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posting a kremy every single day until new episodes of OUAW are out DAY 103
#a treat for you folks because im in a great mood today :)#[its because book of bill is arriving soon im so fucking HAPPY]#once upon a witchlight#legends of avantris#kremy lecroux#daily kremy#gif
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It’s Finally Here…!!
After more than a year in the making; my biggest project yet is all wrapped up! This year has been putting me through the absolute wringer up until now, but getting to hold this book and see folks getting their own copies in the mail and from their local shops has been easily one of the best times of not just this very wacky year, but probably my whole life 🥺😭💖 I never wanna stop making stuff, and I sincerely hope that this book might be able to help all of y’all who share that spirit 💪❤️🔥
📖 BOOKSTORE LINKS:
Amazon | Waterstones | Barnes & Noble | Blackwells | + more!
#artists on tumblr#abd illustrates#draw like an artist#book#its only been like 10 minutes and the comments on this vid are already making me WEEP y'all are so nice ty QwQ#a few folks have already been tagging me in posts about their books arriving throughout today as well#and every single one has made me feel so sappy happy QwQ#today's a nice day ;w;#Youtube
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In other news, this week a French publisher on his way to the London Book Fair was arrested by British counter-terrorist police to be questioned about his participation in protests in France.
A French publisher has been arrested on terror charges in London after being questioned by UK police about participating in anti-government protests in France.
Moret arrived at St Pancras [...] with his colleague Stella Magliani-Belkacem, the editorial director at the Paris-based publishing house, to be confronted by the two officers. [...] He was questioned for six hours and then arrested for alleged obstruction in refusing to disclose the passcodes to his phone and computer. [...] He was transferred to a police station in Islington, north London, where he remained in custody on Tuesday. He was later released on bail.
Éditions la Fabrique is known for publishing radical left authors. Moret also represents the French science fiction novelist Alain Damasio and had arranged more than 40 appointments at the London book fair. [...]
[Quoting publishing house’s press release] “The police officers claimed that Ernest had participated in demonstrations in France as a justification for this act – a quite remarkably inappropriate statement for a British police officer to make, and which seems to clearly indicate complicity between French and British authorities on this matter.” [...] “There’s been an increasingly repressive approach by the French government to the demonstrations, both in terms of police violence, but also in terms of a security clampdown.”
(Guardian link - BBC link) (article in French)
The publishing house (here’s their latest statement in French) and the publisher’s lawyer mention that the British police asked him “Do you support Emmanuel Macron? Did you attend protests against the pension reform?” and he was also asked to name the authors with anti-government views that his employer has published. They add, “Asking the representative of a publishing house, in the framework of counter-terrorism, about the opinions of his authors, is pushing even further the logic of political censorship and repression of dissenting thought. In a context of social protests and authoritarian escalation on the part of the French government, this aspect [of the questioning] is chilling.”
Being an accomplice to thoughtcrime by publishing dissident authors gets you treated like an international terrorist now... The publisher’s lawyer suggests that French authorities asked the UK to help them get their hands on the publisher’s contacts in the radical left sphere. But on the face of it, we’ve got: Exercise your right to protest your government in France -> get arrested by counter-terrorist UK police in London. That’s literally the reason he was given for being greeted by police at the train station...
#frpol#i bought a couple of books from la fabrique this morning... win-win i actually meant to read them and didn't know they were#published by them#in slightly better news @french people if you haven't seen some video excerpts of macron meeting alsatians today it's worth checking out#people telling him how corrupt his gov is; someone saying ''you're going to fall; mark my words'' and someone else#''we don't want your reform you arsehole'' and people chanting 'macron resign' as he walks away looking a bit pissed...#and naturally protests were banned in the cities he visited today and cops had cleared the area of actual protesters#before macron arrived so the people he met were actually the less angry people
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THEY’RE HERE!!!!!
#BIG DAY BIG DAY!!!!#dealt w my first store down on my own at work today!! fucked up a little but learned a lot!!!#books arrived!!!! quality checked 3/4 of them and oh my god guys theyre BEAUTIFUL i have no words!!!#AND IM OFFICIALLY AN IRISH CITIZEN AS OF TODAY!!!!! YIPPEEEEE!!!!!!#BIG DAY FOR MISS CARTOONS#i move on monday so i should be able to begin shipping rly shortly after!!! :D hope yall are excited!!
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As they say, “An artist can draw a n y t h i n g.”
50 likes and I’ll draw them again idfk
Got inspiration from a FNF song (Catfight)
#art#fanart#artists on tumblr#traditional art#murder drones#murder drones fanart#md cyn#cyn md#md cynessa#murder drones cyn#md#md fanart#baldis basics#baldis basics fanart#bbieal#bbieal fanart#multi fandoms posts#dr reflex#dr reflex fanart#anatomy#anatomy practice#am about to go thru an art competition and i will draw these two in there#i swear if it sends to the wrong email again im going to commit arson#the baldis basics concept WILL be made#its just that#the mf new drawing book hasnt arrived yet ☠️#so mf tired cause i stayed up to finish the art bcs i wouldnt be available today#this crap being popular would be funny
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A couple of things I received in the mail this week.
Wada Shinji Artworks
Released in 2022 this book, which commemorates 10 years since Wada's death, covers an extensive assortment of artwork from the artist's catalogue including finished colour pieces, manuscripts and comments.
Truly if you're a fan of Wada this book is for you, it is very comprehensive; offering insight into his processes as well as exquisite finished artwork. It does something I'm normally not a fan of in art books, which is spread artwork across pages and combine several illustrations to a page in some places.
However, this book feels like a journey through Wada's career (grouped together by thematic elements like historical titles or suspense titles) and each page is composed in a particular way as part of telling this story so I actually don't mind it all that much. No, not the best for scanning but I don't think a book like this should be about scanning - it's about walking down Wada's path and rediscovering (or igniting) a sense of respect and affection for his works. In that sense, I really do think this book is successful.
I'm old but not old enough to have grown up reading Wada's stories (I was only introduced as a teenager with Sukeban Deka, which immediately captured me because it combined detective themes with action) so I can't speak as an authority on his works or career. But I believe most fans of manga will take something away from a detailed retrospective like this and as such, I highly recommend it.
Lab-Garnier's Magical Emi doujinshi
The latest in Asamiya Kia's long line of full-colour heroine doujinshi volumes which can veer between featuring cute, harmless pics, cheesecake shots and some more softcore illustrations (such as the one he did for Saimebi's Lebia). I had hoped this one would just be on the cute side of things given that Mai from Magical Emi is IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL however, this was not to be.
While there are a couple of fairly harmless shots of Mai, which I've included here, there is also a double-page panty shot spread and a bath illustration of her naked. 🤢🤢🤢 I had thought Yui from Corrector Yui eating ice cream in her book was bad enough, but this is on another level of NOPE. I'm posting this to save others from making the same mistake I did. This isn’t cute, it is gross ass shit.
Ranma 1/2 Ciao Magazine stickers
Ciao magazine shares a lot of shounen collab content, particularly Meitantei Conan, but in the November issue they actually included some Ranma content (timed obviously with the new anime series’ release).
While I’m not a big Takahashi-head, I had to get the magazine issue specifically for these stickers because I fell in love with the designs. Truly, an insert sticker sheet did NOT have to go this hard. If nobody else has scanned them I’m happy to do so, but Ranma has a lot of dedicated fans so it may not be necessary. I am happy I got these for myself though, very cute little insert that highlights Takahashi’s iconic artwork in a way that will appeal to young girls.
#meta#ramblings#photo#photo: hotwaterandmilk#wada shinji#shinji wada#asamiya kia#kia asamiya#takahashi rumiko#rumiko takahashi#nips are uncensored in the wada art book#but you know how tumblr is about nips#there are a bunch of interviews with wada's contemporaries in there too but i haven't had time to read them#the book only arrived today and i'm technically still at work
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i like them. they're cool.
#bsd#bungou stray dogs#junichiro tanizaki#tanizaki junichirou#kenji miyazawa#miyazawa kenji#fanart#bsd fanart#my art#hAND PRACTICE + FACE PRACTICE + COLOR PRACTICE + L + RATIO#they're actually carrying the new season i smile everytime theyre on screen#YEAH i did manga tanizaki design cause bones took away his transness#also my edgar allan poe book arrived today guess who im gonna draw w a bunch of literary references so soon#i take it back btw i hate both of them im drawing black lizard next#minus hirotsu cause hes an ugly old man#and plus higuchi because i like her even though shes in the command unit and not black lizard#im just gonna draw the port mafia#i should have just said that
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Bookbinding (2 copies) of This Thing of Darkness by @maggieandthedragon, spring 2023.
