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RWBY X Star Wars AU! :D

#rwby #ruby rose #weiss schnee #yang xiao long #blake belladonna

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Howdy ho! I'm very excited to finally be able to share this illustration I worked on as part of this year's @bumblebybigbang for @tahnex's lovely and super fun fic (with no pain attached whatsoever), "Of Dragons and Panthers," which you can read here! As soon as I read the original notes on it this scene captured me so much I had to do something dramatic for it. It's been such a pleasure watching the whole collab come together, tysm for having me!

First time joining an event like this, and I'd love to again if the opportunity comes around hehe. Still a few postings to go on this one, the pieces before us this year have knocked it out of the park and I'm super excited to see the rest once they come around!

Made a few process cuts just for fun, which I left under the cut!

I did do a few sketches roughly before I started out, especially based on other parts of the chapter, but this particular composition was so fixed in my mind that I ended up just sticking with it. In retrospect, I would've loved to go back and do some more thorough exploration for it. Here are a few of the sketches I managed to fish back up:

I also was thinking of trying a few other doodles/another big piece, but ended up not really having the time between other obligations :')

And the sketch I finally settled on:

Inking was SUCH a fun process on this piece in particular. I'm a huge fan of how dragon!Yang's mane turned out, especially, and all the detailing on the head and around Blake's fur and such. Feel like I'm really satisfied w the particular way the line weight variations came out, and it's where the piece shines the most imo.

Panther!Blake, too. Oh gosh. I feel like it took me a lot of reworking to get her structure to a point where she felt very leopard-like, rather than any other type of big cat- especially around the head.

Colours were such a challenging part. There was a big feeling I had for that glow coming off dragon!Yang in the middle of the heavy rain- I love seeing that sort of effect in real life so that's something I'm really hoping to work to capture better as I practice. Trying to get dragon!Yang's slight iridescence in there and to balance out the lighting on panther!Blake's fur each took a long time, too- I'm only a pinch sad that a good chunk of it is covered by other lighting effects XD

Blake's rosettes were SO fun. Augguhugg.

In terms of backgrounds. HOO boy I was going through a strange patch in life while working on the background and final polish for this piece, which is why (at least I feel like) it looks kinda rushed. I have been practicing natural landscapes and doing some observational studies but still struggling to get those rock shapes quite right, which I think is a big make or break point of something like this. I did really enjoy toying around with inking on the foliage and foreground layers of the ground, though! And in the end, lighting and effects ended up masking a lot of the big weak spots :D

I think natural effects like smoke/steam, and rain, are big things that I got to practice more of in this piece, but also really would like to get better at in future. Esp since I feel like it's been a great opportunity to mess around with different colours and brushes that I use way less, which I'm always grateful for w painting. I think just layering the rain on its own ended up being about 10 odd layers?

I think the only other thing I would have loved to improve is to just help the piece feel more Bumbleby™ in the final look. I think I like the cool colours of the lighting for this particular outcome, but I also would have probably tried to have made things much clearer (ahem at the very least switch to yellow/purple) in the long run in terms of representation and resemblance. Ik that at least for me it is fairly easy to associate the two characters with dragons and panthers since I'm more familiar w the fandom lingo around these two, but esp for outsiders I feel like it's probably not great at conveying who they are, and why they are potentially in this situation.

I'd also love to try and find a shading style that still has a painterly quality but compliments the inking a bit better, rather than overpowering it.

I think that, on the whole, I am pretty satisfied with the piece and had a great time working with Tahnex on the whole collab! And I've also has a fun time reading his work and notes in return, and thank you so much for being so so patient with me even as my updates were slow n rocky at points :'D

That's about all I got, have a great day y'all! Still a few big bang postings to go, so very excited for those once they come around!

#rwby #blake belladonna #yang xiao long #bumbleby #bbb2023 #omg this is so good #i LOVE how you did the effects #let me hang this up on my wall pls

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A DROP OF SUNSHINE by @turnipdad

"It's been years since Blake has been free from abusive ex, but wanting to makeup for lost time only resulted in her overworking herself until exhaustion, culminating in her collapsing at work. Forced onto sick leave, Blake struggles to relax and find something to make her time productive. When Yang, the Goddess of the Sun, falls from the stars, Blake finds herself intermingled with millennia old grudges and a budding romance that she was sure she'd never experience again."

Hey y'all!! I'm excited to finally share what I've been working on for these past 2 months!!! This has been experience and iI'm pretty happy with what Turnip and I have been able to come up with!

Speaking of, thank you Turnip for being such a lovely partner these couple of months! I apologize for the lack of communication concerning my progress and am forever grateful of the trust you had in me getting my stuff done! Literally thank you for not giving up on me when I decided to restart 2 months away from posting (by then we didn't even know our posting dates so I got extremely lucky with the extra time 😭😭🙏)

Also a thank you for the mods at @bumblebybigbang! There were a bunch of people sho joined this year and I can't imagine what things look like behind the curtain.

