#the locked tomb big bang 2021

[melli4uhbees]

A comic for the tltbb! This was drawn for @ace-and-ranty​ ‘s fic Undetonated. Read it! You’ll love it!

[Photo ID begins: The first image depicts a digital painting of a spaceship. The spaceship is outlined in whites against a black starry background. The ship is badly damaged with a  trail of purple and blue smoke coming from the busted engine. Several pieces of debris float around the ship. A faint blue light emanates from inside the ship. The bottom of the image has the blocked outlined title that says “ Undetonated / Story by Ace-and-Ranty / Art by Melli4uhbees “ 

The second image depicts a 6 panel comic with a black curving shape splitting the screen with several large white letter “A”s to indicate screaming. The first panel depicts a zoom in of Commander Wake’s eye. She is a light brown skinned woman with red messy hair pulled back into a loose ponytail at her back. She is shown to be sleeping but opens her eyes in surprise with the next panel after it is intersected with a “crash” sound effect. She then sits up. She is shown to be wearing a grey three-quarter sleeve shirt and patching pants tucked into black boots. One arm is bandaged. Her shirt has ridden up slightly to show stretch marks across her stomach. She twists around to get up and her hair falls out of its band. She stands looking confused and surprised before her face falls in annoyance with the final panel. The background is a grey of the inside of the spaceship with a soft blue light emanating. 

The third image depicts a comic page with 4 panels. The first panel is of Comm. Wake from the back as she looks down at a broken cryo-chamber containing a shrieking infant Gideon. The baby is very chubby and of the same skin tone as Comm. Wake. She has a small tuft of hair at the top of head. She is partially covered by a blanket.; The front cover of the cryo-chamber is shattered on the floor. There is an upclose shot of the side of the cryo-chamber with a screen that says “Power source compromised. Emergency Ejection initiated.”. In the next panel, Comm. Wake leans down to brush away some of the glass and lid and examines the infant up close. The final panel for the page is a close up of the baby. She is crying and has her small hands balled into fists. 

The fourth image depicts a 7 panel comic. The first image is of baby Gideon, face in a firm pout with tears in her eyes, which are a soft golden yellow. The adjacent panels are of a black background, a whitish blue sink faucet dripping and a Comm. Wake with a soft looking expression. The next panel is of baby Gideon resuming her shriek crying. The adjacent panel is of a gushing waterfall and Comm. Wake underneath looking both surprised and fed up. The final panel shows Comm. Wake, with a disgusted and slightly angry facial expression, holding her wet shirt away from her chest. She says “ Reproduction is a plague.” 

The fifth image depicts a 5 panel comic. The first panel is Comm. Wake bends down to pick up baby Gideon from the cryo-chamber. As she does so she says, “Fuck’s sake, you’re floppy.” Comm. Wake gently lifts Gideon to her chest. Gideon continues to cry and takes a hold of a handful of Comm. Wake’s hair, as Comm. Wake shifts her in her arms to take the weight off her bandaged wrist. The final panel shows Comm. Wake sitting down with her back to a wall, with Gideon still in her arms. The other side of the wall shows a panel of screens and keyboards for an oxygen and recycled air system. The first screen reads “ O2 Supply Low / Approx. 672 hours of Recyc Air remaining”. The second screen reads “Artificial Gravity functioning 100% capacity”. There is a small emergency oxygen tank, above a vent, next to the screens.

The sixth image depicts Comm. Wake holding up infant Gideon, who has ceased crying for a moment to give another pout. She is still holding onto Comm. Wake’s hair. Comm. Wake has an analytical expression with a hint of irritation. She says “If I break your neck, I will not be sorry.” The background is mostly grey and the two figures are softly backlit by a pale blue light.

