The Xaotician's Grimoire

I paint elves and swear a lot. This tumblr is now strictly for commissioned art; you can stare expectantly at me on Twitter for the rest.

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Fascinating.

Anyway I just found out that Tumblr’s spokesperson on Twitter is acting like a smarmy piss puddle like they didn’t drive out a huge number of people with completely unhinged puritanical overreach back in 2018, so it’s back to sleep for me.

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Did... did they do it? Did they finally Bring Tiddy Back? I’m reading the community guidelines and I’m not entirely sure if I’m having some kind of flu shot-induced fever dream or something. I can’t tell if I can post pretentious pinups in peace here or if they’re just cultivating a false sense of security before unleashing another half-baked “cleanup” bot.

(Also hi I know I said I’d reopen public commissions in January about a year ago but I also didn’t tell you WHICH January I meant. I’ve been putting it off because the service I was using to manage them stopped being trustworthy for me while I was on hiatus and doing the bookkeeping manually is a drag.)

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Completed commission of my friend’s HQ punchcatte, K’annah! Plus a little closeup, as a treat.

(public commissions will return in January, please look forward to it)

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A tiny midnight treat from when I was doodling the other day.

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In the interest of completeness, here are some other things I did in the recent past--a set of plant-related ornamental brushes for Clip Studio, and a lil’ 12-page colouring book.

You can get ‘em in my shop, if you’re so inclined.

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Final messy paint commission of the season! Possibly last of the year.

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Completed messy paint commission for oh_yeah_no over on twitter!

I am most likely now closed until January, as I foresee November being eaten up by hyperventilating as I fantasia Erdene into a rabbit for Endwalker, and December by the sacred tradition of loafing around and making cookies to send to my friends. There’s a very slim chance I may open a couple of slots before January, but don’t count on it!

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Another wee adopt, because I was testing faux watercolour and gel pen brushes.

Purchaser will receive the (very large) unwatermarked versions with and without glasses, as well as bonus uncoloured lineart. Resale/retrade/etc. are all fine, as is altering the design to your taste. “Minting” any aspect of the design is not permitted.

Hit me up via xaotician (at) gmail (dot) com if you’d like to take this one home.

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buns for the bun throne

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A messy paint commission for @severine-savage! Pretty elf ladies continue to be a favourite subject.

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It is now cute lizard hours. Completed commission of Kies the bard!

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Thank you so much for this amazing art piece of LMoi!!!

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You’re very welcome, I’m glad you like how she came out! :>

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It’s that time.

I am reopening for public commissions! I will likely remain open until shortly before Endwalker is upon us (because like many of you I want to binge the hell out of that and do not wish to keep clients waiting while I do). A total of five slots will be open at any given time, and will reopen as I finish projects.

Want more examples? Here’s my commissions tag.

You can find the link to order one on my main tumblr page! Thank you for your attention, and bring me ya bunnies.

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First commission in a little while. Going to be doing another, and then likely reworking my rates and.... maybe reopening to the public, if only so the public can bring me their beautiful bunny boys.

(Character is Luka Rosendahl of Balmung)

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Another recent commission. Any excuse to paint with plum and gold is a good excuse.

(I have not been taking very many commissions lately because I’ve been unusually focused on making art for myself and experimenting, most of which is over on my twitter)

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What’s up I forgot tumblr existed again. Here’s a commission I did recently.

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A completed messy plus commission for a lovely individual.