#next year i redraw it completely

[just-puddding]

Happy birthday to the only guy ever!!!

I know that in most places the first slice goes to the person whose birthday it is but, consider: this is very funny to me

#originally i had a completely different joke for a bigger comic which this was part of #but then i realized that actually i cannot draw 8~ comic pages in a single day. so maybe next year #but this part was very funny to me so i made this hehe #anyways #Kakashi Hatake #Sakura Haruno #Sai #Naruto Uzumaki #i am pretty proud of this one! even if it isn't exactly as i would have wanted #if i do make the full version next year i will have to redraw it anyways so... #oh wait Sai DOES have a surname #Sai yamanaka #also this is technically for today's kakashiweek prompt. i have a few more that i will post after i edit them #i decided to participate in it very late so i scrambled and now i have 3 posts finished but i need to edit 2 of them #might post them today might post them tonorrow you never know!

[vyladromeave]

WELCOME TO APHTOBER 2023!

Inspired by similar October Prompt Lists, Aphtober is a 31 day event in which MCD-related content is created day by day using the prompts listed above and below!

Official Prompt List:

- Old and New

- Devotion

- Divine*

- Song

- Academia

- Transformation*

- In Another Life

- Scars

- Outfit Swap*

- Tarot

- Home Sweet Home

- Is This Love...?*

- Comfort

- Illusion

- Redraw a Scene*

- Fears

- Familiar

- Travel Downtime*

- Truth Revealed

- Parent and Child

- Shadows*

- Headcanon

- Stolen

- Siblings*

- Maritime

- At a Cost

- AU or OC*

- Battle

- Flora and Fauna

- Another Dimension*

- FREE DAY!

Turns out a lot of people wanted a new Aphtober event for 2023, so here it is! Some prompts were re-used from last year's Aphtober list (marked by the sparkles next to them), while some prompts are completely new for this year!

Feel free to use these prompts to inspire any kind of creative work, be it drawing, writing, or something else entirely! Not feeling a specific day's prompt? Check out the ones on last year's 2022 list instead!

Tag any creations with #aphtober or #aphtober2023 (and feel free to @ me if you want your work shared here to make sure I see it!) And most importantly, HAVE FUN!!! Can't wait to see what everyone creates!

#aphtober #aphmau #minecraft diaries #aphverse #aphblr #aphmau fanart #minecraft diaries fanart #aphtober2023 #aphtober 2023 #inktober #october prompts #aphmau fandom #mcd #HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[tsunamiholmes]

I'm sure many of you have seen the new Among Us x A Hat in Time announcement by now, which consists of new cosmetic items based off of the AHiT characters as part of the new Indie Cosmicube.

However, what I've not heard as much discussion about is the new art featured in the promo.

"New art?" you ask, glancing at the familiar sprite art of the AHiT characters in the background. "I guess Bow Kid's looks new..."

"But what about the rest of them?" I ask, smirking.

"Those have been around for years!" you protest.

"Ah-ha!" I raise a finger, a witty smile spread across my face, "but have they?"

In fact, all of the main character sprite art in the background of this promo has been redrawn. Some, like Hat Kid's, has even had design changes as well.

Let's start with Hat Kid:

Overall new shading and smoother painting lines, including added highlights and shadows to create more depth

New eyes that give her a more cheery and childish appearance

New, more expressive mouth with fangs!

Updated stars on her umbrella

More detailed ears

Below you can see some of the areas pointed out and the original art we've had for years.

Next, Mustache Girl:

Again, completely new shading and highlights

New, sharp gremlin teeth (I'm loving all of the new teeth choices here, Jenna)

Brand new eyes

Changed left eyebrow position to give a more "evil" expression

New styled nose to match the other, newer art

Next, The Conductor:

New shading and highlights

More light spill/reflections on his dark clothing and hat (see the underside of the bill and the left side of his arms/collar)

Larger tongue

Slightly more plump tie

Cleaner line art, specifically on his right hand

The crows are the same from the Welcome to Mafia Town title card, as pictured here:

I didn't bother making a GIF since they didn't have any changes!

~ ~ ~

That about sums it up I think. That new Bow art is super cute, and I can't wait to see it in full. Oh, did I not mention? Gears for Breakfast didn't spend all of this time redrawing these classic images just for some Among Us promotion. Or rather, they might have, but a little birdy told me that we'll be seeing them again soon...

