Orion Draws Things

Drawer of things (mostly Ghost and OCs) Commissions open on Vgen

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By Any Means, pages 5 and 6

Read all available pages at by-any-means dot net (you can now also find it on Tapas!)

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The Fading Light of Dawn (or Apollo Eclipsed)

Old art from 2021, dragging it out of the archives for a new Barricade Day.

This is an AU in which Grantaire wakes up just a little too late. He stumbles into the room just in time to see Enjolras shot. It is too much for him to bear in the moment and he collapses, the guards mistaking him for dead. As the sun finally rises, he wakes once more. He drags Enjolras back in from the window, desperately hoping the man survived somehow. Refusing to face the fact that his one source of light is gone.

As he falls to the floor, clutching Enjolras in his lap, he sings a very somber reprise of “On My Own.” It ends with “I love him….I love him…I loved him…” before the final line is just him breaking down into sobs.

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By Any Means, pages 5 and 6

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By Any Means, pages 3 and 4

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By Any Means, pages 1 and 2

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By Any Means is now live!

Follow the exploits of Crawford Stone, Zane Jonson, and Jackie Steele in navigating adult life in a world where people with special abilities, known colloquially as exos, are the every day norm. Crawford's life is one of stress to the point of becoming numb to it, the same things day in and day out, grumbling "Just make it to tomorrow, just make it to next week" like a mindless mantra. He could keep all of his plates spinning, if he just avoids anything catastrophic. And he does...until he's blindsided by a path of destruction that lands him on the morning, afternoon, and evening news after a "harrowing brush with disaster". He'll soon nearn that this literal and metaphorical upheval will drag more than his personal life into the light of day.

By Any Means is a coming of age story for queer adults, late bloomers and any who were held back by life's circumstances. A 90s and 00's inspired light sci-fi story with drama, action, with at least one car chase and maybe a little arson.

By Any Means

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Follow the exploits of Crawford Stone, Zane Jonson, and Jackie Steele in navigating adult life in a world where people with special abilities, known colloquially as exos, are the every day norm. Crawford's life is one of stress to the point of becoming numb to it, the same things day in and day out, grumbling "Just make it to tomorrow, just make it to next week" like a mindless mantra. He could keep all of his plates spinning, if he just avoids anything catastrophic. And he does...until he's blindsided by a path of destruction that lands him on the morning, afternoon, and evening news after a "harrowing brush with disaster". He'll soon nearn that this literal and metaphorical upheval will drag more than his personal life into the light of day.

By Any Means is a coming of age story for queer adults, late bloomers and any who were held back by life's circumstances. A 90s and 00's inspired light sci-fi story with drama, action, with at least one car chase and maybe a little arson.

Chapter 1 will be available in full on April 12th, 2026.

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Crawford Stone, the central character for my upcoming comic, By Any Means.

He's a gruff, abrasive chain smoker who's more or less sacrificed his life to protect his younger half brother. He's the estranged step son of a powerful senator who still uses the tragic murder of his wife to gain sympathy from voters even 20 years after the fact.

Crawford survives one day to the next, hiding from one of the most powerful men in the city of New Castor, hoping some day he can get his brother far from the city where their father can't find him. But those plans are destroyed when he's caught in the crossfire of an attack on the city and ends up on the local news. It doesn't take long to learn that his step father is the least of his worries.

By Any Means is a coming of age story for queer adults. For late bloomers and those who were held back due to life circumstances. A 90s and 00's inspired light sci-fi story with drama and action. Where Crawford and his two closest (and only) friends have to contend with daily life, political corruption, the local exos (people with special abilities).

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After reading the Sister Imperator comic, I was delighted to find that she actually did care about her children, but it was complicated. AND that she'd kept them a secret from Nihil right under his nose.

But my wild assumption that there'd be a birth record needed to be fixed. I also wanted to fix an error where I missed the gold sleeves on page 6. So here's a slightly updated version of Terzo's rebellion.

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I'm obsessed with the Skeletour set design and what they did for He Is.

Year Zero came immediately before where at the very end an explosion shattered the glass that had been in the arches and the whole arena went completely dark except for a field of stars in the arches. The entire arena was completely dark and then those first chords started when everyone was still shocked from the literal explosion.

It was a very powerful experience.

Here's the two lighting modes:

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The main cast of my upcoming comic, By Any Means. Crawford, Zane, Jackie respectively.

Lunching soon at by-any-means.net

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Sketch of the cast from By Any Means: Crawford, Dane and Jackie

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By Any Means, my webcomic, officially has a website.

There's only a placeholder page up right now, but it exists.

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The first two pages of my newish webcomic that will be releasing in the near future. Formerly called River City, now By Any Means, I am revamping and rewriting it from the beginning with everything I learned in my first attempt.

By Any Means is a story about Crawford, along with his two friends (Dane and Jackie), trying to navigate the complex world where having extraordinary abilities is common place. After getting caught in the crossfire of an exo altercation that destroys several city blocks and leaves several people dead, Crawford's life is forever altered.

The pages will eventually be available for free, releasing a full chapter at a time, every few months. But you can access pages as they're created (aiming for one per week) over at ko-fi.com/undeadorion

There are currently 8 pages available.

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The entire first chapter is now on Ko-Fi!

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I hate that I found your art through roadkill but still glad I found it because it's really beautiful! If you're ever looking to work with a photographer lmk!

I'll keep you in mind!

Another good thing to come out of this is the firm knowledge that AI could never out-art me!

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hey theres someone on here thats feeding your art into generative AI, as well as harassing another trans artist that im currently following. the user is @dead--g1rl their pinned post is just your terzo and OC fed through AI and its pissed me off so much, im sure youll be seething too.

if you plan on confrontation, please proceed with caution ❤️‍🩹

Thanks for the heads up.

That person has been harassing me, my friends for over a year now. They change accounts more often than their underwear to block evade.

But of all things why my commissions post?? With text and everything.

Please proceed with caution if you go there to block them. They love posting Live Leak type gore and severe animal cruelty specifically to upset people. They’re also dropping blatant bigotry. Transphobia, fatphobia, racism, you name it. If you can stomach it, I’d appreciate assistance in reporting the TOS violating posts.

I run the account @antiroadkill to document their nonsense. I try to keep the pinned post updated with their current usernames. But I advise against interacting with the account. It’s a quarantine zone, and interacting with any posts put you at risk of being targeted.

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I LOVE YOUR ART ITS GENUINELY SO BEAUTIFUL I LOVE ALL THE PRETTY SHAPES AND COLORS

AAHHHH THANK YOU!!!!