#making kh edits

[lightandfellowship]

Please Consider Him (my attempt at a Quadratum Vidar).

Design notes under the read more:

There were multiple elements of Vidar's original design that I wanted to maintain for his Quadratum look: his blue/yellow/black/beige color scheme, his black turtleneck, his asymmetrical top, and his partially uncovered arms. I felt these elements were essential to properly capturing Vidar's vibe, and changing or removing them would make him feel...well, less like Vidar.

For his top, I knew I wanted to simulate the asymmetrical jacket, where one side was longer than the other, and also give him something with a collar since his jacket kinda has a collar, so I thought a half-untucked button-down would do the job nicely. I didn't really want to give Vidar a typical coat or anything long-sleeved, even though that would be a natural route to take given his original jacket, because again, like I said, I wanted some part of his arms to be uncovered. So I made his button-down have rolled up sleeves that are secured in place by a button. I copied the beige lining design from his original jacket, of course, along with the square design on his shoulders, only facing out instead of in so that his collar doesn't overlap it.

I originally considered turning Vidar's sash chain into a pocket chain, since that seems like the most obvious way to translate it into a more modern accessory, but I decided not to for two reasons. One, Baldr's design already features a pocket chain, and I didn't want to pull from other characters' designs. And two, I thought it might conflict with the untucked shirt, making that area of the design too busy. So I decided to turn it into a necklace instead. I also gave Vidar matching earrings, but I mostly just did that for style, not for any specific design reason.

I was really torn about what to do with Vidar's yellow sash. Some options I considered were a yellow buckled belt or a yellow jacket tied around his waist, but I felt like these fashion choices would be too loud for Vidar's personality (idk, that amount of yellow looks fine for Vidar's more traditional clothing, but modern fashion in bright yellow just doesn't feel right for him). I eventually settled on turning the sash into a cloth bracelet. It maintains the knotted cloth look while also being more understated, just a small pop of color on his wrist. I paired it with a beaded bracelet that matches his necklace, and a plain black bracelet on the opposite wrist to resemble his original right glove design. I also noticed that Vidar has some white cloth wrappings underneath his left glove, and even though they're probably not meant to be bandages, I took inspiration from that regardless and gave him a little bandaid on his elbow.

I decided to translate the black obi underneath his yellow sash into a black buckled belt. His original left glove also has studding on the top edge, so I gave this belt some studs as well. I think it helps it to stand out from the black pants better, since they're so similar in hue/value. (Tangent--apologies for not adding belt loops to his pants, I couldn't get it to look right. So his belt is just kinda suspended there without anything securing it in place. Oh well.) I also let him keep the fingerless gloves from his original design but just made them shorter so that they'd be more practical to everyday living. And also so that there's more room for his bracelets.

His pants are basically the same, I just made them a little less poofy, for that jeans-tucked-into-boots look (even though these pants probably aren't jeans). And I wasn't really sure what to do with his boots (shoe design is an enigma to me), so I just took the belts from his gloves and put them on his boots to make them look a bit more interesting.

So yeah! That was my thought process for this design.

#khdr #kingdom hearts dark road #kingdom hearts #kh vidar #vidar kh #making kh art #making kh edits #khdr spoilers #kh4 spoilers

[mythicalartistx]

How did Riku talking about Slapping Sora awake get translated to

It's my job to keep him on his toes

It's so funny that he talks about it casually with Donald Goofy and Mickey right before taking the dive a second time.

And the gestures look like ah yes he's showing how he might slap him, but in the English version THEY ACTUALLY EDITED SO HE DOESN'T SWUNG HIS HAND ALL THE WAY 😭😭

#kingdom hearts #translation #japanese translations #dream drop distance #soriku #kingdom hearts dream drop distance #riku #kh riku #sora #kh sora #the fact they edited it too #kh translations #kh ddd #edit: didn't expect this to get this many notes wow #also I get why change happened it makes sense because some could misinterpret things since jp cultural is different from american cultural #though I still think it's funny #localization vs translation differences is just interesting to me

[ink-witch111]

Outfits Lea would wear; crop top edition.

Feat. Isa

I will not be taking criticism, thank you.

