#got inspired by the akira pictures I added to my theme

[ronjawalkinaround]

Evaluation & reflection

Throughout the year I have been exploring themes of fantastical world-making and creatures, people's need for escaping reality, fever dreamish states, the underworld.

I have always been inspired by all artists who do their work unapologetically and actively, who make instead of whining, who have opinions but are not focused on politics, and who appeal to the human nature in general. Usually, movie creators leave the biggest impression for the longest amount of time. This year I have discovered and rediscovered directors like Dario Argento, Andrzej Żuławski, Akira Kurosawa, Francis Ford Coppola, and Russ Meyer. Their movies stayed with me and showed how a complete, balanced, detailed world with its own rules, colours, and soundtrack is created.

For the first time I have looked more specifically into women artists. That's not because I was avoiding them, but because I never wanted to make a distinction (which to be honest, I still believe we shouldn't). However, I found out about some amazing women like Collete Lumier, Dorothea Tanning, and many more. They have also been creators of worlds, whether it be inside 2D works, or in a home environment.

I went to many exhibitions, however, none of them left a really big impression. I think I am becoming quite strongly critical about not only myself, but others, and it is hard to find something great that is newly made. I understand it's a cynical perspective, and it always fluctuates. Sometimes it's a strong feeling that no one can create good things, sometimes - I appreciate the details and find meaning. In any case, I am sure there are brilliant creators out there, I will keep looking.

Methodology:

There is never much research involved in making my works, they are usually intuitive and hand-led. There is usually no sketch and no idea beforehand. However, this year there were some exceptions. My works related to snails were all thought out, they were related. I was also learning about specific materials and techniques (porcelain, screenprinting, Photoshop) as I went along, and thought (and read) a lot about pipes, in regards to my double pipe idea.

While making porcelain works, I was followed by failure, everything kept breaking, from smaller pieces, to the biggest ones. It's really disheartening seeing that, but at least I learned some lessons about porcelain, and about glue.

I have been recording small steps that I took in pictures and videos. And then, in the end of the year, I got to play with a good camera, mmm, that was beautiful.

The project was being created slowly throughout the whole year. Some parts of it had to fall off, and some added on. Even though I had a schedule, it kept changing according to each different day. I knew that my final project would include many details, so I was not too worried about specific quantities or materials, it was all quite experimental.

The main problem is of course not feeling good enough, wether it be about the 'empty' space or about quality of the works, technical or idea-wise. I do feel strongly about some of the works though, and that helps to keep the confidence.

The editing aspect is also difficult. Deciding which works are not good enough to show, when they are all so dear, is a hard thing, but it teaches to try and look through the viewer's eyes and to get detached.

It was very interesting to explore my scale, as I always loved the small paintings, however felt that they were not strong enough on their own, and now realised that it's just not good thinking, it does not matter which scale you choose, quality of the work itself is the only thing that matters, and small scaled work has the intimacy that is lost while working in larger scales.

Do I already know how to properly evaluate that quality of work? Probably not, especially with my works, I can just analyse some specifics and say, that sometimes they feel strong, and sometimes they don't. I do believe though, that if the work is really good, there is no need to know anything, you just know.

It was a good year for experimentation. I tried some new techniques like printmaking on fabric, figuring out porcelain, painting on marble, using expanding foam and flock for 3D sculptures, and managing people's hair, while still remaining the passion for my usual medias - painting, ceramics, printmaking. I was very busy all year it seemed, there was not a single time I was bored, which I find a really big deal. I spent many hours in the studios and in the workshops (although I wish the finishing one would have been shown earlier). There was also of course the small problem of being a new person on the final year course, but that solved itself quite quickly, and I'm very glad to have found some warm interesting people.

The university did give some great things, a lot of inspirations and tips, let me explore new techniques and ways of thinking, however I still feel like it wasn't enough. I want more history, more real life advice, and more skill. These are all things I will try to find from now on.

I leave now having more experience and a couple of friends, thank you for that, and for everything else I haven't mentioned.

[semisgroupie]

Heaven & Hell Collab

✞ We’re all sinners anyway so let’s all have a little fun ✞

✞ Theme: heaven, hell and everything in between

✞ Status: OPEN

✞ Deadline: April 5th (my birthday! Also this is NOT a hard deadline)

✞ note: this is to celebrate me hitting 2.1k followers! So since I’ll be turning 21 the due date is my birthday!

