#contest submission

[villainbait]

So I did a short story submission for the Love and Deepspace Misty Invasion contest. I didn't get to spend as much time on it as I wanted (I actually wanted to do a few different ones but life got in the way) so I only had time to quickly clean up Sylus's before the deadline. Please enjoy under the cut. c:

Title: Last Night in Paradise Love Interest/Pairing: Sylus x Main Character Rating: M Word Count: 1k28 Alt Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/58443109 Tags: teasing, kissing, implied sexual content, canon sylus behavior, story spoilers, lost oasis spoilers, first person pov

The hushed sounds of desert trees swaying in the wind permeated the otherwise quiet moment. I sat in the middle of the small rooftop bed that had been generously provided, unable to sleep, gazing across the vast expanse of sand that seemed to stretch on infinitely. Somewhere in that vast desert, supposed gods were laid to rest. My feelings, however, were a restless mess. I wasn’t sure how I was supposed to feel about what happened the day before. Sleep tugged at the corners of my mind, but I couldn’t relax when a certain white-haired nuisance was still missing.

Sylus had set off towards the desert and hadn’t come back after that fateful sunset exchange. After how the conversation between the two of us had ended the day before, I didn’t expect him to. Instead, I had spent the day continuing to help the boy like you had been invited to do and making a tenuous friendship with the old lady, interrupted by sunbathing and delicious food.

I didn’t think he would’ve left me here like this with the way things were, or without even saying goodbye. It was difficult to tell whether I was relieved or disappointed about it, but I was leaving tomorrow, so I tried to convince myself it didn’t matter anyway. Lost in my thoughts, I didn’t hear Sylus at all when he returned. All traces of his earlier behavior had dissipated, and I watched him approach the bed wearing the mocha colored silk robe I had spied on the wall earlier. I must be exhausted if I was so out of it I didn’t hear him shower or change.

“You’re still awake?” he murmured, sliding behind me before pulling me gently into his lap. What I wanted to say was that I was waiting for him, but instead all that came out was, “It’s too hot. I can’t sleep.”

“Do you need me to tell you a bedtime story again?”

His voice was low and close to my ear. It made me squirm in his lap as I recalled the last time he told me a bedtime story.

“No, I…”

“Or should I lull you to sleep using a different method this time?” he teased, his hand sliding higher under my thin gown.

“Sylus.” His name was a warning on my lips, but I knew I had lost the moment his own touched my throat. He hummed against the sensitive skin, and the heat of the summer oasis only made me burn hotter.

“Why do you look at me like I’m the first water you’ve seen in miles? Am I your oasis?” I blurted out suddenly, and he stopped his attempt to distract me from the summer heat to answer.

“If I said it’s because I want to drink you in until I'm satisfied?” His tone was careful.

“I’d be scared there wouldn’t be anything left of me by the time you were done.” I replied breathlessly. His cool breath against my overheated flesh makes me tremble, or maybe I’m trembling for another reason. I could feel the pounding of my heart against his lips, and the vulnerability of allowing him so close scares me as much as it excites me still. It was hard to focus with him wrapped around me like this, and I never knew if I wanted to pull him closer or shove him away. It always felt like a never-ending tug-of-war between the two of us, and neither one was willing to throw down the rope first.

“Well, we wouldn’t want that now, would we?” Sylus murmured cryptically in response and propped his chin on my shoulder, his eyes drawn to the cut on my arm.

His fingers ghost over the ugly, angry kiss of a wound on my forearm that I had received from helping the boy earlier today. His expression is unreadable, and I watch as he uses the barest trace of his evol, the red mist swirling uselessly before dissipating. The wound will heal slowly.

I scoffed quietly. “Did you really think that would work?”

Sylus said nothing for a long time, the silence permeated by the rustling of desert trees or the quiet, discordant symphony of insects. Somewhere in the distance, an animal’s cry echoed softly. When I turned my head to look at him, he looked so far away, captured perhaps by the memory of another time. Another place. Another me. Maybe I wasn’t the only one who felt lost in this desert after all.

“Sylus?”

He looked down at the soft call of his name, and his expression was far more tender than I anticipated. It made me want to look away.

“What?” he cajoled, but he pulled me closer. “Are you so eager for my attention that you need to mewl for it?”

“I wasn't!” I puffed my cheeks out, indignant that he would suggest something so ridiculous. I started to pull away, but Sylus captured me fast in his arms. The night was balmy despite the tepid breeze, and I could feel the contact of dewy skin everywhere we connected. His robe had fallen dangerously open, and the sash barely held on.

I wanted to be closer to Sylus and I pressed more of my body against his, but it wasn’t enough.

