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🌸💗 PRINT FLASH SALE 💗🌸
I am currently taking pre orders for prints of any of my artworks from my instagram, twitter, and tumblr♡
this sale will only be going for the next 24 hours, so be quick if you would like something!~☆
>Small Prints< >Large Prints<
#shuake#sheith#makoharu#yoi#feel free to message me if you have any questions~#and check out my archive here on tumblr if youd like an easy way to see all my art#or go through the ship tags for whatever you like~~#i love making and sending out prints#but i just don't place orders very often bc its expensive; ;#but! now's a good time if you'd like to get one!#you could get a huge poster of elf goro if you wanted~~#or just a cute little postcard of one of my artworks#im planning on adding in little shuake cards as freebies for anyone who places an order <3#oh! my art tag is ''shitty'' if you're curious#my stuff#delete later
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LAUNCH GIVEAWAY - FREE ART TIME!
To celebrate the upcoming launch of my sensible freelance editing business and all-around senseless 'make more free art' lifestyle, I am giving away a whole bunch of my old print stock!
Included in the prize pool are some of my best-selling prints, and a lovely little glossy print edition of Under the Skin - a standalone experimental comic about love and decay.
Here's what you need to know:
8 winners will be chosen randomly from my Patreon followers - 3 Prize A winners and 5x Prize B winners.
Prize A winners will receive their choice of one large print (A3/poster size) and their choice of two small prints (A4/8"x10" size)
Prize B winners will receive a copy of the minicomic (A5) and all 7 postcards pictured (A6).
You do not have to purchase, like or reblog anything to enter. Obviously sharing is appreciated, but the only entry requirement is that you follow me on Patreon (the free tier counts!)
Depending how many people enter, I may add a new prize tier / increase the number of winners. This depends on numbers, I want the odds to be reasonable.
Winners will be chosen and announced on April 1st!
I've written about why I'm doing this here. Simply put: I'm tired of paywalling and ringfencing and worrying about how and why and when people are allowed to look at my art. I made it to be looked at. Nothing makes me happier than the thought of my work on someone's wall. So take it.
I'll be relaunching a paid storefront on my website later in April, where you will eventually be able to buy many of these prints alongside new work. However, I will also be launching a free shop this Wednesday that will host original copyright-free artwork of all kinds, including hi-res prints you can download and print off at home. Keep your eyes peeled! I'm dying to give you stuff!
Obligatory disclaimer: This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed by or affiliated with tumblr. You don't have to buy anything and you're not obligated to keep following me after the prize draw!
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#RAINBOWROAD for Rainbow Railroad Charity Drive Redux Pre-Orders are open!
I am so excited to announce that I am taking preorders for copies of the entire #RAINBOWROAD trilogy starting today! Preorders will be open starting today, February 14th (happy Valentine's!) to March 13th. It will close at 11:59 MST.
Please reblog so we can spread the news!!!!
>>PRE-ORDER HERE<<
This past summer, I did a print run of the first part of the series, Sit Tight, Take Hold and printed 94 copies for charity. Many readers asked for books 2 & 3, and I had many others express interest in a 3-part bundle who missed the first run. I've spent November, December, and January prepping the next parts for print, and I'm so excited to share them with you.
So, what is included?
Option for a 3-book bundle including:
Book 1: Sit Tight Take Hold
424 pages on matte 80lb text paper, color printing throughout. Cover has matte lamination in color. Dimensions of the book are 6x9x.93. Weight ~2 lbs
Art by Blairamok (See cover art above)
Book 2: How do you solve a problem like Ezira?, Accept a Little Spin, and Oh, there's a long way to go
408 pages on matte 80lb text paper, color printing throughout. Cover has matte lamination in color. Dimensions of the book are 6x9x.93. Weight ~2 lbs
Art by DustandHalos (cover art below)
Book 3: Fools Rush In and bonus content, 0-60 in 3.5
468 pages on matte 80lb text paper, color printing throughout. Cover has matte lamination in color. Dimensions of the book are 6x9x1.06. Weight ~2lbs
Art by Pyracantha (cover art below)
PDF copies of all three parts
Option for a 2-book bundle including only Parts 2 & 3 + PDF copies. This is an option for people who already own the first book.
Limited option for Part 1 discounted damaged books (15 available). This does not include PDFs. These books have cosmetic damage to the covers from shipping. Damage does no affect the print quality of the text.
Limited postcards that were extras from the first run (only 8 available)
Remaining Corvette Crowley posters, including A/B grade options, 12x18".
$20 PDFs of all stories that will include all the formatting of the print run and cover art! (Screenshots from the PDF proofs below)
Where are the proceeds going?
Rainbow Railroad is a North American-based organization that works globally to ensure safety and asylum to LGBTQIA+ individuals. This is the same charity we donated to last time, and it was a resounding success. Last time, we were able to fundraise $1,600!
Continued FAQ below:
How much does shipping cost?
For US residents, bundles will cost a flat fee of $10. They will ship via media mail through USPS.
For anyone outside of the US, shipping has been estimated through the cheapest carrier, either USPS or UPS minus $10. Unfortunately, I cannot control the cost of shipping, and I know that it is extraordinarily high. The bundles will weigh anywhere between 4-6+ lbs, which is expensive to ship.
Wait, I'm from the US. Why am I paying more for Media Mail?
While Media Mail typically would cost $4-6, the increased price is to offset international orders, whose shipping will cost anywhere from $20-60 with the discount. I hope you understand. I want to make this as accessible as I can without personally eating any costs. I am not making any profit off of this project.
When do orders ship?