✞ RULES ✞

✞ You must be 18+ to join since my blog is an 18+ only space

✞ is open to any fandom

✞ Your work can be sfw, nsfw or dc but MUST be tagged appropriately

✞ There is no writing limit! So writers, write to your hearts content (anything over 400 words must have a read more)

✞ anyone can join with any form of content!

✞ your work must consist of some sort of representation of heaven or hell (demons, angels, fallen angels etc.)

✞ characters can only be repeated once but must have a different theme (demon!Kuroo can’t be repeated but fallen angel!Kuroo can be used!)

✞ once you publish your work please tag: #heavenandhellcollab and tag me or dm me the link!

✞ send an ask to join and just let me know if it’s nsfw, sfw or dc and if it’s heaven or hell or in between (if you want to change it just let me know!)

Heaven:

✞ guardian angel!Kenma (sfw) — @kirakirasaku

✞ fallen angel!Sakusa — @rintah0e

✞ fallen angel!Tamaki Amajiki (nsfw + possible dc) — @kitsu-writes

✞ demigod!Gojo (nsfw) — @kemakoshume

✞ falling guardian angel!Hawks — @hopelesshawks

✞ angel!Osamu (nsfw) — @dadbodosamu

✞ fallen angel!Shindo (nsfw) — @cherry-kaydawriting

✞ fallen angel!Armin (nsfw + dc) — @izukine

✞ angel!Sukuna (possible nsfw) — @betheydocrimewrites

✞ fallen angel!Gojo (nsfw) — @fairyfuyu

✞ fallen angel!Bokuto (angst) — @mujinazaka

✞ guardian angel!Mirio — @lovekento

✞ guardian angel!Scaramouche — @glorifiedsins

✞ guardian angel!Gojo — @ambrodias

✞ fallen angel!Aizawa (mood board) — @/ravenina14

✞ guardian angel!Kuroo — @mitsuyaya

✞ angel!Yuuta — @portfolio-of-dreams

✞ angel!killua (ART) — @/ry0m3n

✞ angel of death!Toji — @spookygeto

Hell:

✞ demon!Suna — @nozomiasl

✞ incubi!Miya Twins — @beware-of-the-rogue

✞ demon!Mikey (sfw) — @rindouphiliac

✞ demon!Sakusa (nsfw) — @sakusins

✞ incubus!Izuku — @/dilfdeku

✞ demon!Bakugo x angelic!Reader — @bakugosbratx

✞ demon au!Matsukawa — @chickentendieboi

✞ demon!Shigaraki — @killsaki

✞ incubus!Bakugo (nsfw) — @myherokatsuki

✞ summoned demon!Aizawa — @redspade227

✞ demon!Gojo — @g0thmegumi

✞ ascended demon!Dabi — @tetsurousharlot

✞ demon!Oikawa (ft. the rest of Seijoh 4) — @anime-nymph

✞ devil!Ran Haitani (Salem Witch Trials AU + nsfw) — @mianavs

✞ incubus!Wakasa — @nugu-saeyo

✞ demon!Kita — @laineeey00-ontherun

✞ demon!Eren — @/ztani

✞ demon!Sukuna x Fem. Reader (nsfw + dc) — @dxrkdreamer

✞ demon!Megumi x chubby!f!reader (nsfw) — @ry0m3n

✞ incubus!true form!Sukuna (nsfw + dc) — @saccharine-darling

✞ shinigami!hanma x fem. reader — @bokuroskitten

In Between:

✞ Izana: God Complex & Sacrilegious (nsfw + dc) — @saturnmitsuya

✞ half demon/ half angel!Atsumu (sfw) — @haikyuufairy

✞ demon/angel hybrid!Shoto — @haikyutiehoe

✞ priest!Taiju — @sofiakistein

✞ Sebastian Michaelis: Purgatory (nsfw) — @pumpkinpot

✞ priest!Bakugo x succubus!Reader (nsfw + possible dc) — @httpbakugou

✞ Demon!Sukuna x Reader x Angel!Yuuji (nsfw) — @yuujispinkhair

✞ priest!Aizawa (nsfw + dc) — ME

✞ demon!Akaza: shot at a new life (angst and implied nsfw) — @half-baked-biscuit

✞ priest!Ran Haitani (nsfw) — @beautifulblhell

✞ ghost/soul!Kita Shinsuke (sfw) — @justanawolf

✞ priest!Chisaki — hellvillah

✞ Warrior Inui x Priestess-afab reader — @blueparadis

✞ devil!Taiju x nun!reader — ME!

