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crabbunch · 1 year
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“Scar!” Cub rushes into the room. Scar gasps loudly and falls backwards off of the balcony, dying on impact. “Oh. My bad, dude.”
“It’s fine, it’s fine,” Scar says, getting up from a nearby bed. “It’s not the first time that’s happened today.”
“Yeah. Anyways, did you vote for me?” Cub asks.
“Vote for you- oh! For the tumblr sexy-ma-doodle thing!” Scar says, gathering up his stuff. “Not yet! I’ll get on that right now.”
“It’s really close right now,” Cub says. “I think I can pull ahead, but it won’t be easy.”
“I don’t know what the masses are thinking!” Scar complains. “I mean, I know I’m sexy, but can’t they see your appeal? Don’t they know the power of the Convex?”
“You should make a calendar with both of us on it,” Cub suggests.
“Shirtless?” Scar checks.
“Shirtless,” Cub confirms.
“Yeah, okay,” Scar grins. “Hot Guy… Cute Guy… you can be Sexy Guy, I guess.”
“Sexy Man,” Cub corrects. “Tumblr Sexyman.”
“That doesn’t roll off the tongue at all!” Scar complained. 
“It’s what I’m going for,” Cub smirks. “How quickly do you think you can get that calendar printed.”
Scar pulls off his shirt and out a camera. “You had me at ‘you should make a calendar with both of us on it.’”
- - -
“ETHO!” Bdubs shouts, landing face-first into the luscious, green, beautiful jungle grass. “WE’RE IN A TUMBLRMAN SEXY- AH- A TUMBLR SEXYMAN COMPETETION!!!” 
“Oh snappers,” Etho murmurs, closing his shulker box and turning to look at Bdubs. “Wait, what-?”
“I voted for you, of course,” Bdubs says, holding up his phone to show Etho the bracket. “You’re winning by a landslide.”
“A tumblr sexyman competition?” Etho repeats, eyes darting between Bdubs and the bracket. “Like- a tumblr competition?”
“Yeah,” Bdubs grinned. “They love us.”
“That’s the place- is that where the- you made a tumblr account?” Etho asks, sitting on the shulker.
“Well, of course!” Bdubs brags. “I had to vote for us! Cleo, too, she’s doing good. She’s the one who told me about this in the first place, actually.”
“Oh,” Etho says. “Oh.”
“You’re winning,” Bdubs says again. “I voted for you.”
“I’m not making a tumblr account,” Etho folds his arms. 
“Aw- come on, man! I voted for you, it’s only fair that you vote for me!” Bdubs whines. 
“Nope,” Etho repeats. “Not on your life, Bdouble0.”
“Fine,” Bdubs says, pulling his phone out again. “I’m gonna rally the troops, though. I’m gonna make sure you win.”
“Wait, no, don’t-” Etho begged, but it was too late. Bdubs was flying off to who-knows-where to convince the masses to vote for Etho. 
- - -
“Tango,” Zedaph says, frowning at his phone. “Are you-”
“Yeah,” Tango smirks. “I’m sweeping.”
“Oh, come on!” Zedaph whined. “Impulse-”
“I’m beating Fwip,” Impulse says.
“Jeez!” Zedaph throws his hands in the air. “Is it not enough to wear a catmaid outfit? Is it not enough to put catmaid pillows in my merch shop? It’s not my fault none of my fans made me a How Bad Can I Be animatic.”
“What’re you even upset about?” Tango teases. “Aren’t you crushing Schlatt?”
“I was,” Zedaph pouts. “The people rallied against me. Did you know Schlatt wears a suit? I should have worn a suit. I should have…”
“Oh, look at this!” Impulse pulls up the poll on his own phone. “You’re not loosing that badly.”
“I’m not sweeping,” Zedaph complains. “I’m not even winning! This is disgraceful.” 
“To be fair, Schlatt is a pretty typical sexyman,” Tango says. “I’m surprised he didn’t get more nominations.”
“Fwip’s sexy!” Zedaph points at Impulse accusingly. “He’s a vampire, and Impulse is still obliterating him!”
Impulse shrugs. “No one’s campaigning for him.”
“Why’d they have to campaign against me,” Zedaph wails. “I’m sexy! I’m hot! I deserve this!”
“...there, there,” Tango reaches over to pat him on the back. “This is more of a popularity contest than anything.”
“That's not better!” Zedaph groaned. “The hermit fans practically rule the polls, and I’m loosing to SCHLATT?”
- - -
“I can’t believe this!” Iskal complained. “I’m loosing to this- this upstart! This young ‘un! Why’s he favorite to win?”
“You’re not even a man,” Stress giggles. “I don’t think-”
“I’m a man sometimes! And besides, I was their first example for a good sexyman!” Iskall whines. “I can’t believe this! I can’t believe it!”
“Oh, quiet your trap,” Stress laughs. “You’re perfectly sexy.”
“I know!” Iskall says. “I just need the masses to realize it…”
“You could try campaigning?” Stress suggests. “Everyone who’s talked about it or posted about it has been pretty successful.”
“Naw,” Iskall sighs. “I wanna win fair and square. Campaigning’s cheating in my book.”
“Everyone’s doing it, love,” Stress points out. 
“It’s the principle of the matter,” Iskall shakes her head. “I can’t believe this.”
- - -
“Joe,” Cleo says, looking down at her phone. “Do you think we’re going to meet each other in the bracket?”
“Well,” Joe peeks over their shoulder to look at the bracket. “I’d say there’s a good possibility of it.”
“I won’t be voting for you,” Cleo says immediately. “I mean, sorry, but. Well. You know how it is.”
“I do,” Joe agrees. 
“I’m doing a violence already,” Cleo giggles. “I’m destroying Zloy.”
“Oh, really?” Joe asks. “By how much?”
“Ninety percent,” Cleo brags.
“Oh, darn, me too,” Joe sighs. “I was going to rub it in your face if mine was higher, and conveniently forget to mention mine if it was lower.”
