applegelstore
Ironically, we serve fanart and not medicine
Sideblog for all my JRPG fangirling, and most importantly my fanart scribbles. Somehow 90% Tales of (Zestiria), but other interests of mine will have cameos. My main contributions to the fandom are pirate Rose and Death Metal Velvet.
Personal main blog is toradh, so if somebody likes or follows you or leaves stupid comments, that’s me. I also have an artblog toradhart, but my fanart scribbles will be on this blog only to save normal people’s dashes.
The art tag I use on this blog is, creatively, “applegelartstore” (you can always just follow that instead of the whole blog if that suits your needs). If there’s anything else you need me to tag, please let me know!
I also do commissions, if anybody feels inclined, so feel free to approach me, and I’ll give you the details!
You can also tip me on Ko-Fi if you’d like to support me! It’s much appreciated!
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FF7 is a very happy game in which nothing bad ever happens
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“Mine is special. It’s good for absolutely nothing.”
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I've had these sketched out on my computer for ages - Johto's my favourite region and the starters have a special place in my heart.
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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
May you all eat aplenty with your loved ones!
For those that signed up, I hope the postcards made it to you safely.
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Disclaimer: I haven’t actually played FF16
This was a sketch request from over at Patreon! I accept sketch requests from supporters once a month :3
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I’m open for commissions, if you’d fancy one for yourself, please check out all info here!
I’ll happily answer any remaining questions in advance.
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Started the colour wheel challenge on Twitter last month but only with pretty boys, lost all motivation halfway through and had too many other things on my plate to continue, yet somehow managed to complete it anyway, and with that I have fulfilled my fanart quota for the year. Unless I somehow manage to find time for a “ladies whom I want to step on me” version, but it’s more than just a little unlikely.
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princess of hyrule
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Painting this was a Major Test of Patience.
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Letting the heat get to your head, my dear?
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resistance
What harm’s a little distraction while your boyfriend is working anyway?
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I will be open for commissions in May! If you’d like to secure a spot in advance, shoot me an email or use this form.
Looking forward to drawing your characters!
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Death as a Salvation in Zestiria
Good night, Heldalf. Your life of eternal solitude is at last over.
Zestiria, despite its medieval fantasy and Arthurian legend outward appearance, actually doesn’t hold back in its Japanese inspirations (among a lot of things, the devs have at least admitted that Sorey and Mikleo are inspired by the Japanese historical figure, Sakamoto Ryouma, and that seraphim are based on kami.)
Often overlooked, though, are its very obvious Buddhist inspirations, especially Japanese Buddhism, despite it supposedly being as apparent as the other inspirations. Perhaps viewing it through Buddhist lens would help some to understand arguably the most controversial message in Zestiria, that is, “death can be salvation.”
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#Tales of Zestiria#although the more salient matter is a very interesting rundown of some buddhist terminology
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I will be open for commissions in May! If you’d like to secure a spot in advance, shoot me an email or use this form.
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Zestiria and Shinto
I think it’s very understated that Zestiria takes a lot after Shinto (compared to say, how people keep bringing up its Arthurian inspirations, despite those inspirations being superficial relatively), especially when it’s the essence of the game itself, but I suppose it’s easy for it to go over people’s heads if they don’t truly understand Shinto itself, which to be fair is a concept that is not equivalent at all to the religions widely known in the modern West.
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#hey a literary reference#neat my fellow scholar#Tales of Zestiria#I don’t usually enjoy meta posts but this is super interesting#mostly because I am actually lowkey interested in shintoism but too lazy to study it so random info while scrolling through tumblr is mighti#ly appreciated lmao#also as a european perosn who actually very much likes arthurian legend I can confirm#despite my fondness for the material any references in media don't inspire any awe in me whatsoever#i just think and that’s it#also the way it’s done in zestiria and many other jrpgs is just#dunno yes superficial so it feels clumsy#like haha you misspelled glastonbury#arthurian legend (a medieval and thus fairly late invention) is also a very poor comparison to the mythology of a faith that people have act#ually practiced for centuries or even thousands of years and still practice in some loosely connected form#like sorry my dudes but you did NOT pick a european equivalent of that lmao#and since pagan traditions have largely died out or only survive in ridiculously watered down versions like dunno christmas trees#you will also never find one#tldr the tags zestiria was doomed to get lost in translation from the start#still enjoyed it despite not catching any of this while playing because i’m a westener tho
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Rose had someone missing her
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