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nrth-wind-a · 3 years

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[for fashion!skrael: how did you first get into fashion? is there any particular philosophy that motivates your designs? how do you keep your inspiration? for frankie: what's it like to be behind the scenes of shows? how does it compare to jobs you've worked in the past? :v]

Skrael:

1. How did you first get into fashion?

Skrael grinned. “Ah, my mother used to leave that reality television show Project Runway on for background noise, and a very small version of me seemed to have taken the lessons to heart; I used to draw out the failed designs from every episode, with my own ‘improvements.’ Eventually, my mother noticed enough that she bought me a sketchbook for my... oh, I believe it was eighth birthday? I nearly filled the thing not months later, and it... rather took hold, I suppose.” He chuckled. “Though, I would say that it was my high school art teacher who really started encouraging me to pursue it more strongly. She allowed my final projects to be the clothing I designed for homework sketch practice. It was great experience for my fashion school applications.”

“...I suppose, going back to the very earliest start, though, the first person who should be credited with my interest in fashion should be the great Tim Gunn himself. Without his presence, I doubt Project Runway would have been quite as interesting.”

2. Is there any particular philosophy that motivates your designs?

“Everyone wants to express themselves; I like making clothing for those who seek to express themselves in the ways they are told not to.”

3. How do you keep your inspiration?

Skrael hummed, thinking about the question for a moment. “I... suppose, similarly to what I said about my motivation; those who enjoy my designs-- the gothic, the alternative, the punk-- they encourage me to keep going. They inspire me.”

His face turned mischievous, “Not to mention... a little bit of spite, too, never hurt,” and he gave a wink.

Frankie:

1. What’s it like to be behind the scenes of shows?

Frankie gave a hearty laugh, running his hand through his cropped green hair, “Oh man, you ever been on a boat during a sea storm? ‘S’like that, but I get the unique pleasure of keepin’ others from hurlin’ themselves into the storm to make it worse. I don’t usually get directly involved, though; I’m more supposed to watch the door and keep out anyone who isn’t on official business. So, I guess to go off that boat metaphor, I’m like the guy in the lighthouse who has to watch the storm, and only sometimes sees the spray of a wave flyin’ at me.”

“Although, with Skrael and Bellroc-- my most loyal clients-- I think that metaphor goes out the window, ‘cause I definitely get splashed by waves then. Those two are very good at what they do, and I wouldn’t say they’re difficult to work with. But y’know Meryl Streep’s character in Devil Wears Prada? ...Yeah. They could probably be besties with her, if they could ever manage to hold a civil conversation for once.” His smile gave away that he wasn’t so much complaining, as he was making a friendly joke. “But anyway, they’re not abjectly assholes-- except, y’know, to each other-- so it’s not like I get drowned when I work for them, or anything. They just... are very entertaining sometimes. You know it’s never gonna be a basic or easy show with them. Adds some excitement to life; keeps ya on your toes.”

“Which, I think kinda ties into that second question there.”

2. How does it compare to other jobs you’ve worked in the past?

“Working fashion shows, I gotta be honest, is actually some of the more exciting stuff I’ve done in my life. Before this, I did nightshift security work-- never really had anything truly crazy happen there-- and some odd jobs where I could take ‘em. Construction projects, yard work when I was a younger college kid tryin’ to get by. Nothin’ quite as glamorous as my current field. I got into the fashion business through my nightshift security experience, y’see; I started needed work during the day, cause pullin’ nightshifts five days out of seven started to wear after a while, so I looked into what jobs I could take that were still in the security field, and, honestly, I didn’t even specifically look for the fashion industry-- it kinda grabbed my hand and yanked, y’know?”

“As for how it differs... I mean, for one thing, most of the shows are during the day, so I get to sleep through the night, now. The pay’s a little better, especially when Skrael and Bellroc get involved; just the same way those two bump up the excitement. I don’t always have a regular shift anymore, but I get to stream video games as a side hobby that sometimes pays through donations, so I appreciate getting to do that when I can. Overall, it’s just been a pretty nice gig, so I’d say I enjoy it more than past jobs, too. Plus-- I’ll tell ya what, some of those designers are chronic gossips-- I’ve heard so much celebrity drama that didn’t go public, I could probably write my own book about it all. I would never, of course-- confidentiality is a key part of my job-- but, y’know. ‘S’still fun to listen to.”

