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[whirlwindflux]

Have you ever stared into the abyss? Did is stare back?

Sail: It goes on forever! But it isn’t staring back?

[sumbluespruce]

Driven by the wind

3/4/24

[ask-narratordoe]

Surprise!! I loved drawing lil' ol' Sail. I wanted to put him in something warmer for the weather, but of course, I couldn't forget that signature necklace. Hope you like it, @whirlwindflux ! -Mod Doe <3

[jhsharman]

safety last

Everything falls into the indistinct in the first panel, sand grains never colored in . The bucket in the second panel is new.

Betty is in yellow in the panel where only the sliver of suit is shown. On Veronica, they had to recolor here -- tucked in and hardly shown -- from white to red.

[bloodredx]

Day 16: Storm

The waves were rough and choppy, they typically were in the oceans of Khre-Salis, as Isiri rode along the flow of one with little effort. She was following Powder, who was reaching high speeds on her sailboard, hands gripping tightly to the curved metal of the sail support. It was at a good clip too, but not so fast to outmatch the mermaid, who had been loosely rolling along in the created pressure wave. It wasn’t much, especially since she was just longer than the length of Powder’s whole board, but enough to keep her from having to maintain any real effort to keep up with her. The bigger issue was keeping away from the board’s bottom fins, she had already knocked Powder over once by flexing her tail too hard.

They had been moving along for some time, simply enjoying the perpetual sunset that Khre-Salis’s permanently locked sky offered, when Powder pulled back on her sail suddenly. The force caused her board to brake; nearly knocking her off balance. She recovered in just the nick of time, sliding her leg down and eventually stooping low into a kneeling position. “Ah shit.”

“What’s wrong?” Isiri stuck her head out above the surface, closing her auxiliary gills tight so that her voice would carry forward and over the din of the sea. Taking a quick look around, nothing seemed awry.

“The clouds.” Powder adjusted her legs as she spoke, shifting sideways to face Isiri. “Looks like a storm’s rolling in.” A slight hint of panic entered her tone as her eyes darted from the horizon to the sky, to the flickering lights of Sequence Charter, only a small dot in the distance. “Fuck, there’s no way we’re gonna make it back in time.”

Following her gaze, Isiri too looked at the clouds. They were grey, rolling as quickly as the waves below them. It would be a nasty one, she could taste it in the water. Most of the already scarce ocean life had already begun to go deeper. These signs had been apparent for a while, and her mind swirled lightly at the notion that Powder hadn’t realized it. “Oh, it’s been on the horizon a long time. Seems like it’ll thrash a whole lot.”

Powder had begun gnawing on her lip as she considered her options. “Winds’ll rip up real bad. It’ll tear a hole clear through my sail, knock me flat into the water. Let’s see if Torroid is free…” Her hand pressed against her hip, slipping into the sole pocket on her wetsuit. Her face dropped. “Aaaand I left my communicator at the lab. Great.”

Smiling gently, Isiri took Powder’s hand in her own. “It’ll be okay.” She squeezed gently. “You have some time yet, let’s just keep going. And should worse come to worse, I’ll protect you.”

Powder sucked in a deep breath and squeezed back. “Right. We’re just wasting time out here.”

Isiri stuck her tongue out, lighting the lure on the tip of it playfully. “Come on! I’ll race you all the way back. Loser has to catch the other a fish.”

In a flash, Isiri dove deep, feeling the direction of the swell and the ocean’s reaction to the storm. Her caudal fin pressed hard, moving along with the current to head back towards Sequence Charter. She could see the shadow of Powder’s board on the surface above. Her speed was increasing, but it wouldn’t be enough. Isiri sucked in a fresh mouthful of water and began to sing softly. It didn’t need to be loud, just strong. She could feel the notes get carried by the sea, traveling swiftly through the medium as they spread in all directions. The world in front of her vanished for a moment, zooming out and up into the sky and into the winds. A current lifted from the deep, rolling and pushing ever so slightly against the warp of the storm cell. It was slight, but it would be enough.

Vision came back to her eyes, and Isiri swam faster, realizing that she had fallen behind she folded her arms tight to recover speed. Power coursed through her, and she breached the surface just behind Powder, blowing a kiss quickly as she returned below. Powder grinned wide, gripping tight against her sailboard. “So that’s how it’s gonna be?”

Isiri burbled with delight. The two kept even pace, trading back and forth against each other as they closed the distance to town. Stopping short as the shore crept up, Isiri lifted her head above water to make sure that Powder made it to shore safely. Flushing out her gills with relief, the first drops of rain began to fall as lightning flashed across the sky. She slumped over slightly, suddenly tired as the currents sank back to their proper places. “You did it, you made it.”

Powder panted slightly, holding her hand over her chest. “Yeah. Did you see how fast we were going?!”

“Mm, that was the fastest I’ve seen you go.” Isiri mused softly as she collected a new bubble of sea water. “We should get you inside. It’s only going to get worse.”

“Right.” Powder shook her head back to focus. “Weird how the wind picked up but the storm slowed down. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

Isiri smiled knowingly. “The Abyss moves unpredictably.”

“Heh, maybe.” Taking her girlfriend’s hand, Powder smiled gently. “I guess I owe you a fish, huh?”

The mermaid’s eyes lit up. “Yep! That you do!”

