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botanautical · 4 months

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Hey Sea!! Happy New Year! I love the atmospheres you create in your art! The beautiful color palettes capture the mood so well 🥰 I’m still absolutely obsessed with your Oda Wanderer above the Sea of Fog artwork it’s so wonderful! What are your favorite pieces you created this year?

Hi Sable!! Happy New Year to you too, apologies for only just seeing this; this was so kind of you to send and really lovely to see in my inbox!!

I didn't manage to make a whole lot of art last year, but I am pleased with the ones I did manage to make. I think above all of them, my favourite would have to be the piece I did for Dazai's birthday! I really enjoyed creating this piece, I had been struggling to feel motivated and inspired as an artist for a short while prior to making it, but for some reason the process for that one flowed very organically for me and I'm still very pleased with the end result! I think it embodies a lot of my goals as an artist regarding emotion and atmosphere, and was a suitable homage to both the character and the writer.

Another that stands out for me is my art of Ranpo from the Untold Origins light novel. This piece is quite a dark and personal one, but I think the end result is very evocative and dips into the waters of abstraction which I have been rather keen to explore through my artwork. I believe I have improved technically quite a bit since sharing that art (almost exactly a year ago!) and I sometimes grimace at the messier aspects of it, but I think it conveys a raw and specific emotion that ended up speaking to not only me, but a lot of the people who saw it - which was certainly a pleasant surprise.

Also, seeing as you mentioned it, I feel really pleased with the piece I shared most recently of Oda! I really enjoy creating art that is referential to pieces from art history (and Sable, I really see you as a master of this in the bsd fandom asfdgsdfgs - I still haven't recovered from your Soukoku redraw of The Fall and I believe I'm behind on some of your recent works!!) - this was my first time really sharing one and drawing it was very fun and engaging. The Dark Era and similarly the relationship between Dazai and Oda are two of my favourite things about Bungou Stray Dogs, so I wanted to acknowledge this in a meaningful way, while also working on improving my handling of composition. I put a lot of symbolism into that illustration and it was also nice to pander to my interest in graphic design while doing so by making it look like a mock-up for a poster or book/movie cover. The direct reference to the Friedrich painting came rather naturally - it feels fitting for Oda's character, particularly during that specific arc. Similarly, the visual of Dazai's hand reaching out was a direct nod to the anime, and the instance of Dazai doing so not long before the culmination of the narrative. It's a moment that struck me personally when I watched it, and resonated with me enough to depict it like this; it perhaps adds another layer of meaning to the artwork when one considers it to be from the perspective of Dazai.

Sorry for rambling, this was a really lovely question and it was nice to reflect on some of my work from last year! Thank you once again, Sable!! Happy New Year everyone, I look forward to sharing some more art with you soon! ⭐

#i really do love discussing meaning and the symbolism of things - i could go on for hours but i have exerted marginal restraint afdgshs #but yes this was a really lovely ask to receive so once again thank you so much!! :>#answered #botanotical

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botanautical · 6 months

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THE DARK ERA - 黒の時代

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#bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd #bsd fanart #bsd oda #bsd odasaku #osamu dazai and the dark era #a little dark era piece inspired by wanderer above the sea of fog by caspar david friedrich #i was intending to do a nice gentle illustration in honour of oda but it has ended up very dramatic as often happens asdffdgsd #and then i thought it would look quite cool as a book/movie cover so i added the text and made a nice mock-up!#i'm always keen to do artwork that has literary influence on the characters' birthdays so i might try to do another small little drawing #but i think i just wanted to represent how cool he is as a character! and how atmospheric and moving this arc is #i think it's the point which heightened my interest in the series - oda is so interesting and lovely #he is so fundamental to so much of the narrative too - it's quite fascinating #...also dazai is technically here but i won't tag him asdfgfdg #botanautical #tw blood

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botanautical · 7 months

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i miss you

#soukoku #skk #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd fanart #bsd #bsd dazai #bsd chuuya #dazai #chuuya #dazai x chuuya #long time no see! may i offer some sad soukoku art in these trying times?#i Am having a trying time. abysmal in fact. but it pushes me to draw at least #putting dazai through the wringer yet again... and i am not projecting onto this at all (lying)#hopefully i'll have more things to share soon #the perpetual mood of 'chuuya my beloved <3'#botanautical

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botanautical · 10 months

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'We all yearn for the woods. That's why every fellow on this island wants to settle down near a tree - just one will do.'

