AKUSAIMONTH 2015: BERSERK Day 16: SET C - “Disappearance”

That's the place where I live. Looks cute from up there, doesn't it? When I look out of my room's window, I can see up to the exact place I stood when I was taking this photo.

It's nice to see things from a different angle from time to time.

(referring to this post)

So, I decided to do it like this from now on. Writing all the background info on my pictures in an extra post, rather than stuffing it into the caption. I just don’t feel very well when people reblog pictures with my sometimes very personal thoughts in the captions. It’s strange to see that on other people’s blogs. Also, this way I can write to my heart’s content. All of the unnecessary stuff noone wants to know anyway! <3 Yay.

(I’ll tag this as “dias art blabber”, by the way.)

So, let’s do this. Background infos, thoughts and close ups below the cut.

Starting Point // Summary? There were three reasons for this picture: a) another onset of winter in the midst of May gave me the right inspiration to finally get that spring flower thing out of my head; b) the nice tags by some people added drastically to that + someone wrote that they “miss miss miss” my art and apparently they only ever see my akusais, so here you go ;) ; and c) it’s my 78th post. It called for some AkuSai. -like stuff.

Finding the motif // flowers The basic idea behind this picture was Roxas with this flower. We call them Sky’s/Heaven’s Keys. (sky and heaven are the same word in German ... I guess it means heaven, but I always understood it as sky. When I was a child I’d always imagine flying and unlocking the sky with one of those flowers …) They are my absolute favourite spring flowers and I found them fitting for Roxas. Not just because of the name, but also on an emotional base.

I figured quiet fast that I should get Xion and Axel onto the pic as well. Xion would of course get Forget-Me-Nots. Which is not very creative, I guess. xD Yet so undeniably fitting. For Axel it was Cuckoo’s Flowers. One of the few pink things I liked as a child. Probably because it wasn’t some “girlish baby colour”, but a really hot pink that really sticked out. Aaaalso, cuckoos are brood parasites, not so sure how you think about that, but in my opinion that connotation suits Axel.

// the rest Still I didn’t know how to get that onto a picture. Until it snowed some day in the middle of May. This was exactly the input I needed. I just thought, that if the Sea Salt Trio was spring flowers, then Saix would be the snow. The last picture followed to bring the picture to an end. It seemed so unfinished, almost like a lie, with the three of them happy.

Upload // Or: Tumblr hates me I did really have a hard time uploading this thing. I literally tried everything. Even with the supposingly working size of 540 x 810 px the pictures were still blurry ... I even tried to reduce the height by cutting the pictures into parts. Still blurry. At some point I just decided that I didn’t care anymore. They are clear on my blog or when they are clicked. That’s enough.

Close Ups // I promised them and here they are! That’s about the size I worked on when I was colouring, the original sketches are waaay smaller, they are drawn on DIN A4 paper (see comparison in the end). 

I like to set these two into some sort of ... contrasting parallels? Like, creating opposites, yet showing the similarities at the same time. Wow, does this even make any sense? xD I used more colour on the bottom of the last picture, because I really wanted the red to be strong there. That image is supposed to have a sad at first and then almost hateful atmosphere. I wanted it to have an unsettling effect  when scrolling down (and letting it sink in, of course).

Axel looks like a flower himself. x’D Especially in those colours …

When my youngest sister saw the picture with the three of them she asked me, if they were marrying. x’D

Size comparison with the actual drawing; the flowers in their hands are like super mini tiny.

So, in case you did read this, thanks a lot! Would you mind letting me know what you think about it, please? Like, does it make sense to do this? What are the interesting parts? What is not? Anything else that you would like to know/see? Did you like the close ups?

Anyway, thank you very very much for showing interest! :D That’s basically the reason for me to finish pictures and put them up on here. You, that is.

Akusaimonth: Berserk Mode Day 4: Sparkle

Those days with you were the happiest of my life.

psssst - is there going to be an akusai event this year?? >.> asking for a friend. (me - i'm the friend).

Hey friend! :) You know what? Yes, let's just do it again! I've been considering for a while, but actually: The joy of seeing everone's works outweighs any negatives. So yeah! I'll get one together! (Even though it's suuuuper late. Sorry Dx)

It will be a Bingo again, same rules as last year too! I'll try to get everything ready before the next week!

I'm currently collecting prompts (I need 24 again) so if anyone has any ideas, please share them with me! In the replies, tags, asks, whatever!! I think it's better if it's not just my ideas!

Let's have a great month again this year!

HELLO. I’m back from the dead.

Last year, I said it was going to be my last year running the akusai month event. But…. I’ve changed my mind. I will continue running it! \0/

Why? Because KINGDOM HEARTS III. (Real talk. Who in their right akusai mind back then would have thought KH3 would bless us with so much glorious content!??! DEFINITELY NOT ME HAHAHAHAHA bec I thought Saix would die permanently by protecting Roxas and Xion)

Anyways, I know shippers have been partying on. I’ve been watching from the sidelines (Twitter). I’m not sure if my prompts will be up to times with the newer groups of the fanbase, but I’ll do my best to have a lovely akusai month for both new and old to enjoy!

I will be posting more details, such as prompts soon. As always, the beautiful @heartlessfujoshi will help me moderate things. Spoiler alert: BERSERK and SLOW BURN are coming back. ;)

I’d appreciate it if you reblog and spread word.  Have a lovely rest of your week, everyone!

Sparks just like Hibana

[ID: Traditional waist-up drawing of Shionne and Alphen from Tales of Arise.Their eyes are obscured, faces very close together. Their fingers are touching ever so slightly and a coil of Shionne’s Thorns wraps around their forearms, lighting up their hands and faces. Sparks of white and orange like fire are rising from their forms. The second picture is a close-ups of their hands.]

Everything's going to be alright, in one way or another. I promise.

10 Characters from 10 Fandoms

Tagged by @heartlessfujoshi ! Thank you so much!!

Rules: Name your favorite character from ten different fandoms, then tag ten people.

01 - Kingdom Hearts: Isa / Saix

02 - Tales Of: Ludger Will Kresnik

03 - Ace Attorney: Simon Blackquill / Yuugami Jin

04 - Professor Layton: Alfendi Layton

05 - Skyward: Spensa “Spin” Nightshade 

06 - James Bond (Daniel Craig Era): Camille Montes

07 - Timekeeper: Zavier Holmes

08 - Shin Megami Tensei: Walter

09 - Detroit Become Human: Markus

10 - DRAMAtical Murder: Koujaku

Everyone who sees this and wants to do it: You are now officially tagged!

And the shark it’s got tears and they run down it’s face But the shark lives in the water so the tears are not to be seen

It is lonely in the deep and many a tears are falling And that is how the water in the seas comes to be salty

[Haifisch - Rammstein]

Cosplay shooting with friends! Big thanks to the one who talked me into cosplaying as well, rather than just taking photographs and who took those cool shots then!

By the way, cosplaying Saix on conventions is great! The reaction of other Kingdom Hearts fans is always amazing. Especially the Axel cosplayer are incredible nice and cool! … Is it just me or is AkuSai getting more and more popular?