Marta Sebastián Valverde

Concept artist and illustrator https://linktr.ee/diankra

[diankra]

COMMISSIONS OPEN

Hi! I have opened comissions for character design. I you are interested, do not hesitate and contact me!

Portfolio: https://www.artstation.com/diankra

More info and TOS: https://diankra.weebly.com/comissions-tos.html

Mail for contact: [email protected]

[blackheartbiohazards]

People used to comment on web comics.

People used to comment on fanfiction.

People used to comment on fanart.

People used to comment on OCs.

I hate "content" culture.

I hate "consuming content" and scrolling immediately to the next thing.

People used to be excited about the art that other people created.

People used to want to share that excitement with creators.

I hate this future.

[depodraws]

Once someone tagged art that I made with "woah" and I think about it at least once a week. Someone else said "oh neat" once. Someone else WROTE A WHOLE DAMN POEM IN THE COMMENTS. Anyways even just one word can change how someone sees their art. You don't even have to think about it too hard. You could put a keyboard smash and I'd probably cry from joy.

I'm also trying hard to interact more, I understand that it's hard to break away from opening your phone and being in Content Consumption Mode.

[sakichi56]

I honestly hadn't stopped to think about this until I saw this post... I used to think people would get annoyed if they were notified everytime someone posted a comment on their art. I never thought about it being like fanfiction and that they might appreciate comments. Frick, that means I'm part of the problem on here. Thats gotta change.

[gatoma]

Every tag, every comment, every reblog with some kind of reaction/opinion or even just one word. All of these things are precious to creators!

I spent countless hours reading and rereading tags full of love people left under my art. All the people i could gift a laugh to or even inspire with something I made mean more to me then you could ever know.

It's what makes me proud of my art!

And to think that you could have enjoyed my art in silence and I would have never known.

[diankra]

Fëanor

At last I finished a design for him.

Thanks for the wait!

[willgrahamscock]

[diankra]

RE: Letter to a lost friendship

Respuesta al post https://hortus.neocities.org/Pages/Blog-posts/blog-00004

Por alusiones, hace poco volví a pensar en ti. Qué sorpresa encontrar tu página web y que lo primero que apareciera fuera esto.

Me gusta encarar las cosas de frente, sin rodeos. Los juegos sociales, la búsqueda de atención, quedar bien... son cuestiones que no termino de comprender. Ya que empezaste en público, continúo de la misma forma, pero me paso al español para no separarme de lo que siento. Soy consciente de que no voy a quedar bien con esto.

Pero pediste a los dioses que leyera tu escrito, así que aquí estamos.

Yo también sueño contigo. Sueño con todas vosotras a menudo. Sobre todo cuando me consume la ansiedad. Porque esos sueños son pesadillas. No hay reencuentros felices, no enseño mi piso, no luchamos contra dragones ni salvamos niñas. Me hacen sentir de nuevo pequeña, ignorada, a merced de una persona capaz de hacer muchísimo daño y de otras tantas que no lo ven o no quieren verlo. Son sueños en los que grito y nadie me oye, en los que da igual lo que corra, no me muevo del sitio. Despierto entre sudores fríos, agradecida de no estar en ese lugar de nuevo.

No estoy orgullosa de lo que hice. Podría haber explicado mucho más sabiendo lo que sé ahora. Podría haber parado de enmascarar el malestar que llevaba años creciendo en mi interior. Podría haberme ido con más elegancia que un portazo. Tal vez se habría arreglado antes de romperse, pero eso es algo que nunca sabremos.

Porque no va a volver. Nunca va a ser como si no hubiera pasado nada porque sí pasó. Aunque seamos personas diferentes, el dolor que vosotras me causasteis, del que tú fuiste parte activa, no se va a ir. Lo llevo conmigo en mis relaciones actuales: miedo a que se cancelen planes que me hacen ilusión, miedo a expresar todo mi amor por un tema y que a nadie más le importe, miedo a hablar de mis sentimientos y que se interpretan de forma equivocada, para usarse en mi contra después.