“I wouldn’t have let you do that,” Cleo says fondly.
“Yeah, but I would have tried,” Joe smiles back. 
“I’m gonna beat you into the ground,” Cleo smirks. 
“I don’t know about that,” Joe hums. “I’ve got a good campaign going. There’s a lot of users saying that you’re ‘too traditionally sexy.’”
Cleo scoffs. “This is a glorified popularity contest. It has nothing to do with actual sexyman merit.”
“Well, maybe I’m more popular than you,” Joe sticks his tongue out at her. “I’ve been campaigning.”
“We’ll see,” Cleo says. “We’ll see.”
- - -
“Come on…” Grian mutteres, watching the percent of votes between Mumbo and Grumbot wiggle back and forth.
“Father,” Grumbot beeps. “Please let me make an account. I need to vote for Better Dad.”
“No,” Grian snaps. “You’re not 13 yet.”
“No one will know!” Grumbot protests. “We can lie!” 
“It’s about the principle of the matter!” Grian scowls. “We can’t commit voter fraud. It won’t be a real victory then.”
“I would commit voter fraud for Mumbo,” Grumbot mutters. 
“I know, Grumbot.”
“I would kill to let Mumbo win,” Grumbot says.
“I know, Grumbot.”
“I could kill Scar,” Grumbot muses. “Everyone says he’s favorite to win.”
“He’ll still win if he’s dead.” Grian points out. “There’s a few- not everyone on here is alive. Or even real. Schlatt died years ago and he’s putting up a good fight. Mumbo’s doing fine. He’s beating you.”
“Good,” Grumbot beeps. “I’ll kill anyone who votes for me.”
Grian pauses. “Now there’s an idea. We’d have to kill them before they voted, of course, but that one’s got some real merit to it…”
- - -
“Jimmy,” Scott sings. “They love me.”
Jimmy looks up at him, eyeliner smudged. “They pity me.”
“I’m gonna wiiin,” Scott brags.
“They called me a wet paper bag!” Jimmy cries. “I’m winning, but not because they think I’m sexy! They just- they just-”
“...” Scott raised an eyebrow.
“Okay, they think I’m a little sexy,” Jimmy admits. “But only because I’m pathetic. That doesn’t count!”
“Take what you can get, Jimmy,” Scott says. “It won’t last long.”
“Yeah, yeah,” Jimmy sighs and pulls out his phone. “I just- Scott, what’s this job you’ve done on the tags? It’s kind of cringe.”
“That’s one of my tactics,” Scott grins. “They love pathetic men on tumblr. I’m totally going to sweep you.”
- - -
“Oooh, Lizzie, I can’t wait to get curbstomped by you next round,” Joel says, lounging on a cat bed. 
“I can’t wait to curbstomp you next round!” Lizzie crows. “Oooh, I’m a fish-cat-lady, and I’m so sexy!”
“No, that’s kind of my thing,” Joel sniffs. “...people are saying I’m trying too hard.”
“Well, you are,” Lizzie points out. “No one’s going to take you seriously if you go around announcing how sexy and tall and lore you are.”
“Oh, but it works,” Joel says. “I’m super tall now and everyone loves me.”
“I’m still going to sweep,” Lizzie smiles.
“Oh, yeah, absolutely,” Joel agrees.
- - -
“You know,” Connor says, sipping a bottle of vanilla. “The syndicate’s doing pretty good in the tumblr sexyman competition.”
“What are you talking about,” Techno replies, biting into a potato.
“Me and Niki might drop out this round,” Connor continues. “But you and Ranboo and Phil… you’ll keep going, I think.”
“What?” Niki wrinkles her nose. “What do you mean?”
“No, no, I get it,” Techno nods slowly. “I wouldn’t have known, I’m not on tumblr.”
“What’s tumblr?” Ranboo whispers to Phil.
“Mate, you have an account, you of all people should be in on this,” Phil whispers back. “You need to start campaigning, you’re barely beating Xornorth.”
“What,” Ranboo says.
- - -
“Aw sick I’m starting to beat Iskal in the tumblr sexyman bracket,” Quackity says, and doesn’t say anything else because he is annihilated by a nuclear bomb. 
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curseofsergei · 19 days
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Hey all! Cutting in on zine-posting news, I wanted to share an interest check for another project I would like to try out! I know our little fanbase loves those animatics we see people upload on youtube, and I wanted to organize one! I always have so many ideas for animatics, but I hardly have the energy to create one myself. I used to LOVE doing MAP(multi animator projects) back when I was a kid, and have always wanted to do them again someday....
This form has a bunch of song suggestions I've come up with, but also a section for you to suggest your own. I'm not sure how long I'll run this form--just until I get enough responses to be happy I think.
You do not need experience creating an animatic to participate once I get the ball rolling! Ideally, I would love to run multiple of these as to give everyone a chance to participate. (that being said feel free to steal this idea!)
I've also created a playlist with song ideas, incase you want to listen to any!
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captainbombyx · 1 month
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...:)Hello Hello, I’m Bombyx(:....
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Bout time I made a pinned post isn’t it lol
I’m an artist and writer who hopes to share my characters and stories in comics and animatics!
