#mistysblueboxstuff

[dramaalpaca]

Guys guys guys guys guys. Look! I got my calendar from @mistysblueboxstuff and it's the most beautiful thing ever! I love it to bits. Please visit her page, her art is amazing. I'm so happy!

[blakbonnet]

ARTIST OF THE WEEK: @mistysblueboxstuff

this week's aotw features the lovely Andrea who has been gracing us with beautiful ofmd art since the show began, and some of you might also recognise her art in other fandoms like Good Omens. She agreed to answer some questions for me:

Which do you use to draw (app/digital or traditional)?

I mainly paint digitally and in Photoshop CS6

Fave brushes/pencils/mediums (links/screenshot?)

My favourite brushes are Greg Rutkowski's oil brushes for Photoshop (best $6 I've ever spent xD)

Your favourite piece you've drawn?

I have lots of favourite pieces so it's hard to choose, but this would be one of my favourites

Who's harder to draw: Ed or Stede?

I think Stede is harder to draw because faces with softer features tend to be more difficult to paint (especially if there's no facial hair involved xD) :')

One essential tip for beginner artists?

I think the most important thing when starting out as an artist is to just keep painting and never give up. It's easy to get discouraged when your art isn't turning out how you envision it, but I promise if you just keep at it, you'll get there! Paint what you love, paint from the heart, and the progress will kinda just sneak up on you. Don't be scared to experiment either, make silly art, bad art, whatever you feel like making. Also, this one is hard (and still is for me), but don't compare your art to other people's art. As someone much wiser than me once said: "Comparison is the thief of joy". So just focus on yourself and have fun ❤️

Why OFMD? 🥹

OFMD just sort of felt like something that'd be right up my alley, and i fell in love with it immediately. The characters, the settings, the humour, Ed and Stede's beautiful, yet oftentimes heartbreaking, relationship (who doesn't love some angst, though? xD) - it's hard not to adore this show!

[funnyifwebothgotitwrong]

I now have them all, one for each season of Good Omens and Our Flag Means Death! Thank you so much for your gorgeous art, @mistysblueboxstuff, leafing through them always makes me so happy! 💙

[pattwtf]

OMG I WANNA CRY

I like you older. Older means we're still here

[callie-ariane]

Good Omens giveaway - mistysblueboxstuff's/Andrea C White's latest artwork book

Time for another giveaway!  With the publication of mistysblueboxstuff’s/Andrea C White's Good Omens season 2 artwork books (more pictures here), and having had her prior approval, I’d like to buy some of the books for a few fans.  (The number of books will depend on my bank balance at the time.)

There are two versions of the book: an A4 hard cover and an A5 soft cover.  Depending on the number of people who apply, I'll probably buy mostly the A5 softcover but if I can afford it I might buy a few A4 hardcover copies.

Please note: I’m only giving away the Season 2 book (We Could Have Been Us); I’m not giving away the book of artwork from both seasons (Group of the Two of Us).

I’ll pick some people at random (I’m not going to use any fancy algorithm; it’ll just be a random selection, probably choosing people from different countries) and then will order the appropriate book and have it sent direct to each person.  There are a few provisions around this, so if you’re interested in applying, read the blather under the Keep Reading below. 

Deadline for application: midnight (BST) on Thursday 28 September 2023.

To apply for the giveaway, send an email to the following address (which I’m not doing as a hyperlink for obvious reasons): billandteeb at hotmail dot com.

(It’s an old email which I barely ever use, so if it gets spammed to death it doesn’t matter.)

Put “We Could Have Been Us” in the subject line, and give me the following details:

Your Tumblr/general online name and the country to which the book will need to be sent (I don’t need a full address at this point, just the country).

You can check whether Peecho will ship to your country by clicking here, clicking on ‘Continue to Shipping,’ then click on ‘Search country’ and scroll down to see a list of the countries.

I don’t need any further details from you at this point, but if you would only like to be considered for the hard cover or for the soft cover, tell me. It’s up to you if you want to tell me why I should pick you in particular, or generally try to butter me up, but it really will be a random selection!  Though I should mention that in past giveaways, if someone has just put their name and country and not even a ‘thank you,’ they’ve rarely been chosen ...

