ᎠᎪᏆᏞY ᎢᎬᎪ-ᎾᏟᎢᎾᏴᎬᎡ ᏆᏚᏚᏌᎬ #5

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                  𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎! ೢִֶָ࿐-;

                   ` · .. · ` 𝙖 ❬𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓸 𝓻𝓮𝓿𝓾𝓲𝔀𝓼❭ 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣シ.

𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜- ̗̀

𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘.

𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌.①

𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌.②

𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌.③

𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌.④

𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌.⑤

𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌.⑥

𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌.⑦

￣┈·˚ ༘ ꒱トピック𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘. . ∕↴

Welcome to Hero review’s fourth issue, this months theme was Halloween (obviously) and throwback Thursday. We made this theme since it’s October meaning it’s Halloween and MHA season 4’s release! So we wanted to do a blast from the past of MHA highlights from previous seasons.

our lovely :

:

Leader:

•M o m d a d

Co-leader:

•D a d m o m (lmao had to do it to em)

Mods:

•Narwhal

•Jackie

s:

•Meow

•Valley

•Aizzy

Proof readers:

•Blue

•Gloomy

•Aizzy

Gossip column:

•Lockdown

•Raven

Manga reviewer:

•Mirio

•Meow (Apprentice)

Roleplay/Plots reviews section:

•Blue (leader of this section)

•Wompo

Memes section writer & apprentice:

•Klaria

•Sero (apprentice)

•Kuro (apprentice)

Problem children aka the Community problems writer:

•Narwhal

•Gray

Art section writer:

•Doxi

Artists and editors:

•Aizzy

•Jaxon

•Caleb

•Kashi

•Honey

◜𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚘!¡─.   . ˎˊ˗ ◝                

￣┈·˚ ༘ ꒱トピック𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌. ∕↴

ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴛʏ ᴘʀᴏʙʟᴇᴍs sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ:

By: Narwhal and Gray

Hello, everyone! Narwhal here with a small psa for everyone who is planning to attend cons or go trick or treating for this Halloween. There’s probably going to be some My Hero cosplayers at almost every con you go to. In fact, I recently went to one in cosplay, and I genuinely enjoyed my experience. Why did I enjoy it? While I did have fun with my friends, I really appreciated the respect I was shown by people who wanted a picture.   Every now and then, I got tapped on the shoulder for picture requests. First of all, it made my heart warm because I’m not very confident in my own abilities as a cosplayer. Second of all, the people who asked me for pictures displayed impeccable manners and seemed really excited. That feeling of excitement radiating from others is something I will never forget.   Another thing I appreciated at the con, however, was a large sign posted in multiple places across the vicinity. In big, bold letters, it read “Cosplay Is Not Consent”. The fact that they had to go to that extent to make so many of those signs is somewhat sickening. Cosplayers put plenty of time and effort into their hobby only to be disrespected and/or have their privacy invaded. Just to spread the word about this further outside the walls of the convention centre, I will be addressing the do’s and don’t’s about cosplayers.

Do:

•Ask politely for pictures

•Be respectful to their privacy •Compliment them

•Thank them

•Accept their decision if they say no

•Ask for consent.

Don’t:

•Take pictures of them randomly

•Follow them through the con

•Use hateful or derogatory

•Do anything harmful

•Harass them

•Touch them without consent

•Do anything without consent  

By following the lists above, you will play a part in making sure everyone has an enjoyable con. See you next time! In the meantime, have a spooky Halloween!!

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Hey everyone! I’m Gray, a new member to this agency. I hope you all like my work and I hope I can make some wonderful contributions to this agency, let alone community.

So at first, I was a bit puzzled as to what I should write about to fit this months theme. I had lots of ideas but none that could fit. But, with the help of this amazing team of people I finally sparked an idea. A past issue, one I don’t see much anymore. Illegal ships.

Let me start off with the legal side of things.

As you all probably know, adults dating minors can be heavily frowned upon, and is illegal in some cases. An article I read online says ‘It may or may not be legal for an 18 year old to date a 16 year old. If the 18 year old has a criminal record, or is a teacher or coach or in another position of trust or authority, it will not be legal for the 18 year old to date the 16 year old.’