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tobytost · 5 months
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ive become slightly obsessed with townie bc of your post, do you have any more hera songs? or kanan, ezra, etc— i really like your interpretations of rebels characters & would love to hear more music you associate with them :)
THANK YOU AND ALSO BOY DO I HAVE NEWS FOR U
check out my Ezra playlist , it's based not on what I think he'd listen, but on his character. Each song reminds me of him. Some of the songs are not in English BUT I HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU LOOKING UO THE TRANSLATION OR TRANSLATING THEM YOURSELF BECAUSE THEY GIVE ME SOOOO MUCH BRAINWORMS IT'S CRAZY
also "It almost worked" by TV Girl REALLY reminds me of Sabine in her imperial academy time period, I often imagine an animatic of her escaping to this song
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kicktwine · 1 year
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wanted to ask, could we get a look in to how you put together your animatics?? I've been toying with the idea of trying to make one of my own, but I've got no idea where to start
oh yeah totally
though to be fair, a HUGE chunk of my time is spent listening to about 20 seconds of a song and imagining how the images move around like a little movie, and I refine a ton of stuff in my head before starting to actually put scenes down on paper. This happens with non-music boarding too, imagining different versions of how the scenes line up with dialogue/music. So step one: put a song on repeat and daydream for at least two hours. But, if you aren’t sure how to do this, I’d suggest looking at animatics, MAP projects, AMVs, animated musicals, fight scenes, etc. what do they do that’s cool? Imitate them.
after that, I have most of the main images with some blank spots im not sure how to fill until I put them down. I make something like this and get the compositions of each main image looking more or less okay in this form. This is also the stage I figure out the in between blank spots. I try not to have weird camera moves or other storyboarding don’ts, but some storyboarding donts are completely valid to break if you know what you want aesthetically. As usual. This one was actually pretty clean, but check out all the framing edits. i always have to make the frame bigger
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If you really don’t know what goes in between things, don’t be afraid to focus on some little details of the scene, pull out and show us the setting, put some flowery symbolism on screen, give us some fun little comedic anime inserts, or do what cowboy standoffs do and build tension. What we used to do was draw paws stepping across the screen or eyes blinking, lol
next comes audio sync! I like to get the timing extant on copies of these rough thumbnails before moving on. It helps my brain work through smaller more animated movements + testing if the things I came up with for the blank spots work. and also just makes it happy. And also, most importantly, it tests if the compositions work. If you can see it, the whole sequence with mom was a blank spot until I sketched it. I usually do this step in roughanimator even if i don’t finish it in roughanimator. Keeps it very rough.
after this is just a lot of polishing and layers! For lots of small animatics, I just use roughanimator and leave it like that. It’s surprisingly good for a very basic program. But, for things that need tweens or lots of camera movement, I use toon boom harmony. It’s more powerful and is actually supposed to be used for animation, which. Yknow. I do. I tried storyboard pro, it wasn’t my favorite.
Here are some, I guess, miscellaneous more technical tips for making your animatics feel nice!
If you’re going for lots of movement, try out timing it so big movements or scene transitions line up with the spikes in the audio WAV. If it doesn’t feel right, move it a few frames BEFORE the spike/audio beat. Your brain usually wants to see something move barely before it hears it - this works for dialogue especially. BUT! Don’t feel like you have to do this for every beat. unless you want to feel like Wes Anderson, which you can do and I will not stop you.
If you’re going for something slower with not that much movement, try motion tweening! or adjusting something very slowly so we don’t linger on one still image for forever.
you don’t need crazy camera angles for everything, but put a few in there for spice. This all depends on your mood you want to cultivate. Slow = flatter, spacious, details; fast = lots of moves, weird angles, perspective; disorienting = slow/jerky weird angles etc etc. the camera has emotions built into it. Because the camera is you! surprise!
watch storyboarding tutorials. lots of people zoom in too much when they draw and I am not excluded. Also, keep in mind the eyesight rule. It’s hard for me to explain concisely but… you as the artist are always leading the viewers eye somewhere, with every shot you make. Don’t make them dizzy by having the center of attention jump around to six different spots for six shots straight - if you find yourself unhappy with a sequence, especially a fast one, see if your line of sight is going all over the place and try moving the subject of a shot or two somewhere else or having them move/gesture towards the new shot’s focal point so the viewers eye moves there naturally. I’m actually not great at doing this when words/lyrics are involved, pmv makers have my respect.
contrast is your friend. If you want to emphasize a big fast move or big bright image, put little slow moves or simple images right before/after it. and vice versa! this counts for camera too!
easy camera shakes are just 3-4 frames of cam down/up/down less/up less, a blank tween or two (easing back into normal), and then a key for your desired normal camera location. Or left/right, whichever.
your brain needs about six frames to fully register an object as being an object. If you want someone to see and really See it, rather than just get a glimpse of it and go "What was that!" It needs more than six frames.
don’t be afraid to experiment!!!!!! And don’t get overwhelmed! Everything I just described I MOSTLY do off instinct, which you’ll get a sense for after you make one. Or like…. Ten. Does it feel good in your heart? Then that’s what’s important. Find an idea you want to make move, figure out your limits (programs, attention span, drawing capability, make sure not to commit to a minute long amv if you dont KNOW you wanna do a minute long amv), and plan around that. When I was A Child, people on youtube were just making like three amvs per second and cringe hadn’t been invented yet so they were all mostly untrained unpolished and so so important and based to me. Stop thinking so hard about it. You gotta get that animatic out there into the world or it’ll start fermenting in your brain and make you sick. So what if it doesn’t turn out exactly the way you imagined it? You’ll have another idea tomorrow. And if it matters that much, you can always do it again. Go make! Good luck!
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roostertuftart · 1 year
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aside from your partners, who are some sp fanartists you can recommend? especially style since that's my favourite ship
Ahhh I love the excuse to make a rec list!!! This is gonna be bit long! I've collected as many names of people that I could think of that I feel relatively fond of in terms of their artwork and personalities, and I decided to include some fanfiction writers I find to be worth a follow as well!! Hope that's okay ^-^ Also I'll be including my partners anyway since I want this post to come of use to anyone else new to the fandom and looking for style creators here :3
@bbathsalts - AMAZING style artist but also general multishipper
@erratic-brainrot - great metawriter, creates a lot of headcanon related posts, multishipper but loves style, esp as a part of a poly
@pononoin - especially fond of their silly creatures and scene!Kyle x goth!Stan
@traitor-boyfriend - meta writer and amazing artist, and I love their style artwork so much.
@south-park-meta - Wonderful style artist and AMAZING meta writer. Super nice person too!!!
@emilyartstudio-s - I have to assume you already follow her because like- Who doesn't in this fandom??? And for good reason!! But yess, one of the most iconic style artists in the fandom!!
