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greysfall · 8 months
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Artwork for TWEWY anniversary event hosted by Japanese fans, where all the messages and artworks gathered will be made into a book that directly send to SQE headquarters for the game's creators to see. Thinking this might be the only chance in my life I get the staff to see my fanart for the game, I decided to draw Shoka meeting Gatto Nero's creators to represent my feeling teehee
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greysfall · 8 months
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すばらしきこのせかいシリーズ16周年おめでとう!
Happy 16th Anniversary to TWEWY & 2nd Anniversary for Neo! I drew this for a message book project that was delivered to Square today. I'm very grateful for this chance to convey my love to the game staff. This series gave me a lot of inspiration, a true passion project from talented creators that will always be fun and unique even in the future. With or without a sequel, I wish the game staff the best of luck for their future creative endeavors!
The idea of this illustration is "something that will make the creators burst out laughing", which won over my initial idea of drawing something neat and pretty with only Josh xD I'm quite happy with how it turned out, which each of these characters representing how I felt during Neo and how much of a mess I think these higher plane dwellers (plus some sketchy Reapers plotting to intervene and some unwilling human just there to witness it all) make behind the main stage :v
Bonus: Sketch and Lineart.
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greysfall · 8 months
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Hi! Do you take commissions? What are your thoughts about it? Greetings!!
Hello! Currently I don't take commissions, though I am curious to know what people may wanna commission me to draw (and maybe to consider it sometimes) :D
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greysfall · 9 months
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What are your best art tips? I really love your work!
Thank you for the kind words!
Well, my art tips are probably similar to what others may advice but I'll try to have a go ;)
Never stop studying, cuz art is a set of technical skills so everyone gotta study all the basic elements (composition, digital softwares or traditional mediums, anatomy... etc) and critical contexts (art history, modern movements) to truly set a foundation and develop.
Find a passion project or two to work on. It's important to draw what you love and set a long goal with it.
Have short projects (commercial or not) along the way to learn new things and build up your mental image library.
Doing art is not only about drawing, it's about mental and even spiritual development too so please try to make connections that work for yourself.
Find inspiration from non-art things - either on your own or with a group/community!
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greysfall · 1 year
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[A story only Hachiko knows] long comic strip and birthday gift for @areiml​. This is my imagination of a story set during the 3 years between OG and Neo, featuring a short meeting between Eri and Beat as they talked about how everyone was coping with Neku’s disappearance and moving on with their own lives. 
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This comic referred to several comic strips I made before, sorta intertwined between canon game lore, my thoughts on the unexplored potentials of Eri’s role in the story and my friend & I’s BeatEri fever dream. I imagined it would be set at around 3-6 months after Neku’s disappearance and shortly before the gang entered high school. I never thought it was gonna be this long as it all started out as a few whimsical panels. While the comic has mentions of NeShiki and BeatEri, you can read it as general friendship if that’s your preferred interpretation (save for the bonus piece below). 
I actually have zero confidence writing Beat’s dialogues, tho I’m pleased with his design - which I put together by imagining Beat without his knitted cap, plus changing to some of his favourite WildBoar threads. My friend joked that since I’m used to draw sparkly Composers, I made Beat so handsome that even his parents won’t recognise him. Eri is canonically pretty, so I wanted to depict her as TV-star-pretty. Another trivia is that Beat generally isn’t a dessert fan, he also tends to dislike fruit-flavoured desserts and only enjoys chocolate-flavoured ones so it was a surprise that strawberry is his favourite boba flavour lmao. Now who does strawberry boba remind me of? Guess.
With this done, I’m one comic strip away from having enough materials for an anthology. The “final” strip was already drafted along with the Composers strip. If we’re lucky, I might get to draw it next year.
There is a Japanese version of this comic on Twitter in case you need it. And lastly, here is the bonus piece which is a redraw of my friend’s comic strip. Happy Birthday! (have fun being at the same age as Asa while I’m Tougou’s, teehee)
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greysfall · 1 year
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I think it’s really cute how people started digging out my 2021 Josh bday art again on this day. So as to not let you down, here is 2022 Josh birthday art and a very special request from me to you on this special occasion: I'm looking for someone who can help me translate my Composers comic strip into Japanese. 
I know the strip is very text-heavy, my Japanese level is certainly not enough to work on it and it’s gonna take effort regardless. I promised the friend who got me into twewy to at least ask the fandom for some help. While my entire fanwork body is not monetized so I do not have a budget for this, I will be very happy to draw you any of your favourite characters from the franchise (up to two). I know it may not sound like a deal, it may be a long shot - which is why I've forever hesitated to ask but well, here is to a maybe.
