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[arom-antix]

And so @viktuuri-week starts!

Day 1: Music

I was in one hell of a time crunch to make all the illustrations because I procrastinated UuU But I took most of these works as opportunities to experiment a bit with some ideas so I had fun.

Credit to TheMoonChild on Musescore.com for the arrangement of Yuri On Ice used.

[blended-ice]

viktuuri in arom swag B]

check out the besiyr’s cooler version

[lines-on-ice]

Figure skating bingo!

Since the 4 Continents has just started, I thought it was a good time to share the

Official Chris Howarth Bingo

That @arom-antix and I came up with during the Europeans.

Let us know when you have your first bingo!!

[laugaheim]

Once again, @arom-antix and I are doing sketch swaps, this one they sketched out for me

I have never watched Yuri on ice, but Aroms hella fixated and couldn't resist making me draw Viktor and Yuuri haha

[yaoiconnoisseur]

♠ Knight of Spades - Mari ♠

〈 Protector of Innocence 〉

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Ahhh I finally get to post this :D It was an honor to be able to contribute to the amazing project that is Yuri!!! On Cards from the Yuri!!! On The Web Discord server!

You can see the entire project via this masterpost! If you'd like more context for this gigantic YOI AU, head over to this blog post for an explanation of everything.

I'd like to give a massive shoutout to @arom-antix and @lines-on-ice for basically putting this all together and making this amazing idea a reality. I know Arrow credits me as one of the admins of this project, but I really only made a Google Drive and did a little research for the artists on how to format their cards haha

I had a ton of fun coming up with Mari's design as the Knight of Spades. I knew right away that I wanted Mari's design to reflect her Japanese heritage since the suit of Spades is a fully Japanese cast.

I've cut me talking about the art itself and my thought process while working on it so I don't nuke your dash, but if you'd like to read my ramblings feel free to

Making Mari a samurai was an easy choice since, one, that's basically what a knight was in Japan (albeit there was no legal binding between a daimyo and his samurai), and, two, I've always HC'd Mari as a protective older sister in the sense she'd be fairly hands off until someone made the mistake of bullying her little Yuuri.

I wanted her armor to be blue since that was the overarching color scheme for Spades, but choosing what blues to use was.. Difficult. There needed to be enough contrast between the different pieces of her armor to show that the armor is made of multiple parts while keeping the hues and brightness values close enough to still look cohesive. I also wanted to keep the blues relatively low saturated to bring our Mari's blonde highlights.

(As I was coloring her armor I realized half way through that I basically drew a Samurott ginjinka oops (￣▽￣*)ゞ)

I had originally intended for the sarashi (the belt) to be pure white, however when I put all the base colors down I realized the white was too much and pulled your eyes away from Mari's overall form. I knew having the belt be pure blue would make the belt blend in too much with the rest of the armor, so I ended up making the belt mostly blue with white accents as a compromise. I still wish the belt could have been white, but oh well.

As for the katana.. That was originally going to be pure blue, but like the belt problem, I had issues keeping the katana from looking muddied. I ended up trying five different variations of black/dark gray until I settled on what you see above lol. It was really difficult making the hilt of the katana look nice because if I went too dark with the blacks I would lose detail on the hilt, but if I went too light I would lose the contrast with the hilt's blues. As for the saya (scabbard/sheathe) I wanted it to be black, but I ended up matching it to Mari's armor instead because a black saya with a mostly black hilt somehow made the entire katana look flat.

The color palates I used for everything else was just me eyeballing her fleshtone and hair color through various screenshots I ripped directly from the show.

The background gave the the most trouble out of everything though because I'm not particularly great at making interesting, minimalistic backgrounds for my art. The card looked to plain without some sort of variation of color behind Mari, but since her armor was already so complex I needed a background that didn't take away from those complexities and didn't muddy the entire piece. I had originally planned to do a sumi-e type background, however I found that no matter what I did the sumi-e designs took away focus from Mari. Eventually I settled on a default abstract Procreate brush and drew lines until something stuck.

