#for “inktober” is supposed to be like that :D

[lexumpysfunland]

Day 4: Lost

"where are you"

[raatopaikka]

I’m not even doing Inktober but the day 16 prompt is “Angel” so… you now. the most angelic man in kpop ref pic © HYOG027

Day 17 demon prompt Taem here😈

[97smol-dreams]

🍂🍁Crittertober 🍁🍂

Hello my fellow sylvanian families/calico critter enjoyers! I'm sharing my october challenge list! It's basicly inktober but with toy photography and only on weekends (+halloween if you want).

I don't expect anyone to join, but if you want feel free to do! :D You don't have to do all of them, this is for fun afterall. The prompts can be interpreted however you like as well. And if you prefer any other sort of art other than photos, do that as well!

I did this because i love the october challenges, but the big lists can be quite overwhelming. This is supposed to be relaxed fun! :3

I hope we all have fun either way!

P.s.: If you want to use other toys/dolls thats ok too ;)

[xanderlovesluigi]

Hello! Hope ur having a good day :]

I just now saw you accepted art requests, so I was wondering if you'd accept drawing dreambert and luigi together? Maybe also with Peasley if you wanna /nf

If you don't wanna draw that it's okay tho! Ur artstyle is really super pretty btw!! :]

omg sorry it took so long ive been super overloaded on schoolwork and inktober stuff. but here it is! love all these guys bc fun fact: the only mario and luigi games i have are superstar saga and dream team!

and thank you!! i had an eh day (i was supposed to go to a meet and greet to see charlie day but a ton of mishaps prevented that) but ty for asking! and thank you so much!! im so glad people are liking my art and style here :D

(i am sorry i have no clue how to draw dreambert)

[maybe-drawing]

Inktober 2022: A reflection

This year I did Luna ‘s (who is an amazing artist!! Check them out on Twitter!!) Inktober. Spoiler, I did not do all the days as I got sick halfway through and then just stopped lol. However, it was remarkable good practice and I learned a lot! One might say you can see me improving 👀 It gets better, promise!

Here the full prompt list:

by https://twitter.com/LunaIsAnArtist 

1. Sprout

yes this is bdubs fanart, (I’ll do a separate post with the fandom one and tag them there) Also learned about gradient maps!

2. Ladder

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to render stone, and it really shows

3. Glory

I do not dislike this one, however Clip Studio Paint's weird artistic render line feature really stole the show here lol

4. Investigation

Played with gradient maps again. The color is sure something!

5. Rosemary

At this point, I was wondering if a completely lineless painting style was something I even like? And honestly it has its appeals, and I think ill keep playing with it, but I missed having lines.

6. Home

Them <3 @liebesamateur​

7. Boots

I love this little buddy!! Look at them!! Lovely!! Also this was when I decided to return to a more painterly lined look for my art again :D

8. Voice

This is one of my absolute favorites!!! The light hello???? also the tiny pumpkin on the hat :D

9. Fragment

Did a study of a lemon and went you know what would be fucked up

10. Ranunculus

this looks so much better than it has any right to!! Indie game vibes hello?!?

11. Moss

Bdubs fanart again, but look at him, he's just a little guy! Very much based on countless designs I’ve seen all over. (if you know the OG lemme know) Certified creature.

12. Worth

I don't like this one... The concept is there, but the execution is sloppy and kinda off-putting. The only thing I kinda like it the blood at the very top opening. 

13. Float

I love this very much not anatomically correct baby!!!

14. Poppies

I mean long arms!

15. Zodiac

I’m torn bc on one hand the background is stunning, I love the colors. On the other hand, this would have looked too much better lineless, and the lens sky reflection is just lazy and doesn't fit with the rest of the style.

16. Evolution

GHOST CRAB!! I downloaded some new brushes, and it was just sooo much fun. 

17. Meadow

I really like everything except the “flowers”. The clouds and background/foundation is solid, but the weird flower brush is too sharp and it just doesn't work. Also, the colors of the flowers are supposed to be in shade and idk man 

18. Examination

Now this one could make more sense, like perspective wise and the highlights are a bit wack. However, it's really cool and I like it a lot. The bluish tint for the glass, the goldish bronze, the background yes!!

19. Reflection

The poses for this kept just not working out. I couldn't get the angles, nothing made sense, so I made them silhouettes! And it works nicely. I like this one. I am kinda starting to overuse that background contrast thingy, but it's fiiiiiinnnne. Also, the curtain??? The red pops so well hello, its just bam, and it deserves to do that. 

20. Bullet

It's a bullet train! Get it? Anyway, I really like the burn effect for this one and I wanted to make it a spooky train. One thing I'd improve is how the likes are fading into the smoke, it doesn't look quite right.

