It’s been nice to do something different with traditional media. I’ve been feeling a little rusty so this was a fun stretch for my creative muscles.
(I also may have forgotten how much a larger Shrinky Dink deforms while baking, and had a mini heart attack when it tried to fold in on itself like a itty bitty taco.)
Copic multiliners and Prismacolor pencils on Shrinky Dinks plastic.
At long last, the yugioh crimes and kill count list has been updated for season 0! (original post here)
The most commonly committed crime is...
Assault! Fists were flying in s0. This is what happens when 4kids isn't around to censor violence. Yugi was the biggest target with 19 crimes committed against him.
Who committed the most crimes? Yami Yugi.
but we all knew this already.
Yami commits approximately one crime for every crime committed against Yugi.
There were 116 crimes committed across 27 episodes. That's a whopping 4 crimes per episode. Compare to DM's 176 crimes across 224 episodes, coming out to 0.8 crimes per episode.
Some additional stats:
Kaiba leads the villain crime count with 16 crimes committed.
Yami Bakura once again wins as the most murderous character, with 6 attempts at murder.
Kaiba makes 5 attempts at murder.
Despite all the attempts at murder, the Pharaoh is, once again, the only one capable of committing it (more on this later).
Yami Bakura comes in second with 12 crimes committed. I suppose this is only because he showed up late into the series. He commits all 12 crimes in 3 episodes, giving him the highest crime density.
Yami initiates 11 Shadow Games.
Now you're probably wondering, how does this compare to DM? Well.
Attempted murder still leads. There seems to be an awful amount of cheating in ygo, regardless of whether it's at card game or any other game.
As for characters:
Yami Bakura leads at 51 crimes committed. No surprise here. The Pharaoh quadrupled his crime count. Kaiba tripled his crime count. They finally let Jounouchi commit the crimes he deserves. Most of Jounouchi's crimes were from fighting people that threatened Yugi.
So now you're probably wondering: why do these numbers seem so low? What about the murders?
The Pharaoh/Yami Yugi only kills 2 people in s0: the archeologists that found the Millennium Puzzle, and possibly Zorc/Yami Bakura at the end of ep 27. Any other canon manga deaths were turned into Shadow Game mind breaks or left ambiguous.
So, Yami Yugi doesn't actually kill that many people in s0. However, no one else managed get any kills in s0, so Yami Yugi is still the most successful at murder. Combined with DM, this brings his kill count to 6.
Obligatory disclaimers:
after having gotten a lot of practice w the original dm kill count list, my process of determining what is and isn't a crime is far more detailed for s0. so the crime count number might be inflated
"mind break" is defined as whatever happens to the loser of the Shadow Game.
As always, feel free to ask me any questions about these stats. I had a great time watching s0 and seeing how yugioh evolved into what it is now. My favorite detail that I picked up: those KAI high scores at the arcade? That wasn't Kaiba. That was MOKUBA. Mokuba is ygo's forgotten gamer demon.
More data tables below cut:
Minor villain league, if anyone is curious:
Villains are only listed if they committed more than 3 crimes. Yo-yo gang encapsulates crimes committed by Hirutani. Shadi is the only villain to get away relatively scot-free.
i'd like to add that the shadow color isnt necessarily dictated entirely by the primary light source, but the bounce light! so for the example of a sunny environment, the reason the shadows are blue are because of the light from the blue sky reflects across the environment; but, if the character were to be under tree cover, the bounce light would be coming from the leaves and thus the shadow would look greener.
James Gurney is an absolute master and gives really good clarity on colour techniques. Yes, it is traditional paint focused, but the principles are the same. Yes it is informed by the environmental colour but as a painting technique it is achieved this way!
I would also suggest that in digital processing, rather than apply a regular colour layer at a mid opacity, try out the different types of layers, Eg. Screen or Multiply. This can give you at least a starting point to help direct your colour palette.
Layer Blend Modes are so so so important to working in digital art. There's a ton of math that goes into figuring out how the layers should blend together, which is why some of the modes you can pick are literally called Multiply, Add, Divide, and Difference (that's subtraction). The graphics software takes the color values of your base and blend layers and runs a calculation to get your resulting layer appearance. The ones that don't have specifically mathematical sounding names are still doing calculations, but they're more complicated (think linear Algebra and higher). Some of them, like dodge and burn, are named for actual photo editing techniques.
While it's not super important to know about the mathematical side of blend modes, I think it's worth knowing at least enough about how each of the categories of blend modes works and why they do what they do; if for no other reason than having a starting point when you start experimenting with them in your work.
