#rainbowwhimsyart

[rainbowwhimsyart]

"Whimsical". Prismacolor colored pencils on toned paper, 18"x12"

Finally get to reveal @lostcap's D&D character commission for her darling Whims, aka Whimsical. I honestly think it's the best character illustration I've done yet! I'm so thrilled with how she turned out.

[not-poignant]

Just saw a thing on Twitter asking if people have birthdays for their characters and whether or not they ever do anything to celebrate or mark those days, and I was immediately curious about you and your characters. 😊

I...don’t actually.

It’s a miracle I’ve actually given Augus, Gwyn and Ash Celtic astrology starsigns in the first place.

I don’t have the birthdays of any of the Fae Tales characters (or any character) written down on any of their character information sheets. With Fae Tales that’s easy - fae don’t celebrate birthdays, and it’s not a ritual that’s important to them. They sort of mark the years that go by on the winter or summer solstice, or whatever they treat as ‘new year’s.’ So many fae may know their birthday, but won’t do anything for it. And Gwyn was never told his (he only found out when he read Crielle’s journals in COFT).

But even for like, human characters, or characters who might care (say, Mallory and Lewis, or idk, any of the Fae Tales characters in human AUs) I’ve never pinned it down? *hangs head*

I actually really love the tradition of celebrating and doing fanart for characters on their birthday. This seems fairly popular in Japan, and a lot of my favourite mangaka like Yana Toboso typically do illustrations for character’s birthdays. Or you’ll get a huge run of fanart for a character on that day. It was also great for Mo Dao Zu Shi, where this happens too.

I’ve only really noticed it more in the past couple of years, because I’ve swung far more to watching Eastern media overall, so I follow more of those fandom blogs and Twitters.

I should probably make more of an effort with it, actually. I still don’t know that I’d ever bring it up in a story, but there’s no reason I can’t have it in fact sheets for the characters? It’s funny how much anything to do with numbers (heights, weights, dates) is never actually pinned down in my character info, generally, which I blame on the dyscalculia. But now I’m thinking I should make more of an effort, lol.

[ernmark]

Also, in terms of Jupeter songs, Raise your Weapon by Deadmau5. Ouch it hurts.

Rippin' my heart was so easy, so easyLaunch your assault now, take it easyRaise your weapon, raise your weapon,One word and it's over

[blargh-chicka-honk-honk]

@rainbowwhimsyart "rainbow whimsy" from neuralblender.com

[caswatchesoveryou]

@rainbowwhimsyart reblogged your photoset and added:

Why don’t you just rip my heart into little pieces and then put them in the blender and make a heart smoothie and then dump it in the trashcan where me and my pureed heart belong?

nooo i wanted to heal your hearts with this and not break them :< well, only at the beginning but then Cas COMES TO LIFE! CAS IS ALIVE! isn’t that great?? <:D alive Cas is better than dead Cas right?? right! <:’D

BUT i know it hurts nonetheless.. it’s gonna be okay..❤️ :’<

there there..❤️

[junosteelyourself]

"Lady sing the blues so well...

["Lady" 2018 by Stephanie Axberg. Mixed media. @rainbowwhimsyart @junosteelyourself]

"Lady sing the blues so well

As if she mean it

As if it's hell down here In the smoke-filled world

Where the jokes are cold

They don't laugh at jokes

They laugh at tragedies

Corner street societies

But they believe her

They never leave her

While she sings she make them feel things

She says, i can sing this song so blue

That you will cry in spite of you

Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder

Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder

And I have walked these streets so long

There ain't nothing right, there ain't nothing wrong

But the little wet tears on my baby's shoulder

The little wet tears on your baby's shoulder

Lady lights a cigarette, puffs away, no regret

Takes a look around, no regrets, no regrets

Stretches out like branches of a poplar tree

She says, i'm free

Sings so soft as if she'll break, says

I can sing this song so blue

That you will cry in spite of you

Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder

Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder

I have walked these streets so long

There ain't nothing right, nothing wrong

But the little wet tears on my baby's shoulder

The little wet tears on your baby's shoulder

But on this stage

I've learned to fly

Learned to sing

And learned to cry

Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder

Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder

But now it's time

To say goodbye

Some might laugh

But I will surely cry

Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder

Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder

Lady lights a cigarette

Puffs away, and winter comes

And she forgets..."

~ "Lady" by Regina Spektor, aka Juno's theme song.