@foxydodo - Really talented style artist!!!
@stankyles - Beautiful artwork, makes some cute comics too!
@glitchygorge - SOOO many good ideas, talented artist, has awesome AUs and headcanons, and has a youtube channel where they post south park (including style!!) videos as well!! I know this is Tumblr recs but they have way too few subscribers tbh
@eatbabies0 - Very cute art close in style to the show's art!! Consistently adorable stuff!
@feralhoundbones - cute style artist!! Draws a lot of au stuff of them as monsters and doggos and stuff uwu
@rk-reikyo - GORGEOUS art, my god. It's so high quality, and they have such cute style stuff, some of it being fully rendered short comics!!
@rainyfroggy - Doesn't draw quite as much South Park as they used to but they still do occasionally!! Definitely check them out!! Their art is so adorable and they're a super sweet person!
@clint-eastworm - God, they are so talented- Their work is stunning and very sweet and warm!
@marshwayle - Their art style is adorable!
@kiritila - Gorgeous art style, it's so pretty, and he has a really amazing fanfiction you should check out that I'll just drop as well :)
@miraco - Really beautiful artwork!!!
@lozislaw - omg loz ilysm DEF follow her. Gorgeous artwork and AMAZING fanfictions- Writer of probably my fav fanfic ever that I'll just drop here as well :)
@cherrysleepover - Beautiful style artist and super friendly person!!!
@adriabun - Aghh, I love their art, it's so cute!!
@wormfan77 - Dude their work is STUNNING
@virgosfreckles - SO talented!! Makes a ton of little comics and has a really cute animatic!!! Beautiful art style :]
@stripen - Really cute art style, I love their comic for the stylezine!
@dusksmote - Really talented artist and writer!!
@chifrija - Really beautiful art style!! Aghh I love it
@maccha-1228 - Really beautiful art!! They do a lot of traditional stuff which is pretty rare online these days, and it's so good!!
@d00dlecj - Super pretty art, and has some cute style comics!! I actually just found them today for the first time and I cannot believe I have been missing out for so long
@bunytime - Very good style artists and (I think?) one of the people who ran the style zine.
And lastly, not an artist but an amazing writer, @fayoftheforest !! She's got some beautifully written fanfics, and just makes a lot of very good South Park (especially style) posts about headcanons and meta and all that fun stuff :3
Here's some AUs/ask blogs I also find worth checking out!
@ask-the-freedom-pals-au - Okay a bit of a self boost here but my AU with @erratic-brainrot
@shipstylennyman / @flippingyouoff - So this is a poly between the main four boys but technically still style!! Their main is worth following too!
@south-park-dimensions - Super cute art style and really neat AU that I need to catch up on lol
@wgo-southpark - I keep up with this over Instagram better and if you have one, I suggest following them there since they share a lot of extra stuff on their story- But anyway! Super well written South Park teenager AU, and they've got some style in there that is emotionally ruining me ahaha
And lastly, some style related blogs revolving around fandom events :)
@styleweek - Coming up in the next few weeks so follow them now!
@spstylezinestylezine - Just came out and full of very beautiful artwork from many of the people listed above as well as others I probably missed! Give it a look :)
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bmcblr-remake · 5 months
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BMCBLR ART TEAM FAQS
---- general FAQs
actors/auditions FAQs
music department FAQs
art team FAQs
editors FAQs (to be posted) ----
what does the art team do? as of right now the roles are promo artists, character designers, storyboarders, floor planners, background artists and animators!
promo artists do promo art for our propaganda posts! you may have seen some of them floating around. they dont have to be drawings, it can be any form of media!
character designers design our characters for the rest of the art team to reference. we are currently on this stage and almost done, but some people are doing double, so you can still join to take some work off their hands
storyboarders will receive the audio from the music dept and/or cast, then sketch out a rough storyboard for what we want our finished product to look like. we will most likely just clean up those storyboards and put out an animatic of sorts for the final product, but if we want to go above and beyond we'll see!
floor planners will plan out what repeated settings look like for the storyboarders, background artists and animators to reference. some repeated settings would be like jeremys room, the auditiorium, the school etc
background artists will take the storyboards/whatever the final product is and fill in the background for each frame. so for example if theres a shelf or something in the background of jeremys room, the storyboarder will vaguely block in a shelf shape, then the background artist will go back and detail that shelf in. this is still a shaky idea, and im not sure if we'll go through with that yet, so we'll see
animators will fully animate specific scenes. some of these scenes would be like the squip song hand choreo and squip enters, dramatic stuff like that. if you have a suggestion for an animated scene, feel free to ask!
we MIGHT have some people specifically for coloring, but the work we're currently looking at looks like a lot already so again we'll see when we get there
is there an age limit? as long as youre okay to join bmcblr (13 or over) then youre alright! HOWEVER there is a HARD 16+ limit for dywh. and probably a little older than 13 for any scene with jeremy with his pants down yk what im talking about
is it too late to join the art team? absolutely not! depending on the progress obviously, if we're done with character designs then you cant do character designs, etc etc. however if we're in the beginnings/middle of a stage and you join in, we can see if anyone's willing to split their work with you!
do i need a portfolio/need to meet certain requirements? nope! any and all are welcome!
how do i join? hop into our discord server and ask!
[this post will be edited as needed]
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shades-tmnt-stuff · 1 year
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Adopted AU-of-an-AU
Okay, it's taking me a lot longer to actually finish the first comic bit I'm doing to start this AU out than I wanted, so I'm gonna start this as a text post. Keep an eye out for fic and comic stuff, though!
So as a brief overview, this is an AU of @tblsomedoodles 's ROTTMNT Adopted AU where Michelangelo (or Angelo/Angie) activates his mystic powers as a three-year-old and ends up in the '03 verse. In this version, Rise Michelangelo (or Michael) ends up in the '12 verse.
I'm putting the rest under the cut since this is pretty long. Apologies!
