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some self indulgent orientation head canons

flags from left to right:

Aplatonic (yurio)

Aroace (yurio)

Apothiaroace (otabek)

#shout out to all my aspec peeps #may do one including Mari and Minako as well #Mari gives aroace and Minako gives aroallo #thinking about loveless mari too #makes me happy :) #yuri on ice #yoi #yuri plisetsky #otabek altin #peas n guac #id in alt text #fanart #I thought aplatonic made sense for yurio #he’s never pursuing friendship or feeling the desire to form friendships #otabek just wedged his way into yurio’s life and yurio decided oh guess we’re friends now cool :)

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appreciation for yuuri’s sochi gpf costume

#peas n guac #the lapels are so shiny #yuri on ice #yoi #katsuki yuuri #id in alt text #fanart

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Stay close to me, and you’ll see that in time everything will come

Thank you for everything. I will never forget you.

#the subtle gradient stammi vicino colors in the background have my heart in a vice grip it’s so lovely #and the gently pinky hold OUGH. OUGH MY HEART. #it’s so tender so loving I’m eating drywall #the background gradient paired with the skin undertones do artistically a nice job indicating whose hand is whose I really like that #yuri on ice

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I wish we could send asks from my art blog (rikichie) but I can't so here goes. I'm delighted every time you seem to enjoy my art, I absolutely adore yours. You're a wonderful artist and your lines have some playful freedom and angles to them, I'm not sure how to describe it but it's fun and beautiful. Thank you so much for enriching the fandom the way you do.

oh man, that is genuinely one of the best compliments I have ever received thank you! While I have you here I just want to say your art and text posts are such blessings to the yoi fandom, your beginning and end stammi vicino pieces continue to be some of my all time favorites. I appreciate all you contribute to the fandom as well <3

#yuri on ice #asks #ask #yoi #also me too—I hope tumblr adds a feature for choosing the blog you send asks from one day

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Just don't ask me how that huge plush was thrown there

Under the cut, things I imagine in YOI pre-canon, with the ways my thoughts tie into canon to explain why I think them. These are personal headcanons and interpretations.

With Viktor, I imagine his family being high achieving, and Viktor having a lot of expectations on him. And he matches then successfully. But this means his parents think he's doing well, even in moments where emotionally he isn't. They look at achievements rather than looking at him. It's not intentional neglect, they just don't have the awareness of mental wellbeing. He has a bed and food and he's doing well in school and skating, so everything must be okay. It's fine when he's fine, it's lonely when he's not. And it's the first environment that teaches him to match himself to what's expected and wanted of him, fulfilling a role rather than just being.

When he's older, he quietly creates distance. Not cutting them off, but not reaching out. They don't mind. They follow news, and they can show off his success.

When he's young, Viktor loves having fans and being known and admired. Af first he doesn't see downsides to it. And then something happens, as simple as "did you see him throwing the flower at Christophe Giacometti? He was flirting, how cute" - and Viktor realizes his fans will draw their own conclusions and won't believe him if he tries to say they're wrong.

So he starts adjusting his approach. Building a persona, and building walls. Charming smiles that get him anything he wants. Practicing the skill of giving people what they expect. Being what they expect. And then flipping it on its head and surprising them.

If you're focusing on matching and subverting expectations, you're not necessarily being yourself. Any personal exploration of identity is hidden and alone. But on the ice, when he's performing, he can be honest. He can be seen. Because they're going to take it as fake. Think of how Minako reacted to Stammi Vicino - Viktor's earnest plea for someone to stay by his side, well, he's too charming for this to tug at the heartstrings. So he can play with stories that he won't share with anyone any other way, and he knows they'll take it as pretend.. The walls he builds don't allow him to be truly close to people. He has good relationships with other skaters, but emotionally keeps them at arm's length. He doesn't notice he's isolating. Chris and he have fun joke-flirting, but when Viktor steps away from the ice Chris doesn't seem to realize he needs this, isn't close enough to know what he's struggling with. He talks like Viktor is taking away the motivation he's entitled to by choosing to coach Yuuri. His rinkmates see him on good and bad days so they know when he struggles, and Yakov is the only person close to knowing him deeply, but even he doesn't take it seriously when Viktor burns out, so that is still limited.

For Yuri, I think his mother was going through a lot to let his grandfather take care of him. He has a lot of responsibility in that setting, and it all starts when he's so young.