For what? I have no idea. No clue there. But you can be assured that we'll be getting the full, brand new versions of these pieces of art in the near future!

#a hat in time #ahit #among us #among us ahit #chloe analyzes #analysis #I spent way too much time and effort on this #but once I started noticing the little changes I just HAD to overlay the old art and see what was new! #gotta admit #I was certainly surprised by the amount of effort put into revamping old art #also I am HERE for the confirmed Hat Kid fangs and Mu sharp teeth #and finally some good reference art for Bow Kid! #overall very happy with this #excited to see what's next

[tomlinfonda]

"Why are artists so butthurt about AI art? Horse carriage drivers didn't complain when they invented the car, they were just grateful that the technology evolved and made it easier to get around."

Art is not a carriage, it's not a vehicle. Its purpose is not to be efficient, to do a practical job with as little effort as possible. Art is not something that can be automated, because its artistry lies in the humanity of its creator. Art is wonderful, from a baby's first drawing, inexperienced and unskilled, to the paintings adorning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

If you consider yourself an AI artist, I ask you: are you proud of yourself when the computer has completed another image that you will claim as yours? Do you look at it and feel the joy of having created something?

Does the generative process teach you how to see the world better? With every image created, do you evolve? Do you understand the planes of the face better now than 1000 images ago? Do you know what rim light is, and where to put it? Do you understand light sources? Tones? Could you take a piece of paper and shade a portrait by yourself?

"AI software is just like Photoshop or Blender, the next step in artistic technology".

It's not though, is it? A digital artist uses a pen to put colors on screen, chooses where to put each brush stroke, when to smudge or use the liquify tool. A 3D sculptor manipulates basic shapes into characters just like a traditional artist molds clay. An AI "artist" doesn't make any of the thousands of choices that lead to the creation of a real piece of art.

"But art is hard, and I'm not good enough."

Neither am I! Man, I'm not the worst artist in the world, but I'm not great, still not at the level I would like to be. Sometimes I draw something and I look at it and realize that it sucks ass! Sometimes I post a drawing online and realize that I drew a character out of proportion, that the light source is not consistent, that I've shaded outside the lines! And you know what's great? That I get to have an understanding of what I did wrong! I get to evolve! I redraw something from 5 years ago and realize that my composition is much better, my shading more believable. And I know that in 5 more years, I might redraw it again and pride myself in how much I've evolved.

I've been drawing since I was a baby, and I still have a long way to go. And that is also fine, because art is a lifelong pursuit, growing, changing, just as I am.

It's okay to not be good. Hell, it's okay if you don't even try to get better. By drawing, you WILL. It's inevitable that, by practicing, you'll learn.

You know what will not make you a better artist? Software that will generate your "art" for you. The result might look more complex than what your skill level allows you to create right now. But it doesn't look better. You could draw a crooked circle on xerox paper and it will look better than all the AI art in the world. Because you made it. Have some faith in yourself. Your vision has more artistic value than what that computer generated.

"If you're afraid that AI will steal your job, learn to draw better!"

I'm trying. Are you?

#anti ai art #ai art is not art #ai art is stolen art #ai art is theft

[alicenpai]

🌠 art summary 2023 💫

my 2023 art summary! i didn’t draw as much as i’d have liked, but overall a fruitful year & /definitely/ an improvement compared to last year’s! thank you for the overwhelming support in 2023 🫶 let’s hope for a stronger 2024 ! 💪🌟

⭐ [read more starts here] I haven't been 100% happy and satisfied with a lot of my art from 2020-2022. it's kinda like when you eat fast food and your tummy isnt fully satiated??? when you feel down on your art, it can easily trickle into your own personal well-being. when 2022 new year's came about and it was time to write down resolutions, i was frustrated. at the beginning of the year, I set out to list my weaknesses and vowed to work on each of them slowly.

con prep took up a huge chunk of the year - from February to the end of August - a whopping seven months. (although i have to admit, it's completely by choice. i have such a one track mind i find it difficult to juggle 18958989 non-related drawings during those periods) I feel as if I spent 3/5 of my remaining months on work and other deadlines. I reflected a lot during the spring/summer months during con season, and hoarded new brushes and techniques in my arsenal like a squirrel readying for hibernation…

once i was more free in the fall, i tried to focus on my greatest weakness - perfectionism. i was always praised for my clean art in the past, but over time i additionally saw it as a detriment too, which prevented my ability to complete drawings, & even get ideas down on paper in the first place (because i disliked the ugly initial process of getting chickenscratch down???). making my art super clean, constantly going over and erasing and redrawing details that don't matter in the long run - these things always held me back. next year i want to complete more drawings! (& i want to share the silly drawings that live in my head rent-free too)

#art summary 2023 #art summary #my art

[jojo-schmo]

A Walk Down my Art Memory Lane!

