Drew.

Tom-failure's art. Yoozen ambassador. Vlad-the-Impala on AO3. Always happy to chat Kofi?

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They say everyone you touch turns to gold They say we're too young, I think we're too old, Ugly as sin, pale, and thin They've been wrong before // Touching across the room Like lovers from the moon

This is probably them listening to that playlist Kei invited Tadashi to listen at the end of Verba Sequentur. The playlist that I have no idea how it sounds.

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Yeah, I'm posting wip crops here now, because that's all there currently is.

I need to invent a drawing method that can be converted into a painting easier and faster.

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I want to share your mouthful. I wanna do all the things your lungs do so well.

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The sweetest thing I ever saw Was you asleep and dreaming

Tadashi notices that Kei has fallen asleep because he gets heavy, slumped against his back with the whole weight of his bones. Tadashi keeps gaming, and Kei wakes up when an important cutscene starts, because Tadashi's heart is hammering from anxiety, he needs to make difficult choices and not lose his favourite character. Kei lifts his head from his back, drowsy, and calls: 'Hey.' 'Hm?' 'Calm down.' 'I can't calm down, look at this!' 'I don't wanna look anywhere,' Kei replies, resting his head back down. 'And anyway I can't freakin' see.' There's a little pause as he settles comfortably again, cheek to the warmed-up spot on Tadashi's back, draping over him, tangling their limbs into something a little more resembling a sailor knot. 'You can savescum this one, you know.' 'That's no fun.' 'Better on your nerves. Can't be healthy to get this worked up over a game.' 'Says you.' '...shut up.'

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With every move, the charge of Kei’s body grows. He drops his forehead to Tadashi’s shoulder, presses it down tight, but it isn’t enough. Pushing himself up, closer, he wraps one arm around his shoulders — his deer shoulders, dappled in light — and then the other arm, and he grabs onto him for dear life, as if Tadashi, this destabilising factor, this explosive force, was the only thing able to keep his body together.

While that big wip is in the works, an illustration to one of the latest fics.

walks shining my beloved the light of my eyes, walk shining, my beloved in the cool shade, lie, boy in the light breeze, lie, boy

Alt version under the cut

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I'm brewing something, and it's gonna be so gooooood...

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got curious bc of ur Jaehee headcanon post and wanted to ask… what’s your take on her personal style? Or what do you imagine she would try once leaving C&R?

My GOD, anon, I completely forgot about this ask!!! I'm so sorry. A lot is going on right now.

I talked about what I think Jaehee tries and what she eventually settles on here. I think she tries a LOT of stuff. My MC character generally pays very little attention to what's 'proper', so that goes double there. Notions of what you 'have' to be are hard to shed, but I think Jaehee does experiment. Heavy, dark makeup. Alt-ish clothes. Frilly things, like she was a little girl again. A 'femme fatale' style. I think this is all in good fun, some of it she enjoys from the start, some of it she's self-conscious to wear at first, and then feels better about it. It's a good experiment to get her in touch with all aspects of herself, of which she has many. But for long-term... A lot of the stuff that looks good in the mirror is uncomfortable, or becomes uncomfortable after an hour. The stuff that is little more than a sports suit or a pyjama can be nice and cozy once, but makes her feel depressed in the long run. And I don't think she enjoys the unsolicited attention (and the exposed feeling) the sexier or more alt styles get her (saying that as someone pretty alt, hehe). I don't really think she enjoys a lot of eyes on her. And that's a good thing, I think. The good ending for her is not becoming a neverending performance. It's reminding her that she, too, is a person. A person with flaws. A person with feelings. With desires of her own. A person who deserves to just live, not live up to something every second of the day.

I still think her preferred style is practical, but with a flourish. I can't see her being happy and herself going in a frilly-feminine direction, simply because of what kind of person she is. She's hands-on, she's actionable, and she needs comfortable clothes to be that way, clothes that don't easily ride up, that don't cut into her underarms, that have good coverage but are fit for the weather, clothes that have pockets, clothes that let her run and hurry, clothes that don't catch on everything, that she doesn't need to worry about adjusting all the time. What I think changes, and what I think is a GOOD change for her, is that her clothes become non-restrictive. The soft fabrics. The loose lines. The wider neckline, the top buttons undone. None of that tightlaced armour not letting her make a proper step or hunch her back, nothing choking around her neck. Nothing cutting into her belly (of which I think she has a normal amount), nothing leaving deep grooves in her flesh when she comes home for the night. Clothes that let her breathe. Clothes that let her relax. It's a symbol of her liberation, and it's the embrace of that radical notion that she, too, deserves comfort.

