Heartslabyul Devotee

Nette's Twisted Wonderland Sideblog, Babey! Because why should I leave all the fun on main? Follows back from hamstergal. She/her, way over 30. Drawing, writing occasionally, and the odd shitpost.

[twstinginthewind]

Hi! I'm Nette, and I'm here to draw, write, and obsess over Twisted Wonderland. I have so many favorites, but my top three are Trey Clover, Floyd Leech, and Deuce Spade. I love playing with OCs, and hope to hear about a lot of them during my time here!

You'll get to know my OCs here:

Thea Yuuni, the Ramshackle prefect who may never be the same

Joker Carder, charismatic musician, hopeless romantic, and Heartslabyul freshman. Punch's twin sister!

Bobby Sherwood, good-hearted rascal and Savanaclaw sophomore

Jon Littlebear, the best friend a troublemaker can ask for, Savanaclaw junior

Lorne Ibsen, dense but talented Octavinelle junior

Hiro Vanderveer, aspiring showman, Scarabia freshman

Sia Sealponte, dutiful heiress, Pomefiore junior

Mia Sealponte, whimsical heiress, Pomefiore freshman

Carl E. Johnson, curious face in the crowd, Pomefiore sophomore

Punch Carder, friendly craftsman and Ignihyde freshman. Joker's twin brother!

Nana Katzen, sneaky little cat and Diasomnia freshman

Alvin Tunesby, one of the ghosts in the Ramshackle dormitory

Dilt Wasney, Dean of Admissions and shadow head of Night Raven College

Mallory Tschauder, the no-nonsense Professor of Practical Magic at NRC

Fiorello Quispe de Rosales, enormous himbo, NRC TA for Animal Linguistics

Zayn Weatherwax, NRC graduate (formerly Scarabia), bookstore owner on Sage's Island, and Vargas's ex

Guillermo Roux, highly talented RSA freshman whose best friends wound up at NRC

PJ Lackland-Plantagenet and Hester Suzhen, a spoiled brat and his security snake, respectively, inseparable RSA sophomores

(Most of their birthdays listed here!)

You will likely also see a lot of crossover with @twst-the-night-away 's characters, because we tend to develop stuff by throwing ideas at each other, and our main cast has "grown up" together through multiple fandoms.

Thanks for stopping by! I follow back/send asks from hamstergal, but my twst stuff will all be posted here.

My inbox is open for all sorts of interactions. I promise not to bite. I also love "spam" likers and rebloggers; it means I'm doing something right, sharing and making good stuff for y'all! I hope you have fun here with me. Also, if we're mutuals for a while, you can find me on discord too. I might be a lil shyer on there but heck, I'll chat! Just ask :-3

If you're here for the RSA and Ramshackle birthday sleepwear templates, click here!

Here's the stories I've written so far!

Posts with my illustrations, both digital and traditional.

Come play with me on the EN server?

[oddberryshortcake]

Sebek has sharp eyes and is handsome :)

[addierambles]

it's hilarious to imagine the Leeches' business being something completely normal and benign

like, what if they genuinely just import landfolk goods down to Coral Sea. through completely legal means. maybe some goods are niche, like idk a limited blu-ray fullset of PreMo concert recordings complete with venue-exclusive merch? but like, the goods are completely legal. the procurement channels are completely legal. the money to purchase those goods were obtained through legal means too. everything is legal across the board.

they have SO MANY people trying to curry favors with them, and it's because the Leeches are the best at tracking down, obtaining and delivering whatever it is you might desire. and sure they might be amused, but they ain't gonna judge

and the subtly menacing "we are totally not a mafia wink-wink" act? is just that - an act because all Leeches enjoy watching people squirm and boy do people squirm when you're a big fella with a toothy grin and penchant for saying out of pocket shit

[cozymochi]

💙💗 silver

[tixdixl]

Warm up sketch of Oisín from last night

[tixdixl]

"Meet in a Dream"

I had originally wanted to paint this as a recreation of "Sleeping Beauty"'s final climax, in the style of cell animation. But when the crew and I started picked the eras we wanted to paint, and I picked the Romantic Era, I knew I had to paint this.