#// bless u these helped world build so much omg #// also frankie is super being modest-- he's a very interesting person but he describes his life humbly lol #// sir u know many forms of martial arts #// you own a rescue kitten #// you might have worked in a more.... spy type job that you can't tell people about (still deciding on that one)#// frankie you're the coolest character in this entire au i swear #// anyway I hope you enjoy these answers! sorry it got so long!#fashionista how do you look? - rival designers au #flamekeeperbellroc #ask

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wellward-a · 4 years

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as we approach the drop of caos p3, what's the dream? like, what do you most want for your muse characters going forward in terms of best writing and closure? thanks!

oh man if we’re going for like. absolute pipe dreams. first of all for them both to come out as lesbians… no actually that doesn’t matter as much shgdkgh but the stuff that does matter:

to cover both of them, i want them both to be treated as actual. characters. and not simply as paper dolls that will do whatever’s plot-convenient. i want some evidence that they are thought of as whole people with motivation, backstory, and psychology who do not simply act according to what creates the most dramz or the most interesting shots, and i want consistent writing that has them behave that way across the whole season.

i would like some acknowledgment that mary is a unique individual in her own right, not merely a vessel to get to lilith, or the person who donated her face and rockin bod for lilith’s sexification. i would like some acknowledgment that she did not need a “glow up” of any kind. i would like it to be acknowledged that it is actually a powerful and, in its own way, Good Thing that she was a single woman who chose to pursue a career rather than get married. i would like it to be acknowledged that it is possible to live happily alone, or at least not partnered with a man (👀), and that marginal, eccentric women do not need fixing, partnering, or guidance toward normative ideals of beauty or happiness in order to be worthwhile human beings. i would like her emotional experiences to be written about with sensitivity and grace. i would like her to be allowed to be hurt, sad, AND angry. i would like her to be given the opportunity to, for the first time in the show, self-define and self-express, as we have only ever witnessed her through the vague character sketch in the first episode, and through the interpretations and insults (unattractive spinster schoolmarm, anyone?) of other characters.

i would like lilith’s story to finally be treated with the depth and seriousness it deserves. the teen drama keeps the r*verdale fans coming back but the show must acknowledge that one of the only, if not THE ONLY meaningfully feminist stories it has convincingly told so far is lilith’s. i would like her relationship to satan to be explicitly acknowledged as that of an ABUSE VICTIM, and for all her seemingly arbitrary back-and-forths in allegiance or emotion or action to be acknowledged as part and parcel of the psychology of a woman who has been traumatized for thousands of years, and not simply exploited in the form of weird musical stings and sabrina experiencing drama. i would like her to actually develop a relationship of meaningful emotion with sabrina, in acknowledgment that sabrina is the young girl lilith never had a chance to be, and the beloved child that, for all her demonic brood, she was never able to have, and that lilith’s actions in the past were based on a desire to escape her abusive situation, as well as to have an abuser’s power over someone else as a victimized person, but that it is possible to end this cycle and to find a way to bond and connect in new, positive ways after surviving such an experience.

eve is not in the show, so instead of appearing in pt 3, she will remain in the hammock in my head where she’s napping with her hat tipped over her face. and i just wanna say she probably has the best deal of any of them cuz we’re gonna get like 1/8th of any of this, probably, in the actual show 😂 thank you for this question, anon! it’s really thoughtful and i appreciate it!

#Anonymous #☛ ooc tag.

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thesundaymorningpost · 7 years

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The Sunday Morning Post

September 3, 2017 10th Edition

Current News:

Yuri on Ice: ShitBang

On August 31st, if you love Yuri on Ice, your feed may have blown up with stories and artwork created as a means for writers and artists to come together and work on a project together.

