#overall i'm REALLY happy

[reizerou-arts]

For our newest specord event called "Fairytales and Folklore", I drew a piece for Lack-Two based on the Scottish folklore of the water kelpie.

In the past days of Crown Tundra, there lived an Alpha Keldeo that people called the water kelpie. It was known to lure children on its back on the shores of lakes. But once the children touched it, their hand would get stuck and Keldeo would dive deep underwater, and the children were never to be seen again. A young lad named Lack-Two has found himself being dragged down to depths... But maybe he can still make it, who knows?

[arodrwho]

christ alive what an episode though

[rayactive-factory]

fanart for @teamxdark!! based on the descriptions from this story, i loved the outfit designs and white-silver and black-golden colours for them so much <3

[nohtora]

chúc mừng năm mới ! wishing you all good luck and good health for this lunar new year !!

in vietnamese culture, the zodiac animals are slightly different – instead of the rabbit, we celebrate the year of the cat ( aka my year hehe ) 😺 — art prints / stickers & posters !

[akantorrr]

Built with care.

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts Union χ - Dwarf Woodlands

[sharkylass]

Okay, before I talk about au stuff-ART FIGHT HAS OFFICIALLY ENDED!!

This year I was super busy, and yet this has somehow turned out to me my most productive year on artfight to date with 24 total attacks (and I wanted to do more, but again, this month had me in a chokehold) SO HERE ARE MY CONTRIBUTIONS!

In order, credit for character designs goes to: First two are for @rose-petal123 next is @princess-self-shipping , @clawcakes , @sweetkiller690 , @camilieroart , @anixolt , @artilite, @krdrawsnext two are both for @kazehita @bleeding-fairy-helmet , Curb Animates (on youtube), @donniipao , @wonder-of-the-stars , @bluesgras , @feloplip , @princemonarchempress, @tfrost , @tealgoat , @sketchz42 , @saltyhibiscus And the last two are for @sharoo

(For some reason the tags aren't working, but if you're curious, I mentioned everyone in the notes in the same order!)

[grimvestige]

I finally got around to reading my Vampire Hunter D ebooks so I wanted to do a little fanart of everyone's favorite pretty dhampir~

[bixels]

What did/do you like about Pharah?

Uh, gameplay-wise, I really love characters in shooters who rely on three-dimensional movement techs. Chaining together hover and jump to stay in the air for as long as possible and keep momentum is so satisfying, and picking enemies off from the sky made me feel like a bird of prey. I was a good Pharah main.

Story-wise, there unfortunately isn't much to canonically go off because Pharah is so underutilized and neglected. Her personality's pretty boilerplate "heroic hero" (she's literally inspired by Captain America).

But it's the crumbs/bits and pieces that I really latched onto. Pharah's a confirmed lesbian; her short story with Baptiste implies she harbors a crush on Mercy (fucking thank you.). She's biracial Egyptian/First Nations. She has major mommy issues, having grown up both admiring and resenting Ana. She's the bridge between Old Overwatch, inspired by the idealized heroes who surrounded her childhood, and New Overwatch. She's one of the only inter-generational characters in the cast; someone whose experiences span the gap, which is why I seriously believe Pharah would make a great main character.

There isn't much to go off of, though; she's a very uncomplicated character (she's a soldier for a private military corporation, lol.). But that just means she's a blank slate character, so I've seen fanfic writers run wild and create some really interesting takes on her. My favorite interpretation of her's a dense, herbo gym-bro type (a lot of her liens are about work outs, exercising, and playing sports) who's easily excitable under her seemingly self-serious, armored visage. We see how she tends to gloat and hype herself up when she's on a streak too, so Pharah definitely has a competitive and boastful side under her more professional and militant performance.

Now Mercy? Mercy is a real complex character.

