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Ru Xu
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Creator of #StatusRoyale (VIZ) and #NewsPrints (Scholastic) | ENG/简体字🆗!

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After a fallout with her best friend (and gaming mentor) Jun, former casual gamer Vell vows to climb the ranks of Status Royale. 📈🎮💥

But challenging Jun isn't so easy, and Vell will soon learn why he's known as this game's KING. 👑

COMIC 👉 ruemxu.com/statusroyale
Recently, my local library system added 80+ digital copies of my NewsPrints series (both books!) to their libby catalogue! IDK what caused the sudden order, but it's exciting to know people can access my books hi-res so easily from their libraries now! :3
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Libraries! there's so much media available for free at libraries!

Did you know that you can read my publisher books for free if your local library carries it? if they don't, you can request them, and that helps me as the author, too! 🥰
If you have the Libby library app, you can request books from all the libraries you have access to with the click of a button! :3

If your library uses this feature and sees a bunch of Notify Me 🔔 's from their readers, they may look into purchasing the ebook or audiobook!
February 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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vell and jun in their skrunklies era
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
vell and jun in their skrunklies era
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
i started watching buffy the vampire slayer bc i never saw it! it sure is!! very 90s!!

something i do miss about the 90s is the lighting for tv, especially for natural light scenes! there's something very warm and comforting about those specific tones. i used to see it all the time in commercials.
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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been a while since i've posted some art, here is a jun from WIP of status royale book 3
July 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Hmm, I think it was Saint from Saint for Rent a few years back!

(If you have another favorite character from my stories, let me know, and I'll post pics of them! 👀)
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
saw an artist knock out that frieren angle meme like it was nothing bc they were so used to drawing it in nsfw fanart, proving that once again, obsessively drawing nsfw of your favorite ships will make you improve leaps and bounds as an artist 😂
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 AM
For anyone wondering, YES, I did in fact draw more Black Jack and post them on my Patreon. I'll probably draw more of him and then my FAVORITE Tezuka boy, Rock. ❤️😎

It's also my weekly work diary of current projects!

🍊 Weekly Updates | www.patreon.com/ruxu
☕ Monthly Updates | ko-fi.com/ruemxu
doctor black jack ♣️❤️
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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The "Frieren angle" thing, apart from just being delightful, also completely demolishes the pathetic "AI is democratising art" argument. Someone struggling with a difficult drawing received advice from hundreds of strangers who just wanted to help them improve their art.
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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America's first ever esports champion was Rebecca Heineman, a trans woman. She went on to found some of your favorite video game studios and worked on your favorite video games. Next time you see somebody rail about 'woke' and 'DEI'
Remember that.
Remember her.
"I code so others can dream."

Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.

Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ games pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has died - Gayming Magazine
Rebecca Heineman, a trailblazing figure in the video game industry and a celebrated icon within the LGBTQ+ gaming community, has died.
gaymingmag.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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The Nintendo GameCube was released on this day 24 years ago in the North America (2001)

#retro #art #gaming #GameCube
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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This sucks but the psychic damage I sustained the first time a younger person looked me dead in the eye and asked “what was it like to be alive when emo was cool” was also a tough burden to shoulder lmao
One of the strangest aspects of aging that they don't warn you about is watching as history gets rewritten right in front of your face and people 20 years younger than you confidently tell you about something you lived through and get it completely wrong.
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Kanon! Everyone's favorite dad from Saint for Rent! 😭❤️ He's gone thru so much, thanks to history, his free-spirited daughter, and especially thanks to everyone's least favorite dad from Saint for Rent! 😔
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Casimir from Saint for Rent?! Wow, that's definitely a character I wasn't expecting! Human scientist turned into a vessel for something inexplicably supernatural. Here's some Before art of him and his (morally gray) politician wife.
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
y'all can i vent? i bought some uniqlo pants that fit me perfectly in japan, and i am devastated to find that the sizing is completely different here in the states 😭
November 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Kanon! Everyone's favorite dad from Saint for Rent! 😭❤️ He's gone thru so much, thanks to history, his free-spirited daughter, and especially thanks to everyone's least favorite dad from Saint for Rent! 😔
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Blue from NewsPrints! <3 Definitely one of my more iconic characters! Love her lots!
November 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Casimir from Saint for Rent?! Wow, that's definitely a character I wasn't expecting! Human scientist turned into a vessel for something inexplicably supernatural. Here's some Before art of him and his (morally gray) politician wife.
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Hmm, I think it was Saint from Saint for Rent a few years back!

(If you have another favorite character from my stories, let me know, and I'll post pics of them! 👀)
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
LRP I'm sad to hear this! Every time I saw Alice's work online, she was such a force for good in the world. What an amazing person!
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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✨The LIMITED EDITION of Saint for Rent: Volume 1! ✨

This special edition still sparks joy for me! The slipcase's design was unusual enough to warrant an "Are you sure?" when I described how I wanted the foil and gloss to look, but it turned out exactly right!❤️

👉 www.crwnstudios.com/collections/...
August 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM