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Dear Stanley Parable community, I president to you: this incredible abomination

This came into existence because I needed a jersey, but because I don’t really care about sports I didn’t have one. Instead of just buying a normal one like a person lacking in brain rot, I decided I need to create my own with a blank baseball jersey and help from my Mom, who has a cricket that can cut out vinyl decals. And so, this absolutely incredible monstrosity was born.

I would like to point out some of my favorite details:

The numbers on the front and back do not match

The back is composed of only completely different fonts

It’s difficult to see in the pictures, but the vinyl has reflective rainbow sparkles

The text on the front is a direct quote from The Narrator, from the Rocket League section of the Games Ending

This was made in one sitting, over the course of several hours, because despite knowing about needing a jersey several weeks ahead of time I procrastinated until the night before I needed it

Also, shout out to my Mom, without whom this wonderful affront to god, man, and nature would never have been created

Bonus pictures:

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"I live in the shrubbery for that's all I crave / I don't want these excitements to see me to my grave"

This piece was inspired by and uses a quote from the Cosmo Sheldrake song "Tardigrade song"

Here is the piece before glazing, I used real dried moss as well as rocks to get the texture on the moss. Unfortunately I lost a lot of the texture in areas where I accidentally added too much glaze. I experimented with using glaze chips in the background for the stars/bits of moss.

I hope you have a stellar day, - AJ

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I finally got around to drawing this cursed little guy, feel free to imagine him looking at Lucifer, Susan, Vox, or any of his other many enemies.

I'm so happy there's a trend that allows me to combine the concerning amount of random cat reference photos I've collected and my desire to practice digital art.

Here is the original

I hope you have a stellar day, AJ

[ajaywithcrowfeathers]

It is finally complete: The Stanley Parable* is now forever carved in stone

Well, technically clay, but whatever.

* Or at least my interpretation of it

This took forever, because I decided I needed to use a total of 13 different glazes. The things I do for the gay community.

Tumblr keeps messing up the formatting when I try to show all the pictures at once, so I’m going to show more sides of the individual pieces in separate posts:

I forgot to add, if you want to see some photos from earlier in the creation process and learn more about it, check out this post:

I hope you have a lovely day,

- AJ

[ajaywithcrowfeathers]

One of my pottery projects was to create Sgraffito and/or Mishima story cups, so I based this one on The Narrator!

This was made with the Sgraffito technique, which is applying colored underglaze to clay, then scraping it away in a design to reveal the clay underneath. I found a bunch of quotes from the Narrator and used as many as I could.  

My other cup uses the Mishima technique, carving patterns into the clay, then applying colored underglaze, and finally scraping away the excess underglaze to reveal the patterns. I covered the cup in all of the buttons I could find in the game, and used a quote from the Narrator in the bottom.

I’ll include more pictures of both mugs below. 

The cups came out of the kiln yesterday, and hopefully I will have time to glaze them Wednesday, so I should be able to share the finished products soon :)

I hope you have a lovely day,

- AJ

[ajaywithcrowfeathers]

In honor of the 10th anniversary of the Mishapocalypse, I have decided to celebrate by bringing the experience to my parents. How will I accomplish this when neither of them have Tumblr? Simple. I have printed out three pages of tiny Mishas, and got up at 5:00am to cut them out, possibly number all of them, and hide them around the house. I also printed one life size copy and cut out the eyes to make a mask. I will update as I make progress.

(Here are the pages on the printer, Pat the Third)

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There are many benefits to being a marine herpetologist

This is my gift to @justanerdwithatablet as part of the DCA Secret Santa 2022! I was mostly inspired by a mix of: enemies to friends (speed-run edition), Unhinged Sun™, and hurt/comfort. Also, Song of a Siren Mer!AU by SolarRush (which I absolutely loved reading) herpetology/sea snakes, and the tumblr post by theaimfiles he reblogged which said “sharp canines and glowing eyes are top tier character design” (which is absolutely true)

Sorry about any errors, I tried to catch as many as I could but there still might be a couple hiding somewhere that I missed.

