#it's not graphic but you never know

[firedragon1321]

Hey Kids! Who Wants to Learn What it Was Like Getting into Digimon in America in 2007?

This is my Digimon origin story. Click to read my tale of woe, Youtube videos, bootleg figurines, and the birth of the Tai thirst.

IN THE BEGINNING

So I was too young for Digimon Adventure’s original airing. I was around five, and- at that time- I wouldn’t watch anything I thought was “a boy’s show”. Yet, I was okay with The Powerpuff Girls and its brutal opening sequence. Buttercup was my favorite. So ???

Little me was stupid.

Pokemon came first, and- without it- I wouldn’t have gotten into Digimon. There’s a Youtube Pokemon parody that sucks, but it mentions Digimon and Agumon. Here it is if you want to suffer-

My sister knew that Ash’s blatant OOC got under my skin, so she would play this 200 times a day. It was enough times for me to wonder what an “Agumon” was. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because you could barely hear the word “Agumon”? He doesn’t even show up in the video.

So I looked up Digimon. I discovered the In-Training and Rookie-level Digimon first, which was good because they resemble Pokemon the most. I fell in love with the cute blobs and critters. This led me to wiki pages for the DigiDestined. The first one I found was Sora, followed by Tai.

Yes, this man. But Kizuna didn’t exist yet, so it was when he was a cocky little shrimp. That cocky little shrimp moved into my brain and hasn’t left.

But this was 2007. Digimon didn’t air on Saturday mornings on Fox Kids anymore. How could I possibly access the adventures of Tai, Agumon, and the rest of the gang? Well, there were two answers, and both sucked absolute shit.

METHOD 1: JETIX AND THE TIME SLOT OF DOOM

Any anime fan of a certain age- namely from before streaming- remembers a time when anime was only on at an ungodly time. Midnight, 2 AM- whenever normal people weren’t awake. This was common- and somewhat understandable- with anime loaded with violent content, in order to keep it away from the kiddies. But Digimon is specifically for children. Yet, it still got this treatment.

At least, any season before Data Squad did.

Digimon was owned by Disney at the time, and they aired it on Jetix (which was one of the higher channels you had to pay extra for). Data Squad- the newest season- got a normal air slot. This may be due to the fact that Disney had a hand in its dubbing. In fact, Marcus Damon shares his English VA with Axel from Kingdom Hearts, and references his famous catchphrase in one episode. (Go to 0:27 to catch the line, plus avoid having your ears destroyed.)

If you wanted to watch Adventure, 02, Tamers, or Frontier, they were only on at Stupid AM. I kept my interest in Digimon a weird secret at first- probably because Tai awakened my hormones and I felt embarrassed. My mom caught me at two in the morning watching a children’s cartoon, but she thought it was...something else. 

After explaining the issue, we taped the episodes on old video cassettes. I still have them around somewhere. So we did find a way around the time slot of doom. Unfortunately- once Disney XD came into the picture- they nixed everything but Data Squad, which only aired for a very short window. After that, they were pretty much done. Digimon wouldn’t air again until Fusion dropped on Nickelodeon, and Fusion was never one of my favorite seasons.

Which brings me to-

METHOD 2: YOUTUBE PART 1/3 VIDEOS

Yeah. I had to deal with these.

I didn’t know about pirate sites. There was no Crunchyroll back then. The only episodes I had on tape were those obtained via Method 1. Because Digimon requires watching all of its episodes to understand the story (unlike Pokemon, which is more loose with its storytelling), I needed a way to fill in the blanks.

Enter Youtube.

Youtube’s videos were a godsend. I watched them while waiting for after-school activities. I even used the software at school to make a crude AMV begging for a continuation to Tai’s story (this was before tri. threw me a monkey’s paw). There was just one teeny issue, and any anime fan from this era knows what I mean.

Part 1/3 videos were the only way to access Digimon episodes on demand in 2007. While it didn’t bother me much back then, it was nonetheless a pain in the ass. For the whippersnappers- Youtube videos containing old anime episodes cut them into pieces (usually two or three, but sometimes four), forcing you to dig through the recommended videos or the uploader’s account to get the whole episode. This is still the only way to watch some old anime for free. Fighting Foodons and the English dub of Mon Colle Knights come to mind for me.

...I like kiddie anime. Digimon and Pokemon both had a hand in that.

