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Get to the airship!!

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the use of color in your art is so so so beautiful !!! i would love to see a speedpaint or hear abt your process 😸😸

thank you so much!!! i'm still tinkering with how to best work with colour so this compliment really means a lot 🧡 currently i focus on saturation and having harmonious palettes, but definitely fall short in terms of making sure my values have high contrast, so take what i say with a grain of salt :0

i currently use sketchbook and their speedpaint timelapse feature is incredibly hard to watch so i've opted to show via these images:

the multiply layer used to be my best friend for shadows and making colours look cohesive together, but i'm now no longer a fan of how it tends to mute/dull and darken other colours in the process - you can see on the left where i tried using a blue multiply for the shadows and it looks a bit off

now instead, i apply saturated colours on a linear burn or colour dodge layer to unify my base colours! they work a lot better for me because they keep everything sharp!

i think my style right now works with complementary colours having similar values, so i do experiment with seeing which parts need/don't need the linear burn/colour dodge layers. on the right, i found it was nicer to keep her hair unaffected because it stood out really well against the rest of the blue drawing :0

also, rather than go over base colours with shadow (left), i've found its much better to tint all of the base colour in a shadow (via linear burn/colour dodge) and then do lighting with overlay/soft light layers. in my experience, this has been a lot more helpful in defining light sources and the mood of the piece!

and then, it's always nice to interperse otherwise flat/one-colour parts (such as the hair) with patches of other colours with the same value (see the blues and greens in her hair on the right), just for a small pop of flavour!

with more ambitious backgrounds, my sole rule is to keep the foreground (usually it's the characters) more saturated and sharper than the background (in this case, it's the train).

so here, i applied i think it was a blue linear burn/lighten layer over the background so tone down the reds of the train, and make them harmonise with the blue characters! i then went over a lot with overlay and soft light layers to define the lighting :3

i hope this all helps someone even the littlest bit!! :3

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🔍 unorthodox family time

a bloody knife in her best friend's pocket and a corpse aboard the pirouette express — it seems the shaws must set aside their differences and solve this mystery together...

currently playing a small oneshot of cass 5 years before the events of curse of strahd to explore her relationship with her family! having a lot of fun being a rogue as cass' warlock powers have yet to kick in ><

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INTRODUCING SIDE A OF THE GENESIS SERIES A list of fanganronpa original characters while fated to meet in person, are doomed to play the same game.

Included are introductions, full reference sheets, and some of my designer's commentary when designing each oc from the writing to the looks.

You can find them also on artfight!

[ NOTES UNDERCUT ]

Meta-wise these are ocs I RP as, and for possibly the first ever set of ocs I've got the pleasure in developing in such detail I find them all very dear to me as an artist and writer... It just felt right to introduce them in the most formal way possible.

This project was an attempt at making a proper reference sheet, complete with general information, turnarounds, and a focus on detail and patterns that would be difficult to see on the person alone (whether it's because of the angle or clothing folds etc). It's more of a streamlined (?) approach than my usual design sheets with a set format to better communicate to the viewer. It's also more whwhwwh denser than normal to talk about the journey, and intentionality that led to my final design choices.

In reflection... TBH I could have yapped for even more pages going into greater depth into the early design process. Inclusions of the rejected designs and colour tests, explanations to what was changed and justify on a more objective level what makes the final design successful to me... But whatever dude - maybe in a post of it's own.

Would you expect this to be the new format for all my reference sheets going forward? lmaooo probably not. Maybe occasionally.

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sorry its victor again

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Ace Attorney: Trials in Paradise 🌅

— an AA7 fan concept —

Initial Premise:

Since it’s designed for the Switch 2 (and thus made for a larger screen), the game will almost always have 2-3 characters on screen at a time, and will feature dozens of unique interaction animations between all sorts of character combos.

There has been another 7 year timeskip.

The old judge retired, and the new judge is his granddaughter!

The jurist system is featured.

This concept is heavily based around these designs.

The characters would have multiple outfits throughout the game, which become unlockable costumes, much like the DLC costumes of DD, SoJ, and TGAA games.

While this is way too specific to truly be a "prediction" of what aa7 could be, I tried to keep it (mostly) realistic to what I thought could actually be in an ace attorney game!

