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Ghost girl (originally: Kísértetleányka) 2024 Ink on paper

I'm going to put acrylic paint - actually finely-ground pearlescent glitter suspended in acrylic resin - over only the ghost to give a pearlescent shine to her; but that won't scan at all, it will look invisible in scanning, I know because I have done this before, so I'm showing you without it.

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I'm sorry, I know what the concept of p-zombies entails, but all I can think of is how in the Sims 3, the zombies have an action "Graaaains!" where they attack plants, and the p-zombies are probably really enthusiastic about attacking peas.

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Fishing for stars (originally: Csillaghalászat) 2024 Acrylic on paper

It's just a mental image I had that demanded painting. The concept is that the shooting stars fall into the water and float downriver, and here is someone fishing them out and putting them in glass jars.

Now that I think about it, this would almost be a normal thing to do in Terraria. Of course, in Terraria, stars sink if they fall in the water, and you have to go underwater to get them.

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Sensory symmetry

I have a habit where sometimes if I experience a sensation in one side of my body, I have a nearly irresistible urge to experience the same sensation in the other side of my body, so that I can feel symmetrical. I have had this feeling all my life. Certain sensations evoke this urge easier than others, but no sensation is entirely safe from it. This urge is strong enough that I once hit my shin with a jerrycan, and my first thought was that I should proceed to deliberately hit my other shin now. (I was able to resist. But the urge was there.) It has also happened before, more than once, that I couldn't sleep, because I breathed toward one arm, and then I couldn't find a way to breathe toward my other arm in exactly the same way.

All that is to say:

The previous (completely accidental) burn on my arm was still not quite healed, and I burnt my arm again. This time I did so by laying my arm directly and purposefully along the rim of the hot pan. I did not know it was that hot, because it wasn't on the fire, and the other side of the rim was only very warm. I did this because I touched the pan with one hand, and it was warm, and I wanted to feel the same warmth in my other hand from the other angle.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah D:

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Kai's awakening (originally: Kai ébredése) 2025 Ink on paper, digital

It's part of the same project about Kai's Embrace that this other picture is going to be part of. This one depicts him returning to his body - it's dead now, but it's his just the same, indeed it feels realer now, more truly his; like an infant again, he is observing his own body and the fact that it moves as he wills it. The world, too, he is experiencing anew, more vividly and more beautifully than he ever knew it to be.

The flowers are branches of a rosebay tree. Like the previous picture, this one is not quite literal either; there wasn't a literal rosebay tree present at his death and return, and nor was he literally lying under the open sky.

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Little sisters of the Moon (originally: A Hold húgocskái) 2025 Watercolour on paper

It came to me in a dream: I had this concept of little vampires inspired by double cherries. (White dresses like the white flowers of sweet cherry, of course.) The composition wasn't taken from the dream itself, I made that up afterward.

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The coast of shipwrecks (originally: Hajótörések partja) 2024 Acrylic on paper

So this is what I have been working on for so long. Most of which time I spent either actually working on other things or not being able to work at all; it's not the picture that took me unusually long, it's the times spent between getting to work on it. But I can't complain: the reason I was busy is that I was doing some commissions and I wanted to finish those before finishing this; and that is a very good thing.

The storm is terrifying, but the place where all the shipwrecks come is a calm place. And sometimes it is all one can hold on to: because even the worst outcome of the worst storm is merely that calm place.

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A wish for us 2024 Watercolour and ink on paper

This is a commission that I painted for hpancakee on twitter. I have enjoyed working on it very much. It was a gacha commission, meaning that while I was told of some key elements - the characters and what their relationship should be like -, I got to decide the specifics of the scene and keep it a surprise until I turned in the finished painting; and because (as you may have noticed) I love painting plants and the night sky, and it seemed to fit visually with Ezra's star hairband and Pancake's pink dress, here they are dancing under the night sky among flowers, and a shooting star comes just for them to wish on. I also gave them a shared scarf, because that seemed like a romantic thing to do.