The seventh Image depicts a 3 panel comic. The first panel is of Comm. Wake setting Gideon on her lap and began to attempt to remove her shirt. The next panel shows Comm. Wakes back which is covered in a healing burn mark, as she has removed her shirt is now visible. The final panel has Comm. Wake from the collar bones up looking off screen with a tired and vaguely dissociative expression, as she leans her head against the wall behind her. Gideon’s hand can be seen resting on her chest. She is breastfeeding off screen.

The final image depicts a 2 panel comic. The first panel shows from left to right, a storage area, an open panel with pipes and wires connecting to the recyc air station, and a silhouette of Comm. Wake and Gideon. The Storage area contains 3 shelves holding an unlabeled box, a stack of folded fabrics, a first aid kit and a few discarded supplies, an upturned box that's labeling states that it contains 20 rations, and a stack of 8 ration packs. The shelves appear very empty. The screens on the oxygen station read “o2 Supply Low / Approx. 672 hours of Recyc air remaining” and “ Artificial Gravity functioning at 100% capacity. Comm. Wake is saying “At least you had the goddamn sense to be born fat.” The second panel is divided in half by a curving ark of the command center of the ship. The top half shows empty space and several far away stars and speech from Camm. Wake saying “ You’re gonna need it.” There are 5 backlit screens on the control panel, 4 of which have messages. They read from Left to right “ MAJOR ENGINE DAMAGE DETECTED”, “FUEL SYSTEM MALFUNCTION”, “COMPUTER SYSTEM OFFLINE”, AND “NO SIGNAL / COMMS DOWN”. The remaining screen for navigation has been damaged and is cracked at the bottom and shows several bars of color.]

[saltwaterconfessions]

For the Big Bang, @bythehalfpint and @seaglass-13 / @redheartzone collaborated on a GORGEOUS comic for my fic. It's not quite done yet, so here's a teaser!

[Image ID: From the top of the panel, four hands reach out for Harrow's hand. Left to right, it's Magnus, Palamedes, Abigail, Isaac, and Jeannemary. Magnus, Palamedes, and Abigail have plain sleeves. Isaac has a fishnet glove and Jeannemary has spiked bracelets. A blue-toned ripple effect distorts parts of the outstretched arms and hands. They look like they're reaching underwater. Harrow’s hand is center bottom, engulfed in her Lyctor robes. Her bone rosary is wrapped around her wrist and floats between her hand and the others. End ID]

[evelyn-d-art]

Here's my second piece for the Locked Tomb Big Bang!

This is a scene from @sick-with-lisztomania's fic, But I'm a Necromancer. It was lots of fun getting to combine one of my favorite book series with one of my favorite movies!

[ID: Image 1: A drawing of Harrow and Ianthe from The Locked Tomb trilogy. They are in a dark room. Ianthe has pale skin and long straight blonde hair. She wears an off shoulder purple dress. She faces away from the viewer. Harrow has brown skin, chin length black hair, and black eyes. She wears a pink shirt. She holds Ianthe's arm as they dance, looking wistfully over her shoulder. Other people dance and hold drinks in the background.

Image 2: A drawing of Coronabeth and Gideon. Gideon has brown skin and short red hair. She wears a black jacket. She faces away from the viewer, hugging Coronabeth's shoulders. Coronabeth has pale skin and long wavy blonde hair. She wears purple eye shadow, lipstick, and nail polish. She closes her eyes and rests her head on Gideon's shoulder and hugs her back. People dance in the background. End ID]

[totsacat]

[begin ID: a digital, colored drawing depicting Crux, holding a young Harrow in his lap. Crux’s face is bone white. His ears, around his eyes, and the tip of his nose is black, with defined cheekbones. He has grey, slicked-back hair, has a skull on his shoulder, a black, long-sleeved shirt, and black pants, underneath a grey robe, with grey boots. His shirt has ribs from a rib cage painted on the front. The rest of his skin is light. Harrow’s face looks like Crux’s, with the rest of her skin also light. She has short, black hair, and is wearing a light grey shirt and pants, and white socks. She’s wearing a necklace with bones on it, and is creating a skeleton hand. The background is a large, dark blue oval, surrounded by a black border, and glowing white accents. end ID]

