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hullo! welcome to my general/reblog blog! i enjoy a myriad of things, so expect a buch of stuff from me.

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hullo, ya'll! welcome to my ✨blog✨

i primarily draw and writing things on occation. reblogs sometimes.

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name: Mortus (nicknames and petnames welcome and appreciated)

age: young adult (November 4th)

pronouns: all

rainbow: queer! (in love with a toster and a chocolate kiss)

favorite animals: sloths, chickens, cats, bats, snakes, and aye ayes :3

favorite quotes:

"No matter how ridiculous the odds may seem, within us resides the power to overcome these challenges and achieve something beautiful... and one day we will look back at where we started, and be amazed by how far we've come" -Technoblade

"I don't need you to respect me; I respect me. I don't need you to love me; I love me. I just want you to know you can know me if you change your mind." -Steven Universe

favorite color: green

favorite genera: for music, indie folk. for novels, scifi or fantasy. for movies, everything. (i really love movies)

favorite art supplies: pen, but i also enjoy multimedia! i also use a wacom tablet with ibix paint x.

digital or traditional: digital, primarily. i do sone tradiational art, but rrally prefer working on my tablet.

fandoms (that i may occasionally do art for):

Undertale/UTMV

Hermitcraft

Just Shapes and Beats

Cult of the Lamb

Studio Ghibli

Norse Mythology

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feel free to chat with me and stuff. i'm willing to beta read most anything and help out wherever i can, within reason of course. i'm a generally friendly, although a wee socially awkward, person. tone tags are appreciated. my asks and dm's are most usually open, so feel free to hit me up!

please dni if you plan on starting an issue. i will not tolerate bigotry for any reason. i am open to discussions about most anything, but don't just argue to make a fuss please.

feel free to dm me with any questions, comments, or concerns! i'm more than happy to chat or have a discussion. :) /genuine

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my tags:

#mortus draws for my art stuffs

#mortus writes is for all the fics i'll never finish

#mortus tagents is for any random, rambly posts about whatever

#mortus reblogs for my reblogged stuff

#mortus answers is for answering asks, of course!

[hiramslodge]

does your car have a name ?

yes (please tell me what it is)

no (why not?)

Voting ended onFeb 23

if you don’t have a car your alternate form of transport can count too !! please tell me your bike’s name

[chandra-telescope]

hope is a skill

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

hope is a weapon you are trained to wield

[chandra-telescope]

favourite additions

[chandra-telescope]

[tenaciouswritingdragon]

You cannot hide this in the tags, bestie. This is too lovely to keep a secret.

[wonderwyrm]

[scrmnviking]

Theodor would approve.

[random-entity-636]

If D-Structs were to get a redemption arc, I want him to slowly and agonizingly crawl through restitution, accountability, responsibility, and trying, and failing, to fix the damages he caused.

I want him to truly look at the Trux he had hurt, feel the unbearable weight of guilt and regret that he never experienced before, and be CRUSHED by it. I want him to do good deeds, either by force or choice, and each time he does, he has to grapple with the voices in his head telling him that he is still the monster he used to be, and he will never be anything more than that.

I want him to rescue Trux in situations where he recklessly and unnecessarily sacrifices his metal parts as an unhealthy coping mechanism for his extreme self-loathing.

[arahir]

i just can't convey the frustration and sorrow that it's been to grow up at first without the internet and then watching it bloom into this useful, fun, connecting force you sometimes spent time on, only for it to degrade into this constant oppressive waste of time and energy where people are constantly pumping out algorithmically designed content for max algorithmic appeal and even the most simple search generates either no results or an infinite abyss of ai generated slop none of which is usable or correct. we briefly had a library of alexandria and then fed it into a paper shredder so advertisers could sell a random mash of pulp back to us at a premium.

[alteredpanel]

why do you draw?

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i've been thinking about CofL. specifically the Goat and Lamb. ideas are bouncing around.