I'm so honoured and gratified when I get to help someone have imaginary experiences with the characters who are important to them. It makes me happy, because I know how it feels, and I want that for myself, and so I want others to have it too.

The woman in pink, Pancake, belongs to, well, Pancake herself. Ezra is a character from The Distortion Detective.

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Ohhhhh ask game! Give me number 10 :3

Hello, Nocturn! Thank you for asking!

What’s a phrase you catch yourself using in multiple fics, not necessarily on purpose?

Look, I'm trying to stop myself from individuals having a smile in their voice/someone hearing the smile in someone's voice, but it's not working. XD

(From these asks.)

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6. When do you title your fics? Before you write them? As you write them? While posting to AO3 and that “Work Title” field is staring at you?

Thank you for the question, Knives! n_n

Normally what happens is that I give working titles to the stories, just because the txt file has to be named something I recognise; these working titles are often short lines of dialogue someone spoke that were for some reason distinctive to me (they may or may not actually be distinctive to anyone else) (examples: Hi, Inge; I can feel you in me; Did he hurt you; I want to show you something), or the name of a character or a combination of the names of different characters, sometimes with something that identifies which scene involving those characters this is (examples: Andrei the second time; Ash; Kai and Emmeline), or an element present in the story (examples: Auspex; Demon seed). Some of those working titles are understandable enough that they make it to actually being posted that way (such as the ones I linked).

However, some of the working titles really shouldn't be posted that way, or even have titles that only I understand; in that case I have to make one up just when I would post it (if I do post it). In which case I try to call it something dramatic that still describes what happens. Stories I don't post at all often remain in my folders with the still incoherent working title forever, and never gain a proper title (examples, roughly translated: Medicinal pull; Mermaid pipes).

(From these asks.)

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✍️ yet another list of fic writer asks

You all seem to like these, so here is another batch of writer asks! These questions are a little more relaxed than the last two. Followers can send an ask with a number OR you can reblog and answer everything like a Q&A. I always see a lot of “idk if i’m a writer” in the tags for these so let me just say in advance, yes you are and you can play.

What is the crackiest* thing you’ve ever written? (*I mean this with great affection)

Has writing a fic ever changed your opinion of a character?

Tell us about a headcanon you invented for a fic

Have you ever written a fic inspired by a tumblr post?

How do you know when you’re finished writing a fic? At what point do you call it done?

When do you title your fics? Before you write them? As you write them? While posting to AO3 and that “Work Title” field is staring at you?

Navigate to your complete list of works on AO3. What are your top 5 Additional Tags?

Tell us your shortest and longest titles of all time

The two fandoms you’ve written the most have been suddenly crossed with each other! What AU are you writing?

What’s a phrase you catch yourself using in multiple fics, not necessarily on purpose?

Oh no! You’re posting a fic to AO3 and completely forgot to write a summary. What is your summary-writing strategy?

Do you write in order, jump around the draft, or a mix? Something else?

Congratulations, you’ve just finished the WIP you’ve been working on for months! How are you going to celebrate?

Is there a word or phrase you intentionally use in every fic?

How many times has someone nodded in your current WIP? This is for posterity so be honest

Describe your current WIP with just emojis

When you get a new fic idea, what does that look like in your mind? Does it play out like a film? Do you imagine lines of dialogue or a certain moment? Does a character just sit there staring at you?

If you have noticed themes emerging in your writing, what are they? What broad themes and topics do you enjoy exploring?

It’s a lovely morning in fandom land and a horrible goose is running rampant through your folders. How many WIPs is it going to step on?

What’s the story behind your pen name?

Without getting into any discourse, just thinking as a writer approaching characters, would you ever write about your NOTP? If you did, do you think that would change how you feel about it? (If you’ve done this, how did it go?)

Do you have a fixed writing routine, or do you write when you have time? Is there a time of day when you prefer to write?

