#regain confidence

[mischievous-thunder]

Logan before meeting his Wade

Logan just a week after moving in with Wade and having the man shower him with more love, warmth and affection than he's received in the last 200 years combined

Revived, rescued and redeemed

[opal-owl-flight]

Nightmare.

4 has doubts shortly after her confession to 3 about whether theyre going to stay, or leave her for 8 the second they realize that shes simply "the better option".

(Btw lines are from here!)

[dixidin]

Every time someone draws Sebastian fat a fallen angel regains it's wings

[mananea]

Lenalee as suggested by dgmtwt 👠

[tinartss]

on moving out

[beastking-golion]

I need y’all to focus on the reason the shooting happened over making memes about everything for once in your lives.

[footsteps-on-the-dance-floor]

on a personal journey to get hot again

[chiimeramanticore]

waow

[victorieschild]

Having my state election while the US is having their federal election is really crazy bc most of the internet is fighting over voting discourse, meanwhile I’m watching my centrist govt become so frightened of losing out to the right that they’re buckling to public pressure and instituting/promising genuinely progressive policy

Like,,, such disparate realities

[phleb0tomist]

hung out with my cousin’s kids today and it once again affirmed to me that 8 year old girls are the coolest category of human alive

[taryn40k]

(HE KNOWS!!) Inquisitor March is very dedicated to his carriere, and he is very hard to impress. However, he has requisitioned the ship of a Rogue trader, and has been essentially using it as his own for years, and some people think that it is strange that despite the constant nagging like an old couple, those two are still working together and making a good team... The rogue trader has tried kicking him off his ship multiple times. March keeps walking back in like he just got home from work. So... You've got some competition. Maybe. XD

[odd-critter]

oops all tmbg

[smolghostbot]

I’ve been thinking of a post I made ages ago where I promised that if sprites at large were discovered, things would work out idealistically. At the same time, I have super mixed feelings about how “full” mixed-size integration would work (which I’m not going into).

The end result is this little concept AU about what life would be like when sprites are a known thing.

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“Um… hello there,” spoke Vivian to her seemingly empty new apartment. “I’m, um, just moving in. The landlord said there may be sprites here, so I just wanted to let you know that, um, I’m nice! Promise. If you ever need anything, just let me know.”

There was no response. Vivian knew that sprites could be fickle with showing themselves to humans. Though some sprites made themselves known, living alongside humans openly, others still preferred to stay hidden, sticking to “the old ways”. Vivian didn’t know what kind of people her new roommates were, but decided to be cordial regardless. After all, they were here first.

“Okay, um, I’m going to bring my stuff in now.”

-

It had been a month or so since Vivian had moved in, and she still hadn’t seen her sprite roommate. She did know they were around, as she had noticed some small objects disappearing here and there. She had concluded that her roommate, or roommates, were old-fashioned, which was fine by her.

“Some older sprites struggle with unlearning a lifetime of learning to fear humans,” said the Youtuber that Vivian was watching, a sprite influencer who recorded videos alongside her human girlfriend. “Remember, if you have sprites living with you, respect their privacy and they’ll respect yours.”

-

As a peace offering, Vivian left out a small piece of dark chocolate, sitting on the counter on top of its wrapper. She began to speak, to nobody in particular, hoping that the sprite would hear her.

“I, uh, heard sprites like chocolate. At least, a friend told me that it helped them get along with their roommate. Um, if you don’t like it, just leave it there and I can get you something else. No pressure to show yourself or anything, I just… want to be a good roommate, I guess.”

The next morning, the chocolate was gone, with a small note written on the wrapper. As it was written in Sprite Script, Vivian had to pull up a translation guide, but was pleased with what the note said.

“Thank you.”

[emile-hides]

I was looking directly at a reference while drawing these and I still somehow convinced myself he had long hair. Whatever, he's pretty.

A-Z Isekai'd Cress deign by @acfan120 really got me in some kinda way and I couldn't help wanting to draw him. I also have thoughts on story for him but I'm not gonna be annoying with that rn. Maybe someday.

Bonus my warmup doodle:

[fisherrprince]

Ari experiencing self-recognition through the other (derogatory) multiple times in a row

[renirossi]

I give up.

Over the last couple years I have done everything I thought I was supposed to be doing to thrive on what I love most: drawing.

It has been a challenge on so many levels; posting regularly on every platform I know, trying (and failing) to make cute videos or watch-my-process sort of thingies, deep dives into every fandom I'm a part of, engaging with my lovely followers, etc.

But unfortunately, and even though I did get a moderate amount of success through all of these combined, it has taken a huge toll on my mental health and at some point I just lost it.

I lost the joy, the inspiration and the drive. I now constantly stress over what to draw, how to make it look good and better yet - how to make it marketable, likeable, retweetable. It got to the point where my once happy place became a dark shadow looming over me, urging me to gain more followers and interactions. And it sucks.

So this is me letting go - I'm not finished with drawing, don't get me wrong. But I have to fall in love with it all over again, and to do that I have to give up on it and start anew.

So I guess this is me introducing myself once again.

Hi, I'm Reni. I'm an illustrator, I hope you enjoy my drawings as much as I enjoy making them.