#near my dorm

[at-what-cost]

hcs and more drarngs below the cut:

basically they first met during the early days of the revolution, when Raph was still there. He even encourage him saying "there's no way he's str8 with a v-neck that low" (it was a sleeveless hakama...) to which leo responds with "were at war, I don't think his sexual orientation is on our need to know basis" "JUST GET OVER THERE"

Sagi thought he's cute, duh its Leo. But he wasn't struck with the idea of romance at first glance. they become friends, competitive in developing their skills and leading their separate groups of the same rebellion. Usagi picked up the nickname fearless for Leo from the rebellion soldiers, He uses it (both for teasing and as an endearment).

Sagi's group had to separate in order to help other colonies prosper but before he leaves there was a vague confession of Leo's feelings. Sagi, (the ahole) only smiles and says that he "admires him equally".

they don't see each other for several years, but when they got back together they grow closer than ever. Thus, old married couple behavior...

thas all thank you<33

[grmpgm]

[pinkinsect]

if isagi, kaiser, and ness were in a roommates situation isagi is bringing his own rice cooker (he won't let the other two buy a rice cooker. his rice cooker is good. they don't need a new ricecooker). ness likes the rice cooker. it plays little melodies and adjusts its cooking time so the rice is pretty much always perfect (it's like magic. he knows it has internal sensors but it feels like magic). kaiser won't let isagi put english or german labels or furigana on the buttons (ness has a labelmaker and isagi knows the kanji is difficult so he offered to) because that feels like losing. using a dictionary or google translate while trying to cook rice for dinner also feels like losing. kaiser takes a picture of all the buttons and studies the meanings in private, then figures out how to cook a pot of rice in the middle of the night.

they should probably not live together.

[e-adlirez]

The art style of Cloud Castle is absolute ass bro why are their eyes so big

Idk man it just looks.... off

I wish they brought back the og art style like Blue Scarab Hunt because that was gorgeous

Well if you’re referring to the book's artstyle as a whole, then calm down buddy the illustrations as a whole are pretty good all things considered (believe me some of the illustrations in the later books are waaaaayyyyy iffier)

But if you are referring to Danilo Barozzi’s illustrations in the book then uhhhhh… yeah I don’t blame you, I didn’t like the big anime irises either, she didn’t cook with this one,,,

The interesting thing is Barozzi also did pieces for Secret of the Snow and those looked fine (she did well enough that I have to squint to determine which ones were done by her). My guess is either she did a lot of the illustrations for the latter half of SotS and we just got used to it, or it’s because the artstyle of special editions 2 and 3 were more… experimental? Books 4 onwards developed a very specific… look for the artstyle that adhered very closely to the main book illustrations of Spanish Dance Mission onwards, thus the illustrators had to follow suit, resulting in whatever looks off to look especially off.

(Even with this set of pictures, I’m only about 70% sure these are Barozzi’s because of how alike yet different the styles are from each other in the book. The first one could be Barozzi’s, but it could also be Giuseppe Facciotto’s, since he also did illustrations for SotS and his stylization means he sometimes puts the eyes really close to each other in a way that’s weird but still makes sense somehow.) On the contrary, books 2 and 3 (and I would probably even include book 1 there) had a more experimental look to the illustrations, which seems to be based more on (and this is just a theory of mine) Giuseppe Facciotto’s iconic work for the covers of Mouseford Academy books 2-12, 14, 15 and 17 in the English books (he did waaayyy more covers for the Italian Mouseford books— he was basically the cover guy for the Mouseford books for a WHILE) as well as the books from Spanish Dance Mission to Lost Letters. If you’re wondering why those covers go as hard as they do, then now you know why.

(These aren’t all of Facciotto’s works for the covers we know in English but you can see that he popped off <3)

But yeah as you can see with special editions 2 and 3, the art direction seems to be heavily inspired by Facciotto’s artstyle.

However, when Barbara Pellizzari’s works became the aesthetic poster child of the books’ brand, that was reflected in the illustrations and how their aesthetic changed, as seen in the main books and how they look currently, special editions 4-9, and the Treasure Seekers trilogy.

This new profile thing of the girls? This was done by Pellizzari (coloring was done by Flavio Ferron), and thus it became the main reference for how the girls look in the book’s illustrations.

And it’s not just in the general direction to the artists for how to draw the Thea Sisters, but also in the direction given to the colorists. Alessandro Muscillo was the colorist for the special edition books since book 1 and the Treasure Seekers trilogy, and you can see that the direction for the style varied through books 1-3, like maybe direction was experimenting with the mood the illustrations were to convey, beginning with the cartoony and bright colors of book 1, easing into the more grounded and layered palettes of books 2 and 3

Then book 4 was when they transitioned to using digital art /j

I jest, but seriously book 4 was the debut of the coloring style we end up keeping for the rest of the special editions and for all of Treasure Seekers, which is very… bright :D

(I would show more picture examples but I manually took pictures of my physical copies for the Cloud Castle and SotS illustrations and gwuh I’m too lazy to grab my entire collection just to take pictures,,)

Bright as in like… the colors are very defined and saturated. I dunno how to describe it, but when you see it, you get what I mean. It’s very bright and pretty and colorful and it stands out. There are still variations that happen on occasion (Star Fairies in particular uses a good dose of airbrush for the lighting and shadow effects, and Crystal Fairies looks like someone had a bit of fun using sparkle brushes), but other than that, it’s very bright. I don’t hate it, but I do acknowledge that yeah, if I was introduced to the series when it had fully transitioned to the new style, I never would’ve gotten into the series in the first place, because the older books had something that didn’t make it feel specifically catered to girls. The colors were bright, but not too bright. Colorful, but unified. They weren’t that complicated, and they didn’t have to be because the colorists (plural, there were at least 3 per book once upon a time) were popping the hell off with the colors they were given. But y’know, the newer books’ consistent style did give me a good spot to practice drawing mouse furries so I’m not complaining too much about the newer style, haha.

