Whispers from Twisted Wonderland

twst sideblog from main @gwyndal. Gwyn/Peacle if you knew me from my other sideblog @lunarpeacle. 25+. Chinese. May contain 18+ and mature themes. Mainly here to scream about TWST. Asks open for now.

[twstwhisper]

Hello, this is a sideblog to talk about Twisted Wonderland. Sideblog to my main which is gwyndal

For navigation, my tags list and OC masterpost are as follows.

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Family tree: Xianglong Zhigong edition

Have a good day/night. ^^

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The echoing and chiming of the bells in the start of the movie is still one of the best sounds.

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I had to.

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"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!

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happy pride to my favorite bisexual in twisted wonderland <3

also worth noting: cater’s dream had bisexual lighting, and I love that for him.

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Beauté!

Compiled some of my fanarts of rook over here since twitter isn't treating them nicely :/ personal uses of these are okay!

Expect more posts of arts like these from me, I really have lots of illustration since I started my art twitter account back in feb.

psst if you have suggestions on what to draw I'll gladly accept them! I have lots of free time in my hands. 🫶

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Reblog if you don't use Generative AI to write fanfics/original fics or to create fanart/original art.

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Kore Meraki: Birthday Jacket / Union Birthday SSR - Happy Birthday

The Magical Birthday Dice has decided Kore’s birthday fate. 

Jiawen Zhang belongs to @twstwhisper. 

“Happy Birthday” vignette under the cut. 

Happy Birthday (Part One)

INT. IGNIHYDE DORM - BIRTHDAY PARTY VENUE

KORE: I wonder who my presenter for this year will be? 

KORE: Better not be someone absolutely annoying. 

???: Hey, I’m here. Hope you don’t find my presence “absolutely annoying”.

JIAWEN: Happy birthday, Kore. I hope your special day is going as well as you hoped it would. 

KORE: Ah, Jiawen. Certainly a welcome presence.  

KORE: I definitely rolled a Nat-Twenty with this year’s Magical Birthday Dice!

JIAWEN: An auspicious sign of things to come for sure.

JIAWEN: Here’s the present I picked out for you this year!

KORE: A CHAIR MASSAGE CUSHION!

KORE: BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT! TEN OUTTA TEN! NEVER LEAVING MY CHAIR NOW!

KORE: Oh Great Seven, thank you so much, Jiawen!

JIAWEN: You’re very welcome, Kore! Glad to know that my gift will definitely be put to good use. 

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Happy Birthday (Part Two)

INT. IGNIHYDE DORM - BIRTHDAY PARTY VENUE

JIAWEN: Okay, I suppose with gift-giving out of the way, it is time to begin the interview proper. 

KORE: Go right ahead, I’m all ears!

JIAWEN: If you could bring one person with you on a deserted island, who would you choose?

KORE: No offense, Jiawen, but absolutely NO ONE from our dorm. 

KORE: Idia一definitely useless.

KORE: You一a smidge better

KORE: Ortho一probably the best option unless he runs out of power, then majorly screwed. 

KORE: Someone I would want to bring on a deserted island...

KORE: Malleus. 

JIAWEN: Malleus? Interesting choice. Why?

KORE: Two possible ways this goes down.  

KORE: One, the international community freaks out when the heir apparent of Briar Valley goes missing, prompting a search party that quickly gets us rescued from the island. 

KORE: Or two, snap of his fingers, we are both back on the mainland. 

KORE: The most efficient and practical answer. 

JIAWEN: Honestly, I have to agree with you there.  

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Happy Birthday (Part Three)

INT. IGNIHYDE DORM - BIRTHDAY PARTY VENUE

JIAWEN: Okay, now for the next question. 

JIAWEN: If you were to join any dorm other than here, which dorm would you choose?

KORE: Hmm, now that one is a bit trickier. 

KORE: I definitely don’t mind the conditions of our dorm. Would need to be one with easily livable conditions, so Savanaclaw, Octavinelle, and Scarabia are easily out for me. 