ADDENDUM: FANSITES 

Digimon had little to no active internet presence in 2007 outside of ancient shrines. I would read shitty fanfiction on Angelfire relics. This was also my first exposure to bad fangirl practices, which came through sites like The Lost Temple of Ishida. This was its splash page (found through Wayback Machine- the site itself is dead).

The best/worst part of this is “come in my pretty ones”, which is just so out of character for Matt that it’s funny. But at the time, I only had a instinctual understanding of what OOC was. It was the thing that made the Pokemon parody so annoying, but I had no name for it. So I had a weaker bullshit detector than I do now, which let me enjoy more fanfics with plenty of OOC trash in them.

Everyone starts somewhere.

I didn’t interact with any Digimon fans- as the sites were old and inactive- which was probably for the best. Their ancient scrolls introduced me to fandom basics, like shipping. I tried my hand at it, shipping Taiora in part to deal with my Tai thirst. That didn’t work for reasons listed below.

ADDENDUM: TAI THIRST

I had a crush on Ash as a small child, but that was innocent since I was small. Once Tai came into the picture, I was a bit older. My crush on him was- different. Like “look up pictures of his naked butt in the uncut version of Ep. 8 and save them to a friend’s computer so I didn’t get in trouble” kind of different. (I’m sorry, friend.) The fact that this content was only in the Japanese version made it doubly taboo.

(Actually, this image is about the same quality as what I had access to, lol.)

I went hog wild at first. I wrote bad poems and had a binder full of screenshots. I wrote my first initial and his in hearts on my notes. It was pretty bad. Over time, I figured out this was kinda cringe, which intersected with general shame at my sexuality waking up.

So I shipped Taiora. I thought- by putting Tai in a relationship with another girl- I could segregate myself from my raging crush on him, and all the uncomfortable thoughts that came with it. Unfortunately, this pairing didn’t click in my mind. I was plagued by daydreams of Tai being deathly ill, which was my brain’s way of saying “hey- maybe forcibly shipping Tai to deal with your personal BS is a bad idea?”. So I moved on to Mary Sue stand-ins, which had the same result.

The one good thing about being 11 in 2007 means I (sort of) grew up in real time with the character. Tri. dropped when I was 19 (kind of odd, but there was only a two year difference between me and tri.!Tai’s age of 17). Kizuna was only two years ago. Both of us were in the adult world in our own ways. Tai’s like an imaginary childhood friend, and he helped me through a lot of things. I know he’s fictional, but I really felt like I grew up with him.

By around tri., I decided I didn’t give a shit anymore, I compromised by keeping my fangirl thirst to Tai exclusively. Since I had a lot of background with the character in addition to thirst, it was more “acceptable” to me. tri. Determination...helped.

I just completely lost my mind with this screenshot. This led to the towel my friend gave me, which I haven’t used but can’t get rid of. I’m in a more comfortable place on this subject than I was in 2007, even if it’s not perfect.

ADDENDUM: MERCH

Finding merch in 2007 was a pain in the butt. It wasn’t really widely available in the same way as Pokemon. So there was only one option- eBay and its bootlegs.

There was a woman who was somewhat of a family friend at the time. She was my ticket to all the Digimon figures I wanted. But of course- eBay being eBay- the figures I got my mitts on were fakes. I didn’t care, as long as I got tiny Tokomons and Patamons to play with. As a kid, I was drawn more to the cute, more Pokemon-like Digis. Blame Tai (again) for making me obsessed with the giant dinosaurs.

This was my only ticket to any form of Digi-merch, except the odd book here and there. Except the Bin that Got Away.

I remember  someone was selling Digimon figures at a giant yard sale. My mom only allowed me to buy two of them. So I chose a large Terriermon- who I’ve since lost- and WarGreymon. I liked WarGreymon due to his connection to Tai (it all comes back to Tai). 

The catch is this WarGreymon was a digivolving figure that went with a MetalGarurumon. At the time, I didn’t like Matt, and connected the Digimon to him. My reasons for hating Matt were really dumb, since he’s a lot like me personality-wise. Matt always fought with Tai, so I thought their relationship was more antagonistic, like Ash and Gary. Not to mention I didn’t like Matt’s fans. My only exposure to them was The Lost Temple of Ishida. So I purposefully picked out the MetalGarurumon bits of the digivolving figure, only taking WarGreymon. 

