chisato and Takina (even outside the queerbait) I thought that they were two very well rounded characters with interesting personalities and clear ambitions. Plus (and I’m aware the bar is on the floor) but god bless the artists for designing uniforms that made sense and didn’t sexualise them.

Overall I think that this is a great anime. Fight me.

(I dare you to say they’re not in love)

Thanks for reading another anime ramble! Enjoy watching :)

theNanamiSimp

[silvertsundere]

Silver Talks AniManga (26/05/24)

funny that I didn't end up watching that one yuri show airing this season but GBC and jellyfish doing a good job of keeping me well fed god bless

blue - finale/completed

Anime

Girls Band Cry Ep8

GREAT episode with some good emotional payoffs for stuff that's been building for some eps now. absolutely did NOT see the screencap here coming tho, caught me completely off guard LET'S GO LESBIANS

Manga

Witch Enforcer Ch15 (Finale)

before anything else a reminder that the artist for this is here on tumblr too @'camellia0x0 so you should go support them

anyway that was a fun little series. it's a shame it didn't get to be longer but for a first serialization and especially coming from an illustrator it was pretty good. when they went back to the moon a few chaps ago I said it was prob gonna end soon and turns out I was right rip. still, despite being short it was a nice read and felt better and more complete than the usual canceled series. of course I'm saying canceled series but we don't know that, the artist talked about it on twitter and they seemed pretty positive so who knows if they do another series in the future I'll certainly be there again if you want something short and sweet I'd totally recommend it 👍

[hongtiddiez]

Wip game: The Lyrebird King 👀❕

ask me about my wips 🌸

aaaaa Dav bless you for this!!

so The Lyrebird King is my own original novel i'm working on and you can read the chapters i have finished so far here

it features Caius who was one of my D&D characters for an old campaign that actually helped me realize i'm genderfluid, so he's very near and dear to my heart. last year while working on the novel i had a gorgeous cover commissioned from the amazing artist Cameron McCafferty (who i originally saw during a fan art segment of Critical Role and decided to reach out to)

the novel takes a lot of inspiration from Fire Emblem: Three Houses (particularly Yuri of the Ashen Wolves,) Skyrim (Riften's Thieves Guild,) Dragon Age 2, and obviously Dungeons and Dragons. i've crafted my own little world with it's own Gods and religion (based around the Major Arcana in tarot.)

there's also a playlist for it here that helps me get in the mood to write them and sets a lot of the tone. (we have it all and dear wormwood are the perfect songs for the overall story, battle cry is aries' song, and dancing after death is caius'.)

the story features Caius and Aries, two societal outcases with secrets that run deeper than the Mariana trench. they begin a friends with benefits relationship while transforming a set of ancient ruins into a safe haven for those "othered" by society. Caius works to bring down the corrupt members of the upper echelon, spurred on by unknown motivations but with an obvious grudge bared. Aries is hopelessly loyal to Caius, wishing he could find a way to bridge the gap between friends with benefits into something more.

i don't have anything for chapter 4 just yet buuuutttt (and i've never done this before) i'll put some of my future notes below the read more (CONTAINS SOME HUGE ASS SPOILERS)

Caius' mother killed by the king's advisor

After finding her dead Caius stumbles home to Aries covered in blood ("is that all yours?! Caius why aren't you saying anything, what happened?") and for the first time he falls completely apart, wailing his grief and clinging to Aries for comfort

Aries holds him close "I've got you, I have you" and simply lets him cry and scream and process, but Caius changes after that, is cold and distant and terrifying in his determination. Aries swears he'll do anything to keep Caius from feeling this way ever again

Every time Caius spends a night or has a very intimate moment with Aries he taps over his chest, over his heart, 3 times before he leaves or goes to sleep

When Caius confesses he loves Aries, Aries says he knows and when Caius asks how he could possibly know that Aries says "you tell me every time you tap over my heart. I don't think you realized you were doing it, but you do it each time, carefully and thoughtfully, and that's how I know"

[olderthannetfic]

heya, this is the anon that salted about edelgard fans who get defensive of their fave to the point of romanticizing imperialism, and kind of replying to the other anon.

you missed the point of what i said.

i never said anything about dimitri and somehow you attacked with the assumption my fav is dimitri (my fav is claude btw). red herring, but go off i guess.

