#this was a really quick sketch but surprisingly nice

[little-chaos-arts]

I see Megumi smile I have to draw him. I don't make the rules. (I mean I could but oh well....)

[blurry-lock]

AN UNEXPECTED CONFESSION!

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Valentine’s day shidou ryusei x reader fic <3

What you need to know: short, cheesy and cliche, reader is shy, high school au, artsy Shidou and reader, gender neutral reader, fluff!

Shidou Ryusei. The name of the boy who sat next to you in the art club and also the guy you started to really like ever since club activities started.

Many people would describe Shidou as aggressive, impulsive, mean and even a demon, but to you he was like a cupid’s arrow shot straight into your heart.

Shidou was a very different person when he was at the art club, he was very dedicated and calm. He would often compliment your work and tell you about how he liked your explosions or something like that, give you tips and opinions to help you improve, he was attentive to you and even if you rarely talk outside club activities and you often saw him getting into fights or practicing in his other club he always was very sweet to you, a rare sight on him.

You were shy and barely talk to anyone, so when you went to the art club and he started talking to you at first you were happy you made a friend, he was a little weird and very teasing sometimes, but he was nice and you seemed to have the same interests, you fell in love in the way he saw things and how he expressed himself without words but with art and soccer.

Valentine’s Day was getting near and you were currently trying to write a love letter for him, you even did a sketch of him.

“No… this sounds pretty stupid…” You mumbled as you threw another piece of paper to the trash. The letter had to be perfect, you assumed he received a lot of love letters on Valentine’s Day so your letter had to stand out from the rest.

You hadn’t even finished writing another attempt of a letter without being a blushing mess, giggling and kicking your feet every time you thought about Shidou. You were really scared, the last time you gave a love letter to someone the person just straight out laughed and bluntly rejected you.

Finally after a long time of writing and trying to pour out your feelings to the letter and making some chocolate cookies that were surprisingly delicious, you packed everything in a pretty pink box and waited for Valentine’s Day to come.

Meanwhile, to Shidou Valentine’s Day was another boring day, contrary to what you thought, he never received a letter, let alone a confession. People would just look for him for something casual or hookups as he was “just too much” or “too weird” in their words. He craved for something much more than that, he wanted real love, someone would make his cells vibrate, he wanted an explosion, a person who get him and not restrained him from his so called freedom. A feeling he only felt when he was in the field or working on a canvas.

At the end of the day he would cry when he became nothing, specially on Valentine’s Day when he craved more of that feeling. Yeah, being just by himself was nice and he was used to, he enjoyed it, but it was days like this when he started to overthink what it felt like to be loved and cared for.

Today was the day, you had packed the box in your backpack and you were currently walking to the art club, feeling the weight of every step you took. Your heart was beating very fast and you were very anxious, your plan was to ask Shidou to talk privately after the club activities ended and give him box. As you arrived to the club, he was already there, you sat next to him as usual and took a deep breath.

“Hey y/n, is something wrong? You seem nervous” Shidou tilted his head, looking at you slightly curious.

“I-I’m fine…” you smiled shyly and turned to look at him with a determined face. “Shidou, I was wondering if we could talk before we go home.” You blushed and immediately cursed yourself for getting flustered so quick.

“Oh? Now I’m curious, sure we can~” Shidou smirked as he then started to work on his own canvas, feeling a small jolt on his heart at your words and flustered state, could it be…? No, he was in denial, maybe it was something else. He couldn’t imagine someone so sweet, shy and gentle liking him.

The club felt like an eternity to both, Shidou was dying of curiosity and you were dying of embarrassment, neither of you shared a word until club activities were over.

“So? Where should we talk?” Shidou looked at you with curiosity and slight impatience.

“Uh… can we go to the sakura tree?” You asked, almost mumbling the last part as you felt you heart beat faster and your cheeks starting to redden.

The sakura tree was a peaceful and common spot were couples hang out in school, Shidou was confused and surprised by your request but agreed anyway, he didn’t want to get his hopes up but he couldn’t deny his heart was getting excited.

Once you reach the spot you stood up in front of him, you took out the pink box with the letter and cookies inside and breathed deeply. You extended your hands holding the box to him as your face was a deep shade of red.

“F-for you!” You looked down and your hands slightly trembled.

Shidou widened his eyes and blinked twice as he processed what was happening. The person whom explosions he loved and made his cells get excited was giving him what it look like a love letter? Surely this was a first for him.

He took the box from you with care as if it was the most precious thing he saw ever and stared at it. “Can i… open it?” He spoke softly as he started to open the box.

You nodded shyly, still not able to look at him as you heard him open the box and when you heard he was opening the letter you quickly looked at him, terrified. “You can read it later, t-there’s no need to read it now…” You stuttered as you saw him ignore you and open the letter anyway.

You could see his concentrated face as he was eating one of the cookies you made and reading the letter, but you couldn’t figure out his reaction, he was expressionless. “Don’t feel pressured to say something I… just wanted to tell you my feelings and-“

You were cut off when suddenly Shidou cupped your face with his free hand and smashed his lips against yours. The kiss was soft and sweet, you could feel the taste of the cookies through it, but it was full with passion and excitement.

He pulled away and looked at you, a slight blush covering his face as he was smiling stupidly in love.

“You really surprise me sweetheart~” He chuckled as he caressed your cheek while you were still processing what just happened. “You even did a pretty drawing of me! Damn i look handsome.” He chuckled as he admired your sketch.

Your lips trembled and you felt your chest could explote at any second, you didn’t imagine to get this far with your confession. “You… like it?” You asked still in disbelief.

“Like it? Sweetheart, this is the first time I’ve received something so beautiful.” He smirked and ruffled your hair. “So I’d say I love it” Shidou was over the clouds, he felt like someone finally matched his explosions, he didn’t care you were slightly shy and more reserved. You were just perfect for him, you get him and saw through him, it was the kind of feeling he was craving for all this time.

Your eyes lit up at his words, your lips curving into a smile as you looked at him. “Shidou…”

“You’re never leaving my side now, just so you know.” He smirked and hugged you tightly.

This was a very unexpected confession to Shidou, but he was determined to be with you and never let you go now that he found his missing piece.

Hope you like it! This was just a simple fic now that Valentine’s is coming, English is not my first language sorry for any mistakes!!