22. Bones

This is kinda my burnout point and it shows. The line thickness is all over the place, I didn't work on this very much and just slapped some things on there and put it up. I'd love to draw a proper pile of bones someday, but this wasn't it.

23. Mutation

I do kinda like this one, and I don't have any major complaints. I just remember not really feeling doing Art™ at that time.

29. Wyvern

I sketched this the next day and was so normal about it. Idk if this is really a Wyvern, but it looks cool! I really like the frame and breaking it. It gives a nice break and depth!

[ssjumi]

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my general OC tag

Diamond Eyes

Pretty much everyone is dead. For some it’s everything they ever expected from heaven, others find this supposed eternal inner peace rather dull, and a lot of folks… well, didn’t even make it into heaven. Or whatever this weird afterlife place is called. Maybe the world will end as well.

Jonas ● Mika ● Lily ● Akke ● Marzena ● Maria ● Arzu ● Thomas ● Nina ● Vikesh

Yugioh OCs

Aileen is my favorite little MarySue who’s gonna end up unhappily married to Seto Kaiba. MollySue, whose actual name is Marie-Susanne, is the daughter of Isono and a German business woman called Mathilde Schneider. Nao is also the daughter of Isono, although everyone pretends she is a Kaiba by blood. And then there’s Amane, who isn’t actually an OC, since I didn’t come up with her existence, but on the other hand she never showed up in canon so I can do with her whatever I want anyway :D Akari is YBakura's mysterious daughter from an old but ongoing fic and Imu (placeholder name) and Selket are the sisters of Seth and pharao Atem.

Aileen ● MollySue ● Akari ● Nao ● Amane● Imu and Selket

The Obligatory Vampire Story

Eri finds out she’s only half human - the other half is vampiric. Unfortunately others are finding out about this, too, and she gets forced to become a part of the local Vampire Court. Femslash, murder, blood thirst, magic and other shenanigans ensue.

Eri ● Gretchen ● Leonore ● Catinca ● William ● Nefi ● Hannah

Dragonball OCs

In an alternate universe Umi from Magic Knight Rayearth became a rockstar after school and met Vegeta, whom she married and had three kids with. In a completely different universe from that, a little girl with amnesia showed up at the Brief family's doorstep and was adopted by them - only to later, as a young adult, find out she's actually a Saiyajin, just like her sister's situationship/boyfriend. Who then became her boyfriend instead.

Sue!Umi ● Arai ● Kazé ● Mizu ● Corabi

Skyrim OCs

Tizzy is the sneakiest sneak master to ever sneak. Almas is the legendary Dragonborn, although she’d rather just be a blacksmith. And Shaayee is a snarky Argonian with a little drug problem.

Thjizzrini ● Almas ● Shaayee

The Obligatory Zombie Apocalypse Story

It happened: the zombie apocalypse. Two college friends and a little boy they picked up along the way are on their obligatory search for a place the outbreak hasn’t reached yet.

Kimberlee ● Trisha ● Shortie

Doll House Drama

Dexter and Lydia are fraternal twins who run a rock band called “Doll House Drama” together with some friends. Dexter’s a pretty emotional dude with some typical rockstar problems who’d probably rely on his sister a lot - if she wasn’t so stubbornly refusing to be the responsible and caring grown-up in the band. Things get shaken up when a hot journalist joins them for their biggest tour yet.

Lydia ● Dexter ● Zihna

misc. other OCs

Karla ● witch girl ● Miyako ● Ray and Sophie

assorted other tags

original art

fanart ▪ Yugioh ▪ Sailor Moon ▪ Ties of Lapis ▪ Skyrim ▪ Dragonball ▪ Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles ▪ Neon Genesis Evangelion ▪ Pokémon ▪ Avatar: The Last Airbender ▪ Hazbin Hotel ▪ Ghost Glass (Tokio Hotel AU) ▪ Linkin Park (RPF) → sailor-bennoda

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art in progress

sketches

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collaborations

Inktober related posts

picture posts

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The textures I use in my art, if not my own or otherwise credited, are from CGTextures & AbsurdWordPreferred. OC pixel chibis made here.

I'd rather you didn't reupload my stuff, but if you absolutely cannot help yourself, at least credit me properly.

[alexthemenace]

Inktober 2019 archive

Posting all my Inktober 2019 pics cause it was the only year where I successfully did a drawing for every day of the month. And also used actual ink for these which I know is not required but I wanted to. Most of these were never posted outside the "Rebel Taxi" Amino so I wanna document their existence and share them with the public. My gimmick with these was to do them in 5-15 minutes as a challenge to come up with ideas on the spot. And also so I wouldn't spend too much time on these since my college projects took priority. I also had my purple Halloween neon lights on when I took these pictures so that is why they're all purple (minus day 31's drawing). Anyway, here they are in order of the days I made them.

