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beloved kakavasha

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beloved kakavasha

#kakavasha #hsr kakavasha #aventurine #hsr aventurine #hsr spoiler #hsr spoilers #honkai star rail spoiler #honkai star rail spoilers #riverin art #hey friends how are we feeling post 2.1 #good? good. yeah #AUGHAHGUAHGUAHGUAHGUHAUG #guttural screaming and crying he's fine he's fine he's fine he's well and when he comes home i have a blanket and warm drinks for him #you can't just throw a character through the mental wringer and have them face their childhood self and NOT expect me to be in ruins #ugh . god . i need to fall asleep for 2 weeks straight and just recover

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had a liiiiiiiittle more thonks on design reinterpretations for these two since last time

#bomp

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had a liiiiiiiittle more thonks on design reinterpretations for these two since last time

#black swan #hsr black swan #acheron #hsr acheron #honkai star rail #hsr #riverin art #wanted vaguely some more body shape exploration too #but anyway #i still think black swan deserves a nice long dress and big ol flowy sleeves (bell shaped) #acheron gets a full other layer instead of the half shoulder coat from her original design? #tried to incorporate that one sash taht's tied around the shoulders / back to pull back kimono sleeves #breaks the asymmetry a little but eh #it's hard to tell but she's wearing a collared vest under the outermost layer which is where that's coming from #it's not fused into all one piece bc i thought that was a little awkward

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did y'all see thaht animated short too

#bomp

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did y'all see thaht animated short too

#acheron #black swan #hsr black swan #hsr acheron #honkai star rail #hsr #riverin art #rondos across countless kalpas my beloved #anyway #acheron and black swan design reinterpretations #as neat as i think these two are they Sure have like. very similar silhouettes and or elements to their outfits + looks #really wanted to give acheron short hair and Also put black swan in a looooong dress. that's all this really is #ig this could be... #acheswan #(if you squint) #(but also it probably doesn't count if they're just standing next to each other) #acherswan #(??? how do you spell them..)

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hey there, handsome

#miyaka fujiwara #kenji matsumoto #riverin art #riverin oc #something lost #oooOOOOGH nothing like a good pencil sketch for good vibes i swear #miyaka my beblorbed #kenji my Also beblorbed but he's less prominent here #her new jacket so far is really fun #i'm having a Time

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long time no miyaka

2024 redesign let's go !!!! i was really, really happy with how this turned out! :D miyaka has been with me for roughly a decade now, so it's really amazing to see all the different ways that she's grown with me as i matured both with my creative work And just in general. there's still a lot i can learn and keep improving on, but in general, i'm super happy with how things have been for art recently! looking back on my past miyaka's, i noticed that i had a lot of baggy elements and things that overall muddled up parts of her that i felt would look better if i distinguished them. this primarily cropped up in her arms, where i either had Really bunched up sleeves around the elbow area, so i wanted to try something different and actually highlight her arms. her new jacket also ended up getting the sleeves fully chopped off / widened to give it a breezier look in motion. i made the blue more saturated, and adjusted the green of her shirt in the opposite direction for some balance. her base layers have otherwise stayed the same: short-sleeved shirt with ruffly / loose sleeves, fitted pants. i changed the color of the pants too, because having the black jeans in her previous iteration just made her colors a little Too monotonous. having more colors now might come back to bite me later, but for the time being i really like it! i also wanted to have colors that went well when she's without her jacket, and green-brown / blue-brown have always been color combinations i've really liked!

