#was was in the manuscript before?

[velvetjune]

“She'd always dreamed of seeing New York. They were there now. In a fancy hotel. She drew a bath. She would become like Barbara. No. Better. She sank into dark water. Into Tom.” — Cynthia and Tom, Return

[cuties-in-codices]

more medieval manuscript repairs

all from a miscellany containg thomas de chabham's "summa poenitentialis", southern germany (?), first half of the 13th c.

source: Basel, Universitätsbibl., B X 1, fol. 56r, 67r, and 71r

[arrgh-whatever]

a few unfinished things

[friendamedes]

submitted my first ever manuscript to a literary agent a couple months ago and got my first ever rejection today!! this is so huge for me

[solradguy]

Recently I've started to try and study a lot of the artwork for Guilty Gear, particularly the artwork by Daisuke. I was reading your translation of the notes in the XX artbook and I realized that on a lot of the artwork I really liked, Daisuke mentioned mistakes he made. I found this odd since, again, most of them I thought were absolute masterpieces.

I know that people always say "You're your own worst critic", especially to artists, but I guess that it never really set in until I was reading those.

I get nobody's art is perfect (Daisuke is no exception, there are pieces in the artbook that even I could see were rather flawed), but the fact that I am staring in aw at some artwork and I then read that the creator of it was upset that the perspective was all off feels insane. Kinda makes me think about how I critique my own art when I have so many people in my life who think I'm an amazing artist.

I know this is gonna sound stupid and corny but I wanted to get this out of my head since it's been in there for at least a week or two now. Probably didn't word this the best since it's getting a bit late since I decided to stay up to listen to the new (and by new I mean two years old) Red Hot Chili Peppers album while drawing and I thought of this again.

Also thanks for translating the art book. Although the artwork by itself is still great, the comments (as I have stated) were really insightful for me personally. You really are a rad guy, at least in my eyes.

When I first translated Artworks of GGX 2000-2007, I thought Daisuke's harshness towards his art was possibly a Japanese cultural thing, since it's not uncommon for creators in Japan to kind of talk down their own accomplishments ("kenkyo"; [1] [2]). But then I got a bit better at Japanese and read commentary and autobiographical works by other artists—Hirohiko Araki, Kentarou Miura, and Ryoko Kui [3]—and they're much more positive about their creations. They're still humble about it, as any professional generally is, but they certainly aren't as critical as Daisuke is in Artworks 2007. It's definitely odd.

Artworks 2007 is an updated/expanded reprint of an edition that came out 3 years earlier, Artworks of GGX 2000-2004, so a little over half of the captions in Artworks 2007 were written between 2000 and 2004. If it wasn't kenkyo that made Daisuke critical about his art, then, I thought, maybe all the work he had on his plate leading up to the Sammy-Sega merger, which threatened the Guilty Gear IP as a whole[4], had him in kind of a depressive/hyper-critical mindset? That still feels like it could be plausible; his more recent (>2010) commentary is a lot kinder.

It is reassuring knowing that even incredibly skilled artists like Daisuke can still fall into being mean about their own art. Some things never change haha Here's hoping, like Daisuke, we all crawl out of that hyper-critical borderline self-loathing art pit 💪

Thanks for reading the translation!! And for the compliment. Artworks 2007 was my very, very, first large scale GG translation project and I'd like to redo it some day, some of the translations are a little wobbly.... I didn't make a Japanese manuscript for it though, which means I'll have to rescan every page again to get the text off them 😵‍💫

~ https://sakuratips.com/2020/10/20/humble/

~ https://interculturalwordsensei.org/kenkyo/

Hirohiko Araki is known for Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Kentarou Miura for Berserk, and Ryoko Kui for Dungeon Meshi

~ https://www.siliconera.com/arc-system-works-now-owns-the-rights-to-guilty-gear/

(sorry for the ~ before the links lol tumblr really wanted to turn them into embeds...)

