#maiyashu

[shu-bullshit]

Quick doodle and some mumbles

I have been obsessed with Stardew in the past one and half weeks, today I finally married Shane, then it seems there's not much left for me to enjoy in the game anymore. And when I got off the game I feel even lonelier than before in real life, so I'm doing fanart to cope.

Usually I tend to go more realistic and be crazy with references when it comes to fanart. When I used to draw Dave I had thousands of photos saved in my phone and I know which year each one of them was taken, I remembered all the details of his tattoos, still do in some extent. So it's a new thing when all the references you have are some pixels. I've been going through some fanarts too, and it's really interesting how everyone interpret Shane's face so differently. I wanted to picture my imagination, but I'm not sure.

Sometimes I feel we do these to belong in a community, rather than purely obsessed with a character. It's been a big part of my life in different times, but I don't know how much will I still have to be like that again in the future.

Anyways, if you're still watching, and you're willing to see what I do beyond fanart, you can find me as Maiyashu on Instagram, that's where I'm trying to get things going.

#stardew valley #stardew valley shane #sdv shane #my art

[weandthecolor]

Maiyashu Illustrations

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#illustration #illustrations #illustrator

[maiyashu]

Blue drawings, 2020 

#maiyashu #illustration #aethstetic #watercolor #watercolour art #watercolor illustration #watercolor drawing #gouache #postercolor #acrylic #original illustration

[senorarelojes]

Pizzaverse artwork and ficlet: 'A Little Piece'

@maiyashu made this really cute and beautiful Instagram post of Pizzaverse Dave being silly and drawing little monsters/creatures on the notes he leaves for Alan and their kids around the house. Of course, Alan shows off his husband's work on Instagram. Under the artwork is an accompanying ficlet set in the future for the Pizzaverse timeline. Thank you dear Shu for your gorgeous (and funny) artwork! Happy Father's Day to the boys!

Title: A Little Piece Pairing: Dave/Alan Rating: General Tags: Pizzaverse, Kid Fic, Fluff

Dave was always amused whenever Alan teased him about being the one in their relationship who was more addicted to social media. It seemed they were both on an even keel; Alan posted more often, while Dave had a variety of accounts across various platforms that he’d lost interest in after the initial posting frenzy. They had their different addictions too: Dave liked the spontaneity of Twitter and TikTok, while Alan for some reason preferred Facebook and Reddit. But Instagram was their common vice, and most of their friend circle were on it as well.

Before fatherhood, Dave had imagined that his use of social media would dwindle because he simply wouldn’t have the time. But instead he’d found the opposite to be true: now he wanted to post about Alan, Paris and Stella all the time, and he didn’t even care if no one outside their family and a few chosen friends would find it cute.

Of course, both Dave and Alan took care to obscure the faces of their daughters. But the adorable things they did were up for grabs: Paris’ first steps, then followed by Stella’s in a few years. Their first stuffed toys. Their first drawings. Dave shamelessly spammed his IG feed with various pictures and videos, and refused to feel bad about it because Martin was doing the same with his kids, and so was Fletch, who seemed convinced that his daughter was a maths prodigy.

Of course, Dave posted pictures of Alan on his feed as well. Naturally his husband was usually included if it was a picture or video with one of the girls, such as Alan helping Paris with her homework or feeding Stella at dinnertime. But sometimes Dave saved a few precious shots he’d snuck on his phone, like Alan frowning at the computer in his tiny makeshift home studio, or stealing a rare moment after the girls had gone to bed to listen to one of the many records he owned. Those didn’t get as many likes and comments as anything Dave posted of the girls, but he didn’t care much.

In truth, Dave would have probably gone on like this if Alan hadn’t taken him aside one night and asked him why he’d stopped posting pictures of his art. “My art?” Dave echoed, genuinely surprised that Alan had been keeping track because Dave certainly hadn’t.

“Yeah, your paintings.” Alan gestured towards Dave’s most recent effort, which was a white cat posing regally by a candle. Even that had been painted more than a year ago, before Stella had come into their lives. “You don’t really post them anymore. Or paint much more, for that matter.”

