Sonictober2023 Day 1! Theme: Beginning.
Every iconic team gets its start somewhere. And no matter what reality, the freedom fighters always assemble for the same honest reasons: an unbreakable bond of friendship and a drive to fight for what's right.
I love all beginnings, despite their anxiousness and their uncertainty, which belong to every commencement. If I have earned a pleasure or a reward, or if I wish that something had not happened; if I doubt the worth of an experience and remain in my past—then I choose to begin at this very second.
Begin what? I begin. I have already thus begun a thousand lives.
Rainer Maria Rilke, A Year with Rilke, from Early Journals
Q: “Is he the funniest guy? Give me a Blake story.”
Gwen: “Every single day it’s something. And it’s always when you least expect it, he will just come with those one-liners, and you are just laughing so hard. I can remember when we first met each other, and we were both going through horrible times in our lives, and I remember I was like, ‘Okay you need to make me laugh.’ He was like, ‘Oh, that's going to be tough.’ Because we were both like dying, we were both going through a lot.”
“He is just so good at doing that. I remember - well, even just the other day when we were on Jimmy Kimmel, and he had this skit to do and he's just - he's electric. He just knows how to turn this thing on and make everybody die laughing. It's the greatest thing to be married to. You never get bored because he always has something to say. We love you Blakey!”
On 24-25 February 2024 I'll be opening requests so you can get your cat drawn as a wizard. Full details, including how to make a request, are underneath the cut, as I don't want to clutter anyone's dash; but if you've been around for my previous cats-in-wizard-hats events, it's pretty much the same stuff this time.
For this event, I'm only accepting requests in the given time period, defined by "it's still that date somewhere in the world". Most things will be drawn and posted after that date.
Only one request per person; previous art events do NOT count against that limit. You don't have to worry about "taking away from other people who haven't gotten art already" or "giving me extra work".
To make a request, reblog this post with the cat photo you want me to work from. In the body of the post (not the tags), include the cat's name, and what kind of wizard they would be. If you have multiple cats, pick one, because I refuse to choose which cat to draw; likewise, if you have multiple pictures, I'd appreciate it if you specified which photo you want me to use (and the other photos are just for showing off your cat).
Once you've made a request, please don't delete it or make any major changes, as that just makes things harder on my end; I have a system for keeping track of things, so when "what's in your post" doesn't match with "what I recorded", that takes extra time and effort to figure out.
It doesn't have to be a cat you currently have; past pets, or the pets of friends or family, are allowed. The biggest thing is that it has to be a critter you have some form of connection with; I won't draw random pictures you just found online.
Non-cats are allowed, so long as you can explain why the critter is actually a cat.
You find yourself lost within a mysterious woods that seem to be on the Isle of Armor....you see little to no Pokemon around- only miles and miles of trees surrounded you in all directions... You start to think you'll be stuck here forever, until you here a faint voice in the distance...You immediately begin to follow the sound in the direction you believe it was coming from...
To your shock, you see a peculiar looking Vulpix...The Vulpix appeared to be talking with a Liligant. Both appeared to be speaking in an unfamiliar tounge, with the Vulpix throwing in the occasional human word- they seemed to understand and fluently speak the language...
"Well alright then.. Thank you for your time at least.. Bye.."
When Vulpix was finished, the Liligant waved and hobbled away. The odd Vulpix sighed in sadness. The Vulpix then notices you and perks up.
"Hi, hello~ Umm.. If you have a moment- I'd like to ask you a real quick question! It'll only take a minute, please.."
It seems the strange Vulpix is willing to chat, and is now open for asks.
(Co op blog by @/eveonartz & @lavender-tea-dragon <3)