imagine playing crimson flower (or even scarlet haze in 3 hopes) and finding things that could fit in the history of your country. the wars that we never asked all because some powerful country out there decided they were blessing us with their superior culture. imagine hearing edelgard's constant insistence for the greater good, and things will be better. when i live in a country that is still hearing from the still bleeding wounds of colonialism and imperialism.

playing edelgard's routes genuinely upset me, but i had two other routes i could play that would let me enjoy the game. so i did. and i also know people like crimson flower and like edelgard and that's fine. we all have different tastes.

what i don't agree is when people aren't mindful to what they say for the sake of defending their blorbos. imagine, for one second, what it looks like if you talk to a fan who is maybe not british or whatever nationality that doesn't have a history of being colonized (and mayhaps have a history of being the colonizer), and you tell them that edelgard did nothing wrong. you equate her tragic and complex personality to being absolved from all wrongdoings. you dig in that hill, and you will die on it like bernadetta on the flaming platform.

and so you got two fans hurt. one thinks you're a white supremacist, the other assumes you hate edelgard. and so nobody talks. only debates. nothing is shared. only fought.

at this point any fan of the house leader is overly defensive. if someone doesn't like claude, you're racist. if someone doesn't like dimitri, you must be an edelstan. if someone doesn't like edelgard, you just like dimitri to dick you with the areadbhar between his legs.

i don't like yuri because he's too much of a twink for me, but i'm sure there's some morality reason for it in the fandom space. i must be a *throws dart on board* aelfric stan and ship him with *throws another dart* count rowe while also supporting *last dart* aristocracy and rhea's dragon tits.

i wish people stopped being defensive and enjoy their barbie dolls. all their barbie dolls. let people share their barbies without having some goddamn debate happening. exchange clothes. cut the hair. do make believe with funny voices.

i wish dimitri artists weren't harrassed because they like drawing dimitri. i wish dimitri fans wouldn't plot their own harrassment war on edelgard fans because of this ""travesty"" or whatever the fuck. yeah, philosophy and social issues are going to be discussed. it's a game with war and politics. just be mindful and not defensive. talk about things but for god's sake please make sure not to trigger or squick a fan while gushing because you're too focused on showing your barbie is the prettiest.

i wish i could share racist and dark fucked up colonialism headcanons on the world of fe3h because it's a comfort for *me*, a southeast asian who grew up with the colonial mentality of western countries being better and we should thank them for conquering us.

but i can't share these headcanons (besides a few irl friends) because people would think it's an attack on edelgard because how dare i unromanticize crimson flower. or that i hate claude for projecting that and i'm racist. or use it as a "gotcha!" moment to dunk on dimitri because "hey he supports monarchy and the church, and they're components of colonialism! why don't you talk about that? hmph you just like his looks"

so it's exhausting. and i'm okay with playing with my barbie dolls alone or with a group of two. but i wish i didn't have to

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[wizardelf]

artists blessed by yuri gods yet accursed to only draw gens/hin impact and co/okie run characters

[archer-fb]

Incoming snippet, I his my word goal for tonight. “Shut up. Eat. You do that when you’re stressed, so shut up, eat and let me think.” You huffed, narrowing your eyes at her. Mikami gaped, but reluctantly picked up a rice ball and began munching away. Your mind honed in on that pillar that the peculiar being, that disgusting monster had showed you, the faces being present sharpening. Your eyes shoot open, your complexion paling. Those were the Gishiwara siblings. He used the siblings you practically treated as your own in that monstrosity he dared call art. He used the people you considered closest to you and twisted their limbs, braiding them together like some sort of grotesque tapestry. Tears filled your eyes as the gravity, the tremendous agony of what happened to you finally began to take hold. “You did really well on these,” Mikami complimented before her eyes moved to you again, your trembling form greeting her, fat tears rolling down your cheeks. "Hey, what’s wrong?” “H-He killed them…” You breathed, voice cracking as sorrow gripped you in its iron fists. Mikami abandoned the meal you had set out for her just on the off chance she’d swing by to see you, rushing to your side again. “He killed them…Yuri, Joto, Kaiyo, Hinari, Tetsuki, all of them…” You repeated, hands coming up to clasp at your head as you let out a wail, a scream leaving your throat and echoing into the night. Gyokko was fuming as he wove his way through the forest floor. How dare you insult his work! Such uncivilized swine! He could have perhaps waved it off if you had merely shown ignorance, but outright disdain? Calling him a beast, calling him asinine when he was trying to bless you with such imagery? He felt sick to his stomach. Part of him wonders if he should’ve just killed you, molded you into a work worthy of the gods above, you certainly had the beauty of some of the most ornate and divine oirans at your fingertips. Yet, you were not worthy of such a fate, of such mercy even, your blood not worth much even as paint on a brush to decorate a new vase, barely worthy of being spilled by his hand. No matter, you’d be decommissioned for your indiscretion. At least that much was fitting for you. Your words still stuck like sap to his skull though, such things normally being trivial to the artist. Gyokko paused before a small lake surrounded with foliage, the clear night sky reflected in the glass like water, fireflies dancing and glittering in the air all around. Peace, beauty. Gyokko decided here is where he will draw inspiration from within himself tonight. A serene expression crossed his features for a moment, before your words echoed within him again.