I made this for my shy people!! Bc honestly if somehow shidou was my classmate i would be trembling and blushing like crazy lol

masterlist here

[fumiscripts]

✦ DRAW ME LIKE ONE OF YOUR FRENCH GIRLS

✦ one shot ,, michael kaiser x gn!reader

✦ content:: you're an artist, michael is your muse. plot twist: you hate his guts, but he's still too pretty not to draw

crack/fluff, 936 words

additional:: reader and kaiser have confused feelings towards each other, very little swearing, reader threatens to draw kaiser pregnant, insulting and teasing as a love language, might be a little off character maybe, slight suggestive joke, this dialogue came to me in a vision

This is so unfair. Why did he have to be so insanely ethereal?

You hate Michael Kaiser. Everything about him ticks you off. From his egoistic personality to his cocky demeanor. You wanted to kick a ball to his unfortunately pretty face. The same face which you've been sketching in your book. Over and over again. You couldn't stop drawing him. It's becoming a problem for you, and him teasing you for it was not helping.

Well, in your mind, he didn't have the right to be drawn by you. Yeah, his hair frames his features perfectly, and each curve and slope of his face looks sculpted like some Greek statue, and his eyes are the most mesmerizing shade of blue— damn, you really loathe the way you think about him like this.

He doesn't even deserve each stroke and line that you put on paper. All that work could've been put into drawing something more interesting. Like a random apple. Anything but him.

You really disliked that he was your muse.

It was the nth time where you etched another portrait of the blond into your sketchbook. You've lost count of how many pieces you've drawn of him, at this point. Your eyes flicker between the paper and him, catching every detail and immortalizing it to paper, your other hand propped up on the table and holding your head. Kaiser, himself, was sitting on a seat across from you, reading another of those books you never bothered to learn the titles of.

He was staying still— much to your convenience— and, surprisingly, not being talkative, at the moment— also much to your convenience. You much prefer the peaceful quiet over the usual bantering that stems from him rilling you up with out-of-pocket remarks, and you retorting back despite being aware of this.

The while of being able to peacefully do your thing didn't last, like you hoped. Once he noticed what you were doing, he was back on your ass to be a mocking bitch about it.

“Drawing me again? How obsessed are you?” Kaiser mused, staring at where the lead of the pencil met paper. You stared at him, pausing with your sketch as you deadpan, internally planning how to hide the body within the lounge after you manifest a meteorite falling on him. You were definitely not looking at him for another reason. Gosh, he's so gorgeous, you can't stand breathing the same air as him.

You tear your gaze away, landing back on the textured parchment beneath your hand. “You're easy to draw,” you snarkily reply. And you mean that in an insulting way. “I bet I can sketch you with three lines— that's how plain you are,” you added, just to make sure he doesn't use some loophole and claim that you don't find it difficult because of memorizing every detail of his by heart.

This earned a sneer from Kaiser, who placed his head on his intertwined fingers in a display of boredom. “Wow, so cruel,” he trails off, making a show with obviously feigning hurt. The blond sighs for a cherry on top, before going on. “Aren't you supposed to be nice to your muse?” Kaiser taunted, grinning.

“Shut up, before I draw you pregnant,” you state, a weird threat, but it was effective enough to make him do a double take. Though, it also resulted in him looking at you as if there was something wrong with your brain chemistry— like you were some failed attempt at making an intelligent creature— so perhaps it wasn't that effective in terms of threatening him. Whatever. You weren't really serious about it… maybe.

Kaiser was quick to recover from that off-putting statement of yours. “You sure do have weird fantasies about me,” he remarked, leaning back on his chair like he did something amazing, because to him, he just said something worthy to be written down as a quote.

You looked at him with a straight, blank face. Unlike how you did while sketching intricate lines that detailed his face. All that non-expression just to prove a point that, no, you didn't fantasize about him. “You wish,” you turned that idea down.

Now that those azure eyes were on you, going back to drawing would be an awkward choice. So, you shift your full attention to him.

Only because he was entertaining. Not because you want him, or anything.

“Mhm, keep denying it,” he says, his tone a little cocky, like he believed you were really dreaming about him. Oh, how you'd love to wipe that smug look off his face. “You want me so bad.”

“Nuh uh,” you reply, before adding something in order to have more chances in one-upping him in this argument. “Are you sure it's not the other way around? You sure are persistent,” this led to him tilting his head, a bit amused as you continued. “Maybe you're the one who wants me.”

Kaiser chuckles, sighing softly. “Yeah, right. I'm not the one filling sketchbooks with drawings of the other,” he retorted, running a hand through his hair, like he always does whenever he has nothing to do. “What, you gonna draw me like one of your french girls next?” he joked, raising an eyebrow.

You stared at him as he jested, blinking once, twice, before cringing. “Hell, no,” you bluntly rejected. You knew what he meant, and you wished you weren't able to understand the reference— you regretted being able to comprehend words and sentences.

He laughed at your reaction, finding entertainment in it.

So you fished out your phone, searching up mpreg references.

(a/n):: I was giggling while writing this

taglist:: @shrii-kk, @tired-xyra-urstruly, @fishii28, @yui2aku,

© fumiscripts 2024. don't steal, repost, translate or modify my works without my permission.

[carpbread0]

NPC Life is the best

(Genshin Impact x gn reader - sagau)

(Second person)

part.2 —> part 3 —> part 4

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Startled by the alchemist’s sudden appearance you let out a small yelp of surprise.

“Holy god.. you scared the living daylights out of me” you say while putting your hand on your heart to show your sincerity.

“I apologize, traveler. I couldn’t help but be.. captivated, by your appearance. Is it alright if I sketch you?” He says looking at your with a blank expression despite telling you of his interest in your appearance.

“S-sure.. can I at least get your name?” You inquire. Of course you know who he was, he’s Albedo! For gods sake your heart rate spiked the moment you saw him creep up on you. The fake surprise was to make it seem like you didn’t notice him at all. It was better this way.

“My name is Albedo, chief alchemist of the knights of favonius. It’s a pleasure meeting you, and what’s your name traveler?” He gently asks as he pulls out his sketch pad.

“My name is y/n, might i ask how long your sketch will take? I’m kinda in a rush.” You sheepishly smile at him. Of course you’re in a rush. In a rush to get away from him!