Now, what are heroes? People in position of trust and authority. Villains, maybe not so much trust, but certainly authority and criminal records/intentions. These illegal ships contain people at the youngest in their early twenties, with 15-17 year olds. It’s usually seen as inappropriate to encourage such pairings. But I think the biggest issue is due to the fact that most adult-child ships are already innapropriate in other senses, not just age.

You may be thinking “the age of consent in Japan is 13!” but, that’s where you get it all wrong. This doesn’t mean that when you are above 13, it’s all fair game. Not at all. I will not go too deep into this subject because it is against the rules of amino. But, you can get into serious trouble if you think this at the age of 13 is okay.

In Japan, it can be illegal to have a relationship with a minor below the age of 16 to 18 and if you are at least 20 and enter a relationship with someone 19 or under, you will most likely face misdemeanor charges. Despite what some anime’s and manga’s show, relationships for anyone under the age of 20 hold a lot of baggage. It’s legal to arrest a 17-year-old for dating their 16-year-old classmate. So, imagine a 20 year old and a 16 year old. That doesn’t sound very good to say the least.

Age gaps are common in relationships. But typically these gaps don’t matter because the two dating are adults. My friends parents for example have a 20 year age gap. Imagine the controversy if they started dating when her mother was 16 and her father was 36? Well it’s essentially what is happening with these ships.

Regardless of the fact if the ship was platonic, it would still be deemed as pedophilla. Even kissing between a minor and an adult can result in something very bad.

Not only can these ships be illegal, they can just make people feel uncomfortable to be honest. Many people I know do not feel comfortable bringing up the topic. Some people have been through things like this, causing them distress thinking about it. We wouldn’t want that, would we?

Let me make one point very clear. I am not attacking anyone for the ships they like. If I don’t agree with one of your ships, it won’t change my view on you at all. I wouldn’t ever do something like that.

Ship shaming is an issue that has been covered already in this agency so I don’t need to make any points about that. I’m not hating on anyone’s ships, I never have and I never will, but sometimes it’s good to know some boundaries and when something turns inappropriate.

Let’s keep our favourite heroes, heroes in training and villains in happy, healthy and legal ships, just as we have for a while now! :)

◜𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛, 𝚒𝚜𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚝?!¡─.   . ˎˊ˗ ◝                

￣┈·˚ ༘ ꒱トピック𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌. ∕↴

Roleplay Review

Section Writers

✎Blue

✎Womp

Topic: Villians, Part I

Article by Blue

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Section 1:

Character Portrayals

Dabi, Toga, Twice

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Note: The following characters are former s of the League of Villains.

Dabi

He appears to be rather aloof and disinterested under most circumstances; however, his jarring leadership skills and effective, strategic planning sets him aside as an important character. When portraying someone such as Dabi, it is important to note that he is cautious when it comes to privileged information, though his natural persona pointedly remarks him as cunning and blunt. There is no filter that prevents him from offering his opinion; he also appears to seek amusement in correlation to his brute, harsh statements.

His tone is rather monotonous and only ever seems to rise when he is entertaining himself in a sadistic manner (i.e. harming others). The allegiance he previously pledged to Stain’s cause is quite frankly the most ion he’s demonstrated, but this is quickly dismissed after his raging encounter with Endeavor. In both instances, he appears to only be struck with interest when it comes to things playing in favor of the premature notion that heroes who play pretend must die for their cowardly acts.

It is recommended that when attempting Dabi’s character in a roleplay, you display his cunningness in a subtle manner and use his negligence as an advantage. He also springs nicknames onto those based on the basis of their personality or appearance, mostly appearance. Dabi is never apprehensive unless deliberately deviating. He also does not appear to be easily angered; he cares not for winning or losing. This is displayed in his nonchalant attitude.

Toga

Her greatest charm is her gleeful and elated personality; she appears to rarely ever pay attention to the words of others and sees things are gray as possible. Though, her overly charismatic persona is a deceptive tactic considering how inconsiderate she is for the well-being of other individuals. Although she may come off as friendly by choice, she is easily seeking her own self satisfaction in the misery of others.

