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My OC Frostwind, now as a Minecraft Iceologer 🌨️⛄

Don't worry, he doesn't attack players, he just wants to run his sauna business in peace

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Kenma and Lalli

I finally managed to finish this old piece after recently rewatching parts of Haikyuu. When I first saw Lalli while reading Stand Still Stay Silent, my first impression was basically "This guy reminds me of Kenma lol" Doesn't help that both of them are introverted, share similar haircuts, and are often associated with cats XD

Me basically:

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Why I won't redesign Lauma and Flins (yapping ahead!)

To begin with, thanks for all the support on my Genshin/Nod-Krai redesigns! This started out as a little experiment after my art hiatus. With that, I'll close the redesign project.

You might be wondering, "Where are Lauma and Flins redesigns?" Well, I have my reasons not to do it, aside from my focus on other projects lol

First: unlike Aino and Ineffa, Lauma and Flins are lore-heavy 5* units, and already had a lot of hype before their release.

Which means, they already got so many simps, and I don't want to deal with their wrath if I "changed" the characters, haha. (Lauma in particular, I don't want anyone telling me that I killed her "ara ara onee-san" vibe)

Second (especially Flins!): researching them was a pain, oof 😭

To begin, Flins' full name is a mashup of multiple vaguely Slavic languages (Kyryll Chudomirovich Flins), not just a single, concrete origin. And then there's the mythical inspiration. In short, Flins is the name of a pseudo-Slavic deity, which existence is debatable at best.

I don't want to sound like a conspiracist but I have a theory that Hoyoverse made Flins' inspiration to be obscure and confusing on purpose. Whether to create a "mysterious Slavic husbando" vibe or to avoid "cultural inaccuracy" allegations, who knows.

I saw some artists made him Polish, Ukrainian, or even Bulgarian, but after my research, it doesn't feel right for me.

"But Rizzonen, you don't have to use real inspirations! Teyvat has its own rules!"

Yeah, I don't have to. But I love researching cultural references since they have a lot of potential.

So yeah that's my yapping for today hahaha

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Ineffa redesign‼️

(OG + References)

The last Genshin redesign I swore, and before anyone says "you changed her vibe" or "you killed her 'cute maid' look", WHO CARES LMAO LET HER BE A TALL INTIMIDATING ROBOT WOMAN ‼️

I can imagine she was built by Aino from discarded Fatui bot and Gardemek scraps and she struggles between her old programming vs. her new purpose

Plus her adherence to household chores can also stem from her need of structure and efficiency. She can be confused when people personally thank her, because for Ineffa, it's just routine.

I think there's still room for "cute" moments, i.e. Aino being the first person who saw Ineffa as more than a machine, though the stakes can be higher because this is endgame lmaooo

(Extra: OG hair color edit + meme)

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Jahoda redesign ‼️

(OG + References)

Well there's no way her OG outfit is built for Nod-Krai's cold 😭

For now not much is known about her (yet) but I do get a scavenger/thief vibe from her. I tried go make her outfit as scrappy without revealing too much (also I added a strawberry pin on her 🍓)

My headcanon is that Jahoda probably runs a black market and supplied Aino's craftshop lol. Though let's say she got the materials through questionable means...

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Jahoda redesign ‼️

(OG + References)

Well there's no way her OG outfit is built for Nod-Krai's cold 😭

For now not much is known about her (yet) but I do get a scavenger/thief vibe from her. I tried go make her outfit as scrappy without revealing too much (also I added a strawberry pin on her 🍓)

My headcanon is that Jahoda probably runs a black market and supplied Aino's craftshop lol. Though let's say she got the materials through questionable means...

What I thought their dynamic would be lmao

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will make it my duty to draw every Aino redesign I saw ✨

Left is by @chebupeli56 and right is by @nederis !

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🐡 Happy birthday to me! ❄️

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Jahoda redesign sketch (WIP)

Tried to combine kroje variations with steampunk and bat-inspired elements. Hope I nailed the final results lol

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some genshin sketches (redesigns …..?)

please give the children baby clothes:(

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When your most drawn OC and the Genshin character you redesigned are Finnish-coded/inspired engineers:

(No, this isn't a ship! Just a crossover idea)

If there's anything Mikko stays away from, it's conflict. He rather conserve his energy.

(but seriously there is a chance an NPC named Mikko will exist in Nod-Krai lol)

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Aino redesign ‼️

(OG design + references used)

Tbh she's cute as a standalone character but in the terms of cohesion, it neither shows "Finnish" or "Genius engineer kid", so I try to do that while keeping her palette + the overall Genshin look.

One inspiration is Finnish Iron Age clothing, as I missed the old fantasy vibe of the game...

And yes I used Stand Still Stay Silent as additional reference hahahah

Extra doodles, which shows how those strap things are for holding her sleeves

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Aino redesign ‼️

(OG design + references used)

Tbh she's cute as a standalone character but in the terms of cohesion, it neither shows "Finnish" or "Genius engineer kid", so I try to do that while keeping her palette + the overall Genshin look.

One inspiration is Finnish Iron Age clothing, as I missed the old fantasy vibe of the game...

And yes I used Stand Still Stay Silent as additional reference hahahah

Extra doodles, which shows how those strap things are for holding her sleeves

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Well...the ARTD site is down. I have contacted Hiveworks to inform them about the issue but it might be a reminder to back up any works of Minna you enjoyed, since they can and might disappear when you least expect them to do so. I doubt it would be happening to the SSSS site anytime soon, but.

Both comics, ARTD and SSSS have lost popularity since Minna quit creating secular comics and focused on religious stories. Thus, site traffic lessened. Additionally Hiveworks is closing their publishing department so there is a possibility they will be cutting corners in other places and won't be publishing less popular comics (and ARTD was already becoming obscure during the run of SSSS). I don't think HW is responsible for the site issues as they still have the PDF of the ARTD book available in their store. Some creators such as pepurika and captainmera have quit already. The exact reasons are unknown to me, but creators quitting the publisher doesn't seem like a good sign. The situation is not looking too well for Minna's comics either.

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planning to make an umamusume oc..

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Aino redesign + my thoughts on Genshin designs now

Well...tbh I'm not surprised.

Hoyoverse would obviously prioritize profitable tropes rather than cohesive/experimental stuff...because it makes them money, lol.

Hence Nod-Krai designs starting to look like ZZZ and HSR rather than feeling distinctly "Genshin."

I'm not saying you can't like them, or you have poor taste for liking them. This is just my personal opinion.

Genshin used to have a distinct "identity" as a (mostly) fantasy game in its early days, and the characters were built into their world in mind. Even Sumeru and Fontaine's "tech" still have fantastic elements to it.

Now? Maybe because of the success of HSR and ZZZ, Hoyoverse wants to have a unified, profitable brand identity. But that's just my speculation.

Sadly it came with a cost of changing the game's initial flair.

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Watched the F1 movie and I swear there's an unnecessary spicy scene bruh 💀💀 in what way it was necessary for the plot, it just made actual female engineers look worse