i haven't been on this account in the longest time. it's probably been years since i've stopped making content for YGO, but the news of Takahashi's passing hit me a lot that i decided i wanted to come back here and say something about it. this is going to be long, and i don't want to hide it under a read more. i don't feel like this needs to be hidden.

yu-gi-oh was more than just a comfort to me during my time in college. it was a major influence on my life; my identity as both a person and an artist. unlike many people out there, i didn't get into it until i got out of high school. though i wasn't a die-hard fan, but it kind of helped me figure out who i was. i made some life-changing discoveries i guess, about the kind of person i wanted to be. i was always someone who didn't feel comfortable in their own shoes, who would swap and try out new ones to see if it fit, but it never lasted for long, not until i got into yugioh. the series attributes to who i am today, both in (nick/pen)name and presence online. it's still a major influence in my own art style that never really leaves. it was there for me when i was in my first few years of college trying to adjust to the life of adulthood. to growing up, i suppose. as a struggling art student at art school, i would often watch episodes of duel monsters and zexal during my lunch/dinner breaks, and was even allowed to play/listen to them during silent study periods in class while i did life-drawing. it made me want to start collecting things for every fandom i've ever been in to commemorate that i was there. that i loved something. that i loved it. i've been in many different fandoms in the past, but to me, i think YGO was one of the real ones. it was one of the ones that really had a vise-grip on me for ages, and it still does.

during my time in the fandom, i really wanted to push myself to connect with more creators and make more friends, and i was able to do that. because of the franchise, i met wonderful folks, i networked, i participated in projects for something that i loved and cherished, i loved and i've lost during my time of being in the fandom. but those memories and experiences helped shape who i am today. it taught me something, and to me, it meant something. there was a time i felt like i couldn't look back at my time in the fandom because there were so many memories attached to the series that i felt like i didn't want to return to, but deep down, the series has so much of an impact on me that i couldn't just completely let it go. i guess it's only until after you've lost something that you truly realize how much it was special to you. it was when i woke up this morning to see the news of takahashi-sensei's passing that i realized how much yugioh meant to me, even if a part of me could no longer return to it. i told myself i couldn't go back to it, but the reality is i could always return to it, as someone who could look back fondly at the love i had for it. the love i had for the characters who i've loved (you can safely assume who that is from my name alone), the stories that continue to inspire me and the messages behind all of them.

i could've chosen another piece i made to send out my love and condolences for him, but this one was the first and only one i thought of after a few hours of processing things. i'm still processing his death, and it's still incredibly saddening to me. this is my love letter to the series and his legacy. i don't think words can ever be enough to show my gratitude to him and his works.

thank you for being such a pivotal force in my life, even if it was only for a few years. rest in peace, takahashi-sensei. ❤️

☾ I’ll wait for you ( All we gotta do 繋ぐ旋律 ) ☽ I’ll wait for you ( All we gotta do is connect the melodies)

after a week, i finished it! . * ･ ｡ﾟ☆━੧༼ •́ ヮ •̀ ༽୨ i did a song crossover with one of my favorite songs, Tsuki, by the hip hop rap group FAKE TYPE. it’s a really sincere and calming song that i love so much, and i always give it a listen when things are blue for me. i couldn’t help but do a little screencap redraw with puzzleshipping with it! it’s really fun trying to draw in their style too. found the english translation here!

i thought i had posted the full but i must’ve forgotten, so this is extremely late but here are my contribution pieces/merch renders for the @ygofashionzine!!! i got to draw the Kamishiro twins, Durbe, Vector, 96 and Astral in deity fashion! still one of my favorite zine pieces to ever make in 2019!

YUGIOH ZEXAL PIECE PREVIEWS!

Featuring works by HeadphoneStudios, @roseradiant, @watermelon-chan, @princebakura, @kitarclight, @trickbuster, and @reymorado!

✨ Want to see the full pieces? Physical preorders are open here until August 9! PDF orders will be open from August 2-16! ✨

CHECK OUT THE AWESOME MERCH WE ALL DID!!!!! >B)

Previews for the merchandise bundles you can preorder with physical tiers of Iridescence: A YuGiOh! Spinoff Fashion Zine!

Featuring a Bracelet Girl print by Jack, a Shark print and Akaba siblings charm by @sailoranime, a Misty print by @roseradiant (myself), a Chris Arclight print by Rosie, plus an Edo charm by Phius and a Vector charm by @princebakura! 

