griffsursparker

[griffsursparker]

via indiarosecrawford

Frog Paints a Water Lily Pond 🪷🎨🐸

𝑓ₒᵣ ⲕᵢ𝑛𝑔 ₐ𝑛𝑑 𝑐ₒ𝑡𝑡ₐ𝑔ₑ

[griffsursparker]

If you ever tagged me to do one of those tag game thingies and I never did it:

1) Thank you, seriously. Those are fun and being included shows that my followers care enough to want to learn more about me.

2) Very sorry about that, it’s extremely likely that I said to myself “Cool! But I’m busy at the moment, I’ll have to do this later today or tomorrow” before proceeding to just straight-up forget, now it’s too far back in my notifications and/or your blog to find again.

[griffsursparker]

“Ocean Waves” ~ Stained Glass Art

[griffsursparker]

okay guys settle something for me.

[griffsursparker]

okay guys settle something for me.

[griffsursparker]

[griffsursparker]

i mean this completely seriously but… a cup of coffee can save your life a little, a shower can save your life a little, making your favorite meal can save your life a little…….little things actually add up to really big things in the long run if you let them, the secret to surviving everyday is infusing a little bit of magic into the mundane i truly believe that

[griffsursparker]

there is something to be said for going to zoos and aquariums on weekdays to avoid school-aged crowds but going to the aviary on a weekend is fun because going into big greenhouses and watching toddlers who just learned to walk encounter loose tropical animals taller than they are is part of the overall experience for me.

to me a three year old is just as much an entertaining and strange beast as an egret. and here they can interact directly. incredible.

[griffsursparker]

sometimes i remember my first ever experience with a time loop story when i was like 8: Help! I'm Trapped in the First Day of Summer Camp by Todd Strasser.

The title says it all; kid goes to camp, makes friends with "cool kids" and gets peer pressured into being a shithead and a bully, wakes up the next day with things reset to arriving at camp.

But the thing is, this book is part of a series. Most of the books are this same kid getting caught up in body swap shenanigans, but he had gotten caught in a time loop once in a previous book. So he knew the score. He just needed to not be a jerk today. Cue him being overly nice to the point of blatant insincerity, making everyone wildly uncomfortable. No growth, just trying to appease the forces that be. Loop continues looping.

Yadda yadda, finally figures out how to be a genuinely nice kid who stands up to bullies and makes friends with the nerdy kid, etc etc, got everything perfectly right.

When that loop doesn't work he immediately throws himself off the bus to camp to kill himself. Loop again.

Finally, having resigned himself to never escaping the loop but at least he can dedicate it to being a good kid with nice friends, a thought occurs to him. There's one thing he hasn't done a single time in all the loops.

He brushes his teeth before bed. And wakes up the next day.

and frankly, i think more time loops should be hinged on morality-neutral mundane tasks. escape the time loop by taking your meds. free yourself by taking a shower. my man todd was a visionary

[griffsursparker]

I’m rereading the Aurelian cycle rn and I’ve been in the mood to draw some more of the characters. So here’s more Annieee (this time with a flower I think represents her)

I picked the fire poppy: it grows in places that have recently been burned— which is maybe too on the nose for Annie’s backstory— and it represents rebirth, remembrance, and sacrifice, all of which I think suit her pretty well.

Also, self plug? If you have Instagram and follow artists on there, I have an art Instagram now! You could be my 33rd follower

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Rai (@raincoat_drown)

[griffsursparker]

claire i'm begging for aurelian cycle art

sorry for the late response I was busy fighting demons (procrastination)

[griffsursparker]

different kinds of skies

The Aurelian Cycle | Delo sur Gephyra/Griff sur Sparker

Agga had always watched her brother carefully. It was a habit born from necessity, from the long years they had spent watching each other’s backs, but lately, she watched for different reasons. Griff was a storm—unrelenting, violent when he had to be, burning himself up in the name of a cause that would never let him rest. But storms were drawn to different kinds of skies. [or, Griff's relationships through Agga's eyes.]

Branching out into a different fandom for the first time!

If anyone is interested, it is up here on AO3!

[griffsursparker]

[griffsursparker]

"came back wrong" but it's from work

[griffsursparker]

"came back wrong" but it's from work

[griffsursparker]

"came back wrong" but it's from work