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PART: I. SEASONS, III. LILY, IV. BONFIRE

You were lounging in your room, seated at your desk, typing away on your laptop. The first day as a manager had left you utterly drained especially when the boyband you were assigned to manage felt more like a pack of wild animals than professional idols.

“How to be a good manager…” you murmured as you clicked on a YouTube video.

“You don’t need a tutorial to be a good manager,” came a sudden voice from behind you, Baby’s voice.

You didn’t even flinch. “Still, i want to do better for all of you.”

“You already are the best for us,” he said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. “I picked you, didn’t I? And my choices are always the best ones.”

You sighed. “That’s what you think, what about the others? I’m not even sure I’m cut out for this job. You guys don’t even have your own agency building. You’re literally using my apartment as your base, how am I supposed to feel secure in a job that can’t even guarantee my salary?” You glanced at Baby flatly and scoffed, “This has to be the dumbest decision I’ve ever made, i should’ve stayed at my old job.”

Turning back to your screen, you resumed typing, listing out schedules, basic rules for the members, and anything else to keep them at least somewhat organized. Baby stayed quiet, watching you work before eventually moving over to sit on your bed.

“…Sorry,” he muttered.

“For what?” you asked.

“For being a burden,” he said softly. “I didn’t mean for you to struggle this much because of us. But… we have to do something. For someone, if we don’t, our souls will be eaten.”

You stopped typing, staring at him in confusion.

"What are you even talking about?”

Baby fiddled with his fingers, clearly unsure how to explain it, “If I were allowed to tell you everything—” he stopped mid-sentence, abruptly pressing his hands to his ears.

“Baby? Hey, are you okay?” You rushed to his side, concerned. “Is something wrong with your ears?”

“Did you forget me already?” he asked suddenly, looking at you with a strange intensity.

You blinked, “What? No, I… I didn’t forget you. We just met, didn’t we?”

“I chose you because we have met before.” He slowly lowered his hands. “These voices… they keep haunting me. I can’t escape them, but when I’m with you, they go quiet. You silence them because you’re the one I need.”

You let out a nervous laugh, "Did you just read something romantic online or something? That doesn’t sound like you at all.”

“It is me,” he replied, calmly.

“Come on, that kind of talk doesn’t suit a guy with a baby face and a deep voice.”

“That’s just part of my charm."

You chuckled, a small smile tugging at your lips. For a second, it felt like he was back to being the Baby you knew.

“Can you do me a favor?” he asked.

“Of course… as long as it’s nothing weird,” he grinned, clearly expecting the opposite. You were already starting to regret. Without warning, he leaned his head on your shoulder. If he hadn’t asked first, you probably would’ve shoved him away by now.

“…Is this considered weird?”

“Kinda,” you mumbled, your hand absentmindedly stroking his hair. What even is this moment? You weren’t the type to let people get physically close especially not someone like Baby.

You thought maybe, this moment of peace would last long enough to keep you from going fully insane managing a broke boyband. But you were wrong.

The door to your room slammed open, Jinu and his gang burst in like action movie villains only to freeze, staring at the sight of you and Baby in a position that definitely looked too intimate.

“What are you two doing?”

Jinu’s voice cracked mid-sentence, a perfect mix of shock and scandalized disbelief. Behind him, Mystery blinked slowly as if trying to process the scene, while Abby gasped dramatically like he was watching a K-drama unfold in real time.

You immediately tried to stand but Baby was still leaning on you, totally unbothered.

“This isn’t what it looks like,” you blurted.

“Really?” Jinu crossed his arms. “Because it looks like our manager is cuddling our rapper during working hours in their private apartment base that we’re definitely not supposed to treat like a dorm.”

Baby yawned lazily, "Why are you acting like I don’t cuddle with you all the time?”

“That’s different!” Jinu snapped. “You’re annoying when you do it to me. This looks like... like, romantic tension!”

Abby squealed.

“I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that,” you muttered, finally shoving Baby off of you. He made a small “oomph” as he fell sideways onto the bed, entirely unfazed.

Mystery tilted his head, “Wait… were we interrupting something important?”

“YES,” Baby and Jinu said at the same time, but with completely opposite tones.

You ran your hands down your face. “God, no. He was just… being Baby.”

“Which is suspicious by default,” Jinu added under his breath.

You ignored him and stood, brushing off invisible lint from your shirt. “Why are you all here anyway? Don’t tell me you broke the stove again—”

“We were wondering when the next rehearsal was,” Abby chirped. “But I guess some people were busy.”

“I wasn’t busy,” you hissed. “I was managing.”

“Managing what? Your love life?” Jinu teased.

Baby sat up and smirked. “So you do think it looks like a love life.”

“Can everyone shut up,” you snapped.

Jinu broke into a grin, “So does this mean Baby’s your favorite now?”

“He’s not even in the top five,” you shot back.

“There’s five of us,” Mystery whispered.

“Exactly.”

Baby looked wounded, “Betrayal..."

“Oh my God, get out of my room!”

Laughing and dramatically fake-crying, the boys stumbled back out, leaving you to slam the door behind them.

You stared at it for a long second, heart pounding. It wasn’t like you meant to let Baby get close. It just… happened. And worse, you didn’t hate it.

You let out a long, dramatic sigh, thinking finally you’d get your peace back, you were wrong, again. The door burst open for the second time.

“Can you guys knock for once in your life—” You started, already gearing up for a well-deserved rant, but Jinu was faster. He rushed in and clamped a hand over your mouth.

“Wait, wait, I forgot to tell you something important!”

You shoved his hand off your face, “What now?”

“So, remember when we told our fans to join us for a little fan event? Y’know… to play games together?”

You raised an eyebrow. “And?”

“Well… it’s today.”

You blinked slowly. “Today as in—now?”

Jinu gave you a sheepish nod. “Yeah, right now, so we kinda need to go.”

You groaned and waved him off. “Then go? Hurry up and get ready.”

He didn’t move, instead, he pointed directly at you.

“You have to come too.”

Your arms crossed your chest instantly, full defense mode. “WHAT? No, absolutely not. I am not going, no one can know I’m your manager!”

Jinu only smiled, “There’s going to be HUNTR/X there."

You took a deep breath, as if weighing a life-or-death decision. Then you clapped your hands together once, “Alright! Everyone get ready quickly! We’re moving in five!”

Jinu grinned wide, already halfway out the door. “Knew that would work!”

You shook your head as you turned to your reflection in the mirror, already dreading but also kinda panicking in excitement about what came next. Time to crash a fan event.

Your poor little boyband was already seated on the modest stage set up for them. Despite their earlier efforts to shove you backstage, you had stood your ground and firmly refused. No way you were hiding behind curtains, you’d rather sit with the crowd, thank you very much.

The event kicked off with a ridiculous game: who can chug the most hot sauce? And you already knew who’d win. Of course, no one outlasts Baby in a battle of pain and food.

You were actually enjoying the event. The energy, the laughter, the weird games, everything felt strangely... endearing. For a moment, you almost forgot how broke your band was. Almost.

But something kept tugging at your mind. You leaned forward slightly, Jinu promised HUNTR/X would be here.

Where were they? Was that little gremlin lying to get you to come?

Then, as if on cue, Jinu’s voice echoed through the speakers with way too much excitement

“Then why say goodbye when we have extra of models coming up? Please welcome Huntrix!”

Your heart skipped, your eyes widened as the lights dimmed and suddenly a dramatic spotlight cut across the stage, revealing three figures.

HUNTRIX.

The crowd lost it. Screams filled the venue. Phones were already out. People were crying, shaking. You, meanwhile, were frozen in your seat.

“Bring out the slides!” Jinu barked.

...What?

Fans started chanting. And then, yes somehow, somehow, a colorful, oversized plastic slide was dragged out.

THE SLIDE. And HUNTR/X actually used it.

Dressed in leather. Sliding down. Screeching all the way. The sound of leather squeaking violently against plastic echoed across the venue like a war cry of fashion versus physics.