Dave just kept staring at Alan in astonishment. When they had gotten married and subsequently made the decision to become parents via surrogacy, it had been pretty much an unspoken agreement between them that family and work would have higher priority. This meant their hobbies were naturally the first thing to be sacrificed for time, and Dave had been fine with that. They hadn’t touched the band in years, not since the last time everyone had performed at Martin’s wedding.

But now Dave realised that he missed painting with an ache like a phantom limb, like something that had always been a part of him was now oddly missing. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d picked up a paintbrush for the hell of it. Everything he’d designed or illustrated over the past year had solely been for work, and that thought pained him like a spike through his solar plexus.

In contrast, Alan - who had always been very driven and disciplined - seemed to have no problem reviving his interests in mixing and composing after Stella had started sleeping at more regular hours. So Dave didn't even have the excuse of fatherhood.

“You should pick it up again,” Alan told him with a gentle squeeze of his hand, before moving on to the topic of Father’s Day, which was coming up. Dave just nodded distractedly when Alan suggested ordering in brunch from a nice restaurant, still preoccupied with thoughts of Alan’s mind-blowing revelation.

After that conversation with Alan, Dave decided to try and carve out time for painting. Although that wasn’t always possible, he did want to show Alan he was trying, so he started with small gestures. If he left reminders and post-its for Alan around the house, he’d be sure to draw a funny cartoon to accompany his loopy handwriting, like a sentient postbox (to remind Alan to go to the post office) or a funny caricature of Martin and Fletch (to ask Alan if he wanted to have dinner and catch up with them).

Alan never really mentioned the little drawings beyond an amused eye-roll, but Dave knew Alan was never particularly verbose about his true sentiments anyway. Dave had learned to look towards Alan’s actions instead. Sure enough, Alan started taking pictures of Dave’s little drawings and posting them on Instagram with an accompanying dry and witty caption, along with the hashtag ‘#artisthusband’. To Dave’s surprise, it really took off among their friends and other family members, and Dave always had to fend off demands from his mum and Sue about more cute artwork everytime he called home.

Since Paris and Stella loved the drawings too, he started drawing little monsters for them on their paper lunch bags, which he would prepare for them before Alan would drop them off at daycare. It wasn’t long before Alan started posting these on Instagram too, and his comment section would get animated at times because Martin, Fletch, Paul, Daryl and the rest would start discussing which creature Dave had meant to draw. He didn’t have the heart to tell them he’d made them all up on the spot.

Having Alan’s support like this, even for his silly little drawings, was more fulfilling and touching than Dave had expected. So he’d really meant it when he said he was going to get art supplies, but more often than not Dave would get distracted and buy Elsa colouring books for the girls instead. Alan hadn’t said anything at all, but Dave knew how to read him pretty well by now. His husband was definitely planning something.

On the morning of Father’s Day, Dave was the first out of bed so he put in the order at the restaurant before going for a run in Hyde Park. His metabolism wasn’t what it used to be, and he’d gotten into the habit of eating off the girls’ plates whenever they couldn’t finish their food. Alan was a really good cook too, so Dave knew he had to fit in a run today if he was going to be feasting on french toast and eggs benedict for Father’s Day.

When he got home, he thought he spotted Alan in the study with a giggling Paris and Stella. “Hello, my loves,” he yelled out at the door, even more mystified when Alan quickly stepped out of the study with the girls, closing the door hurriedly behind them.

“The food’s just got delivered, I’ll set the table,” Alan told him with a too-bright smile. ‘You go shower first, yeah?”

Dave decided to let his suspicious behaviour go for now. “Alright, sure.” He loped over to where they were, giving Alan a brief kiss and a I’m-on-to-you squint before bending down to stretch his arms out to the girls. “Can I get a hug first?”

“Daddy’s stinky!” Paris protested laughingly, while an uncomprehending Stella just giggled along with her older sister.

