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Soul Eater post Chapter 50

Links: Webtoons A03

Guess half-way to a hundred? Will I reach that? I wish I reached 50 in age, so whatever I get I won't complain - so the same with this story, I hope I don't die from a sudden illness or some silly acident, but in case, eh, atleast it will be better than nothing.

But I'm being dramatic again - anyways, I hope to get back into it and recover ASAP, so both the comic and the videos go on, but in case it doesn't, I'm grateful to all, hope in this half a century you found anything atleast a bit enjoyable, and if not, maybe in the next 50.

And if not, as allways:

Yeah...Sorry

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These are my Soul Eater OCs, Tory and ISO!

Tory is the meister partner to ISO ("Eye-so"), who is a Demon Shotgun. Together, they run the DWMA Newspaper Club. Tory is the editor/reporter and ISO is the photographer.

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#One should appear in the first scene of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire

did you know they just spawn in the back of moving trucks sometimes?

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These are my Soul Eater OCs, Ella and Yejoon.

I was inspired by some recent photos from the clothing brand, Giordano, to draw them in these outfits and poses. It was good practice for drawing folds and highlights!

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Encounter at the Laundromat

"Psst. Look. Over there."

Ella and Yejoon eye a suspicous visitor at the worn down laundromat.

Hey, it's been a long time since I've posted! I recently had an urge to draw Ella and Yejoon, my Soul Eater OCs, in a laundromat setting. I tried drawing it, and here it is! I can't say I'm perfectly happy with the outcome, but I think it was a meaningful project that taught me my limitations in perspective, lighting, and composition. It's just that more exciting to know what more I have to learn!!

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Which gen of pokemon did you start with?

The first game I played was Silver, which I borrowed from someone I knew for a week. The first game I owned was Ruby, so I started with Generation 3.

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Soul Eater Post SCRIPTUM

So yeah, thought about reposting my first and probably only fanfic I did back when I used that Amino app and was in this #7nights challange organised by the real G @unownzone - so yeah, now you will figure out why I do comics instead of literature lol.

Anyways, if I ever for some reason writte something, I gonna dump it there too - finally actually using AO3 for written work (oh, I would post it on the og fanfic site, if it wasn't down at the moment lol)

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Soul Eater OC Tip #5: Create a distinct head design

When designing a Soul Eater OC, it is a good idea to give the original character a distinct head design. To have a distinct head design means for a character to have a hairstyle, facial features, headwear, or accessories that allow a viewer to easily distinguish them from another character. Making use of these unique features on a Soul Eater character’s head is beneficial in two ways. First, the character will be easily recognizable. Second, the character’s “chibi” soul will be easier to draw.

Creating a distinct head design is a common tip for making an easily recognizable silhouette and thus a good character design. The YouTube channel, BaM Animation, emphasizes the importance of having a unique head silhouette. “Every character design works better if you can recognize them just from the silhouette… Another way to improve silhouette clarity is to take the character’s head and add a little weird shape that is unique to only them.”

Many characters in Soul Eater have head features that make them easily recognizable. Not only do they have weird shapes that accentuate their silhouette, they also have other facial features and hairstyles that do not necessarily add to their silhouette, but make their appearances memorable nevertheless. All these details are effectively utilized in the appearance of their “chibi” soul.

The chibi soul is a representation of a character’s soul visualized by simplifying the character’s head down to its most distinct features. These chibi souls only appear a few times in the series, particularly when Stein is using Soul Perception to analyze the souls of the main characters. Even though the series did not show many chibi versions of its characters’ souls, chibi souls are popular among artists who design Soul Eater OCs. Because chibi souls are such a big part of creating OCs in Soul Eater fandom, it is worth analyzing the designs of canon chibi souls.

Maka’s pigtails are an iconic feature of her head that express the nature of her character very well. While the hairstyle itself can be translated into the stereotypical anime symbol of cuteness, Maka’s pigtails are neat and tidy, rather than flowy and delicate, which appear to reflect her sense of duty and responsibility. The pigtails are also the main feature of her soul, and in some depictions appear to represent the wings of her Grigori soul.

A defining feature of Soul’s face is his sharp teeth, which also happen to be the main feature of his chibi soul. The teeth symbolize the “eater” part of his character, and is also featured in the Soul Eater logo.

Black Star’s silhouette is instantly recognizable because of his star-shaped hair. As a visual representation of his energy and desire to be a star, it is the feature that is prominent in the design of his soul.

Tsubaki’s unique head shape is formed by her long ponytail. Appearing to be an expression of her femininity and practicality, it is the main shape featured in her chibi soul.

