is that art or can i throw it away

sunny | he/him | header by @dykedva | [icon ID: a brown man with long white hair sits in dappled sunlight. header ID: watercolor flower arrangement on top of the nonbinary flag, end IDs]

[paintedsunshine]

“Oh, just,” she doesn’t stop giggling, “in certain cultures, this could be seen as a marriage proposal.”

“What, us nearly dying in a fucking barn fire?” William manages.

“No, silly,” Margaret grins and looks back upon the flames. “Setting a fire together.”

[paintedsunshine]

woagh color theory real

[Image Descriptions:

The first image is a red monochromatic sketch of the Black Lily Margaret, from the bust up. Margaret is a woman of color, with long brown curly hair and brown skin, but for this sketch her hair is bright red, and her skin is a reddish/orange-ish brown. Margaret is looking over her shoulder directly at the viewer. Highlights are done in a bright orange, shadows in a dark green-ish brown. The background is solid red with rays of thin yellow/orange lines.

The second image shows the color palette used. Two rows of nine solid colored squares read various shades of Orange, Red, Yellow, Brown, and so on.

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[paintedsunshine]

two guys getting their portraits taken at the red feather academy graduation ball who are definitively married for realsies and didn’t only just meet yesterday in a dingy bar where on of them was drunk and despondent over his chosen life path and how he didn’t get a date for the ball and the other saw a chance of finally breaking their curse and swooped in to pull the ultimate heist. couple goals etc. pp. show us your honeymoon pics already

everyone should play Eyes on the Prize by @iraprince actually it’s such a good game!!

In Eyes on the Prize, you are troublemakers. Maybe you don't think you are -- maybe, to you, your most unfortunate and ludicrous circumstances are no fault of your own, and it is only an additional misfortune that you've been driven to such lengths -- but the fact of the matter is that, when all is said and done, you need your situation upended so badly that you've ended up fake-married about it. So it goes! Unfortunately for you, there's nothing more appealing to the rumor-mongers and scandal-hobbyists of court society than an unusual marriage. If the two of you want a chance to meet your goals, you'll have to play your parts, and you'll have to play them immaculately. Get your shit done, don't get caught, and absolutely, positively do not fall in love for real. That would be so fucking embarrassing.

Cirrus (belongs to @aenthroppe), the problematic little red feather officer who didn’t really want to be one in the first place but doesn’t have the guts to chicken out is on the right, and Orion, who was stupid enough to hunt in the forest queen’s woods and got subsequently turned into a changeling (a quail c: ) as punishment, is on the left :)

[sunsorbit]

can’t easily log into my art tumblr rn so have these two married fools over here :)

[paintedsunshine]

not pictured: husband being silly off screen

[Image Descriptions: two colored sketches of the Black Lily Margaret, in a 1/2 facial view. She is looking to left. Margaret is a dark skinned woman of color with long brown curly hair. She’s wearing a blue headband. In the first image, Margaret’s lips are parted, her expression open and curios, in the second image she is smiling, wide, her teeth showing. The background in both images consists of blurry smudges of greens and blue little flowers and leaves. End IDs]

[mosswolf]

the wonderful @paintedsunshine drew cassida branwell unwanted daughters and just look at her :') my girl!!! my doctorwitch!!!! aaa!!!

[paintedsunshine]

[Image Description:

A colored sketch of the Doctorwitch Cassida Branwell. Cassida is fair-skinned with chin-length curly blond hair and hazel-green eyes. She is wearing a pointed dark green witch hat that has some small plants and flowers tucked into the trim, and a blue robe/cardigan with faint wonky circles on it. The background is off-white with a repeating scribbly star pattern.

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[paintedsunshine]

this was supposed to be a quick lighting study and somehow turned into a 10hr kim painting

[Image Description:

A digital painting of Kim Kitsuragi from Disco Elysium. Kim is a middle-aged light skinned mixed east Asian man with neat, short, slightly graying and receding black hair and a short pencil mustache. He wears round black rimmed glasses and deep black slacks with a matching dress shirt that bears two reflective halogen patches — a rectangular one on his upper right chest, and a singular thin circular band around the right wrist cuff. These are the RCM’s halogen watermarks, indicating the rank of Patrol Officer.

Kim sits in chair in 3/4 profile with his legs crossed and his hands folded and interlaced above his stomach, right elbow resting on the surface of a desk. The desk’s surface is a dully reflective black; on it are an open thin folder with paperwork and a mug with a black number 57 on it.

