dangerous blackbird person

21 y.o. they/them digital artist, gay menace, evil elf connoisseur

[as-crow-flies]

Hello, tumblr! 🪶

I think it’s about time I make an introductory post. Here we go:

You can call me Merla!

I use they/them pronouns :)

I’m a 21 y.o. self-taught hobbyist artist

This is an Elder Scrolls brainrot blog. I post a lot about my ocs, and I’m obsessed with altmer lore and tes lore in general

This blog might contain art or/and descriptions of heavier themes like violence, gore, substance use and suggestive content. I do like making my ocs suffer, so please, tread with caution!

English is not my first language, so I’ll probably make mistakes on occasion

Other fun trivia: i’m a pagan, i like birds a lot and one of my hobbies is birdwatching, i can play the piano, my favorite color is mossy green, i’m neurodivergent(obviously lol). im also gay as fuck

No DNIs, if someone acts really obnoxious or disrespectful I’ll probably just block them lol.

Welcome!

[kanafinwean]

coming out as someone who has thalmor ocs (hissss booooo). anyway this is melindwe she's an evil scientist who isn't an altmeri supremacist (flesh is flesh, and all flesh is grass) so much as she simply enjoys playing god and exploiting the ideological convictions of the state she works under to secure funding for her experiments. 👍

[boiledkwamaegg]

Commissions are now OPEN - 3 slots

sixparasites

commissions by sixparasites

At long last, my commissions are open. As I've stated before, I'm taking commission inquiries through email right now for three slots. These are NOT first come first serve. You will find details, prices and instructions, including the email address, on this carrd. (sixparasites.carrd.co)

I am taking inquiries during the 23rd - 31st of March, and the slots will be chosen on the 2nd of April.

Since this is my first opening, I truly have no idea if I have enough interest to even fill three slots, but there's only one way to find out.

I can't stress enough that I still very much live in poverty. Rest assured your money will only keep me well fed. Please don't be shy, come get some art, and share this post if you can! :3

Thank you everyone for sticking with me this far.

[boiledkwamaegg]

I don’t normally do asks because I’m usually too nervous but I’ve been following for a while and just want to say that I absolutely adore Faenil! They’re such a cool character concept!

Thank you! I get asks like these a lot so I typically don't answer them, but I really do appreciate all the love for my OC insanity. Believe me I am also incredibly nervous around people, but I do notice my active followers. This is also a good excuse to post random Faenil doodles I'm too lazy to share otherwise:

[as-crow-flies]

i feel like the world needs to know that a cute creature faenil plushie is a thing that exists. behold

[as-crow-flies]

finally made a sketch ref for them. my evil baby with an unspecified disorder

[as-crow-flies]

she is doing an impression of almighty talos to piss ulfric off. yes, at the literal temple of talos in windhelm. she locked the priest in a closet. and no, she has no idea how to use a greatsword

[tobianidiot]

“Please stay. I don’t want to be alone right now.”

Atypical of me to write a character that can both identify his wants and needs and effectively communicate them to others. But alas, even that skill is not enough to help power through the misery that is Skyrim.

[as-crow-flies]

something something riften and thiefcore vally taking a lil break

[boiledkwamaegg]

the gay agenda is making me do unspeakable things (drag queen faenil)

[as-crow-flies]

love is your greatest weakness

[as-crow-flies]

yeah…i think i haven’t posted anything in a LONG while…so here’s a random ref for a random oc that lives in a Night Of Green Fire setting or smth lol. vea is very edgy and mysterious, just the way i like ‘em

[laurent-hate-club]

NOT DEAD ‼️ Here's a bunch of study drawings that some of my friends were kind enough to let me use their characters for....

Characters belong to @boiledkwamaegg @as-crow-flies @sunlightpassingthroughthewater (x2) @dagothurgent and @sweet-milky-tea705 (in order) pls pls Go check them out they're so cool

[boiledkwamaegg]

PINUP CHALLENGE: BLOOD OF THE DAEDRA

It's Faenil in Dark Seducer armor, covered in blood. What else is there to say? Full version below the cut...

I had to pause many times while drawing to wonder if I was doing too much and if I should just scrap it all, but then I simply doubled down, because idgaf anymore. Faenil is insane so their pinup should be too. I mean literally, they're in the Shivering Isles in this one. I also think Mazken should wear more straps and leather, so that's what I added. The blood was the hardest part to get down, because it's a vital part of the idea I had, but I kept adding too much which made the details look too crowded. I think I got it eventually, but I also made a clean version for funsies, which shall be posted separately.

[tobianidiot]

Y’all ever get really into reading something and completely lose situational awareness?

Like maybe you should’ve kept an eye out for that Thalmor Justiciar you lied to so he wouldn’t find your confidential Dwemer research.

[theropoda]

considering how ubiquitous birds are in altmer iconography i like to think (domestic) birds are a big part of their way of life, replacing the need for horses or dogs and stuff (alongside insects: as a kind of mirror to their dunmer cousins) and i just realized. the altmer would ABSOLUTELY have messenger birds. except, instead of carrying written documents, they carry vocal messages via mimicry. there's the added security too: they only speak their message when they recognize the face of the person the message is for. wouldn't that be fucking cool

[as-crow-flies]

tavern at helgen, 17th of last seed, 4E 201. i sure do hope nothing bad happens

[aerwindale]

Portrait of an Altmer, commission. Done in Rebelle.