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hi, i just wanted to share a little thing i found-
minecraft released a dlc for star wars a couple days ago (i learned about it recently), and when you buy it you can unlock a couple skins with it; rex, cody, and a generic clone trooper included!
that's all, have a good day!
That's super cute! I've never played Minecraft before, but perhaps some other folks will find this info useful. Thanks so much for sharing!
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I've been looking through your archives and I noticed there's a lot of art that was done by some problematic people in the SW fandom like yukipri (obikin shipper), arrothededushka (clonecest shipper) cobaltbeam (they interact with and follow a lot of clonecest artists including one involved in a scandal) and chocomars (rexsoka and clonecest shipper). I just wanted to warn you in case you weren't aware of it?
Sorry for the late reply Anon, I reached my posting limit yesterday and wanted to take a shower and eat something before I sat down and went through my inbox.
Anyway...
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Yeah, unfortunately at the time of reblogging a lot of that art, I wasn't fully aware of what these artists were up to. I tend to lag behind on fandom news/discourse because sometimes you just gotta back away and think (which often ends with me just being out of the loop and I welcome any and all information on recent events to be delivered to my inbox like a newspaper to the doorstep).
A friend of mine dutifully informed me of beam's silent support of clonecest artists literally yesterday, and put me up to speed with what happened with one of those artists in particular (what I was told was appalling and honestly I understand why everyone's been so careful with looking into who they reblog from nowadays).
I'm trying to get into the habit of looking before I reblog, but sometimes appearances are deceiving and just because people don't draw certain things doesn't mean they're completely against it.
I'm honestly a little sad because I did quite like these artists and their art, but I've decided to put my foot down in terms of these ships and I'm not backing down.
I've been also looking into doing a sweep of my archive to take down some posts but I tend to get distracted and put it off for another day because my Star Wars tag has over 5000 posts and my Macbook loads at -Slug Speed.
I really need to get on with that...
Procrastination my beloathed...
But yeah, rest assured I'm aware of what those artists get up to now and I've both withdrawn support for them and blocked them. I just gotta clean my archive.
I'd like to thank my friends for bringing me up to speed on what goes on when I lose track of the fandom and I hope to be more careful next time I see something nice and shiny.
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Hey there! Given that I signed up for my blog over ten years ago, when things were very different, I unfortunately have no idea what things are like now, sorry!
But wanted to mention that you yourself also look like a bot (hence why I didn't respond directly to your ask, and am instead answering via screenshot). Assuming you are a real person and not a new weird bot, I would very strongly recommend doing the following things so other Tumblr users don't accidentally block you!
Change your icon from the default one. Just use anything else as a placeholder for now! I recommend something unique to you, such as a photo of your pet, or idk, take a picture of your favorite pen or snack or something.
Write something in your bio! List your fandoms/hobbies, or even just "I'm new here and figuring stuff out" etc
Make a post or reblog some! Empty blogs look like bot blogs, and we have no way of knowing when you made your account. Just a brief self-intro elaborating more on your fandoms/interests (no word count limit! go wild!), photo of your pet, or reblogging from other users using the two arrows circling button 🔄. You're very welcome to reblog from me!
(note, reblogging is very different from reposting/reuploading. The former is where you use the reblog button/function to share other Tumblr users' posts onto your own blog. Creators generally love this, as it helps boost our own posts, and all credit, likes, shares, etc will come back to us! Reposting/reuploading is when you save work that isn't yours to your device, and create a brand new post. This doesn't link to anyone, and is theft, and hurts creators. Don't do this!)
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I saw somewhere someone says it wasn't the Jedi fault what happened at Galidraan, they were there to arrest and investigate, not to kill, and it was the mando who attack first. Is that true ? I didn't read it
Ahh fandom misunderstandings about Galidraan continue.
Understandable, given it's from a relatively obscure base media but the event comes up a lot in fan works. I'll do my best to break it down.
All you need to know about the Massacre on Galidraan
The following info is all from the Legends comic Jango Fett: Open Seasons, specifically focussing on the 3rd installment, Winter. Here's a photo of my physical copy I have open as I type this, so you know I'm not pulling this info out of my ass.
First, some crucial facts:
1: Galidraan was not a Mandos vs Jedi conflict.
