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[abybweisse]

Ch210, Spoiler page and thoughts

The title page has been leaked already; I've seen it elsewhere here as well as on Discord. It's almost everything I was hoping for this chapter, represented in one image.

There are some things to point out, and I was hoping to post some thoughts before I'd even seen this spoiler, because my thoughts were already pondering a possible situation like this: that the chapter focuses on Finny going berserk... perhaps in ways we've never witnessed before.

I was also hoping we'd get the new reaper confronting Doll, but I really don't know if he will.

But back to Finny. In the cover art, you will see that there's a lot of blood on him and his clothes, but I don't think it's his own blood. His eyes suggest he's in berserker mode. I suspect we might finally get a better glimpse of what it was like the day he escaped from the drug facility. Previously, I'd wondered whether Sebastian had killed the staff and just skipped over the one remaining test subject -- either he lives or he doesn't. But since we now have a situation where Finny has to force his way out of another locked down facility -- and this time he's also trying to save friends and other children, something he couldn't do last time -- we might get scenes that look like a reenactment of that drug facility escape.

In ch209, we see Finny running off, away from Snake but also towards the approaching staff. We know he will have to fight them, and it might be mostly empty-handed. This is no problem for him, especially when he's in a frenzy. He might grab and throw whatever he can, but this time it might be more about crushing people with his hands, as he might have done at the drug facility. This fighting style could look more like Sebastian crushing the heads/bodies of bizarre dolls on the ship... but with less-graceful movements.

Scenario: He gets through the staff that have entered the underground lair, then anyone in the way upstairs, in the barn. Then he's back outside. Is he going to head to the main building to attempt to save the other kids, or will he only be able to focus on himself and the four top students? Either way, at some point he's going past a brick wall when lights shine on him, and that's what we see in the cover art. It might be a flashlight/torch, but it could also be a spotlight from a sniper tower. The top students did warn him before that the fences were reinforced, and that guards were stationed at lookout posts to shoot down attempting escapees.

When he was at the drug facility, he was being kept in a cellar of some kind, and it looks like it was designed so the kids couldn't easily climb out, but he somehow did, perhaps by jumping and grabbing hold of the rim of the hatch. Or maybe he somehow climbed up whatever grips he could reach. It seems he killed the man sent to shoot him and dumped his body down into the cellar. Here, Finny might actually climb up one of those lookout towers, kill the guards, and toss them down to the ground. Or he kills them -- maybe one -- merely by tossing them down.

This sort of action could allow Yana-san to give us glimpses of the previous escape in parallel to the escape scene now. Panels next to each other or even split panels, showing then and now, as it all unfolds. A bit like when he envisioned old scenes of the drug facility exam rooms and surgical equipment as he and the others looked around and found Ginny's body and the dissection table. But this time it might be like an onslaught of comparison images, representing the jumble of memories and current moments in Finny's head, as this all happens.

And we might even see him literally tear down the fencing. 🤔

Thoughts?

Oh, and FYI. Today is the Ides of March... and Snake's birthday (though in-universe it's Dec 9th)....

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Both Of You (Gift for @togemythia)

One Shot

[whitney7up]

I'm officially writing my 1st ever Monkey Wrench Horror Fan-Fiction called, 'Pink Madness' 💓🦄

Plot: When Vernie has been working all the time with Shrike and Beebs, his girlfriend, Kamini, becomes suspicious that there's something going on, and it's up to her to save her boyfriend before it gets worse

This Fan-Fiction will be Non-Canon.

If anyone's interested in Monkey Wrench: Pink Madness, make sure to ask me questions

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Jem Jitsu AU Title Art

[the-gem-in-i-blog]

Draft title logo for my game One Arrow Archer. I'm not sold on it but I think it's decent. If anyone has any suggestions let me know.

I like the idea of having the individual letters compose the arrowhead, shaft and fletching of the arrow but I think it needs something more but I am not sure what yet.

[skidar]

Seeking Typography Artist/Designer

Long shot but is anyone put here an artist with an emphasis on typographical design?

I am looking to hire an artist/designer to help me with a book title graphic.

Reply with links to your work or send me a dm so we can discuss more in detail

[voidsunrise]

Hey. This is the title page of my webcomic, Hiatus. I've wanted to make something like this for a really long time, but I really haven't done much art, or writing, or anything required for this sort of project before, so I would greatly appreciate any feedback you have, both positive and negative. Whether it's the story, style, or even just how I'm posting the comic, if you have something to say about it, please do.