When portraying Toga, it is important to note that the appeal of cuteness is very crucial in her character. She is drawn to gruesomeness in order to feed her sadistic desires, but her overall interests in her self-image happen to be based on how “pretty” she is. Thus, she favors many things one would ideally find being connected to a child’s own interest. It’s argued, however, that Toga is not child-like by nature. She is far too cunning to be indifferent or oblivious unless it is of some benefit to her.

Overall, it is recommended that when roleplaying Toga, her euphoric and carefree tendencies and expressions match-up. Her madness and constant obsessions should be underlined but not the forefront of her character. This means she’s not the average yandere, she’s far more complex, and knows how to charm her way into using others to get what she wants—hence the brilliance of her quirk.

Twice

He appears to be a very complex character due to the constant contradictory split in his personality. (Note: A personality such as a Multiple Personality Disorder is not self diagnosed and requires professional evaluation. The fact that Twice recognizes his inconsistency, personality wise, is due to his clones becoming functioning, separate entities with their own drives and motives.) One side of him seems rather comically due to its eccentric displays, while the other side is blunt and dismissive.

When portraying Twice, it’s important to cater to his need of a safety blanket: his mask. Due to their being a strain in his personality and self worth, he often uses his mask to have some form of stability over himself. This happens to be ironic seeing as even with the mask the split in his personality is anything but stable. However, for Twice, it is what allows him to remain functioning. Even so, he seems comionate towards those he cares for, while equally dismissive and lonely with his current state of affairs.

When roleplaying as this character, it is recommended to show his meticulous nature; he can be a perfectionist and wants things done a certain way. Although he may not display an abundance of intelligence verbally, his true self seems to be very seasoned and wise—cynical for certain. Moreover, although it seems he is constantly going back and forth with others, it is actually with himself. This can be quite difficult to mirror and keep up with—especially if there is no distinction between the two personalities. Thus, the split must be glaringly obvious in order for the portrayal to be successful. He never implicitly addresses characters as both; he is instead contradicting himself as a form of an afterthought.

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Section 1B:

Roleplay Tip

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This month’s Roleplay Tip centers around the setting of the roleplay. The environment and atmosphere are key components and can often help to determine the sort of response a character will offer. If they’re in a stressful environment, then the qualities of said character will surely be put to the test. For instance, characters such as Toga often allow those she fights with to overpower her for the mere advantage of getting in close range of them; however, when truly at her limit, she’ll work effectively to stop them under all circumstances. On the other hand, if the character is in a stressless environment and does not feel threatened at all, then more cool-toned traits may appear. For example, someone such as Twice and Dabi would be interesting to encounter in a serene environment considering there’s a higher chance they’ll be indifferent about it. Though Twice does verbally contradict himself, he seeks refuge in the authority of others, so it's highly unlikely he’ll act alone.

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Section 1C:

Roleplay Plot Idea

Fools Wear Crowns

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In the cliche run down of an outcast brutally being murdered and desiring revenge, said outcast pointedly makes an effort to grant those who wronged him their deepest desires in a twisted fashion. Though, what they wanted may not have been exclusively specified as a good thing.

Topic: Villians, Part II

Article by Womp

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Section 2:

Character Portrayals

Shigaraki, All For One, Overhaul

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The villains of M.H.A

An overview of some of M.H.A's most ferocious characters!

Hello guys, it is I, Womp! To get into the spooky mood for Halloween, my boss, Blue, and I decided to do an overview of some of My Hero Academia's villainous characters! In this post, I'll be addressing One for All, Overhaul, and Shigaraki. Without further ado, let's begin!

Tomura Shigaraki

"Why not destroy everything?"

Tomura Shigaraki is definitely on my top ten list of best anime villains. From an awesome quirk all the way to a tragic backstory, this guy is one of my favorites.

Tomura grew up in a family household that was very built upon fear. His father would punish him greatly if he figured out that he liked heroes, since he didn't believe in them and shamed them. At the tender age of 5, his quirk manifested. This caused him to disintegrate his entire family and his dog. Sad boy moments. From there on out, he fended for himself. That's until All for One swooped in and decided to help the boy.

From there on out, we have Tomura Shigaraki, the leader of the league of villains and the eventual creator of the Paranormal Liberation Front and the Meta Liberation Army.

