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Category: Play Time

Happy Halloween 2020

On October 30, 2020 By scalesoflibraIn Life Stuff, Photography, Play TimeLeave a comment

I've been using Photoshop in some form, mostly Elements, for about 15 years now. The majority of that has not been for actual photo editing. Still, I feel dumb for just now learning about dodging and burning. All this time, I've been thinking, "I wish there were a way to lighten just one specific part …

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Dressed to SLAY

On August 26, 2020 By scalesoflibraIn Art, Play Time1 Comment

If this isn't done now, it's not gonna be. XD As with the preview post before this, the images contained here might be slightly NSFW, assuming your workplace wouldn't be too keen on you looking at muscular men only slightly less scantily clad than He-man. So don't scroll any further, O ye people at work! …

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Preview -Ready to SLAY-

On August 24, 2020 By scalesoflibraIn Art, Play TimeLeave a comment

I've been working on this on and off for a whole week. Mostly off. I couldn't quite get into a groove. But then tonight, when I should be making my usual attempt to flip back to a daytime schedule before having to go back to work, I stayed up all night, coloring for six hours …

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Sephiroth Candidate Dresses 3/3

On August 3, 2020 By scalesoflibraIn Art, Life Stuff, Play Time1 Comment

¡Spoiler Warning for the original Final Fantasy VII and Remake! To avoid writing spoilerific things right at the top, let me start with a slight tangent. When I was in elementary school, I asked my mother to buy me a three-book set of How to Draw books from the Scholastic catalog. While I don't remember …

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Balloon Seph looking at a body wash in The Body Shop

Sephiroth’s Journey Through Fukuoka

On July 23, 2020October 24, 2020 By scalesoflibraIn Life Stuff, Photography, Play Time6 Comments

One time for my 30th birthday my friends and I stepped out from dinner at the Fukuoka Hard Rock Café, which back then was across from Yahoo! Dome and next to Zepp Fukuoka and Hawks Town Mall, and saw a balloon artist with a sign that said he could make anything. A friend suggested I …

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Sailor Moon Redraw

On May 25, 2020 By scalesoflibraIn Illustration, Play TimeLeave a comment

Having just finished Final Fantasy VII Remake when the Sailor Moon Redraw meme took off, I knew I had to put Cloud into it. It's been a long time since I did fanart at all, and even longer since I drew Cloud, so it was slow going. Here are some work-in-progress pics, followed by my …

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Under the Darkness

On October 13, 2016December 26, 2021 By scalesoflibraIn Play Time, Translation2 Comments

Eli: The moon is waxing gibbous tonight, which means it's time to tally the votes from the previous post and see whether you chose Trick or Treat. And the winner is...Trick! Oh, you playful readers you, that's what I like to see. ^o~ That said my idea of a fun trick is rick rolling people, …

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Trick or treat?

On October 3, 2016 By scalesoflibraIn Play Time6 Comments

I have but one simple question for you, O Readers: Trick, or treat? The light of the waxing gibbous moon shall reveal the effects of your choice. 🎃♪ Play along by leaving a comment saying either "Trick" or "Treat." Remember, you don't have to have an account on WordPress to comment on a WordPress blog, …

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First Snow of the Season

On November 22, 2015 By scalesoflibraIn Photography, Play Time2 Comments

I've never completely agreed with the characterization of winter as a gloomy season. Maybe it's because even when I was in a traditional work setting and left home in the dark and got back in the dark, I knew that in between the sun was shining, and in all but one occasion (when I worked …

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The Reclining Buddha at Nanzōin, which is the first stop in the 88 temple pilgrimage of Sasaguri & Shikoku. This is the largest bronze reclining Buddha in the world (August 2010)
The Reclining Buddha at Nanzōin, which is the first stop in the 88 temple pilgrimage of Sasaguri & Shikoku. This is the largest bronze reclining Buddha in the world (August 2010)
Close up of an "ita bag," a bag full of fandom pins and chotchkis. This one has mostly Hard Rock Cafe pins and FFVII keychains.
My ita bag!
Based on a photo that originally appeared in the magazine Fool's Mate
Based on a photo that originally appeared in the magazine Fool’s Mate
Tsuki no Matsu, the "Moon Pine" in Ueno Park. I don't know if this is the same tree ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Hiroshige depicted in his "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" prints, or if it's that the nearby temple has been grooming different pines into this shape for hundreds of years. (May 2016)
Tsuki no Matsu, the “Moon Pine” in Ueno Park. I don’t know if this is the same tree ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Hiroshige depicted in his “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” prints, or if it’s that the nearby temple has been grooming different pines into this shape for hundreds of years. (May 2016)
Close-up! (May 2016)
Close-up! (May 2016)
From an ice cream stand on the 参道 (sandō, the road leading up to a temple or shrine) to Dazaifu Tenmangū. They sell normal flavors & unusual flavors. Black sesame isn't that unusual, but I recommend their tofu flavored ice cream and corn flavored ice cream too. (April 2016)
From an ice cream stand on the 参道 (sandō, the road leading up to a temple or shrine) to Dazaifu Tenmangū. They sell normal flavors & unusual flavors. Black sesame isn’t that unusual, but I recommend their tofu flavored ice cream and corn flavored ice cream too. (April 2016)
A thin branch of a Callary pear tear with two bunches of flowers in full bloom.
Callary pear tree in bloom
In a field of snow, Polygon Figure Cloud watches Polygon Sephiroth in the distance. Both figures are seen from the back.
The tower of the Bagley Pedestrian Bridge in Detroit stands silhouetted against a bank of fluffly, sun-lit clouds in a blue sky.
The faithful dog Hachi-ko guarding some cats at his spot in Shibuya. (May 2016)
The faithful dog Hachi-ko guarding some cats at his spot in Shibuya. (May 2016)
On the door to Shin-eiji Temple (an annex of Naritasan Temple) in Sapporo, they translated "Pray freely" to "Pray it freely", which I thought felt more poetic. (May 2016)
On the door to Shin-eiji Temple (an annex of Naritasan Temple) in Sapporo, they translated “Pray freely” to “Pray it freely”, which I thought felt more poetic. (May 2016)
A tunnel on the grounds of Dazaifu Tenmangū Shrine. Beyond it is the mountain road up to Kamado Shrine. (April 2016)
A tunnel on the grounds of Dazaifu Tenmangū Shrine. Beyond it is the mountain road up to Kamado Shrine. (April 2016)
Umegaemochi, a kind of mochi with sweet bean paste inside and a plum mark grilled onto the outside. A specialty of Dazaifu, there are several shops on the sandō that sell it. Yum! (April 2016)
Umegaemochi, a kind of mochi with sweet bean paste inside and a plum mark grilled onto the outside. A specialty of Dazaifu, there are several shops on the sandō that sell it. Yum! (April 2016)
This one speaks for itself, I think. (February 2010)
This one speaks for itself, I think. (February 2010)

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