This Thing of Darkness (Fantastic Beasts, Percival Graves x Credence Barebone) is a serious but hopeful look at the difficulties of helping someone face depression, whether it be for intervening in a crisis or the providing support in the long slog of continuing to get up every day. People are messy and difficult, but it is good to be together. As dark as it might be, we can receive help, and sometimes the help we offer each other is the most important thing in the world. It's no wonder this is one of the most popular works in the pairing tag. Recommended also for compelling side characters and interesting magic system additions.
-------------------------------About this project under the cut
This is one of the first fanfics I bound for myself when I started ficbinding last year. TTOD is one of my top ten favorite fics of all time and when I realized I could learn to do typesetting and bind fics I immediately knew I wanted to make a hard copy of this novel. My personal copy has a different spine because it’s part of a matching set of my favorite Percival x Credence fanfics; the set is almost complete.
Materials: text laser printed on archival paper; Italian rayon bookcloth, purple batik-pattern cotton backed with handmade wood pulp paper, bookboard, PVA glue, cotton cheesecloth used as mull. Stitched with cotton thread, beeswax, and linen tapes, plus embroidery thread and hemp cord for the endbands. Endpapers are marbled Italian paper by London-based artist Stephan Parenti (Peacock Paper studio) which I got on Etsy specially for this binding because I wanted it to be fancy.
I learned how to stitch endbands for this book as well. The bindings aren't perfect but I’m still quite pleased with the result. The whole time it’s been on my bookshelf I keep looking at it and going heehee I made a book ✨✨✨✨ Author copy has been mailed to maggiedragon.
#artists on tumblr#bookbinding#ficbinding#fanbinding#gradence#handmade books#my art#fantastic beasts#this thing of darkness#maggiedragon#these sat partly finished on my shelf for so long until I could find the right endpapers#author copy arrived in the mail today :DDD#tailfeather binding#here there be fandom
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#My current Angela Bassett obsession is doing me good#Her book she wrote w/ her husband arrived in the mail around 4pm today....#I'm already more than halfway through it LOL#I was so hype because I thought it wouldn't get here until Thursday so I accidentally opened it...#Angela Bassett#Courtney B. Vance#Books#Currently Reading#Friends: A Love Story#2007#personal
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WHO UP BOOKING THEY BILL 🗣️🗣️
Higher-res still image hehe
#I had to RUSH to get this out today#and my book is NOT HERE YET#it was supposed to arrive today but it's getting here tomorrow waaa#gravity falls#ford pines#book of bill#gf art#bill cipher#art#artists on tumblr#gif
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when i was at the flea market today i found a gray wool suit complete with the trousers, vest and blazer. I felt like god spoke to me at that moment
#bertie wooster#i bought it ofc#coincidentally my first jeeves book also arrived today#jeeves and wooster#bertram wooster
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Teraeth: I’m so jealous of you and kihrin because you both have this natural connection and fell in love in your past lives and what I have with both of you will never compare to that, I’m too tainted by my own past life and mistakes
Janel: That’s crazy because I’m actually so jealous of you and Kihrin because you don’t have any past lives influencing your feelings for each other. I wish that I knew my feelings for you were from a genuine connection in this life but instead I have to live wondering if I would even care for either of you without that history and if your feelings for me will eventually fade as you grow more settled in our present lives and realize that I’m just a memory of affection rather than the real thing
Kihrin: That’s crazy because actually I’m not even that jealous of either of you but I have a feeling that my role in this story means that there’s no way I’ll be able to have a future with either of you and I hate the idea that I won’t be able to spend this life with the two of you but since it’s inevitable I’m going to go full self-fulfilling prophecy and kill myself to save the world. Hope you guys are happy together though
#a chorus of dragons#memory of souls the book that you are. this was the most insane thing ever guys guysssssss#when all three of them have managed to convince themselves they’re the outlier in the equation…#my copies of this book and the discord of gods should be arriving today i’m gonna be soooo normal about that hehehe
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#new notebook arrived today#moleskine daily diary#moleskine#notebook#journal#journaling#hobonichi#personal ring#personal rings#hobonichi weeks#travelers company#travelers notebook#one piece#aesthetic#studyblr#bullet journal#scrapbook#scrap booking
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this is maybe delving a little too much into apologia for veilguard’s writing but for the purpose of giving it the benefit of the doubt i don’t think it’s necessarily fair to say the lack of “mean” companions or dialogue options for rook is “sanitizing” it. ultimately they wrote a story that’s about offering kindness and seeking connection through understanding. having a big ol stinker of a character that’s difficult and challenging to engage with or having the option to play as someone who is genuinely ruthless and uncaring undermines that immensely.