I think, with Viktor being present in his life consistently from such a young age, Viktor is one of the people he sees as family. He absolutely looks up to him, just like he absolutely looks up to Yuuri. And I think he resents the emotional distance Viktor maintains.

He's not very attentive to people in general, but he's the one that explains to us how Viktor feels early in the show. When Viktor left to Japan so suddenly, I think Yura felt abandoned beyond just Viktor forgetting to choreograph a program for him. If it was just the program - he did end up getting Agape, he could have just asked for that, but he tried to get Viktor to go back. I feel like he hates that Viktor went to look for a way to get his spark back somewhere else, instead of staying and finding a way out of his slump with his rinkmates. If what Viktor needs is to coach someone, why isn't Yuri good enough? He's a talented skater and he sees himself as continuing Viktor's legacy, but Viktor chose someone else for that role.

And Viktor did choose Yuuri to continue his legacy. Because Yuuri skates so beautifully, because Yuuri has so much love for Viktor's skating, because Yuuri has drive and ambition and pride and skill and he finds joy in skating, and Viktor wants to nurture all of that into the performance Yuuri deserves to show.

And along the way, he learns how to connect with people as himself. His relationships with Yuuri and Yuuri's family open doors for him to better and deeper relationships with Yuri and Chris and anyone else he wants to be close to.

About Yuuri, there's very little I can say because we know so much. So I'll just share a lighthearted headcanon a few friends and I came up with as a story idea and I just adopted.

I don't share the fanon that Phichit got him into pole dancing. In my mind, he either started himself, or it was Chris - unintentionally. I think they're friends, because of how Yuuri reacted to him in the show, like he's used to him. And I like to think Chris kept saying things that made Yuuri feel competitive. Talking about how it's great for core strength, "but it's probably not your thing." Sent pictures of himself performing difficult moves, and got pictures back because Yuuri was trying to match him or do more difficult things than him. And meanwhile Chris thinks they're showing off to each other for fun. It's how Chris knew Yuuri can keep up with him at the banquet.

I still want to write something for that last bit.

#adorable premise and fantastic art!!! #that plush is so comically huge and yakov is so done I’m CACKLING #also eating up the treasure trove in that readmore like the worlds most delicious soup #everything u said was correct and it’s canon to me <3 #also prev agreed #big big biggggg dog #yuri on ice

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Hi! I’m a huge fan of your art. I was wondering, do you have any advice for approving on anatomy or color? Those are parts of your art that really inspire me! ^^

thanks so much!

For Anatomy, I’d suggest familiarizing yourself with general muscle groups via actual anatomical diagrams, which I’ll include. Once you know how the meaty bits all go together it’s a lot easier modifying/stylizing them!!

here:

Then come figure drawing anatomy studies, these help with figuring out how things fit together and move:

(Pinterest is a shitty cesspool of art stealing and reposting, but it’s a really great place to find and organize lots of references like these!)

Btw cool website:

One last note on… sort of anatomy, but this is more pertinent for composition: work from broad to specific! Block out the general flow of the poses, get a good silhouette before you start going in with details.

I’m using one of my artworks and hoping this helps visualize what I mean:

Color:

When I’m laying down my base colors what tends to be at the forefront of my mind is the value scale.

what i mean by this is, if you look at your piece in grayscale, can you tell that different parts of it are different colors, that some are lighter and darker? Does it still make sense to your eyes if it’s all grayscale? Or is everything the same sort of gray and it all muddled together?

Color can greatly impact the overall mood of your piece, so it’s generally good practice to have a loose idea on the general atmosphere you want to convey and then decide how color relationships play with that.

a general rule of practice for me is to keep the amount of colors I use to a minimum, reusing them in different places (someone’s hair color will also be another persons pants color or something!)

Also when coloring I generally avoid white backgrounds, I feel like it tends to make my colors rather flat and uninteresting. You can see here:

Ive found designating a base that is not white naturally influences the palette to give my end product a more unified appearance.

I think I’ve rambled FAR too long at this point, uhm, hope this was helpful? aha

#yuri on ice #yoi #ask #asks #no id in alt text #undescribed #peas n guac #art tutorial

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im sleepy and i just finished infosumping to my friends o im coming to my favorot blog

you knoe how yuuri has. A lot of posters of victor? Like a ton. Well, look at the posters. Theyr all the same for the most part. And they arent that big or snythin. Sure ther are standouts and he does have some bigger and some individual ons, but like. He has two of every kind it feels like.

