ARCatSK's Random Stuff and Sketches

Where ARCat submits..well..random stuff and sketches.. ^^ Also expect lots of Prideshipping posts and reblogs from awesome people! January 29th, Aquarius, Very dramatic cat OwO

[kawaishizuka]

@silverwindsblog said: Can you do gifs of Yami’s scary face from Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998 Toei Series)? It would be nice for having gifs related to Halloween. :D

[inksquiggles-blog]

I love the flame effect in his eyes in this first episode. It makes him look so out of his mind.

[cerakuro]

who up gx rivaling their ship

[charlesoberonn]

Turns out you can roll a 7 on a d6

but only once.

[akilah12902]

Some Yu-Gi-Oh! bullshit right there

[arcatsk]

[arcatsk]

(Rarely sharing my D&D OC's here. time to change this! (Also I shared one pic of Veloria and Indigo on Tumblr in the past sooo...) (Actually - I just wanna share my storytelling here, bear with me)

Massive backstory time: Veloria is known to be one of my sweetest, naïve and friendly characters. With a massive memory loss, not knowing who she is, but an undying will to help the needed and spread love around.

But one thing she does know - the sick powers of shadows had always protected her. Ever since she woke up in a deserted temple without any knowledge of her past.

In the few years in which she tried to regain her memory - she learnt to direct and control those helping powers to a certain extent. She believes an ally is an ally, no matter what their origin is.

During her journeys - she met Indigo: A vengeful hired assassin who was sent to kill her. Which he rejected, bearing his own traumas against people hurting Tabaxis. He became her ally as well (Indigo ended up soon having a massive crush on Veloria for her sweetness and willing to see the good in people. She gave him hope in a good he forgot that existed. He swore to protect her as the embodiment of this kindness and hope).

[ARCat’s note:  ^ up to this point, that was the bg story I’ve given to 3 different DM’s. All of which made up their own version to Veloria’s amnesia and powers. Sadly, they never clicked for me, so I decided to combine elements of all 3 in MY OWN version. Finally getting Velo a decent background story: ]

There were times, when innocents got hurt, or during battles - where Veloria’s powers seem to have almost a ‘bad affect’ on her - resulting in sadistic damage or brutal murder of people who clearly HURT the weaker ones. Nothing she couldn’t control tho. Nothing anyone really worried about since D&D battles are like this; “kill or get killed”, as Indigo countlessly reminded her. But one thing kept coming back in Veloria’s dreams:  Words. Words that told her that her powers do not belong to her. She had no idea what this means. She never found any evidence about her past or such powers anywhere. She decided to ignore the dreams for that reason.

[Many details are still in works so I might add here or in future deviations]

At some later campaign point, during a massive magical surge against an evil that drains energy - Veloria’s memories come back at once!

Her demeanor changes immediately. Becoming calmer, sharper, ruthless, with an evil smile on her face. What’s more - a third bright blue eye opens up on her forehead, along with many many more blue eyes all over her body!

-- Veloria [Real name is “Aspen”, but I will call her “Veloria” for this description to be clear], being about 10 years old, received a horrid trauma, resulting her to lose herself as a sweet happy child, lose hope in humanity, hate everyone and swear to never be weak again (Much like Indigo who saw his mother killed in front of him in the age of 3 just for being a Tabaxi, thus getting stronger and bearing a grudge for anyone who isn’t a catfolk).

Unlike Indigo tho, getting traumatized in an order age - Veloria started studying magic, inventing ruthless ways to punish ANYONE who wronged her.

As time passed, she came across and allied with a powerful deity, becoming a warlock; gaining access to his magic and knowledge and working with him to develop it further for them both. Increasing her little strength by countless percentage.

At some point tho, whether she lost trust, or whether she was afraid that her patron will overthrown her someday- Verloria decided to use her powers to get rid of him!

There was a massive battle when Veloria backstabbed her master, and in a last attempt to save his soul - he created a magical explosion spreading across time and alternative universes and possibilities: erasing Veloria’s memory up to the point before her trauma, before the evil was born in her (aka erasing HER as a personality).

Thus Veloria woke up alone in a temple. No evil thought (no memory at all actually..side effect). But with no grudge on the world. With no knowledge of magic. Basically a 10 year old healthy mind trapped inside a body of a ~25yr old woman. - a fragile weak person, easy to destroy.