Jinu bowed deeply, “It was truly an honor to share the stage with you.”

“No, no, no,” HUNTRIX replied smoothly, bowing just as low. “The honor is ours.”

Saja boys bowed again. “No, ours.”

HUNTR/X followed, "Ours.”

You watched in disbelief as the two groups continued bowing at each other, again and again, until the stage was finally covered with a soft curtain signaling the end of the event.

You stared at the now-closed stage, your brain fried. What kind of fever dream of an event was this? But your confusion didn’t last long.

Because the moment you stood up, your instincts screamed something was off. You turned your head only to see your band members bolting off the stage.

Being chased by huntrix.

“OH MY GOD,” you groaned, leaping to your feet. “What kind of trouble have they gotten into now?!”

Without thinking, you dashed out of the crowd, weaving through people, ignoring fans asking if you were someone important.

You spotted them running like children who’d broken a window, heading straight toward—

“Is that... a hot spring?!”

You narrowed your eyes in horror, yes, it was.

You picked up your pace. “I swear if they start an all-out hot spring brawl with huntrix, I’m quitting this job and faking my own death—!"

You weren’t sure what you’d find when you caught up.

But one thing was clear: your chaotic boyband was about to drag you into yet another disaster.

You were gasping for air as you finally reached the entrance to the hot spring, sweat dripping down your temples. Without thinking, you shoved open the door—

WHAM!

Something—a shoe? a flaming towel??—nearly flew into your face. You screamed, barely dodging it, and your jaw dropped at the chaos that unfolded before your eyes.

Idols, real, famous idols were fighting actual demons. You blinked and then you rubbed your eyes.

Nope, still there. Zoe was literally stabbing a horned creature while Mira spun mid-air and sliced through a screeching demon like she was in a drama finale with insane VFX.

Until you saw him. Jinu arguing with Rumi, in the middle of an actual demon brawl.

“JINU!” you shouted, your voice cracking from disbelief and impending wrath. You started sprinting toward him, he was so grounded for this, but you didn’t make it more than two steps before something with claws lunged at you.

But then the thing dropped. Dead.

Mira stood in front of you, sword dripping, face pale and wide-eyed, “What are you doing here? It’s not safe! Get out!”

Your voice shook. “I—I’m looking for my boyband!”

Mira looked at you like you were the delusional one here, “Boyband—?”

“Mira, behind you!” Zoe shouted from across the steam-filled chaos.

Mira spun and slashed without hesitation, gutting another demon before it reached her.

“No time for that!” she barked, already running toward another threat. “Get out of here!”

You were still trying to process whether you were hallucinating when a very real demon tail smacked into a wall right next to your head.

Yeah, no, time to run.

You stumbled out of the hot spring, heart hammering, lungs on fire, hair sticking to your forehead, and screamed into the night air:

“THEY’RE SO DAMN TROUBLESOME I DIDN’T EVEN GET TO TALK TO MY IDOLS IN PEACE!”

You looked around frantically, realizing your five boyband idiots had vanished yet again.

You didn’t know if they were fighting, hiding, or accidentally having tea with some elder demon out back. But you were going to find them and yell at them loudly, possibly with a frying pan.

You wandered the streets like a lost soul, still seething as you searched for your wayward boyband. Every step was accompanied by a muttered complaint under your breath—until a familiar silhouette caught your eye.

Jinu? Thank god, one of them, at least.

You rushed toward him, only for him to flinch, like he was about to bolt. But you got to him first, grabbing his wrist before he could escape.

“Jinu! What are you doing out here alone? Where are the others?” you demanded, keeping a firm grip on his wrist.

He didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he stared at your hand, the one clutching his wrist. You quickly realized what you were doing and let go.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to—”

“They’re safe, somewhere,” he said calmly.

“Somewhere? What does that even mean? You guys are always glued together, and now you're just… here? Alone? Tell me where they are—I may not be getting paid for this, but I’m still responsible for you guys.”

Your words came out sharper than intended, frustration boiling over. Jinu, however, simply laughed at your reaction.

“You really do care about us, huh?”

“Well—duh? I’m your manager, even without a contract. You’re the one who said I was, remember? Contract or not, I’m still stuck with you guys.”

He just looked at you. No, watched you, something in his gaze made your stomach twist.

“Can you not look at me like that?” you asked, voice faltering.

“…Can you touch me again?”

"What?”

“Touch me.”

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN ‘TOUCH YOU’?!”

“Just… touch me?” he repeated, almost like a plea.

“ARE YOU INSANE?! DID THAT WHOLE BOTTLE OF SPICY SAUCE FRY YOUR BRAIN?!”

But Jinu didn’t flinch at your outburst. Instead, he calmly reached for your hand and intertwined your fingers with his.

“I didn’t think it would actually work,” he murmured. “Baby really found the right person.”

Your heart skipped.

“What… what do you mean I’m the right person?” you whispered, trying to pull away but his grip only tightened.

Jinu didn’t answer, but something told you everything was about to get much, much weirder.

Jinu let go of your hand and took a step back, putting distance between you, “I have to go.”

“To where? Wait, answer me—where are the others?”

“We’ll come back to your apartment,” he said, too casually for your liking.

“No. No, you’re clearly hiding something from me.” You stepped forward, refusing to let him escape that easily. “Why has everything gone wrong since I met you guys? It’s like I’ve been cursed! I— I even saw demons! I don’t know if I was hallucinating or what, but—”

“You saw demons?” His voice shifted, sharper now, more alert.

“YES? And Huntrix killed them. I saw it all when they were chasing you! What’s going on? Do you guys have something to do with Huntrix?”

Jinu didn’t reply.

Instead, his eyes flickered anywhere but yours, over your shoulder, down to his shoes, to the sky, anywhere that wasn’t your gaze.

Your frustration peaked, “Say something! Don’t stand there like this is normal!”

“I’m sorry…” he finally said, voice barely above a whisper, “Maybe in another life, I’d be able to explain everything to you.”

He stepped closer and you instinctively took a step back.

“Another life? Why not now…?” you asked quietly.

“Because we can’t risk losing you.” His eyes finally met yours. “You’re the heart of our existence.”

The words made no sense, you opened your mouth to ask more but before you could, Jinu reached out and flicked your forehead, gently, almost like a joke.

A blinding warmth pulsed through your skull, darkness bloomed at the edges of your vision, and then—nothing. You were asleep before you could even fall.

Darkness.

That was all you could sense—an infinite, suffocating blackness swallowing every corner of your surroundings. You felt as if you were floating, untethered, as though gravity itself had abandoned you. Then, out of the silence, a voice emerged—deep and heavy, pressing itself against your ear like a whisper laced with iron.

“So you’re the one who made my followers forget their original purpose,” it said, low and venomous. “How troublesome.”

You tried to move, to pull away from the voice, but it only crept closer, curling around you like smoke. No matter how far you shifted, it stayed near—breathing down your neck.

“Listen carefully,” the voice growled, “if you keep interfering with my plan to consume every human soul, then I’ll start with you. You’ll be the first I devour. And then… them.”

Your heart dropped.

“You mean those five idiots? What do you even want with them?” you snapped, unable to see who—or what—was speaking, but your frustration outweighed your fear.

The voice hissed. “This is exactly why I detest people like you. So attached. So pitiful. Drenched in shame you can’t shake off, even after five timelines.”

You clenched your fists. “Yeah, well, I’ve heard weirder speeches from Jinu and Baby, and guess what? You sound just as crazy as the rest of them. So congratulations, you’re officially the sixth idiot in my life.”

There was a beat of silence. Then the voice laughed.

Not loud, just… slow. The kind of laughter that made your skin crawl.

“Gwi-ma,” it said at last. “Remember that name, my daughter.”