Josh’s birthday 1/11 by the way, falls on Samhain festival - a festival to celebrate the darker half of the year during the time of which dead souls can visit the world of the living, along with a few other... things that will sneak through the gates.  It's believed to be the origin of Halloween and All Souls' Day, though opinions may differ. The biggest sight for Halloween celebration in Japan just happens to be, none other than Shibuya.
And last but not least, happy birthday? (HOW OLD ARE YOU ANYWA-)
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greysfall · 1 year
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A continuation... after 84 years :o 
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BeatEri birthday request for @areiml!
The idea is that Eri was waiting for Shiki & Neku with Beat, so she whimsically asked Beat to (someday) teach her skateboarding and he decided they should try it on the spot ;) 
Buy me a ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/greysfall
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greysfall · 2 years
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Even though you’re not a Ravages of Time blog anymore, will we ever get part 3 of the geniuses guessing game? I can’t seem to find it on your blog
omg I sketched part3 but never got around to finishing it. Maybe I can let you see the draft in some way? ;(
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greysfall · 2 years
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BeatEri birthday request for @areiml!
The idea is that Eri was waiting for Shiki & Neku with Beat, so she whimsically asked Beat to (someday) teach her skateboarding and he decided they should try it on the spot ;) 
Buy me a ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/greysfall
This ship started out as a fever dream just between us but we can’t stop marveling at how cute their interaction can be. This is also another continuation of our past strips here, we kept trying to fathom out their little story in a chronological order cuz it just feels fun and natural.
Neo Eri design by @areiml​ as well. I really like their Eri design because they keep her long red hair and big hat, before which I have seen some nice fan designs of Eri that alter her design a little bit (adding ponytail, color theme change...) to make Eri look different from OG Shiki. My friend noted that, in actuality, “OG Shiki” or the girl with loose red hair and colourfull outfit has always been Eri. The real Shiki was stripped of her identity and the same could be said for Eri in some way, having her appearance be seen as someone else by the entire fandom. 
In my friend’s word: “Twewy brought up a good concept about self and appearance and it’s very hard to catch even for players or SE staff that do not pay close attention to the lore of the game. “ 
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greysfall · 2 years
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Friend requested something with Haz, Josh and Mr. H for birthday gift~ (Neku and Beat are my bonus lol).
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greysfall · 2 years
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Just projecting the Shiki & Josh friendship that I want...  Inspired by a fanart of Shiki doing Josh's hair I saw earlier, one my friend did of Shiki messing his hair up and my own youth: you can always ask a fashion designer friend to help trim your fringe cuz they’re really good with a scissors! 
Also some silly extra to go with my silly idea... :v
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greysfall · 2 years
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I often associate Hazuki to the point of absolute tranquility in the depth of a troubled soul, like how the track “a tranquil mind” is used for his entrance and the Peaceful Dive battles. It was mentioned that once a Composer changes, the UG will also metamorphose. Makes me wonder if should the UG sink into corruption and despair, would it cloud the Composer’s judgement too?
It's the Composer's job to rebuild the UG post-purification. This time, will he let the homesick Reapers take up the job and watch from the dark, as sparks of light start to intrude the once sleepless city that is now deep in slumber? 
“Only time will tell.
I’ll be watching”
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greysfall · 2 years
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This “continuation” was a really cute surprise for me omg. Like Beat would totally do this!!! He’s got a sister so he’s so casual with girls and while he’s respectful, he may sometimes pull wild moves like this (obliviously) :v  
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Eri’s NEO: NTWEWY concept design by me. I was pretty cuelless as first but thanks to @greysfall/Mia suggestion, it went smoothly at the end, I’m pretty pleased with the result myself teehee. Anyway, everybody are welcome to use any of them if you like. I wonder what is everyone’s favorite?
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greysfall · 2 years
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I never thought his birthday would be revealed one day, and I totally wrote a 2000-word essay on how shocked I was to find out Josh is a fellow Scorpio. (It makes sense, I know about the stars - that’s exactly why I was so shocked). 
Anyhow, here are sketches of some cute and boyish Josh moments during my OG Replay :3
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greysfall · 2 years
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I went around and accidentally bumped into things I shouldn't have seen, so I made up for myself by drawing some silly and pure stuffs. I feel like it wouldn’t be me if I haven’t done any silly Composer ft.Shopkeeper strip.
