#merrywhumpmas2023

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Merry Whumpmas || Day 24; Snowed In

It was hard to keep each other warm, when one of you was the embodiment of winter. Caretaker mused that perhaps, cuddling up to Whumpee was just going to make the situation worse.

But Whumpee was so drained, even he couldn't resist Winters cruel chill.... so Caretaker continued to hold onto them, even as the cold took him too.

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This was going to be cute, like, snuggling by the fireplace cute! But it sorta just... derailed.

Whoops.

It was also meant to be a gift for my good friend, @lindzem but it came out just super angsty, sorry x-x

Merry Whumpmus everyone!

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Jack Frost and Pitch Black both belong to Rise of the Guardians || Dreamworks

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Merry Whumpmas || Day 22; Nightmare

(Somethow this went to drafts rather than queue, I legitimately thought I posted it months ago!)

Caretaker hated seeing Whumpee like this. Twisting and turning in his sleep, whimpering and begging with his fractured voice. Whole body coated in sweat as he trembled on Caretakers lap.

It was almost to be expected. After all, Whumpee's brother; Whumper, went above and beyond to make his life a living hell. Yet despite all the damage Whumper did, Whumpee still kept running back.

Caretaker didn't quite understand where he got his commitment from. The love of a brother, he supposed. Whumpee was certain that if he could just get Whumper to listen, to break through with his fruitless begging... he'd eventually get his brother back.

Unfortunately, it wasn't that easy. But Caretaker would always be there to pick up the pieces.

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Felt nice having most of Christmas off, but I really should've been drawing because I'm REALLY far behind now. Whoopsie. Just means I need to work harder.

Looking forward to January at least, I have some fun projects in mind!

Antares (Whumpee) belongs to me.

Azrael (Caretaker) belongs to @ksclaw

Merry Whumpmus everyone!

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Merry Whumpmas || Day 21; Infection

Whumpee wasn't a cleric, that was always her mothers domain. To be so far from her Mother, to be so far from even Whumpers backhanded assistance... she hadn't realised what an issue it might cause.

It started out as an average wound, nothing Whumpee would think much of, she'd suffered worse.

But then the fever set in, it was the first thing she noticed at least. It was only the beginning, unfortunately. It only got worse, soon she was in a constant sweat, even though she felt so cold.

The wound burned with infection soon enough, and when she wasn't coughing up her lungs, she was keeled over sick.

....Perhaps running away from home to suck up to Whumper wasn't the best idea.

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The fun thing about this one was we had a blackout when I was just over halfway. Luckily I'd saved the base colours, but it was still such a huge pain in the butt.

Also filled with errors, but I have work tomorrow so can't really do much about it. A contender for a redraw for sure.

Merry Whumpmus everyone!

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Merry Whumpmas || Day 14; Sprained Ankle

Whumpee was meant to be the best, the very best. No-one could ever surpass her when it came to fighting. Martial artist was her thing after all.

Yet somehow, all it took was a minor injury to completely cripple her. Not even something like a broken leg, or a fracture! No, this was just a mere sprain! Yet it practically crippled her. She couldn't run or walk without pain.

The thought of kicking, or fighting seemed impossible.

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Marie was actually the spin for yesterday, but 'Denial' was so hard to draw, I had to choose someone it'd be easier with.

I am not looking forward to some future prompts, but I'm eager to face the challenge! Though I'm also super eager to work on some personal projects.

I really want to get back into animation, and desperately want to work on my book, but right now I want to get back into the habit of drawing frequently, and this challenge is helping me do that.

Even if this isn't very popular, I'm having fun challenging myself :)

Merry Whumpmus everyone!

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Merry Whumpmas || Day 13; Denial

"What would you give to protect them?" Whumper asked, hand lightly holding up Whumpee's chin.

Whumpee never cared so much about a group of people, these people were her second family, her loved ones. She already knew the answer to Whumper's question, before it even left their lips."

"Anything."

But anything wasn't enough, anything and everything and all that was in the world wasn't enough to save them. No matter how much she pretended and denied and closed her eyes and prayed...

