I'm rhyme (or rhymes) and I draw stuff! I enjoy variety and often switch up how I stylize things, mediums I use, and what fandoms I'm drawing for
stuff to know:
I'm in my early 20s
I'm nonbinary, they/them pronouns. also somewhat lesbian flavored, i really love women
I enjoy getting asks but may be slow about responding to them (or forget completely, sorry!)
I accept art requests in my askbox, but keep in mind I'll probably only draw them if they compel me enough
I jump between fandoms and interests too often to list them all out, but the main couple I come back to are Hollow Knight/Silksong, and Aquaria (video game, 2007).
Blog setup
@rhyme-draws-stuff is my main blog, where I follow from, and where i post my art. asks are open mostly for art related stuff (requests, suggestions, questions about creative projects, etc.)
@rhyme-rambles is mainly a personal blog filled with random thoughts I have, and is probably the better place to send asks that aren't art related (though it's not a strict rule)
@rhyme-reblogs is my dedicated reblogs blog, and is generally the most active of my blogs
I have a personal website I'm working on, you can look at it here!
(Note: It is currently designed mainly for desktop and may not display well on mobile devices)
I'm new to web development, and am not very consistent about working on it, but I'm hoping to slowly continue adding to it over time.
A portrait of Volt (with my colors) because he's my starter, a little portrait of Gara since she's my second warframe (but i got distracted partway through drawing her), and a larger sketch of Garuda by my sister's request (we both think she looks very cool)
got a cool face tattoo 👍it's a pain to draw, but I like that it resemble wings. suits her I think
Her hair's changed style again, but she's still keeping it tidy. She has a lot of eyes on her now, an image to maintain.
I tweaked the colors on the armor since I didn't like the brown much, however something about them still seems off to me
She ends the game with 2 weird and fucked up daggers: The Hawke's Key, and Tine (each of which is connected to one of her parents in some way)
(further rambling below. be warned that it starts our pretty dark)
Between Acts:
Following the end of Act 2, Jayden had just lost her mother and gained a title she barely felt she deserved. she falls into a deep depression for months afterwards, barely leaving the estate. a few of her friends may reach out during this time, but mostly she's very isolated
She needs to figure out a new reason to live now that "so Mother isn't alone" isn't an option anymore. In the early days it's things like "in case Bethany ever needs an escape from the Wardens" and "in case anyone I know needs my help". Jayden Hawke has a hard time without someone else to live for
She feels very resentful towards the world for a while, and especially the City of Kirkwall. For as much as she blames herself for what she's lost (failed to protect), she also feels like the city has taken everything from her
At first this resentment is just a directionless sort of anger at everything around her, but over time it transforms into a new kind of purpose: she doesn't want to be the Champion of Kirkwall, but she can be the Champion of all the people who are suffering trapped within it
In Act 3:
Jayden sides with the mages immediately. She didn't spend a year protecting Bethany, even taking her into the Deep Roads to avoid their threat, just to side with them now
She helps Isabela confront Castillon and get a new pirate ship. When Isabela asks Jayden to join her on it some day, Jayden refuses. she has people relying on her in Kirkwall, an empty estate to maintain in her Mother's memory, a sister who could need her help some day. she feels she doesn't deserve to leave it all behind, though deep in her heart there's little she wants more
Jayden goes with Merrill to talk to the demon, because she doesn't want her going alone. The sight of Merrill holding her mentor's dead body in her arms feels uncomfortably familiar. She responds sternly, trying to get through to Merrill so she doesn't put herself or the people she cares about at risk again, and manages to get her through the Dalish Camp without any further bloodshed (even if Merrill won't talk to her afterwards)
She doesn't let Varric keep the idol shard, it's too dangerous
Jayden has a lot of trust in Anders (he saved Bethany's life in the deep roads, she believes in his cause) but it still concerns her when he's clearly not telling her everything. she helps him willingly, though, and does exactly what he asks of her.
Jayden's conflicted about the Chantry's destruction. She's made it her duty to protect the people of this city, however she cares a lot less about its institutions. she understands Anders' reasoning, but was it worth the cost?
She lets Anders live. She's still indebted to him, he's still her friend(?), and this way he can protect the mages that this escalated conflict has endangered. she'll sort out exactly how she feels about him later.