Here are the pronouns used: Sun: It/It’s in the beginning then they/them Moon: They/Them and He/Him Reader: He/Him  (I tried to use pronouns to show how connected to Sun and Moon the reader feels/how he feels like Sun is less like an animal later in the fic, I’m not sure if that shows through, but that’s what I intended)

If dialogue is in italics “like this” it means Sun or Moon are communicating telepathically.

I will also post this on AO3, if you would prefer to read it there

Without further ado, here is the fic, hope you enjoy!

Alright, just one more look around, then I’ll head back.” You tell yourself as you wade through the shallow ocean water. It’s been a long day of exploring these tide pools and cave systems, looking for the aquatic snakes you’re researching. Unfortunately you haven’t been able to find any today. 

Suddenly, a glimmer of orange scales catches your attention. You turn and look into the cave entrance where you think you saw the end of a tail. The color was odd though, as far as you know none of the snakes or other aquatic reptiles in this area have such bright orange scales. The possibility of discovering a new species or color morph replaces your exhaustion from a hard day of exploring with determination. You crouch down, peering into the cave entrance. It’s one of the largest you’ve seen in this area, definitely big enough for you to fit into even with the proper diving and safety equipment. 

At first you think your haste may have scared away the animal, but as you look deeper in the cave you see something glowing faintly. Something is looking back. Eyes, human eyes. Or mostly human, except for the lack of pupil and iris, and the lightly glowing milky sclera. The eyes are part of a similarly mostly-human face. The general shape looks human, but instead of skin it’s covered in small scales, yellow on the right and off-white on the left in the rough shape of a crescent moon. The nose looks very flat, mostly a small raised bump with two nostrils that seem to have flaps covering them while the creature is underwater. 

You know you shouldn’t project human emotions onto non-human things, but this creature looks a lot more human than most, and it definitely looks scared. 

The tense moment of eye contact swiftly breaks as the creature turns and dives smoothly into the cave. At least you get to see more of it as it flees. It definitely has a tail, and a massive one at that. It reminds you of a Naga, a mythical half-man half-snake creature you read about several years ago. Its tail is yellow-orange with splotches of red, but most concerning you notice several fresh wounds. 

You stand frozen in shock for a few moments, you’re still struggling to process the last few seconds and figure out if you slept in today and are currently dreaming. Only one thing is clear in your mind: whatever that creature was, it was clearly injured. 

Determined not to allow this strange being to suffer, you rush back to your base to gather the supplies you will need. 

After gathering your med kit and the salmon you were planning on eating for dinner you made your way back to the cave entrance. 

You gaze down into the cave and hold the salmon out in the water. You're hoping the smell of easy prey will lure the creature back out, and it accepts the salmon as a peace offering instead of deciding to eat you instead. 

You search the dark waters for those mysterious glowing eyes, or a glimmer of warm scales. Unfortunately, the sun has started to set, making it even more difficult to see into the cave. 

Thankfully, the darkness makes the glowing eyes even more apparent when the creature finally emerges a few minutes later. 

You hold the salmon out as far away as you can, and try to keep your fingers tucked away. You’re only just realizing how potentially stupid this is. Then again, you never were one to think much about your own safety when others were in danger. 

All you can see from the depths of the cave is the movement of the creature's eyes, which seem to be completely ignoring the fish. That's not a good sign. 

If only you had brought your head light, you may have had more warning. You may have been able to see the great tail coiling into position, the slim but strong arms grabbing an outcropping of rock for leverage. You may have seen the triangular fins around the creature's face flare as it bares its sharp fangs. 

Your weak human ears can not hear the warning hiss over the gentle ocean waves. 

If only you had brought your head light. 

In the split second it takes you to blink, the creature lunges from the depths of the caves. Your heart pounds in your chest and you sputter on salt water as you are instantly pinned by the hissing beast, its razor sharp fangs only inches from your vulnerable throat. 

You stare into its pearlescent eyes, trying to determine your fate. As you process the shock of nearly being killed you are fully aware that if the creature wanted you dead you would not still be breathing. You try to calm yourself, and look as non-threatening as possible. 

Slowly the hissing quiets, until it fades back into the sounds of the waves. Its jaw closes, but its teeth remain bared. The warning is quite clear: I won’t hurt you if you won’t hurt me. 

