✨⭐️ Welcome to my blog! ⭐️✨
Henlo! Thanks for poppin’ by. I’m Veins, a nonbinary art goblin on the internet full of chronic anxiety, fandom brainrot, and a teeth-gritted determination to stay hopeful in spite of it all. ⭐️✨
Feel free to stick around and check out the art if you dig the vibes - I only ask that you please check out my FAQ down below for helpful tags, important disclaimers, and miscellaneous info. For more immediate updates, you can also check the #news & updates tag.
(Also, here's my ArtFight profile for 2026! 🎭🎨✨)
⚠️ This blog contains some mature content that may not be suitable for younger audiences. See below for specifics.
MtA started 11/06/25, finished 11/09/25. FAQ first posted 08/07/23, reposted 02/29/24, updated as of 07/03/26.
---⋆⭐︎★ ABOUT ★⭐︎⋆---
Tell us a little about yourself.
Sure! I love stories. I love ✨ characters ✨. I love folks who can weave whole worlds with nothing but words on a page or color on a canvas. I grew up on fantasy novels, short horror stories, and late ‘90s/early ’00s animation. Later on, I learned to appreciate slice-of-life and slow-burn romance (especially the queer kinds). Mythology & folklore are also great, and I sometimes wonder if I should’ve majored in psychology instead of lib arts. My playlists are nothing but video game OSTs because I don't trust the popular music scene anymore. Nintendo's on thin frickin' ice these days... but hell if they'll take my round pink son from me - in the meantime, there's always indie games to fall in love with. Dogs are adorable little menaces, and I love them all with my whole chest. Cats are okay, and I am allergic to them. (Does that cover it? I think I lost track towards the end there, haha…)
Any hyperfixations?
Current favs: Kirby, Hollow Knight, Paper Mario
Video games: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, Rain World, Stardew Valley, Silksong, Bloodborne, Elden Ring, Hades/Hades 2, Darkest Dungeon, The Legend of Zelda, Shovel Knight, Undertale/Deltarune, OFF, The Binding of Isaac, Cult of the Lamb, Pathologic, Tactical Breach Wizards, Baba Is You, Luigi's Mansion, Animal Crossing, Gravity Circuit, Sonic the Hedgehog
Podcasts: The Magnus Archives, Old Gods of Appalachia, Malevolent, The Penumbra Podcast, The Adventure Zone: Balance
Books: Legends & Lattes (Travis Baldree), The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller), Circe (Madeline Miller), Loveless (Alice Oseman), Going Postal (Sir Terry Pratchett), The Book Thief (Markus Zusak), The Road (Cormac McCarthy), Chain-Gang All-Stars (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah), Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki (Yū, Mamoru Hosoda), Seconds (Bryan Lee O'Malley), This One Summer (Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki), Let the Right One In (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
What are you using this blog for?
Art & fic, mostly. I draw digitally, very rarely make stuff with yarn, and have been writing since I could hold a pencil. There are no set days that I post art - they'll be ready when they're ready - but it'll usually be between 2:00-7:00 PM CDT. Also, expect a lot of reblogs, shitposts, and/or silence between art posts - I am a simple hobbyist and neurodivergent as hell in a very exhausting world. I’ll do my best, but I hope you’ll be patient with me if things go quiet from time to time.
Do you have any other social media?
📝 AO3 | 🖌️ ArtFight
If you see my name anywhere but these places, it’s probably not me. For now, Tumblr will be the best place to keep up-to-date with my stuff. If anything changes, I’ll let y’all know.
What do you use to make your art?
For digital art, I use Clip Studio Paint and a Wacom Intuos Pro S drawing tablet. I don’t draw traditionally as much anymore, but, when I do, it’s usually just quick sketches with pencil and paper. For writing, I use TextEdit or whatever generic rich text editing software I can find. For crafting, I use yarn and plastic canvas.
What brushes do you use?
For sketching, I use a slightly modified version of the Wick Pencil from the 8 Particle Pencil catalog made by saturns_day. For linework, I either use the Wick Pencil or the Pen + Caspar Pen set made by Hmm.... For flats and rendering, I use the default CSP hard round brush, airbrush, and G-pen. For effects and extras (clouds, textures, sparkles, etc.), I use default effects brushes or whatever I can find from the CSP Asset Shop.
Why do you put a comma before the “and” in a sequence of three or more words?
You can take my Oxford comma away from me when I’m cold, dead, and rotting in the dirt.
---⋆⭐︎★ TAGS ★⭐︎⋆---
#veins art - for all of my art (chrono link | masterpost)
#veins fanart - for my art featuring characters from other IPs
#veins ocs - for my art featuring my original characters/stories
#veins sketches - for my unrendered doodles/sketch dumps
#veins old art - for reposts of older art I made before moving to Tumblr (Note: these posts are here for archival purposes and may not reflect my current style/interests.)
#veins writes - for any written works I’ve made
#veins ships - for any posts (reblogs included) featuring romantic pairings; I will also try to include specific pairings as “#(blank) x (blank)” and/or any known ship names
#veins rambles - for random thoughts/text posts
#news & updates - for any updates about my life, the blog, etc.
#veins answers - for my responses to Asks sent in (chrono link)
#veins in dream land - for any rambles/headcanons about the Kirby series specifically (chrono link)
#the goblin is tired - for any of my more vent-adjacent rambles
#veins reblogs - for anything I reblog, obviously
#childhood friends au - for art from my Kirby AU where Dedede and Meta Knight first met as kids (masterpost | chrono link)
#kintsugi au - for art from my Kirby AU centered around the Mirror World, the Wave 2 gang, and the Darkroach ship - warning: may contain angst and suggestive content (masterpost | chrono link)
#kirbtober 2023 (chrono link) | #kirbtober 2024 (chrono link) | #kirbtober 2025 (chrono link) | #mtddweek2024 (chrono link)
Tags will be added/updated as needed. Anything else will have generic tags to fit the context of the post. Trigger warnings are tagged “#(blank) tw”.