You can choose to purchase some or all of these with our preorder bundle options!

Physical preorders have also been extended until August 9, make sure to get yours while you can!

IMPORTANT UPDATE: IRIDESCENCE: A YUGIOH SPINOFF FASHION ZINE PREORDERS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED.

(Preorder information here)

Hello, everyone! Some of you may know that the organizer of this project had an emergency a few weeks ago, shortly after preorders opened. Things are mostly fine now, but it means I have not been able nearly as much promotion or management for this project as I wanted, nor will I be able to until next week. After thinking it over, I have decided to extend physical preorders until Friday, August 9 and PDF preorders until Friday, August 16. This way, I can give you guys more previews into the work everyone put into this project, along with giving everyone an extra time window to purchase things.

Expect previews of the merch bundles and sneak peaks at other images in the near future!

~@roseradiant

ZINE’S OPEN FOR PREORDERS GUYS CHECK IT OUT IT’S FABULOUS!!!!!!

PREORDERS FOR IRIDESCENCE: A YUGIOH! SPINOFF FASHION ZINE ARE NOW OPEN FROM NOW UNTIL THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 2019!

This is a 40 page perfect bound 8.5″x11″ zine that features a wide array of all the major characters from every YuGiOh! spinoff. All 35 artists have been incredibly hard at work on this project for the past few months, and we’re excited to finally be able to show our work! Along with the zine itself, we are also featuring bonus merch bundles, which are as follows:

PENDULUM BUNDLE - $20 USD:  Physical copy of Iridescence: A YuGiOh! Spinoff Fashion Zine, consisting of 40 pages and 34 illustrations in perfect binding. 8.5"x11"

FUSION BUNDLE - $30 USD:  Physical copy of Iridescence: A YuGiOh! Spinoff Fashion Zine, consisting of 40 pages and 34 illustrations in perfect binding, plus two size A4 sticker sheets and one 5″x7″ postcard print of your choice.

SYNCHRO BUNDLE - $40 USD: Physical copy of Iridescence: A YuGiOh! Spinoff Fashion Zine, consisting of 40 pages and 34 illustrations in perfect binding, plus two size A4 sticker sheets, two 5″x7″ postcard prints of your choice, and one 2.5″ acrylic charm of your choice.

XYZ BUNDLE - $50 USD:  Physical copy of Iridescence: A YuGiOh! Spinoff Fashion Zine, consisting of 40 pages and 34 illustrations in perfect binding, plus two size A4 sticker sheets, four 5″x7″ postcard prints, and three 2.5″ acrylic charms.

LINK BUNDLE - $30 USD: MERCHANDISE ONLY BUNDLE - Two size A4 sticker sheets, four 5″x7″ postcard prints, and three 2.5″ acrylic charms.

Want to support the zine, but can’t afford a physical copy? Don’t worry! PREORDERS FOR ZINE PDFS WILL BE OPEN FROM FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 2019 UNTIL FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 2019!

Please reblog to spread the word!

BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WHEN PREORDERS OPEN FOR THIS AMAZING ZINE Y’ALL EVERYONE WORKED SO HARD ON IT!!!!! 💖

Preorders for Iridescence: A YuGiOh! Spinoff Fashion Zine open in 3 DAYS!

Along with this illustration, @princebakura has also contributed two stickers AND a charm for the bonus merch bundles. Preorders will be open until August 1!

✦  Long time no see, everyone! I haven’t posted here in forever. Here’s my previews & concept designs for the @ygofashionzine!!!!  ✦

I got to draw two of my fave things combined together: godly fashion and Zexal characters!!! My main piece is based off of the three Moirai, with Vector, 96 and Astral being based on Nyx, Aether and Thanatos. 

Preoders open very soon, on June 21st and will stay open til August 1st!!!!! Look out for it, everyone!!!!!! :D

The contributor list is finally here! Thank you so much to everyone who applied. I am very proud to announce everyone who will be working on this project!

Organizer: RoseRadiant Co-Moderator: StormzArt

Cover Artist: Thayora

Featured Cosplay Contributors ReyMorado (photo) / RoxyFreckles (photo) / Sailor Anime (photo) / HeadphoneStudios

Featured Artists 360AYA / Alangdorf / Blackthunder-chan / Cycle of Fates / Eden / Elle / HomuraBakura / Jack KeruChii / Kite / Max Flavin / Meg / Natysora / Neofi / Not Much Else / Nev Phius / RangerDew / RJ / SailorToasty / Shay / Solfurica / Sophie W / Tally Trickbuster / Val / Vector / Voidgodsart / Watermelon-chan

Hello everyone, we’re happy to announce the artist list for the YGO Tarot Project!

