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reblog shuuya kano kgpr marry kozakura tsubomi kido kousuke seto critai oh dear i'm starting to get carried away with other things so i've gotta finish this now if you do eventually make solo pieces for the leftover dans though i think i'd still be very eager to return for those 🐈‍⬛ maybe something for next august 15th? i'd wait anyways the combining of different mv themes is really cool and i like they way you worked them together in this composition everyone has their own sort of layer so it feels like you're unravelling down from 4 to 3 to 2 to 1 like a minecraft dropper level <- i have no idea how else to refer to it marry framing the comp with the white sheet really brings it all together like she's uncovering the stories i'm not super familiar with her songs tbh but i feel like that makes sense? with her? also tryna shield herself with it sorta is cute i like the shape of it btw it has a nice guiding eye effect and just looks cool idk the black loomy shadows right beneath it for kanoooo ma boyyy and they've got mysterious spray paint markings hidden among them i like the ones that are like shadows for his legs very cool with the bleed effect too 👁️ what do the stars mean though... love that you drew kano <3 he's so cute with his sillie smile and lounging pose lying in the shadows i also like how his lines kinda have this shine to them in the shadows and red highlights in the light idk i really like that for him!! seto and little seto are cute beneath the dappled light and the way he's looking out at us like he's reading our mind maybe kido!! finally we get to see her fully she looks great the shapes of her hair are so satisfying including the ones peeking in from the side the way you used this familiar setting with the layering and greenery and then the open window to frame kido?? i loove her song integration the way the light falls over her face is so pretty <3 i quite like the splashes of colour you leave around the place in your rendering nooo your file crashing ;o; i didn't get to see any concept sketches for this so i'm curious if you had other ideas too or if this was literally done straight ahead real quick for ayano the way she's like hugging herself and the pages flowing through like yay she saved them!! but nooo her scarf is trailing up like she's falling and the pages are flying out from her grasp so like aw she does so much 🥺

reblog momo momo kisaragi kgpr critai big fan of the sticker-like pop-up style sprinkled all over the piece it has this fun cutesy pop aesthetic to it that really fits her i think the video game stuff has that upbeat energy to it and then it's like -1hp -1hp -1hp like it's her stamina bar during a concert or something her songs do have that video game vibe to it hdghsd the aesthetic would work for her whol idol thing the program window with the sorta trying to be covert momo in it is soooooo cuuute the pink hoodie over her usual idol outfit hsgdsd her flustered caught expression!! she's so scrunkly here ahh so silly the lighting and colours in that one look really cute and satisfying to me idk and the mouse button hovering over like they found her aha meta about being percieved through a box to be minimised or maximised by the whims of her fans and always be operating the x button is cut off so like she can't be off the speech bubbles are also really cute but the “help” above the program momo :c pretty cute little way of having a sort of call to help that she can't actually say out loud makes me think of texting and i'm totally stretching but the eyes couuld be her friends? the confused sticker momo!! very cute also looks a bit like a game over icon i really like these small momo expressions the salmon charm is ugly but ugly cute and it's sweet that you included it haha all the super fun and vibrant colours fighting for attention against the dark background works great since it's like a concert peformance vibe btw your rendering looks super fun with all the thick brush strokes and funky colours i like how there's like colourful light reflections in her hair! and like the star of the piece that everyone's already mentioned the curled up momo in her eye!! rghhhh she looks so smaaaaall and like a normal kid :(

reblog shintaro kisaragi kgpr critai ene takane enomoto i actually believe i can do them all :D just gotta keep at it despite how hard i make it sound lol i really do like doing these because i really start to notice all the little details and that feels really fun and rewarding for me :) the vibe and atmosphere of this one is super moody and cool it sounds like jinzou enemy if you get what i mean the composition of shin's arm cutting off ene's neck??? ahhhhh that's suuuuuuch an awesome concept the way she stares straight past it towards the viewer idk it's got that unsettling vibe i like the way you coloured her idk how you'd refer to it but the luminosity of her form feels cold and digital in that way that really works idk suuuper striking against the dark room also cool how the wires sorta imitate the usual shape of her hair she's all tangled up in here with her memories (or lack thereof) did you draw all the stuff in the screens too? i don't have all her appearances memorised so i wouldn't know off the top of my head if you reused some stuff but looks like you drew (or redrew) them all? they look nice the one where it's just her eye looking into the camera i like that i think it's cute and fun the uhhh headphone actor style takane in the top right also looks really cool snuck haruka and azami around the edges too