---⋆⭐︎★ DISCLAIMERS ★⭐︎⋆---
Can I share your work through reblogs? And are tags okay?
Of course! Reblogs are always welcome and encouraged. I’m also fine with tags as well (though I ask that you not mark anything as a ship unless I’ve marked it as such on the original post - look for the tag #veins ships if you’re ever unsure).
Can I repost/use your work for my own personal/commercial use?
Absolutely not. While I'm always in support of creators inspiring each other with our works and endeavors, that does not mean anyone should engage in art theft (intentional or otherwise). ❌ Under no circumstances may you repost, reupload, reproduce, copy, trace, modify, sell, use, repurpose into hate art, tokenize, scrape/integrate into/use to train gen-A*I or other forms of machine learning, and/or otherwise claim as your own any of my art/written works. ❌ Never assume a piece of art shared online in yours for the taking - that is someone else’s hard work and passion, and you need to respect that.
Can I dub one of your comics?
As flattering as that would be, I worry about lack of credit or my work being stolen for others’ content, so I sadly have to say no.
Can I make fanart of your OCs/AUs/fanfics?
Um, yes!!! Absolutely! Holy crap, I would be so honored to know someone felt inspired enough to make fanart of my little guys! And please @ me so I can see what you make!
Do you have an ask box? Can we send in questions/comments/etc.?
Yes, the ask box is currently open, and I'm more than happy to receive any questions, comments, etc. you guys might have! I just ask that you read the rules first before you submit anything.
Do you take requests/commissions/suggestions/collabs/etc.?
I do not take art requests or suggestions unless I put out a specific call for them (e.g. Ask memes), and I do not take commissions. I miiight be open to collabs and art trades with mutuals or folks I know personally, though no guarantees (chronic social anxiety be like that).
Why is there a big watermark on your art?
People are just kinda garbage sometimes, so I make sure to sign and WM anything original I post. I know it’s not exactly fun to look at (maybe even distracting or bad for engagement), but I’d rather be safe than sorry, so we'll both have to just deal with it.
Why are there ads on your blog?
Tumblr staff made another brilliant decision for the supposed longevity of their site, and now I have no say as to whether ads - which I will never endorse - appear on my blog or not (unless I run my wallet through the paywall shredder, which - given my less-than-stellar financial situation - I'm not gonna do). Consider looking into adblockers or a VPN if you can afford one. 🏴☠️
Is this an inclusive space?
🌈 Of course! 🏳️🌈 This queer little goblin accepts everyone under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella, along with folks of all shapes, sizes, backgrounds, disabilities, and colors.
... That said, there will be absolutely no tolerance for (inhale) racism, sexism, transphobia, queerphobia, xenophobia, misogyny/misandry, bigotry of any kind, ableism, p***philia, inc*st, selfc*st, z**philia, RPF, trolling behavior, self-promotion, the promotion of N*FTs, cry*pto, or gen-A*I/other machine learning, continued support of the H*rry P*tter franchise, or any otherwise harmful, toxic, or hurtful rhetoric. Anyone seen behaving as such will be blocked, reported, and forgotten. I do not feed trolls - I let them starve. :)
Is this an all-ages space?
No. Puttin' my foot down on that one. While I probably won’t be posting/sharing anything too lewd or graphic, I’m not opposed to things like swearing, angst, blood, mild gore, body horror, fluff bordering on suggestive, and discussions of mature subject matter - all of which I will tag with content warnings as necessary. Obviously, I can’t police everyone who wanders into this blog (especially since some people omit or lie about their ages online), so the best I can do is ask for good faith on your part. ⛔️ If you are under 18, interact at your own risk. ⛔️ The last thing I want is to make anyone - myself included - uncomfortable or put at risk because there are kids in an adult-allocated space. Again, I hope you understand.
What is your stance on shipping?
The vernacular around pro- or anti-shipping confuses the hell out of me, so I’ll just try to explain my personal philosophy on it: I have ships I like, ones I’m indifferent to, and ones I won’t touch with a ten-foot pole. I only reblog ship-related content I’m comfortable with and in support of, and I tend to avoid f*tish content whenever possible (not to yuck anyone's yum - it's just not for me).
Most importantly, I don’t bother others about their preferences. Anything I don’t like or don’t support, I simply do not engage with. Or, if it makes me too uncomfortable, I block outright. The same should apply to your experience as well - if you ever see ship stuff here that you don’t like, feel free to block the tags (look for specific pairings, ship names, and/or my personal tag #veins ships) or even the blog entirely. You are not obligated to like the things I like or engage with media you don’t enjoy. Respect for each other and curation of your personal online space is always key.
Additionally, I 100% will not ship minors & adults, blood relations (including adopted family), self x self, anything relating to b*stiality, or anything relating to RPF.
Is there anything else?
Nah, I think we’re good for now. Thanks for taking the time to read all this. Hope it wasn’t too rambly or weird - just trying to cover all my bases. I hope you all have a lovely timezone, wherever you are. Remember to wash your hands, wear your mask, take a stretch break, have a snack, and stay hydrated. Be safe, be smart, be curious, and, be kind. Please, for the love of dog, be kind.
-Veins 💛✨
