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 <nav>
   <a href="/">/</a>
   <a href="/pages/">/pages</a>
-  <a href="/about/">/about</a>
+  {# <a href="/about/">/about</a> #}
   <a href="/links/">/links</a>
+  <a href="/credits">/credits</a>
   <a href="http://uuupah.123guestbook.com/">/guestbook</a>
   <a href="/blog/">/blog</a>    
   <span><a href="https://hotlinewebring.club/uuupah/previous">&lt;==</a> <a href="https://hotlinewebring.club/">hotline webring</a> <a href="https://hotlinewebring.club/uuupah/next">==&gt;</a></span>
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+---
+title: credits
+layout: layout/base.njk
+---
+
+<img src="/_assets/img/dp.webp" style="max-width: 100px; max-height: 100px;"></img>  
+a crop of a valentines day piece done by my friend [neverless](https://twitter.com/Neverlessart). they're an artist who draws in inks with a confidence that frankly scares the shit out of me
+
+<img src="/_assets/img/143.gif" style="max-width: 257px; max-height: 293px;"></img>  
+this loop was done by [dav 19](https://www.deviantart.com/dav-19/art/Pixel-Yui-326815301)
+
+<img src="/_assets/img/fav.png"></img>  
+this one is an old windows "my computer" icon, i believe from windows 2000
+
+<img src="/_assets/img/art.jpg"></img>  
+a still from eizouken ni wa te wo dasu na! / keep your hands off eizouken! depicting the character midori asakusa
+
+<img src="/_assets/img/blog.jpg"></img>  
+a still from nichijou depicting the character yuuko aioi
+
+<img src="/_assets/img/game.jpg"></img>  
+a still from lucky star depicting the character konata izumi
+
+<img src="/_assets/img/journal.jpg"></img>  
+a crop from [daydream hour 5](https://mangadex.org/chapter/06e21405-aaee-46ad-ae96-8708759e6138), a sort of artbook for dungeon meshi by ryoko kui. the character in question is falin touden, cropped off of page 12
+
+<img src="/_assets/img/lists.jpg"></img>  
+a still from gunsmith cats depicting the character irene "rally" vincent
+
+<img src="/_assets/img/most_recent.jpg"></img>  
+a crop from the splatoon comic depicting agent 3 / braids / mitsuami
+
+<img src="/_assets/img/music.jpg"></img>  
+another nichijou one, this time the character is nano shinonome
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 title: journal.html
 ---
 
+**2023.04.27**  
+an unfortunate truth that i really want to talk about but i dont know who to talk about with: well drawn hentai is some of the best reference for bridging the gap between figure drawing / anatomy studies and stylised art with good proportions
+
 **2023.04.25**  
 watched for a few dollars more; vast improvement on a fistful of dollars