chubsonthemoon

[chubsonthemoon]

AHHHHH oh my goodness!! I had the absolute pleasure of commissioning @moonartjb to illustrate a scene from my fic, when it comes my turn to lose you <3

thank you so much, moonri!! I'm so beyond happy with how it turned out, and it was such a pleasure commissioning you. forever in love with how tenderly you drew them, in love and in their own little world, together 🥹❣️

[chubsonthemoon]

Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Jayce/Viktor (League of Legends) Characters: Jayce (League of Legends), Viktor (League of Legends) Additional Tags: Missing Scene, Angst, Hurt No Comfort, Recontextualization, is that a word? it is now ig lol, Ableism, Pining, Humor, Banter, Set in Season 01 Between Act 01 and Act 02 (Arcane: League of Legends), also set during s2ep1, how is it both? you'll see!, Unconventional Format, Foreshadowing Series: Part 4 of fun and funky arcane fics, Part 10 of arcane stages of grief Summary:

“So,” Jayce says. “Which super-secret route are you taking me?”

“Its existence is known to very few,” Viktor says, tapping his long, slender fingers on the head of his cane. The elevator doors open. “Only the best and brightest of the Academy are able to find it.”

“Is that right,” Jayce says.

A mental map of the route from the Council to the lab, by Jayce Talis.

~

sorry!

[chubsonthemoon]

I could NOT get this art out of my head, so I wrote a little fic inspired by it, here!! tysm for sharing this ahh I love this concept so much 🥺

part 1 here!

in which jayce doesn’t stop— and viktor doesn’t stop him either

bonus panel welcome back vi

[chubsonthemoon]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jayce/Viktor (League of Legends) Characters: Jayce (League of Legends), Viktor (League of Legends), Vi (League of Legends), Caitlyn (League of Legends) Additional Tags: Background CaitVi, Forehead Touching, Mutual Pining, Queerplatonic Relationships, to ME but you could read it as romantic if it floats your boat, it doesn't really matter with these two lbr, zaunite displays of affection and intimacy my beloved, Flustered Viktor (League of Legends), based on a lovely fanart!, Fluff, with a light pinch of jayvik being insane and all-consuming about each other, Unresolved Emotional Tension, Cultural Differences Summary:

It starts with Vi.

“What is that thing you do?” Jayce asks, after Cait leaves their lunch early for her Enforcer duties.

Vi slurps up the rest of her drink with a straw. “Hm? What thing?”

“The, uh—” Jayce tries to mime it; he does an awkward little half-bow, half-bob of his head. “Forehead thing.”

Jayce learns about a Zaunite custom. Viktor is about to lose his mind.

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ZAUNITE FOREHEAD TOUCH MY BELOVED!!! 🥺

[chubsonthemoon]

Hihi, can I ask what paint you used for the edges of your Maybe sprout wings book? Tysm! 💖

hi nonnie! iirc I used two coats of watered-down acrylic paint--one layer of red for the base, and a layer of metallic gold on top.

I hope this helps!! <3

[chubsonthemoon]

oh my GOSH AHHH this is everything!! i love how small leorio is in his adult clothes and how surprised kurapika looks to see him!! ajslfdkj poor guy has no idea what's coming...and his little hair curl has me <3. he looks sooo handsome in his work clothes + tie too. and leorio's briefcase and short spiky hair have me 🥺 he is a BABY, I just wanna ruffle his hair and give him the biggest hug.

love so much how you drew this scene!! thank you so much for all your work and for drawing for my fic--it really means the world! <333

@hxhbigbang25 piece one!! This one is for @chubsonthemoon's story Without You Without Them!! It's super good, go check it out!!

[chubsonthemoon]

AHHHHHHHH!!!!! oh my GOODNESS. I am utterly in love with how tenderly rendered this scene is--the lighting is so so dreamy and the outside POV makes me feel so wistful AHH!! love all the small details of leorio's home, the bookshelves and leorio's briefcase and his books and papers and TV and the TREE!!! and the ghost of baby leorio, his bright smile, him slightly in shadow in contrast to adult!leopika looking out the window together, their own smiles a little sadder but still so lovely...gosh. I'm gonna cry T_T. and saying it again but the lighting here has me swooning. so so beautiful!

thank you soso much for this art!! I will treasure it forever ahh <333

So glad i was able to draw for @hxhbigbang25 this year! This illustration was for the lovely @chubsonthemoon so please go check out their amazing fic! It’s bittersweet but also really heartwarming so i hoped to convey that tone with this drawing!

