#mass effect holiday cheer

[masseffectholidaycheer]

Almighty Harbinger, will there be a reaping this year?

The paltry human flesh sack behind the majesty that is Holiday Harbinger has recently fallen face-first back into full-blown Mass Effect obsession, so signs appear favorable. A signal should reach the minions on the Citadel very soon.

Provided, of course, there’s enough interest!

[miniature-space-hamster]

Holiday Harbinger piece for @crocophant, hope you like it! ^^

[commander-sarahs-art]

A couple years back i was blessed to be the recipient of @thornaelle for @masseffectholidaycheer and this year i am finally able to return the joy that was given to me!

I was unbelievably excited to see you were my giftee this year!💕 and i knew immediately i had to do the dream team💕 and i got to draw Rani again after so long which was a joy! Once again. Virmire who?? Never heard of her.

I truly hope you like it🥺🥺💕💕 Happy Holidays my friend💕💕

[trekkiemage]

@thetrashbagswasteland I know you've been waiting ages for this! When you said Avitus Rix was your darling, I knew I had to try painting him in those Andromeda glowing neons 💙💙

Process vid below the cut (it is like 90% trying to figure out the frame haha)

[shiara-tsoni]

@masseffectholidaycheer for @mrjoeblue

I was super excited to get paired with a fellow FemShep x Liara shipper!! I love these two, and love drawing them. Lightly NSFW, but tasteful I think! (Hope?)

[thornaelle]

This year I bring January Jubilation and @masseffectholidaycheer to @pioneer-over-c! They said this scene was their favourite interaction between Shepard and Kaidan (sure, it's the same for all LIs but it just works so well for renegade leaning Shenko) and SAME so I knew I had to draw it.

I hope you like it and that I did Greye justice!

[theoriginalladya]

Mass Effect Holiday Cheer

I cannot put into words just how surprised and delighted I was/am to receive the gift @ad-astra13 made for me for the Mass Effect Holiday Cheer exchange!!! I've had this a WEEK and I STILL cannot find the words!

It's my Caleb and Kaidan! In cross stitch!!! Oh man - as a cross stitcher myself, I know just what goes into making a project like this! It's so beautiful!!! The two of them, the details on their armor, the sparkly hearts, the Irish! <3 <3 <3 AHHHH!!!!! As soon as I start getting my art up on the walls in our new house, this will have a very special place! It's absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!

Go raibh míle maith agat!

(I'm also so happy you enjoyed reading what I have of their many, varied adventures so far! There will be more to come!)

[kipaia]

Incredibly late posting this because I have absolute goldfish memory, but here’s my @masseffectholidaycheer​ from @undynedevotion​!!!! My new Bakara Overlordess now hangs above my monitors and *strongly encourages* that I get my work done XD I love her, absolutely incredible work, undyne you are my hero thank you so much! <3

[rawliverandcigarettes]

Happy Holidays @sheyshen !!!

Here's my gift to you for the @masseffectholidaycheer : your OC John and his lover Kaidan being in a Dual Mood, I experimented with brushes and I really hope you like the result (I wanted to draw a combo of them both, but sadly couldn't find the time :( ).

I hope you like your boys, and I wish you a great beginning of 2023 full of space adventures and wonder!! ✨

And thanks once more to the great Harbinger of our Doom for organizing this massive (and festive) event! 🎄

[alongtidesoflight]

So fuck you, and thanks for asking.

My Holiday Harbinger contribution, for @depressed-sock, a painting of their Shepard Karson and Jack!

[fourthage]

Okay, so this was a journey, y’all. I get home and see a black box sitting in front of my door and am immediately ready to be salty. I have an electronic thing coming from Amazon today and they’ve had a bad habit of slapping shipping labels on the manufacturer’s box and leaving an expensive piece of hardware out in the open for anyone to see. Then I got close enough to see my name handwritten and the return address and went 😍!! It’s @tarysande and my @masseffectholidaycheer gift!

First item out of the box was a space and shakarian themed notebook, with a very important message as soon as I opened it.

I am irrationally excited about the next thing because my wash clothes are always falling off the towel rack.

Look how brilliant that is!

This next thing made me laugh at first

But then I opened it and every page was filled out.

The best one, obviously.

And finally, an adorable cross between an elcor and a turian! I can’t stopped squishing it.

Thank you so much! Everything was super thoughtful and my smile kept getting bigger as I went.

[bleepblorpthebeautiful]

This was my first time participating in @masseffectholidaycheer and even though I’m disappointed that my gift was never posted, I still had fun making my gift and seeing what everyone else received.

Here’s what I made for my recipient:

I always knew I was going to do a cross stitch, and since my recipient specifically mentioned THAT tango, I knew that’s what I had to do. This was based off an image by @wei723.

I started working on it a couple days after Christmas. The day after I started, my eyes temporarily gave out on me. Turns out I had an allergic reaction to my new contacts. I stopped wearing them, but my eyes were so cloudy that everything was blurry for days. By the time things started to improve, and I could see well though to cross stitch, we were well into January. I put in several late evenings to get this finished by the deadline. It’s not my best framing job, but there was a time crunch.

I hope the recipient likes it, and I am excited to participate again later this year.

PS - My eyeballs made a full recovery and I have switched contact brands.

[otayuranidiot]

@bickeringcrab I am your holiday harbinger for @masseffectholidaycheer! I wanted to make something lighthearted for your Fab, and of course Garrus is our favorite Turian out there <3 I love the description for your Shepard, they seem like someone who has kept strong despite a lot of tragedy. I’d keep sprinkling them with praise but I think that’s the sound of harbinger’s lasers in the distance uh-

[nonopi]

What’s this? A crossword left behind in the rubble...

A most unexpected gift for @skogrr for the Mass Effect Holiday Cheer run by @holidayharbinger​! Normally I write a fanfic or make edits for gift exchanges, but I thought I’d try my hand a new obsession of mine: crossword puzzles! With a special emphasis on the bestest babes: Shepard, Garrus, Kaidan, and Samantha. <3

The answer key is in the Read More. :)

Tips:

Some answers are words, some are phrases.

Clues with a hashtag and a number are referring to answers for other clues.

Clues reference Mass Effect 1-3.

Thank you for playing! And thank you to @where-desert-touches-the-stars​ for helping me put this together!

Answer key:

[cassiefisherdrake]

My @masseffectholidaycheer gift arrived from @theoriginalladya - thank you SO much! This blanket is huge (featuring my life-size omni-tool for reference) and absolutely stunning, covering two of my favourite ships: mShep/Kaidan AND femShep/Miranda! I can tell how much work and love you put into this and it shows so, so much. It will get plenty of use in our cold apartment. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU and happy 2023! 💛

[tarysande]

Dear @kirikitsune — thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!! This is an incredible gift and I ADORE IT.

First, let’s pretend there weren’t three bags of caramels two days ago. Oops. They are so addictive and delicious and I am definitely consuming them at a 100% reasonable pace. 👀

Second, I just realized I took pictures without your lovely card. Thank you for making this notebook with a removable cover. I’m going to use it ALL THE TIME because of that! (Clearly, you understand all too well the dilemma of the too-nice-to-use notebook!)

Third, the bookmarks are so amazing! And the journal!! Aaaahh!! I absolutely love all the perfect little details, the leather is incredible, and you’ve chosen one of my very favorite quotes. (Thank you, too, for the wonderful comments you left on my fic! Bonus gift!!) Maybe if I write in the magical notebook, I will finally finish my languishing works in progress???

Thank you again. I feel totally spoiled and so, so, so grateful!! ❤️❤️