#shes such a talented artist!!

[tigris-types]

So I was waiting until I could get a good photos of my cats with @cloverkin 's work, but its hard to photograph black cats! So I'm just going to scream about her art now! LOOK AT IT!!!

We have Sabrina the princess paladin and Salem the annoyed archer! During the pandemic, Sabrina attended all of my sword fighting classes with me and Salem likes to evaluate things at a distance before interacting with them, so I thought these classes suited them best! Sabrina, bless her heart, has no thoughts going on in her head, while Salem is trying to keep everyone on schedule! He's such a smart cat and its like he can actually tell the time! They also have their favorite toys with them too!

It's hard to tell online, but the gold accents actually sparkle irl and its so pretty to look at!! I once saw Cloverkin's art online when these guys were kittens, but had since forgotten the name. But when I finally had the adult money to commission art of my pets, I went on a search for something similar to what I had once seen. Sabrina and Salem are not 16.5 years old, and not always in the greatest of health, but I was ecstatic when I found Cloverkin's art again! She has some really cool examples on her website and instagram for pets in armor!

And the packaging too! I was so happy to see it in the mail, but opening the envelope was an experience! It was wrapped in lovely green tissue paper with their names on a gold and black label! I kept the label and stuck to the frame I'm keeping the art in. It feels like a medieval painting and I know I'll treasure this commission for a long time!

The listed wait time for a pet in armor commission is about a year, and mine did take a little longer than that, but it was worth wait! Really, if you think you want something similar, order it now and then it will be a nice gift for your future self and fuzzy (or feathered or scaly) friend!!

[pathologising]

hey y'all! if you're interested in supporting some palestinian artists, a small art publication i work with put together a list of palestinian artists and designers you can support. Purchasing from most of these artists goes towards the Palestinian Children Relief Fund (PCRF). also wanted to note the publication doesnt profit off this article through affiliate links or whatever. feel free to check it out!

[rayandgay]

behind the sea I ep. 8

[tisorridalamor]

Recently I’ve been reading Kui Ryoko’s fantasy short stories, and they’re all fantastic! Highly recommend that all Dungeon Meshi fans (and fantasy fans in general) check out her other works:

Terrarium in a Drawer

The Dragon’s School is on Top of the Mountain

The Works of Ryoko Kui: Seven Little Sons of the Dragon

[iero]

AND YOU MUST BUILD AN ALTAR WHERE IT SWELLSSS!

Foundations tattoo done on me recently! Artist is KB out of Manchester!

[villowstar]

bismuth!

[twigsyy]

[officialclangen]

Just wanted to say how beautiful the backrounds are! They are amazing and detailed and every time I play I end up naming cats after plants from the background. I have had 5 fernpaws :b

Aren't they gorgeous? The artists do such an amazing job! 🩷 What's everyone's favourite camp?

☆ Fable ☆

[many-gay-magpies]

i have seen lots and lots of posts about what people want out of payneland in season 2 and that is all good. so there's no use restating any of that because i agree with quite a bit of it and theres like a dozen or more posts about it. but here's something i want out of season 2:

to see crystal dealing with the remains of her life before she lost her memories. specifically, i want to see how she handles the relationships with her friends from before... do they become deeper now that she's had time to learn and grow? or does she, in trying to repair her old relationships, realize that all her friendships were just as shallow and empty as she was before losing her memories? does she make new human friends over the course of whatever season 2's plot will be? have her old friends even cared that she was gone? did she leave behind other ghost friends, like emma?

there is SO MUCH POTENTIAL for crystal's story now that she has her memories back and is back in london and i want to see it ALL.

[jacarandaaaas]

Mirabel Madrigal & Creativity:

So something I’ve realized after watching the movie a couple of times now is how mirabels story can easily correlate with the experience of someone creative when you’re only considered of use if you’re academically smart.

Not only do they refer to the magic as “gifts” and “gifted” very common terms associated with people who are considered academically smart but also the fact mirabel is shown as an artist. Our first introduction to her you see her room is plastered in artwork as a 5 year old and even after the prologue you still see she’s kept her artistic side. the thing is mirabel is incredibly talented she draws, she sews, she embroiders, paints, plays the accordion too! These are all incredible talents to possess and yet do we ever see her getting praised for them in the movie? not really. because mirabel doesn’t have a “gift” a literal magic gift yes but also could be interpreted for a creative as academic smarts. Creative thinking is something mirabel possesses and its quite literally the answer in the end but because she’s not smart in the expected way i.e academics she feels she’s not worth as much as others in her family.

