#gifted to my grandpa

[little-cat-press]

Sometime when my older siblings were little, my dad discovered that they found stories about his childhood more entertaining if he told them as "One time my friend Frederick..." instead of "One time when I was a kid...", and thus Frederick Stories were born.

I loved hearing Frederick Stories growing up, and so did all of my siblings. At some point, Dad decided to write (some of) them down, and a year or two ago I asked him for the file.

And now, currently in the mail to arrive late for Christmas, is a hand-bound copy of his book.

Two copies, actually, because I'm also sending one to his parents. He mentioned in the introduction that when he had first written these stories down, he had given them a copy for Christmas, and I thought they would like to have another, probably more nicely bound, one.

There's a third copy for me, but it took me long enough to finish these two before Christmas, and my copy isn't finished yet. Mostly, but not quite.

It is bound in a nice brown cloth I have, and titled with gold paint, because I thought it would lend it a sort of Old Book vibe that I thought would go well with the title.

Hence also the gothic font for the title.

I also did a few experiments with ways of turning cloth into bookcloth, which is why the two books are a bit different in color. The one on the right in the above picture is the original cloth color.

The edges are gilded with the same gold paint as the title is done in, which also helps with the Old Fancy Book vibe I wanted.

Almost all of the stories opened with "One day, Frederick..." or "One time, Frederick...", and I picked a nice ornamental font for the dropcaps there.

[averaillisa]

zhongli’s birthday wallet d(^w^)b

[hurricanek8art]

Last art post because my nerves are getting to me, sorry for spamming 🙃 I just wanted to post my ref sheets for my girls because I'm proud of them. No idea if Tumblr's gonna crunch these too, so better safe than sorry, click for quality, you know the drill. Sorry for my chicken scratch handwriting, dysgraphia makes writing neatly hard. :P

Aja's ref sheet is kind of a huge mess, so I'm just posting the current armor and downtime/off-duty looks I've got for her. I'm proud of Vega's, though!

[crownedinmarigolds]

I despise despise despise when family just assumes I will draw something for them or for another family member out of the goodness of my heart. Like I of course love gifting art or whatever, but I don't know how anyone can listen to me saying "my day is 100% full, I have a full time job, a husband and daughter I spend time with, and I draw commissions in my limited free time" and then just assume I can give out free art out of nowhere. I'm sorry - I cannot cheerfully accept drawing hyper-detailed emotional art pieces with my current schedule without incentive to do so. I have a very organized schedule I adhere to. "You should do it because he loves you!" I'm sorry - fuck off with that. I love him so much too but I am BUSY and he himself isn't even asking me this is you basically asking for a free commission for him. I know it makes me sound like a big jerk who isn't grateful or whatever but I am so busy and they don't even bother offering to pay me at all.

[ohfallingdisco]

my friends with depression: keep your birthday cards. i am begging you. i have mine in a drawer and when i start to feel especially worthless, i read through them and there’s my lost grandpa saying i love you, my favorite aunt’s funny cards, my parents actually writing heartfelt things, and doodles from friends from all throughout my life, usually with something innocent like “you’re cool, like your style.”

keep your birthday cards.

[monabee-draws]

20 years is a long time (to be in love)

Agressively makes more Stardew art for the holidays because it brings me joy---

[so-very-small]

this father’s day, shoutout to my dad for leaving when i was 5. without him, i might have never have needed a coping mechanism and subsequently found g/t. considering how shitty he is, honestly not a bad trade off. thanks and good riddance, king.

[juicyspacesecrets]

Happy Holidays and A Happy New Year!

...ya’ll know the deal (#｀-_ゝ-)

Bonus:

misplaced baby

[thebigolbee]

Little gift for @super-shishkebab of her OC Purslane, feat. Marlow in his jammies for some reason 💜

Purslane is such a cutie rapscallion I just love her whole scene

[ftm-radio]

Hello! Here are some fun facts about me!

I am...

quite pale

permanently tired-looking with shadowy circles under my eyes

naturally very protective of and reluctant to part with my blood (nurses HATE him)

sensitive to bright light

unfortunately rather hairless

liable to use unnecessarily formal/stilted language at the drop of a hat

fairly nocturnal

a hermit

currently obsessed with victorian aesthetics (for writing purposes, but still)

literally allergic to sunlight, I think???

and I have to say, it is horribly cruel of the universe to make me so vampire-coded when it is my god-given, transgender right to be a goddamn werewolf.

[kuusihevonen]

My dad's grandpa's clock from 1901, once again on display after several decades 🧡

[shannonsketches]

lays on the floor do you guys ever think about how in ResF Bulma falls for Vegeta's fake-out with Freeza and both she and Yamcha are worried about Vegeta's villain fake-out strategy in Champa and Beerus' mini tournament and how it's only been a couple of years since the Buu saga and how Vegeta straight up stopped using that strategy after that tournament

[machiavellli]

Happy Christmas Eve everyone!!🎄🫶✨

[ectonurites]

i wish i was joking but GENUINELY one of the easiest ways to get me to cry is. get me thinking about Stephanie Brown too hard

[adustoflove]

If you buy someone a gift because YOU think it's cool or because YOU actually want it with NO thought about the other person's preferences....you're a selfish, thoughtless jerk and I personally hope that you're disappointed every year by other people who only think of themselves when they buy you a gift too

[kestrelpapercrafts]

Mirror Lake

Cut paper, 2024