[chubsonthemoon]

Chapters: 9/9 Fandom: Hunter X Hunter Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kurapika/Leorio Paladiknight, Kurapika & Leorio Paladiknight Characters: Kurapika (Hunter X Hunter), Leorio Paladiknight, Zepile (Hunter X Hunter), Killua Zoldyck, Gon Freecs, Pietro | Leorio Paladiknight's Friend Additional Tags: Age Regression/De-Aging, Childhood Trauma, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Non-Graphic Violence, POV Alternating, Healing, kurapika takes care of leorio, Doctor Leorio Paladiknight, Background Gon Freecs/Killua Zoldyck, Nen (Hunter X Hunter), Kurapika is bad at cooking and also feelings, leopika's post-2011 anime situationship you will always be famous, Protective Kurapika Summary:

Kurapika breathes in sharply. A familiar briefcase, with an equally familiar jacket draped over its side, sits at the kid’s feet.

“Where did you get that?” He tries to keep his voice even, measured.

“This?” the boy says. If he senses the danger, he makes no show of it. “This is mine.”

Kurapika stares. He looks at the jacket, the briefcase. Looks back at the kid, at those familiar brown eyes.

Then it clicks.

“Leorio?” he says.

Leorio is affected by a de-ageing Nen ability. Kurapika has to help him.

Or: Kurapika learns why Leorio is the way he is, how to cook a decent meal for a twelve-year old, and maybe—just maybe—how to hold enough love for the both of them.

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HAPPY HXH BIG BANG 2025!! happy TEN years to one of the most rewarding fandom events I look forward to every year!! writing for hxh always feels like coming home 🥹

all my love to the mods of @hxhbigbang25 for organizing, and @cherubii2 and @mangetsuame, whose beautiful arts I’ll be reblogging soon! thank you so much for all your work--it’s been such a pleasure <3

[chubsonthemoon]

OHHHHMYGOODNESS??? AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I am?? DISTRAUGHT!!! Jayce's little kicky feet, their matching mustaches, the softness of their kitchen, the moonlit forest out the window, the full-bodied laughter from Jayce and the adorable giggles from Vik (his hands over his mouth!!!)--I'M SOBBINGGGG. It's like you took this scene straight from my brain!! There's so much life and fondness and familiarity and love in how you draw them, and I am but a puddle on the ground T_T babies...

Thank you so so much for this oh my goodness!!! SO happy you enjoyed the fic AHH. Old man mage Vik has my whole heart <333 Saving this so I can stare at it forever and everrrr

☆Art for Mine all Mine (Arcane fic)☆

This is for @chubsonthemoon who wrote mine all mine, totally my dream fic❤️❤️❤️

✔️Pampering old mage Vik

✔️Cry together

✔️Let him be happy with kid!Jayce for once

✔️Happy ending

This fic is everything and more. Would LOVE to see more of your old mage ;))

(In case you're wondering - no, there's no shipping between kid!Jayce and the mage. Just them being silly here. But as we know, all viktors have their own jayces)

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More of my work

[chubsonthemoon]

Just wanted to say I read your fic Mine, all mine! Thanks for the tears and happy ending :) Love sad old mage Viktor haha

oh gosh, thank you so much for reading and for your kind words!! I'm so happy you enjoyed ❣️ just had to give sad old mage vik and jayce a happy ending, it's in my contract aha 🥹

[chubsonthemoon]

AHHHH said it before will say it again and again but I'm so so happy you like it!! thank you so much for sharing your writing, I had such a wonderful time reading and binding your work 🥹❣️

Another jayvik book, completed! This is the incredible motion on a circle, by @runesick. Stunning artwork by @marika-misc, who kindly granted me permission to include her art <3

As always, crafty chatting + more pics under the cut!

Whereeee do I even begin with this fic oh my gosh. The worldbuilding is PEAK. There are so many fun things that rune does with the structure that convey the strange, otherworldly, in-between space of the arcane. And the jayvik? AHHHHH. THE YEARNING! THE GRIEF!!!! It's both cosmic horror and sweeping romance at its finest. It's so, so good. I left a comment that was literally *checks notes* 2,000 words??? LMAO. Thank you rune for reading my yapping! I just had to bind your fic; it's been living rent-free in my mind for months now.