Once pre-orders close on 3/13, I will order the books. There is typically a 2-4 week turn around for them to be printed and delivered to me. I then have to package and ship everything from my house. I hope to have everything shipped 1 month after pre-orders close, but I am only human.
US mail should take 2-8 days. International orders can take anywhere from 2-4 weeks, so please be patient.
If you are only ordering a damaged copy or postcards, both of which have already been printed, I will ship those out sooner.
When do I get my PDFs?
The PDFs and book proofs are the same, and they are 90% done. PDFs will be delivered via email by me once pre-orders close. I am still doing small changes and edits to make sure they are perfect!
If I order a bundle, do I also need to order PDFs if I want digital copies?
NO! PDFs are included with the bundles and only the bundles. You will not have access to them immediately, only once pre-orders close and I email them to you! Like I said, they are 90% finished, and I am stilling making small adjustments. (Kerning, I loathe you!)
What percent of proceeds are going to Rainbow Railroad?
100%! This excludes the cost of printing and shipping. For reference, the first print run cost $1,254 for the books alone, not including shipping and packaging supplies. Anything remaining goes directly to charity. I am not keeping any costs for labor or making any profit on this.
Wait, there's bonus content?
Remember when I said I was done after the trilogy? Well, @tut557 popped into the Discord server and said, 'Hey, what if they played Mario Kart...' This spiraled into a long conversation about all the different media promos they might do, and then I spent this past November writing another 50k of the #RAINBOWROAD universe for NaNoWriMo. This is also available on AO3, and I will be posting weekly while preorders are open. You can find it here.
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— wip it out!
thank you for tagging me @veryinnovative <33 kissing u
share whatever project you're working on right now, except 'project' is incredibly open ended. It could be fic, original writing, playlists, art, crafts, whatever it is you're doing!
Even though Regulus knows the house like the back of his hand by now, he’s never actually been inside James’ bedroom.
Then again, the room doesn’t feel particularly James-like. It is completely devoid of anything with personality. Bare walls and a stripped mattress, empty shelves covered only in dust.
Maybe James had died so long ago that any trace of his presence had long since been erased. The thought shoots through him, sharp and bright.
He wonders what James’ room would have looked like. Posters on the walls, maybe. Shelves full of things; glass beads and a wood-carved stag, notebooks and a camera, postcards that say Wish You Were Here in a tacky, loopy font. Photos with friends. A boy with a sweet smile. A girl with hair made of fire. And James himself, of course.
Regulus suddenly wishes he could show James his room. Wonders if James would like it. Like him. Because isn't that what his room is? The overflow of all the things he couldn't keep inside? He wonders if James would spend hours touching his collection of rings, the spines of his books, the jars of ink. He wonders if James would leave his fingerprint on the windows. Realizes James doesn't have fingerprints.
The thought makes makes his chest ache. This isn't news, after all. But still, the idea that James can't leave a mark anymore gnaws at him. Tears a little at his heart and makes him want to carve out the broken piece and offer it to James in return. As if to say, here, you left a mark on me. Do you see your teeth imprinted in my heart?
With a startling and sudden clarity, Regulus wishes he could learn molecular astrophysics. He would phase through time and space, tear it right in two and glue the pieces back together once he’s reached James. Feel the reverberations of James’ laughter in his fingertips. Learn the taste of his kiss and the smell of his breath and carry it with him all the way to the present. Rebuild James from memory.
np tags (and i think most people have already done this so sorry if you've been tagged before): @sugarsnappeases, @spacexcowgirl, @magswrite, @foursaints, @pretentiouswreckingball <33
#fic: sbftnhy#also known as ghost fic#i think i talked about this on here months ago#but i am revamping her a lil#mil's writing
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On Aesthetic Attraction
I want to share a little, potentially helpful, thought to those who find attraction hard to understand.
Specifically, aesthetic attraction.
I've identified as asexual for 8 years now, and one thing that would have made this part of my sexuality a little easier to understand was having a fuller understanding of 'Aesthetic attraction'. I experience very strong aesthetic attraction and I'll often refer to people as 'hot' based on finding them really aesthetically attractive. I noticed others saying the same thing. But most explanations of aesthetic attraction would say something like "It's like finding the sunset pretty or appreciating the beauty of a painting" and for some, that may be true and it's certainly the simplest way of putting it. But for me it was something more than that, it was a lot stronger than just finding someone pretty. But it certainly wasn't sexual attraction... or really anything else. It's confused me for a long time, and I've seen other ace and aro people also sharing this confusion.
But then I realised that I'd forgotten something that is so obvious. It's called aesthetic attraction for a reason. It's being attracted to someone because of their appearance.
I saw this tweet today and felt it explains it in the best way I've seen so far.
"attraction based on a visual appreciation or captivation of the physical appearance or allure of another person" credit: azejournal
I feel maybe we ace and aro people forget that aesthetic attraction can still, very much, be a strong attraction - a 'captivation' by someone's appearance or, as the tweet puts it, even the 'allure' of them. You don't want to do anything with them, other than, perhaps, just look at them, draw them, etc.
Let's go back to the 'appreciation of the beauty of a painting' idea and adapt it to the way in which I now think of aesthetic attraction, which I've found very useful.
So say you're in an art gallery and you're a fan of art, you appreciate the beauty of them. Or maybe you're not really a fan of a lot of art, just the occasional piece. Nevertheless, you might look at a piece and think "Oh that's a nice one, yes I like the colours, it's very pretty and well done." And then you move on after a minute, and by the end of the day you know you found it nice to look at, but you've not got an urge to see it again. That's what a lot of previous descriptions of aesthetic attraction feel like to me. You appreciate the beauty of it but there's no attraction.