Dave’s jaw dropped in mock outrage. “Stinky, am I? How about I make you stinky too, huh?” He pretended to chase a squealing Paris and Stella for a hug, laughing when they ran to hide behind an amused Alan’s legs.

“Just go shower, the food’s getting cold, you lunatic.” Alan shook his head at Dave with a grin before shepherding the girls to the dining area. Dave left him to it, washing up quickly so he could join his family for breakfast.

However, he wasn’t expecting to find Alan and the girls waiting for him outside the bedroom, all of them grinning innocently at him. “What’s going on?” a suspicious Dave asked.

Paris took his hand and tugged him to the study, Alan picking up Stella and following with her in his arms. When Paris pushed open the door, Dave stared in shock at the brand new easel waiting for him, along with the art supplies neatly piled on top of a blank canvas. He stepped forward, picking up the paints and brushes with trembling hands. Alan had gotten everything right, remembered every detail from when Dave used to paint before they’d gotten married and become fathers.

“I had to take a bit out of the holiday budget for this,” came Alan’s soft voice behind him. “But it’s worth it for me to delay our trip. I’d rather see you painting again.”

“We want more of Daddy’s paper monsters!” Paris declared gleefully, while Stella stared at all of them in bafflement.

“I--” Dave just couldn’t speak. His heart was so full, like it was going to overflow with joy and sentiment and his overwhelming love for his family. There were simply no words that could possibly encapsulate the emotions warring within him now, so instead he grabbed Alan and the girls to him in a tight hug, his breaths ragged and his eyes wet.

“Happy Father’s Day,” Alan said quietly, the smile evident in his voice even though Dave couldn’t quite see his face.

“You too, Al.” Dave pulled away to kiss him, then smothered his squealing girls with equal affection.

#dalan #pizzaverse #maiyashu #fanart

[shu-bullshit]

Chinese names are crazy cool cause you can put/combine any meanings or sounds you like, there are no rules or name lists or things like that and it's very unlikely to meet someone with your exact first name, there are also no clear lines between genders and there's a broad space to be neutral. I used to know someone whose name means like "writing the universe" and that's just one cool example.

However when written in English it's reduced to only sounds... So despite my name having very unique characters now I'm using "Maiyashu" for work instead, cause there are many people online have names that are pronounced same as mine (although all different characters) and I need Google search reach. But I'm hoping one day when my website raises up in the results more I'll reclaim my name.

#my bullshits

[shu-bullshit]

Making a pinned post 🐀

Hi I'm Shu, I love drawing messed up little men and potentially covering them in tears and blood and I kinda like scary stuff, but I also have love for other wholesome things (sometimes)

Tumblr is the place for me to meet new friends, so feel free to leave comments or send msg or so than just using the tags

Besides this insanity here I'm an illustrator and tattooer, if you wanna find out how different that other world is you can find me as @maiyashu on Instagram (I stopped updating that blog here)

Attached a photo of me:

#my art #< use that tag to skip over my bullshits #original art #<for my original stuff #More: #sketches #my tattoos #my commissions

[maiyashu]

Oil pastel drawings, 2020

#art #Illustration #oil pastles #oil pastel #sketchbook #maiyashu

[maiyashu]

Digital drawings, 2020

#digital art #Digital Illustration #digital painting #Illustration #Aesthetic #maiyashu #art

[maiyashu]

Touch is the Premise of Our Love

Woodcut prints from 2018, one of my favs

#art #illustration #maiyashu #black and white #aethstetic #drawing #printmaking #woodcut

[maiyashu]

Runaway & Where I Live

Etching, 2018

#printmaking #etching #drawing #black and white #sketch #sketches #illustration #art #maiyashu

[senorarelojes]

An Appreciation Post for DM fanartists

Can I just make a mushy appreciation post for all the insanely talented artists in our fandom? I know we're a small community but I never fail to get shocked by the talent here. A big massive, massive thank you to @pinksyndication, @songsofgayanddevotion, @what-could-have-been, @shinybrandon and @maiyashu for all your blood, sweat and tears in producing all this amazing art for us to enjoy! As someone who can't draw and always causes my friends to lose when we play drawing games, I need to express my admiration for all artists out there, and for creating this artwork for our fandom!