#no there’s no other edition don’t @ me #Lea wears whatever sparks joy #I don’t make the rules #sketch #lea/axel #axel/lea #kh #kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts 3 #kh3 #fan art #axel #lea #Isa #isa x lea #leaisa #lea kh #kh fanart #kh axel #axel kingdom hearts #lea kingdom hearts #axel kh #Lea in a crop top #inkwitch111 #akusai

[a-s-t-a-r-i-o-n]

make me choose

↳ anon asked: kingdom hearts dream drop distance or kingdom hearts 3

#gamingedit #khedits #khgifs #khgraphics #kingdom hearts #dream drop distance #sora #kh riku #kh sora #roxas #kh axel #my edits #i laughed when i saw the two 'make me choose' i received #almost got the same one two times

[sunlightdrop]

🌸✨

#rapunzel #sora #tangled #tanglededit #khgraphics #kh3 #kingdom hearts #khedit #khedits #disneyedit #disney #princess rapunzel #kingdom of corona #♡ #⭐ #*edits #*gifset #i have a blonde version so i wanted to make a brunette version too :D #i love sora SOOO much he's a huge cc of mine ;o; #i should make more kh gifs for my other blog.. hehe

[nosfelixculpa]

i am once again thinking abt the aqua axelea team attack dialogue

#creations #gifs #games #kingdom hearts #kh #kh3 #kh remind #aqua #axel #lea #disney #square enix #yes i am too lazy to edit out all the health bars nd things yes i am #i just need them to be the two only competent adults for some mission or sth #maybe terra is sleeping i dont know man #but i just #require the aqua axelea dynamic to be aqua being incredibly annoyed by everything he does #while he is just trying to live his life #axel: [makes a joke] aqua: u are but a vermin on this earth

[felikatze]

EMBRACE THE CIRCLE

please watch gamechamp’s (she/her) khre:com one card challenge and weep of laughter with me

#kingdom hearts #video #marluxia #khcom #feli edits #PLEASE #I'M CRYING #the first kh clip i make is back cover among us the second is this #amending to add gamechamp's pronouns i admire this madwoman

[dominicsorel]

#hollowknightedit #videogamewomen #gamingedit #dailyvideogames #hollow knight #hornet #kh hornet #*mine #a late anniversary edit... #*in denial* man can't WAIT for silksong to come out #i would've done more if my ci didn't make it so impossible

[bitternace]

WHY ARE YOU SO EVIL!!! /POS. ATTACKING YOU.

Xemnas and Xigbar for 37 if that number hasn't been done? If it has, how about 74?

no puedo pedirle lo eterno a un simple mortal // ay, todo lo que he hecho por ti.

[ID: a mostly black and white drawing with a purple overlay of xigbar and xemnas shown from the hip up on the left side of the image. the background is black and has some diagonal lines with a bit of transparency on the right side. the shadows are harsh, with only a bit of light falling on their faces.

they stand before each other turned to the audience. xigbar, holds the handle and the middle of No Name before him, head tilted down as he looks to the audience. xemnas stands a full head taller behind xigbar, his left hand held some distance below the bladed tip of No Name, his left eye is covered by his fringe.

xemnas visible eye is painted ochre with a white pupil, while xigbar's eye is white and gold. The eyes on no name's handle and the gazing eye on the blade are a vibrant cyan. the caption reads the spanish lyrics "i can't ask a simple mortal for a forever" and "oh, everything i've done for you." /End ID.]

close-up under keep reading.

#capisnotonfire #PUTS MY HAND TO MY STERNUM AND FALLS TO THE FLOOR ON MY KNEES /affectionate #warning to whoever might open the link; there's a slightly suggestive several 'ay's at the beginning porque shakira it's also bass heavy #OBJECTIVELY THE FUNNIEST SONG THAT COULD'VE COME UP. it's the gift that keeps on giving!! #this specific remix's been on my top list... several years; top five for a couple. i've loved it forever. top radio edits ever. #it's basically about a guy that makes up excuses to hide he's cheating and a gal that's fed up with his bullshit and is like. okay. bye. #i briefly considered going with............ right now i know my heart is yours <- in regards to i'm already half-xehanort #as per usual not ship art but it would be HILARIOUS if it was. it would've been able to go so many incredibly funny tragic ways #nano does reqs #my doods #xigbar kh #xemnas kh #IT TOOK SO LONG. putting this out there because i WILL lose my marbles if i do anything more. it's not as polished as it could. #fret not if you've asked for a req i am still doing 'em this one just. kicked my ass (been busy). i tried a couple of things and failed #THEN the file corrupted like 9 hours in and i wanted to die a little (thank the heavens my drawing app has a #thing to get back corrupted files through their screen recording) but i GIVE UP (affectionate) #Does this make sense thematically? Fuck if i know. i forgot all lore (half serious). it looked cooler in my head (jesting) #anyways. mwah tysm for the ask<3 #i love posting at mystifying times (i finish at terrible hours and get excited) #described

[ok4ru]

I DID IT!!!