What is the Shit Bang you ask? It is an amazing event for writers and artists to come together and write and draw about the amazing anime we all love: Yuri!!! On Ice! But a little more than that this is a direct - non-hateful - response to THAT blog. You know the one I’m talking about. Yup. THAT one. - @yoi-shit-bang

The amount of stories and artwork has been astounding. From one-shots, to multi-chapters, all written by amazing authors. Then there is all the amazing artwork that has come with it, by some amazing and very talented artists.

Please keep in mind that many subjects may trigger, please read all tags before reading a story.

Story Recommendation: we have loved the stars too fondly by @thehandsingsweapon

“We live in a blue planet that circles around a ball of fire next to a moon that moves the sea, and you don’t believe in miracles?”

After an academic career at MIT and Oxford, Yuuri Katsuki eschews job offers at places like NASA and CERN to go work at the Very Large Array in what Phichit Chulanont lovingly calls The Actual Middle of Nowhere, New Mexico, monitoring radio frequencies from light-years away. He's loved the stars for as long as he can remember, and the universe feels so big sometimes that Yuuri is sure it would be a cruel mistake for humans to be all alone.

Enter the latest scientist to join the staff of the VLA, enigmatic Russian genius Victor Nikiforov, around whom Yuuri’s entire universe seems to bend to make room, and the strange, recurring dreams Yuuri keeps having, where something like love carries him across the stars.

Does love travel faster than light? Do souls?

“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”

"Yuri, on Stars!! This lovely short story will resonate with anyone that lives the heavens. Dreamscapes thought to be a figment of Yuuri's imagination turn out to be a more real than tangible science, and Viktor is patient with all his insecurities. With just the right amount of angst to give it depth, this vignette will take you into the endless cosmos!" - @darkrivertempest

Artist Spotlight:

we have loved the stars too fondly by @shadhahvar

Comic:

Good boy by @floccinaucinihilipilificationa (Click title to reblog)

Support:

This week’s Ko-Fi shout-out goes to Discoursemoth | @lowercasewrites (Click to buy coffee)

im sei! im a non-passing trans boy with unsupportive parents, and im using this account primarily to pay for things that could help me pass better, such as a packer and binder. you obviously dont have to donate but i would really appreciate it!

Patreon: YukiPri | @yukipri (Click name to become a patreon)

Hey there!! Thanks so much for visiting my Patreon. I'm Kazu, also YukiPri on Tumblr. I'm currently a freelance translator and illustrator who is HOPING to support myself primarily through art. My passion is telling my own unique stories through visual media, and I love world-building, costume design, and overall extensively over-thinking all of my stories. This patreon is a step towards hopefully better sustaining myself off of art so I can continue to grow as a professional artist and produce content that you can enjoy! I am unbelievably grateful to every patron who helps me continue to do what I love doing. My wish is for the majority of my work to remain public, but I also desperately need to support myself, and also have a variety of content that I'm not comfortable posting publicly for various reasons. As thanks for your support, my patrons will get access to exclusive content, including WIPs/sketches, previews, art progress/tutorials, higher resolution art, early access, and nsfw content!

Fun and Games:

10 Questions Every Fic Writer Secretly Wants to be Asked by @wyseink (Click Title to reblog)

There are a lot of fic questions that float around online, but rarely do they ever ask specific questions about the fics themselves. Ask any writer one or more of these ten questions to learn more about the fic and show support.

1. Of the fics you’ve written, which is your favorite and why?

2. Which scene was your favorite to write in [title of fic]?

3. Which part of [title] was hardest to write?

4. If you could change anything in [title], what would it be?

5. Did you make an outline for [title]? Did you stick to it?

6. Which scenes did you cut, and which were added in [title]?

7. Who was your favorite character to write in [title]?

8. Which came first, the title or the fic?

9. Which idea came to you first in [title]?

10. What are some facts readers may not know about [title]?

Story Prompt:

Monochrome by @diamondwinters An AU where people who are sad, down, depressed cannot hide it. Whenever you get sad, you start to loose your color. Your skin turns pale, your eyes loose their color, and turn gray or white, and your hair turns gray. Like an old black and white tv show, you loose all your color when you’re very sad. A little bit of sadness might dim your natural colors, but you wouldn’t loose them. It’s during a time when you feel heart broken, or very depressed that you go Monochrome. Such as a big break up, a death of a loved one, deep depression, etc. Monochrome is the medical term used by the doctors in this AU to describe turning gray in a world of color.

