#Shay's art

[shaynomore-art]

Beesechurger

[cloudselkie]

We were discussing Overwatch characters as tarot cards in a server I'm in and Sigma was assigned the Wheel of Fortune, so I whipped up a sketch of what a card like that would look like.

[echostrixart]

(2022 repost)

Scarlet wakes the grand sorcerer 2022 colorized

[shay-creates]

Turmoil of Vengeance: A piece I made for the Secret Plotter of Dread Secrets.

[cloudselkie]

Many of these stars guided our ancestors and will guide our descendants. We are but a blip in their life.

i learned a while ago that the whole "most of the stars we see in the sky are actually already dead because they're so far away that we're seeing them as they were thousands of years ago" thing is a myth because stars live so long that it's unlikely many, if any, of them have burned out yet, but i'm still glad that myth exists because there's just something about the thought of the sky as a graveyard of stars that gets to me

[foxdoodles]

reverend mother

[the-night-picture-collector]

/ Art Shay, Friends Dancing, 1955

[vizual-demon]

Dune art by rezaafshar.art

[pandaaaaaaaaxd]

[catrocketship]

a little muad'dib and Shai-Hulud drawing

[bahalanacomics]

Rewatched Ↄ⋃∩Ⅽ part 1 in anticipation of seeing part 2 later and thought of this.

[shaynomore-art]

My favourite evil bbg 👉👈

[cloudselkie]

I know it's cringe. It's inspired by a fanfic I'm working on, but I am SO GODDAMN PROUD OF IT.

[echostrixart]

(2023 repost)

This was Silver Miracle, right?

[shay-creates]

Small part 2: Another consequence

Here's the art I made for his WIP story (Dragon Hunters, can only access via a link from him as it is first draft) ->

(Sidenote: I am so proud of how the art came out)

But....BUT!!!!!

His friends printed it and framed it as a gift for him...

He put the framed, physical copy right by where he writes so if he finds himself unable to write due to some block in the flow or something he can just turn, look at it, and (allegedly) he remembers how he felt when I sent him the art and it reinvigorates him to keep writing. He continues to show off the art to anyone he can completely unprovoked.

I'm not the one supposed to be moved to tears! DX It feels I've peaked as an artist, surely nothing could top making something that both inspires and motivates at the same time???!!!

Apparently, my decision to be silly and make fanart of someone's writing (because I genuinely enjoy the story the person is writing and I was struck with inspiration upon reading a particular scene) has benevolent and wildly unforeseen consequences.

I apparently gained a bit of control of the canon because said writer really loved the art and decided what I drew/draw is canon.

2. Writer put said artwork into the document of his story right below the scene, so now it's IN the story where people who read the story will see it (with a link to me)

3. He sent the artwork to all his friends and people he knows because he was so excited

Wholesome interaction and I watched him do all that in real time, good stuff. However...there are two more consequences I was notified of today...nearly a full week after I gave the artwork.

Seeing the artwork caused his friends to become interested in reading and hearing about his story, which means more people are reading what he's writing and giving him critique on the story (which he actively asks for).

Apparently, upon seeing the art, his writer friends got a sudden second wind to pick back up writing they'd abandoned for a few months. Because, I quote, "seeing that someone enjoyed {his} writing enough to take the time to make art of it gave them the motivation that maybe THEY can write something that will inspire someone to also create something." I have accidentally caused a writing frenzy among his writer friends and my silly idea to make art for someone has had a butterfly effect for people who I don't even know.

Uhh...I'm pretty sure there's a moral here but I am tired and have a great deal of emotions about this.

[rawr-smooch]

~The Calm Before the Maelstrom~

[Alternate Title: "GRRRR GRR GAY FISH GRRR!!!"]