Day 1: a generic east coast rapper on the mic rocking a show. Mostly inspired by Chuck D of Public Enemy and maybe subconsciously Todd in the Shadows. Oh and totally forgot that I was watching Vin Diesel's 1997 feature directorial debut, Strays, before I drew this which had a very gritty 90s NYC setting. At the time I was very impressed by his short film directorial debut, Multi-Facial, so I wanted to see if his feature was just as good (it wasn't).

Day 2: a defeated young man submitting to an alien/holy light shining down upon him. You could also interpret it as seeking of a higher power. Inspired by the CD artwork of OutKast's ATLiens album. This was later turned into a self-portrait oil painting for class which turned out really great.

Day 3: vaguely retro comic book Batman crashing through a window upon a crime scene. This was done right before I went to see Joker in theaters. The perspective and anatomy is meh but it was a quick drawing so I can live with it. Apparently I took 20 minutes with it according to my notes from Discord in 2019 which wow.

Day 4: Close-up of Cesare from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. This was one of two drawings where I intentionally broke my 5-15 minute rule as I did this in about an hour. I used a reference of the iconic scene of him waking up but I still tried to be quick so the face looks less like Conrad Veidt and more like David Bowie imo but I'm still quite proud of it.

Day 5: a possessed woman. Took a wee bit longer to do but this was a fun exercise to draw longer hair like this (something I still don't have a lot of experience with) and to play a bit with perspective and anatomy without a reference iirc. She is also supposed to vaguely be from an older era far from civilization - hence the lack of clothing (she is tastefully censored though). Apparently I wasn't happy with how stiff she turned out back then but I think in hindsight it works quite well.

Day 6: a bald child from a mental ward stares at a man laying face down on a haystack. The girl was loosely based off Eleven from Stranger Things. The man in the haystack also reminds me of that one Junji Ito manga but I don't remember if that thought that came to me while making this or that's just hindsight. Also I didn't start with a finished concept in mind for this one so, very randomly put together.

Day 7: Nostalgia Critic 2Pac. As it says, it's Doug Walker if he modeled his Nostalgia Critic character after 2Pac's aesthetic. I personally really like this one. Have also been told he resembles a Beavis and Butt-head character which I see lol but that's ok. Apparently I was watching JAR Media's video on if Nostalgia Critic was cringy and for some fucking reason the idea of 2Pac came to mind lol.

Day 8: a baby with a dripping spear celebrating the head of a medium sized therapod dinosaur they successfully hunted. This one was inspired by Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal which I was a very big fan of at the time. Censored cause I like my Tumblr account and don't wanna risk losing it.

Day 9: Count Orlok from Nosferatu opening a door. I think it turned out nicely but don't really have much else to say about it other than the fact that I didn't use a reference.

Day 10: sullen twink laying bare on the ground. This was inspired by that iconic image of Maria from Silent Hill 2 laying down on the ground by the Heaven's Night neon sign. I think I just particularly like this kind of imagery since a mood piece I shot later that month incorporated a shot that is exactly like this (minus the lack of clothing). Also, the uncensored drawing actually shows nothing explicit since I intentionally had that area covered in shadows. But I worry Tumblr will think otherwise and smite down upon me so it's better to be safe than sorry. Also the perspective on his right leg is off so better to not see it in full anyway.

Day 11: gentleman combing his hair in a mirror that reveals a skeleton doing the same thing. The pic crops off the bottom part of the drawing which shows his legs and the tail flaps of his suit. But I always thought that part looked extra janky so I never include it. It was a rushed drawing anyway.

Day 12: Tim Burton inspired child sitting in the corner of a room, looking very sad. Supposed to represent being overwhelmed with life and emotions. I recall I also had Dib from Invader Zim in mind when drawing this. I don't tend to draw in this art style much so I'm pretty surprised even now how good it turned out. At the time I was doing a presentation for my Directing class on Tim Burton - so he was definitely on my mind for this.

Day 13: imprisoned droid waking up in the middle of the night. Apparently I was thinking of a bunch of movies when I did this plus I think Scud: The Disposable Assassin and my own avatar. Also I just like robots with this kind of thin pill shaped build.

Day 14: my idea of man that has fully evolved into only being able to eat, sleep, and stare at a screen. I didn't sleep the night before so I thought to draw a human that has devolved into a lazy slob who only eats and sleeps and as a result is incredibly out of shape save its legs to move around as it scours the land for any food before deciding to fall asleep for days. Thank you Discord notes from myself in 2019 for helping me remember this exact story lol.

