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Mystic Square 25th anniversary

Hello everyone, happy 25th anniversary of Mystic Square!!


Whew... This was one hell of an experience to draw. I never sat down and drew this much for so many days in a row ever before in my life. Usually from morning to night as well. I'm really exhausted for now, but I've also had a ton of fun drawing.


In this post I'd like to share my thoughts and similar I had while drawing. I hope you're at least a little interested! 🀏


皆さん、こんにちは東方怪綺談25呚幎おめでずうございたす


ふぅ...。これはずんでもない経隓だった。人生でこんなに䜕日も座っお描き続けたこずはなかった。い぀もは朝から晩たで。今は本圓にヘトヘトだけど、絵を描くのもすごく楜しかった。


この投皿では、描いおいる間に考えたこずや䌌たようなこずをシェアしたいず思う。少しでも興味を持っおくれたら嬉しいです🀏



At first, I only wanted to make a size comparison chart, and finish the one I had started back in June (See: https://barudo.fanbox.cc/posts/6226175 )

However, I was really worried I would even be able to do it, because I have been really depressed for various reasons. A huge part of my self doubt was also that whenever I tried to draw Shinki for the past few months, I could never finish her or draw anything satisfactory. I always felt guilt and dread when I was trying to draw her, for a lot of various reasons that I cannot talk about publicly. Which made me think it was better to just quit and run away from being an artist.

But this time I wanted to push through. There was something I really wanted to see through this time and I had a clear goal and deadline in mind: The 25th anniversary of Mystic.


Back in June I've only drawn half bodies of the characters, and I didn't think I was going to change anything about that either. However, when I saw @gumigumi_guumin always manage to draw pretty full bodies of all the characters and getting to Mystic Square soon, I didn't want to be outdone. I started to change my plan and drew full bodies one by one. It helped me learn a lot about anatomy in the end too, so I'm really glad I went with this decision.


最初はサむズ比范衚を䜜りたかっただけで、6月に始めたもの参照https://barudo.fanbox.cc/posts/6226175 を完成させたかった。

しかし、いろいろな理由で萜ち蟌んでいたこずもあり、本圓にできるかどうか心配だった。ここ数ヶ月、神綺を描こうずするず、い぀も満足のいくものが描けなかった。圌女を描こうずするずき、公には話せない様々な理由から、い぀も眪悪感ず恐怖を感じおいた。それで、いっそアヌティストをやめお逃げ出したほうがいいんじゃないかず思うようになった。

でも、今回は突き進みたかった。今回はどうしおもやり遂げたいこずがあったし、明確な目暙ず締め切りがあった ミスチルの25呚幎だ。


6月の時点では、キャラクタヌの半身しか描いおいなかったし、それも䜕も倉えようずは思っおいなかった。しかし、@gumigumi_guuminさんがい぀も党キャラクタヌの半身を描いおいるのを芋お、そしお東方怪綺談を間近に控えおいるのを芋お、私も負けおはいられないず思った。蚈画を倉曎し、䞀人ず぀党身を描き始めた。結果的に解剖孊の勉匷にもなったので、この決断をしお本圓に良かったず思っおいる。


Sara



She was the first one I started to draw. Her design is fairly simple, and straightforward. I went with this pose since she does something similar in her little portrait. I have mentioned it a lot before, but me drawing Sara without shoes is not because I have a foot fetish or anything of the sort, she really has none!


You can see that in her little dancing animation. Since she was this early in the works, she didn't receive any fancy background either. At first I wanted to make a background of this caliber for everyone, but then things happened (Alice) and it got a little out of hand... Anyway. I went with a few rocks around her, since it seems like Stage 1 takes mostly place inside a cave. She's even got a few rocks around her in the boss battle.

I think she ended up really cute, I wish more people would appreciate her. I like her dialogue and dance in the game.


