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my new shirt that says "I NEED SOME DIGIMON TYPE OF SHIT TO HAPPEN TO ME" on the front and "BADLY." on the back

#digisillies #oh mood #giving me some art inspiration even though i'm not the best at graphic design

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hey i feel like drawing some imps and need something to warm up with

anyone got an impmon oc ref they want to throw in my ask box?

#digimon #sky talks #i'll take a few of these and edit the post when i have enough that i'll be overwhelmed lol #i just have head empty impmon brain rn #and as much as i want to work on this big piece i have going on (as well as comic stuff) #i kinda gotta work with my adhd here #i need warm up stuff to do anyways

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Just as a show of my pure lunacy and dedication to this stupid little gremlin I've taken it upon myself to document EVERY SINGLE IMPMON in the Tokyopop Digimon Tamers Manga. At the time of this post, I have 106 images of Impmon saved in a folder on my desktop. Here are the first 30.

#digimon tamers #op out here doing important work #(i don't feel like reading the tokyopop manga but was curious about how they drew impmon) #some of these are reaction image quality and i love it #turns your precious imp into a funny emoji #idk if i have any other tags this could fit under so the tamers tag is it for now lol

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That is another challenge for me and for the fans of Digimon and its artists on the first of August as the day the chosen children arrived in the digital world, you know which one I do, I hope someone is interested in this or not, but hey, the selection is yours. I hope you are interested. On the first of August, without further ado, I say goodbye, chiao.

#digitivities #this looks fun!! #we'll have to see if we can get some stuff prepared ahead of time but #we also have a project we're planning on starting to post on odaiba day so it'll have to see sdkfjbsdkjfbs

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Digimon Card Template->

Hey guys, I finally finished the templates! A few words to read before using, and more words under the cut if you will. I'd love to see any and all cards you create, so feel free to leave me an ask or DM! Also if you feel like supporting me a little, feel free to stop by my ko-fi->

First off, all fonts you need for the template are in the "Card Template Fonts" rar file. Remember to install them first before opening the files. Second, I recommend working with the PSD file in Photoshop, if you can. It has more and easier customization. If you use CSP, do use the CSP files. The PSD Text layers don't work in CSP, as well as certain other settings. I did my best to adapt the file to CSP, and it should work fine!

The Files have "HELP" layers in certain folders, I recommend reading them! Some of the Information I will repeat under the cut.

HAVE FUN! I wanna see lotta cards!

Okay, below the cut I'll leave some notes on how the Digimon cards are designed, as of the num <03> era at least.

Digimon cards have seven different colors. Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Black, Purple, and White. White cards are rare and reserved for special Digimon/Tamers, and usually don't interact with other colors. For easier reading, Yellow and White cards have black text in their colors, instead of the usual white text. On multicolored cards, card including Yellow (or white in theory) have white text with a black outline. (before <03> if Yellow was the first color, the text was black with white outline instead, but they unified it with the update) The color on the left is considered the first color. Since the design update, the Card color is displayed in a color wheel around the Play cost. The digivolution cost bubble also recieved a color wheel, as well as the buble being split into the differen colors. Imagining it like a clock, the top color is the first, and then circling clockwise. Digi-Egg, or Lv.2 Digimon are always single color.

[tricolored cards have been introduced just recently and super rare. use sparingly]

Now to the Effects. The main effect is in white color with a black outline (also outlines on the keywords), while the Inherited Effect doesn't have outlines (unless it's a Yellow double color). If the Digimon has no Inherited Effect, there will be a small dash in the box.

Only white cards have black text in their main effect.

The effect text will start in the lower bottom of the image, not all the way at the bottom, and go down from there. If the Effect is too long it will move up.

Besides the regular evolution requirements, Digimon may have special "Digivolve" rules in their effect. This can make an evolution from a specific digimon cheaper, allow X Antibody Digimon to evolve from their normal counterparts, serve to overlook color requirements, or to allow evolution from certain traits, etc.

Some Digimon may also have an extra "Rule" in the bottom corner.

Ace Digimon will always have [Hand][Counter]<Blast Digivolve> effects. So far, they all had no inherited effects. They also have a significantly cheaper play cost than comparable Digimon, but in turn have the Overflow mechanic. EX6 introduced Blast DNA Digivolution, which specifies the required Digimon by name, and not just Level and color.

