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#technically it was something like maya the bee #does it count if i had no idea what anime was at that age #who knows #after that it was probably something like seeing parts of Akira late night on the SciFi channel when i was much too young

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WIP!

I announced back in November that I will draw a big Hoshi no Kaabii/Kirby right back at ya artwork. Sketch is almost done! I still accept maximum 4 characters from each person who hasn't submitted yet. Or from people who haven't given me 4 yet of course ;)

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Welcome to the Kirby OC Tournament!

the oc tournament is back again this year, and will be hosted by @starflungwaddledee and @moonverc3x!

this is a fun and friendly popularity contest for kirby-verse original character designs and their associated stories or lore. competitors can submit their characters to the competition during the submission period, after which characters will be matched randomly together in public polls for voting!

there will also be a losers bracket, to allow folks voted out early to continue playing and participating in the contest. polls are open for anyone, competitors and spectators alike!

in between each match-up, competitors can create artwork "propaganda" for their characters which will be shared to the blog! getting your character in front of voters will help people to recognise and care about them, and can increase your chances of getting votes-- as well as new fans-- for your OC!

🗓️ schedule of events 🗓️

submissions open: april 8th see below for how to submit your oc! submissions close: april 30th brackets announced: may 5th voting begins: may 7th bracket length: 1 week break length: 1 week each voting bracket will last One Week with public tumblr polls on the @kirbyoctournament blog. there will be a week between polls to give competitors time to draw up additional propaganda! depending on the size of the first bracket in particular, poll posts may be staggered over several days. if this happens, the break week will begin after the final poll closes.

🥳 how to submit your oc 🥳

Submissions are currently open and will close on April 30th. to submit your oc (only one oc allowed per participant!!), simply make a post on your own blog introducing your character with art and/or any lore you'd like to include! make sure to tag the @kirbyoctournament in your post (please do not submit via the ask box.) despite being an oc centric event, you can include canon characters in your OC backstory and propaganda. here is a template for submissions, but this is just a guide and you can deviate from it as necessary! if you want to write a lot of text, consider putting it under a 'read more'! Name: Reference Image/s: Notes on Personality (optional, but preferred!): Backstory and Lore (optional):

remember, this is a friendly competition, none of you will get hurt!

if you have any questions, send us an ask! (please do not dm either hosts, the askbox is where you need to go with questions!)

🔗 useful links 🔗

kirby oc tourney discord server. here you can chat with other competitors, mods, and get pinged when polls are posted! current confirmed competitors list. if you've tagged the blog in your submission post you can check here to make sure we've got it! Though, please allow us 24 hours after submitting your oc for them to be added before contacting us! We are doing our best to keep things up to date, but we cant be online all the time! Tournament brackets (<- link will be added once submissions close!)

🌑 mod disclaimer 🌟

@moonverc3x and @starflungwaddledee are cohosting the tourney to make sure it runs smoothly this year and so that the event can hopefully bring some joy and interaction to the kirby oc tumblr community, but we also always wanted to compete. because this is a popularity contest with public voting and all pairings are 100% randomised, we don't think this gives us any sort of advantage, and all propaganda will be posted on our private blogs like everbody else's. however we do just want to be upfront about it!

#oh cute #i dont think any of mine would work lol #but for people who may be interested

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I just got hearing aids and I can hear colors now like damn I was missing out

(No more asking people to repeat themselves yaaaay 😭)

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I find it fascinating how the anime bluray announcement was THE most popular thing the official Kirby twitter ever posted. Like more than new game announcements.

This, plus how the bluray box set sold out within hours, several times, despite costing over 300$ lmao

Shame that they could never re-air it these days...

#kirby #kirby anime #kirby right back at ya #hal underestimated how desperate the fanbase was lol

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Honestly, in my experience, there are way more people who DO like it than don't (especially in the JP fandom)

It's just that some of the people who don't like it are SUPER vocal about it lol

I'm sorry Kirby fandom but the anime is way overhated, I can get being annoyed by the fact that so many people perceive the characters as their anime adaptations despite being mostly innacurate to the games, but the show itself in isolation is perfectly fine. Nothing super special or anything, but it is at least enjoyable.

Also it helps if you don't watch the English dub but you didn't hear that from me

#same with fumu haters #there really arent a lot #but the ones that exist cant shut up lmao

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Hello??? This is such a great Usopp bday present omg. Jacob is literally the perfect Usopp. Give this man a raise.

my Usopp tiktok star theory is alive & thriving!!

#excellent

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Straw hat women redesigns :) I was trying to doodle some of the crew and came to the realization that I just Could Not with Nami so I wanted to play around with it a little bit

Some more design notes below:

Nami’s design actually went a lot smoother for me than Robin’s! I think canon post timeskip Nami is a very low bar. While you can argue that to some extent Nami being vain and seductive is part of her character, I do feel that there are many more integral parts of her character that can be highlighted in her design, namely map making and her combat. Though not one of the stronger straw hats, Nami does seem to be well practiced with her staff outside of its use for weather manipulation, and I think her being a physical combatant, even slightly, can be better reflected with more loose clothing for better mobility.