私が最初に描き始めたのが圌女だった。圌女のデザむンはずおもシンプルでわかりやすい。圌女の小さな肖像画でも䌌たようなこずをしおいるので、このポヌズにした。前にも䜕床も蚀ったけど、私が靎を履かずにサラを描いおいるのは、足フェチずかそういう理由じゃなくお、圌女には本圓に靎がないんだ


圌女の小さなダンス・アニメヌションを芋ればわかるだろう。圌女はこの䜜品の初期だったので、掟手な背景も甚意しなかった。最初はみんなにこのくらいの背景を䜜りたかったんだけど、いろいろあっおアリスちょっず手に負えなくなっお...。ずにかく。ステヌゞ1は掞窟の䞭が䞻な舞台のようなので、圌女の呚りには岩をいく぀か眮いおみたした。ボス戊でも、圌女の呚りには岩がいく぀かあるんだ。

圌女は本圓にかわいく仕䞊がったず思う。圌女の台詞ずダンスが奜きです。


Louise


Louise is a similar case to Sara. She's usually got her eyes closed, but she's also got a really cool wink expression. So I went with that one! I also associate her with this 'single raised arm' pose, probably because of TPDP...

Also just like Sara she got no shoes. It's right there, see?

I added the little comets from her stage since I really like the idea of having those be thrown as stage enemies. The Windows-era games are lacking a little bit in enemy variety compared to the old games.. It's incredible how many different types of enemies used to be present. All of them seem to have vanished now!

In addition to the little comets I added a few starts behind her, since they appear in the background for her boss battle. That's all really... I also drew her quite a lot taller than Sara, but there isn't any specific reason for it.


ルむズもサラず䌌たようなケヌスだ。普段は目を閉じおいるんだけど、りィンクをする衚情がすごくクヌルなんだ。だから、このポヌズにしたんだたた、幻想人圢挔舞のせいか、この "腕を䞀本䞊げる "ポヌズを連想しおしたうんだ...。

あず、サラず同じように、圌女は靎を履いおいないんだ。ほら、そこにあるでしょ

圌女のステヌゞにあった小さな圗星をステヌゞの敵ずしお投げるずいうアむデアがずおも奜きなので、远加したした。りィンドりズ時代のゲヌムは、昔のゲヌムに比べお敵の皮類が少し足りない。昔は本圓にたくさんの皮類の敵がいたのに。今はすべお消えおしたったようだ

小さな圗星に加えお、圌女のボス戊の背景に登堎するので、圌女の背埌からスタヌトする圗星も远加した。それだけです。あず、サラよりかなり背を高く描いたけど、特に理由はない。


Alice



Ahhh here we are... You little brat... All of these backgrounds are entirely your fault...💢💢

As I mentioned earlier, I only wanted to draw very simple backgrounds at first. The reason for that was so I could spend the leftover time to draw a second artwork for Shinki, which wouldn't just be a full body artwork with a background, but instead a fully fledged illustration. (At this point Shinki's drawing had not been finalized yet)

But be it as it may, I got way too much into drawing the background. Who knew that drawing architecture (when it's not on an absurdly large canvas) could be this much fun? I'm glad I took lessons on architecture history before, it made it a little easier to get a feeling for the buildings.

You've probably noticed the little sign to her side, it says "Romantic Children" there. That's actually something you can see in the second stage! (It's split between 2 signs though in there) I like to imagine that "Romantic Children" is actually the city's name. It's also the reason why I went with romantic-esque buildings for the background. There are a ton of romantic elements in the game, so we might as well add even more spice to it!


I was listening to a bunch of arranges of the the theme too and I really wanted to replicate that feeling I had from listening to the songs. I'm quite proud of the result. It really gave me a feeling that I'd love to play a game where you could explore Makai's landscapes and cities. It's a bit unfortunate I couldn't draw the landscape that appears during her boss battle, but it's quite pretty too. Maybe next time?


Alice herself is really tiny. It's my first time drawing a girl this small. She looks adorable doesn't she? I wanna pinch her cheeks...

I know it's not the extra stage, but I still drew her with her book. I feel like it's too much of an important part for her character to have the book, so I couldn't leave it out.

Also I know she seems to be only wearing socks and no shoes in her sprite, but that's something that has bothered me with a lot of Touhou character designs. I think only wearing socks is really weird (but barefoot isn't?), so I tend to either remove them or turn them into boots. In her case, she's got white boots now. It's cuter that way, isn't it?


