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ArtFight revenge for @sunnythesheep 💕
Thank you for the lovely attack of my sona ^-^
Yes, I know, I know, I hate myself too EVEN MORE designs for my Haikyuu Royalty AU based of of @findingschmomo's fanfiction And All the Prince's Men on Ao3
-> Design Page 1: DaiSuga & Crow Steel -> Design Page 3: KageHina -> Check better quality version
More info and head canons below the cut:
Bit of background Info on Seijoh: - For centuries Aoba Johsai has been the cultural centre of Miyagi, attracting many travelers, scholars and artists - Hence they do not have a state religion and are considered a rather scientific country - this however does not mean that the population, especially in rural areas, are not supersticious, they just don't worship any deities or something of the similar - The Seijoh typically burry their dead and mark graves with more or less elaboratly carved stones - it is believed that the dead are happier burried under the open sky, hence constructions such as mausoleums, temples or crypts are very uncommon - Traitors, criminals or otherwise convicted people are typically executed and entombed in massgraves not worthy of individual markers - The complexity of the stone monuments errected depends heavily on the status of the deceased - commoners usually have a plaine slate, sometimes with little hand-crafted engravings, traders or wealthier people usually comission more elaborate gravestones and royals and nobles are typically remembered with larger sculptures, sometimes depicting the person themselves, sometimes in the form of stone trees or large flowers - Every child born into the royal family is automatically considered a royal with a claim for the throne - Princes and Princesses wear smaller jewlery such as tiaras or diadems to express their status - Kings and queens wear heavier crowns, usually rich in gemstones - Unless a King or Queen specifically requests to be entombed with their crown, it is usually up to their heir to decide whether they want to carry it on or have their own made - hence AobaJohsai too, has no official crown, but it can happen that one crown is worn over several generations - The "official" gems are the blue diamond and the grandiderite (exclusivly worn by royalty) often acompanied by saphires and white diamonds (symbol of status and nobility) and other blue stones (representing varying social statuses) - Crowns have more of a ceremonial purpose, typically worn at special events - Wealth and status are more commonly expressed through fashion - especially through accessories and gemstones as some kinds are only alowed to be worn by a certain rank of people Details on Iwaizumi's Stuff: - his crown is made from iron and white gold, the iron representing his service as a night and is adorned by a grandiderite - his blade is made from crow steel (more info here) - it was a gift from Karasuno, the engraving in the blade reads Seijoh ("Blue Castle") - with the lenghts of 110cm (aprox. 43.3 inch) it is only little shorter than average, but regarding the proportions, the blade is very broad and flat - the hilt is forged like an oak tree with the crown at the base of the blade and the roots forming the handle, capturing a grandiderite at the knob - the sheath is made from hardened leather and has another gemstone worked into it at the front Details on Oikawa's Stuff: - his crown is made from silver and white gold and is made, heavily resembling his mothers - it is very rich in gems, the two center pieces being a grandiderite and a blue diamond, surrounded by littler gems and additional saphires referring to his noble heritage - it is not a full crown, but open at the back of the head so that it can be slipped around his horns and doesn't get stuck on them - while also known to be an excelent swordsman, he is famous for his archery skills and therefore is mostly envisioned with a bow - his favourite bow is made from willow wood, wich is very flexible and able to withstand his demon strenght - with 120 cm (aprox. 47.2 inch) it is a longbow, complimenting his tall stature and allowing wide shots - it has metal ornaments on it, most prodominantly the oak leaves adorning the ends of the bow - the quiver is made from leather, altough he owns another, more elaborate and show worthy made from steel
When you make half a dozen Halloween doodles during your finances lecture and forget to draw any of them before the 31st, because you have hit an endless creativity slump and when you finally manage to do something (that should really be studying for your god damn finances lecture, but noooo, that would be too convenient brain, wouldn’t it!) it turns into this.
Idk anymore.
Art & Character by me - check out more of my art on DeviantArt
Then his fellow kings and him enter the room Hajime has dreaded for months. He doesn’t really know what he expected. Maybe a torture chamber with a thousand eyes painted onto the walls and the constant, hellish echo of people laughing at him, but the council chamber is just another, circular room, decorated with noble curtains and golden trinkets. ~ All the King‘s Blades, Chapter 2 - Challenge
-> AU Masterpost
Art and design made by me!!! Do not trace, copy, steal or heavily infringe!
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IwaOi | Haikyu!! | Timeskip (Olympics) | Rated: G | 1.5k words
Hajime will never admit it, not until the day he dies, but from the moment he saw Oikawa, he knew they didn’t stand a chance. It’s a strange sensation really. An irritating sort of limbo between acknowledging an undeniable fact and the knee-jerk refusal to simply submit. “You made it,” he says. “I made it,” Tooru grins, the golden disk around his neck at home between the blue and white stripes of his jersey, like the final piece of a flag puzzle. A sign of completion and the embodiment of all that had changed. Oikawa and Iwaizumi reunite after a long time spend apart, contemplating what's behind and what still lies ahead.
For the @iwaoibb SummerCamp week 6 activity, prompt given by @mercrediad ^-^<3 It ended up a bit more abstract that I was planning but I hope you still like it <.<
Next up, we want to introduce you to our Finance and Production Mod @charlythelee, who will be supporting our Merch Artists and work hard on realizing all our contributor's amazing work 🪄💵
(Meet the whole Team on our Carrd!)
'sup, suckers!? *lights blowtorch* The Volleyball Club sends its regards ~
(Forgive me for my sins >.< Anyway I needed to practice drawing humans a bit & get starting on my TropeFest Bingo, so have some genderbend MatsuHana ~ Can you tell that I haven’t done proper art in over 2 months and was too lazy to do anything but the bare minimum >.>? Baby steps... baby steps)
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🎥 Case 4 — The Heist 🕵🏽 Writing Detective Charly Lee — @charlythelee
Our second heist writer is Mod Charly, so get ready for lots of puns and spirited banter ~
📌 Excerpt from "Of Sprites, Spite and the Kingfisher" (on Ao3)
ArtFight Attack on Bluehowl0 (@/bluee_howl on IG)
Character Blue belongs to them, art made by me - only we may use this piece in any way!
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