#man it’s been while since I’ve drawn Lisa digitally!

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Lisa’s all powered up! ✨💥✨💥

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[mrfutureboy]

I would like to know when you started drawing and where your passion for fanart started 😊

Oh FUCK dude i did not see this i’m so fucking sorry this is so late 😭 damn you, tumblr, for not fucking notifying me!! Anyway buckle up this is gonna be much longer than you asked for <3

Honestly ive kinda been drawing all my life! I hope that doesnt sound dumb cuz obviously almost everyone drew pictures when they were kids, but i know that it’s been a consistent hobby for me since i was little. By the time i was in 3rd grade I was hoarding notebooks to draw in. Cuz that’s something fun about me: i had a real huge habit of drawing in things that werent sketchbooks. Through middle school and beyond I did buy/receive sketchbooks, but I started out with various kinds of notebooks. One I had from like 2nd grade was like a hardcover, stationary-type notebook that I drew cats in lol, and I have 2 velvet lisa frank notebooks from 3rd grade. In high school and college I had a really bad habit of drawing in the margins on my notes and on handouts the teacher/professor would give. Those classes where the prof just prints out all the notes beforehand and gives them to you to follow along? Oh man, I spent so many classes barely listening while I drew on them! I also used to draw on my physics homework and tests and sometimes I even got extra credit for them (thank you jeff :D). I actually have a folder of various drawings I’ve kept from that 8yr time period and a lot of them are on classwork 😂

Obviously, I’ve been doing a lot of digital art lately, which I’m sure is what u were more curious about rather than the shit about drawing on my homework. I got a surface pro as a graduation gift in 2016 bc prior to that i had a wacom tablet and a janky ass laptop, so the gift was kinda a 2-in-1: i can do schoolwork AND art easily! i like digital art a lot and honestly im still learning new things abt it every time i draw. I use Leonardo currently (i’ll skip that story) but I started out doing digital art on sketchfu WITHOUT the wacom tablet in maaaaybe 2012??? 2011??? does anyone on this site remember sketchfu? Honestly couldnt even tell u how i found that site hahah the internet was just full of wonders back in the day. RIP sketchfu. Once i got the tablet tho some time later i used sketchfu still (i think) but also gimp and krita i believe.

Oh i suppose I should mention that i took art all four years of highschool and also minored in it in college! So it’s something i did academically as well as for fun. I keep thinking about going to art school for realsies but idk. I’m already $$$ in debt from my first degree i dont feel like adding to that 😅😓

Ok now for the second part of your question: I’ve also pretty much always done fan art! Ive never really been one for OC’s, EXCEPT for the self-insert superhero double life “comics” i wrote about a poodle named Sassy when i was in third grade. And then the knock off “comics” i wrote at a later time which honestly it was weird that i did a knock off of my own thing rather than just adding them to the original or making it a spin off with at least one of the og characters. Cuz it wasnt a spin off!! But anyway there wasnt really much to any of these characters; i just needed vessels to get my weird ideas out.

So anyway yeah most of what ive ever drawn has been fan art or self portraits, because its just easier for me to take characters that already exist and bend them to my will (artistically). Well excluding art assignments in school i guess because i would usually have to draw something specific and therefore not something self indulgent. But yeah ive drawn for lots of fandoms like the earliest i remember is warrior cats. Then theres things like pokemon and warriors and random other books i read thru middle school (i used to read a LOT but now im practically illiterate); spn, sherlock, and marvel through high school; and then marvel and bttf thru the end of hs and beyond. Idk i also have always loved looking at other peoples fan art and so im like “shit i wanna do that too!”. Tho i will say marvel was my biggest fandom and the one i had the longest interest in, so that was probably where the passion REALLY came from cuz I was drawing marvel stuff for such a long time (tho not posting shdjsk u have to trust me), but ive been doing fan art forever :)

(Of course, a lot of the fan art i was making prior to recently was drawn in lined notebooks or on homework sheets or what have you, and I wasn’t posting really any of it, but i was still making it and a good chunk of it still exists. Oh i should also mention most of it was with pencils or ballpoint pens like i wasnt doing anything too fancy. There was some digital art in the highschool-college time frame but it also really wasnt…much. Honestly i barely posted any of it here but I know some of it’s on deviantart)

I cant pinpoint the exact time I started getting more “serious” about my art in general, but i know the first pandemic lockdown gave me more free time and i was less stressed about schoolwork so i just kinda had a good outlet. (Tho i will say that prior, I had been in a life drawing club for a short while, and i had also been working on a personal sketchbook project that had me pretty ~inspired~ to do art. Also i watched twin peaks around this time and it inspired a lot of Feelings and i was making funky collages and other art pieced that were sometimes related to that. Some of those are on deviantart)