Day 15: Undead Pan Pizza of RebelTaxi singing his pathetic little heart out. The design is based off of Jack Skellington (namely the proportions and spooky qualities like the stitches across Pan's face) during one of his more sad song numbers in The Nightmare Before Christmas. It's worth noting this era was sorta the last big hoorah for my obsession and fanboyism of Pan. I had a mild burst of being hooked one last time around Fall 2019 after losing interest in his podcast around the beginning of that year (a podcast I previously would follow religiously). I still liked him after this era and would definitely have periods of renewed interest but not to the same extent as before sadly.

Day 16: an imprisoned boy looking at the light coming through his barred window. This one used more pencil than ink to break away from mostly keeping it ink. It's very janky but the idea speaks to me. Apparently was also trying to think of a portrait for my oil painting class so this was one of the ideas that came to mind (didn't end up using it for anything though).

Day 17: a spooky little sickly old guy. I apparently was inspired by a character from Courage the Cowardly Dog when I did this. No clue which episode now though unless you guys can remember what he looks like.

Day 18: guy getting his face vacuumed off. I like that one episode of Ed, Edd n Eddy where Eddy's face get sucked by a vacuum. I got nothing else to say.

Day 19: self-portrait of me directing. It's a cutesy little drawing of me! And also the outfit I wore when I directed my mood piece that day.

Day 20: a large and vicious snake lizard hybrid. It's pretty self-explanatory. I think ultimately it's more just a snake with forearms and a spike tail. I guess I just was thinking at the time "what would be the ultimate snake?" Like a snake that can beat any snake. Also this was done on day 21 since I didn't have time on day 20 for it.

Day 21: large older guy hiding a knife behind his back. His looked is based on a friend of mine I went to college with and how he looked on set a few days ago when the light glistened over him. Although instead of a knife he held a script. He also vaguely reminds me of Al from Toy Story 2.

Day 22: sleep paralysis demon taunts twink. I like twinks, ok. Also I think just noticed something about that demon that I forgot I did but oh well. I think it'll be fine.

Day 23: guy with a very, very itchy head. I really like the pose and facial expression so it's actually one of my favorites here despite it being relatively mundane. Also, the itchy head may have been cause my head was itchy while drawing this but I don't remember. But I do remember part of the influence here was how sometimes great feelings of stress and anger would trigger an itchy head for me.

Day 24: a corpse brought back to life in a very rough and unfinished form. Obviously a bit of a Frankenstein's monster meets I guess Sally and Dr. Finkelstein from The Nightmare Before Christmas influence here. I may have had Pearl from Steven Universe in mind when I did this too since me and another friend definitely saw the resemblance.

Day 25: a twink who hit their face a little too hard on the bathroom sink. Twink. The full picture isn't really that gruesome imo (the face isn't visible) but I was trying to censor the liquids a bit for obvious reasons I already disclosed earlier. Also, he was loosely based on me but don't think too hard about that. I just had a bad day directing on set was all.

Day 26: Cute, unamused Hot Topic employee being bitten on the left leg by his pet lizard. Yet again another twink but this one's outfit is based mostly on my wardrobe at the time (minus the Jack Skellington shirt but I did/do have some pajama pants of him). And I guess I find reptiles cool so, only just noticing a bit of a reoccurring subject here (along with twinks).

Day 27: a melting zombie-like corpse crawling away from a puddle of acid. A tad more gruesome, sure, but I think it's a pretty cool drawing. And also it's like, a zombie, so it's not that inappropriate for standards here I hope. Apparently took a while to come up with an idea for this one.

Day 28: that one guy from Jacob's Ladder with a bag over his head and no legs walking with his arms. When I drew this, I had just seen Jacob's Ladder the night before for the first time and it became an instant favorite of mine. So, I drew a character from it. Him walking with his arms is based off of Mugshot's mode of travel from Sly Cooper.

Day 29: Jimi Hendrix inspired voodoo guy with a crystal ball. Pretty self-explanatory. Had fun with the texture and lighting although I was never quite satisfied with how I did the shading on his hair. The straight lines make his fro look like a porcupine lol. Regardless of that, it's a pretty cool drawing. Also worth noting is that during this time I fell back in love with 60s music. The Doors and Beatles in particular were major points of obsession for me. Especially their psychedelic period and ofc Jimi Hendrix was part of that era so that deep fixation for psychedelic and hippie music made its way into this.

