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SUP BRUVS

I’m alive and I’ve moved~

This is my new main blog!

✨Ru-Draws✨

I’m still planning on continuing my Flowey ask shenanigans—it’s a lot of up-keep for how much time I just don’t have at the mo. I am, however, still painting fandom nonsense and enjoying the hell outta that~

So come see me on my other main! Or don’t, I’m not your dad.

#rurudraws #ruruspeaks

DEVOURER

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Song: Devourer by Aidoneus

Hoooooooo BOY, this is the longest project I’ve done in a MINUTE.

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And I like it. More’s a miracle.

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Echoes

(Regret)

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Is it just me, or does this look like animation from a LucasArts game.

Anyway, back to crying buckets about this grandpa in the desert now on a high-flying adventure with a pint-sized princess-personification of moxie.

#rurudraws #digitalart #gif art #star wars #obi wan show #obi wan needs a hug #obi wan kenobi #sw kenobi #darth maul #maul #lord maul #tcw anakin #anakin skywalker #anakin and ahsoka #ahsoka tano #the clone wars #sw tcw #lucasarts

Jagannath

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“He took back his tooth,”

“I beg your pardon?”

“Our new champion. Before he killed his opponent, he took back his tooth.”

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“What’s his name?”

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“Prisoner 11240?”

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“That’s him,” … “He’s the one, isn’t he?”

“Yes, that is the one,”

“I hear he answers to Jagannath,” … “They say it means—”

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“Chee moto, mando sangui.”

“Meaning?”

“ ‘The whole thing runs on blood.’ ”

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Lockdown is gooooooood, ya’ll, jfc.

Excuse me while I prepare to cry watching an old man have an existential crisis in a sand dune in two days.

What’s In Here

After Wrath

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So, I read The Wrath of Maul. I’m reading Lockdown right now.

Am I hyped for Obi-Wan? God yes.

Am I trash for this angry red Dathomiri Zabrak?

You better believe.

VISIT THE SCENIC BOILING ISLES!

Are you tired of modern human living? Are you looking for adventure? Excitement? Good natured traumatizing danger? Then The Boiling Isles is the place for you! Visit the rolling red hills, and purple forests; bask in the warmth of the steaming skin-melting heat of the boiling seas! Find unique and gently cursed souvenirs in the lively local market! You might even catch a glimpse of the bane of the Emperor’s coven; our very own Eda the Owl Lady! Word is, she has procured the largest collection of treasures from the Human Realm, just in case you’re feeling a bit homesick. Take care—this known criminal will most likely steal everything you own—and your heart! (No, really, there’s a huge market for hearts right now, wear a breastplate.)

And during your stay, the guards of the Emperor’s Coven will be on every corner—for your safety, of course! So, come on out to our beautiful, horrifying islands! We would love to have you for dinner. Really.

Remember: the Emperor is always watching.

We hope to see you soon!

Knock, knock, human.

Aftermath: Redux

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Working on backgrounds once more, I did this angsty thing again. I regret nothing and everything.

I haven’t forgotten about the ask blog, I promise, life is just a nightmare hah hah; the angry plant will return. In the meantime, enjoy me being chuffed about my progress, and the influx of LoTR content.

Here’s the original: Aftermath

#rurudraws #art #digitalart #sans the skeleton #undertale #undertale genocide #sans #chara dreemurr #chara undertale #tw blood #undertale judgment #judgement hall #megalovania #background #ruruspeaks

feanarotherindion

Debates in Tolkien fandom are wild. In other fandom you reference the books to fight the movie fans and say "well, the books said... so you're wrong, your father is wrong, your whole family is wrong."

BUT

In Tolkien fandom you can't say "well, the books said...." Because the books say Fëanor offed his own son and the books also say Fëanor didn't off his own son, depending upon which book you're referring to.

Everyone is wrong and everyone is right.

We have Schrodinger's DEBATES.

#silmarillion #lotr #feanor #sons of fëanor #listen no one is wrong everyone is also wrong #jrr tolkien

NIENNA

She Who Weeps

The Lady Of Mercy

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Nienna the Compassionate was an Ainu of grief, mourning, mercy and pity. During the song of Eru Ilúvatar, her music bore these things into being on Arda, welcoming grief and mercy to Middle Earth. Hers is a lesson of endurance of the spirit, hope, and, of course, pity. Her halls were raised upon the western cliffs of Valinor, and gazed out beyond sea to Walls of Night. She wrapped herself in shimmering gray robes that shined like tears.