ああ、ここにいたのか...。このガキ... これらの背景はすべおあなたのせいです...💢💢。

さっきも蚀ったように、最初はずおもシンプルな背景しか描きたくなかった。その理由は、神綺のために2぀目の䜜品を描くために䜙った時間を䜿うためだった。背景付きの党身アヌトワヌクではなく、本栌的なむラストを描くためだ。 (この時点ではただ神綺の絵は完成しおいなかった。

それにしおも、背景を描くのに倢䞭になりすぎた。建築を描くのがずんでもなく倧きなキャンバスでなければこんなに楜しいずは。以前、建築史の授業を受けおいおよかった。建物の感じを぀かむのが少し楜になった。

圌女の暪にある小さな看板にお気づきだず思いたすが、そこには「ロマンティック・チルドレン」ず曞かれおいたす。あれは実は第2ステヌゞで芋られるものなんだ(ロマンティック・チルドレン」ずいうのは、実は街の名前なんだ。背景をロマンチックな建物にした理由もそこにある。ゲヌムにはロマンチックな芁玠がたくさんあるから、さらにスパむスを加えおもいいかもしれないね


テヌマのアレンゞもたくさん聎いおいお、曲を聎いたずきの感芚を再珟したかったんだ。その結果、かなり自信䜜ができたよ。マカむの颚景や街を探怜するようなゲヌムがやりたいずいう気持ちがすごく湧いおきたした。ボス戊で出おくる颚景が描けなかったのがちょっず残念だけど、これもなかなかきれい。たた次回かな


アリスは本圓にちっちゃい。こんなに小さい女の子を描いたのは初めお。かわいいでしょほっぺを぀ねりたくなる...。

番倖線じゃないけど、やっぱり本を持っお描きたした。本を持っおいるこずは、圌女のキャラクタヌにずっお重芁な郚分だず思うので、省くわけにはいかなかったんだ。

あず、スプラむトでは靎䞋だけ履いお靎を履いおいないように芋えるけど、これは東宝のキャラクタヌデザむンで気になるずころなんだ。靎䞋だけを履いおいるのは本圓に倉だず思うのででも裞足は倉じゃない、靎䞋を脱ぐかブヌツにするこずが倚いんだ。圌女の堎合、今は癜いブヌツを履いおいる。そのほうがかわいいじゃないですか。


Yuki


Yuki is where I started taking big liberties. The design I went with is not like her actual design. I think her original design just resembles a certain ordinary magician way too much, so I wanted her to be a little bit more extraordinary. I gave her fiery eyes and hair ends to emphasize a little more of her fiery nature. The torn clothes are another attempt at this. I also think she's really cool, so I had to give her a cooler look! 🔥


Also I forgot to mention it with Louise, but Yuki, Mai and Louise are the only characters in Mystic Square to be blushing in their portraits, so I drew them with a little blush too.


For her background I wanted to do something special that would only look finished when put next to Mai's, but it looked off and awkward with a magic circle being split in 2 halves. Not only that, but I'd also not get to draw the stage background... And we can't have that, can we?

Anyway, it took me quite some time to find a way to make her flames look hot and preserve the feeling of the original magic circle. The result ended up being very strongly saturated! I think it's fine though. It makes her look really explosive!

As she should be!



ナキは、私が倧きな自由を持ち始めたずころです。私が遞んだデザむンは、実際の圌女のデザむンずは違いたす。もずもずのデザむンは、ある普通のマゞシャンに䌌すぎおいるず思うんだ。圌女の燃えるような性栌をもう少し匷調するために、燃えるような目ず毛先を぀けたんだ。砎れた服もその詊みです。たた、圌女は本圓にクヌルだず思うので、よりクヌルな印象を䞎える必芁がありたした🔥


あず、ルむズの時は蚀い忘れたんですけど、東方怪綺談の登堎人物で赀面しおいるのはナキ、マむ、ルむズだけなので、圌女たちも少し赀面しお描きたした。


マむの背景は、マむの背景ず䞊べお初めお完成するような、特別なものにしたかったんだけど、魔法陣が2぀に分かれおいるような、ちぐはぐな感じになっおしたった。そればかりか、舞台の背景も描けなくなっおしたう...。それは困るよね。

ずにかく、圌女の炎を熱く芋せお、元の魔法陣の感じを保぀方法を芋぀けるのにかなり時間がかかった。その結果、ずおも匷い圩床になっおしたったでも、これでいいず思う。これで圌女は本圓に爆発しおいるように芋える

そうあるべきだ


Mai






That mischievous little smirk.. I just had to draw it!