“If you keep doing that,” he murmured slyly, his tone seductive. Intimate. “I won't be responsible for what happens next.” I tried to hide but Sylus wouldn’t let me, catching my wrist in his hand and using it as a distraction to kiss me. We grappled playfully until I suddenly found myself staring up at him, the stars creating a beautiful backdrop to this moment. I could smell the faint wafting scent of him from the shower and it lingered in the air. I wished I could wrap it around me forever. Sylus made me feel safe and I couldn’t deny I liked the warmth that safety brought.

I knew one day I’d miss it too.

He can see my mood start to shift and tips my chin up with his finger. “Let’s go to bed,” he whispers hotly against my lips and pulls me under the covers.

[moldsporr]

Yipeeeeee

This was so fun to draw and mess with the colors of!!!

@poofmalyakaet

Tumblr ate the quality pls tap the picture...

[crunchcone]

[lieutenantducky6]

Detective Gray is on the case!!🕵️‍♂️

[123tsgrassst]

Throughout my life, be it by peers, strangers, or loved ones, I’ve often been told that I can’t be aromantic or asexual; that people are sexual by nature and so I was wrong in my identity. For a while, I believed them, even dating around a bit… but every relationship felt nothing but performative, silly even. Even when trying to fit into what everyone said was “the right way”, I just knew it was wrong; that wasn’t me. Deep down, to my most natural state of being, void of outside influences and the “you should be”s, I am Grace Toledo, I am Aroace, and I am proud.

I made this artwork for The Brooklyn YAS (Youth Against Substance Misuse) ‘s annual youth art competition! The theme this year is “I AM BECASUE WE ARE”.

This was painted/drawn onto an old road sign, and materials used were acrylic paint, ohuhu markers, micron pens, sharpie, and paint pen.

[sokoda]

This MOC was a submission for a LEGO ideas Test Lab contest. Since the entries were hidden, I thought I'll just post them now. I actually built 3 in total, I'll post over the next weeks.

There was a limited parts palette and they were supposed to have some customizability.

This one I call the Room Builder

It's kind of a system to build your own rooms, rearrange them and interior design them.

I came up with different interior builds, as well as different room styles and even exterior add-ons.

[liambeesketch]

Contest entry for # / dtiysfaithxp on Instagram ٩( ᐛ )و

[nobodys-saviour]

my wrong entry for the contest! i thought the theme was recreating the Whispering Bubbles Dress without using the dress, but oops it was actually pairing the dress with other things LOL. but I liked doing this so here ya go anyway

Headwear: Fluffy Pom

Hair: Fresh Feeling

Earrings: Soft Murmurs (from the Daughter of the Lake set)

Chokers: Rising Star (from the Starlet Burst set)

Base Makeup: Moment of Bloom

Eyebrows: Featherlight Shadow

Eyelashes: Soft Waves

Contact Lenses: After Rain

Lips: Rose in Blossom

Skin tone: Twilight Reflections

Eureka: First Snow: Head

Dress: Warm Intent (from Sunlit Grasspom set)

Bracelet: Golden Hours (from Sunlit Grasspom)

Pendants: Drifting Paper Boat

Eureka: First Snow: Hands

Socks: White Mist

Shoes: Silver Trails

Eureka: First Snow: Feet

[doodlesnook]

Christmas Banner contest piece for Veloccis discord server (I got 3rd place, err kind of ?? another person also got 3rd with me :D)

[renny-mayflower]

I don't know where to send this, so I'm just sending it as an ask, and I kind of wish it was better ;-;

OOOOOOO!!!! THIS IS A RLY NICE ONE :DDDD

[elezenchaser-art]

2018

My submission for the gear design contest, back in the day. Ancient Egyptian deities inspired.

Pencil / Copic Multiliner on paper. Some color slapped on digitally, without skill.

[thesodapopsys]

Episode 1 of my NEW comic is out! I've been working so hard on it, please go check it out ;w;

Forest Dweller's Curse

[For Webtoon's Webcomic Legends Contest]

[lovilena]

In October I joined a comic contest at my uni. I didn’t win so I thought I’d share my submission! The limit was 12 pages so I didn’t have a lot to work with

[renny-mayflower]

OOOOOOO MY EVIL LIL BLORBOOOOO!!!!!!!

Also

@renny-mayflower thought i'd do this thing for your contest lol (i've actually been wanting to draw him for a while)

[sokoda]

Let's start off posting some of my older MOCs! Here's a micro version of the Ninjago Movie Bounty I built for a LEGO ideas activity a while back. Still really like this one.

[melikebayramillustration]