#hws og trio

[deus-ex-mona]

i j u st. want my funny idols jrpg back p ls—

#(link leads to the best song of the game which is sung by characters voiced by hiyoko’s and juri’s vas btw) #(warning: very long rambling in the tags due to my rapidly deteriorating sanity. sorry) #(sorry it’s suiyoubi and this song from the game popped up in my playlist today s o—) #(and also bc i happened to open that ig app and saw the game thief at the top of my dash and i— (ʘ‿ʘ)) #im just. aaakajxjsjsjakajsj i’ve been wanting to replay this game since juri’s and chiz’s vas were announced but!!!! aaaaaaaaaaaaa— #it’s been 2 years since i lent it out man… i really should’ve asked for the game back before the dude became public enemy no. 1 of the club… #it’s just!!!!!!! man!!!!!! the va crossovers between this game and hw is kinda wackkkkkkkkk #the protag is voiced by chiaki (and later stuff(?) happens and a dude voiced by saku-nii fuses with his body or sth) so he’s chisaku now ig #he’s also very funny in his own right and he fights with sth like a persona voiced by kumamaru #(even though i say ‘persona-like’ those dudes are originally fire emblem (like both the game and the song lol) dudes…) #(though they just act like personas in here so yeah. it’s persona emblem. with idols. and it’s great!!!!!) #his childhood friend is a cute little idol girl voiced by hiyoko’s va and her persona-like thing is voiced by the chiz lol #and there’s also an aspiring actress voiced by juri’s va and the protag’s boy best friend’s persona emblem is voiced by dai ft4 #and also!!!! the idol girl’s older sister is voiced by manager uchida’s va and said sister p. much becomes their manager of sorts so i!!!!! #(and as a bonus ken’s og va voices some idol dude in here so he’s here too ig) #i just!!!! really wanna make so many hw aus involving this game!!!! but!!!! i don’t have it anymore aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa #like!!!!! a jk trio idol au??? with manager nagisa??? (and agency presidents chisaku bc lol) and the!!!! the!!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaa #im sorry… this game that no one cares about (lol) lives rent-free in my head 40% of the time #is it bc of the jk trio? …yeah… it’s bc of the jk trio… #had i known that dai’s va voiced someone in this game i… prolly would’ve skipped his dialogue less. lol #though wait. waiiiiit. the (equivalent of a) persona user of the dai-voiced character is voiced by koga enstars… and if dai = rei then… hmmm #uaaauauauauauauauauuaa i really should just. be more normal about voice actors… ahahahaha… im so sorry #i just wanted to cry about my 2 years hostage victim of a game cartridge h o w did it end up like thisssssss #to think that the only reasons why i lent it out was bc he was a fellow smt fan… and i just wanted to talk about the game with someone ;-; #not only did he not care that much for the games and songs… he also never gave it back so b s #im sorry. i m having a moment. of crisis. ahahaha… i’ll be less cringe tomorrow i promise (lies) #it is suiyoubi my dudes

[lemonlurkrr]

lemon i hope you know (if you didn't already from your notification boom solely from me) that your prev hero au designs did something to me. fundamentally altered my brain somehow. im literally stuffing them in my mouth how did you do that

HHEELLLOOOO THIS WAS A LOVELY NOTIFICATION BOMB TO WAKE UP TO, HOLDING ALL THESE TAGS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART

as for how (i'm seizing this as an opportunity to share a bunch of process work):

there was a butt load of trial and error

From what I can remember (this all started 3 years ago holy shit,,,) I worked on Kevin's design first. The only 2 ref images I've found are included in the screenshot, but I'm pretty sure I was looking at those in addition to all of the other Impa+Sheik designs from the games, OG Hyrule Warriors concept art for Impa+Sheik, and the Sheikah pages from BOTW's Creating A Champion.

here's Link's stuff and YIPPEE I HAVE HIS REFERENCE IMAGES 🙌🙌

(BIG BIGG shoutout to @/historyofhyrule btw for archiving so much concept art and everything from all of the zelda games. None of this brainrot would've been possible without them.)

butt load of trial and error cont. especially for the colour of his scarf omg (I was looking at some of the hero's garb colour variants from OG Hyrule Warriors, and was conscious of the two other scarf wearing Links in Zelda Not Canon)

I can't find Zelda's inspo/ref images either but I remember referencing Griffith and Casca from Berserk, Kushana from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Ashei from TP, some of the OG Hyrule Warriors concept art for Princess Zelda, and of course some of the other canon Zelda designs (ALttP, TP, HW, OoT, BOTW).

I'd say Kushana was and still is the biggest inspo for Prev!Zelda, even personality wise I find myself looking back to her and how she was in the Nausicaa manga and movie.

final design thoughts: I really REALLY wanted the three of them to look cohesive with each other SO,

I always carried over screenshots of the other members of the trio onto their individual canvases to make sure that any changes I made to one design didn't stand out too much from the others,

I'm also pretty sure I worked on Link and Zelda's design simultaneously, or at least flipped back and forth between them a LOT when doing their armour (I wanted it to be evident that they were produced by the same smiths of the royal family yknowww),

and finally I made sure there were a couple of shared colours between their colour palettes

Thankee Thankee for reading this far and I hope y'all enjoyed my process stuff :))!!!

#lemonreplyrr #lemondoodlrr #RRRAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH #WOOOOOOOOO #it was actually so much fun looking back through the files and all the layers (i wish past me had named them though oh my god) #no promises atm BUT!!!!! with school finished and the LOZ brainrot slowly trickling back in I hope to make some more #prev hero au #stuff over the summer #i miss drawing these guys #and the design process is so much fun I reeealllyyy want to start designing the other characters I had planned for the AU #designing au stuff is like this insane puzzle where there isn't really? a wrong answer? but I'm cherry picking all of the pieces myself #from canon and outside sources and it's so satisfying when they all come together at the end #anyways #RAAAHHHH BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK

[reesolmayo]

If Malaysia’s not getting an introduction next chapter I’m going to cry :’)

#the maphilindo trio / og asean five wouldn't be complete #hetalia #aph indonesia #aph philippines #aph malaysia #hws indonesia #hws philippines

[st-hedge]

I’m gonna post the smut today cuz I’ve completely given up on drawing ganon’s armour accurately. ITS TOO FUKIN COMPLEX

#I’ve had this convo with several ppl now about how long it takes for the og hw trio to get dressed #I say that Zant basically sleeps in his oversized emo girl hoodies #ghirahim slinks into his ... gymnast costume in 2 mins #and ganon is basically half a day of putting all the buckles and layers together #fucking Christ I’d not want to be in his place