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I took a look at old sketches to try to work on something to distract myself… this one I started when Gerome arrived to Askr (to FEHeroes) through the Tempest Trials. Kinda makes sense that he won’t come by being summoned like most other heroes lol…

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Trueblade Mia from Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn! This was a doodle for my valentine :) Also, did you know all the Greil Mercenaries are my beloved daughters & sons! 

Ok as I promised, I’ll be posting some of my old art! Valentine’s Day is coming soon so why not share this piece I got commissioned to make in 2015! Chie Satonaka and Yosuke Hanamura from Persona 4!

My fanarts of Mina from Genso Suikoden through the years!

Top sketch is from 2017, second to the left is from 2013 and it was meant to imitate the last one, which early teenager me drew... in 1998! It’s one of my oldest drawings that I’ve managed to keep, ha ha! 

I like showing people my old art, in special to fellow artists, because we all have days when we feel like no matter how much we try, others are just more talented, others can draw faster and better... in special now that social media is so prominent and “we consume more images per lifetime, per day, and even per minute than any culture before us.” so it often feels like we can’t provide quickly enough and like the public won’t appreciate how much time and effort we put on our creations.

But listen, we all started somewhere and I am absolutely not ashamed of any old drawings that younger me put a lot of work on. Old works are early steps in my path as an artist! Be self-critical, work hard but don’t be unnecessarily harsh on yourself... there are already too many other people ready to shit on you over every little thing, pal!

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Some more Fire Emblem art! Legendary Tiki is absolutely adorable and absolutely destructive I love her T w T I really wanted to have a print of her, precious daughter, cinnamon dragon roll *sobs*

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I took a look at old sketches to try to work on something to distract myself… this one I started when Gerome arrived to Askr (to FEHeroes) through the Tempest Trials. Kinda makes sense that he won’t come by being summoned like most other heroes lol…

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Old drawings reuploaded to my new art blog! They are Ryoji, Fuuka and Jin from Persona 3. Jin was dedicated to my friend @jinandtakaya ha ha

Gaming with 1 hand

Look I love Pokemon Sun/Moon and Pokemon Sword/Shield for a few reasons dear to me but yes there are MANY objective reasons to criticize them, in special SwSh being so obviously super half baked.

And yet, out of ALL the reasonable complaints we could make, a lot of people choose to criticize the “casual controls” feature? “These games are so easy and stupid you can play with 1 hand lololol” they said about these games.

Do people not realize these are important features that make games accessible to many of us? Needless to say, not all games need to be action filled in real time with ass complex controls that require a gaming keyboard for competing. And not all players have to aim for that experience, it has nothing to do with being disabled. Of course, this also ties to the whole “haha casual players and girl gamers and their Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing” thing going on in a certain sector of the gaming community but that’s another talk for another day.

Gaming has always been a really big part of my life, since I was 7 and my siblings and me got a Nintendo back in the 90′s. When I started to have problems with my arm’s tendons and muscles on top of my other health issues, I started to play Turn-based JRPGs very exclusively, and other “slow games” because I couldn’t deal with most other games anymore. The part of me that’s still a hardcore Megaman fan cries herself to sleep some days becasue of that. I replayed Megaman X Command Mission many times because, even if it’s probably the worst Megaman X game (or...maybe X7 is worse lmao) it’s the only turn-based rpg Megaman game, and therefore mostly the only Megaman I can play anymore. Many years ago, when I heard they were making a turn-tased Megaman X game, I couldn’t believe it! I was so happy! I can finally play Megaman again! And yes it was only a half-decent game but I get to play as X and Zero again shut up about Megaman games having to be terribly difficult and punishing as the first generation or therefore they are not good ugh

And yes it was a big selling point for me knowing Sun/Moon and Sword/Shield had a “casual controls” feature that yes, allows me to mostly play with my left hand and yes, this helps me enjoy my life a little more.

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Some Fire Emblem memes... This is always one scary chapter but isn't it really cute how Ranulf and Ike became bestfriends in the span of like 2 days

Edo period women obi knots, fantastic reference chart by Edo lover Nadeshico Rin.

You can see here several obi musubi favored by city women, of all class and status. Novelty knots were a fashion statement, often lauched by star onnagata kabuki actors, and spread by iki fashionistas such as geisha.

For top to bottom, left to right, you can see here:

Chidori musubi (plover knot) ちどり結び

Shôryû musubi (little dragon knot) 小龍結び

Kichiya musubi (Kichiya knot) 吉弥 結び - named after onnagata actor Uemura Kichiya I in Genroku period, who single handedly launched a new type of knots and obi fashion

Koman musubi (Koman knot) 小万結び - named after a kabuki character in play Yakko no Koman

Nagoya obi (Nagoya belt) 名古屋帯 - Azuchi Momoyama/Early Edo era silk kumihimo tied in butterfly knot

Yanoji musubi (arrow knot) 矢の字結び - created by onnagata actor Segawa Kikunojo II. Also found under the name tateya musubi 立て矢結び (standing arrow knot)

Yoshio musubi (Yoshio knot) よしお結び

Mizuki musubi (Mizuki knot) 水木結び - onnagata actor Mizuki Tatsunosuke is said to have first worn this variation of the Kichiya musubi

Rokô musubi (rôkô knot) 路孝結び - created by onnagata actor Segawa Kikunojo II

Karuta musubi (card knot) カルタ結び - created in early Edo period, looking like 3 playing cards side by side

Hitotsu musubi (single knot) 一つ結び - during Edo, was also called darari musubi だらり結び. Note that it differs from is nowadays called darari obi (worn by maiko)

Tate musubi (standing knot) 立て結び - see yanoji/tateya musubi for variations

Bunko kuzushi (unbalanced knot) 文庫くずし

Heijûrô musubi (Heijûrô knot) 平十郎結び - created by actor Murayama Heijûrô III

Sageshita musubi (falling knot) さげ下結び

(by request of @fireflybettle, hope this will help you ^^)