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BIRDS OF A FEATHER WE SHOULD STICK TOGETHER OR SOMETHING SOBBING MY EYES OUT ITS SO COOL

Shepherd of the desert

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So cool so amazing does everyone SEEE THIS !!!!!

This means war.

Heyaa i'm Finally done with this comic lMAO- i got the original idea that for a split second, tr!Bad sees tr!Lukey as Dapper and tr!Sneeg as the code monster before flying away and pulling stasis from the lovely Mae on twitter. Here's their post! This scene was absolutely insane and i think you can very well see the grip it had on me kjkskks

A huuge thank you to my brother @icarusthecryptid for helping me out with the perspective on this one!! He's an amazing artist, everyone follow him please <3

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Recent Sunwright art I did! I just really like how I challenged myself on the detailing :D and the improvement I had between the pieces (left was done a couple of days ago, on the right about a month ago) .

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LOOKITLOOKITLOOKIT

Pngtuber commission for Icarus_Cryptid! There's 3 versions of this pngtuber but I'll let him show you guys the full thing :] <3

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Keath's storytelling through their art is amazing.

Like, look at these characters, these concepts, these pictures. Every bit of media used to convey a story. It's honestly brilliant!

I've got so much to say about it so let me ramble about the Harkers today!

Each of these represent something, which is very neat. But the way each character is dressed, is designed, looks even, it tells you something! It's brilliant. The personalities out of clothing and designs.

The Storyteller, their entire design is a story. Every accessory, every detail, every layer. It tells you so much about them! The hat that covers eyes, which I think is a fun way to show how the past doesn't look forward. Uncovered mouth, because historically stories/legends/history was passed by word of mouth because most people couldn't read. Also most of the time it was through songs too! That's so cool. There's so much going on in the Storyteller's design and clothing, the feather accessories, the plants, the straws, the clothes and dress like attachments. The shoes! There's a million details, and each says something without actually saying anything at all. For a mysterious figure, I believe the storyteller has the most that's actually being told purely from a visual perspective. There is a mystery, but the past illuminates (get it? Storyteller has a lamp hehe). Visually, the Storyteller lives up to its name so well! This is a being you'd find at the side of the road, along the crowd, on a stage, to sing of a past, to tell a story. A forgettable but unforgettable being. Too many details that will overwhelm you with implications, too many stories, but not extravagant, still rooted in the past, the basics if you will. Straws are important here, fields, the outside, nature. Straws in the past have been used for so much, bedding, isolation, food for cattle, to soften places, and clothing like hats. Multi-purpose and helpful.

Okay, next the Storyteller's significant other, the Bell-Ringer or also known as Yarrow. Who represents the future! A goat like being who wears Bell's and expensive clothing. If the future is commonly associated with good fortune, this is exactly how it should be conveyed! Not too simple and not too extravagant, there's a lot of details, but they're still rich in its simplicity. Ruffles, straight lines, horns and branches. Bell-Ringer is tall (but not the tallest), imposing, regal, a crown of golden really. Stitched patches on their cheeks, which convey a doll-like being, even as a goat. Their eyes are unique, like all goats, horizontal. To me their eyes are a way to have a unique play on future insight. And the patches on the cheeks can convey that these are untold. Yarrow is colorful, bright, imposing and even knowing. A representation of the future in such a beautiful way. Bell's also!!! Bell's are so important, Bell's have been commonly used to announce big news, important events and presently more for the time. Ringing Bells on a street corner for news, ringing Bells to herd cattle, ringing Bells to celebrate. A bell for attention, now more to great people too. It's important here, and it can have a lot of implications. Does the bell ringing mean that something important happens where the Yarrow is? The future is the sound of bells.

The last two Harkers are a bit harder for me as I'm not super sure I have seen all their details. So I'm hoping I'm getting it right and not misinterpreting what I'm seeing.