Tú también estás en mis plegarias, pero de forma diferente. Rezo por no volver a verte. Rezo, sobre todo, por que no vuelvas a hacerme daño. Y Ellos han cumplido.

Podría acabar quedando bien, diciendo esas palabras bonitas, dulces y vacías. No las siento. La rabia de hace años es la indiferencia de hoy. No puedo decir que te quiero, que te deseo todo lo bueno ni que te echo de menos. Lo único que puedo afirmar de forma sincera es que no te deseo el mal.

Adiós, amigue de antaño.

Adiós, amigas de antaño.

[za-ra-h]

Zuko from Avatar the last Airbender

[hedgehogoftime]

Rereading the Lord of the Rings series recently, and it's so fascinating to me how much the series is a denial of the typical juvenile power-fantasy that is associated with the fantasy genre.

Like, the power-fantasy is the temptation the Ring uses against people It tempts Boromir with becoming the "one true king" that could save his people with fantastic power. It tempts Sam with being the savior of Middle Earth and turning the ruin that is Mordor into a great garden. It tempts Gandalf and Galadriel with being the messianic figure of legend who brings salvation to Middle Earth and great glory to herself.

The things the Ring tempts people with are becoming the typical protagonists of fantasy stories that we expect to see. and over and over we see that accepting that role, that fantasy of being the benevolent all-powerful hero, is a bad thing. LotR is about how power, even power wielded with benevolent intent, is corrupting.

And its so fascinating how so much of modern fantasy buys into the very fantasy LotR denies. Most modern fantasy is about being that Heroic power-fantasy. About good amassing power to rival evil. But LotR dares not to. It dares to be honest that there is no world where anyone amasses that power and remains good.

I guess that's one of the reasons its so compelling.

[badasserywomen]

Im definately not obessed with vi's back at all!

[diankra]

And it is told of Maglor that he could not endure the pain with which the Silmaril tormented him; and he cast it at last into the Sea, and thereafter he wandered ever upon the shores, singing in pain and regret beside the waves.

[diankra]

Self portrait to actualize my profile picture.

[oldtvandcomics]

HEY GUYS!!

GUYS!!!

FRANCE HAS REACHED THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SIGNATURES ON THE CITIZEN'S INITIATIVE AGAINST CONVERSION THERAPY IN THE EU!!

ONE COUNTRY DOWN, SIX TO GO!!

We also need still quite a few signatures in order to reach the one million required.

As to date, the six other countries with the most signatures are:

Spain - 38.72%

Finland - 30.31%

Ireland - 24.86%

Netherlands - 24.15%

Germany - 23.54%

Belgium - 23.09%

So yeah, still a long way to go, but we ARE slowly getting closer. Don't stop now! Don't let this stay within the community, either, if you have any friends or family who are open to queer rights, get them to sign, too!

[thistlearts]

Signed! (Belgium here)

[18thcenturythirsttrap]

In the EU? Please sign and share!

Not in the EU? Please share, for reach!

[eldrtchmn]

me core 🗡️ from insta but I wanted to post it here too

[diankra]

A design for Maglor to accompany my Maedhros

[carcosa-commune]

dream job is one of the Fromsoft women who level the player up. just sit around in a hub being a baddie and scrolling twitter until they show back up and i give them vigor +1 and say some weird vague shit. shift done

[nerdanelparmandil]

I love how the fandom has given shape to Maedhros. He is sometimes gentle, sometimes feral, he is terrifying but beautiful, he is a war general and a politician, he is an elder brother, stern and kind, in some versions he loves Fingon, he loves Elrond, he regrets his deeds and hates his legacy, in others he longs for his parents' forgiveness, he is Fingolfin's friend or rival, he is witty, he is pensive, he is angry and he is desperate, he is hopeful but not for himself, he is proud and he is self-loathing, he feels crushed by responsibility but he grows into his role.

I love reading about him because the fandom makes him so interesting and complex and relatable.

Sometimes I read a fanfic and I'm awed, wishing that I could write a version of Maedhros that lives up to all of this. There are some incredibly talented writers in this fandom and I'm forever grateful.

[dylan-tp7]

It ends now.

[tari-cua]

Maitimo and Maglor who fought with someone...