Anw turns out the bubble milk tea shops in Japan don’t carry as many toppings as I’ve had, with the exception of CoCo Fresh Tea & Juice and luckily they do have a Shibuya branch! These two should never go into a bubble milk tea shop, one would order full toppings and the other would take none, absolutely antagonistic behaviour. 
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greysfall · 2 years
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If you love Shiki, you're at the right place. My light pad broke so I painted with watercolour directly on the sketchbook page, just trying out an idea suggested by a friend who said Shiki's green cardigan looks very much like a haori. 
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greysfall · 2 years
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Joshua NEO sprite edits done by me and supervised by a friend. 
Since Nomura is not working on the drafts for sprites anymore, NEO saw significant changes in sprite art style and quality. Miki and Gen did a good job for some characters (notably the new characters), while some could have been much better or just less... generic. Even though we slowly got used to it as we played the game, there is no denying that the NEO sprite art style lacks the level of dynamic gesture and unique facial details that the OG sprites used to have. 
We have decided to fix the Joshua sprites, mostly because (1) they are fixable, seeing the design itself is done by Nomura and (2) some of expressions are anatomically awkward, probably because Gen/Miki failed to visualize and render Nomura’s design from just one single draft. 
I did a whole analysis on how incorrect the anime design for Joshua was, by now I believe I’m pretty well versed in this particular research field *pulls out magnifier*. First let’s go with a side by side comparison of Nomura’s draft vs the in-game sprites, image extracted from the official guidebook.  
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It’s obvious that the draft by Nomura was done in his personal style, which had to be rendered into the TWEWY style by either Miki or Gen. The Neo sprites did a decent job in keeping the character core and even tried to copy some of his OG gestures. However, something still feels amiss or lacking. It’s important to remember that Joshua PICKS HIS OWN APPEARANCE, so 15-year-old Josh and 18-year-old Josh are the exact same from the inside. 
Now let’s take a look at Joshua’s OG sprites again: 
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Let’s examine very closely these pairs of the exact same gesture from OG and NEO: there is a clear difference in dynamic and the level of details. The OG sprites (drafted by Nomura) show Josh arching his back a bit more backward, his head tilting more downward, his gaze obviously more upward, eyebrows slightly frowning and THE SIZE OF HIS IRIRES are smaller, the edge of his eyes sharper - even when he’s in a younger form. These small, little details add up to creating a character’s unique vibe. In this case, it’s an air of prissiness and insincerity that makes people a little uncomfortable - very unique of OG Josh.
To be honest, just by looking at each of the OG sprite individually, you can already see a visual character profile that makes you feel a variety of emotions regarding the character:
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I know he’s just a guest character now, but that’s no reason to make him look boring considering that he had SUCH A GOOD BASE of sprites in the OG. So in comparison, this is how I feel about the NEO sprites:
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Also, it certainly helps that the OG has a more hand-drawn style with flexible lines that go from bold to thin, resulting in a better contrast between soft expressive lines and bold shadow. NEO sprites are drawn with a much flatter line quality, limiting the expression of small details and sometimes missing details all together (one sprite shows only lower lip and another one shows only upper lip even when the character is not pouting).
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This particular angle, was very hard to fix because the overall balance of the hair, the spine and shoulder placement, shadow and jaw are all wrong despite it being the angle closest to Nomura’s draft. It’s weird because the OG style is much more heavily stylized and NEO overall shows a more normalized anatomical balance - yet some sprites like this one are fundamentally off, as if there was not enough supervision work - or the supervisor couldn’t bring themselves to tell the designer to fix it. 
And thus, we decided to edit the sprites and you can see a side by side comparison here - left side is the NEO originals. Of course, we are not trying to bring back the OG style but we have fixed the anatomical imbalance and added a little more facial details to make Joshua resemble his original design a little more (sharper eye corners, less roundish face, adding lip, fixing eyebrow and mouth shape...). It’s not a huge change, but we just wanted to see him looking a bit more right.
Of course this is mostly for fun, as my friend said: “just because something can’t become real doesn’t mean it can’t exist as a concept”. And thus if I have to count, Joshua Kiryu must have owed me at least 1 million yen for all the plastic surgery I did for him by now.
Here are all the transparent files if someone wanna replace the sprites in their game mode + originals to compare. Note that I only edited 1 size of the sprites so some look a bit blown up in resolution, plz take a video and show me if they actually work.
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