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[battlinghurricanes]

My brain is an endless fount of AUs and I am merely its involuntary vessel. This is because I'm always on that damn "but what if-"

[battlinghurricanes]

Let me out of here

[tyrian-red]

my erotic fanfiction is more historically accurate than yours. here it claims that shes moaning 'yes,' however classical latin didn't have a word that corresponds to Modern English 'yes,' i.e. an affirmative answer to an interrogative. You could have easily avoided this glaring implausibility by allowing her to moan plus, 'more'—as exemplified in my critically acclaimed fic with an unprecedented number of kudos (eleven). I recommend that you log out of AO3 and return only after acquiring satisfactory knowledge of the subject matter.

[mereologic]

classical latin did in fact have an affirmative answer to an interrogative (sic), it's just not a cognate with modern english "yes" which is Germanic. but you probably recognize its modern descendants, spanish sí, italian sí, etc.

anyway how this is relevant to this post is that when Dido commits suicide in book 4 of the Aeneid she says "sic, sic! iuvat ire sub umbras" or "yes, yes! with joy i pass beneath the shadows" while stabbing herself, the allegory of penetration accompanied by shouts of ecstasy leading unto death being an interpretative exercise best left to the reader.

[gajeelenjoyer]

8island Promotional Event - Gajeel ☀

[anak1n]

no rest for me and im not even that wicked ?

[zai-doodles]

hi i totally didnt speed thro this bc i found out its juvia day an hour ago shush--

redraw of a mashima sketch he did in 2012, i kinda tried to go for a traditional look to match his sketch but bc of how fast i had to do this i dont think i did it justice but o well

og under cut

[yoshitaka-koga]

コヨシキリ

[weremars]

drawings of birds

[holythefirm]

“God’s favorite little darling” as your bio when you’re 30…. It should be “if the lord lets me see another day”

[salieri-antonio]

@wolfi-amadeus-mozart

[wolfi-amadeus-mozart]

Hm...I may steal that for my own bio

Danke schön, Herr Salieri!

[salieri-antonio]

... my pleasure. Wolfgang.

[holythefirm]

everyday on here it’s like okay well sure

[victoriantomodern]

Detail of vault with flowers and birds, Archiepiscopal Palace Chapel (interior), mosaic, c. 494-519, Palazzo arcivescovile di Ravenna (Ravenna, Italy) (JSTOR)

[hurricanes-art]

same smile

[haagong]

more girlie pop laxus :3c

[theguildawards]

Term 1 2026 Winners!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the first term 2026 hosted by The Guild Awards! The mod-team is excited to see so much amazing fanwork and their creators recognized, as well as the love shown for this fandom!

Without further delay, here we are!

Winners of The Guild Awards for Term 1 2026

Fanfiction

Best Action/Adventure Fiction : "What it Means to be a Fairy Tail Wizard" by ReaderError72 (AO3)

Best Alternate Universe/Reality Fiction: : "Mistletoe” by @bumblebeehug

Best Canon Fiction:"On the Precipice of Nothing New"  by @pencilofawesomeness

Best Angst Fiction [tie] "Do Not Stand at My Grave and Cry" by @spot-of-tea & "a forged memory, a grain of truth" by @siesporamor

Best Dark Fiction: "Cost of Forgiveness" by serpex (AO3)

Best Drama Fiction: "Death and Taxes"  by crimsonstarbird (AO3)

Best Humor/Parody Fiction : "The Other Four Idiots, Plus a Cat"by @thehylianidiot

Best Oneshot : "i just wanna get to know ya"  by heartvilia (AO3)

Best Character Portrayal: "let the sound of tides drown out your sorrow" (Lyon) by @kna1lgrau

Best Romance Fiction: "If At First You Don't Succeed" by Hey_Its_Persephone (AO3)

Best LGBTQ+ Romance Fiction: "Between Moon and Venus"  by Woethe (AO3)

Best NSFW: "(send all) your sins all over me" by @heartinaheadl0ck

Best Platonic [Roulette]: "Heaven's Court"  by jupitercherrytribble (AO3)

Best Serial Fiction:"from the fires of hell to the stars of heaven"  by @ninjnerd-anaklusmos

Best Ficlet: "light in your eyes" by @raptorbox

Best Completed: "Landslide"  by @heartinaheadl0ck

Fanart

Best Action/Adventure Artwork:"Let Her Rage"  by @moxiepoxart

Best Alternate Universe/Reality Artwork: "texts sent seconds after the team finally gets home at the end of the season" by @hurricanes-art