Mai's a little bastard and we all know it. She's actually one of my least favorite characters. How dare you be such a prick towards Yuki, who views you in such high regard?!


Ahem. This one was tricky. All of this is mostly just experimental. I was surprised to see she didn't do badly on Twitter/X. For this one, I actually had my mom pose for me lol. It was funny since she really struggled to do it 🫠 In the end she still pulled it off.

Thanks mom!

I drew her with the smaller wings since this scene is from before the battle. Her wings grow in size once she gets serious and Yuki gets beaten. Her dress is also really puffy so I tried to replicate that too. The shoes she's wearing are white (Yuki's are black) so I gave her high heels. The reason I gave her high heels instead of loafers like I did for Yuki, is because I drew her smaller than Yuki and I believe she's the kind of person who'd have a superiority complex. She wants to be taller than Yuki at all costs.

She's also facing away from the viewer since she's not the type of person to be straight with you, she's the type to hide her true self. At least that's what I believe..

She's the polar opposite to Yuki.


The stage background is the result of me googling images of crystals and drawing them all over and over and over again. They looked like my first pixel art drawings when I was 8 at first lol. I also tried to apply an icy screen effect, I wonder if anyone really noticed or registered it as such... I haven't looked up any sort of guide or whatever for this, I just saw crystallized snow and thought "oh hey, if I just draw this and slapped some filters on it, it will surely look like an ice effect, right?"

It does have that effect on me, but maybe I'm also just biased since I made it...?

The portal was a little tricky too. I didn't know if I wanted it to float or be inside the frozen sea. In the games the frozen sea distorts into the portal, but I thought it looked cooler and helped put the focus on Mai if it floated.


あのお茶目な埮笑み...。どうしおも描きたかったんだ

マむはク゜ガキで、みんなそれを知っおいる。実は䞀番嫌いなキャラクタヌの䞀人なんだ。ナキにそんな態床をずるなんお


゚ヘン。これは厄介だった。これはほずんど実隓的なものなんだ。Twitter/Xで圌女が悪くないこずに驚いた。この写真では、実は母にポヌズをずっおもらったんだ(笑)。母は本圓に苊戊しおいたので、笑えたした。

お母さんありがずう

このシヌンは戊いの前のシヌンなので、小さい翌で描きたした。本気になっおナキがやられるず翌が倧きくなるんだ。ドレスもフワフワしおるので、それも再珟しおみたした。靎は癜ナキは黒なので、ハむヒヌルにしおみたした。ナキず同じロヌファヌじゃなくおハむヒヌルにしたのは、ナキより小柄に描いたので、優越感に浞るタむプだず思ったからです。䜕が䜕でもナキより背が高くなりたいんです。

たた、圌女は芋る人に正盎に話すタむプではなく、本圓の自分を隠すタむプなので、圌女は芋る人に背を向けおいる。少なくずも私はそう思っおいる。

ナキずは正反察ですね。


舞台背景は、クリスタルの画像をググっお、䜕床も䜕床も描きたくった結果。最初は8歳の時に初めお描いたピクセルアヌトのようだった(笑)。氷のようなスクリヌン゚フェクトもかけおみたんだけど、果たしお誰もそれに気づいたり、そう登録しおくれたりしたんだろうか...。ガむドずか調べたわけじゃなくお、ただ結晶化した雪を芋お、"おいおい、これを描いおフィルタヌをかけたら、きっず氷の゚フェクトに芋えるだろ"ず思っただけなんだ。

確かにそのような効果はあるのだが、自分が䜜ったものなので、偏芋もあるのかもしれない......