#kh #kingdom hearts #Xehanort #kh edit #khdr #I’m gonna make first edits I just wanted to show this

[descendant-of-truth]

Just remembered that I have the Coded novelization, and while it doesn't add that much in the way of depth I thought it'd be fun to share some bits from it that I found notable

For example, here's some moments of Data Sora actually thinking about his real-world counterpart:

The other world with another Sora, data, bugs - Sora still didn't really get it all, but he felt just the tiniest bit of warmth in his chest when he was with these two. "Well, that right there is a sign you've found true friends!" Donald crossed his arms and said with a nod. "It's kinda fun to make the same friend twice," Goofy added. That did sound like fun. Sora wasn't sure what his counterpart in the real world was like, but he had to thank him for friends like these. I'm me, so that other Sora is and isn't me, I guess. What's he like, I wonder?

"Gosh, you sure went through a lot of trouble." "I'm sorry." Namine bowed her head. "I wish I could have told you all this in person. But the real me is gone now." The "real me"...? So where's the real Namine? Um, and if this is a world inside some data, then... huh? Then where - who is the real me? I'm this guy Sora, and Sora is me, but then this is a world made from memories, so...? Sora let out a long sigh, then smiled. "Um... guys? This is all way over my head... Am I dumb?"

Then there's this scene that might have been in the DS version? I haven't played it yet, but either way it's different from the movie in the collections:

"It's so... empty," Sora whispered uneasily, looking at his feet. Suddenly, a shock ran through him, as if something very heavy had been dropped onto his shoulders. "Aaah!" Sora cried as a ball of light shot out of him. The burden on his shoulders remained. His knees felt like they were about to give out under him. "Wh-what's going on? I feel k-kinda funny." It was like the energy had been sucked right out of him. What just happened? "Sora! You okay?" Riku came running up. "Riku! What about you? Are you all right?" Sora was still worried for his friend, though his legs were so wobbly he could barely stand. Riku gave him a small nod in reply. "You shouldn't be here. I can fight the bugs off a little longer... but they're spreading. Pretty soon they'll take over all my data." The bugs were starting to win. What would happen once their control was complete? "You feel weak, right? It's because the bugs have stolen your data. You won't last long in here. Take this and escape while you can."

I think it makes sense that there would be some kind of complication with Sora while trying to save Riku; it gives his warnings some more weight.

Speaking of Riku, they added a cute little high five between him and Sora when he clears out all the bugs in Riku's datascape:

"Thanks!" Sora held up his hand, and Riku gave him a high five. "The bug tried to use my power for itself, didn't it?" "Yeah... How'd you know?" Sora asked in return.

In general, characters are more prone to physical contact with each other in the novels compared to the original versions; Donald and Goofy give a few different hugs in this book alone. But because I'm a simple person who likes Soriku, this scene in particular made me happy:

"Wait, Sora! Where are you going? Sora!" Riku grabbed Sora by the arm as he started to run off. "The datascape won't hold together much longer! Sora, stop!" Sora had no intention of doing that. "Sora, are you crazy?" Riku urged, still with a firm grip on his friend's arm. "We can't just leave them! You heard Mickey. I'm going to find them!" "Find them where?! Do you have any idea where they are?" "Somewhere!" Sora snapped. Riku took hold of Sora by both shoulders and gazed into his eyes in an effort to get through to him. Sora stared right back. "Aren't you afraid?" Riku asked softly. "We're not just talking about losing some memories here. We could get erased. This whole world could get erased!" "Sure I'm afraid. Weren't you?" "Hmm?" Sora slowly removed Riku's hands. "You've been in my shoes. You've gone up against the impossible alone. Because you knew that was less scary than just sitting around and waiting for the end."