The smell of blood would never leave her nose, and the sight of those that had fallen was painted behind her eyelids.

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Thank you so much to @ksclaw for helping me with this prompt, I was honestly completely stuck and had no idea what to do with it. They are meant to be writing prompts, and it's really hard to create art of a concept like 'Denial.'

Even so, this turned out perfectly and I'm so glad with how it turned out~

Merry Whumpmus everyone!

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Merry Whumpmas || Day 6; Nowhere To Go

Whumpee wasn't sure what they expected. They thought Whumper would see them and snap back to reality, to kindness, to soft smiles and gentle touches.

They didn't expect to be hunted, to be cornered, to be left with nowhere to go as Whumper pinned them down.

They thought if Whumpee just spoke to them, Whumper would hear them. But instead, Whumper just took their voice instead.

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Felt like I did Antares dirty by skipping his spin on the board with 'Poison', so I gave him this. While I was looking up refs however, I thought redrawing this piece would be absolutely perfect!

Elaxi, being corrupted, has no mind for words or platitudes. He only has the urge to destroy, chaos incarnate. But that doesn't mean Antares will give up on saving his brother.

Anyway Antares totally has Elaxi's old scarf.

Merry Whumpmus everyone!

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Merry Whumpmas || Day 4; Chills

Whumpee wasn't afraid of the dark, she was a thief, the darkness was her friend. It helped hide her, keep her safe. The notion that there were monsters in the dark was pathetic to her.

But then it wasn't.

The dark was no longer safe, Whumper made sure she knew that. The shadows were his domain, and he was always there in her shadow, waiting, watching.

Sure to be the chill down her spine.

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I had an idea of what to do when I saw the prompt, and really wanted to use Wolve or Jade for it. I figured I'd spin the wheel just to be fair, and ironically enough, Wolve popped up immediately!

I'm glad, because my rule is if I used one character the day before, I can't use them for the next day, and tomorrows prompt is Poison.

I always use Wolve for Poison.

So I'm sorta really excited to try something new!

Merry Whumpmus everyone!

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Merry Whumpmas || Day 28; Scars

The struggle with having something carved into your back, was it was incredibly hard to even see what it was. The agony of the blade digging into Whumpers spine, his ribs, the flow of blood down his pale skin.

What was more of a struggle, was even if he did get access to a mirror, Whumper had blessed the lovely Whumpee with vampirism. Rendering mirrors unusable.

It was all he could do to trace the scars on his back, a light finger running along the strange markings. A language completely unknown to him.

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Sorry this is late! I was working yesterday, then it was all about new years celebrations! On that note;

Happy New Years!

I only have a few left for Whumpmas, and I know I'm super late, but I can finally relax and work on some of my own projects. Which is likely to be practicing Karlach tbh.

Karlach and Minthara.

That's if I'm not playing more Baldurs Gate 3 of course.

Merry Whumpmus everyone!

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Astarion belongs to Baldurs Gate 3 || Larian Studios

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Merry Whumpmas || Day 26; Shivering

Really, Whumpee shouldn't get cold. He was cold as a corpse after all, but trudging through the snow was doing very little.

If he didn't know any better, he'd think his fingers and nose were about to fall off. Thankfully, he'd long learned his body was a bit more tough than that.

That didn't mean he was any less upset at being forced out into the cold.

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Okay I'll admit, I really wanted to do Baldurs Gate fanart all month, and was trying to save it till next year.

When the Baldurs Gate Christmas (Xbox Release) Animation was posted the other day, I couldn't resist! Especially when the prompt was 'shivering' and there was such a funny scene of Astarion shivering on Karlach's lap.

Also figured it'd be nice to draw some snuggled up Astarion!

Merry Whumpmus everyone!

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Astarion belongs to Baldurs Gate 3 || Larian Studios

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Merry Whumpmas || Day 18; Fainting

Whumpee wasn't one for dramatics. Showing up at a ball late in a fancy dress to draw attention just wasn't something she did. She wouldn't demand to be front and center, to be put on a stage in front of a cheering crowd.

