Evie's Sketchies

Preschool teacher. Married. Follower of Jesus. Until further notice this is a ROTG/The Guardians of Childhood fanart blog.

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I recently started watching Sofia the First and it has become my number one Mood Booster ™ .  Seriously, if you could bottle all the happiness that I get from this show and sell it, no one would ever be depressed.  It is the nicest, sweetest most positive show I have seen since MLP:FiM Season One.  Just, it’s so... uplifting?  Sofia is my new hero.

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“This is not an easy concept to explain without sounding sentimental. Perhaps the old myths and legends capture it best when they say that before being born each soul has been kissed by God, and then goes through life always, in some way, remembering that kiss and measuring everything it experiences in relation to that original  sweetness.  To be in touch with your heart is to be in touch with this primordial kiss with both its preciousness and meaning“ -- “The Restless Heart” by Ronald Rolhieser

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“Inside each of us, beyond what we can name, we have a dark memory of having been touched and caressed by hands far gentler than our own.  That caress has left a permanent mark, the imprint of a love so tender and good that its memory becomes a prism through which we see everything else.  This brand lies beyond conscious memory but forms the center of the heart and the soul.”  -- The Restless Heart by Ronald Rolheiser

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“The conception and birth of a child are a new awakening of the heart, they enlarge it.  The parents are called to grow in greater love and openness, and give of themselves.  The beautiful side of belonging is how it calls forth what is most precious in the human heart.  Belonging is equally beautiful for the child.  She knows she is loved and that she brings joy to her parents.  Her body, her growth, her nourishment, her language and her security all come from belonging.  It is through this sense of belonging that she begins to discover who she is and who she is called to become.” -- Becoming Human by Jean Vanier So I drew this, but all credit should really go to @paterxumbra and @materxnatura.

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@adoptedfearling– I couldn’t resist drawing this, it was such a sweet moment! <3

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Just dropping this here since I posted it on my roleplay blog-- this little fearling is such a sweetie and has stolen the Tsarina’s heart!

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One thing I've always wondered: How do you do your backgrounds, I mean they are amazing and all lit up. In fact your art in general is completely amazing.

Thank you!  This is such a sweet thing to hear!Now, lean in close… closer… closerOKAY SO BECAUSE WE ARE PALS IMMA LET YOU IN ON MY SECRET WEAPONS WHICH ARE picmonkey.com and befunky.comI don’t pay for it, I just use the free options, and if you do too, you too can have LIT UP BACKGROUNDS. 

Go wild!

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Hey Evie, first off I wanted to say hi and your art is always so bright and lovely to look through also, out of curiosity do you have any Nightlight or Katherine Head canons?

I wish I had a better answer to this!  I really don’t sadly.  I have a lot of headcanons about the Lunanoffs, but when it comes to Nightlight and Katherine, I’m so uncreative XD  I just take what Joyce has written and read it over and over like a true fangirl!

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I'm sorry this is completely out of context but since your a follower of Jesus how do you feel about gays?

This is kinda a heavy subject to talk about on my art blog, and I think this ask was sent a while back, but if you are still interested, anon, please message me and we'll chat about it!  This is a very complicated subject that requires a lot more specificity and detail than I can provide here.To put it simply though, Jesus loves people and knows the struggles they face and the battles they endure more than anyone else can.  There are ways he would have them live, but if they choose not to live in those ways, I don't think he gets angry so much as disappointed-- so long as they are only hurting themselves and not others.  I think he never stops trying to help them meet the needs they have, which are the source of their anguish, and what drive them to do things that might not be best for them.  Ultimately, God wants his creation-- human beings-- to thrive, and there are a lot of ways that people chase after things that hinder them from thriving, whether it's a relationship, an identity, a material possession, etc. and as much as God loves them, he would have them pursue Himself instead of those things.  Any time you have a doubt about a particular lifestyle choice, it's good to read in the Bible the kinds of ways Jesus says to live-- if it doesn't line up with his teaching, it probably isn't in your best interest.  If he is silent, then I take that to mean he'd rather you focus on the things he's teaching than on some other question.  Pray, and seek the Holy Spirit, and if you have peace then rejoice about that.  If you don't, keep going to God and asking Him.  I hope this helps!

