Kitsuneko

Here we go, the first thing I've done digitally... There's a lot for me to improve on lol. X.x Noted~ It wasn't exactly a conventional drawing stance to begin with since the weapon itself isn't a conventional weapon; a nodachi works slightly differently from a katana. I didn't have any references, but I always imagined that it would be better to draw the weight of a nodachi downwards rather than to the side or upwards, to take advantage of the extra weight, and I think the sword is at the right side for that. Although the original intention of the sketch wasn't drawing a blade; it was returning the blade into the sheath ._.

Possibly has 中二病 (Chuunibyou)

Isn't Farina also Hector Route only? .../trolled?

Possibly overweight.

I can imagine something like Devil Survivor. Fire Emblem movement mechanics, with SMT style combat. Just a wild guess. Make Devil Survivor 3 already damn it ATLUS.

At the rate that we're currently going, the next generation of gaming will be even worse. And the one following that will be worse still. The trend will continue. There will be no "worst" generation; the next generation will always surpass the previous one in terms of how bad the quality of entertainment they'll accept. Care to take a look at the app store on your phone recently? All the "F2P" garbage over there? Flappy Bird? Dungeon Keeper? Yeah okay we're lucky we're only at the stage where this is starting to be a trend. If this becomes the mainstream for the next generation... I think I can only weep for them.

._. I mostly just sketch because I'm a filthy casual, but on the rare occasion that there is an actual, readily finished piece that one can call art, I'll be submitting it here as well ^^; Anyways, for the opening run of the start of the 2014 season... Sketches, sketches, and more sketches~ [spoiler=Etrian Odyssey Fanart]Lol, I reclassed Ricky into a Dark Hunter ;D [spoiler=Type Moon Fanart]Dark Matou Sakura~ [spoiler=Concept]BLARGH WTF SAMURAI PANTS Y U SO HARD TO DRAW?!! I haven't been drawing seriously for very long, so I'm expecting myself to improve as the time goes by. So I think it's a good idea to keep your eye out for my updates, if you like what you see ^^

Sure enough, I've definitely made many poor decisions when it came to choosing friends in the past... My ability to properly esteem people is still rather poor, but even if that skill has been a little shaky, I've always been doing my best to improve as a human being and as a friend to those around me, and I have (or had...) a principle of having absolute loyalty to my true friends, and I've always done what I can to support the people I was supposed to care about. Most of the time though, the effort wasn't reciprocated, and I was actually abused because of how willing I was to do things to help my friends. So I think you're definitely right in that I've made poor choices concerning who to be friends with. I used to think of friendships as a sort of you get what you give kind of thing, so I've always done my best to be there for my friends, and to support them whenever I can. I expected the same thing in return, but it rarely worked the way I wanted to. Since a load of circumstances as of late boosted my confidence to very high levels, I've changed my approach and instead have just been focusing on being a fun, interesting, and approachable person who isn't afraid to express himself that people would want to be around, and for whatever reason it's been working out great. This only works in real life, though... And there's no telling what the long term effects will be at this point. Growing up, the internet really helped shape me into who I am a great deal, and I don't want to just let all the memories of the people I met over the years go away, even if we did fall off. Part of me just can't let go of the fact that I had so many people who I was so close to, and that most of them not only drifted away but also did so in a very violent clash with me. Maybe I shouldn't have made friends with them in the first place but I can't help but think that everyone - even the people who have hurt me - have their good sides too. It's really naive of me to say this, but I want to see the good sides of them again, and to be the one to hopefully bring them out, no matter what sort of trauma we went through in the past.

I found Etrian Odyssey to be my cup of tea when it came to Atlus titles, but not to say that the SMT series is in any way shape or form bad. I do, however, think that some of the art needs to be redone. Some portraits that are used are coming close to 20 years old, even in SMT IV.

Impressive as ever Samias ^^

If I may be completely honest with you... People may be turned off by the fact that you seem like an uninteresting person by their standards. Part of socializing correctly is having the ability to recognize and give the people what they want. This is just what I'm getting from what you've posted, though.

