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ive decided im posting this art again, by itself, because ive had it set as my phone background since i finished it and i dont hate it yet. this is my oc, atlas, hes kind of terrible and i love him. really enjoyed drawing this mans arm hair, lol

(also heres the song i was listening to on repeat while drawing this)

relatedly, i did one of those “ask me about my writing wips” games on my personal blog a few days ago and somehow no one asked me about atlas??? maybe i will make some posts about him and his story sometime just for funsies. lemme know if any of yall wanna hear about that and maybe i’ll share it here too ;3

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sorry gamers, announcements re: who has won things from quantum break appreciation month will have to wait a day or two. i am sick as a dog (apparently an actual stomach illness of some kind and not just unlucky dnd related food poisoning) and cannot do anything that requires more than a single braincell currently (TTmTT)b but hey, that means that if you wanna send me more quantum break posts to get another chance at winning something, i'll still take 'em!

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i made a zine for quantum break’s 6th release anniversary… i just love this game lol

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the month is almost over! it's a free-for-all day! send me whatever the hell posts you want! talk to me about quantum break! i am sick as a dog from food poisoning so i need SOMETHING to do today!

it's time.

welcome to…

QUANTUM BREAK APPRECIATION MONTH 2024

okay, fuck it, i went too hard last year trying to post every damn day in april. this year, i am taking a break and inviting you all to join me in making too many insane posts for quantum break month.

yes, that means i will be giving out prizes to those brave soldiers who join me in posting about a nearly-dead eight-year-old fandom for an entire month. i cannot promise that they are GOOD prizes, but i WILL reward you for joining me in quantum break hell.

HERE IS MY CALENDAR:

you will notice i am starting on the second week of the month. this is because i have been renovating an office and am exhausted. i will not be taking questions at this time.

anyway, the 5th of april is the 8th anniversary of quantum break's release! if you post about quantum break on this day and send me a link to the post, i will draw you a tiny doodle on a post-it note of one of the quantum break characters.

the week of april 7th - april 13th i have designated as ships week. this week, post about your favorite quantum break ships! for every shippy post you make (and send me a link to), i will put your name into a hat one time and then pick a random person (on the 30th) to recieve a ship certificate from robinboob, a parody website that sells "certficates" saying you "own" a certain ship. (to clarify, this is parodying nfts, but the money actually funds fandom-centric web development projects.)

(i already own certificates for jackpaul and paulcest. see below. but i'm sure you can come up with some fun new ships that i can buy for you ;3)

the week of april 14th - april 20th is blorbo week. who is your quantum break fave? which of these characters do you want to squeeze like a stress toy? post about your fave this week, and for each post you send me, i will put your name into a hat once and randomly pick someone (on the 30th) to receive free art, done by me, of your blorbo.

(i have already drawn so many quantum break fanarts, and yet, there are still characters i have only drawn once or twice. if your fave is underappreciated, this is the week for you.)

the week of april 21st - april 27th is plot week. gimme your meta, your theories, ramble about the plot points you love to hate or hate to love. for every plotty post you make and send to me, i'll enter your name in my little hat of names once and then pick a random person (on the 30th) to win either a copy of the secret history of time travel or quantum break: zero state, your choice.

that's about it! general diclaimers: you can tag your posts with "quantum break appreciation month 2024" obviously (that's what i'll be doing) but the only way to guarantee i see them and count them is to send me a link. my askbox will be open all month for this reason. you're also free to join the quantum break discord server i run and send your posts there, if that's easier! i won't announce winners for anything until the 30th. if i can't get in contact with you to tell you you've won (ie via tumblr message, askbox, discord, etc) i will pick someone else.

also, full disclosure, yes, i am giving out prizes specifically because i am too tired to make a ton of posts myself. but that doesn't mean i won't try! (i'm not going to enter MYSELF into the hat for a prize though, that would be silly.)

anyway. happy quantum break month! go wild my friends!!

[cmdonovann]

omg! this is so lovely! i love seeing people use the ornaments i made, hehe! ^w^

Another ficbind down! This one I put together at the request of a friend. It’s one of her favorite fics for a pairing that really took over her brain real estate for the past 3-4 years or so.

When she asked for Something So Dear by forthesanityof1, I checked and it’s over 180k words. My longest ficbind so far. I had to work up to this one—got a few bookbinding projects done and then tackled this.

The title page is really simple and uses a lovely ornament by @cmdonovann that I got through the Renegade Bindery server, which has been such a wealth of resources. I slapped together the chapter ornaments myself, trying to work out a balance of flower and tattoo design (because it’s the whole premise of the fic).

