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The Swordmaster, dressed up as her primary design inspirations

If you like reading, I've included some commentary about the Swordmaster's inspirations (including ones not depicted above!) as well as one (1) kinda funny picture below the cut.

When thinking about how to design Mufotsuki/Piripu into the Sword/Spearmaster, I knew from the beginning that I wanted them to be based on magical girls and super saiyans respectively. When it came to actually designing them though, I ditched the Swordmaster being based around magical girls specifically. There might be an inkling or two of meguca in there, however most magical girl designs I found online (as well as from media I like) were waaaay too feminine for my liking. So, I looked to my favorite girlprince, Utena Tenjou from Revolutionary Girl Utena. The Swordmaster takes after Utena in mainly visual aspects, inheriting Utena's pauldron thingies and hairstyle (to some degree). I knew that I wanted the Swordmaster's hair to be different from Mufotsuki's, however I couldn't bring myself to get rid of Mufotsuki's braids. So, I amped up the braid length and gave the Swordmaster some bangs adjacent to Utena's. Utena was also one of a few characters who encouraged me to take a "knightly" approach the the Swordmaster's design.

Up next is Mami Tomoe from Puella Magi Madoka Magica, who actually had zero bearing on the Swordmaster's design but contributed mainly in vibes. For those unfamiliar, Mami Tomoe is the oldest girl in the main cast of Madoka Magica, and she serves as a role model to the others as well as being the ideal image of a magical girl. In whatever story the Swordmaster and Spearmaster are in, I want the Swordmaster to have a similar role/vibe (though maybe not as tragic, ahem...) Mami Tomoe also serves as inspiration for how the Swordmaster carries herself in and outside of a battle. She acts rather dainty most of the time, however she knows how to hold herself up in a fight, and her often soft nature serves as a contrast to her stern moments. No doubt a show-off, but she does it with the flavors of elegance and poise.

These characters have less of a bearing on the Swordmaster's design/personality, but were nonetheless ones I thought about while designing her.

Sayaka Miki, also from Madoka Magica: Probably the first magical girl I looked to when I wanted to base the Swordmaster's design purely on magical girls. Sayaka is probably why I decided to make Mufotsuki the Swordmaster. Similarly, Sayaka's counterpart, Kyoko Sakura, might've been why I made Piripu the Spearmaster. +1 to knight inspiration.

Diamond, from Land of the Lustrous: No direct design influence, some personality influence. Diamond has a soft way of speaking that influences how both Mufotsuki and the Swordmaster are heard in my head. Some of the ways Diamond fights also serve as inspiration for how the Swordmaster fights, but the techniques I think about aren't wholly unique to Diamond and kinda belong to Land of the Lustrous as a whole.

Ludovica Bonnaire, from Tiger Tiger: Ludovica as a character probably has the least influence on the Swordmaster. Her influence is actually based on how another character described her, calling Ludovica the "princesscaptain". This title tickled me, so I kept the words "princess knight" in my mind while drawing the Swordmaster.

...Lookit you, reading all the way down to the bottom! Guess I owe you that funny picture, HOOAH!

Color theory is my passion! (Context: When I color, I use a LOT of layers to make the process later on easier/neater. Splitting color zones into parts also makes some aspects of shading easier. Laying down these ugly colors first helps me distinguish other color zones from each other.)

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I miss talking to people about skyyy I want to post something like "reblog with your favourite detail about sky" but these days there's a good %50 chance that when you enter someone's blog you'll see them having an anti Arab racism fit or having a #vote moment and I wouldn't like to witness that every time I open my fucking phone.

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I'm opening art commissions because someone I know is at risk of homelessness. To commission, you send the agreed upon price here, and you send me proof that you sent the money

I can do: oc art - animals - comics - kink and fetish stuff - blood and gore - furries - selfship stuff - haven't tried my hand at robots but I believe I can pull it

Won't do: hate symbols - hyper detailed backgrounds

Prices:

15$ for bust

25$ for full body

for comics, 10$ per panel

add 5$ for shading

Examples:

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A PERFORMANCE SPIRIT????? YAAAAAAY YAYYYEUUAYAHYH

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new players will play the most beautiful song you've ever heard on the harb then disappear forever

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Cunty ass skykid

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Anybody at this party was a rose. Anybody at this party was an animal.

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Do you think Reassuring Ranger and Laidback Pioneer could be besties?

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Gonna go through my drafts and post some of them lol. Return of the thing

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Literally crazy that this is real

My least favourite bit of lore is probably that the mantas are vertebrates

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WHAT IS THIS WHEN DID WE GET IT WHY CAN'T I HAVE IT PERMANENTLY

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I loooove the fact that The Cavern used to be a body of water literally my favourite bit of lore disclosed in the concerts. I love The Cavern

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Cozy Hideout oobs..

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Btw I went and checked all the other living spaces in the area right after I posted this and none of them had bunk beds

Conclusion: this spirit is simply an enjoyer of second floor beds

I wonder what prompted the inhibitor to set their bed so high up

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I hope cinnamonroll dies tragically in a fire

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I'm sorry if you're tired of thinking about ofmd and that whole mess but goddamn... it's incredibly painful to see so many people trying to set up fundraisers to get their families out of gaza and the sudan and desperately trying to get their loved ones to safety, I've seen so many and everyday I check to see how much progress they've made, most of them still haven't hit their goal. It hurts to see people rally around a tv show and raise all this money for a billboard, and it's very frustrating to see how people have reacted to this criticism. Like bro tv shows get canceled sometimes there's more important stuff going on

Someone else said it better but to see a fundraiser for tv show renewal advertisements raise $20,000 in less than a day while it takes days/weeks/months/years/never for fundraisers for actual causes that help real people in need reach a goal of less is absolutely dystopian and shameful