xicaxyla
᧔✿᧓ Hello all! XicaXyla here! I'm an artist and fanfic enjoyer :3 He/they pronouns || ⚠️ please do not repost my work! ⚠️ || ⚠️ This artist does not support AI art! ⚠️ || name pronounced as: Zee-ka z-eye-la || obsessed with 72 fandoms (currently hyperfixated on LU, Dunmeshi and Vocaloid!) ᧔✿᧓
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tips for writing a southern accent
contractions are everything. just smash some words together and i guarantee you, someone out there’s said it
y’all = you guys. functions as a plural you.
all’a y’all = all of you, makes sure people know you mean ALL of them
you can get wild from there with things like these:
y’all’re = you all are
y’all’d’ve = you all would have
how’d’ya = how did you/how do you (meaning is implied by context)
and of course, y’ain’t = you are not
ain’t is the same thing as isn’t
you can use ain’t like ‘ain’t it funny?’
but you don’t use isn’t it, it’s usually ‘innit funny?’
wasn’t branches off into weren’t and wudn’t cos we have a tendency to drop the ‘s’
weren’t is usually used with a double negative = “weren’t nothing we could do”
wudn’t is when there’s no double negative = “wudn’t much we could do”
doesn’t branches off into don’t and dudn’t but there’s no rule that i can see for what to use when
‘don’t seem like much of a problem’ is used as often as ‘dudn’t seem like much of a problem’
going back to innit, there’s a tendency to tack an ‘it’ onto the end of words that aren’t already southern slang, this gives you things like innit (isn’t it) and lookit/lookat (used like ‘lookit him over there’)
also you can just straight up drop words if you the meaning can be understood without it
s’okay = it’s okay
‘m = in place of i’m (don’t use this all the time)
s’not = it’s not/is not
dropping more letters! if you can drop the ‘g’ at the end of a verb, that’s good. also, you can drop the ‘d’ from and if you wan’t to use ‘an’ but don’t over saturate your work with it. you can also occasionally drop the ‘t’ from the end of just, ending up with ‘jus’
you can smush together anything that’s asking a question with either you or to
hafta = have to
howta = how to
don’tcha = don’t you
won’tcha = won’t you
or if you want to get REAL southern ‘ain’tcha’ (used like ‘ain’tcha got something else to do’ = isn’t there something else you can do)
also, we have a tendency to not use the word ‘really’ to describe something, instead we use ‘real’
i.e. real big, real mean, real cute as opposed to really big, really mean, really cute
another phrase you can throw in is ‘and all’
used like ‘ain’t safe cos’ of the floodin’ an’ all’
ALSO I FORGOT: you can change anything that ends with a ‘ve’ except for i’ve into an a
shoulda = should’ve
coulda = could’ve
woulda = would’ve
i’da = i would’ve/should’ve/could’ve depending on context
uhh that’s all i can think of for now. if anyone has something to add on, feel free to do it bc i want to help fanfic writers write real southern accents.
Hey, y’all! I’m back with LUDND and 7 pages of brand-new comic!
(๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧ Now, let’s see if I can actually keep up with updates…haha…
TW/CW: blood and canon-typical violence!
Ta-da!! :D This took me forever already, so if you notice that Wild’s backpack or bow disappears randomly, or the anatomy, Wolfie, or the art in general seems off, just ignore it…please…
Tada! A lil sketch of Vio :D I love him so much.
Unfortunately this didn’t come out quite how I see them in my head, so I’m not quite happy with this. Consider it a concept art!
Don’t ask how the bow and quiver are hanging on their back. It defies physics and is attached by sheer force of will.
I finished the outline to the witch hat atelier chapter 86 trend featuring Wild! I will color this I swear but it will take lots of time as for what I said in my last update. I have finals on May 12-13.
Everyone who I know has done this too: @cokoakeostuff @theegh0st @mizaruwu @nell0-0 @zarvasace @lele5429 @pennbzh @snail-studios @mangopuddingroll @beevvy @harmonysixx @xicaxyla @sage-sometimes-draws
Under you can see all the Links
My favorite Linked Universe hc is that if Spirit Tracks Link were included in Linked Universe, he and Wind would look the exact same. Like idk why but I LIVE for this headcanon. I think they’d be very funny together and would confuse the heck out of the rest of the chain.
Recent Shadow doodle! I love him too much <3
I lil artwork I made for my LUDND au! Not exactly very D&D-looking though, but it is for the au!
:D
From Stephanie to Cain
Based off this post by @nell0-0 (originally done by @mizaruwu, then also done by @theegh0st @zarvasace @lele5429 @feed-your-dragons @cabbagewizard, @snail-studios @@sage-sometimes-draws and @harmonysixx, all yalls art is sick, but I hopped off the loz train, sorry) which was originally based off this
WIPs:
Uploading some of the character sheets for my Lined Universe D&D AU! (LUDND)
So, you know when I said I might never build upon it? …I may have begun developing not only 15 new character sheets, including all the colours, Shadow, AND Ravio, but also might be considering making a relatively low-effort fan-comic for the AU?
…Yeah, the brainrot hit me hard on this one.
I have chosen to keep some details hidden, as I’m not sure if they will provide significant spoilers or not.
Hello, all! In light of my return, I offer you my latest designs for LU Wild and Wind! :DDD
Partially inspired by sable-skies’ design for Wind!
…Soooo! It’s been awhile, eh? I’ve been rather inactive lately so to make up for that, here is that witch atelier trend everyone’s doing for LU!
