#have this while I'm still working on mermay drawings

[rauchendesgnu]

He deserves to wear pretty earrings every now and then

#have this while I'm still working on mermay drawings #jonathan sims #the magnus archives #tma fanart #my art #consistent art style? never heard of her

[just-my-latest-hyperfixation]

once again, congratulations on 1k, I'm so happy for you homie :)

I have a request: X 🧜🏻‍♂️🥵 and I'll leave the 4th option up to you

Listen, if this is your attempt at getting me to write porn involving Steve’s fishy parts ... you've succeeded. Happy mermay! 🧜‍♂️

Full of surprises

Rated: E

Words: 999

Tags: Mer!Steve Harrington; established relationship; explicit sexual content; explicit descriptions of mermaid anatomy

Notes: Shoutout to that one nonny who asked me if Eddie was gonna fuck the merussy in Just add water. (I opened that ask in a work meeting. I've never been so proud of my poker face.) Well, he never got to in the original story. We're fixing this now.

To say that Eddie's utterly obsessed with his boyfriend would be an understatement. 

What's not to love? Steve is sweet, handsome, has a delightfully snarky sense of humor, and he drives Eddie absolutely fucking insane. 

What he loves most of all, Eddie thinks, while Steve presses sun-warmed lips to his wet skin, chasing the droplets on his throat and chest with kisses, is that Steve’s just as head over heels for him. 

Even though head over tail fin might be more correct just now. 

It started out as just another summer night by the lake. Only the two of them, surrounded by a myriad of twinkling candles (that's another thing about Steve, he's a hopeless sap). As often, their romantic date soon escalated into mock-bickering and a heated wrestling-slash-makeout session. At least they remembered to take off their clothes before they went tumbling into the water. Steve has lost one too many pairs of pants to their spontaneous forays into the lake. 

Steve's legs last just long enough to launch himself at Eddie in a flying tackle, and then they both go down in a flurry of water and flailing limbs and glistening scales. 

They end up in the shallow water, hidden by the onset of darkness and the low-hanging branches of the trees.

They've never done this before, Eddie realizes as he slips his tongue past Steve's lips, drawing the first moans from them. Not like this. Sure, he has taken his sweet time mapping Steve's body with his lips and hands, has familiarized himself with the feel of golden skin and shiny scales, the lines where the two melt into each other. Has stroked his fingers from the base of those magnificent fins all the way to their edges and reveled in the sighs and shudders it gets him. 

But they’ve never done it in the water before. Steve has always made sure to get them back to land, where they could wait until his legs returned - naked and still glistening from the water, and beautifully eager to part under Eddie’s touch. 

Today, Steve seems to have no such plans, if the way he wraps his fins around Eddie’s legs to draw him closer is anything to go by. Or the way his hands stray deeper.

“W-wait,” Eddie manages to say, “Don't you wanna-” 

Steve does not wanna, evidently, because he lets out a growl, cupping Eddie’s naked ass in a deliciously firm hold and slotting their bodies together in the water. A while ago, when he first learned about Steve’s fishy little secret, Eddie would’ve probably freaked out now - unsure what to do with the foreign shape of the tail slipping between his naked thighs, where to put his hands. 

Now though, he traces the shape of Steve’s fins with his thumbs and licks his way back into that warm, wet mouth, drinking down the answering moan it gets him. Steve sucks on his tongue and rolls his hips - one long, powerful ripple of those incredible muscles. Eddie meets him halfway, pleasure pooling warm and tight in his belly, and grinds himself down on the tail, half-hard against Steve’s body already-

-and then he stops. 

“Hold on a sec,” he mutters. “What's this?” 

Because there's … something on Steve's tail he didn’t notice before. The slightest of dips where there should be only smooth scales, right where his cock would be if he was human-shaped. It’s kind of difficult to make out in the water and the hazy candlelight, and what can Eddie say? Impulse control is hard for him. Of course he needs to reach out and touch. 

Steve makes a punched-out sound and jerks so hard Eddie almost topples off him. 

“Careful,” he hisses. “It's sensitive.” 

“It's sensitive?” Eddie parrots, still unable to take his hand off the spot. He goes gentler, though, pressing down on it slightly. His fingers slip inside, and he gasps in surprise at the slick, tight heat that engulfs them. Steve gasps, too, but not from surprise. “What is it?” 

Steve scowls at him - or tries to. He has flushed a dark, delicious shade of pink and his eyes are glassy. His breath is coming in ragged little puffs. He is, Eddie realizes, almost painfully aroused. The thought makes something warm and urgent tingle in his own blood. 

“What do you think it is?” Steve retaliates, even as his hips twitch and his fins flutter excitedly. “Did you think I was, like, sex-less when I'm like this or what? I told you I had … parts, they're just a bit different.” 

“Well, excuse me,” Eddie blurts. His flush is trying to compete with Steve's now. “I like your other parts just fine, so I never really put a lot of thought into it.” 

Somewhere around the middle of his frantic string of words, Steve's expression shifts. 

“Oh?” he hums, and rolls his hips again, taking Eddie’s fingers deeper. Eddie can feel how he clenches around them, and his cock gives a needy little throb in response. “Any thoughts now?” 

“Many,” he rasps, “So many thoughts, none of them sex-less.” 