However, what I feel is perhaps a more accurate metaphor for aesthetic attraction is this: You enter a gallery and in a room full of art, there's one that catches your eye. You're immediately drawn to it - there's just something about it that interests you, that captivates you. Maybe it's really beautiful to you, or maybe it's not pretty in the typical sense of the word, but there's something about its appearance that attracts you to it. You look at it for way longer than other pieces. You might take a sneaky second look at it before leaving. At the end of the day, it's the one you think about and maybe you buy a postcard or poster to put in your bedroom so you can look at it again, and again.
And that's what aesthetic attraction is, for me. It's aesthetic, not romantic, not platonic, certainly not sexual, but an attraction all the same. And that's something I think is key to remember when you're confused about the crazy world of attraction.
#just my thoughts#don't take it too seriously#but this helped me#asexuality#aromanticism#aesthetic attraction#aroace
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but first, someone asked for a tour of the skz merch
(which is below the manga hall of fame) (i have a different manga bookshelf in the corner)
there isn’t much to explain and I have to reorganize it bc why not?
Shelf 1
she is a mess and mostly a catch all shelf. but i have my unofficial dwaekki, jinret (with a rifle), wolfchan, puppym, bbokari skzoos, official puppym keychain head & pilot skzoo, chan and seungmin's unit mini poster from maxident that i pulled, and a picture of sengmin in a dog frame that says "top dog"
behind them i have all of the mini albums, most of the japanese mini albums, my card boz that has stickers that i decorated with skz unofficial stickers, nemo rockstar, and all of the seungmin digipacks (i had beef with Seungmin personally trying to find his rockstar and oddinary digis)
and then, also on that shelf: felix and seungmin's dicon photo books (lix's came with the entire binder kid i got for graduation and i happend to find seung's book at the local kpop store by chance for $10 usd), the photo cards from seungmin's nylon magazine, 2 sleeves from my first ever cup sleeve event, and an edit that someone made from stay week that i printed out
Shelf 2
my leftover shelf kinda. it's less clutter than shelf 1, that's for sure. it has my unofficial foxi.ny, leebit, and han quokka skzoos, two smiling seungmin "photocards" that i got from a follower during a trade as a freebie because i was complaining about the lack of sminling seungmin pcs (pre seungmin bias days), and my signed seungmin postcard from rockstar
behind them, i have all of skz studio albums both korean and japanese, my light stick, and all 6 of my pc binders (i know, i know)
and then i also have some of my seasons greetings merch that i'm trying to figure out where to put them, my seungmin maxident sticker that is not in it's assigned spot for some reason, and pilot puppym's tag that i can't part with for some reason
these four are my main binders. the back on and clear one on the shelf that aren't pictured are my ot8 and unit card binders. seungmin has his own binder bc bias privilege and i only collect seungmin for now. hyunlix share a binder bc...hyunlix (i don't collect but their cards are so pretty that i can't part with them). chan, lino, and changbin are in the hyunglin binder and hanji & innie are in the maknae line binder. i also have a small binder for duplicates for trades that lives on this shelf
(if you want to a binder tour or want to see a specific card lmk, there's also this ask game)
Non-Shelf Stuff
i have both (i think there's only 2) of seungmin's solo covers framed and a rave version of the mask from lalalala m/v that i think i'm going to used to replace the gallery wall in pic 3 (it's time)
my little seungmin grid that lives behind my monitor/next to my bed with pics i printed myself, an art print i got myself for christmas, one of me seungmin duplicates from rockstar (aka my only seungmin pc pull from that entire era), and my seungmin keychain which is a couple keychain that i have with my wife (hehe)
by my bed on my game strategy whiteboard i have these two pics of seungmin that i printed that keep me calm when i'm in my felix era (sucking ass at games), and a pochacco and pompompurin mini posters (keroppi is also there)
on my fan i have the air freshner from seasons greetings tapped and on my printer i have the calendar
and finally, behind my mirror i have my little skz poster wall that i made when i first became a stay and got this bookshelf. i'm going to change it though because maknae line gets covered by the mirror. i think i'm going to use the mini posters from seasons greeting there and then do something with the extra space. but it's the first thing i see when i walk in and out of my room, my boys 💛
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TGCF Special International Edition (Simplified Chinese) Set
I decided to get this set as I was already ordering Silent Reading and so I wanted to share some pics of what all the set includes :3c
I love the art and theme-ing of each volume as one of the three realms and while I can't read it (who knows maybe this'll inspire me to learn another new language) I am still quite pleased with this set.
So the part that wraps around the books has a little magnet to keep it shut but you can unfold it and see inside!
The book marked "above" for the heavenly realm -- and is the first volume of the set.
the book marked "middle / in between" for the mortal realm and is the second volume in the set.
finally the book marked "below" for the underworld / hell and is the third / final volume of the set.
the painted edges of the pages are outstandingly gorgeous. this cute little pouch had all the extra goodies in it.
teeny stickers and these cool holographic ... I'm not sure if they're bookmarks? the paper is rather thick and firm so I'm not sure if they would be good to use for that or not.
postcards! they're all pretty but I do wonder how they chose which ones to print and which size to print them. Like why not have ALL the covers and box set cover as postcards instead of just two of them?
I adore these and they are closer to what I would think of as a bookmark thickness. However with the diecut edges I'd be worried the little bits would get smushed or bent if not careful when using.
more pretty little art prints! I especially like the ones with a copper colored foil on them. The paper texture for all but the two shadowy hualian prints are a nice textured paper as well.
more stickers and some papercrafts
there's this long foldout poster that's quite lovely and the back of it has the same lineart in a different composition for a landscape orientation.