Now that I’m thinking about my childhood Kirby art, I dug through my storage a bit and thought it’d be fun to share a few! Here are some of Baby Jojo’s drawings!

note: I was not active in any online Kirby art communities at the time and I never posted these anywhere so I made these drawings just for my own enjoyment hehehe.

These are probably among my earliest Kirby drawings. Most likely ~2008!! I must’ve been in fifth grade maybe…? The first picture is a very rare example of pre-2022 Dedede sightings in my art. Around 2010 I became embarrassed and frustrated about not being able to figure his shapes out. So I spent the next 12 years avoiding him at all costs and instead sticking to the safer things to draw, like nice round Bronto Burts or Waddle Dees. Who knew it would take me writing an entire comic about him in 2022 to finally learn to draw him in my style!! :P

The second picture speaks for itself lol. I was the girl who googled “maskless meta knight” back when we had no fancy 3D renderings of his face. Just edits of anime screenshots and fanart of him holding his mask/getting his mask stolen and looking at you with the biggest, pearliest, white eyes. JPEG artifacts littered these images like sprinkles on a cupcake. And I would giggle and squee with every one like the baby fangirl of Meta Knight I was. :3

This one was probably ~2009. Very ambitious piece for me at that age. I struggled with the perfect roundness of Kirby haha. I had just gotten these cool alphabet stencils and couldn’t wait to write “Kirby” everywhere with them. This was probably the complete catalogue of Kirby characters I had the ability to draw at that time. It’s funny to think about how Magolor wouldn’t exist for another two years when I drew this.

Hmm. Maybe I should redraw this one day as a fun honor for my younger self.

Triple Waddle Dees!! A rare but precious Sailor Dee sighting, and of course my sweet Bandana Dee. This was probably around 2011 after Return to Dreamland came out and I came to adore Bandee. :3

This is probably around 2012- some time after Mass Attack came out. I had this AU at the time where each of the 10 Kirbies from Mass Attack had their own personality trait from the original Kirby, and a permanent copy ability assigned to them. Hence the Spark Kirby having wings and a halo like in the game- where you get damaged and have to rescue the poor Angel Kirbies before you lose that life!

Also my Poppy Bro Jr OC that I don’t think I named at the time- but I redrew him recently and named him Allegro the Poppy Bro. I loved drawing his hair and his funny teeth :D

Finally, I redrew just a few of the characters from my old drawings tonight. Just doodling for fun, nothing serious. But it’s something my child self would be happy to know I could do.

Guess I’d better draw all the Dededes that Baby Jojo missed out on drawing!! Thank you to anyone who read to this point. I encourage anyone to draw things that would make their younger, baby self proud of you. ….even though I bet they already are proud of you. <3

Remember, as long as you keep drawing, you’ll improve at your pace! Just keep at it! You’ll notice that difference over the years!

#if this is interesting to anyone I’d love to share more of my childhood art haha it’s fun for me! #I can even show off my very first Kirbysona from like 12 years ago :3 #very different than the bubble witch I am today hehe #irl content #jojo rambles #art #king dedede #bandana waddle dee #meta knight #ribbon #marx kirby #Kirby #kirby series #Kirby oc

[holdharmonysacred]

I finished my latest art project!!!!!!!!!!! I overhauled and almost completely redrew my big batch of Maerchen fanart from last year!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wasn't very happy with how jank my old versions looked in hindsight, so I redrew everybody and copypasted assorted background lineart elements as needed. I'm planning on hopefully getting Schnee and Nobara printed as keychains sometime next month, with hopefully the others to eventually come as well!!!! I'm much happier with how they all look now, so unless my art skill spontaneously and drastically improves I don't think I'll redraw them all again, so I hope y'all like these lovely gals and token lad!!!!!!

#sound horizon #long post #my art #noose tw for buranko's art #lemme know if you need anything else tagged!