“It’ll only take 10 minutes. While my drawing cannot capture your full.. essence, it’s better than forgetting such a unique appearance.” He says smoothly a little proud of himself for managing to stall a little more time with you. Truthfully, he could’ve finish a sketch of you in 3 minutes if he wanted to, but there was something about you that made him want to selfishly keep you to himself.

Blushing a bit from his complements you stay completely still for him to finish his sketch while glancing away from him every now and then to get rid of your flustered expression.

striking a conversation with albedo was surprisingly easy, during the ten minutes he managed to find out what your favorite foods were and what type of flowers you adored. He was quite the smooth talker. Ten times as smooth as his teapot dialogue.

as the ten minutes quickly pass albedo gives the sketch of you the final touches. “I’m finished. Would you like to see the results?” He inquires a little hopeful that you’d be willing to see the fruits of his effort.

“Of course!” You smile at him gleefully. You’ve never gotten a portrait of yourself before so it was a bit thrilling to see how someone drew you, nonetheless the great albedo himself!

Turning his sketch pad he shows a picture like drawing of you, your eyes and smile jarringly similar to the reflection you saw of yourself on the glass pains of little shops you’d walk by.

“It’s lovely. It’s almost like staring in the mirror!” You complement your worries of spending to much time with him out the window as your now distracted by his magnificent sketch.

“I’m glad you think so Y/n.” He gently says, his stomach feeling little flutters here and there from your sweet words. He almost felt.. human in a sense. Something he never thought he’d feel as a creation made of chalk.

“If it ever occurs, maybe once you’re free. We could perhaps go for a meal? You’re quite an interesting person and I’d like to get to know you better.” He says calmly despite his nervousness of being rejected.

“Oh, uh sure. Maybe once I’m free” you repeat to him with a kind smile. Although you know it’s not the best idea to get tangled with albedo especially since he’s a creation of someone from Khaenri'ah you couldn’t help but feel a little guilty if you declined his offer.

“I really must go now Albedo. It was nice getting to meet you.” You say to him with sincerity as you get up from the bench stretching a little from how long you were sitting.

“It was nice meeting you as well, Y/n.” Albedo says and waves as you start to walk down the steps to the town square. Unknown to you, Albedo couldn’t help but feel a little upset of your quick leave as he watches you disappear into the crowd.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

as you began to walk back out into crowds you realize it’s almost 5 pm. You sure took your time walking up to the cathedral.

You usually would eat dinner at this time so your stomach began to grumble a bit. Noticing your stomach’s little cry of hunger you decided to stop by good hunter and get a sweet madam to go. while waiting, you decided to brainstorm where to stay for the night, cause your sure as hell not sleeping in the open where anyone could cut you and see your blood.

mm.. maybe angle’s share? There is an extra room for drunkards willing to pay to stay for the night.. but that would mean you would have to get a drink. Maybe they serve grape juice! It’s been your favorite since you were 5. Yea, maybe staying in angle share’s is a good idea after all!

standing up from your seat, you go up to the counter and pay for your take out. let’s head to the tavern!

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Carp bread- feels way shorter than my usual brain poops but I’m like about to fall asleep and I’m pretty sure the next part I make will be a heft chunk bec of diluc whshhwhwhwhwhwhwh 👍😼

[notnights]

So obviously it's still too early to properly analyze the exact relationship dynamic between Jax and Gangle in canon. I promise this is less of me trying to find legitimate proof of any character speculations, and more just a string of very quick, messy personal thoughts on the topic. Context and motivation for their behaviors are likely to be explained in future episodes, and until then there's still quite a lot of uncharted territory left to explore. (Although I will say that both these characters are surprisingly more active and engaging with each other upon rewatch. aka, their willingness to be around one another seems mutual, the bullying is not.)

The only information that we can currently gather about Gangle are her canon appearances, the preview screenshot Glitch posted on the official account and to a lesser extent, Gangle's concept art sketches: Alot of it being about her fixation and dependency towards her comedy mask. We don't know whether she's fixated on the actual sensation being happy 24/7 or just the ability to appear joyful around everybody else just yet, or What her real-world equivalent of the mask was, or even if there ever was a real-world equivalent to begin with. But, Personal indictment is that she does genuinely want long term companionship and meaningful connections with other people. Or at the very least, not be subtly ostracized out of social convention. I think she believes that curating her outward demeanor might change the way others perceive her, and hopefully the way they interact with her as well. It doesn't really help that each of the circus crew are all a bit too much in their own heads to notice, one way or another. Even if they do mean well at the end of the day, it's never quite what she's really looking to accomplish. (It also doesn't help that her digital design is so detached from being human either, she's essentially a flat face on a piece of string. One can't really blame her for trying to make the most of what she's able to display tbh.)

So far, we know Jax is apathetic, violent and generally antagonistic towards everyone in the main cast, sometimes deliberately towards the girls. I think it isn't all that farfetched to believe he latched on to Gangle because she was malleable enough to target without facing most of the consequences. Subsequently, there's also the idea of him relating Gangle's tragedy mask to her willingness to comply: It's an emotional vulnerability for her (She already sees herself as less deserving of human interaction in this state, she won't have anyone else to go to, she doesn't seem to like being left alone). It's not farfetched to assume Jax sees the tragedy mask as a more "complied version" of Gangle, more entertaining and easier to string along. Me thinks he prefers it, but again. It's too soon to tell. Anyways something something designated role in group activities something something internalized self-worth I think Gangle and Ragatha have very similar philosophies when it comes to people pleasing and it almost makes me believe in the theory that they secretly don't get along even more.

(btw plz feel absolutely no pressure to respond to any of this at all - Again, very messy thoughts that I barely had time to collect. Ribbun is an unexpected infection with unfortunately very thought consuming brain fodder to me personally. Have a nice day.

I like these thoughts! It'll be really interesting to see how the Comedy and Tragedy masks work for Gangle.

I do agree Jax probably prefers Tragedy Gangle as even if it's only as deep as "she's funnier like that." And Gangle is the easiest victim for him in that state.

We've seen everyone (but Kinger, who Jax kind of doesn't bother too much, and you could argue it's because Kinger doesn't give an entertaining reaction) fight back against Jax's behavior in some way. Ragatha yells at him, Zooble isn't afraid to get physical, and we can tell Pomni had death on her mind when he threw her off the truck. The most Gangle has done is timidly resist for a few seconds before compiling. Steps on her mask, pushes her, grabs her and puts her in the drivers seat, she doesn't say anything.