Honestly I think the Big thing with my digital art was coincidentally getting back into BTTF the summer of the 35th anniversary bc the fandom here was THRIVING and i was like “oh shit wait i want to contribute!” But as i kept drawing i kept wanting to improve and that leads us to right now where im constantly trying new things (whether subtle or obvious) and challenging myself to do full body drawings with different poses, and doing screencap redraws and what have you for various reasons (backgrounds, proportions, pose, etc)

So yeah :) Basically I’ve been doing fan art forever (I didnt even get into all the mediums ive tried but that’s another conversation bc this is already so long and convoluted) and it’s kinda coincidental that ive suddenly really gotten back into it and have improved dramatically in such a short time. Thank you so much @rovermcfly for the ask and again im really sorry you had to wait so long for a response! Stupid tumblr

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pastry goods [matt simmons]

ship: matt simmons x reid!reader

warnings: none

notes: my first criminal minds fic. just a heads up, this is an au wherein matt is not married.

summary: y/n really wants to go to her brother’s get together, what happens if she does go?

“No, you cannot. I refuse to allow you to come with me.” Spencer was pacing back and forth as he talked to you. “I don’t want you hanging out with them.”

“Why not?” you whined. “It’s not like I’m going to join the BAU. That’s your thing, Spencer. Definitely not mine.”

Her brother shook his head. “No, I’m sorry.”

You pouted. “That’s not fair! It’s just a get-together. I’m sure JJ’s bringing her children.”

He frowned. “Exactly, it’s just a get-together. Which is why I don’t think you have to go.”

You rolled her eyes and sighed. “I really do not get your point here. What are you so afraid of?”

“Who said I was afraid of anything?”

“You may be a genius and a great profiler but you’re also my brother,” You started, crossing your arms in front of you, “I can still read you despite that amazing facade you put on from time to time.”

Spencer’s lips formed into a straight line. You were both quiet for a moment, Spencer thinking about what should be done, and you hoping that your brother would give you the chance to spend some time together with some of his workmates.

Finally, he nodded and placed both his hands inside the pockets of his pants. “Okay, fine. You win. Just don’t…” he paused, “nevermind. Just follow my lead, okay?”

A few days later, both you and Spencer arrived at the restaurant that the group had decided to eat dinner in. You were led into one of the function rooms and there was a table in the very middle. JJ and her children were already there, along with Rossi, who was at the head of the table, and his wife Krystall. Penelope, Emily, and Tara were also already present.

“Hey, Spence,” JJ greeted him, waving her hand for him to see. “And Y/N! Hi, great to see you!”

Aside from JJ, only Penelope and Rossi knew of you. Spencer smiled. “I’d like you guys to meet Y/N, she’s my baby sister.”

“Younger,” you stressed. There were chuckles before Spencer introduced the others to you. “It’s a pleasure to meet you all.” You bowed a little.

Spencer led you to the table and instructed you to sit beside him as he sat beside JJ. The seat beside you, which was the other head of the table, and across were still unoccupied. “Who else are we waiting for?” you asked your brother.

He looked around the table and froze, eyeing both seats that were left. “Alvez and Simmons,” he murmured.

You were just about to ask him what was the matter but you were interrupted by two men who had just entered the door.

“Sorry we’re late, everyone,” one of them, the man with facial hair, said with an apologetic grin. “Simmons and I got caught in traffic.”

Rossi chortled. “Lisa couldn’t come so you went with Matt?”

The other man, the Asian looking one, Matt Simmons as they called him, faked a laugh. “Ha ha, Rossi. It just so happens that Luke needed a ride since Lisa would be using their car. I’m just being a Good Samaritan.”

Luke placed a hand on Matt’s shoulder. “And you are the best. Thanks, man.”

Matt dismissed him before settling down beside you, and Luke sat across from you. They were both very handsome.

Luke noticed you first and he gave you a smile. “Hi.”

“Hello,” you said back. Then you turned to Matt and greeted him as well.

“I’m Luke.” He held out his hand and you shook it. “And you are beautiful.”

You blushed. “I’m Y/N. It’s very nice to meet you.”

Matt held out his hand and introduced himself. “It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

“Likewise.” You nodded and shook his hand. And there it was. The static. You looked him straight in the eye and smiled. Matt, in turn, smiled back.

“You two are holding each other’s hand for an awfully long time.” Luke observed. His fingers up by his chin in a thinking position. “You two wanna go somewhere private or something? I know a place.”

You pulled away from Matt immediately, bowing your head as your cheeks turned pink. You could hear Luke laughing and you bit the bottom of your lip, not daring to look at Matt’s expression. ‘Stop it, Y/N,” you thought.