The darkness around you shifted—like a television screen cutting to black—and suddenly you couldn’t breathe. Invisible hands clawed at your throat, choking you, forcing the air from your lungs. You thrashed, helpless, until— you woke up, gasping, drenched in sweat. Your sheets tangled around your limbs, your chest rising and falling too fast to be normal. You were in your room.

It was just a dream, just a nightmare.

“Oh, you’re awake,” a voice said softly.

You turned your head and found Mystery standing beside your bed, holding out a glass of water.

"You were tossing like crazy," he added, stepping closer. "Thought you were gonna burn up from that fever."

Fever?

You stared at him, still breathing heavily, your throat ached, your hands trembled. Mystery knelt beside the bed, offering the glass. You didn't take it right away.

"Did I say anything while I was asleep?" you asked, voice barely above a whisper.

He tilted his head. "No... why?"

You glanced at your hand, no bruises, no marks around your neck. But the lingering weight of something unseen still pressed against your chest.

"No reason," you said finally, taking the water with shaking fingers. "Just... bad dreams."

“By the way, where are the others?” you asked, just to break the silence lingering between you and Mystery.

“In the living room, waiting for you to wake up. Why? Should I call them in?”

You barely opened your mouth to answer, but Mystery had already risen and headed toward the door.

“I didn’t even say yes…” you muttered with a sigh, dropping back against your pillows.

“Boss!!” Abby burst into the room dramatically, practically sliding across the floor before slumping against your side, his arm slung lazily over your shoulders. “I thought you were dead! I already started imagining the worst.”

“Say that again and I swear I’ll dump this water on you,” you threatened, raising the glass Mystery had given you.

Abby backed off instantly.

“You okay?” Romance asked, stepping in with a more reserved tone.

“Do I look okay to you?” you shot back, voice dripping with sarcasm.

“Snappy. That means she’s getting better,” Baby added with a small smirk.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” you snapped again.

Baby ignored your tone and walked up to you, scanning your face intently before gently placing his palm against your forehead.

“Still warm,” he murmured, frowning. “I didn’t think the aftermath would hit her this hard.”

You blinked. “What aftermath?”

“Of course it would,” Abby chimed in, flopping onto the arm of a nearby chair. “She’s human, remember? And he was watching us the whole time, saw everything. Even that one conversation between you two and Jinu.”

You sat up straighter. “Hold on—what are you talking about? And where the hell is Jinu? I need to talk to that little jerk. He just flicked me and left me unconscious?!”

You tried to push the blanket away and get up, but Mystery was already there, pressing a hand gently to your shoulder.

“You’re not getting out of bed until you’re fully recovered,” Romance added, arms crossed like he meant it.

You blinked at him.

“…It’s weird coming from you,” you muttered.

“Come on, I do care about you,” Romance said, half-joking, though something in his eyes looked serious. You narrowed your gaze at him, unconvinced.

“Uh-huh,” you muttered, then let out a heavy sigh. “So… what exactly did you guys do that made Huntrix chase you all the way to a hot spring full of demons? I’m being serious here. That wasn’t a dream. I saw them kill that demon. And you guys—” you turned your head toward each of them like a judge staring down her jury, “—what the hell were you doing?!”

The room fell into a tense silence. Baby looked down, Abby fiddled with the hem of his shirt, and Mystery stood still like a statue. Even Romance said nothing.

“Guys?” you snapped.

Romance finally broke the silence, “It’s… not entirely our fault.”

“Oh yeah?” you folded your arms. “Then whose fault is it? Mine?”

“Him.” Abby pointed upward—or maybe just toward the ceiling.

“Him? What do you mean him? Gwi-ma?” you asked sharply.

“You know?” Baby looked startled.

“He said it himself,” you replied quickly. “In the dream. I swear, I’m not making this up. He talked to me, said he was Gwi-ma, that he’d eat me first before the rest of you, because he hated me…?” You trailed off, your voice trembling. “Then he said I was his daughter.”

Romance immediately stood up from the couch. “We need to call Jinu.”

You blinked in disbelief, “What? Why? What does Jinu have to do with this?”

“Because he’s the one Gwi-ma entrusted with the task of harvesting human souls, those meant to be sacrificed for Gwi-ma,” Romance answered without hesitation.

You stared at him like he’d grown another head. “Are you spewing nonsense again?” you scoffed, half-joking.

“No, I’m serious.” His expression was deadly calm. “Keep her here, I’m getting Jinu.”

“Romance? Hey! I’m not done talking to you!” You pushed yourself up, but Abby and Baby quickly held your arms, gently forcing you back down, while Mystery moved to distract you with a glass of water and soft reassurances.

“Relax, Boss. Don’t stress yourself,” Abby muttered.

“Let’s not trigger another fainting spell, alright?” Baby added.

You tried to shake them off, threatening to hit them—either with your hands or, if needed, a pan. But they seemed immune to your threats. Left with no choice, you actually swung. And yes, Abby got hit.

“OU—!” he hissed, now firmly grabbing your arms again to hold you still.

“Ugh! Don’t crowd me like this, let me go!!” you snapped, struggling against their grip.

“Let her go,” came a sudden voice, you turned your head—Jinu. And beside him, Romance.

“Oh great, you showed up too,” you snapped at Jinu, not holding back. “Now I want you to explain every weird thing that’s been happening. No lies, no more tricks, just tell me the damn truth.”

Jinu hadn’t answered yet. Instead, he looked around the room, meeting everyone’s eyes one by one. “Are we really going to tell her everything?”

“Yes?” Romance said, arms crossed. “She literally heard Gwi-ma speak to her.”

“You talked to Gwi-ma?” Jinu’s gaze shifted to you now, disbelief in his voice.

“What even is your connection to Gwi-ma? Isn’t Gwi-ma just some old story or legend?”

Jinu shook his head slowly. “No, he’s real.”

Silence spread through the room like a chill draft.

“Let go of me,” you told Baby and Abby, who had still been holding you back. They released you without protest. You got up from the bed, stormed out of the room—and returned holding a pan.

You slammed it lightly against your palm. “Pick one: sit or kneel.”

“Uh, manager-nim, what are you trying to say…?” Abby asked nervously, eyes fixed on the pan.

“Nothing. Just pick one. Sit. Or. Kneel.”

They all froze, unsure whether to take you seriously or not.

Romance raised his hands. “Okay okay, no need for violence. I’ll sit.”

Baby clicked his tongue. “She’s serious. Don’t test her when she has cookware in her hands.”

“I’m serious because I need answers,” you snapped. “No more cryptic half-truths. I don’t care if I’m ‘just human’ or whatever—you dragged me into this mess, and now I’m part of it whether you like it or not. So someone start talking.”

Jinu exhaled slowly and sat down, legs crossed, eyes unreadable. “Fine, you want the truth?”

You nodded, gripping the handle of your pan tightly.

“Gwi-ma is… the one we made a deal with. Not all of us knew at first. But eventually, we all accepted it.”

“What kind of deal?” you asked. “And why the hell would you ever deal with something like that?”

“We were dying,” Romance said quietly. “Desperate for something—anything. And we made a deal with him.”

“He offered us a better life,” Baby added. “In exchange for his help… a pattern slowly appeared on our bodies. It won’t fade, no matter what we do.”

“That pattern reflects our shame,” Mystery continued, voice low. “The voice we keep hearing—it’s regret. It doesn’t stop. And now… we are his demons. We have to offer him human souls as payment.”

You stared at them in disbelief, your mind spinning. The old folktales your grandmother used to tell you, they were real.

“So… you’ve been demons all this time?” you asked, your voice trembling.

One by one, they nodded.

You clenched your fists, frustration bubbling in your chest. "He said I was his daughter."

Jinu turned sharply to look at you. "Wait—what? We never knew anything about this."

"NEITHER DID I!" you snapped, voice cracking. “You think I knew anything?! All of this just hit me like a bomb, okay? Out of nowhere! One second I was normal, and the next—what? You’re all demons, and I’m suddenly his child? A demon’s child?! No, that’s not possible!”