She has a couple of bite back words, but then Jax just bites back and it shuts her down. Which is interesting because when Ragatha yells at him it's clear he thinks its funny and merely snarks back at her, often getting her to yell more. He gets different reactions out of everyone in the group and picks different entertainment from that. Gangle might be the one he knows he has proper control over.

As for the Ragatha and Gangle thing, I was really interested in the fact no one cared when Gangle broke her mask in the pilot, not even Ragatha who is our outwardly most caring. You could say it's because she had tunnel vision on Pomni, but I immediately interpreted it as, yeah Gangle's mask breaks all the time, she's crying all the time, eventually people stop caring. The boy who cried wolf, etc etc.

Even if Ragatha doesn't have direct conflict with Gangle, the fact Ragatha is someone who internalizes everything, and projects a positive outlook, I imagine someone like Gangle would make her pretty uncomfortable.

Here Ragatha is trying her darnest to keep it together and remain positive, meanwhile Gangle is crying all the time behind her.

"It's not so bad here Pomni, I promise!" as Gangle cries in the background.

Gangle being a constant reminder of how Ragatha, and maybe all of them really feel about being stuck here. Too early to say if Ragatha resents Gangle for this, or how she really feels about it. But if she does that's so sad because (we also don't know yet) Gangle has no control over these feelings, it wasn't her choice for her avatar to work like this.

Which honestly could be a good allegory for how certain people view mental illness in the real world too. Ragatha being a loved one who's uncomfortable with Gangle's moods, or even believes if Gangle just tried hard enough like her (example: keeping her comedy mask safe) she'd be fine. Ooh sad comic ideas.

[localplaguenurse]

"You really couldn't wait that long?"

Just a quick little thing based off of this ask as well as this one specifically. Can be read as a stand alone fic though it still applies to my Morax fic. Not beta read, sfw.

As the patron Archon of Liyue, Morax is tasked with guiding and protecting his people. From slaying monsters to making and fulfilling deals to creating currency, he is to do what is right for the people. In exchange, they provide him with worship and praise and gifts, ranging from simple prayers to building monuments in his honour.

That's where you find yourself this sunny, quiet afternoon.

When Morax is away fulfilling his duties as Archon, you like to draw or go on nice walks. When his duties drag on a little longer than expected, you often find yourself coming to his statues. They're the closest thing to your husband you can get until he returns home.

It takes you a bit, but you manage to scale the statue itself. Carefully, you seat yourself in his stone lap. You set your bag down next to, pulling out your sketchbook and art supplies, as well as the lunch you made ahead of time.

The first time you did it, you were ashamed for letting your impulsive thoughts get the better of you, and worried about the embarrassment of being caught. You also chastised yourself for being so clingy you would climb onto a stone imitation of your beloved because he's a day or two late. You eventually got over that, but you'd still die if he knew.

For a large stone statue, it's actually surprisingly comfortable. You spend most of your afternoon sitting on his lap, sketching the landscape, eating lunch, and simply enjoying the sunshine. It's rather relaxing.

"I wonder when Morax will be back," you murmur, simply just filling the quiet air.

"I've been back for quite a while now."

When you nearly leap out of your skin and off of the statue, familiar hands grabbed you and pull you back into a much softer, much warmer lap. Morax just smiles down at you, and you feel your face catch fire. When did he get back? When did he find you? How long has he been watching you?

He chuckles. "Could you really not wait a little longer for me to return?"

"I-I, uh, haha, I um..." You hide your face behind your hands. "I-I didn't see you there."

"Do you prefer the statue over me?" he asks.

"N-No," you tell him, "b-but you were taking a long time and... I-I was lonely."

He laughs once more, and you feel him press a kiss to your scalp. "I'll try to be more mindful of how clingy my little wife is."

"I am not c-clingy."

"Of course you aren't. That's why you're sitting on my statue's lap, right?"

[frostfall-matches]

[ matchmaking... ]

@veethewriter : [ match report ready ]

Your match is…

✧ Silver Vanrouge

-> [ Your relationship is one that blooms slowly. ] Both of you are introverted, tending to keep to yourselves and only offering so much of yourselves for others to see. Thankfully, both of you are also quite polite and kind to strangers, even though you tend to keep your distance until you get to know them - this is very helpful when it comes to both of you gradually getting comfortable with each other. The two of you remain friends for a long while before you start dating, which makes for a very stable foundation for your romance.

-> [ Hanging out with Silver is very low pressure. ] Both as a friend and a partner, Silver just enjoys being around the people he cares about. Perhaps it is due to the fact that he was raised by a fae, but he is all too aware that time is finite; he is definitely the type to want to spend as much time with someone as possible, assuming they aren’t too busy with their respective tasks and duties. That said, he loves just spending time with you as you engage in one of your hobbies. He enjoys participating in them with you, but is happy to nap or read while you’re busy with a game or your art.

-> [ His confession to you is sleepy, half-accidental, but still very much heartfelt. ] It is a nice, breezy afternoon, not too warm or too chilly. The two of you are outside, sitting beneath the shade of a large tree on NRC campus. You’re busy sketching in one of your many half-filled sketchbooks, and Silver was enjoying the nice weather until he ended up dozing off. At some point, your mind wanders and you lose focus on your drawing; your eyes drift over to him, and you can’t help but brush some of his hair out of his face while you mumble that he looks like a prince. Surprisingly, he wakes easily and his eyes flutter open. He gives you a sleepy smile seeing you peering down at him and a sleepy mumble escapes him: “You’re so pretty… I love you.”

-> [ Silver is calm and able to be your rock during times of stress. ] You have your moments where you struggle with your anxiety and depression, and your emotions can overwhelm you despite your best efforts to keep it all under control. Silver is very good about either giving you the space you need, or providing a quiet and sincere comfort - just let him know what you need, because he does worry about overstepping your boundaries otherwise. Since he’s so emotionally stable, it helps him stay calm and level-headed when you feel like you’re drowning.

-> [ Aside from his tendency to fall asleep at practically any moment, Silver is very self-sufficient. ] You may have been the one burdened with caring for your siblings and the house when you were young, but you won’t need to overextend yourself for his sake. In fact, he very much insists that you don’t overextend yourself for him. That said, he definitely appreciates all the little things you do for him, and you can expect that he does little things for you on a daily basis as well.

