#and of course there’s a fountain

[thecrenellations]

there are SO many passages that highlight the spectrum of emotions and tones in the Lymond Chronicles, but one of them is certainly the end of Ch. 4 of Pawn in Frankincense.

We’ve got “however much I try, don’t let me turn you against me” and then the gorgeously-written horror of finding Oonagh. And sandwiched between them is Jerott saying “see you later” to Francis right after agreeing he’s going to be momentarily murdered…

… and then walking into a wall! Beautiful.

[shadowqueendiangelo]

THEM SPLASHING WATER ON PERCY IN A FOUNTAIN SHAKDNSKE THEY ARE SUCH CHILDREN I AM CRYING

[myokk]

“She’s tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me”😤😤😤

(Regency AU with Eloise and Sebastian inspired by my slow trek through Bridgerton these days & @bassicallymaestra ‘s AMAZING regency inspired art😮‍💨😇🙏)

[romanceyourdemons]

i’m so sad i dropped my water bottle that was full of green tea and it broke and now i don’t get any green tea or water today and on top of that i need to pick up a bunch of fucking broken glass. if i ever possessed the mandate of heaven i would consider this a sure sign that i had lost it

[radjerda]

Some portraits of some fancy elves from Gondolin

Ecthelion and Glorfindel deserved some more elaborate designs than my usual, and how can I draw one without the other?

[yardsards]

i've decided to buy myself a Fancy Fountain Pen and am pretty sure i've decided on the model but i'm on the fence between these two colours

[chalkeater]

ur art is crunchy /pos !!! how do you have the confidence to use stuff that isnt pencil and cant rlly be erased if mistakes are made?

make more mistakes

ACTUAL ANSWER BELOW because it got too long. oops lol

anyway. i wrote “DO IT ON PURPOSE” because when it comes to doing a whole drawing with ONLY a pen- you gotta force your brain get creative- at least practice. in other words- work with what you have. it’s basically like solving a problem every few seconds-

because sometimes my hand eye coordination glitches for a split second. or maybe my hand shook or maybe the line is actually shit looking. but instead of scrapping the thing entirely i gotta to try and make it work. ok so if my line looks like crap here maybe i can make it a Part of the drawing by making everything look messier. OR maybe i can even just. hide it!! by coloring a thicker line along it too!!

you can actually HIDE a LOT of mistakes with a pen without erasing anything. and sometimes the mistakes are part of the art- like when i see the most beautiful art online and i see an uncolored pixel. what matters is your final output not the things you cant change now or mean nothing in the big picture

honestly going from sketch to lines and rendering with a pen is about weight control (like with a pencil- sketching yk) and not beating yourself up. in order to gain the “confidence” you gotta absolutely ANNIHILATE the need for 200% perfection. because theres beauty in a mess.

anyway so. when you get the basic stuff down like “in order to to make less mistakes with pen stuff- make sure youre used to what youre drawing already!!!” or “draw/doodle stupid shit with your pen and make it (pen) a PART of you and not some scary beast (pen)

i think it all stems down to forgiving yourself and just having fun. having fun is always my motto. if you ever go “oh no i made a mistake!!!” imagine me yelling “WHO CAAARRESSS!!!!!!!! (#love #positive)” in your EAR

[b4kuch1n]

frog documentation. frogcumentation

I think I mentioned a while back I'd post nibling frog momence after the gift's done given. which happened on the 2nd this month I just forgot lmao. anyways we can do it now. I used the boigameista pattern scaled up to four pieces of A4 print paper and decided to double deck it to a two layer thing, not unlike a pillow, for ease of washin. because it was gonna be gifted to a one year old child

took a long time and made a number of mistakes bc hand sewing makes me worse as a person but this guy was done in time for the birthday occasion and that's what matters. chose non-fuzzy fabrics for it because we live in a dense city in the tropics and from personal experience if I hug something made of fur I would explode. the original plan included felt patterns on its back for bonus textures for baby but that wouldn't stretch well along with the rest of the thing so had to hold that back. eventually we got this

zipper across its ass, the coat type of zipper bc I miscalculated when ordering. but it did have a shape and that's all that matters to me. will be a fun game for the baby to grow up and be severely misinformed about what a frog looks like

happy extremely late birthday to this thing also

[ducktollers]

hack: if u sketch with a fountain pen anything that turns out bad cant possibly be your fault bc its the pens fault

[blueteller]

TCF Part 2: Central Plains arc in nutshell

[lady-zephyrine]

Some outsiders would think that bathing in the Fountain of Dreams is considered some kind of taboo. However, not only are most Dream Landers fine with you bathing in the water it's actually highly encouraged, as it's believed that bathing would not only help with giving you a good night's sleep, it would also help keep the nightmares away.

There is a small amount of Dream Matter in the Fountain of Dreams, but it's not enough to hurt or corrupt anybody.

[galadrielspeaks]

LOTR modern day edition where the fellowship gets banned from golden corral because it’s the Hobbits first time seeing an all you can eat buffet and. well. they sure ate all they could eat!

[bastardnoodle]

heyyyy I'm mims and here's my freaking cool links

patreon:

commission prices/tos/etc:

all art done by me can be found in this blog under the tag #my art.

you can dm me questions/anything about commissions if you want! ok thanks have a good one

[essektheylyss]

Handwriting is really doing wonders for my ability to just put words on the page but I did forget that means I will sometimes run out of ink. Potentially while not at home. Even when I still want to keep writing.

[americankimchi]

Do you think you can help me find a star wars fic? Qui-gon lives after tpm bc Obi-wan saved him by using all his force. Qgj wakes up mad and will not see Obi-wan or cut his braid bc now Obi-wan is mentally disabled. In the end o66 happens but Obi-wan and anakin die together and Ani doesn't turn to the dark bc he didn't want Obi-wan to hate him, I read it years ago but I can't find it

i feel like i know exactly what fic you're talking about but unfortunately i can't for the life of me remember the title or the author

i've tried every combination of tags and search parameters on ao3 and it's not popping up. i'm starting to suspect the author either deleted their account or turned their works private because there are a handful of other fics i vaguely remember from them and i'm not seeing them in the tags either

unless i'm mixing up authors. i actually might be. it's been a While

[spocksfurby]

im about to transition into a different type of notebook and size for commonplacing and it feels like im dying