#Self indulgent post tbh dresses are so fun to draw and he looks good in them

[zaacoy]

Tang in dresses I think he'd like :3c

[swordmaid]

Tagged by the lovely @samirant​​ <3

rules: it’s time to love yourselves! choose your 5 favourite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you’ve brought into the world. tag as many writers/artists/etc as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works!

a.k.a in which i try to write stuff that i haven’t already ranted about in the tags of the original post

1.it’s always summer in the songs ☀️ | AH YES. this one. the one that i will always bring up whenever i get asked these sort of things. i think i’ve talked about it in the tags but i like this piece even more because all the characters here (brienne, jaime, honor) were actually drawn in detail--as in--i drew everyone separately then joined them altogether--AS IN--the parts that are covered up by another character is actually drawn with its own detailing and all that jazz. this is specifically towards honor who a.) i’ve never drawn before and i had never been confident to draw animals so i actually had to draw a FULL HORSE this time which was daunting and had to size him appropriately b.) the outfit he wears, straps for the saddle, his belts, etc. they all have their own detailing! jaime’s sitting on it, but there’s actually a sash that loops around his back with the symbols of the seven pointed star. i was going to continue over on the front with the same symbols but it got cut out because of the crop. the little tree on the side/foreground originally had more branches and leaves but i just pushed it to the side else wise it would’ve looked awkward. i also designed j/b’s armor while i was working on this, and jaime’s detailing took me a lil while to figure out because i was referencing loosely off like, 5 images lol. brienne’s face angle was hard to get right and it looked awkward in my sketches but i got lucky with it in the end aaand this was also the first time i drew oathkeeper in detail. overall, i put a LOT of details in this one but it just took me a good three days to finish it. i loved it even more because i never felt like i was slogging through it when i was working on it, which is the most important thing haha. 

2. might i have this dance, my lady? | this one is particularly special for me since this is when i finalized their overall design i think. i used to always bring up this drawing as a reference when i draw my j/b (but now i use another one hehe.) anyway, this one was actually the starting point for the one i drew above because of the detailing on jaime’s armor--which i just drew freely and doesn’t have any symbolic meaning behind it whatsoever. this was the start of me adding more and more details into my art because i realized that they weren’t too hard to add and i do enjoye drawing them. i also like this one because i drew brienne’s body in detail and i spent the time drawing up silhouettes over it to find the most flattering dress i can fit her in, and i’m happy i struck with this one! oh and it’s subtle but i tried to make their outfits match with the gold detailing on jaime’s armor/the light yellow accents on brienne’s blue dress hehe. 

3. i’ve known the warmth of your doorways | my quiet isle riighhhtsssss. i screeched while i was thinking up of the concept of this tbh it hit me good. i particularly LOVE oathkeeper in this one because he looks like an expensive sword here and not like one of those pens with an animal topper. anyway, i love post adwd / post lsh fics so i tried to do a rendition of my own uvu i also love hand kisses---and honessstlyyyyy-- this one is just a mashup of my favorite tropes tbh LOL

4. ICHOR | oh my god a non jb art. i did this one a couple of years ago, and it’s a digital painting of my oc amara !!! i like this one because of how I rendered the hair. some of it reminds me of marble and i love it even to this day--which is particularly rare because i always end up hating my shit a couple on months after. this was the art style i had before, but i just changed it when i started to draw jb because this one was complicated to do + it took too much time, and i wanted to draw a LOT of jb lol (and i don’t think the style fits them as well to be honest)

5. that gym scene in modern aus | back to jb arts!! and AH yes from brienne’s physique, jaime’s slutty crop top, the man bun, mesh leggings, and their dumb rainbow guard and kingsguard designs, this one was incredibly self indulgent and i love everything it implies and represents. fun fact i had to go through so many thirst traps in ig just to draw jaime’s body properly LOL i do my research ok

tagging: @ayofandomthings​ / @fawnilu​ / @darcydash​​ 🥰🥰

[naireides]

top 5 and bottom 5 kudos fics

tagged by my favourite furry @prosciuttoe whose fics are always ah-maze-ing and we are #blessed to have her in this hell fandom

rules: tag the person who tagged you, always post the rules, answer the questions, and add the date! 

What are your five most popular works? (in descending order)

1.  But They Ain't Doing It Right (bellarke, 14.9k, posted 29/08/16)

“So,” he begins, running a hand through his hair. It’s a lost cause trying to work it back into some semblance of order. “What is this?”

“What do you mean?”

He doesn’t meet her eye when he says, “Once is a mistake, twice is a pattern,” too busy picking at a loose thread in his hem.

“Wanna go three times and just make it a habit?” she jokes weakly, and his head snaps back up, eyes boring into hers. She flushes under the intensity of his gaze.

“Actually,” he begins slowly, “That doesn’t sound that bad.”

or, the friends with benefits au that got away from me

this was the first ‘big’ fic i wrote for the fandom (as in something with a definitive plot and not an empty oneshot) and it was all kinds of ridiculous

2.  The Giant Squid's Got Nothing On You (bellarke, 6.1k, 07/09/16)

“That is what stalking is though, technically,” says Raven, stirring cinnamon into her coffee. She’s joined her today on her sketching run, and the cafe is packed to the brim. “And it’s not normal either. Soon enough someone is going to show him those drawings and then there’ll be a lawsuit on your hands. And I’m not going to bail you out.”