Now! I have some extras which include some visual concepts and a little doodle of a scene from chapter 2! :D

Watching Turnip bring this fic to life was an honor, and I hope y'all enjoy the fruits of her labor! :DDD

Have fun! *Dissapears into thin air* ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ ᕦ( ᐕ )ᕡ

#Bumbleby #Bumbleby Big Bang #BBB2023 #YOOOOO #the animation! #the art! #the concept! #so good

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English added by me :)

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Tis the day! Here is my piece for this year's @bumblebybigbang. I had the absolute pleasure of working with @bazaarwords. I could not have asked for a better partner! She wrote such a fun, hilarious, feel good college AU for the bees that I thoroughly enjoyed seeing come to life over the past few months. (Honestly I don't think I read any part of this without laughing or giggling like a schoolgirl) Please go check out her fic, Unbecoming. You definitely won't regret it!

#bumbleby big bang #bbb2023 #bumbleby #blake belladonna #yang xiao long #OMG VER #THIS IS SO GOOD? #friend art

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I participated in @bumblebybigbang 2023!!!

This was my first fandom big bang and I'm so glad I joined, made new friends, became more active with the RWBY fandom, and learned (& hopefully progressed) a lot as an artist.

I had a blast crafting this comic snippet scene from @giraffeseattrees's story, When You Say My Name (I Can Only Feed You Lies)! It was wonderful collaborating with her and I cannot recommend this fic enough :)

I'm truly so grateful for this experience, thanks to everyone who made it possible and of course to my lovely writer!!!

#bumbleby #blake belladonna #yang xiao long #rwby #bumbleby big bang #bbb2023 #art from my friends! #also OMG WAN THIS IS SO GOOD

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I had the wonderful opportunity to be in this years Bumbleby Big Bang! :D

The fic is writen by @emocean-is-trash ! It's based on a visual novel called "Our Life: Beginnings and Always!" You can read the fic >Clicking< there

My fantastic co-artist is @gummi-doodles who absolutelly killed it with each Blake, been a blest to work with them! :D

I did all the Yangs it was really fun to draw the sunshine gurl thru big events in her life

Here are some close ups:

#bumbleby big bang #bbb2023 #bumbleby #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #OMG CSENI THESE ARE SO GOOD!

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heh heh heh

Based on this clip from Barb's podcast

#rwby #bumbleby #blake belladonna #yang xiao long #art from my friends!

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Realized that with the locket moving, it's hard to see, so here it is by itself:

Here's my piece(s) for the @bumblebybigbang!

My writer @deco-inks made an awesome fic that you can check out here and my other artist buddy @whisperingdrawings's art here! Both of them worked real hard and made some good stuff that I hope you love too! Also, here's a little something extra :D It was a struggle...

#I hope this helps with seeing it!

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I had the amazing opportunity of working with @smolpancakes and @deco_inks (on Twitter) for this @bumblebybigbang event! You can check out smolpankakes posts here and you can read Deco’s fic here! Go check them out! Was fun working on this project with them😊✨

#bbb2023 #rwby #bumbleby big bang #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #The way you do colors is just #*chef's kiss*

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Here's my piece for this year's @bumblebybigbang !!!

I worked alongside @agentayu , she was super fun to work with and wrote an amazing story so you should check it out!

Read Bazar here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51126940/chapters/129176521💛💜

#bumbleby #bumbleby big bang #yang xiao long #blake belladonna

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Here's my piece(s) for the @bumblebybigbang!

My writer @deco-inks made an awesome fic that you can check out here and my other artist buddy @whisperingdrawings's art here! Both of them worked real hard and made some good stuff that I hope you love too! Also, here's a little something extra :D It was a struggle...

#rwby #bumbleby #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #bumblebybigbang2023 #bbb2023 #IT'S IN SPACE #my art

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"Hang on tight, Spider Monkey."

bonus:

#rwby #bumbleby #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #gummy this is amazing!

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Knowing what we do now about Yang and her romantic/sexual awakening re-contextualizes a lot of Bees scenes.

Blake knew her heart and what she wanted at minimum since V3 but Yang? She had all these feelings and not the slightest idea of what to do with them. Loss, anger, grief and this undefinable LONGING.

And then at the end of V5 there was Blake again and all those emotions just came rushing in and she had to try to understand them which lead to a lot of the awkwardness they had in V6.

After the encounter with Adam, Blake didn't push Yang and Yang was happy with them just being...them. Learning to enjoy each other's company while they had time.

Then the end of V8 came and...well, both of them learned that the universe doesn't often give second chances. Blake thought Yang was dead and...well, Yang thought she was dead too. Which meant both of them believed that they'd never see each other again, never be able to tell them what they actually felt.

So, when the universe decided that it was time, there they were. Blake who through Yang learned to love again and Yang through Blake learning that she could love another woman, this woman.

Everything started making sense to Yang, this is who she is and this is who she loves.

This journey is just about the most beautiful thing I've ever watched.

#bumbleby #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #excuse me as I scream

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She's bouncing on my boo- *GUNSHOT*

#rwby #yang xiao long #yeehaw #good stuff cseni 👌

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Turn off the lights💡

#rwby #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #bumbleby

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WhiteRose in a nutshell

Thank you @gummy-the-ghost for making me do this

#rwby #ruby rose #weiss schnee #omg i love this #EVERYONE LOOK AT MY TALENTED FRIENDS ART! :D