Welcome to my blog! I'm happy to see you here! I'm very excited to show off my blog's new look, I'm so proud of its appearance.
First thing's first, my blog is NOT friendly for minors, so if you're below the age of 18, kindly skedaddle. I do not endorse nor do I condone young people reading my works.
Second, hello! I've been writing off and on for a long time but really got back into it during 2021 after falling head over heels for Rengoku. I’ve been writing since and I'm happy to share my works, so feel free to enjoy! And don't be scared to ask questions; I enjoy giving answers!
So hey. It’s been a few years. I’m just passing through.
Been posting this pretty regularly. If you like Resident Evil, Leon S. Kennedy, Dungeons and Dragons, and Ravenloft shenanigans, you might really like it.
It’s Leon x OC. OC is my PC named Yelena. It’s pretty neat. I’m on summer break so there’s a good chance I keep it updated. Already at 44k words. Might post Yelena art sometime. We’ll see. Enjoy ✨
Growing old and dying is the beauty of the fleeting creature called a human being. Because they grow old, because they die. They are tremendous, lovable, and precious. What they call ‘strength’ isn’t a word that is used in regards to the body.
So I've been absent from everything, and I will still be absent until the summer. Apart from commissions, I won't be writing until then, as school has pretty much consumed any and all free time. I don't have time to anything else but practice my instrument and read.
My most recent fic will be my last one until June. And after June, I'll be going away again until October.
University is difficult. I've been left stressed and constantly drained. I have too much on my mind. I can't write as a release like how I used to. The thought of opening a project brings me no joy right now, so I can't write. I feel physically incapable, and once I sit down, no words come to me. Hopefully I'll feel like Lily again when the stress eases a little.
Upon the discovery that his coworker - Sanemi Shinazugawa - has an interest in the new biology teacher Kanae Kocho, Tengen takes it upon himself to issue a challenge to get his dear friend up off his ass and ask the woman out for coffee. Come along on Sanemi’s journey and see how much it goes wrong for him before things finally go right.
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A spontaneous decision put the chaotic lives of two husbands on hold so that they may take a trip to the woods. The tent is pitched, the breeze is blowing, and marshmallows are roasting.
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Once a bride, the princess of a foreign land, Akari was turned into a vampiric monster the night before her wedding. It ended in tragedy, inscribed in the history books as one of the world's most terrible bloodbaths, portraying the scorned bride as a beast. Since that day, she's resigned herself to a deep slumber, only to rise should her one true groom awoke her.
After a stroll through her moonlit gardens, she and her wonderful groom - who saved her from eternal rest - retire for a night of passion.
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No we’re not holding up, we’re steamrolling through this cause I assumed this was Cannon and that every Rengoku smut needs a pussy eating UMAI at least once.
This is a method I started using when NFTs were on the rise - thieves would have to put actual work into getting rid of the mark - and one that I am now grateful for with the arrival of AI. Why? Because anyone who tries to train an AI on my work will end up with random, disruptive color blobs.
I can't say for sure it'll stop theft entirely, but it WILL make your images annoying for databases to incorporate, and add an extra layer of inconvenience for thieves. So as far as I'm concerned, that's a win/win.
I'll be showing the steps in CSP, but it should all be pretty easy to replicate in Photoshop.
Now: let's use the above image as our new signature file. I set mine to be 2500 x 1000 pixels when I'm just starting out.
Note that your text should not have a lot of anti-aliasing, so using a paint brush to start isn't going to work well with this method. Just use the standard G-Pen if you're doing this by hand, or, just use the text tool and whichever font you prefer.
Once that's done, take your magic wand tool, and select all the black. Here are the magic wand settings I'm using to make the selections:
All selected?
Good.
Now, find a brush with a scattering/tone scraping effect. I use one like this.
You can theoretically use any colors you want for this next part, but I'd recommend pastels as they tend to blend better.
Either way, let's add some color to the text.
Once that's finished,
You're going to want to go to Layer Property, and Border Effect
You'll be given an option of choosing color and thickness. Choose black, and go for at least a 5 in thickness. Adjust per your own preferences.
Now create a layer beneath your sig layer, and merge the sig down onto the blank layer.
This effectively 'locks in' the border effect, which is exactly what we want.
Hooray, you've finished your watermark!
Now let's place that bad boy into your finished piece.
You'll get the best mileage out of a mark if you can place it over a spot that isn't black of white, since you'll get better blending options that way. My preference is for Overlay.
From here, I'll adjust the opacity to around 20-25, depending on the image.
If you don't have a spot to use overlay, however, there's a couple other options. For white, there's Linear Burn, which imho doesn't look as good, but it still works in a pinch.
And for lots of black, you have Linear Light
Either way, you're in business!
EDIT since this has escaped my usual circles, and folks aren't as familiar with my personal usage:
An example of one of my own finished pieces, with watermark, so you can see what I mean about 'relatively unobtrusive'-- I try to at least use them as framing devices, or let them work with the image somehow (or, at the very least, not actively against it).
I know it's a bummer for some people to "ruin" their work with watermarks, which is part of the reason I developed this mark in particular. Its disruption is about as minimal as I can make it while still letting it serve its intended purpose.
There's other methods, too, of course! But this is the one I use, and the one I can speak on. Hope it helps some of you!
I have a few essays due this weekend so posting the fanfics and doing the blog update will have to take a backseat till I finish them. This also applies to my commissions, which is a shame because I was in such a mood to write!
I also have my jury performance for music in less than two weeks. Sorta freaking out. Sorta stressing out. But I’ll be fine.
Oh dear, I almost forgot to post this! For those of you following the story on Tumblr, here's the chapter 4 update for those of you who have been waiting! This is a cute fluffy chapter. Enjoy the fluff!
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