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MAN I wish the whole "you can now respond to comments and follow people using side blogs" feature existed back when I made this blog 🫠 I absolutely would have made this a side blog on my main account if that were the case-- logging in to a separate account entirely is always just enough of a pain that I'm never active on here except to occasionally drop off some art 😔

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You know their bathroom would be a mess

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Forgive me as I'm apparently incapable of finishing an event piece on time, but this is my Eyeshield 21 Winter Gift Exchange for @taintedtaboo! They wanted Agon/Hiruma which I was very happy to recieve lol, though now that I look at this I guess it's not explicitly shippy at a glance, whoops. The idea is that this is supposed to be their shared apartment together sometime during uni!

Shout out to @eyeshields for organizing the event, and also to @deabruarenjarraitzaileaya-ha for always freaking out with me about agohiru <3

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Now that I'm not actively working on it and can look at it with fresh eyes, I def don't like the colors of my last piece 😂 it's so... muddy, reminds me of foie gras in a bad way (is there a good way to be reminded of foie gras?)

I might go back and rework some things, the idea was for the colors to be an inverse of the Camellia piece, with the figures being primarily blue and the bg reddish in this one, and I used less saturated colors because I thought that would fit the vibe better (and also because that's always my first impulse FROM WHICH I MUST RESIST--)

Anyway. Just thinking 🫠

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Griffguts Weekend 2024 | Day 3 | Asphodel

Death and mourning

oh wow look at me posting on the third day of the event Exactly As Planned, not two days late at all! 😇

this is a sort of companion piece to this, which I posted on the second day. Sorry for the angst :')

detail shot under the cut

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Griffguts Weekend 2024 | Day 2 | Camellia

Devotion, adoration, desire

Some of you might recognize this from uhhh three months ago lol, I decided to finish it up for GGweekend! Overall fairly pleased with how it turned out, lazy background not withstanding lol.

I also have a companion piece I'm planning on posting tomorrow (if I can finish it in time 🫣). Pray for me y'all.

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Every time you post Gutsgriff it's like fandom arises from the ashes like a phoenix

HFHFHFH sorry I've been out of town the last week-ish, so I didn't see this until just now 😂 but that's so kind of you, so thanks! feels good to draw the boys again <3

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i should really start posting wip's here too, because what am i afraid of huh? but lets make it fun (also please help me against my nemesis: coloring) so

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the initial sketch of their outfits for anyone curious, since you can't totally see everything with the poses in the way lol

griffguts skating au (and coloring practice lol) the saturated one make the other ones look kinda grey buT alas ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

all poses are referenced from this routine!

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griffguts skating au (and coloring practice lol) the saturated one make the other ones look kinda grey buT alas ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

all poses are referenced from this routine!

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@astraeawritingarchive, I'm all for fanworks inspiring other fanworks, so go for it! I'm really glad you enjoy the idea ✨ I'll probably be uploading my own posts about this au here and there, so as long you're fine with that, I say have fun!

this is from like, early last year lmfao that I never got around to posting-- atla AU!

it's not really that fleshed out, I just know it would be set post atla but before lok, before republic city is the metropolis that it is in lok. So I put the original gaang to be around their 40's-50's?

the Kongo brothers are from a mixed family, with a firebending father and a non-bender, water tribe mother. Agon is a fire bender, and as in canon, a prodigy in everything he does (he even has blue flames because he sucks like that). because they grew up with a firebender as a parent, and because they lived in a predominantly fire-nation neighborhood, Agon ended up getting the most attention and praise for his bending accomplishments, and he proudly incorporates both fire-nation and water-tribe clothing styles into his day-to-day wear mainly because he likes standing out.

Unsui is a water bender. he's a hard worker and practices for hours every day, but he didn't have the guidance of a water-bender parent, and no matter how hard he worked he could never get close to Agon's skill. sometimes he looks at Agon firebending, and seeing his blue flames while he seamlessly incorporates water bending techniques into his firebending as though it's the easies thing in the world makes Unsui feel as though Agon isn't just the better bender, but the better water bender too. eventually Unsui gives up trying to compete with his twin. it gets to a point where he stops wearing water tribe colors at all as a way to stand out less as a water bender.

Hiruma is a non-bender. he seems to know every nook and cranny of every district in republic city, but no one know where he actually lives. he spends his time being a menace to society with his blackmail book, gambling, and inventing things (he doesn't patent any of his work-- he privately invented hair dye (or bleach, in this case) and uses it only for himself so that people are unnerved by his appearance. rumors that he has something to do with the spirit world follows him around, but he neither denies nor confirms). he and Agon meet one day in a shady alleyway on the rough side of town....

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agon firebending 🔥

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he's gotta be up to something......

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i miss your griffguts so much please bring them back im the biggest fan of ur work ily

THIS. is from last year 😭 SORRY I'm terrible about checking my asks. And don't worry I'll definitely draw them again! I'm on a bit of a football manga kick rn, but griffguts never leaves my mind <3

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Ok but I'm absolutely OBSESSED with your ROTE/Fitzloved art. You capture their characters so well with your expressions. Will you ever make more art of them?

oh man I only just saw this-- sorry for the late response! And thank you so much, that's so sweet of you! 🥺 And honestly, I probably will draw them again at some point, though I don't have any specific plans rn. With how much that series grabbed my by the neck, I'm bound to.

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unfashionably late to every meme as per ususal but have this (full version under the cut because gore and titties <3)

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art to not be homeless lol pls

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