#dazai osamu #bsd dazai #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd #bsd fanart #it's dazai day!!#i wish this insufferable fictional man weren't so beloved to me #but as somebody plagued by silly brain issues he is oddly comforting and makes me feel less alone #and bsd introduced me to actual dazai osamu whose writing is honestly groundbreaking to me and i've barely even scratched the surface #it's something about the confluence of humour and tragedy... the desire to exist to bring joy to others at the expense of one's own #i feel like asagiri imparted this notion well onto bsd dazai - i know a lot of people dislike dazai and question his motivations #but i have faith in him and believe he's pursuing good #anyway excuse the ramble! the caption is from dazai's short story 'monkey island'! thank you to my dear partner for finding it for me!!#i'm really very happy with how this piece turned out - i wanted to depict bsd dazai but really pay suitable homage to his namesake #it's been a while since i've had fun drawing but this one and other recent pieces this month have really brought me back into it #happy birthday dazai #botanautical

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botanautical · 11 months

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bad patch

#bsd dazai #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd fanart #bsd #i desperately want to wade through some long lush grass so i shall do it vicariously through my blorbos #i'm trying to embrace my natural messy style and i've been drawing lots of sad dazais #he's all i can seem to draw at the moment - an unfortunate comfort character asfghdjfds #i often find my instinctive style unappealing but i'm really very happy with this one. i'm looking forward to drawing more things like this #i think i dropped my brain somewhere recently because it's feeling pretty broken but drawing this was very therapeutic for me #botanautical

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botanautical · 1 year

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May 12th... it's an important day today!!

#happy birthday mob and happy tears of the kingdom release day!!#i'm very excited to play it!!#i hope everyone else has fun playing it too!#mob psycho 100 #shigeo kageyama #mp100 #the legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #tloz #totk #link tloz #i wanted to celebrate both so figured 'why not combine them?'#i think link and mob would get along well #botanautical

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botanautical · 1 year

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Teru time! 🌼

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#mob psycho 100 #teruki hanazawa #mp100 #teru day!!!#this was so fun to draw!#teru makes me think of sunny days so i really sought to evoke that feeling of sitting in the grass in warm gentle weather #he is so dear to me and his fashion sense is legendary #sorry for the brief hiatus - i'm hoping to get posting some more art soon!

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botanautical · 1 year

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Just a video essay about the queer content in FE Engage and comparing it to the rest of the series, any feedback or thoughts from fans of the series are much appreciated! :)

Thumbnail art by the amazing @botanautical and @songsofloke helped a lot with the video formatting!!!

#i was commissioned to make the thumbnail art for this video and some of my friend's other videos #if you're interested in queer themes in video games and also anime and manga then i really recommend checking out his channel!#reblogs

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botanautical · 1 year

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hello world, it's been a year

#thank you to everyone who has supported me and my artwork after my first year of sharing it here!!#i have had so many nice words directed at my art that i never anticipated and they really have made my experience such a lovely one #i have many more things to show and i really look forward to it #my art has changed a lot this past year... this isn't a proper redraw of my first piece because this is just a messy acknowledgement #not only of my first piece but of my soukoku piece that received a lot of love very unexpectedly even though i very nearly deleted it #it feels like all of my art has some degree of value and it has been nice coming to realise that #also it's still the 14th in some parts of the world asdgfhdf #botanautical

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botanautical · 1 year

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ennui.

#dazai #bsd dazai #dazai fanart #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd fanart #i've been wanting to share some sketches and some less polished works so please accept this messy dazai #botanautical

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botanautical · 1 year

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The Perfect Crime...

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#bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd #bsd mushitarou #bsd mushitaro #mushitarou #his skill is one of my favourites simply because it's so cute #i drew this just before the episode came out so the way i've drawn his ability is how i interpreted it after reading the arc in the manga!#i really like how they animated it though - it looks really cool #he's such a funny guy just walking around being so internally unhinged but dressed and styled so meticulously asfgdkjsfdlk #botanautical

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botanautical · 1 year

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"Ah- Karl!!"

#bsd poe #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd #bsd fanart #it's a national holiday for anxious people....#almost missed it! i wanted to do something more poetic for him like my other pieces i have done #but it turned into a candid shot of the poor guy having his writing disturbed by a cheeky karl....#the potential for him writing a gothic thriller has been comically thwarted so perhaps this artwork is a fitting reflection for me asgdfgh #i'm so excited to see him again soon - the perfect crime arc is so good!!#botanautical

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botanautical · 1 year

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"I don't understand what anyone's thinking! I'm scared! It feels like I'm surrounded by monsters! It doesn't matter what I say - nobody understands me! My parents were the only ones who did, and they're dead!"

#bsd ranpo #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd #bsd fanart #the untold origins of the detective agency #bsd spoilers #bungou stray dogs spoilers #eye strain #i originally drew this at the start of december after reading untold origins and it has been sitting in my drafts ever since #i can't believe so soon after reading it i am now seeing this story animated!! i hope everyone is enjoying it - they've adapted it nicely #ranpo is so dear to me - his feelings of alienation really hit me where it hurts :(#the quote is from pg. 121 of the english yen press edition of untold origins #botanautical

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botanautical · 1 year

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