He curls his fingers experimentally, and Steve makes a noise he's never heard from him before. Primal and desperate and positively wrecked. Eddie’s mouth twitches into a sly smile of his own. 

“Why, fish boy,” he purrs against Steve’s lips, starting to slowly pump his fingers in and out. “You've never done this before, have you?” 

Steve whines and shudders under his touch, nails digging into Eddie’s shoulders. 

“Of course not, what d’you think? You're the first I've ever- Shit, there's only you, Eds. Only you.” 

And damn, how's a guy supposed to stay calm in the face of that confession? 

“Well then,” he murmurs, brushing back Steve's hair so that he can kiss the tiny patch of scales on his temple. “I guess we're both in for some interesting discoveries.” 

That's another great thing about having Steve Harrington for a boyfriend. He never stops surprising you. 

More celebration ficlets

#steddie #steve x eddie #steve harrington x eddie munson #steddie brainrot #steddie fanfic #fanfiction writer #fanfiction #fanfic #my writing #hype's 1k follower ficlets #mermay #just add water

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

05/17-18/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; Rhys Darby; Nathan Foad; Kristian Nairn; SaveOFMD Crew; Int'l Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Intersexphobia, Biphobia; Uproar; Fan Spotlight; Mermay; Love Notes; Daily Darby/Tonight's Taika

Hey crew, sorry yesterday and today have been busy ones for me, so we're doing a joint day again. Hope you're all doing well the beginning of this weekend!

== Rhys Darby ==

Rhys just getting to be his goofy self, which we love so much.

Source: Rhys Darby's Tiktok

== Nathan Foad ==

Nathan out for a boat ride with his co-stars of Love's Labours Lost. They had their last showing recently, and there are lots of dedications out there to Nathan and this wonderful cast! Gratz Nathan! Can't wait to see what you do next!

Source: Nathan Foad's IG Story Wow Nathan's been busy!! Greta Gerwig will be available on Vimeo on May 31st!

Source: Marybeth Barone's Instagram ALSO I've been meaning to post this for days, but I'm finally getting around to it. Have you seen the ADHD Short Film Nathan was in?

Source: Nathan Foad's IG Stories Days ago

== Kristian Nairn ==

Kristian's joined the list! Kristian, Con, Nathan, and Vico will all be at Galaxy Con in Raleigh NC July 25-28, 2024! Ticket here.

Source: Kristian Nairn's IG

The latest episode of Kristian's podcast Spektrum is OUT NOW! You can find links to listen on his Linktree!

Source: Kristian Nairn's IG

== Rosy Maple Moth Pie ==

Hey lovelies! Did you miss out on Samba's baking class? Good news! You can access it now on the Momentus website! You can also access the recipes here.

== Int'l Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Intersexphobia, Biphobia ==

Our dear friends over at These Thems posted a tribute to Int'l Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Intersexphobia, Biphobia. It was yesterday-- sorry for the delay. To learn more about this day, you can visit UNFPA

Source: These Thems Instagram

== Save OFMD Crew ==

Pride month is approaching and Save OFMD Crewmates would love your feedback on how you'd like to help show Max, other streamers, the media, and the world that we NeverLeft! Fill out their survey here.

Source: Save OFMD Crewmates Tumblr

== Uproar ==

Still havent gotten to see Uproar? It's available on Amazon to Rent and Buy! Uproar on Amazon

Source: Blue Fox Entertainment's IG Stories

== Articles ==

So I thought I posted this back on the 16th with the trends but I guess not! So here's that article, you all have probably already seen it, but if not here you are:

‘Our Flag Means Death’ fans launch #DontStreamOnMax campaign, want David Zaslav fired

Robert Reich: How To Make $50 Million A Year While Your Corporation Goes Down The Tubes – OpEd

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Cast Cards =

Today's Cast Card is for the brilliant composer Mark Mothersbaugh! Thank you @melvisik and to the tumblr requester for including this fantastic guys work!

= OFMD Colouring Pages =

More colouring pages from @patchworkpiratebear. I feel like we need a bound book once these are complete. There's just so many fun ones.

Source: Patchwork Pirate Bear's Tumblr

= MerMay =

Can I just say that I am loving seeing how everyone's Art has developed over the past month? It's really cool to see slight changes in style/included details! You all are just so dang talented! <3

= SpencerDoesArt =

More catch up mermay prompts from our darilng crewmate SpencerDoesArtt over on Instagram, they've got some really cool stuff please check them out if you have an IG!

= Snejpowa =

@snejpowa Love you have been just stepping it up with all these gorgeous Mermay prompts. Calypso is stunning~~

Day 17: Have you ever been sketched? / Day 18: Calypso's Birthday

= ErosTheArtist =

More prompts from @erostheartist - I am loving the colour contrast on these, they're so pretty <3 Day 13: Roads to Moscow Day 16: Kraken

= Blueberreads =

Eeeeee I didn't know I needed little pixel Ed drawings, but now that I have them I love them so much. I went them as stickers for my water bottle or something. Look at the little Ed-Gull. I'm dying @blueberreads these are so adorable.

Day 17: Have you ever been sketched? / Day 18: Calypso's Birthday

== Love Notes ==

Hey Lovelies <3 I hope you're having a wonderful start to your weekend (or mid weekend, wherever you are).

Tonight I'd like you to take a few moments to repeat after me, okay? It won't take long.