You shoved up your sleeves and turned your arms over. “If I were his child, I’d have those stupid patterns too, right? But look—nothing! There’s nothing!”

Silence, the room felt like it was holding its breath.

Then Baby stepped forward, carefully, as if afraid you’d lash out again. “Not all patterns are visible,” he said softly. “Some of them… don’t show up unless he wants them to.”

You scoffed. “Great, even my skin is a lie now.”

Mystery looked uneasy. “Do you remember anything strange from your childhood? Nightmares? Blackouts? Maybe seeing someone watching you?”

You hesitated. A memory tried to claw its way up—but you shook it off. “I don’t know, I always thought I was just paranoid or tired. It’s not like I had the easiest childhood.”

Romance paced the room, rubbing his forehead. “If Gwi-ma said that… then it changes everything. He’s never taken an interest in anyone before. Ever.”

“And he talked to her,” Jinu said, more to himself than anyone. “Directly.”

You dropped your head into your hands. “Can I please just wake up now? I’m done, I’m done with this shit."

“I don’t think he’ll let you walk away,” Abby murmured. “If he called you his daughter, then maybe… maybe he thinks you’ll replace us.”

You were just about to ask Abby what he meant when a sudden notification lit up your phone screen.

"Wait, guys— HUNTRIX IS HOLDING A FAN EVENT TOMORROW!”

Your five boys stared at you in confusion as your expression shifted from confusion to pure delight in a split second.

“Okay, let’s just end this conversation right here,” you said quickly, brushing your hair back. “I just woke up from a nightmare, and maybe it messed with my brain a little, alright? You guys aren’t demons—look at you. You’re perfectly normal.”

“But Manager—” Jinu tried to interject.

“Shhh! I’ve been waiting so long for this Huntrix fan event. Don’t ruin it for me.”

The boys exchanged uneasy glances, unsure how to respond. Romance leaned in and whispered to Jinu, “We have to be at that fan event tomorrow, let's head out now.”

“But what about her? She already knows everything, but she’s still in denial.”

“I’m in denial because this entire thing is insane, Jinu,” you snapped, placing your hands on your hips.

Jinu raised both palms in surrender. “Okay, okay… at least you look better now. More like your usual, angry self.”

“EXCUSE ME?”

“No! I didn’t mean it like that—I meant your beautiful usual self?”

You narrowed your eyes at him with suspicion. He cleared his throat.

“Right, Boss, no offense… but, uh, can we borrow your sleeping bag?”

“For what?”

“Camping!” Mystery answered a bit too eagerly. “Yeah, camping.”

“Today? Seriously? Are you guys insane?”

“Please, just lend it to us?” Jinu pleaded. But his begging clearly had no effect on you, so he turned to Baby, signaling him to step in.

“I’m not going with you guys,” Baby replied lazily, flopping back onto the couch.

“Exactly, Baby. Don’t go with them,” you agreed with a firm nod.

“BABY?!” the rest of the group exclaimed in unison, as if he’d just betrayed the entire boyband.

PART: I. SEASONS, III. LILY, IV. BONFIRE

🧘🏻‍♀️ OKAY IM WORKING ON THE NEXT PART — hopefully i can type it quickly cuz i still have another draft to finish too 👯‍♀️👯‍♀️

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Your animal anatomy foundation 100% feels very solid, do you have any books or online sources to recommend to budding artists?

thank youuuu :)))

im gonna be honest... i never really specifically sat down to study drawing animals, or followed any art-oriented books or guides about that or anything. tutorials tend to not be very helpful to me because they rarely deal with gesture and focus more on getting the proportions right, which by itself is only a small part of it. and live drawing classes rarely involve animals...

i think it helps to have an existing, like, sense and confidence when it comes to observation and capturing volume and gesture in general. at the end of the day pretty much everything can be broken down into basic shapes, planes, blobs. actually A Blob is a good starting point to draw pretty much any animal... draw a blob and then put a head and limbs and appendages on it. yknow?

another thing is to just be curious and have an interest in the diversity and minutiae of the animal kingdom. i know it sounds very basic but I Love Animals. there are some real crazy creatures out there. obviously i recommend looking up as many reference pics as you can, not necessarily to copy stuff, but to have a handy guide of where stuff goes. but just looking at pictures honestly isnt quite enough in my opinion... read up on the animal. get a sense of what makes this particular species unique among ones similar to it, how it lives and functions in its habitat... watch a nature docco. watch some footage of weird little shrimp. learn how to tell different species of aeshnidae apart.

also, yeah, youre gonna have to look at and draw some animal skeletons at some point. i dont think you have to like, study the skeleton of every vertebrate you wanna draw, but yknow, its good to have a general knowledge. it really does teach you a lot to draw a horse skeleton and the individual parts in it. ideally of course you would be sitting in front of either the real thing or a 3d model, but sometimes photos and illustrations have to suffice... it's just important that you pay attention to what you're doing.

as for books... well, a relevant point here is that photos arent everything. obviously theyll give you a faithful picture of the living breathing animal, but thats the thing, they wont always let you see the exact shape, all the distinctive details, and so on. so this is where i recommend getting into some old timey illustrated books. yeah youre gonna have to do some treasure hunting... but listen. ive got this awesome book from 1979 for example, which lists pretty much every species of bird that lives in my little corner of the world, along with amazing detailed illustrations. it's so inspiring and informative. it is the kind of stuff i really wanna urge everyone to get into.

[cat3ch1sm]

HI EVE

So umm I wanna start writing hxh stuff but I'm scared it'll be really ooc :(( I watched the whole anime, restarting it and I'm reading the Manga too so I know the personalities of the characters well but I'm still not confident I can portray it right... it would be super embarrassing if I post my first story/ headcanon and the comments i get are "they wouldnt say that" "they wouldnt do that" "that wouldnt happen" 😭the way you write characters sound so like them and I rlly wanna make hcs and stories like you so pls spill your secrets 🙏🙏 if it helps, the characters I think I'll be most writing for are the main 4, kalluto and alluka (they're so underrated!!) mb hisoka andddd silva & kikyo? (I kinda wanna make some cute scenarios w them like they go on a date or smthing 🥺 idk why) but ofc, I would love to learn how to write for the majority of the hxh characters. But ummm it's okay if u don't have any advice, I'll just cry infront of my blank Google docs page 😔😔 (I'm jk, have a good day!!)

🐢~ OMG HI IM SO SORRY THIS IS SO LATE I FEEL AWFUL :(( @xl3vviii i love uu thanks for your request and patience 💚💚 i will try my best to explain my process in a general way so it’s easy to write for any character you’d like! i really hope this helps you<333

🍀~ and i totally feel you on the not wanting mean comments thing😭😭 broo ive been fortunate enough to not really receive those kind of comments but i did once and WOW was i embarrassed and changed it immediately😭😭 and the crying in front of a blank google doc page?? you are so real for that 😭😭😭

🌲~ another note to my followers in general: i want to sincerely apologize for my absence. my devices i usually post on all decided to conveniently stop working so that really sucked but my phone is back again!! im really grateful for you all and your patience, and i want to thank you guys so much for 3.5k! i have no intentions of leaving and i hope i can write lots more for you guys. hopefully i don’t ever need to be gone that long again! i love u all so muchh and thank you a million times 💚💚

𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬!

a/n~ so sorry if this sucks cause ive never given a tutorial for my writing but i will DO MY BEST

so you said you wanted to write cute scenarios of dates for the hxh main four+ hisoka, silva , and kikyo! first thing i usually consider when i get requests especially, or just when i have an idea, is: would this character even do this? like if someone asks me, “hey, can you write headcanons for illumi zoldyck with a soft/sweet/kind s/o?” that would be possible (though maybe a little far-fetched canonically). it’s fine to stretch those boundaries a bit for fanfiction, i think. but if that request had instead been like “can you write reader x soft/sweet/kind illumi?” that would’ve been a hard no. don’t alter characters’ natural personalities because then it’s not the same character. what sometimes helps me is, especially if i haven’t watched or read any media of the character im writing for in a while, is looking up the character’s wiki on the FANDOM site and reading through their personality traits as well as their key moments because it helps me to determine what the character would do in the story and how they might react to some things. feel free to also go back and look at clips of the anime or pages of the manga; i find it helps as well!

