okay I redid the last astarion picture I shared a wip of because it was a) too graphic for its intended purpose b) didn't fit with the more dynamic posing of the other pieces
here is a peak at the new astarion pic & a look at the wyll & lae'zel wips
I finally get to redraw (even if not as clean as I wish) one of my favorite scenes of the show. y'all wouldn't even GRASP how cute it is that shanks pretty much brags about luffy + imagine the excitement of finding out the person you admire the most(not to mention a father figure to you as well) still believes in you after so long? dw about it. ill worry for y'all. it is my burden to be always thinking about this scene
I was gonna make a whole post about the railway series illustrators but the only thing I really wanted to talk about was middleton edward
he is so skrunkly.
Something I appreciate about Middleton! Edward specifically is how abundantly clear it is that he IS IN FACT MUCH SMALLER than all the other big modern engines, and it doesnt take much to see that hes a little Victorian thing. look at his itty bitty frame and giant brass dome and tall funnel. his HUGE drive wheels that really accentuate that hes a 4-4-0.
Middletons illustrations might be disproportionate and have weird faces but he followed edwards description perfectly and I LOVE IT
Okay it’s getting late and I’m tired and I’m gonna be sappy to stave off The Dread SO
Im older now and thats good and I do so many things that are cool I do art I do commissions Im an astronomer and I have cool friends and a cool partner and I’m alive and that’s good!!!
If I could go back and show all this to my younger self I think she’d be a little confused about the pronouns but also pretty damn happy because I know that despite The Aforementioned Dread I’m pretty damn happy too
I love thinking about daiggie's future like where they'll live what kinds of jobs they'll have if they'll have kids and how many like- I'm obsessed with thinking about their future