The painting is stylized with heavy brushwork and textures. Kim’s sharp features are accentuated by bright rim lighting; his skin is stylized with odd colored shadows and highlights, as is the cup on the desk. The background is different shades of green, orange, with strokes of red, yellow, blue and pink in an abstract painterly style.

In the lower left corner is the artist’s signature in green.

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[paintedsunshine]

two maggies and a sleepy trav

[Image Description:

Three digital sketches, two of Margaret, one of Travis Matagot from the Campaign Skyjacks podcast.

Margaret is a young woman of color with long curly hair, Travis is a young East Asian man with shoulder length hair. Margaret is drawn in pink, Travis in blue.

The first sketch is on the top left. Margaret smirks, looking to the right with her head cocked, one half of her curly hair covering her face.

The second sketch is on the top right. Travis has his right cheek resting in his hand. His head is angled toward the left. His eyes are closed. Next to his his head are little “zzz”s that descend in size, implying he is asleep.

The third sketch is on the bottom. Margaret looks to the left, grinning with her lips parted. She’s resting her chin on the back of her hand. Her hair covers most of her shoulders and neck. Next to her head on the left an implied speech bubble with hand-drawn letters and little hearts reads: “Oh, is that so, Mister Matagot?”

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[paintedsunshine]

theres also these little bonus maggies :)

[Image Description: a screenshot from procreate showing two more digital sketches of Margaret. In the left one she is smiling with a slightly open mouth, looking off to the left. In the right one she seems to have moved slightly; her head is cocked and she is looking directly at the viewer, lips parted, one brow lifted. On her neck is the tattoo of a lily. End ID]

[paintedsunshine]

two maggies and a sleepy trav

[Image Description:

Three digital sketches, two of Margaret, one of Travis Matagot from the Campaign Skyjacks podcast.

Margaret is a young woman of color with long curly hair, Travis is a young East Asian man with shoulder length hair. Margaret is drawn in pink, Travis in blue.

The first sketch is on the top left. Margaret smirks, looking to the right with her head cocked, one half of her curly hair covering her face.

The second sketch is on the top right. Travis has his right cheek resting in his hand. His head is angled toward the left. His eyes are closed. Next to his his head are little “zzz”s that descend in size, implying he is asleep.

The third sketch is on the bottom. Margaret looks to the left, grinning with her lips parted. She’s resting her chin on the back of her hand. Her hair covers most of her shoulders and neck. Next to her head on the left an implied speech bubble with hand-drawn letters and little hearts reads: “Oh, is that so, Mister Matagot?”

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[paintedsunshine]

“Yet birds, given feathered wings with which they already sail the skies — birds dream of flying.”

“Some birds don’t.”

“No, some birds don’t.”

+ the fic this scene is taken from

[Image Description:

A digital illustration of Morpheus, Dream of the Endless, lying on his back in the grass in dappled sunlight, a raven on his chest, wings spread. The viewer sees them from above through foliage. Dream is a very pale white man (/anthropomorphic personification) with messy, short-ish, jet-black hair. His eyes are closed and he is smiling very faintly. He is nude, some leaves placed strategically over his groin. His left arm is placed around the raven, touching their back with his hand, stroking through the feathers. In his other hand he holds a black feather. The raven is a large black bird with a faint iridescent shine on their plumage. Their head rests slightly against Dream's chin, their eyes are closed. Their wings spread past Dream's chest, shoulders, and upper arms.

The grasses in the background are depressed, a brown book lies with the open pages to the ground next to Dream's head on the left. The title is blurry, but reads "woolgathering". Blurry purple and pink flowers grow in the grass.

The portrait is framed by white, messy lines.

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[paintedsunshine]

his mama was a friend of mine / and this boy was a muse's son / on the railroad line on the road to hell / you might say the boy was touched / 'cause he was touched by the gods themselves!

give it up for Orpheus!

[Image Descriptions:

Image 1: A digital drawing of Morpheus, Dream of the Endless, cradling a very young baby, swaddled in a piece of black, starry fabric. Around them swirls the cosmos, colorful stars in the deep black void. Dream is a very pale white man (/anthropomorphic personification) with jet black, short-ish hair. He is slightly hunched over and looking down at the baby with a vulnerable, almost star-struck expression. He is shirtless, the painting cutting off above his hip. Dream has both arms securely around the baby, one hand supporting their head, the other their legs. The baby is light-skinned with short, brown hair, and is looking back up at him, one arm slightly outstretched toward him.

