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a couple artworks i hadn't posted on tumblr yet..! ☕️

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you ever accidentally say “love you” on a phone call

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what if….yor and twilight met each other while they were still super young…like on their first solo missions………

update: I DREW MORE

AND MORE

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OMG

and then….they become friends…

part two of my au where twilight and thorn princess meet each other early on in their careers

part one

part three

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spy's moving castle 👒

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to have and to hold 💤

(a super late loid-themed secret santa gift~ based off a short fic you can read here!)

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Spy x Family : RED Mission¡

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Not trying to compare or anything, but...

This Yor panel really reminded me of something.

As a fan of both Lookism and Spy x Family, it was hard not to notice the contrast.

PTJ, pls ! Just let the women fight, please, please, please! 😭😭

It’s really not that hard 😭😭 Stop fridging them, objectifying them, or using them solely as plot devices.

The real eye candy in your manhwa is the men. Even the male readers agree🥹🥹 but we’re all just waiting for a female fighter who actually gets to shine.

Cries in Mary Kim , Crystal Choi and Sophia Alexander 😫😫

I truly love your work, PTJ. Thank you for creating such an incredible universe.

But just once… let the girls fight 🙏🙏

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I'M BACK FOR MORE SXF CONTENT!

To preface, a month ago, I learned about an interview with Tatsuya Endo on Spy x Family on a magazine that came out in 2020. Well, today I finally got it!

There were a lot of cool illustrations and drafts from the early days of Spy x Family that I don't think have reached a lot of the fans in the West due to this being a JP magazine.

The article is a whopping 8 pages! 6/8 of them is the actual interview, but there's so much text in here that it'll take me a while to translate the whole thing.

And before I forget, I present this Anya doodle by Endo for the interview.

I'll be gradually sharing my first impressions about the contents of this interview, but I'd like to dedicate this post to this particular section featuring the initial cover designs!

We'll start backwards with the one that stands out the most: Franky on Volume 4. This is just a speculation, but it seems like he was still planned to be the uncle at the time of this drawing. You can also see him sitting on an LC7 Swivel Chair, which is designed by the same person who designed the Grand Confort LC2 Petit Modèle armchair that we see Loid sitting on in Volume 1. And if Endo taught us anything about characters sitting on different chairs made by the same designer, they're pretty good friends.

In our current day, I think it's really funny that it took Franky four more volumes to finally get his own cover. God bless him.

Next is Yor on Volume 3, who, interestingly enough, is sitting on the sitting on a Heart Cone Chair, which is currently used by Fiona on the Volume 6 cover. Compared to the current version, Yor appears to have a more serene look, and the poses are quite similar. You can also see the aspect of blood stains on the floor remaining in the current version of Volume 3.

As for Anya on Volume 2, compared to the final version, she's dressed in her regular clothes rather than her Eden Academy uniform, and Mr. Chimera is seated at her right instead of her left. The pose is also different too, with Anya sitting with spread legs with her hands in front of her.

Also, it was stated by Endo before in the Eyes Only fanbook that the colors on the Marshmallow Sofa in Volume 2 are an original addition, so it's interesting to see the actual black and white colors used in this draft.

And last but not least, we have Loid. I saved him for last since his cover had a lot of versions that I think are worth looking at.

A lot of things are pretty similar here, with Loid sitting on a Grand Confort LC2 Petit Modèle armchair with a gun in his right hand (the pic quality doesn't show it, but trust me, he is) while staring forward. As for differences, Loid starts off in a pose with open legs while holding a mask in his left hand. Also, something that should be mentioned is that the detail of the characters hiding items under their chair seems to be absent.

Below is the process of how Endo-sensei got to Volume 1's final design. The first draft had Loid crossing his legs while holding his face with his hand. In the second, he's spreading his legs and holding a hat this time. You can also see the bullet casings at his feet. Maybe a prelude to the "under the chair" aspects of the volume covers? According to the captions, Endo drew these drafts on Clip Studio Paint. These drafts got rejected and we end up getting Loid in his iconic pose, which was developed into what we see now.

can't believe we lost manspreading Loid but oh well

As for the bottom half, these are other considered designs during the draft. The first and third covers look pretty plain and generic, but the second one is pretty reminiscent of the Forger's family portrait while the fourth reminds me of this extra page from Volume 4. But I can see why these designs were scrapped by Endo. Though I can see the second cover getting a cover near the end of the manga in the future, or something like that.

Overall, these images were really interesting to look at! I love looking at the drafts of Spy x Family and seeing where things could have gone. Though I'm pretty bugged that this magazine came out 5 years ago and I'm only learning about it now.

The next post will be about Endo's initial plot for Spy x Family! Look forward to it!

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AHHH. YOU'RE A GENIUS!! i support this idea HIGHLY!!

thinking of the past

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A crossover of Spy x Family and Batman I made by photoshopping different panels together. I hope you enjoy

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thinking of the past

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bed

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Hi! Sorry if i'm bothering you but i love your art style so so much! I'm considering learning to draw as well, but i'm not sure where to start :) Do you have any tips for me when starting out in art and developing your own art style? I love your work smm tyyyy :)

HEHEHE this is one of my first ever art-related questions! you're not bothering me at all, and thank you for liking my artwork! 🥹

i waited so long to reply to this because i knew i wanted to write you a 90-page essay (just kidding, but i thought about it for a long time...)

i'll try to summarize the most important tips (that i've personally experienced) in a few bullet points!

