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I’ll break your bones with all the love I carry

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I commissioned @logyak to draw a forest goblin chillin' around, and as you can see, he did an amazing job! Just look at that blouse! Magnificent, well and truly. Thanks again, chief!

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hi hello dunmeshi fandom

hello tumblr people

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I've been wanting to comment on this one for an entire week straight, but stuff kept coming up riiiiight as I sat down behind my keyboard. Now that I can finally siddown for long enough to articulate how much I love this artwork, lemme get straight into it!

Okay, so, starting off— HOLY CANNOLI, JUST LOOK AT THIS!! Look at all the guts and viscera that make up the background, look at how the red dragon's head perfectly blends in with the rest of the crimson meat soup from which Falin was revived — looming behind her with a single, yellow tear in his glowing eye as though it were melting, smoke billowing from his nostrils as he watches Marcille cup Falin's face with desperation and relief. The left side looks so dark and ominous, with pink entrails raining down and dark, crimson flesh making up the top as the dragon watches with bloodied teeth, just barely distinguishable from the rest of the background, but still clear enough thanks to the distinctive pattern on his head and the lighter colours under his eye. I would be remiss not to mention how masterfully you combined the red dragon with Falin's head, his horn perfectly blending in to the point where it kind of looks like Falin has a ram's horn. Of course, Falin's blood-soaked body and dark brown blanket also help to give the left side a darker colour, and I think it looks very nice! Then, there's the right side; where Marcille's bright blonde hair takes up a lot of the background, which is perfect and such a fitting decision for so many reasons — but of course there's also the much brighter reds at the top right corner there, her very nicely drawn clothes, her blood-covered hand as she cups Falin's face, her relieved and desperate expression, the way she kisses Falin so tenderly and gets blood on her mouth, a tear flowing down her cheek as another forms in the corner of her eye… It all looks astonishing! There's the red dragon looming behind Falin, melding with her while she gives Marcille a dazed, tired expression; and then there's Marcille, delivering a passionate kiss, unable to perceive the turmoil happening just beyond the surface. Ooooh, it's sooo good! Also, like, THE COLOURING?! My goodness!! Look at it! How am I supposed to articulate how insanely good it is?! Marcille's hair looks so good with all those different shades of yellow, the background looks fantastic, and Falin's blankie looks so nice, and, and— WAUGH! All of it looks soooo pretty!

(Just barely didn't fit in a comment, darnit.)

nice moment before the inevitable

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reunited at last

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Just Chillin'

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I like this page

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tangible in my arms

gif process!

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Three-headed king

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beach meshi

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Oh, it's beautiful… Where do I even begin? The colouration and shading for both variants is nothing short of breathtaking. I don't know what you call this style of drawing, but it looks soft and is really pleasant to look at. The outlines and shading aren't perfectly solid, but look more like soft strokes, y'know? I swear there's a word for it, but I can't put my finger on it.

Either way, both lighting variants look incredible, and each gives off a different vibe to me. The dark one is cold, and makes the little red glow in Faligon's eye far more prominent and ominous. This cold lighting gives me the idea that this is an anatomical horror forced to obey the whims of her master — with glimpses of Falin's personality shining through, but ultimately being drowned out by the much more powerful presence of the Red Dragon that's in the driver's seat of a self-steering car. Falin is in there, but with the darker lighting, that little Falin-shaped heart just looks less lively and cared for, if that makes sense. Meanwhile, the warmer lighting makes said red glow in her eye much less prominent, and also makes the little Falin on the inside look much brighter. The light reflecting off of her fleshy insides is equally as warm as the rest of her body, and the way she tears herself open like she did her shirt before looks much less like a small glimpse of Falin's personality showing, like with the cold lighting, and much more like Falin's personality envelops her from the inside, and shines through in every action she takes — which I think fits her perfectly.

Buuuut, that's enough babbling and projecting from me on that front; allow me to actually talk about the visuals beyond the colouration and lighting so I can tell you HOW MUCH THIS FREAKIN' ROCKS! Her expression is PERFECT, the way her hair waves wildly is SO GOOD, the tears in her body look fleshy and morbid, while still being soft in a way that makes it feel less like she's genuinely turning her insides into outsides, and more like she's letting herself BREATHE, the feathers have been drawn PERFECTLY, the outline is such a nice addition and GOSH everything here looks SO AWESOOOOOOME!! Looking at this is a privilege not unlike eating, chief. Could stare at this forever.

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Remember that time I drew a green dragon kinda okay? (Psst, its Marcille for @futilecrux's big bang fic https://archiveofourown.org/works/61054540 )

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I was thinking