#these are all from october; this year was really draining and i didn't draw much...

[cryptixotic]

Here’s to one more year ! ✨ And many more years of drawing bizarre people and creatures, i hope :-)

[genesisgijinka]

hello! i've been reading genesis for...oh god, since 2017-2018, i think. and it's been a blast, i love the series a lot! it's a really unique storyline with one of my favorite characters (mewtwo, beloved) and your art is fantastic! i was wondering how much of the storyline you have planned out/had planned out, and how much of it has changed over time? and how far along we are in the storyline/how much is left before the end. i hope you have a good day!

Oh wow, you've been around for a while lol Hi friend!

I'll be honest, Genesis had the most bare bones of starts. I created the characters for what I thought was going to be a one-off costume month long challenge, with some other old ocs to fill out the roster. I had zero plan to create a story with these new characters, since I was brand new to the idea of having a story based off of pokemon game play. I've always been a first and foremost Zelda fan and was actually slowly picking at my own Zelda story at the time but I couldn't quite get the story to go the way I wanted and I was determined to draw that comic first.

And then I drew this:

This is the first time I drew Prime, and a younger M2-K, I think. One of the very few things I drew before I launched into starting Genesis. Y'all might recognize this scene from the first few pages of chapter 2 lol. I was riding off of that high of finishing my first long-term project and now I had somewhere where I could start. So three months after that October challenge, I decided screw it, I'll just draw this pokemon comic as a practice, be done in like 2-3 years, then work on Zelda again. And then lol here we are almost 7 years later.

Read more bc it accidentally kinda got long :'D

A lot of my planning has gone like this; I draw a thing, and then work it into the story somewhere like threading pearls on a string, then I add more beads in between the pearls as I go.

So Genesis has points that I know I'm going to hit (the ending has probably the thoroughly written script of all of Genesis and I'm quite happy with it) but a lot of it is in a fuzzy grey area of I only kinda know what's going to happen next, I just need to write how to get there. It keeps me engaged with the story and the few drawings I have as story concepts are the juicy carrots I dangle in front of myself to keep the motivation going even if I'm going through an art rut or if work has been particularly draining.

As for things that have changed? Alcina didn't exist in the beginning. I sketched up a gardevoir gijinka in my sketchbook bc I needed K to talk to someone. And then she stuck around. Heph wasn't originally planned either, and he actually replaced this guy:

left to right: M2-K, Talil the heliolisk, and Jean-Luc (mega'd)

Talil was originally going to be the one to fix K's prosthetics, but that's all I really had him around for, and he eventually got scrapped. Which is a real shame, because heliolisk is one of my favorite Kalos mons. I did later use the concept of shorting out K's prosthetics when he fought a luxray in chapter 1.

I can't remember when V came into being, but I think it was sometime after Genesis had started, but well before she was introduced. She was originally supposed to be that one mewtwo from the Genesect movie (and that's where the V in M2-V originated from, M2-K was originally short for Mewtwo-Kalos. And then I made it worse by going alphabetically :) )

As for how much longer are we going to have? We've definitely passed the halfway point. But since I've had a revelation and added [REDACTED] in to the story, chapter 3 got longer unexpectedly and is gonna be split into a surprise fourth chapter. And then an epilogue, but //handwaves that's farther down the line.

[geosfeel]

Six Greek Weeks

Week 6: I discover a new island - Ανακαλύπτω ένα νέο νησί

The first step going to an island is to go to the port of Pireaus to get the ferry (unless you're going to a distant island like Crete or Rhodes, in which case you go the boring airport.) Some people like to stay in the seats provided inside, but I think the back decks with the snack bars and terrific views of passing islands are much more fun.

Karlovasi, where the ferry arrives from Ikaria. It's on the north side of Samos.

The main square of the village of Platanos, the highest village on Samos, and really sweet. There are a lot of excellent hikes from here through the pine woods to other villages. Through that archway on the left is the ancient town spring.

This is the spring at the town square. The villagers used to have to come here to get water in jugs. Samos has a lot of springs which keep it green. (Some islands are pretty dry, and require water to be delivered in summer.)

This is the oldest church in Platanos. It's named Koimisis Tis Theotokos, which translates as 'the falling asleep of Mary'. (According to Orthodox tradition, Mary didn't die; she fell asleep and was taken up to heaven.) Unfortunately, this church was badly damaged during the earthquake last October. It's now closed pending evaluation and possible (expensive) restoration.

This wonderful lady saw me standing by the locked doors looking puzzled. "The church is closed," she told me.

"But on the church's holy day (or iortí, in Greek) ?" I asked. "That's very strange."

"It was very badly damaged last October," she explained. "Much of the roof collapsed, and the temblon (icon screen) was damaged, and now it's been removed to a safe spot. It's not safe to even go inside. Normally today we'd be having a big festival on the church's feast day. We're all very sad."

We chatted a bit more, and then she invited me inside her house, which was quite near the church, to meet her husband and have a glass of sweet Samian wine.