✞ angel!Armin: a demon in disguise (nsfw) — @k-ryuuguji

✞ stepbro!Sanzu x church girl!reader — @bxnten

✞ demon!Sukuna x black priestess f!reader — @/loyenne

[imagine-fight-write]

Random - Writing Inspiration 1 - Songs

Edit: Reposting, because I’m adding another video example.

ALSO note, this series is just the tip of the iceberg. I’ve got plenty others to share.

This will be a 3 part series on writing inspiration.

For my anime fans, yeah, I’ll be using a lot of AMVs.

1st, I’ll give some examples of song lyrics which have given me ideas.

2nd, some examples of videos which inspire me.

3rd, some videos and music put together, which give me ideas.

Hope you enjoy some good videos & get creative!

Thanks Literary Architect, for inspiring me to write this.

Now that I think of it, songs often inspire me. Specifically, song lyrics.

Here are 3 examples:

Right now, “Break In to Break Out” is preying on my mind. 

Specifically the line, “Thieves in the palace, full of tales and lies.”

The basic idea of breaking into a place in order to find freedom is intriguing enough (in some ways, it reminds me of Luffy breaking into Impel Down in One Piece.)

However, my basic idea is thieves breaking into a fairy tale castle, or a castle filled with fairy tales, in order to, I don’t know, break a spell?”

“Castle” by Halsey gives me similar ideas. I mean, what does it mean to “lock up a kingdom”?

Could fairy tale thieves steal a kingdom? Or break into a palace to steal the kingdom back?

“Break In to Break Out” is (looks up info) performed by Lyn and composed by Shoji Meguro, with lyrics by Benjamin Franklin.

The 2nd song I want to share is Moonlight Shadow by: Groove Coverage. 

As the video shows, it's easy enough to change guns to arrows and set this in a fantasy or sci-fi setting if you’re so inclined.

After all, the opening line is, “ The last that ever she saw him, carried away by a moonlight shadow.”

Carries away by a moonlight shadow sounds like magic to me.

This also reminds me of a series, Shinobi Life (which has time-traveling ninjas & a good romance.) There is a beautifully drawn scene in the manga in which a character is swarmed by thousands of black butterflies and disappears. You, the reader, find out he gets carried off by his nemesis, but the butterflies are never explained.

A great 1st example is “Time Forgotten One” by: Kaito / Vocaloid

(see below)

The picture used in the video is lovely, but it’s really the lyrics which tell the story. See here: https://vocaloidlyrics.fandom.com/wiki/%E6%99%82%E5%BF%98%E4%BA%BA_(Toki_Wasure_Bito)

“Alone in the illustrious street, the time forgotten one

leans against the crimson stained wall

waiting for someone without a glance at the passing people

offering a small prayer with the old sword in his right hand.”

There’s more, but the basic idea is vague enough, you can do a lot with it. Who is the “time forgotten one”? A guy, a girl, a cat?

(The weapon doesn’t have to be a sword either. It coudl be a spear, axe, staff, or knife.)

Who are they waiting for, and why? What happened to their friends?

Are they under a curse?

As Aeir Soulhaven notes in the comments, “ Idea: He was literally forgotten by time. Therefore: Time no longer flows for him, and those within the normal stream of time cannot perceive him.“

The song “Room of Angel” by: Akira Yamaoka 

(which was used in Silent Hill 4, I guess?)

It has both inspired a poem & is a theme song for one of my characters (it really matches their seductive yet deadly personality.

See the video below where I found it.

Yes, I enjoy InuYasha. In English.

(Using 2 InuYasha videos was unintnetional, that’s just how it turned out.)

It’s got one of the best anime openings ever, and its music / soundtrack is good.

I fact, I would use the opening scene of InuYasha as a excellent example of how to start a movie or book. The scene has action and mystery without being too confusing, both the setting and characters are firmly established, and you’re left wanting more. Who betrayed who and why?

Anyway, Room of Angel & the video above made me want to write a poem, something dreamy and dangerous. Here’s some lines from the first draft:

In a lullaby you can’t be harmed

so go to sleep - dream of flying way up high

above the trees, among the stars

as I rock you gently, gently out the window

Hush and remember, in a lullaby you can’t be harmed.

