I'm not an illustrator, I really lack creative motivation for any kind of drawing, but I've had this image of PIDAP (by the amazing weaver of words @christianpuppetshow) Dan in my mind since chapter 8 came out, and I finally broke through my executive dysfunction and I managed to kind of do something about it.
In my mind he also had the net sweater so I took the liberty to add it.
Here is one of my January 2020 @phandomgives charity commissions that I finally finished!
It was commissioned by @obv10usly for @calvinahobbes based on Cal’s fic Just a Boy (It’s a Dnp x Notting Hill AU, and it is currently on hiatus. But definitely give it a read if you don’t mind waiting for new chapters!)
This took me way too long (2020 was a weird year) so a huge thank you to Pam and Cal for their patience and validation!
Please do not repost without permission. Likes and reblogs are appreciated.
Dan doesn’t nod this time. He just lifts a tired arm, drapes it over Phil’s shoulders, and turns so his feet hang off the edge of the bed.
Phil’s lip quirks upwards, like he’s proud.
And Dan probably should feel broken. He probably will, once Phil’s smile has faded from his mind and he’s left with nothing but reminders of how weak his body can be, of how it shatters at the slightest pressure. But for a moment, he smiles back.’
- Flares by @huphilpuffs
Let me introduce you to my very favorite fan fiction that I have ever read. It is called Flares and it is a phanfic in which dan has undiagnosed fibromyalgia. Last year I was also diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Now you probably understand why I love it so much.
Callie also has fibro if you don’t know, and the way that she writes about it was extremely relatable to me in a time when nothing else was.
This art is a redraw of art that I made almost a year ago. The original art was pretty crap if I’m honest but like I made it with a free app on my iPhone so,,, Anyway I thought I’d make an updated version bc I felt like it was what she deserved.
I’m going to link the original art, not bc I want you to look at it, but bc I wrote a longer sappier version of my fibro story and my appreciation for the fic.
Tears spring to her eyes immediately, before she even feels like she’s had time to actually react… so she looks away from the sincerity on Dee’s face back down to the permanent reminder she now has of this night she spent with the girl she loves.’
I was commissioned by the lovely @alittledizzy to make this for the Phandom Charity Works Auction this Christmas.
It’s based off of the fic “Play 1950″ by @waveydnp, specifically, chapter 14. If you have not been reading it, I absolutely recommend it. It’s beautifully written and the story feels so real that it hurts my heart a little.
Thank you to Mandy for commissioning me! It was a lovely experience and I’m very glad I got to make this for you.
Flares by @huphilpuffs is an amazing Fic. I have fibromayalgia like Dan in the fic, as well as Callie, who wrote it. And ggfkj omfg may I just say I have never related to a character more. I started reading Flares before I was diagnosed, which happened only a few weeks ago, and being able to read about someone going through the same thing I was going through was so essential. The only other person I knew with fibro was my mom so it was easy to feel alienated at school, like no one could possibly understand what I was going through every day. But knowing that Callie was writing from experience really helped me get through school days of invisible pain and exhaustion. It showed me that my pain was valid and real and I wasn’t the only one struggling to get diagnosed. Thank you, Callie! Keep up the good work!! ^_^
“It’s a stunning plant, with these brilliant yellow flowers against the dark leaves. I relate to it a lot: kind of depressing in the main, but has their bright spots.” - Howell with a Trowell by @philsdrill