Some other lucky kid bought the whole bin, so now my WarGreymon can’t digivolve. But I can take comfort in the fact that he was equally screwed.

CONCLUSION

Being a Digimon fan in 2007 was tough. If I wasn’t an autistic kid who hung out with other, older autistic kids, I might never have found anyone to talk to about Digimon. Luckily, times have changed. I now have all of Adventure and tri, on DVD, and Kizuna on my PS4. On top of the old tapes, I have one or two official tapes I got from consignment shops, including one of Tamers. I figured out Digimon merch could be found if one knew where to look. I have the blursed towel.

As I keep collecting things and thinking about what these characters mean to me, this story will keep growing.

#digimon #my digimon origin story #multiple videos #mentions the evolution of my fangirl thirst #might not want to open this at work #it's not graphic but you never know #tai kamiya #matt ishida #fan origin story #taiposting #Youtube

[lokh]

mom avoids dead anime mom curse because he transitions. he’s always had a complicated relationship with pregnancy because of how woefully little people are told about potential complications and aftercare, and also because of how gendered it is, so after the birth of his second child he’s finally had it and decides to transition

he joins a local community group for mothers and at first it’s played for laughs how often they fall to the dead mom curse, but soon we find out more about how society has failed mothers and people who give birth, from information being withheld, procedures being carried out without consent, lack of accommodations and maternal and paternal leave, racism…

it also turns out that becoming a man doesn’t help with this, not really, because being a pregnant trans man brings its own problems. follow along as he learns more about being a parent and a mother, and maybe even… finding love???

coming to you never because I can’t write!

#if the japanese is bad. MY BAD LMAO #this was also a joke for me at first but then i was like well hang on..... #my initial romance thought was his husband leaves him after the transition and eventually a new single father ends up joining the group #cos he like. idk misread the flyer as being a new parents group but the group accepts him with open arms #and hes drawn to the only other guy there and well u know wink wonk. #then i thought well come on thats not. very nice rip what if his husband sticks with him. #but thats why u have more than one trans guy LMAO so it doesnt become bad tokenism!!!! #the older kid also has a complicated relationship with his mom transitioning tbh #art #wow original art from me... ummm. #he also wears glasses but not all the time #GRAPHIC DESIGN IS (NOT) MY PASSION!!!!! #I WANT YOU TO KNOW IF THIS WOULD EVER BE WRITTEN IT WOULD BE GROUNDBREAKING INCREDIBLE. #but it wont because one that would imply that i finish writing anything ever. #two it would require so so much reading. which you should be doing you should be researching. #but the point is there would be a lot because i would think 'oh it had to be perfect' and then would never do it. on top of already #never finishing anything.................. #ocs

[threadneedle]

#damon albarn #blur #blur band #mystuff #i know folks don't care about little quote graphics and would rather me post the raw quotes so soz #(and it occurs to me that this tumblrism is dying because more people use mobile than desktop now and stuff never looks good oh nooo) #(desktop users... i'm still here... i'm still with you brother) #anyway. Things I'm Staring Hard At The Wall About.

[ratinthevoid]

#käärijä #THANK YOU FOR THIS YEAR GUYS!! and best wishes for new one #i don't know how to talk about feelings but this fandom means everything to me and even if we never interacted ily all #graphic design is my passion or sth i dint have time to draw anything so have this for now #and lets be kaarija slus together in 2024!

[sunshine-zenith]

Maybe I’ve just missed it but I haven’t seen anyone point out the little role reversals the movie had for some of Ballister and Ambrosius’s personal plot line/characterization/backstory

I think its pretty neat

#ballister blackheart #ballister boldheart #ambrosius goldenloin #nimona graphic novel #nimona movie #nimona #also while drawing this I realized neither wears gloves when wearing their armor in the comic and now I can never unsee it #if you know to wear PPE in the lab you should be wearing it when Playing With Lazers And Sharp Point Objects #cy art #cy fanart #broke 100

[church-of-crayak]

got really into the idea of miku being an andalite text-to-thoughtspeak software mascot!! here is a deeply y2k andalite hatsune miku