Okay! Third, let's go with the Enkindled. The Enkindled is the shortest. Its name can mean several things, like set on fire or to inspire (emotions). With a tree like being that is messy, that is wooden but small, pretty simple and not too extravagant. I believe the Enkindled has the least amount of detailing, oh there's a lot of it don't get me wrong, but clothing and accessory wise, there isn't much. But it represents a tree like being, so that makes sense. The wood that branches is detailed enough. Trees are mesmerizing enough. A truly rooted figure that doesn't need much, but still can inspire. The smallest of things can give the most ideas. A single tree can tell a story, a forest tells more. Again, I still don't know much, but what I know is that there is heart in this being, contrary to what you glean from a first glance maybe. But trees have represented so much, like family trees. But also strength, individuality and expression, calmness, growth and the interconnectedness of everything. It's the heart of it, the beginning maybe. They represent order(?) and that's reflected in their design! Trees might look chaotic, but they're ordered in a way that makes sense. Branches serve a purpose, the way they form is the most ideal path for a tree. The order in which a tree grows, withers, lives or dies.

Lastly the Croon, the tallest and most imposing looking. It has feathers and matches the design of a bird, the skull is bird-like. It's body looks like a bird's. But that's not the only animal trait, moose antlers, a crown of spikes and claw-like hands. The Croon looks the most intimidating. And its name can be interpreted as a tone of voice, crooning, sentimental humming/singing/speaking. The croon represents entropy, entropy can mean the end or decay of things. With a skull representing their head I feel that that's really well conveyed. There's a chaos to their design, but it all makes sense still especially with the concept of entropy. Where things fall into disarray or decline. The Croon looks dosserayed.

I love the way that the Harkers are themed after story aspects. The Storyteller as a name tells a story, respecting the past as most stories are retellings. The Bell-Ringer, the future, every story has one, what comes after. The Enkindled, the heart, the idea of a story, that what motivates, but also the order of it, there is a way to tell a story that makes sense of the chaos within these events that are linked. The Croon represents entropy, the chaos in a story or the ending of it, the challenge or the struggle that simply is.

If I got anything wrong please don't get angry! I'm very much still learning about the lore and details, unfortunately my brain is far more focused towards details in art than all the smart stuff everyone else seems to get 😭 and please do correct me if I'm wrong on anything!

End of the day, I just really love the amount of attention and visual storytelling that was put into Yaelokre, the art was addmitably what got me so into this all. It was the first thing that really caught my attention. The songs and the story I love them too!

Thanks for reading :D (if you're still here) and I hope if anyone else wants to share their thoughts on designs and stuff they will! I can't wait to ramble about the lark too, but my brains too tired to talk any more so I'll leave this here for now :D

Have a doodle page as compensation for sitting through this!

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Less than half an hour left! I'm so excited to witness songs of origins! Listening to every song, examining at every bit of art and learning from every tidbit Keath has given has been amazing. It's been so fun and awe-inspiring to be here.

Thank you so much @yaelokre for creating. For sharing. For telling the story. You are inspiring, watching you grow even for the short time I've been in the Meadow has been a genuine delight. Thank you.

Hey guys come to the premiere over at YouTube! Come watch what this amazing person has made! Art, songs, it's creations are brilliant. Just like they are.

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5 things I can talk about for an hour without preparing anything? You guys don't realize I can yap so hard about my hyperfixations. (I got got people want me to yap 😔)

1. FNAF, I once explained the entirety of the lore to my older sibling for 3 hours. They wanted to see the movie but didn't know anything. I didn't even do a deep dive. It's so silly your honor :((( they mean so much to me :(((

2. Star wars (help I'm in the trenches).

3. One piece, found family pirates? Heck yeah!!! (There's a lot of animes I can yap about actually sob)

4. In general character analysis (it's a shame people don't ask me for them but man I WILL be putting the sillies under a microscope and them yapping about them) (um actually? You can take media analysis of something too actually with this I'm just normal about everything allll the time) (Art analysis! Story telling through art!!! I love it so much I go insane about it!!! I just like analyzing things ig..).

5. Any given project I'm working on tbh.

In conclusion I'm normal about everything all the time and I definitely don't yap too much given the chance! If you're wondering why I didn't add mythology even tho I'm named Icarus? I forgot. @eriswritess (nerd!! Help Grem already tagged everyone sorry) @floatingnebulas (giving you the mic actually) @fezzzuu (big yapper)

tagged by @spineless-lobster to do this tag game:

List 5 topics you can talk on for an hour without preparing any material.

tudor history

doctor who

twelfth-century jerusalem and england and you know what? the twelfth century as a whole

linguistics but especially etymology and phonology

my ocs. of which there are many

tagging the dash!