KORE: Heartslabyul is livable, but I doubt I would want to follow their ridiculous rules, so that’s out. 

KORE: That just leaves Pomefiore and Diasomnia. 

KORE: I guess aesthetically and just personality vibes, Diasomnia would be the best option for me. 

KORE: Got the gothic vibe I like and not too proper like Pomefiore. 

KORE: Maybe if I was raised in the Household, Pomefiore would be more my taste一but alas I was not一so Diasomnia it is. 

JIAWEN: That all makes perfect sense. 

JIAWEN: Well, this concludes the interview portion of the celebration. 

JIAWEN: Are you ready for the next part?

KORE: Just don’t mess up my hair! 

KORE: LET’S SEE WHAT YOU GOT, JIAWEN! 

JIAWEN: Happy birthday, Kore!

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Twisted Wonderland OC (Zhu Pulao)

(RSA 3rd year)

Artist Note: (5/28-29/25)(note)

Quick summary of what have going for this dude.

Pulao (Mushu-inspired): a Long/Loong Fae who is impulse, cocky, and yet caring. He is the weakest in his family, as he hasn't been able to activate his true strength. Which regulated him to less important tasks, which he is not happy about. For generations, his family acted as the guardian to the Zhu family, who are humans. In the current day and age, the Zhu family believes this history /relationship is just symbolic. When Yulan (Mulan inspired character) left for RSA in secret, Pulao decided to go after her so he could prove himself to everyone. While in RSA, he acted as an older relative (mom) to Yulan. He also takes the Zhu family name.

Note: design are not final and will likely change in the future.

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Time to logi----

HUZZAH!

THANK YOU, JAMIL!

Y...e...a...h....

What did you get me? A magic insect repellent?

Replace "school" with "work" and you'll have me irl

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im finally finished,, i can now rest, my hands are done but my brain will forever be deep into the twst xianxia brainrot,, i have so many ideas for how this dynamic will turn out !!!!!! i hope i did their characters justice with how i portrayed them here,,, i had the most fun doing grim(he's such a gremlin lol)

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The daily login posts will have to wait because I am on vacation for about 2 weeks. So hopefully I can compile them all and send them all in one fell swoop.

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Hi and thank you, Lilia ♡

Happy birthday, Trey ☆

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Hello Silver my sweet ♡

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Aceeeeeeeee

Good to see you.

And now for the rolling...

YOU MUDDLEFUDGING VIPER--

ALL MY GEMS LYING AT YOUR FEET AND YOU CAME HOME TO A SINGLE KEY!?!?!?!?

[I love you still, Jamil, welcome home.]

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Wings Series Masterpost

Tags: Wings!AU, Jamil/Kalim, hurt/comfort, angst with happy ending, a lot of content warnings so view to your own discretion

1. "It is what it is" (cw: blood, self harm, gore)

2. A habit inherited from parents (cw: blood, gore, knife wounds)

3. "If you don't let me keep my wings, I'm gonna make my own" (cw: blood)

4. Like a butterfly (cw: needles/pins)

5. Heartfelt gift (cw: blood, stitches, botched surgery)

6. Bittersweet memory (no content warning)

7. The scorpion and the frog (no content warning)

8. "Sometimes my wings feel too heavy" (cw: blood, hanging)

9. "You'll protect her, won't you?" (cw: implied harm)

10. A breakdown (cw: blood, gore, violence)

11. "Lend me your wings so I can feel the sun on my skin" (no content warning)

12. "I would've given them to you if I only knew" (cw: blood)

13. "Please show me the consequences of my own (in)actions" (cw: scars)

14. "Let me be the one to protect you" (no content warning)

15. "They'll grow back" (no content warning)

16. Flight in tandem (no content warning)

17. "We were always together" (no content warning)

Others:

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EEEEEEEE BABY HEDGEHOGS---!

also one of the most adorable Groovy artworks bless

Huzzah--