alkalinefrog

[alkalinefrog]

@velaversal say it on main you coward

Going on record to say I am a good good friend who would never expose Bea for holding us up whenever they find a good spot to do a photoshoot with their Madara Mikejima from Enstars nui

#mid trinity

[alkalinefrog]

Going on record to say I am a good good friend who would never expose Bea for holding us up whenever they find a good spot to do a photoshoot with their Madara Mikejima from Enstars nui

#their travel journal in LA is composed of these and nothing else #mid trinity sweeeeep

[alkalinefrog]

COMMISSIONS CLOSED FOR NOW, thank you to everyone who got one from me!!

Hello hello!! Opening up commissions for the first time in ages! All prices are in USD, and this time 'round I'm running the orders and payments through Artistree, so head on over there if you're interested! The forms will close after I have four slots filled in total!

#travelling then starting a gig in May! #will reopen them once my schedule frees up in the fall! #my art #commissions

[alkalinefrog]

Omg, you bound a fanfic? Can we see the finished project? It must be beautiful!

hello hehe yes i did :) i was only going to show friends but i guess this is a good excuse to post pictures of it 🫶🏽

it’s my first ever hardcover bind so i was prepared to make a lot of silly little mistakes and this one definitely does, but i love how it turned out still, i think she’s so cute .. i’m also just happy to finish a personal project that took up so much time to make 🥹

anyways, enjoy the pics and most importantly: stream otnwas on ao3 and youtube teehee🤞🏽❄️!

#AYOOOOO #robin showed me and it looks INCREDIBLE DUDE!!! #had to run here and show it off!! #LES FUCKING GOOOOOO #ops art #hijack #otnwas

[alkalinefrog]

Thank you for the tag @theepsizet !!!! ☺️✨

Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic / original / anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence.

It felt unsubstantial to post only a sentence lmao so here’s a wee bit more than that:

Translations Chapter 3 WIP

Believe me. Jack wouldn’t believe himself, drenched and shaking as he was, but he needed Hiksti to. He couldn’t let him worry.

Hiksti began speaking again, more slowly and less frantic, and Jack focused on the words breezing past his right ear, ruffling his hair. Winter, cold, fear, dream. A sigh. Hiksti unfurled from him then, and Jack’s entire front chilled with his absence. He kept one hand on Jack’s bicep. For reassurance — whether for Jack, or for himself — it didn’t matter. Jack was just glad it was there.

Hiksti led him out of the water.

Tagging @alkalinefrog @jjackfrost @spacenintendogs @vindikaetion @imdeadtiredtm @seafoamdew and anyone else who’s interested if y’all feel like it!! ❄️💙

#SPEAKING OF TRANSLATIONS.... #CRIES #hijack #fic rec #ops art

[alkalinefrog]

Thanks for the tag @bignostalgias!

Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic / original / anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence.

Following suit from your post, I'm sharing the full bit:

Chapter 11 WIP from The Lights of Avalon

“For shows," said Jack, "special effects for theatre. I’m a bard, as you can see, what with the uniform and all.”

“Don’t bards usually have hats?” one of the guards remarked.

“Funny you should ask—I actually lost mine a few hours ago—”

“No, wait, Jack!” Fishlegs rummaged through his horse’s saddle, and sure enough, he pulled out Jack’s beaten up hat, the blue feather dripping with mud.

"I was wondering what this was!"

“Oh. Wonderful. Thank you.”

“Why are you frowning?”

That's the best part of fic, don't worry about reading the rest.

I'm not sure who's already been tagged so @sboochi @seafoamdew @jjackfrost @twiafom @santathegrey and anyone else who wants in feel free! (No pressure of course!)

#tag game #tloa #you dont understand this is deadass the best part of the chapter #i've peaked #PLEASE go read Translations by bignostalgias though waaahh it's a gorgeous fic!!

[alkalinefrog]

HI KAI!!!! how are you? your art's as gorgeous as always and i had a lawliet pfp for a couple months (years????) so when i saw u on my dash i had a flashback lolol

hope youre having an amazing day<333

KSHDKSHSAK WAS IT THE TOOTHLESS PLUSH THAT JUMPSCARED YOU

I'm doing well dude, thanks for asking!! Were you the one who used the little Halloween comic panel as a pfp or am I misremembering? I'm happy that it brought back good memories!!

Thank you for stopping by and dropping a hi!!! I hope you're having a great day as well!! ❤️❤️❤️

#ask #bea's coming to visit and I've been busy laying out the saw trap I'm throwing them in as soon as they land #it is very busy work as you can imagine #thanks again dude!

[alkalinefrog]

I saved him

#don't text her toothless #it's not healthy #block her on insta #gimme your phone I'll do if for you #the hunt for a hiccup plush is ON

[alkalinefrog]

I wanted to let you know that you are one of my biggest inspirations when it comes to art. I found you through your previous deathnote stuff ages ago. I have no idea who the guys you are drawing now are (its called hijack but i don't see any unlawful possession of vehicles), but they're always so full of life and emotion that I can't help but love them and every drawing you put out.

I'm so beyond honoured dude, thank you so so much for coming by to tell me 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️ I'm drawing so differently from how I used to do the death note stuff too, so I'm overjoyed there's something in my work that you still connect with!! This is always the best compliment I can ever get, and I hope you keep drawing and creating art that makes you happy!!! YOU GOT THIS!!!

Don't worry about not knowing what hijack is, save yourself

#ask #anonymous #gonna be grinning about this all week 🥹❤️❤️❤️❤️

[alkalinefrog]

bestie I have a question!

