Trib's entire OC squad

Today's #ArtShoutouts is @dropsofmoonlight.bsky.social !

Magnificently loveable and vibrant artworks, and my dear friend with whom I share some philosophies and values when thinking about *what* we love to draw 💕

our resident Mr. Bowsario 🔥 (Bowser x Mario rules)

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a piece depicting Bowser and Mario from the thigh up, both winking at the viewer, arms around each other, as they walk through what seems to be a Pride parade. both are wearing tank tops in the colors of the bisexual flag, and both have pins with the bear flag - Mario in his hat, Bowser in his top.

happy pride month! #Bowsario

periodic reminder that we draw Bowsario in this house (just wanted an excuse to repost some of these pics lol)

🥰🥰 Cuuuties...

a simplistic digital piece as celebration for MAR10 Day, depicting Mario, Luigi, Peach and Bowser. Mario is holding a tumbling 7-tier cake, with Bowser right behind him trying to help, Luigi on one side simply freaking out, and Peach with a magical wand on the other side, using said magic to try and stabilize the falling cake. Cherry blossom trees bloom all around them.

Happy #MAR10Day! if you're gonna make a multi-tiered cake, NEVER FORGET THE INNER SUPPORT STRUCTURE.

Yeah! The hotel was great because it was basically the more home-y version of HHP, but still missing that city-ness of Main street

I'm not sure how they'd do a fully 3D Animal Crossing, but I'm happy to wait and be surprised by what they do.

I looooved seeing familiar faces on Main Street in AC New Leaf. Plus it was nice contrast to the more naturey town area. ACNH has HHP for me to feel that more structured city area, though it's still all tropical all around. And at least the hotel let us see familiar faces again.

Yes! The Tourists update was a dream come true, because it introduced that element of surprise and newness when we log in every day

plus, they also still inhabit our islands, so it kinda feels like we have more villagers

and yes, having roomies would make for some fun possibilities for interaction

I do have things like flowers, instruments, and music players outside, but it's true that there's not much depth to their interactions

as someone with 1,800+ hours in my beloved Animal Crossing New Horizons, the flaws of that game are pretty glaring, which means improving it would be easy

it needs more varied dialogue, more types of interactivity, more streamlined gameplay (some which were solved...6 years later in updates)

my idea for the next Animal Crossing to step it up is they should set it in a much busier environment

like a city!! maybe a combo city and nature area

I'd love to have things like
jobs
schedules
I wanna see villagers doing stuff that isn't just walking around~
less relaxy, more life-y!

Screenshot of the Pokemon Pokopia menu screen, which includes custom in-game photos of various Pokemon posing for a camera.

Pokopia has ruined ACNH for me in the best way possible

I wondered if I'd ever feel so strongly about a game again, then it made me realize that life still has pleasant surprises and wonder in store

Video games make me *feel*

The next Animal Crossing needs to step up BIG time
#TribLovesVideoGames

<3 I have such a soft spot for Pokemon Sword & Shield
I love those doggos

Remembering a nice interaction I had with a delivery person

they were an older man who put pointy cat ears on their motorcycle helmet

I complimented the cat ears, and they smiled

I asked why he wears them, and he said: "wala lang, cute kasi" ('nothing much they're just cute')
#TribLikesStuff

oh! I only have chesto and leppa and the sour one... aspear I think

If a 9 years old can do it, any adult saying "I can't draw." can do it as well. No more excuses.

Let's Go is a fun and vibrant game, and I looove how interactive the Pokemon are when they follow you around

I also like the cleanliness of the visual style

A traditional illustration of an anthropomorphic dinosaur playing basket-ball. He looks at the viewer while playing. The result of an illustration I did for a kid while explaining why this is better than the AI art they tried to do on their tablet.

I been invited to a friend's place and one kid was doing AI on their tablet. Told them that it's bad and the father asked me why. Explained and also said real art have more soul.

He wanted to make a dinosaur playing basket-ball, I drew this for him. They loved it so much, the dad paid me in the end

An illustration of a dinosaur playing Basket-ball by a 9 year old kid. A year later, showing how art evolve with time and how important it is to keep the creativity going to inspire younger generations to try and evolve. I helped him with advices for the proportions but everything else was made by himself.

I met the kid today and to my surprise he still draws now and then!

So I asked him to draw the dinosaur playing basket-ball again, to see the progresses he made

And wow, look at the evolution!

This makes me so happy

That's why teaching art values is important, AI could never make this happen.

oh wow! :D how was the experience?

and yes~ these are replacement joycons I got in 2023 since my old ones unsurprisingly drifted

yo which island?

Yessss
It's the only Pokemon game title that has a word we use in Tagalog, so I really wanted the Spanish cover

Screenshot of a conversation. Taku sent a screenshot "Shiny Pokemon Battled: 2" then a shocked cat GIF. Taku says: "I missed one." Garu Dael replied: "oh no!!"

my older brother is playing through Pokemon Violet for the first time, and I asked him to send me updates

Today he sent me this

He had caught his first shiny earlier (Pawmi), but... apparently, he missed something

(I asked him if I could post it 'cause it gave me a good laugh xD)
#TribLikesStuff

Screenshot of a conversation. Taku sent a screenshot "Shiny Pokemon Battled: 2" then a shocked cat GIF. Taku says: "I missed one." Garu Dael replied: "oh no!!"

my older brother is playing through Pokemon Violet for the first time, and I asked him to send me updates

Today he sent me this

He had caught his first shiny earlier (Pawmi), but... apparently, he missed something

(I asked him if I could post it 'cause it gave me a good laugh xD)
#TribLikesStuff

my Nintendo Switch is also super special to me, because it's the very first big purchase I made using my commission earnings

I had a Ko-fi goal set up, and it took around 5 months to save up (I graduated college as it happened)

I kept a copy of all the usernames of people who supported that goal~

in Virtual Game Cards on the Switch, you can arrange your digital games from "oldest to newest"

so you can see what you bought and in what order

I played a lot of Spyro Reignited, Celeste, and Cadence of Hyrule during that first month, lovely December weather, cuddled in bed
#TribLovesVideoGames

Photo of a Nintendo Switch V2 model with pastel joycons on a couch. The screen shows: Pokemon Sword, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Spyro Reignited Trilogy, and Celeste. Physical copies of Pokemon Sword and Smash Bros Ultimate are set above the Switch.

I'm feeling nostalgic for the Nintendo Switch ❤️
Here's my 7 year-old Switch #TribLovesVideoGames

What was your first experience with the Switch like? 🤔💭

I bought my Switch with Pokemon Sword & Smash Bros Ultimate in Christmastime 2019. I had graduated a few months prior. It was an amazing holiday.

Monster Hunter Rise is so peak

Yup I also support using DaVinci, it's the one I use as well~