#myart #andalite #animorphs #hatsune miku #i imagine their ads would be one part retrofuturistic graphic design and one part military indoctrination #so miku on andal is a war princess #im so sorry miku i know you would never be propaganda you wouldnt do that to me #yeerks have knockoff versions of their TTTS softwares and their mascot is teto GET IT???? DO YOU GET THE JOKE??? #BC TETO IS A UTAULOID....its not that funny but what if teto was a gedd controller or an andalite controller #also someone else drew ax in miku cosplay i'd just like to give a shoutout to whoever did that

[hopefullystillliving]

You ever get lulled into a false sense of security during the first two thirds of a kid's movie that's good with a serious plot but mostly a pretty fun time, only to have the entire final third tear your heart out, chew it up and spit it out, crush it into even finer paste beneath its heel, and add the fine powder your ribs have been turned into by the sledgehammer it whammed you with as a seasoning?

Anyway Nimona was great, 10/10 would recommend, I was crying on and off for what probably totaled 20 minutes of tears.

#hopeful rambling #nimona #cw graphic #i think that's probably the right tag for that description #anyway yes im a little late to the train but i was waiting until i could watch it with my dearest #my takeaway is that they should put a content warning on it for trans people especially bc you will feel punched in the face #that allegory sure can trans. #i think i related to it in a different way than most people #bc being genderqueer yeah nimona going im not a girl im just myself hit home but im not *trans* #so i think i actually ended up projecting onto balistar as someone who deeply loves a trans person (different ways obviously) #being told 'yes you can rejoin the society you betrayed you aren't like *her* you arent a monster everything can go back to what it was #you can be one of the good guys if you reject the freaks' #but they betrayed you first and the good guys aren't good and how things were is worse actually than saying i love you i see you im with you #to the freaks and the monsters who will accept who you are unlike the society that never will always keeping you to an impossible standard #of never being yourself #so yeah the religious/societal prejudice trauma was very felt at some points #and i grieved for nimona not because she was me but because she was my dearest and she was a friend #and she was a thousand people i will never know who decided it was better to die as yourself than be killed as someone you aren't #and didn't have a person to say im sorry. i see you. #anyway. yeah im still crying. altered my brain chemistry is mild i think it rearranged my organs punched a hole in my chest and i thanked it #nimona spoilers

[pdalicedraws]

Nobody's having a good time!

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#nimona #nimona movie #nimona comic #nimona film #nimona webcomic #nimona netflix #nimona graphic novel #nimona crossover #nimonaverse #pd alice draws #ballister boldheart #ambrosius goldenloin #nimona nimona #dr meredith blitzmeyer #why are all my favourite panels of this comic!Amb having a very bad time #I finished and scheduled this page to post like a week early #and now it is 5am the morning it’s going to go up and I rocketed up like I FORGOT BAL’S EYE SCAR #asdfghjklkjhgfd embarrassing #and yet I’m still telling y’all about it even though I have now fixed it so you would never know

[fullmoondelinquent]

AJHQ posting something on insta/tiktok: "Hey guys here's our new den bundle available now for sapphires :)"

Nostalgia-blinded, rose-tinted glasses wearing, incessant AJC fans: "if you don't add a new animal to Classic I'm going to skin you alive."

#some of y'all be asking the SAME QUESTION UNDER EVERY POST #“You guys should add new animals to classic” #did you know. that they can't do that. #“You guys NEVER add new things that only I and two other jammers want for free to classic.” #it's almost as if AJC isn't optimized for modern tech and client-side programs.... hmm #I mean have you SEEN how the graphics transferred. They look awful. The vectors are coming apart in a lot of cases. #animal jam #jamblr

[camelspit]

stina on the book 10 cover (pleading)

#ough.. stina and sophie together.. #shannon do you know how insane that would make me #i would never shut up #and stina in jason chans style? i would faint on the floor dead and gone and my wife would have to bury me and be a widow #shut up about dex he has the first book the box set and a decent amount of official art #stina.. holy shit.. #batting my eyes at shannon #but also i am. delusional. #like with team valiant there was a slight chance but. #now that her character arc has been lost forever. #i doubt that it could ever happen #she could still look cool in the graphic novel though #bald stina 😳 #kotlc #stina heks

[knifebaby3000]

“castles in the snow”, 2 april 23

#art #digital art #artists on tumblr #dimitri fire emblem #fe3h #my art #[ points ] that's my husband #you know it's bad when i do fanart asdljfs i never do that #just wanted to try sth rly bright and graphic w this one