Overall I had a blast making this and also the borders for the rest of the cards! I learned a lot about how to format and prep digital canvases for making a card deck, too lol

[jewishvitya]

Ten songs, ten mutuals

Tagged by @obscene-odes

Let's see

1. We Rise - Batya Levine

2. Stranger - Dimash Qudaibergen (specifically this performance)

3. Fly Away on the Wings of the Wind - Evgeniya Sotnikova

4. Only Human - K (nostalgic, makes me cry)

5. Lullaby for a Stormy Night - Vienna Teng (I used to play this and sing my kids to sleep along with this song)

6. Altay - Ummet Ozcan & Otyken

7. Broken Umbrella - Epik High

8. Faye Wong - Hero (it's a soundtrack song from something I never watched)

9. Memories - Within Temptation (I spent high school listening to everything by this band)

10. Talk - Hozier (this one because my QPP used it to say something sweet about me when I was fishing for compliments)

Usually tagging makes me anxious but I'll try this time: @incandescentantelope, @thewalrus-said, @socksolotl, @domokunrainbowkinz, @linneakou, @linisen, @seanconneraille, @lexicaldreamer, @lines-on-ice, @arom-antix

[alexseanchai]

[image: a screenshot from episode 1 of Yuri on Ice. while Minako is saying "Man, I really wanted to go," the TV commentator is saying, "and Emil Nekola from the Czech Republic is in first." the last few words of that line are circled. the TV is showing six skaters' names and scores, which the commentary implies to be men's singles skaters, but a circle draws attention to how the skater shown in first place is from the US.]

[image: a portion of the same screenshot at almost 300% zoom, in hopes of reading that TV screen. transcription and transliteration below, with thanks to @arom-antix and @littletalimagpie for assisting:]

1. USA 🇺🇸 A. スミス [Smith] 226.69

2. DEU 🇩🇪 B. [バハル or パハル?] [Bayer or Bähr?] 216.54

3. CAN 🇨🇦 C. テイラー [Taylor] 215.19

4. ITA 🇮🇹 S. ネア [Nea?] 214.12

5. BEL 🇧🇪 E. メルクス [Merckx] 203.83

6. PHL 🇵🇭 C. サントス [Santos] 197.81

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I'd say this show's attention to detail means when some detail was overlooked or is contradictory, it really stands out? but as anyone who's ever heard me going on about Miraculous Ladybug internal chronology knows, I am just Like That

[lotrfan8ontumbler]

People I'd like to know better!

Thank you for tagging me @arom-antix <3

Last song: When I grow up, from the musical of Matilda

Favorite color: Pink, Light Blue, Dandelion Yellow, Purple.

Currently watching: Laid Back Camp, Business Insider's So Expensive and Still Standing.

Last movie/TV show: In theatres, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Spicy/savory/sweet: Savory

Relationship status: Single as single can be lol

Current obsession: Planning camping trip for Disney World,

Last thing you searched: Tumblr actually :P

Tagging: @rhapeseuhans @rikichie @meadow-roses @otamiyuki @whitecrossgirl @the-android-and-the-wielder @linneakou and anyone else who wants to. And if you don't, that's entirely okay, no pressure! <3

[dolotonglo]

Yo, I just wanted to let you know that your reblog of my art made my day! Lovely tags! He is indeed the bestest of bois :D

I'm arom-antix btw, just having-several-blogs things TuT

Also, I love your blog, it's so wholesome! Hope you have a nice night! (or whatever it is where you are :) )

!!! this is so sweet, thank you! glad i could make you smile :)

[arom-antix]

The brainrot has momentarily concluded

[arom-antix]

A companion piece for my first @viktuuri-week piece because we can't have Yuuri without Viktor, now can we?

Credit to J XIV / Jesa Padayachy on Musescore for the transcription of Duetto: Stammi Vicino, Non Te Ne Andare used.

[arom-antix]

I quick thing I thought of a century ago and needed off my WIPs

[arom-antix]

Merry Christmas, @crickets-lovely-place! Hope you're having a lovely holiday. Here's my Secret Santa gift for you!

[arom-antix]

Happy birthday to the blorbo himself!

[arom-antix]

Viktuuri week day 7: Soulmates

[arom-antix]

The brainrot continues

Finished work here