The young girl wouldn't even raise her voice. If anything, Whumper had trained her to keep her head down and mouth shut. Her job was to look pretty, behave, be a good little pet.

But some things were out of her control. Whumpee didn't know if it was because she was unwell, or just hadn't had enough water. Whumper did restrict her intake after all.

One moment Whumpee was standing like a good little doll next to Whumper, and the next she felt incredibly dizzy... and then, she was falling.

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Struggled a lot with this, but it's been a busy few days x-x I really hope to do better with the next one! I'm really committed to drawing every day this month and I'm so close to achieving it I can't give up now :)

Merry Whumpmus everyone!

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Merry Whumpmas || Day 12; Delirious

Everything was so fuzzy... it was hard to tell if she was awake, or merely dreaming. Was those blinding lights above her head in her imagination, or the glare of halogen?

Whumpee's head felt like it was filled with cottonballs, stuffed to the brim, coming out of the ears, her nose, her eyes. She desperately wanted to sink back into oblivion, but the choice to drift in and out of such an escape was lost in her delirium.

Was she drugged? Or was this just another spike of mana withdrawal? She wasn't sure... It was so hard to think.

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Once again I'm reminded that these are writing prompts x-x It certainly makes the challenge of drawing them that much harder. But I'm glad to do so :)

I rolled Mizuki again for this, but because my rules are a respin if it's the same as before, I ended up getting Wolve. It'd be easy to do mana withdrawal or something, but I've drawn that so often, I wanted to try something new.

So I figure her being cared for in one of her episodes would be a good change of pace.

Merry Whumpmus everyone!

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Merry Whumpmas || Day 8; Bedridden

This... was new.

Whumpee woke to warmth, comfort. A cozy bed and fresh clothes, covering her freshly dressed wounds.

She was expecting more pain, more punishment, but this wasn't either of those. She had woken up naturally after a full nights rest, sun streaming through the window, and a glass of water on the table beside her.

It was hard to believe in kindness after such trials, but whoever had placed her here didn't seem to have ill intent.

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Mizuki was the recipient of the wheel this time, and while I do love myself some angst and whump, I figured I'd do something nice for once.

I do need to focus more on the 'comfort' aspect of hurt/comfort, as I struggle with that a lot, and this was nice to draw.

If I wasn't in such a rush for a backlog, I'd definetely work more on this though. Alas, daily art means some corners are cut :(

Merry Whumpmus everyone!

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Merry Whumpmas || Day 25; Alone

It wasn't the first time, and it certainly would not be the last.

This was Whumpee's punishment. For misbehaving, for going against Whumper's wishes.... for just being near Whumper when he was in a particularly bad mood.

The punishment was often the same. A day in the room... a few days... a week.... it only ever grew. It continued to stack up and up and up. Whumpee wondered if one day, it might escalate to a year.

The thought terrified her.

She figured Whumper knew that.

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Trying to catch up as fast as I can, and so today was more of a lazy redraw. I have a few ideas for the next few pieces at least, so I'm excited for that!

For this, I fell back on my old trope of throwing Jade in the isolation room. I've done it several times, and ironically, I haven't actually played with it in years.

It frustrated me that I was literally signing off and realised a much better idea where I could have Astarion from Baldurs Gate 3 all alone in the 'pen'.

Good future ideas though!

Merry Whumpmus everyone!

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Merry Whumpmas || Day 23; Cracked Ribs

While Whumpee was an expert martial artist, that didn't mean she didn't get her own ass kicked occasionally. Hell, it happened more than she'd like, she was even used to being hurt at this point.

That didn't mean she enjoyed it, especially after Whumper decided to test just how high her pain tolerance was.

It was one thing to have a fair fight, martial artist against martial artist. But to be pinned and beaten, that was a whole new can of worms.

Unfortunately, Whumpee's breathing was already severely restricted from her scarred lungs. To have feel the crack of her ribs, the sharp edges digging into her... it didn't make it any easier.

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Was really glad I rolled Marie for this, it fit her story well! I didn't get to use her much because the tabletop she was in only had 3 sessions before it was dropped. But her backstory is pretty fun!