And yet, back at the magical explosion, Veloria knew she won’t be able to stop his doing, so in the last resort she did one of her own spells: breaking her consciousness and sending a shard of it separately to protect herself in the future!

Those were the dark sickening powers that protected the naïve clueless cat. It was an “adult” version of herself, being alongside her, in her subconsciousness all along, waiting for another magical explosion to awake her memories and return to be her full real self again. [Kinda like Light from Death-Note did with his ‘memory loss’].

The phrase Velo kept dreaming of her powers not being hers - was true. They belonged to a “future version of her” and to that deity (not to her 10yr old consciousness).

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Recalling all this, Veloria then turned up against her D&D group; sadistically hurting them. She spared only Indigo as a thanks for helping her when she was weak, but clearly stating that if he interferes with her plans - He will be killed too.

-Thus leaving Indigo heartbroken, as the only Tabaxi that he could rely on as a beacon of happiness and hope just turned onto the most dangerous and vile creature the universe had known (moreover - that Veloria, as he had known her - never really existed, she was a weak part that her adult strong self -aimed to forget)

Veloria\Aspen can open and close her bright blue eyes at every body part of hers, she literally has eyes in the back of her head; always alert, always looking.

She possesses the psychotic powers of the evil shadows and a very sadistic nature with almost 0 mercy [her original inspiration is s0 Yami Yugi - only unlike Yami: She has willingly embraced the evil and increased it, after gaining back her memories]

[The story is far from finalized, and I do hope for a good end for her and Indigo, but I bet there will be a long way there].

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ARCat’s notes:

Lately, studying some healing psychology, specifically PTSD and traumas: there was a lot of mentioning of the “inner figures”, specifically the “inner parent \ inner critic” that can get stuck in a child’s mind and poison their entire life. They also countlessly mentioned the importance of creating a “loving inner parent” to eventually replace that toxic figure inside - Hence I got this inspiration of an “inner protector - that is YOU: more adult, smarter, more powerfull” (Veloria, in a way, became her own warlockish patron).

Also heavily inspired by the concept of alternate realities and alternate version of oneself if life had turn differently (major inspirations are ‘Arcane’(S2 ep 7) and ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’)

Veloria is mainly inspired by Yami Yugi, yet she shares a LOT with Kaiba too (Can I say Velo is the love child of their “WORST traits”?!)

Also redesigning her slightly, as I based her design on Castle Cats’ Nicole (due to fast decision making in the moment, and never really adjusted it):

Added white fur in her face for both old and new versions.

For new version: Chest fur is cut off, as not much needed for fight, overall not much floofy as looks aren’t that important to her. Hair is standing up, as well as fur, always irritated, always alert. Tail splits into 2 (I think split tailed cats were considered as not-so-kind creatures in Japan, if not wrong). Bright blue eyes opening and closing everywhere, at most random spots (at her will). Eyes on her face remain there, to scare off enemies.

She is now known as the "Mistress of the 1000 Blue Eyes", one of the most evil and dangerous creatures to walk the earth. Also kinda being a mirror to Indigo now. (Which really shocks him..)

[emmavakarian-theirin]

maybe one day i'll have an idea AND act on it within the same year

[lindleland]

there is so much to unpack in this clip

[lindleland]

[arcatsk]

I noticed I drew Yami as a merman a lot in the past.. So why not have the roles reversed?! Also, I needed an excuse to draw Kaiba as a Glaucus Atlanticus fish! (also know as "blue sea dragon") - Very beautiful and toxic creature, like him! The poor creature got caught in a fish net and had a real danger to it's life until the ship's magician interferesd (I didn't develop this AU any longer that that

[xmoonlicious616x]

Pride and Envy

I got really amazed by ARCatSK drawing of Kaiba becoming the apprentice of Anubis as i drew him from her idea, it also have me a inspiration to write an fanfic AU with that rewrite of YGO Light Pyramid movie, bur keep in mind that i will probably focus on Rivalshipping (Yugi x Seto) or Azureshipping/Anzu x Seto (a huge possibility, it would be kinda fun seeing her scold Kaiba at pulling in the ear after seeing the shit he caused and convincing it will kill Yugi, anyone and even herself with their souls taken lol).

I will try to make this fic and AU more darker with Seto being a truly prideful asshole he is, like the actual filled movie.

