#summer collab

[kiwilittle]

For a spring and summer collab for my friend 💜💛

I wish I could've finished them before 04.08 but oh well :3

[boundinparchment]

Fortuna Minor

This is for @threadbaresweater's Summertime (and the livin' is easy) collab event! The chosen prompt was Il Dottore and "starry nights and stargazing" but goes off the rails a little bit to encompass the melancholy of that gap when old friends are left behind (and maybe found again).

On AO3 here || Words: 1563 || Gender-neutral reader, parting of ways, finding friends again. References to Genshin's lore regarding fate and based on the theory that Zandik is Dottore.

The quiet between you and anyone else would be disconcerting, enough to throw off your measurements and interrupt your thoughts.  But that was precisely why you’d invited Zandik out to the open fields tonight. 

You needed to look up at the sky and anchor yourself one more time to the unchanging stars above.

This was your last night.

Tomorrow, you would be somewhere else.  Perhaps in a pocket between leylines.  Or dead.

At some point, the theoretical had to become tangible.  And the only way to know was to try.  You’d defended your third dissertation and now could wander as you pleased with the title of Dashtur, provided your project was approved.

What the Sages didn’t know wouldn’t hurt them.

“I’m sorry I won’t be going with you,” you said, the words so soft you wondered if you only spoke them in your head.

As you pulled your eyes away from the astrolabe to write down measurements, you caught movement out of the corner of your eye.  Blades of grass bent and gave way underfoot, their destiny already predetermined to contain their own semi-destruction.

“Sohreh will miss you,” Zandik replied.

“Sohreh will miss my chai,” you replied, casting a pointed look at him through your lashes.  “Her theories about evolution are contrary to the laws my darshan has established regarding the world we live in.  She does not appreciate my company.”

Not like you do.

Zandik didn’t so much laugh as he did scoff, silence taking his tongue again.  He was not good with sentimental moments and you asked him here knowing that.

Between the three of you, Spantamad and Amurta and Rtawahist came together in a unique way that often put your integrity and ethics in the line of fire; it was not uncommon for darshans to work together but when it came to the child from the forest who was one of the youngest scholars this century…

“The ruins won’t be anything remarkable, I’m sure,” he said at last.  “Not compared to the Primordial Sea that was discussed in those texts of yours.  And certainly nothing like the machines of the desert.  The Eremites speak of technology different from that of the Dahri.  Smaller, more agile devices and creations, utilizing electro energy stores in crystals.  They supposedly convert the beating rays of the sun.”

In the distance, you peered over your telescope and saw the cresting point of King Deshret’s empire.  The light emitted from the pyramid made your work difficult some nights, polluting the sky and ruining the magnificence above.  Special lenses had to be created for various pieces of equipment purely to counteract the phenomenon.

Without them, you wouldn’t have found the corner of the constellation you were looking for.

“Ah, there you are,” you hissed.

You adjusted the pitch and focus before you held up your sextant to measure the coordinates.  After a moment, you continued Zandik’s topic.

“You say supposedly but you speak as if you know.”

Zandik approached, closing the distance, and held a purple crystal set in bronze between his thumb and forefinger.  It was a few inches long, easily rivaling some of the jewels you saw on the Sages’ fingers.

“Where did you—?”

“Caravan Ribat.”

You scrunched your face; it took at least a day to get to the edge of the Wall, let alone a round trip.  It was difficult in a group when there were so many tigers out that way.  A Corp of Thirty escort was often needed if scholars wanted to go that far west.

“The benefit of being an outcast,” he said, a smug smile tugging at his lips.

He was going to get himself killed one day if he kept to himself and continued to look into devices not sanctioned by the Akademiya.  There weren’t many but anything from the desert was considered primitive and not worth the time.  After all, Deshret succumbed to Forbidden Knowledge; he was a prime example of looking too deeply.

“What do you intend to do with it?” you asked as you ignored the hammering of your heart.

“I’ve begun to hypothesize that there might be some compatibility between the mechanisms of the Dahri and Deshret’s creations.  They both rely on elemental energy and pull from the leylines beneath our feet.  But they utilize it differently…Deshret was clearly inspired by those who came before him.  Imagine what might be possible if we could harness that power for ourselves, instead of giving it to machines without cognitive abilities…”

He continued on well into the night, regaling you with ideas while you measured and counted star after star, charting your course.  After all, you needed a map to determine the direction to go in.  

And a memory of this night.  Of him.