This is the lady with her husband Elias inside their very sweet home. They are an artistic couple. He's a photographer and she is a sketch artist. They raised 2 daughters who are also artists. Elias is very cool. He showed me his desk where he has his computer and iPhone and many large old photos from the days when he had to develop images in photographic chemicals in very large tubs. He is like 15 years older than me. I hope I can be like him in 15 years.

I spotted this sign as I was wandering around the village of Platanos. "Old Laundries"? What could that be?

And there they are. At some point someone organized this communal laundry run from a major spring. I could not get more information about it, but I'm still looking.

Here is the inside of the laundry. You can see each basin, with inlets for clean water, and outlets to drain the soapy dirty water.

It's really very clever, and probably much cleaner when it was new and used regularly. All the water inlets were closed off with bits of rag, except one, which some nearby villager once put a siphon tube to draw the water off, most likely to his garden. That, too was old, and not working. I pulled the plugs on a few because, well, it was too much fun, but I put everything back how I found it when I was done.

[solar3lunar]

Info.1

I have a thing for long middle names 😓 So... Yeah.... @ me.

(I have been working on this story for a while. And yes. I'm still working on it. So I hope you enjoy ☺️)

And if you don't like music or dancing this is probably not the story for you.

Also if you have any questions about this story. Feel free to message or ask me.

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Name: Ayama, Candace Coco Tsukihana Yuri Yin Mizuki Mami Loto Ethereal Euphoria Azul Jacaranda Wisteria, Aizawa

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Gender: Female

Status:Alive

Future hero name: Luna Lyric

Job: Student at U.A

Age: 14

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Sexuality: Bisexual

Siblings:0 (1: Eri)

Birthday: October 15th

Quirks: 4

Element: Moon

|Afro-Asian

Blood type: O-

Height: 5'3

Birth place: Kanagawa Prefecture

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Father: Shōta Aizawa

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Pro Hero name: Eraser head

Job: UA teacher, Pro hero

Gender: Male

Status: Alive

Pro hero: Yes

Siblings: 1

Age: 30

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Birthday: November 8

Quirk(s): Eraser

Children: 1(Class 1-A plus Eri and Shinso)

|Japanese

Blood type: B

Height: 6'0

Birth place: Japan, Tokyo

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Mother: Kesshō, Amara Soleada Amaterasu Celestia Hinata Himawari Kim Nala Ipomoea Peony Nubia Rosa, Aizawa {Itō (Shigaraki)}

(Took her mother last name before marriage and so did her siblings for family reasons.)

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Pro Hero name: Merodī

Job: Unknown

Status: Unknown

Pro hero: Yes

Gender: Female

Age: 28

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Birthday: July 23rd.

Siblings: 7

Quirks: 5

Children: 1(Class 1-A plus Eri and Shinso)

Element: Sun

Quirks: Vocals, Mind eyes*, Languages, Mystical parts, and Emotions.

|Biracial(mother) African(american) and Japanese (father)Japanese.

Blood type: O-

Height: 5'8½

Birth place: Japan, Niigata Prefecture

(Brown skin)

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(A little easter egg when looking up the prefecture numbers. I didn't catch it until later on making the chapters of this story.)

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Ayama Aizawa Info:

Quirks: Mystical, Plunder, Vocals, Mind eyes*.

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Mystical(2 intro)

(most likely to get later on in the chapters or the movie chapters)

:Tricky bunny, tricky deer, tricky cat, stars, blue and black butterflies wings, black owl wings, mermaid, and element soul (Lunaria/Lunar).

Plunder: Can take someone power using her eyes, but it's can only last for about 15 minutes. Not when she borrowing the person quirks or quirk, it can drain that person a bit. Bit when she can stop that person from using their quirk

Weakness: eyes starts to dry after those 14 or 15 minutes pass.

Vocals: Her songs/singing can make her summon things she'll need in battle. Her mind and make the beat or melody of the song she singing or she wants.

Weakness: Her voice can get tired or worn out after 1 hour and 30minute, because of how she changes her vocals when singing.

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Mind eyes (Has a connection with Vocals)

First eyes/telling eye: Can update hers Quirk or others people Quirk. Can tell what element they have by the pupil of the person eye. Earth= leaf pupils and a half leaf.

Second eyes/pitch black eyes: Can make things that aren't harmful, harmful. (Ball of yarn into a ball of yarn that a bomb.)

Third eyes/ Glow eyes: Depends on movement of her hands and feet. She doesn't have to sing when using this one. But it does give her a boost.

Fourth/Cloud eyes: Can heal people with a cut or damage people if they already have a cut.

Fifth eyes/ Element eyes: Theses eyes can make her "crazy". Without her support item (Choker) It will be very difficult to control.

Sixth eyes/Horror eyes: If filled with rage. She will snap. It can turn out to be blood war. Her activating would be 1%. So it would be pretty infrequent for her to activate it.

Signs of weakness: When her veins start to turn black. It means she used to much of her Quirk. Any futher or if she over use her power. She'll be out for a few days.It's starts from the neck and reach to her feet. Same things goes for her mystical quirk.