If you’re one of the chosen recipients, I’ll email you on Friday 29 September to ask for your name and postal address.  If you apply, you might want to keep an eye on your Junk mail in case my email goes there.

I promise to try and email the unsuccessful applicants after the deadline, but if there are more applications than I can cope with, I might have to do a general notice here on Tumblr after I’ve picked the lucky winners.

I also reserve the right to withdraw the offer if my personal circumstances change and I suddenly can’t afford to do this any more.

In the meantime, good luck if you do decide to apply.  NOTE: you must apply by email to billandteeb at hotmail dot com; I won’t take applications over Tumblr’s Personal Message/Ask/Email system.

Love and hugs, Ariane x

Deadline for application: midnight (BST) on Thursday 28 September 2023.

[staff]

tumblr tuesday: the ineffable husbands return!

...and with them, your ineffably beautiful fanart of Aziraphale and Crowley. It's also worth pointing out that most of this art was posted in the last day or so. The show has been out for a mere weekend. Please never change, Tumblr <3

(This post goes out to everyone who has seen the second season. SPOILERS AHEAD. MILD BUT STILL SPOILERY. PLEASE BE WARNED.)

@fiovske:

@lydiajoypalmer:

@snarkspawn:

@ppaemeu4:

@eden-4004:

@blewsee:

@forestofsprites:

@surfinded:

@wisesnail:

@m-arouet:

@poreyneel:

@egg-oo:

@liinchaan:

@dragonroad98:

@stab-of-hunger:

@tanjashu:

@yelloartt:

@nicosusername:

@nickeldean:

@iwillluvs:

@mistysblueboxstuff:

@pinkravat-art:

@edibleeel:

@legbird:

@loboniehlar:

@lookitsstevie:

[captainswan618]

aaaaa your tags were super sweet they made my day!!!! Thank you so much I'm happy they're with you in your lock screen!! ♥♥ (ꈍ .̮ ꈍ) Have a wonderful day!!!

so I may have forgotten to answer this for a month (...whoops) BUT it's okay bc now I get to tell everyone to look at the amazing art again!!! GO LOOK AT THEM!!!!

[mementox1013]

Fallen Angel

Hugely inspired by @wisesnail and @mistysblueboxstuff, I bought myself a Wacom tablet earlier this year, and this was my first finished painting with it. Created for Sendarya's Good Omens Got True Talent show.

[heartsopenminds]

for my individual autographs, I picked out a different redbubble greeting card for each person and for rhys I couldn't choose anything else but this absolute fanart gem by @mistysblueboxstuff

rhys was the only person I asked to write something specific cos the positive affirmations scene is one of my faves, I love how it's so hilarious and also just makes me want to cry and then punch every person who ever made stede doubt himself right in the face!

he was very friendly and relaxed, but a little fuzzy from jet lag and not quite as talkative as the other guests so his queue moved a little quicker. I wrote the quote out on a piece of paper just to make it easy and stress free, and he was really sweet with the way he was focusing super intently to write it exactly how I did.

One of the con staff didn't realise and thought rhys had just decided hmm this seems like a good thing to write and was like, er are you okay with that?? so i had to explain the whole scene to her - tbh I'm not 100% sure rhys quite got the reference in the moment, just cos it seemed like he was a little overwhelmed/mildly bemused by what was going on a lot of the time through the weekend, but he was so lovely and smiley that it still felt like a really nice moment!

[caminholonge]

Hello July! Bildad my beloved! 😍

Thank you @mistysblueboxstuff !

[borninwinter81]

Library tour - Pratchett and Gaiman focused with some honourable mentions

Of course I've constantly had full bookshelves since I was a child, but I'd always wanted a room I could properly call a library. The house my husband and I now live in has 3 bedrooms, so as we're child free we've each taken one of the spare rooms to do with as we wish.

The majority of the furniture you see is thrifted (aside from the bookcases) and it was self decorated with a lot of cut corners-for example I decided instead of proper flooring it would be cheaper just to pull up the carpet and varnish the actual boards.