Tomura is considered to be child like. As All Might likes to describe as, "Someone who acts out when things don't go their way." He is very dependent on people, yet he seems to be abusive since he himself cannot cope with his own feelings. This had lead to some … problems. His main goal was to reshape the social system after destroying All Might, before he decided that he wanted to rule humanity. That is one of his main reasons for his behavior.

In conclusion, Tomura is an awesome character. Yet, his childlike behavior sometimes makes his scenes hard to watch.

All for One

"All will be well now, for I am here."

All for one is a more mysterious person. His real name is unknown, although he called "sensei". He is the founder and original leader of the League Of Villains.

He is the founder and original leader of the League Of Villains, before his arrest.

All for One is the archnemesis of All Might, for they have opposing quirk names and All For One is a villain. All Might is a hero. So, yes, it would make sense that they would be each other's archnemesis.

This mysterious sensei had a younger brother, whom festered a useless quirk. Being able to a quirk down from one person to another. Being the nice big ol brother he is, he gave his younger sibling a quirk, one of which could grant the big bursts of energy. His brother decided to go against him and, of course, this is where All for One and One for All originated from.

All for one's personality is one of a mysterious, yet manipulating person. He is able to make elaborate and create plans in the split of a second, allowing for his manipulative personality to show rather easily.

All in all, All for one is another one of my favorite characters. I always see him as the person to seem to console you, yet is secretly gaining your trust and taking advantage of you. It's awful. I L I V E for it.

Overhaul

"You're all sick. And you need a cure."

Overhaul, or, Kai Chisaki, is going to be one of the newest villains introduced in season four. He had direct ties to Eri, who I'm assuming is going to he also be introduced from the trailers.

Overhaul served as a Yazkua, or a japanese mafia boss. He is seen as a narrow man with black hair, though he loses both of his arms to Mr. Compress and Tomura Shigaraki. Though, he is seen fusing with multiple people.

A sociopath, he is obsessed with returning the world at how it was before the entire quirk phenomenon came around. His quirk allows for him to do this easily, since it deals with reassembling and destroying. He treats quirks like dirt, and he is an extreme germaphobe.

Despite his normal personality, he is a straight forward thinker, and is very composed. He was able to keep his cool when he is seen talking with Izuku and Mirio. Speaking of which, he was able to defeat Izuku, Mirio, Sir Nighteye, and many others.

Without giving too many spoilers, he ends up being one of my favorite villains AGAIN. He is just so … cool. :'). His character arcs are quite well written, and his quirk is delicious. Mhm.

◜𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎!¡─.   . ˎˊ˗ ◝                

￣┈·˚ ༘ ꒱トピック𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌. ∕↴

Hello, heroes in training! This is Runa coming at you live from North Carolina, America. It's Halloween and I’m here to compare the latest chapter compared to the first chapter of My Hero Academia. From when the series started on August 4th, 2015 and has since blown up not only in Japan but other countries as well. I’ll try to make this one less complicated and simply stick with the facts and points. Before we enter the review and comparison I just want to once again thank Horikoshi for making such an amazing manga that has moved so many people and changed so many people's lives. Well, let's go on and ‘Plus Ultra’ our way in. First off, let's start with the first category:

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Art Style

Horikoshi’s art style has changed and in some ways improved over the course of this manga, his style changing from a less triangle style, some examples being, Kill la Kill, Trigun, Hell Sing, and Naruto, to a more square art style, such as Madoka Magic, Blue Exorcist, and Full Metal Alchemist. Not only has he found and once again transformed his already original art style but has also changed up the medium/look of several different posters and art he made for the series, from a more watercolor look in a couple of the pre manga pages or using pencil to once again draw out each character in action or normal clothes. The color scheme for the series had stayed consistent and is very easy to point out from anime due to this compared to the Vigilantes manga which uses a larger range of colors that are different compared to the overlying story for the universe. Onto of this how draws his characters have also changed, from how he draws women’s anatomy to drawing Bakugo and Izuku, who have the most prominent change in style in the series by far- next to All Might (but anyone in the manga would know why). Either way, fans love his art and even still he can draw the anatomy flawlessly and fight scenes continue to stay at peek performance. I would say his art style hanged for the better and is now one of the most recognizable art styles in the anime world alongside with much other anime which is a hard feat considering that a lot of shows tend to have the same art style nowadays, and its hard to find originality in their works, to have the breath of fresh air named Horikoshi was a true blessing.

