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I wanted to create a gelfling OC, so here's my vapran girl Khena.

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art selfiesss

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"Learn the secrets they keep from you."

Textless version under the cut!

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lil miss cringe delulu manifestation damsel in distress hacker <3<3<3

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the moon queen & her getaway pilot

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Is it really choir sheet music if it isn't a photocopy that says "do not photocopy this copyrighted material" at the bottom?

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You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me...

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I find it funny that "Odyssey" became like, a word you can use to just mean journey. Like imagine if you were having a family argument and said "ugh, it's such an Oresteia." Or "yeah we're honeymooning in Italy, taking a little Aeneid."

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Ra-Ra-Rasputin, Lover of the Russian Queen

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The Bellbird Firca

I was highly inspired by J.M. Lee's Song of the Dark Crystal, which I loved a lot. Kylan is the best boy :) I tried to make this nice and balanced, but not too symmetrical to keep the flow and shapes interesting.

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Came across this meme and immediately thought of them :D

Original under the cut:

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I find it incredibly funny from a meta/author perspective, that Ancient Greece decided to name their protagonist that angers many people “Anger Bringer” but, even funnier, is the in universe understating that anyone who meets Odysseus must have had the thought “oh dear, how unfortunate to be named hateful/hated” and then they have exactly One conversation with him and go “Ah I see now”

For reference, Odysseus’ name sounds very much like the Greek word odussomai, which can roughly mean “I am angry at” or “I am the cause of anger” (or simply “to hate” or “to dismiss”), a fact that is used for ironic effect frequently in the Odyssey.

It’s also specifically stated in Book 19 that Odysseus’ grandfather, a master thief and one who has also pissed off a lot of people, specifically named him this because “I am disliked by many, all across the world, and I dislike them back. So name the child Odysseus.” 19.428

Bro looked at his grandson and thought “Ahaha, this one’s going to be a troublemaker like me. Better get him started early.”

It’s like a terrible allegory for cause and effect or something.

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In an effort to avoid supporting megacorporations, I shall now be posing questions directly to tumblr that I would otherwise have googled.

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Gelftober Day 31: All Together

22 days worth of Gelfling OCs! ✍️

This was such a fun challenge and I'm proud of all the works I did. Some more than others, and on some days it was harder to find motivation to go on, but still I feel like each piece helped me to get to know the characters better. Not to mention how much more comfortable it became to draw them as time passed! Naturally now I need to take a little break from Gelflings, but overall I think this challenge was good for my artistic growth. Now I can't get enough of black & white art and messy lines, haha! 😆

Thank you everyone for following this journey, I hope it was fun for you too! 🖤

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OH SHIT ITS ACE AWARENESS WEEK!!

(meme made by @7-crows-in-a-trench-coat)

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i don't understand the recent "how often do men think of the roman empire" trend. one of the most well-known recent academic and popular historians of the roman empire is a woman, mary beard. why do this? it isn't cute or funny if you think about the implications for more than five seconds