so for what you want to write specifically, cute dating scenarios, i think that most of the characters you’ve chosen are a good fit. the main four are good for a prompt like that, and the zoldyck children you’ve chosen can be fitting as well. but as for hisoka, kikyo, and silva, that kind of prompt might not fit so well because obviously these characters can’t be seen as sweet or kind or loving. has hisoka ever expressed any interest in wooing someone properly or is he someone who operates on lust? did kikyo and silva court each other and go on little dates or was their marriage probably arranged/forced/only useful for selfish purposes? do their personalities even allow for sentiments like dates? would they even consider that? before writing something ask yourself if you can really see the character doing that clearly in your mind.

i think it’s a great thing that you’ve watched and read the respective canon content of your characters, and it’s good to refer to it if you ever find yourself struggling to characterize someone accurately. however, it is fanfiction, so don’t feel like you need to be super rigid. write whatever you’d like, honestly. but here’s a really common thing i notice when people write fanfiction: they take one aspect of the character and run the shit into the ground. a prime example of this is hobie brown from across the spiderverse and his “i don’t believe in consistency” line. like Jesus Christ. well-written fictional characters, like the ones of hxh, are often as versatile as real people are. make sure the character doesn’t feel like some one-dimensional version of themselves, and please don’t write for the character only based on one aspect of their personality. for example, hisoka is rather unpredictable, so that’s something you’d probably want to incorporate into writings for him. but for characters like most of the zoldycks, you’re going to want to tread a little lighter since they aren’t the main characters and thus we don’t see a whole lot of them. in situations like this, you might have to focus on just what you can see of them. so again, just ask yourself if you can see the character really doing what you’re writing them to do. would they act that way in an actual episode of the anime or volume of the manga? if you’re unsure or the answer is no, try going a different route.

it is also okay to make mistakes. practicing a lot will eventually get you to where you want to be. i still find myself slipping up in my writings and getting carried away (so read over your writings before you publish them)!! my dms are open if you ever would like me personally to review a piece and offer maybe more specific advice!

i hope this helped you, dear💚 again feel free to dm me if you have any more questions. thank you for your support 💚

[turboemmy]

your a huge inspiration to me :), do you have any animation tips??

awww cries thank you so muchhh 🥹💖 im so glad to be able to inspire you !!! umm im not sure what to give for animation tips !! 🤔

Everything i know i mostly just taught myself 😳 and im still trying to practice and get better at it bc i dont feel like im very good! I started from humble beginnings of flipnote hatena when i was like. 12. And didnt animate too much until more recently with procreate and procreate dreams ! (And before that id just animate in procreate, export my frames, and try to lipsync in flipaclip. It was rough)

All of what i do is frame by frame stuff.. and i do it best to how i understand it which isnt much 😅 i dont understand keyframes much or timing charts or whatever theyre called. However its Supposed to be done i dont really follow .. i just kinda wing it and hope it turns out good and have to fix things here n there if im not happy with it.

Ive heard really good things about toonsquid and i do own it but also im really weird about my brushes and i reaaaally like being able to use my favorite (dry ink) because i dont like the rougher brushes on there and the feel of it is different.. but doing puppet animation would be really cool some day bc i know that app can do it.. so ive been tryyying to learn it a little bit its really confusing and i cant stay focused on it much 🥹 and i know procreate dreams has several missing features that are needed but i try to make it work anyway since im just more comfortable with the layout..

Sorry for rambling so much haha ive always felt goofy about my process because i just feel like its so stitched together by random things ive just picked up and tried to do because it felt comfortable or looked good enough to me ! I try to remind myself i cant get hung up if something doesnt look professional because i am Not a professional and im just doing stuff for fun :-) but i put heart into what i make because i want everyone to enjoy it as well as myself! So take it a step at a time, i watched some youtube tutorials, and just do fun silly oc things to get myself to practice more ^_^ its easier to work at a slower frame rate and you can always go faster the more confident you feel!

Umm idk heres a look at my crazy canvas on procreate dreams .. my #behindthescenes

^ and also my gallery because sometimes i draw it in procreate and then move it over to dreams.. esp backgrounds !!

[starsdailyjournal]

Funfacts!!

I think I am a lot of things, personally (gay (hmu ladies)) and I wanted to boast about what a cool gal I am! And since my account is sort of about mental health I wanted to tell yall about some of the things I've faced as someone who has had a poor one for most of their life because 1 I like to talk about myself and 2 I want more people talking about the less discussed parts of mental health because everyone deserves to tell their story without having to feel like their's is too gross or different.

Lemme start with some red flags

I TWEAK over adopt me like I spend real money and time on that game it's unhealthy

I was gonna start and internet based cult and become a diety so that I could fake my death and ask for offerings before I go (adopt me pets) but I gave up

I have 5 stick and poke tattoos I did with no tutorials (they look super cool (they dont))

One of those tattoos are vampire bite marks (I did yesterday its the best decision I ever made)

I never EVER use tutorials I wing it every time with everything like I cut my own hair with scissors from the kitches without even LOOKING AT A PICTURE I just hope it looks cool and emo and that my bangs will make me partially blind

Whenever I do wing it, it always works out (im a god)

I LOVE LOVE LOVE VAMPIRES hellsing ultimate is my fav anime ever and nothing can top it

I love the winter it's my fav season because it's so gloomy

I dress scene but I use only emo colors and I listen to only gabber and scene (my guilty pleasure is some pop)

I don't even look that scene because I can't go shopping BECAUSE IM BROKE and my mom thinks shes above thrifting (she lives in a one bedroom apartment infested with cockroaches) and my dad is always busy. But I diy all the rips in my clothes and try to do the best I can!!

Honestly my style doesnt need a label because idrc abt those I just wanna do what I wanna do frfr

I don't take my own advice sometimes

I'm a vampire

I'm pan in the worst way (I only care abt looks IDGAF abt gender)

I value looks A LOT

I hope that was red enough but here are my green flags!!!

I'm really smart though I don't look it at all (stereotypes are funny with me because I'm indian and REALLY alternative)

I'm really good at specifically math (because of trauma)

I'm trying to better myself

I LOVE MINECRAFT (and roblox but minecraft a little more)

I love to write

I love philosophy (I also hate it for moral reasons)

I like to draw a tad

I'm not british

I'm wise as hell and people should listen to my advice more frfr

ADHD (its a green flag idc)

I LOVE BFDI AND INANIMATE INSANITY IM AN OG BFDI FAN IVE BEEN WATCHING SINCE FOREVER (2016)

I love to read (but not digitaly it makes it weird)

I love spending time with my family (97% of the time)

I love money (its a GREEN flag to me (your so funny stars! (IkIk no need to aplaud) *applause*)(*blushes cutely*))

I'm so funny

i have 30 dollars saved up (pls dont mug me!!)

Anyway I'll make posts on stuff like mental health, stuff I find funny or interesting or cool etc but I need to change out of this hoodie im getting way too sweaty

Edit: I'm not recoloring this post bc its rlly annyoing to do it and like I can't even seen anything outside of dark red and black on my laptop so like

[mi6015-frankieharrison]

Sh4 Update

the audio doesnt quite match up how id want it to but ive almost done the first part now, and i think i am going to take the flames and have them become much more abstract and represent the feelings and stuff that jonny is talking about...

i had a tutorial with hugo about this shot because it is the beginning of the more abtract and improvised parts, as good as i am with improvising on stage i wasnt sure how i was going to approach this in animation.

