#Brid

[herpsandbirds]

Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus), family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes, Costa Rica

photograph by Gary Ladner 

[babanasaur]

Dragonify SleepyLycan

Dragonify done for SleepyLycan!

[shanks]

Secon

[sakasagami]

Nikke Brid(ブリッド)

[stompaniewrites]

in response to this ask from the very lovely @moonslantern, i have created art

why modern? why pajamas? why the jason momoa pose? because sometimes you have a vision and you cannot escape it.

i had a blast doing this, so you know, send me the stupid shit you want drawn with way too much effort considering the result!

bits and bobs under the cut

first off, this picture is hilariously small, because i initially didn't mean for it to be more than a sketch, and forgot to change the resolution before it was too late.

next, this would have been posted a lot sooner if i hadn't A. decided to make it so much more complicated than it needed to be, B. basically relearned how to use clip studio paint, and C. changed my entire work flow in the process.

BUT the outcome of all that was that i not only finished this whole piece--a rarity for me--i did it in a reasonable amount of time, and i had actual fun doing it. i may really start drawing again, and that's so exciting 🥹

here's a close up of rolan's face, because god damn am i proud of the freckle brush i made

and here's how i originally intended to render, but the style just didn't suit the uuuuuhhhhh subject matter

[a-titty-ninja]

「勝利の女神：NIKKEのレーシングガール ブリッドファンアート。」 by D.ramz(람지) | Twitter

๑ Permission to reprint was given by the artist ✔.

[stearleart]

Blue raven ink drawing

Drawing of a raven drawn in blue ink

[hwanang]

Brid with a big problem [ GODDESS OF VICTORY：NIKKE ]

[judas-isariot]

Angy duckling.

[realwest9000]

Bird cocktail

[autumnal-blues]

I've just had a profoundly sad thought about Brigid, the goddess and the saint.

I've been thinking a lot about her lately and how to honor her and incorporate her into my practice and beliefs, and recently I listed to Sorcha Hegarty's telling of Saint Brigids story on the Candlelit Tales podcast. (Great podcast btw highly recommend) In her telling of Brigids life she plays with the concept that the saint is a sort of incarnation of the pagan goddess. Her prowess in skills she never learned but nonetheless was masterful in their execution like smithing. Her supernatural abilities to heal lepers and spread her cloak across all of Ireland. The upkeep of a sacred flame unknown to the Christian traditions.

The idea that she had to come to that understanding that she was something more than human and held powers others would associate with the sìdhe or old gods. That she wasn't just named for the goddess but was the goddess reborn into the world to serve and guide the people of her homeland.

And then it occurred to me that while it must have brought so much light and understanding to her life and answers to questions she'd had for all those years, it also must have been so heartbreaking.

Because if she was here with us as a woman, where was her father the Dagda? Or her mother the Mórrigán? Where was her son and her friends and her comrades? And why was she alone the only member of her kind to return to the world in this manner, to walk the mortal world.

If this was a choice of hers in her life as a goddess, it is an act of incredible compassion and love for the people of this world. But if it was just fate and the love the people held for her that brought her back, the compassion remains, but it must have been so lonely while she lived among us again.

[esperfruit]

Treated myself after seeing this in a GameStop during my vacation ^^

[literallys-illiteracy]

[ID: Pen on paper sketch of Gryfalcon bird. Top right text: Brid.

Bottom right text: Gyrfalcons are white birds of prey and the largest ‘true’ falcon in the world at a recorded 135 cm (53in) wingspan. Gyrfalcons live in the tundra of the northern hemisphere and feed on smaller birds and mammals. The Gyrfalcon is the national bird and national animal of Iceland.

End ID.]

[shanks]

Secon

[mentalmilkshakes]

At times, I find myself feeling this way

[stompaniewrites]

i've started to actually map out Brid's tattoos and like

why would i do this to myself