It may appear that way at first glance, and likely seemed that way to many outsiders across the Galaxy who only read about the massacre in a heavily censored news article. But while the battle was the True Mandalorians fighting against the Jedi and ultimately all dying except for Jango, that is not what the conflict was about.
2: There were 4 factions involved in Galidraan.
People oftentimes boil it down to Mandos vs Jedi, but that isn't accurate, because there were 4 parties involved:
The True Mandalorians (Haat Mando'ade; Jango's people)
The Jedi
Death Watch (led by Tor Vizsla, who killed Jaster, Jango's mentor)
The Governor of Galidraan
I have no idea why some fandom takes on Galidraan forget to mention the last two, when they are why the massacre took place at all.
3: The party responsible for the conflict on Galidraan was DEATH WATCH, with the Governor of Galidraan as their accomplice.
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The Jedi were used, and the True Mandalorians were victims.
You can endlessly debate whether or not the Jedi or the True Mandalorians could have taken different actions to have possibly prevented the massacre. And it's true, it might have been possible! There were certainly other actions that both sides could have taken.
HOWEVER. That discussion can ONLY take place after understanding that both sides were very intentionally, and very MALICIOUSLY manipulated by a third party.
This was not a normal Jedi vs Mandos clash. Neither the Jedi nor the True Mandalorians would have fought (would have even been on the planet in the first place!) without these manipulations, so to ask which of the two was to blame without first understanding that Death Watch set them up is failing to get Galidraan at all.
Here's what happened at the Massacre of Galidraan:
Jango and the True Mandalorians took a job from the Governor of Galidraan to kill his political opponents. The True Mandalorians are mercenaries, and this was just a job for them. It's also implied that Jango knew in advance that the Governor of Galidraan had been harboring Tor Vizsla and funding Death Watch*, and he intentionally took the job in order to get the Governor to owe him and pay him with information on them.
Jango and the True Mandalorians killed the Governor's political opponents, just as they were hired to do, and upheld their agreement. When Jango goes to collect payment, it was a trap—Tor Vizsla and Death Watch were waiting for him, and attempted to kill him.
Jango escapes, but his jetpack is damaged, as are his comms (or perhaps more likely, his comms were intentionally blocked). This is important because Jango now knows explicitly that they were set up: that the Governor of Galidraan was always working with Death Watch, and that he and his people being called to this planet was a trap in order to kill them. He tries to warn the True Mandalorians (Myles, his second, to be exact) to evacuate, but is unable to reach them because of his comms connection.
Back with Death Watch and the Governor, after Vizsla fails to kill Jango, they watch as the Jedi land on planet. The Governor states: "Yes, as you [Tor Vizsla] instructed, I begged for [the Jedi/the Republic's] help. Informed them that the Mandalorians were slaughtering political activists, which is basically true."
So, let's get this straight: the Governor of Galidraan, who personally HIRED the True Mandalorians to get rid of his political opponents, is now calling the Jedi to say "Oh no the Mandalorians are killing political activists!" And he did so under the explicit orders of Tor Vizsla. He explicitly backstabbed the True Mandalorians.
Should note that the True Mandalorians do follow a code, and only killed the specific people considered a threat (aka combatants). The True Mandalorians did not touch civilians, but as you can see from frames above, Death Watch goes ahead and kills them to make false evidence against the True Mandalorians and therefore justify their slaughter.
Again: Death Watch/Tor Vizsla and the Governor of Galidraan EXPLICITLY set up the True Mandalorians/Jango.
Next: Jango gets back to the True Mandalorians' camp as soon as he can, and arrives just as a large group of Jedi arrive, led by Dooku. Their lightsabers are already drawn.
Dooku says to them: "You stand accused of murder. Surrender now and we will ensure that you are fairly treated."
The girl next to Dooku, presumably young Komari Vosa, adds, "But fight us, and we will bring swift justice!"
Jango's response: "Mandalorians, open fire! And shoot the loudmouth first!"
And so the battle begins.
Without any of the previous context, sure, it might be easy to say "Jango's responsible, he fired first." But take a moment to think about what led up to this moment.
Jango knows, explicitly, that Death Watch and the Governor are working together.
He knows that Death Watch just wants him dead, and in fact very literally just escaped being killed.
He knows that he and his people are caught in a trap, and that Death Watch and the Governor want them all dead.
He probably isn't sure how they're going to be killed—until he arrives back at camp, and sees a shitton of Jedi with their lightsabers drawn, who are accusing them of a crime they did not commit. And he must have thought, ah, that would do it.
