behold the fluff, actually

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Bilbo's being introduced to Thorin's band colleagues!

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Bilbo's being introduced to Thorin's band colleagues!

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still in the mermaid universe subject, Kíli just wants to see Tauriel...! 🧜‍♀️

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what if modern Bilbo met canon Thorin...?

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I heard you guys liked the selkie AU and wanted more captain Thorin! 🫣

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Sometimes, when I am sleepy and stubborn, I scroll far and long enough to convince my brain that you are the same person that made Dungeon Meshi. (a beloved fantasy manga) Your art just gives me the same cozy and warm vibe

this is a huge compliment lmao!! someone recommended dunmeshi to me and I ate it UP!! I read the manga like 5 times already! it's amazing!!!! I'm waiting for season 2!!! 🐲

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do you make any bagginshield merch? or do you recommend who/where to go to so I can get any? ^w^

I do not! I used to sell prints and such, but I'm focusing on comics right now!

If folks have recommendations on merch shops, please drop down below! I've been out of the loop!

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Hi Rutobuka! Your art is a big source of inspiration for me 💝 I think it's amazing that you've been drawing bagginshield and lotr fanart in general for over 10 years now! I love your pictures and especially comics, they motivate me to draw more and i think i even learned some things while observing your artwork!

Anyway, I've been wondering if you have an art education or maybe you went to an art college? And what do you do for a job? And is English your first language?

Thank you in advance, Rutobuka!! I really admire you and your art ><

hiya! omg thank you for the compliments!!! 🥲💕 it's crazy that it's been over 10 years!!! it feels like it was yesterday I was waiting for BOTFA to come out, and we all collectively died inside after going to watch it...

I do have a bachelor degree in arts, yes! (Don't use me as an example to go to art college please, in my country our public university is amazing and for free, I wouldn't want people to go into debt following my experience)

My job is my patreon! I post my comics there 2x a week, plus a little bonus illustration every week, and it's been paying my bills! ⭐

English is not my first language, no! I speak Portuguese natively. But my parents threw me head first into an English school as soon as they could, lol, and I'd say it's been paying its dividends.

Thank you so much for the questions, and for all the love! (●ˇ∀ˇ●)

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those can be fun, Thorin! 🫣

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mermay is long gone, but selkie june could be a thing, couldn't it? maybe selkie september would work better...

anyway, here's a little mermaid AU :D

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Hi Rutobuka!!! I love your comics! What app do you use to draw your Ao3 comics? And can we ask you to draw something for us? When are you going to upload chapter 3 of Bagginshield? My friend and I are waiting for the next chapter!!! And... are you a man or a woman? I think you're a woman!!

hiya!! thank you so much!!! 💗💗💗

my main art programs are: clip studio paint pro, photoshop and procreate for the ipad.

I'm uploading chapter 3 right now!! hope you'll like it!!! 💥

and I guess I identify most with the woman side of the spectrum, yes!

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You really have a soft perspective of Thorin

I love it TT <3

aw I'm glad you do!! I want him to have an easy time in life, after canon was so harsh to him!

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someone requested me to draw some hannigram, so here it is! 🦌

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we love dragon Thorin 🐉

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I think Dís knows about you and Thorin, and she's okay about it, Bilbo...

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it could happen to anyone, Bilbo! 🫣

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Don't know if this is a weird compliment or not, but I really love how you draw Thorin and the other dwarves as heavyset/chubby with lots of body hair, rather than having clean-shaven perfectly sculpted muscular bodies like all the male characters in the MCU. Like it just reads as much more realistic to me, that they'd all be on the thicker side and have lots of hair all over. Well done!

it's not a weird compliment at all! thank you!!! 💕

I really love to draw chubby people, they're the best! and we need more art of them (us) out there in the world! 🌻