e. desmoulins

(mostly) traditional artist, history enthusiast and reenactor | age of sail, assassin's creed, one piece and little bit of everything

[pignk]

[yyyyona]

just Italy, just a sunny day, just peace and quiet

[edesmoulins]

la violencia innecesaria

inspired by francisco goya

[edesmoulins]

you shall come to him, in his flesh, and of his flesh

[dlbn]

disgusting husbands

[edesmoulins]

i present to you an average tes morrowind experience

[edesmoulins]

oh watch on deck oh watch ahoy

[juunipupu]

Knight and midsummer morning Dare to love, dream, and endure despite everything - happy pride and midsummer

[juunipupu]

More detailed discussion under the cut as usual

Tldr; it’s a love letter about queer resilience, and the grit to flower and bloom even in rough condition and spite of everything, in all their beauty!

Midsummer spells: Midsummer eve’s night was/is conscidered potent with magic. There are plenty to choose from, but the ones known by common folk usually are amorous in nature. The one referenced here has multiple variations, but essentially you are supposed to roll around or run through fields of flowers or crop to make someone fall in love with you or boost your luck in love overall! As the piece is called midsummer morning, one can suppose Wreg had perfomed a spell during eve and had fallen asleep - now waking up to a new, and hopefully love filled morning.

Flowers: Wreg has seven dandelions on him, referencing multiple midsummer spells that usually involve seven flowers - they also symbolize hope and strenght. On the field around him are white clovers (good fortune) and lupine (imagination/creativity). All the three flowers are considered as weeds where I’m from, so I wanted to showcase their beauty and resilience againts all odds. Also lupine resembles latin for wolf (And I’m assuming that’s where it got it’s name), and Wreg’s family crest so happens to be a wolf - not to mention his lover’s crest carries a lilac, which Wreg mistook for a lupine and picked him one as a token of love…!

[tabachkova]

masts and sails and waves

[frostedmagnolias]

Ring

c. 1795

Gold, ivory, glass

British

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[dlbn]

some old ac stuff (and my fav oldmen for whom my heart has been aching for the third year now...)

haytham: you're a grown man, shay shay: i've missed you so much... shay: how would you live without me? haytham: with a healthier back, probably

[edesmoulins]

relief

[tabachkova]

27.01.2025

when i start a new art journal/sketchbook i usually make a title page of sorts

[liveblogging-assassins-creed]

I-

Haytham on his way to shove someone into a death laser

[edesmoulins]

luis de córdoba, an exquisite swordsman and a deeply depressed man

(in other words, my blorbo)

[edesmoulins]

oc sketch dump

[mollydewinter]

posted chapter four of the shaytham yuri extravaganza 🩷🩷🩷

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63004861/chapters/163792687

big thank you to the shaythamheads for the love and support....this has to be the most fun i've ever had as a writer

enjoy <3