Death the Kid’s head is unmistakably his because of his incomplete Lines of Sanzu. While they do not contribute to his silhouette, they are defining part of his appearance, and is the main feature of his chibi soul. What does make his silhouette distinguishable from generic male anime characters with short straight hair, however, is the strands of hair that stick out at the base of his neck.

Liz and Patty’s souls are characterized by their cowboy hats. The two are distinguished from each other with their facial expressions. Patty’s is more cheerful and has a blush, while Liz’s appears to have more droopy eyes.

Not all Soul Eater characters have chibi version souls, but is still significant to point out that Soul Eater character designs have very distinct head details and silhouettes compared to other anime and manga series. To name a few more more examples would be Stein’s head screw, Ragnarok’s X face, Medusa’s hood and Rod of Asclepius hair, Arachne’s spider hair bun, Ox’s glasses and hair spikes, Harvar’s visor and ponytail, Mira’s bandages and dreadlocks, Marie’s eyepatch, Justin’s Zucchetto, and Lord Death’s mask.

It is not mandatory for a Soul Eater OC to have a chibi soul, but understanding the design choices made in the chibi souls of the main characters can help make an OC design that fits the Soul Eater universe better. Not only that, one useful trick could be to design a chibi soul first and adding details later. This will prevent the character design from becoming too generic or overly detail-oriented because it helps the design to start out with a solid and simple base shape.

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I love your Soul Eater OC's. I'm also a huge fan and want to write my own fanfiction but I don't know what my characters should look like. I was wondering if you had any tips cause your characters look so awesome.

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the compliment!!!

I've actually written a few tips for creating Soul Eater characters!

One tip is about how your OC should follow a theme. Another is about how it's good to make them wear black or muted colors.

I think you can check them out with the hashtag: #Soul Eater OC Tips

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"She found us-!"

Meister Ella and Demon Glaive Yejoon turn around to see the silhouette of their pursuer, an aggravated Amelia Dyer, heading in the alley they were hiding in.

Amelia Dyer is a Kishin Egg OC I made a while ago, inspired by the serial killer of the same name. She looks like an ogre and eats the souls of babies.

Feel free to offer feedback about this work! It's been a while since I've done a full illustration and I was honestly lost when it came to working with a backlit subject, perspective lines, and a foreground-background composition.

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Meister Ella, performing a horizontal cut with weapon partner, Demon Glaive Yejoon. Death City, 20XX DC.

Who am I kidding lol this is just a sketch(or it was supposed to be💀)

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Did you know that in American marching band performances, there's a team called the color guard that performs with props like flags and GUNS?

They make these really cool twirling, throwing, and tossing moves with a fake rifle, as though it were a baton.

The moment I found out this exists, I thought Tory is doing that. Whether it be her fighting style or some choreography she does by herself, she's definitely doing that. It's just perfect!

Er, Tory's my Soul Eater OC, BTW. She's a Shotgun Meister and her partner's name is ISO.

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My Soul Eater OCs, Meister Ella and Demon Glaive Yejoon.

I was just experimenting with Ella's color scheme to try out Krita for the first time but ended up drawing a complete picture.

I had been using Fire Alpaca but it just really annoyed me how images lose saturation when they're exported. It was time to try a new art program.

Krita definitely feels more versatile and high-quality than Fire Alpaca, but some features like clipping layers and default hotkeys were really counterintuitive.

In the end, the saturation loss with exported images is not much of a problem with Krita, so I'll probably keep using Krita for a while. Though, I wonder if Medibang is also a good option.

Anyway, I think I like this color scheme better for Ella because it's more clear that black is a primary color. There used to be more white in the shoes because I liked that classic streetwear look but I think I'll have to give it up.

The graffiti is from the lyrics of STEP UP by Lotus Juice, the song that Justin is always listening to on his earphones.

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Drew it!

Playing around with some poses for my SE OC Akari Masayoshi~

She a fussy goof!

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This sketch just reminded me about how action and movement is so important in Soul Eater that it made me wanna draw Yejoon in a unique partial-body transformation fighting style too

Playing around with some poses for my SE OC Akari Masayoshi~

She a fussy goof!

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So I made this while manic at three am like a year ago. But this is the basis for my soul eater biology. Humans and weapons and witches are all independently evolved. This also has nothing to do with anything that happens in the manga and i also dont care that weapons are called demon weapons normally. lol

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These are some older sketches I did of my OCs. Looking back, some of them aren't so great, but it was pretty fun, which got me out of art block at the time.