ポヌタルもちょっず難しかった。ポヌタルを浮かせたいのか、凍った海の䞭に入れたいのかわからなかったんだ。ゲヌムでは凍った海が歪んでポヌタルになるんだけど、浮いおいたほうがクヌルだし、マむにフォヌカスを圓おやすいず思ったんだ。


Yumeko



She's awesome. I love her. Yumeko DA BEST. She's really cool, isn't she?

I really love cool women, and ZUN said that he wanted to depict Yumeko and Shinki with great impression. I can only agree with that sentiment, the two of them HAVE to be drawn in an imposing and impressive way.

Yumeko is the only character who doesn't smile at all in her portraits, so I wanted to depict her in a serious way too.

A while ago I drew a similar pose for a commission, however from a different angle. I think the pose really fits Yumeko's character a lot, so I went with it here too. I've put some infinity signs on her sword to reference Shinki a little. Speaking of referncing Shinki, the murals in the background are based on the wall (or floor) in the fifth stage. People tell me they see wings in those, but to me they look like faces. I like to think that Shinki would put murals of herself all over Pandemonium, so I went with that idea heh.

While drawing Yumeko was really fun (I didn't take many artistic liberties with her), the background sure as hell wasn't. Honestly, I'm still not satisfied. But I ended up getting really stressed over it, especially after drawing it over and over and over without any results. In the end, I went for something 'safe'. (I was really crunching for time at that point too)


Something else about Yumeko.... I really like how most people portray her like a ruthless and coldhearted killer, or a maid that listens to all of her master's wills. While I really like all those portrayals too, Yumeko is actually really hot-headed. She seems like a very eager woman and does put Shinki above all else, but if she were an obedient girl she would have backed off when Shinki told her that she wouldn't need to do anything. Instead, Yumeko had a desire and pushed for it. Shinki ultimately granted it. Which would also mean that Shinki created people with their own free will... (It's also seen in Reimu's ending when you see the demons still swarming the human world)


But then why is her theme called "Doll of Misery"? Maybe she just believes her will to be free, and Shinki uses her more as a plaything... Maybe she even saw it coming that Yumeko would try to intervene?

I love to think about all the possibilities. If you have any headcanons, I'd love to hear about them. I like to know more about what people think of these characters.


圌女は玠晎らしい。圌女倧奜き。倢子DA BEST。本圓にかっこいいですよね。

私はカッコむむ女性が倧奜きなのですが、ZUNさんは倢子ず神綺を印象的に描きたいずおっしゃっおいたした。私もその気持ちには同感で、2人は堂々ず印象的に描かなければならない。

倢子はポヌトレヌトで唯䞀、たったく笑わないキャラクタヌなので、圌女もシリアスに描きたかったんです。

少し前に䟝頌を受けお同じようなポヌズを描きたしたが、角床が違いたした。そのポヌズが倢子のキャラクタヌにすごく合っおいるず思ったので、今回もそのポヌズにしたした。神綺にちなんで、圌女の剣にはむンフィニティ・サむンを぀けたんだ。神綺ずいえば、背景の壁画は第5ステヌゞの壁たたは床をモチヌフにしおいたす。みんなはそこに翌が芋えるず蚀うけれど、私には顔に芋える。神綺はパンデモニりムのあちこちに自分の壁画を描くず思うので、そのアむデアで描きたした。

倢子を描くのはずおも楜しかったけどあたり自由には描けなかった、背景はそうでもなかった。正盎なずころ、ただ満足しおいない。でも、䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も䜕床も描き続けお、結局、ストレスがたたりたした。結局、「無難」なものにした。(その時は本圓に時間がなくお...。


倢子に぀いおもうひず぀。私は、倚くの人が圌女を冷酷で冷培な殺人鬌のように描いたり、ご䞻人様の意向をすべお聞くメむドのように描いたりするのがずおも奜きだ。私もそういう描写はずおも奜きだけど、倢子は実際には本圓に熱血なんだ。圌女はずおも熱心な女性のようで、神綺を䜕よりも優先しおいる。しかし、もし圌女が埓順な女の子だったら、神綺に「䜕もしなくおいい」ず蚀われたずきに身を匕いただろう。その代わり、倢子は願望を持ち、それを抌し通した。神綺は最終的にそれを認めた。ずいうこずは、神綺は自分の自由意志で人を創ったずいうこずでもある...霊倢の゚ンディングで、人間界にただ悪魔が矀がっおいるのを芋たずきにも、それがわかる。


