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I was inspired by some of my friends art for their WoW characters to draw my own!

This is my Unholy Death Knight, who has been my main for about 5 years now. I included her dragon mount as well, cause why not ^_^

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A painterly redraw of sorts of an Elden Ring zone I found myself in. Very fun and somehow I was able to complete this in just a weekend!

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Okay, I know I'm very late to the "This is season 3 to me" memes, but if they don't spend at LEAST 80 minutes of the total runtime making out, I'm rioting in the streets.

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More for my GO Gladiator AU! I started thinking up what I wanted their first meeting to look like, and this scene popped into my head. I imagine the vibes here are much like the drunk "Dolphins!" conversation in S1 canon (you know the one). Very silly and good bonding time for these two :D

I'm not fully done writing it, but here's a snippit of their first meeting scene under the cut to accompany this art:

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The woman drags Aziraphale by the hand off into one of the side-rooms, pushes him down onto a small chair, and puts a knee up on the large, circular bed that is the main centerpiece of the room. She fixes him with the same amused look as before as she fiddles with the serpent clasp on her left shoulder, “So, tell me, what is it you really want? You have something specific in mind, I can tell.”

Aziraphale clears his throat, suddenly realizing they were very much not on the same page, “Ah, apologies my dear, I believe you’ve misread my apprehension earlier. I actually, um… Don’t? Want to sleep with you, that is.”

“… Eh?” The woman had seemed ready to accept most feasible answers to her question. This answer was not on the list.

“It’s just…” Aziraphale sighs, a fullbody thing, “It’s dreadfully boring, mingling around, talking about conquests and the like. And I’d much rather curl up with a good book. But I’m not allowed to just leave, there’d be… consequences.” Aziraphale shudders, involuntary, “That lot does not just send rude notes.”

Aziraphale shakes himself and blazes on, “I’ll compensate you handily though! Enough you shouldn’t have to work again tonight,” he pulls out his wallet, “assuming I remember the going rates for these things well enough…” he mumbles the last bit, more to himself.

He extends his hand with the money, offering it up, “All I ask is you stay in this room with me for a couple hours, and if anyone asks, we had a lovely time.”

“… Uh-huh.”

“I’m sure you could use the break, either way.” Aziraphale continues, to fill the silence, “I’ve never met someone of your profession who is not dreadfully overworked.”

Taking the money, she seems to catch up to reality and cracks a smile, “Well, yeah - you won’t hear me complaining!” She flops down on the plush circular mattress, melting into it. He hadn’t realized how precisely she had been holding herself until she finally actually relaxed.

“It’s kinda funny, I thought you’d have no interest in sleeping around when I first saw you. Good to know my instincts aren’t waning on me.” She winks at him - seems flirting is just a default for her, no matter the circumstances.

“Yes well.” Aziraphale wrings his hands, “I know it’s odd of me, but I simply have no interest in sleeping with people I hardly know”

“Certainly unusual, but not bad.” Her head tilts side-to-side as she considers this. She looks down, pauses for a beat.

“Well. Let’s get to know each other then – the name’s Crowley,” she leans up, extending a hand.

“That’s an odd name for a—Wait, no, you don’t have to-“ Aziraphale stutters, several thoughts getting caught in his throat while he attempts to voice them all at once.

Crowley laughs, but not a cruel laugh, more endeared than anything by Aziraphale’s stumbling. “I know, I know, I’m not trying to get in your pants. I just don’t want to wait here in silence, and you seem interesting.”

“Ah, well then,” Aziraphale takes her hand in his, ever so gentle. “It’s a pleasure. I’m Aziraphale.”

“Oh wow, really?” Aziraphale nods, sheepish. “Huh! Never figured I’d get to fake-bed someone of your renown – that’ll be a feather in my cap for sure.” Crowley continues, undeterred.

“Mmm, glad my ‘renown’ will be helpful to one of us” Aziraphale snarks, annoyance seeping through his normally reserved exterior. Crowley looks taken aback at his admission, but not wholly surprised.

There’s a moment of quiet, and Aziraphale remembers his other train of thought, “Oh! If I may, I don’t mean to be rude, but your name - it’s not usually a name for a lady…”

“Ah, clever man!” Crowley waggles his finger at him, “that’d be because I’m not one.”

“Oh! I’m so sorry, I should’ve asked- I just assumed-“

“Don’t worry about it, seriously.” Crowley interrupts before Aziraphale can apologize himself into a tizzy, “people assume, and I play into it intentionally.”

“Plus, I mean, it’s all made up anyway, the way I see it. Woman, man, whatever else, who cares. We’re all just human at the end of the day.”

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If you've read to this point I appreciate you very much, I hope you liked my nonsense! Have a virtual cookie! <3 🍪

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Wanted to do some quick expression practice - and what better way then with one of those expression meme things that go around! Here's the one I used:

And the boyos:

My favorite is C4 I think - I like how the lighting came out. Though B1 is a close second <3

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My very first try at a Good Omens AU of my own! An Ancient Rome human AU, with Gladiator!Aziraphale & Prostitute!Crowley. This AU is heavily inspired by the song Gladiator by Jann, if anyone's familiar! :D

I have waaayy too many thoughts on this AU, and will probably be drawing them more in future (maybe even writing something? We'll see!) This drawing was mainly intended as a way to figure out their character designs ^-^

A few notes on the AU for those interested under the cut!

Aziraphale:

Used to be a renowned warrior, now a gladiator with some 'divine/angel' theming. Is very very good at fighting, but doesn't like it.

