liar.leth

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[liar-leth]

As I take a flower with dirtied hands

I wonder if I can live together with you

In a dream of destruction at the other side of time

you can hear it, right?

A far away alleluia

—Red Moon ; Kalafina

i'm not dead guys, i'm just an slow artist

and happy bday to me hehe

[liar-leth]

Slutty samurai sketches 💦 for a friend

my artstyle is so inconsistent that every time I draw him he looks like a different character... anyways

[trashbabye]

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[liar-leth]

I suspect you really like Taigen 😳

[mutinie]

Hey guys,

Due to financial difficulties, I'm opening up commissions on VGen, the cheapest ones at just $10 USD.

I don't have a big platform, so any shares or follows on VGen to help me get verified would be a big help 🥹

https://vgen.co/Mutie

[liar-leth]

Please support my dear friend!

[fancywiggler]

Give all you've got

[bluebell-42]

Shortly after that Zanmu drawing, I went on an art spree and made small little drawings of a majority of the current playable characters in Touhou (I've been procrastinating on drawing Aya and Ran) and finally gave myself refernce points for how to draw all these characters going forward! Also, don't mind the change in background colour, that's just me changing the background so the values are actually visible lol.

Artist's Notes;

So the first one I started with was Reimu, and the inspiration for her pose came from this pose reference on Pinterest of a girl doing ribbon dancing, and I thought "Damn, that's very Reimu-coded" and did a quick little Reimu drawing from that.

This was also the drawing where I finally learned what makes a Reimu drawing feel like Reimu. It's the shirt, it's literally just the shirt. I decided to try making Reimu's shirt have a stronger square shape and oh my god it's like I discovered some kind of secret sauce because it just feels so much more like Reimu. I also gave Reimu a tabard and loose pants because I felt like that also fit her very well and also tied in some element's of Yukari's design into hers. I also made her bow look more like a very geometric butterfly as a bit of a tie in to "Diochromatic Lotus Butterfly" and also because I think butterfly symbolism fits her a lot. I also left the hands unfinished because they are not the focus of this piece, Reimu is, I don't wanna cry over how I can't get the hands right and then never get to the actually fun parts of the drawing. Previously, I did some design experimentation with Reimu where I added a little ornament on her obi that was inspired by Yuna's design from Final Fantasy 10 (I can't remember if I ever posted that one lol, also FFX is so good you guys I love it so much) and I like it, I think it adds some fun assymetry to her design that I think makes it look neat. I also gave her some more traditional Japanese shoes (I don't know the name of them so please correct me if you know) since I've seen other artists doing it and I love that look so I added that to this drawing as well.

I also really like how Marisa turned out, I experimented a bit with her body type and outfit, though I didn't really go too off-model with her compared to Reimu. I liked the longer sleeves on her and I gave her a big bow on the back of her apron since I thought it looked cute. I couldn't find a spot for the bow on her hat that looked good so sadly that isn't present in this version of her :( I do like how her face turned out though, since I've also been experimenting with how differently stylized I can make faces in my art. I will always love mangas like Hunter X Hunter that can put two extremely differently stylized characters on the same panel and make it look cohesive, it's why I love the style so much.

I think the crulest irony is not being able to draw your favourite character well while you're hyperfixating on them, but then only being able to draw them how you picture them once they're no longer your favourite, and that happened with Sakuya here. I was initially gonna give her the flashiest eyeshadow known to man but when I removed the layer wih the eyeshadow rendering on it I ended up liking it more without it, so now she's just got some nice bottom lashes. I tried giving her more of an hourglass shape for her body type, mainly to differentiate her more from Reimu and Marisa, and I focused on making as many points in her drawing as sharp as I can. I also gave her some white gloves because I like the idea of Sakuya having fancy gloves, it fits her. To me, Sakuya has always been the most high femme of the main Touhou characters. Maybe this is just because she was my gay awakening, maybe it's just influence from the fandom, but it just kind of makes sense to me. Much like Marisa, I also emphasized the bow ribbons for extra oomph with the silhouette and when I added the red bows and looked at the overall design, I fixed the lack of red anywhere else by just... covering her in blood... I mean she does work for two vampires and she's exactly the sanest person in Gensokyo so please pardon my indulgence in edginess it couldn't be helped.

