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Here’s the Ignis ink drawing I did for a Chinstrap member last month! 

I thought it would be nice to send them Ignis since we spent so long gushing about him at cons back when we first met 🥰

If you’re interested in receiving these types of drawings each month, become a chinstrap!

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Happy Lunar New Year 2023 everyone!

Best way to celebrate the handover from 🐯 to 🐰 for me has got to be Tiger & Bunny piece! It’ll always be one of the most meaningful series for me 💚❤️

Have a good one everyone - for those who celebrate the Lunar New Year, I hope you enjoy your time to rest!

Also - if you are interested in commissioning me, I not only take direct commissions via my site but I now list YCH commissions via auctions! Please check them out using the links below. 

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31/30 Zacks!

Hi everyone! It was nice to take a day off of social media to recoup the drawing-a-day challenge of Zack for 30 days and I just wanted to share my affection for everyone who was following me before and anyone joining along during the challenge.

It’s been a long time since I drew so much and I found myself taken back to the days of my early 20s drawing late into the evenings on tumblr after my university studies. It returned a little of that magic I felt back then where the quality of the finish didn’t matter. That is incredible. I’m glad to have experienced it with my favourite character too.

I may not post as often but I hope to continue posting less than great work and to return to enjoying what I make rather than feeling like I need to have something done. Thanks for everything ;;

Here’s the DMW gang to celebrate a completed challenge!

#ZackFair #Crisiscore #Crisiscorereunion #FF7 #FinalFantasyVII #FFVII #Tseng #Cissnei #Genesisrhapsodes #Angealhewley #Sephiroth #AerithGainsborough #CloudStrife

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OHwowowo It’s 27 out 30 Zacks! Man falls out of sky, man is about to sweep everyone off their feet! I also think I should be clear, I ship with Zack with most adult characters - man has a big heart and a lotto love to share. Just give me the scenarios 😤 I love ‘em all

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Hi All! Small Announcement!

I am introducing some new features for Chinstrap Penguins! At no added cost, you will be getting a new art photocard every month and a unique traditional doodle through the mail! (See the photos attached). January will be the one and only Zack Fair!

Basically it’s some monthly snail mail that features; a traditional doodle on scrap paper with a character you might like and excitingly a new line of products I’m introducing - Character Photocards!

We will be officially launching them at cons in 2023 and they will be a con-exclusive. So the only other way to get any at all, will be Chinstrap membership! Also, the most exciting part is that you also will have a sway in choosing the next character for the following month. And please don’t be shy. I may or may not select them, but I will always consider whoever you choose!

PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for the Zack Fair Photocard will be the 10th of January, so you must become a Chinstrap before then to be able to get him. Otherwise, it’ll carry onto the next character/month. Thank you!

If you are interested in becoming a Chinstrap Penguin please go to the following link: https://penguinsbite.com/penpals

7 days to sign up if you want to nab this zack photocard! The signature will be in gold!

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Last day of the year means Art Summaries everywhere!

Here is my #Artsummary2022 vs #Artsummary2021Thank you for all the support I have had this year - I had a really unproductive early half to 2022. Onwards to 2023!

Hopefully with the addition to the chinstrap members, there will be something interesting to post each month ^^. Have a good evening all!

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Starter for @iiryoku​ ( D a i k i )

   It was nearing closing time when the academic youth burst through the ringing entrance of a quaint bookshop. It lined a hidden alleyway from the main shopping district, enclosed in its personal bubble of peace – the entire nook embodying the essence of independent literature. The evening was settling over the quarter, a huffing student speeding knowingly through the store like a homing missile. As noisy as it looked – little came from her but hurried steps from her heels on carpet and breathless sounds. 

   Turning the sharp corner of a set of deep mahogany shelves built on site - energetic strides halted in surprise. Held in the hands of a stranger before her lay the last of an academic literature recommended to her by a well-liked professor. Dark orbs of leather brown rolled over the individual – eyeing the enemy that would interfere with the girl and her destiny. Painted lips parted to enunciate a single syllable.  “No…!”

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   Her eyebrows knitted together in disappointed concern as she unknowingly addressed the man before her. 

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Like this for a starter

I’m trying to return to the RP scene at least for the summer so please drop a like on this post for a starter!

Send me a message on the verse (or reply to this post) if you’d like a specific verse, otherwise I’ll choose one to fit yours!