[muzzlemouths]

wanted to try redrawing the very first fanart i made for this guy

[canisalbus]

sorry im emotonal and going off of the other asks sent about machete and just i need to stress how beautiful it is to me that machete sees himself so undeserving of love and affection and feeling as if vasco's too good for him but despite all that he is so incredibly devoted to vasco and loving towards him (in his own way) but is so incredibly clear to anyone with eyes that just how in love he is with vasco. like it's not done out of a "oh god please never realize that you're too good for me here here let me overdo it with the affection" its done with the "i love you, and will always love you, no matter what happens to us or separates us, and i will give it to you as long as i am able, and if you ever leave, i won't be okay, but will still love you, and want you happy". like he doesn't use his own feelings of being undeserving taint his love or the way he loves for vasco, and it's so, so beautiful

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[gingermintpepper]

Day 2: Hyacinthus

Interpretation notes and trivia below the cut!

Designing Hyacinthus as well as deciding on a personality for him was one of the first big problem I had to solve when the topic of a retelling came up. In most texts, he exists to be loved and then to die and even then, the focus of his death is not his own but rather on Apollo, the one who loses him. General modernised interpretations of him likewise tend to make him agreeable and inoffensive, the sort of character who is likeable and upright but never challenging or ornery. I didn't like any of those options, so I instead decided to build my Hyacinthus from the ground up - for better or for worse. His red hair is his most striking feature, it is his mother's divine hair colour and he is the only one of her children to have inherited it. Similarly, Hyacinthus is the only one of his mother's children to inherit her magic. While some of his siblings were born with a few passive gifts from their mother (Argalus' 'perfect' memory and Polyboea's affinity for mental calculations and projections, for example) Hyacinthus was born with a talent for sealing and warding magic and thusly, much of his life has been shaped by the pursuit of knowledge and his wish to use his talents to better his kingdom. Much of his good-nature and zeal for life and learning is destroyed by the circumstances of his death and entombment. When he is revived, he is angry, lost, devoid of most of his memories and desperate to fill the missing gaps of his soul. He's selfish and snappish, hurt and desperate to hurt others but, most importantly, he is searching. When he is revived, all the world has heard his story but he is not apart of it. They do not remember Hyacinthus, the mage-prince of Amyclae or Hyacinthus, the teacher of men. They do not speak of Hyacinthus, who charmed the gods for their knowledge or Hyacinthus whose beauty was bested only by his wit - they speak of Apollo and his lost love, Apollo and his grief, Hyacinthus, the lover of the Radiant. One can only hope that he will find whatever it is he is looking for on this journey.

Some fun trivia:

Youngest son in a family of seven, his magic was the catalyst for Clio revealing her true identity as a Muse to her children.

Actually prefers to be called 'Hyacinth' but has made peace with people ignoring his wishes and just calling him Hyacinthus out of habit or formality.

Has an intense resting bitch face and struggles with visibly expressing happiness or sadness. This is also a trait he shares with his mother, though his older sister Hegesandre also shares this feature. Cynortas was technically a part of the resting bitch face club but he practiced smiling and looking cheery so much as a child that now has the opposite problem where he can smile through anything, even pain or anger.

Left home when he was 10 to study at the Parnassus Institute for Gifted Children. The Institute specialises in training the children of the Muses, but occasionally it will take in normal people who show great promise. Hector, who becomes quite close to Hyacinth during their tenure together, was one of those people.

Was recognised by Apollo himself at his graduation and was gifted a laurel wreath. Apollo declared him the Shepherd Laureate which made Hyacinth the third Laureate alive at that time - a status shared only by Orpheus, the Poet Laureate and Asclepius, the Doctor Laureate.

Despite his title, is atrocious with animals and genuinely despises both sheep and goats. Has a mild phobia of goats in particular due to a traumatic incident when he was first climbing the mountain where a particular wild goat absolutely terrorised him. Along with following him for days, it would eat anything he left unattended and even bit and headbutted him numerous times when he would try to wrestle his food back from it. He was so bothered by the title in fact, that he asked Apollo if the designation was a joke at his expense. Apollo never denied that it was a joke but he never confirmed it either.