I like the art in this set so much it's really very tempting to get a lot of it framed. Like the dust jackets especially are just *flails hands around because I don't have the words*
#ila reads#danmei#danmei reading#danmei webnovels#tgcf#tian guan ci fu#heaven official's blessing#hualian#xie lian#hua cheng#tgcf merch
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The Saint Catherines Fundraiser, Pub Quiz and Open Mic Night
After the location recce, we were having an issue as a group with our funding. We had much less than we expected to have and there was little time remaining until our shoot and we knew we needed more money than we had to make the film. So despite Orla's incredible efforts and organisation expertise the money just wasn't coming to the extent that we had planned for on our crowdfunder.
We talked as a group and after attending Oj Tato's fundraiser Katie and I were keen to organise a fundraiser of our own. This was something we had both wanted previously but were unsure if we would have the time to do it, but seeing Oj Tato's night we felt inspired to do it. Orla and Jack as our co-producers amongst so many other roles, on different films as well, had so many things on their plate that it made sense for us to help out extra and make the fundraiser happen so that they had something less to worry about and think about. I took this role as lead organiser, so to say because as DOP, Katie still had more to do than I did in preproduction.
Upon Katie's suggestion of getting in touch with The Three Sisters and them not replying to her email, I took matters further and emailed them as well as called them immediately after and thus secured the venue, which we could hire for free as students and solidified our fundriaser's timeframe and an estimated capacity for the event.
I then put together a running order which was as follows:
Doors Open: 7pm
Start: 8pm Katie and Orla introduce the project
Screen Proof of Concept (Test Shoot): 8:10pm
Talks by Charities: 8:20pm ⁃ Sexpression and Sex on Campus
Pub Quiz: 9pm-10:30pm ⁃ Rounds: 1) Film and TV, 2) Women in History, 3) Music and 4) Physical Challenge
Open Mic: 10:30pm ⁃ Open to all to participate
End/Doors Close: 00:00
I also made an Eventbrite and created an account on Square: Point for Sale, so that we could sell tickets, merch and artwork at the door.
Here is what the Eventbrite looked like:
The photo right above this is the beautiful poster that Katie designed for the event which we posted on our Instagram and Eventbrite page.
Here is the link to the Eventbrite (It looks a bit different now because the event has happened and Eventbrite does not show all the information after the event):
Katie and I had an art session before the event where we created paintings, postcards and t-shirts with Saint Catherines written on them underneath a print of the view from Saint Catherines onto the hills that overlook Loch Fyne. These were our prize products and they required some planning to figure out how to execute them and they took hours to make. But we were super happy with the results.
On the night we started off with Orla and Katie introducing the project (their love child as I secretly call it). We then screened our test shoot as our proof of concept to show everyone who was attending what the film would be about.
Making a film on such a delicate and important topic as sexual assault we all agreed it would be great for us to have some charities there to speak to our audience and show other projects that are currently making a difference and fighting against sexual assault in society and trying to make the world a better place. I organised for two student-led charities to speak at the event. These were Sexpression and Sex on Campus, both are run by Edinburgh University students and support a cause that we at Saint Catherines thoroughly support as well. Sexpression is a sex educator group that is based at universities UK-wide where students go to schools and teach sex education to pupils from ages 11 to 18. I am part of this group outside of uni and can confirm that it is run and handled with great professionalism and care for young people's safety and ensuring that they feel more comfortable moving forward through their youth and into young adult life. Sex on Campus was a more similar and well-paired cause to our project as it is battling rape culture in universities, especially at Edinburgh University. Sex on Campus is even affiliated with our film which felt like a very special backing to have which we are honoured to have and very grateful for. I'm afraid we were unable to have Sexpression's affiliation as they are such a big charity and their affiliation would have meant that they would have been involved in the edit of the film as well.
Here are some photos of Sexpression and Sex on Campus giving talks at the fundraiser:
I also created a pub quiz with help from Katie on a few sections and this was the absolute hit. Or at least I had so much fun making it and hosting it as well. We, of course, had a film and television round, a women's history round (because of our feminist crew and project), a music round and as inspired by James Fox himself we had a physical challenge round, where we had participants suck and lift skittles with straws from one plate onto another. What I really enjoyed about this was trying to make it into a quiz that was doable for a different audience to your typical quiz goer, offering music and film choices that I would mostly actually be able to get myself, when usually I can only offer a couple of answers correctly. I tried to put in a little something for everyone, but of course, you can't make everyone happy. My favourite part was the physical challenge because it completely changed the dynamic and the atmosphere in the room.
Here are some photos from the quiz, including Katie and I hosting, the physical challenge set up and people at their quizing tables:
At the end of the night, Katie hosted an open mic night which was really special as well. That girl can sing! No, really her voice is beautiful and actually features in both soundtracks of Saint Catherines and Where Currents Meet.
The fundraiser was a success and helped us with getting together some substantial money for our film. Most importantly though it was a great time and felt very rewarding. It reminded me why I am on a project like this trying to support and further a cause I believe in so strongly.
Funnily enough a couple of days after the fundraiser we had a massive donation from an anonymous donor who turned out to be a rich man Orla had met at a bar a month earlier. We all joked about it, but this just happened to be someone who often puts money into different projects and we were lucky. And even though we might not have needed to do the fundraiser if we had known he would donate, I am still so happy to have done it. It showed me that I can organise events to a level that I am very happy with and can be organised when I put my mind to it.
