#good thing i have a backlog of art to post

[carmenifold]

help two disabled trans women eat and pay rent! (again...!)

hey it's your favorite local broke girl again!! happy new year, and here's to another year of begging on the internet so you don't starve!!! (just kidding i am so fucking tired and i want that to stop! lol) in all seriousness i don't know how we would've made it through the past two years without your help. it's... very difficult to figure out how to move on when people you thought you could trust in a very vulnerable period of your life just kinda.. put the person you love most in mortal danger and ruin your life. we survived but...

fuck it this isnt a journal post sorry. probably the lack of meds making me just say shit. anyway i have what is hopefully (send me luck please) a really good shot at getting an actual job soon and then i could hopefully just!! stop doing this!! and get back to doing art and the things i love and working through my heaping commission backlog (ty so much for your patience im so sorry)

but for now, we still have zero income. please, i know i've asked every month for the past year and then some, but this is the only way we can keep what little hold we have on things for now. if you can, please consider donating to help us make rent (around $600) and get groceries. if you can't, please consider spreading this post anyway. that's the thing that gets us help.

PP / VM / CA

i feel like i ran out of ways to thank everyone who's helped out so far, but i'll just say it again because i still feel so so lucky and grateful to have support through this mess: Thank you. <3

[kuno-korner]

im sure you'll never guess who my favorite kirby character is

[storytellering]

"I didn't get these scars falling over in church."

[mentheii]

second-worst friendship ever

[enhanced-operatives-division]

What do you think are some of Juniper’s favorite drinks? You think he’s a cocktail guy?

That guy tried beer once when he was 15 and vowed to never touch it again. ANYWAYS -

We know he's a wine guy from ieytd 2 (brah has a wine CELLAR) and I think he VERY MUCH enjoys fruity cocktails. The less like alcohol it tastes, the better

[galaxy-fleur]

OC Profile Case 01: Natasha Stakh

Additional info:

Age (at the time of first appearance): 23.

Height: 158 cm.

Affiliation: DSO.

Appearances: RE2, Damnation, RE6, Vendetta, Death Island.

Strengths and skills: Specializes in melee weapon close quarters combat and wilderness survival, bilingual, high natural charisma, empathetic.

Flaws and weaknesses: Lacks in brawn needed for direct hand-to-hand combat and can be overpowered when left without a weapon, low self-confidence, avoidant.

Relationships:

Romantic connection: Leon Kennedy, (former) Chaewon Lee.

Closest friends: Chris Redfield, William Roy, Helena Harper.

On good terms: Aruna Wella, Ingrid Hunnigan, Claire Redfield, Sherry Birkin, Rebecca Chambers, David Newman.

Acquaintances: Chaewon Lee, Ada Wong, Jill Valentine.

Dislike/negative relationship: Jack Krauser, Wendy Lloyd.

Quick summary:

- Natasha is one of the lucky survivors of the Racoon City outbreak. She ventured into the city after having her car break down, only to stumble into a pure nightmare. By pure chance arrived into the city just a couple of hours before the arrival of Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield.

- She met up with Leon near the entrance to the Police Station, keeping low and trying to figure out her next course of action up until that point. From then on, she accompanied him through his exploration of the abandoned station, for safety sake. While she's no police officer, she's oddly braver when she has someone else to worry about other than herself. Despite Leon's insistence on protecting her, she goes out of her way to be helpful in whatever way possible.

- She got crucially wounded after being separated from Leon and Ada and was presumed dead by Leon for a short period of time.

- She got rescued by William Roy and Carlos Oliveira, who happened to stumble upon her by pure chance in the days spent searching for a cure for Jill. She survived her injuries thanks to William's medical knowledge, and has felt indebted to him ever since. She left Racoon City before its bombing on the same chopper that Jill, Carlos and William did.

- Natasha has been trained alongside Leon, but has not been recognized for her skills quite as quickly. While a good learner and a quick thinker, she lacked the resolve needed to perfect her skills in combat, her small stature not helping her case much, either. She had a very strained relationship with Krauser, where neither of them have ever come to an understanding. Nevertheless, her exceptional wielding of melee weapons can be traced back to his teachings.

- Her and Leon had a very rocky relationship throughout their training. Having failed to save her back in Racoon City and apparently unknowingly leaving her to die when she could still be helped, Leon felt as if he failed to keep her safe twice. He never liked her choosing to pursue this life when she should have just returned to her old peaceful one instead. And seeing her so often just made these feelings of guilt and self-inflicted anger worse, thus pushing him away even further.