This isn't a normal encounter with the Jedi. It's true that Mandalorians have reasons to dislike Jedi as a whole, but Jango didn't shoot first because of that.
Jango shot first because he recognized that the Jedi were the weapon that Death Watch and the Governor chose for the execution of himself and his people. And he wasn't wrong.
Could Jango have maybe stopped to have a gentlemanly chat with Dooku and say "Good sir, we did not commit any murder, you were told false information and are being manipulated and we the True Mandalorians have been set up. Please put away your lightsabers so we can talk"? I mean. He could have. But.
With all of the context above, his decision to raise arms also makes sense.
After the battle, all fo the True Mandalorians present have been killed except Jango, as well as roughly half of the Jedi. Many of those Jedi were killed by Jango himself, with nothing but his bare hands—this is how he gains his infamous reputation as a "Jedi Killer." But to him, he was acting in self-defense.
The Jedi—or rather, at least Dooku—realize that they have been used only after the fact, and that they've done something horribly wrong and have killed innocents. Surrounded by the bodies of Jedi and True Mandalorians, and having just watched Jango strangle one last Jedi, Dooku says:
"What have we done...?"
In the "present" of the comic (pre-clone deal), Dooku also tells Sidious about Galidraan, "It was a misguided mission from the start. And not the first of the Council's many...poor decisions."
So what happened afterwards?
Jango alone was captured alive, and for some darn reason the Jedi turned him over to the Governor of Galidraan*. The Governor sold Jango to slavers and he was forced to work on a spice transport, until an opportunity arose to escape.
After escaping, did Jango seek out the Jedi?
No.
He beelined straight back to Galidraan, where the Governor, who had sold him and worked with Death Watch, had taken his armor (Jaster's armor) as some sort of twisted war trophy. He recovered his armor, and threatened the governor to get info on Tor Vizsla's location.
After that, did he go on a revenge campaign against the Jedi?
No.
He went straight for Tor Vizsla, who was PERSONALLY responsible for the deaths of the True Mandalorians at Galidraan. And he fought him. And killed him.
(or more specifically, injured him then let dire-cats eat him alive. Looks like Fetts have always had good luck with animals)
So that's the facts about Galidraan.
After Thoughts:
I hope this breakdown of the events makes it explicitly clear that Death Watch and the Governor were at fault for Galidraan, and that it was never a Mandos vs Jedi conflict. The same thing would have happened had Death Watch chosen a different executioner—though to be fair, not much can kill a trained group of Mandalorian mercenaries like the True Mandalorians.
Could both the True Mandalorians and Jedi have taken different actions that could have averted tragedy? Possibly. But just as likely, had Jango tried to talk, word would have reached the Jedi's ears that oh no, more Mandalorians are slaughtering the Galidraan women and children! (what Death Watch was doing while the True Mandos and Jedi were fighting) and then one of the more hot headed Jedi like Vosa probably would have been like "These negotiations are a distraction! Even now you're killing innocents—we fight!" And the True Mandos would have been killed anyway.
Again, they were set up. The True Mandalorians to be killed, the Jedi to be used as their ignorant executioner. They were not the only parties involved, and any attempt to peacefully negotiate their way out of it would have been hindered by the true aggressors, who already had contingency plans at the ready. And also, both parties were already expecting certain things of the other: Jango knew the Jedi had been sent to kill them (though not why the Jedi believed they should), and the Jedi thought they were a bunch of murderers, not a professional group simply hired for a job.
This is just my personal take, but while I don't think either Jango nor Dooku acted unreasonably at the time of the battle, there were two points where I think they could have made better decisions (marked with * above):
1) When Jango decided to take a job on Galidraan in the first place, knowing in advance that the Governor was friendly with Tor Vizsla and Death Watch. Admittedly, the comic doesn't provide much context for this, and perhaps the intel Jango had suggested a more distant connection, or something else to imply the Governor would be willing to rat out Death Watch. It seems almost cute that Jango goes ok, well I don't want to just randomly bust this guy's door down to threaten him for info on my arch nemesis, so I'm going to do a job for him and get him to owe me, and then we'll talk.
If there is one not so intelligent move Jango made, it seems like this one, though again there's not much context so perhaps it does make more sense.