-> [ He is one of your biggest supporters when it comes to your art. ] Given who he is, it is a quiet appreciation, but he loves seeing what you put your time and energy into. Silver is quick to notice any changes in your style or improvements in your overall skill. If you ever decide to make and/or gift one of your pieces to him, he places it in a very visible area in his room so he can admire it each day. He really likes seeing what you’re able to do with clay and adores displaying them on his desk or bookshelf.

-> [ Your knight in shining armor when it comes to spiders. ] Silver isn’t bothered by bugs of any kind - though, admittedly, particularly large or creepy looking spiders make his skin crawl just a little. Still, he’s happy to get rid of any creepy crawlies that are nearby if you’re nervous about them, and is even willing to make an emergency stop by your dorm. He’s more likely to shoo them off or put them outside than actually kill them, though.

Your match is…

✧ Kaminari Denki

-> [ Denki is social but isn’t super overbearing, which helps facilitate early interactions between the two of you. ] He’s very friendly and gets along with all sorts of people. Shy, grumpy, bright, gentle - it doesn’t matter, so long as he is able to find some sort of common ground with them. While he can be a bit too much for some people at first, he’s really good about toning it down if the other person seems a bit awkward or uncomfortable. You’re definitely a bit shy around him at first, but it doesn’t take too long before you’re starting to open up little by little.

-> [ He seems to be attracted to the introverted, artsy types. ] Denki gets along really well with Jiro, who keeps to herself but is very much into music. Now you’re in his orbit, and you’re also very much an introvert but with an interest in visual art instead. He is very vocal about how cool he thinks your work is and openly compliments your skills. If you give him any of your works, he totally gushes about it to his friends. In the future if the two of you move in together, he thinks you should totally hang up and display some of your favorite pieces around your shared home.

-> [ Denki gets the biggest crush on you early on in your U.A. days, but he doesn’t confess until you’re both almost done and graduated. ] It wasn’t exactly intentional, but hero school is tough mentally and physically, especially given the events that happen with the League of Villains and All for One - it’s hard to find the time and gumption to consider getting into a relationship on top of all that, when there are so many other things to worry about. His crush is super obvious to everyone, though, considering how he often follows you around like a lovesick puppy.

-> [ Part of him wants to ask for your help with studying, but another part of him doesn’t want to burden you. ] Denki is very well aware that academics aren’t his strong suit, and he has a hard time sitting himself down to study or do his homework. You, on the other hand, are very much an honor student. He doesn’t want to seem stupid in front of you or like he’s mooching off your brains, though, so he has a hard time asking you for help if he’s really stuck and doesn’t understand something. But… he’d really appreciate it if you took the initiative and offered to have regular study sessions with him!

-> [ He loves shopping with you! ] It doesn’t matter what you’re shopping for, whether it be clothes or figurines or art supplies - he just thinks it’s a fun way to get off campus. Denki likes to stay at least somewhat in the loop when it comes to fashion trends, and he leans towards cool, stylish clothing; that said, he does enjoy looking at more alternative styles, especially since that’s what you often lean towards. He seems to have a knack for picking out clothes that you both like and that look really flattering on you. If you want to try a few things on, he has no problems waiting - just make sure to let him see how it looks!

-> [ Denki thinks your piercings and tattoos are cool as hell. ] It makes him want to get his own… but he’s kind of a wimp about the pain and therefore has to work up the nerve to get anything done aside from basic ear lobe piercings. It doesn’t matter that he’s training to be a pro hero (and then later becomes a pro hero), having to sit his butt down and get either a piercing or tattoo makes him feel antsy and nervous. Denki is easily swayed, though, so if you promise to get one done at the same time, he’ll totally do it.

-> [ He definitely ends up adding to your candle collection. ] Denki isn’t really the type to have a bunch of candles on hand himself, but when he first sees your scented candle collection, he spends the next half hour just sniffing them and letting you know which ones are his favorite. After that, he makes it a point to go out and find some candles that he really likes and then adds them to your collection so you might pick one of them to light while the two of you are hanging out together.

[batri-jopa]

Back on track!

Dedicated to @figuringthengsout because you like horses, I hope this includes zebras!😘

I don't know much about who this guy is and I don't have a story for them. But, as you see, they're one pony very eager to become a hero! So maybe you can take them home, give them name and give them a story yourself?

If any hint about the character - I'm pretty sure they're made of fascinating contradictions😉 And they obviously live in Africa!

Okey, there was a short break in my drawing (it was because of my first real life art exhibition - which was really nice by the way😁) but now that my sleeping time and everyday routine already came back to norm - I wanted to start making art again.

For some reason quick sketching with my ballpen is the most relaxing creative activity. Of course I have tons of other ambitious ideas and plans of things to draw - but drawing something "just like that" is always the easiest way to come back on track. And sketching with a ballpen gives you no way to come back and correct things which is... surprisingly relaxing as well? No pressure for this to be perfect. So here's just minimal edition that nobody might notice

[alloru]

greetings, fellow human beings! ^v^

I had a really cool idea for a character design this week and just had to make a quick sketch of it. that (admittedly not-short) sketch ended up turning into full line art yesterday, so I figured now would be a great time to post it!

I didn't use many reference images or specific sources of inspiration for this one surprisingly. the only parts I was a little stumped on were the hairstyle and horns, but I quickly figured out how to make both of those look believable!

have a nice wip wednesday and take care of yourself for the next 24 hours! you deserve it c:

[ninetyminutes]

Hiya :) can you do a fic where chevy and Lorne get egnaged/married? I'm afraid i've become a simp for these two

So while I won’t give you a full blown fic (I have too many WIPs atm), I will happily and gladly give you one of my usual rambles :)

Side note, Rosie and Lorne would have to get divorced, but maybe they did when Lorne started to realize he was serious about Chevy. Rosie was of course happy for him. When Rosie and Lorne got engaged/married, Rosie didn’t want a ring. They did nothing the traditional way, and I think Lorne kinda felt like he missed out maybe just a little bit. Even if their marriage didn’t really last/was more platonic than romantic, I can still see Lorne secretly yearning just a teeny tiny little bit for some of those special moments.

So Chevy definitely gets him a ring and proposes in a super meaningful way. Not in public, somewhere where it’s just the two of them. Chevy would have loved to work it into a sketch, like a cold open where he falls and ends up on one knee in front of Lorne, but Lorne would prob be mortified and also completely off kilter for the entire rest of the show.