📦 Case 1: Turnabout Homecoming

Trucy left the nest and Phoenix doesn’t like living alone anymore, so Phoenix is moving into Edgeworth’s house. Apollo— who recently got his driver's license— was driving the moving van, and was accused because a body had been found in the vehicle. The true killer was one of the movers. I like the idea that you'd have to look through boxes for evidence, maybe the murder weapon was hidden within their belongings.

Defendant: Apollo Defense: Phoenix Weird Girl: Edgeworth Prosecutor: Diana Payne (Winston’s daughter) Detective: (drumroll…) Godot!! Witnesses: Larry (he was helping with the move), Leslie (one of the movers) Victim: Bee(another one of the movers) Killer: Anne(third mover)

(rest of the cases and a lotttt more art under the cut ↓ )

🎢 Case 2: Rollercoaster Turnabout

Maya and Pearl are on vacation at Blue Badger Land. Pearl is accused of murder after a body is found on an unpopular attraction that only Pearl enjoys going on. As an aside, Gumshoe is retired from detective work, and now works as a dog trainer. He trained Armando's service dog, Spot O'Coffee. Wendy Oldbag also serves as a witness, but she's pretty old at this point. Her memory has become fuzzy with age, and her testimonies begin to mix up information from other trials (which will be little references to previous games).

Defendant: Pearl Defense: Apollo Weird Girl: Maya Prosecutor: Klavier Detective: Godot Witnesses: Gumshoe (and his kids, Callum & Beau), Wendy Oldbag, Ride Operator Victim: Ride Safety Inspector Killer: Park Manager

💍 Case 3: My Love, Turnabout

Klavier has arranged a collab performance between Trucy and Lamiroir. Hugh Dini, Trucy's assistant and boyfriend, is accused when his stunt double is found dead. Hugh is very cagey about his alibi, but it's because he was planning to propose and didn't want Trucy to know yet. Franziska takes this and spins it into a jealousy plot, and insinuates he killed his stunt double out of envy. Because Hugh is actually pretty shy, he has a habit of not speaking up, which only incriminates him further. A twist in the case is revealed during a cross-examination when it turns out the "gold band" the witness is referring to wasn't Hugh's engagement ring, but instead about a gold bangle. This immediately puts Apollo under suspicion, until Phoenix drops a hint that someone else (Lamiroir) has a gold bracelet as well. The truth about Trucy and Apollo's sibling relationship is revealed when Athena finds an unexpected emotion in Phoenix's mood matrix, and Lamiroir decides it’s time to break the news.

Defendant: Hugh Dini Defense: Athena Weird Girl: Phoenix, Apollo (← steps in when Phoenix has to get cross-examined) Prosecutor: Franziska Detective: Ema Witnesses: Lamiroir, Trucy, Hugh Dini Fangirl Victim: Hugh's Stunt Double Killer: Jealous Trucy Stan

🏝️ Case 4: The Getaway

This one isn’t a traditional case.

After Manfred Von Karma divorced his first wife, Bianka, he moved to Europe, and his previous home was left uninhabited until his eldest daughter, Karla Von Karma, discovers she has inherited it. She decides to turn the beachside property into a bed & breakfast, and invites her half-sister Franziska and adoptive brother Edgeworth to give the manor a trial run and let her know if it’s suitable for visitors. Edgeworth brings along Wright Anything Agency, because… why not treat them to a break?

But of course, their vacation quickly takes a turn when they find a literal skeleton in the closet.

Not all of the rooms in the estate had been searched. Manfred’s study has a large, padlocked safe, and Karla hadn’t gotten around to hiring a locksmith to open it for her. Phoenix tries “0001” for the hell of it, and the only thing more surprising than that combination successfully opening the safe is the body folded up inside.

They can’t imagine the killer was anyone other than Manfred Von Karma, but— since he’s already been executed— they’re not sure if a trial even needs to be held. They need to investigate the situation to determine with absolute certainty it was, in fact, Von Karma, because otherwise they’d need to find a new suspect. Obviously, the group of criminal justice lawyers aren’t not going to get to the bottom of it.

Except Apollo, who has decided he wants nothing to do with solving the murder. He came on this trip for a vacation, dammit, and that's exactly what he's gonna do. He heads back outside to the beach, and leaves everyone else to the investigation.

