In my own little 'I can help *this* one' scream into the universe, I've been de-stringing the feet of the pigeons that live in the park across from my office.
Pigeons (rock doves) are feral, and they live in our cities. With our rubbish. They get string (human hair, fishing line, threads, etc) wrapped around their feet when they do their little circling dance, or from their nests, and they can't get it off themselves. So they limp along as best they can, for as long as they can. They're pretty tough little guys! If you start to look, you'll probably notice a lot of them are missing toes or have strictures holding their feet in painful positions. Some even have both feet bound together.
But the good news is - it's actually SUPER easy to help them!
This little guy had thread around one foot, and wire and nylon line around the other. I removed it on my lunch break on Monday, and now he's already walking easier and won't be losing any more toes.
The photo is from the next day, because he came back to hang out again without hesitation. They're very friendly.
People really hate pigeons, which is a bit unfair considering we are the ones who brought them in to our cities in the first place. If you want to make a world of difference to some lives that don't get a lot of love any more, check out the below for everything you need to know.
If Riku's canonically a Dream Eater, then it stands to reason he'd look like one in Monstropolis yeah?? (monster-Sora already looks like a Chirithy, notice)
Anyways some design notes
He's the same (or adjacent) species as Dean Hardscrabble from Monsters University-- though not a centipede taur for Reasons
(SquareEnix probably prefers consistent proportions across world specific models to make rigging easier, and therefore would not design him Like That)
His wings and elytra are at his waist since from my observation, they like to put things at waist length in Riku's designs. When folded flat against the thigh it looks like pockets.
He would use the lower wings mainly for gliding, to generate extra lift (given the length of his tail)
I'm debating moving the position of the Spirit sigil to his back, between his wings-- 1) that is consistent with its placement in DDD, plus 2) his wings would also contextualize it like a Nightmare
This is a print run of 50~ I will be losing some to the critique in my risography class.
I’m open to sales if prints are remaining after class exchanges! Shipping would have to wait until at least my graduation in May
paper: cotton candy pop-tone
dimensions: 11 x 17 in
inks: risofederal blue x red (front), violet x orange (back)
approx 10 editions are also printed with an extra layer of green on the front, which functionally adds black to Sora and Riku
print job handled personally via university riso machines
This OOAK on scrap paper is my personal favorite. Still deciding what I will do with it
Also, special shoutout to the amazing CanaryWitch @starhoodies, whose Soriku zine gave me an excuse to draw these fluffy boys for class!
❤️💚
Valentine's day quick sketch
So my buddy ol' pal might have gotten me into RWBY. It mashes surprisingly well with my Sonic obsession. It's like they're harmonizing!
Nora's the best, change my mind, you can't.
looks like my summer vacation is… over.
Xemnas' pronouns are "what's left / all there ever was"
bonus Demyx interaction below cut:
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