Some fun design things! There are a few sections in the second chapter that are written in the style of a screenplay, so I mirrored that in the typeset :3 For font, I went with Courier New, which is (I believe!) the standard for screenplays, and also changed up the justification for the paragraphs to be left-justified.

I really love the resulting effect--the chapter this happens in is about (spoilers aha) Jayce getting tossed into the metaphorical basement of the arcane, and because he's not technically supposed to be there, he's kind of only...partially rendered. But he's also literally aware that he's a construct, which is BONKERS and so delicious, narratively speaking. All that to say, I really wanted to convey that feeling of unreality, and I feel like the stark contrast between the two fonts really helps with that!

The title page was also super fun to design! After Viktor gets spat back out of the arcane, his face kinda splits into a thousand different after-images. I thought it would be really neat to convey that somehow, along with the general idea of motion as named in the title:

I liked the effect so much I did it for the cover text as well! This was my first time using printable canvas and gosh is it a game changer. For the cover artwork, I used Vasily Kandinsky's Several Circles and flipped it around so that that the title would fall in the black part of the big circle:

My bindery logo falling right in the middle of the orange circle was a happy accident heh, but it's one I'm quite pleased with :3 This was one of those designs that sort of fell into place the moment I found the artwork--it just felt right.

This was also my first time making paper endbands! I used the same paper for both the endbands and the endpapers and love how it brings it all together.

A million thanks again to rune for letting me bind their work, and to marie for letting me include her artwork! I had so much fun with this bind, and this is legit one of my favorite fics not just in arcane fandom, but also just in general. I'm so so happy to have it on my shelf! Here it is once more, for the road <3

[chubsonthemoon]

Another jayvik book, completed! This is the incredible motion on a circle, by @runesick. Stunning artwork by @marika-misc, who kindly granted me permission to include her art <3

As always, crafty chatting + more pics under the cut!

Whereeee do I even begin with this fic oh my gosh. The worldbuilding is PEAK. There are so many fun things that rune does with the structure that convey the strange, otherworldly, in-between space of the arcane. And the jayvik? AHHHHH. THE YEARNING! THE GRIEF!!!! It's both cosmic horror and sweeping romance at its finest. It's so, so good. I left a comment that was literally *checks notes* 2,000 words??? LMAO. Thank you rune for reading my yapping! I just had to bind your fic; it's been living rent-free in my mind for months now.

Some fun design things! There are a few sections in the second chapter that are written in the style of a screenplay, so I mirrored that in the typeset :3 For font, I went with Courier New, which is (I believe!) the standard for screenplays, and also changed up the justification for the paragraphs to be left-justified.

I really love the resulting effect--the chapter this happens in is about (spoilers aha) Jayce getting tossed into the metaphorical basement of the arcane, and because he's not technically supposed to be there, he's kind of only...partially rendered. But he's also literally aware that he's a construct, which is BONKERS and so delicious, narratively speaking. All that to say, I really wanted to convey that feeling of unreality, and I feel like the stark contrast between the two fonts really helps with that!

The title page was also super fun to design! After Viktor gets spat back out of the arcane, his face kinda splits into a thousand different after-images. I thought it would be really neat to convey that somehow, along with the general idea of motion as named in the title:

I liked the effect so much I did it for the cover text as well! This was my first time using printable canvas and gosh is it a game changer. For the cover artwork, I used Vasily Kandinsky's Several Circles and flipped it around so that that the title would fall in the black part of the big circle:

My bindery logo falling right in the middle of the orange circle was a happy accident heh, but it's one I'm quite pleased with :3 This was one of those designs that sort of fell into place the moment I found the artwork--it just felt right.

This was also my first time making paper endbands! I used the same paper for both the endbands and the endpapers and love how it brings it all together.

A million thanks again to rune for letting me bind their work, and to marie for letting me include her artwork! I had so much fun with this bind, and this is legit one of my favorite fics not just in arcane fandom, but also just in general. I'm so so happy to have it on my shelf! Here it is once more, for the road <3

[chubsonthemoon]

EXHALES WITH U

AHHHHHH I'm so happy the books made it home safely!! It was an absolute pleasure binding your work, and I'm so happy you get to hold your writing in your hands. I'm glad I was able to give a little bit of the joy I felt reading your words back to you!! Love your writing with my whole heart <333

Thank you so, so much for sharing, friend!!! 🥹💌🙌🏼🐹❣️

Now that @zillac's (kind of surprise haha) copy of Huzzah to the Hammersmith has arrived, I can post pics!