That being said, if the art is bad right now, I'm really hoping to improve it soon, since I've never done anything this stylized. (I'm also drawing with a mouse, so that could explain a lot as well.)

Same goes for the writing; I'm pretty socially awkward, so interactions between characters may have some of those qualities show up. Trying to work through all of that will lead to a pretty inconsistent update schedule though. I hope that isn't too surprising.

Regardless, I hope you enjoy it.

[rosescries]

A potential title card for a fic that I really like, but will likely never write. Not for a lack of motivation or anything like that, but just because I don't want to poke the fandom.

The title would go across the chest, but I don't have one for it. I think I'll add some flowers across the bottom or something, maybe. Because I do like this quite a bit, even if the body looks a bit more realistic than the necklace. That always seems to happen when I do something like this though.

[mizumi-kahago-art]

(Potential) Cover-Art for Volume 1

As I already said, I won’t make this an actual series, this is just the plot layout I had in mind ever since I first concepted the story. It is not the entire Story, just scenes I’ve had in mind.

This drawing is just a visualization of what it could have looked like.

With that said: This drawing concludes everything I got for this series.

↓ The story summary under  read more ↓

Prologe

Originally Shu-Lin is a human from Earth, China, living with her single mother, ever since she could think. Wearing a mysterious crystal around her neck, which her mother told her is her birthstone and she has to keep it save under any circumstances and never give it away.

The night after her 14th Birthday, she seems to be plagued by a cruel nightmare, something or someone is calling out to her. However, as she awakes, she is greeted by a strange looking boy, sniffing her face.

Chap. 1

That boy is Leon, the Leader of the Leo-Clan. Shu has been transported to “Dreamscape”, a fantasy world which operates upon a magical source named “Anima”. Anima has the ability to transform anyone on the planet into a hybrid species of sorts and so Shu wakes up with cat ears, a tail as well as blond hair and pink eyes – compared to her previously brown eyes and black hair.

After Leon explained everything to her and she calmed down, Miriam, an adopted clairvoyant of the Leo-Clan gives out the prophecy of incoming immediate danger. And it doesn’t take long until the Clan’s village is raided by a neighboring Clan: The Wolf-Clan – which isn’t one of the 12 Zodiac-Clans. The attack seems to have been planned for a long time, because the Leo-Clan is at a stark disadvantage and the village is burned down relatively fast.

As Shu and Leon must flee, Miriam gives them one last advice, to seek out the other Shards, because this isn’t a normal occurrence, then she dies to falling rubble.

As soon as the main duo is far enough away and able to rest, Leon confirms that, as these two clans made a brotherly blood-oath in the past, to not attack each other and instead support and protect the others Clan. Therefore the raid was either an act of betrayal, or as Miriam said: Not a normal occurrence.

Chap. 2

Following the advice of Miriam, Leon decides their first stop should be Clearlake, the home of Ed and Flawn, the Shard-Keepers of the Pisces-Shard. Hesitant to enter the water, Ed helps Shu by giving her an air-bubble around her head, so she and Leon can breathe underwater.

As Ed returns home to the underwater-castle, a ransom note is found there: Férnando kidnapped his sister, Flawn. He’s absolutely devastated by that, because he’s just a kid and Leon tells Shu, that these siblings just recently lost both their parents to a mysterious illness – caused by water pollution – and now they have to stand in as the new rulers and Shard-Keepers, despite them being only 12. Ed’s sister is the only family he has left.

Due to them being underwater, Leon’s fire attacks don’t work at all. But with the help of Ed, they find and defeat Férnando and his crew and manage to rescue Flawn before she gets frozen and killed by them. In the end Leon has to talk to them about the Shards, they both wear. Understanding the situation, both give Leon their Shards as Shu’s necklace begins to glow and absorb the two Pisces-Shards, forming part of an orb-like structure.

Chap. X

On their adventure the two of them encounter Kagero relatively often, who’s trying to get their hands on the shards Shu possesses so far.

Chap. X-1

Further in the Story, they go to Glosstown, the home of the Gemini-Shard-Keepers. Their Clan is a really secluded society and Sol and Luna live in two separate crystal-towers. However, their psychic abilities allows them to communicate, no matter how far away from each other they are.

They are the first ones to prove as a challenge to Leon and Shu, because they refuse to just give out their shards. After all it was split into 12 pieces for a reason. However after debating a lot, the two of them reluctantly give in, however sending them off with a warning on the dangers of their mission.

