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[crowwkui]

I feel that I have semi-succesfully combined Dungeon Meshi With Fallout. However within the fic, I'm worried about characterization. How do you push through things and characterize everybody well?

Hi!

Congratulations on finishing (or mostly finishing) such a big project! (Also sorry for the late response! I kinda foresaw my reply to be a little long)

I’m really flattered to be asked for advice on characterization! But to be honest, most of what I do is pretty vibes based, and the way I’ve characterized the dunmeshi crew hasn’t vibed with everyone. I feel like in the realm of fandom, you have some liberty with how you choose to interpret the characters, especially if you’re altering their backstories in a crossover/au. I think the hardest part is figuring out the traits you want to preserve. Bc you still want to capture the character and figure out what they’d authentically do in your scenarios.

Sometimes I like to think of characterization as a puzzle where different pieces can be fit together to create the same picture. I think, as long as you’re approaching things with a strong idea of the final picture you’re trying to paint, the pieces you build it out of can be a little differently shaped. (And what pieces you want to be the same as the originals)

A good source of help is u/dunmeshistash who has one of the most impressive independent archives of dunmeshi content. Kui has created a lot of extra material (profiles, short comics, post canon comics, etc) that can lend some additional insight. I’ll link them here: https://dunmeshistash.tumblr.com/

Dungeon Meshi Stash

FAQ I Just wanted a place to keep all the Dungeon Meshi content I keep trying to find but have...

[crowwkui]

long time no dungeon meshi! here's a sketchy post-canon farcille (it's a few months old, but i'm not gonna refine it past this point, so here goes ദ്ദി)

[scramratz]

My vampires CAN walk into the sunlight but doing so would reveal what they would look like if they aged normally

Younger vampires don’t have much to worry about but older vamps have reason to avoid sunlight as they age. They are still immortal, but their aged, sunlit selves are significantly weaker than their non-sunlit forms. Vamps over 100 years old run the risk of crumpling over, fully immobile, but still conscious

[buniix3]

I made this really hastily please forgive me

[p1anetmouth]

could you share some timelapses 😮😮

i don’t have time lapses enabled so I drew this for u to watch here u go

[paddysol]

i too would leave important life decisions up to a magic 8-ball

[wombrion]

[wigglybunfish]

chime doodle

[walmart-the-official]

Hey, don’t cry. Free online database of Japanese folk lore

[bleu-guacamole]

Might I add, free database of mostly European folklore and myths

[random-brushstrokes]

Théophile Steinlen - Two women in a dormitory (ca. 1892)

[allerod]

stacja: skierniewice

każdy polski pseudointelektualista:

[1982toyotacorolla-deactivated20]

[enilehtnorevol]

Can I ask how you create concepts for your designs? On any character, especially Scaramouche. I was wondering if you have any references you use when making a (fan) design, or if you just come up with them as you go :)

if its something im not familiar with i would make some research, learn the patterns, get a hold of the aesthetic first, and if its something ive done before i would already have a general silhouette in mind. then i do a bunch of little sketches to see if what i want works and how to improve it, and sometimes also what it looks like from different angles/in different positions and footwear/gloves separately. decide on colors while coloring and come up with half of the details during rendering process. sometimes it's an evolution of an old design.

for scara i use a lot of details from all the genshin raidens designs and things related to/associated with them and i think it's one of the few situations where i actually use references

[dyleeart]

my favorite frequently mischaracterized sunshines...

[yearningfreak]

You fools, it takes great strength and morals to stay gentle and kind in a life that never failed to show you the opposite of it.

[meboii27]

the judge

[bamsara]

how to explain to mutuals that while yes you can have my discord, and i wanna hang out! my response time is anywhere between 3-7 business days

[bamsara]

stray cat that's very affectionate and enjoys spending time on the porch with you but disappears once a week and after a while you think you'll never see them again until you open the front door and theyre sleeping in your boots

[sarafangirlart]

Life is unfair sometimes.

Most paintings of Perseus and Andromeda usually have Perseus gloriously fighting Cetus whereas Andromeda is sexualized posing nude in the background. Yet when you finally find a piece of art that's actually tender and sweet it turns out to be an unfinished sketch.

This is "Aspecta Medusa" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, where Perseus is showing to Andromeda the head of Medusa.

He even wrote a poem with the same title:

Aspecta Medusa (For a Drawing)

Andromeda, by Perseus sav’d and wed, Hanker’d each day to see the Gorgon’s head: Till o’er a fount he held it, bade her lean, And mirror’d in the wave was safely seen That death she liv’d by.

Let not thine eyes know Any forbidden thing itself, although It once should save as well as kill: but be Its shadow upon life enough for thee.

Paintings/illustrations/frescos of Perseus showing Andromeda the head of Medusa in a reflection are my favorite bc there is so much you can do with their characterization.

Would Perseus look prideful? Stoic? Shy? Solemn? Would he look at the reflection of Medusa or look at Andromeda?

Would Andromeda be frightened? Curious? Excited? Fascinated?

Would they hold hands or have their arms around each other? There’s just so much you can do with this subject, like she literally has her head on his lap while he’s showing her horrors beyond human comprehension, if that’s not love idk what is.

[aliciavance4228]

In the poem it's even emphasized the fact that she asked Perseus every day to show her the head of Medusa, and it's implied that she's comforted by it because it saved her life. Then you have Perseus holding her hand and looking tenderly at her. Rosetti actually understood the assignment.

[sarafangirlart]

Found two more sketches, one where Perseus is leaning on Andromeda’s shoulder, dammit you two GET A ROOM.