- Natasha comes in contact with and eventually forms a romantic relationship with Chaewon Lee a year into her training. Feeling pretty isolated all around, Chaewon offers her not only moral comfort and encouragement, but also some additional help in training. It's through this connection, does Natasha start to gain self-confidence and perfect her skills. Even though this relationship only lasted for two years due to their obligations getting in the way, neither party holds any ill feelings for each other. Although their interactions, are a bit awkward.

- Her and Leon slowly reconcile their relationship and start anew after he rescues Ashley Graham and lets go of the majority of his guilt for what happened in Racoon City. From then on, they end up working side by side on multiple assignments, their bond naturally strengthening with each one.

- She's the reason Leon stays behind in Damnation. By the time she appears again in a canon title, they have become good friends and trusted colleagues with each other. Being sent out to her home country, she's the main driving force behind wanting to get to the bottom of things.

- Natasha accompanies Leon and Helena for the entirety of Leon's campaign in RE6. Leon comes to realize his feelings for her as a conclusion to his campaign, although he doesn't act upon it just yet. Not outwardly.

- In the year between RE6 and Vendetta, Natasha ends up working closely with BSAA on a couple of cases and forms a close friendship with Chris Redfield. Just before Vendetta takes place, she receives an offer to transfer over to BSAA under the recommendation of Chris Redfield himself, coming into Vendetta feeling unsure and doubtful on what she should do.

- Natasha comes to realize her feelings for Leon as a conclusion to the events in Vendetta. She also chooses to stay in the DSO to remain by his side and no other reason, though she doesn't tell Leon that. He is not aware that she was given an offer of transfer in the first place.

- Leon and Natasha get together as a couple a few months before Death Island takes place. This happens during his recovery, as they both end up confessing things to one another: Natasha being the main reason Leon didn't follow Ada after Derek Simmons' death, and Leon being the main reason Natasha didn't accept the offer of transfer.

Trivia:

- Natasha has a big passion for cooking, and she would have pursued a culinary career in an alternate universe without bioterrorism. Coming from a poor background, cooking food is one of her primary ways of showing care and affection for those she cares about. Bringing homemade snacks and lunches is something she does for her coworkers on the regular.

- She watched over Helena closely after the events of RE6 and helped her a great deal with coming to terms with her involvement in the Tall Oaks incident. Helena views her as something of a mentor figure.

- She's one of the few people who genuinely finds Leon's sense of humor funny. Not even in an ironic sense. His quips and one-liners will have her giggling and snorting while everyone in the room rolls their eyes. Unfortunately, he rubs off on her, and by the time of RE6, she starts cracking a few one-liners here and there, too. They are just as terrible, if not worse.

- She has a somewhat petite body shape due to her aforementioned poor background, as she grew up into adulthood chronically malnourished. Her relatively short height doesn't help with her looking kinda tiny, especially among her peers. But she learns to use it to her advantage in combat.

- Natasha has no ill feelings towards Ada, even expressing a desire to understand her. Although she never gets the chance to do so. She even encouraged Leon to go after her if that's what he wants at the end of RE6.

- Wears her hair in a braid for most of her appearances. Occasionally lets it down when not on duty. Her hair is long enough to reach her tailbone when down, and while a bit inconvenient, bears a sentimental value to her, since it reminds her of her mother, who always wanted her to grow out her hair one day.

Nicknames:

- Tasha (by Leon).

- Nat (by Chris and Chaewon).

- little dove (by Ada).

Miscellaneous:

- Natasha/Leon Playlist

1 - by @\thatpyramidthing <3

2 - Picrew Link

3 - by me

4 - by @/thatpyramidthing

Picrew used for the main pic - Here!

[txttletale]

hey what DO you watch on youtube? seems like you'd have some neat recommendations :3

i really loathe the like super-highly edited sound effect post-mrbeast slop most of youtube is now so i mostly like stuff that's like... calm and sedate. stuff i've been watching lately in no particular order:

northernlion vods and clips. he's an OG. i especially like his react court series, i must have watched all of them like five times.

speaking of OGs i've been watching zero puncutation (now fully ramblomatic) for like ten years and if anything it's only gotten better. best game review content on the internet. been really enjoying his more recent, slightly longer and more thoughtful 'extra punctuation/semi-ramblomatic' series too.

any austin's skyrim unemployment rate videos. instant classics to me, it's just a guy going around in skyrim trying to figure out the unemployment rate in every town. it's a very dry kind of humour, he plays it admirably straight, and it's weirdly calming.

