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The blind bandit!

Recently finished Avatar: The Last Airbender and I couldn't believe how excellent it is! Oustanding action scenes, complex and charming characters, and a gripping and emotional story! It really has all I could want from a show like this!

One of my favourite moments was Toph's introduction to the show, where her blind earthbending skills are first shown off. Seeing how the show visualised Toph's vision of the world and how she uses it to fight back was very cool and not something I expected. Though Zuko and Iroh's relationship was my favourite aspect of the show, Toph quickly became my favourite character of the main group! (Not to say Aang, Katara or Sokka were bad at all! It's tough competition with a group this great!)

This is a show I will think about fondly and revisit in the coming years! I plan to watch The Legend of Korra too!

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The start of many fruitless quest!

I saw TerminalMontage's pilot for their new original series, The Fruitless Quests of Nabiu, and loved it! You should check it out, it's very funny and well made! Here's a quick sketch of Nabiu and Karoto!

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Character Collage 2024! (W.I.P)

EDIT (17/09/24): Expanded the canvas and added Zuko's sketch

Currently working on my end of year piece which includes characters from various things I've watched, read and played in 2024! This piece might get bigger if I want to include more characters, but here it is at the moment!

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We fly with our spirit!

I've been thinking about Kiki's Delivery Service quite a bit since I first watched it. It's a beautiful movie about the loss of ones passion and the process of rekindling it. It also has witches, and witches are cool. In time, it might just become my 2nd favourite Studio Ghibli film.

Anyways, here's a piece of Kiki and Jiji flying at night. I really like how this one turned out and I'm glad I spent as much time on it as I did.

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Such is the life of an adventurer!

I watched Hilda earlier this year and it has since become my second favourite cartoon. I loved nearly everything about it. The pleasant style, the interesting cast, the wild yet grounded stories, it ended up being what I was expecting out of something like Gravity Falls.

I drew the intreped adventurer herself along with her trusty deerfox partner, Twig! I highly recommend this show!

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I'll write a story!

A small sketch of Shizuku Tsukishima from Whisper of the Heart.

I haven't been that active with art this year, and that can be pinned on loss of motivation and passion. I'm slowly starting to pick up the pen again and have worked on a few sketches, but it's been a little slow for a while.

Despite this, I've been watching a lot of things this year. One of the things I watched was a Studio Ghibli film called Whisper of the Heart. To say that this film has impacted me in ways I could never imagine would be a huge understatement. As an artist of any craft, it's easy to compare yourself to others and view what you create with a negative bias, sometimes even wondering what the point is. Whisper of the Heart says it's okay to take things slowly and that you should enjoy the craft above all else.

If you haven't seen it and are an artist of any form, I strongly recommend you watch Whisper of the Heart. I've never felt this seen by a film before and it made me cry like no film ever has.

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Character Collage 2023!

A collection of characters from media I engaged with last year interacting with each other!

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I've got a roll cake!

Wanted to make another Nichijou icon, so here's Nano! She's just an ordinary schoolgirl with no secrets whatsoever! Huh? The key on her back? Completely normal!

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Selamat pagi! I've now read all Nichijou volumes and really liked the vast majority of chapters in them! I'm looking forward to the future of this series now that it's being reserialized! Following on from Sakamoto, here's a drawing of Yukko!

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An ordinary cat!

I've recently watched Nichijou and have started to read the manga! It's pretty funny and I like learning what some of the more cultural jokes mean! Made a drawing of Sakamoto because he's my favourite character!

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Grotto Beasts!

A couple pieces from a while ago! My former favourite Grotto Beast, Festive Mimic, and my new favourite Grotto Beast, Trickstircuit!

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Three worlds of wonder!

I binged The Owl House, Gravity Falls, and Amphibia last month! They are all incredible shows that excel in their own ways! I highly recommend giving them a watch!