There are three merch artists and 78 card artists; you can find everyone’s links under the cut.

FAQ/About | Discord | Sign up for the mailing list* here! 

*Emails will go out when the deck is available for purchase.

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⋆☾ MIDNIGHT SUN ☽⋆

first print of 2018!!! STARTING OFF THE YEAR WITH SHARKBAIT!!! fun fact: i actually had this print for 11 weeks now (that’s as long as one(1) quarter in my college system) and couldn’t finish it because of school but it’s finally done now that i’m officially on spring break!!

Available on Redbubble | Buy me a coffee?

some zexal stuff (wow!) from my twitter, including designs for AUs (moreso the 2nd animated gif and the designs above created by me and my GF) and looped animations. both animations were done to songs.

1st gif/sanyuushi: let’s drop dead!

2nd gif (mahou/magical girl+boy AU): Blind Justice ~Torn Souls, Hurt Faiths~

do you have any zexal kins?

as of now currently nnnoooottttt really/not sure??? despite being like 10 episodes away from finishing the show honestly i just relate too hard to too many characters and love them all too much

but like really if i could pick a character that just is the most relatable to me it’d have to be rei

LONG TIME NO SEE, GUYS!!!

sorry i haven’t posted much~ college has been very busy but i’m here to give ya guys updates on what’s been happening on my side!! art-related, of course.

first up, the illustration of Yami Yugi i drew for the YGOReanimate is now available on Redbubble! so to anyone out there who wanted to buy it as a product, now you can do so!

I MIGHT (PROBABLY) START ADDING ZEXAL ILLUSTRATIONS TO this blog BUT ALSO PUT THEM UP FOR MERCH ON REDUBBLE TOO. yes, i started watching zexal and despite what word goes around, it’s become one of my favorite yugioh series next to Duel Monsters. i’ve actually begun doing animations and drawing works related to Zexal, one of which is a sharkbait (Shark x Yuma) print (what a way to start off 20 gayteen!!!!!!!!).

on the topic of zexal i actually dropped 50$ to buy settei sheets from the show lmao.

reminder you can keep up to date with me and my art on twitter, where i’m more active!!!

anyways that’s pretty much it on the haps! i’ll try to post more stuff up this time!!! thanks for reading!!

I have a question are we allowed to use the icons you made if we credit you? I want to ask and make sure!

ya go for it!!!!! and hell yes pls credit me id really love that so thank u for asking!!

also as another thing im like?? totally fine if anyone crops my art for icons but like credit still needs to be applied where its due so if u also do that pls credit me as well!!

would you be willing/able to sell a print of the s0 yami yugi for the ygo reanimate collab? I love it so much, the colors are so vibrant and amazing!!

yeah man! only if it’s okay with the guys at ygoreanimate then i’ll go for it! although i’ll have to blow it up to a bigger size but even that shouldn’t be too much of an issue. but thank you!!

Current Status + the Future of YGOReanimate

Hey everyone, let me give you a quick status report: 

Good news! There are 22 shots left to be delivered before the final render can begin. We’re getting really close now and still on track for November or December release (depending when everyone hands in their shot). 

I’m halfway done adding everyone’s credit name for each shot as we speak. If you’d like me to link to your other websites or if you prefer other names for the credit (check out the name website list here), please let me know ASAP. I’ll be sending emails to every participants on that soon too.

To avoid further delay on the project release, I’m pushing the Hard Deadline 7 days earlier as many people response at the last minute in delivering their shot or telling me that they can no longer participate in the project.

As for the future of the YGOReanimate project, due to many positive responses and interests, YGOReanimate 2 is most likely going to happen. Of course it’s not going to happen immediately after this Season 0 episode is over, I have some big work stuff coming up soon, also a girl’s gotta rest.  

So if the 2nd project does happen, what would you guys like to see reanimated and which episode/chapter? (Feel free to reblog/reply this post or send an ask for this)

1) Little Kuriboh’s YGO Abridged Series 2) YGO Duel Monsters 3) Manga Adaptation (everything is the same except we’ll have voice actors and people to storyboard the selected manga chapter)

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