A golden-yellow glow hits Dream's hair, face, chest, and arms, making it seem like it is radiating from the baby he is holding. The baby themself is not glowing.

Dream (but not the baby) is stylized heavily and messily with very colorful brushstrokes, shadows in dark blue, purple, magenta and the occasional turquoise; highlights in cyan, pink, white, and the occasional yellow.

A quote from Chapter 8 of Brief Lives is arranged around the two. Above Dream's head, it reads: "I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. They're always / flaring up and / caving in and / going out." Next to his head, it reads "But from here," and then wrapping around the baby's head: "I can pretend." The words continue running down Dream's back: "That things last." The following sentence, placed below Dream's arms reads: "I can pretend / that lives last longer than / moments."

The full text reads: "I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. They're always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here I can pretend. That things last. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments."

Images 2 and 3 are two close-ups of Dream's expression, and the baby in his arms.

Image 4 is a version of the artwork without the text.

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[paintedsunshine]

murph king of dreams and his *checks notes* very alive magpie

[Image Descriptions:

Imagine 1: A digital bust portrait of Morpheus, Dream of the Endless, holding Jessamy in his hands against his chest.

Dream is a very pale white man (/anthropomorphic personification) with very messy, short-ish pitch black hair and eyebrows. Tiny stars and galaxies seem to glow in his hair. Jessamy is a Pied Crow, a medium-large iridescent black corvid with a white feathered breast and collar. She is resting peacefully within Dream’s right hand, his left stroking through her plumage. Her head is tilted upward, her beak placed underneath Dream’s jaw. Dream’s eyes are closed, and his lips slightly parted. He does not seem to be wearing clothes. The painting cuts off below his elbows.

The painting is heavily stylized with multicolored brushstrokes on highlight and shadow points. Deep, vibrant purple, turquoise and blue in shadows, soft, pastel yellow, cyan and green in highlights.

Image 2 is exactly the same, except now deep red liquid runs down Dream’s fingers to his wrists. He is still holding Jessamy. Her plumage is clean and untouched from the blood.

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[paintedsunshine]

listen, i’d trust this doctor with my penis swap

[Image Description:

A digital half-bust portrait of Dref Wormwood from the Campaign Skyjacks Podcast. Dref is a white, 19-year-old young man with blond, shortly cropped hair, and blue eyes. A splatter of magenta liquid (or blood) is on his right cheek. Dref wears thin silver-rimmed round glasses, and a white lab coat that is stained with a suspicious red color on his left shoulder. Slung around his neck, Dref also wears a pair of eye protection goggles.

The background is plain white.

The portrait is stylized with bright, almost neon rainbow-colored brush strokes. Shadows are done in dark saturated purple, blue and red, highlights in bright yellow, orange, cyan, and green.

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[paintedsunshine]

face of a guy who recently grew two inches and told every single person on board about it

[Image Description:

A digital half bust portrait of Jonnit Kessler from the Campaign Skyjacks Podcast. Jonnit is a 15 (soon to be 16) year old Black teen with dark skin, brown eyes, and dark brown coily hair that he wears in a fro-hawk. Jonnit also wears a purple bandana tied around his forehead (the bandana resembles the Starwatcher design from the Worldbuilder’s 2021 Fundraising drive), and a turquoise shirt with a repeating eye pattern on it. He is is smiling at the viewer.

The background is plain white.

The portrait is stylized with bright rainbow colored brush strokes. Shadows are done in dark turquoise, purple and red, highlights in bright yellow, red, blue, cyan, and green.

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[paintedsunshine]

nothing like a lil warm up margaret to get you out of art block :)

[Image Description:

A digital half bust portrait of the Black Lily Margaret from the Campaign Skyjacks Podcast.

She’s a woman of color with brown skin, amber eyes, and curly, long, dark hair that she wears in a loose, high ponytail. On the left side of her neck she has a tattoo of a black lily. Margaret wears a white shirt with a green corset.

The background is plain white.

The portrait is stylized with bright multi-colored, textured brush strokes. Shadows are done in dark blues, purples and reds, highlights in bright yellows, cyans, and greens.