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We celebrated Dr. Seuss week at the child development center where I teach, and the kids loved the songs from The Lorax so much.  @pixelinkdust said she once googled “How Bad Can I Be?” to use some of the beanpole’s moves for Spark, and that got me to thinking about what she would say to him.  She’d like his song “This is it” but she would HATE his wardrobe later on hahaha

“Too much?” “...you had to ask?  And that’s coming from a person dressed head to toe in spandex.”

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MiM and the Guardians, Face-timing before it was an app.

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A follow up from this post!

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“You’re no good to your brother if you’re dead!” “I was never much good to him alive either.”

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The Star Pilot and the Queen of the Clouds (From ROTG and Over the Garden Wall!)

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I know I already had one side of the living room decorated, and the bathroom walls, but my students had to retire their original copy of Jack Frost and I wanted to commemorate it somehow, now that they have a new one. Remember that time even I thought I was only joking when I said soon my whole house would be covered in Joyce’s art?  So do I, rip me–

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EDIT: Okay, for you lovely people (also known as @anxiety-jack-- REE YOUR TAGS WILL FOREVER HEAL MY SOUL I HAVE NO WORDS FOR HOW I LOVE YOU! and @monsterbrush-- DEAR FRIEND IF ONLY YOU KNEW HOW YOU HUMBLE AND INSPIRE ME!)  here’s how I decorate. I never pay more than ten dollars for anything, so I just have to keep my eyes peeled and constantly keep my aesthetic in mind.  Anything metallic, celestial themed, or aged looking falls on my list, then I have to make sure it fits with the other things I already have; even something nice that doesn’t match has to be returned.  A better item will come along later and it isn’t worth compromising the flow of the aesthetic to keep the other one.  The frames came from Family Dollar and Dollar Tree, ranging between 1-6 dollars (If you don’t live in the US, store names probably won’t mean much to you, but basically I only shop at discount stores.); the mirrors were all from Ross Dress for Less at $8 for three mirrors (it’s a set.) and the ‘it was always you’ panel came from Goodwill for $6, although apparently it was originally from Hobby Lobby and was like 30something, which is NUTS.  At that point, I’d have painted my own canvas if I wanted it that badly, but thankfully I was able to find it for less.  The curtain rod was from Hobby Lobby in their clearance section at $6 and the sash was also from Goodwill for like 50 cents.  The frame for the Jack Frost collage is actually a clock that broke ($10 at Ross, but I do not recommend buying it because it only lasted two months though it said good for a year ;_;) however the frame was nice and could be re-purposed so I held onto it and used it for this. The key is basically being able to find things that match even though they were pre-owned or from different stores and helping arrange them in a way that makes them look as though they go together.  Since I decorate to tell a story, I try to find things that I think look more or less like something I might actually see on the Moon Clipper.  Not everyone uses Home Decor as storytelling, but it’s the only aesthetic I have, hahah.  Then I keep $10 a month or so in my pocket, so that when I find those ‘artifacts’ that seem like something from one of Joyce’s books, I can bring it home with me!  It takes time to get enough things that match to set up a room, so you just have to be patient (and if you are like me, hide things under the couch or the bed until they are ready to be displayed so they aren’t just hanging out all over your house!)  When you go shopping, ask yourself what a character would probably own, rather than just thinking ‘what looks nice or cute’ and that will result in more uniformity when selecting things and will give your style some flair-- at least, that’s what works for me!

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A commission for Frosticeleste of her character Symphony in constellation form and Jack Frost in Nightlight’s uniform.  Symphony is a truly beautiful character inside and out and it was an honor to draw her again!  Drawing Jack in Nightlight’s uniform kind of made my brain do a somersault but he sure looks cute! Commission information is here!

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I know I already had one side of the living room decorated, and the bathroom walls, but my students had to retire their original copy of Jack Frost and I wanted to commemorate it somehow, now that they have a new one. Remember that time even I thought I was only joking when I said soon my whole house would be covered in Joyce’s art?  So do I, rip me--

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“Your poetry is very sincere, Wirt!  I’m sure Sara will want to read these.  They’re all of your deepest thoughts, but put into words!  That’s a priceless treasure.” When Greg and Wirt return Kailash to her Mother Goose, it turns out that Katherine has found something of theirs as well.  An exchange happens, but not before she can give Wirt a literary review.