Will. You ever finish The Lights of Avalon? I'm literally sooooo invested now I can't wait for you to post more chapters (I don't wanna rush you of course, I just love the story soooo much! I love your story writing AND your art so much!

I PLAN TO!! Irl stuff's been keeping me busy lately is all! It was working on TLOA that actually sidetracked me from TLOA because I got really into Arthurian lore and started playing in the sandbox and coming up with some original projects! My heart's still very much attached to the fic for that reason, and I want to take the time to smooth out the bumps in my outline before returning to it (I reread it recently and the writing's so clunky weeps)

Thank you so much for reading it and sending me such a sweet ask!! Just know that the wait's for the best because oh god....the old writing.....help.....

#ask #matt-draws-stuff #tloa #robin caught up with the fic too and gave me a bunch of feedback and it's MUCH NEEDED #hang tight!

[alkalinefrog]

I miss your dn art so much, the hijack is so beautiful and I love it but will you ever draw lawlight again?? 🥺

Eh, commissions are open LMAO

Fr tho I've gotten similar asks a couple times and tbh I don't have a solid answer. Like, EVER ever, within the next decade? Probably at some point 😂 Lately I've been leaning towards personal projects I have in the works, so hijack is taking up what little fandom space I have left in my wee lil' brain. I've tried sketching them a couple times but wasn't really feeling it. Death Note typically isn't my go-to comfort media, I made this tumblr after being inactive on all platforms for several years because the rewatch made me so sad I had to aggressively make lawlight happy to counteract it😂😂😂

Long story short is don't wait on me! There's awesome death note artists out there and my old stuff is still up for perusing! I'm really happy you enjoyed my dn craze, I had a blast when I was active in the fandom!

#ask #anonymous #EDIT: PFFFFT I got curious what the last death note drawing I posted was and it's the fuckin handcuff chain jump rope gag oh my god #what a mid note to end on I'm so sorry LMFAO #EDIT 2: wait WAIT NO IT WAS THE CHANGE COMIC FINALE #AHA #WENT OUT WITH A BANG

[alkalinefrog]

In all honesty---and I was just talking with a friend about this---I really don't like how most of my old death note art looks 😂 Most of it was drawn during a time where I felt really disconnected from art, and the softer shading/unfinished sketchy-lookingness came from my wanting to make things low pressure so I could just have fun! So I completely agree!! I started enjoying art more when I went with the flow of the mistakes! Technical foundations are always important to practice, but on the whole I often find letting the medium do its own thing and meeting it in the middle results in some of my best work (otherwise I wouldn't be even attempting colouring art rn LMAO)

I really love your dn art, I love how shiny and blurred out it is. There's something so tender about that texture especially the way you draw lawlights cheeks and hair love you 😘🥰

Aw thank you, I really appreciate that! I'd like to say that was intentional but really it was because I didn't have a good workflow for polishing drawings digitally so I just used one soft charcoal brush for literally everything and sized it up when I wanted to shade something 😂 Thanks again dude!

#ask #I wanna take down so many of the old dn drawings down bc of all this but they're nice to look back on #and I'm really glad people can still find joy in them :')

[alkalinefrog]

I really love your dn art, I love how shiny and blurred out it is. There's something so tender about that texture especially the way you draw lawlights cheeks and hair love you 😘🥰

Aw thank you, I really appreciate that! I'd like to say that was intentional but really it was because I didn't have a good workflow for polishing drawings digitally so I just used one soft charcoal brush for literally everything and sized it up when I wanted to shade something 😂 Thanks again dude!

#ask #69-toojay

[alkalinefrog]

Otnws angst comic + hic + hijack fluff I love emotional whiplash 🥹

Uhhmmm the comic was like during hics years as a spirit and remembering jack and having regrets of not being able to do anything to save him from the ice breaking yeah <3 like damn gotta watch the bf suffer loneliness for 300 years

Oh also hiccup birthday!!!!

#GRRAAAAGGGGHGHGHGHGHGHHG THAT FIRST COMIC I'M ALSFKDJFASDLKJFADSLJAFSDLKFDSJALASDF #SCREAMMMMMMMM #ops art #hijack #HAAANNNNNAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[alkalinefrog]

Will you ever bring back any Death Note content ?

Content by any other name would smell as sweet 🌹🌹🌹 except this is actually asking for different content alsjskahakahaj

I go wherever the hyperfixation wind takes me my guy! I will say that death note isn't in the vein of what I usually gravitate towards. Thank you for sticking around for so long though!

#ask #anonymous #you gotta admit the hijack stuff is a giant leap in drawing quality tho LMAO

[alkalinefrog]

WAIT you're the author of tloa!!? You write AND draw!? You're a double threat < -<

AND I CAN PLAY CARELESS WHISPERS ON THE TENOR SAXOPHONE 🎷🎷🎷

#2.01 threat #i cant do it well but i can do it #blushing and kicking the ground all flustered thank you my dude 🥹 I'm so happy you like tloa!! #ask #audioandart

[alkalinefrog]

Hi. Absolutely love your art <33. Not sure if you take any small requests but I was wondering if we could see Pitch in your art style? Totally cool if not, but thought I’d ask

Aww thank you so much!! I don't take requests unless I make a post asking for some prompts from time to time, but I've never drawn him before and wanted to give it a shot!

#my art #rise of the guardians #pitch black #probably one of the only times I'll draw him UNLESS IT'S HIM SINGING A MUSICAL NUMBER HE'S SO BROADWAY #yanleafy did an amazing redesign of him but I'm not sure if they posted it yet #if you're seeing this lemme know and I can add a link to the post dude! #ask #anonymous