I spend more time in here than I do in our living room 😁

Gaiman stuff. Sandman alongside some Alan Moore, Preacher, Hellblazer, my signed copy of The Crow and one volume of Sin City. Two copies each of Ocean (one illustrated), and American Gods (original and authors preferred text). And of course one of my copies of Good Omens. Plus you can see the novelisation of Pan's Labyrinth sitting next to Neverwhere. Del Toro is another favourite fantasist of mine.

Pratchett stuff. Complete Discworld of course, and I'm slowly increasing my non Discworld Pratchett collection, my second copy of GO, the Paul Kidby illustrated edition (makes sense to have one living with the Gaiman books and the other with Pratchett). Soul Music and Hogfather are both signed, I met Pterry when I was 14 on the Hogfather signing tour.

The crocheted toy was actually from a pattern for a mimic I made (pattern by Complicated Knots on YouTube), but it's luggage-y enough that I put it with the Discworld books, Rob Wilkins' biography of Pterry, and a Librarian to look after everything, make sure the books don't get rowdy and take care of the L-space. I've had him since I was 18.

Specifically Good Omens stuff: a pair of felt plushies a friend made for me after S1 was released (@diedarlingsuk on Instagram), a pair of drawings I bought from a very talented 15 year old artist at a tiny comic con also after S1, (I'd credit her but I've no idea of her name or if she has an online presence), the script book, the TV companion, and an art book by the wonderful @mistysblueboxstuff, who I'm sure most of the fandom know and love. This contains all her GO art from S1 and S2.

Honourable mention stuff - I put above that I love Del Toro, so I've got to share the Angel of Death from Hellboy 2 as its one of my favourite things in this room. And its an angel, so that's kinda linked.

Made for me by another friend from clay on a doll's body and the wings on wire frames (@sids_workshop on Instagram).

Finally the Complete William Blake illuminated works, a guidebook to a Blake exhibition I went to, and Gustav Dore illustrated copies of Dante, Milton, Coleridge, Tennyson and Poe. I am a huge poetry nerd, and I think many GO fans would find a lot to interest them in some of these, particularly Blake and Milton.

I could go on, there's tons of other stuff I'd like to include but this post is fairly massive already and I wanted to try and stick to my theme.

[ofmdrecaps]

07/22-23/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Kristian Nairn; Dominic Burgess; Vico Ortiz; Bumbles Darby; Voting Reminders; Trends; In Person Events: FlameCon NYC; Fan Spotlight: Cast Cards/Colouring Pages; Mini Love Notes;

== David Jenkins ==

David's enjoying some of the awesome work @mistysblueboxstuff has done!

Source: David Jenkins' Twitter

Also, Chaos Dad shared some adorable work by @cheenii-m! So glad to see Dad spreading the OFMD fanart love.

Source: David Jenkins' Twitter

== Rhys Darby ==

Rhys is heading back to the UK on Nov 22 an 23 for the Republic of Pirates at Starfury Heathrow!

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Source: Rhys Darby's Instagram

Volton Official is giving some love to Rhys and sharing all of his voice acting and acting exploits! Lovely to see some of his past works still praising and sending him love!

Source: Voltron Official Instagram

== Taika Waititi ==

New Time Bandits clip featuring Taika! Only 2 more days to Time Bandit's launching on Apple TV! If you've got access, please support our boys Taika and Jemaine on release day/week!

Source: IGN Youtube

== Kristian Nairn ==

Kristian delighted his crowd by playing the game of thrones theme!

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Source: Kristian Nairn's Instagram

Good news! Several fans have been asking for an audio book version of Beyond The Throne-- and as you can see Kristian is working on it!

Source: Kristian Nairn's Instagram

== Dominic Burgess ==

Dominic had the honor of hosting The Blank Theatre: Young Playrights Festival! Thank you so much for supporting young folks in the industry Dominic!

Source: Dominic Burgess Twitter

A very important update from Dominic on the cat front too!

Source: Dominic Burgess Twitter

== Vico Ortiz ==

CW: Topless Vico! Also a video on their tiktok!

Source: Vico Ortiz' Instagram

== Bumbles Darby ==

Rosie keeping us apprised of Bumbles shenanigans!