"I am beautiful"

"I am kind"

"I am loving"

"I am worthy"

"I am a force to be reckoned with"

"I deserve rest"

"I deserve love"

"I am enough"

You are all those things. It's easy to forget sometimes how hard we work and how far we've come. You are so many wonderful things lovelies. Remember to tell yourself that once in a while. You deserve recognition from others, but also from yourself. You are so brilliant, and you continue to surprise and delight us all every day. Rest well <3 A few more love notes from some lovely folks on instagram, feel free to visit them below :)

== Daily Darby / Tonight's Taika ==

Tonight's theme is just goofy headwear I guess. Now we know how Rhys keeps his hair so silky smooth.

Gifs Courtesy of some of the most darling folks: @fandomsmeantheworldtome and @meluli

#Instagram #ofmd daily recap #kristian nairn #rhys darby #nathan foad #samba schutte #rosy maple moth pie #ofmd news #samba's cooking class

[rexshadaoart]

Haven't done fan art of The Thirteenth Year in a long while. Granted, I thought I did everything I could with the concept, but looking back at my old artworks (plus surfing for any new The Thirteenth Year posts on Tumblr), I feel I can do better. Body proportions needed work, and I need to veer away from realistic style (which I found to not really work in hindsight due to uncanny valley) to a more cartoonish style that still keeps true to the movie.

The Thirteenth Year's merfolk design is unique enough to be easily identified anywhere online. From the silverly tail to the webbed arms and scaly palms, it was one of the first times I saw a mermaid/merman design that was truly like a sea creature and not just a lego combination of a human's top half and a fishy bottom half.

Of course, it was not the easiest design to translate as a drawing. Cody's tail in the finale, upon closer inspection, was clearly two legs in a tail wetsuit. You can see where Cody's knees and heels are, which ruins the illusion of Cody actually becoming a merman. I prefer a more fish-like tail streamlining like H2O: Just Add Water, but I wanted to stay true to the original design as I streamline it. You can see where the knees bent, but the heels are gone. As for the face, I went with simple eye dots. There's something Disney-esque about those eye dots that make it work for me. Maybe it's because everything else leans towards realism due to capturing the likeness of the actor, but I don't know for sure.

The pose was a mermaid pose I selected from @adorkastock's reference pic collection. There's actually a reason for this pose, which I will post later this month because it's Mermay 2024.

Oh, and just because @andy-the-8th's Creatures That Defy Logic series is the only major The Thirteenth Year fan fiction/fan work out there right now (after the other fanfics have either been abandoned or finished with no hints of a follow up), I might as well give my thoughts on that series.

It's an impressive feat to build an entire society and world of the movie based on other DCOMs, small prop lists, calendars, and certain events that are different from the real world. But I find it to be very slow-paced for me and I struggle to keep up with all the details at times, especially when it focuses on the land stories. I heard that the fan fiction series exceeded the length of Tolkien's entire The Lord Of the Rings work which, while impressive, is quite daunting since I also find Tolkien's work to very slow-placed and hard for me to keep interest.

That's not to say it's bad. It's actually well-written from what I can read. It's just I'm more at heart with the world of fantasy and the world of the mermaids stimulates my imagination.

#fan art #fanart #my art stuff #procreate #the thirteenth year #cody griffin #mermaid #merman #mermay 2024 #chez starbuck #merfolk #mermay

[eiseryn]

Lei in front of her new clinic* in a drippy outfit. DW about how it's not lab safe as I'm sure she suits up properly when actually working with chemicals. This is her everyday outfit for seeing patients : ) Or when she's on receptionist duty.

It's been a hot minute since I drew a full illustration but I finally have a bit of time to draw again 😭 I survived 😭😭😭

I drew her so cute here 🥺🥺🥺 I did a sketch of her on pencil first so that's why she looks EXTRA good. For some reason my best drawings are ones I do on pencil first... well... usually...

Anyways I hope I get to draw more soon!!! It'll be a bit of a crunch but I need to make a piece of the twins for their birthday in 2 days (CRI) and also while it's still May I want to make a Mermay piece 😭😭😭 or a few pieces... but May is almost over I'm so 😭😭😭 why do I draw so slow CRI

in other news, this Lei will appear as a doctor in the Selenia campaign I'm running soon 👀👀👀 I wonder what my PCs' reactions will be to seeing her (although I've already hinted that she will appear). She will be selling some new interesting pharmaceuticals... surely you would trust the drugs she makes, right? : ) Surely you would trust that smile of hers, right? :3

*As of the events after the campaign, she and Elise run a clinic together. I decided to call it ELC for the first names of Elise, Lei, and Ceres :3 Although, in this AU, Gigi is there too : )

As a bonus here's the notes about her new outfit

#my oc #my art #lei #lei outfit #OC outfit design #OC artwork #OC illustration #OC art #OC artist #OC drawing #artists on tumblr #digital art #selenia campaign #well close enough LOL #i love my OCs #cyberpunk coc #cyberpunk OC #cyberpunk art

[alexagirlie]

For the art asks: 3,5,10 💜

3. your favorite piece(s)?

I have a few lol I will pick one for each fandom I create for.

Dune - I have so many I love for Dune as it is the fandom I've drawn the most for but I think my MerMay 2022 is still my favourite.

The Last Kingdom - my Pirate Sihtric which was gifted to Arnas on my behalf in Paris. I'm working on some real good stuff right now too.