(OC-tober prompts by @oc-tober2023 can be found here. Powder belongs to @gi-ie-ru.)

[maruthamuthu]

Wing Foiling T-Shirts

Introducing our brand new Wing Foiling T-Shirt collection! These tees are perfect for any wing foiler, whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out.

[d-bovet]

Authentic XVIII Century printed north coast of Brittany map between Cancale and Frehel Cap with Saint Malo Corsairs Harbour on the British Channel

What is funny is that the map is seaside and not a view from the coast towards the Channel , and so made for sailors of this time !!!

All the churches, Windmills, castles,…. are shown to be seen from the ship

[illustrativeman]

I've been busy creating my new digital paint style. All the pieces are from photograghs I've taken over the past few years, at Roweena and the Dalles on the Columbia River and on Maui at Ho'okipa beach

I love the colors and action in Sailboarding but could never get a photograph to capture what I felt and saw when I watched it.

Then I found Studio Artist. It allows me to control every "hair" of the brush, and the way each hair interacts with the canvas and any previous brush stroke. The learning curve is close to vertical, and at times, inverted, ( I'm pretty sure I've fallen off several times).

I think the results are pretty awesome :)

[whirlwindflux]

Sail: Scary, right? Great nightmare night party Lucia!

Shark potion Sail: 5/5

happy Halloween

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[loveballoonsbedfordshire]

Baby shower #babyshower #babyshowerballoons #balloongarland #balloongarlandbackdrop #loveballoonsbedfordshire #balloonsbedfordshire #prophirebedfordshire #babybox #sailboard #balloonarch #babygirl #babyboy #❤️ (at The Bedford Swan and Thermal Spa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpyNym1tmkN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[whirlwindflux]

Sail? How’s swimming with the tail?

Sail: Makes it easier to swim around and not sink!

Shark potion Sail: 4/5

[haveamagicalday]

Duel of the American Girl Dolls: Truly Me Furniture and Sets (Round 1)

This is a poll in the Duel of the American Girl Dolls. Other polls can be found here

[whirlwindflux]

What a beautiful sunset to share; What a rad dude to share it with!

Sail is questioning so many things right now..

more shipping with @whirlwindflux's characters. surfer dudes bromance... bro...........

i dont usually have characters that im comfortable shipping just for funsies, but tanner and percy have been very good candidates!

[oddlydelightful]

okay no more shame cringe culture is dead and I’m killing it. I made a trollhunters oc because I love the trolls/changlings and needed to make a purple one, that’s him, the purple one...his name is Clement Mortar and he broke away from the janice order as well as the trolls in heartstone, he lives with his twin brother Charles Mortar (human familiar/brother) by the ocean where he enjoys boating and sailboarding. lore stuff under the cut

when he was younger he was used as a mole in the janice order by the trolls but after becoming frustrated by all the mistrust and judgment he set out to prove that he was sincere by saving his familiar and setting him free, however that set off the opposite reaction from the trolls and after he lashed out a second time he was banished from heartstone. after a long time of hiding in the sewers and shadows he came across his familiar/brother, now grown up and settled down in a house by the sea.

He spends the rest of his time hiding from both the magical world he was banished from and the mundane world as to not expose himself to humans, his brother Charles (bless his soul) begrudgingly deals with the added stress of watching out for magical threats and hiding his big purple brother, which he doesn’t hesitate to poke Clement with it anytime that’s most convenient. Charles is less then enthusiastic about needing to watch out for changelings and trolls but loves and appreciates his weird brother all the same, I might make a post for him if need be

[alexbgd]

Windsurfing is a wind propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the aerospace and surf culture of California.

[aviculor]

I think that for my revamp of the portuguese man o' war fakemon, I should go in a mylar balloon route for the preevo. I was originally going to base it on a blue button or a by-the-wind sailor, but there isn't really a clean way to incorporate the thematics of the evolved form. By-the-wind sailors kind of looks like the sailboards used in windsurfing, but that would only be useful if it evolved into another watercraft, not a blimp. A by-the-wind sailor sailboard is a solid idea, but not one I'm going with. Both stages of this line will be man o' wars, one being a balloon and the other a blimp. Nice and simple. No need to overthink it. The only catch will be making it not look like Drifloon or the convergent Drifloon that inspired me to revamp my man o' war fakemon in the first place. But I'm confident in what I'm cooking.

I did some sketching on my day off, and I have a pretty solid launching point for my brick wall nurikabe line. It's a very straightforward concept, actually a revamp of a joke fakemon I did over 10 years ago with a new third form.

Glutthoney is in the bag. With Honeyjou's previous incarnation Potojou, I had it carry around a jar of honey because I didn't have a more organic idea and that bothered me almost as much as the gen 1-esque standard of cuteness it had. Honeyjou has a hollowed-out stump full of honey, which is smarter than it seems because it's a reference to traditional man-made beehives such as the jara. However, despite how cute Honeyjou is, Glutthoney is going to be a freak. By design. Because that's how sun bears just are.

I want to make a caecilian fakemon, but I lack an actual idea right now. I just want to make a note of that so I don't forget.

Same goes for a sea sponge, if I had a good idea for one you bet your ass I would have done it already. I've basically been playing bingo with invertebrate phyla to represent as fakemon, my lack of a Poriferan isn't an accident.