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the fuck you family 🔥🔥🔥

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Some Luffy and Shanks fanart for the SOUL (I almost forgot Shank's scar the replay of this now has a moment of reflection 😭)

Tumblr I offer you ✨them✨ this app scares me still, I hope I'm doing this right <333

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Happy birthday, Pearlo! <3 Hope you have a wonderful day today and your new age brings you all the good things in life, queen :D

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Some Luffy and Shanks fanart for the SOUL (I almost forgot Shank's scar the replay of this now has a moment of reflection 😭)

Tumblr I offer you ✨them✨ this app scares me still, I hope I'm doing this right <333

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Happy Pride <3

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Zoro is like a compass, he is always pointing North.

Sure he gets lost, all the time, but his North isn't the same as everyone else's, instead it's something else. There is only the pull of his goals, his dreams, his convictions and beliefs. He's rigid, never faltering. Pointing only to what he believes is important. He never strays from his path, following it diligently.

He is a compass. The compass.

But meeting Luffy D. Monkey gave him a new North. A new pull to follow, his arrow changes direction but also not. Following his captain slots so easily into his life, falling between what he has always followed.

He gets lost, but he's always where he's supposed to be. Following Luffy, his captain. Being the swordsman of the Straw hats, being the first mate.

Because it's the same, the freedom of following his dreams is achieved right by his Captain's side. Being true to who he is, he has never strayed from his path. He points North.

Zoro points to his dreams, and he can dream right where he is. He is right where he is supposed to be.

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I think about them a lot man I genuinely love how I drew these frames

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I've been on Tumblr for 1 year ! ! !

(You wouldn't think so if you looked at how much I post but this app scares me it's like the echo chambers of everything. At all times. What does someone even say to a echo chamber???? Good evening????)

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Made some art for my own fic bc it gives me so much brainrot.

Tommy from How Tommy Got Adopted (no thanks to you, Linda) it's a dsmp DC crossover that has my entire heart.

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AU time! (I wanted to write this one out better)

"You're just a child," Phil says, voice filled with a certain inflexion that Techno can't quite place. Like this sentence should mean something. Like it was noteworthy.

And maybe it does, for the king from outside the stadium. Maybe it means something to the man who carries kindness in every line of his body. Who's eyes softened when he met Techno's. Saw the scare, the blood, the glint in Techno's eyes, saw all of this and showed him respect. A bowed head as he sat before Techno even though they were both chained, even though respect means nothing in this stadium. A small inclination that showed how a king thought a caged warrior his equal.

Maybe Techno being a child means something, in the world outside of the stadium. The stadium, where the only language will ever be violence and the crowd's cheers. As the crowd hungers for more pain. For more agony. For more blood. As they celebrate each death with relish. Maybe outside these walls, this would mean something.

The greed of the people, and the need for bloodshed, that's what dictates Techno's life.

Phil had just never seen it before. And maybe that's why he's so confused by it all. But Techno knows nothing else.

His cage is built with walls, and his prison is fueled by the money of the elite. As they watch him fight for the right to survive. Not for the right to live. Techno was born in these walls, and now he's demanded to give himself to it. To show his gratitude by fighting to the death whenever the crowd demands it.

There was no living in the stadium, it was known as a death trap for a reason. No, they survived. That was all they could do, the only thing they could control.

They sat, both chained. Yet Phil's eyes held the horror of someone who had never witnessed such brutal violence. Who had never seen the darkest places of society. Who had never seen someone like Techno before.

Techno wondered what that was like. An outlook on life that wasn't tainted by bloodshed. Wasn't tainted by the obligation to fight.

But Techno recognizes the set of the man's shoulders. Recognizes the callouses on his hands. And even if this man never knew the darkest dredges of humanity, he was more than ready to deal with them. Was more than ready

"I am," he agrees, a quiet hum of thought settling between them. "But age does not matter here."

And Phil's face just looks impossibly sad by this declaration. Like what Techno said shouldn't be a reality. Like it had increased the weight on the man's shoulders.

What does a king do when he is in chains?

Techno learns that he completely annihilates those who chained him. That a king will not bow, not even to the chains. Not even to the crowd of the stadium.

For a man that has never seen the darkest pits of hell before, he sure did fight like a demon from the deepest pits of hell. Like Techno did.

And maybe that was the reason why Techno talked to him that first night.

Techno recognizes someone like him. And the king with a kind smile that never faltered, he was like Techno. In a way very few people were. King Philza and Technoblade were somehow alike, even if it had seemed unlikely at first.