That's right- I made two paintings. I felt extremely inspired to be perfectly honest.

I'll share my notes, different than the ones I made for "Oasis" here, under the cut.

Probably the biggest inspiration for this piece was "The Wanderer Above the Sea Fog" by Caspar David Friedrich, and I'm sure it's influence is evident in my art piece. Unlike the pieces I studied for "Oasis", the contrast present in this piece does the inverse of the others. The lighter colors and monochromatic blues really bring the silhouette into focus, drawing our attention from the sky down to the center of the piece. And unlike the other pieces, the motion of this piece doesn't move in a spiral. Instead, it flows inwards toward the horizon line and vanishing point. I also spent a great deal of time examining the brush stroke direction and character to learn about how the painter successfully created depth in this piece. Though the piece I created has a very different landscape, I tried to emulate those elements in the sky and in the brick.

The other piece that I studied for this was "The Nightmare" by Henry Fuseli. And in particular, I focused on the subject matter of the piece, the light sources, and how the many different elements interact with that subject. While this piece is horizonal, there was much that I learned from the direction of the composition, as well as the light and how it impacted the mood of the piece. The choice, again, to focus the subject in white as a contrast to the dark blacks of the imp and the horse were elements I attempted to reflect in Silver and Malleus.

Unlike "Oasis", I actually didn't utilize the thumbnails I originally drew for this piece, as after I studied "The Wanderer", I felt like I had a very solid idea of how to compose the piece. And... I just went for it.

I hope you enjoyed the piece, and if you made it this far, thank you for reading!

[tboytummmy]

Ocean date

[tixdixl]

TWST Art Gallery Collab

A couple months ago, a couple of buddies and I got together to give ourselves a bit of a challenge. We decided to give ourselves a little self-study, and challenge ourselves to create fan art pieces inspired by and in the technique/style of classical art eras. Each of us had an individual era to learn from, and we opted to all draw from Twisted Wonderland to keep it in theme. To be completely honest, I couldn't be more proud of all of us and what we all accomplished. And we hope you enjoy it too!

Each painting will have a link to a personal post, where the artist can talk about what they learned, what they enjoyed, and about the process they had in making their piece.

RENAISSANCE

"Inversion of Genesis" by @chryseas

NEOCLASSICAL

"Knight's Blessing" by @ramshacklerumble

ROMANTIC

"Oasis" by @tixdixl

"Meet in a Dream" by @tixdixl

IMPRESSIONISTIC

"Reluctant Dancers at the Barre" by @twstinginthewind

ART NOUVEAU

"Dragon's Solace" by @candiedwrath

[mox19]

Even though all of his siblings are constantly trying to get his attention and talking at the same time, Kalim always remembers what each of them says and answers every single one of their questions

[tixdixl]

"Oasis"

This particular scene is meant to be a romantic reimagining of Kalim using Oasis Maker in the desert during Book 4.

Originally, I hadn't intended to paint this scene. I had a few different ideas that felt appropriate for the Romantic Era - though not initially this. But after doing a number of painting studies, the idea to recreate this scene hit me like a truck. The Romantic Era truly focused on evoking an emotion and showcasing pastoral imagery, of which I felt this scene in Book 4 - the shock of Kalim being able to just create a solution out of thin air and in a desert no less- really demonstrated with ease.

I'll break down each piece I studied; the notes I made; what I noticed about the themes and motifs of the era; and how we got to this final piece under the cut.

The first piece I examined was "the Lady of Shalott" by John William Waterhouse. (If you look it up without my notes and scribblings all over it, you'll find it's a PHENOMENAL piece.) I actually spent a lot of time with this piece - a whopping 45 minutes when I was live on stream. You can see here in my notes, I examined his usage of the rule of 3rds; when he used thick brush strokes; how he used light to draw our attention to the woman in the boat; and of course the usage of warm and cool tones contrasted with lights and shadows. And you'll actually find that all of these things are motifs throughout almost every Romantic era painting that I studied prior to doing this piece. The cool shadows are used in such a way that they almost frame the warm oranges and pure white of the woman on the boat. It really draws your eye into its off-center, focusing almost solely on the woman. But as you look out beyond her, hidden in the shadow, there is so much detail. And I really tried to capture that in this painting with Kalim.

