Cristal's Place

[catsharky]

Another interim comic! With how small and cramped the bathrooms on the SR2 are, there's no way the SR1 at half its size would have had room for more than a single communal shower room. Turns out Shepard and Garrus both just happen to prefer showering at night.

There's going to be a shorter second part to this one, so expect that once I'm done June's Patreon art.

Part 1 • Previous Comic

[dathomirror]

Say it with me, kids. "That shit ain't canon until I see a body".

Repeat mantra as needed

[queerstark]

Side Note To Fan Fic Authors

Here’s the thing.

I read a lot of scripts.  A lot.  From professionals to aspiring writers to complete newbies.  Features and pilots.  Specs and treatments.

And 8 times out of 10 the fan fic that I’ve read over the last, oh, 15 years is leagues better than this stuff.  It’s more inspired.  It’s more compelling.  It’s genre bending and creative and heartfelt.  It’s well-paced and intense and funny and sexy and meaningful.  It’s smart and thoughtful and good.  It’s novel-quality.  Better than, sometimes.

Rare is the script I don’t want to put down, but how often have we stayed up until 3am to get to the last chapter of a 100k fic? And it’s not even a fan fic author’s day job.  This is what they do on the side.  In their spare time.  For free.

So my point is, fan fic authors, you’re good.  You’re good writers and great storytellers.  I know it doesn’t always feel like it, especially if you’re one of the authors who’s not a BNF and doesn’t get the notes/hits that a few do.  And  because some people still view fic as “not real writing.” You guys know the shit that gets made into movies.  You’re better than that.  So be better than that.  If writing is what you think want to do, then just know you’re already doing it.   You’ve already started.

And you’re more talented than you might think.

[magic-can]

2 Sumatran tiger cubs were just born at the Memphis Zoo which is awesome bc they are critically endangered and also I am losing my mind over this image of the cubs and their mom. The babies’ tails make a heart….

[scarygreenlightning-art]

Nihlus and Saren are alive and married and have a cat btw

[silver-jet-deactivated20140129]

Fencing, Scottish style

[docmancain]

I laugh every time I see this.

[buckobarns-deactivated20160718]

all i’m seeing is scotty vs sulu 

[jesterdk]

Hey, I doubt this is of much interest to anyone here on Tumblr, but just in case, I'll share my latest Turian Design Adopt Thingies here, too! If you're interested, leave a comment below or message me on DA, FA, or Discord and I can send a paypal invoice if they're still available!

Now marked down to $40 each chara, payable via Paypal! As Of Posting (May 10th): DESIGN #1:  ~SOLD!~ DESIGN #2:  AVAILABLE! DESIGN #3:  AVAILABLE! DESIGN #4:  AVAILABLE! DESIGN #5:  AVAILABLE!

[supersennturian]

[I'll post this here, just in case. I have no idea which Tumblr people from five years ago are still around, and who among them may have followed me on which page... so I'll spread out!]

[palavenmoons]

Varik and T talking about who knows what while posing because... IDK. That's what they do.

Some love for my old OCS needed to be shared. V and T belong to me.

[keriweird]

I had an absolutely fantastic time painting this Nihlus Kyrik/Athena Shepard commission for the lovely @diaphanouso. Dance lessons under a full Thessian moonlit sky 🤩

Thank you so much for commissioning me!

[spectre-requisitions-exchange]

Did you know Spec Rec’s 2023 collection is open? Have you read or looked at anything in that delicious collection of sweet, sweet rare pairs? If not – or if you want a second look – CHECK OUT THE COLLECTION HERE!

If you want a game to help you find new things to read, we will also be doing commenting bingo cards. If you want one, let us know by sending us an ask!

What’s a Commenting Bingo Card?

Commenting cards are a randomly generated 5x5 bingo card with a free space in the middle. The free space is meant for whatever sort of rubric you want to set, ex: “a work that was gifted to me”, “ a work featuring Tali and a Geth”, etc etc.

The other prompts are different criteria based on tags/attributes of works in the collection, such as “comment on a work tagged F/F”, “comment on a fanart”, “comment on a work featuring Grunt”, etc.

Your challenge is to read and comment on as many as you can to fill up the card, help make other rare pair purveyors happy, and have the Space Hamster smile upon you.

Comment cards come in three forms: safe for work (SFW), not-safe-for-work (NSFW), and combo; you may ask for a card made up of SFW prompts, NSFW prompts, or a card with a combination of the two. SFW cards are generated with prompts from works in the exchange from K-T, and NSFW cards use prompts generated from E and M rated works in the collection. Combo cards use both prompt sets.

These are on the honor system, and are meant to be a spot of fun. The prize is enjoying more tasty works and getting bragging rights if you get a bingo/blackout!

Please send us a message to our inbox and we will send you back a card! Please remember to including what type of prompts you want!

[kasianie]

Hey beautiful people! ❤ 

I have reactivated my patreon and like on ko-fi I will post some of my personal art there but I have also made a tier exclusively for comic strips, please check it out with the link below :) 

- click here for more info -

[catsharky]

An interim comic! Rewinding to the first time my Shep met Garrus while I work on the next part. I'm halfway done the planning stage, but I needed to take a break and do something 'simpler' for a bit (this doesn't have BGs so it counts in my mind ok).

For anyone who doesn't know it, the song in Shepard's head

Also as a heads up, while I generally try to keep Shepard's appearance vague in any comic where I can get away with it, I'll be tagging any comics where she's definitively my Shepard with #SharkyShepard.