(Tiny baby E’s (it’s literally from 2020 what’re you on about mate) her first mouse Violet drawing using Barbara Pellizzari’s artstyle in Treasure Seekers 1 as an anatomy guide!!)

With that said tho, yeah I miss the old books -m- dunno if it’d fit the aesthetic of the special editions but m a n we could’ve had it and it probably would’ve looked cool

Also the illustrations go way harder in the older books, like Prince's Emerald? I've talked about Prince's Emerald and how it goes hard before, and I still stand by it and say that it does in fact still go hard

Maybe it won't fit the uh splash of color they gave the hardcovers, but imagine they grabbed Giulia Basile's coloring work for the graphic novels and used that as sort've a basis for the coloring style of the hardcovers. Not exactly the same-- would probably still add a touch of whimsical watercolor and/or paint to the very cel-shaded style, but we could've had something pretty dope -m-

Anyway that's my ramble simultaneously defending the hardcovers' artstyle and reminiscing on what could've been haha

[konshokoentaiko]

i need to write a lawlight au where l and light are contestants on an idol survival show à la idol producer (2018)

[todayisafridaynight]

getting wigs for characters with the same hair color as myself make me feel like the biggest dumbass around but youd have me fucked thinking im burdening myself with daigos 2000's emo cut just for a weekend

[1eos]

thoughts on leo and shownu being in a musical together?? imo they’re both the best of the best 👏🏻

thoughts? ummmmm *rummaging around in my purse* i think leo looks hot in this outfit ☝🏾

[horsescary]

tbh its not that difficult to win a debate if you do like at least some amount of research before hand and say a lot of bullshit confidently

[screamingay]

hate when i think abt someone just like once in passing during the day and suddenly my whole dream is abt that person. we havent been friends or spoken for like 2 years i dont wanna imagine us all buddy buddy again!!

[torahtot]

my monday schedule this semester might kill me.. bio 10am chem 11am bio again 12pm lunch break chem from 2-4:50. salute emoji

[booigi-boi]

Poe Party came out the year I was in art school, and I fell heavily in love with ravens and other corvids cause I was drawing/painting taxidermy ravens a lot. I now wonder how different my life back then would have been if I had known the series existed

Am a little sad, ngl, I definitely would have made it my whole personality (As if antisocial Poe isn't my personality now)

[nellectronic]

add “friday night parties” to the list of things I am NOT gonna miss about living in a dorm… I mean noisy neighbors were already on there but this specifically bothers me on so many levels

[robinsnest2111]

thinking about the cute goth girl and the sweet metalhead from my dreams again. and how they're kinda like alternate universe versions of 2 of my oldest ocs actually. hmm 🤔

[starfall-sea]

my house is Far from finished, but after uhh. literally over 5 years of on and off working, i thought id share my favorite parts!

ive elaborated on my thoughts + the #Lore below the cut :]

first part is tavia's room! its the most recent area and not quiiiite finished, as i have some empty space by the fireplace i gotta fill. balance bed has my first Truly Beloved Wizard101 Pet on it (and tavia's canon pet) lord hunter the heckhound :] wardrobe + mannequins that have the ravenwood graduation outfit + the dawn jaguar set that i remember being obsessed over. shelf with lotsa azteca trinkets on it; desk; shelves w books... trying to make it look a bit cluttered and lived in!

second is the kitchen! counterspace is made of the dragonspyre furniture pack cabinets + azteca castle blocks. there's a large dining table (that i miiiight put some plates/food on someday, if i have the item allowance) and a smaller secondary dining nook that has some small table and chairs + a bar with stools

then the upstairs landing + bathroom (sans toilet, i couldnt get anything to really work) the landing is a simple seating area. the bathroom walls are wooden castle blocks + a darkmoor painting. the door is a wardrobe with a detect player castle magic thing rigged to make it vanish when you walk thru it! spent entirely too long farming for the dresser with flowers, but it was worth it. the sink + tub are from the wysteria furniture packs

finally the study! took an age to collect enough dwarven bookshelves and now im habituated to buying them whenever i catch them in the bazaar. there's a larger desk and a small reading nook with a fireplace. i would of liked to of added a nook within the bookshelves, but its just a bit too cramped.

i tried to think about how tavia would use each room, and about how ive observed houses being set up from watching entirely too much hgtv. ive also borrowed ideas ive seen from the amazing houses on castle tours - the bathroom's location was a prime inspiration. the whitewash wallpaper is used throughout the house, as its brighter and less complex than the default walls. ive also used a Lot of scaling castle magic lol

not pictured: the entry room that's supposed to be like a living/family room but needs an overhauling. the room thats currently where i randomly place my hoards of objects thats gonna be walled off and maybe turned into a secret lab thing. the basement thats gonna have a secret treasure room. and the outside! the outside's been decorated for ages but ive been messing with it recently. i have a little couch potato farm thats hidden from sight and lots of fountains, trees and plants :]

[discoidal]

ate a burger and fries and a liter of coke and it was so good and i was so sick and so sad that briefly i. u know what im not gonna make a joke abt americans i just want yall to know that we can make it if we have burger on our side

[actual-corpse]

I'm not afraid of becoming disabled for vanity reasons.

I'm afraid because this world isn't built for disabled people.

I'll be confined to my home because of the lack of public transit. Or I'll be stuck having to trust people to go out of their way to assist me.

Airplanes will destroy my expensive equipment.

I might not be able to use public restrooms.

There's nothing wrong with disability itself...

It's the world around us. It's so hostile.