Hopping on the train with @mizaruwu @nell0-0 @zarvasace @lele5429 @theegh0st @feed-your-dragons @cabbagewizard @snail-studios and @harmonysixx !! :D
Close-ups/(mostly) unshaded version under the cut:
Tumblr crunching the quality on me again! And I even bothered to do decent line work this time!
(Super proud of the hands this time :D)
Available from January 27th to April 9th!
Days of Fortune Pack: slot 0/1
Days of Fortune Enchanted Umbrella: slot 0/1
Days of Fortune Orange: slot 0/1
Days of Fortune Dragon Bangles: slot 0/1
Hello, fellow Skykids! Today I want to share with you a certain method I have developed and maximised to the best of my ability in order to get the most amount of candles in the laziest way possible.
In this, there will be 3 “steps” on afk farming that can be adapted, compromised and incorporated to fit your schedule and attention span as best as possible!
First of all though, if you don’t know how to properly convert pieces of light (also known as wax) to candles, I recommend looking at the chart on this page about what daily light is and how it works!
The first “step” is on how exactly to afk. As you might know, Sky has a built-in sleep mechanic which as far as I know, may disrupt your wax intake. (that makes them sound like calories, lol.) I have two methods on how to overcome this.
The first method, which I learnt from @LuminaSky on YouTube and is compatible with all devices, is to open the shop menu and open the more info page. By leaving this open, your Sky Kid will not go to sleep!
The second method that I use, which is only usable with Nintendo Switch players and rubber band owners, is to sling a rubber band around the joystick that controls camera movement so that the game always thinks that you’re still active!
Also, make sure that you set the sleep mode timer on your device to never and to make sure it’s on charge the entire time you’re afk.
The second step is daily events. The two I would recommend are the Table of Belonging event (also known as Grandma’s Dinner) and the Polluted Geyser event. Both happen every 2 hours and last for 10 minutes at a time, and have a maximum of 1000 wax you can collect from each of them in a day, but only 500 wax will appear every time the event happens.
Although, if you afk in either of them, you are unlikely to collect all 500 pieces of wax as they tend to spawn scattered around and require you to be running around to be able to collect them all. This however can be countered by simply being afk for at least 3-4 events instead, meaning you should plan to be afk in each place for 6-8 hours at least.
For example, if you afk in one event while you’re away for school or work, and then another while you’re asleep. (assuming you sleep for more than 5 hours. I also suggest to sleep on the Geyser event as the light there tends to be even more scattered.)
The third and final step, which only works during monthly events, (or days of events,) is ambient wax, also known as floating wax. Every event there is usually an area that passively spawns 1 wax approximately every 3 seconds (at least as far as I observed) and a maximum of 1000 wax can be collected from them in a day. Just find this area, afk for an hour while you do something else, and that’s it! 1000 wax acquired.
By utilising all these steps you can gain 16-18 candles (depending on whether there is an event active or not) or more, just by afking!
Hope this helps!
Days of Feast Horns - slot 0/1 (still open)
Triumph Violin - slot 0/1 (still open)
send me a comm and I’ll send you a one-time friend code! (Please note that I will not be unlocking the friendship tree!)
pleasee pay within a week’s time maximum! (If the IAP is a season/event item, it must be paid before the season/event ends)
Days of Feast Horns - slot 0/1 (still open)
Triumph Violin - slot 0/1 (still open)
send me a comm and I’ll send you a one-time friend code! (Please note that I will not be unlocking the friendship tree!)
pleasee pay within a week’s time maximum! (If the IAP is a season/event item, it must be paid before the season/event ends)
a bit ago I posted my design for the Hero of the Winds, but recently I wanted to tweak his colouration a bit and now I’m torn between these two versions…#1 is the original and more vibrant one, while #2 has a more platinum blonde look for his hair and a skin tone closer to what’s found in canon (I believe).
Some sketches of the four(five?) gang! Featuring my horrendous handwriting. (I’ve written about Shadow the most lol—he is my blorbo forever)
Don’t ask me how Green’s hairstyle even works. It just looks pretty
Close-ups under the cut:
I love them so much. Surprisingly I have never played fs or fsa (or minish cap), or have read the fs manga—but I still love them.
If you wish to inform me on any of their lore, please go ahead! I’m sure I missed something from the wiki and fan content.
COLORFUL KITTY
May I remake colorful kitty in recent post? But human, since kitty hard to draw?
Ohmygosh, yes! I’d love to see what you do! Thank you so much for asking <3
Ta-da! I was sketching out my design for my Yiga Clan OC, and I think I cooked again…well gosh darn it /j
She is my blorbo and makes me violently silly
Close-ups under the cut bc Tumblr is bad at quality imagery:
Random low-effort kitty sketches I did while experimenting on a few things
I just recently posted a poll based on what the fandom here thinks of Legends's eye colour- and although I was already pretty aware of it beforehand, I can't help but wonder why violet is always the most popular choice?
I personally don't have that much of a preference for his eye colour, but beyond the violet contrasting with his green under tunic I can't for the life of me come up with a reason as to why it's so popular? Can someone tell me, please?
Yet another lu design! This time of my beautiful boi, ✨Wild✨
Close ups:
I was experimenting with my line art while designing my version of Wind, and…guys I think I cooked
Legend and Ravio doodles except it’s mostly Ravio <3
I’ve never played albtw myself but I am utterly attached to this bunny boi…can you tell I really love Ravio?