We made just under £300 at the fundraiser which was nice to add to our overall budget. I will be organising more events soon because I enjoyed it so much so stay tuned.
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Finnish Ginga Nagareboshi Gin and Urumi/PurePlastic merchandise🐶
Something interesting about the Japanese series “Sliver Fang” or “Ginga Nagareboshi Gin” is that in it somehow got really popular in Finland and the North in general, but for Finland it got many Finnish translation releases,
and to this day it’s very well loved and known there to my knowledge, So it wouldn’t be so farfetched for merchandise to be made and sold there,
Such as:
PurePlastic’s/Urumi’s plush line, these plush were made to release in Finland, they could also be shipped to other Scandinavian countries and South Korea, making them a little hard to find, though some characters are easier to find them others, there still pretty well loved even popular around the Ginga fandom and again since they had a county exclusive release there a bit hard to find along with being very wanted making them pretty pricey, but there high quality makes the item the worth the price for many.
Tags (two different known swing tags, green is the first release of a line of classic characters that appear in the 80s anime, and the blue tag is the line of more modern characters that appear in the 2000s anime and even in comics.)
Plush of both lines
Classic (2020)
(Puppy Gin, older Gin, older Riki, John, Akame, and kurojaki)
Modern (unknown)
(Weed, Yukimura, Tesshin, Jerome, George, Hougen, Kyoshiro, Mel)
There have also been one more plush and even merchandise made by them, some of this merchandise (not plush) would come free with purchased item/items or only with specific items or circumstances not just with any item, such as:
Akakabuto plush (2023)
Keychains (2020-2023, All classic and modern characters along with The First Wars spin-off, some single character keychains (not chibi, nor “The First Wars” spin-off, nor art and character fighting move keychains) coming as free items for preordering the plushies)
Shirts (“Bear dogs” 2023, classic and modern, “Legends” 2023, classic characters,) Bags (shoulder bag 2021, classic and modern characters, shopping bag 2021, modern characters, The First Wars spin-off bag 2021, was free with certain orders for a limited time, modern characters,) badges (Gin and weed 2021, Riki and Yukimura 2021, John and Andy 2021, Ken and Kagetora 2021, Orion and Sirius 2021, Rigel and Bella 2021, two “Strive For Justice” Ukraine fundraising badges 2022, classic and modern characters) stickers (Weed 2020, was a free gift in some Urumi orders, Bella 2020, was given as a free preorder bonus with “Sunset” or “Wardogs” cups/mugs, classic and modern characters) magnets (weed family and allies 2020, Gin 2020, John 2020, GB 2020, Orion 2020, classic and modern characters) Fidget Spinner (Gin 2023, was given as a free preorder bonus with Akakabuto plush, classic character) Mask (2020, translation from Finnish is "Remember to social distance!" or "stay apart," characters are Orion, Sirius, Rigel other characters I can’t Identify, modern characters) Umbrella (date unknown, The First Wars spin-off characters on it, modern characters) Buckets (2020, Given out for the opening of a new Urumi shop, The First Wars spin-off characters on them, modern characters) Cups (“Legends” mug 2020, classic characters, “Gin, Shiro and Riki” mug 2020, classic characters, Sunset mug 2020, modern characters, Wardogs mug 2020, classic and modern characters, “Monsoon And Brothers” mug 2020, modern characters,) Postcards (“Year of the Boar“ The First Wars spin-off card 2020, another The First Wars card 2019 this time of the main series instead of spin-off,) and Posters (some of these images have appeared in other merchandise, like “Northern Lights” 2016 (modern and classic characters) art which appeared on a keychain (2020) with the same name as the art piece but without the top words on Keychain, “The Legend” poster 2016 (classic characters) it’s art appearing in Keychain (2020) with the same name, Sunset poster 2017 (modern characters) which it’s art has appeared on a mug (2020) of again the same name, not all art got this treatment only appearing as posters it seems, like, “Thoughts” poster 2016, watercolor poster 2017, “Next Generation” poster 2016 (modern and classic characters) (though similar it’s a different item and it’s not to be mistaken for Northern Lights 2016 art,) “Mother And Son” poster 2017 (modern and classic characters), “Kyoshiro Challenge” poster 2016, “Summer Day” poster (date unknown,) “Run” poster 2017, “Rest” poster 2017, “Monster In Paradise” poster 2016.)
Honestly it’s clear to see how much Finland loves this series, Urumi definitely has a large category for any Ginga fan, though the plushies are still the most well loved, it’s still interesting to take a look at other items as well.
Thanks to the GingaMerch website for all this information, without you this merchandise wouldn’t be archived and out there for collectors to see, again thanks to them for all this important information, if your a Ginga fan or just interested for whatever reason, go check them out, there amazing!
(LINK IS SAFE)
#ginga#gin#ginga nagareboshi gin#ginga densetsu weed#orion#ginga orion#the last wars#ginga the last wars#ginga densetsu weed orion#ginga weed#urumi#pureplastic#Finland#finnish#north#scandinavia#northen#northen countries#80s#2000s#2010s#2020s#plush#plushie#dog plush#keychain#pin badge#stickers#character posters#character postcards
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one question i get a lot when i mention being an art historian is "oh! what's your favorite painting/artist/art movement?" and i do appreciate the question! it's an understandable one and a good way to make small talk. but i do find it a little funny because, for me, the venn diagram of "art i like to study/write about" and "art i would hang on my wall" does.....not have much overlap lol
for example my most recent Long Paper was on botticelli's mystic nativity (1500, now at the national gallery in london) which is a FASCINATING (to me.) painting to read and write about but i wouldn't buy a print of it, either.
