#lucent tales

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Fight, run, fight, run. The pattern is always the same for you. Don't you ever get tired of it?「 DON’T YOU WANT TO ESCAPE? 」

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Lucent Tales entries were finally added onto ishtar collective and. man

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i made this for tali and i will beat him with it until he accepts it

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the Lucent Tales book is lovely and full of insight, but I particularly like the third story because it offers some (super cool) information on the origins of the adorable moths, as told through the research notes of Krill, ghost to Ubartu-ana. magiscience aside, there is a lot to unpack here. Ubartu-ana is clearly an ass, but Krill themself is not exactly a fan of the Hive either - at the very least not of their Hive. is this because of their lightbearer’s cruelty upon being rezzed? how many doubts did Krill have? did they give in to peer pressure, did they hear an unexplainable call to choose this person in particular? what shape do their regrets take? how does it feel, to wait for so long and have their hope so simply crushed? do they, too, consider the proto-Hive “weak pests”, do they echo Ubartu-ana’s sentiments upon meeting him, or do they still see some merit in the Hive they might’ve perhaps seen when they made their choice? is their research merely scientific curiousity or do they hope to heal the ailments of Ubartu-ana’s patients? all of these? none? is the final line, of their name - Krill - being poetic in that everything of value about Ubartu-ana came from his ghost, a clue to their original opinion, or a cruel little joke of Krill’s own?

it is all very beautiful and very sad and I wish we could hear more from Krill themself, but the saddest part is that in search for week one’s moth in the quagmire cave we must defeat a wizard and kill their ghost, and that wizard is Ubartu-ana.

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a very happy birthday to my friend tali, rhulk simp #1

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beris sanderis

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i have endless thoughts and feelings about savathun and immaru each and together and about the past and the present and the future and it is all beautiful and overwhelming and i could scream forever. thank you bungo for confirming one of my hcs about them. it was like a lumina bullet to the heart. i will obsess over them for a while.

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a well deserved decadent day out at the spa c:

below the cut some ask replies and also a few of my recent pieces sans lines; they were not painted to go without them and it shows but i think they have a certain charm to them !

thank you meowster chief! that is an honour, i am really glad my art makes you happy when it pops up <3

i cannot say i ever considered doing adoptables (i last heard of them circa 2010 on deviantART haha), but i do love the idea of “collectible” pre designed characters and i do enjoy drawing things like that a lot, so definitely something worth looking into! i do have commissions open and yes i’d definitely take on work in that vein if people wanted <3

that is truly amazing to know <3 several friends recently got (back) into art thanks to my pestering them with my work constantly and it’s so wonderful to come along with them on that journey and see how fast they improve and moreover how proud they are of themselves and happy to be able to make images out of all their awesome ideas. i would love to see your work too anon!

thank you so much fox! i do tend to cycle through various styles over the course of 2-3 years then repeat the process but (hopefully!) improved when i retrace my old paths. in the world of illustration it is important to have a brand (to be a brand really, which i never felt comfortable with) and a very specific cohesive look, but i’ve always found that immensely limiting, especially to what you’re trying to say. much like you choose a different palette and different textures to tell what you wish to be told, it goes the same between realistic or naive art, super rendered or really simplistic. so inbetween all that i do think my colours and lighting and textures are what ties it all together :) i am really glad it shows and very grateful for your kind words <3