I find it's a little sad that as I scroll through my skype page and remember that through the years, I've always been very good at making enemies. I thought I fixed up this habit of mine at the end of my high school years, when I decided to keep the innate aggression that's just part of who I am in check, but even at then I often ended up making friends with the wrong people, and eventually I would grow to become enemies with those people too, despite the effort it took me to hold myself in. So returning to my skype page, I notice that a good number of people have deleted me from their skype, and I can't help but remember some dramatic moments where I was basically told to GTFO, when a lot of it is me just trying to stand up for myself and trying to protect who I am. Some former people who I would talk to for long periods of time about useless trivia just to keep talking to them were there, and people who I shared a lot of memories with are now just ? on the page. It's a little painful for my heart to take, in all honesty. Just last month, I've been kicked banned out of a forum run by a former friend although I hadn't broken any official rules, with the only real reason listed that I was being 'smug' when I just returned after a 6 month hiatus (though that was caused by drama and picking sides, as well...). I've been kicked out of many chat circles, and just a few weeks ago I got kicked out from an art class because my personality clashed with the instructor. I never did anything to personally offend any of these people (although I may have unintentionally done it), but whenever they put pressure on me and started mistreating me, I began standing up for myself because I'm just sick and tired of taking people's shit. Is it too much to just ask that as friends, we support each other and rely on each other rather than put each other down and abuse one another?! I guess I'm doing better now, because I've found friends who I can honestly share my true feelings with, and people who I'm not afraid to be myself in front of, but even then it kind of hurts like hell. Of all these broken relationships I've created over the years, I've only made up with one of them with an ex. I find it really heartbreaking, because a part of me really wants to reconcile with most of these people who I was close to, but when I talk to middlemen parties it just seems like people either don't change or won't accept that other people to change. What are your thoughts on this? Do you have similar experiences that you'd like to share? It would comfort me if I'm not the only one who's experienced things like this.

Although Kumiho was quite pleased that Akio was taking charge, she was disappointed with how vague his order was. Defeat the bandits and let not an innocent man or woman die? How do you propose to prevent the disorganized rabble from finding themselves in a bad situation in their panic? And how do you propose we defeat the bandits, by merely swinging our swords until they bleed to death? That's not how we effectively minimize casualties on our side while under such a constrained and difficult objective. I'll take the directive from here, Kumiho thought to itself. Kumiho calmly left the stable and placed itself in the middle of the street. Closing its eyes to focus, it raised its right arm and opened its hand, and a great amount of mystical aura encircled the block. A long fish like entity appeared and swam itself up around Kumiho as Kumiho's illusion barrier was set up. As the long fish reached Kumiho's palm, it was launched at the speed of thunder, seeking members of Akio's mercenary company. It briefly entered the body of each one on its tour around the town, before leaving to find the next company member. Every member who felt the entity enter them heard Kumiho's voice giving them instruction. "I've set up an illusion barrier on the block hosting the stable and leading into the market. Vision and hearing into the illusion barrier is disrupted, so all those outside the illusion barrier will not be able to peer inside the shield I have made, and those inside will be safe. Men, your objective is to retreat into the barrier while guiding and protecting the civilians so that they can reach this location and we can protect them with the field advantage. Do not engage the enemy unless absolutely necessary, and focus on your own survival first and foremost. If you can form up with other members of the company on the way, then do so. I will relay your next set of instructions when those of you who succeed reach the illusion barrier," Kumiho's voice told each and every member of the company. I will not allow our company to be disorganized rabble. We are professionals, and we will act like professionals. Once we regroup, we can begin liberating the town under an organized counter offense in which I will personally ensure sees no casualties. I will make Master Akio see my worth!

It wasn't rare that there were those with enough sensitivity to realize Kumiho wasn't human. Regardless, it didn't sound like he was too certain, and it certainly wouldn't do well for her intentions for others to doubt Kumiho on the basis that it wasn't human. "Sir Franz, was it? I'm quite flattered, that you should think my magic is powerful enough to make me a spirit. Alas, sadly to say I am only human... My essence is purely learned magic; others can achieve it too with the right study," Kumiho gently reassured Franz. After the others finished putting their gold into the bag, Kumiho called on a few of Akio's more seasoned men to help it with its errands and took the bag, telling Akio that first they would need to check the prices in the town and check it with their budget in order to make an effective list. "Our weapons and armor should last us until the next town. This means that for now, our priorities are in medical supplies, rations to last us at least two weeks, and most importantly, horses. It's a miracle we've made it to this town with the few horses we have to carry our supplies." Kumiho wasn't certain how many of the troop were experienced at horseback. Mayhaps this was a good time to look to the town to hire some men who could serve as light or heavy cavalry, in addition to maintaining the supply line. Although everybody Akio called on put their money in the bag, Kumiho kept its Yils on itself. It'd need to visit the apothecary at night when the others were asleep. For all intents and purposes, it deemed it necessary to buy poisons and other more questionable goods. If it didn't find them, Kumiho would be able to buy the ingredients needed to brew the potions itself.

"Then all the better not to misspend, my liege. If the gold of the men could be pitched in together to form a guild treasury, then you could leave me and a few of your more competent staff to handle it and efficiently prepare our supplies and minimize the expenses on the assumption that we work as a unit." Kumiho sighed for a moment before continuing, "Master Akio, I understand that you want to leave the men their independence and freedom of expression, but for the sake of our long term survival and efficiency we must instead of working as individuals work as an organized professional group. The men would never listen to me if I asked them, no matter how politely or how I reason, but you... You are their leader and role model, and you have a special talent for influencing them. So I beg of you, Master Akio..."