[arctic-hands]

You ever be totally immersed in a story and then you come across a line about a subject and you realize you know more about this subject than the author and what the author wrote down was completely wrong and it's not even that the author didn't do research so much as the author didn't even think this was something that even needed to be researched? And it drives you absolute cuckoo bananas?

[peathepirate]

I'm posting to letting you know that I'm still alive and well and didn't, in fact, quit zumba after two classes. Still haven't touched my drawing tablet, though.

[johnnycrass]

normal guy normal stuff july 13-31 ORANGE

[semantic-diarium]

Amo-te...

Não pela forma que tu danças com os meus anjos exteriores, mas pelo jeito que vosso nome ecoa e silencia meus demônios interiores, outrora inquietos. Em teus braços há o tal abrigo acolhedor, que dilacera todo o temor e preenche o espaço com amor, que imuniza-me da dor e ainda me presenteia com o sortilegio de chama-lo de meu eterno amor. Amo-te, além da vida, morte, tristeza, alegria, força, medo ou bravura; Amo-te, até que meu coração se rompa desse sentimento de tão pura doçura.

✥-------------------✥-------------------✥

I love you...

Not for the way you dance with my outer angels, but for the way your name echoes and silences my inner demons, once restless. In your arms there is such a welcoming shelter, which lacerates all fear and fills this space with love, which immunizes me from pain and even presents me with the lucky of calling you of my eternal love. I love you, beyond life, death, sadness, joy, strength, fear or bravery; I love you until my heart breaks from this feeling of such pure sweetness.

- Nyxx Frump.

[sisterdivinium]

Now is the time to place your bets on whether or not this hyper self-indulgent doctor superion Vampire the Masquerade AU fic will or won't get to 100 handwritten pages...

[velvetjune]

“There’s a dark cloud hanging over your head” — Alan Wake 2

[english-history-trip]

Initial letter A from a book of hours owned by Isabella of France, containing a rare contemporary image of Isabella herself. Dating from the beginning of the 14th century, the book was likely a gift on her marriage to Edward II in 1308.

[arrgh-whatever]

(it's the guy that told you that he was going to get married as well.) I wanted to let you know we did it!!! it was only us, my parents and my grandma (since his family are mostly russians and not the greatest) I hope you and your partner are doing well :]c!!

I really love that little mouse. Pin is the cutest and I feel so sad for her!! I just wanna hold her and pet her little head with my finger.

The way you drew her expression when seeing the blood was KILLING me /pos YOU GOT LIKE THE GREATEST STYLE EVER!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! so happy for you!!!! :D 🎉

also glad you like Pin!! here have a scribble!

and thank you!! :]

[amethystpath-writes]

Bread and Eggs

(NOT A PR0MPT)

******

It started with the ringing of Villain’s phone. He wasn’t surprised to see Hero’s name pop up. He admired the too-small circle with her picture on it. It was impossible to tell by looking at the emblem, but Villain knew it was a picture from their first date.

To think it had been five years ago...

Villain’s picture on Hero’s phone had been a more recent photo, one from their engagement. An image of him kneeling with the classic black velvety case. It was warm the day of their engagement- Villain didn’t dare propose on a cold day; it would have led to an obvious refusal.

He used to joke that warmth was the only reason Hero even liked him. “You scorn me constantly,” Villain would tease. “You only like me because of the heat I so generously produce.”

“As if you have any control over it! You can’t help that you’re so warm, but it is definitely a plus,” she would ultimately agree.

Now, they were married- and, oh, hadn’t it been a dream? Looking for homes, buying a home, getting groceries, coming home to one another, holding each other at the end of the day. It was all Villain wanted in life, and for so long, it seemed impossible. Yet, here they were; her joyful face was beaming at his under the name ‘Love of my life’.

Answering the phone, Villain jokingly began, “Yes, honey, I remembered to get the bread and eggs.”

The voice that answered wasn’t Hero’s.

***

[hannie-dul-set]

thesis proposal defense tomorrow 😞😞😞.

[laurastaticesideblog]

?????????

Sunday's outfit has eyes too!! At first, I thought it's a dev's joke about biblical accurate angels but now I doubt it!!!