Best Canon Artwork: "☆"  by @sinkdraws

Best Angst Artwork: "dude can you like, come get ur Knight"   by @phoenix-before-the-flame

Best Dark Artwork : "if you marry me // would you bury me ? // would you carry me // to the end ?"  by @veiledquill

Best Humor/Parody Artwork: "Laxus learning Knight magic !"  by @adleiz

Best Kiss Artwork [tie] : "Happy Valentine's Day from the Laxeel Folk"  by @onyxinkoni , @hurricanes-art& @zai-doodles , & "Cana finally succeeding w/ her crush"  by @moxiepoxart

Best Romance Artwork: "jerza week day 2 . strawberries"  by @veiledquill

Best LGBTQ+ Romance Artwork: "Silly Boys" by @sasha042

Best Character Artwork: "Might As Well Put This Erza Here Too" by @ram1dus

Best Duo/Pairing Artwork [tie] "Grayza Drawing"  by @namizaela & "🎔"  by @gajeelenjoyer

Best Group Depiction Artwork: "Rain" by @uranium-eater543

Best Manga Coloring: "Chapter 516!"  by @vaniliens

Best Redraw Artwork: "Bugs when you lift up a rock"  by @herbarimoon

Best Rarepair [Roulette]: "It Just Looks Really Fun" by @mottolucky

Overall Artwork [tie] : "Please Look At Her"by @morutaesic & "Bathed in the poison --that serves as your weapon."  by @kiliinstinct

Congratulations to all the winners! Your award banners are ready! Please send one of the mods or our ask box your preferred email address so we can send them to you!

And thank you to those who voted for the Roulette Categories for next term!

The Roulette fanfiction category for next term will be: Best Rare Pair Fiction - Stories that have developed a believable relationship between two or more Fairy Tail characters, that have 400 tags or less on AO3. "Believable" is subjective, and it is up to those nominating/voting to draw their own line on that quantifier and vote their "Best." This includes canon universe, AU/AR settings, and crossovers, and can be romantic or platonic in nature. However, they have to have a primary role within the story.

The Roulette fanart category for next term will be: Best Fluff Artwork - A piece that generally has a positive and happy feel. Focuses on cheerful themes and "feel good" moments. Can include a happy moment between characters who have a strong, sometimes romantic, bond.

As this term comes to a close, The Guild Awards will be taking a short hiatus. This time is always spent reviewing the process and seeing what can be revamped for the next term. We also love hearing from the fandom (ie: YOU!) for suggestions regarding any changes or additions.

We will officially be back in business on October 1st! We will still be around in case you have questions or concerns, but please take this time to read new fanfiction and find new fanart.

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As the days draw closer to the start of the next term, we will be keeping everyone in the loop when it comes to changes and updates. Thank you again for making this such a fun experience! See you in a few months!

~ The Guild Awards Team

[zai-doodles]

i never draw for character days so theres a first time for everything ig-

had a v specific vision and had to get it out so have a dragon force kinda laxus

[onyxinkoni]

⚡️🎧🎶

[crunchyncrumbly]

this game made me go back to doing lineart again

[yoshitaka-koga]

カンムリカッコウ

[shirecorn]

How I Study Anatomy

Everyone says NEVER TRACE!! THAT'S ART THEFT! Ok but we can do a little crime in the name of Learning.

Trace to learn, not to earn.

I like to take my own photos, but you can study whatever you want. Link back to original photos, and don't post copied artwork unless the artist is dead, cool with it, or both.

As always with learning, start every sketch with the intent to throw it away (trash for paper, quitting without saving for digital) This takes the pressure off and lets you make Bad Art, which is very important.

So let's make Bad Art of a Deer because I happen to have one handy

Start with a photo of your subject in a nice/neutral pose with all four feet visible. (so not like me)

Freehand copy it. Try not to stylize, focusing instead of matching proportions and pose. Don't get too detailed!

It's ok if your art looks terrible and has broken legs. I've drawn LOTS of deer so I have a leg up. Everyone's art sucks in their own eyes and here's where mine went wrong:

Either lasso-distort (recommended for beginners) or redraw a copy of your first sketch with your reference behind it (scaled to match the main body of your sketch)

Put the original and modified sketches together and compare the differences. Write it down if you want. This shows you where your eyes saw things the wrong size, so you can correct for that next time.