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Where the story is

When we begin our journey with Izuku Midoriya we know our protagonist does end up achieving his goal of becoming number one and saving all the people he wanted to save. This is saying that in a way this is all a very very very large backstory of how he got to this position and where he started from. In the recent chapter we barely even see Midoriya and are more so focusing on our main protagonist Tomura Shigaraki who was Deku’s mentor’s mentor’s grandson. This shows an obvious witch between attention between the two times and also lets us know that Horikoshi is now focusing on rounding out the villain’s character development making the protagonists and the antagonist next encounter more meaningful seeing how far they have grown in character and strength. From the very beginning, we see how much Izukus life sucked and ultimately setting all of the readers to feel bad for how bad his life was, Katsuki being the antagonist at the time. Now looking at the parallel in the newest chapter it instead shows Katsuki and Izuku getting along, Izuku having a quirk, and now getting into the school of his dreams and pursuing his dream of becoming a hero. Almost a perfect parallel in away. We know that this wouldn’t exactly be where a season would end, however when the TV show ends a season, I feel like it would make sense to end that season on Chapter 246.

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Character Development

All the characters throughout the series have grown in some shape or form, some for the good and some for the bad (Dabi). I will make it quick and make a list of all the characters (that still appear consistently throughout the manga and that play a significant role in the plot) from the first chapter of the manga and show in what ways they have grown:

Deku:

•He no longer has baby cheeks

•Is bolder around Katsuki

•Doesn’t mumble to himself as often

•Can talk to girls

•Has friends

•Has more muscle

•Has One for All

Katsuki:

•Is more reserved

•Does not lash out as often

•Does not bully Deku as often

•Can talk to people normally

•Tolerates people

•Is best friend with Kirishima

The Flying Boy with wings:

•Has turned into a Nomu

All Might:

•Is more inflated

•Has less time to use one for all

•Has retired

•ed one for all to Izuku

•Knows more about his quirk

•Works at UA

Inko:

•Is more accepting of her son going to UA

•Is no longer worried about him

(Spoiler)The Doctor:

•Was working for All for One

•Does quirk manipulation surgery and stuff

•Is Evil

◜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗!¡─.   . ˎˊ˗ ◝                

￣┈·˚ ༘ ꒱トピック𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌. ∕↴

Oh hi there!

My name is Sero, I'm new B), and I'm am very lucky to be apart of this group! Um I guess as I'm taking part in this part of the article you sent tell I like memes, hehee. Anyway, let's get on to the memes.

Since the theme is throwback I decided to look back at this lovely moment in season 3 or chapter 98

I honestly love this one because we all love katsuki and mitsuki's relationship [MOTHER AND SON🙄] and seeing the comparison to the manga and anime is so fun to watch. Just to say the anime version makes Mitsuki look more aggressive not gonna lie. I'd just like to take a moment and talk about the sweet life of Zack and Cody reference like- it's so beautiful and true :').

Anyway that's all for today!

For my section at least,

Byee!

𝘪 𝘷 𝘦 𝘣 𝘦 𝘤 𝘰 𝘮 𝘦 𝘵 𝘰 𝘨 𝘢

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Hello and welcome to my tribute to the heroreviewz meme section. I’m officially the main meme writer, Klaria, and I’ve got some funny memes for y’all today. Let me just bring something up real quick. Last issue ya girl looked at the comments and somebody was like ‘GeT CopYriGhTed bY peWdiEpIe’ so, guess what we doing today?

Come for my weave pewdiepie i dare you

:clap: Meme :clap: Review

if there’s one thing i love, it’s villains.

It’s October and villain month. So let me just say, villains are the coolest thing.

(i say as all my oc’s are villains)

They’re allowed to do anything they want, especially insult each other. So it gets funny when a villain interacts with heroes, the insults are creative or the villain is so crazy that’s it’s cool to watch them do their thing. Going on would be fun but my creativity is going down the drain like my attendance record

anyway [CI]Y’know. Toga has always wore a school uniform. It’s both her civilian clothes and her villain clothes ;if you really bout to disagree look at her wiki. She slaps her villain gear onto her civilian clothes). Which is probably why most of the villain oc’s i see are teenagers but that’s not the point. If Toga was to ever wear an actual dress in the show, I’d be beyond happy. It’s finally be a change from the school uniform she wears 24/7. But I lowkey can and can’t see her getting upset if someone called her dress ugly.