Day 30: lizard amphibian fish mishmash girl with pony tails happily waving at us. This was definitely my least favorite of these and if not for my next and final drawing, would've been a lackluster way to end this. It's not awful but eh, just never really personally resonated with me. Also, she is wearing a seaweed braw so don't panic moral guardians of the world. For some reason Mrs. Bighead from Rocko's Modern Life came to mind when I drew this. Along with a certain friend of mind, @fishboigazer-blog, (which if you or a mutual is reading this lol hey).

And that's it for now since I can't fit more than 30 pics. Which is fine by me cause Day 31 deserves its own post since that one I did spend a few hours on as opposed to the rest of these. That one I also did actually post to Tumblr back in the day so I may just reblog it come Halloween.

If you actually read this far, thank you! I spent hours trying to put this together in a way that is satisfactory to me and hopefully gives plenty of insight into my process. This has been a very long time coming and hope to actually post more original stuff on here instead of just endlessly reblogging things.

[luc1ferian-art]

Inktober • Day 2 • Spiders

"Spiderman, spiderman, does whatever a...uh...goddammit what's the line again?"

So uh this is actually old art I drew a while ago of my spidersona after I watched AtSV. I was going to draw Angel Dust from Hazbin Hotel in honor of HH coming out soon but I looked up references and immediately thought "how am I supposed to draw this bitch's head"

Plus I was busy and stressed so today you get this art I never posted on Tumblr before.

Aaaaanyway this is The Huntsman Spider! My spidersona from Earth-5927. They were bitten by a radioactive spider (shocker) while walking past a lab on their way to school. Their design is based on, surprise, the huntsman spider with their stripes.

Fun Fact: They're Indian (Like me) but since they live in a relatively small city where there's only a few queer AFAB Indian teens, they started making comments in Spanish so people would think they're Hispanic and draw attention away from their true identity (it's stupid and pains them greatly but it works)

I have more drawings of them which I'll share at a later time :D

I'm already sketching out my drawing for path tomorrow...

[thetownsendsw]

Unused dnd character Inktober day 18/19: Castasius, Human Phantom Rogue. Once a ruthless assassin, he was betrayed & murdered by his Necromancer twin. After time in a cruel afterlife he was reborn in his brother’s Clone spell. His new body is weak, but he must use it to atone.

[githvyrik]

dnd inktober day 4: victory

sometimes victory doesn’t really feel all that sweet. a lot of battles in this campaign go less than perfectly because our enemies are extremely brutal and cruel. like, using magic alcohol to turn party guests into gross monstrous amalgamations brutal and cruel, which is how this fight started. we were already short a member (his player was sick), and the paladin was holding her own pretty well until one of the monsters started to absorb her into itself, the artificer-cleric held up fine for the most part but his golem got smashed to pieces, and the warlock got trapped in a tight spot with a monster that kept using poison to paralyze them every time they’d try to shake it off. eventually the cleric was able to pin down the mob boss who orchestrated the whole event while my warlock managed to get a lucky shot at him with a blight spell that finished him off, so we won but only barely. at least we figured out how to reverse the effects of the alcohol and turn all the monsters back into people.

I swear to god I just forgot to post this okay

[galwednesday]

NEST

"Well." Leon stared at the nest of foil wrappers and bricks blocking the roof outflow vent. "It's not a falcon."

His walkie-talkie crackled with Manuel's doubtful hum. "Sounded too big to be a pigeon."

"It's a dragon. Small," he added, after the silence stretched. "But. That's a dragon."

"Can you... move it?" 

"Sure." He lifted his hand and the bedraggled dragonlet enthusiastically gnawing on his glove came with it, its saliva already eating through the leather. "Thing is, at some point, mama's going to come back."

There was a long pause.

"So evacuating the building--"

"I'll get right on that."

(100 word inktober drabbles; BOUQUET, TRIP, MATCH, and CRABBY below the cut)

BOUQUET

"So is the 'vampires have super smelling' thing a myth?" Brian's date said, after watching him nod helplessly along with the victorious sommelier.

"It's real, I just don't know shit about wines," Brian said. "My sister's a judge at the state fair, though. She sniffs out blue ribbon melons."

"Oh, yeah? Cool."

"A lot of my cousins keep score. You know, best to worst jobs? Worst is Aunt Patty. She does CSI stuff."

"That sounds bad-ass, actually."

"Cadaver sniffing," Brian clarified, and laughed nervously as his date blanched. He snapped the menu open "Anyway, I went into accounting. So! Breadsticks?"

TRIP

"Permission slips?"

"Right here."

"Sunscreen?"

"Kids are supposed to bring their own?" Shawna winced at the assistant principal's expression. "I'll raid the nurse's office."

Peterson, the fifth grade team lead, raised his hand warily. "Is this the fairground with the clowns, or the ghosts?"

