shalem applies his eyeliner in the bathroom mirror and thinks to himself, with the text bubbles aligned as if he's having a conversation with his mirror image. mirror: "I deeply resent how little input I have had on anything pertaining to myself throughout my life." shalem: "That much is obvious." mirror: "I wish I were born a woman so I could be a man as intentional choice rather than having it simply happen to me." shalem: "That's insane we are Not examining that thought."

morning routine

#arknights

Comic of Shalem Arknights listlessly rambling. The text is arranged in a kind of flowchart with no clear single reading order. Well, our relationship is... complex, to say the least. No, sorry, that isn't quite right... His relationship to me is fairly straightforward, all things considered. He would enjoy and appreciate my continued presence in his life. He has not given me need to speculate on his feelings towards me. To be specific, it is my feelings towards him that are complex. Insofar I possess such a thing as feelings that are my own, and insofar there is such a thing as "I" who could possess such feelings, of course. He is... I ave always considered him my best friend. We grew up together. Our childhood was... troubled. I have no memory of a life without him. We are both irrevocably shaped by the Crimson Troupe, after all. That is to say, I do not exist outside context of him. That is not metaphor, it is the truth. It is as true as anything about me can be. Which is not much, of course, but I digress. My past and present are both inextricably tied to his. Everything regarding me has to do with him. But although I do not exist beyond him, the reverse does not apply to him in turn. He enjoys my company, but he does not need it. My existence is of no true consequence to him. He is my friend, I love him, I want to be with him... Not once have my actions done anything to change the trajectory of his life. I hate him, I want to lash out at him, I want him to understand that he hurt me... Even if such sentiments are indeed mine, wouldn't anything I feel towards him be little more than the self-preservation instinct of something that has no existence of its own?

and other things to never tell a living soul

#arknights #shalem

i don't think he would do any of that if he could help it i think he would say "I'm flattered but I try to keep work and private separate so please do not think of me as anything but a coworker" & then you start seeing him around less but not so much that you can say for sure he's avoiding you

shalem repost

#arknights #shalem #アークナイツ #シャレム

Shalem Arknights addresses the viewer through the comic panel with a sarcastic expression. "Oh, do excuse me for exposing you to such an uncomfortable sentiment. No, I understand, you couldn't possibly be expected to sit with the feeling the art is meant to invoke, and heaven forbid you go as far as to emphasise. You simply *have* to respond with an elaborate joke about how unpleasant it would be to hear someone actually express these kind of unpalatable emotions. I wouldn't know that otherwise.

received a rather callous comment on this one elsewhere & i lost the idgaf war

male au ra wol shows a device to crystal exarch. wol says "Cid made it, calls it a "mobile camera." You point it at something and press the button and it makes an image from what you see. Jessie says it's basically worthless because it's too expensive to mass produce so they just gave it to me instead. After you make a picture you can add a message and it'll send it to Cid. Doesn't work til I'm on the right side of the rift though." wol slowly types "nice weather today" and exarch thinks "he's slow."

wol hands the phone to exarch. wol: here, you try it. exarch: ah, if you'll allow me...! exarch one-finger types "greetings master Garlond, you do not know of me but I am one of your doubtless many admirers and it is no exaggeration to say that I like so many others owe my life to your boundless genius and tireless efforts, and-" wol thinks "he's fast."

ryne: oh, can I try it too? wol: sure! wol, thinking: maybe he got practice from all that allagan junk in the tower ryne, typing with two thumbs: hello mister garlond, my name is ryne! I have heard a lot about you from my friends so because we will probably never be able to meet in person I want to take the opportunity to thank you for everything that you've done for them and-" wol and exarch think "she's fast."

old man with phone

#ffxiv #aura #crystalexarch #ryne

corroserum aura farming

doctor holding up a pocket-sized corroserum by the scruff of his neck

wulfentie shows mudrock a cool rock

and corroserum is here. and rocks

#arknights

mantra karate chops a green tile

mantra doing paperwork that consists of green tiles

more mantra shilling

#arknights

mantra aura farming

mantra T-posing over patriot who is in the family guy death pose

mantra stands behind a deathveil assassin and places a firm hand on their shoulder

mantra shilling thumbnails

#arknights

normal skull useage

ffxiv fancomic. althyk says "you seem troubled, sister." and nymeia responds "yes, I suppose I am." she continues "I had hoped that things would be clearer after we fought, but... it appears I still cannot see him at all." nymeia's view of WoL is shown to be an indistinct shadow. the shadow morphs into the shape of fray, who tells nymeia "you'll never catch him, weaver of fate." nymeia smiles a little condescendingly and says "oh, is that what this is about?" fray says "I won't allow it. we may have stopped running, but our fate will never catch us." nymeia asks "even though you are that fate?" and fray responds "precisely because I am that fate."

a comic about fate

#ffxiv #ffxivart #nymeia #fray

ffxiv fancomic. a male viera is sitting on the edge of one of the platforms of fannow, seen from behind. he says "Male viera are rarely allowed in the village once they come of age. Once you leave the forest you're not allowed back in ever. Things seem to work the same around here. They welcomed us as allies, but I'm not supposed to be here. I ran away before I came of age. I was scared the training would kill me." the panels show various views of the surroundings as he continues to talk. "Fannow is different from my hometown. The platforms are constructed differently. We didn't have any ruins nearby either, though I know some of our sister villages did. The wildlife is different, so the sounds and smells are different too." the panel shows a bowl of stew in his hands as he says "I don't miss it. I don't want to go back. If I hadn't ran away I'd be dead. But." the last panel finally shows his face, and he is crying as he says "The stew tastes just how I remember."