kitten arcader's foot the bill videos. in a kind of similar vein, he watches the saw movies and then produces an itemized bill for everything jigsaw needed to buy to make his traps. it's kind of like... if cinemasins was fundamentally curious instead of fundamentally incurious, it scratches a similar sort of nitpicky detail-oriented quantifying itch but without inimical to the concept of art.

shuffle up and play. it's a magic the gathering play series that has enough editing that the gamestate is actually legible but not enough editing (or at least, not enough obtrusive in-your-face editing) that its annoying. i also like that they reguilarly play non-edh formats like cube and pauper.

spice8rack. i'm pretty picky about video essays but spice8rack has very obviously actually read books and has interesting things to say about the topics it discusses (mostly magic: the gathering). sometimes it has a kind of grating Theater Kid Energy but the fact that it actually meaningfully structures essays and analysis to earn the silly long runtimes is a rare delight from a video essayist.

jenny nicholson is a long-time favourite and another permanent fixture in my rotation. she's just extremely, remarkably funny which makes her the only 'basically just summarizing a thing' youtuber i think is worth the time of day.

i watch some sketch comedy, mainly wizards with guns and aunty donna, who both consistently put out really funny stuff that's kind of ITYSL-adjacent in its barefaced absurdism and contenmpt for concepts like "stopping a joke at the logical punchline". i also really like alasdair beckett-king and binging the old clickhole backlog for short-form comedy on youtube.

wolfeyvgc is right on the edge of the level of editing i find tolerable but as a long-time fan of multiple esports he Has It, he's absolutelyt fantastic at t elling the narrative of a tournament, explaining plays clearly, and generally making competitive pokemon esports thrilling and interesting ti someone (me) who#s never played it and doesn't care about pkoemon that much

i religously watch every elliespectacular/dathings YTP, the absolute best in the game right now, top tier snetence mixing and really good at actually setting up and paying off jokes in a way it feels like a lot of ytp doesn't. verytallbart is also pretty good.

trapperdapper is a channel i recently binged, it's a really fucking funny parody of minecraft challenge content that veers slowly from obvious angles of parody into pure absurdism with tons of blink-and-you'll miss it subtle visual gags.

too much future is a great youtube series where the two guys from just king things/homestuck made this world play through every fallout game and analyze them in that context. extremely funny and also just top-tier very sharp analysis. really good

another one of the rare good video essayists is jan misali. they're really funny and will go into topics that kind of seem narrow or strange to begin with in such depth and make them so interesting that it's consistently astonishing.

oh and finally sarah z makes pretty good videos. 'the narcissist scare' is an absolutely brilliant deconstruction of one of the most annoying pop-psych phenomena of the last couple years. and remarkably well script supervised i think did anyone else watch it and think 'wow the script supervisor on this must have been, a mind geniuse'

ok i think that's all i've been watching lately. hope you like whcihever of these recs you check out :)

[darqx]

Snakes on a post

Another particularly long answer dump since i, once again, have a backlog of things to potentially answer |D

❗️For commonly asked qs please see my BTD FAQ

Got jumpscared with my own old art for a hot minute there LAUGHS.

(For those wondering, the naga doodle from here was attached to the ask)

That is every other Royal that exists in the Nether and also at least some of the demons that challenged him for his Royal title lol.

Believe me, no one was or is more surprised then me XD;

So, the thing about where Rire's ichor manifests is that it kinda exists and doesn't exist at the same time. Meaning that his upper back is where the manifestation point is anchored, BUT it can still manifest with a bit of space in between it and his back hence why it will manifest over his clothes and not through them.

So if you touch where the manifestation point is sans the ichor, than you are just straight up touching his back. With the ichor, he still gets sensory input from the tentacles to his back but it's a lot more soft and muted esp the further away it gets from him. As you've seen implied though, he would feel a very sharp pain if a great deal of damage was done to the ichor where it clusters at the manifestation point, since he'd DEF be feeling that straight in his back lol.

He is definitely a top and the only way he would bottom for anybody is if they somehow forced him to.

Ah i knew i'd answered this a long time ago [finally found it]! Holy crosses (those that have been blessed) can also burn him but they would need to be in contact with him the entire time. Being a Royal he also has more of a tolerance to these than normal demons.

Well, unless said person actually has the undeniable ability to make good on their words, Rire would just stand there rather genially with that little smile he sometimes has and let them finish.

And then he might use them as reverse suggestions for dealing with said person (why would you give him any ideas!!?)

both

In BTD canon it is quite possible that they actually haven't in person. But we are using creative license here haha.

Rire heals a lot faster than a human. Cain is not my character so I don't know how his stacks up.