Like what was the REASON for this. Did the author realize that she omitted the specific detail of Sora holding Riku's shoulders like in the movie version and decide to make up for it here. That would be hilarious

We also get Sora threatening Pete, which was way funnier to me than it should've been:

"This is where it ends, Pete!" Mickey brandished his Keyblade. "It ain't fair! Sproutin' a new Keyblade is cheating. Better make a strategic retreat, before--" "Not so fast! First, hand over Riku... or else." Sora readied his Keyblade, too. "Uhmmm... Now let's talk about this..."

And finally, the scene that shook my perspective the most:

"Don't ever talk about Sora like that. He's our friend in this world and every other one, too!" Donald shouted, wriggling in the tiny space between his body and the wall to strike the blocks with his staff. the wall didn't budge, though. "Donald..." I'm so happy to hear you say that, but... I really am useless now. "Hmph, maybe on the outside, but he's just an empty shell. The kid don't got a heart," Pete continued. A heart? What's a heart?

Guys. No one's explained to Data Sora what a heart is. This automatically makes him one of the funniest characters in the series, because it means he's been dodging all of the emotional turmoil that's been the driving force of the series through a simple lack of information.

He has his own struggles of course, but out of every character that's been a protagonist in one of these games, he understands Heart Lore the least, and I find that incredible

#kingdom hearts #kh coded #kh recoded #data sora #data riku #soriku #data soriku #I haven't seen people post about the Coded novel which is. understandable but it needed correcting #Edit: every time I try to fix the small text into being entirely small and not have random words/letters be regular it just #makes different words and letters be regular after I've saved #so the post might look wonky but that's because I don't know how to solve this game of whack-a-mole

[lightandfellowship]

[Image description: A series of four edited screenshots from KHDR. Baldr sits on the floor of his cell while the dark entity he harbors speaks to him. The original dialog has been changed into the "It's me boy I'm the PS5" meme, with some alterations. The text reads: "It's me, boy, I'm the PS5. Speaking to you inside your brain. Listen to me, boy! Forget your sister. We don't need her. Merge with me and play my games!" End description.]

"You need me, boy! Your free will is an illusion!"

#khdr #kingdom hearts dark road #kingdom hearts #kh baldr #making kh edits #ch tag: bal #khdr spoilers

[marcirose]

Some vanven sprite stuff I've been doing for the last few days to get back in the groove of things + a new fav Vani sprite

#kingdom hearts #kh #kh ventus #kh vanitas #vanven #i've done nothing but think about them all day #this vani sprite is becoming one of my favs #right up there with rose dress sora and snow white ven #anyway someone tell me to make any other edit pls lmao

[crystariumoath]

Destiny Trio

#khgraphics #khedits #khgifs #kingdom hearts #KH3 #kh sora #kh riku #kh kairi #my gifs #my coloring #not free to use #I wasn't sure what I wanted to do here really just felt like editing some more tonight #plus my mood is just kind of bleh because of work and other stuff so needed make something with my three Destiny Trio babies #I'll work on something more complex later tonight

[aro-sora]

[ID: "Heartless" written in the stylized Kingdom Hearts logo font. The first image has the letters colored with a gradient of the aro flag. The second is a gradient of the heartless aro flag colors. End ID]

#kh #kingdom hearts #aro #aromantic #heartless #heartless aro #heartless aromantic #my edits #if i knew how to make stickers i would be unstoppable #i want to make one of these my header but i am not giving up aro flag sora gif

[mushroom-winners-proof]

TWO xigbars in ONE week ?? preposterous

#kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts ii #kingdom hearts 2 #kh #khii #kh2 #xigbar #snap sketches #this was just supposed to be quick but i am an artist so of course i spent extra time making no edits and just thinking about edits #also truly wasnt thinking of anything in particular i just needed to get xigbar out of my system #my brothers i dreamt of this dude last night this was necessary #if i draw him again in the future i def wanna branch out from how i usually draw him all my drawings of him feel the same #and i mean I dont mind drawing the same thing over and over but i know its gotta be borin to see Over And Over #so next time i draw him ill draw him from the left side opposed to the right WHICH #YOU THINK ID DO MORE considering his eye is on his left but Alas #but for now im xigbar'd out. Hopefully #i'll let yall know if i have another dream lmaoo