Youmu was really fun to do but also kinda challenging. In my mind I wanted to make her feel different compared to everyone else I've drawn so far, short enough to be somewhat accurate to canon, but not too childish looking since she never really acts all that childish in cannon and it wouldn't make sense for her to look like a child. I also had to make her look fast and speedy without her looking like Sakuya and potentially avoiding same body syndrome with Aya, who's whole gimmick is speed. In the end, I think her drawing is my favourite, mainly because of the shapes and silhouette. I also really like how I golden-ratioed myon. I also took a few liberties with her outfit and decided to give it some layers to add visual interest. I also like how the cuts in the clothing add more triangles, which adds to the shape language. For her face, I was wondering what to do with her eyes until I decided to just go for the simple, glowing, circular eyes she has in the final product. I was also listening to a bunch of Gorrilaz albums while drawing these (Demon Days is my favourite album btw, idk how basic of a take that is though) and my brain 100% was subconsciously influenced by some elements of the art style (it's so good omg). I also like the shade of green I gave her, though I am a certified green lover so I am 100% biased.

Reisen is where I let myself get a little weird with it, because as you can see, I turned her into an anthropomorphic bunny because she is a weird moon rabbit god dammit, why should she look normal? I was more excited about drawing her IN design than her modern design so that's why she's dressed like that, but I do have a sketch of her in my sketchbook of her modern design. I also had fun rendering her velvet suit jacket. This also helped me tie in some of the reds in her eye and ear, which is also a nice bonus. I also gave her pure white fur to create more visual contrast. Overall, I'm pretty happy with how she turned out, though I wish I didn't shade the legs too much because it's kinda blending with the skirt colour....welp, ya win some ya lose some I guess.

Sanae is also relatively on-model compared to everyone else here, though I did try to make some changes to her outfit to make her feel different from Reimu. First of all, I made her big sleeves (IDK the proper Japanese term for them, if there is one, so again if you know please correct me on this) more open than Reimu's, as well as making them more pointy to give her a different silhouette. I also tried out a new rendering style on her eyes that I also applied to Cirno (we'll get to her in a moment) to also make her face feel different from Reimu's. I'll be honest, I didn't really know what to do with her body type so she just kinda got the "basic slim girl" look in her drawing. I'm not too big a fan of the frills I added to her skirt though, I don't really think she needs them. I'm glad I gave Reimu pants and a tabard instead of a normal skirt because that does help to make the two of them feel different. I also kept her little frog hair clip the same shade of blue as her dress, mainly to economize my colour usage and limit the palette into something a little more tight-nit. I do like how her little hair snake looks though, it's cute lol.

And finally, we have Cirno. I have been a firm believer of "long sleeve Cirno is best Cirno" ever since I saw the art of her in PMiSS because she's an ice fairy, I think it would make sense for her to want to keep herself warm, same reason she has little socks too. Now that I look at it more, her colours are pretty similar to her design in Great Fairy Wars, and honestly I like that, I think keeping her colour palette simple is a good idea so I'm happy about that. I mainly wanted to focus on rendering her wings though, mainly because rendering ice and crystals is fun even though I have done zero studies of them! I also wanted to experiment with rendering her eyes in a similar way to Sanae's, and I like how they turned out! I don't know if I'll continue with this style in the future but it will probably stick around because to me, any stylistically different way of doing eyes is another facial feature I can use to bend the rules of same face syndrome.

While I'm on the topic, I want to mention that the reason Hunter X Hunter's art works so well is because everything is kinda rendered the same. It showed me that if you do everything else consistently in your style (i.e. rendering, lineart, shading), stylizing each character's faces differently will be a lot easier, at least that's how I see it. IDK if I'm ever gonna do drawings of Aya and Ran in this style since I gotta think about them more as well as stop procrastinating lol.

[liar-leth]

"London?"

clueless mizu my beloved

[liar-leth]

My first post to reach the 1k+ notes, thank you! 🩵💚

[liar-leth]

Akemizu and Taimizu shippers on S2: 🥀🥀😔😔🥶🥶

Fowzu shippers: 🤑🤑🥵🥵👺👺

[liar-leth]

One braincell conversation

[kyaptainkiddo]

some practice using link

[liar-leth]

“I guess, I’ve been part of her misery for so long, I think I want to be part of her happiness. I’m still trying to figure out what that means.”

A fanart dedicated to one of the most meaningful fics for me in this fandom. Thank you @poolsidescientist for writing it! :^)

🌊Cut Out for Something Else

[drawingden]

Colour Tips by yuming_art

Support the artist and check out their painting course!