[motherhenna]

y'all.......somebody straight up attempted to grab and abduct me this evening on my walk back from the library. I've never experienced fear like that before?? the way he approached me and lunged and grabbed me and tried to put his hand over my mouth keeps repeating in my brain. And I'm so mad that this happened like a block away from my apartment so now I'm going to be paranoid every time I walk outside!! Cops came and calmed me down and made the report and everything and I hope they get him before he's actually successful in what I'm pretty sure he was trying to do. This is legit the only time in my life I've been happy I'm fat (not to mention I strength train at the gym 3 times a week) because that motherfucker was NOT expecting to be shoved off that hard, and I doubt he was big or strong enough to get a really good grip on me. god I'm just so fucking relieved my life didn't turn into an episode of Dateline tonight

#tw assault #personal #sorry if this is graphic #I'm just really shaken up still #my mom is flying up to get me and I'm going back home for a week #I just can't be in this area rn #I feel like I'm going to be afraid to answer the buzzer to my door from now on #and god I can see his face so clearly I hate it #I really hope he was just some homeless junkie trying to cop a feel and not something way worse #anyway #ladies: (especially if you're petite) please develop some strength #you never know when you might need to depend yourself

[judasgot-it]

i realy enjoyed your scent headcannons for the port mafia and the hunting dogs. i liked how detailed they were and i can tell you put some thought into it. can i ask what you think the ada members and the decay of angel members smell like?

omg omg yeesssssss these are the best ones.

sorry I love giving weird and specific headcannons to my fav characters so this? right up my alley. I'm that guy. Sorry this took so long btw I've been ill :(

Scent Headcannons (DOA + ADA)

DOA

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Nikolai: This man uses a bar of soap he got from a grandma not too long ago and it's just lasted him forever, probably smells like lavender or chamomile. I love chamomile. His hair though smells like purple shampoo so he can keep his shine. Definitely has that sweaty man smell on him sometimes. You know the one. I bet you that his coat smells like ash and I bet he smokes, even occasionally, so the smell just sticks to his clothes.

Fyodor: He probably only showers once or twice a week so he smells a bit rank, but he never gets super sweaty so it's not that bad. If anything he doesn't smell super gross, but more like dust. Oily dust. He probably smells like caraway seeds, they just seem like a Fyodor thing.

He doesn't use cologne, personal headcannon that he uses a Barbie perfume he got from Nikolai because they thought it was hilarious but it ended up smelling really good so now it's just become his signature scent. No one would believe that the demon fyodor uses it, so it stays an inside joke.

Bram: Limewater. Or the way old wooden buildings smell. Leather is also a good bet. He just carries age and decay on him. Probably smells like what churches at old graveyards smell like.

Sigma: Leather but in a new handbag sort of way. He 100% wears a very nice cologne, although it might have a bit of a granny smell more than a sexy man smell. He smells new and expensive in a way. Kinda smells like copper coins too sometimes but that's only if you're really close to him.

Fukuchi: I think I did him already but to do him again - old. Like, old paper and old clothes. He definitely smells like alcohol and probably has a messy sort of smell on him. He tries to cover it up with cologne sometimes but you can smell his hangovers and the fact that he tries to hide his depression with sweets.

ADA

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Dazai: Alcohol and Cologne. It's a complete guess of what you're gonna get. Depends on if it's a weekend or not. Also, he might smell like his recent suicide attempt, which tends to stay on his clothes for the next couple of days - Kunikida has to force him to wash his clothes, since once he tried to drown himself and smelled like river water for over 2 weeks. He isn't super hygienic, he's as bad as Fyodor.

Kunikida: oh this man is CLEAN clean. Power washes his asshole and everything. Showers every morning and night. He uses only gently scented soaps and shampoos, since he cares about PFAs. Uses one specific victoria's secret perfume that was discontinued and now has been ordering it for the last 4 years. He has a specific order in how he sprays it too - two on each side of the neck, and one on the wrists that he spreads. He does this daily.

Ranpo: Sweets. He is a regular at bath and body works and he buys warm vanilla sugar and douses himself in it. It's so strong that you can smell him for miles. He has been given many different scents but he refuses to use anything else, he will only use that one scent. It's a comfort thing for him.

