#I freaking LOVE your artstyle

[caramel-covered-apples]

this. this is so splendid thank you

okay guys 6 more characters to go (dies)

[kitar1o]

i drew u cause think ur kinda cool

im not able to make ur are as scrumptious as you tho

MOOTHHH??? THIS IS PROBS LIKE THE COOLEST THING EVER THE RENDERING AND THE COLOURS LITERALLY THIS IS THE COOLEST THING EVER.. THANK YOU SO MUCH

[anniflamma]

This meme popped into my head with your new design concept compared to his ruthlessness look + the idea of wifey adding to the outfit, so I hope you enjoy this doodle~! Love your work truly 🫶🏻

I have to say it. The way you drew Amphy.... Its like perfect! SHE IS SO FREAKING CUTE IN YOU ARTSTYLE I CAN BELIEVE IT!

And also, yes this is how I picture their relationship 101!

[golden-berry]

You’re a freak… give me more!! (Fiddlestan please. Love your art and artstyle)

Well I mean… since you were so nice about it…

[hers-underwraps]

OMG MY GIRLS! THANK YOU 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

HIIIIIII

For the art asks could I possible get some Dashi and Tweak interactions

(They are very scrimbly)

Yes!! Thank you for the ask! (Sorry it took so long)

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POV: You gave them the ick.....

[orbch]

i LOVE your artstyle so freaking much oh my god it's so cool

could you do a little analogical?

if not, do one of your favorite ships! :]

just a chill casual convo on the stairs dont look at virgils eyeshadow there are zero underlying emotions present….. (and thank you!!!)

[hur0nes]

I just wanted to say I freaking love your artstyle sm !!☆♡♡

You're so sweet for saying that, thank you! It's really nice to know that my inconsistent style is appreciated! Even though you didn't ask for any drawings, and I'm not sure if you're into Strade, I'll drop an old cringy WIP of him as a gesture... 😭

[dreacky]

I freaking love your bendystraw it is so cool, and your artstyle!! Can I get some bendystraw??❤️❤️

Join my taco bell team🤝🏼

[auriidae]

can i ask more info about the ethubs roadtrip au? it looks so fun and silly! also love your artstyle, its so squishable

HECK YEAH YOU CAN! and thank you so much aww :D i appreciate it!

ethubs roadtrip au is a story that exists mainly in my head atm !! i know i make it look silly with the doodles but it’s supposed to have a healthy mix of silliness as well as serious-ish stuff :’) in short, the plot follows bdubs n etho running from the same Thing From Their Past while. not realizing that the other is doing the exact same thing LOL. shenanigans as well as heartbreak ensue!

a more detailed summary of the hypothetical story, if anyone’s down for that, is like. bdubs n etho have been living together in etho’s apartment since bdubs Quite Literally crashed there a few months ago. modern day-ish setting, and ethubs r old friends from the same town/whatevs ✌️ one day the guys they’ve been running from show up! and ethubs simultaneously Flip The Freak Out while Trying Not to Look Like They Are Flipping The Freak Out. etho suggests a spur-of-the-moment road trip and bdubs goes Oh Haha Etho You’re So Smart And Cool And Have The Best Ideas so they pack up their things and book it. after that it’s lots of open road. nonsensical conversations after hours on the highway to keep each other sane. hushed phone calls at rest stops they try not to let the other hear. getting into hotels past midnight and sharing a bed in the few hours between then and morning ETC ETC ETC you see what i mean by ‘healthy mix of silliness and attempted real character studies’ pff. anyways i'm not getting into it all here because this post is already too long, but yeah it’s a whole! story!

i’m not sure if i’ll do anything with it (longform fic-wise, i mean) because i’m worried that the characterization is a liiittle self-indulgent lol. but it’s so cool to hear that other people r interested in the idea! so maybe i might?

[onejellyfishplease]

So I have a few questions for the minecraft bois. (Btw, I freaking LOVE your artstyle, I'm just hyperfocused on minecraft because I've been in a crafty mood)

How does Raph react to Screechers? I mean, you say he doesn't have as strong a connection to the Sculk, but it's still there right?