2) When the Jedi give Jango to the Governor of Galidraan. I don't know about the rest of the Jedi, but Dooku at least seemed to sense that something had gone horribly wrong with the mission immediately after the battle, before they took Jango into custody. But despite KNOWING this, they didn't take the time to thoroughly investigate (better late than never) before handing Jango to his enemies on a silver platter. I would say that the Jedi ARE pretty responsible for this part, especially since they had reason to know better.
This action of the Jedi handing Jango over also implies that even if Jango had complied and he and all of the True Mandalorians had surrendered to the Jedi in hopes of talks, the Jedi would have handed them all over to the Governor (and Death Watch) to either be turned into slaves or executed. So no, I don't think that would have worked out well at all.
(I'm going to give at least Dooku the benefit of doubt, since the comic shows that at least he (and possibly he alone of the Jedi present) recognized that something was wrong. I'd hope that as the leader and presumably most senior member of the group of Jedi, he'd have some sort of authority, but then again, this is the Senate. He might have tried to at least delay Jango being handed over to the Governor until an investigation was conducted, but was perhaps held back by too much legal tape, and had to watch as someone he was sure was a victim was handed over to a suspicious party. Maybe he personally did an investigation afterwards and found that his bad feelings were correct, but when he tried to bring it up with the Council/Senate, he was told to forget about it. That would certainly shatter what remaining faith he had in the Republic and the Jedi, and possibly also lead him to search out Jango specifically as a candidate for the clone project—but again, this is purely speculation. Either way, Galidraan forms a potentially very fascinating connection between Dooku and Jango that predates Sidious.)
On the Jedi:
While the Galidraan conflict isn't about the Jedi, and they were simply used, I think internally, it does reveal some deep flaws in the Jedi Order as a whole, and that Dooku's criticisms of how they acted are fair. Dooku tells Jango, "[Galidraan] was the last of my foolish errands for the Senate. And the Jedi."
The Jedi are supposed to be peacekeepers, are supposed to understand and help people across the Galaxy, which their connection to the Force is supposed to help with. But by becoming an entity controlled by a political power that responds to mission requests through that chain, the Jedi are at risk of being used for various political agendas, sometimes to terrible consequences—like at Galidraan.
The quote above shows that the orders for the Jedi came from the Senate, who got them from the Governor of Galidraan. The fact is that the Jedi are a completely external force with zero familiarity with Galidraan or its current happenings, who were summoned by a government to do their bidding. If there was any investigation done, it clearly wasn't enough, and the Jedi were essentially turned into super deadly government attack dogs.
Galidraan laid bare the great danger that the Jedi can be, when their power is given to the wrong hands. Again, the Jedi were used—but that they could be used, that they likely have been used in the past and will be used in the future so long as they are beholden to a Republic whose orders they must follow—that's something to think about.
Again, it's not about Jedi vs Mandos. Sure, the fact that the Jedi have bad history with Mandos may have affected the lack of depth in their investigation. But it could have just as easily been "Group of X people are murdering innocents!" and the very same thing could have happened. This conflict revealed far less, "wow the Jedi really hate Mandos!" and more, "the Jedi and the Republic have a flawed relationship, and obeying government orders does not necessarily a peacekeeper make."
Given that the Jedi decided to give Jango to the Governor, I think it's very likely that no deep investigation was ever done into Galidraan, and if it was, it was covered up. After all, it's against the Republic's interests to show that they passed manipulated info to the Jedi, because they can't have the Jedi wanting to question future orders or worse, refuse to obey! And in a way, it's against the Order's interests to show that they not only fucked up by going to the mission at all, but further fucked up by handing the last surviving victim to the enemy after the fact. Add to that the fact that Death Watch was on site actively manipulating evidence and muddling the truth, and Jango no longer has anyone left alive to vouch for him so it's only his word, it's very likely that the truth really never got out of the small circle of those personally involved.
Perhaps the Jedi taught about Galidraan internally as a cautionary tale about being careful about the orders they're given. But given the above, I think that's incredibly generous and frankly unlikely.
On Jango Fett
This leads me to a final point: I disagree that Jango passionately hates and wants revenge on the Jedi.
At least, based on this story, as well as his depiction in the Bounty Hunters video game (which is supposed to be a sequel to this comic, even though its depiction of the start of the cloning contract isn't mutually compatible with the version in this comic) Jango doesn't actually really appear to care all that much about the Jedi at all.