I like to think making her an artist was an intentional choice as I know a lot of fellow artists have had people tell us it’s not a “useful” skill to have in the real world. It’s not worth taking the time doing when you could be pursuing medicine or law or something that uses your brain. Even in the ending of the movie mirabel tells them they’re “more than just your gift” which I feel can relate a lot to people who heavily rely on their academic achievements they can forget it’s ok to not do 100% every time and these ridiculous standards are just wearing you down.

So in conclusion I believe mirabels story resonates a lot with the experience of being a creative person but your skills not being seen as valuable. I just love that they made mirabel an artist to show how talented she actually is! she shows that creatives are valued and appreciated and needed and deserve to be encouraged not shot down! so thank you mirabel valentina rojas madrigal for being my favorite artist <3

[theblueflower05]

Ahh I can finally share this with you guys.

I commissioned @ollisid a couple of months ago and not only did they do a beautiful job, it was also one of the most amazing processes I’ve ever been through.

They were so kind, and worked with me not only to bring my vision to life but with payments as well(June rocked my bank account horribly)

10/10 would, and will, be purchasing more art from them.

So this piece is really personal-probably the closest I’ll ever get to a face reveal on here lol! Also an inspo pic for my fic The Sweetest Sylaung which I will link below.

[die-rosastrasse]

Marie-Gabrielle Capet

French, 1761-1818

Self Portrait (detail), 1783

[sass-squat]

Part 6 of the Linked Universe Winged Au! After many requests this time around we've got our Veteran, Legend!

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As always we have to start off with a bird fact, so did you know that male White-Winged Crossbills have unpigmented barbules that mask their red color and are what make them appear pink in the fall? However, as these barbules wear off, the bright red is able to show through leaving them a brilliant red in the spring and summer!

Anyways, I found this fact to be very interesting especially considering Legend's adventure throughout Oracle of Seasons. Just the mental image of his plumage slightly shifting with the constant changing of the seasons was very funny to me and I couldn't NOT make it canon. Plus, I enjoy making his life more difficult than it already is because I also headcanon that when he was younger, his wings were constantly stuck in a half molted state because white-winged crossbills usually molt in the fall. In other words, turns out messing around with seasons and time has consequences so he was a very scruffy, fluffy looking kid growing up.

As for how he looks and acts now, he has many similar characteristics and behaviors of a White-Winged Crossbill. For example, he is a very strong flier, and his unique way of flying has given him a very aggressive and abrupt fighting style both on the ground and in the air. His style of fighting is especially effective in forests with a lot of trees because it allows him to dart between foliage and foes alike.

While his flight and fighting styles were influenced by the sheer number of quests he has gone on as well as his young age when he began, other characteristics and behaviors of his were also influenced as well. For example, when he was still just a kid thrown into his first adventure where just about everything in the world was bigger than him, he learned to bristle and fluff his feathers to appear bigger and more threatening to enemies. While somewhat effective at the time, nowadays it means he still has the unconscious habit of doing it whenever he is irritated or embarrassed.

In addition to his tendency to "poof" when upset, he also has a habit of picking at and pulling out his own feathers when especially stressed. He picked up this habit mainly because of his constant molting as a child but then continued it as he was went on more and more adventures. Doing it is second nature to him now, but it's a bad habit he's actively trying to break by fiddling with his rings instead. It's also part of why he's so insistent about preening the others because helping them quite literally stops him from pulling out his own feathers.

Anyways! I could go on, but that's all for now folks! Thank you again for all your support and kind messages! I really treasure them and they are always the highlight of my day! As always, feel free to let me know who or what you would like to see next! Thank you all again!

Bonus Doodle Feat. Wind taking a photo of Wild taking a photo of Legend inspired by this masterpiece:

[covertblizzard]

jaykyle au where they're theatre kids in the same school but they're not the actors jason's the scriptwriter/director and kyle is the prop manager (i don't know the official terms sorry) and they'd probably do an amazing job on the backstage setting if they could stop arguing for 5 whole seconds about their artistic visions and ideas and how "this would obviously work better this way"

[coral-canary]

do you think An’s solo singing career (before she met Kohane) would’ve been like. The in universe equivalent to Ado.

[aithusarosekiller]

'The album title is trashy/cringe' have you considered that you're just allergic to fun?