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@naluzine
Hey here’s my other art contribution to the NaLu zine! It was one of the post card prints!
This is what I imagined the Natsu x Lucy unison raid would be, the Draco Stardress!
This took me a while to figure out the design for and I wanted to practice more dynamic poses, looking at different references.
I hope you guys enjoy! I’ll try to post more as often as I can!
This art (c) Kagomenesan
Do not repost, produce, or use without my permission.
Hi, if you are interested in making a fanzine that includes Nalu in it, are you allowed to make a post about it on this blog?
we do not organize such events, but we reblog them. there is already a Nalu fanzine (we do not know if the orders are still available but you can check it yourself) @naluzine
if there are any other nalu zines or events related to them we will reblog them
Hiya thanks for mentioning us! We do still take digital zine orders. If anyone’s interested in making more nalu zines please do it! Please share the nalu love be it a free a zine, charity or for profit! If you need any help or tips we’ve learnt a lot from the project so you’re more than free to contact one of us!
At the moment we have no plans of another nalu related zine but we may do something different in the future!
Thank you and I really hope to see more nalu zines!
Hello, just thought I'd follow up - are digital editions of the zine available to purchase now?
Yes they have been for a while! They should be up on http://naluzine.storenvy.com/Crystal’s been a bit busy so she may take a bit to sent out the pdf. Make sure your email and everything is correct in your order since we’ll send it there!
Alright time to get out of this art funk! This here was my @naluzine contribution! I waited a long time to post this and it’s honestly my proudest work.
A lot has happened since I finished this and my gruvia zine peice and I am very sorry to everybody who follows me and I appreciate everybody’s positive vibes and messages.
I want to give a special shout out to my friends @ayumichi-me @karokitten-chan @ccrispy for being there while I was going through some hard stuff.
Also want to thank mods @shadoouge and Crystal for all their hard work and help with this project! They continue to work hard every day to get our orders sent out and I’m so excited to see this in person!
Stay cool guys and enjoy! ❤️❤️❤️
Do not repost without permission
This art © Kagomenesan
Thank you @naluzine for the amazing zine you guys made! I just love everything that everyone made!! Thank you again so much!
Never Ending Journey 💫
My piece for @naluzine!!
I haven’t had opportunity to do that earlier, but after soo long I can finally share my art now!
I had a lot of fun while drawing this one! (but it would be much better, if I didn’t mess the art composition up..)
Everyone did just amazing and hard work! So, if you want to support us you can still get a digital copy of the zine! 💖
Nalu Zine: Never Ending Journey
Please don’t remove credit to the artist: ©MsSaltyAnchor, when re-blogging!
After what seemed like forever, we’re finally able to post our artwork for the wonderful Nalu Zine. I would like to thank both artist/writes and the mods at @naluzine for their hard work at putting all of it together.
Thank you, everyone, for all the wonderful support! Sending ya’ll lots of love♥
International orders have started arriving! Soon everyone should’ve received the zine (:
Yeah we noticed! We were so worried. Some are getting them sooner others may still be waiting. We were so scared it was taking so long but we’re so relieved they’re finally arriving. Thank you everyone once again for supporting our first zine, these experiences were so valuable to us
I see some people received an email saying that their zine had been shipped, though I still haven't received mine. Should I be worried?
Hiya! Emails could’ve ended up in spam if not perhaps there was a mistake!All zines have been bulk shipped so even if you haven’t received an email your zine should’ve shipped with all the others!If you’re outside of the US there’s no need to worry they’re still on their way. International shipping takes quite a long time. However if you are in the US and have not yet received your order please contact Crystal via our email [email protected] or personally on her tumblr.
Thank you for all the hard work you all have been putting in to make this a reality. It's a shame that people are being so impatient with you especially with this amazing thing you made a reality : ) Just wanted to send a little love your way!