Hugo suggested having a look at some of Oskar Fischinger's work and how he shows the sounds and stuff through the moevement and application of shapes, ive seen work similar to his in the past but never actually took the time to have a look at his specific works and i actually really like it! i like how at the music builds up and the amount of intruments intorduced is reflected through the shapes, it is mesmirising to watch however i would have to apply this in a lightly different way, i am trying to visualise the feelings but in a fast enough way that it can line up with the audio, maybe looking into some other artists/animators that work with feelings and stuff would be useful.

[petegrammarman]

Monthly Consumption - October 2023 Part 2: More Games

Here are the rest of the games I played in October that are considerably less scary.

Baldur’s Gate 3

I am about 7 hours in and I still feel a lot of friction from the systems. So much so that I can’t enjoy the story that I’m sure is a blast. There is just too much, an explosion of choices and options and systems that I don’t really want to bother to interact with, because when you are not handling 50 separate icons for every possible physical action a human can perform, you are in huge conversation chains with a bunch of british elves and demons or whatever. There is an issue with focus for me here, the game attempts to do EVERYTHING, and I can’t get a grasp on any of it. A tabletop roleplaying experience allows you to do ANYTHING, and trying to represent that in the form of a computer game just doesn’t make sense to me. I thought my past experience with DND 5e would give me a leg up on this but I’m still just floundering every time I play it. I’ve lowered the difficulty and watched some tutorials and I will continue to give it a chance every so often, as I still haven’t seen what people love about this game. Hopefully it’s a hurdle worth getting over, lots of games haven’t clicked with me immediately and then I end up obsessed, like Monster Hunter or Soulsborne.

Party Animals

It was a fun time and I got my fill. I like the gorilla.

Paleo Pines

Good loop, adds a little something else to the farming sim by allowing your dinosaurs to help around the farm. It’s also got a collection aspect to it, which is just enough to keep you going through the typically boring (to me) farm stuff. When you find a big dinosaur you love and then get it working with you on your farm, it’s great. Then you can personalize it by naming them and pairing them with other dinos, you get a nice little community going. I hope they keep adding stuff to this one, the main focus of the game is very strong but it is weak in the game’s actual story and characters. You really have to make your own fun, but the game allows for it.

Diablo IV

Played the trial, and only up to level 8 into the first town. I didn’t really get a sense of the main loop (I assume its more diablo) but it is a pretty game, and the attacks feel good. It just looks and feels better than any Diablo game before it, and there does seem to be a more focused story this time, with stakes that can be understood, which hasn’t been a thing since the first Diablo. The addition of cutscenes are a nice break from the click-fest, and I’m sure there are less of them outside of the intro zone. Overall it seems fun and I would like to get back to it someday. I’m glad there was a trial and I can easily wait for it to become cheaper.

Sea of Stars

Started this on the 29th, seems promising. The art and music are all really impressive, the amount of unique encounters, puzzles, and areas are pushing me to see more. You don’t see this amount of work with an indie project, so I am excited to see where the game goes. The battle system is a lot of fun too, let’s see if it sticks around too long. The only gripe I have are the two main characters, they are so bland, in both design and writing. They have been locked away in a magic school for their whole upbringing, so maybe that’s why. The story so far has been touching on that a little bit, but I feel like the game won’t acknowledge it very much more than that, but I would be pleasantly surprised if their blandness becomes a plot point. Excited to see more of this.

Super Mario Bros Wonder

I feel like companies like Nintendo and Fromsoft are just on another level at this point. Able to make entirely way too much content for a single game. There is just so much bespoke content put into this game, that no other dev could begin to compete with. Every level has a completely crazy change to it halfway through and there are just TONS of levels. It’s a blast to play through and has a lot of challenge to it. I was very surprised how much it is pulling from Super Mario World, in terms of secrets and level design. It’s fantastic and I’m glad 2d Mario is back.

COCOON

GAME OF THE YEAR BABY. Played through this twice and I almost forgot to add it on this list. WHOOPS. I’m in love with the puzzles and mechanics of this game. Forget about the art music and story, I’m just fascinated by how all the interactivity fits together. It is inspiring and something to aspire to. I can’t get over how each orb contains the levels you interact with, while also having a unique mechanic, and all those things interact with each other in new and interesting ways ALL THE TIME UNTIL THE GAME ENDS. There is a puzzle towards the end where you have to use every orb’s ability while also nesting each orb in a specific order and seeing it all come together is a feeling you could only get from a game. It is truly a masterpiece of game design and I love it. The fact that it looks and sounds amazing is just a bonus, you could probably make the same game with grey cubes and I’d love it. Anyway big recommend for anyone interested in puzzle or game design.

TABLE TOP Mork Borg

It’s a fun lightweight game, with plenty of crazy crap and violence. My character is dumb.

[liquidstar]

mlp ran for almost an entire decade and 7 months after its over im just now learning how to draw ponies despite the fact that i watched it since i was 10

[taikk0]

im crying ive been lurking your blog today after being curious enough to check your tumblr after constant watching of your videos on youtube and always thought how professional and clean your animations look and thought you were like oh idk 20+

then i stumble a post of you saying you're 15 and i 😭 💗 WHAT DO YOU USE TO ANIMATE PLEASE ANY TIPS FOR LIL OL 19 YR OLD THATS CURRENTLY NOT GOING TO COLLEGE BECAUSE OF WORK AND WANTING TO PRACTICE MY CRAFT BEFORE GOING AT IT *kneels and slowly merges with floor like melted plastic*

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE I'VE MET WHO THOUGHT I WAS 20 IS SO FUNNY IM SORRY IM FR JUST BLENDING IN WITH ALL THESE TAX-PAYING CITIZENS LIKE IM OUT HERE IN A BUSINESS SUIT GOING "HOW DO YOU DO FELLOW ADULTS" AT THIS POINT

but fr tho I'm flattered I can't believe someone would assume I'm at that level already 5 years in advance thank you 😭😭

as for what I use to animate I use Krita!! here is a tutorial I used to learn how to set it up + how Krita's animation feature worked:

Though this tutorial covers a lot of useful information and an animation tutorial, I do urge you to learn about the software itself in your own time. (VERY IMPORTANT TIP: if you don't understand how something works, or if you want to do something in the program but have no idea how regarding the tools it has to offer, it doesn't hurt to do your own research! I learned that the hard way unfortunately, and I hope other artists don't suffer the same fate. REMEMBER! DON'T BE AFRAID TO GOOGLE!)

and with animation tips I do have a few things I'd be happy to share

I made this playlist to help my boyfriend get into animation. What's special about this playlist is that I made it not just about how to make individual drawings move, but also videos that explain how and why individual design philosophies and decisions are made and how you can learn to use them to your advantage. I also added some videos in here that cover shot composition and storyboarding, since I figured that most animators strive for skill in more than one field. This playlist is still a work in progress and I'm obviously bound to add more in the future, but just know that most of the videos put on here are either videos that I think are REALLY helpful as an animator who wishes they had that kind of help in their beginner years, or videos that DID help me in my beginner years way back when.

The playlist is a bit short but quality over quantity amirite? Next up is a playlist that helped spark my love for animation and pushed me to pursue it myself: the Skribble Kibble series!

Not everything in this playlist is an animation tutorial, but I highly recommend it for someone with an untrained eye. This series has inspired me not only because it covered animation; a medium that I was already interested in, but also awakened my love for analysis when it came to visual mediums. what it does great, what it does poorly, what makes something unique, and what makes something the way that it is, and explaining WHY.