Source: Rosie Carnahan Darby's Instagram Stories

== Voting Reminders ==

= Tell Tale TV =

Tell Tale TV's poll is still up and you can vote every day! No need to sign up-- if you have a moment please vote for OFMD! Poll: What’s the Most Heartbreaking TV Cancellation of the Year So Far?

Source: JimJim531969 on Twitter

= Gold Derby Voting =

Reminder! If you haven't already, and you're comfortable signing up with an email-- you can still vote for Our Flag Means Death, and Rhys Darby for Gold Derby Awards! You can do so here! Thank you @adoptourcrew for continuing to make these beautiful visuals to remind folks to vote!

Source: Adopt Our Crew's Twitter

== Trends ==

Thank you to @melvisik for catching this yesterday!

== In Person Events ==

In person event happening at Flame Con X in NYC at Sheraton Times Square (Room D). on Sunday Aug 18 at 1 pm! If you'd like to join you can get your tickets at flamecon.org! It is a masked event, fyi!

Source: hisglassoftea's Twitter

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Cast Cards =

Tonight's cast card by @melvisik is listed as a stand-in as well as in Republic of Pirates Town according to https://ofmd-crew.com/!

Source: @melvisik's Twitter

== OFMD Colouring Pages ==

Another fabulous colouring page from @patchworkpiratebear -- hey I recognize that merman! Loving the texture on this one.

Source: Patchwork Pirate Bear's Tumblr

== Love Notes ==

Hey lovelies, being so swamped as I am right now I'm gonna just be sharing some love notes from some other folks for a while, hope you're all doing okay.

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[pattwtf]

WOW so BEAUTIFUL

there're a million things from this show i wanna paint but omg giraffes!!111!!

[qkawo]

I got two good omens goodies in the mail on the same day, feels like early christmassss 😭

I won @mistysblueboxstuff 's artbook from @callie-ariane 's lovely giveaway!! Thank you so so much again ❤️ And my beautiful art print from @dorywhynot has also arrived, I can't wait to frame it!!

[staff]

Tumblr Tuesday: Our Flag Means Fanart

OFMD fans, how we doing? To celebrate this season's high tides, here’s some art of our most beloved crew.

Avast, ye! Here be spoilers! We tried to be so restrained that it hurt a little bit, and then we gave up. If you’re caught up but haven’t yet checked out all the fanart, what are you doing may we gently nudge you in that direction. If you haven't been watching season 2, please enjoy it at your leisure, and only then return to this excellent array of art.

@toboldlymuppet:

@geherino:

@mistysblueboxstuff:

@umulata:

@smoothedsmoothie:

@akitalockwood:

@joannabarnum:

@starbramble:

@lookinglass-fic:

@vafrosaon:

@warren-keplers-funk-band:

@a-curious-squirrel:

@lovetositinsilence:

@hansoeii:

@akitalockwood:

@meep--tm:

@piratingsoup:

@shapelytimber:

[embracing-the-ineffable]

Good Omens' Day of Dance

It's nearly time! My blog on Sunday will be dedicated to sharing some amazing Good Omens fanart that features ✨dancing✨!

I love the shapes and lines that create a sense of energy and motion for the dancers, and the expressions on their faces sharing their joy. Soft, tender, playful, joyful, creative, unique, sensual, sexy, and scorching... the 50+ pieces waiting patiently in my queue tonight offer something for everyone 😍

Want to follow along? Posting will start in 9 hours; you can find all of my Ineffable Dance posts here! Please go share some love (and reblogs!) with all the artists!

Why am I doing this? For the love of the art and of dance! And to celebrate: my Good Omens minisode fic for the @go-minisode-minibang and its companion illustration by the wonderful @altonthebard both feature a lovely dance scene...and we'll be releasing them tomorrow!

Edit: Here it is! Orbiting a Memory featuring a gorgeous illustration by @altonthebard

(The story and the art also star Saraqael as a main character! There's not nearly enough Saraqael fan art out there, but here's one of my favorites from @mistysblueboxstuff.)

PS - If you have GO dance-themed art or other creative works that you'd like me to add to the queue, there's still time to send me a link!