Lv.6 Digimon usually don't have inherited Effects, some might though, if they were made with Lv.7 evolution in mind. Furthermore Lv.6 Digimon pop out of their frame, even on the normal arts.

Now Tamers originally had neither traits, nor inheritence effects. But certain Tamers now do! Tamers with Mind Link effects, or the kids from Frontier for example, will have Inherited Effects.

Option cards have a grey backdrop for their effects, and the effect text is black. This black effect text carries over to full/alt arts, regardless of color. The have a (use) cost instead of a play cost. They can also have traits or rules, but it is rare.

#digitivities #digimon card game #YOOOOO!!! let's go!!! #thank you so much lov!! #this must have been so much work aufghskjdfhsdf!!!

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i haven't been able to read the first chapter since bandai keeps underestimated how excited people get for new digimon projects but how are we feeling about liberator impmon's line chat?

#sky talks #digimon #digimon liberator #that tag copypasta of “not to be a lesbian but” has been playing in my head since lunch #i'm so happy for her #i saw the spoiler for her impmon card this morning before the news dropped and i was like #“i'm betting money her mega is megidramon” #and when i checked my notifications at lunchtime i was howling #this line is my everything #digimon are so cool

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This came to me a few days ago when i realised this would be a great joke on at least 2 fronts.

#digisillies

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What system are we using?

We occasionally get questions about this, so -- Binary Break uses a game called Digidice, made by our very cool GM Claire.

You can get a copy FOR FREE right here: https://clairemulkerin.itch.io/digidice

#digitivities #STILL a tentative tag but pspsps i am shaking this post like a cat treat bag #because 1: this system is SUUUUPER cool #and 2: go listen to binary break if you haven't

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i'm trying soooo hard to work on this fan comic project but the inescapable flow of time is currently fistfighting my hatred of linework

#sky talks #i want to have a backlog by time odaiba day comes along since that's when i wanna start actually posting pages #and i'm also trying super hard to avoid putting too much pressure into perfectionism for this project #because i'm seeing it rn as a self-indulgent thing that i want to use to remember what it's like to be loose with my artwork again #anyways i did finish like three refs this weekend so i will take that W #but oughghghg linework #slams fist on ground

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Hi I’m gonna rant about Ghost Game for a second

Not to meaning to add to the endless “What the hell happened to Ghost Game????” discourse but uh, yeah I guess I am contributing to that

I have quite a bit to say about my theories on what I think went wrong and what they could’ve done better and why I desperately do not want a season 2 (I know the irony of how that looks on me) but if I wrote all that in one space I think it would be so long that even I would start begging for me to shut up

So, I’m going to split these up into more digestible categories that I’ll write whenever I’m procrastinating

In case I never get around to anything else, I’m going to start with the biggest loss to me, how I think the Digimon were supposed to influence their tamer’s personal growth and visa-versa

I’ll put the rest below the cut before I get outta hand

Hiro and Gammamon: Augh. These two frustrate me the most. So much lost potential in my book, but I would feel weird putting the mc anywhere but the top of the list, so I decided to put them in the order they join the cast and therefore you get my most passionate feelings first.

Almost one of the first things we learn about Hiro as a character is how self-sacrificing he is. He’s your stereotypical mc who wants to help everyone, but the narrative points out that he’s willing to be helpful at the expense of his own wellbeing, which paints his conventionally good trait as a flaw. And that’s about all they touch on in the base show, with a lot of reading between the lines. I would’ve loved to see the ramifications of his self-sacrificing nature and have the cast point out how he’s really harming himself and stretching himself thin just to appease others. I don’t think the “being helpful is good, but not at the expense of your health” moral is touched on enough so I always get excited when stories have that as one of their themes.

And then there’s his partner, Gammamon, the exact opposite of Hiro. He’s needy, dependent, wild, and selfish at the start. He doesn’t care about others (or their belongings). He’s demanding. He’s destructive. He proves to be a handful for our polite little Hiro, especially with his dad missing and this responsibility suddenly thrusted upon him.