Foaming at the mouth rn

[vampcubus]

Free samples~! “Shut up. Eat. You do that when you’re stressed, so shut up, eat and let me think.” You huffed, narrowing your eyes at her. Mikami gaped, but reluctantly picked up a rice ball and began munching away. Your mind honed in on that pillar that the peculiar being, that disgusting monster had showed you, the faces being present sharpening. Your eyes shoot open, your complexion paling. Those were the Gishiwara siblings. He used the siblings you practically treated as your own in that monstrosity he dared call art. He used the people you considered closest to you and twisted their limbs, braiding them together like some sort of grotesque tapestry. Tears filled your eyes as the gravity, the tremendous agony of what happened to you finally began to take hold. “You did really well on these,” Mikami complimented before her eyes moved to you again, your trembling form greeting her, fat tears rolling down your cheeks. "Hey, what’s wrong?” “H-He killed them…” You breathed, voice cracking as sorrow gripped you in its iron fists. Mikami abandoned the meal you had set out for her just on the off chance she’d swing by to see you, rushing to your side again. “He killed them…Yuri, Joto, Kaiyo, Hinari, Tetsuki, all of them…” You repeated, hands coming up to clasp at your head as you let out a wail, a scream leaving your throat and echoing into the night. Gyokko was fuming as he wove his way through the forest floor. How dare you insult his work! Such uncivilized swine! He could have perhaps waved it off if you had merely shown ignorance, but outright disdain? Calling him a beast, calling him asinine when he was trying to bless you with such imagery? He felt sick to his stomach. Part of him wonders if he should’ve just killed you, molded you into a work worthy of the gods above, you certainly had the beauty of some of the most ornate and divine oirans at your fingertips. Yet, you were not worthy of such a fate, of such mercy even, your blood not worth much even as paint on a brush to decorate a new vase, barely worthy of being spilled by his hand. No matter, you’d be decommissioned for your indiscretion. At least that much was fitting for you. Your words still stuck like sap to his skull though, such things normally being trivial to the artist. Gyokko paused before a small lake surrounded with foliage, the clear night sky reflected in the glass like water, fireflies dancing and glittering in the air all around. Peace, beauty. Gyokko decided here is where he will draw inspiration from within himself tonight. A serene expression crossed his features for a moment, before your words echoed within him again.

AAA I'M FEASTING!!! the fact that our words have stuck with him, and that he already feels that he is unworthy to spill our blood? mwah. i am already so invested in this story and can't wait to read the next snippet (no rush ofc <3)

[hinachansadik]

Hi!

My name is Hina-chan. ( Sadik is for a Hetalia character (  ; ･᷄֊･᷅ ) ha ha (˙◁˙) )

I don't draw yaoi, yuri, furry (I really don't know, but I'm not very interested in learning), etc.

I'll only draw the female or male versions, depending if it is a yaoi or yuri ship. (I'll only draw hetero ships).

If you don't agree with my conditions, then, you can look for other fan artists, who will draw your ships better than me. ❤️

I say this in case you send me questions requesting that I draw something for you.

(・ε・｀)

Thanks for reading and understanding.

Have a nice day, God bless you.

(˶◜ᵕ◝˶)♡.°⑅

Personal blog: @miminskyhina

[scherzokinn]

god bless artists who gender swap mlm ships into yuri

[froggycoded]

GOD BLESS THE YURI ARTISTS

[domokunrainbowkinz]

Wizard! Victor from @roseus-jaeger‘s fic Together, We Stand

He’s been through Too Much and also he has a trash dad :)

(Dark Wizard! Yuuri will be next)