#post. natsume

[lunarcry]

things that always makes me laugh btw

#stardust speaking ! #sentofight #WHY DID U CHOOSE THAT ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ADBJKDBJKDBJKKDBJBKADJ #post. natsume #its relevant enough. cuz itll be funny the day i go through the tag

[arataka-reigen]

I'm trying to start a movement here

[ID: The first 3 images are edited versions of the "Let's take ibuprofen together" meme. The captions now say "Let's read shoujo together". They each show a person holding their hand out to the viewer; a character from the series Benigyokuzui, Mob from Mob Psycho 100, and Jerma. / end ID]

ID provided by @siroofington thank you so much

#and don't even think shoujo is just romance. you cant even begin to understand the rich world of shoujo. join me in this beautiful journey. #let's read shoujo together #<my tags from that other shoujo post #i was definitely referencing the let's take ibuprofen together meme #gi talks #shoujo #anime #shounen #my happy marriage #natsume yuujinchou #akatsuki no yona #requiem of the rose king #colette decides to die #basara #just tagging a few off the top of my head that don't include only romance so more people can check them out #i haven't read all of them but i heard great thinga #josei #josei is also a dying art form and i'll just lump josei and shoujo together tbh #kimi ni todoke #1k #gi talks animanga #1 #b

[cutie-lumi]

Ringing evil phone ❤️

#ensemble stars #enstars #femstars #genderbend #natsume sakasaki #my art #art #CUNTY NATSUME LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO #i'll post the the full redesign later this week (hopefully) #im so obsessed with devil!natsume u guys have NO. IDEA. #off topic but SORRY FOR NOT ANSWERING U GUYS ASKS UHGOUHGOUH BUT I PROMISE I WILL #too busy............. #anyways have some cunty natsume for now #im also working on another one btw

[astralibrary]

hi @marykedoesart, this is my gift to you for @natsume-ss' spring exchange!

you said you like tanuma/natsume and heartfelt, emotional themes so i went very symbolic with this, haha. i really love the idea of using imagery from the fish pond in tanuma's backyard to represent these two and their dynamic, so that became the concept i ran with. i'll explain my whole thought process below, but in the meantime i hope you like it! 💖

pls bear with me here bc this is going to be very long and wordy lol

so there's a definite theme of separate worlds here; while the environments are both pretty abstract, the idea was that tanuma is sitting in his house looking out towards his backyard where the pond is, representing the "real world," whereas natsume is in a more fantastical underwater setting, representing the world of youkai. also there's the implication that he's sitting at the bottom of the pond, aka completely immersed in that other world, while tanuma can only perceive hints of it in the reflected light & shadow on the wall.

tanuma's side is lit by the glow of the setting sun, and natsume's by an otherworldly blue light. also, there's their clothes: tanuma is in his regular school uniform while natsume is in a yukata, something that pretty much all humanoid youkai wear.

next, their poses; they're both sitting exactly the same way as a reflection of each other but natsume has his head bowed while tanuma is looking up; this is meant to represent their different approaches to their relationship. natsume is definitely more closed off, both as a defense mechanism and because he wants to protect tanuma & keep him away from the dangers of youkai. tanuma, though, is open and contemplative, maybe even hopeful; he wants to be let in and he wants to help, even if it is dangerous.

the lighting reinforces these conflicting attitudes, with tanuma's side being brighter and warmer while natsume's is darker and colder, representing this sort of "optimism vs pessimism" dynamic.

so now, the fish. the bridge between their different worlds, basically. on natsume's side it's a real fish while on tanuma's it's a shadow cast on the wall, which is obviously the original conceit of the scene in the source material: natsume can literally see the fish, while tanuma can only see its shadow. still, even if it manifests differently, it still exists to both of them, so it's a connection between them concerning youkai.

so they're both in their separate worlds, but because of this connection they affect each other, maybe in small ways at first; as the fish crosses over the barrier it leaves little effects, little disturbances behind. on natsume's side, bubbles drift up towards the surface, little pockets of air like little lifelines showing the way, and on tanuma's side little droplets fall and create ripples in the reflected water, these small things that grow and grow outward until they're not so small anymore. little feelings that bubble up and ripple out, hoping to reach the other in their own way.

the fish brings these feelings across the barrier, endlessly looping around them as they endlessly call out to each other, trying to navigate this relationship they have; it's possible to bridge the gap between them as long as they look and listen and learn to embrace the things that make them different just as much as those that bring them together.

and that's about it! my goal was to make a symbolic piece about their struggle to understand each other but with a hopeful note, so hopefully that comes across! i hope my explanation at least sort of made sense and wasn't too confusing! (to be completely transparent i only had about half of that in mind while i was drawing it, the rest sort of came together as i was writing this. neat!)

and finally, here's a still frame in the original higher resolution so you can see it a bit nicer! 💖

#natsuyuuspringex2024 #natsume yuujinchou #natsume's book of friends #natsume takashi #tanuma kaname #tanunatsu #natsuyuuss: it's a smaller exchange so your gift can be more simple! #me immediately: I Am Going To Animate Something #and then i did! #i love these two and their magical fish imagery #and i hope you do too! #rieley draws #rieley animates #digital #fanart #(i will be posting on twitter too just. give me a min for that one lol #im not as used to formatting over there orz)

[illyasfeel]