The next painting I examined was "the Bard" by John Martin. Here again, we see the usage of the rule of thirds, but we especially see a fibonacci spiral here dictating the movement of the piece. Our eye is drawn first from the vibrant sun, down to the lamenting bard, all while the shadows again frame the man and bring him into focus. We again see an image where there is a MYRIAD of detail hidden in the landscape. And both of these elements, I tried to intentionally capture in the piece above. I also especially loved the whimsical oranges and yellows captured in the sky here, especially as they contrast with the darkness off to the right. Though my painting in particular doesn't have much in the way of light, I tried to use this color theme to create the illusion of an oncoming rainstorm.

The last and most messy of my study notes comes from the painting "The Voyage of Life" by Thomas Cole. If you were to look at the actual painting, you would once again notice the angelic, all white figure in the boat, framed by shadows as light pierces over the mountain tops. Once again, we have the fibonacci spiral directing our line of focus, and the rule of thirds indicating the placement of our subject.

In all three pieces, we see a lot of the same placement, coloration, and movement, of which I tried to evoke in my depiction of Kalim. And here is a comparison of my thumbnail, mapping out my painting versus the final once again:

I'm not going to lie, I found this collab and this self-study to be extremely enriching as an artist. And I genuinely feel as though I have grown so much from it. I hope you enjoy! And if you made it this far, thanks for reading!

[zipsunz]

you're going to do incredible things

(happy birthday deuce!!!! ♠️🐰)

[twstinginthewind]

Reluctant Dancers at the Barre

For the TWST Art Gallery Collab! Some friends on discord and I worked together to create pieces of Twisted Wonderland fan art based on classical paintings/art styles, and we all had a blast!

I went with the Impressionist style - specifically, that of Edgar Degas, who ironically would argue that he wasn't among that group despite using so many of the same techniques. (Not like other girls, huh, Eddie?) His works were largely characterized by city scenes, especially his depictions of the Paris Ballet.

I had gotten the idea to use his works as inspiration by the events in TWST book 5, where Deuce and Epel were made to practice ballet as part of their competition training. In particular, Degas' Dancers Practicing at the Barre struck me as perfect for our two cranky dancers!

I had some hiccups in learning how to do this style of digital painting; I'm really more of a cartoonist (in the comics terminology, not an animator) and working without a defined outline or solid inks is a challenge for me. The more chunky oil paint brushes would sometimes color in ways that were unpredictable for me, and that was a bit of a learning curve. Not to mention that that simple background took forever for me to be satisfied with it! I kept adjusting the colors and brush strokes over and over until I found something I was content with. But I finally was able to create an image that I am proud of!

I wanna thank @tixdixl for getting me and all the others in this collab organized and for the encouragement and help! This was such a fun painting jam. Let's do another!

[aquaelle]

La bonbonnière Deuce

[gezupng]

when i first saw Deuce’s new card for a second i thought the pattern on his jacket was gzhel instead of lace.............. so here’s gzhel Deuce 🐥

[candiedwrath]

.dragon's solace . - 5.31.26

my daring sea biscuit ( @tixdixl ) hosted a twst art gallery collab - to which i sniped art nouveau bc i loooove alphonse mucha's work. below you can view my thoughts and process if you so desire.

i took inspiration from the following pieces ; " the seasons : spring " - 1896. " feather " - 1899. " the precious stones : topaz " - 1900.

the style was already in my wheelhouse when it came to linework, there wasn't much adjusting there i needed to do. if anything, the real curve for me was the shading/clothing folds. i normally do nawt shade with this level of detail in terms of the such defined, crisp shapes, but hey - it taught me something new despite being my biggest opp ever.

i think i could have done better on the color palette, but oh well - it's done now. it's more saturated than i'd like and i think mucha's work is more muted? idk, maybe it's my monitor. my other biggest problem was.... the embellishments. frames are hard to make look nice y'all - especially when you're cranky and running out of steam. still, not bad for doing what i could with what i had. i also really did enjoy shading it all. <3

[shiamiko]

Stop overworking yourself idiot

[the-fridge-orange]

Malleus & Vil