I've grouped these asks cos they kind of have similar answers - 360° (jk sorry sorry to the second q that is just a very common spelling mistake and I couldn't resist XD; )

Now, even though we mashed all the characs together in BTD, they all actually come from different storylines and so their canons outside the "BTD canon" may differ. This tends to bleed in. With this in mind:

The rules of Rire's canon (eg the concept of Battle Royales and how to become a Royal) don't apply to Cain. Anyway, they don't live in the same place either.

Cain is canonically the oldest and most OP character in BTD lol so yes he is stronger than Rire - you might've noticed, but Rire is never in the same drawing as Cain voluntarily. I play with this along with the "natural weakness" aspect - which I've also referred to as scissors-paper-rock rules XD Basically; demons beat humans, angels beat demons (purely because demons have weakness against holiness).

It would (be insane) but I hope you are not looking at me to fulfil this :d

Not really

His coronation day is a public holiday in his sector so yes XD

Aww thank you very much for your interest! ≧(´▽｀)≦ It's really cool that some of you guys want to actually fund such a thing - I'd have thought you'd have enough of him killing you in BTD1 XD Unfortunately, I have no plans for a Rire game at the moment as I'm working on a webcomic which looks like it will take up all my free time (that being said, he will be in the webcomic at some point).

Nope! Although i can kinda see why you might think that lol.

Whatever that one is where he doesn't particularly care what someone else identifies as. It really makes no difference to him or how he will act.

There are viruses in the Nether that if contracted could potentially kill you, yes. Part of being a Royal is becoming a lot more robust than normal Demons though. As for if/when Rire dies, I dunno maybe either in a Battle Royale somewhere thousands of years down the line or by old age (which is rare for a Royal but not impossible if you play your cards right).

If you are asking if he has a heat/rut of some sort, he does not |D

[fallinginaforrest]

I Need Your Support!

Hey, I'm Fallinginaforrest. If you're a fan of Starkid, Shipwrecked, The Tin Can Bros, Pulp Musicals, Smosh, Aoaoaoa, or hell, even Dropout, you may have seen me on your dash before. I create art, I doodle, I wax Poetic about fictional characters and I shitpost... about fictional characters.

Where have you seen my work? Well, I've made Posters for the Artists in Aoaoaoa (Pasadena and Silverlake Tapes), Characters for the storytellers in Shipwrecked's D&D campaign, and have a three year backlog of increasingly obnoxious fanart of my other interests.

I've recently discovered that my Maintenance Loan from the Government isn't going to cover the cost of my University Accommodation- especially not if I want to do fun things like go to the theatre, or eat. Because I'm moving to a different part of the country, I'm currently unemployed and money is draining pretty quickly in the interim!

All this to say, I need your support.

How can you support me? Good question, reader. There are a number of ways.

I have a Redbubble, where you can buy selected artworks as prints, mugs, stickers, t-shirts, etc. Redbubble only pays out if you make over a certain threshold, so if I could consistently make that threshold it would be a great impact on my monetary situation.

I have a Ko-fi, where you can donate however much or as little as you choose, and in return you get to make requests and I'll shout you out! You can leave a donation with no request/anonymously as well, if you choose to.

Finally, My Commissions are open. This is HUGE. If you commission me, this will help me in a brilliant way. I can go to university and be comfortable and secure in my education.

Pinned Post: Updated on 23/08/24

[febuwhump]

I've participated in the last several febuwhumps (and a number of other whump-challenges) usually only with a goal of finished 3-5 fics because the prompts are so good that I can't manage to pare down my writing to finish more than that. Like you mentioned in a previous ask, things like natural disasters (my all time favorite) and time loops and pick who dies are a bigger undertaking than some.

And I don't even write terribly long fics. around 8-10k is my sweet spot which is still too long for like a fic-per-day challenge.

I would really like to try to finish 28 fics. It'd be a neat accomplishment. If if alright for me to do here (and feel free to ignore this if it's not) do you or any followers have recommendations for finishing a fic per day?