The first mystery is figuring out when the murder happened. The police arrive, and Ema estimates that the remains are about 30-40 years old, which is around the time the Von Karma family moved out. Since Manfred & Bianka had divorced in 1999, they start to wonder if Manfred had even still been residing here when the murder took place, but the body is found with a train ticket dated for January of 2002. A time period that just so happens to line up with the one singular vacation Manfred took during his entire career— to recover from a gunshot wound that he couldn’t even trust a doctor with knowing about.

The body is wearing a housekeeper's uniform, and they identify her as Ophelia Falsch. They conclude that she was killed because she had discovered Manfred’s injury, and he wanted to eliminate the witness. They think they have the case over and done with, but then Ema comes back with the dental analysis. She explains there was no dental record of an "Ophelia Falsch", but the teeth did match Bianka Von Karma.

This raises some questions. Why was Bianka dressed as Ophelia? Was there a more personal reason Manfred could have killed his ex-wife? Could Ophelia have been involved as well?

Since the murder happened so long ago, they don't even know where to begin with finding witnesses. Karla was 18 at the time of the murder, and had just moved out, so she wasn't present. Edgeworth, of all people, is the one to suggest an unconventional idea: why not ask Von Karma himself?

The manor is in a remote location that's only accessible by train or boat, and since it's late, Maya won't be able to get there until the next morning. In the meantime, they check up on Apollo, only to find him getting scolded by a woman about having his chair on the beach. She explains that she's Karla's daughter, Angelika Von Karma, and that she's impassioned about marine ecology. She just discovered the beach had become a nesting site for an endangered species of sea turtles, and is worried about disrupting it.

The next morning, Maya arrives, and Phoenix and Edgeworth hold a mock trial in the foyer. Manfred is channeled, but is uncooperative, so they try... a different method. Phoenix and Edgeworth perform a reenactment of how they think the murder happened, while Trucy and Athena watch Manfred to see if they can glean any information based on his reactions.

Manfred breaks down and confesses to the murder, but is telling the truth when he says that he didn't know the victim was Bianka; he did, in fact, think he had killed a housekeeper who found out about his gunshot wound. After this, his spirit is released.

As puzzling as this is— who was Ophelia, anyway?— they can't do anymore investigating because Karla has become very upset. The whole ordeal has caused long-repressed emotions to resurface. She's always felt a little bit resentful towards Franziska because their father left Bianka for Franziska's mother, Levina, and always felt like she had her family taken from her. On top of that, Manfred had done everything he could to get full custody of Karla in the divorce, and she never saw her mother again. She's angry that that wasn't enough— he'd gone and killed her too.

Karla and Franziska get into a big fight, and the whole trip ends up cancelled.

🚂 Case 5: Turnabout Train Car

They all board the train to head home. The mood is really awkward and it's kind of a bummer. Since the train is only way out of the area, Karla has to board as well, albeit in another car.

And because nothing is ever easy, there’s a murder on the train.

The victim was the owner of the train, Diesel Porter. He was found in his private sleeping room, and the only other room on that train car was being occupied by Karla, so naturally, she is accused.

Since Ema and the police are already on the train, they’re able to take control of the situation until the train makes it back to town. The Wright Anything Agency isn’t allowed to investigate the crime scene much, so they opt to interrogate the other odd passengers.

They get a helpful tip from the train’s bartender that Cole Porter, son of Diesel Porter, had been making plans to build a resort. They also find out that the train company had been losing money, since they weren’t getting many passengers.

The next day in court, Phoenix claims Cole killed his father to inherit the company, but Cole denies it because, why would he want to inherit a dying company? And Phoenix turns it around by bringing up the resort plans and how he wanted to build it on Karla’s property. He couldn’t just kill Karla, because then they’d have to take care of Angelika and Franziska too, so they needed Karla to feel like she had no choice but to sell it.

The trial goes to recess and Cole is apprehended for questioning, but at that moment they get word that someone else has just been murdered on the train— the bartender from before.

Phoenix goes back to the train investigate and boards when it’s stopped on the mountaintop station. While he’s investigating the train’s caboose, Cole’s wife, Electra, detaches it from the rest of the train. Cole and his wife were in cahoots! Phoenix is sent hurtling backwards down the mountain in the runaway car, and manages to pull the emergency brake just before reaching the bottom. He’s ended up back by the manor, and calls to have a boat sent to pick him up.

While he waits, he finds Angelika is still here studying the turtles. She gives him permission to go inside the manor again to investigate. He finds the deed to the house, along with an old photo that has a letter written on the back. It’s addressed to Bianka from Levina (Franziska’s mother).

