#procreate drawing

[macncheesesandwich]

Haven’t felt like posting lately, but here’s a wip of Shadow for funzies ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[jellysmudge]

When your brother unexpectedly shows up at your work to tell you he got fired and not to check the internet

[jellysmudge]

Does the kid ask for a sibling at some point ? That would be awkward for grace and simon no ?

Oh it would definitely be awkward lol. They definitely wouldn’t tell her the real reason why, either sidestepping or (if she ever got more insistent) that they’re happy with just her. and also having a sibling would mean she got less snacks (lying to your child is an option to them LMAO)

[relzwind]

“What the hell is that?!”

“Dunno but we probably gonna die.”

Inspired by the The Grand Budapest Hotel

[jellysmudge]

I LOVE your BloodyMary fan child! (She gives me cuteness aggression)

But here’s my question. How did they pick the name? Adorable name no matter what <:

Simon was responsible for choosing the name. They were both really iffy about being parents but wanted to at least try their best, so they were very hurriedly trying to figure out a name before Willow came to live with them. Simon was tentatively throwing out names related to nature, all of which Grace really liked, and so he said Simon could choose any of them. He chose Willow just because he liked the way it sounded, but also because he still feels a very deep connection to trees

[jellysmudge]

Who is Willow's favorite eridian?

She doesn't have a favorite per-say, but she spends a lot of time around Rocky and Adrian. Rocky inadvertantly acted as a babysitter for a lot of her childhood, but she also spends a lot of time with Rocky and Adrian's pebbles! Because of the way the aging differs between species, she grows up faster than they do.

[gutsssee]

heyyy 🫶 how's your day going, dear?? I wanted to ask you how do you paint digitally over traditional sketches or drawings? I personally struggled a lot doing it and always end up looking so messy 😵‍💫 do you have some tips? xoxo

here’s a tiny guide i made, i am a procreate user so idk if the tools would be the same for you. but essentially make sure your lineart is as contrasting black andn white as possible to make it clean as possible. and then color over that layer as well as under brightens and saturates it. hopefully this is helpful…! usually it differs per picture though just because of photo quality. thanks for the ask, hope you have a great day too!!💙

[jellysmudge]

How did they react when willow arrived ? Did the eridians just put her in a basket outside their door like a woman giving up her baby to an abbey in the 1800s or did they knock and there were just 10 eridians showing up to celebrate an alien baby shower with the baby as a present unprompted ? Did they figure out a milk substitute ? Do they know how to take care of a baby ?? What did they think that she looks so much like simon ? Would grace be upset that she didnt take a single trait from him ? Fuck i have so many questions i should draft them sorry for this mess

HELLO HELLO I will try my best to answer all these questions!!!

Grace and Simon found out about Willow a little less than a month before she was ready to be given to her parents. Rocky was the one who told them; he’d been under the impression before that Adrian’s idea to create a baby human was theoretical. In practice, Adrian saw it like introducing a kitten to a pair of cats, where typically the cats’ instincts will take over and it wouldn’t disrupt things much (this is something that I do on purpose when I write Adrian. They’re really sweet, but because they spend so much time with Grace as an animal study subject like the other animals they work with, sometimes the personhood of humans is lost on them and they have to be continuously reminded).

Because of this, they knew that she was on her way, but Grace especially was livid. (I could go into a lot of detail about why but it would make this sooo much longer, lets just say that being shoved into a traditional allomantic coparenting relationship didn’t sit well with him).

Grace knows enough about how to take care of a baby in a basic sense that he led things for the first few weeks, researching along the way. He started to bond with her around this time as he taught Simon how to do things, but he was really struggling and INCREDIBLY stressed at this point. After those first few weeks, Simon persuaded Grace to swap with him so he could have a turn and Grace could rest. Grace was like “You know we can take shorter turns?” And simon was like “Yeah but um. I want to just do it myself for a while, I’ll call if I need something,” not saying aloud that he doesn’t want Grace to have to do all that work caring for their baby (there’s a weird complex there about still seeing Grace a bit more like an angel than a person, it’s very slight now that they’ve known each other for a while). So yeah, they figure out the technical parts pretty fast! Simon especially is a very fast learner.

As for Willow’s looks, Grace isn’t upset by this at all! He doesn’t have an opinion one way or the other, he just thinks it’s kind of funny and cute. Simon is a little disappointed that she doesn’t look more like Grace, though. Rocky and Adrian love watching her traits and behaviors and picking out which parent they think she gets it from.