House of the Dragons - my drawing of Helaena Targaryen. Ive only completed 2 drawings for HotD so far and this one is my fav of them.

5. how would you describe your art style?

Uuuh man I dunno haha strong lined? Semi realism, i try to have a cartoony feel while still paying attention to anatomy and faces.

10. how do you deal with artblock?

I wallow in misery LOL so Ive been luckily lately to not have to deal with much artblock, most of my struggles come from balancing drawing vs writing with my personal life, so work and having a toddler. Writing is easier to work around those so drawing tends to get pushed to the side.

#lord-aldhelm #thanks for the ask #artist ask game #answer

[xero013]

Are you planning on a continuation of the switcheroo comic? There's so much ✨ shenanigan potential✨

The girls being all chill and logical while the boys are just skskskskha

Once again living our boys in a scarf. I'm sorry if that's random but I just found that winter post again and I'm jus- it's so soffff

💜

I would love to continue! Although mostly on illustrations?

Like Elesa and the girls doing make-up while Elios and the boys are doing skin-care (y'know funny face masks with cucumber slices and all)

Or Elesa choosing outfits from her closet for the girls to wear and Elios the same as well (cause obviously Ingo and Emmet can't fit their counterparts fits and vice versa)

But other than that, I have nothing else, unless you have some ideas that I could draw :3

(Although I might do that after I do the siren!AU I've been meaning to finish, ugh, May had been a long month, finals and all. It sucks that I couldn't post it during mermay.

And there's another wip I have with the twins holding the Elesa plush in pokemastersEX (ʃƪ＾3＾）

Plus I still need to work on the part 2 for the chapter update I did for my fanfic which was also supposed to be an answer to another ask)

Yeah I know, I have a lot of stuff in plan xD

(Haha, yeah we love our boys looking menacing to someone who threaten violence at their girl while being all snug within a scarf (~￣³￣)~ )

#anon reply #xero's ramblings

[teras-art]

It is MerMay! Which means I will repost my like one "has been completed in the past five years" mermaid piece at some point. I will probably draw more mermaids... some day.

You see, my month-long art project of choice is Outfit August. I have completed Outfit August a whole one time, but I'm hoping to complete it again this year.

The whole reason I was able to complete it last year is because I started early, which means I've definitely already started for this year.

I wanted to go ahead and post my prompt list that I used last year and will be using again this year while we still have plenty of prep time.

Feel free to use it if you're interested! Outfit August is not as popular as other month-long prompts but I always have a lot of fun seeing the work of people who do participate.

A gif of last year's outfits, on my OC, Rowan:

#artists on tumblr #illustrators on tumblr #art prompt #outfit august #outfit august 2023 #art #illustration #my oc: rowan

[fowl-leaf]

My 2022 summary of art!

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I haven't really been consistently posting my art anywhere for the past year or two, but I figured I might as well still do a summary of art since I like doing them.

I was reluctant to put any arpg stuff on here since that's generally just doodles, but I ended up having to since I was so busy with 3D modeling some months that I didn't have any other completed pieces from those months to show.

Full images and commentary below the cut! It's long.

JANUARY

Herman reading a book (about making soup)

I like this one bc of the pink color

FEBRUARY

Spring fern, my beloved

This was just going to be a quick doodle, but I ended up adding some rim lighting just cause

MARCH

Gale!

The sketch is from some point in 2021, but I didn't clean it up or color till later on in 2022 so I'm counting this drawing for this year lol

I realized that I haven't finished many drawings of her so I decided to fix that with this one.

APRIL

More Spring fern!

This time, surrounded by fern-like palm trees. Because ferns.

I liked choosing the colors for this one a lot

MAY

Whisper, but she's a merfolk instead of a scalie (Whisper is normally an axolotl)

In peak irony, one of my rare humanoid drawings was the only piece I felt like posting to my FA

I'm pretty sure this is the first time I actually tried doing mermay, so this gets to go on the list too (got 2 drawings in before I got bored and quit)

JUNE

Strudel flash prompt that I drew quickly

I wasn't digging the set of many sequential but connected prompts, which is why I ended up going for a different look.

Which reminds me, I don't think I've logged into toyhouse for a while now so there's probably a bunch of missed connections since I put a bunch of characters UFT. Will fix that later!

JULY

Ah, good ol' artfight month.

I liked how this drawing of several of Nul's forms turned out the best, so this drawing gets the spotlight for this month. (Nul and all variants belong to @kitsicles)

I had a stye in my better eye for a noteworthy part of this month, so I couldn't draw as well as I wanted to and ended up simplifying high effort pieces because of that.

AUGUST

Bobby the alchemist

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(didn't finish any noteworthy personal art, so arpg art goes here)

SEPTEMBER

GG Marzi on the run

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(again, no noteworthy personal art finished, so arpg it is)

OCTOBER

Software test of Rebelpaint, and I like it a lot. Exactly what I wanted!

Tbh I liked this a lot more than anything else I finished this month, so it gets to go here. Funny ocean creacher indeed.

NOVEMBER

Vix and Whisper

I was really busy, so my favorite thing was a meme drawover I did with some OCs. 500% cannon to their oc lore.

DECEMBER

I was initially going to put the deer, but remembered that I actually drew it last year and just colored it this year because I forgot about it until I was digging thru my files for mostly complete wips.