The case is solved when Phoenix proves that both Cole & Electra Porter were involved in the murders. The land becomes protected by the government in order to keep the sea turtles safe, since they are endangered.

After the trial, Phoenix shows Karla and Franziska the letter he’d found. It turns out Levina hired Bianka as a housekeeper under the alias “Ophelia” so that she could still see her daughter Karla. The photo depicts a teenage Karla playing with a baby Franziska. Levina and Bianka had a good relationship, and had made efforts to keep their families together.

Karla and Franziska apologize to each other, and agree to get along better.

Defendant: Karla Von Karma Defense: Phoenix Weird Girl: Athena & Apollo Prosecutor: Franziska Detective: Ema & Godot Witnesses: Train Conductor, Old Passenger, Tain Bartender Victim: Diesel Porter Killer: Cole & Electra Porter

💃 (DLC) Case 6: Turnabout Runway

Klavier has been invited as a guest judge for a fashion tv competition. He invites Pearl (and Apollo) to the shooting as an apology for accusing her for murder & because of their shared interest in fashion. "Lip sync for your life" but literally.

Defendant: Lady Killer Defense: Athena Weird Girl: Pearl Prosecutor: Blackquill Detective: Ema Witnesses: ensemble of drag queens/models, Klavier Victim: Taxi Macabre Killer: Paul Rue

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drowning in cryptic messages and unending servings of tea, how will cass survive her encounter with her patron?

🌊 read the full comic here!

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my page art for the @aawomenzine !

there are leftover sales until july 12 — though i believe physical stocks are out, you can still purchase the digital bundle!!!! genuinely one of my favorite zines ever ╰(*´︶`*)╯♡

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The Illusionist 💫 The Scoundrel 🍾 The Siphoner 🩸 The Performer 🎭

Happy Pride to The Hidden Isle’s character classes 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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i love pappy very much

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of fleeting conversations and enduring consequences

cass finally has a conversation with her fathomless patron 'granny'... as all pacts go, it seems cass' powers must come at a cost - one that she may struggle to grapple with over time.

when granny first told cass to write 3 stories for her (of revenge, of true love, and of heartbreak), i was sooo excited by this fun silly task my dm gave me and poured my heart into all of them (thank you ash for beta-ing!! 🧡🧡)... so imagine my horror when my extremely detailed recount of the party's vengeful fight with izek came to stab me in the back 💔

in return, each story cass shares grants her powers that correlate to the story's theme. mechanically this was really cool as now cass has 1 charge of gaining a level of exhaustion and 1d6 psychic damage In Return for gaining resistance to all damage And doing double damage for 1d4+1 turns

the rose metaphor panel wasn't very explicit, but it was meant to convey the notion of revenge: one can't enact vengeance without also hurting themselves.

this comic took so fawking long and reading back on it i'm not satisfied with some parts but it is what it is... i think im overally chuffed to bits with it :3

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made a literal sideblog because i got shy posting this on main 🚬 i have no idea how cass and victors relationship will progress after she leaves vallaki so i've been manifesting she (fathomless) warlock somehow learns sending (a non warlock spell)... i love my arcane socially inept losers!!

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pappy and his puppy <3

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my page of photographer myriam and the themis girlies for @aawomenzine !!

✨️ get your digital bundles here!!

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can we like, have adaptations made by people who care about the thing they're adapting

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Not a bad bit of beach reading!

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when Brennan said "The first rule of existence is: as above, so below. People are fractal images of the universe. You are as we are. In the same way your heart feels and your mind thinks, you, mortal beings are the instrument by which the universe cares. If you choose to care, then the universe cares. If you don't, then it doesn't."

when Brennan said "It is a horrifying responsibility to think because things cannot remain the same, each and every one of us must shoulder some responsibility for how they will become different."

when Brennan said "Sometimes decisions are not difficult. Sometimes they are just hard."

when Brennan said "There is no moral. The Wolf eats you one day and until it does, the forest is beautiful."

when Brennan said "I always felt the fundamental substance of the universe is creation. None of this makes any sense, when you really break it down. It's like, none of this had to happen, but it's beautiful and art is the definition of 'this didn't have to happen, but it's beautiful.' [...] It resonates with the universe because the universe is consciousness playing with itself."

when Brennan said

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