Chap. X-2

Later again, as they wander the scorching heats of the dessert, a bunch of mercenaries captures them after they passed out in the sands. As they wake up in Oasistown, they are greeted by a grim looking woman: Scarabea, the Leader of the Scorpio-Clan and Shard-Keeper of the Scorpio-Shard.

Luckily, she recognizes Leon as the new leader of the Leo-Clan, thanks to the Shard he wears. Scarabea questions him what happened to his father, as that’s the last Leader she remembers. So Leon explains that not too long ago, he died due to a natural disaster striking them. It was too late to save him as he was trapped in a landslide crushing his legs and loser torso. In the end, Leon could just stand there and watch him slowly but surly bleeding to death, .

Afterwards Scarabea explains to them how dangerous the desert recently became. If they’d help fulfilling her requests of bringing peace to the multiple Clans scattered around the wasteland, she’d hand over her Shard. Which Leon and Shu succeed in - acquiring the Scorpio-Shard.

Chap. X-3

At a later point, Shu’s Anima overtakes her human form and she fully turns into a cat. While Shu can maintain a human-spirit, she’s only able to communicate with Leon. Leon thinks this happend due to Shu not being from this word. And so he tries to search for a cure to reverse this effect. Meeting an old hermit during his search, he advices them to look for a certain item. Leon remembering, that Miriam once had such an item in her possession and so he returns to his burned down village. Luckily it survived the flames, but it was highly damaged. Doubtful if it would work, Leon knew it was the only chance to revert Shu back into her human-form; eventually succeeding.

Last Chap.

As only the Leo-Shard, Leon kept the entire time, is missing from the Dream-Crystal, Kagero manages to finally snatch it away from Shu, but not without a fight, revealing a monstrous appearance behind their mask. The Anima of the Heart-Shard had turned them into a Chimera (similar with what happend to Shu), overtaking them completely.

It turns out, they are actually Shu’s father, who stole the Heart-Shard years ago, to revive Shu’s dead mother, who died during childbirth. Sadly it never came to that, as before they could use it, their crimes were known and their home was raided by the previous generation of Shard-Keepers to punish them for stealing the Heart-Shard.

At this time, Shu was merely an infant, only several weeks old and in dire need of intense care. In an act of defiance, they had to flee their home, baby Shu in their arms.

During their prolonged escape, Kagero grew more and more tired, until eventually they were cornered. Handing Shu the Heart-Shard, they wished for nothing more than her safety at least. A portal to Earth opened and they send her off, facing the repercussions of their crime.

They knew the Heart-Shard had no magical use on another planet, but they also knew, that one day, Shu might return and they could try a-new to revive her mother. Lastly Kagero was caught and put in Jail.

Shortly after Shu returned to Dreamscape, Kagero could feel the Heart-Shard, as they had bonded previously with it. That was the cue for them to initiate a jailbreak and seek it out once more.

In the heated battle between Shu, Leon and Kagero, they get defeated before the Dream-Crystal actually forms. And so in the end, Shu is the one who completes it and as the light and the wish to heal this world engulfed the entirety of Dreamscape, Shu begins to vanish.

Epilogue

The Heart-Shard is returned to the core of dreamscape, Kagero is dead and Leon wanders around the world, trying to find his place in it. The individual Shards reside with their appointed Leaders again and the world slowly begins to heal.

Shu wakes up back in her bed, the next morning after her 14th Birthday. The crystal around her neck is gone, but her memories stayed, however she thinks it might have all been just a dream.

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(Across the Spider-Verse spoiler)

[ribbon-valley-woes]

Here is the official name logo for my comic!

[abybweisse]

Ch204, Crown of thorns (spoiler)

This chapter cover art has people worried that Finny might die soon.

The crown of thorns wasn't placed on Jesus' head because he was going to be killed. No. It was just part of mocking him, as he was forced to carry the cross to the location of his execution.

Finny suffers from the painful burden (suffering, guilt, anxiety) of knowing what happened to Snake's friends from the circus, as well as the part he himself played in their deaths.

With the end of ch204, they run into Doll again, so now Finny has little choice but to be completely open and honest with Snake about all this circus business that he previously helped their young master deal with.

But, until he does that, Finny will symbolically wear this crown of thorns.

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Art Linkletter: Way Things Turn Out

Image via Wikipedia “Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out.” ~Art Linkletter, quoted in ‘On Being A Parent'”.

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suggestion box

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Also some title art for my tmnt iteration which I will also doodle sometime

[diioonysus]

artists: francisco de goya (1746-1828)