As you walked back to the Akademiya, equipment in your arms, Zandik shattered the quiet that came peacefully with a conclusion of a tangent, startling the nearby shroomboar.  It gave a huff but then fell back into a slumber, no doubt dreaming of Zaytun Peaches and Sweetflower.

“You’re onto something, you know.”

“Elaborate,” you chuckled.  “I’ve got at least three ideas bouncing around any given time.”

“Defying fate.  How most think it impossible because the stars never change with the seasons.  Constellations burning out and on occasion, renewing themselves.  Everything is made up of energy, even stars, and the laws of entropy dictate that energy cannot cease existing, it just takes a different form.  And if everything is elemental energy, then the ley lines that house them are veins, no?  Or perhaps roots for something else.  Plants leech their energy from the soil and the sun.”

“Humans are unrooted, though,” you countered.

“Not to the stars.  It is impossible not to look up and stare.  Find a single human who does not take a second every night to look up.”

“It’s a little too abstract just yet.  My expedition should yield some evidence one way or another, as will yours.  I do wish the timing was better.”

Zandik looked up for a second, red eyes scanning the sky and tracing lines that you knew by heart.  His constellation was up there, somewhere, but you learned early on not to pry when he didn’t give his alongside Sohreh and the others.  He kept it close.  And around you, the Rtawahist student who dared to consider that stars should be moveable, that between gravity and the rotation of the world, things should change.

“We’ll meet again.  One way or another,” he said at last.  “Under a different set of stars.”

You could tell from the angle of his head and the purse of his lips that he had more to say.  So much more.  Much like his constellation, he held them back, whatever sentiments he held in his head kept so far under wraps that you were certain not even drink would pry them loose.

He looked at you just once before you parted ways for the night and you buried the selfish pang in your chest to steal him away.  Your work was done here.  

His, on the other hand, had only just begun.

Snow crunched and cracked under your boot as you trekked through the tundra, auroras dancing above you.  Your lungs burned not with excretion but from the frigid climate, so cold that it seared your very bones.

Why had he come here of all places?  Couldn’t he have gone to the desert, where at least the sun showed itself year round?

Hunting down your old companion was something out of a Fontainian murder mystery.  Sumeru changed drastically upon your return and you came to find that traveling through the veins of the world affected not only space but time.  Somehow, Zandik defied the average lifespan and while the trail grew cold, the Eremites in the desert knew the description you provided so vividly that you wondered if you were hallucinating.

Funny.  He left his homeland and yet still maintained a professional connection with the mercenaries of the desert.  A single solitary crumb.

One that, upon your arrival to the facility, made you question if you had enough evidence to back up who you claimed to be.  The human mind eroded quickly after a certain decade and your companion was, well…several centuries old.  

You were taken aback when you recognized short teal hair and an enthusiastic gait, wild gestures and a boisterous tone.  The side of him that only showed itself when your group was deep within a debate and working on weaving various threads together for an idea.

But that wasn’t actually Zandik, you quickly discovered, when you were led to an office that held an air of foreboding.

“You’re not him?” you asked your escort.

“I am, but I’m not.  I remember you but I’ve never met you.  He knew of your arrival hours ago.  The door is open.”

Questions filled your mind and began to overflow but the not-Zandik turned heel and left before you could ask another.  How had a scholar from Sumeru, one accused of various sins in his pursuits of knowledge and accused of the murder of his friend (were they just friends, you wondered), now the Second Fatui Harbinger?  A role that rivaled a Sage, so close to divinity, he might as well have…

You pushed the door open and met a pair of red eyes so striking, you would know them anywhere.

“Hello, Zandik.”

[ghostnip]

My collab for Invisobang2023 with @astatia-ghast for her amazing fic Clockwork's Odyssey. Her fic here

[strawberry-blondie]

To make the titular extra mouth of the Futakuchi-Onna, I cut out the back of the doll's head and formed a platform out of milliput to act as the tongue, using the rest to form the lips. The teeth were made separately out of translucent Fimo clay to give them a tooth-like translucence. The wires were added in before the mouth to eventually be the bases of strands of prehensile hair that will be holding food.

Though a bit ad hoc, the mouth turned out really well and looked even better when painted fully.

[chaosdestructionlove]

Couple rune factory and story of seasons/harvest moon fan arts & collab projects.

[musicrevu]

Be sure to check out the new collab!

[isjasz]

2- Two of Wands

(Planning, Decisions, Discovery)

My piece!! for @the-hermit-arcana :D!!! I had such a blast drawing this piece, though the colors and lighting were actively trying to kill me HSKFNEKWJ. Spot all the empires on the globe 💥💥 (This is also a reference to the original Raider Waite deck!)