Okay, so. For how the AU gets, started, you can find an animatic for it here and a text-post explanation here. I do recommend you go check those out, as I'm not changing anything for how Michael ends up in '12 in comparison to Angelo being in '03. For a brief explanation, though, Mikey gets separated from his family. He gets attacked by a yokai, and his intense desire to return to his family is what causes his mystic abilities to activate.
There's a lot more nuance to it than that, but that's the jist. I strongly suggest you go check out Trouble's post and animatic, because one, they're great, and two, they have more details.
Now, on to the differences (provided in bullet points because it's easier):
Mikey (Michael from here on out) arrives in '12 alone and upset, runs away from Hob.
'12 Mikey and Raph hear him while they're playing in the sewers and go to investigate.
Surprise, they find a crying turtle toddler, who sees Raph's red bandana and immediately attaches to him. This is because of Rise Raph being referred to as 'Red' at this point and Michael associating the color red with being safe.
Both boys are very confused as to who this child is and decide to take him home after looking around a bit for where the kid could have come from.
Leo and Donnie are like "what the heck bros where did you get a child"
Splinter sees the baby and is reminded of when his sons were young and is immediately attached, having a feeling that Michael cannot be returned to his family yet
As such, Splinter chooses to raise Michael alongside the others as a younger brother.
Raph and Mikey are instantly Michael's favorite brothers for being the ones to find him, and they are both very soft with him (Raph will deny it, but it's true)
Mikey is hyped to not be the youngest anymore, and very carefully instructs Michael exactly how to pull pranks and make the brothers laugh. He's the one to name him "Michael," actually after himself, because he has orange spots, like Mikey being the orange ninja.
Donnie kinda just shrugs and accepts the fact that they have another brother. He doesn't mind the inquisitive lab partner at times, but Michael definitely has a tendency to get under Donnie's feet when he's little.
Raph's favorite brother is Michael. Some of it is how he's the least annoying, but most of it is that he just loves Michael and wants to protect him. (He's so small, okay? And he was alone, Raph needs to be there for him).
Leo is the slowest to warm up to Michael. He's the oldest and feels way too responsible for a baby. The thing that gets him to finally relax around Michael is when Michael ends up tripping while playing right in front of him but laughs about it. Michael is a much tougher baby than Leo thought.
Eventually though, all four are very comfortable around Michael and love him equally. They each have their soft moments with him, and it's an understood thing that they would kill for him.
About four months after Michael joins the family, he sees them training and is like "I wanna learn." Splinter was going to wait until he was a bit older, but Michael is very stubborn and has irresistible puppy-dog eyes. Splinter never stood a chance.
So Splinter begins teaching Michael the basics. He excels very quickly, due to both Michael's attitude about it (wanting to be like his brothers) and the nature of his mutation.
Like, in Rise, the brothers literally become excellent ninjas within a day during ep. 25. Even with their prior experiences, that is not something the '12 brothers would be able to do, and my personal hc is that the way Draxum mutated them, with perfected mutagen and a purpose, caused them to be excellent soldier material.
Not that Michael becomes a soldier in this, just that, learning from the greatest ninja master of the century, along with his biological advantages, would result in an extremely skilled ninja child.
By the time he's seven, Michael is able to take out his brothers in a 4v1 on a good day.
He's still baby tho, so sometimes his brothers go easy on him, but don't tell him they said that.
On the same note of those biological advantages, Michael is also very strong. At least lifting things - he still only weighs 60 pounds, he can get picked up and tossed v easily.
Those are all the early childhood notes I really have atm! If anyone has any questions, please let me know! My ask box is always open.
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oobi-oobi · 6 months
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Hihi!
Question: How did you develop your art style, and do you have multiple?(like a more realistic and a more chibi?) Also! Who inspires you to make such pretty masterpieces?
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Thank you so much!!! You’re so kind!
Sorry, in advance for the extremely long response :') My hand slipped/j
These are the 3 big tips for developing an art style I wish knew when I was younger:
Find the things that inspire you, and break down what you specifically like about them.
Experiment! Try new things! Practice! Your art style will develop on its own as long as you keep creating. 
Have fun! Draw what you enjoy and what makes you happy. Your style is yours; you should enjoy it.
When I was younger, I caught myself thinking things like, "I would like to draw the eyes like this, but I can't because it's not my art style." Then I realized that I was getting in my own way. Once I overcame that mental blockade, I started having fun drawing again. When I allowed myself to experiment, it also caused me to improve faster because I could figure out the things I liked and the things I didn't like. Everyone's art journey and process are different, but this helped me personally.
Yes, I do have multiple different art styles. I have my regular art style, a cartoony art style (I am not currently happy with it. I have a lot to work on), a silly doodle art style, and a realism style (or as close as I can get to it). I also draw eyes differently depending on the feeling I want. For example, I draw tear ducts on characters that I want to have a sort of scary horror vibe, and I don't on other characters (I don't really know why or how it started). I also experiment a lot, which causes my art to always look slightly different. 
I also like to prioritize drawing the things that I enjoy the most. I really like drawing faces and expressions so I've practiced that the most (along with neglecting things I don't enjoy like coloring, I'm working on it I swear, I digress). 
There are also a ton of little trademarks that show up over and over again. Like giving characters sideburns or hair strands that frame their faces, never adding highlights in eyes, adding swirls in hair, and there is this weird thing where I associate the number of eyelashes I give characters to their personalities (I couldn't explain it if I tried 😅). I think it's important to stumble upon little things you enjoy drawing and to keep doing it. 
I never made a list of things that inspire my art even though I really should. Below, I'll list off some artists who inspire me who you can find here on Tumblr.
☆Cryptidw00rm 
(also highly recommend their YouTube animatics they're absolutely breathtaking)
☆Seiishindraws
☆Sinlizards. 
