mcdad arts

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[mcdadarts]

growing pains and dust

Commissions: OPEN

social media: working on it

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during spring '24, i took a medication to help manage an autoimmune condition i have, and i developed neuropathy as a side effect. i've had to relearn how i do art. pardon the growing pains

[steddieas-shegoes]

bear hugs masterpost

read and subscribe on ao3!

art by @mcdadarts

chapter playlists by @vecnuthy

beta read by @thefreakandthehair

september 27th - prologue and chapter 1 september 30th - chapter 2 october 3rd - chapter 3 october 5th - chapter 4 october 7th - chapter 5 and 6 october 9th - chapter 7 october 11th - chapter 8 october 13th - chapter 9 october 15th - chapter 10 and epilogue

[mcdadarts]

let Blades the Bruin wave you into @steddieas-shegoes's bear hugs on ao3. if you like hockey and second chances, you'll love bear hugs

for @steddiebang2024's Steddie Big Bang

[mcdadarts]

hi followers. i've been gone for a bit due to some health concerns. i'm working on some things and hope to upload some things soon

sneak peek: i'm in the steddie 24 big bang, so get excited for that

[mcdadarts]

hey you!

want to help me decide what to start on next? come join me here at patreon where anyone can vote on what i work on

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btw, my ko fi is up and running

and i think my patreon is too

i am also open for commissions. so if you're interested, head here

shop: incoming. it'll be through INPRNT

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Steve and Eddie having a chat after Eddie's come back to the land of the living in @undreaming-fanfiction's Corpse Bride au—With This Ring on ao3.

For @steddiebang's Steddie Big Bang.

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Steve gets a private show from Eddie one night in his dreams from @corrodedbisexual's pacrim AU Love, Drift & Monsters (part of the @steddiebang Steddie Big Bang)

[mcdadarts]

Do you like My Chemical Romance? How about their album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge? You ever heard their song Helena?

Find the full piece here at @mcrerazine's Dream for the Dead fanzine.

Full image to be revealed soon (when I open my shop)

[corrodedbisexual]

Love, Drift & Monsters

A Stranger Things / Pacific Rim fusion

Steddie | E | ~40k | AO3 link

Ranger Steven Harrington, a novice Jaeger pilot at the PPDC base in LA, has yet to be paired up with a co-pilot. Ranger Edward Munson, just recently transferred, has already seen his fair share of combat at the other side of the Pacific. Despite starting off on the wrong foot, Eddie and Steve turn out to be Drift compatible. With the memory of recently losing his previous co-pilot and best friend still fresh in his mind, Eddie is far from the easiest person to establish a stable Drift with. However, Steve is determined to make it work, remaining patient and helpful with overcoming Eddie’s earlier trauma. Day after day, mission after mission, one shared memory after another, they grow closer, eventually developing feelings for each other that are becoming impossible to deny, or hide from one another; for in the Drift, there is no space for secrets. Meanwhile, just a few floors below, in the restricted area of the base, a plan is being conceived. One that involves a young girl who can do the impossible, and might just be the only hope for humanity's salvation…

Written for Steddie Bang 2023 | Updates every Wednesday & Saturday

Artist: @mcdadarts | Art link

Betas: @lihhelsing, @badcaseofcasey

Can't believe it's actually done. This is the biggest project I've ever undertaken, and it's been hard and stressful as hell, but I'm so proud I can finally present the AU that had been plaguing my mind way before the Bang sign-ups started.

Huge shoutout to @mcdadarts for the absolutely gorgeous art for the fic (please reblog it!!!), and to @lihhelsing and @badcaseofcasey for all the hard beta work. The biggest hug ever and eternal thanks to all three of you, my lovely Team Mew, for all the brainstorming help, endless support and encouragement, tolerating my multiple motivation pits and writer's blocks, and all the fun and laughs we had along the way. I couldn't have done it without you guys. ♥️💜💙

Forehead kisses as well to my lovely friend @sidekick-hero for listening to my whining, providing the moral support and cheering me on. 😘

[mcdadarts]

Movie poster edit for @corrodedbisexual's Love, Drift & Monsters on ao3.

