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because Star Wars Visions season 3 is coming out soon (I hope) I am back to thinking about a GG Star Wars AU.

No I do not know much about Star Wars lore, but that's probably not gonna stop me anyways.

okay, this may be a bit ramble-y but I have an important question and I think you are the most qualified expert to ask!!! how would you describe Anji as a character (personality-wise)? I want to write silly little fics with him (also Baiken too because they are cute together hehe :3), but my usual method of reading the guilty gear wiki and combing through content with the character in it just ain't working this time!! anything and everything you have to say is very much appreciated ^^

Oooooh while I'm extremely flattered, I also kinda struggle with the same thing sometimes. He's a little hard to pin down personality-wise because he can be kinda all over the place in the stories and also idk if he's as fleshed out. But I can certainly try!

I'd say he's rather passionate about what he does/the things he cares about? He's lighthearted and a free spirit, but can also hunker down and get serious when it matters. He's definitely curious, sticks his nose into places it probably doesn't belong. And while he can definitely think things through and be cautious, he also just kinda does whatever he wants in the spur of the moment (ad(h)d who-)

I could also argue that he's rather secretive too? He wants to try and have the upper hand in a lot of situations, and I think that goes well with him being a trickster. But I don't think he's completely cold hearted either. He's goofy when he wants to (meeting Nago with Chipp) and earnest when it counts (Baiken.)

My best and honest advice is to both watch and read the script to the games and decide how you want to interpret him for yourself. The strive arcade mode, the few times he shows up in the strive stories, checking out the VG museum, etc etc. But assuming you've already done that, I'd also recommend reading fics and combing through some character breakdowns. @rex101111 and @elementroar do a fairly good job at that (granted a lot of it is in context about his relationship with Baiken but I'd argue that's kind of an important part of his character a little bit.) (but also that is just me so take that with some salt if you wanna)

Rex's fics and also Mundane and Lazy Life do a really good job at exploring more flawed and complex aspects of his character without sacrificing what makes him endearing. They're some of my favorite interpretations because they really flesh him out.

Hope that helps??

what do yoy think about oc x canon/yumeshipping/selfshipping? :0

Honestly I think it's fine! Just as long as people are chill about it (same could be said with everything else about fandom culture.) It's not something I'd personally do, but that's just because I want my favs to kiss other characters and not me lol

Yea, you like baiken. But did you trick yourself into learning several Japanese buhdist prayers so you could sing the Japanese sections of mirror of the world????(

Seriously tho I will never get enough of your art it's awesome

Afraid I have not, I will simply have to practice (thank you!)

Drawing Anji can be so frustrating sometimes because I'll put in SO much effort into the arm muscles or whatever and then I gotta draw his dramatic sleeves and suddenly all that hard work goes out the window.

More fem Anji for this evening, shirtless edition

Listen I don't know how Dual Rulers is gonna go at all but one thing I do know is that I'm so so SO glad ArcSys is using their 3d animation for something more than just cool MVs and the in-game animations

What got you shipping anbai? I’m new here and they seem cute ^^ /gen

Oh god-

where do I even begin....

TLDR/Short version of it: Friend talked about Guilty Gear, I found out about Baiken, watched Another Story and some arcade mode interactions and song breakdowns and read some comments and it got me wondering "what is going on with these two~", I go on ao3, there is a little over 20 fics. I got really frustrated, made content of them myself, fell further down the rabbit hole, now I'm here.

The long and very rambly version of why I ship them that you can read under the cut if you wanna ↓

Firstly, a few things that I really enjoy about them (to get this out of the way-) is that they contrast and compliment each other really, really well if you think about it. Which I have. A lot.