When the Two Trees were in creation, her tears watered their roots to bring them life. She would play an important part in the reclamation of Melkor from his three age long imprisonment in the Halls of her brother’s domain, Mandos. While she had wept deeply and mourned the destruction of Arda wrought by her fellow Ainu, she was taken by pity at his begging when he sued for pardon from his sentence. Of all the Valor, Nienna spoke most on his behalf. While his inevitable betrayal must have caused her even greater anguish, the lesson of Nienna is to not regret compassion—but to learn from it.

Melkor left a great ruin, as is his way, when he fled Valinor. The greatest being the destruction of the Two Trees. Nienna wept at their mounds, and while her tears could heal, she could not cure them of Ungoliant’s poisons. However, between the efforts of herself and Yavanna, the Ainu of green life, the trees bore one last fruit and flower, which would become the Sun and Moon.

Of the Maiar in Valinor, her greatest pupil would be the future istar Olórin. She would teach him mercy, pity, and patience—and he would use these lessons to gift wisdom to the Elves in Valinor. He lived by example of Nienna, bestowing mercy upon the Children of Ilúvatar, taking counsel with them and leading them out of despair.

Long after Sauron had come to power and fallen in battle, the Valar chose five of the Maiar to travel to Middle Earth as Istari, to help all those who opposed the shadow of evil in Arda. Olórin was chosen—and would live his life in Middle Earth, in the guise of an old man and wanderer. The Elves would come to call him The Grey Pilgrim, or Mithrandir. The Dwarves would name him Tharkûn. But the Men of Arnor would name him Gandalf. And Gandalf is he.

Gandalf the Grey.

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I think Gandalf wears his grey robes to honor his mentor. And when he returned to Valinor, he went to the Halls of Nienna; and I think, for an age at least, Nienna’s tears weren’t for the grief of Arda, but in joy for her dearest pupil and all that he’d accomplished.

FËANOR OF THE NOLDOR

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“For Fëanor was made the mightiest in all parts of body, and mind: in valor, in endurance, in beauty, in understanding, in skill, in strength and subtlety alike: of all the Children of Ilúvatar, and a bright flame was in him.”

Fëanor of the Noldor. He was a linguist, lore-master, warrior, and the most prolific gem-master of his age; creator of the Tengwar script, and the Palantíri. He was considered the best in body, mind and countenance of the elves.

Fëanor was also the creator of the three Silmaril jewels; before Sauron and the one Ring, the Silmarils were the most deeply desired forged objects of the First Age. He made them from the light of the Two Trees of Valinor, and shined with a brilliance beyond anything in the known world. Fëanor wore them proudly, and came to greedily covet his creations. Melkor (later known as Morgoth, Valar of Ruin, master to the future dark lord Sauron) also coveted the Silmarils and eventually stole them, after he and Ungoliant (the great spider, mother of Shelob) destroyed the Trees of Valinor. When asked to give up the Silmarils so that their light may revive the two great trees, Fëanor refused—and took it even further. Taking up his sword, he—and all his sons—swore a blood oath to kill any who would keep that which was rightfully his: the the Silmarils. His brilliance and fury would put in motion everything that would lead to the first Kinslaying among the elves, the destruction of the Noldor, the fall of half of Middle Earth into the sea, and the greatest deeds and tragedies of the First Age. Under the deceptive guidance of Sauron, his grandson Celebrimbor would go on to forge the elven Rings of Power.

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Fëanor is my favorite. I cannot and will not explain why.

VARDA ELENTÁRI

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Elbereth Glinthoniel

Queen of Stars

Queen of the Valar

Star-Kindler

Most Beloved of the Elves

When the Awakening of the Elves was nigh, Mandos (The Judge, Ruler of the Dead) foretold that when the Children of Ilúvatar opened their eyes for the first time, they would be greeted by starlight. And stars would be the dearest and most beloved light among them. Varda Elentári, Queen of the Valar, took to the greatest labor seen within Adar; taking dew from the vats of Telperion, the White Tree of Valinor, Elbereth bore the brightest and most brilliant stars in the sky. She placed them individually, and crafted constellations, hanging them reverently in the darkness above Middle Earth. When the long, arduous work was done, the Children of Ilúvatar wakened on the shore of Cuiviénen and beheld the shining eternal beauty of starlight.

