Happy New Year, O Reader! May 2021 treat you well. ^o^/☆ I'd been going through the songs on TWIN GATE in order, but "RESONANCE" isn't particularly fitting for these last hours of 2020 (as I write this) heading into the first hours of 2021 (when I will finish writing & publish this). The track "Cradle," …
Shinjitsu wo Tsukamitore – ISHINO Ryuzo (Gundam Wing)
I started rewatching Gundam Wing yesterday. I absolutely loved it when I first saw it on Cartoon Network twenty years ago. I had forgotten how absurd any lines mentioning Zechs Merquise by name sounded. Like "Zechs is in the atmosphere!" I was like, isn't that a T-Pain lyric? LMAO But, this show was my introduction …
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exist†trace – Neverland
It's raining where I am, so I couldn't see the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. Oh well. Moving on to the next track on the TWIN GATE EP: "Neverland," clearly inspired at least in part by Peter Pan. Lyrics in Japanese can be found here on Rock Lyric. ☆ Neverland Take me... fukigenna sora …
exist†trace – KNIFE
Happy Belated December Igu Day! I thought I could make it before midnight, but alas. ^o^; Anyway, I love how clear Jyou's voice is on this track. I think miko wasn't doing deep per-song commentary on her blog this far back in the day, but I did find an interesting tidbit about the song "KNIFE" …
exist†trace – Orurean no Shoujo
Whenever I'd see the title of this track, I'd think of New Orleans. It wasn't until I was really paying attention to the lyrics that I was like "Wait a minute...is this about Joan of Arc?" I knew her general story but didn't know that "Maid of Orléans" was her nickname. I also didn't know …
The SOLDIER Firsts Try Painting With a Twist
The session Sephiroth, Angeal, and Genesis attend is for beginners. The painting they will recreate is a simple still life featuring Banora White apples. Angeal drinks in moderation and paints diligently. He makes a generally faithful copy of the composition, but adds enough of himself to succeed at making the image his own. Sephiroth long …
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Happy Halloween 2020
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 …
exist†trace – DECIDE
Long introduction. Jump to lyrics here. I've really been enjoying The Only Garden and was thinking of jumping to a few tracks from there, but it seems lyrics have not been officially released to online sites, and since I bought the EP from iTunes I don't have the liner notes. Assuming the physical copy came …
Same Character
Or, How It Started How It's Going, 24 Years of Drawing Sephiroth And I guess I'm counting 2020 as being over given my math up there. ^o^; I'd change it here too if I could edit my tweet about it. Things I realized putting this collage together: I apparently became a Sephiroth fan before playing …
Dressed to SLAY
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! …
Warped Frost 