She doesn't let Bethany come with her to fight against Meredith. she can't put her sister in danger like that. ("I can't let you die for me")
The rest of the night passes in a blur. Fighting, fire in the streets, the people fighting by her side. she does what she has to, saves who she can, kills Meredith. and then it's over.
it's not safe to stay in Kirkwall after that. there's no choice but to leave everything behind, once again. she's not sad to leave this terrible city, or even her empty estate, but she feels strange moving on after everything that happened. turning her back on her mother's grave. she travels with her companions for some time, before they're all pulled in different directions.
there's a few different ways I could see Jayden going from here:
(haven't played Inquisition so we're ignoring that)
Jayden joins Isabela's crew. her life becomes a bit more carefree over time, though she's still fiercely loyal to her captain and crew
Jayden finds Bethany again, and they go on the run together (Bethany abandoning the Grey Wardens)
Jayden joins the Grey Wardens to be able to fight alongside Bethany, and be there for her sister again (unlikely since Bethany would probably be pissed at her, but interesting to think about)
Jayden is left to travel alone, wandering with little purpose, until she finds a child without parents by the side of the road. this child becomes her new family, and though she fears she will let them down she still can't let them go. (she'd be a very messy parent - overprotective, emotionally closed off, holding onto this kid like a lifeline. but of course, she'd do anything for their sake)
anyways thank you for reading <333 I love Jayden Hawke and her extremely concerning low value of her own life / need to live for other people. her life has been a tragedy, Kirkwall chewed her up and spat her back out, but maybe one day she'll find some peace
In Act 2: Jayden thought life might be getting better after years of difficulty and heartbreak, then lost the last bit of family she had left in the most nightmarish way possible, and then went on to save Kirkwall from burning to the ground (for the sake of all the desperate people trapped within it)
Design Notes:
I really like this armor set for her, it's a lot heavier than most rogue options. Fitting, since she's always focused more on protecting the people around her than on not getting hit herself
Her hair's a bit more tidy now that she's living in Hightown, and has better means to take care of it
The scar on her neck might be from that one blood mage in act 1, or might be from something else. i haven't really decided tbh i just think it looks neat
During the 3 year interlude:
for the first 3 months without Bethany, Jayden doesn't even know if her sister survived the Joining. She's being consumed by guilt, and extremely dysfunctional during this time period. She spends as much time as possible outside of the house so she doesn't have to talk to her mother
largely she ends up going to the Hanged Man. sometimes she drinks, but a lot of the time she just sits in the darkest corner she can find and broods.
out of all the companions, only Isabela and Varric see Jayden while she's at her worst
After she hears Bethany survived things get a bit better, though she still feels terrible about what happened and hates that she can't be with Bethany to protect her.
As time goes on, Jayden throws herself back into doing jobs again. Partly to support Leandra, partly to distract herself.
In Act 2:
Jayden got to move into the Hawke Estate, which is good because her Mother's happy and they both have more space. perhaps this is the first step into a better life. but the house is too empty, their family's become fall too small. it's hard for Jayden not to dwell on what they've lost in getting here.
She reunited with Bethany in the Legacy DLC, but it's bittersweet. They had a bit more time together, learned about their father's legacy, killed an evil immortal demon guy together. Jayden also learns about the Calling, and how dangerous Bethany's life as a Grey Warden could be. Bethany gets to spend some time at the Estate before and after the mission, but she can't stay there.
Jayden has to deal with the Qunari at the Vicount's request. She's mostly doing it because he gave her mother the Estate back and she wants to stay in his good graces, she hates getting involved with Kirkwall's politics
She's able to help free a young mage girl in Ander's quest, and it's hard not to think about Bethany. the two of them start talking about what a mage rebellion could look like
got to confront Bartrand with Varric! they killed him, but it was less cathartic than she'd been hoping.
she's been helping Merrill repair the Eluvian as best as she can, but is getting increasingly concerned about it
Leandra's death absolutely destroys her. She thought her Mother was safe after everything she'd done, but loses her to such a senseless act of violence. Her family has always been what mattered the most to her, and now she's left alone in her Mother's childhood estate.
When the next letter from the Viscount comes, Jayden considers not going. She's not really in the kind of headspace to care if Kirkwall is destroyed or not. In the end she goes to meet him mainly because it's a distraction, but also because it's probably what her Mother would have wanted
Still, in the following missions she chooses to prioritize Isabela every chance she gets. She cares a lot about Isabela, even though she's struggled with getting close to her
(tangent: I would have romanced Isabela with Jayden but none of the flirting choices felt in character to me. however that does work with my vision of Jayden being an emotionally closed off disaster who loves to ignore her wants and couldn't initiate a relationship or even flirtationship to save her life)
I think Jayden might not have tried to save Kirkwall if Aveline wasn't there beside her. in her headspace it was hard to see much worth saving in the city, when things finally came to a boil.
but she made it through the battlefield, killed the Arishok in a duel, gained the title "Champion of Kirkwall". though all she really cares about is Isabela coming back
once it's all over, she returns alone to her mostly-empty house.