Dabi is a cooler villain. He’s like lowkey mysterious to me but funny. So that’s why I can see him roasting Shigaraki like this. In all honesty, I feel like this man could single-handedly make bakugou into the angriest man alive. Simply by just being himself. Which is also why I chose this meme, Dabi’s cool.

And now for our all time favorite easily annoyed, childish villain, Shigaraki the hand man. Honestly, I imagined him flipping off Dabi with an angry look on his face. All while Toga is laughing her ass off in the corner or something. He’s got to be one of my favorite villains—next to toga ofc shes beauty— just cause he shows character development in the show even though he himself is a villain. I love the scenes where it cuts to Shigaraki interacting with his group, or Kurogiri, or All For One. You just get to see more of him, how he improves, and all of that. Makes for some good memes.

Enough ranting

:clap: Next :clap: Meme

Really hoping this isn’t an actual spoiler hidden in a meme.

Now here we have the lovely Hawks and uh Endeavor. From what I’ve seen, hawks is just dabi but heroe version. I think it’s the face. Anyway, I love the rocket on his shirt. It feels like, lowkey childish. Ion know man :pensive: . In all seriousness though, I’m really excited to see him animated.

Dark joke, haha endeavor got todoroki’d

Like I said earlier, villain memes. I love the fact that dabi is the one I’ve been laughing at for the past two memes. He’s just cool like that y’know? Anyway, I love the fact that he had shades to go along with his whole joke. Like who the hell (pg13) keeps shades on them anymore. I keep clout googles. I’m clout like that y’know? Anyway.

:clap: Final :clap: Meme

Ah yes.

kurobitch

Loving the fact that Kuro didn’t even call them friends. Just straight up comrades. Like he really hates them. Nah but fr though he deserves more love. Dealing with Shigaraki? That’s a whole job. A whole job ain’t no body want. But he dealt with him. The fact that he did that proves he’s amazing y’know?

but he still said goodbye like he wanted out

I would too. I mean dealing with Shigaraki, Toga, Dabi, Big sis Mag, Mr.Compress, and the lizard dude? Too much. He’s like the only rational adult too. Just imagine, all the chaos that would’ve happened if it wasn’t for him. On a clowning note, he really went for milk and didn’t go back.

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That’s all for my section of the meme reviewing. I’m gon go procrastinate before I actually have something to do 🤡

◜𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚊 𝚗𝚒 𝚞𝚝𝚊𝚎𝚋𝚊!¡─.   . ˎˊ˗ ◝                

￣┈·˚ ༘ ꒱トピック𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌. ∕↴

Inktober

Hello hello! Today, I'm going to show you a few of my Inktober drawings that I’ve created so far! I won't be showing you all of them, only my favorites! Minor Gore warning! Read on if you want!

So, October 2nd’s prompt was “Mindless” and it took me a bit of time to figure out exactly what I wanted to do, but then I ed...Hey! I have an OC (original character) that is insane, I can use her. So I did! The drawing took a total of an hour and I'm so proud of it!

For this drawing, I used a fine liner and black brush pen and for the shading I used a method called hatching and cross hatching. In my opinion, it's the best way to shade with fine liners or pens!

October 3rd’s prompt was ‘Bait’ and I chose to do a siren. Now, this isn't your normal siren, this is like an Ursula themed kind of siren. Similar to the previous drawing, it took about an hour to make, and I used the same hatching and cross hatching method!

Last, but certainly not least, October 5th’s ‘Build’ prompt! Now, this took a bit of compiling, but the finished product came out great!! So, I didn't want to be mediocre and draw a building or something, instead, I drew my own version of...Frankenstein's Monster! I made him all cute and everything!

The same methods were used again here that were used previously, but I decided to add more to it. This also took about 2 hours—if you count the sketching period XP.

Conclusion

I am very proud of the outcome of all my drawings, which is why I’m challenging all of you to do Inktober as well! It's not too late y'all! You don't even have to be an artist, you can be an editor, writer, or doodler!

