Dina Dinamo

[reemonna]

Question: How do you think some of the different assassins would react to an S/O who keeps adopting animals? Not just stray cats and dogs, but like... Wolves and mountain lions and birds and such

(Note: there are some other assassins I didn't include because I haven't played their games/parts yet (Eivor from Valhalla for example), so I don't really know a lot about their personalities, I hope that's okay with you)

Assassins reactions to when you adopt animals

Altaïr

He's not fond of animals or birds other than eagle, he thinks they're nothing but a distraction

He doesn't approve the idea but he would when realises how much they would make you happy

Secretly grateful for them keeping you company and safe while he's away on missions

Ezio

Doesn't like the idea very much, and he is a bit jealous you spend more time with the animal than him

"Why would you want to adopt a cat when I'm here?"

As time passes he will form a nice bond with them, he even asks Leonardo to design them a small sized assassin robe

Connor/Ratonhnhaké:ton

He's into the idea, he himself used to tame nearly every sort of animal, including wolves and bears

He will take care of them with you, considering them a child of yours both

He could spend his whole day patting stray friendly animals, let alone yours

Aveline

When you show her the new animal you just adopted, she carries them and look them in the eye for a moment cautiously, then smiles widely and hugs them

She would love it if you both can adopt different kinds and species of animals at the same time

Expect a lot of 'pspspspspsps'

Edward

He dislikes them at first, but soon enough he would hang out with them everywhere

He even takes them with him in his naval journeys

"Ay las! Look at our little cap'n sailing the jackdaw with me! Aren't they lovely?"

Arno

A little worried, 'cause not all of them are friendly and tamable

It's sufficient for him to adopt a small kitten and put them in one of his pockets

You will sometimes find them laying on top of him while they're both sleeping peacefully

Jacob

You would always find him debating with the animal -a cat, dog, parrot or a hamster- the whole time like a child

"Why're you looking at me like that? Are you looking for a fight, you little bollocks?"

He could actually get a little sentimental and spend some quality time with them, confessing some secrets to them as if they were a friend of his

Evie

Is in neutral state, she thinks it's okay as long as you focus on your missions and don't get distracted

But she herself gets distracted sometimes by taking care of them

Before the whole adoption matter, if you speak your mind, telling her you're thinking about raising an animal -a cat for an example-, she'll initiate bringing a black cat home one day, telling you she found them in a dumpster and that they're a part of the family now

Basim

He approves right away whether it's a cat, a dog, a bird, or even a panther, taking them with him in some of his missions

He spoils them with a lot of treats that you start to wonder whose idea was it to adopt them

Before going on a mission that requires him to be alone, he'll pat them, saying to them things like: "I will be gone for a while, would you be a good girl/boy and take care of our darling for me?"

(credits of Altaïr's photo belong to Sliderv2 on YouTube)

[bananonbinary]

"menstruation is punishment for original sin" is a fairly common doctrine (altho in my experience it's usually more implicit than just baldly stated like that)

anyway this implies that of all the animal kingdom, humans are not UNIQUE in sinning, but are joined by bats, the elephant shrew, and the spiny mouse species Acomys cahirinus. (according to my 5 seconds on wikipedia at least)

[bananonbinary]

this mouse has committed crimes against god

[roach-works]

the serpent had to workshop his pitch

[cafffine]

be pro-aging but wear sun screen. sun protection is not beauty industry propaganda it will save you. wear it. or else.

[rheumaticrhetoric]

[goth--roseee]

I found it HERE with free worldwide shipping

[ee-max]

OMG I BOUGHT ONE OF THESE CAT HOLDERS AND IT IS SO PRETTY!!

[bastart13]

I’m terrible at real-life resemblances so this was a big challenge for me but I created realistic Tashi, Isha, and Abosede with the artbreeder AI. None of their hairstyles are accurate, but this is as close as I got ^^;

Isha was definitely the hardest to do because the site doesn’t have that many overweight/androgynous/asian models, surprisingly.

[bastart13]

Nasmira's definitely cuddled with lions and I wish that were me

[bastart13]

Sometimes a book you remember being good is good, in this case, I've been rereading the Hunger Games and thought I'd try practicing some face variation with some characters

(Katniss, Peeta, Prim, Haymitch, Effie, and Rue, in case you don't know)

[bastart13]

Hello! I wonder how this leather patch (or whatever it is) is located on Lucio's left shoulder in his mercenary outfit in the last chapter of Upright Ending. Does it cover his prosthetic shoulder (would be totally strange making his movements less free), is it under the prosthetics (weird to imagine the prosthetics doesn't even contact with skin this way) or does it have a hole for the prosthetics (then the old outfit with a strap around the left shoulder makes more sense)? What do you think?