[rocketbirdie]

whatever these two have going on

[ygoreanimate]

YGO REANIMATE 2 - CALL FOR ANIMATORS

(Banner art by Bam) 📢Let’s Re-Animate an entire episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series📢

Yu-Gi-Oh! Reanimate 2 is a collaborative non-profit project where every participants will reanimate a shot of an episode of YGO The Abridged Series (with the courteous permission received from LittleKuriboh himself) in however they desire!

We’ll be recreating Episode 77 -   Loopy In The Sky With Duel Disks. It will include the ending credits based on the 2nd YGO Duel Monsters end credit.

This project is open for all animators of any skill (student, hobbyists, professionals. That also mean those who don't have much experience can apply, just as long as you have proof that you can do the work). Each animator can work with any medium they want: paper, digital, stop-motion, CG, pixel, etc, as long as it lines up with the shot given! Shots are assigned first come, first served and shots will begin to be distributed on September 15th 2025. There are over 250 shots in this episode, so there’s plenty of shots to go around. If you know anyone who might be interested in this, spread the words! Thank you and HAVE FUN!

Submission (OPEN!)

Fill in the application HERE: Yu-Gi-Oh! Reanimate 2 Application - Google Forms Bonus point if you can tell me about your familiarity with Yu-Gi-Oh! Any links to websites that have little, to none, of your own work will not be considered. No AI allowed too. If you’d like a particular shot, feel free to request it! (It’s yours if it’s open)

Shot Submission Guidelines:

SPECS: 1920x1080, 24fps, mp4/mov uncompressed. Email your finished shot to [email protected] with your shot number (OP#) or (SC#) as the subject. *Please keep your animation non-offensive. Extremely sexual, racist, hurtful materials are not allowed (if you aren’t sure, we can discuss your idea through mail or on Discord group for approval).

This project has no affiliation with Kazuki Takahashi or any entity officially connected to the YGO franchise in any fashion. This is purely a free, fan-based project for animators. Not to mention, 2026 will mark not only the 10th anniversary of YGOReanimate being hosted for the first time, but it also marks the 30th anniversary of Yu-Gi-Oh! AND the 20th anniversary of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series. Thus, ideally, we're aiming for 2026 release. If you have any more questions, please don’t hesitate to send ask or email [email protected]. Check the FAQ to see if your question has already been answered. - Phui Jing Ling

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[ygoreanimate]

All shots have been officially assigned! 🎉

To those who did not apply and want to participate, there's still some slots left! Fill in the application HERE: Yu-Gi-Oh! Reanimate 2 Application - Google Forms

[ygoreanimate]

UPDATE:

YGOReanimate 2 is getting close to completion and is estimated to be completed this July - September.

To those who miss out applying for it, you can still apply HERE as backup in case we have dropouts!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9b7Y5lfdZrMu7-vLSNnB--qEo-2WxgopPtSEaQjGaFvIjNQ/viewform?usp=header

[sombreset]

Uhhhh the merch update that nobody wanted

Merry Christmas

[imsetofreakingkaibaidowhatiwant]

OP WHAT IS THIS

[sombreset]

@imsetofreakingkaibaidowhatiwant u already kno

[synthient]

if u google the stickers theyre fucking.... pegasus' 'anti-drug' is literally just power

fhdjsjsJJKksgd

[dorodoroart]

get u a man who can do both (he is definitely the second one tho)

dsod vs dm; but in DSOD he is actually MORE insane he just looks chill about it

[seekerbr]

Some cool news for today: someone uploaded the uncut English dub of Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters to the Internet Archive!! They used to be all online, but got taken down, only 2 were avaliable for a while

Yu-Gi-Oh (Original Uncut Edition) : 4Kids Entertainment, Kazuki Takahashi : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Episodes 1-9 of the Uncut Yu-Gi-Oh Dub breifly produced by 4Kids Entertainment and distributed by FUNimation in the early 2000's.Episodes 1-

For those that don't know: This was an attempt by 4kids to make an uncensored, more accurate dub of the show, released directly on DVD, with most of the same cast of the older dub. They didn't sell very well, so there were only 9 episodes released, but we have these at least (i believe the episode 10 in the link is an fan edit)

[xenoskulls]

i saw my heart break in two

[diabellica]

cr. Saka_nagiya