now part of this is simply because i'm jewish and wouldn't want a nativity painting in my house lol, but it's also just, aesthetically, not for me from a decorative standpoint. which isn't to say this applies to all of botticelli's works lmao, i own a poster print of birth of venus and a few postcards i bought at the uffizi (and if i had space for them, there are other paintings of his i would buy posters of).
anyway. i like reading and writing about the italian renaissance but, aesthetically, it's generally not my favorite lol
possibly the one art movement where there IS significant overlap between academic and aesthetic interest is romanticism but most ppl trying to make small talk probably don't wanna hear about the connections between caspar david friedrich's art and the nazis lmao
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🎀🎀🎀 Yu-Gi-Oh! Items 🎀🎀🎀
@ellenchain is doing a final sale on her items! This is the last chance to get these goodies ❤️ I can highly recommend grabbing the Doujinshi, if you like Prideshipping (or want some good smut). It is incredibly well drawn and has a funny little twist to the plot. 😏
If you don’t have the chance to grab anything, it would be great if you could help spreading the message, so the items can find a nice new home and won’t have to get thrown away 😌❤️ Thank you for your help!
There are many other items as well, take a look:
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Edit: A few Postcards & Posters are still available; and you can get the Doujinshis and some nsfw art to downlaod on gumroad ✨
#yugioh#Seto Kaiba#Atem#Yami Yugi#DSOD#dark side of dimensions#Prideshipping#Thiefshipping#yugioh doujinshi#calling the community for help please ❤️
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orchid, sage, edelweiss, nutmeg!
Thank you beloved mutual 😊
orchid ⇢ what’s a song you consider to be perfect?
Ooh, lots, but one I've been focused on lately is '39 by Queen. I think there's this beautiful gut-punch simplicity to the story, and the Freddie backing vocals that go crazy and get all tinny for the last chorus are the perfect little layer to really sell it.
sage ⇢ what ‘medium’ of art (poetry, music, fiction, paintings, statues etc.) is the most touching to you? why do you think that is?
This is a tough one!! I think maybe music. So much of the craft there is beyond me, like I know Some Stuff about music but not enough to make it myself or often even describe what I like about a song, it seems like witchcraft to me – but then there’s also elements that I can kind of extrapolate from writing (lyricism, telling a story over time). So, it lights up parts of my brain that I don’t use often and ones that I do all while Sounding Pretty, and that’s a satisfying combination.
edelweiss ⇢ how’d you think of your url/username? what’s it associated with to you?
It's a riff on "pale blue dot," from the Carl Sagan speech. The title comes from what the Earth looks like in a picture taken by the Voyager spacecraft from obscenely far away. I really love it because it's about the perspective this grants, how small the things people kill each other over really are -- and it urges kindness and unity instead of bitter nihilism. Have NOT been the same since I first heard it at 14. Anyway "palebluedot" was taken, so.
nutmeg ⇢ how’s your room/home decorated? do you have a specific theme or style going on?
Yes!! Six and I think a lot about how we decorate. We have this great exposed brick wall in our apartment, so we play off of that with red appliances in the kitchen and brown leather and green fabric in the living room. The bathroom came with these cute '70s pale blue fixtures, so we match the hand soap, toothbrush holder, etc. to that.
We have a lot of art on the walls in the living room (HUGE fuck-off Velvet Goldmine poster, a favorite poem, painting of David Bowie flanked by decorative shelves where we keep our dice bags, things of this nature.) We also have a tradition of getting a postcard together whenever we go on a little trip, and we put all of those up on the wall by our key hooks. The other walls are typical landlord white, but rich blue and white is one of my favorite color combinations, so I fill my room with blue, sometimes with a subtle nautical tilt. Really love this place and am very proud of it and want to kill my landlord with a hammer for making the building hostile to human life.
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Handmade Poster crafting
Banners, Billboard, signboard, postcard, infographic poster, etc., A poster can be grouped into many kind. In this blog, it is all about how to do posters especially in an old school art style.
Following will be some of the posters and postcard that I’ve designed and painted (with the medium of tools employed).
Movie posters
Dune (2021)
This is a scene from the movie dune that I got inspired and added few more important elements like sand dunes with the the god worm with a warrior on top looking at the Blue eyes of Arrakis. The colours were inspired from the movie itself, keeping it minimal and simple here with the soft pastels of Blue and Beige with deep notes of Black.
Combination of Poster colours and Gouache has been used to attain perfect shade.
Joker
Since Joker is one of my most favourite DC movies, I decided to make a poster on it. This is the location where Arthur comes in terms with his harsh reality and lapses out. The silhouette of Joker with Arthur Fleck inside in the streets of New York is what you’re seeing.
Crayons and poster colour paint has been used.
Shining
Shining by Stanley Kubrick is one of the most iconic films that didn’t fail to amuse many audience. This minimalist painting using simple tones was an insipid action from the actual scene itself. The text on the wall that says ‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’ was edited out on photoshop for more smooth output.
Poster colour paint has been used.
Magazine cover
This is a totally fictional magazine cover that was inspired on a photograph of an Asian model, the thought of what it’d have looked if a Black woman dressed in a contrasting glittery dress led me to this cover inspiration. Dark pastels has been employed here to complement the amount of gold and skin tone of the model.
Gouache paint medium is used for smooth texture.
Another fictional magazine cover. A simple line art based cover of a figurine inspired by the Halloween season.
Black and red stick pen has been used.
Infographic/awareness poster(cards)
Inspiration : Dubai expo 2022
This was a pan world event that was Happening in UAE which led the attention of world market. I made a boho (bohemian) style infographic poster since I felt that style is a common practice. The dominant brown is to indicate that Dubai is more of desert. Adding Formal and calligraphical fonts add more dimension to the text.