It's actually implied that Lucio has little to no stump. When his prosthetic arm is taken off, you don't see anything past the shoulder sleeve so his arm is already unrealistically attached to him.

His arm is also 100% magical. A real-life golden arm would weigh a ridiculous amount, deform easily, and the parts resemble musculature rather than a skeletal structure that would allow it to reasonable move. aka. it's a fantasy and looks cool. I doubt the writers and artists thought out in detail how Lucio's life works as an amputee.

So it's either the leather completely flat (or has a pocket for Lucio's stump) and the arm can slot over it like a magical magnet as it already does to his body, or there's a hole in it like a lot of Lucio's clothing to let the arm through.

But yeah, the Arcana is very much fashion over function fantasy anyway so logic isn't what you bring to the table

[bastart13]

"Two Birds on a Wire has a different vibe when one bird ends up stabbing the other" - my sister about Caleb and Phillip

My sister is hilarious, if you couldn't guess

[bastart13]

Some more costume design practice, this time giving them all equestrian outfits to match Nadia's.

Lucio is 100% the person to try riding a horse in an all-white suit and wonder how dirt got on it

[bastart13]

How do you not struggle with keeping the head in the right size for the body 😭

I do... it's impossible. It's that joke of art: You draw the head, you draw the body, you resize the head.

But here's a good frame of reference I use: 2 heads down - chest, 3 heads down - bellybutton, 4 heads down - crotch

[bastart13]

No points for guessing what's reignited my love for winged people

[bastart13]

Two coloured sketch commissions ft. Lucio as woman which is always fun to draw

[bastart13]

Some background/room design practice. My biggest roadblock to making my own visual novel is 100% backgrounds so I want to try at least giving them a go

[bastart13]

#you have a wonderful future with backgrounds ahead of you#would love to know your process

Thank you! That's very sweet. Right now my process is pretty simple (as I'm ignoring proper rendering)

I do some thumbnails based on references and my image of what I want. I was trying a lot of bedrooms here, plus a library.

First, I blow up the thumbnail and roughly chop it to fit the screen size I want.

Since it's hand-drawn by eye, the perspective doesn't really work, so I trace over the thumbnail with CSP's perspective tool. Everything's in straight lines as a guide because that's easiest in perspective.

Then I trace over the perspective and thumbnail together, adding detail based on my references and sketches.

And finally, I colour it like everything else I do, there's nothing special there. Just flats + multiple layer shading + overlay/screen lighting

[bastart13]

Some background/room design practice. My biggest roadblock to making my own visual novel is 100% backgrounds so I want to try at least giving them a go

[bastart13]

A question, does Lucio's prosthetic arm work or does it just hang on his shoulder? And if the other LI lost an arm what design of their prosthetic arm would be

Honest question: have you played the game?

Not only is he posed in a lot of the art using his arm, he's often described using his arm in narration, and even purely in-universe, why would Lucio kidnap and force two alchemists to build him a prosthetic arm if it wasn't going to do anything?

But onto hypotheticals!

It's kind of cute thinking about what approaches they'd have to needing a prosthetic.

I feel like Asra's would be either made by his parents or self-made, ironically resembling Lucio's arm the most because of those influences. But it'd definitely have more interesting use in channeling magic.

Julian's would be similarly self-made/scrapped together. Lots of exposed metal and leather straps with more of a hook and crude joint than any life-like articulation. I imagine they'd be some magic element but a lot more downplayed.

In contrast, Muriel's is almost all magic. He carved the pieces himself and worked with Asra to fix it in place. While it acts a lot more like a natural arm, I think it's more prone to shorting out.

Nadia's is definitely designed by herself. Even if she had the pieces made and enchanted by other artisans, it's mechanical and elegant in a way only she could design. Like Lucio's, it can have additional covers and accesories.

And Portia's is probably the least expensive and a gift from Mazelinka. It's another case where it's magical, but Portia never knew the extent of it. It's cute, wooden, and jointed like a doll, with a practical hook, and she spent the first days with painting it.

[artnijna]

I laughed the whole time I drew this