Hi. I'm a nerd and this is my art blog.I usually go by Patch or All Patched Up, but that name was already taken. I don't post super often but I try. I mostly draw, but I also make plushies. I also make a ton of characters, which you can find on my Toyhouse: https://toyhou.se/AllPatchedUp
happy holidays @allpatchedart !! i was your secret santa for this year's @bravelysanta ! i hope you like the fic!
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to have faith and rebuild
fandom(s): bravely second: end layer
character(s): magnolia arch, tiz arrior
additional tag(s): Grief/Mourning, Fort Lune, Norende, Late night talks
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magnolia can't sleep while the light of the moon reminds her of what was lost. by fate, by luck, or by pure coincidence, someone understands her turmoil.
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Happy holidays @patchoulifox-arts! I was your @bravelysanta this year! I'm so glad I got to draw these two being cute together!
(Also, this art is inspired by a little fic written by dragonofmagnolias called the Princess and the Falcon!)
Your Fort-Lune Holidays request really inspired me so I went a bit overboard with the world building of my illustrations.
Image 1 is a Day of the Dead/Lunar eclipse celebration
Image 2 is a more classic Village or Harvest festival.
Image 3 is inspired by the Holi Hindu festival.
Image 4 is a Carnaval/Mardi Gras/Halloween festival.
Hope you’ll like it!
(If you want the details of each holidays and some general lore, I’ll put it underneath the cut.)
First of all, I had to decide on the designs of the characters so I based them on the 3 characters you see on Fort-Lune as well as Sagitta clothing (since they are originally from there), which I find to be inspired by Tibet clothing. I also added a few modern or futuristic ones.
I also thought of the architecture there. We only see the big metal tower int the game so I was thinking that the building on the Moon would be very utilitarian and bland : simple square geometric shapes, variations go gray concrete and metals. Only the fancier buildings could afford more colors since most of those pigments would have to be taken from Luxendark.
1 - While the Moon Dwellers are not Orthodox Crystalists, they still worship the Crystals in some ways. They also greatly the connections with their cousins on Luxendark. That’s why every year, on the Day of the Dead, they burn great bonfires and and illuminate small crystals so that the soul of the dead can return to their native land and continue the cycle of live created by the Crystals. That connection is even greater during Lunar eclipses, or Blood Moons, an event also celebrated in Luxendark.
(I also put a Magnolia mourning her loved ones)
2 - Every Nation needs a Harvest festival. Usually more of a big village festival, the Moon Dwellers is it to connect to one another and to be grateful to the food they receive. Ressources on the Moon are scarce and they often have to send covert missions on Luxendark to find more of them.
3 - The Holi festival is often celebrated in India by throwing colored powder at each other. It has both religious connotations and a celebration of Spring. On the Moon, there are no seasons.
As I said before, Fort-Lune seriously lacks colors, that’s why people wear colorful clothes when they can afford to. This celebration is both to give more life to their home, and a way to connect to Luxendark since the pigments are taken directly from natural ressources on the planet.
4 - This Mardi Gras celebration functions a bit like Halloween without the spiritual/dead aspect. It’s more to exorcise their fears of the monsters that haunt them, specifically the Ba’als. They transform it into fun with costumes, theaters, parades, concerts, etc…
Oh, yeah! I opened up an Etsy store! It's only the charms at the moment, but I'm hoping to add more in the future! So if like my art, maybe check it out?
Happy Holidays @chuunicherry ! I'm your @bravelysanta Secret Santa this year!
The Adventurer/Deneb is such an ever present part of Bravely Default and Second, so I thought it'd be a good idea to draw her relaxing cozily in her cottage with Faithful Fox! Plus a little charm design. for fun and because I like doing them. I hope you like them!
Finished Ghost Trick, and I loved it! Decided I wanted to try my hand at making an enamel pin for it, though getting those made is quite an investment...
If I actually made these, would anyone be interested in buying?
