sorry, i got blood on him

recently gotten into ff7 (done remake, crisis core, general knowledge of og) and like. u know how when the finale of trimax came out there were jokes about how the twins are rlly one winged angels a la sephiroth. ff7 and trigun are both literally futuristic environmentalist portrayals of a world that depends on (for lack of a better word) aliens to fuel their city/cities. sephiroth and knives both literally decide to destroy everything because they believe humanity is a corrupting force that should be wiped out to preserve Their Family. jenova and tesla. the one winged angel comparison goes deep

HEY WHAT THE FUCK

Save a thomas, ride a cowboy.

the story of humanoid typhoon and the punisher

here we are on this platform too, heh

the moment i realized knives' outfit in tristamp is a translation of his trimax design, not a completely new thing or a direct copy as some people wanted, is the moment my respect for the character designers skyrocketed. because pretty much all character designs in tristamp are translations of trimax designs built on a few specific visual cornerstones of the anime's aesthetic OR straight up just designs from the manga, of characters when they were younger (altho someone else has written that post already, and if i find it i'll link it or smth).

the first costume design we see in tristamp as a whole is the twins jumpsuits with the plant markings design and a shift/tunic over it. it establishes a much more shiny futuristic sci fi tech style than in the og anime or manga, which we see clearest with vash's arm.

in the manga, the twins wear a smaller version of the adult space uniform that rem and the rest of the crew wears. this is, obviously, also true for tristamp, although we dont see any other crewmembers. this specific uniform comes back again and again- vash basically wears identical pants even as an adult, and... millions knives wears an altered version of it, usually.

knives- nai- in tristamp does the same thing. his outfit is that same jumpsuit as he wore as a child, as rem and vash wore, but adapted to fit his present weird. i personally dont vibe with his tristamp design as much as i do with trimax (and i havent watched the og anime so. i mean its fine) but it is fundamentally the same concept, and i respect that. the fact that knives never changes out of that spacesuit uniform, even when he's abandoned humanity, even when he hates the scientists and people who designed and wore it. the fact that it establishes him as a foreign object, something from the past. that symbolism was translated- the language used to convey it has simply changed.

[ID: fanart of Vash from Trigun Stampede, wearing a pink button-down, a red sweater vest, and pink heart-shaped glasses. He’s holding up his hands in a gesture that resembles a rectangle. End ID]

little trimax panel redraw!

edited to add an ID!! thank you @princess-of-purple-prose <3

[ID: Redraw of a panel from Trigun Maximum, in a limited palette of dark pink, orange, and light and dark blue. Vash, shirtless and hair in the style of Eriks, holds his Colt up over his face with a bittersweet smile and says, "I was really happy with... my life right now." End ID]

some vash parkour warm ups because i feel like i don't draw enough fun dynamic poses actually

When a character’s death is so traumatic you just sit there like

the blank ticket in your hand is just waiting to be filled in.

happy birthday vash! (ID in alt text)

assortment of vw (ID in alt)

What would he have said?

Judgement

Thinking about the smell of lead and carbon now

playing cards

wolfwood as that one guys goth anime uncle