#virize

I drew a birthday card for one of my IRL friends of their cat, Lucky 😊 she’s a calico/tabby mix with a crinkly ear and always greets me at the door when I visit

“Dreaming of Lavender”

Featuring my Jupiter Djinni OC, Plume 🪶

This is my first time using fountain pen inks as a painting medium rather than just in my pens, and I quite like the result! I drew this whole piece with only two inks if you can believe it—Platinum Carbon Black for the lines, and Sailor Manyo Nekoyanagi for the rest. Chromashading inks like Nekoyanagi are difficult to photograph consistently because of their colour shifting properties, but the results are rewarding.

Pens: Kaweco Sport (M), LAMY Safari (F), Sailor Fude De Mannen 55° Nib, Sakura Gelly Roll White (08)

Inks: Platinum Carbon Black, Sailor Manyo Nekoyanagi

「 Dead Flowers 」 for the torn apart Laid at the grave to heal a broken heart Let it rain until it floods Let the sun breathe life once more Reborn...

I’ve been working on this on and off for the past who knows how long (months??) and I’m finally FREEEEEE

This is only something like the 3rd full illustration I've drawn in Procreate, so I'm quite happy with it 😊

I also included some progress pics! It's kind of unfortunate that the foliage and Zorua obscures some of the detailing on the stone, but you can still see the Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina motifs

I’m excited to be starting my journalling adventure this year ✨ it’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while but I never really committed to it

The Traveler’s Notebook is going to be dedicated to more designerly and artsy spreads for when I feel like being creative, while the Hobonichi Techo (A6) will be for daily journal entries where I can just write about my day, make goals, and keep track of important dates

Anyway, here’s my inner cover spreads for my Hobonichi; plus a couple closeups 🌸 I’ll be tagging my journalling posts with “viri journals”

I designed my own Jupiter Djinn—meet Plume and Tempest 🍃

Plume was inspired by seraphim (six-winged deities) and initially was going to be called Seraph, but the name didn’t really suit the design that well other than the “six wings” motif. Tempest, on the other hand, is pretty straightforward.

I didn’t bother coming up with hard stats for these two cuties, but I did put some thought into their “in-game” battle effects!

Plume: Deals a Jupiter-aligned physical attack equal in power to the user's normal physical attack plus an additional 60 damage points. 15% chance to afflict Stun, 30% chance to afflict Sleep, 60% chance to afflict Delusion.

Tempest: Deals a Jupiter-aligned physical attack equal in power to the user's normal physical attack plus an additional 20 damage points. 80% chance to deal a damage multiplier of x1.2 (30%), x1.6 (25%), x2.0 (20%), x2.5 (15%), or x3.0 (10%).

Please do not use these designs or ask me if you can use them; they’re very personal and I plan on using them for future projects!

The moment I laid eyes on it, there was no turning back ☕ BENU Euphoria Iced Caramel Latte (Special Edition) with a Medium nib, paired with Colorverse Coffee Break and written on Tomoe River Paper

I've been getting into fountain pens again and I'm really enjoying it; this BENU writes like a dream! Photos can’t capture how truly sparkly this pen is, it’s just so PRETTY ✨

I bought myself the Platinum #3776 Century - Shape of a Heart fountain pen in a fine nib as a late xmas gift a few weeks ago and it finally arrived 💖

This is such a stunning pen! The rose gold trim, the heart-shaped breather hole, and the clear, crystal filled finial—which features two tiny, 1mm wide gold hearts that Platinum says is punched out from their nibs and inserted into the finial. The hearts are really hard to find since the crystals are loose and move around, so I was quite lucky to get a photo of the two hearts side by side.

I’ve already started writing in my Hobonichi with the Platinum pen, which I’ve filled with my current favourite ink, Sailor Manyo Nekoyanagi. It has a bit of feedback (which I like), writes smoothly, and feels balanced both posted and unposted. I’m very pleased 😊