You can say what you will about his actions, but he always has a very clear target for who his enemy is, and he goes straight for them. Immediately post Galidraan, it was the Governor of Galidraan and then Tor Vizsla specifically—not even the rest of Death Watch!
And while there isn't all that much official info on what Jango did after he killed Vizsla until he was pulled into the cloning project, I see zero evidence that he was consumed by revenge, or that he attempted to hunt down the rest of Death Watch or kill any Jedi despite the harm they have done to him in the past.
In fact, from his depiction at the start of the Bounty Hunters game, which I think is the best source of this period of his life that I can think of, it looks like Jango just kind of threw himself into bounty hunting work. After all, one does not have the reputation as "best bounty hunter in the galaxy" overriding "former Mand'alor, leader of the True Mandalorians" unless he did, well, a lot of bounty hunting.
He was a loner who didn't have any friends, which implies he didn't go looking for any surviving True Mandalorians—and there must have been, not everyone could have been in that battle. I suspect it's out of guilt, but that's a separate discussion. He didn't go hunting Jedi specifically, because presumably not many Jedi (who still identify as Jedi) have bounties on them, and "Jedi Killer" would certainly be a reputation louder than bounty hunter if that was his main focus.
But no. He was just a sad, lost dude who's really good at killing people so continues the Honorable Mercenary traditions of his people who are now gone, all by himself. Even the contest that lead to him being chosen as the Prime clone was originally just another job, and he just happened to meet Montross in the process, but he didn't really go out of his way to hunt him down either, despite how he was personally responsible for Jaster's death.
However—if you don't know that about Jango, and again don't have a full understanding of what happened at Galidraan (which again, I doubt many people do), I think it would be very easy to go oh! The Jedi killed all his people! So of course he hates Jedi!
(Which then provides a reason for why the Sith would think he would want to work with them to hurt Jedi—but does NOT explain why the Jedi would not think it suspicious that he's the Prime clone for an army supposedly made to help them. But that too is a separate exploration.)
All of this makes Jango a very fascinating character for me, and I could go on to explore his motivations and actions so much more—and in fact I do!!! All of those explorations of Jango and his motives and past are included as a large part of my fic, The Prime Override! So I won't go into it more here, this post is long enough, but you can check out my thoughts there! (LMAO sudden self-promo)
But anyway!!! I hope this whole thing was interesting for you, and that it helped you understand what happened at Galidraan better!
Again, the comic is Jango Fett: Open Seasons, written by Hayden Blackman, art by Ramon Bachs, Raul Fernandez, and Brad Anderson, published by Dark Horse Comics in 2002.
While I believe the standalone comic is out of print (I had to hunt down my copy on ebay), it's all included in Marvel Unlimited's digital comic library. It's also in the Star Wars Omnibus: Emissaries & Assassins collection, which might be cheaper because it's more recent.
As tragic as Jango's past is, it's one of my favorite Legends stories and I recommend reading the story for yourself if you can!
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This is incredibly specific but Seventeen is like a soldier aphid to me.
No wait, please come back. Please explain to me how so, I am fascinated and want to understand how he is like a soldier aphid.
I am reading up on them but am still not making a connection...please I am so curious now and it's bothering me.
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I love Fordo's shriek hawk tattoo. It's honestly such an amazing representation of Jango's relationship with the Alphas and how much he cares about them even if he can't show it at times. Also it's a niche way to show their Mandalorian influence and culture and all.
Thanks so much for liking my design for Fordo, with jaig eye tattoos!
As you say, narratively, it's supposed to show a lot about Fordo's (and the Alphas') relationship with Jango.
BUT, I also gave Fordo those tattoos because he's one of only 3 official clones who have jaig eyes on their buckets!
Given that Fordo is from Clone Wars 2003, and the other two, Rex and Blackout, are from the 2008~ The Clone Wars, that makes Fordo actually the first clone to appear in media with jaig eyes.
So, my in-narrative setup of him being the first clone to receive jaig eyes (from Jango), who then goes on to bestow them on other clones, is meant to reflect actual SW media too!