☆Nanamis-username 
☆Viria
(their drawing tutorials have left a lasting impact on me from when I was younger. I really suggest looking them up; they're really in-depth. I couldn’t find the original posts, but it's the first results when you Google "viria art tutorial".)
I'm always instantly enamored whenever I see these artists' works. They are such a huge inspiration. Please go check them out!
There are also a ton of other artists and things that inspire me too, but I'll spare y'all for now. >:)
As a bonus, here is a little example of how my art has developed. I just found my old art from each of the listed times. This is my OC Amaryllis over the years.
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Below are some collages of sketches that I hope will showcase my style (these took forever to compile)
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And finally, have a Megamind that I am proud of but never posted *thumbs up*
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outer-andromeda · 1 year
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Also I realized I haven't made a proper post about Beetlejuice closing on Broadway. And it HAS been like-
*checks computer's calendar*
Almost four weeks since their last show in the Marquis (oh god already!?). So uh- let's do that. Never too late to be emotional amiright.
Long post ahead. Feel free to read if you're up to it. Just a bunch of rambling and venting about the show and more. ✨
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Let's start with the beginning.
I'm not gonna lie, the first time I ever heard one of the songs was from a Tiktok video. A cosplay video. With "The Whole Being Dead Thing P. 2" playing. I had no idea the song came from a musical at the time but I remember enjoying it a lot, to the point of leaving the video on loop simply to listen to the beginning bit of the song over and over again. I had no idea where to look for it and didn't try to look for it either so I kind of forgot about it eventually.
Then October 2020 came around the corner. Halloween was approaching. And Mads mentioned Beetlejuice the Musical to me. I was sort of drifting along different fandoms at the time while also trying to figure out myself and do as well as I could in school after the first lockdown... So uh- strange and unusual times indeed. 😭
I wasn't sure what I was getting into. But then I checked Shnikkles's animatic of "Invisible (Reprise) / Say My Name" on YouTube. (I always loved this artist for their work on Steven Universe so I was still following what they were doing on socials.)
And in THAT FUCKING MOMENT. That's when the brainrot began.
And also my embarrassing simping phase for Alex Brightman which turned out to be admiration for the guy... And a lot of gender envy. But but we ain't gonna be talking about that.
After that moment, I started listening to the whole cast recording. FINALLY recognizing the song I had heard months ago on that freaking cosplay video. And then I started drawing the man. After Halloween, both me and Mads made BJsonas based on our Beetlejuice costumes... Which turned out to become, with time and a lot of character and design changes, the Veda and Zeta you know and (hopefully) love.
Then I suggested both girls meeting Beej. Which then turned into an AU. Which then became the Sequel Musical project/concept and which inspired the human AU.
The human AU (later renamed the Feral Fam AU, then the Lawrence AU in current days) was mostly made for comfort. We turned Beej into an anxious, grumpy, touch-starved cuddley guy with strong paternal instincts who was incredibly sweet and soft for the girls but who was in deep denial.
... Which... To be honest, is sorta still the case. 😭 But now the story is a lot more flushed out and has depth and work into it. And Mads and I both love how much the way we portray the guy has changed over the months. We love that he's more than what I described. That he's still a comfort character but he's also still Beej. He still has flaws and he's still an asshole but he's slowly developing into something more as the story keeps going.
(And we love character development in this household heheh >:D)
And thanks to that, Beej became a very important comfort character to me. Beetlejuice the Musical came at a time where things were getting confusing and rough. Where choices had to be made. Where changes were supposed to occur. Where something was ending and I had to move on to something else; in this case, moving on from high school and being a teen, and going to college and learning how to be an adult.
I still feel like a teen. I'm not that good at adulting. But I've matured. I've went through shit, shit that's affected me deeply. But despite everything, I'm still here. And that musical was there every step of the way. The story, the characters, the cast... They unconsciously played a big part in my life and I'll never be too thankful.
I've got to meet new people, try different things, discover new incredible artists that I still follow and admire to this day, some that I can proudly call my friends. It helped me get closer to my partner and finally start dating her (almost 2 years and still going babeyyy).
I've got to be part of an incredible, deeply loving community and I'm not planning on going anywhere anytime soon. I like to think the Beetlejuice fandom feels like another home now. I'm not well known within this fandom. Or atleast I don't think I am. I tend to draw more of the human guy than the bug beverage man himself which isn't something everyone is interested in. But still. I feel at peace here.
And I'm so so grateful I got to discover this musical. So so grateful I got to get close to so many people. So so grateful I got to experience the show before it closed. I am absolutely aware of how lucky I was to get to see it not once, but twice in a row. And the LAST DAMN SHOW.
It was a dream come true. It was the momentum I needed before the Broadway run ended. The ending I needed. I'm still sad it closed, I'll always miss the cast and crew videos of Alex and Elizabeth's bows, Kerry's lipbalm taste testing, backstage videos of the actors just being complete dumbasses and having so much fun...
I'll just miss the Broadway cast and crew so much. It doesn't feel the same without them, even with the Tour going on. It feels like a whole different show when it's the same story (with necessary changes), the same songs, the same characters... But the general vibe isn't the same.
I've been relistening to the cast recording a lot now. Appreciating every song instead of just a few ones. Delia quickly became one of my favorite after seeing the last show (If you know, you know. Leslie fucking KILLED it that night). If anything, every character became my favorite. I started loving them all a lot more than before. Understanding them more than ever. Even Beetlejuice himself, although he's the character I've focused on the most for the past two years. I finally feel like I now have a good grasp on his character, something I've always had trouble with for a long time.
So uh... Boy. This is getting long. Long story short... Thank you. Thank you Beetlejuice the Musical. Thank you to the cast, thank you to the crew. Thank you to the wonderful people I got to meet. Thank you to the friends I got to make. Thank you to my dearest partner. This musical has a very special place in my heart now thanks to all of you.
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Hey guys? Love you guys. 💚🖤💚🖤💚
As for BJ content? Well... You can bet your asses I ain't fucking done drawing this man. He's gonna be sticking around for a veeeery long time.
