art and fic by velificantes

An archive for my fic and graphic works as well as inspiration for works in progress

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m o n s t e r

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wip projects: king night (bruce/blake, selina/blake, selina/bruce) - in a city built on rot and decadence, the line between the monsters and those who hunt them grows murkier by the night.

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lineart of older arthur in the second chapter of these lips in holy silence sealed

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I breathe you in as if you were, rose, all life itself

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snippet of red in tooth and claw, the second installment of @grizzly-bear-bane and my viking werewolf series:

The lingering scent of the wildflowers that grew from Frigg’s Root was so strong Johann previously had to be seated while he chewed it. A month had gone by since he discovered he was with child and now he was better able to withstand the onslaught of dizziness.

Astrid tsked, dipping the pointed end of her raven’s feather in the bowl of black woad. “Alpha Johann, if you persist with this fretfulness we will have to start over.”

“My apologies Astrid. There is much on my mind, much left to do…”

His omega servants were impressing an image of Yggdrasil onto his belly, which had yet to swell substantially as he was still early with his litter. It would not remain on his skin permanently like his other marks, rather as his pregnancy progressed it would fade until such time after he bared his litter and would then be able to wash it off.

This was one of the oldest traditions for packs. As Johann was to be the first omega pack alpha, he had been tempted to forgo the ritual to distinguish himself. His vǫlur he kept in confidence had pressed on insistently in convincing him to do otherwise. A head pack omega must always bear the mark of Yggdrasil for their first litter, else bad fortune was sure to fall on all the fertile omegas under their liege.

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I know she is fierce. She has survived assassins and conspiracies and fell sorceries, grieved for a brother and a husband and a son, trod the cities of the slavers to dust beneath her dainty sandaled feet

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drawings of Artur and Johann Greystorm for @grizzly-bear-bane and my Viking Werewolf series

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Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave. 

AU MEME: On a long-con in Basin City, Eames finds his objective and focus in murky water due to a couple of notorious twins. 

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A self deprecating internet commentator once announced that, contrary to the biblical quote, it would be ugly people who would inherit the Earth. No one ever said whether we would want to be saddled with a rotating junkyard orbiting the sun. And that’s exactly what Earth was these days, now referred to by a much more fitting moniker: Dregs.

Original Verse Aesthetic Series- DREGSLAND

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We’ve got to lay it out for you honestly, cause there’s a whole ‘nother manner of fuckery about to go down. And if you’re going to buy the fool’s errand we’re about to embark on, the cogs and the players, it's important for you to realize we’ve got no stake in lying to you. So no matter how weird things get, this ain’t a tall tale situation.

Original Verse Aesthetic Series- RED VIPER: HELL’S HINGES

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longshot wips

Going through my sideblog carnographic is a tad bit discouraging, realizing there was a point in time where my mind seemed to be bursting at the seams with potential new aus. but it makes sense in a way, that was when i was first dipping my toes into the inception fandom, and as the years have passed, my creative investment has waned (though not vanished entirely). Nevertheless there are a few stories i started writing but have since lost touch with that i thought were pretty special. i consider my chances of finishing them a longshot. they are as follows the piper at the gates of dawn: Walking alongside the highway, Robin’s only thought was “I need to get out of here”. It didn’t matter where he ended up, so long as it was far away from Alabama. He didn’t expect to wind up in a place he could call home, when home had only ever meant a cage to him. This was a 1960's Dark Knight Rises AU where John flees from a hyper conservative christian cult in a southern bible belt town and ends up on a hippie commune, where a section of its members are plotting for radical revolution. In it Bane has gigantism and John has been forcibly castrated. supermassive pasiv world: As far as missions go, their objective was pretty straightforward: explore known extraterrestrial worlds and document species in the interest of furthering knowledge. Ariadne was still trying to figure out why they were engaging on some hyper-manic version of a wild goose chase instead. I dubbed this verse "HyperFemme" verse, inspired by binge watching James Bond movies followed by Alice in Wonderland movies. In it scientists Cobb, Nash, Ariadne, etc, crashland on a colorful, cartoonish, but seemingly harmless world. In order to have their ship repaired must endeavor to find the thief Arthur BlueBuns for Mr. Eames. It's a dark comedy in which the humans are actually going on an elaborate grocery shopping trip with themselves as main course for a feast. I even have manips of a few of the characters, but I'm not sure the world is ready to see them lmao we ain't going to the church tonight:  It's 1987 and Eames has found himself somewhere halfway between the Bible Belt and a hellhole. This was going to be my attempt to make a musical/song fic, that was hopefully just as fun as it was self-aware. In it Eames is looking to turn his life around by following in his father's footsteps and becoming a priest. On their drive through southern United States however they end up in a car crash and Eames awakens to find himself in the town of Virgin Spring Alabama, where everything seems more than a little off. I even had an elaborate scene planned where a group of nun's kills a bus of homophobic football players and bakes them into pies to the tune of "it's raining men" haha

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If a woman approaches any beast and lies with it you shall kill the woman and the beast.

wip projects: and the woman clothed with the sun (talia/bane, talia/bruce) - Born in darkness, hardened by pain, Bane and Talia find the light of the outside world cannot chase away the blackness in their hearts.