An overview of the basic blend modes and how they work from Genevieve's Design Studio: Accessible with minimal color knowledge; practical and illustration focused. https://youtu.be/kMc87hQrJd0?si=TWCB365pKSfWS8p0. (16 minutes) This creator also has a ton of free resources you can download, including a Blend Modes cheatsheet, but fair warning: you have to create an account to get them!
Want to learn even more about the math-y stuff? It has great film visuals! A video from FilmmakerIQ: You need some basic knowledge of RGB color models, understanding of values/luma, and at least a tenuous understanding of Algebraic formulas. (26 minutes) https://youtu.be/F7_kaTP7_W4?si=x0urqXZ8f51nQVKl
Controversial Truths About Ancient Egypt Masterpost
The pyramids were built by contemporary workers who received wages and were fed and taken care of during construction
The Dendera “lightbulb” is a representation of the creation myth and has nothing to do with electricity
We didn’t find “““copper wiring””” in the great pyramid either
Hatshepsut wasn’t transgender
The gods didn’t actually have animal heads
Hieroglyphs aren’t mysteriously magical; they’re just a language (seriously we have shopping lists and work rosters and even ancient erotica)
The ancient Egyptian ethnicity wasn’t homogeneous
Noses (and ears, and arms) broke off statues and reliefs for a variety of reasons, none of which are “there is a widespread archaeological conspiracy to hide the Egyptian ethnicity”
The carvings at Abydos aren’t modern machines but recarvings over old carvings. Sure they look like them but if you can read hieroglyphs and know that Ramesses II will even usurp the carvings of his own father just to be a little shit
‘No soot on the ceilings and walls of the Dendera temple!’ is actually because of extensive restoration works and not because Egyptians were in on shit like Baghdad “batteries”
While the Egyptians were fine-ass astronomers they didn’t align any of their enormous and/or important buildings to modern star constellations, because constellations look very different now than they did ~5000 years ago
The pyramid is the simplest, sturdiest shape with which to build and many different cultures discovered this in their own time. There were never any weird fish humans/aliens involved
I can’t believe I forgot my favourite Hill to Die On
Seth was not the god of “evil”, and despite his chaos providing a foil to order, he wasn’t completely villified until very late in Egyptian history, when he became associated with despised foreign enemies
Hats off to the few of you who’re reblogging this with tags saying you’re going to check my claims later. You make me not entirely despair of this hellhole.
Here are some vetted Egyptological books/sources (that are by and large appropriate for a lay-audience) you can find most, if not all of the above:
Lehner, M., The Complete Pyramids
Wilkinson, R. H., The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt
Hornung, E., The One and the Many: Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt
Dunand, F. & Zivie-Coche, C., Gods and Men in Egypt
Kemp, B., Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization
Bard, K., An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
Stevenson Smith, W., The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt
Kitchen, K. A., The Life and Times of Ramesses II, King of Egypt
Sweeney, D., Sex and Gender (in Ancient Egypt)
McDowell, A. G., Village Life in Ancient Egypt: Laundry Lists and Love Songs
You thought you were saving everyone. Thought this was the right thing to do.
Give up your name.
Give up your voice. Identity lost.
No one told you you'd be trapped in stasis. Lost to time. Not a thought to your name.
No. No one had really thought through any of your rule had they? You were young. Naive. Scared. Tired. And yet you served. Like a sheep sat on the dinner plate.
And this feeling seems to build up as you slowly lose pieces of yourself to the endless time in the gaping void of the millennium puzzle.
That you did something wrong. This was your fault. That you don't deserve the love and comforts of a happy, completely carefree childhood.
When you finally get freed from this birdcage you locked yourself in, are you happy? Scared? Angry? Lost? Or just numb?