like anders and vivienne work in their respective stories because their character arcs cohere to the overall thematic conflicts of the games that they are in. they were about these big issues that people have very different and relatable feelings and opinions about. so yes, i would say veilguard did pull back a lot on that as a mechanic and i understand why that makes the game feel hollow for a lot of people.
but the story they set out to write isn’t one that’s about big political issues affecting the world at large. it is at its heart a very personal story confronting the very personal emotions we have about self reflection and growth. how do you write a character offering a different view on that? “fuck personal growth and learning from your mistakes! wallow in your misery!” lol obviously there’s probably a more artful way of doing that but i understand why they didn’t go in that direction. also it would sort of end up being redundant anyways because that’s basically solas’s main character conflict.
there is a certain way to play veilguard where you do encourage less growth and reinforce the idea that we can’t escape our past, which i think turns the game into a bittersweet tragedy. played another way though it is a game that challenges your empathy and ability to overcome your own faults and see how that connects you to others.
though i do think they could have absolutely hit that theme harder with rook as the protagonist. (and there's an argument to be made ofc at how the inquisitor could have worked just as well if not better in this role, but that's also getting into sticky game dev issues and is a whole 'nother post lol.) the whole reason thedas is facing a crisis is due to something that rook did. you can offer vague lip service to them feeling responsible but it’s not a failing the game meaningfully confronts. as disastrous as solas tearing down the veil might have been, rook accidentally unleashing elgar’nan and ghilan’nain has to be just as bad if not worse due to the barely contained blight. the choices that rook is meant to be regretful over work to an extent, but it would have been so juicy to have solas point out rook’s pride in believing they knew best about dealing with solas and his ritual. it’s something he could really nail you on and i think it would make their parallels stronger.
ultimately i think what i'm seeing people feel veilguard’s main failing is is that it simply isn’t the right sequel thematically to the first three games that it should be. it’s not a bad game and the writing shows a great degree of understanding of thematic structure and internal character conflict. it doesn’t hit as hard for most because all of the problems the previous games had us grappling with aren’t present. it presents an entirely new problem that in my opinion it does! do a decent job of exploring, but it’s not the problem players expected so it feels very disconnected from the rest of the series.
#madelyn rambles#a veilguard tag#lmao this started as such a different train of thought#also to be clear i haven’t seen any of the art book#(mine still hasn’t arrived yet 😩)#so i know there’s a lot of what the original plan for da4 was out there#but i don’t know what it is lol#i think it's likely that version would have fit better with da1-3 thematically#(from what i have seen glimpses of and where i thought the story was going post dai)#idk what exactly motivated the change in story#if it was a budgetary decision to limit scope#or simply the writers aging and being interested in different kinds of stories#or simply today’s political discourse climate#influencing the much kinder idea of conflict resolution that’s present in dav#i would have absolutely loved to see that original game!#but the cheesy sap in me can’t help but love the game we got anyways#even though i will always mourn the Game That Never Was
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just googled "none houses with left grief" and its real
ngl if i read that in a published book i'd kill myself on the spot
#it's not even that its cringy#it's just... memes are SO time gated#that if something is funny today#and you ordered a shirt with it#by the time the shirt arrived#the meme would alreayd be over#to the point of even being kind of grating#referencing memes in a book just makes you seem so... clueless?#about how culture works despite wanting to reference it#memes are THEE WORST pop culture to reference#and pop culture is already a very very fine line to walk in terms of references#instead sounding like#your just adding to the setting/character#you are just outting YOUR setting/character as the author#if tha tmakes sense
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Today's Daily Degurechaff is… getting book 12!
#book 12 of the light novel released yesterday!#my copy should be arriving today despite me not having finished book 11 yet lol#dailydegurechaff#youjo senki#the saga of tanya the evil#tanya von degurechaff
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