Part 1 of my Shakarian comic here

[catsharky]

Part 1/2 of the follow-up to my last ME comic

Posting the first half separately because the second half is gonna have a spoiler in it (plus I'm not actually done it yet)

Part 3

[catsharky]

[Wrex voice]: Shepard wants to f-ck you so bad it makes her look stupid

Part 2

[shibara]

For a while now I've been wanting to try painting over the Pillars of Creation photo taken by the Webb telescope. When I was a kid I thought the earlier version looked like a bunch of dragons racing to the sky, and I think the new pic looks even more like it, so, here they are~

For reference, same crop of the photo under the cut.

[spectre-requisitions-exchange]

Sign ups for the Spectre Requisitions exchange are now open and you may sign up from January 27th to February 11th. You must fill out at least three unique requests and three unique offers. (Requests and offers do not necessarily have to be the same!).

NEW THIS YEAR!

Treats will be considered OPT-IN. You will need to enable treats on Ao3, AND include your preferences for treats in each request. If you do NOT specify treat preferences, we will assume you do not want to receive any treats!

You can use the following template to state your treat preferences: Open to Treats: Yes / No Open to Treat types: Fanart, Fanfiction Open to Multi-recip treats: Yes / No If you are open to all types of treats, you can simply say "Treats welcome!"

We have added a RATINGS box to sign-ups! The box is not mandatory and non-binding but will help with determining who is or is not interested in smut. If you are open to creating or receiving smut, SELECT the "Explicit" option for that offer/request. Please note that this is NOT a guarantee that you will be matched, in either direction, with someone who has opted in to smut; and even if you do match in that manner, you're not obligated to create smut (nor are they obligated to create smut for you).

How do you enable treats? Go to “My Dashboard” on your Ao3 account, select “Preferences” from the sidebar, scroll down to “Collections, Challenges and Gifts,” and make sure that the “Allow Anyone to Gift Me Works” box is checked.

NOW THAT SAID: SIGN UP! SIGN UP! SIGN-UP! CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP!

You can go back and edit your Sign Up Form up until February 11th, 8:00PM EST. (Countdown here!)

How Do I Sign Up? Instructions beneath the cut:

1) Go to the Sign Up Form at AO3.

2) Start writing in the name of your favorite character/pairing from the nominations. Don’t forget to check the spreadsheet if you need inspiration!

3) The box should start to autofill your pairing as you type (if it doesn’t, that is a known Ao3 bug, and if you type it exactly as it is in the tagset, it will accept it). Select your pairing of choice. You can choose two pairings per request, and may have ten requests total.

The two requests do not need to be related; it is simply a way to try to get around the Ao3 restriction of only having 10 sign-up boxes.

4) Decide whether you would like to potentially receive fanart or fanfic, or both. Check the applicable box(es).

5) The RATINGS box on each request indicates whether or not you are open to receiving smut. The box is not mandatory and non-binding but will help with determining who is or is not interested in smut. Please CHECK the "Explicit" box if you want to receive smut; and leave it unchecked if you do not want to receive smut.

6) In the "Description" box, you MUST include: -Any Do Not Wants (DNWs) for the requested relationship(s). We cannot enforce DNWs that are not contained in your Ao3 signup. -Whether you are opting in to treats or not. If you are opting in, you must say which kind of treats you are open to receiving. If you do NOT specify treat preferences, we will assume you do not want to receive any treats!

You can use the following template to state your treat preferences:

Open to Treats: Yes / No Open to Treat types: Fanart, Fanfiction Open to Multi-recip treats: Yes / No

If you are open to all types of treats, you can simply say "Treats welcome!"

You MAY include: -Prompts, general likes/dislikes -- this is used to help your assigned creator know what sort of gift you would most like to receive!

7) Repeat between 3-10 times, as you like!

8) You may write a letter that goes more in-depth and post it to your tumblr, dreamwidth, public google doc, or another platform, and then fill in the URL in the letter box.

9) Fill out your offers. You must fill out at least three unique pairings you would be okay with writing and can choose one or two pairings to fill in per request.

10) The ratings box on each offer indicates whether or not you are open to receiving smut. The box is not mandatory and non-binding but will help with determining who is or is not interested in smut. Please CHECK the "Explicit" box if you want to create smut; and leave it unchecked if you do not want to create smut.

A BIG WARNING ABOUT USING ‘ANY PAIRINGS’: You may choose to offer ANY, but this means you could be matched to ANYONE who has signed up for the archive. Exchange participants beware of this, do NOT pick Any Pairings if you are not up for a challenge!

The only limits we will allow on "any" requests by are the following parameters:

the category of relationship, eg Gen, F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi, or Other: you will get a sign up with at least one request of the chosen category. Can be combined with setting.

the game setting: at least one request will be set in Trilogy or Andromeda, depending or your pick; this can be combined with the above, e.g. "Any trilogy Multi" or "Any Andromeda F/F"

ANY Protagonist Shepard pairing: At least one pairing will feature a Commander Shepard (this restriction will not match Hannah Shepard or Clone Shepard.) You may combine this with a relationship category, e.g., "any Female Shepard F/F".

ANY Protagonist Ryder pairing: You will be matched with a sign up featuring at least one sign-up with a Ryder character (this request will not match Alec Ryder or Ellen Ryder requests). You may combine this with a relationship category, e.g., "any Male Ryder M/M".

No other limits may be selected so chose this CAREFULLY.

11) In the notes, please include any notes for the mods that might help the mods in matching you. For example: "I won't write varren fighting" or "Please do not match me to Councilor Udina". These notes are confidential between the mods and you, and are not shared with your match (or anyone else). You don't have to give reasons; just letting us know what your boundaries are is enough for us to hopefully better match you, and we don't share any information given with other people.

12) Click submit! And welcome to the Mass Effect Spectre Requisitions Rare Pair Exchange!

[spectre-requisitions-exchange]

Last day and a half to sign up!! Come join the fun!

[princesspandi]

Kal’Reegar/Tali’Zorah from Mass Effect got me in my feels