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a-very-tired-raven · 8 months
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Okay, since ive been getting a lot of love for my ary lately, id like to give you guys some top ary blogs ive followed for years, that i feel they dont get enough love.
Keep in mind that these are not in order from best to least, just in numbered order to make things easy.
(Another thing! While i may have found the majority of these blogs from undertale content, i need you to understand that a lot of these either dont do undertale art as frequently as they used to, or not at all. So please dont go in expecting that these are all undertale blogs based on MY intrests. Thank you.)
1. @springbon-t-art /@thecoolerspringbon-t has WONDERFUL roundhouse like style, and her fanart and characters range from all over(cuphead and bendy and the ink machine are just two examples, she has so much more unrecognized works and animatics on youtube that i think deserves much more love)
2. @twitchydoodle i havent visted this wonderful blog in a while, but i have followed for a good time(lets just say for a few years lol) so i cant say for sure what art is posted there at this moment, HOWEVER, i CAN say that twitchy has a Breathtaking art style, and has some of the most interesting and fleshed out ocs!!! Definitely check em out!
3. @calcium-cat i know cals been gettin a little bit more attention over the last year or so, but i still think she deserves much more recognition for her art. She has wonderful and thought out fanfics, not to mention the funny and well drawn fanart she posts for them!
4. @glitchysquidd I dont pop in as often as i used to, but glitchy's blog is one ive looked up to for a while. Here you can find very well written fnaf fics and fanart, chill energ(not to mention hilarious shenanigans),and a very unique and distinct artstyle.(seriously broski ive used your art for reference so many time 😭🤚🏽-). I suggest you guys head down to the basement and enjoy the tour.
5. @meatygutsy oh gee where do i even start- this blog has some of the most unique and well thought out ocs i think ive seen in a very long time. The artstyle here and style of coloring and shading is like nothing else. All of the colors pop and go together just right, not to mention the well fleshed out backstorys of each character.
6.@glaucus22 while this blog certainly isnt as active as it used to be, this is yet another artist that ive used as reference for countless times. They have a very distinct artstyle, and put much thought into their characters and their lore. I highly recommend going through the art tags here and taking a peek, along with a reblog or two!!!
7. @ijustwannahavefunn another blog with VERY well thought out and styled ocs, and a to die for artstyle. I also recommend checkjng out their youtube channel, which has VERY smooth animations and animatics. Definitely a hidden gem.
8. @vrnicky is a very good friend of mine that is WAY WAY WAY too unrecognized. They dont get NEARLY enough love for the anount of love and hard work they out into their characters and art. Please show em some love for me!!!
9. @loupy-mongoose is a favorite pokemon ary blog of mine. While you might find mostly mewtwo and mew stuff, please know that this is because of this creators mewtwo comic. You may know what im takling about if you know about similar more popular blogs (@/xxtc-96xx @/mewtwoandme and more ) but what separates this blog from many others is their very very different story, and an artstyle that'll put you at ease. Not to mention unique and well thought out mew and mewtwo designs.
And lastly, for now at least ,10. @whiteartblood an art blog that i havent visted in a couple months. This creator has some of the best undertale art i swear. One of my favorite styles!! A very lovely and instantly recognizable artstyle(that again, i have used for reference...i dont even know how many times), and even better ocs.
Now i know there are so many more blogs that are deserving of recognition, but its late and i cant look up 50 usernames at the moment.
However, while you are not obligated to, I sincerely hope you go show these guys some love(and reblogs!!!!!!!) For me. These guys have been a very big influence on my art, artists ive looked up to for YEARS now, and luckly for me some of them even being friends of mine, which im so very thankful for.
Ill definitely be making another post like this, with more writing inclusion and even more deeply hidden gems that require some digging.
I apologize for any typos that are unfortunately guaranteed as thats kind've what im known for lmao <- has made a fool of herself countless times) and i cant help but feel nervous that these talented people will see them, but know ive done the best ive can.
Thank you, and have a great time everyone!
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jojo-schmo · 1 year
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👉👈 I know you said you weren't changing his design but I do think it'd be neat if bandee had a pattern added to his bandana like how dedede robe did, like tiger stripes or something as a mirror to dedede's robe spots.
loving the comic and AU btw have been eating up every new page <3
That is such a cool idea ahhh!! I love hearing suggestions and brainstorms like this, they really make me think about stuff!
So about that! I always thought it was kind of interesting how in canon, Beast Dedede has these leopard-like spots on his robe but has a warthog mask. ...Unless some warthogs have spots? I need to check this out.
.....One thirty second Google search reveals that some warthogs seem to be able to have spots.
So-! Before literally right now I just thought Beast Dedede's design was themed after two different animals! And that's all cool but I wanted to keep Bandee consistently themed after just one animal- the Awoofies. And truthfully, I couldn't think of a cool wolf pattern to put on the bandana when I made him! That's why I gave him a fur tuft and fur sleeves to make it different enough than his regular design while staying wolfy :P
Technically I have time to change it since he hasn't made an appearance in the comic proper yet, but the thing holding me back is.... well.........
I am heavily toying with the idea of animating (or at least making animatics) of some key moments in the story and I am not confident in my ability to place a spot pattern consistently on him.....!
But if your interpretation of Beast Bandee has a cool animal pattern on his bandana, I love it!! :D And if you or someone has a really cool specific pattern in mind totally tell me, I love to hear it!