This is my second time using handwoven bookcloth and I had SO much fun with it. Cloth was woven on my rigid heddle loom using a green and gold linen/cotton/acrylic blend. Also, this was my first time making an obi!

As always, more details under the cut <3

THIS FIC IS PURE DELIGHT, Y'ALL. It's funny and hot and sweet and it hits you right in the feels when you least expect it. AND--get this!!!--it takes place at the Renaissance Faire!! Viktor is a tailor and Jayce is a blacksmith. Mel sets up them as stall buddies and you'll never guess what happens next! >:3

One of the recurring themes in the fic is Viktor's relationship with his chosen RenFaire-sona as a tailor. Naturally, I went FERAL in the comments about this and Zil and I got to talking about textile arts and history and some bonus Viktor backstory. Here are just a few of the lines that made me go insane:

Viktor says, “I am from Domažlice. It’s near the border, just a 20 minute drive from a German town where they have the world’s largest walking robot. They bring it out every year, for a festival called Further Drachenstich. It is an actor in a very old play about the struggle of good versus evil. There is a museum, because that festival began in 1590. It has the old fabric costumes that used to be worn by the previous actors. The current actor is, as I said, the world’s largest walking robot. It is also a 50 foot dragon.”  Viktor says, with the rehearsed nonchalance of an oft-repeated sentence, “I moved here to study after I lost my mother.” Then, quieter, with less unaffectedness, “I still sometimes get very homesick.” Jayce shifts, a little. Viktor doesn’t look at him. He traces a finger over the sticker, like he’s patting the dragon.  “Not here,” Viktor says, and he feels himself smile.

Okay. Viktor's home. Viktor's mother. The RenFaire as home. Home and textiles. Textiles and the RenFaire. The RenFaire and Jayce. Home as Jayce. Okay. Okay!!! OKAY!!!!!

Another thing that happens in the fic is Viktor makes Jayce a green linen shirt that Jayce sometimes does not wear (HUZZAH) and that Viktor sometimes does (hu-ZAYMN). Also, completely independently, around the time I was reading the fic, I had some green-and-gold linen on my loom. Again, complete coincidence! It was originally going to be for a bag, but my math wasn't mathing, so I was stalling on completing it because I didn't know what to make with it, and then I read the fic, and, well,

Like, how could I NOT use it???? Like what the fuck would I even be DOING if I didn't? Like, seriously??? I almost couldn't believe it. I laughed when I walked into my room and saw it sitting there, this puzzle I'd yet to figure out, the morning after I'd finished reading the fic. What is it the kids say these days? There is poetry in Everything? I can jayvik Anything? Yeah, that. Genuinely. Wtf.

Anyway! So I went with this as the bookcloth, lolllll. Backed with my usual Heat-n-Bond and some green Unryu tissue paper I had on hand! Here she is in the morning sunlight:

I also had an absolute BLAST with the typeset! This was supposed to be a 100% surprise bind, but the day I finished designing the title page I got literally so excited I immediately sent a screenshot to Zil, thus ruining the surprise HAHA. Still!! I had so much fun sprinkling in allusions to tailoring and blacksmithing eheh, from the graphics which were so fun to arrange, to the aforementioned destined bookcloth, to the metal corners on the cover.

Genuinely don't know what else to say here other than I love this fic so so much. I would love if you read it. You can find it here. Mwah!! <333

[chubsonthemoon]

Now that @zillac's (kind of surprise haha) copy of Huzzah to the Hammersmith has arrived, I can post pics!

This is my second time using handwoven bookcloth and I had SO much fun with it. Cloth was woven on my rigid heddle loom using a green and gold linen/cotton/acrylic blend. Also, this was my first time making an obi!