Headcanon that when things are bad bad bad in Juno's head he smokes cigarettes, even though his lungs are already bad, even though it hurts, even though it makes him sick, even though it makes everything worse.

My poor self-destructive darling.

I wish I didn't understand.

[kitvinslakte]

@rainbowwhimsyart

Botanical Resin Decor

The Mage Cat on Etsy

[tacticalnymphomania]

rainbowwhimsyart replied to your photoset:                 Posting some selfies because it’s been a while and...                You look AWESOME also where did that tentacle dress come from!?    DressLily! They’re fast fashion and not super reliable, but when they get it right, they get it SO right.

[wonderlanddreams13]

A couple photos from Philly Pride Parade and Festival. Thank you to my new fellow pansexual friend @rainbowwhimsyart for letting me take a picture with you! I loved the sign and it was nice meeting you! Also, thank you @secretsynapse for coming with me today!!

[kitvinslakte]

@rainbowwhimsyart !??!?!!!

cat talk cat talk 😳

iketommy

[rainbowwhimsyart]

Concept sketch for an illustration I'm going to be doing of my favorite fire boy, Eran Iliakambar. This is from a mind-blowingly beautiful scene in the new chapter of @not-poignant 's The Ice Plague: The Seething Seas. I think I'm gonna do it in colored pencils.

[not-poignant]

✒️

Initially, when I started thinking of Mosk and him losing his ability to hear the trees, I was actually going to have Fenwrel make like, crystal ‘hearing aids’ that would tune into the wavelengths of trees and allow him to hear something, even though it wouldn’t be as good as what he could initially hear.

For varying reasons that didn’t work, because Fenwrel and Gulvi have to stay behind and run the Unseelie Court, but also because I wanted to explore a total sense loss, and embrace the challenge of writing the loss of a sense that we literally don’t have as people, and still write it in a way that does justice to it and what it means to Mosk. (And also what it means when he begins to find ways of living without it).

But that was going to be one of Mosk’s arcs and it was one of the many I shifted or changed as I started writing, and I liked another path more because I thought it suited him better.

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Fromthe ‘random fact about a WIP’ meme!

[assbutthasthephoneboxin221b]

Tagged by: @fangirl1977 Tag 9 people you want to get to know better. Relationship status: Single Last song I listened to: Me Too by Meghan Trainor Last book I read: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas Favorite color: Royal Purple or Forest Green. And yes. It has to be that specific. Top 3 shows: Impractical Jokers, Once Upon A Time, and Sherlock. Of course Supernatural and Doctor Who are up there too, but I haven't been following lately. Top 3 ships: I'm totally for Johnlock and Destiel and I can never choose which one I like more so they are tied for first. Then I would have to say that my heart always breaks for OutlawQueen and I absolutely love CaptainSwan. But I'm also sooo Vulgatto. ;) I tag in a completely non-pressure, do it or don't do it, it's all OK way @tis-confusion, @holytrenchcoatedsubtextchuck, @rainbowwhimsyart, @caraeverdeen, @just-a-bastille-fan, @diegosdomain, @alice-lost-in-fandomland Sorry. Didn't have 9 people lol

[blargh-chicka-honk-honk]

I turned a drawing from @rainbowwhimsyart. Into a colorable page for their cousin, sharing here so i can access it online from other devices

[kitvinslakte]

@nox919 @rainbowwhimsyart

If flowering fails, grown thorns and thrive anyway.

I like to think you're the demon rose made human. No matter what happens, no matter how someone tries to tame you... you don't just survive, you thrive! Even when it snows you bloom, mystifying everyone around you.

Would you believe you are the first to bring up DR?

And always remember, if flowering fails. Grow thorns and thrive anyway. 🌹👻

[junosteelyourself]

This is a gift it comes with a price

Who is the lamb and who is the knife

Midas is king and he holds me so tight

And turns me to gold in the sunlight

This is a gift...

.....

Just some fan art of my very sad, very tired son Juno Steel in Juno Steel and the Time Gone By.

You should maybe stop punching yourself in the face, my darling.

This piece was done with watercolors, micron pens, gel pens, nail polish, and gold leaf.

Want to see more of my art? Check out my main blog, @rainbowwhimsyart.

This was my first experiment with using gold leaf, and WHOOO BOY it is NOT easy to work with.

Here's a GIF so you can see the way the light plays with the gold leaf.