My piece for @pinkit ’s fic “We Must Not Be Strangers” as part of the locked tomb big bang 2021, it was an absolute blast to do and I hope y'all enjoy

[bythehalfpint]

CW Blood

[Image ID: A picture of Camilla Hect walking through rainy, purple and yellow neon-lit streets. She is wearing a grey jacket over a white top and grey trousers. She holds a yellow and black device in her left hand. Superimposed over the image is an illustration of a clear cassette tape. The label has “leave your navigator home” written on it in capital letters. There is a large smear of blood on the clear cassette. Beside her, a string of text in light blue, mimicking coding font, scrolls from top to bottom, which present the beginnings of a proof in predicate logic. Behind the text is a blurred image of a skeleton drawn upside down. ]

I had the absolute pleasure of working on The Locked Tomb Big Bang with the ever lovely @frumpkinspocketdimension who let me go crazy with the neon!

This is an accompanying piece to the fic “ Leave Your Navigator Home.” Link in the replies. Enjoy!

[lilroroco]

Please click for higher quanlity details! This is my art piece as part of the Locked Tomb big bang 2021 for @girlcommaplease ’s fic: “Talk Derby to Me"

Emma was an absolute delight to work with and I learned so much about derby during this project!! There are so many elements i love about this story, the relationship dynamics most of all!! Please go read for yourself here:

[IMAGE ID: A drawing of characters from The Locked Tomb trilogy in a roller derby match. The necromancers wear blue and black jerseys. The cavaliers wear red and gold jerseys. The front skaters are, from left to right: Gideon, in an orange helmet covered in Sapphic stickers, who looks upset, distracted, and flustered. Coronabeth bends over with a smug look on her face, being purposefully distracting and in Gideon's way. She wears a purple helmet and fishnet tights. Harrow speeds ahead of the group, looking victorious. There is a star on her helmet. Marta pushes forward and keeps an eye on Harrow. Cam is behind Marta, crouched low and smiling.

The skaters in the back are, from left to right: Only Naberius’s helmet is visible, which has a star on it. Protesilaus has his back to the viewer and wears a jersey that says “Pro-Pain” and green helmet. Ianthe is not visible except her blue helmet. Mercymorn wears a peach helmet that says “NO”. Her jersey says "NoMercy".

In the background is Dulcie sitting on the floor in rinkside seating with a caution paper on the floor beside her. She looks determined and holds red and gold pompoms. Next to her is a wheelchair decorated with lights on the wheels and a sign that sign says "Get Wreckt". She has an oxygen tube coming from her nose to a small side bag. Palamedes is dressed as a referee in the back right with a whistle in his mouth. Signs in the back read: “Talk Derby to Me by girlcommaplease", “SNOW LEEK SMOOTHIES" (“So Leeky!", “2.50!"), and “Public Skating Weekdays 2:00-6:00". A blurred audience sits in the bleachers. End ID]

[cal-adia]

[Begin ID: A digital illustration set in a cave. The lightning is darker and has a blue tinge. In the middle is a tomb door with a design of Anastasia the First. She is holding a key in front of her and at her feet are two skeletons on either side. Their arms form a triangle together and in the middle is the number 9 in Roman numerals. Behind Anastasia on the door is ocean waves and a sun behind her head. The border of the door has a chain link on either side, and on the top in an arc are the skulls of the nine houses carved in the stone. There are two light sources coming from the left and right to create a glow of the tomb door. At the bottom center are Gideon and Harrow looking at the door. End ID]

My last piece for the Locked Tomb 2021 Big Bang. This illustration is done for @corpsesoldier ‘s fic, Empty Graves.

