Снежная королева (The Snow Queen)

Gold fits him so well

my piece for the Hemisphere: a Witch Hat Atelier seasons themed zine! thank you for having me! they're having a leftovers sale until stock runs out 🖋🍀🌷🍁❄🌧 WIPs + inspiration board + symbolism under the cut! got some requests to put this on my inprnt! the site has sales very often & you can grab it as a small or big size print.

I had a pretty good idea of the composition from the get-go. I took inspiration from art nouveau (primarily Alphonse Mucha), German fairy tales, and some 1920s perfume ads. I wanted the girls to look like fairies, akin to The Root Children by Sibylle von Olfers.

Olly just didn't work out in this drawing due to time restraints. I do love him very much though.

I actually kinda stopped making illustrations like these (including the TGAA/DGS tarot card + TGAA/DGS zine pieces a while back) because they were starting to get very hard on my arm, as I had an RSI (repetitive strain injury) a few years back during school. (Not putting the onus on the zines at all ofc! I genuinely love working with zine projects! it's def a me thing WAHAHAHA. my style was getting too anime and too detailed for my liking and everything was just taking forever to finish ngl. but I didn't have time to experiment with a more simple style outside of all of my deadlines)

I think that realizing you need to stop is okay. It's something that Shirahama teaches us in her story and I want to learn to take it to heart.

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MILD SPOILERS AHEAD (for those who havent read the story I guess)

each character's symbolism:

- Coco - spring, clovers - Coco is the quintessential spring girl, and I wanted her to symbolize new beginnings, and oh boy did Coco bring a big one. The four leaf clover in particular symbolizes luck and good fortune - to some characters, Coco may have brought fortune, to others her presence brings misfortune, take that as you will.

- Tetia - summer, gladiolus - the name "gladiolus" comes from the Latin word "gladius", meaning "sword", based on the shape of the flower. you can interpret it as "you pierce my heart", perfect for a girl like Tetia, who has a contagious energy, with a romantic and grandiose nature.

- Agott - autumn, marigold - I read somewhere marigolds symbolize strength and power, perfect for our little magical powerhouse Agott. They can also symbolize jealousy (yellow flowers in particular have this association), which reflects on her rivalry with Coco in the beginning.

- Riche - winter, snowdrop - The white color of snowdrops has a strong connotation to innocence, which reflects on Riche's wish to stay a child forever. It can also symbolize rebirth and new beginnings (like Coco's clovers), as the snowdrop is the first flower to bloom in the spring, when the snow has not yet melted. I wanted the concept of "rebirth" to associate with Riche's friendship with Euini, and of his sort of "rebirth" into a new being.

- Qifrey - he does not have a flower per se, but as the caregiver and educator of the four girls, he represents the rainy season - precipitation being the one thing that binds all of these seasons together. (Note some areas of the world do not have a rainy season like where I live). I think somewhere along the line I wanted to put hydrangeas behind him, to really bring out the "rainy" theme, but the thought probably got lost somewhere in translation...

- bg flowers - honestly I just picked whatever. white lily, daffodil, hydrangea, zinnia, tulip

Season 3 Tsukishima Kei Moon Phrases Project

The starting of Tsukishima Kei life like the moon phase 

new moon - Tsukkishima Kei’s born

waning gibbous - Child!Kei and his brother,Akiteru

third quarter - kid!Kei meet Yamaguchi

waning crescent

 - Kei and Yamaguchi are friend

-Kei had been proud when his brother get to enter Karasuno and play volleyball

new moon - The truth unravel as Kei’s discover about his brother’s lie.

waxing crescent - Kei’s in high school joined tha Karasuno’s volleyball club and meet some new people 

first quarter 

- Practice match with Nekoma and Fukurodani and learned some useful thing

”Volleyball is just a club,”-Kei

“But once that moment arrives for you,that’s the moment you’ll be hooked on volleyball,”-Bokuto

waxing gibbous 

- Before the Spring High-Miyagi Prefecture Representative Playoffs,Akiteru gave Kei’s a sport glasses

-Yamaguchi improved into a better Pinch Server 

Full moon - Kei block Ushijima spike 

“I’ve been waiting for this,”-Kei

“But once that moment arrives for you,that’s the moment you’ll be hooked on volleyball,”

The full moon rises

I'm here writing this because I’m hyping over TeruKane

After chapter 79, I have some theories popped up in my mind and now I’m here blabbing about my dear OTP. Don’t take these theories so serious ok? J4F cuz im so hyped!!!

