NOTE: This is a lot of reblogging here with sparse notes on my own AU's, I don't plan to tag things much, so spoilers ahead!
I have a Twisted Wonderland Standard Showcase Track Sheet, in case you have trouble keeping track of what cards you're missing.
I love exploring the mental gymnastics of characters. My posts about ships/couples are often written to be more platonically sapphic, but can be read either way.
My Personal Yuu, Rui Yuuya. [update coming soon]
Personal Takes on Direbeast Grim [coming soon]
Start [comic, hc]
Hourglass [img]
Good Morning [img, story]
Finished Good Morning [img]
Still Water [img, story]
Snake Eyes [img comic, story]
I Can't See You. [img, hc]
Some Y2K casual fashion concepts that I cooked up on my sketchbook.
This is what they'll be wearing most of the game after they change out of their uniform/usual clothes. If they're chilling at pastel suburbia then they're gonna sport the suburban neighborhood look.
Just realized I picked striped sweater vests for both of them, though Riddle's got that bookish-yet cool look while Cheka's out here being a sunshine bby!
So the 10 I had to do for my class is completed. But my teacher insisted I finish all 78 cards. GUESS WHAT I'm weak and I said sure! But due to the lack of characters in twst, this might be an extremely slow burn thingy. Plus class works, life whatever there is but I'm determined to finish the full deck. Don't quote me on this later.
Also here's my favorite detail about the cards that no one noticed<3
wip of a mod for bitbuddy that's still in the works, but its fully functional and kalim is Very cute while typing and using a mouse (and hes been helping me a lot with productivity ^^)
if you do anything like type or click a lot in rapid succession, the thang gets a little wobbly effect that i find fun! (you can toggle it off)
im planning on fully coloring it after finals but he's sooooo cute! if i dont get lazy, i might make custom items for him, like a little jamouse or something LOL
This particular scene is meant to be a romantic reimagining of Kalim using Oasis Maker in the desert during Book 4.
Originally, I hadn't intended to paint this scene. I had a few different ideas that felt appropriate for the Romantic Era - though not initially this. But after doing a number of painting studies, the idea to recreate this scene hit me like a truck. The Romantic Era truly focused on evoking an emotion and showcasing pastoral imagery, of which I felt this scene in Book 4 - the shock of Kalim being able to just create a solution out of thin air and in a desert no less- really demonstrated with ease.
I'll break down each piece I studied; the notes I made; what I noticed about the themes and motifs of the era; and how we got to this final piece under the cut.
The first piece I examined was "the Lady of Shalott" by John William Waterhouse. (If you look it up without my notes and scribblings all over it, you'll find it's a PHENOMENAL piece.) I actually spent a lot of time with this piece - a whopping 45 minutes when I was live on stream. You can see here in my notes, I examined his usage of the rule of 3rds; when he used thick brush strokes; how he used light to draw our attention to the woman in the boat; and of course the usage of warm and cool tones contrasted with lights and shadows. And you'll actually find that all of these things are motifs throughout almost every Romantic era painting that I studied prior to doing this piece. The cool shadows are used in such a way that they almost frame the warm oranges and pure white of the woman on the boat. It really draws your eye into its off-center, focusing almost solely on the woman. But as you look out beyond her, hidden in the shadow, there is so much detail. And I really tried to capture that in this painting with Kalim.
The next painting I examined was "the Bard" by John Martin. Here again, we see the usage of the rule of thirds, but we especially see a fibonacci spiral here dictating the movement of the piece. Our eye is drawn first from the vibrant sun, down to the lamenting bard, all while the shadows again frame the man and bring him into focus. We again see an image where there is a MYRIAD of detail hidden in the landscape. And both of these elements, I tried to intentionally capture in the piece above. I also especially loved the whimsical oranges and yellows captured in the sky here, especially as they contrast with the darkness off to the right. Though my painting in particular doesn't have much in the way of light, I tried to use this color theme to create the illusion of an oncoming rainstorm.
The last and most messy of my study notes comes from the painting "The Voyage of Life" by Thomas Cole. If you were to look at the actual painting, you would once again notice the angelic, all white figure in the boat, framed by shadows as light pierces over the mountain tops. Once again, we have the fibonacci spiral directing our line of focus, and the rule of thirds indicating the placement of our subject.
In all three pieces, we see a lot of the same placement, coloration, and movement, of which I tried to evoke in my depiction of Kalim. And here is a comparison of my thumbnail, mapping out my painting versus the final once again:
I'm not going to lie, I found this collab and this self-study to be extremely enriching as an artist. And I genuinely feel as though I have grown so much from it. I hope you enjoy! And if you made it this far, thanks for reading!
I ask you to think about Jamil and Kalim, really think about them. How much of what they say about how they feel about eachother is true? And why do they do the things they do? They’re such interesting characters to study and pick apart, a complicated and layered relationship full with lies. A boy who can’t handle the truth and his lying snake.
Jamil lies, because he did like Kalim, he did care about him, and despite what he says, he will keep waiting for Kalim. He will always wait for him (though after the events of the main story, he won’t wait in quite the same way anymore). What is true however, is that Jamil bites. Not literally of course, but he does bite. But just like the dog in this audio, Jamil has a reason to bite, everyone does! He’s been like a cornered and caged animal throughout his life, even more so after the Octatrio pulled that little stunt in Scarabia. That’s a lot of stress, I would’ve fallen to the floor and started sobbing honestly
I genuinely love how the twst cast is often represented as animals or items, because there’s so much potential for angst and fluff and cool things there! Jamil being a little conniving snake is one of the best things that ever happened to me and I couldn’t be happier! Hey, want to know something funny? Snakes can’t see the stars ;D