Maybe Chevy and Lorne are on one of Lorne’s weekly three-hour Sunday walks around New York City when he proposes. Maybe he proposes at night outside of 30 Rock or up on the Top of the Rock when no one else is around. I actually love the idea of them on the roof when Chevy proposes, like maybe they snuck up there to share a joint or something and Chevy just spontaneously decides to propose because when is it ever going to get better than this moment.

(more below)

Lorne wears the ring to work but says absolutely nothing about it to anyone. He’s always worn a ring on his ring finger on his right hand, but this ring is on his left hand, so maybe that’ll throw them off and they won’t notice. Rosie notices immediately—Drags him to his office and demands to know everything. Where and when and how, I mean every little thing. Gilda notices too, pretty quick. And I feel like John would also be one of the first to notice. He’d be like “Congrats.” And that’s it. Or maybe he wouldn’t even say anything, just look at the ring and then back at Lorne with a raised eyebrow. Lorne doesn’t say anything and waits for John to say something, who prob just pats him on the back and walks away.

In terms of the wedding? I’d think it’s something small but also not small at all. I’m just thinking of everyone Lorne is friends with and that list is long and also very high profile. However, it’d be super private. Obviously it’s held during the offseason. I think they would prob plan it over one off season and then hold it during the next off season because there’s no way they could plan it during season. I think honestly they’d be fine without having a traditional ceremony. ceremony at all but I can totally see Rosie being insistent on them having something small. Maybe they

There’s a few different bands that play throughout the night, maybe John and Danny play some Blues Brothers or something idk.

What if John gives a speech, which is surprising considering he doesn’t get along the best with Chevy and it’s hit or miss with Lorne sometimes. And it’s surprisingly sentimental and nice and it def gets them emotional like wtf John. Rosie definitely delivers the biggest laugh, talking about Lorne calling her to talk about Chevy all the time while she wasn’t still in LA or Toronto or wherever.

Anyway, it’s an open bar so everyone gets absolutely hammered, and maybe some of the cast joke about having to have another ceremony since so many of them don’t remember a lot of it.

[stagnantblood]

1, 2, 3, 7, and 8 for! Ivy and Lorne this time hehe

yay ty for the ask! ^^ sorry it took a bit to answer, i took some time to do a quick sketch for one of ivy's answers lol

ivy! <3

1. what is the character's go-to drink order?

definitely something fruity.. can’t think of anything specific rn but it’s definitely cold and with fruit in it. she’ll nearly always get a cold drink, even if it’s snowing outside.

2. what is their grooming routine?

she takes care of herself really well most days- washes her face with nice-smelling soap, uses leave-in conditioner for her wavy hair, etc.. the only times she slips up in her little daily routine are when she’s in a depressive episode after burning herself out or is in a place without running water.

3. what was their most expensive purchase/where does their disposable income go?

two pairs of glass daggers.. they’re Very Nice. she commissioned them from a blacksmith she met while traveling with adonis and lorne.

one pair has greenish glass with a silvery hilt and a leaf motif. the other pair has bluish glass with a gold hilt and a star motif.

she began courting cordelia by offering her the blue/gold set. they got along super well and became girlfriends <3

eventually, the two of them had to travel a long distance apart. they swapped one dagger with each other to feel close while apart. even after they reunited, they’ve kept their pairs mixed :-)

while the daggers aren’t enchanted, ivy can channel dark magic through them. they glow and look like uranium glass when she does it!

here's a quick rough draft of what the daggers look like :O using the skyrim glass dagger as a base for now until i come up with something better. the daggers aren't super practical tbh.. but since ivy fights with magic and cordelia fights with a greatsword, they don't have to worry about their practicality that much lol

(ivy's on the left, cordelia's on the right)

7. describe the shoes they’re wearing.

hmm… the post-apoc equivalent of doc martens lol. tough and nice-looking. they’re usually a little muddy from exploring old ruins and traveling.

8. describe the place where they sleep.

ivy’s bedroom is cery cozy and cluttered! she’s got a bed in the corner that’s covered in a heap of blankets (which she usually sleeps on top of instead of under).

there are shelves with all her books, trinkets, and gifts from her friends and family. ivy also has a desk in her bedroom that she studies at. there’s about a 50/50 chance of her falling asleep at the desk instead of in bed tbh

the lighting is very dim. during the day, it only comes in through a window which is almost always covered by decorative curtains. at night, she keeps a lantern lit over her desk.

lorne :-)

1. what is the character's go-to drink order?

chai! lorne grew up in a place where it was basically the most common/popular drink around. iced or hot, doesn’t matter, he loves it. bonus points if it has aromatic herbs & spices.

2. what is their grooming routine?

it’s pretty simple- he brushes his hair with his fingers, washes his face with water, and puts on a little sunscreen (he’s got that redhead complexion). if he has a lot of spare time, he’ll take some time to stretch- gotta take care of your body when you’re a swordsman!

3. what was their most expensive purchase/where does their disposable income go?

lorne’s most expensive purchase was his prosthesis (left lower leg. i used to have it that he lost his forearm, but changed it to his leg in my latest story rewrite). he got it custom designed and had it built to be extremely durable.

7. describe the shoes they’re wearing.

well-worn boots with a steel toe and metal shin-guards.

8. describe the place where they sleep.

lorne’s bedroom is surprisingly empty.. he’s used to having to travel constantly & fitting all his belongings into one or two bags.

even in a permanent home, lorne keeps it pretty bare, only using a small shelf on the wall to display a few of his keepsakes at a time. he keeps a box under the bed with the others and swaps them out when he feels like it. he makes his bed about half the time. there’s a desk in his room like ivy’s, but he doesn’t use it very often. adonis uses it more than he does tbh wbsbwkf

[little-shiny-sharpies]

Ok so before I go farther I’m just gonna spew out what self shipping ideas I’ve been cooking in my head for like a week (spoilers for dragonflight!)

So obviously Neltharion left a simulacrum, I’m still outside Abberus and have no idea if he’s good or bad atm but in my mind he’s super nice to the trio like surprisingly nice, plays into their emotions like the bastard he was and convinces them that his powers are in a helmet of his design. So he fans the flames between Sabellian and Wrathion and puts them through little trials Ebyssian is here too but he’s just really tired at this point and he’s generally just shutting down like seeing you dead father again can’t be good for you.