When he first meets Crowley in this AU, he's quite guarded/stoic after years of battle in various forms. Eventually he confides in Crowley that he wants nothing more than to never have to kill again.

When he's not in the ring/training, he wears a toga styled much like in canon

Has a lot of scars from a lifetime of fighting. A *lot* on his back

Crowley:

Prostitute, working off a debt

Still has a snake tattoo & amber eyes (tho no slitted pupils). The snake tattoo is a mark of ownership.

Male, but dresses effeminately frequently. Comfortable with people referring to him as any gender.

Very sought after for what he does. Also required by his employers to collect blackmail material on the people who pay to sleep with him. He goes after certain specific 'marks' and seduces them. (kinda Astarion-esque)

Uses sex/flirting to manipulate people. Very much views it as a catch-all solution to most problems

Main themes:

Both of them believing they're only good at one thing, and that's what they've been taught to do. They believe they're worth nothing if they're not succeeding at the very specific thing that everyone expects.

And then both of them seeing more in each other, and teaching each other that they're worth more than that <3

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These are all inspired by the text posts made by the lovely blog @meanwhile-at-the-cottage! They post daily life updates from our ineffable husbands eventual happy ending in the South Downs, which never fail to brighten my day <3 And they're just wonderfully evocative, so I wanted to try my hand at drawing just a few ^_^

I was hoping this simple way of shading would help me get a bunch of these out relatively quickly, cause I love when I see artists just throw out a bunch of rough sketches, but this still took me like a month to do haha --- Couple close-ups as well cause I went for some harsh angles that make the full zoomed out versions hard to see some expressions I'm proud of:

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Decided to redraw this character I designed back in 2022, give her a bit of a glow-up :D

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Finally finished this after almost a month! Took me so long cause work has gotten crazy over the last couple weeks, but I finally was able to get back to this and finish it up!

These Aziraphale & Crowley designs are from the lovely @katiefrog217's Dragon AU! I'd been adoring all their amazing art with these designs, and I love me a good dragon, so I figured I'd give drawing them a shot. And I was absolutely right to - these boys were incredibly fun to draw <3

I love the way Katie's art of them always has them curling around each other, so I tried to keep that vibe. I think it came out well! :D

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Back with more saucy stuff for the @goodomensafterdark reddit server! Participating in their Smut War gave me a taste and now I can't get enough lol

Full version can be found on reddit here!

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I don't think I ever posted my original design for this character, but I'll share a light redesign anyway!

This is my Aasimar Paladin, Ophelia. She has a very strong sense of "justice", where if she's decided you're a good person, then you deserve the world and she would die protecting you, but if she's decided you're a bad person, then *any* suffering you endure is deserved, with very few exceptions. Obviously not the best outlook on life, but fun to play in a chaotic way lol

I did a thing for this where I layered clothing on top of the same drawing, to get a better understanding of how I want it all to work. I think it's a really fun & good way of designing a character (that way you have reference if you ever need to know what they have on under what you can see with their full kit on).

A fun fact too - I actually gave her the same face shape/jawline that I give Aziraphale, which is fun. What can I say, I have a weak spot for strong and powerful angels with a softness to them <3

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The fruit was the original Temptation, you say? righhhttttt.

(let's not kid ourselves, this is just me wanting to draw teeth & the weird things Crowley can do with his tongue)

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They finally got to go on that picnic, in a garden all their own <3

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This is something of a redraw of this old piece I drew waayyy back in 2019 when I was first into Good Omens s1! I was very into wings back then --and who am I kidding, I still am-- but I think I've executed the concept a tad better this time.

Changed up the pose a tad & the camera angle, and we've even graduated from 'I think they're lying on a rectangle?' to an actual background! All jokes aside though, I genuinely look back on that old art with pride concerning how far I feel I've come. I hope in 2025 or whenever we're all graced with season 3 I'll have improved even more! :D

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Oh, and fun fact, this was originally intended for the GoodOmensAfterDark 'Aftercare Week', but sadly this took way too long to complete for me to throw my hat in the ring. Still, adore the folks over there, and all the beautiful art and writing they put into the world, so I wanted to shout that out ^-^

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Another attack from me before the @goodomensafterdark smut war is over ^-^

The full saucy version is on reddit here, cause I fear tumblr's content moderation. Pretty please go check it out! <3

Oh, and there's more! This has a fic I wrote accompanying it as well - you can find that here!

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(psst! This is a lyric comic, and the cut song is right there! <3)

"... Imagine being loved by me"

Hozier has the best longing songs, and I've been wanting to do something GO related to one of his songs for a while now. And now with the Smut War going on with the lovely people at @goodomensafterdark, I was struck with inspiration!

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They like holding hands <3

Took inspiration from the weekly prompt in the lovely Good Omens Creator Collective discord server that I'm in to bop out a bunch of hand holding stuff without reference. It was a lovely way to wind down after a very stressful week, work-wise.

They're all meant to be Aziraphale and Crowley, cause I swear those two are all that I can think about anymore.

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"You really must try one, dear boy"

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Ever since reading @lineffability 's absolutely incredible fic, Heaven on the Half Shell, the oyster scene has been living in my head rent-free. If you somehow haven't yet read their whole False Pretenses series, I *highly* recommend it, it's hot as sin with all the yearning I adore of the 'pretend this doesn't mean anything when it actually means everything' category.

This piece is my own slight variation on what all goes down at Petronius' place, because I'm a sucker for Aziraphale being a bit of a bastard <3