I would’ve loved to see Gammamon teach Hiro to be a little more selfish (or at least, more self-preserving), while Hiro teaches Gammamon to be more considerate and tame. Of course, we see Gammamon grow in this way but the story doesn’t really make it clear that it was necessarily Hiro’s doing or give much of a catalyst at all for why Gammamon has personal growth other than it would be troublesome to have such a brat as the main creature. Now, I know that Guilmon’s arc was kinda similar in that they didn’t have direct events or anything that would make him mature, but it still felt more… realistic? Tended to? Idk I’m going to force myself to move on.

Ruli and Angoramon: Honestly just kinda disappointed with the lack of attention these two got in general in comparison to the other pairs, but I digress.

We meet Ruli with the impression that she’s brash, headstrong, and charismatic. She does things her way on a whim. Especially in the first few and select episodes, but in my opinion, it seemed like they kinda pushed her to the background and her personality was very passive and mild at times (and I don’t think that was on purpose).

Similarly to Hiro and Gammamon, Angoramon has quite a few contrasting personality traits. He’s softspoken, knowledgeable, and introspective. When Hiro first meets Angoramon, he doesn’t want to reveal himself because he’s nervous and doesn’t want to be a bother.

I think these two were supposed to balance each other out. Ruli would learn to think about things more and not run in half-cocked, maybe start to appreciate the more slow and peaceful things in life like nature and reading (Yeah Ruli, don’t think I forgot about that scene where Angoramon wanted you to read one of his favorite books and you DIDN’T and never DID). Meanwhile, Angoramon would come out of his shell more from sticking around Ruli. Possibly learn not to be so overbearing? Idk, honestly I don’t think Angoramon has as much room for growth because he seems the most level-headed character in the cast.

Lastly,

Kiyoshiro and Jellymon: Now, I know I have some bias toward these two so it might seem I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt but I’m going to try to come at them as objectively as I can.

They kinda half-executed what I think they were going for with these two, so they don’t offend me as much (which I think is part of the reason why I like them so much), but a full written out arc between them would’ve been a dream.

Kiyoshiro at the beginning of the series is, well, a sniveling inconsolable scaredy cat. On top of that, he’s kind of cocky and stuck up, obsessed with order and somewhat an introvert (to a lesser extent and differently than angoramon, in the “can’t relate to other humans” kinda way). Outside of his flaws, he is at least kind and pure of heart (I mean his name more or less means “pure white”) with a strong sense of justice and morals.

Jellymon, the devil creature, is so chaotic her intro episode goes right for the “everyone is going to die and it’s all Jellymon’s fault” thing. She has her moments of scheming and kinda like Gammamon, is pretty selfish and demanding with hints of Ruli’s recklessness as well.

As far as their canonic growth goes, Jellymon’s the only one that sees the bravery in her darling, which helps him nurture that courage and cast aside some of his fears (which, yay they actually kinda do in the series albeit pretty indirectly and kinda inconsistently). Also, the narrative never outright says Kiyo is lonely but he surely doesn’t have any companions, but we can see him grow on his partner and admit that it’s nice to have such a close friendship (pretty sure the whole “I like humans” thing was directed at Jellymon, even though she’s not human shhhhh it makes sense I promise)

Now for what they didn’t really touch on, I think these two were supposed to break each other’s stubbornness. I think Jellymon was supposed to show Kiyo how to relax more and not become so absorbed in studies/research and such. We meet him already knowing he has a love for anime, idols and the like so I’m not sure if he could really learn the lesson to appreciate more of the little things, but maybe she’d show him to love some more like, people-centered type things? (I mean she does love festivals). On the flip side, I think Kiyo was supposed to use not his classroom knowledge, but his personal knowledge to show Jellymon all there is to love about humanity outside of their monetary worth and give her a genuine love for the human world. Oh yeah, and teach her to stop scamming people.

“”””I’m gOinG tO tRy To LiMiT mY BiAs oN KiYoSHiRo aNd jElLyMoN”””””””” *Proceeds to spend half my rant talking about Kiyoshiro and Jellymon even though I think they did them pretty well*

Anyway, would love to hear other’s opinions on this as well as if it seems like I’m reaching and there weren’t supposed to be arcs like this. I just feel like the characters are too inherently flawed and contrast too perfectly with their Digimon for them not to have intended some more character-centered personal growth arcs.