So instead, I'm putting this partially complete drawing of Ring I was working on

It's not done, but it's complete enough to count for this year imo.

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For reading this far, you get to see a very incorrect coloration of blizz

Here's to a [hopefully] better 2023!

#summary of art #2022 summary of art #my art #not doing proper organization tags since I'll do those when I post the pieces individually sometime later #oc art

[asterryplace]

womp womp

tiny update to all the things i'm doing and will be doing and all the bullshit i'm working on [there is a lot!]

So, first of all, I know i've been super inactive, yeah. I started working on a zine [!!! as a mod!!!!!], and got a ton of health issues on the way [as per usual], so my energy levels have been all over the place. To explain all the happenings as a list;

BISU, the software!

still working out the kinks and possibilities, while settling on how to start the project so we can maybe gather some new people and coders. Would be insanely helpful.

Settled on what each version should have and what we need, just need to work out the math and all the dumb kinks of graphic tablets. Will take time, but it's headache inducing.

Zines; a masterlist

working on the disability companion for a vidya

doing a zhongven zine. there's a lot going on there but it's alright . skull emoji

kitty love zine! about 25% done. It features a ton of cats [duh] including my own dumbasses

seazine; scrapped the old version. will probably remake it in csp cause procreate kinda sucks for that

Illu projects

Doing mermay and a bunch of other competition works! Mostly using this as just an opportunity to train and get better, cause I feel like I suck!

Making a few smaller illus for prints; focusing on a simpler design that could be pleasant for a green interior. Looking for a good print-on-demand service still [cause printful doesn't have the best ratings, tbh]

Buncafe

biiiig backburner. Have to wait for better wifi to focus on it more, unfortunately.

Still assembling a good database of resources! If you find anything and want to add it, email me [email protected] ! I promise I don't bite [through the screen, at least]

Fanworks masterlist

tmnt fancomic still in progress! had to put it on the backburner due to all the other stuff happening

doing a bit of genshin redesigns?? it's kinda fun and i can't wait to show them all off

also drawing a manga based off of outward's world and lore! I hope to release it on a chapter by chapter basis, so all the binge readers can just go through a chapter and then wait for the next "episode" instead of a single page per week [it's also kind of better for my health state]

Animation

Working on a baby show [!!!]! still storyboarding it out and learning things on the way. I'll probably have to learn 3d to cut corners a bit here and there, otherwise this will suck real bad

there's a secret in the works. it's taking a long time but i hope it will be something enjoyable :-]

And that's that for now! Whew that's a lot of stuff. Well, see you whenever I manage to do any of these things, ciao!

#txt #bisu

[reidak-artcreature]

2023 recap!

Can't belive the year is over! Time to look back cause I sure don't remember half the stuff I've done

January

Birb got 10 notes and I couldn't believe how much people loved him.

I tried a crochet kit and was defeated. In my defense I have to say it was right after an exam and it was really cold.

I got a watercolor set and rediscovered my love for watercolor

February

Discovered Funguary, and made 4 charactes. It's a really fun challenge that I'm surely going to participate again.

I made quite a few watercolor pieces, I still like them all a lot

March

Don't know how, but I finished the 100 head challenge. There are some awful monstruosities, but I learned a lot. I'll probably do it again in the future, it's a pretty nice exercise.

I finally made a sona! And this one has stuck! I love my lil shadow creature.

April

Made what is probably the watercolor piece I love the most. And one the pieces I like the most overall.

I got FlipaClip and had a lot fun making some little animations. Someone even used one of the lil gifs! That made me pretty happy

I personalized a little notebook to carry around, and it was the best desition of my life. I love that thing. And it's amazing that I don't have to search for the pen, it's all together!

May

The coin pouch is also one of the best things I've made. The strings are a bit long and the embroidery is a bit loose, I'll fix those on the next one I make (looking at you, squid pouch)

The anual redraw of Coral and Sebastian couldn't be missing. The poor Sebastian finally got his (I hope) final design. I was in love with how it looks, but looking it now... What hapened to their faces?

Decided to redraw some old drawings I had on Ibis. The progress I've made since I drew the originals.

Mermay, of course! Somehow they turned into oficial ocs. I love the stupid trio.

June

Aaaaaaahhhhh!!!! It's almost July and I haven't updated my ArtFight references! "Chibi" versions it is. At least now a lot of them have colored full body references.

Painted a box! It's now buried under too many trinkets I have to clean up, but I still love how pretty it looks!

Started a new sketchbook and painted the cover. I love the mushroom lantern.

Made this year's Artfight gif, banner and artfighters. The silly gif brings me a smile every time I see it.

July

ArtFight! 42 attacks and 21 defenses. I have no idea how I managed to make so many. I did get burned out on the second half of the month tho. I absolutely love every single art I received, but this one with Coral and Sebastian has a special place.

What do you do when you are burned out? You make a new style, of course! I love the simple style that came out of that. Feels weird to see that is fairly recent, I feel like I've been using it for ages. It has evolved a bit since, those thin lines in the eyes look weird now.

August

Nuclear Waste was born. And people went crazy. The silly boy loves and appreciates all the affection you've showered him!

Smaugust is a thing? Dragons! I still need so much prectice with them and animals in general.

I made a comic! I love it, it's so silly. I had a great time with it.