(And then of course, there's the fact that the jaig eyes only appear on Fordo's Phase II bucket, shown above, whereas his arguably more iconic Phase I bucket doesn't have them (and then I included world-building in Override to explain why that is, aka Early War doesn't allow as much clone self-customization). So, I had them tattooed on his face, so he has the jaig eyes on him irregardless of whether they're painted on his bucket lol)
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Can you give me any tips on how to draw Kenobi's beard? I need to improve my facial hair skill's. Love your art, the light and shadow play you haw going, is straight up insane.
So I tried typing up an explanation but I don't think it was very helpful, so I ended up making a step-by-step of how I personally draw Obi-Wan's beard!
But yeah, always draw the base face underneath and build on top of that!
Also, note that my own art style is very stylized, very "manga." It's a good idea to look at how different artists draw facial hair in a variety of styles to get inspiration for how you want to draw!
And most importantly, as with all art, practice. There are lotsa different beards out there, and even Obi-Wan himself has different beards. Even within live action, Ep 2 beard is closer to his face, Ep 3 is more puffed out (what I drew here), Obi-Wan show is even bigger! Mix in how angular his beard is in TCW animated, the variety of takes across the tons of comics he appears in...there's really no wrong way to draw it, just preference! And this goes not just for Obi-Wan, but any character—and not just beards, but every feature! So you just gotta draw lots to figure out not just what you think looks right, but the kind of beards you like to draw! I'm definitely still working on it myself!
Anyway, I hope this very quick step-by-step (I hesitate to call it a tutorial) was helpful! And thanks for liking my art!
Also, here's a bonus Young Obi-Wan + Mature Obi-Wan comparison:
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You can add another to the list of people you've inspired to see Godzilla Minus One. I finally got to see it last night, and it was my first ever Godzilla film. Tbh, the genre has never super interested me, but seeing someone who I respect praise it so much, I had to give it a go. And boy, am I glad I did. I felt so much through all the scenes depicting PTSD, Kamiki Ryunosuke truly did so well in it, and it had me grinning and crying happy tears in the end. Phenomenal. If it doesn't win some awards (particularly Kamiki's performance, I will state again he was *fantastic*) I will be very upset on their behalf.
AHHH Thank you so much for sending this!! I'm ECSTATIC that you went to see Godzilla Minus One, and deeply humbled that you trusted my opinion on it.
It's truly...it feels so weird to say it, but almost a comfort movie?? Like its premise is so bleak, it really doesn't shy away from the true horrors of war and post-war, so you'd think it's dark and depressing. And yet, every time I've seen it, I leave the theater feeling so hopeful, even when coming back to this bleak world we live in irl rn.
This definitely isn't the only Godzilla movie I've watched, but by no means am I deep into the franchise. In fact, the past times I'd seen Godzilla were in academic settings discussing post-war Japan, since Godzilla has always been symbolic of that. The point of which being, as you experienced, you in no way need to have seen any other Godzilla film or even be familiar with the kaiju genre to enjoy it!
Kamiki truly was a phenomenal lead, but as I've mentioned in my other posts, every single actor and character was incredible. I'm glad they were nominated for one Oscar (VFX, though they should've been nominated for more tbh), and just. Last year there were a number of fantastic films that I really enjoyed. But none of them really shook me to the core as much as Godzilla Minus One.
ANYWAY, your ask came at the perfect time for me to mention that it's back in theaters in North America for just one week, for them to show the black 'n white version! Mum saw it in Japan and said that it added a whole 'nother flavor to it, making it seem like it was made in the era it's set in! I think the official dates are January 26~Feb 1, 2024, but my theater it's January 25~31st. If you haven't seen it yet, definitely give it a chance! You won't regret it.
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So I saw the news about AI being introduced to Tumblr from you so first of THANK YOU so much. I have a lot of writing on Tumblr that I'll be moving.
I also wanted to ask if you'd heard of Cohost? Me and my friends are migrating there, it has the same features (in some ways) as Tumblr, but it's pretty new and empty, and is also run by a SMALL team of developers who listen to the users and fix things while keeping corporations out of the equation.
As soon as I heard of Cohost, I thought of you and other artists I know. Have a splendid rest of your day/night.
Glad I was able to help put the deeply unfortunate news on your dash!
(honestly, beyond general feeling furious they're doing the GenAI deal at all, I feel like if it's automatically opt-in, the very LEAST @staff could do is send out an email to every user + make it a pop up that everyone has to click out of at least once informing us all that our data has been opted in and how we can opt out. That it's just the one staff post, and everything else we have to spread by word of mouth is...deeply unfortunate)
I hadn't heard of Cohost, but thank you for telling me about it! I'll keep it in mind if moving looks to be necessary. But while I can discard my other socials if need be, Tumblr is where I found myself as a fan creator, and I've been here for over ten years. I really hope I don't have to move.