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[paintedsunshine]

now we’re finally aligning (more than maybe i can choose)

bringing this back because i found a satisfying way to put all 4 images in one :)

individual posts with more detailed image descriptions can be found here: spring, summer, autumn, winter

[Image Descriptions:

A series of nature illustrations in the style of the art nouveau movement, each scene shows two animals in serene landscapes. The animals are Changelings — Margaret and Travis Matagot from the Campaign Skyjacks Podcast. Each scene has an ornate frame that is labeled with the matching season in a large vintage font, summer and winter have their label aligned to the bottom, spring and autumn to the top. The series is placed upon a gradient of pink to green to orange to blue, reflecting each seasonal color theme.

Image 1: This scene depicts spring. It’s dawn. A brown sandhill crane gracefully opens her wings, a large white snake hanging from her neck, curled around it like a living scarf. The crane is posing on a meadow with patches of lavender and yellow daisies. The horizon shows a large front of clouds that is illuminated in shades of purple, pink, and orange by the sunrise. The frame for this scene is pink, very ornate and overlapped from the lower left and right corners by two flower arrangements of black lilies and Baby’s Breath.

Image 2: This scene depicts summer. It’s day. A brown otter rides on the back of a white coyote who is looking back over his shoulder at the viewer, the otter has her eyes closed as she sniffs the air. The pair are crossing through a calm shallow river with green water and large brown stones. The river gains speed after passing over a small stone dam to their left. A weeping willow’s leaves hang above their heads. A patch of white Marguerite Daisies grows from the lower-left corner. The frame for this scene is simple at the bottom and complicated at the top, where it includes a bouquet of sunflowers in both upper corners and stylized waves in the middle.

Image 3: This scene depicts autumn. It’s dusk. A brown stag with large branched antlers stands in a forest, on her antlers perches a white raven. They are both looking at the viewer, framed by long trees in the background that lean toward them. The pair is backlit by the setting sun that casts through the orange, red, and yellow foliage. The frame for this scene is dark brown, thick, and the lines branch in and around each other, imitating the roots of a tree.

Image 4: This scene depicts winter. It’s night. A brown fox and a white rabbit walk side by side through a thick layer of snow. They are both exceptionally round and fluffy from the cold, looking off to the right. The rabbit is sitting and doesn’t sink into the snow as deeply as the fox. In the background are a group of five large fir trees, their branches covered in snow, leaving only a small portion of the dark star-less sky visible. The frame for this scene is blue, uncomplicated, and delicate with elegant curves. A few bare branches and a tree trunk grow in the foreground of the left side of the picture.

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[paintedsunshine]

i have like 4 different joke travis drawings in my drafts that i all spent way too much time on to not show them lmao

the original art in question

[Image Descriptions:

Image 2 is suggestive.

Image 1:

A discord message by mr. speirwide (sablewave) reading: “sunny’s travis art but its”. Attached is a screenshot of a tweet by kewpie cenobite @_casketcase. The tweet reads: “preschool teacher that gives out these sticker instead of gold stars”. Four photos are attached of industrial sticker rolls that read “boneless, roast beef & cheese, abnormal, deceased”.

Image 2:

A digital drawing of Travis Matagot from the Campaign Skyjacks Podcast. Travis is a thin East Asian trans man who looks to be in his late twenties to early thirties, he has light brown skin, messy shoulder-length stark white hair, and white eyebrows, eyelashes, and armpit hair.

Travis is shirtless, lying on his back on top of white sheets; the drawing cuts off below the ribs. He has pinkish top-surgery scars. His right arm is stretched above his head, his left lies slackened next to his shoulder. Travis’s hair drapes messily onto the sheets, some strands have fallen in his face. His expression is relaxed and his eyes are closed. He sports a deep blush on both his face and his chest, and several hickeys and bite marks on neck, chest, shoulder, and stomach.

Travis is covered on his arms, chest, neck, and left cheek with the industrial stickers in the colors blue, red, yellow and orange. The stickers read the following labels: roast beef & cheese, pulled pork, abnormal, do not release, try me, boneless, specimen rejected, and deceased.

On the white sheets under Travis’s head lie three Illimat cards, one is face-up: The Rusalka. The Rusalka depicts a black-haired figure in a blue river, surrounded by a red and pink shore. The backsides of the cards are orange with a large yellow sun and stars. On top of the cards lies a sticker roll with the “boneless” label.

A half opaque, rectangular pink line frames the drawing.

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