"You're gonna rattle the stars, you are."

elias, 24, he/him! this is my art account, my personal blog is hymn-bo

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This is an OC from a dnd campaign I'm currently writing! Expect MANY more drawings from this universe, ive been having way too much fun writing it!

This is Marionna, she's whats called a HollowFrame, a wooden mannequin with clockwork internals that allow movement. She has a music box built into her that she twirls ribbons to, and she's the main attraction of the circus where the campaign takes place.

Welcome to Cirqumbra, a cirque full of intrigue and secrets, where patrons go missing every so often and something bigger than all of it looms behind the mirrors. Will you dare to enter?

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Hey fellow gays! Happy pride month!!!!

Story time:

Im an almost 25 year old recent college grad who is an artist, a pagan, a huge nerd about musicals, and, unrelatedly, is trans. I've known this about myself for a decade now (shout out to the ten year old TDOV post that accidentally outed me to my parents just a few weeks after I myself found out) and its been an uphill journey ever since.

I wouldn't trade my life experiences for anything, not after the people I've met and the things that did go right. But because I live in Texas, because my parents are who they are, and because I was financially reliant on them up until recently, I haven't been allowed to do anything to transition physically or legally.

Now I'm about to start a new chapter of my life, moving in with my partner and their supportive parents, turn 25 (this Saturday, June 28th! Anniversary of Stonewall, I might add) and work full time to make my transition goals a reality. I'm so excited that after 10 long years this process can finally begin in earnest.

If you have the funds to spare, please consider donating to my top surgery fund. My chest has always been disproportionately huge, and directly contributes to back pain, struggles to breathe, and is a not an inconsequential factor in the eating disorder I've had since the age of 12. Getting these J cups off my chest will be like getting a new lease on life!

Thank you so much for reading, and if you can't donate, please consider reblogging! Every share helps, every dollar helps, every person who reads my story and remembers that there are trans people in Texas just trying to thrive, that helps too.

Donate to Time To Get Something Off My Chest (Apollo's Top Surgery), organized by Robert Lonergan

TW: Gender Dysphoria, Eating Disorder Hey yo! My name is … Robert Lonergan needs your support for Time To Get Something Off My Chest (Ap

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Hi all! My final project for college was this labor of love I spent about a year on. It's inspired by The Ninth Hour (https://www.ninthhourmusical.com/) which is criminally underrated.

Basically, it's a four minute long animated storyboard following Grendel post his final fight with Beowulf. I put a lot of work into it, and so please enjoy!

(Vocal performance by Shayfer James, lyrics by Shayfer James and Kate Douglas)

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Every few years, I redraw Thalia Grace because shes so cool and also a good parameter to see my growth as an artist. Well, the 21st just passed, which is her birthday and also when I try to have the drawing done by, so here we are! My 2023 Thalia Grace interpretation, followed by my previous iterations from as early as 2007 :)

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Now that Thalia’s actor has been announced, I had to update this years illustration of her! Hope you enjoy, I know Tamara Smart is gonna be kickass as Thalia!

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When I have a character I like, i tend to hyperfixate on them. Hope you guys like these drawings in my notebook of my character Pygmalia Mint!

She's an earth genasi battle smith artificer with an automaton named Figment who wears the plague doctor mask. She also has a homunculus named Widget that assembles out of her various jewelry pieces and accessories. Pyg is also an artist, and has a limited homebrew version of color spray where she could shift what earth material her fingers were made of, allowing her to switch colors or ... Pyg Mints ... on a whim.

So what do you guys think of Pyg Mint and Figment?

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Drew these as a thanks to my partner and the DM of the campaign we've been playing for about a year! It came to an end recently, and I wanted to do a big project for it. So these are drawings from that! Our four player characters, our ship, and then the five of us gathered around the table ready to play. Hope yall enjoy!

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I drew this of myself and my partner on their birthday! We enjoy playing Night in the Woods together, so I figured drawing this would be a perfect present for her! He really enjoyed it!