I do think she accessorises. I do think she likes to get a bit playful. I do think she likes trinkets, and she'd also wear her fangirling on her sleeve (or, you know. On her bag). I think she grows out her hair — mayhaps not as long as in her GE CG, but I think she's really comfortable with shoulder-length or slightly longer: something she can do up easily and with some fun scrunchies or pins, and that she can braid just a little, but that doesn't require a ton of maintenance and untangling.

In my eyes, Jaehee is good, kind, and heartfelt, but she's also serious, no-nonsense, and hardened. She needs to relax and feel the rain on her skin, but she also wants to chase her dreams and make a happy life for herself and her beloved. I like to have her dress in a way to reflect that. I know I've drawn her little, she deserves more than that

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hi! i have a question that i dearly hope is not too odd. i'm a huge fan of your yoozen series, read it and reread it dozens of times honestly hahah, and i've been wondering if you have any mysme fic recs from other authors (doesn't have to be yoozen)? i've been craving something quality, and it's sometimes difficult to find, especially when you've already tasted something that sets such a high standard! 😭🩷 hope you have an awesome day, again, sorry if this is an odd questions haha! 🫶🏻

Hiii lovely anon! And thank you so much for enjoying the yoozen series <3 Very proud and flattered :3

This is a difficult question tbh, because I'm so picky and particular for headcanons I rarely read fic: besides the quality thing, I also need everything to be EXACTLY the way I'm imagining it. That said, the stuff I read by @winnielewoo has been good, they have, for example, this absolute heartbreaker for JuV, and you can browse their stuff on ao3 under the same name. But that's all I can really think of right now :( Sorry to not be of much use 3:

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Realization grew on me As quickly as it takes your hand To warm the cold side of the pillow

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you will be on my clip studio paint canvas

🫡🫡 so I shall!

Thank you 💖

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your drawings are so beautiful. the contact points between figures are incredible. you are an artist i will study

OOOH? Thank you!! Are you going to put me in your evil science lab? 👀 You know. To study

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Random ArtVSArtist, because each one of these is in a different style lmaooo

Half Mysmes, half Haikyuu, very obvious how normal I am about ships I ship

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I finally finished this! After MONTHS of sitting on like three unfinished sketches, I shit you not, I sat down and finished this over, like, two days. Huge thanks to @spikeyuu for an enormous motivation boost <3 your turn now!

Bonus: overhyped faves. EVERYONE likes them. And why the fuck not? Bokuto was objectively sent to us by god, and Kenma is THE singular most relatable gremlin in that whole entire media

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He scoots a little closer. Then a little closer still, lowering his head a little, looking down. Tadashi gently pulls on his wrist, then eases his grip — Kei opens his palm and lets him in between his fingers. As Tadashi grasps onto his hand, Kei sighs and softly squeezes back. Tadashi’s palm is sweaty, and his grip is too tight. Kei feels the tight coil in his belly just barely ease. ‘Go shower,’ he says, softly. ‘Before mom decides to take a bath.’ Tadashi pulls their hands into his lap, squeezing impossibly tighter — Kei bites onto his lip, not looking at him. ‘You’re at my home, I’m not going anywhere, dumbass.’ ‘Tsukki, I…’ ‘Whatever,’ Kei interrupts. ‘Go. I’ll be here when you come back.’

Funny that, first I started drawing this and only then did I actually decide to write Nebula. And I think I finally finished this, ages after. This was so much fun to draw, though. So all for the best.

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@shoyo-tattoo for your consideration: Koushi Sugawara Banjo Band

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'Will I ever get this song off my lips?' is what you said We were at each other's buttons and zips in each other's bed

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An additional self-reblob to say: if you are beginning to notice the bowed head!Tsukki agenda in my art, it's because I'm Actively Furthering It. I physically can't imagine him stepping into intimacy any other way. I cannot imagine him holding Tadashi without somehow hiding his face in him. On the one hand, it's for all of his fears, hiding from the *how it looks* and *what it makes him* and from his own vulnerability. The sensations are too pungent, and the feelings too big, and the contact face-to-face is too open. But on the other hand... it's the physical surrender to that vulnerability — and the acceptance of how *good* it feels. The intentional choice to cut everything external that's plaguing him daily nightly, and immerse himself in the moment and in the feeling. To feel they're alone together. They're together, alone.

Kei with touch that is not face-to-face is so important to me: shoulder to shoulder, forehead against back, and, of course, bowed head in embraces: too timid or too tight, never anything in between

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'Will I ever get this song off my lips?' is what you said We were at each other's buttons and zips in each other's bed