First of all, you guys know that TeruAo has become an actual ship. Don’t get too worked up over that, when I read the manga I was shock and the fact that Teru unreasonably fall in love with Aoi upsets me, too. Anyhow, Aida Iro must have something hidden behind this (please do ;-;)

I had a glimpse of this theory that I found it quite suitable to describe how Teru acted in this chapter. Teru is said to not leave people behind as long as there is still a chance to save them, right?

When Aoi and Akane crossed to the boundary, and because of this panel we can assume that Teru was suprised that Aoi was there. That Teru didn't expect to lose an innocent life to the other world.

From there onward, he knew that he couldn't save her. Later on he might feel guilty of it because he somehow let go of a human life and he saw that as a sin. He thought of Aoi coming to the boundary as his responsibility and she accidentally slipped into the boundary is his fault. Maybe that is just the humanity of a young exorcist like him and he desires to save her to pay for his mistake.

Moving on to our chapter 79 where Aida Iro confirms the TeruAo ship in a most shocking way possible. Teru mentioned something like he needs to save Aoi in order to fullfill his dream.

What is his dream though? What is the desire makes him wanting to get Aoi back so bad apart from the guilty feeling? Can you see his little blush behind his hand 👀

Look closer 👀

TeruKane shippers, get ready, you won't believe what I had in mind of this panel, neither do I-

Well, I would say that Teru doesn't seem like he is actually have a crush on Aoi. Isn't that quite contradictory when assuming Teru liking Akane while he looks pretty obsessive with bringing Aoi back? Why not? And these are the two evidences:

First of all, what if he meant to say "Akane-san" indicating Aoi but accidentally calling Akane by his own name? Imagine calling your crush by their name, it is obvious that Teru would be flustered in front of Akane isn't it?

Second of all, the reason why he intentionally saying "Akane-san" and he wants her back is because he wants to see how happy Akane would be. It is like Teru is having a one-sided love and he knew that if he likes Akane, he can just look at him from far away. The best he could do right then to make Akane happy is by bringing Aoi back 😢

It's like Teru saying "I just want Akane-san back" and he kept the "...for you" silence

In conclusion, the two things make Teru desires to save Aoi is he felt guilty and he wants the best for his beloved and maybe his little bro or Yashiro. Teru is quite unpredictable though ^^

That's it for the theories, thank you for reading thou

P/s: Please don't bash Aoi just because Aida Iro wants the ship to be like that ;; It's not her fault and Aoi is a precious girl after all. If Teru is crushing on her for real, may be Aida Iro's writing is not very favorable for us shippers 😢

Let's be a little too optimistic and illogical

Akane's wish in Teru's phone

My contribution to the local WHA zine

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Good morning people! The world unpaused their favorite genocide today.

DO NOT STOP SPEAKING FOR PALESTINE.

It is sad that Yashiro's lifespan is short. But in any way whatsoever, she doesn't deserve to be killed by anyone.

I suppose Hanako made a mistake by stubbornly trying to change what had been set and the consequence is this chaotic mess. Please redeem yourself Hanako bbi-

I am also not sure what would happen in the near future but hopefully whatever the situation might be, Yashiro's lives won't be taken by anyone. Even though she won't last long, I wish Yashiro and Hanako would be together.

Also I would like to know the reasons behind Teru wicked acts, he is not that evil isn't he-