Forgotten Friday #319 - 茨音石榴 / Zakuro Ibarane

 it's not fair to compare these and the utaus I used for the 2025 Wiki Wednesday articles. I was basically searching the wikidot using the term "+cv -vcv" to show me utaus that didn't even have a VCV bank to save time! I can't search the visual archive like that though...

Forgotten Friday #319 - 茨音石榴 / Zakuro Ibarane

Yeah... I am not great at researching when I'm like this. I could look harder maybe. But I don't even know Ibarane's gender.

Who is Ibarane Zakuro?

Art from Bank 

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Wiki Wednesday #309 - VoiceFace's Fuyuki / フユキ

It's best to think of how much I have left to do in terms of months!

Wiki Wednesday #309 - VoiceFace's Fuyuki / フユキ

Fuyuki is a horror themed utau. She has based on the shattered dreams of children. Some of her artwork may be triggering to those who have an aversion to blood.

Who is Fuyuki?

Art from site

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Forgotten Friday #318 - 惑音イド / Madone Ido

 I haven't used the way back machine to recover utaus in a while! It feels really cool to be able to pull it off. 

Forgotten Friday #318 - 惑音イド / Madone Ido

Madone Ido is apparently some kind of female robot who was created very recently in universe. I think I was actually the 123rd person to download her!

Who is Ido Madone?

Art from Bank 

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Wiki Wednesday #308 - VoiceFace's Nemo / ニモ

 progress!

Wiki Wednesday #308 - VoiceFace's Nemo / ニモ

Nemo is genderfluid and has no age. No one knows if they are even human.

Who is Nemo?

Art from official site

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Forgotten Friday #317 - 白音つくね / Shino Tsukune

Making progress!

Forgotten Friday #317 - 白音つくね / Shino Tsukune

Tsukune might be a man.

Who is Tsukune Shino?

Art from official site

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Wiki Wednesday #307 - sukibidi toire / 好き-びでぃ トイレ

 yep.

Wiki Wednesday #307 - sukibidi toire / 好き-びでぃ トイレ

Skibidi Toilet... But girl.

Who is Toire Sukibidi?

Art from wiki

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Forgotten Friday #316 - yixue222's ゑゐ華 / Eika

 whooo

Forgotten Friday #316 - yixue222's ゑゐ華 / Eika

Eika is a woman who is old enough to drink. Her name makes my autocorrect freak out.

Who is Eika?

Art from Bank 

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Wiki Wednesday #306 - Yori Igarashi / 五十嵐ヨリ

 whoo! Progress!

Wiki Wednesday #306 - Yori Igarashi / 五十嵐ヨリ

Yori is a shy twenty year old trans man who has a secret online life where he is a famous singer.

Who is Igarashi Yori?

Art from wiki

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Forgotten Friday #315 - くまの仔ちゃん / Kuma no Kochan

 going slower than Wiki Wednesday went...

Forgotten Friday #315 - くまの仔ちゃん / Kuma no Kochan

I swore, I had covered this UTAU before. The design felt really familiar. But I searched my blog and there was not even a Kuma in sight! I even searched my clips for blog folder for Kuma. Nothing!

Kuma is a female pink bear. I ran her readme through Google translate and thought there must have been a mistranslation. Why would she eat tissues?? The next line said that she likes to eat things that aren't food. Oh, okay! That makes sense.

Who is Kumano Kochan?

Art from Bank 

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Wiki Wednesday #305 - Suzu iFone / iFo音スズ

 it's tempting to only Cover one bank utaus forever, but that would be silly.

Wiki Wednesday #305 - Suzu iFone / iFo音スズ

Suzu is a twenty one year old man who may not actually be human.

Who is iFone Suzu?

Art from wiki

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Art Tutorial - Easy Painterly Anime Skin

 I got into art again.

Something that really annoyed me was that I just couldn't figure out how artists got the skin to look the way that they do. 

I don't have all of the answers! But I do have a workflow that can get you some pretty nice results!

Credit to Fungzau on YouTube for making the videos that taught me this.

Forgotten Friday #314 - 閖音ロウ / Yurine Rou

 happy new year!

Forgotten Friday #314 - 閖音ロウ / Yurine Rou

So hi! I love the Visual Archive with a passion. I want to set it up so that Forgotten Friday is from the visual archive and wiki Wednesday is from the Wikis.

It's a bit of a struggle because that leaves me dependent on the Internet Archive... The service that is constantly under attack and pretty slow. It's a struggle, but I have my mind set.

Another Bit of housekeeping. I had a feeling that people are sick of my tester USTs. I just use the same ones over and over and over... Wiki Wednesday has been scheduled out until 2026, so those use my previous batch of testers. I made like 20 unique tester USTs that I'll try to use for this! I might dip into my old USTs from like... The year 2020, but I'll avoid using the stuff I wore out for the 2025 Wiki Wednesday articles. 

Rou is a stubborn woman who seems to be really bad with money.

Who Is Rou Yurine?

Art from Bank

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Wiki Wednesday #304 - Kira Amai / 甘いキラ

 happy new year!

Wiki Wednesday #304 - Kira Amai / 甘いキラ

Huh! I had thought the Yandere trend had died out. Kira (get it? Killer?) is a male eighteen year old yandere. 

Who is Amai Kira?

Art from wiki

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