September

Pirate shirt! It fits a bit weird, but I think I can fix it. It took soooo long to hand sew it

I got a drawing tablet! Took me a couple of weeks to get used to, but it was worth it. I love using it.

To practice I made every single prompt of CuteGirltober. The only reason I was able to finish is that most of them were left as sketches. Should have learned from ArtFight, I can't draw every day, that's too much.

November

I made a font! It works really well, and it's so fun to type something and see it look like you handwrote it.

Got to write a bit too. I need to do that more.

I also worked on some proyects I've been wanting to do but haven't touched in a long while.

Including bookbinding a little notebook! I filled it with headshots of my ocs.

December

ArticFight prompts and a secret santa were mostly the reasons I drew. I love this one with Alex and Layla.

I also made some free adoptables. There might be some left when this is posted.

And we are done with the year!

That was so much! Thank you everyone, hope you had a good year and an even better 2024!

#recap #2023 recap

[erigold13261]

It’s amazing how much art you produced this month!

Oh thank you! You should have seen me when I was younger! I would put out fully rendered drawings with backgrounds and colored lines almost daily (sometimes every other day, sometimes 2 a day).

It felt amazing but I was also very much burning myself out so much it was not even funny. It stemmed from my want to only produce "good" artwork and never post anything that was just a wip or a sketch, or even uncolored.

Now, while I am still having trouble posting uncolored pieces, I can at least post more sketchy and doodle-y art, which allows me to just post more!

I'm also allowing myself to change things after I post them (like June's design) and just having fun being more collaborative with the little community I have rather than just being a performer.

I've definitely produced more in the past, but this month has actually probably been the happiest I have been in a long while posting art! Even during Mermay I felt more obligation to the challenge than anything else. But this month was fun and full of experimentation!

I guess if you factor in that I am working now compared to before (when I was posting daily I wasn't even in school), it probably is a lot more amazing! Me working is also another reason why I am happy I guess. Just having an income and not having to stretch money over months makes me just feel more free.

A lot has happened, and I guess if I am going to self reflect this is the best time to do so lol. I'm hoping to keep up posting more art, though I'm not gonna promise like a "doodle a day" or whatever because once that promise is made, something is going to happen to make it impossible to keep.

Anyway, thank you for saying this! Sorry for the rambling, I've just always had that time in my life of producing art consistently in the back of my head, and it's just nice to know I can be content with just producing anything rather than trying to produce "perfect" art.

#eritalks #asks #eriarts #persona #here's another lil art for ya! #:D

[mirukimary-artarchive]

"Mary's 2021 Summary of Art" - Published: Dec 31, 2021

(Warning: This is going to be a wall of text.)

January in January i was asked by a friend "Hey, i wanna learn how to make Live2D models. Wanna join?" At first i thought i couldn't do it, but in the end decided "Why not?". That's the mindset i wanted to carry through the year. Pictured is the result. I've been asked to try and complete said model, so next January will be fun! This month i also took part in a FFXIV tag on twitter, where we made fake screenshots for a dating sim. That's where i decided i wanted to try and work on a visual novel, at least once. It has always been one of my dreams after all!

February ...And so i jumped on the lemmasoft forums to look for work. Found a person making a cute little self-love tale for the Valentines Jam and figured it was a good idea to give it a try. It was so much fun. Took the challenge as far as i could, and i'm still really proud of being part of this! Still not sure if game art is for me, but felt great to finally give my dream a try. If you take anything from this text wall, let it be "Wanna do something new with your art? Try it out!"

March I think it's around this time we started playing our TTRPG game (Asera)? Ok i forget when we started, but this was the month i sat down and designed my little thief (Layla) and my boyfriend's fighter (Daimyorus). Also made designs for Layla's family. It was a rather busy month (character design is time consuming!), but nothing really 'wow' to show off for it.

April This month i drew some memes for Asera, and sketched a bunch of illustration ideas... That are still sitting there, unfinished. You see, this same month i got accepted into my first zine ever, as a merch artist! Trying new things continued to pay off~ I got stickers done from sketch to flat colors around this time.

May Finished the sticker sheet for the zine (pictured), then proceeded to take...around a week on the phone wallpapers. I restarted it so many times before... When the idea finally clicked i stayed up till 4am drawing >>;;; I was terrified I'd miss the deadline, and had an apology letter on the back of my mind the whole time LOL Thankfully, it worked out and they were delivered in time. Sadly had to skip Mermay because i was busy with miscellaneous projects (only drew 1 mermaid for it, which I wanna redraw someday). Started making little chibi faces for my OCs so i could have a catalog... Which is an idea I wanna revisit later. Having a good reference of everyone would be really nice! (...even if i never do anything with them lol)

June Asera bug bit me again, and i spent a while making chibis for our characters. Also made chibis for NPCs. Designed more NPCs. Designed some of our weapons. For work, got commissioned by a VTuber to draw them and their pet (pictured). Technically finished on July3, but worked on it most in this month so eh LOL

July I made an off-hand comment about working on commissions a month or two before, then on July my friend approached me like "Hey, so you said you're doing comms... Can I get one too?" I had! So much fun! This is also the first time i recorded my drawing process (i do have plans on making a youtube channel eventually). It made me realize i... Take a bit too long. This one was 36hs. That's a bit much LOL But hey, i'm proud of it and both friend&his girlfriend like it, so 100% worth!

