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It's the weekend of Anime Boston!

Sadly, I will not be cohosting either of the panels some of you may have found me at last year. Some emergencies came up, so I withdrew not that long ago, so my name is still listed 😅

On the other hand, yup, you'll still see me wandering around. I'll try to pop into at least one of the sketchbook swaps.

#anime boston

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Just Shinjiro and Setsuna going for a walk. Good times.

Alternate caption: Setsuna had fond memories of Shinjiro. This was probably not one of them.

This was supposed to be an even goofier piece but changing where she looks/expression and the visual effects/shadows on the Reaper will do things

Gasp! I'm actually posting! And it's not a P5 piece! I've been holding onto this since sketch September and I guess it's just perfect timing that I finished it at midnight haha.

Setsuna's one of my older OCs, so it's about time I paid due and gave her some screen time too.

Happy P3R release day, y'all

#Persona 3 #Persona 3 reload #shinjiro aragaki #Setsuna Kurusu #persona oc #my art

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HAPPY...birthday...?

This was actual a request that had been given to me: A grumpy Akechi. Idk what made him grumpy but I figured rubbing pancakes in his face when he’s (probably) not even that into them will do it.

Def click for detail--it wasn’t until I zoomed out that I realized I got carried away.

1 of 3(!) pieces for today. Apparently 1 of 2 where we be mean to him--

#persona 5 #akechi goro #goro akechi #my art #queue the squirrels

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Happy Birthday Akechi!

Cognitive!Akechi--or as I like to call him, Cokechi--has discovered...cake. And a fork. Neither of which make him less or more crazy...although you could just argue that that’s normal Akechi with even less sleep.

And yep, that is indeed kid!Goro over there.

1 of the 3(!) pieces I made for today. Apparently 1 of 2 pieces where we be mean to Akechi-

#persona 5 #goro akechi #akechi goro #my art #queue the squirrels #cognitive akechi

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Happy birthday Akechi!

I figured I should be nice to him for at least one of the 3 pieces today...right? So, coconut hot cocoa at breakfast!

I’m not sure why that drink, but it’s been stuck in my head for years that she introduced it to him one day. And ever since, they both have a stash in their cabinets since she’s not that into coffee (outside of Leblanc’s ofc). It’s just one of their things.

#persona 5 #goro akechi #akechi goro #ayana nomura #my art #queue the squirrels #Solace in Broken Things #sibt hc

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We did it! At 7ish am on a laptop but we did it. It's gonna be 1 wholesome one and 2...slightly mean ones?

Ig I should be pretty proud of myself looking at the changes in my art over the years, even if it ends up looking like wonk or ping pongs between wonk and woo!.

...But damn if half the time I'm not just facepalming and going 'wait hold up I knew this why didn't I think of that how did this not hit me--'

I've got 3 arts ready to post but I think the app is not ready for me to queue that many things--

#i learned art in bits and pieces and it shows sometimes #my digital art vs traditional art also differs a bit so it doesn’t help #not art stuff #da makes updates

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I've got 3 arts ready to post but I think the app is not ready for me to queue that many things--

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I’m so behind on the main chapters--I’m only at chapter 7 so I don’t trust Qin Yi but that Grand Obsession though--Honestly, I’m pretty invested. I enjoyed the story a lot.

But more importantly, the end of it and that one [middle branch, left] ending being my first ending, I was like “Are--did we just possibly--IN A NIKKI GAME?”

I’m so confused, but I’m also onboard with it and that is such a weird feeling haha

But hot potato, those two endings on the right hand-side and some of his lines are OUCH and OH MY GOD NO. Especially considering we start out the story knowing we’re in another story.

It blew my mind so much that I ended up responding to some of the tagged posts

#this is absolutely not the post my followers are probably expecting but i just gotta get it out of my system lmao #shining nikki spoilers #sn spoilers #qin yi #shining nikki #grand obsession event #not art stuff #da rambles

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Same anon as before sorry for the late response (I’m not on Tumblr as often anymore either). But I’ll try to check in every now and then because I am genuinely curious to see what you’re working on! I hope over time you feel more comfortable sharing your work since there are those who really do want to see it (like me!).

Is it alright for me to ask now what you’re working on? (Writing or art is fine 😊)

(Also to answer your question no you never gave me a previous nickname we never really interacted before which is why I’m staying anonymous. I’ve just been following you for a while)

Well hey, if you'd like an anon tag lemme know! For whatever reason, Udon keeps popping up in my head.

And that's very sweet of you! But don't feel obligated, alright?

I'm having a friend help me with setting deadlines (because there's a lot I really want to do), so hopefully you'll all see some consistency again.

What I'm doing right now-now and hope to get up here soon are:

A cute full-body couple commission

A couple chapter covers for an upcoming writing project collab

Some commissioned character designs

Very old artwork I never uploaded (Like, circa 2019-earlier)

Some Solace in Broken Things--I'm gonna try to share some writing snippets or one-shots at some point. And HCs or story-canon stuff alongside the art. (I keep forgetting that I can just start talking and randomly dropping info instead of needing a bunch of planning for an intro post...)