You start to speak, but your voice cracks both from lingering fear and dryness from the salt water you accidentally swallowed. 

“I-I don’t want to hurt you, I just want to help.” You try to keep your voice level and calm. You slowly bring your hand holding the salmon forward, taking care not to make any sudden movements. 

“This is for you, I wasn’t sure if you could hunt with those slashes on your tail.” You know the creature probably can’t understand your words, but you’ve been working with animals for long enough to know most can at least understand tone. 

Softly glowing eyes stare deeply into your own, they seem to see right to the core of you. Without breaking eye contact they grab the fish. Soft scaled fingers brush against your own, you can feel razor sharp claws carefully kept out of the way. 

The moment breaks, and the creature's eyes snap down to the piece of fish as they snatch it away from you. They inspect the filet closely, looking at all sides and flicking their long forked tongue out to sniff at it. Finally, they seem to deem it safe and take a small bite. The fins on their head ripple and they make a sort of trilling sound, then they unhinge their jaw and swallow it whole. 

With that distraction out of the way they focus on the med kit in your other hand. They tilt their head to the side, trying to figure out what the strange box is. 

“It’s a med kit, I saw the wounds on your tail earlier and I think I can use the supplies in it to help you heal.” You use the same calm tone as before and gesture slowly to their wounds. They look at their tail, then back to the med kit, then up at you. They then look back between you and the med kit several times, as if waiting for you to do something. 

A bit confused, you open up the kit, and allow them to look inside. They glide closer and inspect the contents of the kit, careful to not get any water inside. You can see their tongue up close as they sniff at the various supplies. It looks exactly like a sea snake tongue, except much, much larger than any you have seen. Of course, you’re never seen one attached to a human sized snake before either, so it was probably proportional. 

They seemed satisfied after a few moments of sniffing and examining, and closed the kit. They then took it from you and carefully held the handle between their jaws. 

“Wait! I don’t think you know how to use - ah!” Suddenly the creature reached out and grabbed you as well, thankfully not with their jaws this time. 

“What are you - ?!” Before you can finish the creature hugs you against their chest and dives into the water. 

Fortunately, they resurface quickly and you gasp in air instinctively. You struggle to free yourself, but the creature's hold is much too strong. You try to kick back behind you, but their tail easily dodges out of the way. 

The creature lowers back towards the surface and you quickly fill your lungs, hoping you’ll have enough oxygen to last until they resurface. They dive down, the only thing you can see is the cave entrance growing closer before you must close your eyes against the burning of the salt water. You can feel the smooth scales of the creature's stomach pressing against your back, and it's easy to feel the power within the muscles just below those scales.

After a panic filled minute you finally emerge. You wipe the salt from your eyes and look around, determining the creature took you to an air filled section deeper in the cave system. They gently set you down on a smooth rock ledge then clumsily shimmy out of the water to join you. You're so distracted by your lingering adrenaline and the somewhat ridiculous sight you don't even notice you're not alone. 

Without the ocean waves to disguise the warning hiss, it is easy to hear this time. It is deeper than before, and comes not from the creature in front of you, but from behind. 

You rapidly turn, and see a second creature. This one looks similar to the first, but is all blues and blacks with spots of yellow on their tail instead of oranges and reds. They also lack the triangular head fins of the other creature, and instead seem to have some kind of tattered hat. They are also covered in wounds, and seem extremely weak. 

They attempt to rear up and bear their fangs, but stumble and hiss in pain. The orange one immediately rushes to their side, seeming to try to comfort them. 

“Why did you bring a human here?!” You gasp in surprise as a low, rasping voice fills your mind. 

“Because he can help you, he has supplies, look!” A higher voice this time, it somehow reminds you of woodwind instruments. The orange creature holds out the med kit, the blue one glares and hisses at it. You decide you should probably try to help, you don't want his condition to deteriorate any further. 

“They're right, I just want to help you.” You try to sound as reassuring as possible. 

“He can, understand us?” Asks the blue one, he does not seem happy about this development. 

“I…may have connected with him earlier…” The orange one seems a bit sheepish as they admit this. 