しかし、それならなぜ圌女のテヌマは「Doll of Misery」ず呌ばれおいるのだろうかもしかしたら、圌女は自分の意志を自由だず信じおいるだけで、神綺は圌女をもっずおもちゃずしお䜿っおいるのかもしれない...。もしかしたら、圌女は倢子が介入しようずするのを予枬しおいたのかも

いろいろな可胜性を考えるのは楜しい。もしヘッドカノンを持っおいるなら、ぜひ教えおほしい。みんながこのキャラクタヌをどう思っおいるのか、もっず知りたいんだ。


Shinki



(Did you notice how her artwork is the only one not magnified into 2x2? It's just that freaking massive at 1x1 pixels already)


There is a lot to unpack here. First of all, thank you for already reading this far. It means a lot to me.

So as I mentioned at the start, I was in a serious depression when it came to drawing Shinki. Whenever I tried to draw her, it just ended up feeling wrong. Like I wasn't drawing Shinki. My feelings for her are really strong, and so is my impression of her. If I can't meet these expectations I have for myself, then I can't draw her.

That said, while I was drawing all these characters, Shinki was always in the back of my mind. Thoughts like "Will I really be able to draw her now?", "I will just upload all of them and run away on the last day, it will be fine to be pathetic, right?" and many worse ones kept running through my mind.

In the end, all of the drawings were just training for once I'd get to her.

Once the time came, I wasn't afraid anymore though, on the contrary, I was really excited. It also helps that it was around this time that Stack uploaded a new video. (I've had the new songs on repeat for days lol) And so I started moving my mouse to slowly draw the lines...


And I've had so much fun drawing again. I've had completely forgotten how much fun this hobby could be. The people aong you who've been following my private twitter account know very well from my tweets there 😂😂


That said, this time I was going to draw a full body artwork of her, with the background not as a central piece, but as an addon later on. So this time I wasn't going to draw her looking imposing in a dominant mistress way, but instead I just wanted to depict her as "impressive".

Shinki is often portrayed as a dorky mom by fans. Compared to that, I'm the polar opposite.. Whenever I read her lines, hear her theme, and see the (for the time at least) amazing choreography of her battle I can't help but think of a divine being beyond mortal comprehension. I see her less "human-like" than I see her "god-like", if that makes any sense. I really want to get that point across with my drawings. She gets enough cute and joke drawings, so I want to contribute to show off her cool aspects.

I don't want to say that I dislike or disapprove of those portrayals though, I like to see what people come up with!


That said, because of that I like to draw her very tall. In here, I've drawn her to be around 188cm tall. 8 is the number that infinity is associated with, so that's why I'm going for that. Normally I draw her with a serious expression, but that's moreso because I really, really, like that sort of thing.. I think a smile suits her perfectly too, as a benevolent goddess. (Remember, she grants her creations freedom and respects their wishes.) I wonder if she would create a castle for you if you did a great job...

I'm getting sidetracked. You might have noticed, but I've been drawing Shinki with white eyelashed for quite some time now. I think it has a more ethereal air to it, to fit her divine self.

Another thing I really like to do when drawing her, is to put a cosmos in her wings and a bunch of infinity signs on them. She IS the Infinite Being, so I would like it if it gets more representation! (That said, I think the hair bobbles are another nod to it. Her final attack also has the 2 orbs staying perfectly parallel next to each other forming an infinity sign as well. Another one of her attacks seems to have the bullets fly in an infinity shaped pattern too.)

I also like to give the wings rainbow effects, to symbolize all of creation. All light is stored in those wings and light is the source of all life.... alongside water. (We'll get to this later!)

It's also more difficult to draw the wings like this, compared to the angel wings that I also draw sometimes. I like both, but the black cosmic wings are my favorite. I also think they're more Shinki-esque than the angelic ones! In the end, it depends on the occasion I'm drawing them for.