Animation Tip : Learn to observe! not just in life, but in other animated media as well. ask yourself questions, and break things down. try it out yourself and experiment! heck, go frame by frame if you have to! learn to learn!

which brings me to my next source: FramebyFrame

This account has been AMAZING. It's informative and presents visual guides. It's a great place to start when you want to train yourself to analyze animation in the moment. I always think of it as some sort of game, They always play the animation first before they show the breakdown, try to spot as many cool animation tricks as you can, and see how many are mentioned! They also recently did a breakdown on RotTMNT which I find to be super neat :]

Mikyomix's Personal Animator Tips (Great or Unhelpful? You Decide!):

wanted to make this it's own section because I had no idea how to properly fit this all in so it goes in here

Study first! I know this sounds super lame but I promise you it will save you so much suffering. It's better to already have a grasp on animation and its fundamentals before you actually start animating. I've gone into the pitfall of having really crap animation skills, feeling bad over it not looking right, going into a pit spiral of self-doubt, while simultaneously not putting in the effort to learn why it didn't look right and how to fix it. It took me a good while to sit down and actually learn everything before I officially started and had more confidence in myself to fix my mistakes and learn from past projects. I already mentioned it earlier, but again, don't be afraid to take notes and whatever information you find to be useful!

Pick your animated projects wisely! Listen, I know it's tempting to do that music video you always dreamed about with your not-so-simply-designed OC. But personally, I advise steering away from large-scale projects and animations that require more than your current skill level if you're a beginner. I know it sounds harsh, and I'm not telling you to give up on your dreams or anything, but just know that animations like that might be more than you bargained for, and could result in burnout and a final product you might not be proud of. You could easily tire yourself out if you're a beginner learning as you go, and I understand that many people actually advise it for the learning experience, but in my personal experience, it didn't really end well. LOTS of unfinished projects, time sunken in on something that I no longer wanted to finish, bad memories associated with the project, etc. Of course, everyone is different and you might not experience the same things I did, but just be aware of the cons. Instead, I highly recommend you-

-Design and create at your own personal convenience! If you're a beginner, I advise you to go simple. I know not everyone is interested in the bouncing ball or the flour sack, but there's no rulebook that says you're prohibited from designing a simple character to animate! Not everyone starts out the same way, and that's completely valid, I first started animating my furry OC's and I'm sure other young animators started in a similar way, animating the things they want! though there was one thing that I did keep in mind, and that was I designed my OC's to be easy to draw over and over again. easier for me to animate, and easier for me to draw them consistently. So if you're first starting out, don't be afraid to simplify! remove minute details if you have to. You can figure it out later no pressure! Just animate things because you want to, not because you have to. and that includes the tiny details that would be difficult to keep track of as a beginner. This is a bit of a smaller point that didn't need its own thing, but while you're at it, learn effective character design! not just for aesthetics and narrative purpose, but also for functionality.

Remember that you are not obligated to practice the old-fashioned way! Not everyone finds animation exercises fun, and that's okay. But whatever you choose to do, putting everything you learned into practice, IT STILL COUNTS AS PRACTICE. Every little animation you make counts no matter how short or unfinished it is, and your efforts deserve to be praised. why? because you're learning little by little and it is still very valuable! despite how small and minute or large and noticeable the improvement in animation quality is, you're still making strides in learning to be a better animator than you were before. Don't listen to what those old geezers say, you do you! animation is supposed to be a labor of love and passion. and being forced to do something under the obligation that its "industry standard" is frankly, baloney.

Animation Stuff (THE JUICE.): shorter stuff that also deserves their own section

12 FPS is great for beginners

Ease-in's and ease-out's are your BEST FRIEND

Timing Charts. you might not be inclined to write them properly, but it's useful if you're jotting things down. use them.

PLEASE. LOCK YOUR LAYERS WITH FINISHED ANIMATION WHEN YOU DON'T INTEND ON TOUCHING THEM FOR A WHILE AND YOU'RE WORKING ON A SEPARATE THING ON THE SAME PROJECT. I'VE LOST. SO MUCH...

Don't be afraid to mix tweeting with frame-by-frame. Sleepykinq tweening isn't the only form of tweening + tweening is great if you want to keep something consistent. Though if you want to go frame-by-frame with the convenience of tweening but without the visual integrity of tweening, tween on one layer as a guide and animate on top, so it's still frame-by-frame.

Unlimited layers? use them. Is a certain part of rough inbetweening giving you trouble? make another layer and animate it on there if you don't want to mess with the main roughs, then merge it down.

More frames does not equal smoother animation, it risks making it look slower. work with the FPS, not against it

Name your layers. save the tears.

Anyways, PHEW that was long. Sorry about that, I just have a lot to say about animation. I'm not NEARLY qualified enough to actually teach animation, nor am I linguistically intelligent enough to get the points I want across (I think). But I really hope that you and a few other people found this to be helpful.

I wish you the best of luck ^^

[lemon-sugarcoats-nothing]

14. 🍋 and 🐝

Question 14 of the artist asks (Im sorry ive been sitting on this one for so long aaa): How has your art changed over the years?

My art hasnt changed much honestly! i've gotten better at watercolor painting, and acrylic paints, and i'm getting the hang of digital too! - 🍋

🐝 - ...Oh boy, another long history lesson today, Strap in. To keep things a little easier on me to keep condensed, I'm only going over my traditional pony art and NOT digital art. (Im not sure how much of the digital art i could even recover anymore)

TL;DR I've gone through many phases in my art, both pony and otherwise. I started out drawing ponies in 3rd of 4th grade in a very cartoon style, then trying to copy the show style, then with anime eyes to varying success, and finally to where i am now.

Alright so long ass history lesson:

This is my earliest attempt at making my own ponysona; i was really into applejack and wanted my pony to be in the apple family! This oc didnt really go anywhere though, and i dont think i drew her again. This was also early on, before i started following tutorials for drawing ponies.

A bit later, after drawing ponies while following tutorials for a while, I started trying to draw them in my own style. At the time, I was mostly trying to draw in an anime style with my humanoid drawings, and so the big eyes transferred over. During this time, most of my drawings were in blue ballpoint pen on notebook paper or printer paper. I was drawing a lot during my (online) classes and I would fill out pages and pages like this.

While i wasnt using tutorials as often anymore, i still watched a LOT of pony drawing content. At some point, i discovered some videos that inspired me to expand how i drew even more, and i started adding more graphite and colored pencil into final drawings.

Videos in question:

-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSmSN3VtdD0

-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTyMx2H-nuI

A bit later, i also got into creepypasta drawings for mlp and some of the songs (specifically for rainbow factory), but i didnt ever read or listen to MLP creepypastas on their own until much much later. I did however, write my own two page creepypasta comic for pinkie that i never kept up. I think i intended to but after 24 hrs i forgot and dropped the project. Ironically, I tried to redraw it a few years ago as a humanoid comic, stretching it out into i think...10 pages? until my hand got tired and I never actually got to the creepypasta part of the original first comic page. (If you'd like to see, let me know! I still have them, but there would be too many images to post in this already really long post)

Oddly enough, i noticed that around this time i was also mostly drawing either creepypasta, psychotic ponies, or drawing ponies sad and crying. Just a weird little note.

I had a short phase where i drew ponies with more boxy muzzles too, but most notable here is that i finally remade a ponysona! I would keep this sona until I would stop engaging with MLP content and go through my "Ew, mlp weird" phase.

This was also from my time of boxy nosed ponies, and I think the first image was inspired off of a drawing that came up on a google search but i dont remember. I redrew it a while later, after practicing with colored pencils more. The redraw happened sometime during my "Ew mlp" phase.

And now we enter more current stuff. all these drawings are still old but are more in line with what i draw now, and were while i was starting to come out of my "Ew mlp" phase.

First image, you can see this is one of the first times I drew Lucious as a pony. At the time, in the main rp he's from he was still just straight up a demon. And in the second image is a sketch dump of the mlp characters, where i was jut getting more comfortable drawing them again. Still held onto those boxy noses though.

No style change here, but there was a time in my humanoid art where i would draw my and Mocha's characters as royalty. Then i went and drew them as ponies in those outfits! the first image you can see Cinna as an alicorn, and an early version of Lemon was just a unicorn. In the second image, was one of my first attempts to draw Jaysir! I guess its not too far off.