ANYWAY Frozal is like “this is super fuckin sketch and somthing is up” so she goes to investigate the helmet during a trial and she puts it on and surprise surprise she gets fuckin Remmy Ratatouille’d by Neltharion because he wants to continue fucking things up in the world. So anyways Neltharion is now free to leave Abberus with the meat puppet he’s possessing but before he leaves he rubs it in his sons faces and generally just rude shit like he never loved them and they’ll never be worthy of his title. General Neltharion being a dad stuff. Then he flies off above ground and goes incognito for a few days and all hell breaks loose between Kalec and Wrathion trying to figure out where the hell their girlfriend is and how they’re gonna free her from the digital ghost of a world destroying asshole. Anyways that’s the quick recap I might make a fic out of this bc there’s lots of ideas I’ve got for it but I’m gonna play though the rest of the story now just wanted to write this down before I get more info and change it

[yeehaw-in-magic-space]

Barley Arc Interlude - Dolly (in the style of quick notes quietly captured by an ace reporter)

Day One:

Dolly spends the morning showing Geraldine the notes she's been taking over the course of the past few days. She asks Geraldine if she would be willing to make a few sketches to go along with them – specifically of the massive explosion that had occurred a few days before. She also asks Geraldine to take a stab at transforming her admittedly dry notes into something slightly more in the style of Michael Hawk's adventures. Geraldine happily agrees to undertake both tasks.

Geraldine's genuine excitement puts Dolly's mind at ease that she hasn't asked for too much. Nobody has displayed any passion for Dolly's journalism skills in a long time, and it feels...really nice. She is also secretly relieved by Geraldine's inexperience in the field, as she knows she's getting rusty, and the quality of her work isn't what it used to be.

In the afternoon, she seeks out Prometheus, and finds him standing in the old barn. He seems surprisingly open to talking, so she asks him a question – is he planning on running forever? He responds by sharing that although he is willing to run for as long as he must, he does have a larger goal in mind. However, he was unwilling to share what the goal was.

Dolly doesn't press any further. She deeply understands the feeling of wanting to run away and leave the past behind (and even more so, the feeling of that past being questioned and picked apart by others). However, she quietly decides to ensure Prometheus knows that he will have her help if he ever wants it. She hopes that one day he will trust her and the others enough to ask.

Day Two

Dolly decides to tag along with Chuck when she learns he will be traveling away from town for a while, as she has a mission of her own in mind. While on the trail, they get to talking about Chuck's life as a bounty hunter. Dolly finds out that Chuck only became a bounty hunter so that he could pay off some nasty debt he accumulated, and that he plans to leave the bounty hunter life behind as quickly as possible. Dolly shares that the events of the past few days have made her slightly consider becoming a bounty hunter herself. She's been scared of chasing bigger stories for a while, and the adventures she could have while hunting could provide her with a nice middle ground.

After a bit more time on the road together, Dolly splits off from Chuck and continues on to Barley’s house. She scouts out the general area, and eventually discovers a small entrance for servants that seems disused. She files it away as a possible entrance point for later that might attract less attention from Barley's men. She also notices an unusually large number of outlaws in the vicinity – after overhearing snatches of conversation, she pieces together that they are planning to scatter across the planet soon, moving into various military outposts.

Day Three:

After returning to the others in the early hours of the morning, Dolly seeks out Evelyn for a final chat before the coming battle. They talk for hours, Dolly inquiring about Evelyn’s history with the Vox Naturae, and Evelyn asking about Dolly's experiences on the planet as well as her plans for the future.  Although Evelyn seems careful about what she shares, Dolly is perceptive enough to figure out that Evelyn has not been a Vox Naturae for as long as she would like people to believe. She also learns that Evelyn's main goal is to make the passage between life and death easier, and to rid the galaxy of unnecessary suffering – a lofty goal indeed.

Dolly shares that she has never truly been scared of death until her close encounters with the ghouls. Seeing with her own eyes that life after death might actually get worse truly shook her to her core. She also shares that although she still doesn't know what her future will look like, the adventures she's had on the planet have reignited her passion for exploring the world around her and picking apart its secrets.

[allthemusic]

Week ending: 12th February

I kind of appreciate when a novelty song lets you know on first glance that it's a novelty song. None of these novelty songs with plausible titles for me - I respect it when a song doesn't try and trick you into listening to it. And this song, whatever else one may say about it, is at least honest about its joke status.

Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?) - Lonnie Donegan (peaked at Number 3)

Yeah, the title of this song tells you everything you need to know. It's about whether your chewing gum loses its flavour when you stick it to a bedpost overnight. That's literally all you need to know. I have no clue why Lonnie wants to know that, or whether this was a common pratice, back in the day. And notably, "back in the day" here means back in 1913, which is when the first version of this song came about, and was used in a sketch by a Vaudeville artist. So yeah, despite the obvious silliness of the premise, this is actually a song with a history.

I think the Vaudeville connection explains a lot of the vibe of this song, actually. Because you've got that same quick shift between daft bits, like the one about a church choir interrupting a groom's wedding vows to ask the titular quesiton, or the nation going to the White House to ask the president, little unconnected jokes and one-liners, like the If tin whistles are made of tin / What do they make foghorns out of? bit, and even just nonsensical patter, like the line that's just a series of weekdays. It's scatter-brained, and just feels kind of random.

Also, a bit of a tangent, but after the lame foghorn joke, Lonnie shouts boom boom, which I only knew, before hearing it here, as the catchphrase of kid's TV talking fox Basil Brush. Intrigued, I looked it up, and it turns out that "boom boom" was an old music hall meme that developed from somebody playing a sort of "boom boom" on the drums after jokes, a sort of proto-"ba doom tshh" sound. Performers began doing it verbally, after that, which you still apparently get in panto - which is the tradition Basil's creator was drawing from. I'm really not a panto-goer, so I had no clue that was what was going on at all. A fun side-track.

Honestly, I'm having a lot more fun with this than I expected to. I normally don't like novelty songs, because they're trying to hard to get a laugh from me, and a lot of the time, the jokes just don't land. And it's not that they land here, exactly. Quite the opposite, there's a lot about the song that kind of grosses me out, but it's still somehow not as cringey as I thought it might be. There's enough skiffle in it, I think, between the frantic pace and strummy guitar and shouty, repetitive delivery, that I can kind of forget that it's Lonnie trying to be "funny" and just appreciate it as an extension of Lonnie's generally quite chaotic vibes. It's not an American folk song, but the overall effect is stunningly similar.