Marie is a professional martial artist and hacker. However, due to the burn scars on her body (from an unnamed incident) she tends to isolate, anxious about her appearance.

The fire was bad enough that it actually damaged her lungs. Because of this, she wears a mask that serves as a respirator. Add some technology fancy talk for how it works, but I liked the aesthetic.

I tried to keep it simple because I'm so busy with Christmas, and while it's not my best, I did have a lot of fun with it!

Merry Whumpmus everyone!

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Merry Whumpmas || Day 20; Stab Wounds

Pain. Blood. Hot blood… one stab wound, straight through his stomach. He felt blood trickle out from the corner of his mouth. It soaked into the cloth of his mask. Whumpee was in pain, but more annoyed that Whumper had ruined his favorite shirt.

In a second, once his back was turned, Whumpee’s hand was at his belt. A tiny throwing knife left his hand with impossible aim. It buried itself into Whumper’s shoulder. Whumpee lunged and drove his boot into Whumper's stomach using his non-dominant leg, as the stab wound dripping dark red blood everywhere was closer to his right then it was his left.

Whumper lurched forward in surprise, spinning around with his blade raised. As he spun, he aimed for Whumpee's face, slashing at his cheek and barely missing his eye. This time, his look was dripping with loathing.

“You petulant little cockroach!” he hissed, breathless from the kick. “This is my favourite coat, how dare you!”

Strangely, even Whumper's men seemed intimidated, several backing off from the raging man. He seemed to have an aura of darkness permeating off of him as he dropped the blade, snatching up Whumpee's right arm, eye blazing with impossibly unnatural brightness, before he jerked his arm down on his knee, snapping the bone cleanly.

“You’ll pay for that,” his hissed, teeth bared.

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I was so mad when I finished Bloodloss, that I saw 'Stab Wounds' as a prompt later on. Part of me was really tempted to combine the two. But I figured that'd be cheating.

Instead, I figured I'd continue the scene and overdramatise the work and add some more daggers to his back.

I also sorta had the idea since like, seeing the prompt back at 'Bloodloss.' Like, the whole image with his back facing and everything.

Absolutely love his hair though!

Merry Whumpmus everyone!

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Merry Whumpmas || Day 19; Trusting The Enemy

Whumpee finally felt relaxed, relieved even. He didn't even remember the last time he'd felt like that. It felt like a weight had finally been removed from his chest, a weight that had been there so long he had forgotten what it was like without it.

After years and years of torment, he'd finally managed to get rid of Whumper. A thorn in his side, no, a dagger, a jagged blade. It was gone... he could finally heal.

The only remnant of Whumper was his daughter, who seemed to be just another victim of Whumpers torment. So shy and quiet, the way she flinched at every loud noise. While Whumpee had periods of time where Whumper left them alone... this girl didn't.

Of course, as much as he cared for her plight, he couldn't convince Caretaker to leave them uncuffed. Whumpee understood why of course. The girl was the daughter of Whumper, and while he trusted her, they had to be careful.

Unfortunately, handcuffs were his downfall. As soon as his back was turned, the girl jumped him, wrapping the cuffs around his neck and throwing her entire weight back, eyes glowing fiercely with the same piercing glow as Whumpers.

"Can't get rid of me that easily, Whumpee."

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Another segment from the rp I currently have! Staring Jade (In her Queen form) and Kacen, my rp partners character.

This time, it's an area that's planned, rather than one that's already been written. Also because of the difficulty with displaying some scenes with art, I had to change a few things.

Originally, when Jade's father dies. Kacen is relieved. At least until Jade starts attacking him from behind. Her appearance twisted into a warped form of her fathers visage.

Acknowledging she's likely possessed, given the glowing rune on her neck. They lock her up until they can figure out a way to fix things.

Unfortunately, she gets out, finding her way to Kacen's room and starting to strangle him with handcuffs....

Then they kiss, cuz dammit those two are cute and even I need fluff occasionally.

Merry Whumpmus everyone!

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