[designs-by-sloan]

"So many years have passed The dew is still on the roses I left my childhood In a garden green" -cecile corbel

Tranquility of the garden {2023 version} Click read more for my thoughts, detail shots and the 2013 version of this artwork <3

Artwork © 2023 Sloan || Do not use without permission, no A/I or N/FTs allowed. Check my carrd for my social media / and commission info! Also available as merch on my redbubble shop.  

2023 was incredibly tumultuous for me, which led me to feeling like I was missing my spark as an artist. This redraw was my attempt to find some solace in creativity and reconnect with myself from back in 2013. It was already a personal piece inspired by the nature I grew up with, yet I didn't feel satisfied with the result back then despite all the time I put into it. All I had wanted was to move on to the next piece. Now I can say this is the artwork I'm most proud of, and I'm quite emotional about it 🌸🌿

{I can barely believe this artwork is already 10 years old.}

This redraw took 34+ hours over the course of a couple months to complete <3 Included nature is wild roses, swallowtail butterflies, clovers, yellow lady slipper orchids, prairie hare, and house sparrows - all found wild on the Manitoba prairies 🦋

I'll be uploading a short timelapse as a reel on instagram, but I'm also thinking of doing a more in-depth youtube video. Let me know if you'd like to see that!!

Thanks for reading! Hope everyone has a great week~

#artists on tumblr #illustration #cottagecore #naturecore #mori girl #cute art #storybook #fairytale #butterflies #canadian artist #rabbit #clovers #wildflowers #wild roses #designs by sloan #digital watercolor #digital art #clip studio paint

[ultrainfinitepit]

Day 18: Moon

An archangel's daughter takes a lance to the eye of the divine.

This is a redraw of a piece from last Angeltober, featuring my OC Talia Moon. Last year I didn't color it so this year I was determined to! However I only got as far as rough colors >.>

Might clean them up later, or I can keep the cycle going and redraw it a third time next Angeltober, and finally complete it then... /j

[ Angeltober 2022 ]

#angeltober #angeltober2022 #ultrangeltober #ultrangeltober2022 #my art #town of puddle #ocs

[piosplayhouse]

I like the idea of transbian bingqiu, but I'm uncomfortable that Shen Yuan's chest is referred to as "flatties" in a context where she is both trans and had a double mastectomy, since these women are often mocked for their flat chests. It feels like her body is the butt of a joke about her being "extra flat" or that it's funny Binghe would be attracted to her chest, and she only is because she's weird and horny for Shen Yuan. I know it probably wasn't your intention, and it's a joke, but the emphasis and word choice is sort of hurtful.

I completely understand your discomfort and deeply regret the implications behind those posts; I should have made it more clear that the meme redraw and subsequent au drabbles were not intended to be connected to each other and really do want to apologize for that. It was my error and I take full responsibility-- regardless of my intentions, I didn't make my thoughts clear enough and I understand and sympathize with anyone who felt harmed by them.

For what it's worth, the original "I wanna lick her flatties" drawing was really just a one off meme redraw that didn't have any deep thinking behind it, I just thought it would be funny to draw as bingqiu so I did. Because it was just a direct trace of a meme about 2 cis women I thought I'd just leave it open ended whether or not they're trans, though my friends in general are transfem sqq enthusiasts so there was probably some unconscious headcanon bias sprinkled in there. I'm flat myself so when I saw the meme I was sort of just like oh lol that's a funny alternative to fat titties

I drew sqq older mainly as an homage to one of my friend's modern sqq designs, but from then got to thinking about what an older cast would look like and do because it's so rare to see aus set during a time when the characters would be middle aged. I thought if sqq was about 40 or so in the picture then sqh would have to be 60, so I drew 60 yr old sqh and had a lot of fun thinking about all the things she could have experienced and all the stages of life she would have gone through in 60 years, so I wanted to expand on that and also think about the human conditions that aren't usually shown in fandom art/aus. The next day, I read a cumplane fic with chronically ill sy that I liked so I was thinking about different recurrent/chronic illnesses that older women experience which have little representation in media.

In this way, it sort of spiraled out from a thoughtless meme redraw into a whole separate thing that only really happened because I was thinking about middle aged sqq, but that's not an excuse and I'm sorry for hurting you anon.