After Luke’s laughter died down and your blush faded, you looked up and saw that the two were staring at you expectantly, but she wasn’t sure what she had to say. That is, until Spencer cleared his throat. “Oh!” she gasped. “I’m sorry. I’m Y/N Reid. Spencer’s younger sister.”

Matt frowned. Luke nodded his head in amusement.

After Rossi announced that it was time to eat, everyone dug in and had wine to drink. Spencer tried to take away your drink but you had to remind him that you were past the age of 21 and could drink anything if you wanted to. Spencer gave in reluctantly.

You also had a great time talking to both Luke and Matt. Although you liked Luke, he was a cool and funny guy, you couldn’t help but be more drawn to Matt. He was definitely handsome and, as you dared admit to say, sexy.

“So where do you stay?” Luke asked.

“I recently got an apartment not too far from Spencer’s,” you replied. “We both decided that it’s probably best to move in pretty close to each other first.”

“Why’s that?”

You shrugged. “We lost track of one another for awhile. We wanted to rekindle the closeness we had once before.”

“That’s sweet.” Luke smiled.

“Have you got a family?” Matt asked, his voice soft and low.

You turned to him and shook her head.

“Boyfriend?”

“Nah, broke it off two months ago…I think it was two months ago.”

“Okay.” He nodded.

You gave him a little smile before returning back to your food.

The night ended. Spencer had gone to talk to JJ and her kids before they left. Rossi and Krystall, as well as Tara, headed off early, while Emily and Penelope stayed for some dessert. Luke was waiting for Matt outside the restaurant as he spoke to his girlfriend on the phone. You were left alone looking at the specialty cakes.

“See any that you like?” someone asked you.

You turned around and saw Matt standing behind you. His eyes scanning the delicious looking pastries, one hand in the pocket of his jeans and the other on his hip. “Um, yeah. I was going to get that one.” You pointed at the strawberry shortcake.

He smiled and said to the one in charge, “One of that, please.”

You thanked him and reached for your wallet in your purse. Matt, however, stopped her. “It’s on me.”

“What? No, it’s okay. Really, I got it.” You stopped him.

Matt shook his head and took out some cash and handed it to the person manning the register. “Don’t worry about it. It’s only once in awhile that I get to buy a pretty girl some cake.” He smiled, albeit a shy one.

You felt your heart thump a little faster. You placed your wallet back in your purse and said, “Thank you, Matt. I really appreciate this.

He handed you the small box that contained the cake. “I’d walk you home but I’ve got Luke to bring back and I don’t think Spencer would like me hanging out with you.”

You tilted her head. “Why so?”

But there was a hand around your shoulder before Matt could answer. You looked beside you and inwardly groaned. “Spencer.”

“I think it’s time we go home,” he said. “Thanks for keeping my sister company, Simmons.”

Matt gave a small smile. “Anytime, Reid.”

“Uncle Spencer!” one of JJ’s kids called out. You made the “shoo” gesture and Spencer looked at both you and Matt before walking to his godson.

You and Matt laughed.

“So, will I be seeing you around?” he asked.

You hummed. “Maybe. I’ll probably stop by once in awhile.”

“You’ll tell me if you will?”

“And how do we do that?” you challenged.

He took out his phone and waited for you to do the same. You placed the box you were carrying on the nearby table before taking out your phone as well. You exchanged numbers and talked a bit more before Spencer called you.

“I gotta go,” you told him.

“Message me when you get home?”

You raised her eyebrows. “You don’t trust my brother?” you teased.

He scoffed. “I trust him with my life. I just…want to make sure you and I have the right digits.”

You blushed and giggled. “Okay, I will.”

Matt leaned forward and gave you a hug. “I had a great time talking to you, Y/N.”

“Same here.” You returned the hug.

When you let go, you bid him goodbye once again before picking up your box and brisk walked to Spencer. As you left, you looked back once more and saw Matt watching you go. You smiled.

“You seem a bit too friendly with Matt,” Spencer remarked.

Your smile became wider. “Yeah. I think we’ll be good.”

“See, this is why I didn’t want you coming.”

You rolled her eyes.

“I’m your brother, I have to protect you from things like this.”

You put your arm through your brother’s and said, “Thank you, Spencer. But I think Matt and I will become the best of friends.”

Spencer groaned. “I don’t want any nephews or nieces running around yet, okay?”

You hit his side. “You’re not a psychic, are you?”

“I’m a genius not a psychic.”

You looked behind you once again. Matt was talking to Luke so you decided to turn back to look at where you were going. Unbeknownst to you that Matt had been watching your body gestures.

He chuckled.

“What?” Luke asked.

“I think Y/N and I,” Matt started, looking at your disappearing view once again, “will be good.”