#miyaka fujiwara #riverin art #riverin oc #something lost

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regarding absence.

some personal musings around not having appropriate terminology to articulate some of my experiences growing up, and wishing that i had someone to talk to me about these things in hindsight. over the years, i ended up learning a lot more about myself and aromanticism through one of my oldest ocs to date, miyaka, who ended up being aro-spec herself! i think it's a very precious experience to have a long-term oc grow with me, and be a reflection of how i explored my own identity. and of course, i'm always growing and learning, and it makes me excited to see how that may crop up not just in miyaka, but across all my ocs, art, and writing too! this was drawn very casually and unpolished for aromantic spectrum awareness week. i know i'm at the tail-end of it / could even be late, but i definitely decided i want to draw something for it this year. i also had more scenes / depictions floating around in my head while working on this, but ended up excluding some things because i was running out of energy (and time). i was also challenging myself with making this a mainly-textless comic save for the end, so a lot of brainpower went into that and left me tired. >.>' if you made it this far, thank you very much for reading, and i hope you have a lovely day! :D

#miyaka fujiwara #riverin art #riverin oc #aromantic #aromantic spectrum #aro #arospec #aromantic awareness week #arospec awareness week #aromantic spectrum awareness week #whoagh thats a lotta tags #i hope that if anyone sees this and resonates in any way with it... know that i am extending a lot of warmth and love to you!! #aro friends are deserving of the world and i hope the past week has treated you well #and if not i hope good tidings are right around the corner for you!

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For the kingdom of Ku.

#reblog #hikari ku #octopath traveler 2 #octopath traveler ii #started replaying my restart file and just did his first chapter again ... i miss him i treasure him i want to see him safe and happy #RAAUGHGHAGHGAHAGH his plot literally starts on the Worst night of his life #what do you Mean he got told his father wanted him to be the next monarch only to reveal his brother was planning a coup #what do you MEAN he got betrayed by someone he thought was a friend and watched his home burn to the ground #a DIFFERENT friend literally dies in his arms #then his father almost immediately after #he ran from his kingdom with overwhelming guilt and drive after everything because that's the only way he knew to honor those who died #GRAAHHHHHH LET HIM REST LET HIM NOT BE PLAGUED BY THIS WEIRD DARK SIDE LET HIM BE FULLY COMFORTABLE SURROUNDED BY TRUSTWORTHY KIND PEOPLE

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hmmm... colors ......

#xueyi #honkai star rail #hsr #riverin art #i think i went a Little overboard with the coloring and layering #this could have easily been tripped down to like. 2-3 layers Max instead of 4 up at the top #my drive to color this was also hampered by colorpicking from her ref #which was. um. not a great experience #i definitely think everything from the waist up just got too busy design-wise #and thus coloring was a lot of effort to fully figure out #anyway #i'm still happy i made this attempt !! still very fond of xueyi having little puffy ish pants and leggings the combo feels very her

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xueyi outfit reinterpretation skritch .......

#xueyi #riverin art #honkai star rail #hsr #i Love aspects of her design but Also? absolute NO to some parts of it ... #hsr give women proper pants challenge #i love xueyi So much but she deserves better than a pointy mask at her midsection And armpit slits #like her color scheme is SO good and well-balanced #but then. then. gestures #i definitely made a Stupidly Layered outfit again but there were certain aspects that i was more keen on preserving #it might all get simplified down in the future? but for now i wanna see how this would look colored #aND ALSO !! WHY HAVE A MASK IF YOU WON'T WEAR IT ON YOUR HEAD / FACE !! ((brought to you by artist with oc who wears veils 99% of the time #i think xueyi deserves to actually wear her rad as hell mask to strike fear in the hearts of her enemies <3 #anyway. she deserves better and the bar is on the floor but Alas

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save me xueyi ...... xueyi ..... xueyi save me..............

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i had to do it… i had to have huang and xueyi hanging out …………

(full monologue unhidden below!)

save me xueyi ...... xueyi ..... xueyi save me..............

#xueyi #huang #riverin oc #riverin art #honkai star rail #hsr #honkai star rail oc #hsr oc #sometimes you are 2 automatons with Wildly different sources of consciousnesses but there Is a common thread between y'all #and also just like. huang being big golden retriever energy around stoic and serious xueyi (or any other similar character) sparks joy okay #more interactions possibly incoming bc i watched the catching up with star rail vid over xueyi + they hit me with a sucker punch at the end #'few could imagine that within this cold exterior lies an ordinary girl' #'the struggle to rebuild her soul and reclaim her humanity is ongoing' #'but the day those wishes are realized still seems like a distant dream' #WHAT IF I BURST INTO TEARS AND SHATTER INTO A MILLION PIECES WHAT THEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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save me xueyi ...... xueyi ..... xueyi save me..............