The closest I ever came was 16 fics and I cannot for the life of me figure out how I did that

oooh a good question!

having completed 2 whumptobers (X, X), i'll throw my best tips here, but if anyone else has any advice, feel free to reblog or reply!!

short fics - ideally, 3k maximum, short lil baby concepts that hit the nail on the head and tell the story as quickly as possible. occasionally a fic might extend to 5k, and sometimes you might come back to add additional chapters after the event is finished!

prepare in advance - if you're not a stickler for writing a fic every day, you can write some in advance, so you've got a backlog that will give you a few extra days of time during the month itself. or, have an outline or concept for each fic outlined in advance (i was very bad at this, my whumptober author's notes are full of me crowdsourcing ideas from the comments of my fics for the next day's)

writing sprints - carve out time and set short timers for writing, then actually do the writing and don't get distracted

edit last minute - all of my writing time was spent actually writing. the only editing i did was while posting; i would go through it minutes before pasting it into ao3, and do a line edit.

this is a challenge to create! not a challenge to make a masterpiece! your works of art can come after, and occasionally surprise you by appearing in the middle of the challenge after writing for 11 straight days about 11 different things

[cynthiav06]

With Percy, we know that he hates going to school and his goals don’t really line up with Annabeth’s, but Annabeth is kind of forcing him to do it with her because he can’t say no to her. Say Rick didn’t make Annabeth Percy’s entire personality, what do you think he would’ve done in the mortal world rather than go to university?

I was checking my drafts cause I am trying to catch up on all the asks in my inbox ( as I said in one of my earlier posts I was in middle of a medical situation so I have at least a month of backlog) and found this draft.

The funny thing is I had already written most of the post in the draft version, and this ask wasn't even being displayed in my inbox, so I was very confused as to when it was from.

But it's such a good prompt and a sort of controversial question in the fandom, so I wanted to post it asap.

Percy doesn't like studies, but he knows the importance of it, so I am sure he will finish his initial college, probably either in the science or arts section. We know at one point he got better grades than Annabeth at one point so he certainly isn't quitting studies and doing way better than what people expect. He also wouldn't like just staying at home and doing nothing (I am looking at certain Percabeth stans here), so he definitely would be doing one job or another.

1.

I don't think he would study marine biology like most believe. After a conversation I had with someone who had taken the course, I am convinced Percy wouldn't like it. It's heavily based on chemistry, and we know how much Percy is affected by sea creatures being mistreated or caged, so having to study marine biology wouldn't really be something he would choose.

2.

An interesting twist would be if he chose to be a writer like his mother.

We all know that Percy writes or at least dictates and narrates the first five books, which are written and narrated entirely from his perspective. Moreover, there are books on Percy just narrating his own sarcastic takes on Greek gods and Greek heroes. What if he did actually catalogue his own adventures in those books as a sort of manual for other demigods on how to deal with certain monsters and gods and such.

Through Percy's thoughts, even as 12 years old, we can certainly say he has advanced vocabulary despite being dyslexic and given how much he admires Sally, why wouldn't he be interested in following her footsteps. Sure, he has trouble reading, but that's not to say he wouldn't love expressing his thoughts through humorous retelling of his own adventures which he can pass as fiction to normal readers but actual experiences in demigod world. Who doesn't want to know the exploits of Percy Jackson?

Plus, it's a good money hack. And don't for a second tell me he wouldn't. Sally petrified Gabe, and then they sold his statute to a museum as a sculpture and earned money off of that. So Sally would definitely encourage it, and Percy would even follow through on it just for shits and giggles and the added benefit of helping demigods and earning money.

[I literally want this to happen just for the Godly reactions. I am all for god slander, especially Zeus slander. Poseidon would be half laughing at the book and half worried cause of the sheer catastrophes his son seems to fall into almost on a daily basis.

Apollo would be having a grand time, and Hermes will be half depressed and half impressed throughout. Overall, it would be hilarious all around, and it might finally make the gods feel a bit more accountable . It's literally the Reading Percy Jackson Series trope, and that's always fun.]

3.

One other option is that Percy will get into environmental preservation, specifically the protection of Rivers and Seas from pollution by actively involving himself and others in its cleanliness and purification. He would also run Beach cleanliness programs.

I think he and Grover would become environmental activists and would definitely get into preserving forest areas and other places where nature spirits dwell frequently. I can see them doing it a lot, long-term wise, too.

4.

I think he would kind of like marine explorations, but that might cause his powers to be somewhat exposed, so he might not do that, but it's a possibility.

That's all I can think of. I would like to hear everyone else's opinions on this.

[hajimehaga]

!! hello !!

here i am making my /official/ return, super for real this time.

i’ve been able to have the luxury to quit my job and start focusing on my art again full time! this means i can start posting again regularly and working on the projects i’ve had backlogged for so long. if you’d like to support me in this journey i do have a patreon and a kofi set up where you can get exclusive looks at a bunch of wips and other things available if you do (:

no pressure if you don’t, as i will still post here just only with fully finished pieces. Commissions are still closed until further notice, but with time will reopen again so keep your eyes peeled for that if you’re interested.

thank you all so much for your continued support despite me nearly disappearing off the face of the earth for a good couple years there. i appreciate you all so much and as always— stay safe and sane.

patreon

kofi

[nights-at-crystarium]

Hey if you didn't know, I make a lengthy ShB comic! If you still haven't read it (which you should smh), GO CATCH UP while I'm taking a week off due to health issues. I'm okay already, but I had to move the work schedule.