a comic about homesickness in shadowbringers

#ffxiv #ffxivart #viera

sketch of shalem arknights. he is wearing his the fruition outfit and reaches for the camera as he disappears in a mass of flowers

sketch of shalem arknights. it's a closeup of his head and he's glancing at the viewer

shalem

#arknights #shalem ＃アークナイツ　＃シャレム

fray from ffxiv nervously twirling their thumbs with the text "do you want to watch fight club together 😳😳😳" overlaid

fray

#ffxiv #ffxivart

fray ffxiv seen from behind. their left arm is outstretched as if pointing to something

fray with the look of a scorned lover mad that you made them wait but even madder at knowing they'll forgive you

fray again

fray looks over their shoulder and waves to the viewer

I want to draw fray with a feeling of delicacy to them. I want to give the sense that they bruise easily

#ffxiv #ffxivart #fray

ulpianus in the seaborn nest

acrylic on 24 x 17.5 cm canvas

#arknights #ulpianus #アークナイツ　#ウルピアヌス

yeah i wanted to convey this kind of contradictory and recursive thinking. really into square speech bubbles lately there's something clinically efficient to them. & squares are conventionally for narration and the like so it lowkey shows he's not actually telling anyone this

Comic of Shalem Arknights listlessly rambling. The text is arranged in a kind of flowchart with no clear single reading order. Well, our relationship is... complex, to say the least. No, sorry, that isn't quite right... His relationship to me is fairly straightforward, all things considered. He would enjoy and appreciate my continued presence in his life. He has not given me need to speculate on his feelings towards me. To be specific, it is my feelings towards him that are complex. Insofar I possess such a thing as feelings that are my own, and insofar there is such a thing as "I" who could possess such feelings, of course. He is... I ave always considered him my best friend. We grew up together. Our childhood was... troubled. I have no memory of a life without him. We are both irrevocably shaped by the Crimson Troupe, after all. That is to say, I do not exist outside context of him. That is not metaphor, it is the truth. It is as true as anything about me can be. Which is not much, of course, but I digress. My past and present are both inextricably tied to his. Everything regarding me has to do with him. But although I do not exist beyond him, the reverse does not apply to him in turn. He enjoys my company, but he does not need it. My existence is of no true consequence to him. He is my friend, I love him, I want to be with him... Not once have my actions done anything to change the trajectory of his life. I hate him, I want to lash out at him, I want him to understand that he hurt me... Even if such sentiments are indeed mine, wouldn't anything I feel towards him be little more than the self-preservation instinct of something that has no existence of its own?

and other things to never tell a living soul

#arknights #shalem

logos comic 🖊️

#arknights #logos #アークナイツ ＃ロゴス

Astgenne picks up the phone and says "the Doctor is resting right now, please call back later" while Doctor is in the background working on a digital canvas with the word SEX on it

i like having astgenne as assistant because when I leave the game idling while drawing it feels like she's covering for me slacking off on the job

#arknights

the lore of this one is that i had to ask my friends to draw shitty circles for me to use because i couldn't draw a convincingly shitty circle myself

I thought I'd put this one here already and couldn't find it when i wanted to rt it...

Astgenne picks up the phone and says "the Doctor is resting right now, please call back later" while Doctor is in the background working on a digital canvas with the word SEX on it

i like having astgenne as assistant because when I leave the game idling while drawing it feels like she's covering for me slacking off on the job

#arknights

⬇️ those are some of my favourite shalems ive drawn i want everyone to see them all the time

good bc i laughed out loud the whole time i was drawing it

mifune yelling in frustration with tears in his eyes

raidian makes a quadruple peace sign

wulfenite makes a peace sign in front of a massive explosion

thumbnails for ato + the random zwillingstürme stage i did instead of CC

#arknights

shalem firmly grips a purple moth with an unstable smile on his face

verdant stands over a moth sleeping in a bed like the "silent protector" meme

more avemuji thumbnails

#arknights

zuo le is getting harassed by little flying dog ghosts while shalem shoots at purple moths in the background

wulfenite tosses a can behind her without looking and hits an enemy

melanite blasts away a group of dog ghosts

eunectes pounces on a wolf shadow that is drawn like the "clueless" meme

wait theres a bunch of thumbnails i forgot to post here. here's avemuji

#arknights

Arknights comic. Shalem and Phantom are having tea. Only their silhouettes from behind are visible. The first four panels are identical save for the text. Shalem: Lucian. There is something I have been meaning to tell you... Shalem: I really hate you. Shalem: Do you believe me when I say that? Phantom: (after a pause) Yes. Shalem moves to drink his tea and miss Christine jumps onto the table. Shalem: Well, that's no good. Phantom now pets miss Christine. Phantom: Was that the wrong answer? Shalem: No, never mind. Please forget I said anything. I shouldn't ask questions I won't like any of the answers to.

a pointless little test

#arknights #shalem #phantom #アークナイツ　＃シャレム　＃ファントム

drawing of shalem arknights glaring at the viewer

drawing of shalem arknights looking down with disdain

modest and gentle

#arknights #shalem