#xueyi #honkai star rail #hsr #riverin art #GAAAHHHHHH YOUR HONOR SHE IS MY BEBLORBED !!! #mhy said 'we're going to create a soul-possessed automaton' to appeal directly to my tastes #GRAAAHHH AND SHE'S SO GOOD IN BATTLE TOO I LOVE USING HER SO MUCHHHH #also you KNOW i'm going to have her get into shenanigans with huang... duality of once-alive-soul and artificial intelligence #both in their own bodies #waughuahguahgu.....

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Journeys across the stars are not meant to be taken alone.

- monty / amani - huang / nia

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🏮 "FEAR NOT! So long as I am by your side, no harm will come to you!" 🔅 "For as long as you are willing to have me, I hope my skills will be of use." - monty / amani - huang / nia [here]

🏮 HUANG

A colorfully dressed AI with too much of a presence. Versed in staff-fighting, they are capable of summoning three other Imaginary-element selves to protect others in battle. To others' chagrin, Huang has an overly loud personality. Although they have a storied past, some of Huang's memories are inaccessible for reasons they cannot recall. They seek their original creator, a talented engineer from the Xianzhou Luofu who has not been seen in years.

🔅 LAVENIA FAIR

A young woman who offers her services as an astral navigator. She possesses an assortment of disjointed skills, knowledge she applies to get by in the vast cosmos. Though she dislikes combat, she will take on a supporting role if it is truly necessary. Nia has recently been forced to go on the run. She speaks little about her pursuer, only revealing that said person had orchestrated an attempt on her life that she narrowly escaped. As for what would happen if she gets caught… … …

hello again !! the promised second half of my main hsr au group is finally here!! while i had these designs solidified well before i actually did these sketches, it was still fun to draw them in motion and try to create more interesting silhouettes with them. just as we had monty and amani in the previous grouping, we're rounding out this little quartet with huang and nia! huang and nia have been intertwined since huang's conception, although i gave nia a lot more agency in later iterations rather than just a side-character to huang's overall history. i will always hold a soft spot for huang and nia in their original fantasy setting, but it's been delightful seeing how their story shifts bit by bit in each iteration! formally, this hsr au is both of their third incarnations! since i colored everything in monochrome, it might be harder to tell this, but huang dresses in a Lot of different colors that i tried to make distinct in different shades. this originally was going to have 3 other full-body peeps in huang's summons, but i found a way to skirt about that for my own sanity... i'm still super happy with how this turned out, i think of all my splash arts, huang was the most involved and i think truer to what i envisioned for them. i made a 1st attempt at a splash art for them a few months ago, but didn't feel happy with the results until i tried again recently!! nia's outfit took more time to work out beforehand, mostly because i had trouble with her sense of fashion / what would be most flattering on her. i eventually skewed more towards a sci-fi magical girl kind of vibe, not dissimilar to outfits like pela's or even bronya. (she's also descended from people who used to live on jarilo-vi, so i thought that'd be a good nod to that as well.) her trailing fabric used to be a full vest, but i felt that muddled up figure and layered things a bit unnecessarily. so i converted it into more of a shoulder pieces, and that way it showed off more of her dress without losing details. some extra belts and bags were added for practicality. my favorite personal addition is the higher socks going up to her knees, i think it made for a nice distinguishing fashion preference that separated her from every other boot-wearer in the quartet (which... would be everyone else, huh). this was a REALLY satisfying mini-project to give myself, especially since i'd been feeling down about my art in recent days. i hope everyone else enjoyed, and thank you so much for viewing !!