Now that Jayden's original core motivation (protecting her family) has basically been ground to dust by the narrative, I've been struggling a bit to figure out who she is in Act 3. How has Leandra's death changed her? What does she live for now? Has she been able to heal over the past 3 years, or fallen deeper into despair and apathy? Has she grown closer to the people around her, or pushed them away in her mourning?
From what I've heard some big things happen in Act 3 and I believe I've manage to evade most of the spoilers, so I'm very excited to see what this story has in store for me next (and how Jayden's ending is going to contextualize the rest of the story so far)
Started playing DA2, here's some sketches of my Hawke
(Act 1) (Act 2) (Act 3)
Before anything else she is the Eldest Daughter.
so far in Act 1 she has:
thoroughly internalized the idea that it was her fault Carver died
leaned super hard into doing anything she can to keep her remaining family safe and together
kept Bethany nearby at nearly all times unless she was doing something involving the Templars
Generally prioritized getting money and not taking unnecessary risks when doing jobs, but would go out of her way to help people under specific circumstances (mostly mages, other people trying to help their families, and anyone Bethany wanted to help)
parted ways with Fenris after she completed his job because she didn't trust him enough to want him around
agreed to let Bethany come with her into the Deep Roads, because she didn't want the Templars to come for Bethany while she wasn't there to protect her
Had to give Bethany up to the Grey Wardens to prevent her from dying of the taint, and returned to the surface without her (didn't learn she was alive for another 3 months)
in conclusion, Jayden held onto her sister as tightly as she could and still failed to protect her. now her mother is the only family she has left, and Jayden can barely look her in the eye
In the intermission between Acts, I thinks she's going to be self isolating like crazy and throwing herself into work harder than ever before 👍✨
Little summary of the art I made in 2025! As tends to be the case for me, I switched up my subjects and mediums a whole lot throughout the year.
I remember a lot of this year as vague hazes of depression and worrying about my future, but looking back at my drawings I can remember the little sparks of joy or inspiration that I had even during some of the worst parts of it.
(links to the featured pieces + some honorary mentions below the cut, along with elaboration on what I did this year)
January, Rosliet FFXIV
Pretty chill month for art, drew a few small things for whatever had my interest in the moment
Played FFXIV for the first time and really liked my character
Drew Naija Aquaria(game, 2007) in MS paint twice
Watched Arcane for the first time and started my Jinx obsession at the very end of the month
February, Infinity Nikki Outfit
Similar to last month, jumped between a few different subjects
Jinx obsession continued a short time into February
Watched half of Neon Genesis Evangelion and sketched some of the characters
Started playing Infinity Nikki
March, Homestuck x Infinity Nikki crossover
I didn't draw a lot in March but I did make a couple high-effort pieces
Played a whole lot more Infinity Nikki
Spent a bunch of time thinking about ball jointed dolls and dreaming about trying to make one out of clay (did not end up actually doing that)
Made an 8-page zine for an IRL competition! not currently planning on posting it online, but I am proud I did that
April, another Homestuck x Infinity Nikki???
spent a lot of time gardening + working on a personal website, which distracted me from drawing
Drew a foolsona for my birthday
Stopped playing Infinity Nikki (the daily grinding got to me so i decided to swear off gacha games for the forseeable future)
started playing BG3
May, my BG3 character
I barely did anything besides garden and play BG3 this month
attempted to do a Mermay challenge but gave up by day 3
actually drew my BG3 character
June, Steven Universe doodles
I didn't actually post a single piece of art during June, but that is when I drew this little doodle page
started watching Steven Universe for the first time
went outside a lot, did some Urban sketching
July, Stevonnie pen sketch
Another casual sketching month, got especially into pen sketching
I got through a lot of Steven Universe in July, watched it with my siblings
This is also the month I started playing Deltarune! my little sister would watch me play it and did a lot of the voices, it was really fun
August, Hornet & Naija meet
August was BY FAR the hardest month for me to pick just one drawing, I made so much good stuff in this month
I watched Steven Universe Future this month, and made a bunch of pen doodles while watching it
THEN I finished Deltarune and had to draw a moment in it that I couldn't stop thinking about
then I spent a bit designing Deltarune Gemsonas cause I wanted to combine the two
and then Silksong got a release date and I had to draw fanart every day until it came out to properly hype myself up
September, Child of Three Queens (redraw)
I drew a couple things at the start of the month to celebrate Silksong's release, but then I got too distracted playing it to draw anymore (and also got hit with bonus depression unfortunatly)
October, Mossy Elevator
I drew a whole lot at the start of the month, mostly as part of an art challenge, but then I got burnt out and hit HARD with depression for the rest of the month (and most of November)
November, Morrigan
Nearly all of November I mostly just went on walks and played Minecraft, but then late in the month I played Dragon Age: Origins on a whim and became obsessed with it. and that sorta just cured my depression for the whole rest of the year
December, Cosmic Hornet
This was also a very hard month to pick a favorite for!