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ANGST MEME

  1. bold if it’s ever happened
  2. italicize if you want it to happen
  3. cross out if it will never happen

been cheated on  |  been bullied  | told a horrible lie  |  stolen something of value  |  overdosed on drugs  | been drunk  |  cheated  | bullied someone  |  punched someone in the face  | been beaten up | broken a bone |  been admitted to a hospital  | had a near-death experience / died |  been drugged  | done drugs |  smoked  | kissed someone you weren’t attracted to  | bled severely | killed someone | had an attempt on your life |  made an attempt on your own life  | lost someone  | loved someone | gone without food for over three days  |  gone without sleep for over three days |  been tortured | been slapped by a parent or higher up  |  been abused by someone who should have loved / appreciated / valued you  | had a panic attack | been in a car accident |  had sex  |  had sex with a stranger | passed out from pain  | cried yourself to sleep |  spent a whole day in bed |  hurt yourself | taken your anger out on yourself |  taken your anger out on someone you love |  been used | felt used  | used someone |  been terrified |  played a cruel game on someone | been dominant | been submissive  | been forced to smile | felt too many things at once | laughed when you felt like crying

Tagged by: @waveringiridescence (thank you for the tag ;A;) Tagging: Whoever see this, please do it! And please let me know you’ve done it!

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                                    Mm,   I   do.   I   like   it   a   lot   actually,     he   opens   the   packaging   for   the   chopsticks,   breaking   them   straight   down   the   middle   properly.     I   don’t   like   the   artificial   spice   that   some   packaging   has   for   ramen.   “   Beelzebub   works   at   a   restaurant   part-time;   he   understands   what’s    right   spice     and     lousy   spice.  
                                  Spicy   fried   scorpion   is   really   good,   even   though   the   packaging   for   some   of   that   stuff   is   messy.   I   like   the   real   thing   better.   “   Is   all   Beel   says   before   he’s   practically   inhaling   the   noodles   into   his   mouth,   not   even   bothering   to   cool   them   off,   the   hunger   akin   to   starvation   too   immense   for   his   patience.   Sure,   it   burns   his   tongue,   but   he’ll   heal.   
                                It   takes   only   a   few   moments   of   him   eating,   finally   slowing   down   by   the   third   bowl   for   him   to   wipe   his   mouth   against   his   hand,   grimacing   when   he   realizes   he   forgot   to   ask   for   something   to   wipe   his   mouth.   
                                “   S’good.   Can   you   cook   for   me   forever?     He   means   it,   having   someone   to   cook   for   him   after   gym   nights   would   be   fantastic.   
                                “   Uh.   .   .   I   mean,   after   gym   workouts.   Preferably,   you   know,   with   proper   spice.     Beel   smiles   at   her,   something   akin   to   bashfulness   at   him,   asking   her   this.  

   A wash of relief consumed her body, now understanding what he had meant - it was evident that she had misunderstood and the clarification made her appreciate his tastes more so.

   Wanting to feel disturbed by his eating habits as she observed him, she couldn’t - it was almost ritualistic and artistic how he devoured the food, feeling a little flattered that he would enjoy it so much. Although perhaps he just ate anything... no that was contradictory with his statements - he really did appreciate all good food. His descriptions of food almost made her salivate herself. 

   Whilst absorbed by her thoughts, she noticed his messy demeanour and search around quickly for a tissue or handkerchief to hand him. She should have come prepared - this was unfortunate. Whilst looking, his question caught her off guard, flushing her vision with a little shy embarrassment. Joy looked at him for greater clarification - his smile making her giggle awkwardly. 

     “It’s okay, I understand what you mean haha... I’d happily bring you food after your hard-working gym sessions, but only if I could join you in eating,”

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    AREUM   YAWNS   AS   SHE   LIFTS   HER   HEAD   AT   THE   VOICE.     good   morning.     she   greets   back   with   yet   another   yawn.     oh,   i   don’t   know   if   you   got   the   email   but   we’re   having   a   20%   off   on   our   cinnamon   lattes   for   people   who   have   their   membership   card.   last   minute   email.     gosh,   she’s   exhausted.   mei-shin   kept   waking   up   through   the   night…
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      it’s   supposed   to   rain   this   afternoon   so   lunch   hour   shouldn’t   be   too   hectic.     areum   hums   out   as   she   scrolls   through   her   phone.     do   you   think   anyone   would   care   if   i   took   a   doughnut  ?     the   question   is   a   playful   tease   as   she   gets   up   from   her   seat,  she  wasn’t  going  to  take  one…  she  already  did  five  minutes  before  the  other  woman  came  in.

   A gentle nod of acknowledgement and a soft chuckle slipped between her teeth as Areum queried about the doughnut. The sables-haired youth did not, herself, mind on consuming the stock.        Waste not, want not.

   Although it was not necessarily within her position to allow and disallow anything - she smiled cheekily at the other staff member - a shine reflected in the warmth of the early sun. As Joy prepared her last allocated job for the opening of the café, she brewed her response.

                      “I’ll try to get used to making cinnamon lattes then, haha. And honestly, don’t think anyone will notice, go for it, if you haven’t already,” Joy commented, with just the two of them in the building. On the basis of the discount, she prepared the materials now as it was likely it’d be the day’s most popular.

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