Have the boys ever found a way to satisfy Donnie's need to be submerged (i.e. giving him a fire res potion so he can take a lava bath)

Why does Leo love Chorus fruit so much, and more importantly, will he ever be able to go to The End to gather some for himself?

How do the boys interact with their home environments? (Like, how does Donnie feel about Shulkers, does Mikey enjoy cooking using Nether materials, etc.)

Sorry if this is a LOT but ohnigosh I adore these boys and their silly little designs

I may have gone a little crazy whilst answering lol

With Raph and the screechers, They dont summon him, no matter how much they go off. Though if hes close enough to them then he'll get an uneasy 'feeling' (though it was random for a while, and had no clue why it was happening)

None of the Boys or April are good enough at enchantments and potions to start creating their own (yet), So making it from scratch is off of the table. (Theyve also been banned from attempting after April blew the side off of a mountain)

Instead, Donnie sometimes searches the old tomes in the End Cities. Though most of the books are unreadable now, the rare few are still ledgible. Maybe one will be able to give him immunity to water.

Leo got hooked on Chorus fruit once Donnie started visiting the End and brought some back with him. Its his favourite fruit hands down. And he always has a blast teleporting around. (hes eaten it enough that he can almost control where he goes but its really unreliable)

Also he thinks it's hilarious that sometimes when he tps an Endermite will spawn and Donnie will just go absolutely batshit trying to kill it. Peak Comedy.

Leo would do anything to get his hands on the fruit. Which gives Donnie a massive bargaining chip, which he flaunts a lot.

Until April finds the End Portal, Leos gotta rely on Donnie for his Chorus Fruit supply.

Donnie was pretty uninterested in Shulkers. They didnt really do anything (at least to him) after all. Though once he found out what he could use their shells for??? Their population took a nosedive.

And Mikey absolutely cooks with Nether materials! they're his favourite! especially the mushrooms. And with four hands, he can do so much more cooking!!!

[galexiadraws]

I finally did it i was freaking fast with this one started it yesterday and finished it today im so proud of this, i joined @albaake dtiys challenge i hope you like it :> i love your artstyle so much!!❤️

Heres a little bonus behind the process of the drawing heres the sketch and in flat color :)

I challenged myself to do the background cause i love a challenge!!! Hehehe >:>

[sonic-nada]

They kiss✨🌺🥹

Drew this at the beginning of the new year and i still love it

[gingerale13]

I churned this out so fast excuse the quality.. anyways there's a cheesy ass note to my mutuals + followers under the cut bc I love you guys 🧡🧡

This year kinda whizzed by for me! A lot happened in my personal life that I don't want to share online, but throughout all of the highs and lows I was always able to come back to this wonderful fandom. It's been a huge comfort seeing other people theorize and discuss my favorite characters!

I've meet a lot of awesome people through Tumblr & Ao3, cosplaying, and various TF2 groups. As of writing this post I've got a solid 260 followers, which is an insane number to me when this blog simply started as a place to organize my creative works 😭

All of the little tags and comments on my stuff have seriously kept my life whimsical (for lack of a better term) and I would like to shout-out some notable people and works that kept me going through 2024!

First up, and probably the biggest one, is the lovely @aussie-bookworm and their fic, Going Through The Motions. These updates seriously made my day, and I couldn't have been happier you accepted my offer to proofread. It's been super fun discussing the differences between our countries, yapping about the Mercs, and different AUs. I hope to read many more of your works in 2025 B)

Next, another fanfic author, is AhChunta! If you like slow burns, mystery, and Speeding Bullet, I would really recommend Stolen Pieces. It's a super cool crime boss AU that I've been enjoying this year. Plus it deserves more attention!