Sorted out that pesky recto-verso problem, thank goodness.

I also had some fun figuring out how to build out the text conversations in the fic. I’ve been typesetting a lot since February and have employed a different strategy each time to denote texting. There’s some chat fics I like but constructing the typesets for those will be a… much later project. Compiled social media history stories are really cool to see and I want to do them justice. This one has just a few minor pieces of text in chat format, so I played with typesetting that.

The edges look chewed up because I tried to shave the textblock down to make it pretty and even on the side, but I was using a box cutter and didn’t realize the blade wouldn’t cut the full girth of the signatures. I had to flip it and things went poorly. Another bookbinding lesson learned! I still really like this one, it turned out very pretty. My friend will be getting this once I ship it off—I haven’t sent her pictures of it and she isn’t on Tumblr anymore. I hope she enjoys it as much as I enjoyed making it and problem-solving all the pieces!

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i drew my skyrim kittyboy again… did i stay up until almost 4am drawing this last night? yes. was it worth it? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ehhhh i guess??? its been a while since ive tried to do lineart (rather than just cleaning up and coloring over a sketch) so this was actually pretty interesting to draw lol

anyway… im thinking about getting Really Into Skyrim Lore just like, for funsies. and also maybe so i can write fanfic of my catboy dovahkiin. i kind of love him uwu

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another portrait commission, this time for @eri-223, who did in fact take advantage of my portrait sale to get blorbo art (it's martin hatch from quantum break heheheh)

[cmdonovann]

still going absolutely insane over dnd characters, sorry yall

[cmdonovann]

please dear god take some of these notebooks off my hands

listen i got into bookbinding because its fun and i like making books but i CANNOT use this many of them. i kept one from the last batch i made to practice calligraphy in, but i STILL havent used up all the pages (ok but seriously tho look at this shit lmao)

anyway i have about four billion of these damn notebooks on my kofi shop right now so if you too want a beautiful little book to fill with shitposts, this is your chance lmao

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hello. i have been thinking about... the prisoner junction. this will surprise no one. i am obsessed with it for completely normal reasons. definitely.

(anyway, its still plot week! tell me about your favorite parts of quantum break's story.........)

[cmdonovann]

• XII - THE HANGED MAN • upright: wisdom, trial, prophecy • reversed: pause, powerlessness, sacrifice •

some art i did while waiting for wifi to get set up in my new apartment. my old dnd oc, atlas.

[cmdonovann]

well, this was a bit experimental style-wise, but it was fun! i am absolutely atrocious at lineart but AT LEAST I FINISHED IT. lmao TTwTT

i feel like the concept here is fairly obvious but *gestures at jackpaul* the way they mirror each other narratively... it is peak sexy, to me. quantum break is a tragedy and i love it

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well, i went on a little walk down memory lane (scrolled my own blog for funsies) and threw a bunch of stuff into the queue and put that shit on shuffle. whatever comes out comes out, i haven't checked what order the posts are in, that is between tumblr and god. enjoy!

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shop update!

casual reminder that i've updated my ko-fi shop now! there's some new books available on there.

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GOOD NEWS TAGGER! i actually have cheaper commission options than this if you wish to commission me but cannot afford the big stuff! i just cant keep track of where ive posted about these options!! (TTmTT); sorry!!

i've got a furaffinity post about colored sketch commissions over here (these are only $50!) if you want a fancy little sketch! (i will obviously draw things other than furries, these are just the examples i used for the post cuz i was really enjoying drawing khajiit when i posted it XD)

i also will do like. pretty much whatever little sketches and doodles and stuff you want for cheaper than that if you wanna message me, or throw some money at my ko-fi page! (⌒▽⌒)/☆

what's up gamers, it's commission sale time!

i've finally gotten good enough at doing these character pages that i can bang one out in a few days with minimal stress, so yes, i am FINALLY offering these as a commission option! (i know, right? it took me long enough. lol) generally, these take me about a day to sketch, then another 3-4 days to color fully, so you can expect it to be done about a week or so after i get started.

anyway, if you want one of these, you can shoot me a tumblr message or ask so we can exchange email addresses, and discuss what you want via email. (tumblr messages still have a tendency to disappear randomly, and are a real pain to read on mobile, so email is just easier, lol.) or you can skip the middleman and just email me directly at charliemccoydonovann@gmail.com! ＼(✧w✧)／

some examples of stuff i'd love to draw for these: dungeons and dragons or ttrpg characters (this is what most of the examples are!), OCs, video game characters, RP characters, fursonas, pretty much whatever!

i'll edit/update this post when all the slots are taken (see below the readmore).

tall pages (2 or 3 poses): • slot one: open! • slot two: open!

long pages (4 or 5 poses): • slot one: open!

