You have no idea how long this took, but I made some phone case designs! And you can get them as other stuff, but I started this project when I get a new phone. One of these is transparent and designed for stickers specifically.
These are available on both Redbubble and Society6. See my post with details/disclaimers about the platform/quality differences here.
Designs:
1) “Promise?” S1 Sword of Protection (Base Version)
Inspired by a season 5 promotional poster (near the bottom). Left to right, the First Ones script says “Promise?” and “I promise.” (Note: I chose to curve the final sound on “Promise?” to represent the upward tilt of a question)
Colorways: sky blue (RB / S6), navy (RB / S6).
2) “Promise?” Broken S1 Sword of Protection (Variant)
The addition at the bottom is an inversion of “She-ra”, a striking point for the sword.
Colorways: sky blue (RB / S6), navy (RB / S6).
3) “Promise?” S5 Sword of Protection (Variant)
Updated for season five, colorways are shifted to accommodate the new sword’s color palate, but otherwise it’s the same as the first version.
Colorways: sky blue (RB / S6), pink (RB / S6), navy (RB / S6), maroon (RB / S6), lilac (RB only — I ran out of design slots on S6). Can you tell which design is my favorite child (which is funny because this is the last idea I had)?
4) Swords of Protection Decal
Meant more for stickers and the like, this is a variant includes both the season 1 and season 5 sword design. (RB / S6)
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It is very interesting that G3 started out with more points of articulation than the average fashion doll, only to completely downgrade less than 2 years in.
At this point, I don't even understand the purpose of the budget dolls. They're not easy to come by, I've only ever found 1 in store, and it was $20. At that same time, the core dolls were $17 on Amazon lol. Even now the G3 doll's prices fluctuate like crazy in the US. Hell, I got Scaridise Island Drac for like $11, but that new budget Cleo is $15?? Hello??
I'm getting the vibe that it's more for Mattel's benefit than it is for consumers. It'll just cost them less money.
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what's good about a pilot falcon?
HI!
The Pilot Falcon (older generations were sold in the US as the Namiki Falcon for whatever reason) is a japanese fountain pen manufactured by Pilot!
it's often referred to as the best modern flex pen, or the best gold nib for a beginner! Tldr for people who aren't pen nerds, a flex pen is a pen that...well, flexes! Most pens have some sort of "flex" to them that results in some sort of line variation, but flex pens can handle a relatively higher amount of pressure. Think like a G nib used in a lot of manga. Old pens were the MASTERS at this, and a good bit of that is due to the nibs being made of gold, which naturally has a "bounce" to it that modern steel nibs have a really hard time living up to. Most people wax poetic about Waterman or other vintages like that because of it. Even modern gold nibs can't really keep up with the gold nibs of yore, but the Falcon is considered to be one that can. I do think legally it's considered a "soft" nib, meaning it's not truly a flex pen but has a lot of flex qualities to it, but some terms that get used are used interchangably so. idk. True flex nibs aren't really a thing in fountain pens these days outside of Noodler's Ahab and Konrad (which are their own nightmare and a half tbh).
The Falcon prized amongst artists for it's very fine nib, which Japanese pen manufacturers like Pilot and Platinum are known for. A Japanese Fine is comparable to a Western (Kaweco, Lamy) Extra fine, and a lot of these pens come in an EF, F, and M. It gets alot of nice line variation despite being so small, and is really an all-around great pen, if legend is to be believed :]
An alternative to buying the Pilot Falcon would be getting the Pilot 912 FA, which has something called the "Falcon Nib," not to be confused with the actual pen. They actually look pretty different. The FA nib (right) has these weird cuts on their side that help with flexing and allow it to mimic a full-flex nib, but again. According to legend, modern pens don't flex like vintage pens do, but it IS pretty close.
(sources mentioned in alt text)
I've never used either myself, but I'm pretty picky about my pens and so I don't know if I'd ever pay upwards of $200 unless I got familiar with the nib first tbh....The falcon's nib isn't offputting to me like many feel about it, but I'm particular about aesthetics and the feedback on paper and I can't tell if I like them just from looks alone lol. Right now, I don't have much experience with pilot nibs, but if i were to get a pilot pen, tbh I'm looking at the Pilot Elite/e95s in a fine or medium, or a vintage platinum pocket pen.
Anyways that's that and this is also that. *twirls so elegantly and then collapses onto the ground in slapstick fashion*
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have you seen the state of the ip2 merch?
if you mean the missing hoodie text, switched hoodie pngs, and pixelated shirt logos probably because awsten didn’t set the image dpi to 300. then yes - iz
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OG Resi 4 was my favorite for a long ass time, alongside OG Resi 2 and Resi 1 remake. So far, I've been enjoying the absolute hell out of the remake of 4... but it's still not de-throning the "Wait, seriously??" of my current, and likely longstanding favorite, of the franchise... which is Village/8 lmao.
Look. Village plays a lot like 4, especially the remake of 4, but *nothing* has made me laugh as hard as the section where Ethan goops his hand back on (jacket and all...) and much as I love the Ganado and Salazar's castle and the regeneradors, nothing comes close to the "Straight Up Bloodborne" vibes of Village. Plus, Leon has the dad jokes (not as many in the remake, but still), but Ethan is the Supreme Mold Dad.
Village is just the Hole that was Made For Me.
(With that said, I have like ZERO complaints about the 4 remake. Even things I could complain about, like [removing "NO THANKS, BRO"... you bastards], are non-issues because everything that's been removed has been replaced by something equally great. TY Capcom for another beautiful addition to my favorite Things pile.)
(... Resi4 remake is now like solidly my second favorite.)
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So I recently got a hold of a copy of Pokemon Legends Arceus AND been playing the ttg Pokemon Legends of Sinnoh on Tabletop Simulator and needless to say I have some outfit design thoughts about the two games...
I'm just saying if Arceus speaks like some kind of fake Old English their 'chosen one' might as well look the part. Although I do like the diamond clan's little hoodies.
(first outfit inspired by the Diamond Clan of Legends Arceus but with Dialga colours, second outfit was me looking at Volo's handmade Arceus outfit and saying "I could do better".)
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