What is your #1 distraction when you’re trying to write? If it’s a pet, post a pic

What colors, sights, sounds, textures, etc. inspire you? Do certain environments make you feel more creative than others?

Someone you know outside of fandom has heard that you’re a writer. “I’d like to read something of yours!” they say with sincere enthusiasm. “Where can I find it?” What’s your answer?

Do you have a routine you run through before you write?

Share a random sentence from a WIP. The less context, the better. Be confusing.

You’re out and about, nowhere near your home, when a fantastic story idea pops into your head! What do you do?

Have you ever actually remembered one of those 3am “I’ll remember it in the morning” ideas?

Finish this sentence with your fandom’s variation(s): No beta, we die like _________

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Sumo pig character sheet 2024 Ink on paper, digital colour

This is a commission that I made for Chikikins, depicting a reference sheet of a character in her stories, and she gave me her permission to post it. I had the pleasure and honour to help her with the process of figuring out the character design, and I quite like how he came out, I think he's cute.

The character sheet also came with versions without the pig gentleman's clothes, however, because of the specifics, I think tumblr might take umbrage to me posting it like that.

And now I can rest my hands from the process of colouring it digitally by going back to continuing my acrylic paintings today, I have two in progress actually, and I'm very full of ideas.

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Young Andrei (originally: Az ifjú Andrei) 2025 Watercolour on paper

This is what I imagine he looked like before he became pointy and undead and draconic and horrifying. Perhaps he still looks like it if he ever feels the need to pretend to be human; I don't think he likes to, but he can.

My soft has been asking me for a long time to paint this. And I have been meaning to for a long time. Originally, I somehow hesitated, because I felt like he has worked so hard on being pointy and draconic and horrifying that it's almost disrespectful of me to paint him not being like that; but then I thought he wouldn't mind me acknowledging how far he has come. And I do imagine and write scenes of him when he was alive (some of them in various AUs), and I do want to document some of his appearance at that time.

Don't worry, my dear dragon. You will get to be undead and horrifying and pointy soon.

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The treasurer (originally: A kincstárnok) 2024 Ink on paper

So I was wrong, I did not upload the ominous acrylic painting next. This one is next, I was inspired to draw it on a whim while I wasn't at home and thus couldn't work on the acrylic painting.

This is a life-sized drawing of the tiny teddy bear I have attached to my wallet (so that I can find it easier). I made it hold a 10 forint coin - a very small denomination -, which it is very conscientiously taking care of.

And included is a photograph of the real thing and the drawing and my art supplies, for proof that I drew this by hand and no generative networks were involved. (The pencil and rubber are for composition sketching. The fillable brushes and ink sticks are for the finished picture. The tissue is for wiping the brushes when necessary.)

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Cure Wonderful 2024 Ink on paper, digital

Different from what I usually do, I know. Someone asked if I was able to draw in this style, and I answered that I am, I just usually choose not to for personal projects, because usually that's not what expresses what I want to express; and to show that I am able to do it, I did. I hope you like it.

Don't worry, I'll always return to my usual methods, and am working on some other pictures with no digital involvement even right now, most notably an ominous acrylic painting that is well underway, that's the next one I'm likely to upload.

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Kitty reading in the open door (originally: Nyitott ajtóban olvasó cica) 2024 Watercolour on paper

Because every kitty knows that is the best place.

A tiny painting today, because the process of painting is soothing and I needed to do it, but it had to be something small because I was very low on energy, and I had this sketch from before that I genuinely wanted to complete, and I had an appropriately-sized small paper.

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Comfort after the nightmare (originally: Vigasztalás a rémálom után) 2025 Watercolour on paper

I'm allowed to imagine this, and no one can stop me from painting it, so I did, completely unplanned, because I wanted to, because it was the only thing I could think of to do to make it go away. Because even horrible little creatures need comfort sometimes, and even horrible old warlocks are capable of wanting to take care of their own.

And now I will hide in blankets, and if I want, I can imagine that maybe Strauss will hold me and make everything better. And you can't stop me.