Keeping my ramblings under a cut, but please read more for links to my favourite artworks of theirs:

@pinksyndication

Mo, Mo, Mo, Mo, Mooooo. You've given us so many beautiful pieces of artwork and my Top 3 favourites of yours constantly shift because you keep producing stuff that makes me so excited and awestruck! Your work has character too: the humour in it, the little unique details we never see anywhere else, etc. My fave piece of yours is always changing, but today I'm going to go with your Ultra Dave striptease because saph and I were recently raving about it, but at the same time I recently fell so hard for your 50s Housewife Dave!

@songsofgayanddevotion

I will never ever forget when I first saw your artwork, especially the one of Dave and Striped. There's something in the sheer happiness in Dave's blushy face that made me tear up, and the tender way he's cuddling Striped? I feel like you understand Dave (the person) so well and it comes out in the way you portray him. I can't decide on my favourite of yours today either so I'm going to go with Dave and Striped as well as your amazing rendition of Personal Jesus Dave!

@what-could-have-been

You're an insanely talented artist (especially your work with plants and flowers) and I think I've rambled to you so many times about your gift for detail, how everything looks like it's been drawn with the utmost care many times over? I can always see the amount of care and love you put into your pieces. This one of Dave and Alan cuddling after sex will always, always be my favourite (although it is so hard to choose from yours too) and I also have a special love for (semi-NSFW) Dave and Alan in the shower too!

@shinybrandon

I think I have gone on and on about how crazy talented you are in our DMs together, but no harm letting everyone else see how highly I think of you, right? ;) It always amazes me that you can both draw AND write, and I still remember the loud gasp I let out when I first saw this artwork of Alan putting make-up on Dave. I think everyone has their different strengths, and yours is in the infinite amount of detail that makes the clothes and hair of your characters come alive and jump off the page. Again I'm torn between my favourite pieces of yours, so I will just go with both Alan putting make-up on Dave as well as your Ultra Dave showpiece!

@maiyashu

Our newest addition to the very talented and wonderful pool of DM artists! I think you have witnessed how my brain continually explodes, regenerates itself somehow, then explodes again! I really can't believe the amount of detail and emotion you put into your pieces, and something about them makes the characters come alive for me as well. Once again I cannot decide between your two Dave pieces so far: Dave having a tender moment with Striped, or (NSFW) Dave's beautifully arched tattooed back during, ahem, a moment with Alan.

#dalan #fanart #pinksyndication #songsofgayanddevotion #what-could-have-been #shinybrandon #maiyashu #SO MUCH LOVE FOR YOU ALL

[senorarelojes]

Credit to the insanely talented, very crafty @maiyashu who did this painting of Striped in Dave's own style! This is the painting that Dave gifts Alan before he leaves in Chapter 6.

#dalan #fanart #maiyashu #thank you Shu #I'm seriously speechless #I don't even know what to say #You can see Dave's thicker brush strokes here #his bolder lines

[shu-bullshit]

It’s Ok to Feel Not Ok

I’m moving my stuff to tumblr slowly and this time I’m just gonna put the whole series in one post ^ ^

This series is basically about accepting your negative feelings, and searching for help bravely️❤️

From July 2020

#Illustration #watercolor #art #watercolor illustration #postercolor #original work #maiyashu

[maiyashu]

Green drawings, 2020

#maiyashu #Illustration #watercolor #watercolor illustration #watercolour art #watercolor drawing #gouache #acrylic #oil pastles #sketchbook #original illustration #art

[maiyashu]

A Small Miracle

Some colors from when I was in love :) again naive works, but I still think they are accurate.

Works from 2018.9 - 2018.12

#art #illustration #digital art #drawing #painting #aethstetic #digital illustration #watercolor #watercolourpainting #watercolor illustration #maiyashu

[maiyashu]

2019 New Year

#digital art #illustration #digital illustration #aethstetic #maiyashu