Inktober is all about having fun and improving! Don't ever forget that!

Thank you all for reading my column! See you next issue!

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Hello hello, Sleepy here with an art tutorial I’ve been asked numerous times to explain by friends and followers alike: how do you have such clean line art?

Clean line art is a necessity of mine because personally it makes art look more pleasing and cleaner to look at, though it’s not for everyone and solely depends on what type of art you like/how you like to draw.

First things first as with any art you create, you need a sketch. Sketching is actually the key part in helping with the cleanliness and smoothness of line art.

What I was shown and told from other artists is to make multiple sketches of your drawing, maybe about 2-3 depending on how the first sketch looks.

The cleaner the sketch the cleaner the line art.

I gonna use this Yaoyorozu from a commission I did a few months back as my example.

Now you might argue and say “well that sketch already looks clean” to which I say yes but there are a few things that would make doing the line art tougher, like the constant overlapping of the lines and the many different bright colors used to differentiate what is what.

To make this easier to line over for the final product, we need to clean this up.

Start by taking the layer that has the base sketch on it and lowering to opacity to about 10% or so depending on how thick your lines are. If they’re thinner lines maybe make the opacity about 15-18%.

Next, create a new layer and sketch over the base sketch again, not including the overlapping lines. I highly recommend only using one color for the second sketch to make things easier. You can also add little extra details (ex. the piercings) if you so please during this part.

If the second sketch still looks a bit messy and hard to look at don’t worry! Repeat this process until you have a sketch you know looks good to line over. There’s no shame in doing it three or four times over, it’s all about what you think looks right.

Now that you have your clean sketch it’s time to line!

I recommend using very high correction/stability when lining and thinner pen brush size.

Now I’m unsure how it works on other programs since I use Medibang, but I’m sure setting it to/almost to the highest correction is practically the same.

A good 18-20(max) correction for Medibang s.

I’m unsure if this works with thick pen brush sizes but from experience, semi-thin line art is best for that nice crisp and clean look you want to achieve.

This isn’t mandatory to but for that very clean and smooth look I’d recommend using the standard pen brush, sizes can vary depending on how large you’re canvas is.

I typically use a 1080x1080 canvas size but I will change it if the piece calls for it to be adjusted. A standard pen brush size of maybe 2.5-3 would be good for thinner lines (For Medibang at least)

Take your time with this part, sure it might be tedious and long but the end result is always nice too look at. If you feel fatigued, take a break and come back to it later! Self care is more important than clean lines!

And there you go! Clean, smooth, and crisp line art!

If you have any questions or have any suggestions on what you’d like to have as a tutorial be sure to comment what you’d like to see next.

I’ll see you lovelies later🤙🏻

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Welcome to the Gossip Column! I’m Raven Ranger, here to bring you the latest scoop about all things interesting in our Amino community. This issue will include interviews from two of our fellow community , both artists but with completely different experiences here.

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First up, we have tobi who has recently ed the Amino this month. He has already posted plenty of fantastic art pieces despite being so new. As someone who is nearly an adult, he still manages to juggle studies with all of that drawing. It’s quite impressive yet he prefers to be called an “amateur artist” rather than an “artist”. I’m going to refer to him as an artist for the rest of this segment because he has some dedication.

Since he is a newcomer to the Amino, I wanted to know how he felt about the community so far. He states that this is “a nice, active community” which is a good thing to hear. Keep up this welcoming spirit, guys!

He went on to say that he didn’t think that he had “ever been to an Amino this large” and that it was “cool to see that MHA has so many fans.” We truly are a big community, where it is almost impossible to get to know everyone here on a personal level. However, I know that we can keep up this positive environment we’ve built together.

Tobi said that “you get to see lots of different, innovative fanart, amazing cosplays, good writing, etc. I enjoy that a lot.” It’s nice to hear that all of the talented creators out there are being noticed immediately [by newcomers] as it is a great reputation that we built for ourselves.

As he creates a lot of amazing content, I was naturally curious about how he kept a balance. In response, he said that “creating art is my main hobby and whenever I have a bit of spare time I use it for the purpose of getting art pieces done. Even if it’s just writing down some ideas while I have [a] lunch break at school.” That’s some dedication right there. I find it irable to be able to take care of your responsibilities while also squeezing time [out] for hobbies.