I’m sorry and thank you for reading my dumb thoughts.

#digimon ghost game #interesting points! #your section about ruri and angoramon reminds me that like #i was expecting something about lamortmon to kind of trigger character growth #but it really never did #like you have this super chill bnuy that's shy and a little bit anxious #who suddenly digivolves into a form that is So Goddamn Feral #i know digivolution is more supposed to be about the influence of tamer on digimon #but i think it would have been interesting to see lamortmon used to explore the downsides of having the kinds of shy anxieties angoramon ha #when you worry enough eventually you're gonna snap and all that yk?? #and then going from lamortmon to diarbitmon just feels?? idk #unearned is the word i think i want to go with here #it's been a while since i watched gg but i don't remember feeling like any mega was super earned except for amphimon #(god all of jellymon's evolution debuts were really good imo) #i can't even remember when siriusmon debuted unfortunately #and that makes me SOOOO sad because it's a sick design #ghost game kind of feels like the aluminum sculpt frame you have before you start putting clay on is just #poking out here and there in some bits #the sculpt that's unmarred by its skeleton is pretty #but it's also difficult to deny that You Baked That Bitch With Its Wirefram Sticking Out #anyways oops i kinda talked a lot in the tags

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veeerrry slowly making my way through appmon (just finished ep 6)

i'm enjoying it so far (still) but i also just had a realization that like

part of my hesitancy about watching appmon is that a lot of stills for the fused apps were kind of offputting (3d in 2d animation can be super hit or miss)

like i've seen screenshots of a lot of the higher grade appmon and was like "hm, that's not pleasant to look at"

and now i'm watching it and like "oh, that was definitely designed with movement in mind" because holy shit yeah the stills do not do appmon justice

the use of 3d animation in appmon gives me a feeling that the creators really wanted to include that code overlay effect, but since that's incredibly time-consuming to do in a way that might look good on 2d animated characters, the use of 3d allows them to express that excessively digital vibe (and it looks really good in motion)

as for all the standard grade appmon, i think something similar still holds true in that just looking at their ref book images doesn't do them justice. perorimon is the whole reason i wanted to talk about this (debuted in ep 6) because hooooly shit the ref book image just does not get across how good this goober looks in movement.

in other words, appmon seem designed for animation first and foremost

also while i'm at it i want to say i think it's fun that every appmon really does just have like coax cables in their back for applinks. more digimon shit should like, have weird technological things like that going on.

#sky talks #digimon #appmon #part of the reason my appmon watch is going so slow is because i'm also rewatching a few other seasons still #i am excited to get to a point in the season where it demands i watch it in a hurry #but that's not to say i'm disliking the episodes i'm on #all digimon series tend to have a handful of episodes at the beginning that you really gotta onramp yourself onto #it isn't a bad thing--- it's just the nature of trying to get an audience familiar with a new cast of characters and setting #i think i will probably hit the “oh i can't stop watching this” phase when the kid with musemon comes into the cast though #before i heard shit about appmon (aka way back when it was coming out) i saw musemon and was like #“damn. that's a good mon design.” #the same holds true for hackmon but i feel like even appmon haters look at hackmon (a) and are like “damn that's a good mon design” #and if they aren't they are denying the truth lmao

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Digimon partner quiz

Hi friends. I spent 7 months on and off working on this digimon quiz so pls take it and let me kno what u got maybe? Teehee

#digitivities #<-that tag is very tentative but i don't have a good tag i can put this under lol #(it's a portmanteau of digimon and activities) #anyways i got lopmon #kind of unsurprising but an interesting pick that i wouldn't really choose for myself #this is a really cool quiz!! it's written like a kind of CYOA story!!

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Honorifics and seniority in Digimon works outside Adventure/02

Following up on my Adventure and 02 post! Moving outside Adventure’s universe, the smaller casts and less complicated relationships mean it’s easier to break down how seniority and honorifics work within each group, but they do play an interesting role, especially when you compare group dynamics between series.