[synthshenanigans]

woah hey a year has been passed wowie :0

First two weren't posted here cos they were too long ago & not CJish related but love the way he took up 70% of the year lol

[ Full images + templates below :} ]

[TW for Bright Colors, maybe blood & very very vague themes of depression/suicide for like 2 drawings I believe]

Long text about the arts if anyones actually curious!!

January: An old OC I completely forgot about until making this. He's based on old radio like things :}

February: Played Person 5 Royal last year & drew Joker cos idk he's neat. Fun fact, the same day I fully finished the game was the day Storm & a Spring came out. Also while grinding in the game, I had his Bidding & VoaC covers on repeat. Which was a bit annoying to do since they weren't on Spotify yet & YT on mobile didn't have looping then.

March: The Hawaii Part ii album cover :} I did post that eventually but that's the time I actually made it. Had listened to TME a couple of months before then which got me into the album, so months later I drew it cos why not? [Also the month Vol.1 fully released on everything. What's funny is my gallery for that day was a handful of memes I saved at 4am before I fell asleep. And then the next image saved is when I woke up which was a screenshot of the whiteboard in TfaR lol]

April: First main Jash art !!! And its not even with any of the songs from Vol. 1 lol. I had his Moss cover on repeat again & now that all of Vol. 1 was out, I drew Heart in some moss. Or really in the image from the video.

May: Lil animation I made of Heart with the song Don't Hit the Lights! Link to my post & the song can be found here :}. Still really like the song & even the drawings. Might remake em eventually idk

June: Sky/socialc1imb's Clue AU! I like murder mysteries & this one was real interesting so I drew it a lot lol. Might remake that one or one of the others I made at somepoint? It'll be a bit later if I do but ye

July: A redraw of a HMS piece I originally made back in May, based on the Three Wise Monkeys thing. I like the idea of it so I keep wanting to remake it.

August: I honestly can't remember if I posted that art or not. Actually yea I don't think I ever did PFFT. It's one of the few drawings I did of myself this year & its from CJs Not Perfect cover [as you can tell by the lyrics on it]. Also one of the very very few vent-ish arts I made. I like the background more than anything but its still neat ig?

September: Art for one of the best songs ever. I love Fine, I'm Fine its so good & I listened to it for like 70% of the 20+ hours it took me to make the drawing. Still proud of it so there's the sketch I drew on paper, the one on my tablet & then the final versions.

October: There was a lot from this month due to Jashtober. I still like this one lot & it wasn't insanely rushed so I picked this one to show lol.

November: I have no idea why I made a fun lil soul. I was having an identity crisis over my art style & ig decided to draw the guy who is a walking identity crisis/j

December: Same as September. One of my favorite songs ever was covered & released, so I made a drawing like everyone else lol.

#time is wild #also love the way my art style changes each month or two #anyway tho im actually pretty happy with how much better I've gotten #have a lotta plans for more HMS/CJ stuff #just quite busy & overloaded atm lol #more will hopefully come tho #chonny jash #moss post #-atlas art-

[little-tunny]

My new year's resolution this year was to draw every day. I've never been very technically good at drawing so i feel like I'm starting from 0. I really admire the energy and expression in your art! Do you do anything to warm up? What's your process like when you have a technical skill you want to get better at? How do you choose the animals to represent people in your comics?

Great resolution!! Drawing is the best. :^) Set small goals for yourself and reward yourself when you complete them. AVOID BURNOUT AT ALL COSTS! I never draw more than 5 hours in a day. 30 minutes of practice, at least 5 times a week, would be an attainable goal. When you complete it, buy yourself a fun treat! If it's not fun, you won't want to do it, and you'll burn out. Draw things that make you happy! I love animals, so I really only draw animals. I stopped feeling guilty about being self indulgent years ago. Some of my favorite artists are just strange little dudes who only draw cats, and we all love them for it. I don't do many warmups, usually I just have an idea in my head and start chipping away at it. But if I'm left with a pen and paper I'll absentmindedly doodle all over it every time. I've never been to art school, but always wanted to take a figure drawing class! Some day I will. You can take figure drawing classes on youtube, but drawing from life will give you a better sense of something's form. Sites like sketchfab have all kinds of 3d models you can turn around and draw from any angle. Copy some works from artists you admire (its alright as long as you're just doing it to study and not posting them as your own!) Think about what part of their work draws you in. Mix and match elements from different styles you like. Steal someone's eyes and yoink someone else's hands. Make a Frankenstein of all your inspirations. Draw your pets sleeping! Draw a weird chair in your house! Redraw a funny meme you like! Draw weird objects you bought from the thrift store! Turn them into cartoon characters. Break real things down into their most basic shapes/elements and rebuild them. Small things build up to big things. I would prefer to have finished works than perfect works. You will learn more by doing more, rather than trying to perfect a single drawing for hours and hours. Get it done and move on to the next thing. I just get a sense of people's aura for their tunny assigned fursona, and mix that with an animal I think would be fun to draw. Sometimes I just think "this old man seems like a fish" and then i google around for the silliest species I can that fits the vibes the best. I don't think of myself as very technically skilled, but I do love drawing, and so I hope this helps you love drawing too!