After learning about both deer and yourself, try freehand copying again.

Marvel at your newfound knowledge and skill!

but there's always room for improvement

You can stop here and move on to your real drawing, Or do another freehand-fix-compare cycle. I actually overcorrected my "draws heads too big" and veered into "heads too small."

Another note on tracing: Learning HOW to trace is more important than anything you could learn By tracing. Draw the Anatomy, not the outline. In real life, things don't have outlines, they have bones.

These are from the same shoot which is extra useful for consistency. The lines are minimal and follow where the animals joints are, and only important parts are drawn.

You won't know what Important Parts means right off the bat, which is where in-depth study comes in. You need to do learn the hard parts to do the easy parts right.

Next up: how to study bones and muscles.

[shirecorn]

How to study Bones and Muscles

"Study the anatomy study the anatomy" but they never tell you HOW. It's not "read a book," It's more like flailing around wildly and crashing your browser from too many tabs.

This is going to be about How to Make a bones and muscle chart. Because even if your art sucks, you learn so much more by doing than by seeing.

References I gathered: X X X X X X X X

Get Set up. Get a photo, like above, but it doesn't have to be the same photo. And now... gather reference.

We'll start with bones. Search up "[animal] skeleton" and get photos or super scientific illustration. Add in things like "top view" to spice it up.

Next, search "[animal] skeleton sketchfab." This pulls up 3D models that you can rotate in your browser. Remember that these are art and the anatomy is only as good as the artist, so pick a good one.

Time for bone!

The spine is the most important, and in a lot of animals it will surprise you. Draw it in over your photo and then add spikes because skeletons are punk. These are not scientific and I didn't count them because their number doesn't matter to art. So you better be referencing from scientists and not me!

The rest of the bones and some notes. These are my notes to myself about things I want to remember. My personal discoveries in anatomy that made my art better. You can make the same notes but also make sure you have your own thoughts on there as well. that's how you help yourself the best. Be as detailed or vague as you want.

Same deal with muscle. Here are my personal notes to myself. Label stuff that is important to you. I actually grouped a bunch of muscles together based on what is visible from the outside. Muscles are way more complicated than this, but Baby's First Anatomy Chart gets to be simple.

This is good enough for me because I have intimate knowledge of the other muscles working under and over these ones. Feel free to add as many or as few muscles as you like. You chart your own course.

This is very VERY much not an anatomical chart. I'm sure there's nerds out there pulling their hair out looking at this. But listen, it works for art!

And you know the wildest part about this?

I don't need to look at it to use it. The act of making your own anatomy chart puts that knowledge in your brain. Like how you can make "cheat sheets" even for tests that don't allow them - the act of making the sheet helps you remember what you struggle with most.

And after all that complexity? Your simplification will be based on Real Knowledge and you'll put those random circles in the right spots.

Look at all this hard work you've done. Eventually this will be second nature to you.

Show me what you make! I'd love to see what creatures yall make anatomy charts of.

[shirecorn]

Photo Reference Packs

I put together some photo packs and uploaded them to my gumroad. You can use them and this guide to study! So far there's only a Doe and a Fawn pack, but if I get sales I will put in the effort to do more for deer, horses, cats, birds, and anything else I can point my camera at.

Doe Pack

Fawn Pack

[spirits-of-kin]

Animal Photo Reference Repository

Animal Photo Reference Repository

@animalphotorefs is a great place to get photo refs of many different animals and is in fact made for that purpose! You can freely download the photos, use them in art projects, and if you want to trace them to learn, or upload whatever you make with them, it’s usually fine! The site has its guidelines listed, and anything not stated, you can contact the owner about

[animalphotorefs]

Boosting because this is a great guide on learning to see and draw anatomy.

To clarify prev: if you’re making art or learning to do art or even vaguely thinking about art-like ideas, you can use the repository photos!

As long as you’re not using GenAI for it you can trace, sketch, scribble on, scrapbook, decoupage, satirize, collage, sticker over, sculpt, animate, make cartoons of, paper mache, finger paint, wood-burn, and anything else you can think of with the photos.

The only guideline is for your use to be transformative/derivative in some way: please don’t reproduce a copy of the images without using them in something or changing something or making your own version. An exception here is if you’re showing the references you used alongside a piece - just link back to the site alongside it. You can post your art and sell art you made using the reference site with no restrictions - it’s your art!