I asked him about his creative process and he replied that “first I need to find inspiration, otherwise I won’t get anything done.” He continues to say that “inspiration can be anything. From music to a nice view outside, literally anything.” Anyone who enjoys a creative activity will know that finding an idea to act upon is sometimes the hardest part of the whole process with Tobi saying, “that finding inspiration is usually the most difficult part for me”.

When he finds that spark, he would “start sketching”. Starting the process, he says that “unless I actually try to create something based on reference[s], I usually only have a vague idea of what the finished piece should look like.” As I am not an artist myself, I can not say if this is the norm for art creators but that type of imagination seems to be found in a lot of artists.

After the initial step, he states that “it really depends on what I feel like.” This means that he might “leave the piece as a rough sketch”, “add some color”, or create “line art with clean coloring, shading and so on.” As a non-artist, I feel that this is an extremely impressive process taking a lot of time and effort. Good job to y’all artistic people.

Curious about what type of blockades a talented artist like him runs into, he answers that “Like most artists, I struggle with anatomy and get frustrated after drawing certain body parts over and over again without having a satisfying result.” With a ion for medicine, I can attest that anatomy is incredibly difficult and I’m just trying to memorize it without having to reproduce it on paper. I think it’s commendable that artists are able to learn, memorize, and then apply that knowledge in their art. Seems all so amazing to me.

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Next, we have an interview with a veteran member on this Amino, :boom: squishy :boom: . As an artist that does commissions, we had a short talk about how that works from the artist's side. I know that many people pay for commissions without knowing exactly how the process works for the other party.

Raven Ranger: Could you give a brief introduction of who you are?

Squishy: Call me squishy! I'm a female in high school and I really love drawing. I'm an artist [and] I draw daily.

Just as a side note/s: why do artists not consider themselves artists? Have more confidence in yourselves, guys!

RR: What do you like to do in this community?

S: Well, I like to roleplay, obviously [and] I like posting my art, along with making new friends. I also love ing new agencies, it gives me more things to do and new friends to make! :3

RR: As someone who does coin commissions, I wanted to ask, what is that process like?

S: Ah well it's simple, I do the commission when I have the time to. What I usually do with a commission is I sketch the commission on paper first, then I transfer it to digital if it was a digital request. If it was a pencil drawing (colored with pencil), I usually can get [it] done easier. When it comes to coloring with markers, it could take me hours since I have 168 markers to look through. I have to find the colors and the right shades for said [the] color, it usually takes me maybe 10 minutes to do so, and the lineart takes a couple of minutes as well. Coloring is what takes the longest, it all depends if its an icon, a half body or a full-body, and if it was a shaded request or not. Digital commissions are [much] easier as you can see.

RR: Do you feel that the prices that you charge are fair for both parties?

S: Yes totally, consider it takes me hours to do digital and traditional [art]. I charge less for lineart digital art alone, with digital and traditional because it's a quicker process.

Amino coins don't transfer into real money and using the money to to Amino coin conversion rate, artists are barely charging anything for their time.

RR: Do you ever face problems with your clients when doing commissions?

S: I only faced one problem with this one person, [who] tried to fix my commission to make it look better just because I got some things wrong. I honestly was so annoyed with it since I spent like an hour [working] on it since it was digital. They were telling me how their character should've had muscles, and etc. I drew what I could and I can't draw muscles, [but] overall I don't get many problems with my clients.

As a tip for anyone looking for a commission, you can check out an artist’s previous works and posts to see if they can draw what you’re looking for, in the style that you want.

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Hiya guys! Valley here! I have a few announcements before we wrap up this mo the issue. We will now be allowing ments for our magazine, what does that mean you may ask? Well I glass you asked my heroes! Well each issue Me and Runa will be accepting 10 ments from any of you for commissions and etc. You can with either links or banners! But it has to be appropriate.

Plus I will be linking a poll down below for our next issue theme!

Also I wanted to say that I’m so proud of our new and how well they all did this issue! I’m a proud gay mother.

I do hope all of you enjoyed the blog! Credit links will be in the credit blog like usual.

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