Poster colour paint has been used.
Just when BLM was going on and Covid-19’s birth triggered Asian hate I wanted to do a bright awareness poster and this is the result .
Poster colour paint is used
A postcard that gives an awareness on Smoking causes cancer.
You might feel that your art isn’t good enough but keep trying and it’ll all be worth it. Try every style so that you can figure what style suits you. If not, create your own style ;) it’s never too late.
Poster colours and graphite for Greys is used.
I hope these little story from artist helped you get an idea on how ideas are born ^^
Thank you for reading my blog.
Do not copy or use any of these artworks without permission of the owner (me)
#art guide#art blog#artists on tumblr#art#artwork#poster#design#poster design#graphic design#painting#italian art#my art#graphic art
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You are always talking about merch so i wanted to know what merch do you have exactly? Sorry if this sounds too intrusive
Dw it’s oks! I like to show off my humble collections when I have the chance uwu
First I’ll go with my CDs since it what I collect more first one being the Smile limited edition album which comes in a nice little box, brings pretty MV postcards and a tarot card
Next is the Kaikai Kitan/Ao no Waltz jjk edition album which comes with an extra CD with the live version of Leo and forbidden MVs that haven’t been released (tho I guess this one shouldn’t count as part of the collection since I’m on the process of selling it hmm). Then we have the Kaizin album it’s the regular edition so it doesn’t bring anything like the other editions BUT it brings a nice poster (since I preordered it) I just have to buy a frame for it
Next we have the InT CD people refused to believe existed and a BluRay with the live versions of Dramaturgy, Kaikai Kitan and Inochi no Tabekata, being honest with you I forgot how I got these
Then comes the Sou albums Utopia and Shinsou Kara. Utopia brings a mini card with Sou’s old avatar and a sticker of the Mr. Fixer MV, Shinsou Kara brings the Sou hugging eel card I love so much
Moving on with books! I have the Zingai artbook which has concept art and storyboards of some MVs as well pretty art related to songs and a CD with lounge versions of some songs. The Adam by Eve artbook has interviews I can’t read and concept art for Bouto and Don’t Replay the Boredom
Poster…I framed it
Last but no least my army of plushies, the boys +hito and more Sou
I also have another Sou album on the way!
Sorry if this was too long I finally saw an opportunity to show off my pride and joy tee hee
#answered ask#i love showing off merch ngl#tho you need to know all my money went down the drain for this
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I absolutely do not disagree that we should boycott anything further from JKR - anything Harry Potter related, anything else she brings out, anything that makes her money etc. I do not disagree that a thriving fandom sends the message that the work is still popular, that people are still interested. But I have slightly conflicting thoughts when it comes down to the nitty gritty regarding fan creations and already owned items. This is not what I wanted to say with this post.
I turned 21 last year. When I was 10 I got into Harry Potter. I loved it. I saw the last film in the cinema with my mum and it’s one of the few cinema trips I remember vividly (partially because I was 11 and had it in my head that I would be kicked out for watching a film rated 12. My parents were strict about that). For my 12th birthday we went to the studio tour in Watford. I was obsessed with Harry Potter. I read all the books multiple times, I watched and rewatched the films. I had a few quiz question unofficial books. I bought Lego sets. I did a talk on Harry Potter for a children’s public speaking competition. I bought board games and jigsaw puzzles. I started to make my own trivia game with Harry Potter facts. My eleventh birthday was on a Tuesday - so was Harry’s. I gave up talking about Harry Potter for Lent one year (and reading/watching it for a full year). I visited the House of MinaLima in London and saw the art they’d done. I visited the studio tour in Watford a second time.
Then it became known that J.K. Rowling was transphobic. I couldn't look at the books without feeling sick to my stomach. Despite one of her short stories being exactly what I wanted for a short story anthology exercise for class I refused to include it on principal. I removed the little Slytherin pin I had on my denim jacket. I recently took down a poster I had from the Half Blood Prince. It was about the size of two postcards and unfolded from a activity set I got years ago. I could barely see it most of the time because my nonbinary flag covered it. I stopped mentioning Harry Potter. I couldn't.
As a gift for my 21st birthday my parents got me the first Harry Potter book illustrated by MinaLima. A book I love(d), art I admired. For my 19th I had a Gryffindor cake. My parents know what JKR has said. They know she’s transphobic. They know I am transgender. I love MinaLima’s art. Looking at their illustrations is exciting and interesting and I enjoy it. But I also feel just a little bit sick to my stomach.
How do you explain to people who don’t believe JKR is saying anything particularly incorrect that she doesn’t want me alive? How do you explain that I want nothing to do with something that once brought me so much joy? How do I explain that my silence is no longer a type of penance, that I choose not to speak because I simply do not care what that woman says? How do I tell my parents that their daughter is no more and they cannot make me be the person I used to be?
#clearing out the depths of my drafts and found this#not really sure what i actually did want to say with it because i feel like i went off plan mid-rant#(i kept the minalima book. i read it. i enjoyed it. i will not be buying any further HP ones they release.)#since writing this post i also moved the HP book out of my bedroom and into my brothers (to make room on my shelves)#my own post#harry potter
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I like to imagine what an alien/post post apocalypse archaeologist would think if they found my room.
Long post warning. Also run on sentence warning.
Like let’s assume my room is somehow magically preserved so that everything is exactly the way it is right now but like. Maybe a bit aged from time.
