Banoffee

23 y/o Autistic, Gàidhlig speaking Scottish Hobbit. Celtic and Scottish history student. Obsessed with ACGAS, TGS webcomic and AMC’s The Terror. My Instagram is @banoffee_draws

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Coming back from the Arctic and suddenly none of the old dresses fit and the borrowed ones need taking in. Frances wishes she could still get drunk

1850s fashion, hello, thank you for your service

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Before they first met, James had just admired Francis from afar, but Francis was NOT in the mood to figure out what that tall horse wants from him

[peatbogpirate]

I’ve had quite a few comments about how I draw expressions & cartoons over the years, so I thought I’d finally put together a little guide of sorts as to my approach when drawing real people! These are not strict rules in any capacity, but hopefully it’s interesting to anyone who enjoys this art style :)

[aenrev]

Happy (?) barricade day!!

This is a last minute art piece😭😭idk if it counts as one, I'm not sure if I liked it or not in the end, but I wanted to make something.

When I have proper time in my hands I shall compensate

[asparklethatisblue]

they made it safe and sound through the NW passage, so I think the Captains deserve a moment of not dealing with the officers' shenanigans

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Francis takes up whittling back in England, and James insists on keeping and using even the early (ugly) attempts

@vandrawsing suggested this concept and I had to draw it :')

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I'm sure dinners with the Erebus officers could be made less tedious with dessert?

[ghostbees]

Terror part of a trade with the fabulous @salazar-bollinger!

[asparklethatisblue]

sleep paralysis demon or the 150 pound ship's dog who thinks he's a puppy?

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It's traditional for polar exploration new year parties to feature the Captains dancing, and drag, and lovey dovey moments

[j-train13]

Astronauts are so funny man. Here's just a couple of things I've found hilarious from this past week of space stuff:

It's probably already been spread around here enough already, but in case anyone's missed it; 7 hours after launch, commander Reid Wiseman, dealing with tech issues, uttered the generational quote "I have two Microsoft Outlooks and neither one of those are working."

After fixing the issues that were afflicting the onboard toilet, mission specialist Christina Koch (who has quickly become my favourite of the four) laughingly said “I’m the space plumber, I’m proud to call myself the space plumber.”

On Easter Sunday, the Artemis II crew hosted a makeshift egg hunt, by hiding packets of dehydrated scrambled eggs around their Orion capsule.

The way the crew always makes sure to make it very clear they're in space when doing interviews. From stuff like Wiseman just hanging out floating sideways on screen or Koch letting her hair loose so it can freely span out flowing around her.

While in transit, the crew decided to record a parody of those bad 80s sitcom intros where everyone turns and smiles at the camera.

When the crew reached the furthest point from Earth in the mission, they jokingly clambored over each other in an effort to get to the far side of the capsule, so that they could individually claim to be the furthest person from earth.

At the same time, on the ISS which was at the time on the other side of earth, the 7 astronauts onboard had a light-hearted race to the far side of the station, making jokes about being the furthest humans from Artemis.

On the way back to earth, NASA actually managed to establish an audio call between the crews of the ISS and Artemis II (where they shared the above info), and Koch called one member of the ISS crew, Jessica Meir, her "astro-sister" as the two of them previously spacewalker together in 2019. Meir then responded I'm so happy that we are back in space together, even if we are a few miles apart" (a few here being 230,000).

While Jeremy Hansen was doing an interview, Wiseman and Koch were just in the background swatting the mission mascot (a little moon plush toy named Rise) back and forth between each other.

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I know dylan Keogh thought (convinced himself) he’d never cross paths with matty’s mum again

That man was 100% serious when he was ‘i like didn’t think of that..’

[thepigeonsart]

Will I finish my degree or will my degree finish with me? We'll find out soon

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Who cares about ladies when there's a fellow Captain to annoy into liking you!

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James has a bit of a nightmare

[jacksfandomrandom]

This idea randomly came to me so I made it into a meme

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One thing I really like about AJW's books is how real and raw the depictions of autism are.

Because autism is not a "different set of abilities," it's not a "superpower," it is a disability and isn't just "haha good at art so creative and smart and trains/dinosaurs are so cool," it can cause dehabilitating sensory issues, severe problems with learning and processing information, and just in general problems that can severely fuck up someone's daily life. As an autistic person myself who only really grew up with the "sunshine and rainbows special interests and creativity and maybe a bit of social anxiety if you're lucky" depictions of autism that I couldn't really relate to (I legit used to have full on meltdowns over brushing my hair cause I hated how the brush felt against my scalp,) it's just really refreshing to see it being protrayed as what it actually is - a disability. It can be gross, it can be frustrating, it can mess with every aspect of someone's life. And there's no shame in that.