You won't risk not heeding Alisaie's words, right?

And, even if the comic, THE work of my life, isn't your thing and you're here just for random art, I have a massive art backlog on Patreon. I try and make public posts every other day, but sometimes I draw in bursts like I'm possessed, thus we get this pool of art that patrons have seen forever ago, and the public won't see anytime soon.

This art can be found in Patreon posts titled as "art log", or you may link your Patreon and Discord, automatically get access to the patron channel in my server, and scroll back to see all the goods in one feed. Neat.

I'm asking just for $1 for all of this forever, higher tiers don't mean anything except that you can afford giving me more support <3

[o0o0thorn0o0o]

Late, I know, but…! Only by two days, so I’ll still label/tag it:

Ichihime Week, Day 7: Mythical Lovers / Rainbow

I was planning on adding in magpies in the background this time, but I was getting lazy, and it’s already late, so maybe next time ^^;

(Also I was thinking of making a rainbow version, but it didn't come out as I would have liked? Idk. I still think it’s cute, though, so I put it under the cut)

Alrighty, listen: I really didn’t mean to wait this long to post. But, like, very shortly after Eid, my iPad’s storage filled up, like, to the point I couldn’t even access my mail (that’s how I found out, pfft). I was wondering why I’d ever need 256 GB 4 years ago… but still, it was $100 extra bucks. Sure, it was a grad gift, but 128 GB was expensive enough—still a lot of storage, too… Not enough, clearly!

Hoarding layers (and recoloring my own art, pfft) has really caught up to me… but also, it wouldn’t help too much if I didn’t either. After deleting what I could bear to part with, that took away around 5 GB, but merging layers in other works barely made a dent.

So I’ve spent these past few weeks wondering what to do, thinking about emailing my 2019 (imported from my 5s) and 2020 works to an email I also created 4 years ago for some reason I totally forgot about and never used so that I don’t end up taking any space in my actual one and then uploading them onto two (since I really don’t want my files corrupting) USBs via my laptop, trying to get those USBs from Target (but since I was adamant this time in getting 256 GB USBs—I don’t want to have to worry about storage for a longgggg time—there were none in stock), ordering them off of eBay instead since my dad insisted on their cheapness, waiting a week for them, then transferring them to that email and uploading them onto its Google drive if the files was too big…

But that was taking much too long and still left space on my iPad while I was doing it. I managed to complete the 2019 and 2020 pieces from my iPad, but it also only ended up being around 1 GB… So, like, I need to clear more years (breaks my heart, it does ;~; Sure, I still have access to them via that email and those USBs, but it’s not convenient anymore, and there are still pieces I plan on getting back to… ackkkkk).

Contemplating it some more and discussing it with a friend, much as I abhor subscription services, I finally decided to purchase a premium membership on Ibis for that 20 GB of cloud storage. I can afford the 30 bucks a year, and I like the app anyway—serves me good—and not having to watch an ad every 18 hours to access my go-to brushes would be nice, plus having access to the other stuff, but yeah: ✋🌈✨cloud storage✨🌈 🤚

Anyway, I’m pretty sure a good chunk of what’s taking up my space is actually the cache, as I’m already more than halfway through my drawings, and I’m not sure if I’ll reach that 75 GB of storage Ibis was apparently taking up with just my drawings. So I’ll probably need to download everything, then delete the app and redownload it ‘cause stupid IOS doesn’t let you easily clear it 🫠

Anyway, I really thought I’d be done by now, but am not—that said, I managed to clear out around 10 GB off of Ibis (not my iPad; I somehow managed to gain back 5?? Somewhere?? I’ve no clue; I don’t see it), which is wayyy more than enough to get one drawing done for IH week, so I paused the whole storage thing for now. I actually tried to get day one’s drawing done on the 6th, but I’m dealing with perspective that’s hurting my brain, so I decided to get day seven’s done instead, ‘cause I thought I’d be on time…

Me? On time? Man, who knew I was so funny… 😒

But yeah, day seven is done! I’ll definitely revisit that day one drawing in the future, but not anytime soon. As if I wasn’t backed up already, this whole storage mess has backlogged even further, and there are other dates coming up 😮‍💨 And, y’know, gotta finish the storage transfer, too… Ahhhhhhhhhh!