I also appreciate the live recording - the wild reaction from Lonnie's fans at the end make him sound much more punk rock than he has any right to come away from this sounding. By the end, I'm almost convinced I'm listening to something that's actually cool. And then I see the title and remember that this is a song about sticking chewing gum on your bedpost overnight. Which... yeah. Still gross.

I had a lot more fun with this than I expected to. I can absolutely see how Lonnie's mix of wild delivery, cheap production values and slightly daft music hall lyrics could have been pretty influential with later bands like the Beatles, honestly. Even the accent's not a million miles away - or it's at least a step towards proper regional British accents in music. Normally Lonnie's doing his best impression of an American hillbilly, so it's kind of nice to hear his "normal" accent here. Or at least a distinctively British accent, because he still doesn't sound very Glaswegian. Ah, well.

Favourite song of the still-gross-but-surprisingly-okay bunch: Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)

[unit3-fmp]

Design Board Layout Ideas

Here I experimented with a variety of different layouts for my design boards. I knew I wanted something simple as my designs were quite large and prominent and I liked the idea of incorporating some form of fairy element to link in with fairyland at Cannon Hall as my designs are quite whimsical and fairy like.

To experiment with layouts in a more time effective manner I have done the majority of these as quit and messy digital sketches just to get a rough idea.

IDEA 1

For this layout I wanted the focus to be on the name as seen by the second design using the origin of the name (the flower) as a key feature enhanced by stripe of a colour seen in my design in the background to tie it all together, as well as this I added some little fairies flying around to show the link to fair land that I wanted.

I thought this idea looked pretty good digitally however as soon as I did it onto the drawing paper it just did not come together as I wanted. I think the fairies look awkward and childish and the flower seems out of place. Due to this I added the band or flowers around the bottom to match the ones in the dress as well as adding little stars and random lines. However their is now way too much going on and it looks very messy and draws attention away from the illustration.

IDEA 2

Still linking in with the fairies, for this layout I edited some fairy wings onto my illustration instead of the fairies scattered around however once again it looks very childish and doesn’t compliment the design.

IDEA 3

For my 4th idea I incorporated the flowers/ vines from the dress and digitally placed them at the bottom of the page in which I kind of like however I’m not overly happy enough with it to take it forward as I feel more can be done to tie it in with Cannon Hall.

IDEA 4

Going in a slightly different direction,here I have tested out doubling up my illustrations by adding a photocopied version behind it. I surprisingly like this quite a lot especially on the designs which have a bit more going on rather than a solid skirt for example however I felt it slightly distracted from the main illustration so I tried this again but with a layer of tracing paper between in which I think worked really well.

IDEA 5

For this idea I tried incorporating some direct link to Cannon Hall such as images of the gardens . I did this in black and white to help my design to stand out as well as doubling up the illustrations to add a bit of depth . With Thai I experimented with the flower the dress is named after as well as adding some purple lines to match the dress. I further added an image of my final garment to see how that would work and I think it looks quite nice, I tested this in both black and white and normal to see which one worked better and I think I prefer the black and white however I wanted to test out some other ideas.

IDEA 8

Once again with the e fairy wings I illustrated these blue ones using watercolour in this wishy washy style. I do like this idea of incorporating fairy wings however I feel it blends inti the dress to much and takes away from the design however I really like how it looks with the blue dress bellow. In addition to this I experimented with the doubling up again and layering tracing paper in-between.

Continuing with this wing idea I two more quick illustrations, one being more messy and jagged whilst the other being more delicate and detailed, I prefer this one a lot more and think this is the design I want to go forward with.

Similar to the previous one I did I created 4 slightly different wings using black biro pen however this time I did the lines a lot lighter to match more so with the skin. Now I just need to photocopy these to get the reversed side.

IDEA 9

Similar to the wings I wanted to keep this layout pretty simple too so I got some dragon illustrations I had previously done for my sketchbook and played them out and I think they compliment the designs quite nicely and I used the same media s I did for the skin shoes and heads and it further helps to link it into Cannon Hall.

FINAL DESIGN

For my final design boards I have decided to take forward the biro fairy wing illustrations along with the dragon illustrations as I wanted to keep the boards fairly simple due to the fact my designs are quite large and theirs a lot going on. I further intend to add the shoes to the background of the ones who art wearing any as I really like the shoe illustrations I did and think it helps add a little something to the boards. In addition to this I liked the doubling up idea with tracing paper so I think I also want to take this forward and test out some ideas with that.

[scasuallypursuits]

#4: Secret Santa 2023 Experience.

Happy Holidays to all. And this year, I joined a secret santa at discord and had fun time doing it.

Meet Kero. The OC of the giftee, @dirtj0b. Has hard looking face but his actually quite softer. He loves frogs as well. Hence the name.

Here my thought process behind this one

Was a fun character to do. This is the first time that I drew a more masculine character. Before, I did more curvy women and a twink named Link. Here some reference provided from him.

Sketching out his more muscular frame and huge shoulder was quite a feat. Making sure that the inner lines around it would properly convey the foreshortening and how muscular he is.

Another new thing I did was drawing a masculine looking face. Mostly doing women and Links has made me a habit of softening the facial features. After taking a quick nap and looking at the picture again, I realized how soft his face is and needed more angular, sharper lines around the face.

Here, you can compare these all faces to see for yourself. Each small line really makes the difference. Would sleep after an attempt and wake up to see if it still look like the OC I'm making. Had even over layed the characters face to see where I'm going wrong here.

Originally I wanted to also include his Boyfriend, Puck. I thought it would cute to be together. But day work got busy and I was running out of time to create this. I could just said "fuck it, here it is" but it wouldn't represent them best together. So I just had to scrap him altogether in the end.

Added the blue frogs cuz he likes them. Also the background as well. They're both blue since they contrast well against Kero's green shirt and red hair.

Finally, added some neon inspired text of his name. If you're asking about the saturated greens on his shirt, it's because it adds some nice color vibration to it.

How about my secret santa gift? I asked Zelink fan art. I only really wanted to give this year but the requirements inlcuded getting gifted. I like it. I thought I wouldn't feel anything in receiving art of characters I always draw, but surprisingly, it felt good.

Thank you Ralph for a wonderful Christmass gift.

Anyways, Merry Christmas and a Happy new year to all ! ! !.