#bleach art life

Some backstory for ichiruki korean period drama au (aka sageuk au)

- before ichigo and rukia became sejaandsejabin (korean titles for the crown prince and his wife) once upon a time the crown prince of the country was kaien. There was a nationwide selection of women to be his bride and Rukia was among the final three selected, but ultimately lost to Miyako. Rukia didn’t mind this so much (she does harbour a crush on kaien as in canon but she became friends with miyako over the selection period and wishes them the best), and she continues to frequent the palace as miyako’s friend and confidante.

-  Final three sejabin contestants have a proviso that they are forbidden to marry (not historically accurate but a popular period drama trope in Korea so we’ll roll with it), and so Byakuya gets very pissed off that his little sister is essentially a widow now. 

- With some egging on from Aizen and Co, byakuya stages a coup. Rukia finds out about it and goes to warn miyako and kaien but is a fraction late, and she and Miyako are caught in the midst of a full-scale military takeover.

-  Rukia takes Miyako’s cloak and acts as a decoy- unfortunately, kaien mistakes her for miyako as well and jumps in front of arrows to save her, then dies in rukia’s arms. Miyako is also found dead. The coup succeeds, Aizen &co place isshin on the throne as a placeholder, ichigo becomes crown prince by default and byakuya can finally ensure his sister sits in the position she deserves: Sejabin, the next Queen of the nation.

#sageuk AU

3/???

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An Understanding Bonus cuts + interlude Q&A on ichiruki’s mindstate

#ichigo looks like kaien

pt 6/???

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An Understanding 

#ichigo looks like kaien

pt 6/???

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doodle dump for the past few months

1. actual footage of post-686 ichiruki arguing

2, 3, 4, 5. from various templates

6, 7, 8. studies while artblocked

9. will rukia ever let herself just enjoy being saved by ichigo without immediately worrying about his safety? stay tuned

Ichirukiprompts on Twitter had ‘I’d love to see you try’ as a prompt a few weeks ago, so my favourite post-686 headcanon got a workout

[10 years ago] 

#quincy ichigo au2/???

pt 1 | this post 

i was in the mood for some almost-lovers to enemies angst 

quincy ichigo au 1/??? 

snippets + a sfw preview for some very much not worksafe ichirukis

https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/96751195 

ichiruki primary school teachers au based off these tweets:

for ishweek 2022 day 6: ‘you know I can’t say no to you, right?’ 

for ishweek 2022 day 4: family 

for ishweek 2022 day 3: symbolism

i actually started this back in 2020, that’s why there’s a quality jump towards the end :’)

for ishweek 2022 day 2: teamwork

for ishweek day 1: first and last 

2022 jan-feb doodles, pt 2!

1. happy valentine’s

2. for the korean bleachtwt calendar collab

3. to introduce ishweek 2022!

4-5. commissions for orin and lissy (thank you so much!) 

6. a sequel (with permission) to noriarchive’s beautiful pic

doodles for the first two months of 2022!

1. new bbs rukia unit is a gift

2. krtwt mutual was like ‘hitsukarin wedding where karin black dress and toshiro white suit’ and they are so right

3. ichigo has recurring nightmares

4. they’d both die before they admitted they’re enjoying themselves

5. siblings-in-law bonding time

6. there was this korean manga called ‘my in-laws are obsessed with me’ and it reminded me of. well. this 

don’t you know my heart is torn apart when you cry?

hashtagartistlife:

rukia sees a vaguely ichigo looking man and she just floors it 

ref’d off this GSNK page 

rukia sees a vaguely ichigo looking man and she just floors it 

Ichigo’s dream

Some blue x red ichiruki drawings I’ve done since the bleach exhibition key visuals dropped

Happy 2022!

new resolve

#ichigo looks like kaien

pt 6/???

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+more text post infodumping on what’s going on behind the scenes

someone: what’s the most IC ichiruki canon-compliant angst fanfic you’ve ever read?

me: WDKALY

(note: all the dialogue and narration in this series is from the official korean translated version of WDKALY, translated again from korean to english.)

We Do (K)not Always Love You manga project pt 1/???

eastern au 2/???

doodle dump ft. ayakashi society my beloved, rukia and kurosaki twin interaction, ichiruki sharing destiny canon, and much more

rain children

take 1|take 2|take 3

today’s bleach doodle of the day is: uryuu you’re INSANE 

today’s bleach doodle of the day is: what if inoue had just been normal and left ichigo a note instead of breaking and entering

inspired by this tweet: https://twitter.com/bleachanti/status/1462195373544333315

some post-686 hichirukis with templates

morita and oririn’s outfits for the jump festa announcement + bleach exhibition were SO ichigo and rukia i couldn’t help it 

Merry Christmas, ir/ish fandom!