Magical Girl Aika

my first aika drawings!

it's so funny when people say they've been following the development of these characters for years when it's only been 7 months LOL. it does feel like it's been forever

Reblog to let your followers know that despite your current obsession your previous obsessions still exist and are simply lying dormant until they awaken and strike again

Yes

your regularly scheduled reminder that tumblr operated with <20 tech staff for literal years. honestly even having like... 100 was a relatively new and short-lived development

i've been here since 2008 bro i Remember

november 2010 3 years after launch - for months they had been "at capacity" in their offices with a team of 12. then they became 20 😱

https://techcrunch.com/2010/11/19/tumblr-funding-office-hires/

employees in 2012 5 years after launch according to tumblr's own press info page (archived): 105

in 2012. when it got really big. before it was sold to yahoo for absolute bank

unwrapping tumblr has a handy infographic showing we didn't get to over 100 total staff for 5 years, and even getting 100 was a pretty rapid uptick from "less than 20 this whole time"

in 2017 there were still only 405 and that's honestly about peak (employee numbers removed from the press page mid-2017

by 2019 when it was sold to verizon we were back down to 188

in 2023 there were 139 employees... which is still more than in 2012. i laughed when they called it a "skeleton crew". that skeleton crew was bigger than the entire crew for the first third of this place's existence.

i love a character who can't stop dying. bitch you JUST got better what do you MEAN you died again. that's the fifth time this week

Whoops did something odd tumblr broke try two :"3 anyways-

Some more old Tiny jax au doodles of @smallpwbbles au :D!

Last one idk if it counts but still a small jax so yes, sue me /silly

I love these! He looks absolutely adorable in the bottom one! Thank you so much!!

Finally going back to drawing and whatnot lol

OAKWJDHDJDKDKKS THE AMULET 😭😭😭

On a more positive note here's my contibution for the @cotl-narilamb-zine for the Unholy Union Zine! Working on this was such a blast! Thank you so much for having me, it really meant a lot for me to be part of this wonderful experience!

theres bikes around the city you can rent but you have to use an app that needs your drivers license. theres buses that drive right to your destination, but if you dont have change you need the app. you can wash your car here if you sign into the app. you can go to the bathroom here you just have to unlock it with the app that needs your location on. you can order at this restaurant if you scan the code and download the app. im losing my freaking mind

I got my phone and wallet stolen once and the amount of things I couldn’t fucking do without The App was bonkers. I couldn’t order an Uber or the bus home because no phone or wallet, so I had to walk home based on directions written on a sticky note. I couldn’t do my laundry even though I had change in my apartment because my building’s laundry machines required The App. I couldn’t log into my school email because my school’s email requires two factor authentication and will ONLY take a phone number, not another email address. I had a hard as fuck time getting new cards set up with my bank because in order to do that I needed to log into The App. I couldn’t get any packages that were delivered to me because my building’s locker system was app based. So on and so forth.

We should not have this fucking single point of failure like this.

One of many Narilamb comics in the pits that is my procreate gallery. Get flashbang idiot cat

To Whom do You Compare? - submitted by @thetwistedwhiskersshow

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To Whom do You Compare? - submitted by @thetwistedwhiskersshow

#713D4F #442435 #371D32 #2F2742 #1D3C61 #60798C 

VS Shamura

Whoo! Made the last one in my bishop series! Mura looks super cool!

when they have a bad day

I'm just heartbroken at the loss of Narayama Johnson. I'm not sure I could count the number of times I've listened to Riverboy's music during my workday.

So I just wanted to say

for your beautiful work and passion and sharing with all of us. Rest well.

Theyre all 98% playable : ^ )