[cmdonovann]

hi, i'm here to be ANNOYING! no one has commissioned me in a while and i'm BORED! pretty please commission me to draw your characters please please please (is begging on my hands and knees like a pathetic sad whimpering beast with big wet eyes)

(also i did budgeting yesterday and i need the money aughhhgghgh help)

what's up gamers, it's commission sale time!

i've finally gotten good enough at doing these character pages that i can bang one out in a few days with minimal stress, so yes, i am FINALLY offering these as a commission option! (i know, right? it took me long enough. lol) generally, these take me about a day to sketch, then another 3-4 days to color fully, so you can expect it to be done about a week or so after i get started.

anyway, if you want one of these, you can shoot me a tumblr message or ask so we can exchange email addresses, and discuss what you want via email. (tumblr messages still have a tendency to disappear randomly, and are a real pain to read on mobile, so email is just easier, lol.) or you can skip the middleman and just email me directly at charliemccoydonovann@gmail.com! ＼(✧w✧)／

some examples of stuff i'd love to draw for these: dungeons and dragons or ttrpg characters (this is what most of the examples are!), OCs, video game characters, RP characters, fursonas, pretty much whatever!

i'll edit/update this post when all the slots are taken (see below the readmore).

tall pages (2 or 3 poses): • slot one: open! • slot two: open!

long pages (4 or 5 poses): • slot one: open!

[cmdonovann]

HELLO FELLOW GAMERS.

PLOT WEEK HAS BEGUN!!!

send me your posts! post about your theories, your fics, your uh... remedy cinematic universe? gimme the posts!!! i wanna read em!!!

it's time.

welcome to…

QUANTUM BREAK APPRECIATION MONTH 2024

okay, fuck it, i went too hard last year trying to post every damn day in april. this year, i am taking a break and inviting you all to join me in making too many insane posts for quantum break month.

yes, that means i will be giving out prizes to those brave soldiers who join me in posting about a nearly-dead eight-year-old fandom for an entire month. i cannot promise that they are GOOD prizes, but i WILL reward you for joining me in quantum break hell.

HERE IS MY CALENDAR:

you will notice i am starting on the second week of the month. this is because i have been renovating an office and am exhausted. i will not be taking questions at this time.

anyway, the 5th of april is the 8th anniversary of quantum break's release! if you post about quantum break on this day and send me a link to the post, i will draw you a tiny doodle on a post-it note of one of the quantum break characters.

the week of april 7th - april 13th i have designated as ships week. this week, post about your favorite quantum break ships! for every shippy post you make (and send me a link to), i will put your name into a hat one time and then pick a random person (on the 30th) to recieve a ship certificate from robinboob, a parody website that sells "certficates" saying you "own" a certain ship. (to clarify, this is parodying nfts, but the money actually funds fandom-centric web development projects.)

(i already own certificates for jackpaul and paulcest. see below. but i'm sure you can come up with some fun new ships that i can buy for you ;3)

the week of april 14th - april 20th is blorbo week. who is your quantum break fave? which of these characters do you want to squeeze like a stress toy? post about your fave this week, and for each post you send me, i will put your name into a hat once and randomly pick someone (on the 30th) to receive free art, done by me, of your blorbo.

(i have already drawn so many quantum break fanarts, and yet, there are still characters i have only drawn once or twice. if your fave is underappreciated, this is the week for you.)

the week of april 21st - april 27th is plot week. gimme your meta, your theories, ramble about the plot points you love to hate or hate to love. for every plotty post you make and send to me, i'll enter your name in my little hat of names once and then pick a random person (on the 30th) to win either a copy of the secret history of time travel or quantum break: zero state, your choice.

that's about it! general diclaimers: you can tag your posts with "quantum break appreciation month 2024" obviously (that's what i'll be doing) but the only way to guarantee i see them and count them is to send me a link. my askbox will be open all month for this reason. you're also free to join the quantum break discord server i run and send your posts there, if that's easier! i won't announce winners for anything until the 30th. if i can't get in contact with you to tell you you've won (ie via tumblr message, askbox, discord, etc) i will pick someone else.

also, full disclosure, yes, i am giving out prizes specifically because i am too tired to make a ton of posts myself. but that doesn't mean i won't try! (i'm not going to enter MYSELF into the hat for a prize though, that would be silly.)

anyway. happy quantum break month! go wild my friends!!