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Going where the wind takes me. (The wind: @martilyongabo) Art dump n' dip 🏃‍♂️💦 + Just a very casual enjoyer of things #my art - mastertag #wishbone art - polished pieces #chicken scratch - looser works #idylls of the abyssal forest - EO w/ hubband #husband art - Marty art appreciation #harping - talking #🖼🔨 - reblogs

[anoldwishbone]

of all the characters to barge into my house, the likelihood that it would be Flowdia was small, but i guess it wasn't impossible

[anoldwishbone]

ok i'm done for now 😔 the boss is angry that i've put off now ~2 year old to-do's for a second time in favor of old woman angst

[anoldwishbone]

wait wait i'm not done— it's 1:31pm the next day

i'm so fried right now and i know that on the first read it appears to be about physical death

but i made this thinking of immortality or otherwise another kind of living stagnation and the countless times we'll be "pruned" throughout our lives; how being alive is just a cycle of dying over and over and i know that's not a novel concept but ✋😭✋

i suppose the horror and cruelty is of the past existing simultaneously with the present, and the bereavement — the identity crisis — of knowing you'll never fit in your old skin, in that old world, again. the feeling of being left behind by time, but also how maybe you're the one leaving time behind, by virtue of growing older.

i will never be Flowdia, Seyfried's first love, again. i am Flowdia, matriarch of Armoroad. and Seyfried's physicality represents golden days long gone. the same could be said about Gutrune. how do we reconnect over the gorge that formed over the course of 100 years?

how do we restore the severely misaligned vertebrae threatening to sever nerves?

how do i become Flowdia, Seyfried's first love, again?

// i don't

[anoldwishbone]

ok i'm done for now 😔 the boss is angry that i've put off now ~2 year old to-do's for a second time in favor of old woman angst

[anoldwishbone]

Marty and i have drawn Gutrune like 5 times between the both of us, so could we get some appreciation for these guys :)

[anoldwishbone]

the gardenias are in bloom

nvm this has been sitting in queue for so long the gardenias died back down 🗿 on the bright side the Palawan cherry is starting to bloom for the first time

yay :D

[idyllsoftheabyssalforest]

Prinsesa Gutrune at Donya Flowdia

After living for close to a hundred years, Flowdia still stands strong as a bastion of Armoroad's old guard -- the people who remember its glory days as a jewel of the archipelago. While she continues to guide Armoroad on a path of recovery, very few remember how vibrant the city's matriarch once was.

On the other hand, Armoroad's historical princess Gutrune continues to be honoured with ceremonial representations long after her reign. Interestingly, the figureheads appear to become paler through the years. Rumor has it that the Senatus merely gives young girls the chance to fill out a dream before they pass of illness.

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a very loose, passing idea Marty originally floated in 2022. we stewed in it for a while until we dabbled with the concept again for a school plate, the post of which still exists on the blog but don't go looking for it it's old

it's grown so much since then from the handful of personal pieces we made after, and it's very exciting to see it get sculpted and realized after all this time 🥹 the members of the Armoroad court have definitely become WB's babies, which is a surprise to both of us

[anoldwishbone]

tumblr banned in the country 🧍 wthelly

cancelling my queue, i'm not even done with the next post 😭 i fortunately have access to one last provider that hasn't blocked the site (yet) and i can take the draft down before it posts without me HAHAH

not one to announce, but i'm also on bsky under the same name and will just put stuff up there as i originally scheduled here. hopefully the ban lifts soon though, and i can dump any backlog i may have back into the queue

oh editable posts, queues, media format customization, and tagging system, i will miss you

[anoldwishbone]

just kidding

[anoldwishbone]

tumblr banned in the country 🧍 wthelly

cancelling my queue, i'm not even done with the next post 😭 i fortunately have access to one last provider that hasn't blocked the site (yet) and i can take the draft down before it posts without me HAHAH

not one to announce, but i'm also on bsky under the same name and will just put stuff up there as i originally scheduled here. hopefully the ban lifts soon though, and i can dump any backlog i may have back into the queue

oh editable posts, queues, media format customization, and tagging system, i will miss you

[martilyongabo]

quick update post for myself & WB:

it turns out that several Philippine LGUs have mandated Tumblr be blocked on local ISPs. WB has no access at all, while I currently still have access through mobile data on a specific telecom provider. However, we’re not sure if access will be taken off any moment now, so this is just an explanation for any future absence. 🙇

[anoldwishbone]

mwah mwah motherfucker

[anoldwishbone]

💐 2.14 :)

[anoldwishbone]

finally sat down and chained myself to csp towards the end of 2025 at sumalangit na ako. that is to say it was brutal and i died 💖

thank you for being my muse, beautiful woman in the vase

artist's rendition of the experience

i had a vision, unfortunately i'm visually impaired 😔 the comp gets wack the longer one looks at it but i swear her tail is connected to her body

beautiful woman in the vase 👆👆👆

[anoldwishbone]

'SCUSE ME

[anoldwishbone]

pulling up to the family reunion dressed as my bugs because i am cringe aND FREEEE 🤸🤸🤸

i'm still on self-imposed forced leave but i wanted to journal the wild week spanning christmas and new year, so here's some scattered notes that wouldn't have fit in the tags 🤲😔

ok goodnight 🕳🚶‍♂️‍➡️🕺🚶‍♂️

[martilyongabo]

doodle for the 7th dragon 2020 release anniversary!

[martilyongabo]

"Naaalala Ko Pa" is a story revolving around a parent reflecting on their childhood under the Martial Law era and having a parent fighting against the then-administration.

Tackling the uncertainty and danger brought forth by that era and the notion of remembering the bravery of those who fought for the justice and freedom of the Filipino people.

𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩, 𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝘼𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣!

sharing this since the compositors had to fix some things post-film screening. the gifs above are scenes that i cleaned up! full film is found here below.

@pear-rez was one of my colorists too! please show them some love after this.

[martilyongabo]

decided to upload this for 7th Dragon 2020's 14th anniversary 🫡 i'll probably finish and upload a doodle tomorrow as a proper anniversary piece, but for now i'm quite tired haha.

Niara/Nyala puppet: @anoldwishbone Original MAP Call Song: Great Vacation by Dirt Poor Robins