Keep reading

#digimon #digimon tamers #digimon frontiers #digimon savers #digimon xros wars #appmon #digimon adventure 2020 #digimon ghost game

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chat i think we're gonna need some Fs in the notes for chimeramon

(i lost my VB today at work with the digimon i'd had on it since getting it in 2022)

#sky talks #digimon #i'm actually heartbroken about this because i just started wearing it again #i had to stop for a while because of chronic pain but now it's treated enough to where i can stand to wear it for long periods again #i'm trying to hold out hope that i'll find it again but man idk if chimeramon is gonna make it #it wasn't asleep when i lost my VB #and i fully charged it this morning

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oughhh i was plagued by ghost game related thoughts today. this is messy and disorganized and a lot so don't mind me gbdsfhgbdjfg

it's been like half a year or so since i finished watching it so this is mostly unprompted and like

i do kind of wonder what would have happened with ghost game if instead of a bigger focus on purely pick up and go scooby doo shit, they were willing to tell an overarching story with the elements they had

i think i enjoyed it so much if only because it gave us something we hadn't seen much of to that point (that i'm now realizing is one of those things appmon heavily inspired in GG), that being digimon affecting technology in complex ways

(that's to say, not just bricking computers like giant magnets or making binary flash on the screen to ominous messages like makuramon does in tamers)

but like also digimon having more interactions with humans in general? just kind of hanging out and living in the human world? yeah the field exists and digimon can bworp in and out of being visible to humans without VBs, but they also live in a setting where they can mostly get away with just going "no yeah i'm just a very advanced hologram, dw about it :)"

i also refuse to get over the fact that gammamon is like, canonically plural, and i really wish we had more time with gulus after the finale ep reveals about him and the GRB shit.

also, i do wonder if maybe the series shot itself in the foot by not knowing what it wanted to do, plot wise? it gave us expectations in the first episode as an audience--- suggesting big and strange things to be delivered, and didn't seem to know how to really deliver on them while also trying to be that variety of scooby doo shit that doesn't have to have a throughline plot (aka, setting up a mystery inc style story when it's got a stated goal to be more like the original series)

i was still using reddit at the time GG started, and i remember a lot of people really wanting to hype it up as "the next tamers," especially after they saw the tone and structure of the first episode. in general, i wonder if high expectations put more scrutiny on GG than it might have otherwise gotten.

(this of course isn't to say that there's criticism to be had for GG. i mean i just said i personally have beef with its lack of narrative commitment. i'm just wondering if maybe some people got a little too excited to see a series that met the lofty nostalgia of something like tamers.)

anyways, idk, there's not really anywhere i'm going with this one, i just had some idle thoughts at work today about this series.

go read the gray matter ghost game fancomic or something (no i really have no clue why ghost game is on my mind, really)

#sky talks #digimon #digimon ghost game #i did finally watch karn ex's postmortem on GG and yes that is where i lifted the scooby doo descriptor from #because it does really fit bfsdhjbfjshdf #i want to be clear that i do not mean that derogatorily though #i just think it fits the vibes way better than somethign like monster of the week #other digimon series were closer to MotW where it's like #the challenge EXPLICITLY must be Punched In The Face #GG was very much a series about miscommunication confusion and the rare “I Just Want To Shoot People” mons #also if you're wondering where to find the comic i mentioned at the end literally just type “digimon gray matter” into the search box #the blog will pop up near the top i think?? #it's a partner swap au #...god this got long #listen we had a lot of boring shit to do at work today 💀

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realized earlier today that i read through all of xros wars and didn't post anything about it

anyways go read the xros wars manga it's really good

#sky talks #digimon #digimon xros wars #i have some beef with it but man the lore in the xros wars manga is fucking wild #i felt kind of lukewarm about anime bagramon but manga bagramon is the goat #it's so fascinating seeing the differences between the manga and anime #tho it does make me wanna rewatch xros wars because i can't remember much about it bdsjhfbsjdhfs

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BT-16 Booster Beginning Observer releases worldwide on

May 24th! 2024

This set features the cast of Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning, as well as more characters from Digimon Seekers!

You can look forward to additions to your Imperialdramon, Pulsemon, SoC, and Double Typhoon decks!

Don’t forget to check if you want to pre-order this from your local card shop, and look out for pre-release events starting Fri. February 9!

Here are the promo Points from the official website about what you can expect from this set under the cut!

[check out the deck ideas on the website >]

#digimon card game #YESSSSSSS #i can't wait until the global release schedule is live #waugh