And definitely check out the whole arcana HERE! This is SUCH A COOL PROJECT ISTG EVERY CARD IS SO PRETTYYY and the graphics of the booklet are phenomenal <3 go read my description for my card too ;3

[zipsunz]

a comic i did for sunny's birthday ☀️ 🎨

(art by me, script by @sunkitty143!)

[pemprika]

OC 🌼 BAT & CAT 🦇🐈‍⬛

fine dining tonight! 🎂🎀🍓👻

[hivvernal]

My pieces for the Guilty Gear Summer Collab on Twitter

[slugspoon]

hi everyone!

i'm so excited to announce that i'm part of Uchuu Summer's newest collab line up; i designed a cotton PJ set that you can preorder starting now through June 10th! promo images drawn by billies

you can check out my design & the other designs on uchuu's website linked here

hope you all enjoy!!! :)

[dustybones]

collab with @tadpoleeater! they came up with the scenario and i absolutely loved it! go read their fanfics im begging you

also, during the brainstorm, this was my equally valuable contribution:

[jojo-schmo]

I got to draw Leon & Carol, and Weapons Shop Waddle Dee for the Gotcha Collab! Thank you for a wonderful experience with my very first collab participation <3

Check out the whole figure collection in this video- everyone did a wonderful job!!

[simmerianne93]

🌞Endless Summer🌞[Simmerianne93]Children_poses_02

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Hello everyone! How are you today?

It's July 7th and as such, it is my turn to show you my part in the 🌞 Endless Summer Collab 🌞!!

This is the second year I've done a collab for summer. Last year I did a similar collab but a little smaller with 3 incredible simmers in a pool day (you can check that collab right here), but this year I wanted to go one step further and do not do a pool day, but A SUMMER WEEK!... 🌞 Endless summer 🌞 is the result of that tought and I can't thank enough to my 6 talented mates who decided to accept and join.

It has been an incredible week with unmatched talent and I'm not sure if I'm filling the shoe to end this collab on a high but here you have my part!!

When I thought about this pack, I couldn't help but remember those moments when my father, when I was a little girl, taught me to swim. I was 5 years old and I was on vacation in Miami, the only time I was able to travel outside my country... and how much fun I had!!

Certainly, since I was just a little girl, my memories are vague, but the mere fact of remembering it fills my soul.

I wanted to recreate that feeling in these little poses that I bring for all of you. And yes, I was 5 years old, I was just a "toddler" but I decided to use the age of "child" to recreate that moment because I think it can help in storymaking, so that your "children" don't just enter the large pool and magically know how to swim.

I really hope you like this little but funny and cute posepack!!

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But before going to the descriptions of the pack, I leave you the social info of all my collab friends and a link to their work for this collab (click on the name):

Day 1: Herecirm (Instagram | Twitter | Tumblr | Patreon) Day 2: irislightsims (YouTube | Twitter | Tumblr | Instagram) Day 3: Simmireen (Instagram | Twitter | Tumblr | Patreon) Day 4: Theserenadeofshadows (Instagram | Tumblr) Day 5: Surely-sims (Twitter | Patreon | Tumblr) Day 6: Whimsyalien (Twitter | Tumblr | Patreon)

---- And this is the end of the collab... or it isn't??? Maybe we have another surprise for you tomorrow!!! .... So stay tune for one last surprise in this

🌞 Endless summer 🌞!!

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Now, about the pack:

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What is on it?

12 dúo poses for an adult sim and a kid sim in a pool + 4 all in one.

--- What do you need?

Andrew poses player.

Teleport any sim by Scumbumbo.

Instructions in the original post.

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TOU

Do not claim my creations as your own.

Do not re-upload or modify my creations.

Do not make money of my creations.

Do not include my creations in Mods folders to download.

Please follow my Term Of Use.

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Download it now here:

PATREON — [FREE FOR EVERYONE] Alt download: SFS | MEDIAFIRE

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If you want to support me:  Patreon | Ko-fi

All my poses overview: Pinterest |  Wix | Tumblr

More in-game preview pics of all my poses: Instagram

My socials: Twitter | BlueSky | Instagram | Tumblr 

Lives and videos: Youtube

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I really hope you like them and I will say in advance: Thank you so much for using them.

@ts4-poses

[strawberry-blondie]

To be able to wrap the hair tightly around the wires, as well as being the most appropriate material for shorter hairstyles, I used wool wefts.

For her face I went for something typically cute to match her vibes, right down to the lil heart catchlights in her eyes.

[jewist]

Chappell Roan & Charli XCX