Anyway, on a more positive note, gradient maps are actually very neat to use—had a little too much fun, eheh. I won’t confess how much time I spent testing it out on this piece, but here be my favorite:

They’re so golden <3 ☺️

[rivalsforlife]

Ace Attorney 456 Tokyo Game Show Information Masterpost

Since I haven't seen all the information collected in one place, this post SHOULD be a comprehensive review of everything revealed today - though please let me know if I missed anything important.

New Trailer and Release Date

We got a new trailer for the 456 collection, which covers (most of) what I'm going to say in this post, and a release date of January 25, 2024!

New Features

Language Support: These games are now available in seven languages: Japanese, English, French, German, Korean, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese, along with voice dubs for each of these. These are some of the first times some of the games (in particular 5 and 6) are officially translated to many of these languages.

DLC: The previously DLC-exclusive cases Turnabout Reclaimed and Turnabout Time Traveler will be added to the game for free, along with previously DLC-exclusive costumes. You can dress up Phoenix in the Tigre outfit from the beginning!

QOL: As well, any of the quality of life features from the Great Ace Attorney Chronicles have been added to the 456 collection. This includes an episode/chapter select unlocked from the start, so you can skip straight to your favorite sections, autoplay and story mode, and a backlog/history to review recent text.

Art Gallery: The game will also include an "art gallery" which includes concept art for the games. This will also include special artworks commissioned exclusively for this collection, some of which are unlocked after beating each game and unlocking each trilogy.

Orchestra Hall: There is also an "orchestra hall" where you can listen to what seems to be the full soundtrack for all three games (though I haven't verified this), along with orchestral tracks from the 15th anniversary and 2019 orchestra concerts.

There are also two new "trilogy exclusive" songs: "Apollo Justice - A New Era Begins! 2024", and "Trucy's Theme - Bring It In, Everyone". The new "a new era begins" remix might possibly be what they're playing in the trailer. "Bring It In, Everyone" is distinct from Trucy's main theme, "Child of Magic" (listed earlier in the soundtrack list), so I have no idea what that one will be like.

Animation Studio: This new feature allows you to play around with character models, setting up different backgrounds and sprites and settings, to create whatever scene you want. This doesn't seem to have a text feature, so it just seems kind of like a worse objection.lol but with 3D sprites. (Although I'm sure the objection.lol people will find a way to rip the models in like... five minutes of the game's release)

Preorder Information

It seems we overseas people will only have the collection available digitally, but Japan seems to have physical copies along with a lot of preorder bonuses! You can find the official page here.

This includes the following:

Game Software: You can order this standalone, or with the other preorder goods, or seemingly just the goods on their own without the software included.

Original Drama CDs: Two new drama CDs are being developed for this collection! As far as I can tell, one involves the Gavinners attempting a one-night-only revival of the band (which goes poorly...), and the second involves Taka fleeing the courtroom.

Evidence and Items Set: This includes ten pieces of evidence available from the games, along with some original illustrations. As can be seen above, this includes things like the photo of Apollo and Clay from Dual Destinies, six ID photos of major characters, and a signed poster of Klavier.

As well, a new sleeve box drawn by Takuro Fuse, the character designer for 5 and 6.

That should cover everything, but please let me know if I missed any news!

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i'm not gonna do a big year in review post like i did last year because on a strictly numerical level (a) i probably technically failed most of my resolutions and (b) i don't actually have the data because one of the ones i definitely failed was logging my habits to keep up, which i stopped doing in september when work got crazy and never picked back up. still ultimately i feel good about how things went down, generally. i didn't quite make this the year i got back into reading but i read more than i had the year before for sure, and i saw a lot of movies, most of them interesting or enjoyable, and some other art, too (the jenny holzer installation at the guggenheim, the ibsen play starring jeremy strong). i definitely listened to way more music. i got so good at hydrating by the end of the year that now i feel off if i drink less than 100 ounces a day lmao. i don't think i hit a 50% workout rate but i had a june that took working out off the map for several weeks and then when i tried to get back into it at the level i'd been doing before it sucked and i needed way more rest days for a long ass time; lesson learned for the future, and right now i feel like i have a good routine going. steps was kind of a similar story but this fall was pretty successful (having a zillion clients all over the goddamn city was helpful in that regard). i do want to be more proactive about it on a day to day basis because i do think it might help me sleep to hit that 10k or so (and i think it helps with soreness too, preventatively and amelioratively, which spellcheck says is not a word but should be!!) but i'm feeling more and more like flexibility is the name of the game in some things so while i will be tracking them daily/weekly/monthly this year, i will ultimately consider it a win if i get to december 31 with 3,650,000 behind me.