After I finished Origins I spent nearly every day working on some kind of art for it (my favorite is the Celestial Doomed Yuri piece which is probably the most rendered thing I made this year)
And then I did Brush Week, which was awesome!! I got a lot of people interacting and saying nice things in the notes, which made it possibly the most fun I've had with art all year
(Cosmic Hornet especially got a lot of nice attention, which was especially nice cause I was really frustrated while drawing it)
And finally, here's a place of honor for the most popular thing I drew this year:
(which got over 2,000 notes)
Thank you to everyone who looked at my art this year, and especially anyone who left nice tags / comments in the notes. I hope everyone reading this has a lovely new year <3
This my final design for Brush Week! Drawing for this event has been a really nice way to close off the year
Thank you to everyone who's left little comments in the notes of my posts, they've been a joy to read and kept me feeling motivated throughout the week <3
(i have a lot of thoughts about Sein's post canon but I'm putting them below the cut)
Gender
I knew from the moment I made Selena in character creation they were eventually going to realize they were nonbinary, however I didn't know quite what shape that would take
My current thoughts are that Sein's largely agender but have a feminine aspect to their identity as well. The way they probably think of this is that gender doesn't feel like an important part of who they are, but they still tend to feel more connected to women than to men (they're also very much sapphic. so hopelessly gay)
They also enjoy taking on a more androgynous appearance, and not having people see them as gendered first and foremost
in modern terms i think they're specifically nonbinary, agenderspec, librafeminine, and lunarian (which are basically just my own labels...)
Name
"Sein" is a name they take on a little while into traveling with Leliana. Their name change is partly a gender thing, but more a way of separating themself from their past before the end of the Blight
Sein's relationship with the name "Selena" is a little complicated. It's a name that belongs to their past, known for a role they no longer want to play, but it's still theirs in a way. It's no longer the one they introduce themself with, but they carry it with them in their heart.
Sein's relationships to gender and their name are largely based off of my own, as many things about them are
My current plan is to mostly use "Selena" when talking about them before the end of the Blight and "Sein" for them after, and maybe interchangeably if I'm talking more generally. however i might decide to go about it differently later
(also I stole Sein from the Ori and the Blind Forest character. I just liked the sound of it and it felt fitting to take the name of a genderless ball of pale light)
Relationship
Sein and Leliana fell in love over the course of Origins and went traveling together after the blight
their relationship is quite sweet and they're both very comfortable with each other, however they each have all kinds of baggage that are undoubtedly going to make things more complicated as time goes on
Selena's never been in a relationship before and has an unfortunate tendency to idealize Leliana in a way that makes it hard for them to see her flaws for what they are. they also firmly see her as the best thing that's every happened to them and are likely emotionally dependent on her to a somewhat unhealthy degree (they were also very much in love with Morrigan but whether that's a problem or not depends)
I have an idea of what Leliana's issues are but I think I'll have a better understanding of her once I play the later games so I'm not going to elaborate on her right now. but Marjolaine's got to have messed her up in a way that's going to cause some problems
overall I believe in the two of them to make things work but I don't think it's necessarily going to be a smooth ride
Other
Sein's super messed up from the everything of their life before ending the Blight. isolated in mage tower, became a warden out of desperation despite not caring about the order, got stuck saving the world and fighting for their life constantly...
they've also had some kinda anxiety/depression combo going their whole life and that remains with them
they miss Morrigan a lot and often feel hugely guilty about Alistair's death. but both of those things are also complicated
i think they deal with some kind of chronic fatigue that can make travel difficult. when possible they like to turn into a silver-grey raven and rest on Leliana's shoulder :>
I didn't play Awakening largely because Sein was NOT going back to the Grey Wardens 6 month after the Blight. They might have in some way wanted to for Alistair's sake, but they couldn't go back to that kind of life. some warden from Orlais did all of whatever that was but i didn't care enough to play as them
overall they're in a much better place than they ever were before the Blight, but their challenges aren't completely over