(they're unfinished, but i'm not quite happy with their designs or the drawing itself. expect an eventual redraw.)

[thecollectibles]

Photo studies by Colin Geller

[multikailaa]

It sucks how dinotrux is so underrated. Like it’s so well thought out and nobody knows it like look at the concept art 😭😭

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2025 Art Recap! ✨

(descriptions and links under cut)

Jan: An unfinished drawing of Tiny Tina in front of a fire, created for my mum as a background for her work computer.

Feb: Two of my oc's from the SCP Foundation: Sean, who has gravity manipulation abilities, and Evelyn, his caretaker and a child psychologist.

Mar: Mumbo and Grian! They're exiting from some weird portal -- wonder what that's about.

Apr: An art trade I did with @/kora-kat.

June: A drawing of my interpretation of the Norse sun godess Sunna.

June II: A drawing of @/denieatsart's artfight critter Faun.

Jul: My complete artfight character line-up!

Aug: Another entry from the SCP Foundation: that is (on the left) Dr. Zeta, a character of @/astrofishassist's, and Dr. Beatrix, my own character.

Sept: Another Norse god interpretation: Loki, god of mischief.

Oct: A piece from Inktober tale. (Which I didn't finish due to mental health, unfortunately.)

Oct II: A complete redesign for my character Chiara Corvus

Dec: A redraw of a few character I made in 2021. I also redraw this last year.

Dec II: Finally, my entry for ArcticFight! A Banquet in Spiced Berry.

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A Banquet in Burgundy

(ref, line art, and prompt/pallet underneath)

[theblogginggoth]

By Czeck writer Karel Čapek, inventor of the term ‘robot’ as well!

[nadiacreek]

This is one of my husband’s favorite short stories. He quotes it from memory. I’m pretty sure he can recite the entire thing from memory.

[elodieunderglass]

This is a tremendously impactful short story and every time I see it, it serves as an excellent reboot button for my state of mind.

[roundabout-declarations]

poem i wrote for @montereybayaquarium and @mbari-blog's winter art theme. (day 11's theme was precious, which is exactly how i felt about these kids.)

full poem text underneath the cut.

based on my very real experience of working at an underfunded elementary school and being the under-trained lead teacher for a week while they learned about the ocean.

Whale fall Room 303 is learning about the ocean

I'm reading them a book about whale fall

They listen, rapt, eyes wide and mouths

open like so many gasping fish

"Ew" and "Gross" and shrieks ready behind

the ridges of their gums

But they refrain, for now,

Too entranced by the cycle of life

The cycle of death

The cycle of nourishment

A closed loop, a noose, an engagement ring,

the rotating plate of a microwave  

Room 303 goes to recess

I watch over them and wonder

If they know they're dancing in whale fall

If they know how thoroughly they may be failed

If they do not learn to sustain themselves on scraps

Life flourishes, in the deepest oceans, in the coldest climates,

in the ribcage of the whale, in the belly of the beast

Life can flourish here, too

That's what I tell myself

  The children of Room 303 will feast one day

They will inherit the earth in a state unfit to be passed down

They will rage and resent and renew

And I will regret, already do

regret, not serving them as an anchor longer

For rusting all the way through  

The children of Room 303 do not belong there any more than I did

May they be guided by their own light

May they wield their bioluminescence with conviction and joy

May they grow into a thousand forms that have yet to be discovered

But for today, let them dance in the whale fall

Let them think this is all the world is

And find peace in ignorance of abundance

And find joy in the taste of what trickles down to them

[indoorscreamingvoice]

transmasc chests for a queer art show!! the higher saturation yellow makes them look golden hehehe <3

[guiltrose-deactivated20180203]

do me a solid and just reblog this saying what time it is where you are and what you’re thinking about in the tags.

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i did art! look at these little guys!!

(this is actually a redraw; check out the other versions from 2024 and 2021 below.)

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Day 4 - Gashapon

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