Mac Draws

30s, they/it. Drawing what I love everyday. Mostly fanart of The Stormlight Archive and The Murderbot Diaries. I’m open to requests too.

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My fill for the @mutualrapport event. My prompt was to explore Murderbot & ART’s relationship in terms of quantum entanglement. My notes on this piece below the cut.

Mutual Rapport AO3 Collection

When two particles experience quantum entanglement, they are linked, no matter the distance between them. From the moment Murderbot steps onto Perihelion’s bridge, their lives become inextricably linked.

For “I hold you in my bones”, I connected the moment in which Murderbot stands in the geodome in Rogue Protocol, in awe of the storm, to its understanding of ART’s powerful and all encompassing presence.

For “Your metal bones hold me”, I show MB floating in space, gazing up at ART’s ship body, as ART releases its pathfinders to encircle MB.

Perihelion is the point of a planet’s orbit in which it is closest to its star, and in different moments, Murderbot and Perihelion are one another’s sun, but they are always close (no matter how far).

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And if I wasn’t careful, I could become a thing again.

Murderbot

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A recent study of mine, looking at using colorful and dramatic directional lighting.

The photo I referenced was from this set by marilartiste on Instagram.

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(Yes, ARTdrone brought Murderbot a Worldhoppers branded parasol because it was overheating)

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My portrait of Secunit Three 🥲🥺

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They told me that the end was near. We’ve got to get away from here

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Rocky and Hail Mary

(Not to scale)

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PHM really got me tearing up while reading the Wikipedia page for rye rn.

Because the name Grace had symbolic significance, I thought Ryland would too.

Ryland means “from the rye land”, so I looked up rye to see if it was more interesting than I thought at first glance.

Rye (Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is grown principally in an area from Eastern and Northern Europe into Russia. It is much more tolerant of cold weather and poor soil than other cereals, making it useful in those regions…

From the Wikipedia page for rye.

It got me thinking about how my primary touchstone for rye is rye bread. Then in turn, bread is often a symbol for life and in the Bible, bread can be interpreted as a symbol for God’s grace. Then with the definitions for grace (ie “god-given help or kindness”, benevolence, or even mercy)…

You mean to tell me, Ryland Grace means “from the land of cold weather and poor soil, the gift of benevolence and life”. 😭

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Some studies of my favorite PHM scene and I’m learning so much about light

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Three, Amena and one of Murderbot’s drones at the beach

MB: Three, why are you wearing sunglasses? Just use your bright light filters.

Three: Query: Define cool.

MB: Fuck you, Three.

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Shallan, Veil, and Radiant (with Pattern but he’s sneaky)

Fun fact: The sky is based on a photo I took from the airplane while flying home from Dragonsteel Nexus last year!

Requested by @papaya-inspiration and @queenfishiethemagnificent

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I’m taking requests and ideas for Murderbot or Stormlight fanart. If there are any character(s) or moments (canon or not lol) you’d like to see in my style let me know.

You can reply to this or drop your idea in my asks or DMs.

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Jollybaby can be a little evil, as a treat.

(Evil Murderbot AU)

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Link in a moment of missing her

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Evil Muderhelion AU concept art

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Pinterest study - loved warming up the tones and figuring out how to render the tulle

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