skeou! @ Art Fight 2026 🎭 TRAGEDY
@skeou
illustrator, writer & utau enthusiast lead developer of Arabic UTAU Resources eng/বাংলা・GMT-5 (EST)・ 18 ↑ member of defnopro.bsky.social 🐀 🧯 #SKEOULOID 🔩 | utau3arabiyyah.bsky.social ❖
sakurane fei cursors for @ceragiiii.bsky.social, thanks for the commission! #utau
félix cursors for @felixetcie.bsky.social, thank you for the commission! #utau
i’ve opened a few slots for these custom cursors! please fuel the latest skeoufad (YCH-style) (vgen service coming soon!) > ko-fi.com/skeou/commis... <
revenge on team mystery! character is tsugi kin by @shirukagiri.com!
attack on team comedy! characters are bitter and sour by @guillotama.bsky.social!
revenge on team mystery! character is valentine by @kotozakichaos.bsky.social!
revenge on team mystery! character is august by auggiederg/checkardthesecond
revenge on team mystery! character is indigo flare by @warcat101.bsky.social!
friendly fire revenge on team tragedy! character is neet by @oleh2ogi.bsky.social!
revenge on team mystery! character is alban tschen by @carbonicecream.bsky.social!
attack on team comedy! character is meredith by @asheisbored.bsky.social!
#sharemyattack2026 #artfight first attack wooopwoop (character is heavensick by oniun)
go team tragedy!! we will be rereading king lear.. #artfight artfight.net/~skeou
the technical details are elaborated on a little more on this draft reference for SKEOULOID (i need to finish this and put it on the website it's taking forever i am sorry)
here he iiiiis.. he is hereeee... (rough SKE♂ULOID reference for artfight) #SKEOULOID 🔩 #UTAU
there's a lot more that can be explained in-depth, but it feels so blatantly orientalist that i don't even feel like i need to explain that far into it.. there's literally One real arabic phrase that shows up in the beginning. it's the arab folktale equivalent to "once upon a time"
teto is dressed in this weird mishmosh of egyptian and indian jewelry + the "harem" costume and when teto gets un-genied she turns white(????) i think her skin is supposed to be pink-ish like how the genie is blue in aladdin, but that threw me in one hell of a loop
the use of indian instruments/song style for an "arabian" environment is.. certainly a choice the phantom thief thing is so overdone. and why is neru wearing a sari??
i think the teto genie song (approve please, genie!) is pretty orientalist (i.e., stereotypical, racist). we can do better than that.. the "arabic" font is.. well, there it is.
cool bug facts's! i have an instagrammy (unfortunately) it's for my full illustrations, but i may attempt to post utau covers later > www.instagram.com/skeouspace/ <
high-saturated version, this piece was initially inspired by one from yoshitoshi abe's lain artbook
quick!!! draw what you're wearing (5min. max) tried to do it seriously but it's time to sleep.. i only spent extra time on this hijab alt and the annotations
consider voting for rat race when you come across it on the #vocagathering2026 discovery radio please and thank you #defnopro
i was the key visual + lineart illustrator, concept writer, and a lyricist for #defnopro 's Rat Race! 🐀 i went for a hasty whiteboard look.. i learned a lot about lineart during this project! the lyrics are meant to be like a rubber room with rats. and rats make me crazy!