Thank you so much for the nice message anon, I made sure to show it to mod shadoo since she has been a real mvp with keeping an eye out for messages. We understand why people are upset, it’s been a long wait already and it’s always harder when you see others getting their items and you still have to wait. We only hope the zine gets to them sooner rather then later. Thank you for the love anon and we hope you have a wonderful day full of love -mod artilleon
updates
International
We have been getting a few messages about any updates with international shipping and i'm sorry but there's no updates, international shipping didn't come with shipping and it's always a gamble it can take 1 or even 2 months for things to be delivered so as much as we want to give updates we just aren't able to and we are sorry for that.
I figure it can take until the end of march-mid april for packages to start arriving. This is because we did use canada post to send our two boxes of packages to the postal service we are using for shipping the individual packages one contained US orders and the other was International orders. So the time depends on when the box arrivedand when they left. It's a bit of a confusing and complicated process to explain but that's just how things are unfortunately. (Please note my estimated time is a worst case scenerio, we hope it takes less time then that I am just anticipating for the long wait times because of our setup)
Storenvy
I apologize for the late update, i've been rather busy and away from the computer. The shipping will be done monday-tuesday of this week. They were put on hold due to my laminator getting jammed, however my dad will be dropping it off today so once I have it back in my hands i'll finish creating the merch for the bundles and ship them out.
The digital pdfs were sent out today for storenvy orders so far.
Thank you everyone for supporting our project thus far. I will continue to update you whenever I can. I am really sorry that I can’t give a better update for international orders.
- Mod artilleon
so you want to tell me that we Europeans bought the zine with sticker etc in Oktober for 50$+ and STILL waiting for our packages! I don't want to be rude but I'm pretty pissed as you imagine.
I’m sorry but have you read any of the update posts? Pre-orders ended in October, we got all of the merch and zines in November but could not ship them due to Canada post striking throughout the entirety of November. We posted other things as well that got in our way so please read those posts.If you’re the same person that has complained before we told you several times we will issue you a refund if you’re not happy but not once have you tried reaching out to us. Yes we understand the frustrations but what the post does is out of our control sometimes. I will try to contact Crystal for any further updates. Shipping from Canada to Europe can take anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months. It’s how the post is and it’s out of our control. You should contact your local post office and not us in case the package got lost or stuck at the post itself. If it did get lost and we can confirm it from our end as well we will issue a refund.We thank you for your patience so far but these issues are honestly out of our control. We can’t control our personal lives nor can we control how the post operates. We ask for your understanding and once again will issue a refund or a partial refund if you so desire.
Update
First and foremost I want to apologize that it took me sometime to finally be able to make this update, I have been really busy trying to get a portfolio together for my college application so I haven’t had any time to make this update. Regarding shipping and emails We had a small issue with canada post, they accidentally returned the zines to me. However I remailed them to chitchats last week and the US ones have already made it to the US! In fact as you might have seen some lovely supports have already recieved their zines! I will be working on getting our emails out other the next few days. I will be mailing out our storenvy orders hopefully this week as I am free again. I will make a post once I have them mailed out. Thank you so much for being patient Digital Copies (storenvy)
we had a small issue with shipping being charged on the digital only copies, the problem was fixed last week, however if you only bought the digital copy when it charged shipping please let me know and I can either paypal you back the shipping costs, or if you like our stickers and prints I will send you our stickers and a complimentary print to make up for the additional charge. Please dm me on my personal blog with how you would like me to proceed. - Mod artilleon
My piece for @naluzine !!
Thank you for all of the support \o/
Through the Haze
Hiya guys! Nothing much to see here, just showing off the piece i wrote for the @naluzine , it was a great experience working with other artists and writers! Loved every minute of it! Also I may or may not continue this fic depending on how I’m feeling. I hope I feel like it
Enjoy!
Arrows whizzed past her, narrowly skimming her hair, taking a few blonde strands with them before embedding themselves deeply in an elderly tree just short of her shoulder. Arrowheads sank out of sight beneath and even further below to the honey-coloured wood peeking out at Lucy from cracks in the bark as she sailed past, legs pumping hard despite undergrowth wrapping its spindly fingers around her thighs. They left stinging scratches but Lucy paid them no mind.
She couldn’t afford to slow down.