Another awesome artist is @800db-cloud, who is honestly CARRYING the Freak Fortress fandom. I love how silly your depictions of those freaks are 🧡 and also YOUR ARTSTYLE IS SO COOL AND SATISFYING TO LOOK AT ARGHHH.. You're just super awesome 👍 also shout-out to @riskreward1, my chillest mutual. I think your Getting Milk comic series is hilarious and amazing, but seeing all of those other fandoms you draw is like a gateway drug to me because it's drawn in your KICKASS artstyle‼️plus you like The Mountain Goats and that's based

@thechocolatearmor!! The other Medic Cosplayer I met at my first con!! My friends still mention the in-character convo we had, you were hilarious and I'm so glad I got your Tumblr because I love reading all of your takes on reblogs. I hope I see you again so we can be insane together again 🔥

also @mikimel, I admire how silly you are 😭 I still have that little doodle you drew at the con, and I wish your Tomodochi Miis well <3 AND THE SOLLY FIGURE. He's beautiful. Your fashion sense is fire, and I hope to see more of your cosplay projects! :0 (specifically Soldier Miku. If that's still a thing hehe)

@ivvyzzspark you. You know what you did.

Another HUGE thanks to my very very patient proofreader @emiette for helping me make Crates readable! Em dashes are my new favorite form of punctuation.

And lastly I would like to thank @mvabank because you were the one who made me start rotting over TF2 in the first place 🫶 Magmas were always so fun with you and the image of your little sona with the big ass eyes is forever seared into my brain <3

Maybe it's because 2025 is divisible by 5, but I have a feeling this year is going to be a good one. Stay safe out there, people! Cheers 🥂

[anime-grimmy-art]

Here it finally is, the summary video of the FTIYS!

The intro animation might seem a bit exaggerated, but that’s what it felt like for me. I would never have guessed so many artists would take part in this. I’m really glad you guys liked the idea and had fun with it!

The tumblr based artists will be listed under the cut below, the instagram artists you can find on my corresponding instagram post.

I did, however, make this a competition, and a competition has its winners:

3rd Place - @spectatingcat

This piece blew me away when I first saw it. It’s even more moody than my initial sketch and the added texture and especially the doves make this piece so RAW.

2nd Place - kyoto_mirror (instagram) Man, i absolutely LOVE these two pieces. Not only did you take my half-assed redesign of an edgy, old OC and made it into something so fun, but in general, the way you colour and shade has so much life in it, it’s mesmerizing.

1st Place - chisai_mono_ (instagram) The decision making process was very biased, but no decision was as biased as this one, bcs I am absolutely in love with chisai_mono’s artstyle, so when I saw them make an entry it immediately shot in the upper echelon. And let’s be honest, how could I not put this at the top? The colours are so comfy and warm, the water texture looks amazing and in general, this piece just makes me happy everytime I look at it.

BONUS - @mom00ru63 I had to add a Bonus cos MOH MADE A FREAKING ANIMATION OUT OF NOT NECESSARILY FITTING SKETCHES. That’s a whole nother level of dedication, which in my eyes deserves a bonus place, or rather said, a second 1st place.

@ our winners, pls dm me on what you would like me to draw for your prize!

Thanks so much for everyone’s submission, I’m so glad you had fun, and I hope you’re gonna join me the next time I host something like this! EDIT: The sketches will stay up until Sun, 11th January, so if you wanna nab some for practice or just for fun, now's the time! I will delete the folder after tmrw.

Tumblr entries by:

@blauwu @fishy-lilic @flare-the-drawer @seabunnysworld @theratcheteer

[thelolpizzayummers]

GUYS. JUST LOOK AT THAT ART STYLE. TELL ME THAT ISN'T PURE PEAK ART. SHOW THIS PERSON SOME LOVE RN???

Trying to make posting a habit also here's some things of Cake

Cake, my sweet summer child darling boy I LOVE HIM!!!♥️♥️ Also Loser is there in the second page

Goodbye!

[wishfulsketching]

FINLAND?! YOU LIVE IN FINLAND?!

...somehow this might be the best news I've heard to end the year.

THERE'S ZAUNDAS/VANCO ARTIST IN FINLAND?!

Sorry, still trying to find a word to express my love for your artstyle and many masterpieces to fuel my daydreaming routine.

I love your arts 🫰💖 (simple and elegant✨️)

Hell yeah! I'm letting my freak flag fly and apparently it's the Finnish flag!

I AM HAPPY THAT OTHER FINNS (I assume you're a finn) ARE IN THE ZAUNDADS FANDOM!

Thank you thank youuuu