As always, more details under the cut <3

THIS FIC IS PURE DELIGHT, Y'ALL. It's funny and hot and sweet and it hits you right in the feels when you least expect it. AND--get this!!!--it takes place at the Renaissance Faire!! Viktor is a tailor and Jayce is a blacksmith. Mel sets up them as stall buddies and you'll never guess what happens next! >:3

One of the recurring themes in the fic is Viktor's relationship with his chosen RenFaire-sona as a tailor. Naturally, I went FERAL in the comments about this and Zil and I got to talking about textile arts and history and some bonus Viktor backstory. Here are just a few of the lines that made me go insane:

Viktor says, “I am from Domažlice. It’s near the border, just a 20 minute drive from a German town where they have the world’s largest walking robot. They bring it out every year, for a festival called Further Drachenstich. It is an actor in a very old play about the struggle of good versus evil. There is a museum, because that festival began in 1590. It has the old fabric costumes that used to be worn by the previous actors. The current actor is, as I said, the world’s largest walking robot. It is also a 50 foot dragon.”  Viktor says, with the rehearsed nonchalance of an oft-repeated sentence, “I moved here to study after I lost my mother.” Then, quieter, with less unaffectedness, “I still sometimes get very homesick.” Jayce shifts, a little. Viktor doesn’t look at him. He traces a finger over the sticker, like he’s patting the dragon.  “Not here,” Viktor says, and he feels himself smile.

Okay. Viktor's home. Viktor's mother. The RenFaire as home. Home and textiles. Textiles and the RenFaire. The RenFaire and Jayce. Home as Jayce. Okay. Okay!!! OKAY!!!!!

Another thing that happens in the fic is Viktor makes Jayce a green linen shirt that Jayce sometimes does not wear (HUZZAH) and that Viktor sometimes does (hu-ZAYMN). Also, completely independently, around the time I was reading the fic, I had some green-and-gold linen on my loom. Again, complete coincidence! It was originally going to be for a bag, but my math wasn't mathing, so I was stalling on completing it because I didn't know what to make with it, and then I read the fic, and, well,

Like, how could I NOT use it???? Like what the fuck would I even be DOING if I didn't? Like, seriously??? I almost couldn't believe it. I laughed when I walked into my room and saw it sitting there, this puzzle I'd yet to figure out, the morning after I'd finished reading the fic. What is it the kids say these days? There is poetry in Everything? I can jayvik Anything? Yeah, that. Genuinely. Wtf.

Anyway! So I went with this as the bookcloth, lolllll. Backed with my usual Heat-n-Bond and some green Unryu tissue paper I had on hand! Here she is in the morning sunlight:

I also had an absolute BLAST with the typeset! This was supposed to be a 100% surprise bind, but the day I finished designing the title page I got literally so excited I immediately sent a screenshot to Zil, thus ruining the surprise HAHA. Still!! I had so much fun sprinkling in allusions to tailoring and blacksmithing eheh, from the graphics which were so fun to arrange, to the aforementioned destined bookcloth, to the metal corners on the cover.

Genuinely don't know what else to say here other than I love this fic so so much. I would love if you read it. You can find it here. Mwah!! <333

[chubsonthemoon]

AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! Crying sobbing so so overwhelmed with love and gratitude because @perexcri gave me the BEST birthday gift ever??? She bound my fic a luminary, no one and I can't stop holding it <3333. She chose the most gorgeous celestial-themed paper for the cover, AND hand-painted the lighthouse bookplate, AND hand-wrote the blurb on the back?? AHHHHH

I'm just! It's so beautifully and thoughtfully made!! If this is what it feels like every time an author I love sees and holds their bound work, made physical, then I am never, ever going to stop fanbinding. My words, made real!! Tangible!! Gosh. This feels like magic. This is magic. Am feeling overwhelming love for fanfiction and fan crafts and communal art and friendship in this chili's tonight!

Thank you so so much for the best present ever friend AHHHH ilysm <333

[chubsonthemoon]

PRINTING JAYVIK

Svirdilu and I did an art trade!! In exchange for this In Stars and Time themed sketchbook, they sent me these BEAUTIFUL hand-carved linocut blocks of the boys!! AHHHH!!! Here is my first print run all laid out:

And here's a little video of the printing process! Printed using Speedball's beginner block printing kit, with the cap of an old moisturizer tin as a baren haha:

I'll be sending these babies as goodies with my author copies this summer :3 jayvik mutuals, if you'd like one, please DM me!!

[chubsonthemoon]

AHHHHHH oh my GOODNESS he is so darling I'm gonna cry!! love love how warm and lovely all the colors are waaah you can tell just from a glance he is so so loved. gosh. baby boy doing his best to be good and kind and brave 🥹 gonna treasure this forever thank you so so much friend!! ❣️

I read the cutest fic this week and I had to draw something because I’m in love with how little Jayce is portrayed in it.

I had a shitty week and this fic made me feel so much better. :) It’s soft and full of heart. You should all read it !

Link to the fic by @chubsonthemoon