“You… WHAT?” 

“I needed to see if he was trustworthy, and he is! We need his help Moon, you know you won’t last much longer, especially if infection catches...”  They look deep into the others eyes, trying to make him understand. “You're all I have left brother, I can't lose you too.” 

The blue one, presumably Moon, looks away with a hiss. He turns his attention to you. In only a few seconds he has you pinned, his bared fangs barely an inch from your nose. For the second time today inhuman eyes stare deeply into your own. The sclera in his right eye is pearlescent white like his brothers, but his left is pitch black. His pupils are glowing red slits. After what seems like an eternity, he looks away. 

“Fine. But if he betrays us, I'm blaming you.” The orange creature seems to grin at this, or they could be baring their fangs again. It's hard to tell with all the teeth. 

“Good! I suppose introductions are in order then. My name is Sun, and this is my brother Moon.”

I hope you enjoyed reading and have a lovely day, - AJ

[ajaywithcrowfeathers]

The Narration Vessel:

(The Narration Vessel)

I hope you have a lovely day,

- AJ

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The Stanley Cup



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- AJ

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What most people consider sun-themed snacks:

What I consider Sun themed snacks:

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One of my latest assignments was crating a surreal/hybrid drawing, so of course I had to create something Stanley Parable related.

I’m not great at drawing with colored pencils yet, but I think I did alright with the depth/perspective.

Credit to @shinakazami1 for the idea of a fern Narrator, which is so cool and was the first thing that came to mind when I was trying to think of something surreal to draw :)

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My first glazed pieces from this class were finally fired! I’m really happy with how they turned out, especially as I was mostly experimenting with the different glazes. They’re salt and pepper shakers based on mushrooms and snails from the video game terraria. I’ll put the reference pictures and more photos from different angles under the cut.

I hope you have a lovely day,

- AJ

[ajaywithcrowfeathers]

“You finally get to kiss Sun. Things don't exactly go to plan.”

So… I finally wrote and uploaded my first fanfic to AO3. It’s just a very short and very silly story, but I’m glad I finally got over my anxiety of posting on AO3.

Spoilers under the cut for anyone interested in what my inspiration was

I believe I first found out Nintendo switch cartridges taste extremely bitter from a Tik Tok video where someone tried licking one. I personally do not have a Nintendo switch, so I am unable to try it myself, so I’m not sure if how I wrote the reader reacting is accurate.

If anyone actually has tried licking a Nintendo switch cartridge and wants to share what the experience was like so I can make my story a bit more accurate, please feel free to comment.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy/enjoyed reading, and I hope you have a lovely day

- AJ

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Hello void of the internet and anyone who may see this. Life has been kicking my butt for the past *checks pocket watch* while. So - I have a bunch of stuff I made that I never got around to posting. That's why there is likely going to be an influx of posts from me for a little bit as I go through and upload everything.

I hope you have a stellar day, AJ

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I decided I needed to crochet myself a bag for my D&D dice, and managed to finish this in two days! I’m really happy with how it turned out, especially the little skull tassels :)

Using a needle felting tool I added a bit of thread to the bottom that one of my friends jokingly gave me a little while ago, saying it was a gift. I said I would cherish it forever, and stuck it in my previous dice bag for safe keeping. Now it’s forever woven into the fabric of this dice bag for good luck!

If you have any questions about how I made it/what materials I used feel free to ask :)

I hope you have a lovely day,

- AJ

[ajaywithcrowfeathers]

Hi, I’m AJ.

My pronouns are They/Them, and I’m a young adult.

I’m a ceramic artist, and I also work with many different mediums including: crochet, painting, embroidery/cross stitch, drawing, digital art (still learning that one), and probably a few more that I’m forgetting. I’m trying to practice writing more, so you may see some behind the scenes things for any fanfics I write.

I jump around between a few different fandoms depending on what interests me at the time, and sometimes post about non-fandom related things I make as well.

Between life, chronic pain, and anxiety, I don’t always post very often. So if I haven’t updated in a little while don’t worry, there’s no need to poke me with a stick, I’m probably just taking a nap - not dead.

Current tags:

#AJOriginal - an original post/creation, not reblogged

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