Two more commissions complete! Dante and Theodora who both belong to @astral--ghost! The beads took a lot of effort but omg I'm very proud of them. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for commissioning me again!
The last painting i made for our campaign that ended in 2022, and it depicts the beginning of Nicos story: The night Maélys embraced him. Some lose their life as an accident, some have to claw their way out of the ground, some will be abandoned by their sire and left to fight on their own. Nico took his last breath in the prime of his life, clothed in silk bathrobes, and in the arms of his eternal lover.
mutual pining IS the best trope. no they’re not trying to move on, no they’re not brave enough to risk it, no they’re not trying to date other people, they don’t know they can have it but it’s okay if they can’t (but they CAN)
hm. i think every time i feel an impulse to people please, to be unproblematic and likable and charming and feel the safety that comes with universal adoration, i need to remind myself that i want to be loved like a person, not like a dog.