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my little pony references in jem and the holograms 💖🦄

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Rating: T Pairing: Phoenix/Maya Word Count: 4934 Summary: First Prize for @shajaa. Takes place after Spirit of Justice. Having finally completed all of her training with flying colors, Maya Fey is to be officially named the Master of the Kurain School of Channeling in the states. As Phoenix watches the ceremony take place, he realizes just how far Maya has come.

Practically buried in blankets, feeling surprisingly complete for the first time in his life, Phoenix gave a content sigh and gently kissed the forehead of the woman sleeping in his arms. She shifted, and bright eyes met his as Maya looked up at him and smiled sweetly, mumbling, “G’morning, you.”

“Morning,” the attorney replied, brushing some of her bangs back with the same caution one would use with a porcelain doll. She was not so fragile, of course, and certainly not breakable, if the events of the past year were any indication, but he could not help himself. He touched her with reverence. She had survived so much, and here she was, happy and warm and safe in his arms. As she had told him the night before, it was where she belonged.

Maya adjusted, stretching and wiggling to press closer to him. She nestled her head into the nape of his neck and sighed. “Tell me I don’t have to get up. Tell me we can spend all day in bed together and I don’t have to be dolled up and paraded around all day.”

Phoenix grinned and spoke in the most sensual voice he could muster. “You don’t have to get up. We can stay in bed aaaaaaaall day.”

“Oooh, baby, tell me more.”

Yeah of course I don’t mind! Always happy to help where I can!Here’s the recent Paint Tool Sai brush setting I’ve been using:

(Same brush just at different canvas sizes.)I’ve found drawing in Sai more enjoyable after settling on this brush so I’ve been feeling quite eager to share this. Let me know if it’s good or not so good? Haha

I realise my canvases are set at 600dpi, I remember I did this ages ago but what effect does it have on drawing in Sai… I have absolutely no clue.(So I made an attempt to test 72dpi, 300dpi and 600dpi. (but what I actually confirmed was I find it real difficult to try draw the exact same thing three times in a row)(the drawing… just deteriorated)(and I can’t say if there is a honest difference is anymore. Maybe the brush feels ever so slightly slower at 600dpi)(?)(??)(hahaa))

I’m less sure about what I use to colour. I swap brushes often and haven’t found the brush that feels 100% comfortable yet. Though lately I just use the same brush I draw with + sometimes blending with default watercolour:

(I guess I’m searching for the equivalent to oekaki Shipainter Pro’s Pen and Water2 tools… the quest continues)And here’s a pencil-ish brush I’m also fond of:

You may have caught this already, but Capcom today released a localized version of the March reveal trailer for Maya in Spirit of Justice! Take a gander to hear her English voice (along with other cast members’) and catch some more localized footage of the game. 

Also announced: Nayuta’s name gets an official romanization to Nahyuta Sahdmadhi.

I think… first off, you need to make sure the quality of your work is up to a standard before selling, it’s not like I’m limiting you or something, I just think that it’d be safer that way. I didn’t dare put my work on sell until 2015 even though some people already offered to buy it months before that. Starting a business always needs good preparation, not only the work but also mental preparation; I didn’t want to be disappointed so I waited patiently until I was sure about it. Also a couple of work with your bank account would be great, I had to encounter like 3-4 PayPal cases and it’s really stressful if you don’t have enough information…

And for the process, I’ll just tell you how I started my business, everyone got their own way so don’t take mine too seriously :) First I started to take several digital art commissions to get the fund, while uploading my work to society6 and see if people actually like my art on physical printed items. Then I did a lot of survey and asking, both my friends, family and followers if they think it’s okay for me to sell some keychains. And as you can see, I started releasing merchandise gradually, I looked up other businesses and take notes/inspirations to improve mine. I follow a few convention artists because I personally think they are pros at selling artwork (and yep I learned a lot from them) 

Maybe you should try doing commissions first, experimenting how a business goes and also saves up funds, I didn’t ask any financial help from my family back then, just used my own money made from commission to expand my own business. Be independent and creative with your business, but that doesn’t mean you don’t ask for help, ask for opinions and feedbacks because I believe the majority of your customers aren’t artists. So, do value the feedbacks of your friends/family members/followers, even if they aren’t in the field, they can give you some good insight as a buyer. I can confirm that :)