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My full piece for Gundam IBO zine - 鉄血の絆 !

If you didn’t preorder it, extra copies and pdf are still available ✨ http://sibzine.storenvy.com

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I really really like him,, fave gundam protagonist so far

[ID: A digital drawing of Mikazuki Augus. His back is to the viewer, but he looks over his shoulder towards them, as he holds a gun up in his left hand, smoke pouring from it. His right eye is covered by his hair, but his left eye is a bright, bright, blue, drawn with a bright red pupil with a core of bright green. The smoke pouring from his gun curls around him and appears to shape the Barbatos, bright red eyes and yellow crown visible but distorted in the smoke. The background is bright red, and “King of Wolves” is written in white text on the left side. End ID]

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Something I am endlessly delighted by in Iron-Blooded Orphans character design is how expressive it is. And I don't just mean that in the sense of conveying a character's emotions, although obviously that's a big part of it. I mean how it deftly captures different kinds of expression and changes the way a character comes across as a result. They don't just have one form of whatever kind of expression you could name. There was a lot of effort put in to account for mood and tone.

If, for example, you look at Shino's trading card art, you'll see him run the gamut from cocky, to goofily macho, to genuinely kind. And those are all facets of him as a character, very succinctly conveyed, such that you can tell what way he's approaching somebody else depending on which smile he's wearing.

I don't know if that is the right way to describe what I mean, or if I have a point beyond 'isn't animation cool?', but hey, it's an excuse to post this little collection of grabbed images, including the ones where Shino appears to *only* be wearing a goofy macho grimace (I'm sure he'd be very happy about that).

...I feel I would be remiss if I didn't also include the ones for Akihiro, which, while less pertinent to my point, do confirm that, yes, plenty of the official art of these guys is of them shirtless.

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Eat, drink and be merry!

It's the only way to live.

Tomorrow we may die, but today we are together.

So let's never waste the time we are given.

Or squander the chances we get.

Burn bright while there's burning to be done.

And savour all that the world has to offer.

You can't take any of it with you.

So why heap regrets on top of a grave?

Or pretend what comes next shall be yours?

In the end, only the memories matter.

Those that we cherish.

And those that we leave behind.

Immortality set in stone may warm a miserly heart.

But I would rather weave history from toasts and from kisses.

Than spend a second on what I can't share.

"Oh, you're drinking the cheap stuff again?"

"I like it. It's the drink we had when we first met."

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Student life.

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Oops my hand shipped...slipped...again. I will drag everyone into rare pair hell with me.

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Guess who is too sick to see GQux this weekend (it’s me)

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Bonus fish dinner reaction shot.

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BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I NEEDN'T LOOK ON IN ENVY...

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You're so mean . . .

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Yamagi and Shino from Gundam IBO (it's not obvious on this pic though cause we're doing post-canon revisionism babeyyy). Just a moody little thing. Read Wishing on Space Hardware, it'll make sense ;)

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Gaelio Bauduin from Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans nearly ran over two people in canon with his horrible, HORRIBLE driving

Requested by @lookitsmorefandomtrash

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She looks great in kimono.

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The hotel bar had neat lighting.

Cosplayer: Me

Character: Sayla Mass from Mobile Suit Gundam

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The 12th prototype.

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The hotel bar had neat lighting.

Cosplayer: Me

Character: Sayla Mass from Mobile Suit Gundam