No one remembers the name of À̸̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̖̖̟̖̙̉̅̍̋̔̇̿̄̃̐̉̅̏̏̾̈̏̎̐͐̏͆́̿̂̅̂̓̿̆͛͐̿͊̈́͆̃̽̂̒̌̎̍̈̍̈͒̅̃͂̄̏̐́͋̌͐̃̅̐́͐̒̆͌͌͂̍͂͊̈̅͋̃͌̓̓͊̆́̇̀̽̈́͌̒͑̾̈́̀̉̀̏̂̆̓̋́͊̀́̐̀́̈́̈̉̔́̏͂́̎̌͌̍̔̈́͋̈͐̌͑̐̔̑̑̊̓̃͛͛͛̿̊̀͐̕̚͘̚̚̕̕̕͝͝͝͠͝͝ͅṰ̷̨̨̢̢̡̧̧̨̡̩͈͚̭̼̱̹̤͔̭̭͙̮̼̠̫̭̦̙̗̣͙̱̙̖̖̹̺͇̻̗̞̪̯̟̝̜̜̬͙̱̻̻̤͚͚̝̻̫̘͚̖̙̭̜̮̺̻̥̳͖͖̪̯̙̟̺̪̳̺͔̮̗̦̱̮͇̰̗̣̫̮͚̔͐̄̿̎̀̽̈́͂̈̃́̅̐̏̕͘͜͜ͅE̸̡̢̢̡̡̢̡̧̨̢̡̨̨̘̤͍̦̣̝͙̲͔̪̱͉̱̠̣̱̗̮͙͍̥͇̥͍̩̟̰͕͎̲̤̜̙͓̥͇̗͖͍̹͍͓͚̲̤̫̞̺̩̬̹̜̪̹̳͈̥̘̱̩̭͎͈͇̫͙͍͇͇͖̯͎̤͙̖̟̩̪̖͉̰͙̻̳͇̫̹̘͖̟̺̳͇̦̪̙̖̙̝͔͇̯͙̜͙̭̤͇̝͎̘̺̼̻͐̂̊̓͐͊̆̅̏͆̀̐̈̽͗͑͌̾̇̏͑̽̇̀̚͘͘̕͜͜͜͜͜͝͝ͅͅM̵̡̢̢̢̨̨̡̢̡̨̩̫̝̘̥͕̟̺̘̞̫̲̤̙̫̟͈̦̦̞̘̪̱̩̖̠͕̬̗̯̘̮͇͉̜̦̤͚̰̝͚͈̜̹͍͉̙̫̥̻̮̪̗͚̘̜̻̼̙͕̹͚͓͔̪̼͔͇̟̯͇̳̱͚͙̣̰̮̰͍͓̣̘̮̮̭͈̺̙͈̹̣͈̀̂̉̊͐̓̈̈́̾̈͌͌͛̄̈́̽͐̍͐͊̿̀̏̔̆͋̕͜͜͠͝ͅͅ.
The name of H̸̢̢̧̡̢̧̨̢̢̧̛̟̫͉̯̟̣̹͚̬̞̮̖̭̲͇̖̳͚͈̙̺̣̬̼̮̹͚͓͔̟͙͎̤̰̲̦̯͓̝̗͕͍̘̯͕͈̦̻̞̰̗͉̥̹̮͇̳͕̣̟̳̻̺̠̰͉̰̲͇͎̙̻̲͕̟̹̎̊̈́̈́̀̐̊̄́͂̀͌̔͑̅͆̊̇̈̍̆͗́̿̃̑̃̑͗̊̿̔̾̀̊̇̌̈͆͆͌̃͌̉̅͐̈̿̅͆͒͋̅̿̔̐̈́̿̒̏̏̈́̂̌̆̋͒͗̂͆̿͊̉͌̊̀̆͒͗͛̌͆͌̓̌̓̓̏̋͂́͛͂͗̔̓̔̒̈́͆̊͆̀̅̏͌̔̈́̊̆̊͗̈́̂̓̂͌̒̐͑̀́̒͂̌͆̇̃͐͂̌̏̌̍̑̂̍̋̂͗̾͗̈́̑͌̾̈̈́̈́͂̾̒̋̓͐̊̈́̅̓̎̃̊̍̀̂̏̍̄͘͘͘͘̕̕̕͘̕͜͜͝͠͝͝͠͝͝͠͠͝͠͝ͅI̵̢̧̧̢̡̧̨̡̨̡̢̡̧̡̢̡̢̢̢̡̢̛͇͖̻͎̟̝̹̦̭̺̰̲͔͎̜̯̦̙͙̥̩͖̘̹̖̟̟̭̘̝̗̬̣̙̦̫̩̮̩̙͔͉̥̲̜͉̙̦̼̞̙͔͍͈̪̦̥̞̜̙̘̜͈͚͕̬̥͚̹̜͇̥͈̦̥͓̥̰͔̩͖̻̰̝͚̜̬̜̥̙̞̥̗̮͖͎̣̤̣̪̩̱̩̳̙͙͈̜̠̪̮͇̫̞̤̳͇͎̮͇̮̱̱̤̖̦͍̭̜̯̜̼̳̩̟̲̖̭̟̥͈͖̪̱͗̏̋͐̾͗̎̀́̀̃̀̐̎͗̈́̒͐̎̿̏̊̑̄̊́͆͒̇̿̌̂̾̂̈́͒̃̂̋͆͂̐