There's that, but I've also made a BlueSky and Threads, neither of which I've really had the spoons to be active on, as well as my primary socials of Twitter and Insta, and Patreon and AO3 if they count. I feel like I've just got a bit too many rn, and I want to see where communities will settle, and if GenAI can be regulated to save some of the ones currently existing.
Everything feels like it's in an unstable state of flux rn, which is super stressful! And I just hope it can be temporary, for all of our sakes ;_;
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I felt so dumb after I sent the question. I legit agonized over it at work that night.!
Lighting!! I love your lighting style and am working to refine my own, how do you start making lighting on art?
Please don't feel dumb! But yeah, having specifics really helps me actually say something that might help you!
Mm, so regarding lighting, I admit I'm largely just winging it myself so I'm not sure how helpful I can be. But a few random tips in case one of them is a new thought:
1. Everyone says "pay attention to the lighting source," which sure, is very important. But I've found that my own lighting got a lot more interesting and just better in general when I also thought about lighting *other* than the primary lighting source, especially reflective light. So if I have light shining down from above-ish (like, 99% of my art lol), I also make sure to not just add harsher lighting to foreheads/places where the direct light hits, but also a softer glow (sometimes of a different color!) from the opposite direction, where presumably whatever is off screen is reflecting the light.
2. Play around with different lighting hardness. This will depend entirely on your style, but for me, I usually have at least two lighting layers: one with very soft, big airbrush to set a kind of atmospheric direction lighting, and then another separate layer with my harder more defined lighting. Playing with how hard/soft those edges are can really change the vibe of the piece!
3. Use effects layers, and try different types. I'm also just lazy, and find that effects layers are an easier way to throw on lighting/shadows. For me, I like to use Dodge layers for lighting, but dodge layers also tend to turn things warmer toned. Which works for me because I like warm tones, but might not be what you're looking for. Other effects layers may give things a whiter/ashy tone, or amp color saturation, etc, lots of options! Effects layers also vary by the program you're using, but yeah, the tip here is to just play around with them, you might be surprised at what works for you!
4. Shadows and Highlights are in many ways different sides of the same coin. I know a lotta folks just want to say there is a "neutral" no lighting flat color for things, but the reality is that everything we perceive through vision has light on it. What this means is that though you may start with a flat color for practicality's sake (I mean, I assume most of us do), sometimes adding shadow to the right parts will make it look like it has lighting, or vice versa. So oftentimes, to make lighting look more dramatic or moody, I will have darker shadows on the rest of the character to give more extreme contrast.
5. Especially if you're not going for hyper realism, sometimes lighting doesn't necessarily have to be literal. Even if it doesn't make the most sense, you can add brighter/different color lighting in areas that you want to highlight, like a character's face, or a special point on their prop, etc. Lighting is, in the end, just a tool to make your art, so make it do what you want it to do, not the other way around!
Kinda just spewed out first things that came to my mind! Idk if any of these help, but I hope some do!
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My Patreon cards finally arrived and I’m so pleased with how good they look!
Ahhh I'm so glad they made it to you safely, thank you so much for supporting me, and for putting them up on display!
(also hot DAMN that Boba lamp...!)
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Wow! I just saw the photos of your cat and he's the spitting image of my cat as a kitten! Can I ask how you got him?
I'll add some photos of my boy (his name is Clyde) as a kitten so you can see what I mean :)
Oh my gosh, your Clyde DOES look an awful lot like Rex!
Clyde's got a slightly large dark spot on his nose and an adorable dark chin, while Rex is all over a lil paler (though he's getting darker as he ages) and has a beauty mark. I don't think I've ever seen another cat look so similar though!
Thank you so much for sharing, your Clyde is adorable <3
As for how I got Rex, I adopted him from a rescue in a neighboring town. He, his mum, and his sister were found in one of their volunteer's backyard. His mum and sister were too feral and escaped all attempts at trapping, but Rex is very people friendly so they caught him easily, and wanted him to go to a home. It was really nice because we were able to meet his fosters (who helped trap him) directly and hear all about him before adopting. The guestimate is that we adopted him at around 6 months old, and he spent the first 4+ months outside, with his fosters having him around a month before he was made available for adoption.