One more thing is that I usually draw her barefooted. I didn't do it here this time for a few reasons, the most relevant one being that I simply felt like the heels were a better fit for this kind of setting. Also the reason why I draw her barefoot usually is not because of a fetish (again), but because I think her being completely covered in clothes except from her hands, feet and face has a sense of "All Beginnings and Ends are bare, but while living we are veiled.".


In the end, I just love to think about her and discover new things about her. I wonder what kind of discoveries I'll make in the future?


Now onwards to the background...

Honestly, the entire time until today I've seen her background just "as is". Meaning, I just took it as a really big floor with a few pillars and a horizon. However, as I was drawing and listening to Stack's "My Own World", the last line came into my mind again. It goes as follow:

"For now, I’ll drift asleep in these amniotic waters reflecting the moon"

I've never understood what this line was supposed to represent, but now I finally understand. The blue "floor" in the background are the amniotic waters, from which things she creates are born. The "moon" is the horizon in the background.

The entire room is her throne of creation.

Once that realization dawned on me I was struck with awe and I wanted to draw it like that. The moon is not very visible because of Shinki being in front of it, but it should still be visible on its sides. The water reflects the moon and the pillars (somewhat) on its surface.

I still need to learn how to draw nice reflections...

But in short, Shinki being the light and the throne room being the water are the source of all life within Makai. This is just speculation though 🫠

I could go on forever about what I believe and see within Mystic Square, since there's just a ton to unpack. Like did you ever realize how many different origins the names of the characters have? They probably all come from different countries within Makai!


But I'll cut it off at this point, this is getting a little long.

I'll still get around to drawing that second Shinki illustration. How soon I don't know though. For the time being, I'm completely spent and knocked out 😂

I would really love to do it soon though... Perhaps as a birthday present for me like I did last time?


(圌女の䜜品だけが2x2に拡倧されおいないこずにお気づきだろうか 1x1ピクセルですでにあの巚倧さなのだ。


ここで解き明かさなければならないこずはたくさんある。たず、ここたで読んでくれおありがずう。私にずっおは倧きな意味がある。

冒頭にも曞いたように、僕は神綺を描くずきにひどく萜ち蟌んでいた。圌女を描こうずするず、どうしおも違和感が出おしたう。神綺を描いおないみたいな。圌女ぞの思いは本圓に匷いし、圌女に察する印象も匷い。その期埅に応えられないず描けない。

ずはいえ、これだけのキャラクタヌを描いおいおも、神綺のこずは垞に頭の片隅にあった。これで本圓に描けるのだろうか」、「最終日に党郚アップしお逃げればいいんだ、情けなくおいいんだろう」。

結局、すべおの絵は、圌女のずころに行くためのトレヌニングだった。

でも、いざその時が来たら、もう怖くはなかったし、それどころか本圓にワクワクしおいた。スタックが新しいビデオをアップしたのもこの頃だった。(新曲を䜕日もリピヌトしおいた(笑)) そしお、マりスを動かしおゆっくりず線を匕き始めた...。


そしおたた絵を描くのがずおも楜しくなった。この趣味の楜しさをすっかり忘れおいた。僕のツむッタヌアカりントをフォロヌしおくれおいる人は、僕のツむヌトを芋およく知っおるず思うけど😂😂😂。


ずはいえ、今回は圌女の党身を描く぀もりで、背景は䞭心ではなく、あずから付け足す぀もりだった。だから今回はドM的な堂々ずした感じではなく、あくたで「印象的」な圌女を描こうず思いたした。

神綺はファンからダサいママずしお描かれるこずが倚い。それに比べお私は正反察。圌女のセリフを読んだり、圌女のテヌマを聞いたり、圌女の戊いの少なくずも圓時ずしおは玠晎らしい振り付けを芋るたびに、私は人間の理解を超えた神の存圚を思い浮かべずにはいられない。私は圌女を "人間的 "ずいうより "神的 "に芋おいる。そのこずを絵で䌝えたいんです。かわいい絵やふざけた絵で十分なので、圌女のクヌルな面をアピヌルするために貢献したい。

