as opposed to electric eel

adriel || 23 || he/him || aroace

[aroaceenjolras]

Anyway, fellow sex-repulsed aces with moral OCD that might be triggered by the "you MUST be horny and write porn and be sexual or else you're functionally a conservative" wave on this site, because I know it's making mine act up something fierce:

No you don't

Your discomfort with sexuality and sexual themes is morally neutral and does not make you even remotely similar to Moms for Liberty

Porn is not the only thing they're trying to censor

Porn is not the only thing they're trying to censor

One of the most challenged books of the 2020s so far is Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, a memoir of a trans AROACE person

You do not need to write or draw things that trigger you to be a politically progressive artist

You do not need to be sexual to be a good person

You have stories that need to be told too, and your stories are as vital to fighting censorship and protecting free expression as any other queer story

We're all in this together and together is the only way we're all getting out of it

[clownwzrd]

dirkjake week dirkjake week…

illustration i did for the awesome @acoustic-eel and his fic “but wishes are dreams, and dreams are pretend” i am nothing if not a glazer PLEASE go read it

[dirkjakeweekly]

DIRKJAKE 💥BIG BANG

“but wishes are dreams, and dreams are pretend”

Illustrated by: rodeowzrd/clownwzrd (twitter, tumblr, insta)

Written by: @acoustic-eel

https://archiveofourown.org/works/81295566

[acoustic-eel]

commission for @yourfavoritedeathwitch!! it was such a fun challenge to capture the right amount of warmth and light while staying true to the characters' grey and white skin tones, thank you so much for bringing me this project!

[acoustic-eel]

monster design commission, based on an existing fursona, for @artbyifer!! this was such a joy to work on and i adore how the lighting turned out

[acoustic-eel]

donate to support immigrants' rights, get a fic or a drawing from me!

i've seen a couple other people post things like this, so i thought i'd join in! i've made donations of my own, and plan to continue doing so— this is a bonus thing on the side. if it incentivizes even one person to help out, that would be fantastic!

my inbox here is mildly broken, so if you've made a donation and want to request something, comment on this post to make sure i see it.

i'm keeping two slots open for this, which will re-open as i finish requests! current open slots: 1/2

guidelines:

donations of time and energy absolutely count! call your representatives, volunteer at a food bank, whatever you have the capacity to do

seriously, any amount counts. even if you donate like $2, that's $2 more than the organization of your choice would otherwise have!

i will write or draw homestuck or magnus archives, up to a PG-13 rating— my favorite characters/pairings are here and on my ao3, but if you request something i haven't posted before, the worst i can say is "how about we go in another direction?"

i will also draw your own characters, a cool animal you like, whatever! as long as it's approximately within that PG-13 rating

please for the love of god do not request fetish art. please. it's never as subtle as you think

amount raised so far: $90 USD!! there's good in this world mr. frodo etc., thank you all so much for your generosity

[acoustic-eel]

@homestuckss gift for @demonlucy-chan :)!! i had a lot of fun drawing the vampire 'radias and i hope you'll enjoy them too

[acoustic-eel]

i don't caaaaaaaare how 8ig the room is. i cast fire8all

@homestuckss gift for @cnidariian!! i had a lot of fun designing the costumes for this fantasy take on vriska and terezi, and i hope you'll like it too :) lines-only version under the cut bc i really like how the lineart turned out

[acoustic-eel]

working on a crab :)

[acoustic-eel]

rip eridan, you would've loved the code of hammurabi

(older piece, reposted. there are some changes i'd make if i were to redraw this but i like the way i rendered the gold silk fabric)

[acoustic-eel]

happy pride to my favorite aroace weirdgirl (and her former-weirdgirl, still weird, best friend)

[acoustic-eel]

happy belated birthday to my three favorite doomed crabs

[acoustic-eel]

opening four more commission slots to help pay for my first T appointment! every little bit helps :)

prints of my most popular pieces are coming soon, so stay tuned for those too!!

[acoustic-eel]

diversity win! the guy who just orphaned your whole hiveblock is trans

[acoustic-eel]

photos taken seconds before the loudest most dramatic squeal you've ever heard in your life

[acoustic-eel]

commission for @andy-spurs, heavily inspired by the Moon tarot card! i absolutely love working in this sort of spooky, whimsical style :)

[acoustic-eel]

recent commission for @fiddlertoad!! it was such a fun challenge to capture the scars and a realistic skin tone in this style, thank you for trusting me with this project :)!