#✦ . ˚ riven

[shoomlah]

My first 3D model, made after playing Riven (1997):

and my latest, made for Riven (2024):

[kikilowatt]

Says stuff just to be funny but commits to the bit type of girl

Maybe ill properly draw these sketches later :)

[soul-shenanigans]

[prostoartist]

Mood:

[glakery]

artist: Alilyushka

[foone]

The Riven HD remake/remaster is out! You should definitely play it, because 1. it's a great game that looks even better 2. I helped with it, in a very tiny way.

A couple years ago they got in touch and asked if I could help them with a software archaeology problem: They still had the datafiles from when Riven was made, but they didn't really know how to open them anymore. So I did some spelunking through different versions of late-90s 3D software and figured out a conversion path they could use to open the old assets in a modern(ish) 3d program, then convert them to whatever they needed. They had offered to pay me but I did it for free (because it's MYST. I have always loved this series, I own all the books, I still have the 5-CD copy of the game!) and just asked for some credit. I'm happy to see that I got it!

I've not played the full release yet (time and money problems) but I did check out the demo, and it looks amazing and plays great.

[cuttoncandyhair]

I tried designing a Magic Winx base transformation for the specialists. Unfortunately I have no sense for fashion at all. Long story short, I doodled Rivusa.

[gemkimart]

[kifkay]

silly headcanons about Winx characters’ home planets (part 1)

Linpheans rarely say, “I love you”. to them, it does not encapsulate the depth of their devotion properly.

instead, they use words that are much more… “poetic.”

for example, Bloom would casually thank Flora for helping her apply a salve to a burn of hers:

”thanks, Flo, love ya!”

and Flora would earnestly reply:

“My soul, I would part with my liver sooner than I would part with you.”

which… intense for us, Eartherns, but for Linpheans — love is not something to be treated casually.

among Linphean vernacular: “my soul”, referring to any one person you love; “my liver”, when referring to a friend you cannot live without; “my sun/moon/flower”; “my pillar”. also, when talking about a couple: “those, who were fated by the stars”.

(fun fact, all of these are real terms of endearment I took from my language <3)

she is very openly affectionate with her girls, but it takes her a bit of time to start acting similarly with the boys.

Helia and Timmy are decently well-travelled/well-learnt, so they know of this Linphean custom and are not surprised. Nabu absolutely returns the same energy to her.

Brandon just kinda takes it at face value (“you are my lifetime, friend” “👍”).

but Sky and Riven are absolutely bamboozled by how sweet Flora is, and try to awkwardly reciprocate.

like, Flora patches Riven up after a battle, and pats him on a back with:

“let the rivers of our lives cross together into an ocean forevermore, my golden friend.”

and Riven looks more scared than he ever was fighting goddamn Valtor, and whispers:

“you smell very nice?..”

Riven is obviously uncomfortable being as vulnerable and affectionate as she, so he resorts to using sweet nicknames (a-la “dove”, “love”, “sunshine”) and giving Flora compliments.

Sky is also unused to this level of affection, so whenever he is forced deal with it — he just malfunctions. literally dissociates. cannot reply for a solid twenty minutes.

He does think it’s very sweet though, so he starts taking care of Flora like a little sister. making sure she always has a little snack on a mission, giving her his jacket when it’s cold out, importing rare flowers for her, etc.

after a couple of years together, the winx and the specialists adopt this way of expressing endearment into their vernacular, and confuse the shit out of everybody else.

[scribonia-art]

"Shiny surfaces can reveal some of the Ahamkara's secrets — if you know what to look for." - Shuro Chi My entry for the @onelastwishzine

[shoomlah]

One really cool perk of joining Cyan is that I get to capture all of the promotional shots for the new Riven.

Can't wait for y'all to play this sucker. 📚

[retrocgads]

USA 1997

[soul-shenanigans]

Canon height be like-

[otherwolves]

Attack art of Mica for @aischeu 🦇

[simatomica]

Doflamingo

[landofanimes]

Winx Club

Original Concepts: Fairies

In celebration of Winx Club's 20th anniversary, a new look into the series' original pilot designs, back when the show was still titled Magic Bloom, was revealed! Yes, the green-haired fairy was Musa.