August Another busy month, drew some twitch screens for a friend, updated an old drawing (xmas chibis), filled some ff14 memes, experimented with a more sketchy style so i can have a faster type of drawing (...why didn't i post it?) Pictured is the bday gift i made for my boyfriend. Still haven't posted it here, but it's on my stash somewhere >>; It's filled with love!! Maybe that's why I'm still proud of it.

September Made the final twitch screen (pictured), and designed more outfits for Asera (fashion design is indeed my passion). Cleaned up twitter and started working on a TOS so i can maybe open commissions soon... Speaking of commissions, this is when i drew the Dauntless illustration. Nature BGs are my favorite thing ever!

October A very busy month. Worked on commissions (all 6 of the characters O_O) + bunny boy for the EW countdown. The original sketch for the commissions was.....interesting....idk how that got approved LOL But the final result is something I'm very proud of! For the rest, drew more sketches and outfit designs for Asera, plus a chibi sketch to commemorate EW's release (bf's wol and mine ON THE MOON)... Having no idea it would be delayed very soon LOL

November Got into a bit of an art block, which was broken by... Asera characters as Animal Crossing villagers!! Why are drawing memes/challenges the best thing ever?? After that, i managed to start working on a commission my sister asked. Drew all of her students and their favorite toys. They're all so friggin adorable ;_; Was stressful, yes, but also a great experience. Also i think this was my first time drawing real people? Well, my first time doing that for a commission at least!

December Sadly another art-block month. Made yet another Asera sketch (bc i don't have enough of these!), and twitch badges/emotes for ADigitalKing (pictured, also sorry for the hideous watermark, but they paid for it ok TT). Currently working on twitch emotes for my friend, but struggling to have them on a quality level i'm comfortable releasing.

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Phew, what a year! My journey for a year where i have finished art to post on every month continues, but i'm proud of how much closer i got this time. Also got to try so many new things too! Overall, a good year.

Onwards to 2022!

#maryart #summary of art 2021

[daonepiece]

Hey artist chwan!! Remember me 🥺💜

It's a small appreciation post of yours from me 💜 because you deserve it.

I know it's been a while. I'm also not active on tumblr. I'm in my final year so I rarely come to the app. Maybe after this semester I'll get some time and come back. Before the next one starts. How are you my dear? I hope you are doing well.

It's already 23rd January. I'm just worried that I might not get time again to type this so I'll just say it now. 🥺💜💓

I just wanted to say that Advance Happy Birthday my artist chwan🎂 🥺

I still remember the first time we talked, the first art I saw of yours (it was op nonsense of law being bullied ofcourse 😂) and the first time you gifted me an art. I still have it safe in my locker and no one can open it. Not even Sanji 😂 I still remember your art of my request which you made with creativity of All Green mermaid Sanji. It was absolutely precious. I still love it with all my heart. You made my days so so fun with your arts. I never called anyone else artist chwan other than you. 🥺💜

Everyone else is swan but you are my only chwan~ 🙈

I still remember the excitement I had when you did mermay. Your arts of Law, Kidd, Killer, Crocodile and especially Sanji are my most favorite. The type reason I like crocodile is because of your arts. 🙈💓 So many inspirations you gave me with your arts. I'll slowly write some after this semester. 🥺💜 you made the one piece community of tumblr so so so fun with your cheerful and positive attitude. In my eyes your blog was so so pure and toxic free. I adore it. 💗 and I'm happy to be a part of it. I'll always love you even when I'm not much around. Please don't forget it. There are many people who love you too.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaa Abhi-swan!!! My one and only Abhi-swan!!! Do I really deserve the love from someone as precious as you akshhsajjaahah you are just too sweet and kind and my heart's gonna explode 😭😭😭😭😭😭

I couldn't find enough words to express how much I appreciate everything you've done for me from those very first days. And now, this lovely letter!! Such a wonderful surprise on this cold winter day. Thank you!!! 😭💖💞💖💕💞

Final year is definitely gonna be rough so I wish you all the strength you need to ace it! Meanwhile I'll also do my best to balance my work so I can have more time to draw even more nonsense for OP. Waiting for you! 💖💖💞💌💖💕💕💖

#MY HEART 🥺💖💖💖 #abhi-swan! #dao's treasure stash

[sleepykalena]

I know you're busy with other things, but it's MerMay and I'm lowkey hoping for a small drawing or ficlet for the Mermaid AU this month.

Uh…*stares at the calendar nervously*

So i left this in my inbox and tried to find the time to write the bonus chapter for Part of Her World (which is likely going to posted seperately with its own title), but 6-day (late night) work weeks are kinda killing me at the moment, so I was only able to start writing it sometime late last week? here’s a snippet as an apology:

“I was told that visitors were allowed now that you’ve had the night to rest,” she said instead, keeping her posture straight and her tone professional.

“Ah, yes, well, thank you. I hope to fully recover soon. Can’t afford to burden you,” he replied, but his eyes soon widened at his word choice, and he quickly added, “or the rest of the crew.”

She was never one to smile politely while acting as Captain, but she did respond with a curt, but warm nod.

The formalities were killing her. Jyn so badly wanted to tell Cassian that she knew who he really was, where he was from, how she knew he was present in so many chapters of her life. And maybe, just maybe, she could have the courage to tell him that what started out as a mild infatuation to his appearance slowly became a steady attraction, and that she wanted to get to know him even more.