[st-hedge]

*looking at a ship* they’d look good killing each other

[m00niks]

would anyone believe me if i said that I’ve been working on this project (sporadically) since 2024?

again, consistency isn’t my forte but I do like pretty ladies

ANYWAY, HEAVILY INSPIRED BY THIS WORK HERE:

“The Lantern Bearers” by Maxfield Parrish, (1908)

[liar-leth]

your art is seriously the best, you should be so proud!! supporting u always!

Really really really thank you so much!!! 😭😭🩵💚 I'm always in a constant battle with imposter syndrome, but I'm coping better now :^] this makes me so happy

(unrelated gif but it makes me happy anyway)

[liar-leth]

"London?"

clueless mizu my beloved

[liar-leth]

what are your favorite thing ab taigen and mizu? :)

I'll assume you're referring to them individually, so I'll base my answer on that! (let's ignore the character design)

Mizu is easy: her sassiness. Yes, it's probably a tiny part of her beautiful character construction as a whole, but it's refreshing; someone who looks so serious can have a sense of humor and still maintain her facade! I loved that. It's not the first time I've seen or read about it... but maybe it is in a female character.

Also cause it was the only part where I could connect with the character on a more personal level

Her more sensitive/vulnerable side too. The one Mizu rejects so much because she knows it brings her closer to a humanity she “doesn't deserve.”

Taigen is a... case. I'm not sure why I like him so much. At this point, I compare the situation to a mother who has a spoiled child that everyone hates except her lmaoo I have a lot of affection for the bastard, but if I had to say something quickly: his unbreakable spirit. Mizu has it too, but there's a certain fascination in seeing the guy who is presented to us as insufferable and selfish preferring to go through horrific torture rather than reveal information about his rival because it's the right thing to do (on his strange scale of honor).

Everyone can hate him, but he'll always have a place in my heart (unless he screws up royally)

Sorry for the long answer! I hope I've answered your question properly 🩵

[vivaballerina]

Hot take?

MizuxTaigen > Akemizu

I feel like I’ve seen WAY more content shipping Akami and Mizu than Mizu and Taigen, and even though I don’t hate the idea of them together, I’d hate if it the show made them canon.

1- Mizu and Akemi BARELY interacted with each other— they certainly never passed the status of acquaintances— especially after Mizu allowed the guards to take her after the battle at Madame Kaji’s. Compare them to Mizu and Taigen, who had developed so much more chemistry throughout the season, and were willing to sacrifice themselves for each other (even if they wouldn’t admit it). There was NOTHING to suggest a romantic relationship between Akemi and Mizu.

2- Akemi’s entire arc was her learning to be independent and discovering her desire to be great. My girl DESERVES to develop as her own character, not just as a romantic interest to the main character. Honestly, the only romance I would like to see (as a subplot) for her, is her relationship with the shogun’s son. Their dynamic would be really sweet— helping each other overcome their insecurities and fears, and learning how to rule together. They could actually grow their characters together, and push each other to be better— plus, they’re already married.

So as much as I love my yuri, and I’m aware how lesbian couples are always pushed aside in favor of straight, and even mlm ships in media and their fandoms— I really just don’t think these characters have potential together.

[viscasi]

Hot take maybe but I feel like the main reason Akemi/Mizu is a more popular ship is because people are having a hard time comprehending a masculine woman being in a relationship with a man, without having to sacrifice or compromise on her masculinity.

Here’s the thing! I’m not sure if I’m right about this but I hope I am: it actually seems like this is a problem being addressed directly in the show’s writing! Mizu DID already have a relationship with a man, one that depended on her sacrificing/compromising on her masculinity, but it didn’t WORK, because that’s not a real happy ending for her! That’s not what she’s meant for!

That’s why I think it’s SO interesting that Taigen is written so clearly in parallel to Mizu’s old husband— rather than pushing her away and being afraid of her masculinity, it seems to be what draws him in.

She is masculine and she is a woman, but never is she allowed to be both at the same time— when she chooses not to hide that she’s a woman, she feels she has to hide her masculinity… and when she chooses not to hide her masculinity, she feels she has to hide that she is a woman.

The seemingly very prevalent belief that only a woman could love Mizu as a masculine woman is SAD. I want to see the man she loves ON SCREEN swoon for her “monstrous, impure” entirety. She deserves that full circle moment after what happened with Mikio.

Anyway, BES writers PLEASE give us HetGNC masc x masc representation 🙏 🙏 🙏

[liar-leth]

You're absolutely right. I fear the fandom itself greatly underestimates the showrunners' abilities—and they have their reasons—to the point that they fear this potential relationship could ruin Mizu's character by forcing her into gender roles she rejects. I have faith they're better than that; they've already given us some hints, at least