I know I've said some of these before but like; the Sun and Moon motifs and how it literally shows up in their Overdrives (and Anji's command...grab...thingy(? idk strive terminology) also has a moon briefly appear hmmmmmwhatsupwiththat-), the Butterfly and Flower symbolism associated with them respectively and how in a sense, one helps the other grow, the classic red oni blue oni dynamic, cat and dog, Anji's graceful elegance and calm demeanor to go with Baiken's rugged toughness and fiery temper, blah blah blah the list goes on you get the idea. They're opposites, but they match each other and balance each other out, like yin and yang.

There's also their (strive) songs! Rock Parade is...extremely obvious lmao. I know folks like to joke about it but, dude. Single footstep carries two hearts? The promise he made to her? (Whatever that was I wanna knOW-) It really does feel like more than just a song about a crush he has on her, this man is dedicated. And with Mirror of the World it basically encapsulates Baiken's whole journey, going from someone who's resigned herself to a life of revenge to ultimately breaking out of her self imposed "exile" in the end. Also the line "If I had a comrade, I wonder what I would tell them." and I'm over here yelling "YOU HAVE ONE! HE IS RIGHT THERE-" (I actually think the song is also about Delilah, but still kinda about him too, it's about both of them they're both the comrade how about that)

But to get to the heart of it all (and to also get extremely corny here), there's this sort of earnestness to their relationship that I really admire. Every now and then, there's a pairing that comes around and makes me go Ooga Booga for the better part of a year because it's just got a lot of good stuff to chew on. Angst? Drama? Some form of love that isn't just inherently romantic but something more? I'm eating it up and annoying my friends to death with it. And I think to me that really shows in their XX arcade mode endings, (BOTH of their "canon" ones btw THEY GET TWO ENDINGS TOGETHER) where Anji gives up what he was doing so he can follow Baiken and make sure she's actually living instead of just wandering by herself. This one thing he's been chasing for a while now, probably even his dream job of learning the secrets of the universe (or whatever Asuka was teaching him), and he just gives it up because he can't stand to see someone he loves dedicate her life to something that will inevitably destroy her in the end. "I don't want you to die." I think about this so often it's not even funny.

(And y'know, he also gives her the choice to just get rid of him if she doesn't want him around anymore, and idk about you, but I think that's very sexy of him and also very telling of her that she hasn't done it yet but moving on-)

Delilah ultimately ties it all together because at the end of Another Story, Baiken becomes to Delilah what Anji was to her all those years ago. A friend, a companion, someone to lean on. There's the line "She won't die well unless she finds a better way to live." before May mentions that's what Anji had said about her, and suddenly she gets it now. (I think) It's the final push that gets her to save Delilah from winding up in the same situation she's been stuck in for years and in the end, finally let go of her revenge.

No that does not have to be inherently romantic in the slightest, you can do whatever you want with that information or interpret it however you want and I encourage that, but also it's driving me insane whenever I think about it. He cares about her SO much, even if he has a weird way of showing it. I don't even think I can begin to do it justice trying to describe how it makes me feel but hopefully that can give you (and maybe some other folks who have made it this far hello) some insight into why I like this ship so much.

Also their strive in-game interactions are really flirty.

Your anbai art gives me life I love how you draw them 🙏

Aaaaaah thank you!! It's not much but I try my best ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

thank you. for the drawing of the bedman.

You're welcome!

every time I look at Venom I feel like he'd fit right into Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

just gonna...leave this here....

Just finished Another Story and Oh My God I wish there was more than 40 minutes of these characters

Now I'm wondering what could've happened if we got more than just 40 minutes-

Bad dreams never affect me I'm not afraid of the concrete

(alt colors down below ↓)

T4T AnBai but they’re both girls. If you even care.

I mean I'll never say no to some AnBai yuri

Asking because I'm curious and also because I feel like I've exhausted my usual options, but what are some fic recs from y'all? I wanna see if I've missed anything or if there's just one you really like.

IT’S BAIKEN’S BIRTHDAY RAAAAAAAASGGGGHHHHHHH

YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

HII I LOVE UR ART!!!!

are there specific things u keep in mind when doing lineart? im trying to improve in that field n ur lines r just SO CRISP ✨✨✨

YAAAAAAAY LINEART QUESTION!