YouTube videos

these are what brought me here today. there's so many artists for so many different styles, and it's the easiest way to get inspired or find other like-minded people.

for me, some of my favorite inspiring YouTubers to watch are NAKDI and qrbits, while artists that helped me get started include kuroshiro, Naoki Saito, and Coax Illust. videos like this (lighting tips) and this (head angles) and this (finishing tips) include the most amazing tips i've ever come across, they're like god-sends...

an art style sort-of it comes naturally

plus, if you try to consistently repeat the style you drew in last time, it's a one-way ticket to burn out (in my experience) because you end up indirectly blocking yourself from growing?

to me, experimentation is fun, especially when you're starting out 😎 i once used to do commissions where i copied the same style, and it began to get very boring and dreadful... 😭

lastly- draw FOR FUN!

i wasn't able to be consistent with art until i was actually drawing what my heart desired, instead of anatomy all the time... anatomy is definitely helpful... but the best formula for me to stay consistent and improve (while not forced to draw by comms or by art school) was to be studying anatomy related to the compositions i wanted to draw.

... for example, if i want to draw loid holding a gun, i'll look up references of hands, guns, and different poses. drawing like that is what always kept me motivated, especially when i started. but it's ALSO good to have a solid foundation. so if you're struggling to draw heads, it wouldn't hurt to start with the foundation first hehe

i hope that helps! it looks like i ended up typing a lot anyways, but oh well- i hope you have fun learning to draw (like i have!) 🥹

(i want to start a YT channel someday talking about these valuable tips i learned the hard way but we'll see if i can ever get to it 😭)

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I just saw your art of loid holding Anya and flowers with the caption "who are those flowers for loud? And I nearly started crying, I'm a college student right now but I was thrown back to valentines day of my childhood. There was a father daughter dance every year locally and he didn't get me flowers but he always got my mom flowers, 2 years ago my little brother got me flowers for my birthday (middle of the winter and with very clear thought put in with the flowers having my favorite colors and a teal ribbon he picked out himself) and how it was so clearly influenced by how my father shows he cares. Last year I had to miss Thanksgiving for the first time due to work and was by myself on my school campus all my freinds having left and they sent me flowers and a note from a local florist.

All this is to say that loid definitely gives Anya flowers for her 'birthday' and that she grows up if not in a house with a garden then with flowers being another way they show love.

Sorry for this long reaction to a simple (but beautiful) peice of art it just had an effect

hi anonymous!! when you asked this, i was also a college student (keke but i am graduated now thankfully) anyways, i apologize for only just now replying... i don't normally get such sweet asks in my inbox, and i'm literally just speechless?! 😭🙏 that's an absolutely lovely story... and i'm so glad you wrote this because it's a really sweet reminder. it's always the "little details" that can make the "biggest impression". imagine if i hadn't wrote that caption?! 🥹 regardless, i'm super touched and i'm glad that you were touched too! don't apologize omg... ❤️

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funny things

SOOO, LOL. i accidentally read an ask wrong, from @adamaramma... HELPPPP, but it was the KINDEST ASK EVER! THANK YOU SO MUCH ADA! that was one of the nicest things i'd ever been told! 😭 ...but here's the thing, i accidentally mixed it up and thought @amamamumumumu said it which was so hilarious... so my reply must have seemed really weird to ada... 🙏 therefore, i'm going to type what i said here but slightly rephrase it because i've been meaning to tell this to @amamamumumumu for ages!

first of all, i read everyone's reblog notes but i never know how to properly reply to them though tumblr... so i get shy and almost never reply... but about a month ago, @amamamumumumu wrote a reblog note that genuinely had me spiraling...?! i was in shock. it was when you said "i admire you every time you grow"... 😭 (warning: text wall)

it seems like a simple compliment, but hearing that (and similar kind replies from other artists!) led me to realize just how many mean people i used to have around me growing up. i used to be ashamed and nervous to draw in front of people and to show my artwork to others. sometimes, i'd even purposefully draw badly when it came to every in-class activity throughout all of high school and university because i was scared of comments like "show-off..." actually, one time i even started trembling while i was "drawing well" for an activity (you know, when everyone starts looking at you and making comments...) in front of a new set of people who hadn't seen me draw before, just because i was so anxious! (and i was so shocked that i reacted that way because it'd been so long since i drew anything in front of people at that point!) i felt like it was because ever since i can remember, my classmates would always make comments such as "you make me feel bad," or "you're such a try-hard," or even, "i don't wanna draw anymore," because i'm sitting there drawing next to them, or because my art was displayed next to theirs. it made me feel horrible because i guess i'm way too empathetic (or something)... but you know, that's probably common...? anyways, it was definitely not fun for me. 😭 but ama... did you know? you were one of the first artists i followed in the sxf community- i REALLY like your artwork...! and i STILL remember thinking you were like a hidden gem haha. therefore, you're literally one of my inspirations?! so let me reply by gushing about you, if it's okay?! first of all, your artwork is like perfection to me! all of your lines (whether line art or even PAINTING) are so neat!? and moreover, you always draw the most adorable, sweet, cool, and epic ideas. the ability to leave such an impression on your viewers (like, for example, i can remember your martha/ballet fanart like yesterday...) i think is incredibly admirable!

and lastly, i think you're extremely underrated... if you ask me, i think you're EXTREMELY talented 😭... people have mentioned this to me before and i found it kind of hard to believe, but when i see people like you i totally understand it: you're destined for such great things! and i always wish you the best 🎨

in conclusion, i'm so thankful for you...! you say my art gets you crying LOL but honestly, you make me cryyy ahaha hehe ❤️