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Appearance: Brown skin, Lilac purple eyes, long eyelashes, dark/midnight blue hair, plump lips, arch straight eyebrows.

Personality: Is usually a chill and a nice person.

Bonuses(pass down from generations): Languages: knows all languages even anicent

Hair Growth: can grow her hair different lengths.

Skills: dancing, singing, and combat fighting.

Fun facts: Since her mother has emotions for a Quirk, her white pupils can change shape, but Sometimes can be unaware. For an example: tear drops pupils if she sad.

Hair texture: Ranges between 3a-4c. When she has wash days her curl pattern change. But if really sad or even depress. Her hair will turn flat until she back to her normal self.

Likes: Skating, Gaming, Music, Fantasy, Drawing, and her blue blanket.

Favorite foods: Seafood, Strawberries, Mangoes, Vanilla sweets, cookie dough, Cheesy food, and Jambalaya

Dislike: Ignorant people, tea, conflict, and plain food, watermelon, and french fries.

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#Pets: Two

Animal: Cat

Name:Leo

Breed: Main coon

Gender: Male

Color(s): Cream or white

Eye color: yellow

Birthday:8/8

Age: 12years (cat years) Fun facts: Can actually carry small children on his back and will be fine. His fur can change from white to a cream.

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Animal: Cat

Name: Nebula

Breed:Bombay

Gender: Female

Color(s): Black

Eye color:Blue

Birthday:6/26

Age: 11 years(cat years) Fun fact: Likes to follow Bakugou, Jirō, and Merodī around alot.

~Luna Lyric~

~Wishlist~

~Universe navi~

[azurefishnets]

A year has passed. It seems a good time to reflect, I suppose-- a reckoning of my failures and a catalog of my successes.

I started grad school a year ago last September. Confidently--naively?-- I told my interviewing professor that I expected the academic work to be the least of my worries. In the main, I was right. I just didn't have to try that hard, academically speaking, for the first three semesters (although the second Fall semester more than made up for it. Yeesh. I think my professor, who, come to think of it, was the guy who interviewed me, was trying to kill us. Take that, hubris).

What I didn't expect was the way school would intersect with work & personal life. To be honest, it has been detrimental to all three spheres. Some would say,"Well, that's just to be expected," but I didn't. Undergrad wasn't like this. I worked full time then; I went to school full-time too. I had friends. A social life. I thought I knew how these things juxtaposed.

Ha! I can only laugh at my year-ago me's idiocy. A lot of things were different when I was an undergrad. I was ten years younger for a start! I didn't work at the same place I was taking classes. My boss at work didn't have direct influence over how much or how little attention I could give to school (or how much time I could take off when I desperately needed a break). And on, and on.

I spent this year being at my place of work far, far more often than I was my house. There was a period of about 6 months when I was on campus 7 days a week. It. Was. Draining. And being at my house was not really better, if I'm honest, because this place is old and falling apart and I have no money to fix it or do much of anything at all besides pay bills and hope I have enough for groceries after.

I had started the year thinking I would do more to work on personal creative pursuits because I wasn't getting any of that from my job, but all that stagnated. I didn't draw and I didn't write anything that wasn't schoolwork for 9 months. I didn't game. I went to choir, but even that was a Lot because guess what? My boss is the conductor and choir practice is on campus! And yet, I wasn't particularly productive at work either, mostly because the stress kept piling.

It didn't help anything that I spent 2017 watching my mom learn to die from congestive heart failure and then, somehow, miraculously, get better, raising her ejection fraction from the minimum to live back to the healthy.  I’m not actually sure she wanted to. She's even worse about self-care then I am and she won't go to therapy or even take care of her health particularly. Former nurses, pfah. (BUT she keeps living through sheer stubbornness and will to see my niece through her childhood. She’s about to move 900 miles away, in fact, to be closer to my brother and his family. It’s the right thing to do. But I’ll miss her.)

And so I wended through the first nine months of this year, caught in a strange limbo of frustration and sadness and fear but feeling like I should be happy because I was finally Doing Something For My Future. I was working toward a Career. A path! But somehow, it felt more like drifting then ever.

And then, October hit. School stress? All time high. Work stress? Likewise. But also, I met new friends and forced myself to stretch to doing creative things again, and somehow, I reframed myself. My perspective changed, and so, even when personal chaos decided to add its ugly self to work and school, somehow I made it through to this evening and the dawn of a new year. I consider it a tiny miracle, created via Discord and nurtured through hundreds of thousands of words and seemingly random chatter, every phoneme of which carried me from a darker place. My gratitude knows no bounds.

A year has passed. I am still here, still striving, still finding out how to create this Gordian tangle of work and school and writing and art and friendships and make it work without ever letting it be cut apart. I don't know if I would call it anything so firm as a resolution, but I want this year to be filled with more art and more writing and more light. I've lived in the dark for so long. Time to lighten up. It's not one big change I'm after. Little steps, day by day, keeping the bright spots in mind and trying every to be one for others.

To the new year! ✨