Lytta the Bug

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Sheriff Faraday by @lyttathebug (blog nsfw!)

Farady, per the WIP “everybody lives” AU I’m working on. This is what it looks like to tackle a Gatling gun and win! And yeah, maybe a little homage to the old Jonah Hex comics going on in there. ;)

As always, Lytta did a fantastic job, and had spot-on instincts with the colors!

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The New Recruits by @lyttathebug

So this is how the boys turned out in the X-Men RPG @hawthornetaylor and I are currently playing in: Goodnight Robicheaux, thrift store gentry and all around human wreckage, and Billy Rocks, weaponized cinnamon roll. They were pulled from the grasp of your setting-standard nefarious mad scientists by the junior team, and they’re both adjusting to life at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters while coping with their shared trauma in remarkably unhealthy ways. But at least they’ve got each other. Also, if any of my Mag7 mutuals are interested in joining us in this madness, feel free to drop me a line. ;)

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Northstar and Kyle by @lyttathebug (blog NSFW)

Lytta’s birthday gift to me: My OTP indulging in some light bondage/trust exercises. Aka, one of the those moments when someone shows they know my tastes well enough that I just die of happiness a little. <3

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Goodnight and Billy by @lyttathebug

“What you doing there?” “Writing. You can’t read jinseo, so don’t ask.” “That’s exactly why I should ask!” “Goody, what would I write in this book that I wouldn’t say twice to your face?” “Well, if it’s good I want to hear it! If it ain’t, lie to me!” “Just plot the course, Goody. I don’t want to end up lost in Texas. Again.”

An illustration from a little something @hawthornetaylor and I were playing around with, in which Goodnight is a nosy so-and-so and Billy has methods of venting that don’t involve stabbing people. Lytta did a glorious job here, and I <3 them to death. 

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Billy Rocks and Goodnight Robicheaux by @lyttathebug (blog NSFW)

And here I go, inflicting my obsessions on my favorite artists again. These two are from the 2016 The Magnificent Seven remake, and I’m back in subtext hell once more! As always, Lytta did an absolutely fantastic job capturing the mood.

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More of my favorite crack!ship (Northstar and Simon) by @lyttathebug (blog NSFW)

Can’t help who we fall in love with, I suppose. Even if that person is the kind of idiot that goes flying in a thunderstorm…

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Northstar by @lyttathebug

My favorite speedster in a carefree moment. 

As always, Lytta did a great job and I think I may be addicted to their linework. <3

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Aurek, Father of Memory by @lyttathebug (blog nsfw)

Welp, Elfquest: The Final Quest has been a mind-boggling disappointment thusfar in terms of pacing, art quality (at least compared to Wendy Pini’s pre-SatS output), continuity, and characterization. 

One of the casualties to the creative team’s desire to plow under any contributions other artists have made to Elfquest was Aurek’s personality and design from the Kahvi series. We went from the character being a snarky, confident, sexy hermit-wizard to a wet blanket in a sheer nightie. 

Joy.

But anyway. Before I kick this series to the curb, I figured a more fitting good-bye would be getting art from one corner of this universe I actually still had fondness toward.

As always, Lytta did fantastic work!

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Northstar and Kyle by @lyttathebug (NSFW)

When your job is to make your stupid, hot husband look good in the press, and he still insists on distracting you with his stupidly hot self. (And you consider giving in, because fuck it, the bad boy image sells tickets anyway.)

Lytta did great work - freakin’ nailed the expressions. If you’d like a commission, check them out!

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Northstar and Kyle by @lyttathebug (NSFW)

A companion piece to this picture. Apparently wine and canoodling weren’t enough to quite beat back that bad day. Time to progress to stronger measures (though I suspect Kyle’s going to hold out for the nuclear option either way). ;)

As always, Lytta was awesome to work with. You should totally treat yourself to a commission from them!

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The Tattoo (Zevran and Alec) for @raymurata

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Welcome by @lyttathebug (NSFW)

The nostalgia bug bit me hard, so I asked the ever-patient Lytta if I could get a Trowa and Quatre reunion a few years post Endless Waltz. Yeah, I had it bad for the Gundam Boys back in the day, and 3x4 was my ‘ship of choice. I should revisit those DVDs.

As always, great work by Lytta. You should totally hit them up for commissions!

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We’ve Got Paris - art and colors by @lyttathebug over layouts by @nickroblesart

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An epilogue of sorts to Northstar and Kyle’s Paris honeymoon. I felt like they just needed a little more time to themselves than they got in the actual story. And yes, I do love Kyle’s thing about heights. ;)

But…ugh, if nothing else, this proves I just need to bite the bullet and start playing with Illustrator if I’m going to try to letter anything ever.

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New game! Meet Dri’der Tril, my latest D&D character.

Barely-grown, feral-child drow barbarian with no smooth, no chill, and good intentions. 

This will end well!

Art by @lyttathebug! Beautiful work, as per usual.

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Jean-Paul Beaubier by @lyttathebug

A companion to the Kyle Jinadu piece here. Northstar doesn’t even need the tea; it’s just part of the waking-up routine: bitching about the day, breakfast, and then he’s off. It’s not that he’s not a morning person, per se; mornings are fine if they’re something you’re up until, not waking up to! He’s just so all or nothing once he’s down, he’s pretty much needs to pried out of bed.

Mug text is: “Can’t Even Think Straight”

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Jael and Alim by @lyttathebug (gallery NSFW)

The downside of being a melee fighter is that it’s your job to be in the way of the other side’s swords, clubs, and other nastiness. But when the team’s healer happens to be your sweetheart, at least it’s a relatively fleeting difficulty.

Lytta keeps amazing me with this linework. Such a gem!

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Radiant Guard and Spinx by @lyttathebug

The final two members of the Starlight Bastion!

Radiant Guard, team leader and super srs about this whole superhero thing! He’s doing his best to work with his fellow teens without blowing up at them (literally or otherwise).

And the stealthy Sphinx: she doesn’t have powers (she’s not even an actual ninja), but she’s the one most concerned with how they can use their powers to help the little guy.