Yosano: Like blood. Nothing washes the smell out, so she started smoking so she won't have to smell it on her anymore. So she just smells like cigarettes and blood. She sprays really strong perfume sprays on her clothes though so she won't have to smell the cigarettes. She doesn't go to bath and body works however, she buys from a vegan all-natural company in case anyone is allergic - She is a doctor, after all.

Fukuzawa: Grass and clean laundry, since he spends a lot of time outside talking to cats and every product he uses he tries to use those that bring him good childhood memories. He keeps his clothes religiously clean too, so he probably smells like good detergent.

Kenji: Dirt and cows. He probably just carries the smell of the farm with him, so he is a stinky kid. Kunikida forces him to wash up more often and makes him do his laundry, but his pet cow just always carries that smell on him.

Atsushi: He probably has that sweaty man smell on him, since I bet he is still adjusting to being a normal person after growing up in the orphanage. Personal headcannon that he hoards food, especially in his pockets and under his bed, so he has a bit of a food smell on him. You can just smell the wet noodles in his pockets that you know he is gonna eat in a couple of hours as if it's normal. He has problems he needs to work out.

Kyouka: Clean. She showers, and she has normal hygiene. You can probably smell the sweets she keeps on her though, and I doubt she uses perfume, but she uses a really a regular deodorant. She's an assassin, so she can't be noticed easily, including smell.

BONUS because he's basically in it

Poe: He smells like Karl, custard, and cologne. He goes days without showering so sometimes he just uses all spice to cover it up. Definitely has a strong smell of aftershave since he has to shave every day, which is hella minty. You won't smell it unless you're close to him though. He also has a strong smell of coffee on him.

#bsd x reader #bungo stray dogs x reader #bungou stray dogs x reader #bsd x y/n #hope this is what you watned btw cause i got ideas #not tagging everyone cause ummm this is a lot #poe bsd #fyodor bsd #nikolai bsd #dazai bsd #ranpo bsd #sigma bsd #hows my divider i just made it #graphic design is my passion #please help i dont know what im doing #my blog will never be cute and aesthetic im hopeless

[liliesah]

you know what, i'm all for t/og being made into a tv show.

((tw: physical violence))

i want them to show a depressed teenage girl fleeing the country and being found by a grown man. i want them to show how she deals with her depression and snapping at him. and i want them to show him punching her in the face and telling her that she should have died as a child. i want that bruise to be visible for weeks. i want to hear her say that she deserved it. i want to see how he emotionally abuses her for weeks. i want other characters to point out to him that he is making her not want to live. i want to see it.

then, maybe, maybe, people will finally understand how absolutely messed up s/jm's writing is.

#i know this is graphic #i don't care #this is exactly what happened in the book #it was abuse #anti sjm #anti tog #anti rowaelin #i might delete this but i am so angry #just saw another tiktok #punching is never okay!! unless its them ofc1! hahahaha #12 year olds read these books #what is this showing them? #like are you okay?

[raayllum]

—David Levithan

#rayllum #rayllumedit #my edits #graphics #quotes #arc 1 #arc 2 #multi #s4 #caylangst #anyway i have a lot of thoughts and feelings about the 'i know' scene and all that it parallels leave me here to die #personal fave #for the sheer amount of pain i felt while reading the quote that lessened only slightly by making the edit #tdpedit #some things never change #constantly chasing after you

[mango-dolphin]

ishmael please please please please please p

everyone PLEASE thank this anon for being the one who accidentally caused the trans terrorbeast comic. i legitimately had no plans for that until i started sketching out the first ishmael (top left of canvas)

#limbus company #projmoon #ishmael lcb #anonymous #my art #mango's art #digital art #painting #digital painting #sketch #idm isolating that headache ish if anyone wants it as a pfp or graphic #''which headache ishmael'' whichever touches your heart baby #rendering her hair was a LOT of fun! but also DAMN did it take up the most time #i never know how to incorporate her hair into her silhouette but i suppose it'll just take time #before you ask YES the ''heace'' folder is the one that has special headache warrior ishmael in it #what the folder DOESN'T show you is that i paint things on one layer. #the five layers in it are 1. strokes to hide the sketch underneath 2. legacy layer of the painting 3. the painting #4. extra shading clipping layer (the blueish overlay) 5. the text