And its not like victor only has 6 or smth posters and yuri kust has all of em. He had to have a lot. But like. Why does yuri only have a few that are duplicates?

This is definitly me prohecting, but id lik eto propose this. Yuuri’s family inst rich. They arent poor or anything, but not rich. And figure skating is expensive!! Collegr in the states is expensive!! So what if yuuri, instead of buying posters, cut off ones from magazines n stuff? I did that a lot as a kid; i cut off spreads from magazines or conic book covers of my favorite super hetoes and used them as posters. The actual posters i got were birthdays, christmas, etc.

so yeah. Just silly thoughts. Mayb yuri cut off magazine pages and used them as posters. :)

I love this headcanon, I agree that the katsuki’s probably weren’t the most affluent folks around (last hot spring, a dying business for their area). It’s probably heavily thanks to the resources yuuri had through friends and family like Minako and yuuko, access to ballet lessons and ice castle for discounted prices, that he may accredit to being able to pursue his skating career. And that frugality gets brought to light with things like merch collections, so yes, very fun to think about!

(also, calling me your favorite blog? teehee hi hello twirling my hair kicking my feet)

#yuri on ice #yoi #katsuki yuuri #ask #asks #I might be getting my lore wrong I am not fact checking myself #so please nobody use this as a concrete source of info aha

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exciting, welcome to tumblr!

Im going to start posting Yuri!!! On ice fanfics here

#yuri on ice

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I hate you mappa genuinely. I adore him with all my heart, I wanted to hear and see his story

#this is beautiful #his expression(s) really reflect the grief that is felt #absolutely lovely artwork #yuri on ice

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hold onto me

#yuri on ice #yoi #katsuki yuuri #viktor nikiforov #peas n guac #id in alt text #fanart #viktuuri

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First collab art! I had such a great time working with you on this very serious project!

FIRST COLLAB ART

I love art and i did a collab with @blended-ice we did a very nice art piece of my favorite ship

Heres the art

thank you for the collab gront hat!

#I can’t breathe I’m laughing too hard #fanart #ship #love wins #shark #dragon bonsai

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im so fucking sad

#vas a caer mappa #good post op #yuri on ice #I’m glad I saw the extended makka version

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im so fucking sad

#such a warm and tender artwork! #the expressions and the poses are so sweet #the colors chosen for rendering give the piece a very soft and warm feeling as well #much needed with the sad news #thank you op this is lovely #yuri on ice

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You and me, always forever :,)

#their smiles give so much warmth and joy #I love this very much #the arms around the shoulders #viktor holding Yuuri’s arm #and yuuri holding Viktor’s leg #and little makka in the corner is precious #this is filled with so much love #yuri on ice

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The beginning and the ending.

This story is already full of everything I need.

#this artworks will forever be some of my all time favorites #no one quite gets perspective body language expressions lighting texture the way you do #stunning every time #absolutely lovely #yuri on ice

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isn’t it ironic that the media will never understand victor’s personal perspective at his prime despite being so dearly beloved and in the same way us viewers will never get to understand him either because all we have of that is a clip of him skating and yuuri (a fan’s perspective)

#this one HURT #I wasn’t READY #I’m gonna THROW UP #WERE YOU SILENT OR SILENCED INDEED #yuri on ice

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Ice Ado Cancellation

So the official Yuri On Ice account dropped this tweet last night. Ice Adolescence is cancelled for sure.

I think we had all known that it was but the confirmation still stings.

And this wasn't just another cancellation like Netflix shows get. This movie was already well underway - animation had started. They already had music and choreography! Multiple famous skaters were working with them. They had released a trailer for it--and then it all got dropped.

I agree with Denki here - something major happened that we'll never know about, whether that was the Olympic committee or politics or MAPPA channeling resources into other series like AoT or JJK.

Either way, it stings. Yoi is literally the show that put MAPPA on the map, and it had a giant international audience. Like just looking at how many different languages are under the announcement post is enough to show how beloved it was. This tweet from Junicihi Suwabe (the voice of Victor) really expresses it.

And I've always loved the fandom. It was a welcoming and happy place to be back when the show first aired. I don't think fandom can really exist like that anymore. (┬┬﹏┬┬)

Anyway, if you're reading this and have never seen Yuri on Ice, go watch it. It's literally a masterpiece on Sayo and Kubo's end of things and has excellent characters and storytelling.

cross posted from my neocities

#yuri on ice #ice adolescence #i feel ill