For her mapmaking, I wanted her to have constant easy access to her tools and to information about the locale, so around her waist she has one large pouch at the back for books and scrolls and maps in progress and one small pouch to the side for writing utensils and measurement tools. As backup she also has 2 pens in her bun, which also act as pins for keeping her hair up if she ever needs to move a lot.

I’m not sure how clearly it shows up in the notes, but Nami’s shoe soles are also made from whatever artificial cloud material makes up the weather island she stayed on during the timeskip, so that it both pads her steps to make them soundless and bounces for better mobility. The shoes are naturally shaped like heels but without the actual heel, since she tends to move around on tiptoes anyways- a nod to her epithet as cat burglar and her past as a thief.

I made her shoulders a bit broader because I think they probably get a lot of exercise with her staff, and changed out the bikini top for a more supportive chest wrap, with a loose tank over it for breathability. The compression socks and sleeve are more stylistic than anything, since I like layers, but they might come in handy for her if she spends extended amounts of time sitting down making maps for the crew.

Robin’s was a bit more difficult for me to figure out, and I might go back and revisit it at some point. For Nami, it was a bit easier to imagine what would pair well with her combat methods and her needs as a mapmaker, but with Robin, she’s an academic who fights almost completely hands off, without a specific weapon to her name. Because her strength lies mostly in her devil fruit, she has a bit more room for style over functionality, but I also still wanted her to have something that made sense with what she was. I don’t really think I succeeded in that regard, but it’s also hard to convey what she does visually— she’s more of like a professor than a field archaeologist I think.

I really really enjoy her cowboy hat but I didn’t think it would match with the rest of the outfit so I switched it out for a wider brimmed hat and kept the orange sunglasses on it, as a nod to the revolutionaries with the combination of headwear and eyewear. She deserves a trench coat. I don’t make the rules. And the rest of the fit mostly came down to things I think I would enjoy wearing, haha

The trench coat is partially a nod to the scholars of ohara, who seem to wear white coats like lab coats in some screenshots of robin’s backstory. I think also the reading glasses help to make her seem a bit more academic, but aren’t prominent enough to leave a strong impression. All in all I do wish robin’s design had more functionality in it but I also think that robin is a character who probably enjoys dressing up nicely like this, especially in the comfort and stability of the straw hats.

#excellent #one piece

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i feel like i'm losing my mind why has the AI debate pivoted away from material/labor concerns back to debates about Real vs Fake Art. cannot express just how little i care about relitigating Art and high art and low art and skilled vs unskilled art. what i care about is the treatment and compensation of workers, the power corporations are exerting over intellectual property and creators, the continued extraction of resources, and the omnipresent glut of spam and disinformation with few or no regulations/resources that filter out the SEO AI generated nonsense

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wanted to draw tiffyyyyyyy really badddd... this is a design of her when she's older in my story though. around 18 years old! (4 years after krbay ended/6 years after it started). 🌊🌺🌿

#adorable #love the outfit

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via Scottie Stops Procrastinating

1 Rat Terrier, just ONE Rat Terrier killed 2501 rats in less than a day.

Meanwhile, barn cats are lucky to kill 2 rats a day.

Because they suck at ratting.

Cats prefer smaller prey and only cull 6 mice daily.

Which means they sùck at hunting mice too.

Yet, cats kill billions of small wildlife such as birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles purely for sport. Since small fauna are easier to catch than mice/rats.

Especially baby native animals.

Normalize using dogs for responsible pest control.

They are efficient without destroying local ecosystems.

I am strongly against barn cats. This link is pro barn cats, but Im only sharing it to confirm how many mice a single cats kills. Which is a WHOPPING six mice.

Toxoplasma gondii Infection and Toxoplasmosis in Farm Animals: Risk Factors and Economic Impact

Epidemiology of Sarcocystis Neurona Infections in Domestic Cats (Felis domesticus) and Its Association With Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) Case Farms and Feral Cats From a Mobile Spay and Neuter Clinic

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#ratting dogs are amazing #they love their jobs

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Chunka nostalgia thinking about Kirby Right Back at Ya.

#omg everyone is birb #yes #good

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Jumping spider mimic bee fly, Geminaria canalis, Bombyliidae

Found in the American southwest, this species of bee fly is thought to mimic a jumping spider to deter predation. The false eyes are a modified scutellum (part of the thorax) and not real, functional eyes.

Photos 1-4 by kueda, 5 by tiwane, 6-7 by psyllidhipster, 8-9 by bryanjbd, and 10 by janepannor

#dude.

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I'm trying my hand at writing again, I'm doing it for fun and idk if I'll share it, but I still wanted to share the drawing I made to go along with the fic ^^

i'm too indecisive for my own good lmao i couldn't decide on the colour of the sunset so here are the other two hahah

#ooh thats an interesting way to do blades helmet #nice

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