reblog shintaro kisaragi kgpr critai i still think it's crazy how much you manage to pack into these when you're like sprinting them in a day or two anyways i really need to conserve my tags here because there's a lot i wanna say the focus on photos for memory is great for obvious reasons but i reaaally like how you played around with their positioning and such for those sweet sweet ✨ implications ✨ the shintaro variations easily distinguishable by their clothes and then the more subtle shifts with their eyes the cuts at xx shintaro </3 and his face being obscured in the shadows along with ayano's half obscured face (like it's harder to remember the genuine emotions she may have shown) that the colours of the sky like that day™ stand out among the more prominent blues and greens the wire fence coloured in like the daze mv is also a neat detail and azami who has really delicate and pretty looking features here the sneaky shintaro buried beneath the others with his retaining eyes peering over them like he's kinda looking over them :) and then the mekadan messing with him to get that really cute photo pinch his cheeks make him smile!! also lol is that hibiya being short trying to pull off his jacket shdsg also ene being there on his phone! i noticed kido isn't as visibly present as the others hsdgs i really like that fun detail i mean i like seeing her but also... y'know 👁️ i assume she's probably just with momo under the other photo since they're buddies which!! momo's so cuuuuute >u< ahh i like the shapes of her eyes and hair there and my boy kano !!! he's cute thank you i like his sharp features and the really pleasing shapes for his bad fit (sorry it's his fault but you make it work) i know it's just a normal pose but he's my fave so i gotta appreciate the little hoodie sleeve tug i really like it <3 konoha's there ene doing her thing and seto doing a really goofy ear thing with his.... flaps hsdgsds they're silly you do a nice job of making their eyes look unique from each other

reblog hibiya amamiya kgpr critai ahhhh it's been dayyys idk how i can do all of them >_< i really want to try though because i really like these aaa i'm also just trying to get back into the habit of tagging anyways this composition!! i just find the layered crosswalks thing sooo cool that drafting you went through was so worth it because this way of portraying the loop feels so visually intuitive and unique ughhhh just yeah the crosswalk is already a major daze symbol but presenting it here in this repeated toppling manner is just !! really emphasises the feeling of endlessly trying to get to the other side and not *that* other side and winding the poles and stuff through the crosswalks?? idkkkk how to articulate it but i looove that visualising how the loops are all so intertwined with each other and everything starts to blend in you miss one threat you get hit by another and that first threat still comes back the next loop and every one after it the varied poses of each of the hibiyas with fresh ways to die the first hibiya falling into the loops with the nice inclusion of the clock and phone from the og pv the descending into the shadows (very cool) the kitty!! just watching perched on the side second last hibiya looking like he actually tried to go off the course of the crosswalk but it still manages to keep him there the last hibiya curled up!! so cuuuute and sadd :( the little moon and stars down there as the little hopeful not to otsukimi i like that it's ceiling glow decor coloured gives it childlike whimsy also really like that you emulated this particular style sidu has used for certain arts idk what it's referred to the one with the character's dominant colour you know what i mean

<3 reblog konoha saeru looks really cool! kgpr critai haruka kokonose i think it's so epic that you're doing this countdown!! very awesome go go go!! i know you're not happy with this one but it super made an impression on me when i saw it and then “omg they're gonna do more??? for all of them?? as a countdown????” i'm surprised you've managed to keep up with the days for the most part but i'd still be ecstatic to see 'em even if you didn't and i think the way the compositions and concepts and style have felt pretty distinct from each other is really cool! so excited to see them all...... anyways seeing kagepro in your style is always a pleasure <3 the little konoha running is cute with nice shape and form the crosswalk suspended in the composition like that is really striking and cool imo the viscous look of blood stringing between the lines and across konoha too also really like the flipside saeru up there with the snakes coiling around them the way all the elements are arranged in that sort of discordant daze way and they all enroach in towards konoha to emphasise that trapped in a loop feel !! you say you didn't think the colours through but i think the darker foreground against the vibrant yellows in the back look great and whatever other effects you put over him like the chromatic aberration which i'm so glad i can see it as clearly as i can on here i can't explain it but i really like how they create that super cool distant memory vibe for the haruka who also looks really cute btw this wasn't in the final but the hand reaching out to the scenery was also such a cool extra detail you incorporate 3d assets into your art super well i never notice it until you show like a wip of it or i start looking at them closer i appreciate the extra you do to make them blend in stylistically

soooooooo reblog GORGEOUS this is aaaaaaaaaa is just ayano tateyama prettyyyy this is too good That smile....!! kgpr critai i want to melt in the art style i just love all of it the style the composition the colours i have no idea what to say because it's all so love the way you drew ayano in a free fall with that sort of salute and the grip on her scarf and the way her scarf twists up and around her like that the flow of her hair and clothes her clips falling away too just the composition with everything falling around her i love the additional memory palette how you have a little shading with the hatching and the slight colour of life on her skin compared to the hard shading of the objects around her

reblog i love the way you drew them! kgpr marry kozakura critai i want to melt in the art style azami oh wow this is so pretty? the colours are so vibrant and nice the highlights in the hair flowers look so good on them