But before that- more importantly- she wanted to thank him for saving her life.

...and apologize for that spur-of-the-moment kiss.

“I’ve had much bigger burdens,” she said with a subtle smirk. It seemed to reassure him, and his shoulders relaxed.

“I’m not sure I want to know what they were,” he chuckled, and lowered his head slightly to move some stray hair aside.

Jyn suppressed her curiosity when she started to wonder if his hair was as soft as he made it look.

“Well,” she began to recount. “I’ve shot dead many a traitor, and you’ve already seen the men I’ve thrown overboard.”

Cassian shrugged. “That’s what happens when they think princesses can’t also be sailors.”

“They forget that death sentences are still by order of the throne.”

“A princess with a dark side,” he teased.

His sense of humor caught her so off-guard that her jaw slackened in surprise. So this was how he spoke when he was relaxed, was it?

Her shock must have been obvious, because Cassian clammed back up, straightened himself on the bed, and cleared his throat. “My apologies, Captain, that was rude of me.”

#crazy fruit #ask sleepy #Project Merman #rebelcaptain

[amberls123]

I posted 241 times in 2021

39 posts created (16%)

202 posts reblogged (84%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 5.2 posts.

I added 199 tags in 2021

#illustration - 25 posts

#digitalart - 24 posts

#ipaddrawing - 23 posts

#anthroart - 23 posts

#furryart - 23 posts

#procreateart - 22 posts

#artistsoninstagram - 22 posts

#sketching - 14 posts

#the great mouse detective - 12 posts

#basil of baker street - 11 posts

Longest Tag: 56 characters

#spare no details no matter how insignificant they appear

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Basil x Ratigan question : Who would be the one to propose?

Haha I'm not sure to be honest! I can imagine either one doing it. I think maybe Ratigan would be more likely though. If Basil did it I think he would be much more nervous and chicken out several times. Like kneels down to do it, freaks out when Ratigan turns around, and just pretends to tie his shoes or something. And if Ratigan does it, I imagine Basil being all flustered seeing Ratigan kneel with the ring like "What is this??? What's happening???"

That's the short answer 😂 sorry if this gets long but read on if you want to.

I have sort of two different universes or realities I like to imagine for Basil and Ratigan. One is that they absolutely are enemies. Ratigan hates Basil's guts and wants to destroy him in the most humiliating way possible while Basil wants to bring him to justice even if it means he gets destroyed in the process. I personally love writing this dynamic because I really love pitting the hero with an unstable villain.

BUT! I also love picturing them as other people in the fandom do as the sort of enemies to lovers dynamic. There's some really good fics and fanart out there where they just fit together and eventually even sweet and kind to each other. I've read some AMAZING rps in a gmd discord group especially that write Basil and Ratigan both so perfectly as a couple.

Another possibility that I didn't use to like but here recently I do is the idea of a sort of reformed Ratigan after the fall and Basil sort of guiding him. I don't think Ratigan would be completely changed for the better and would still use devious ways to get things accomplished even if he is helping his ex-nemesis and Scotland Yard. But it's still fun to think about.

IF I were to ever write or draw this second scenario where they're a couple, I don't think I would ever write them actually getting married. I can't picture them settling down as a happy married couple, at least not until later in life. Maybe they retire to the countryside together? Idk. But it's always fun to see art and read fics with them being sweet and actually happy together. Because honestly both boys are put through a lot of trauma (in my headcanons anyways) and need more happy moments.

Thank you for the ask, anon! 💜

14 notes • Posted 2021-04-24 23:38:54 GMT

#4

Been working on this one on and off for months! 😱 Just had a little idea of them going to a ball. Not sure why, maybe they’re secretly undercover investigating a case. Doesn’t mean they can’t have fun though lol. https://www.instagram.com/p/CU0Yn-grlnP/?utm_medium=tumblr

14 notes • Posted 2021-10-09 18:53:22 GMT

#3

Ugh, I forgot to post this during Mermay 😑 I was trying to draw a tense moment between Basil and Ratigan, but it came out looking much less threatening than I originally planned 😆 ⠀ I also borrowed @lizards_sky ‘s idea for Ratigan’s cravat to be like a sash belt thingy for his merself because it looks nice and divides up the area where fur meets tail. And I’m not sure if I ever mentioned it before, but Basil’s necklace is something @dragonm97hd created for Basil to communicate with his friend Lugia. That’s why I always draw him wearing it. I haven’t decided if Basil’s tattoos have any meaning or if they’re just for aesthetics. I originally bought it might be something showing his rank among the merfolk of the kingdom or something, but that involves so much more worldbuilding that I just haven’t put a lot of effort into yet 😅⠀

23 notes • Posted 2021-06-17 08:22:24 GMT

#2

I never draw Basil really doing much actual detective work, so figured I’d doodle him investigating a scene. It’s not great but it was just a quick doodle so not perfect 😅⠀ https://www.instagram.com/p/CUVYreVr226/?utm_medium=tumblr

29 notes • Posted 2021-09-27 17:53:46 GMT

#1

I can’t believe I almost forgot what day it is, but happy 35th anniversary to The Great Mouse Detective! This little doodle isn’t much and it’s sloppy. I literally scribbled it out in 1hr 15min. But I just couldn’t let this milestone go without celebrating somehow 🥳

45 notes • Posted 2021-07-02 21:37:42 GMT

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