Some stuff from a Samurai Warriors fic for a character I didn't expect to be writing: Ishida Mitsunari (gasp! Koei never actually leaves my blood, it's just dormant)

Doodles. It somehow never occurred to me that I could literally just be doing doodles

Major artworks for June (TBA)

Some kind of artwork or writing for Akechi's birthday (if I can manage it)

Making my way through the 4,000+ drafts I have saved. Couldn't decide if they fit here or a different kind of blog.

#if it reads all vague it's because I don't want to take up too much space in one ask aha...SIBT alone takes a few sentences to explain. #long post #thanks for asking!

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So happy to come back to Tumblr to see you’re account being active again! Can I ask what’s making/made you anxious about online interactions and is there anything we can do to make posting online comfortable for you again? (I have been following you since early RP days)

Aaah, bless your heart nonny ❤ These kinds of messages mean a lot and are always a pleasure to see.

I was doing pretty well earlier this year, getting stuff done and all, so I guess it was inevitable I'd hit a low.

If you've been around for that long, I should probably give you a unique nickname haha. (Unless I have before? I think I gave one person a nickname before. Still, you'll have to remind me of any convos we've had--it'd be nice to associate anons properly.)

Anyway--I'm trying to be more active at least! But tbh I'm not sure what can be done. These sort of random encouragements/assurances and check ins do help though!

I guess maybe asking me questions or about what I'm working on, make requests--help me build a space to talk about it? I wanted to get back to the old/younger me that was confident and able to share things freely. I'd like to share more, HCs and stories and all, but it's been so long that I frankly don't know how and I end up stuck and holding onto entire series as a result. I've had a few people ask me to turn things into original series or ask if I plan to upload these stories, but how do I actually do that...? ^^"

Not sure about this bottom half since this is technically an art/semi-main blog.

To answer your question about the anxiety...well, I guess it's kind of 'standard' mixed stuff over the years? And I've just gotten...tired and scared and both wanting exposure and yet wanting not to be seen because it's safer. So, I don't really check fandom tags anymore even though I really do want to chat with people.

I became more aware of things I didn't think of before, like image, people looking to pick at things, or whether something like this entire post will get me in trouble with someone somehow/is safe and fine to say/too much info or poor me or something.

So, in a long-winded short summary: There was the emphasis of social media responses in the news, horror stories stemming from online interactions/presences, I came across people acting horribly even though I don't venture much, if it's fine for me to share the less safe content, how much to talk about myself, how much to separate my fan/fun work and my more professional profiles, and it's hard to tell what people are thinking/intending through text and thus harder to trust.

Da is so tired lol. I'm working through it but the last few years have been tough on alll of us, so it's expected that I'll hit this bump in the road from time to time. But it's still much better than before where I pretty much completely withdrew from art and tumblr.

#da rambles #thanks for asking! #answered #anonymous #long post

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#up here working on getting back to drawing and sharing stuff like i used to #boy i miss not being anxious about online interactions

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Aamutähti (Morning star).

#oh man gotta learn from this style #i should learn from this

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legit advice yup can confirm it works

#i have 4000+ drafts- #in case anyone was wondering i have not drawn Akechi 80 times oddly enough

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It’s been so long since I’ve drawn anybody from Saint Seiya and I absolutely forgot about how fluffy these hairstyles are--

I’ve somehow managed to cycle between Camus, Saga, Shaka, and Shiryu hair in an attempt to draw Baian from a 3/4 angle ^^”

I could give up and just draw his hair floof on whatever side but NO! We struggle on!

#saint seiya #I've gotta draw him he popped up in a dream and it was so random

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I just noticed that I had a recent spike in activity. So hello hello!

...I’m in the process of getting back to activity and I am still recovering from the con, so hopefully I’ll have stuff up here soon.

In the meantime, cheers!

#da rambles

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I’m going to Anime Boston for the first time in 4-5 years as Futaba from P5 again! If anyone somehow remembers me, I don’t wear a wig, I just cut my bangs.

Also, I’m going to be co-panelist (for the first time) for The World of Japanese Folk Tales and Terrorism in Anime (this one is an 18+ panel for serious topics)! 

Are any of these topics in this post related? Maybe...

...I promise, one of these days, I will work my way into opening a booth.

#cosplay #anime boston #Persona 5 #futaba sakura

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A redraw(?) of something I did back in…2019. So far and yet not that far. Ah god, I missed doing ink art. I did a role swap for this one.

The stuffed animals make a return! And I added some birds! Pretty happy with how the background landscape came out. Although we can’t decide if they’re fondly looking at each other or if she’s teasing him.

This is actually a redraw of the original redraw that I started a while back (I’ll show it eventually). I referenced Ueno Park for the background.

I’ll make another post at some point showing the original sketches and highlight a few of my favorite or other things (maybe I should make that a side blog?)

#reblog for the daytime #reblogging from self