The PTA volunteer coordinator consulted the briefing packet. "Ghosts, D class. "

"Buddy system for the kids, and make sure their pockets are salted. Anything else?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"Then I'll see you all on Tuesday," the assistant principal said, rising from her seat. "Happy field trip day, and may God have mercy on our souls."

MATCH

Jess was fine with being the sister who didn't inherit their mother's second sight, but it did make clairvoyant-friendly sports interminable, and unfortunately it was Maya's turn to pick their outing. 

White advanced the king's pawn to open and deadlocked the game. Jess counted twenty-three minutes with no movement on the board, just the players' hands twitching every few minutes, before Maya leaned forward intently. The crowd gasped a moment before the second player tipped over their king.

"Next week we're going to a basketball game," Jess whispered to Maya over the polite applause, "and don't tell me who wins."

CRABBY

"What was the comment?"

"He said I had PMS," Wyatt, office manager, said.

"I did not!" Jeremy, sales team, protested. "I'm not some sitcom dad."

"And what *did* you say?" asked Melody, HR, missing The Bachelor to take this emergency meeting.

Jeremy shifted uneasily. "'Looks like you have a case of the moon-days.'"

Wyatt growled loudly enough to make Jeremy blanch, but quietly enough that Melody could pretend not to hear it. 

"Do you understand why that was inappropriate?" Melody said.

"It's Tuesday?"

If she wrote up the termination paperwork fast enough, maybe she could still catch the rose ceremony.

[bluefire7991]

Inktober Day 13.  This is my DnD character, Tyra!

[strawberry-seed28]

Day 3: Overgrown

================================ Hi so due to personal reasons (ie: flying to a different city), this is very late & I will not be doing day 4-6 in order to catch up. Other than that, I will try to continue to do inktober. :]

Another thank you to my beta Soldier Blade for helping me edit this & to @aaytaro-gt for making the prompt list this month. :D

(TW: Some derealization (kinda, I don’t know if it counts but just in case))

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Long Forgotten

The wooded landscape of Yarrow Springs wasn’t explored very much. It was common knowledge in fact, that nobody really went in. It’s not really a law or rule that's broken, but the members of the town just never chose to explore them. So what did Melina & Jasmine decide to do? Melina & Jasmine have made it their mission to explore & document the forests to “connect with nature”, or just to scout the area for other potential fairies.

Yet as they both walked, Jasmine couldn’t help but feel as though she was walking through something she wasn’t supposed to. Like breaking some forbidden unspoken rule that went far deeper than a town superstition. Melina however, did not seem to feel the same sentiment, & was happily flying back & forth between the trees. 

    “Mels… are you sure that it's safe to be here?” Jasmine asked timidly, stumbling over a large rock that looked a little too oddly shaped. Melina huffed & turned to her girlfriend with a look of exasperation. 

    “Jaz, for the fifth time, you're safe with me. If anything were to attack us, I could protect you.” She replied, voice confident & strong. Despite her reassurances, Jasmine still felt like she was out of place among the trees & creeping vines of the forest. Melina softened at her worried expression, & fluttered up to her girlfriends face, resting her arms on her nose. “Hey, look at me,” She said softly. The human in question flicked her eyes to her lover, a small yet timid smile growing on her face. “Don't you worry, alright? The worst thing we’ll find in these parts is some exiled or wild fairies. We’ll be safe from them.” She reassured, a warm grin blooming on her face. Jasmine returned the expression, though the smile didn’t reach her eyes. Despite her disliking for seeing the worry, Melina let it go for now.

    They both continued down the path, though the fairy stayed close to Jasmine, sitting on her shoulder instead of flying about. She was happy for the change, the small feeling of warmth on her shoulder seemed to ground her, even as the atmosphere felt as though it would swallow her up if Melina flew away. The birds around them silenced, & only the rustling of leaves filled the silence. 

    The wind seemed to grow louder & louder as they went, & the teal-haired human couldn’t help but feel as though they were in the presence of something otherworldly. It was unnerving, but they both relented, both from curiosity & spite. The ghostly vines around them moved like spirits, & they looked as though they were parting for them. The land felt foreign, & it only made Jasmine feel even more out of place in the almost alien-like forest.

    Melina suddenly stood up, her dragonfly-like wings spread out behind her. She scanned the area, her leafy-green eyes narrowed in concentration. 

    “Do you feel that?” she asked, staring off into the distance. Jasmine hummed in response, looking at her lover questioningly. Without warning, Melina leaped off her shoulder, speeding away like a sparrow. The human yelped, sprinting after her. Yet the fairy didn’t stop her racing, but followed the strange tugging she felt in her chest instead. She flew, & the feeling only grew stronger the closer to whatever was pulling her along. Melina could sense her magic growing in response as well, rushing through her veins like a river.