#advice

[ghostofskywalker]

Terror of the Seas

Elizabeth Swann/Reader

Fictober Day 3 of 31

Words: 1,371

Summary: At first you're unsure about the woman who approached you with a promise to help you seek revenge, but you soon realize how much you like being around her. 

Note: this fic was requested by the lovely @captainsophiestark, and it was my first time writing elizabeth!! i hope you enjoy it bestie :)

Elizabeth Swann Masterlist

After losing your ship to a mutiny (orchestrated by your none other than your trusted first mate), you spent your days on the shores of Tortuga, drinking your pain away and seething in silence as you planned your grand return to the seas. You had specific plans for each member of your traitorous crew, and at this point all you needed was the opportune moment to strike. So when you were approached by another female pirate in the middle of the day with an odd undercurrent to her voice, you weren’t sure if you wanted to potentially miss your window of revenge.

“Why do you want my help?” you asked, automatically skeptical of her motives. Your former first mate (who now had control of the ship you had sailed for years) could have sent her to make sure that you weren’t aware when they made port.

“I want to offer you a deal,” she said. “I know what happened to you, and I can help you get your ship back.”

“What do you want in return?” you asked. This already seemed like a trick, and you weren’t sure what kind of deal she would offer you.

“I want a spot on the crew when you redraw it.”

You couldn’t help the way you raised your eyebrows in confusion. That didn’t seem like too big of an ask, which meant that you would be gaining considerably more from this agreement than she would. “Why?” was all you said in response, wondering what kind of answer you were going to get from her.

“Does it matter?”

Oh, that meant she was running away from something (or someone), you thought. You paused for a moment, now with all the answers you needed, before you spoke again. “I suppose not,” you said. “But how do you propose we get my ship back? I don’t even know where it is at the moment.”

“There’s whispers that the Crimson Clover will be making port here within the next two days,” she said, a glint of mischief on her face. “We can at least begin there.”

It was rare for you to trust someone, even more so now, but you couldn’t deny the nagging feeling in the back of your brain that her information was correct. “Alright,” you said, taking a long drink from the bottle in front of you before responding. “You’ve got yourself a deal.”

Plans were made to meet when the news broke that your former ship made port, and you finally learned her name: Elizabeth. You actually learned even more about this woman after asking around, and you found out some curious information. She was the governor’s daughter (now you understood why she would so willingly suggest a deal she did not have the upper hand on), and that she had experience with some of the pirates that frequented here. The name Jack Sparrow popped up a couple times, which only furthered your wonders about her background. Captain Jack Sparrow was infamous around these parts, and it made complete sense why Elizabeth wouldn’t want to travel with him permanently, as he was more unpredictable than he was intoxicated.

There was something about her that made you want to learn everything you could, and the feeling surprised you. You had spent most of your adult life as a loner, never getting close enough to show any kind of vulnerability, and the only time you did allow yourself to be part of something, your crew had mutinied, completely abandoning you to the mercy of the unforgiving elements. And yet one small conversation with Elizabeth had you planning out your new life and mapping out a crew in your head with her on it, after you recovered your ship and took the necessary revenge on your crew.

Days went by, and the day you moved against your traitorous crew was the same day you learned that Elizabeth was a terror in combat. Her unyielding bravery and aggressive swordsmanship is not something you would have liked to go up against, and you were glad that she was on your side.

The two of you raced up and leaped on the deck of the Crimson Clover, weapons raised as you regarded your former crew. The now-captain was nowhere to be seen, so you stalked through the rest of the crew in the direction of the ship’s private quarters. No one tried to stop you, they knew who you were really looking for. You did think it somewhat odd, but you supposed that the new captain might have already run out of favor with his new crew, and that might your job easier.