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A fancy costume doesn’t make you a warrior, little girl. 

DC Fancast: Nadine Njeim as Talia al Ghul

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More often than not I’ll crack into a sprawling fantasy series and, while I appreciate the luscious descriptions of furniture, landscapes, and clothing, all I’m focused on is that I don’t actually know how this world works. I only know what it looks like.  

Including some functionality to your universe can add to immersion and give your reader a strong foundation on which to build their mental model of your universe. 

You certainly don’t need to use all of these questions! In fact, I recommend against that, as all of these certainly won’t make it into your final draft. I personally find that starting my worldbuilding off with 5 to 10 functional questions helps pave the way for glittery and elaborate aesthetic development later on.

How is the healthcare funded in your world?

How does healthcare functionally differ between the wealthy and the poor? (i.e. can only the wealthy go to hospitals? do poor families often have to rely on back-alley procedures?)

Where are health centers (i.e. hospitals, small clinics, etc.) organized in your cities?

Does it differ in smaller towns?

How does this affect people’s ability to get healthcare?

Is healthcare magical, and if it is, how does that affect the healthcare system? 

If healing is instantaneous, how does that affect people’s views on injury, illness, and chronic ailments?

If you have both magical and physical healthcare, which one is deemed superior and how does that affect society? 

What illnesses are common in your world? 

How does this affect daily life? 

What do the people in your world think illnesses are? 

Is it a miasma theory? 

Humor theory? 

Demons? 

Do they know about biological viruses and bacteria? 

How does this affect healthcare?

How do people get water? 

Is the water sanitary and if not, how do they sanitize it?

How does agriculture work? 

Is it large corporations or individual farms?

What sort of agricultural technology exists in your world and how does it affect food production?

Are farmers wealthy or poor?

What sort of natural resources does your world/country(ies) have and how are they obtained?

How does this affect the average wealth of the country?

How does this wealth affect the culture? 

What livestock or beasts of burden are most valued? Least valued? Why?

What is considered a luxury good vs. a regular good?

What forms of transportation does your world have?

What classes use what forms of transportation?

How far has the average citizen traveled, given your transportation limitations?

Which cities are the most accessible and which are the least? Why?

How do popular transportation methods change how cities/towns are laid out?

Does your world have public transportation? What is it?

Is there a coming-of-age aspect to travel?

Describe your world’s postal system or whatever equivalent there is. 

Who pays for it? 

How reliable is it? 

Are there emergency methods for transporting information?

How does your world keep time (i.e. watches, sundials, water clock, etc.)?

Does your world have a currency system, barter system, or something else? 

If you have multiple countries, do different currencies have different values across said countries?

How does this affect travel?

Do you have banks in your world and if so, how are they run?

Who owns the banks? Government? Wealthy? How does this affect the economy and/or class system?

How does credit operate in your universe?

Does your world operate more on big corporations or small business? Something in between?

How are workers/labourers treated in your world? 

Are there workers unions and if so, what are common views on unions? 

Describe your tax system. If you don’t have a tax system, explain why and how your world is affected by that. 

Can certain social classes not own property, certain livestock, certain businesses, etc.? Why?

How are business records kept? Are business records kept?

If your world has technology, does your world prioritize developing entertainment tech, communications tech, transportation tech or something else entirely?

What does this say about your world?

How does this affect your economy?

To the closest approximation, what type of government does your world have? 

How are rulers/presidents/nobles put in place? 

How much power does an individual ruler have? 

Is there a veto process? 

If you have multiple countries, do they have different types of rulers?

Describe any large-scale alliances (i.e. countries, factions, etc.) that are present in your world. 

How did they come about and how are they maintained? 

Are they strained or peaceful? 

How does it affect the greater politics of your world?

Describe how wars are fought both internationally and nationally. 

Do methods of war differ between countries/races? 

What about philosophies about war?

If there is a military, what is its hierarchy structure?

How does the military recruit?

Is the military looked upon favourably in your society?

What weapons are used by each country/type of people during warfare, and how does that affect war strategies?

Describe the sentencing system of your world. 

Is your accused innocent until proven guilty, or guilty until proven innocent?

How are lawbreakers punished? 

If you have prisons, describe how they are organized and run, and who owns them. 

Does differing ownership change how the prisons operate?

What are the major ways in which laws between countries vary? 

Do laws between cities vary? If so, how and why?

How does citizenship work in your world? What rights and privileges do citizens have that others do not? 

Can certain classes or races not become citizens?

Are there certain taboo subjects or opinions that artist/authors/musicians are not allowed to depict (i.e. portraying the official religion in a negative light, explicit sexual material, etc.)? What does this say about your society?

How do people get around these censorship laws?

What is the official hierarchy of duty in your world? (i.e. is family the most important, or patriotism? What about clan?)

How many languages are there in your world, and how many languages share a common origin? 

How many people are multilingual? 

Which language is the most common?

How is multilingualism viewed?

How are different languages viewed? (i.e. is one language ugly/barbaric while another is romantic and sensual?)

Feel free to add your own questions in reblogs or in comments!

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let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone

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I will dream of you tonight

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the oncoming storm…