CSarracenian @ COMMISSIONS CLOSED
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Finnish-Huayi Illustrator who plans comics & talks about history and tokusatsu from time to time
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God that Toei Repaint Gold just never looks good no matter how much time passes.
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
God that Toei Repaint Gold just never looks good no matter how much time passes.
I tend to forgive it more for the Capaldi era, where it was sold it as the character's retirement party almost & offer an emotional conclusion to the series up to that point overall.
It didn't quite carry over into subsequent eras, but such ia the nature of these things.
It didn't quite carry over into subsequent eras, but such ia the nature of these things.
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I tend to forgive it more for the Capaldi era, where it was sold it as the character's retirement party almost & offer an emotional conclusion to the series up to that point overall.
It didn't quite carry over into subsequent eras, but such ia the nature of these things.
It didn't quite carry over into subsequent eras, but such ia the nature of these things.
*much of the game analysis & Reviews from 2000s to early 2010s, I should specify.
I do think the level has rosen substantially since
I do think the level has rosen substantially since
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
*much of the game analysis & Reviews from 2000s to early 2010s, I should specify.
I do think the level has rosen substantially since
I do think the level has rosen substantially since
I think generally much of game analysis & reviews headed by the big personalities are far more often "on the wrong" than most people even realise.
ZP was one, but if you start thinking back to like others in 00s Escapist, Extra Credits, or Blistered Thumbs, etc, you can find A Lot of misses.
ZP was one, but if you start thinking back to like others in 00s Escapist, Extra Credits, or Blistered Thumbs, etc, you can find A Lot of misses.
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I think generally much of game analysis & reviews headed by the big personalities are far more often "on the wrong" than most people even realise.
ZP was one, but if you start thinking back to like others in 00s Escapist, Extra Credits, or Blistered Thumbs, etc, you can find A Lot of misses.
ZP was one, but if you start thinking back to like others in 00s Escapist, Extra Credits, or Blistered Thumbs, etc, you can find A Lot of misses.
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She either stands like that or sits weird. Its important that she takes up space.
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
She either stands like that or sits weird. Its important that she takes up space.
Pop culture osmosis always has a horrendous habit of having permanent goldfish memory, which combined with ever accelerating trend-chasing tendencies & limited curiousity makes for a frustrating affair.
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Pop culture osmosis always has a horrendous habit of having permanent goldfish memory, which combined with ever accelerating trend-chasing tendencies & limited curiousity makes for a frustrating affair.
(tbf slightly, I did check the video itself and they did cover Michelle Yeoh's pre-Hollywood work like Yes Madam. The SAO aspect is just really lame, and indicative of how often pop culture osmosis has permanent goldfish memory)
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
(tbf slightly, I did check the video itself and they did cover Michelle Yeoh's pre-Hollywood work like Yes Madam. The SAO aspect is just really lame, and indicative of how often pop culture osmosis has permanent goldfish memory)
If I were a simpler man, I'd say there's prob a lot of correlation you can draw between modern slop and the moment Hong Kong movies stopped being the default gold standard for action filmmaking.
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If I were a simpler man, I'd say there's prob a lot of correlation you can draw between modern slop and the moment Hong Kong movies stopped being the default gold standard for action filmmaking.
Method-master Lan Olwen, she is a character I designed, and is the main character for a new comic I'm working on! bsky.app/profile/sarr...
A new COMIC!
BLACK SWAN ACE, a collection of short comics & art feat. occult detective duo dealing with esoteric cases, inspired by pulp Weird Fiction, Showa manga & Chinese horror stylings.
You can buy the pdf: sarracenian.itch.io/black-swan-ace
or read comics for free: tapas.io/series/Black...
BLACK SWAN ACE, a collection of short comics & art feat. occult detective duo dealing with esoteric cases, inspired by pulp Weird Fiction, Showa manga & Chinese horror stylings.
You can buy the pdf: sarracenian.itch.io/black-swan-ace
or read comics for free: tapas.io/series/Black...
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Method-master Lan Olwen, she is a character I designed, and is the main character for a new comic I'm working on! bsky.app/profile/sarr...
She either stands like that or sits weird. Its important that she takes up space.
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
She either stands like that or sits weird. Its important that she takes up space.
previous winners: bsky.app/profile/sarr...
a sequel to the prior faux-laserdisc cover #art I did for #spacecassettemoumou; Held a Patreon vote on January for which other big late 80s-early 90s trending archetype Moumou should be.
The winner was pro-wrestler, so:
The winner was pro-wrestler, so:
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Looked at lot of anime laserdisc covers, so wanted to try my hand at it for Space Cassette Moumou, but as a Sukeban (as voted by my patrons: www.patreon.com/posts/end-of...). #spacecassettemoumou #art #retroanimestyle
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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