Done for the Steddie Big Bang (@steddiebang)

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Here's Eddie and Steve from @corrodedbisexual's pacrim AU Love, Drift & Monsters (part of the @steddiebang Steddie Big Bang)

I had the most fun working on this. Expect more work for this AU.

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Here's two sculpts I did for a concept design class. This is Chainsaw from Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle series

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Here's a lil sneak peek into the next @steddiebang piece I'm working on.

This is for @undreaming-fanfiction's Corpse Bride AU (With This Ring).

Can you guess what's going on here?

[mcdadarts]

My part of the Steddie Big Bang.

Go read @patchworkgargoyle's Steddie (Stranger Things) fic: I recognise you're a hideous thing inside on ao3

Steve figures out something about Eddie here, what ever could it be? Go read and find out!

[thistlemace]

🩸 A Steddie Big Bang Fic 🌙

story by: @patchworkgargoyle || art to come by: @mcdadarts || playlist to come by: @steves-strapcollection Rating: E || Words: ~45k || CW: graphic depictions of violence, blood drinking || Full tag list on ao3! || Posting: weekly Fic title from Wolf Like Me - TV On The Radio Holy shit, it's finally here. I'm not panicking, are you panicking!? I should've announced this sooner but hey, it is what it is!

Summary

Steve and Robin are called away from a party by The Party, after finding a beheaded werewolf in the woods. Not only is Steve a werewolf himself, but he's a Hunter too--part of a lineage of monster hunters trying to keep the natural safe from the supernatural, and in the midst of investigating this murder he finds evidence that points him towards Eddie Munson, recent high school drop out and resident drug dealer. But evidence isn't everything.

Chapters 1 & 2 will be posted around noon PT tomorrow, January 6th!! But in the meantime, here's a snippet...

By the shed, though, two figures caught Steve's eye. A girl with a high, bouncy, blonde ponytail and Carver's letterman – Chrissy Cunningham. He often wondered why such a sweet girl was with Jason, she was always friendly with the basketball team and managed Jason's mood swings with ease, not that she should've had to. But beside her, half hidden in shadow, stood her total opposite.

Eddie Munson flicked the ash from his joint and laughed at something Chrissy said while he leaned against the metal shed with her. The distant fire caught, just barely, on the shine of his dark eyes and the curls of his hair. Steve wondered how he wasn't cold. Chrissy clutched her jacket close while Eddie's leather jacket and denim vest fell open to the cold autumn air, revealing some tee for a band Steve didn't know. He hadn't seen Eddie around since midway through his own senior year, Eddie's second attempt. But he hadn't come back to school after winter break.

The rumour mill churned out every kind of story about it – that he'd dropped out or gotten sick, or he'd died, or he stole a car and ran to the coast (whichever one seemed more dramatic). Seeing him here at Penny's party was surprising, either way. Must be back to dealing.

Steve's gaze lingered. He looked pale, but… good, smiling fondly at Chrissy as she kept speaking, something about the newest cheerleader. He had a dimple in his left cheek when he grinned, just above some intense scarring on his jaw Steve didn’t remember from school, but there was something with his teeth– 

Eddie's eyes flicked up, and met Steve's instantly. Something swooped low in his gut, he couldn't name it but it made his heart kick up a couple beats faster. Adrenaline? No. All the warmth in Eddie's face faded as soon as he saw Steve staring, chased away by a hard, emotionless expression. Catching on quickly, Chrissy glanced back at Steve, then to Eddie again, leaning in to whisper. Eddie kept staring back at Steve, who couldn't look away. He felt pinned, his cigarette turning to ash, and Steve thought that maybe he shouldn't look away, like this was some kind of battle of wills. Robin would mock him for trying to be macho, but he couldn't help it. Didn't want to.

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Here's a project on the prompt 'castle in the sky'