@tltbb

[pinkit]

We Must Not Be Strangers

Harrowhark Nonagesimus had always relied on herself. Her own intellect, her own will. The combination of her incredible necromantic power and sheer stubbornness had seen her through the many complications her life had presented. To accept assistance from others was not just a risk, but a certain weakness. Harrow was the first, last, and only person Harrow could trust.

But perhaps…

Was Gideon right about how long she’d been down in the facility? A full day?

Harrow tightened her jaw reflexively.

Gideon is for the Ninth.

Perhaps, in a situation like this, it was tactical to use every tool at her disposal to give the Ninth an advantage over the other houses.

A retelling of certain events in Canaan House from Harrow’s perspective. Read it on AO3 >>

My piece for @tltbb

Please, please check out the art for this fic: chubby baby Harrow and old man Crux by @totsacat and Gideon and Harrow Feelings Time by @adoras-hair-poof.

And big thanks to @idonotbitemythumbatyou for betaing <3

[thepipistrellepapers]

Space is big and colorful and exciting and Gideon Nav, of the boring ice-pit mining colony on Berel IX, wants to join Starfleet and see all of it.

Instead she picks up a weird, mean, unhealthily bone-obsessed passenger and gets sucked into a millenium-old religious conflict (like you do). Turns out roaming the universe kicking ass and getting babes isn't as simple as it looks in the holos.

(TNG-era Star Trek universe crossover.)

For the TLT Big Bang! 2 of 9 chapter posted! Endless thanks to @camgoloud for beta’ing, and to pilpopilpo and @lawnjarts for incredible art! (And special bonus thanks to @frostryn for lending me a ship name, go read Camp Mithraeum!)

[topquarkintown]

[image ID: two character illustrations in the style of the Archer TV show intro. The first one is of Mercymorn in a sleek black suit with white lapels, pointing a gun with both hands. The second is of Augustine, smoking a cigarette and holding a diamond in one hand and a handful of strings of beads in the other. Both images are in minimal color palates on a red background, framed by a black rectangle]

I’m so excited that I got to illustrate @jmbeaubier ‘s awesome heist fic, The Bone Bride’s Caper, for @tltbb . Check it out on AO3, and look at @cal-adia ‘s awesome art as well!

[closetcellist]

Very excited to share my art to accompany @owl127 ‘s “measure my love in coffee and scones”!

[ID: a digital drawing of Ianthe, a light skinned person with long blonde hair in a white button down, navy pants, and a purple jacket, smoking a cigarette while sitting on the grey railing of a roof. She has hair blowing across her face, and is looking wistfully to the left. The roof has greenery on either side of a dirt path coming from the bottom right corner of the image. The sky is cloudy and pale blue, with spots of light yellow. End ID]

[evelyn-d-art]

Here's my first piece for the Locked Tomb Big Bang!

This is a scene from @punkwixes fic, Murphy's Law, where all your faves try to make it through tech week in their college production of Hamlet. It's a great read for all the theatre kids out there!

[ID: A drawing of Gideon and Harrow from The Locked Tomb in a modern setting. They are in an auditorium. Harrow has brown skin, short black hair, and black eyes. She wears a black turtleneck, jacket, pants, and boots. She stares at her laptop on her knees and holds an annotated script open. She is holding a headset up to her ear. Gideon has brown skin, short red hair, and golden eyes. She wears an orange t-shirt, green jacket, jeans, and boots. She lounges next to Harrow and rests one arm on the seat between them. End ID]

[totsacat]

begin ID: a digital, colored drawing, depicting Coronabeth and Camilla, doing the yoga chair pose on a pink yoga mat on a orange background. The chair post is when two people stand back to back, link elbows, and then squat down like they're sitting on a chair. Coronabeth is a white woman with wavy blond hair that's been pulled back into a high ponytail. She's wearing a purple sports bra, grey yoga shorts with purple pockets and salmon-colored stripe, and white and purple tennis shoes. Camilla is a brown-skinned woman with chin-length brown hair that's been pulled back into a short ponytail. She's wearing a black sports bra with a grey, open-side tank top, dark green basketball shorts with two white stripes on the side over black fitted shorts, and grey and purple tennis shoes, with white stripes and a red accent. They have their hands turned toward each other. Coronabeth's speech bubble has the words: Good job! Camilla's speech bubble has the words: Thanks, I have to show I can be a stable partner. end ID]

My drawing for the great @zzzgalactic ‘s fic "stretching the heart" which y'all should definitely go check out!

