derakisu

Last edit : February 9th 2024

I'm only just starting to feel better and return to art. I'm hoping to go through my huuuuge backlog of mail and get some very very late ratings in. I apologise and I'm so thankful for your extreme patience with this.

I've created Let's Zine! - Discord server with a couple of friends. We welcome all zines enthusiasts ! It's shiny new and will be built around what members contribute.

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Don't hesitate to DM me for private ATCs or zines swaps. :)

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My local post office has closed because Canada Post is sucky like that. Anything I need to have checked for non-standard postage needs to go through a friend's, as I have no car. Most mail doesn't need me to do that, and I'll let anyone know if a delay should occur. This doesn't impact mail I receive. We still have our mail delivered to the door.

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Please please please communicate with me before rating a 3 or 1. I will always resend if needed.

Be aware that I drop my mail in the nearest mailbox. There is no pickup on the weekend, so the postmark might show a later date than what is marked as the send date on swap-bot.

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I try to rate promptly but sometimes work gets in the way. I will always rate though. If you are worried, do not hesitate to contact me about it.

I do not give a heart for extras. I do not send extras for a heart. I do not decorate my envelopes. I want to keep my swaps as light as possible (and as requirements allow) to save on postage.

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I strive to be a good host. I will angel when necessary. Helpful advice is always welcome. Thank you to those who have commented and helped me along the way.

• Mostly hand-drawn
• There are no spoilers on my Instagram account. I only post (long) after my ATCs are in the hands of partners.
• I prefer to receive hand-drawn/hand-painted ATCs but welcome everything. I am however not very fond of very bulky ATCs. I stick by the rule "If I can fit it in a sleeve, it's all good".
• I prefer my ATCs in portrait orientation : 2.5" at the top and 3.5" on the side

• Digital and hand-drawn, also writing poetry
• Available at my Etsy shop as I release them (link up top)
• Use code SWAPBOT for 15% off when you buy two zines or more
• Zeens tag
• Let's Zine! - Discord server

• Arakawa Under the Bridge
• Barakamon
• Black Jack
• Cardcaptor Sakura
• Cells at Work + Code Black + most spinoffs
• Delicious in Dungeon
• Ghost Hunt
• Heaven's Design Team
• Hozuki's Coolheadedness
• Jujutsu Kaisen
• Kekkaishi
• Komi Can't Communicate
• Kuzumi-kun, Can't You Read the Room?
• Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan
• Mob Psycho
• Mononoke (not Princess Mononoke =_=)
• Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
• Mushishi
• One-Punch Man
• Saiyuki
• Sasaki and Miyano
• Saint Young Men/Les Vacances de Jésus et Bouddha
• School Babysitters
• Silver Spoon
• Tanaka-kun is Always Listless
• Vampire Hunter D : Bloodlust
• Way of the Househusband
• Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun !
• Working!!/Wagnaria!!
• Yotsuba&

Classics

• Cowboy Bebop
• Lupin the 3rd
• Pokémon

Oldies but goodies

• Albator/Harlock
• Moomins
• Sous le signe des mousquetaires

Favourite characters

• ❤️❤️❤️ D, Harlock and Black Jack
• Vicious from Cowboy Bebop
• Hozuki from Hozuki's Coolheadedness
• Jigen from Lupin the 3rd
• The Medicine Seller from Mononoke
• Ginko from Mushishi
• Hakkai from Saiyuki
• Ohta from Tanaka-kun is Always Listless

Mobile games

• AFK Arena
• Heroes of Crown
• Disney's Twisted Wonderland
• Undead World

Video games

• Etrian Odyssey
• Ace Attorney
• Soulcalibur
• Streets of Rage
• Professor Layton
• Pokémon
• Hotel Dusk
• Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

By proxy (I don't/didn't play the game but watch friends who do)

• Baten Kaitos
• Devil May Cry
• Zelda

Favourite characters

• Shemira from AFK Arena
• Volga from Hyrule Warriors
• Raphael from Soulcalibur

Other

• D&D

Pokémon

Favourites

• Arbok
• Bulbasaur
• Greninja
• Honedge
• Seviper
• Umbreon

Types

• Poison
• Water
• Steel

• Developer by day, crocheter and crafter by night
• Very near-sighted (high myopia : around −10.00) 👓
• Almost 40-something unwilling to grow up too fast
• Proud Montréaler by birth and at heart
• Cat lover, owner of two (or owned by two)
• Red wine over white 🍷
• Sake, soju, umeshu
• Craft beers 🍺
• Coffee addict ☕☕☕
• Aloe drinks and bubble tea
• Tea leaves over tea bags, black and oolong + matcha
• Compulsive doodler
• Native French speaker
• Sucker for homemade soaps
• Struggling with depression but I fight on ! 💪
• Halloween, skeletons and skulls, ghost stories and ghost tours, weird creatures, things that go bump in the night
• Food in general, wagashi in particular + decadent vegan desserts and mug cakes, sour gummies, recipes, prints of food, #foodporn
• Hand carved stamps and prints made with them, also : monoprints, collagraphs, block printing
• Victorian and Edwardian fashion
• Mermen over mermaids, #mermay, also sirens
• Cat memes
• Japanese themes, mainly food and yokai related + origami
• Cats, otters and horses (including unicorns)
• Black may not be a colour but it's still my favourite (green is neat too)
• Cacti and succulents
• Magnolia, lily of the valley, lilac
• Japanese maple tree and ginkgo leaves
• Geometric, floral and Japanese patterns
• Acrylic charms over enamel pins
• Chiyogami and origami paper, security envelopes, maps
• Notebooks and sketchbooks, blank over lined or dotted
• Pens, any kind, any colour, anything I can sketch with
• I ❤️ making lists

• Crochet addicted, making blankets like there is no tomorrow
• Knotting friendship bracelets, plaid FTW !
• Drawing ATCs, and making the odd mixed media one
• Making zines (mostly cats and poetry + random others)