He was very shy for the first week, and missed his foster parents terribly, but he just needed some patience. Now, a few months later, he is probably the most physically affectionate and cuddly of all the cats I've ever had! He frequently flops over on top of my feet to beg for belly rubs, or simply climbs up to sit on my chest.
He's still a growing boi, but I hope he'll end up as handsome as Clyde one day!
Cats tag: #YukiPriASLKittens
#YukiPriASLKittens#wesangdirges#YukiPri replies#cats#cat#Cat!Rex#snoeshoe cat#the neighboring town has a large feral cat population and the rescue oversees several protected colonies#the goal was to eventually move the mum and sister over there#but Rex will share a different fate as he is now a super spoiled and pampered house cat#he still loves outdoor air tho and he loves going out onto the catio to watch birds
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Just a heads up!! A shit Ton of Facebook groups and pages are reposting your art like crazy recently and while some have taken them down due to me and other members of the group or community telling them to take it down since they probably didn’t get your permission. 💜 It is just so frustrating seeing art that doesn’t go credited even if the artist didn’t want it reposted the least you could do is give credit.. I’m happy you put your username so people know where to find you 💚
Thank you for letting me know, and thank you so much for telling them to take it down. Art theft is so painful and stressful, and even more so knowing it's being put on sites actively being scraped for GenAI.
Please know that if it's not on one of my personal medias, I didn't consent to it. I have an explicit no repost (no reupload) policy, and none of these people have my permission. I do not use Facebook.
(and ngl, I think the number of people who have never cared to respect artists' wishes to not repost art in the past is directly related to rampant AI generated images now. If they didn't care about stealing one way, of course they're not going to care about stealing in another)
Facebook groups are especially miserable because they tend to community lock, and I just don't have the spoons to expose myself to their communities to try to get my work taken down. So thank you and others for telling them to take it down. You're right. It's theft. I want it removed.
I am so tired. So tired. Thank you for helping and doing what you can.
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This is my friend's cat, her name is Sarah, and I think she and Cody would get along really well:
Here she is trying to be assertive and ensure her dominance over Ji's roll of A3 sheets. She didn't exactly understand that the sheets aren't exactly alive, but, well. At least she's having fun?
Here Ji tried to get the sheets back but failed. She didn't send me a photo, but Sarah jumped onto the sheets and settled there. And she took a nap. The sheets are hers now.
What an adorable darling, thank you so much for sharing photos of her!
Alas, not so sure Cody would get along with her, he's awfully territorial ^ ^;
I am glad Sarah was able to conquer some sheets!
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Thought you'd like to know I rotate The Prime Override around in my head a minimum of three times a week
I know this ask is from months ago, but thank you so much!!
It really truly is an incredible feeling to know that people think about my work, that I've provided enough substance for people to think over. I feel like as someone coming from a heavily art background in fandom, it's just such a refreshing experience to hear people's thoughts and to know that my work means more than a fleeting 5 seconds of "pretty picture"!
I also wanted to let you, specifically, know that I truly adore the comments you leave! (assuming you're the person with the same icon and similar username on AO3!) I do my best to respond to all comments, and I recognize and am so happy to see people who keep coming back. So thank you—for being one of the reasons why I can find the motivation to continue updating!
As of last night, I completed writing Chapter 63, which is the last chapter of the Early War era. Part of me was unsure I'd ever get there, but somehow I did! So again, thank you, to you and all my readers!
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Hey me again . I just finished reading the prime override and I have to say it's truly one of the best things I've read you managed to design such a wonderful story with compelling characters and a truly amazing and in depth world building that just draws me in every time I read it . I love the whole bond thing you have with the clones ( which really reminds me of the drift from pacific rim) . All in all please continue writing your works are some of the best I've ever seen and your art is so unique as well .
I'm so sorry for the late reply to this! And thank you so much for giving Override a chance, and I'm so incredibly humbled that you liked it so much!
For all the funky ship tags and other wtf tags it has going on, the Prime Override is really my love letter to clones through an in depth exploration of their culture, their history, and as many individuals as I can. I know I'm going about in in some weird ways, but there's logic to it I swear!
It was so nice to be able to re-read your comment today, on the 2nd anniversary of posting the fic! Thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement!
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