“Get off this boat at once,” you heard Elizabeth order, and the sound of swords clanging together filled the air.

You stepped into the room that used to be yours, only to be met with a significant shock. Devil’s Charm, your former first mate and the man who had incited violence against you almost a year ago, was lying dead on the ground, with an unseeing stare on his face.

You didn’t care to investigate (nor did you have time to), so you raced back to the deck of the boat and helped Elizabeth chase off your former crew. You knew that it would be more difficult to control the ship for a little while (until you managed to find another suitable group of people to sail with), but you would rather do everything by yourselves for a week or two than to allow anyone to stay. It wasn’t worth constantly living in fear or always having to look over your shoulder, and you didn’t think a single one of those men deserved even a shred of mercy.

“Everything alright?’ Elizabeth asked as you joined the fight, her sword clanging against another’s.

A smile crossed your face. “It’s all been taken care of,” you said, and you knew she caught the undertone of your words.

Between the two of you, quick work was made of the halfwit pirates you used to employ (and the rotting corpse of your former first mate was tossed into the swirling depths), and soon you were sitting on the deck of the ship with Elizabeth, passing a bottle of rum between you. “We need to find a crew,” you said, looking out at the horizon. Feelings of excitement and adventure were coursing through your body, and you desperately wanted to sail towards it, searching every corner of the earth in the way that only this profession allowed.

“We can put up some notice in the pub,” Elizabeth said. “Depending on how picky you want to be, we can be out of here within the week.”

“I admire your optimism about the quality of crew we’ll find here,” you laughed. “But I think it’ll take a little longer than that. If you find another ship that you want to leave on before I’ve found a full crew, I understand.”

She looked at you with a confused expression. “What do you mean?”

“I know a little more about you than I ever let on, Miss Swann,” you said, and you saw her face change at the sound of her last name. “I’m not retracting my offer or going against our deal, but I understand what it’s like to want to get away from something. If someone else can offer than quicker, I wouldn’t blame you for taking the opportunity.”

She paused before responding. “I first approached you with the intent to create an opportunity for myself to run away, yes,” she said, speaking quieter than she had before. “But after spending more time with you, I realized that I was not only running away, but that I wanted to find a place where I belonged. And I don’t know about you, but I think we make a pretty good team.”

Every feeling you had for her was now rushing to the surface of your thoughts, and you tried not to let any of that show on your face. Not wanting to scare her off, you just nodded. “I think so too,” you said, a smile on your face.

You couldn’t wait to set sail again, especially if it meant spending more time with her. 

- the end -

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[mirnightghost]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I noticed that this is the fifth year I've been summing up the results under this redraw, so..

The year was...interesting and difficult, I'd say

I had two surgeries on my legs, learned a new language, and moved again. I celebrated the beginning of the year in the company of friends and acquaintances, I found a partner (also my best friend with whom I had been communicating for three years). We even met for the first time after so many years of communication. I started making money from my art, I started volunteering. I made my first animatic, started drawing people...damn, I started drawing people! This is one of the biggest achievements, considering that I get a lot of anxiety when I look at people. But I did it, I overcame the fear. And I did it again and again, feeling triumphant.

I finished the year completely alone. All my achievements and progress remain with me, my family also began to treat me even worse. I lost all my friends due to various circumstances, yes, but...let it be

This should not stop me, my progress and my desire to live. Oh yeah, I finally want to live, damn it. I found myself, found the reason for my existence. I learned, I feared, I overcame, I loved and I hated. And whatever the new 2024 has in store for me, I can handle it. And I will.

And what do I wanna wish you all? Strength and confidence. Whatever happens to you, no matter who is next to you, do not be afraid. If you are confident and true to your ideals, you will definitely be able to overcome whatever the new year has in store for you. Good luck to y'all in the new 2024!!!

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[asterthought]

[Posting this twice because I accidentally tapped on "post" without adding tags or any more context 😭]

I've got this ask:

This AU is my baby and I'm so sorry but I couldn't help myself and added color to this thing that turned into more than just a doodle 😭💖 + some info from my AU (and some spoilers I guess)

Harry smokes AND drinks even when he's barely 18/19, partially because he kinda has to appear older now that he's the CEO of Oscorp and the other reason being that he's looking for a way to blur his feelings.