Exceptional hunter but prefers trapping to hunting by dog or arrow. Has never been one for weapons and much rather prefers to fight bare handed if the occasion arises.

Despite his laurel wreath being such a precious object, Hyacinth has never properly worn it. He wore them around his left bicep after obtaining them and when Polyboea contracted phthisis and needed comforting, he gave them to her as an object that would give her strength. Polyboea was buried with his laurels so he never got the chance to wear the wreath on his head.

His favourite colour is a dark oak brown and his favourite hobby is reading. His favourite food is fish roasted by a river and shared with people he loves. He died at 28 on the first day of Karneios.

[cute-ellyna]

Clive Rosfield / Watercolor Study

ASDHJFASLDFALKFHFJ! I did it!!! Dark, broody Clive in watercolors! I was so afraid of painting him, but I'm proud of how it turned out and this might actually be my favorite piece of my watercolors series!

Again, many thanks to @ nyanyabluecat on Twitter who let me use one of her photos as reference, I just knew it would have sparked my inspiration <3

[antisocialxconstruct]

alright you guys voted clown dogs and clown dogs you shall have

[foxscarf]

9.6.24

Working on my project proposal presentation, for my probation review on Wednesday! It's actually quite satisfying summarising all the work I've done this year, and exciting writing about my PhD plan to come!

It is such a good feeling I've got that I'm doing the right PhD. Suddenly I don't want to stop reading about it. 😊🌥️

43/100 days of productivity

[robbyykeene]

so now that it’s done and it went a bit differently than you predicted - how do u feel ab the Miguel Robby arc ?

Good question! I have mixed feelings about it. I really liked that they explored Miguel's feelings of entitlement and jealousy towards Robby. I liked that they had Miguel take accountability for being an asshole, apologize, and then do better. I liked that they gave Miguel an actual arc, and I liked that they brought back his disillusionment with Johnny from season 4, and resolved it--in a way that somewhat did address that it's Miguel's insecurity in his relationship with Johnny that is ultimately the root of his and Robby's problems. I like that Miguel and Robby actually communicated, and I like that in the scene where Miguel was berating Robby, Robby actually stood up for himself and was framed as being right, at least in that moment. I like that they managed to explore all of this without vilifying either kid, and making space for the validity of both of their feelings--even if Miguel didn't always express it right.

What I didn't like had more to do with the Johnny of it all than anything. I didn't like that Johnny was kind of absolved from actively encouraging the rivalry between them and from spurring on those feelings of entitlement, but then again I never expected that to be addressed. I didn't like that we had to hear Johnny apologize to Miguel for "not being there" because he was "too busy supporting Robby" when he actively was more supportive of Miguel than Robby, and when Robby still hasn't gotten a real apology for all the shit Johnny has put him through. I liked that Johnny defended Robby to Miguel, but when it was in the midst of a conversation where we as the audience were once again being gaslit about his involvement in Robby's life, it felt cheapened.

I also wouldn't necessarily say I didn't like it, but it was very hard to watch Robby be isolated and ostracized from his team. There was also an innate power imbalance in this situation between Miguel and Robby, which made Miguel's jealousy and bitterness harder to swallow. None of those kids were really Robby's friends, and none of them believed in him. Hawk and Demetri explicitly stated this, and it never was resolved or acknowledged. So a lot of it felt like bullying more than it may have otherwise. Miguel may have been frustrated and upset, but he had a support system. Robby did not, and with the way the rest of his arc (separate from Miguel) played out, it just emphasized how truly alone Robby as a character is, and it's sad. He has Tory and Miguel and that's really it, so without both of them it was just incredibly depressing. And it's telling that all it took were some words of encouragement from Miguel to get his focus back. It made it seem like Robby truly does have zero self-worth, which has been a consistent aspect of his character but it would be nice to see him actually heal and be happy for once.

I'd say overall I liked it way more than I expected to, but it's also hard for me to be objective about it given what happened to Robby this season. Everything just feels tainted.