i fell off on logging and journaling, and never really got a handle on doing mobility work or meditating, but i finished the year feeling like while on the one hand it was nice to know i had enough structures in place to make it through my busy season a little on edge but never really losing my mind, i also felt like ignoring these things completely for a while ultimately as i look back drew my attention to why i wanted to make space for them in the first place; the morning routine stuff is where i get it together enough to check in on my life, process some stuff, and make adjustments as necessary; doing some kind of mobility stuff, even if it's just hitting the foam roller at bedtime, is just physically necessary if i want to keep working out the way i have been working out and i have to stop acting like i can have one without the other.

i decided for 2024 i didn't need to set a guideline around internet use the way i had in 2023, just an intention to be mindful, and, um, well that was a huge failure but an instructive one; again, lesson learned (and it's actually crazy how much even a guided 5 meditation in the morning alters my basic instincts for the rest of the day about when i want to Scroll). i didn't floss........ i should floss.

i did okay with doing Life Tasks semi-regularly and the attitude of "20 minutes Task Time per day" was helpful in some ways but didn't address the Giant Ever Growing Backlog Of Tasks I Have Been Putting Off For Months To Years, which suggests a need for a new approach; this year i'm gonna try a tip i read somewhere to plan out your tasks on a weekly basis, including scheduling them, not just throwing them on a "weekly to-do list," and aim for 5 a week. i gave up on 20 minutes of digital tidying per day and i think the answer there is just to not set a minimum above the minimum, so to speak. if i delete 5 emails or unsubscribe from 1 thing that counts.

i don't know how i wound up doing with my goal to have One Human Connection Per Day (At Least Half The Days Of The Year) but i had a lot of fun this year and i am finishing it feeling in many ways still awkward and neurotic but more connected and secure than i was a year ago, and feeling almost overwhelmed with how true it feels to say "my life is full of doing fun stuff with people i like" after all the years i spent convinced this was completely impossible for me to achieve. this year i don't think i'm going to slot this into my daily habits, partly because sometimes multiple things happen on one day or i text someone to initiate plans-making on the same day someone texts me, partly because the advice i saw about doing stuff also recommend task-batching and i think there may be some utility to that here as well, and partly because well i do have a schedule that is incredibly variable by week and season and this past fall for example i'm not sure i could have handled much more in september/october than free store + one fun thing a week which is more or less how it shook out for a while there. i also don't think i'm going to set a number because, well, i feel good about it right now. i do want to set a non-quantifiable intention to keep getting a little braver about forging new connections or deepening ones that are shallow but seem promising (serial killer way to say "making friends" sorry i am still in some ways quite Insane about this topic, the prime locus of my insanity for many years), and within that specifically to keep getting better at going to local stuff even when none of my closest local friends are going to be there as my security blanket lol. this year early on i finally texted someone i knew from pantry biz with whom i had exchanged mutual "we should hang out sometime" sentiments and it turns out that they're one of those people where once someone else makes the first move they welcome you in a lot so that the "hey, wanna catch a movie or something?" text i sent while deep breathing (because i am Insane) wound up leading pretty directly to a bunch of other incredibly fun 2024 memories, which is like almost irritatingly on the nose as a life lesson but otherwise very nice. relatedly (to texting that stresses me out because of my Problems) i want to get better at texting people back in a timely fashion and also at being more impulsive in a positive way about sending texts when people are on my mind.

the two things i feel real regret over this year are the reading thing and also writing... not a great year for writing, although i can at least look back on i would say three newsletters i'm proud of and one fic i was very glad to complete. i also did... okay... at contributing at the singles jukebox now that We're So Back on a monthly schedule. but i wrote basically nothing other than the occasional blurb after sometime in may and that feels bad and also suggests i need to find some way to integrate writing more reliably into my routine. i don't want to set a word count goal because part of what's going on is that i have some projects i'm picking away at that are more demanding of planning & brainstorming & slower more considered writing than my usual (beloved!) genres of Blogging and Fanfiction but i do think it needs to be quantifiable because ummm otherwise i simply will Not. so i am thinking this is a daily goal too. same goes for reading and in that case i do think i can set an outcome goal, which is 50 books.

ok well i guess this wound up being a year in review post anyway lmao. whatever it's capricorn season it's my time to shine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! neatened up resolutions post for my own ease of reference incoming shortly