Last is just this pencil drawing of Lemon when their name was still Lemon Sugar-Moon! After this point, i think i took another break from drawing ponies until we come to current day where my style of drawing ponies has less boxy noses, and more pointy, less realistic and just a bit more fun for me personally :D

Who knows where my pony art will go next! Thank you for your ask and I'm sorry again that this has taken so long for me to finally just sit down and type out lol

[miiilowo]

Your art is very cool! Seeing on my dash brings me so much joy. How long have you been drawing? When did you start and how'd you develope your style?

hiii hi thank you hello

ive been drawing my whole life pretty much, but only really started to give a shit about getting Good when i was around 9. funnily enough, fnaf was what pushed me to do that. Saw a bunch of really cool artists and became set on being as good as them. still getting there 7~ years later

as for style development, i didnt really worry about it at all. you only need to worry about your art style if youre doing something professionally and need to be recognizable, like developing a consistent style for a comic or animation or something like that. i just drew whatever i wanted that came naturally to me and it developed into what i have now

i remember i used to follow a lot of tutorials and watch a lot of art tip videos back when i was "starting out" i guess. they definitely helped a shitton

[thisaccisdead]

Hay, I have a question. Recently I wrote a story based off of song lyrics, and now every time I listen to the song I can't help but see an animatic for it play through my head. I don't know how to animate.. I mean. I can draw but. I don't know how to animate. Any tips to help me get started..??

OK warning im not a professional animator or anything, & most of what ive learned has come from watching ?? other non professional animatics lmao ?? so this advice might not be good but oh well

the good news is if you can draw, youve already learned the most important step to making animatics by far! cuz obviously theyre just..a bunch of drawings that kinda go together lmaoo

so the example im gonna use is this, my current favorite animatic. partially this is just cuz i love the art style but OTHER THAN THAT---the visual storytelling is really effective, clear, and good, (and the whole concept is just big brain.)

what i REALLY love about this animatic is that--idk what they used to make it--but it could theoretically have been made on windows movie maker! which is what i always used before i ..obtained.. other programs (like what i currently use, sony vegas 17.) movie maker, or another free program like it, is in my opinion really good for beginners! it works & isnt overly complicated with panning and stuff.

as for my animatic process--ok listen i could explain what i personally do, but it's close enough to this tutorial, just with less planning LMAO

P.S. animatics are easier if you can do them digitally, but it is possible to do them traditionally! i think Ximena Natzel on YouTube used to do a lot of good traditional animatics

[jyushi-thoughts]

hey quick question for the mod: ive recently downloaded opentoonz too but really havent gotten comfortable with it yet. have you been using any tutorials you could recommend or have you been winging it so far?

TOTALLY! But it depends what you wanna do with it! I’m assuming you wanna make puppet animations like the one I did, so start with this vid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQpv871bpvU&t=641s  I pretty much used this guy’s channel exclusively! It starts off simple and gets more complex with the more facial animations and movements you wanna add. Make sure you start off with simple stuff!

I have some tips of my own as well! This is gonna get long... theres a lot to explain! 

First off, animation programs usually go horizontally, because we read from left to right. But Opentoonz is set up for Japanese animation, where traditional writing goes from top to bottom, so the frames go vertically!  Check out the difference in storyboard formats! (I find this stuff so cool) 

Now I gotta say first, I never actually drew anything IN opentoonz (just cause I’m not used to it...) I used Medibang paint to draw all the parts and used OT for editing! You can import drawings by clicking on a frame and clicking “Load Level” After that the drawings work the same way!    

Those columns, (Col1 Col2 Col3) work the same as layers do in a drawing program! But remember that the columns on the right will show up above the left! Here’s how I formatted it so the mouth would show up OVER Jyushi’s face. 

Using keyframes is a weird concept when you’re used to 2D, but it’s pretty fun to play with!  3D animation is what usually uses keyframes meshes and auto-inbetweens, so this like a mix of both! The guy in the tutorials uses vectors with the plastic tool and mesh, but you can use regular “raster” drawings with the same tools! It makes the program run WAY faster and there’s not much difference in the visuals if you draw big enough. 

Also if your computer is as slow as mine, this program can crash a lot. I set an autosave for every 2 minutes and you wouldn't believe how often that saved my sanity. 

 This got long but I LOVE animation lol. Hope this helped! 

[brookswcrf655]

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[kuroosweakness]

AAAA AAAA IVE BEEN GONE FOR LIKE 4 DAYS IM SORRY TIME FLIES QUICKLY 😞😞 I DID A BRIEF VRROM VROOM THROUGH YOUR POSTS TO CATCH UP A BIT AND HUHHHH??? HOW DO YOU DRAW FOOD SO GOOD🖐😭😭 ALSO YOUR HANDWRITING FJJSJFKSD OMGGGGG I LOVE IT. Also alsoso I think u should get genshin impact 👀👀 (totally not simping for Razor, Childe and Xiao) SIIDDIIDKDFK ALSO IVE BEEN GETTING INTO STARDEW VALLEY BC MY FRIEND SAID SO AND I ALREADY PICKED WHO IM GONNA MARRY BYE-💀💀 AAAAAA IM ON MY BREAK FROM SCHOOL NOW YAY! But I’m SO TIRED SKFKSKDKSK ok but like... Kuroo in a black and white suit w a red tie👀 PLZ HELP ME I CANT THINK I SUCK AT MATH SO BAD OMG LIKE IM LITERALLY GOOD AT EVERYTHING ELSE BUT MATH KUROO HELP😭😭 I want a nerdy irl friend🖐😭 I WANT SOMEONE TO TELL ME SCIENTIFIC PICKUP LINES (they gotta be good and not cringy tho like some of them are) if only I was friends with a kuroo kinnie and I wasn’t the kuroo kinnie friend😞

HEY HEY I HEARD YOU WERENT DOING GOOD! TAKE THAT STUFFED ANIMAL YOU HUGGED LAST TIME AND JUST STARE AT ME YEA THATS RIGHT, THIS A STARING CONTEST NOW😩 👁👁IM NOT GONNA LOSE ➖➖ NOOO I BLINKED :< gg :P OK NOW TAKE ME TO THE KITCHEN AND MAKE ANOTHER CUP OF TEA, ANYTIME YOU FEEL SAD MAKE YOU SOME TEA WITH A LOT OF HONEY! DOESNT MATTER WHAT KIND IT COULD BE HERBAL OR FRUITY BUT MAKE SURE YOU RELAX AND DRINK IT! TAKE A BUBBLE BATH! TAKE TIME TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND REPLENISH! OFFER LOVE TO YOUR OWNSELF! THEN TURN ON SOME ANIME AND WATCH IT WITH ME👺 YEA THATS RIGHT WE WATCHING ANIME TOGETHER! HUGS AND KISSES OK? HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER -🐾

ahhhh it’s okay, it’s okay!! i haven’t been replying or writing enough on here lately 😭

djfklsdkjf i tried drawing a food scene from Weathering with You :)) thank uu!! :’) not my handwriting 😭thank uu so much, bubs <3 

i’ve seen genshin all over my tweet feed! i’ve been using most of my free time studying/writing on here when i can :’) 

a break from school!!! good for you!! :)) 

kuroo in a black and white suit + red tie ( + red rose in the little pocket) 😽

jkflskd I SUCK AT MATH TOO if it can help, you might wanna check out Khan Academy and youtube tutorials!! they’re b o r i n g but definitely helps :) 

pick up lines are so funny to me lmaoo. they’re so bad that they’re good, you know? scientific pick up lines 😭

you should be proud to be a kuroo kinnie 😼

A STARING CONTEST. hehe, you blinked before me :D no worries, we’ll play again next time for you to revive yourself 😼OH tea + honey!!! omg thank uu so much for reminding me! 

why’re u so caring 🥺yes yes, i’ll go make myself some tea right now and sit down and watch anime with you while hugging my stuffed bear <33 

hugs and kisses <333 

my mood went 📈since the beginning of your message 🥺!!!! thank you so much for the serotonin boost :’ !! i hope you have THE BEST DAY EVER