    But the tugging stopped, & she was still, landing on the moss-covered ground with a small thud. Sound was silenced, with only the sound of her footsteps reaching her ears. She stood still, turning to stare at the large flowers that towered over her, more so than usual. With a small huff of annoyance, she spread her wings & flew high above the grasses, & landed on one of the strange, crumbling pillars around her. 

She stood at the edge of, well, something. Fog guarded the area around it, yet refused to seep through the overgrown monoliths. Melina couldn’t even begin to understand why she felt drawn to this place, but curiosity burned alongside the adrenaline she felt in her veins. Hesitantly, she fluttered off the pillar, & landed between them all. 

Melina felt her hesitation morph into a stronger sense of interest as she studied them. In each pillar were carved lines that were surrounded by moss & overgrown vines that she couldn’t pinpoint the name of. The carvings glowed with an eerie, multicolored glow, & hummed with an ancient magic. It felt mysterious, forbidden, yet the magic called to her own.

Slowly, the ravenette stepped forward to the crumbling stones, her arm outstretched ahead of her. Whatever it was, it seemed excited to see her. She ran her hands over the stones, the feeling of moss & lichen grounding her. With a tentative hand, she touched the bottom of the massive carving. The atmosphere changed instantly, & she felt herself transfer from the cool, damp forest floor to a warm, sunny soil filled with sprouting plants. The magic now melded with her own, leaving her overwhelmed with the feeling. Melina whipped around in fear, & gasped at the sight of the monoliths now.

They were no longer the crumbling ruins of a magic long gone, but clean, strong, working pillars that radiated power. The lands were not the overgrown forest, but a large field filled with wildflowers that would have towered over her had she not been on the stone. Yet in an instant, she was back in the forests, with ruins of something long forgotten.

“What…?” She whispered, taking a shaking step away from the column. A new sense of horror dawned on her as she stared at them, the magic thick enough to suffocate her. Without as much of a word, Melina jumped & flew away, fear driving her every move. She became lost in her thoughts as she weaved through the trees, yet the picture of what once lived here still burned in her brain. The fairy couldn’t place what she saw, let alone explain what the hell those carvings even meant.

Though, her musings were interrupted by the distant sound of Jasmine's voice, calling her name over & over again. With only instinct guiding her, Melina flew to the calling, eager to go back to some semblance of normality. She slowed down her pace, exhaustion beginning to make its way into her bones.

    “Melina, there you are! I was looking-” Jasmine began, but paused at the sight of her clearly shaken up girlfriend. She outstretched a pale hand, & the ravenette happily allowed herself to collapse inside, her body aching with exertion. “You alright Meli?” She asked worriedly. Melina nodded wordlessly, the ordeal leaving her too fatigued to speak. All she wanted now was curl up in Jasmine's teal hair & fall asleep.

    “Can we just go home? I don’t know if I want to be here anymore…” she whispered softly. Jasmine nodded, placing her purple-tinted sunglasses on once more. Slowly, she was placed in the front pocket of Jasmine's hoodie, & Melina tiredly nuzzled herself inside the fibers. Yet as she felt unconsciousness claim her, she heard an unfamiliar whisper coming from the forest she knew so little about .

Thank you.

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I know that it’s not exactly g/t centric, but I feel like this was important to the storyline itself & will later come in handy when writing the main series. Also magic is fun to write about :]

That’s all for now, have a great day/night! <3

[magnatherium]

Inktober Day 10: Gigantic

“He’s gorgeous, isn’t he?”

[kamuiyamato]

Inktober Day 2 - Watch me as I break down 

[ day 1 ] [Day 2]

Edling Community I apologize that I haven’t drawn anything in a while and the first new thing you get from me is sad.

Excerpt from Frigid // Soleil ||  Modern Verse: 

I’m not going anywhere. 

The words are said with such conviction. The words are said with such certainty and such truth behind them. An honest belief that no matter what happened between them, Ling Yao wasn’t going to turn tail and run. Ling Yao wasn’t going to turn his back on him and simply walk away from this broken mess of a human being that sat before him. His scars are on display and his insecurities are out in the open.  The messy blotches that make up who he is are smudged out on the canvas before him to show him the truth of it. The truth of how fucking broken he is.  Here’s the truth of it. Edward William Elric - disaster of a human being, no more illusions of being well.  

His sanity had to be in question now. It had to be, but yet, of all the things in the Amestrian Language that Ling could have chosen to say to him he chose to say that. 

I’m not going anywhere. 