͋̃̓̍̏̉̂̾̓͌̀̈́̑̎̽͋̈́̀̄͗͑́́̔̓̎̎͌͂̐͐̅̓̈͛̽̑̎͆̽̓̈́̎͐̊͊̑͛̈͋͐̌͊͆̉̃̂́̋̏̉̃͑̌̇͆̈́͑̌̓̎́͒̂͋̐͒̃͊͌͑̆̍̓̇̑̍̊̈́̀̕͘͘͘͘̕͘͘̕͘͜͝͝͠͝͠͝͠͝͠͝͠ͅͅͅM̴̧̨̢̨̡̢̧̢̡̢̰̖͔͍̹̰̱̩̲͍͓̻̱͎̖̟̜͓̩̙̦̝̞͈̺̯̘̫̳̞̥̝̫̯̯͔̥͙̘͈͇̱̹̖̦̯̫̳̳͓̳̩̺͎̣͕̱͙͚̖͕̠̭͔̯͙͉̜̭̝̯̺͕͕̣̜̺͎̮̱̳̲͉̜̯̣̣̪̞̰̺͆͑̀̾̀̊͛͊̉̀̓̌͂̑̀̄͘͠͝
Maybe he never existed at all. Maybe he's always just been
Just Ỳ̴̢̢̨̨̧̺͍͈͓̝̹͚̗̠̫̱͓̟͇̻̭̺̠͍͇̦̘̩̝̬̤̖͈̝͍̹̤̪̟͕̦̘̯͎̌̏̾͗̇́̏͋̀̽͋̓̅̀̔̂̄̋̀͗͆͐͛͒̎̀͗̑̽̃̋͒̊͛̅͂͋̈́̅̔̋̅̃͆̿̍̄̄̃̌̔̆̄͒̏̑́̄̂̂̆̀̏̐͋̔́̈̀̆͗̌͂͐̀̏̔̓̆̿͊͋̇̄̄̾͆̄͌́͒́̈́́͐̎̃̚̕̚͘̕̚̚̚͜͝͝͝U̸̧̢̧̧̡̡̢̧̢̧̨̘̠̺͔̤͎̟̲̰̠̼̳̝̹̺͖̣̳͈̰̰̪͎̥̬̭̤̤̬̮̟̮̱̣͇͍̠͉͙̮̩͙̫͈̘̮̩͉͇̰͇͔͕̳̦̦̪̯̠̳̹͙̜̬̥͓̰̻͎̰̭͉̬͉͈͔͓̮̠̰͇̱̼̗̪̟͙̘̤̪͍͍̪̜̟͉̹̦͉͚̜̯̣͖̬̙̤̻̟͎̯͉̅̏̀͐̈́̃̇̌̓̌̐̽̈́̈́́̃̀̈́̋̆̃̽̀̋̈̈͑͊̽̆̿̇̀̓̈́͐́̇̄̆́̌͐̇̇̔͑̌͂̀́͊̀͋̆̎̂̄́̅̽͌̑͛̇̒̃̔̽̎͑͆̀̉̉̉̈́͋͊̅̉̊̍͌̃͊̊́̑̉̇̈̋̀̾͒̊͒̅̓͑̎͒̉͒͘͘̚͘̕̚͘͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͝͝͝͠͠͝͠ͅͅͅĢ̴̢̨̧̡̙̺̟̱̘̻̳͕͉̼͓̫̫̲̝͚̰̦̜̳͓̥̖̦̦̝̻̱̺̪͎̭̬̯̥͎͕͇͙͎͚̣̳̤̩̜̰̟̪̺̙̟̹̖̟̠̖̤͔͕̗̪͖̬̯̭͉͈͚͓̺̭̬͔̞̫̜̙̖̤̼͓̘̯͉̓̒̈̓̒͋̇͑̚͜͜͝͠ͅI̸̡̡̡̧̧̧̨̢̛̠̠̻̭͙̺̤͕͕͎̯̬̖̝͙̦͔̟͍͇̠̱̘͈͖̻͔̯͔̗͉̫̗̥̹̣̖̦̭̪̯̜͉͎̥̝̣̩͎͙̭̖̙̞͇̤̯̺͇̲͇̮̲͉͚̳̬͙̞̺̠̠̾̀̐̈̒͌̒̒͌͒̒͛̐̇̃̐̓̓͒̇̉̋̍̎͒̔̈́̈́̓͗͐̑̒̽̊̈́̒̿̃̊̂̅̎̉̏̈́̍̃̃̒̂̏͊̌͛͊̅̈̈́̀̓͛̐͋̂͘͘͜͜͠͝͠͝͝͝͝͠͝ͅͅͅ...
No wonder why Yami was a little gremlin shit eater (/affectionate) in s0 era ehe ;)
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