Objectively, Clarke knows she’s probably right, but she still can’t help but lift her chin determinedly and say, “He is not going to find it.”

She can barely hear her scoff in reply over the din of the cafe. “Yeah right,” says Raven, “The internet is forever, Clarke Griffin. He will find it eventually.”

or, Clarke finds her new muse at the local cafe

my ‘merging my two favourite couples together’ fic. i really, really liked writing this one and i was honestly kinda surprised at how popular it got?? it was completely 100% self indulgent lol

3.  Feel Me Running Through Your Veins (bellarke, 22k, 24/09/16)

The interviewer’s smile freaks her out. “So,” she asks, sounding far too perky, “What’s the deal with you and Bellamy Blake?”

Clarke wills herself not to flush as her brain processes the question. What is the deal her and Bellamy? He’s her sometime friend who argue and bicker like no other but she also craves the taste of him on her tongue. They’re people who sling insults at each other from their respective stages, only to find him later pulling her hair so that he can attack her neck with sloppy kisses. That’s what’s going on with her and Bellamy Blake.

Instead, she gives her a charming smile and says, “Nothing. We’re just friends. Sometimes.”

Next to her Raven begins to cough and Clarke slaps her on the back, perhaps a bit harder than necessary.

or, Bellamy Blake and Clarke Griffin definitely do not like each other. No matter what the tabloids say.

friends with benefits is one of my all time favourite tropes (which is why like half of my fics fall into that category whoops) and actor aus are one of my favourite aus out there so this was also pretty fun to write. if i could change one thing about it i maybe wouldn’t have switched between the times like i did? but all in all i like this one.

4.  Gimme That Sugar With The Sweet Talk (bellarke, 5.4k, 30/10/16)

“Are you supposed to be me?” he asks, delighted as he pulls on the strings of her hoodie.

She swats him with the Iliad. “Well, it is pretty scary, right? If only I could have gotten the mask to go with it, then I’d be a true nightmare.”

The mirth on his face doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. If anything, Bellamy looks like her showing up in too big clothing and eyeliner dotted across her face as freckles is the best thing that’s ever happened to him.

or, we’re secret friends with benefits and you came dressed as me for a party and it's really, really distracting.

this is another self indulgent fic that’s just straight up smut (surprise! it’s also a fwb fic!) and again, i loved writing it, especially the non smut parts where bellamy and clarke are being their dumbass loser selves

5.  who's scruffy looking? (bellarke, 4.9k, 08/05/17)

“What, the beard isn’t doing it for you?” she snickers at her own joke and then her jaw drops when Clarke averts her gaze, blushing. “Oh my god! You’re totally into his shitty beard!”

“Keep your voice down!” she hisses at her.

i predicted bearded bellamy back in may i’m fucking psychic. okay no, i’m not, it was because bob was sporting a beard at a con that weekend and like clarke, i was both horrified and kinda into his shitty beard because i obviously am Deep in this Pit

What are your five least popular works? (in ascending order)

1.  Remus Lupin: Matchmaker Extraordinaire (jily, 7.8k, 06/03/16)

Remus Lupin, werewolf, prefect, Marauder, now has another title to add to his ever growing list: match maker. Because really, sometimes your friends need that extra little push in the right direction. Or maybe a shove… and a good few hits with a potions textbook once in a while.

i originally wrote this back in like 2013 i think?? it’s funny because this was one of my more popular ones on ffnet but it’s my least popular one on ao3. idk, i liked it when i wrote it, but that was over 4 years ago when i was like 15 so my writing has changed a lot since then.

2. your eyes are like starlight now (jily, 1.2k, 31/12/16)

“The first snow is magical, you can’t deny it,” and Lily grumbled, but she did have to agree. It was beautiful.

Of course, that moment lasted exactly thirty seconds before James squashed a snowball into her face.

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written for december's jily challenge prompt!

ngl i wasn’t a huge fan of this fic mostly because i haven’t written canonverse jily in years so i can’t really say i’m surprised.

3.  to count the stars (jily, 1.6k, 27/02/17)

seven times james and lily meet on the train, and one time they don’t

... i also didn’t like writing this one and i guess it shows lol

4.  Ready Aim Fire (bellarke, 1.8k, 18/02/15)

Clarke and Bellamy finally come to head over what happened in ton DC

technically this was the first blarke fic i ever wrote but i don’t really consider it a proper fic if you get what i mean?? it was based off of a wishful thinking list i made sometime during s2 that warped into a ‘fic’

5.  so tender and mild (jily, 2k, 01/12/16)

5 Christmases at the Potter-Evans household.

i don’t really have any particular feelings about this fic tbh. i don’t hate it but i don’t like it it’s just kinda... there so it doesn’t really surprise me that it’s here. (not really surprised that the majority of these are jily fics tbh; the jily fandom is constantly on the verge of death, especially on ao3 lol)

tagging @mellamymake @prongsno @gxldentrio and @padfootdidit

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Tang in dresses I think he'd like :3c