Peter goes back to wearing his glasses, but without the crystals because now "for some weird and mysterious reason" he can see without them.

Harry has mixed feelings about this whole ordeal. Now that Peter is technically out of his life (in a sense, because Peter is still there, but he's not exactly his Peter) and Norman is back in it after years of being completely absent.

"When was the last time you ate something?" — Peter to Harry 24/7

Harry Sleep? What's sleep? Osborn.

Peter is constantly confused. Harry is astronomically anxious.

They still share Peter's hoodies and Harry's sweaters.

If you're wondering why haven't I posted the fic, it's because I'm originally writing it in Spanish (my native language) and it takes time to do so and then edit it so it's also enjoyable in English. Once I have it finished I'll post it chapter by chapter! (I'm almost halfway there!)

This is also sort of a redraw of this thing I made on february 2023 but posted in June

Under the cut there's a little (unedited) fragment of this chapter!

He [Peter] expected to see Harry growling in annoyance, kicking some poor little pebble that crossed his path. To his surprise, he found him smoking calmly and quietly on the porch of the house, his gaze lost in the horizon.

- I didn't know you smoked.

Harry was startled, but regained his composure almost immediately and didn't answer. He then let out a puff of smoke as he continued to stare at the midday sky.

- Or rather... - Peter continued speaking and took another couple of steps forward. - I didn't remember you smoking.

- You didn't really know. I started doing it behind your back a couple of weeks before... You know what.

- Why?! Harry, you're eighteen. It's still illegal. Not to mention, it's horribly damaging to your respiratory, circulatory, and.... - The sound of the other boy stomping on his cigarette interrupted him.

- Out. Are you happy? - He leaned against the white wooden railing, turning his back on Peter.

- You didn't answer my question. Why? - He asked as he settled in next to his friend.

- It's too easy to go with the flow. The other businessmen don't take you seriously if you refuse to smoke and drink in society.

- So you drink too...

- There's nothing wrong with that, really. You and I used to drink together from time to time.

It was impossible for Peter to ignore the melancholy in that sentence.

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[getvalentined]

Was talking on the twits about how "not mine" isn't a source, and how you shouldn't be posting other people's art in general but definitely shouldn't be posting other people's art without at least linking back to them, and thinking about the most egregious example of this that I have personally experienced. I haven't really talked about it to anyone because it seems almost petty compared to the rest of the related situation, but bothers me more every time I think about it.

I think most of the people who know me are aware of my old in-character askblog, @askvincentvalentine; I'm redrawing all entries to eventually release as a solo anthology, but I have a lot of anxiety about it and it's going very slow. I think this hesitation (I might even call it apprehension) is in large part connected to this unspoken experience, and maybe finally talking about it will help.

A month or two before we broke up, I found out that my abusive ex had reposted every Ask Vincent Valentine entry to his personal Facebook, starting years before we really met, never linking back to Vincent's blog or to mine. He'd reposted a lot of my art, actually, and treated this like a totally normal thing, saying it wasn't a big deal since we didn't know each other at the time.

Looking back, it's a little...creepy. We met properly in 2020, but I remember him showing me a screenshot of a post he'd made in like 2015 where he reposted a piece of mine drawn in 2005, posted on my original dA account, under a different handle that is pretty much completely unconnected to my current online identity. I'm not saying he was stalking me for years or anything (I'd seen his fanfiction on AO3 for ages so it's not like we were unaware of each other's existence), but it still feels really fucking weird.

On top of that, by reposting it to that particular platform, he allowed my work to eventually be scraped to train multiple gen/A/I models without my consent. As if he didn't mistreat me enough during our relationship, he'd apparently been taking advantage of my work for years before that.

The more I think about it, the more it bothers me. Like...what the fuck, honestly. I don't have any other way to quantify it other than "what the fuck."

Just...why would he do that? And he didn't tell me about it until years into us knowing each other. When I said (as gently as possible) that I didn't like it, he said that he couldn't ask me back then because he didn't know me, so it was okay—and it would have been okay by now anyway, since we were in a relationship, so it wasn't like I was gonna tell him to take the posts down.

I don't know. It's bothering me a lot recently. Reposting other people's art without even trying to credit is bad enough, but this just feels like some next-level bullshit.

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