Cristiano Tsuruda

YouTube video by Noah Caldwell-Gervais Death of the Author: An Alan Wake Series Retrospective

Death of the Author: An Alan Wake Series Retrospective

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it's all just art. "porn" is just art that makes you horny, in precisely the way that "horror" is art that makes you scared and "metroidvania" is art that makes you write video essays

I think my TL is trying to tell me the answer, but I fail to divine the meaning.

Painting of Link with a million little gadgets and weapons from across the games. I worked harder on this in a 5 week period than any other thing I’ve ever painted. I think I almost died working on this lol

Happy Zelda 40th anniversary!

Man, you seem to be kinda alright, so I am not trying to stir shit up here.
If you are feeling down in the dumps because *gestures broadly all around*, it is understandable, but do not expect a bunch of journalists to cheer you up, it's not their job.
Log off for a bit, take a breather from the news

concept art of a retro sci-fi spaceship

concept art of a retro sci-fi spaceship

concept art of a retro sci-fi spaceship

concept art of a retro sci-fi spaceship landed in an alley with the pilot argueing with a wealthy client

dusting this account off and trying to post more regularly
for a start some older space-ship designs :)

I’m Tired Of These Useless Jackasses Making The Computer Expensive RAM, flash memory, and HDDs are unaffordable because of a bunch of greedy idiots that do not love the computer.

The tech oligarchs pushing AI do not care if you can afford a computer, because they do not truly love the computer. aftermath.site/ram-prices-hdd...

If you care about pixel art as a medium and want to learn more about how to detect if it is genuine or AI-generated, please refer to this writeup that I created with the help of the community. Read, download, share and support real creators.

Têm uns comentários que aparecem quando eu falo sobre totalitarismo japonês que acho bem preocupantes, para não dizer xenofóbicos. Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, o Japão estava sob controle de uma ditadura militar. Esse governo militar totalitário imperialista também oprimia o povo japonês. +

Kinda Fucked Up that in our lifetimes we've gone from "never share personal info on the internet" to "hand over your identity to the most incompetent corporations imaginable".

Even beyond the quality argument, these people aren't even 'writers', they're just assholes hitting what they think is the FREE MONEY button. Which sometimes works, so they keep doing it. If they gave even one solitary shit about art or even storytelling they would know better. They just don't care.

Damn, I should really draw some gay girls for the sake of my mental health.

Day 23, favorite minigame:
Fort Condor (FF7, FF7R)

Day 22, most played Final Fantasy.
I'll have to subdivide it:

Most hours played: Final Fantasy Tactics

Finished from beginning to end the most times: Final Fantasy 6.

Day 21, favorite armor design:
Golbez. He is a sorcerer in full plate and REALLY pulls off the look. Watch my man slay as he robs all your Crystals.

Honorable mentions to Gabranth(FF12) and Estinien(FF14)

Day 20, favorite story:
Final Fantasy 6

I am obviously being 100% unbiased and impartial, it is just that good.

Day 19, favorite secondary character or NPC:
Balthier (FF12)

I really like the sly and suave types, and Balthier is so damn charismatic. He follows the rich tradition set by the Lockes, Edgars and Zidanes, with some fantastic voice work on top.

Honorable mentions to Agrias (FFT) and Galuf (FF5).

Day 18, favorite sequel, spinoff or remake:
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

It's the expanded characterization and interactions of the main cast that does it for me. The battle banter makes me mix and match party members in suboptimal ways, just to see the back and forth between them.

Day 17, favorite soundtrack:
Final Fantasy 9

Day 16, favorite summon/spell:
Alexander

Alexander has been my favorite summon since FF6, and though it has it's highs and lows (*COFHopeCOF), it has remained as one of the things I really keep looking for when I play a new Final Fantasy. I really love this dumb mecha castle.

Day 15, favorite boss fight:
Scorpion Sentinel (FF7R)

The remake made this battle so fun and cinematic. The banter between Barret and Cloud midfight, the escalation, the rhythm, the devs really outdid themselves here. Not very complex or challenging, but a really well crafted fight nonetheless.

Day 14, favorite summoner:
Garnet (FF9)

Really like her character arc, dealing with the reality of being basically a walking WMD, a political piece, and eventually stepping up to the heavy responsibility it entails.

Day 13, favorite Black Mage:
Vivi (FF9)

It could be Terra (FF6) or Tellah (FF4), but they are technically more of a Red Mage and a Sage respectivelly. That said, Vivi is a charming character that gets a heavy arc. Surprisingly tragic character, specially considering he is a kid in FF9 no less

Day 12, favorite White Mage:
Aerith (FF7)

The sass of that girl. Legit fun character, it is a joy seeing her interact with other characters, and that is expanded in the remakes. When she leaves the party, the absence is sorely felt.

Day 11, favorite Dragoon:
Freya Crescent (FF9)

Not that many characters that are canonically Dragoons actually, but mostly interesting characters. From Kain (FF4) to Estinien (FF14), all very memorable. Special mention to Aranea (FF15) being very "style over substance", but damn, that's SOME style.

(Gzus, I have a 12 day backlog of this thing)

Oh, I know they are not a native english speaker, the question was rhetorical.
"Are you (like me) not a native speaker? Then fuck it, we ball, errors and everything."

I use an old Wacom Bamboo Fun, the white one with a 4:3 drawing surface.
If ever comes a day when I am not absolutely broke anymore, I'd like to try a Huion or standalone pen tablet. Maybe a Xiaomi pen tablet if it runs Krita. For now though, it's a bit outside my reach.

I believe people should be at least somewhat competent in their native language, avoid simple mistakes and have a serviceable vocabulary

Now, is this your second language? If you are communicating and being understood without much friction, you are doing amazing already, and you'll get better at it