She became the most beloved of the Valar to the Elves, kindler of their dearest ephemeral memories. After the death of the Two Trees, Teleperion and Laurelin, she took the last flower and fruit from their branches to Aulë ( The Great Smith, father and Maker of the Dwarves), who placed them in vessels. Their light outshone all the stars in the darkness, and Varda set them in motion to become the Moon and the Sun.

Varda Elentári is the most revered of the Valar, most by the Elves, and also by all Free Folk who know her name. She has long answered the prayers of many; even Samwise Gamgee, as he called for her aid to brighten the Star of Eärendil in the boarder of Mordor. Invoking her name brings swift condemnation upon the heart of evil spirits, and all who would follow them.

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Guess who’s back on their LoTR bullshit, spoiler, it’s me. I’m painting Elves and no one can stop me.

trans-yllz

had a dream last night that the new tumblr discourse was whether or not people deserved their urls and people were getting callouts and anon hate like "I can't believe you have x in your url when I never see you actually post about them it's pretty messed up that you're taking that url away from other people who actually deserve it :/"

toxicyuricaramel

This was genuine discourse in 2012 you guys need to remember your history

thydungeongal

I really hate that pixel art is becoming associated with NFTs, pixel art rules

thydungeongal

Maybe I should just make the opposite of an NFT, like I dunno, just a cute pixel art goblin anyone can right click+save for free and keep it forever and now it's theirs

You can put a hat on it too if you like

grazztthedark

I’m totally on board. I’d like to propose a name for him: Nifty the Goblin.

thydungeongal

I love it, I'll try to whip something up when I'm feeling inspired

titleknown

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...[BURSTS THROUGH THE WALL LIKE THE KOOL-AID MAN] HELLO, YES, HI, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT CREATIVE COMMONS ART PROJECTS?!

...I mean, yeah, these sorts of opposite-of-NFTs Open Source Art things are something I dedicate a lot of brainspace to, and I actually have some suggestions!

Firstly, if you wanna do that, you’d probably want to use one of the organization Creative Commons’ licenses, to make the “anyone can use/save/alter it” official and legally binding, presumably one of their looser ones like CC-BY or CC0.

Secondly, honestly, this is a rad idea, something like Open Game Art’s various sprites but more as an art project than an assets thing, and i have an idea on how you could expand it further.

Basically: Fanpro but for Pixel Art. Which, for those who don’t know, Fanpro is basically this pool of character designs people contributed to for a while, released totally and utterly under a CC0 license, for anyone to use how they see fit! Basically the exact opposite of NFTs!

It ha a successor in ComPro, but that kinda sputtered out, but one based around a specific theme like pixel art might be perfect! If only as an F-you to NFTs!

...But yeah, that’s my two cents on that good idea.

zarnagel

Boosting this! The opposite of NFTs has existed for a long time, it's called open source and creative commons. And to add something, Kenney has recently released this little app called Creature Mixer to create little animated pixel art sprites: https://kenney.itch.io/creature-mixer It's free and it's terms of use forbid any use with any kind of NFTs for the sprites created with it.

thydungeongal

so, with some thanks to the lovely people above and with no further aplomb ‘cause it’s just a goofy 16 by 16 pixel goblin, here goes:

Nifty is a little 16 by 16 pixel goblin who’s yours to own and do whatever you wish to do with.

Licence: You can copy, modify and distribute this work, even for commercial projects, strictly excluding those relating to or containing non-fungible tokens (so-called "NFT") or blockchain (related) projects.

I’ve included a blown up 80 by 80 pixel version simply because I know from experience that Tumblr messes up small pixel art, but I’ve included a version in the original 16 by 16 resolution. While Sprytile is my pixel art software of choice, any image editor should do as long as long as it allows for turning off anti-aliasing, the bane of anyone who’s worked with pixels.

anyway, that’s enough pomp and circumstance for my silly little goblin powered by spite, although I do think it turned out pretty cute