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got a new phone, and decided to draw some seasonal backgrounds for it.

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made a tooka rolling in catmint background for @nephirnuit

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i did a redesign of an old character of my rp partner’s, Kage. she’s more shadow-y now, and i love her. cozy little shadow.

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a couple of covers for that story @cuteinsanity and i wrote. i really like how both turned out (but Strifeheart owns my heart).

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people getting mad at ao3 for rightfully being firmly against censorship and allowing dark fics that depict taboo subjects in explicit details to be on their platform is so funny to me because ao3 was created specifically to be a fuck you to capitalism and censorship. the point of ao3 is that it’s a place to host and archive any fanwork, which includes fanwork about taboo topics that are not allowed on other platforms like wattpad or fanfiction.net

the whole point of ao3 is that it’s a safe space for all fics, and that includes fics about taboo subjects

ao3 has always been firmly against censorship since the day it was created, that’s why it’s run by fans, for fans, on fans’ donations, why it’s a nonprofit organization, that’s also why it has no ads or algorithms or any of those capitalism bullshit

if you have a problem with that, go to fanfiction.net or wattpad. no one forces you to stay in the house made specifically for the (affectionate) freaks

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Word. I've seen this happen over and over again. I stand by ao3.

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Cloud absolutely has this on a mug.

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some of the Strifehart stuff i’ve drawn over the past year and a half.

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i’m opening commissions again. my computer stylus stopped working, so i have need of a new tablet. i’m looking at a reasonably priced Huion, but i only have half of what i need saved up.

i can still work on my iPad for regular commissions, so there’s still a quick turnaround.

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happy pride from some of my queer characters.

Skye (DND) is a queer orc in a relationship with a nonbinary person.

Seanna (DC) is a bisexual sex worker in a monogamous relationship with a bisexual man.

Gianni (Mass Effect) is a gay commander in the Systems Alliance Navy, in a relationship with a bisexual man.

Fil (DND) is an asexual adventurer.

Eric (Pirates) is a trans man cook on a ship with his cousin, and in a relationship with a cis man.

Ellie (Descendants) is a lesbian dock worker in a relationship with a half octopus-woman.

These are going public on Patreon in about an hour, but i want to share now, so i am.

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i found a really old sketch (2005 or so) of Squall, and i liked it a lot, so i did a series of pictures last year of Final Fantasy characters and our (@cuteinsanity and my) OCs. here’s roughly the first half of them: Cloud, Squall, Seifer, Selphie, Irvine, Lucy, Cid, Zephyr.

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don’t let them outlive you

stickers and other stuff

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hey, this is Skye, my orc that i love. he’s my current comfort character.

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draw the squad, but make it dnd.

here’s our party, the Broot Skwad (minus one bastard tiefling because he wasn’t part when i started the picture). i saw the reference picture and knew it had to be them.

so this is Car the druid (center), Zev the cleric (back left), Fil the rogue (back right), and Tempe the fighter (front).

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a few years ago, i did a Persephone, and started the sketch for this Apollo. i finally finished it this year.

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hi, um, i still exist, i think.

content warning: mention of animal death

i had to make the difficult choice on 5/24 to have my cat put down. she was severely dehydrated and her kidneys had failed. with hospitalization and iv fluids, her chance of survival was 50%. rather than keep her suffering so i could spend more time with her, i made the decision to let her pass peacefully and pain-free.

this is the box we buried her in. it was lined with her blanket. on the top, i painted lila getting an everlasting headkiss (her favourite display of affection). on the front, i painted her arriving in the Summerlands, with her brothers and sisters waiting to greet her (from l to r: Natasha, Kitty, Sterling, Tigre, Sphinx, Jenneth, Kaneda, Stormy, and Tetsuo). the side with her climbing into bed with me (her favourite place to sleep) was painted by @cuteinsanity. the side with the giant catnip was painted by @nephirnuit. the side with the rainbow was painted by me, and @ashareem wrote lyrics from Heavyside Layer and Jellicle Cats, and a personal goodbye in Gaelic.

i’m putting this on the artblog.

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somehow missed uploading Crème last week when i finished her, so doubling up for today.

here’s @cuteinsanity‘s Crème Delacroix. she uses raw Dust and makes her own blends with neat effects.

and my Elora Stone, who i don’t draw often enough. her story has been in flux for a bit, but it’s finally calming down and i can focus on finalizing her designs. she’s a goat faunus, and her trait gives her incredible peripheral vision.