His emotions are spilling out, rushing over ivory cheeks before he has a chance to stop them. He’s a mess again. He’s a mess. He’s always a mess. He’s never been anything more than a mess. He swore to himself he wouldn’t do this this time. He swore to himself, he’d keep his shit together. He wouldn’t break down. He wouldn’t collapse. He’s not allowed to use Ling as a crutch. He’s not allowed to lean on him.  He can’t.  He was told not to. He was told he needed to handle this shit on his own.  He was told not to use Ling as a fucking crutch. 

He was supposed to get through this god awful day without a breakdown. He was supposed to survive this without a collapse. He can’t keep collapsing like this.  This is the second time Ling has seen him cry like this. This is the second time his boyfriend has been subjected to seeing uncontrollable tears rushing over his face. 

He’s supposed to be strong. He’s supposed to be unbreakable. He’s supposed to be put together. He’s supposed to be controlled. He’s supposed to be stable. He’s supposed to be anything other than a mess.  

It hurts. It hurts so much to think about. It hurts to think about being unable to see Ling and do dumb shit with him like listening to him rave about Judy’s milkshakes, and just experience the adventure of Ling’s mission to try them all - even if Edward didn’t have a taste for them himself. 

It hurts to think about not being able to lay in bed next to him, and do literally nothing else but fall asleep listening to the sound of his heart. It hurts. He’s not good enough to have those things. He’ll never be worthy of having those things. He’s just living a lie until life finally catches up with him and wakes up the one person he’s given his heart to the atrocious mess of a human being he actually is. 

He’s too expensive. He’s too injured. He’s too unstable. He’s too violent. He’s too poor. He’s too hot headed. He’s too crude.  He’s too disabled. He’s too much of a disaster. He’s too broken. 

He’s too much. 

He’s chewing on his bottom lip in his silence as the tears flood. His words are gone. He wants to speak but his mind refuses to string anything together to form a sentence. His words are gone. Fuck fuck fuck… he’s never done this around Ling before. Think of something to fucking say Edward. Use your goddamn words.  Force yourself to talk. Force yourself to say something. Fucking anything. You can’t do this in front of Ling.  He can’t know. 

His left hand is twisted into the sun’s and the only thing he’s able to do is squeeze. He’s frantic in his mind, desperately begging himself to say something, anything but the words will not come. Does Ling know sign language? He’s never asked. He’s never had a reason to. He’s never shut the fuck down in front of him before. He’s made damn sure of it. He’s always been very careful to keep up the illusion of being functional. 

So he’s looking down from him. He’s looking away. He can’t hide his tears that were already so apparent on his face, but he can hide his ability to turn sporadically mute. It’s not something he’s proud of. It’s not something he likes. This is normally when hands would raise and he would sign out his issues to his brother. This is when he would sign at Mustang signaling that either was unable to speak or simply didn’t want to. 

He’s falling apart at a single sentence and he swore to himself that he wouldn’t let this happen. He can’t use him as a crutch. He can’t lean on him. He was told not to. 

Hands move on second nature, to take Ling’s hand and he’s moving it around. Folding in fingers and changing how they set.  First and last finger raised, middle folded down towards his palm and thumb out to the side.  He can’t even say it with his own hands so he’s guiding his boyfriend’s hand into the sign he wants to speak. 

[[ I love you. ]] 

[ Day 1 ] [Day 2] 

[multi-lefaiye]

18 19 20 for the art ask game?

hello yes thank u!!! :D

18. Are you satisfied with the attention your art usually gets?

i'd say so!! i'm really grateful for everyone who shows interest in my art, and honestly i never thought i'd get to the point where people are so interested in seeing it that they actually ask to be tagged when i post it!!!

while i suppose i do wish that if any of my posts blew up it'd be my art (though that's more because the posts of mine that have blown up on any level are all very short ones i put like no effort into) i'm also very grateful and happy with the attention i do get <3 y'all are very sweet, thank you so much!

19. How often do you draw?

it depends!!! with the inktober challenge i've been drawing every day, but outside of it i still usually try to draw a little each day if i can!! i don't try to hold myself to that, though, because i get burnt out easily and i don't want my art to feel like an obligation!

20. A piece from this year that you're really proud of.

oh!!! well not to brag or anything haha, but i've actually done a lot of art this year that i'm proud of!! i think this has been a year of improvement for me in a lot of ways, and i think i'm finally really satisfied with the direction that my artwork is going.

one piece that i think really shows how far i've come, though, would be this one i did of markus and juno (also ilnking to the tumblr post of this piece, which has the image id attached):

while i definitely see some room for improvement, i think this piece really succeeds with something i try to do with my more complete illustrations: i feel like it has a very strong atmosphere to it. and also, i think i did really well drawing markus. he looks very kind <3