Some people who are unable to get happy, may use make-up, contacts, and hair color to hide the fact that they’re depressed, but eventually even those things will loose their color and will need to be replaced.

The best thing to do is to find your happiness. Be with friends, and family who can help you bring your color back. The brighter you are, the more vivid your colors are, the happier you are.

Art Prompt:

Imagine your OTP by @bumble-beany

Person A: Are you awake?

Person B: I am now

Person A: I was just wondering...

Person A: What do you think it'd be like to be a pregnant male seahorse?

Person B: Really?! You woke me up for that?

W.I.P. Motivation:

Liquor Stash by @severeminx

I want him.

When the full realization hit him, Yuri felt as though he couldn’t breathe. Detached and fleeting thoughts that had passed through his mind finally took shape in these three words at that exact moment. The I being himself, Yuri Plisetsky, age 17, a Russian figure skater with a list of impressive accomplishments to his name that seemed pretty pointless right now given the context. The want being desire, the need to bury himself, the thought to consume, but never actually act out except behind locked doors in empty beds or shower stalls. The him being the person standing across from Yuri sipping coffee from a take-away cup with creased brows, the low sunlight hitting his face just so to light up his otherwise dark eyes. Someone he considered to be his best friend, who came all the way from Almaty just to spend a week with him and who was blissfully unaware of the fucking turmoil Yuri was feeling in the pit of his stomach. Or at least, Yuri hoped he was unaware.

In which Yuri Plisetsky invites Otabek Altin over to stay with him in Saint Petersburg, freaks out over his feelings and delves into Lilia's liquor stash.

Please go read and support this artist. They are looking for kudos and comments to get them back into finishing this fantastic story!

Fandom Week: (Click each line to go to blog)

Zarkon Week! September 3rd - 9th.

Yuri on Ice Music Week! September 4th - 11th

NSFW Yuri Plisetsky Week! September 11th - 17th.

Guang-Hong Week! Voting will be Sept 15th - 21st

SeungChuchu Week! October 16th - 23rd.

Help Wanted:

Needed: Tumblr theme editor. Please contact Diamond Winters for details.

Story recommendations!! If you find a story that you absolutely love, and you want to see it get some recognition, please submit a link to it with a 2-3 sentence review of the story. This way it could get in the spotlight in a future edition of the SMP. Requirements are that it’s completed, or a one-shot.

Artist Spotlight!! If you find a piece of artwork that needs more love, please submit a link to it so it may be considered for future spotlights in the future.

WIP Motivation: Please send your support to these writers or artist to encourage them to continue their story or artwork. No good story or piece of art should be left unfinished. - If you know of a good story that hasn’t been updated in a while, and would like to offer encouragement to the author, please let me know, so that I can link to their story here.

If there is ever any section of the Sunday Morning Post that you feel you can contribute too, please send an Ask or Submit to either the SMP, or @d2diamond so that it has a chance at making in a future post. Thank you!

#The Sunday Morning Post #Writing #Artist #Fanfiction #Original Stories #Yuri on Ice #Shit-posting

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cybieandtykie · 7 years

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Something For You

Apologies + Announcement

I just got back from GraphikaManila an hour or so ago, and I really had a blast at the event. There were a lot of motivating and inspiring art-speakers at the two-day conference, and I definitely enjoyed the weekend with awesome friends. There was one speaker in particular who struck me about fanbase and followers, and it really got me thinking (and I REALLY MEAN A LOT OF THINKING).