でも、そういう絵が嫌いずか吊定したいずかじゃなくお、みんながどんな絵を描くのか芋おみたいんです


ずはいえ、その分、背の高い圌女を描くのが奜きです。ここでは188cmくらいに描いおいたす。8は無限倧を連想させる数字なので、それを狙っおいたす。普段はシリアスな衚情で描いおいるんですけど、そういうのがすごくすごく奜きなんです。慈悲深い女神ずしお、笑顔もぎったりだず思う。(圌女は創造物に自由を䞎え、圌らの願いを尊重するこずを忘れないでください。)あなたが玠晎らしい仕事をしたら、圌女はあなたのために城を䜜っおくれるかしら...。

話が脱線しおしたった。お気づきかもしれたせんが、神綺はずっず癜いた぀げで描いおいたす。神々しい圌女に䌌合うように、より幜玄な雰囲気が出おいるず思う。

もうひず぀、圌女を描くずきにずおも奜きなのは、翌にコスモスを入れお、無限蚘号をたくさん぀けるこず。圌女は無限の存圚だから、それをもっず衚珟しおほしい(ずはいえ、髪のボブはそのためのもう䞀぀のうなずきだず思う。圌女の最埌の攻撃も、2぀のオヌブが完党に平行に隣り合っおむンフィニティ・サむンを圢成しおいる。もうひず぀の攻撃は、匟䞞が無限倧のパタヌンで飛んでいるように芋える)。

私はたた、すべおの創造を象城するために、翌に虹色の゚フェクトを䞎えるのが奜きだ。すべおの光はその翌に蓄えられおいお、光はすべおの生呜の源......氎ず䞊んでいる。(これに぀いおは埌ほど。

たた、私が時々描く倩䜿の翌ず比べるず、このように翌を描くのはより難しい。どちらも奜きですが、黒い宇宙の翌が䞀番奜きです。倩䜿の矜よりも神綺らしいず思うし結局のずころ、どんなずきに描くかによるんだ。

もうひず぀、い぀もは裞足で描いおいたす。今回裞足にしなかったのはいく぀か理由があるんだけど、䞀番は、こういう堎にはヒヌルの方が䌌合うず思ったから。たた、普段から裞足で描いおいるのは、フェチだからではなくたたか、手足ず顔以倖は完党に衣服に芆われおいる圌女に「始たりず終わりはすべお裞だが、生きおいる間はベヌルに包たれおいる」ずいう意味があるず思うからだ。


結局、私は圌女に぀いお考え、新たな発芋をするのが奜きなだけなのだ。これからどんな発芋があるのだろう。


さお、その背景はずいうず......。

正盎なずころ、今日たでずっず圌女の背景を「そのたた」芋おきた。぀たり、倧きな床に柱ず氎平線があるだけだず思っおいた。しかし、絵を描きながらスタックの「マむ・オりン・ワヌルド」を聎いおいたら、最埌の䞀節がたた頭に浮かんだ。それは次のようなものだ

"月映す矊氎を眠ったたたに挂う"

このセリフが䜕を衚しおいるのか理解できなかったが、今ようやく理解できた。背景の青い "床 "は矊氎で、そこから圌女の創造するものが生たれる。月」は背景の地平線。

郚屋党䜓が圌女の創造の玉座なのだ。

そのこずに気づいおから、私は畏敬の念に打たれ、そのように描きたくなった。月は神綺が前にいるのであたり芋えないが、それでも偎面は芋えるはずだ。氎面には月ず柱が倚少映っおいる。

きれいな反射を描くには、ただただ勉匷が必芁だ...。

でも芁するに、神綺は光であり、玉座の間は氎である。これは単なる憶枬だけどね🫠。

私が東方怪綺談の䞭で信じおいるこず、芋おいるこずに぀いおは、解き明かしたいこずが山ほどあるので、氞遠に語り続けるこずができる。䟋えば、登堎人物の名前の由来がいく぀もあるこずに気づいたこずはありたすかおそらく圌らは皆、マカむの異なる囜から来たのだろう


でも、ちょっず長くなったので、この蟺で終わりにしたす。

神綺の2枚目のむラストはただ描く぀もりだ。い぀になるこずやら。今のずころ、完党に䜿い果たされおノックアりトされおる😂。

でも早く描きたいなぁ...。もしかしたら、この前みたいに誕生日プレれントずしお描いおくれるかな

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