My bookshelves are not mainly used for books. The books are part of the decor set up. Different shelves have different themes, like my marvel shelf with all my funky pops and my handful of action figures from when I was obsessed with marvel. Or my animal shelf with my warrior cats and similar animal protagonist series books are kept along side my corresponding animal toys/figures/models(the wolves, the dogs, the cats, the bears). And then there’s the Monsters Inc shelf. There’s also the color specific ones like my white blue and purple shelf or the red shelf or the yellow and black and white shelf. And the “oh shit I have a lot of notebooks and journals I guess these can have their own shelf and I’ll fill the rest of the space with some random decor” shelf.
But that’s just the book shelves. My desk has its own little shelf organizer on it but instead of supplies it’s also just a collection of things. Little plushy keychains and my 3 furbies and my special steve Irwin funky pop.
And my walls. My goal is to have all my walls covered in things. If it can be put up with poster putty I’ll put it on my wall. There’s tickets and posters and postcards and pictures and wax seals and certificates from summer camps and art from loved ones and professional artists and magnets and pearler bead things and convention badges and trading cards and confetti and magnets and broken jewelry charms and an origami heart pouch filled with fortune cookie fortunes and a giant fat head brand golden retriever decal and those plastic glow in the dark stars/planets/comets/etc and the sticker glow in the dark stars/planets/comets/etc and a 3d moon lamp that cycles through the phases of the moon and a cinnamon witches broom and my high school graduation cap and pressed pennies and the thank you cards and drawings I got when I worked at a summer camp and a Polaroid of two children no one in my family recognizes and a Chuck E. Cheese token.
And then the medicine cabinet turned altar with the top dedicated to Bird Mom and then half the top inner shelf is dedicated to her as well and the other half of that shelf is for Loki and then the next shelf down is split between Dionysus and Aphrodite(and Athena is on top of the book shelf next to the medicine cabinet because she doesn’t want to share and also is very picky about what I’m allowed to dedicate to her so she has the least amount of stuff). Also an entire shelf of that book case is dedicated to Bird Mom and my deceased pets and family members.
And because the people who had this house before us were strange in different ways than we are there’s a mount on the ceiling that used to hold up a boxing bag but now it has a magnetic fake succulent in a little ceramic pot and stuffed animal called a Purrmaid that is a combination of an Angora cat and a jellyfish. It also has a crocheted vine with purple and yellow flowers(one is red and yellow but only the one) that connects to the curtain rod and a hook on the wall and goes over the mirror too which is on the wall above the desk. And the mirror has stickers and decals on it but also sticky notes to remind me of random things. Under the vine and over the mirror there’s a string of felt papel picado(spelling?) and then there’s my high school graduation cord connecting the leftmost wall hook above the mirror to the rightmost wall hook above the wall with the door(where the air vent juts out over the top of the bookshelf) and there’s the pompom spider Halloween decoration that’s hanging on that. There’s also two tiny versions of the jellyfish cat in different colors and three Christmas tree ornaments hanging on the hooks supporting it. One ornament is a box of original flavor cheezits and one is a peacock feather eye in a glass casing and a blue and purple and pink gradient acrylic deer with a constellation type pattern on it. The wooden zebra mask that we found at good will is hanging from the hook on the right most part of the wall where the stupid shallow closet juts out. On the wall is also a collection of paper dolls of the various drag queens who have won Ru Paul’s Drag Race (up to season 10 I think?). And then in the closet one of the shelves has all the build a bear my little pony friendship is magic characters I have. And because the closet is so tiny the drawers that contain all the clothes I don’t hang up are actually next to the closet and on top of one of the stacks is a flat surface so of course that’s covered in trinkets and tchotchkes. And then of course there’s the massive pile of stuffed animals wedged into the corner against the wall. It’s between the foot of my bed and the right hand side of my desk(the desk I’ve had since the previous house we lived in, the desk I’ve had since third grade, the desk covered in stickers and unused return labels and duct tape scraps and marker stains and glitter glue and candle wax). Some of them are from media I care about and some are just cute designs and some are based on real creatures(both extant and extinct) and some even have visible repairs.
Like. What would they think of me? Would they be able to tell what was a dedicated altar for spiritual purposes and what was just a collection of items that represent my interests and aesthetics? Would they be able to tell what on my wall was selected for its emotional significance and what was just pretty or perfect to fill that one little spot? Would my sense of humor creep through? Would they be able to tell how much I love animals and zoos? Would they find all the stains ground in to the carpets, the cat fur that clings to most surfaces no matter how often I manage to vacuum, the dirt and grim that finds it’s way into hard to reach places?
Would they catalog my room and leave it as is? Take all its little pieces and separate them by categories and put them in storage? Would they take my soul made manifest in the little living space I can somewhat control and shatter it eternally or tend to it lovingly as they exhibited it for countless onlookers to come and learn about what life was like in my time?
I have a little journal I keep on the windowsill next to my bed. It’s my joy journal. Each day I try to write in it at least three things that I did/saw/heard/ate/etc that brought me joy. But on occasion, when something really big has happened and I just need to process it, I’ll write about it. I even went back and added an intro and a symbol key so that if some future historian comes across it they can learn more about me! I told them my name and pronouns and diagnoses at the time I wrote the note. I also told them about where I was born and raised and where I was going to college at the time and what I was studying and why. I apologized for how atrocious my handwriting is.
(I also threatened to haunt them if they intentionally misgender me)
I hope that they would see how much my little hoard of nonsense meant to me. And that even if they dismantled it or left it alone entirely that someone somewhere would find out about me and think “wow this is so similar to how I live my life, even though our existences are so separated by time and space we do the same things.”
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