They were everywhere, leaping above her head from branch to branch and hot on her trail. The ‘thwack’ of arrows from their bows and the flash of dark hoods out the corners of her eyes were the only constants in Lucy’s racing thoughts, arms curling instinctively tighter around what they were after, secured beneath layers of cloth wrappings pressed close to her chest.
Thieves, rogues, murderers, they were all one and the same in this hunt. They all possessed the same greedy hisses and the same hungered gazes as their eyes roamed over Lucy, stabbing into her from the shadows of their hoods.
Lucy could almost feel the stifling weight of their arrogance on her shoulders as they closed their ranks around her. They were all enemies to each other, no doubt going to turn on one other after they tore into her for the coveted prize.
But for now, they worked as one. Her lungs were on fire and yet she couldn’t find it in herself to take a proper breath, nor could she reach for the knife strapped to her thigh to defend. To do anything apart from run was to lose her ground. Lucy knew that and they surely knew too.
A cackle sounded when she stumbled, feeling fingers; clammy and bandaged, close around her upper arm. Blindly, Lucy yanked away with a hiss, her arm burning from where she was grabbed, knowing for sure a bruise would blossom later atop her skin.
Unfortunately, that was all they needed. The prize fumbled in her arms yet Lucy held on tighter than ever, eyes squeezed shut realizing that there was no way out as the bodies clamoured around her. The arrows had stopped long ago in the pursuit and Lucy tucked her head low, waiting to feel those clammy fingers grab her once more.
“Please no.” Came Lucy’s ragged whisper, lost inside the wave of triumphant shouts.
She couldn’t be caught, not here. Not with so much at stake. Lucy inhaled sharply, gripping the handle of her blade tightly. If she’s going down, then she wouldn’t go down without a fight.
A hand lashed out and Lucy moved to slice it when smoke filled the air. Thick and heavy curls of gray that danced around her, overpowering the cloying scent of dense wood with rich cloves and wood smoke. Confused shrieks went up in unison as it grew, tangling around her pursuers and thickening to a fog not even their hungry gazes could pierce through.
The hand narrowly missed her, catching only thick streams in its grasp. Lucy stood enraptured by the sight of her pursuers snared by the smoke, unable to move despite best efforts and struggling against the unseen force that had yet to grasp Lucy.
A cloud brushed past her face, a caress in its softness that urged her to move; to flee now that she had the chance. She spared them a glance as she slipped past, their eyes filled with blood and hate. The hisses that left their lips filled were with venom.
With a turn of her head, Lucy disappeared into the gloom, clutching the treasure a little less tightly.
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The forest seemed almost a different place now, calmer with chattering birds hidden in the leaves and little critters scampering about in the brush. But maybe it was always like that, Lucy thought with a sigh, rubbing at her arm, maybe it only changed because something bad followed her into it.
She leaned against a tree trunk, the bark rough and scratching at her skin, yet it still felt as heavenly as her bed that she’d left behind days ago. She huffed a little and she reached for her canister to quench her thirst when she smelled it again.
Wood smoke and cloves, weak and lingering in the air.
Lucy looked down beside her at the intricate lamp nestled amidst worn cloth covers and resting against the tree much like herself. The forest light dulled its gold gleam and the glare of the dragon spout’s ruby eyes no longer seemed as harsh. Like its anger had been directed elsewhere.
Smoke leaked from the spout, thin tendrils now pink and not gray like before, weaved their way over to her. It snaked its way past her elbow to rest lightly on her bruise, now a deep purple yellowing at the edges. Almost like fingers gently running over the wound, barely skimming atop her skin.
“You’re hurt.” A voice buzzed in the back of her mind. The smoke swirled tighter around her arm, warm and distracting her from the pulse her bruise had decided to take up. She could almost hear the frown in his voice.
“It was bound to happen. You are well sought after in these parts.” Lucy said, a teasing lilt to her words. She tapped the lamp reassuringly on the top as though she were patting his head.
She hummed lightly at the thought; she wishes she could see him, this genie of the lamp. Her friend, Natsu.
Sometimes when he’s silent, she tries to put a face behind the voice that always seemed to speak softly into her mind, full of snark and lame jokes most of the time and yet, still soft with concern the rest of the time. Like now even, she thinks she could see him, hovering over her with narrowed eyes and lips turned down in a deep pout as he inspected the damage.
Even then, the image was hazy, as though the face she thought up wasn’t good enough and her mind sought the right one. Even after all these months, she still couldn’t picture it properly.
“If anything, I should thank you. If it hadn’t been for you in the end, I’d be nursing harsher wounds.” She took a swig from the canister, eyes still on the smoky tendrils wrapped around her upper arm. It swirled a deep, almost black scarlet as Natsu’s growl resonated in her head.
“There’s only so much I can do from inside my prison. These chains bind me tightly and still, the little I did wasn’t enough.” Natsu sighed and the smoke drooped almost, slithering down to filter between her fingers.
Warm and heavy like a hand resting atop her own, Lucy thinks, flexing her fingers slightly. A sharp knock sounded from the lamp as it rocked a little, a habit she’s noticed when Natsu’s upset, as though he’s banging around inside.
She couldn’t imagine a life like that, sealed in one place forever, forced to do someone else’s bidding. It made her stomach churn with the thought of how much he’s been through in his long life. How many evil wishes he had to grant, where his own voice was drowned out. Lucy wanted to free him so much but his own curse stood in the way.
“Let me free you then.” Lucy murmured, resting a light finger atop his lamp.
Silence met her words, the smoke dissipating to a thin mist. When she’d first ask the question it was met with dry laughter, and just sarcasm afterwards.
How many times had he heard that lie in his life? The promise of freedom? Of course he’d be apprehensive.
But now there was none, the silence uncertain as though he started to believe her just a little. “Why do you always ask? Why don’t you just force me?” His voice was small.
“Because it’s your life. I can’t make that decision for you.”
“But,” Natsu paused, his voice weaker than before when he started again. “once I leave I won’t have my power. I’ll be a mortal like you, and I know nothing of this world now. How can I be of use to you then?” She pictured him gnawing his lip in fear, eyes cast away from Lucy.
Her palm lay flat atop the lamp and she felt his stirrings inside cease. “You’ll be the same as you are to me now,” Lucy reassured. “a friend like no other who I desperately want to help.”
“Why is that?” He shot back. “Why do you want to help me so much?”
“Because no one deserves to be trapped away forever like this.”
Natsu went silent again and Lucy felt the seconds tick by before all the smoke was sucked back into the lamp, like a sudden sharp inhale.
Then Lucy heard him; a weak, shaky chuckle. A trickle of smoke leaked from the spout.
“The first human to ask my name, the first to never use my powers and the first to want me to leave the lamp. Just how many firsts am I going to have with you?”
“More if you say yes. Won’t you please walk beside me instead of having me carry you?” Lucy teased, prodding the stream of smoke in hopes he felt it.
“Won’t you please let me see you?” Her hand rested firm atop the lamp, waiting for his answer.
“I - yes.” Natsu said. “I give my permission. I want to be free.” The 'free’ sounded strained, a word new on his tongue but it was all Lucy needed.
She stroked the side gently, fingers dancing over the intricate gold carvings for the first and last time before rising to her feet. Smoke danced all around, ducking and weaving through the entire forest, racing all about until all was covered in a swirling red fog, dense in some places and light in others. Wood smoke and cloves were the only scent that could be detected in the now silent forest.
A twig snapped in front of her and Lucy held her breath, lungs filled with his scent.
A head of pink was the first thing she saw through the haze.
After more than half a year I can finally share my full piece for the @naluzine !!! I really had a lot of fun playing with Lucys zodiac sign theme 💕💕 Hope y'all like it as well (o_ _)ﾉ彡☆
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I got the OKAY from the @naluzine to post the full thing so I figured I would! Happy Monday!!!
Check out the NaluZine tumblr to see more info about this project though! Everyone did a really amazing job and I was super happy to be invited on to add some art!
