u/exMemberofSTARS

I first posted about this a month or so ago but wanted to give an update since I got some positive comments before. I'm trying to draw as many FF7 charcters before Revelations comes out. I'm a high school teacher and since electronics are now banned for students, I am trying to keep off any of mine when there is down time in class to not be a hypocrite, so this is what I do.

Now, I have a reference for all of them, none of it is my original style but they are all drawn by me. Most are the Ever Crisis art style but I recently started trying some based off screen shots from the game such as Rufus and Hojo and I'm getting better at it. I also redrew Aerith, Tifa, and Cloud and I posted the comparisons at the end of my first attempt and my new attempt as I get better.

The last picture is how I'm displaying them on my shelf behind my desk. The kids are enjoying it and some are even trying the games after finding out that Sephiroth and Cloud are from FF7 lol.

Who else should I add to the queue before I start doubling up? I am working on Biggs currently. I think Don Corneo is next then the Turks and Jenova. After that, who should I do? I could use some ideas. I want to fill up all the blank space I can lol.

So I live in the southeast USA and have tried so many things to help my hard over the past 9 years since being built. I have had professional yard care companies like TruGreen and others to take care of it but I have never been able to have a lush yard free of huge weeds. I have pulled by hand for hours, did preemergent, and used weedkiller. The weeds here almost literally laugh at any killer that doesn't also kill grass. I have tried it before even, but it's obviously never a permanent solution. I found this sub reddit and thought I would submit some pictures and ask for advice.

The first two pictures are examples what the yard looks like currently. My dad suggested getting some fresh sod and we planted it around the edge of the patio and it is growing great. It is bermuda just like the rest of the yard. However, beyond the layer we planted, you can see how bare some spots are and pretty much the rest of the yard is very little grass and mostly these huge fibrous weeds I provided a picture of in the last two. The roots are really deep and as I pull them, it pretty much just makes holes in the yard. If I pulled them all, the yard would look like a bare wasteland and would take a few dozen hours I would think. The other main weed is a vine like weed that grows over the grass and comes up in long long roped and threads.

What would some suggestions to be? I have manually pulled the weeds for a good section but couldn't do it for the whole thing I don't thing unless that is required. Would grass seed help patch the bare areas? If I watered it, could it still grow now or should I wait? Any suggestions to kill these weeds that I might not have tried that could get rid of them without killing the grass? Any help would be appreciated.