This was another entry to the @tltbb 2021 so go check that out for all the other talented people who worked on this event!

[rnanqo]

my fic for the @tltbb is up!! eternal thanks to @jmbeaubier, @darlingofdots, and @seaglass-13 for betaing, and @decemberiste and @winged for making gorgeous art for this fic!! summary and tags under the cut:

Rating: M

Archive Warnings: Major Character Death

Category: F/F

Relationship: Mercymorn the First/Cristabel Oct

Characters: Mercymorn the First (Locked Tomb Trilogy), Cristabel Oct, John Gaius | Necrolord Prime, The Body | Alecto | The Girl in the Tomb, Augustine the First (Locked Tomb Trilogy), Alfred Quinque, Cassiopeia the First (Locked Tomb Trilogy), Nigella Shodash, Gideon the First (Locked Tomb Trilogy), Pyrrha Dve, Cyrus the First (Locked Tomb Trilogy), Valancy Trinit, Ulysses the First (Locked Tomb Trilogy), Titania Tetra

Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Canon Compliant, resurrection era, Research, Necromancy, Lyctorhood, Eventual Major Character Death, Canonical Character Death, Slow Burn, Angst, Tragedy, Memes, tags and characters tba

[lilroroco]

[begin ID: a digital, colored drawing depicting a backyard scene, with Wake, Pyrrha, and toddler Gideon. Wake is a brown-skinned woman with long, curly red hair, wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans. Wake is in the background, leaning against the back door frame of the one-story, white cottage house, with her arms crossed, with a brooding expression. A small, brown fence separates the threshold of the house from the vegetable garden. Pyrrha is a dark-skinned person with their back to the viewer. Pyrrha, in the middle-ground, is wearing a red, plaid button down underneath grey overalls, and is hunched over the vegetable garden, digging up one of the vegetables. There is a small scarecrow next to Pyrrha. On the left is a log supply hutch, and on the right is a tool shed. The vegetable garden morphs into a large backyard with lush, green grass. Toddler Gideon is in the foreground, sleeping in the shade of a large, white umbrella, on the grass of the backyard, with an old hound dog. Gideon's head is resting on the dog's side, using the dog like a pillow. Gideon is a brown-skinned child, with short, curly red hair. She's wearing a white tank-top and grey shorts. In the upper right corner, a small wood fence, and footpath lead off into the tall trees that shade and tower over the house and backyard. end ID]

My art piece as part of the Locked Tomb big bang 2021, for @themorikelife ’s fic: “Your Mind Must Be on Other Things Like What the Setting Sun Will Bring," which you can read on AO3 Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/32091907

This was so much fun and KT was such a delight to work with!!! This story has truly become one of my favorite Locked Tomb fics. Please go read it for yourself, you won't be disappointed!! ❤

[cal-adia]

[ID: a digital illustration depicting Gideon and Harrow on the hood of a car. Harrow, seated closer to the viewer has her arms clasped in front of her, and she is smiling, her eyes squeezed shut as tears leak from the corners. text near her head denotes that she is laughing. Gideon is seated just behind, her arms around Harrow and hands resting on her waste. she's looking down at harrow, her hair covering her left eye, as she says "This doesn't feel like hell, Nonagesimus." the entire image is cast in a warm, red light from the sunset in the background. END ID]

An illustration I did for @camgoloud ‘s fic, who cares, divine intervention.

Check out more great works from the Locked Tomb 2021 Big Bang at @tltbb