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I thought you all would appreciate the character sheet I made for my beloved Earth Genasi Artificer, Pygmalia Mint. I have a TON of drawings from that campaign which just wrapped up, so keep an eye out for those! Pyg is one of my favorite characters I've made in a long while, and I think you can tell by how overboard I went on her character sheets!

These were her previous two character sheets as well, for reference!

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Every few years, I redraw Thalia Grace because shes so cool and also a good parameter to see my growth as an artist. Well, the 21st just passed, which is her birthday and also when I try to have the drawing done by, so here we are! My 2023 Thalia Grace interpretation, followed by my previous iterations from as early as 2007 :)

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I haven’t posted art on here much lately, but I was served @literallyjusttoa ‘s headcanons and fanart (love the Polldona, art of that likely coming soon) and I knew I had to share my AU of Apollo, Dionysus, and Hermes being a post civil war traveling Vaudeville troupe. This AU has been a pillar of my mental health this past semester in university, so I sincerely hope anyone out there enjoys them as much as I enjoyed drawing them.

Dynamic:

Apollo is a classically trained ballerina from Paris who flees to the US to trans his gender and start a new life. Guarded, hesitant to trust, passionate about all things art and music. Apollo writes the scripts and performs the musical accompaniment during shows. Takes performance and himself incredibly seriously.

Dionysus is a washed up stage magician turned front-man of the show. He always has a giant suitcase bursting to the seams with costumes and disguises, to the point where nobody is really certain that his day to day appearance is what he even actually looks like. He’s charismatic, reckless, bombastic, and the crowd loves him. Also is usually drunk.

Hermes is the behind the scenes man, handling all the business transactions and transportation. Has a history of being a snake-oil salesman, so he knows how to con a whole town and be two states away before they even realize. He’s a gentle giant, speaks deliberately, and almost always comes off to people as unmistakably trustworthy. Gives surprisingly good advice.

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The scoundrels all together hehe

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I haven’t posted art on here much lately, but I was served @literallyjusttoa ‘s headcanons and fanart (love the Polldona, art of that likely coming soon) and I knew I had to share my AU of Apollo, Dionysus, and Hermes being a post civil war traveling Vaudeville troupe. This AU has been a pillar of my mental health this past semester in university, so I sincerely hope anyone out there enjoys them as much as I enjoyed drawing them.

Dynamic:

Apollo is a classically trained ballerina from Paris who flees to the US to trans his gender and start a new life. Guarded, hesitant to trust, passionate about all things art and music. Apollo writes the scripts and performs the musical accompaniment during shows. Takes performance and himself incredibly seriously.

Dionysus is a washed up stage magician turned front-man of the show. He always has a giant suitcase bursting to the seams with costumes and disguises, to the point where nobody is really certain that his day to day appearance is what he even actually looks like. He’s charismatic, reckless, bombastic, and the crowd loves him. Also is usually drunk.

Hermes is the behind the scenes man, handling all the business transactions and transportation. Has a history of being a snake-oil salesman, so he knows how to con a whole town and be two states away before they even realize. He’s a gentle giant, speaks deliberately, and almost always comes off to people as unmistakably trustworthy. Gives surprisingly good advice.

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I made these as a PSA to my design professor

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Finished my drawing final!!

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Another olympiantober I forgot to post!!! My favorite ship: Valgrace !

I got frustrated trying to color so figured it could vibe as is

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Finished the second Olympiantober prompt! Yes, we’re almost halfway through November, but I am not stopping (or speeding up. At this rate I’ll be finished with this prompt list in time for next years to start)

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Me? Participating in Olympiantober while I’m studying abroad in Rome? More likely than you’d think. Yes, this is day one’s prompt. Don’t expect the rest to be,,, well,, prompt.

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My greatest accomplishment in life, you say? Why it would of course be getting Dr. Sydnee McElroy's approval on Twitter