Alithea Howes

She/her. I celebrate the weirdos of the world with smouldering watercolors and wacky cartoons. Go to my website to step deeper into my world. alithea-howes.squarespace.com

[why-bless-your-heart]

Friendly reminder to not punish yourself for creating. 

[putyouinabook]

Can you elaborate on what you mean by this?

[why-bless-your-heart]

I have a tendency to beat myself up whenever something I make doesn’t meet my expectations (which is always). The result is that finishing something = bad feelings: I am effectively punishing myself for having created something. The natural reaction to this punishment is an aversion to creation, meaning that my perfectionism is harming me, not only by causing me to despise what I do make and by impeding the creative process, but by attacking even my desire to create.

[alitheahowes]

Woof. This hit hard. I have to work on celebrating just getting something *done*

[alitheahowes]

Happy spooky season

[alitheahowes]

The scowl that launched a thousand ‘ships.

[lilygarlands]

THOMAS GIBSON PORN PACK – Aaron Hotchner version | [insp.] | for oddlyfamiliar and cmprofilers

[scuttling]

I’m feeling… emotions… but physical. 😫🥵

[g-l-pierce]

If @scuttling’s posts are any indication, today is going to be a PHENOMENAL day 😍

[unicornprancing]

You mean a PHEROMONEMAL day? 😂

[alitheahowes]

Creep out your new roommate or make a spooky friend for life with my Criminal Minds themed back to school stuff! https://www.redbubble.com/people/MaryCyn/explore?asc=u&page=1&sortOrder=recent

[whitepeopletwitter]

[ohgoddamnit]

As a mass comm major, IF THERE IS SOMETHING UNJUST OR IMMORAL BEING DONE CALL YOUR LOCAL NEWS STATION THEY WILL HELP MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE

Cities and government agencies HATE bad press. This story that was told to me by the journalist that covered this, and he showed us the piece:

There was a traffic light that was set up on the far side of an overpass, but it was improperly hung so you couldn’t see the light until it was too late. There were accidents there EVERY SINGLE DAY and calls to the city did NOTHING.

Someone had the idea to call the local news station and this dude went out to see. As he was interviewing someone, there was a wreck.

Guess what happened after that piece aired?

Suddenly the city had the time to lower the traffic light and the accidents stopped.

Journalists get a bad rep, and while big stations like Fox deserve it, I think more thought should be given to who you’re actually shitting on when you say “I hate journalists.” Because we’re overworked, underpaid, constantly shit on, but we still do the job because we want to help people. All professional, prestigious journalists that I’ve met hate the government and will do whatever they can to get the information and change that’s needed. Being a journalist is a dangerous profession: at every professional convention I’ve been at there’s a fund for the families of journalists that have been killed (there’s a lot!) and a long memoriam roll.

SUPPORT LOCAL NEWS STATIONS

[alitheahowes]

I made a Criminal Minds top! First time I’ve made something with fabric I designed. I’m really happy with it!

If you’d like to, you can buy the fabric on spoonflower

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[alitheahowes]

Got stalled on this sketch because I can’t decide if the second person should be Reid or Prentice

[myletternevercame]

Why haven’t I finished my fic yet I want to read it

[alitheahowes]

Me. All the time.

[angelicbabydolll]

Bitches take one glance at a mans hands and imagine them wrapped around their throat.

It’s me, I’m bitches.

[unicornprancing]

I don’t know what you’re talking about.

[alitheahowes]

I love that, like, all Hotch Honeys are kinky as hell

[alitheahowes]

I’m reworking some of my art into new formats to fit on redbubble products and I can’t decide which color background to use for my Reid illustration. Help me make a decision! Please!

[alitheahowes]

I’ve added my Daddy Hotch illustration to a bunch of new things on my redbubble. I’m hoping to do the same for my Reid and Morgan pieces in time to have a Criminal Minds themed back to school sale.

[alitheahowes]

Coney Island Uber Alles

Sometimes I draw things that aren’t sexy men. Sometimes they’re just ridiculous.

[alitheahowes]

Taking a quick break from Foxy Feds to illustrate one of my favorite Shakespeare scenes. Still inspired by @thomasgibsonofficial though. #Shakespeare #illustration #hunk #thomasgibson #aaronhotchner

[alitheahowes]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

I’m super psyched that so many Hotch fans have found this tumblr! I recognized a few usernames from AO3 so figured I’d post a link to my Hotch smut fic as well. It has been SO great finding other people who share my love/lust/obsessive crush and the comments people have been leaving both on here and AO3 have been SO wonderful and I am overcome with joy.

[alitheahowes]

Dana Scully

Foxy Fed of the day is Dana Scully ❤ I want to write something smart about her, and Gillian Anderson's amazing portrayal of her, but every time I try I just sigh a little cloud of cartoon hearts. I fell in love with The X-Files when it started. Since I was 11 at the time, it became my all time greatest TV obsession. I actually wrote a letter to Gillian Anderson telling her how cool she was and how much I loved the show. Included was a (much less racy) drawing of her that I'd done. I sent it before the show became wildly popular so she actually wrote me back. That letter is one of my most prized possessions.

I'm doing something like a sexy fireman calendar, but it's sexy drawings  of TV FBI Agents.  The reason I’m interested in this is that even though these FBI shows  aren't sexy, their fanbase is thirsty as hell. And since most of those  fans are femme, sexy illustrations of these characters can be a really  interesting window into what femmes find sexy.

To see more of my art and request commissions, go to my website http://alithea-howes.squarespace.com/

[alitheahowes]

Morgan and Garcia

Returning to Criminal Minds, our Foxy Feds are Agent Derek Morgan and Technical Analyst/Internet Queen Penelope Garcia, played with delightful chemistry by Shemar Moore and Kirsten Vangness. The challenge with Morgan was that he's ALWAYS a beefcake. A pinup version of him seemed redundant. But one of my favorite things about him is his relentlessly flirtatious friendship with Garcia. This illustration references one of Morgan's more naked moments, coming out of Garcia's shower. I once had a debate with someone over whether or not there was such a thing as a "friendly junk grab." While it's certainly a rare thing, I maintain that there are some friendships in which such a thing is possible. These friends, who call each other Babygirl and Chocolate Thunder, would know what I mean.

I'm doing something like a sexy fireman calendar, but it's sexy drawings  of TV FBI Agents.  The reason I’m interested in this is that even though these FBI shows  aren't sexy, their fanbase is thirsty as hell. And since most of those  fans are femme, sexy illustrations of these characters can be a really  interesting window into what femmes find sexy.

To see more of my art and request commissions, go to my website http://alithea-howes.squarespace.com/