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We revel in Death Like two suns To eclipse each other In an infernal kiss

[print] [flat colour version]

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A Place but not a Home

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Orange Soda

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When your boyfriend works the graveyard shift, so you join with noodles and crossword puzzles

this is a redraw of an old pic and it really was a fun and nice challenge

And I love that it shows how my lineart improved, as well as my understanding of colors and perspective.

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Fuck it, I love you II

This started as some kind of sequel or homage to my popular BMX kiss art.

Initially I wanted to have a similar color palette and a day time scene on a hot summer day. I colored the whole pic and realized that I don’t like it. So I started all over again and thought deeper about what I want. You can see the daylight version on my Patreon

I know summer is over but I still had the feeling for those hot and hazy summer nights. And I thought pushing my colors a bit more and doing something else than a warm summer day would be a great challenge. I like how this turned out

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Meet the characters: Tao and Aran

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Happy Valentine's Day

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unstoppable optimism vs immovable pessimism-- oh, no, wait, looks like that optimism is pretty stoppable after all

Told in alternating timelines against the backdrop of the ’00s, KEEPING TIME is a queer bummer of a romantic drama between two bandmates who - for better or worse - fall in love.

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DOKOMI 2025! Table 1C50

I will be there!! You can find me at table 1C50 in hall 1!! I will be there together with @blulious and in the program our table name is under the name blulious but I will be there and I'll bring original Amalas stuff!! Some old iwaoi and some sweet Aran and Tao prints and stickers! I'm excited to meet you there!

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Find me at Dokomi in hall 1, table 1C50

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Find me at Dokomi in hall 1, table 1C50

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Find me at Dokomi in hall 1, table 1C50

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Dokomi tomorrow and I will be there! Come visit us!

Hall 1, table 1C50 under the name Blulious

I have prints, postcards, stickers, and pins!

DOKOMI 2025! Table 1C50

I will be there!! You can find me at table 1C50 in hall 1!! I will be there together with @blulious and in the program our table name is under the name blulious but I will be there and I'll bring original Amalas stuff!! Some old iwaoi and some sweet Aran and Tao prints and stickers! I'm excited to meet you there!

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Hey Amalas! I don't know why I never asked, but how does Tao pronounce his name?

I've been pronouncing it as "Dao" in my head but had the sudden realization that my friend, who was born and raised in the US, his name is pronounced "Tay-yo" but still spelled Tao. Also I've had people read it as "Tao" rather than "Dao." So which one does he use?

Like with me my name's vowel pronunciation changes between an "-ay" and "-ey" depending on the company I'm with, but correct way is still "-ay."

If any of this makes sense.

This, is a really good question!!! And I fear at times I still pronounce his name wrong :D and I bet people around him, as he grows up in the US, are too.

His name in traditional Chinese is written like this 濤 which is more like Táo and an emphasize on the “a” and probably a bit more softer T than some might say it. So maybe Dao is close. Although I still feel it’s more Táo. I was saying as a listening example to just put the character 濤 into google translate but I feel in that listening option they swallow the o too much and I think especially in his more English american version he wouldn’t.

There is this Taiwanese children song Bai lang Tao-tao and it’s the same 濤 as in Tao’s name, meaning big wave. And I feel the way they say it here fits very well

I hope this helps :D I’m so so bad in explaining sound and pronunciation. But yes the song is a great example of how he says it. And maybe when he speaks English he just drops the accent a bit to make it slightly more Americanized but still keeps it very much Táo.

Thank you!!

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Hey Amalas! I don't know why I never asked, but how does Tao pronounce his name?

I've been pronouncing it as "Dao" in my head but had the sudden realization that my friend, who was born and raised in the US, his name is pronounced "Tay-yo" but still spelled Tao. Also I've had people read it as "Tao" rather than "Dao." So which one does he use?

Like with me my name's vowel pronunciation changes between an "-ay" and "-ey" depending on the company I'm with, but correct way is still "-ay."

If any of this makes sense.

This, is a really good question!!! And I fear at times I still pronounce his name wrong :D and I bet people around him, as he grows up in the US, are too.

His name in traditional Chinese is written like this 濤 which is more like Táo and an emphasize on the “a” and probably a bit more softer T than some might say it. So maybe Dao is close. Although I still feel it’s more Táo. I was saying as a listening example to just put the character 濤 into google translate but I feel in that listening option they swallow the o too much and I think especially in his more English american version he wouldn’t.

There is this Taiwanese children song Bai lang Tao-tao and it’s the same 濤 as in Tao’s name, meaning big wave. And I feel the way they say it here fits very well

I hope this helps :D I’m so so bad in explaining sound and pronunciation. But yes the song is a great example of how he says it. And maybe when he speaks English he just drops the accent a bit to make it slightly more Americanized but still keeps it very much Táo.

Thank you!!

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DOKOMI 2025! Table 1C50

I will be there!! You can find me at table 1C50 in hall 1!! I will be there together with @blulious and in the program our table name is under the name blulious but I will be there and I'll bring original Amalas stuff!! Some old iwaoi and some sweet Aran and Tao prints and stickers! I'm excited to meet you there!

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