Natsume & Nyanko-sensei

#natsumeedit #natsume yuujinchou #natsume's book of friends #natsuchou #natsuyuu #natsume yuujincho #natsume takashi #takashi natsume #nyanko sensei #nyedit #my graphics #my post

[nycnko]

#frances (@/treecakes) has been doing official art hunt posts and i got inspired to dig through whatever i have and find some arts i dont - #- see going around as much as other arts do #might just be me and these are actually p common but i wanna share :) in natsuyuu fandom we do the opposite of gate keeping #you will see and hear about this series #natsume yuujinchou #natsumes book of friends #natsume takashi

[lnmei]

Made a lot of drawings of natsume yuujinchou, which I am revisiting! but pretty much only drew natori and matoba… lol

#my art #natsume yuujinchou #i like everyone but matoba is my favorite lmao as u can see #tried to imitate the manga style a bit! midorikawa has a very light feathery line and she’s really good at applying tone for atmosphere #posted many of these on the sideblog already but here they are together #I might draw more but who knows!

[nekomiras]

Birthday gifts and card redraws

#some of these are farely old but i dont think i ever posted them #anyways #my art #enstars #ensemble stars #trickstar #subaru akehoshi #makoto yuuki #mao isara #hokuto hidaka #shu itsuki #natsume sakasaki #arashi narukami #rei sakuma

[natsmagi]

birthday gift i made for @cutie-lumi back in february that i forgot to post publicly until now👍💕💕💕

#POSTING BC SHE ONLY RECENTLY REMINDED ME N I WAS LIKE OUHHHHH. RIGHT. FUCJK #need to share it with the people of course of course #so anyway hi here they are #i created a lil au based on things lumi had told me she likes Do u guys like it. i struggled alot #drawing long hair mugi is so fun i should do it more #femstars #genderbend #natsume sakasaki #tsumugi aoba #natsumugi #enstars #ensemble stars #my art

[puddii-ng]

doodle for mothers day

#enstars #my art #ensemble stars #fanart #femstars #shu itsuki #natsume sakasaki #okay now usually I wouldn’t post something so small standalone but #AAHH it’s cute #i miss them #Mother’s Day cause shu STAYS mothering #little doodle tag

[imliterallypoe]

I love making these

#ensemble stars #enstars #tori himemiya #kanna natsu #hanamura fuyume #sagiri esu #esuyume #esufuyu #kaoru hakaze #rei sakuma #reikao #ibuki taki #ritsu sakuma #natsume sakasaki #tsumugi aoba #natsumugi #natsutsumu #sora harukawa #text post edit #text posts #text post #4piece

[lunarcry]

incredible scene

#stardust speaking ! #post. natsume #i forgot this happened so early.....................ough i rly love this ch..T_^ asagi............................. #also asagi!natsume saying good morning to kitamoto and him staring cuz what the hell happened & natsume staring like what the hell happened #this after kitamoto had tried to grab his attention Twice #thinking about the ep where touko sees a bird fly away and natsume noting it has a partner....... #and how nishimura & kitamoto recognizes that natsumes very jumpy etc. in this ch he talks about a parasol and theyre like ?? what parasol #->natsume realizes its a youkai #ALSOOOOO nishimura. the natori ch. the audience(fanclub) of girlies and nishimura. lov that #lots tot alk about #scrolling down dash seeing fatys cat opens OOAAAUUUGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH akira liked that

[mojacko]

raver commission for mugiflop on twt !

#i wll make a comm post for here later on… #ensemble stars #enstars #tsumugi aoba #natsume sakasaki #natsumugi #mojart

[cutie-lumi]

Y2K inspired fem!natsume 💗 ⚡ 🌈 

#ensemble stars #enstars #femstars #natsume sakasaki #my art #genderbend #art #Y2K #please tell me you noticed her bedazzled flip phone #I BEDAZZLED HER FLIP PHONE #please bear with me as I try to work on comms and create new content to post on all my socials at the same time #*sobs* #MUGI NEXT LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO #what if i make a final piece with all of them together..... #i just learned how to make that 90's anime effect on CSP and now im OBSESSED

[dogcircle-scans]

@inouekazuhiko

I received many celebratory words from everyone. Thank you so much. Today, I have turned 70 years old and am in good health~. In no time at all, it has been 70 years. Thanks to everyone, I have been able to persevere until now. From now on, I will continue to treasure every day. Thank you for your continued support.

Happy 70th Birthday to Inoue Kazuhiko-san, voice actor for Nyanko-sensei! 🎂😸 Here is Inoue-san's birthday message to everyone. I will try to translate more posts in the next few days (if I have more free time, haha). Enjoy!

- popsicle

#natsume yuujinchou #natsume's book of friends #inoue kazuhiko #kamiya hiroshi #twitter #translation #animejapan #🦙: i keep changing how i format these types of posts sorry #btw i reordered the images to better suit tumblr

[dadfathers]

Messed around with color compositions and ended up with yet another drawing of matoba and natori lollll the heavily color edited version (first one) is the one I ended up liking :] and process shots that show the original idea and how it evolved from there… kind of like the original idea but I end up making everything colorful if I work on it too long

#drawing #natsume yuujinchou #it ended up kind of like a horror illustration lolll because of how dark it is…. #I want to get into a workflow for making full color drawings again… #kind of undecided about posting this but I figure I should just be free lol