Remember what you dream, and fly

Fly on feathered silver wings - so insignificant

I will crush them in my arms, as I hold you, and rock you

rock us gently out the window

Fall

Hush, you’re in a lullaby and can’t be harmed.

I’m sorry.

[aki-chan2014]

7,8 and 38 for the Meme for Fic Writers, if you don't mind answering them!

7.Share a snippet from one of your favorite pieces of prose you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

Oh my holy cheesebeans. Honestly, I’ve written so many fics, it’s a touch difficult to pick just one. But here, I’ve picked one! It’s from the one-shot 'How It Ends (And Begins, Once Again)’.

Izayoi could picture her here, how utterly ecstatic shewould be by everything here, pulling out and inspecting everything, possiblyeven deciding to make something right there and then and donning thestrawberry-patterned apron hanging on the kitchen door (it looked like one he’dgiven her for a past birthday, but newer) before proceeding to do just that.Perhaps he’d be roped in with helping, but it was not as if he had a clue.Sure, he had spent countless hours over the years, sitting in one kitchen oranother, watching her do her thing, but that was the point. He was neverwatching the procedure, it was always her. How she moved around the kitchen,the way she’d run her fingers along the packet sides or the labels on thebottles before selecting what she wanted from the cupboard, how she carried thedifferent bits of equipment to and from where she needed them to be. Theexpressions she had-frowns, smiles, blank concentration, confusion-whenmeasuring out ingredients, when tasting the mixture, testing the oven, watchingher creations cook, taste-testing the final product. The sounds of herfrustrations when it didn’t go right and her utter delight when it did. He hadmemorised it all, and as a result, he could conjure her up here, and now, alltoo easily. It was almost as if she was really here, right now, and he wasalmost disappointed when he reached out to touch her shoulder and reality madea fool of him.

How, exactly, do Imanage, existing like this for the rest of time?? It was not as if otherrooms didn’t evoke other similar potent feelings in him, other imaginings ofRuruka. But there was something particular about the kitchen, and thosememories. Perhaps because he knew that while she was in the swing of things,while she was in the creative zone, her demons had little to no power over her.Perhaps. Either way, he knew that from this point on, it was here that he wouldconstantly be making a lonely fool out of himself with his memories. And yet,it was here he wanted to stay the most.

So he got up from the chair he had been sitting on, and wentto make himself a cup of coffee (and, imagining Ruruka doing her thing, madesure he wasn’t getting in her way while he was doing it). Once he had done so,he went back to the chair and sat down again, and continued to watch her.

It just flows really well, don’t you think? :) I certainly do.

8.Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

“So, the school festival.”

Tada wrote ‘school festival’ on the blackboard and drewthree circles around it. Adding in a few arrows around the circle, he wasreminded of launching the Ending the End Class project, back near the beginningof the year. We are making progress.

“Does anyone have any ideas they want to put forward?Anything at all?? We might even be able to combine ideas, too.”

“Well, it’s going to need to be pretty amazing, right?”Hirigi said. “I mean, to get people to thisplace.”

“Yeah, it’s gotta be worth the trek up here.” Jori agreed.

“In other words, we need to be out of the ordinary. No maidcafes or anything like that.” Kuroba stated. Tada nodded.

“That’s right! Not that there’s anything with the usual farethat school festivals come up with, but I think we should definitely play onour distinctiveness.”

“I’d say Kinomoto-kun’s flowers should do the trick in thatregard.” Koujiro commented. “I mean, it’s freaking autumn and they’re still bright. Like, how does that even work???”

“Well…” Kinomoto prepared to launch into a long explanation,only for Ruko to cheerfully go over and cover his mouth playfully. After a fewmoments of squirming, she released him, and grinned before going back to herseat. Kinomoto, to his credit, didn’t seem particularly fazed or annoyed as heblinked a little and then spoke again.

“In any case, the flowers that we do are just a littlething, really. The real beauty comes from the nature that was already herebefore us. I think that we should do something that highlights this to thegeneral public. Maybe then they’d understand how wonderful the earth is…”

“That would work.” Eriko agreed, and she wrote this on theboard, next to one of the arrows.

“I agree!” Tada said. “So, anything else??”

“What about a caféwith a different sort of theme? Like, a theme relating to the food?” Akirapiped up.