(Warning: Semi-emotional wall of text incoming)

I'm unsure if I've mentioned this before, and even so many of you might not be aware about this, but most often than not, I generally feel unsure or confused at my work. Some days, I feel all great that I get to post an update for the webcomic or a spin-off of a trending meme with one of my OCs, but there are days when I feel like what I'm doing is all for nothing, and that some followers are making a huge mistake of checking my art out despite there being a plethora of awesome illustrators and comic artists out there, all with their different genres. Cybie and Tykie will be turning 4 by the end of this month, but it feels to me that I've wasted everyone's time with my slow updates and draggy plot, that mostly start out as a comedy or adventure (as intended), and end up as some drama bomb full of feels (as noticeable ever since the College arc).

Don't get me wrong, though. I love my OCs, and I'm really great to have shared their lives into yours, but I guess an artist might normally have this phase whether his or her content is still worth following or not, and this was mainly triggered due to an artwork I saw online and with all the stats I've been monitoring on my socials. Not only that, but I've been going through a lot of personal emotional struggle in real life, but even so I believe I can't use that crap as an excuse all the time. It just all makes me feel really down that I feel like I got no shoulder to lean on to when everything crumbles.

Going back to that art-speaker I mentioned, he said that one of the worst things an artist could do is belittle his or her fans. It definitely left a mark, because what he said had some gravity into it. I'm sorry that I've ever doubted anyone who's been following my art up to this day. Whether you're the guy who always throws a +Fave the first three minutes I post something, or the guy who begins to blurt out questions as soon as I start my Picarto streams, I really believe that I owe you an apology for not being truly open to you, which makes me feel like all the thank you's I've been sending out are half-meant. Nobody should be treated like this - most especially you guys, because you're all the reason why I keep pushing with Cybie and Tykie. I had not properly taken care of you like how I hoped to, and if it ever made you feel that I failed you as an artist worth looking up to, I sincerely ask for your apology. To whoever's reading this right now, whether you've been an old or new follower, you're the greatest, and don't you ever forget that!

(Warning: Somewhat sad news incoming)

Before I end this drama bomb of a journal, I guess it's best I say this announcement now, than take everyone by surprise along the road. I'll be (hopefully just temporarily) ending my webcomic. The Cybie and Tykie - Carol Arc has four remaining pages to go (will resume update hopefully by next week; brother has fixed the art PC, but I'll need to buy a legit power supply first before actually using it). After that, it's gonna be dead silent. I know it might sound rushed, and I've been conceptualizing at least like three more arcs before that happens (with one supposedly at pre-prod by now), but it just felt that this platform isn't working for me anymore. I've enjoyed writing and drawing comics, as well as reading feedback from you guys after you've read the updates, but it feels like I've hit a wall somehow. This would definitely mean I'd take a huge break from webcomics. For good? Hopefully not, but if that bit's unavoidable, then so be it.

You guys might wonder, "Then now what? What's going to happen with the squad? Why was there no happy ending? We were promised Kai's return, but why wouldn't it be happening?" Fret not, though. I'm actually working on a different personal project (which I might have mentioned over at Discord some weeks ago). Since I'm an animator by profession, it was just ideal and best that I made a personal project involving it. It's still going to include the Cybie and Tykie cast, with some returning characters and a whole new one, but it's going to be Cybie and Tykie like you've never seen them before. Everything's still in its pre-prod stage and all I can give out would most definitely be WIPs of sketches of my progress. I honestly don't know how you'll feel with me making this big decision, because I know that a big portion of you are following me for my webcomics, but if you're totally fine with me changing platforms from illustrations to animations, then I'd like to send digital hugs for accepting me and my decision. As for Patreon pledges, those would definitely need a revamp, and would most likely be switched back to Monthly pledges instead of content-based ones (at least it wouldn't be that difficult for those who want to donate a small amount per month to see Cybie and Tykie in this new project of mine). I might even need some help along the way, so do keep an eye out for announcements.

I hope this long and wordy post didn't cause a mental breakdown to anyone (if ever I did, I again extend my sincerest apologies). Thank you for understanding nonetheless, and likewise for always being there with all your love and support.

*hugs*

#imsorry #cybieandtykie #announcement

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