Don't know how well I'll be at explaining this since it's kind of become second nature to me, but usually I try to vary my line weights and do a lot of more gestural line strokes? If I want something more thinner/delicate I try to go for a more lighter touch, and vice versa if I want a more thicker line, yada yada all that stuff. But even if you use a brush that isn't really affected by pressure and stays the same, I'd overall recommend being loose and confident with your strokes, even if they're just laying down straight lines. Don't think too much, just go with the flow, try not to be too rigid, that whole thing. (also stabilization is your friend! Don't be afraid to mess with it however you want)

I also take a lot of inspiration from artists like Ulysse Malassagne or Matias Bergara who have a very rough and loose lineart style as well (although their lineart is a bit more thinner than what I usually do, and they also have the benefit of using a traditional brush pen)

But if you look closely enough you can see where they keeps a lighter touch for small details vs where they add just a liiiittle more pressure for that line variation, and how overall loose it is.

It's more obvious in La Cachette's animation lineart too

TLDR: Keep it loose and gestural, don't be afraid to vary or break it up here and there, sometimes I go over some lines to make it thicker just because it looks more interesting to me, and experiment! Think about an artist you like, do a study on how they do their lineart, try a new brush pen and just scribble on the canvas, fool around with settings and brushes you've never tried before, just try to have fun with it. I've found that sometimes, mindless nonsense doodling can produce some of the best art you've ever made.

Is Into the Light by Skybreak an Anbai song? My sources say yes but my sources are also me

Looking at the lyrics I think it might be a little more on the softer side, but overall I can see where you're coming from "Snowblind, can't escape this feeling Late nights, tell me I'm still breathing No, I'm fine I just need time to find myself a way to calm my mind

Stay with me and help me ease my mind And say you'll never let me go Hold my hand and help me take this leap of faith Into the light"

mood for today

I swear to god I really just decided to mess around with the layering modes and got a version of this that looks so much better I'm gonna go crawl under a rock and wither away

anyways alt versions plus a few tweaks:

Being delusional again

Being delusional again

help cuz idk how to tell to normal people that I like Guilty Gear except I don't really play the game I'm just in it for the wackass lore and not even the lore for the main characters it's the lore for two and a half side characters one of which they've probably never even heard of and the other one who is WAY more popular because she's the fan service character and either I risk judgement or them bringing up her massive rack every five minutes while I try to talk about them. I'm going to throw myself into the ocean

In light of the kiss meme drawing you recently did, I think Baiken would bite Anji during a make-out session. Idk why, it just seems like something she would do

Don't tempt me to draw something I already struggle with-

Welp-

That one kiss meme but it's them

That one kiss meme but it's them

Breaking News: Follow You by CHVRCHES is an anbai song. Probably. Maybe.

No no I think you're onto something-

Incase anyone's curious about what animals I think some of the other cast members could be: Anji (alt): Peacock or Great Argus

Chipp: Weasel

Answer: Snow Monkey/Macaque

Nagoryuki: Snow Leopard

Kum Haehyun: White Tiger (Jeon Ryok's a normal tiger)

Elphelt and Jam: Bunny/rabbit

Ramlethal: Siamese cat

Faust: Tree Frog (think Charlie from Bojack) or vulture....maybe

Goldlewis and Potemkin: Bull/Ox

Testament: Crow or Raven

May: Otter

Bridget: Bear...cub?

Leo: Lion (obviously)

Giovanna: Manned wolf or German shepard

Happy Chaos: maybe an Aye-Aye? or a possum...hmmmm

Dizzy (alt): deer

Sol: dragon

Asuka: shorthair cat

Raven: Unicorn

I-No: maybe a swan?

Follow up on Dragon Dizzy: does that make Ky a donkey? 😃

I just want you know that this automatically means Sin is going to look like this: