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[pleucas]

Skk fic recs you say? 👀

hehe yesss...

this got kinda long lol

If you paid attention in chemistry class, you would know that alcohol can also be a solution by flyed (30k, complete). guys WHY IS THIS SO UNDERRATED!!!! really excellent characterization of skk and super good balance of comedy and drama and angst, plus a rlly good relationship study! i also really like how subtle the writing is... there's a lot of motifs or tidbits that i only picked up on a second read, which is quite cool

Nostalgia by suninwinter37 (seires of oneshots, 65k total, marked incomplete but everything stands on its own). really fun series, i think it does a good job characterizing skk and esp their relationship/perspective of each other. it also does a good job of exploring the subtleties of dazai's pov, i think, which is quite impressive given we have none of it in canon

#1 hater by imnotstubborn (3.5k, complete). superb characterization. mutually emotionally constipated fools, and teen skk (my JAM!)! short and fun :)

one-night runaways by astroyooning (6.7k, complete). another one with good characterization! also ft. dz caring for chuuya which is such a plus, always 👍 sweet little one shot

literally any skk fic by UnicornPopcorn14 (there's so much). i personally just love how skk is characterized in her works, and it's clear she does her research on the things she writes about. all of her stuff has a good mix of angst, fluff, h/c, what more can you ask for? and good writing to boot!

till death, i'll give you breath by booksandpapers (28.5k, incomplete). gahhhh i just adore how this author writes. it's so spectacular! again, fantastic characterization, and really interesting perspectives offered for skk (and others). this is one of my favs by them, because the concept is sooo excellent and the tension is executed brilliantly. but all of their works are worth checking out ;)

somehow i'm moving on and it pains me by warsfeil (64.8k, complete). ohhhhhh my god i dunno what to say about this one actually it's just that good. canonzai and beastzai swap places and everyone has to deal with it (including the zais). incredible characterization of literally EVERYONE which is CRAZY TO MEEEE... really nice character(s) study and relationship(s) study that just hits so hard. warsfeil's writing style is also just like, pure crack to me... i love it so bad

Three-fold Fate by devilrin (60k, complete). I always rec this one, i feel like it's obligatory. probably my fav fic of all time, no joke. such incredible writing and character work and omggggg gahhh it's incredible. all their other works are impeccable as well! pleaseeee check them out if you haven't already

hope that's enough for now. check back in a few weeks and i'll probably have more ;) enjoy!

[pleucas]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR ART! <33

if you take suggestions, can you make Gin? She's so underrated in my opinion. And maybe soukoku at a bar. Yk. (If you haven't already, of course)

Ty! Keep up the great work! :3

!! love gin, won’t pass on a chance to draw her

^^ BEAST!gin just because

And abt skk in a bar… look out for the next painting ;)

[pleucas]

i got a few asks about my process :0 so yea i took some screenshots mid-process of my recent cliff-skk thing just for that

m gonna preface everything by saying that i did have a ref for the environment!! i avoid color dropping from the image and tracing cuz i do want to hone some digital skills. also saying i'm doing an "environment study" when i'm really just drawing skk makes me feel better abt myself

when i don't have a reference, i tend to do some thumbnail sketches in my sketchbook. here's some random stuff of past work, where i rawdogged everything:

but whatever, back to the cliff-skk. i'll also post a timelapse of it for easy ref, but detailed stuff is under the cut :)

first i did some rough sketches on an orangeish background (underpainting etiquette, i find it helps things feel brighter and keep a stable tone when choosing colors to lay on top), and I quickly lined skk :)

then I laid down some flats for the background, again really eyeballing the reference for hues. afterwards i thought it was a bit bright, and i wanted a more sepia/nostalgia feel to it, so i hue adjusted everything to something more uniform

then i lay down flats for skk + the ocean, which i both had to color adjust a lot (you might see that in the timelapse), and then i jump straight into rendering the background. when i render, i always prefer to do it over something lineless, so i turn the sketch layer off. i rarely do lineart for backgrounds.

i also used to render the characters first, but i've found that it's just not a great approach—especially for art where characters and background are interacting, knowing the hues and shades of the environment is crucial to effective rendering on the character that doesn't make them look out of place.

when i'm rendering, i really try to keep in mind tenants of contrast, perspective, form, and light/shadow. ex, stuff "closer" to us has more detail; the hill in the back is minimalist (in comparison); the shadows lean cool-green while the light leans gray-yellow. rake brushes really carried me here idk... my fav brushstyle forever

eventually i reach a point where i'm satisfied (or bored) with the background. for the last stages i usually have the subjects hidden so i can really perfect the details—but then for super duper final details, like the little leaf specks and grass strands, i unhid skk so the poppy details could work around skk. then i get to rendering the characters :)

i forgot to take ss of all the stages when i rendered skk, but here's something from... about the middle of the process? i tend to render characters with the lineart hidden as well, sometimes bringing it back just to clarify things, but ultimately i prefer to define things by form than by line. that's just me tho idk, idt it makes or breaks anything, just a preference

again rlly just thinking about cool/warm, reflective tones (the greenish shadow on chuuya's left inner leg, sky-gray blue on dazai's vest), really just slotting the subject into the environment. after i finish rendering the characters, i usually return to the background and add some stuff—in this one i defined the waves a bit and put some grass around skk

and yeah then we're done idk LOL. sometimes i run the file through camera raw (photoshop) to do some color adjustments—i find that my iPad displays colors super differently, usually making things a lot lighter than they are (u can see how dark the timelapse is...), so i find myself lightening my work a lot. i also sharpen and add noise as needed :)

i think my process has changed a lotttt even in this past year. it's kinda crazy!! it's always fun to do these and just reflect a bit on how i work. mostly just mindless insanity until it kinda works.

thanks for sending in an ask. and if u read all that, thanks to u too lolol

[pleucas]

If your still looks for requests the casino owner 🙏🙏🙏 please 🙏🙏🙏

Your art is so prettyy but idk if you’ve drawn him yet

:0 actually i just drew sigma for some IG requests... guess i'll post some of em here too aha

here she is. luv her... she was very fun to draw actually (i thought the hair would destroy me but it was actually quite nice) and her fit is one of the best in the series no joke. maybe i'll do more...?

yosano!

higuchiiii

lucy <3 also a really fun fit to draw

🥹

& cow boy!

feel free to send in more reqs <3 i'll get to them eventually promise

[pleucas]

speedpaint for the rainy day one, as requested ^^

[pleucas]

Hellow again 🌟

Pleaseeee, I would happily watch a 4+hours long youtube video of you rendering things, and tbh the more chaotic the better, all your works end up being masterpieces, it's hard for me to imagine them being anything less than perfect and, as a person who get frustrated and abandons their wips when things get messy, it would be encouraging to see how you navigate the "trust the process" stage of things.

I would love to see a process video of the "golden hour skk"(the one where they're in the laundromat) or the one where they're watching the rain (i don't usually like green so that illustration it's the exception, I ADORE the colors and the vibe there), but I'll be extremely grateful with anything you decide to share, on here or on yt

sorry for taking so long to answer this LOL. the plan was to finish another painting (just posted btw!) and screen record then speed it up to have a high quality speedpaint that i could have commentary over... but wifi here SUCKS and things were refusing to cooperate. mb

tumblr won't let me upload two videos so here's one of them lol. i'll make a separate post for the other one ^^

[pleucas]

Hey!! Happy New Year!! Your colors and composition are always such a treat to look at! And your art style is very inspiring! Would you mind sharing your fave artworks you created in 2023?

hey there! ty for sending in such a lovely ask :> i did a lot of stuff this year art-wise, much of which isn't fanart and thus not posted here, so i'll share some of that

starting with the current brainrot lol. i had a lot of fun doing this and i like how it turned out, probably my peak ngl

this one's from waaaaay early in the year, literally jan 2023, but i think it taught me a lot abt digital painting. i also had no reference and it was genuine hell to get through but it adds to the vibe i think ...

never posted this here, but here's a clip from a fun solo short film (~3min) i attempted

acrylic portrait, had a good time with my trusted flat brushes

thank you again for sending in an ask :0 wishing everyone a brilliant new year, and i hope for myself that i will continue my skk brainrot for '24 also! i already have a few paintings planned lol so. big things to come, another year of fun C:

[pleucas]

congratz on being famous enough to not be wigs/pelucas lol!

beluga is a pretty sick username but definitely would not have guessed that.

thank you thank you, really i think my degree of well-knowness has reached its peak here; i'll never forget my synthetic roots, though, and the pelucas are always in the back of my mind.

thank you for affirming my 12-yo beluga obsession. i also think i turnt out with a pretty sick username; could've been worse, like idk XDRainbowBeluga_SparklezXD ykwim. so yah dare i say, i did myself well with that one <3