“So…what, like cakes specifically? Or maybe a particularkind of cuisine? Oooh, we could recreate an all-American diner! That would beso cool!!” Koujiro enthused.

“I think it would be cool if we could make food from adifferent culture.” Tsukuda commented, half shrugging.

“French food, maybe.” Eriko commented randomly. “Or perhapssomething else European? Italian cuisine is supposed to be good, I’ve heard.”

“Oh, it really is!” Haru agreed. “One of my uncles took meto an Italian restaurant downtown when I was about 12, and I really enjoyedit!”

“Yeah, I like those ideas too. “ Tada said. “My mother’sclass did a restaurant for their school festival, themselves, as it happens. Aramen one, to be specific.”

“Well, that’s rather ordinary.” Ayako sounded disappointed.

“What if I said that it was ramen made with ingredientssourced from this very forest?” When everyone stared at Izzy, he shrugged.

“I was talking to them the other day, and they happened tomention it.”

“Yeah, Izzy-kun’s right about that.”

“That’s pretty cool though! I don’t think I could have everthought of that!” Haru exclaimed.

“How come you didn’t suggest it yourself, Tada-Chan??” Rukowanted to know.

“I didn’t want to, well, overtake the festival or anything.It’s not just about me and my mother, it’s about all of us.”

“Still!” Tsukuda retorted. “You could have at least put iton the mindmap.”

“Well, I can always do that now.” Tada cheerily replied. Hecarefully wrote ‘themed restaurants’ next to another arrow, then did a fewother arrows coming off of that one, and wrote down some of the specific ideasmentioned, including that of the ramen. Then, he turned and invited more ideas.

“A games room?? Like, arcade games?”

“Something for kids?? Like, an interactive playground??”

“A mini movie theatre!”

“Maybe a shop?? We could make little things, pretty things,and sell them!”

“A kissing booth!!!”

“What about a mini concert?? We’ve got some musically talentedpeople here, after all!”

“Or we could put on a play!!!”

“A museum.”

It took a moment, but the quiet suggestionreached every corner of the classroom, and everyone else’s clamouring ceased.

This is from Chapter 48 (‘Welcome to the Museum’ part 1) of 'Ending the End Class’. As with Q7, I had trouble picking a particular dialogue scene from any of my fics, but I decided to choose this one, because I remember it vividly as a scene that came to me almost fully formed, from the moment I accepted Hana into the story’s cast. Certain things were tweaked as the cast formed more, and then as I wrote more of the story it evolved more, but even so, I had this very clear image of the conversation stopping with Hana’s suggestion of a museum, and what that would look like. And it was one of those scenes that, when I actually wrote it, it came out exactly as I envisioned.

There’s also a little snippet from the as-of-yet unpublished part 2B of my fic 'Before the Beginning, and After’. To be honest, though it’s probably not my objectively best work, emotionally it is-this fic is pretty precious to me and even though I’m about 100% sure nobody’s even reading it I’m really looking forward to finishing and publishing the final part. Anyway, though it’s still admittedly in a first-draft stage, meaning the final version may look a little different,here’s the particular snippet:

“I….I…..”

What, what do I say?What am I meant to think of this?

“If I did join the police out of school, can I say it’syou?”

“What?”

“If I was asked, ‘what made you want to join the police’ canI say that it was you, like you’d probably say that it was your uncle thatinspired you?” she explained.

There was a beat of silence after she said this, and onceagain she had the distinct sense that she had said something stupid. But to hersurprise, it was Naoko whose cheeks seemed to be red.

“Well, if that’s the truth, then there’s no reason for youto not say it.” She answered.

“Okay.”

It’s from the POV of the character Hanayo, talking to the other third-year in Niðavellir, Naoko, while they’re guarding the school one night, talking about their futures after graduating. Admittedly the full scene provides better context, but it’s essentially a look into the mind of a character who’s never really thought about her future and has always been afraid to-here, for the first time, she’s getting to think about her future in a way that actually shows her a glimmer of hope.

 38.Talk about a review that made your day.

The very lovely CandiedStars left a wonderful review on my most recent chapter of the SHSL Survivors’ Society. I’d had a lot of trouble with writing that chapter, and knowing that someone really enjoyed it made me feel better about it. Not to mention, what a honour it is being the author of someone’s favourite SYOC!