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sentientstump · 1 year
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hi! i absolutely love your art and animatics, I was just rewatching the 11 minutes of team canada video — I’ve been wanting to go back and watch some team canada content for the first time but i never know where to start! do you have any suggestions? thanks ! (:
(im trying not to be too excited rn brb-)
oh my gosh!! first of all, thank you :D means a lot to me!! second of all, I'll try my best to be as unbiased as i totally can be (✨fails gloriously✨)
too long; wont read: Mushroom Cloud prank or Simulation Protocol: Animosity
1. I think it depends on if you want to get the most team canada experience from certain series or if you want to watch chronologically as someone whos first series was Uncharted Territory 3 (oooh lord!) i can say that choosing randomly is not the best option xD
Lets start with the chronological order: so the first ever ever video with them three was the Mushroom Cloud prank they did together on the mindcrack server. heres 3 links to their perspectives. If you want to proceed further i recommend this playlist just to browse through and this wikipage with their stuff listed (ther list doesn't include: Diversity 3, R.A.D. and Escape the Nether) and to check out Team Canada Montages on youtubes! That should be a pretty good starting point
And the most biased starting point would be Simulation Protocol: Animosity because i have reasons- its just a very cool map, no serious food problems, not very death loopy, funny stuff happens!, its a part of the golden era of Team Canada CTM maps, cookies and cream ice cream, etho falls down very gracefully sometimes, theyre high on sugar one time, beef explodes, bag of onions, pause falls gracefully too, swearing mosquitoes, ethoñata, bluh bluh, bluh bluh bluh, bluh. ... ,.,..,. .,.. ,.. ...,..,. ,. .
So yeah! its pretty great introductory series i think :'D ahaha-
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2. Second most important question is about which pov to watch. I chose to watch CTM maps from Pauses perspective (he doesnt cut much, especially swears! >:] isnt that great?) and modded series from Ethos (he can know stuff!) What about pranks... youre on your own now.... wouldn't hurt to watch every single pov tho!
Hope this helps👍🏼✨ im so sorry if it doesn't (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠) I'll try my best next time
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prince-kallisto · 1 year
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☆Welcome to my Blog! ☆
Hello, I’m Kallisto (Nicknames like Kalli are good too)! I enjoy fandom-stuff and emoticons greatly \(//∇//)\ I love making theories, fanfiction, and art related to Twisted Wonderland! ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
This is a masterlist for all my theories, fanfics, etc. If any of the links don't work, rest assured I didn't delete anything; the links just get kinda wonky sometimes. Hope you enjoy my blog, I love seeing your thoughts/comments/tags! I appreciate your kindness & patience :)
Messages, asks, and tagging me are always welcome!!
Special Tags:
#KallistoPost (EVERYTHING I ever post, minus reblogs of other people’s post)
#Ask Kallisto (Tag for answered asks. Asks related to thoughts on theories will take longer to answer, but I’m happy to receive them! Thank you so much for your patience <3)
#my art (All my art and comics! Do not repost)
#Crowley Thoughts (specifically for incoherent and suggestive ramblings over Crowley, the rest of my blog is SFW ^^)
*temp note: I’m working on updating the links, sorry for the missing ones!
Theories, Analysis, Headcanons, and Fanfics Masterlists down below the cut! ^_^
♡TWST Theories
Although this differs slightly from my Analysis Masterlist, my analyses may provide more context to the below theories, especially in regards to Crowley’s character, so feel free to check those out too! ^_^
♡ TWST Analysis
This differs from my “theories masterlist,” as the my analysis tends to focus more on the canonical info, whereas theories tries to fit together various ideas to make up a bigger picture and entirely new ideas. And sometimes it just the vibes haha!
♡Fanfiction Masterlist (TWST & Pokemon)
Kaleidoscope_Star on AO3
♡ Animatic Masterlist
Ranging from memes, practice animations, and animatics made from my own art
♡Headcanons, OCs, & Misc Masterlist (TWST)
PrinceKallisto on Youtube for random TWST AMVs lmao
♡Playful Land Event Masterlist
Many theories now outdated/inaccurate, but the parallels are worth thinking about
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memory-redacted · 11 months
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It may not be the animatic i said i do but its a greenflower animatic! Kinda lost motivation for the other one. I kinda feel like brad would sound like this and the cover is beautiful, id suggest checking out the full thing.
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lbodraws · 5 months
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☆ Introductory Post ☆
heya i'm LBoDraws! or just LBo for short. i draw and talk about Splatoon a lot and make animatics. currently working on Agent 4's Villain AU which is heavily inspired by FizzyPawp's Drift Away animatic! please consider checking both of them out.
FizzyPawp's Drift Away Agent 4 animatic. Please check it out, it's so good.
◇ Villain Agent 4 AU ◇
• Villain Agent 4 AU story timeline.
• Villain Agent 4 AU Agent profiles (updated: 22/03/2024)
• G.H.O.S.T. Data Logs - Dialogue Narrative
• Villain Agent 4 series on YouTube.
☕ ko-fi ☕
i do character reqs! (always open)
Note: i'm new to this and still working out how to do art comms. currently working on an info sheet.
! warning !
on very rare occasions i might post art that is suggestive, or post anatomy muscle practice. i don't draw anything explicit.
the extent of the suggestiveness will be loose/ruffled/unbuttoned clothing and maybe kissing.
anatomy practice won't show anything other than the muscles. revealing areas will be covered with clothes like pants or sports bras.
these posts will be marked with a community label so that you can avoid seeing them if there's a certain amount of bare skin, or if the kissing is particularly strong, and will have "cw: suggestive" at the top and bottom of the post and in the tags.
◇ Asks ◇
my ask box is always open for questions about the Villain Agent 4 AU, so feel free to pop me a question! i'll tag answered asks with # lboask so they're all in one place. i also do drawing requests (no NSFW please!).
[if you don't have any posts or a profile picture on your blog i will guess you're a b0t and block.]
☆ Other socials ☆
• YouTube
• Twitter (i post art more regularly over there. occasionally spicy art but those are always spoilered.)
• Switch friendcode: SW-8017-1924-9310 (feel free to add me! i play turf war and salmon run.)
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other things i'm into include; Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, Palia, Mario series, Drakengard and Nier, the Xeno series, Ace Attorney, and graphics + design.
thanks for reading!
[i update this often to add info or change the layout]
last updated: 28/03/2024
personal tags:
# villain agent 4
# lboask
# lbotalks
# lbodraws art
# agent 4 magazine covers
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