#that i hopefully... will have time to draw soon...

[doxiedreg]

I present: Penguin pride!

Im so glad I managed to finish this before the end of pride month! It was started back in april after leaving symba at the shelter as it was a gift for an irl friend of mine who had helped me a lot with symba before then and also helped me with transporting symba and his things to the shelter which was a very stressful affair for the both of us. I told my friend I wanted to make a gift for him in the form of a digital illustration, sent him some examples of my work and asked him what he would like me to draw. He told me he collects penguins and would love some pride themed penguin art. With the main flag he wanted being the progress flag. So after some thinking I drew up this concept for him on my ipad:

He really liked it and was surprised i had told him i intended to render it on my drawing tablet and laptop as he already thought it was cool enough in this shape. But I knew i could do better and the composition was kind of lacking and the file was way too small so I blew that baby up in size on my laptop and turned it into this:

but the penguins felt too small (they are supposed to be emperor penguins) and also penguins are much harder to draw than they look especially since there arent many references of emperor penguins and even less of them swimming (all i found were king penguins and those refs were also scarce). After a final rework of the composition it turned into this:

this was just before i decided to go insane on the background fish and yes i did in fact hand draw every single one of them. I have "cant halfass anything disease" and have much hubris. Sometimes I thought about giving up or halfassing it but I refused! I pushed through! These past weeks my friend had his progress pride flag pulled of his balcony twice by unknown bigots. The second time he found it in a nearby outside trashcan. So that really motivated me to do my best to finish this piece to the best of my ability as soon as possible so he would have a piece of pride art that couldnt be stolen from him! And he really likes the piece! Which makes all the effort I put in this more than worth it! He plans to print it out on nice paper and give it a nice spot in his home :) So yeah that has been the art consuming almost all my drawing time when i managed to have time and energy to sit at my desk and draw. Now that I finished it, i am finally free to do some art fight ref prep and hopefully finish a bunch of them before art fight starts!! Happy pride month yall!

[redfoxwritesstuff]

Sundew: Chapter 9 (Tom Hiddleston x OFC Mia)

CW: A little bit of angst juice at best  Previous Chapter -- Masterlist -- AO3 -- Kofi Want a bonus chapter? See the post on Kofi for details. Or just to say hey, thanks for the fic!

Exhaustion weighed heavily on Tom, but that didn’t stop him from reading Sally a goodnight story as soon as he they got home. It was late and getting Sally sent off to dreamland was his first priority. 

As he read to Sally, Mia pulled his suitcase into the bedroom for him. She wouldn’t unpack it for him. That felt like a violation of his privacy, though they were technically married. Instead, she changed into a silky black nightgown. It was late, and she fully expected she and Tom would go right to bed as soon as he finished with Sally. 

“Is that new?” Tom’s arms wrapped around her from behind, hand easily slipping along the silky material. “It’s beautiful on you.” 

“Charmer.” Mia forced the image of Tom complementing a reporter’s dress from her mind. That was his job. He wasn’t working with her. It was real. 

“No need to charm when it’s true.” Tom’s arms tightened around her middle. “It’s good to be back.” 

“I’m glad you’re back.” Mia turned in his arms, wrapping hers around his waist. His heart thumped steadily under her ear. Tom’s large hand rested on her head, holding her to his chest. 

“I didn’t mean to be gone for so long.” 

“I know,” Mia whispered. “It’s alright. Part of the deal.” 

“Right,” Tom said simply. He wanted to argue, to plead his case. He wanted her to be angry with him. He wanted her to want to be with him. 

First thing come morning, Mia made the very same breakfast she would make for Sally on Christmas morning. It was late, but finally, Mia and Sally got to sit and watch Tom open his gifts. 

He opened Sally’s with such honest pleasure at the little booklet of drawings. He hugged the small girl to him and told her how much he loved it, how he would take it with him everywhere he traveled so he could look at it and remember her. 

Butterflies took up residence in Mia’s stomach as he turned his attention to her gift. He pulled the frame from the gift bag. It was custom sized and inside it, three faces looked back at Tom from where they sat on a playground bench. 

Mia put a lot of thought into what picture to get framed for him. The wedding photo was the obvious choice. Too obvious. Too unreal. Instead, she chose something quieter, more honest.

Instead, she used her favorite picture of the three of them. The picture she picked was their first family picture, taken long before Mia was really ready to give the marriage her everything. Though she wasn’t ready to be in 100% at that point, she could see the seeds of what they were growing in the blush on her cheeks and the way Sally smiled. She could see those seeds in the way Tom smiled as well. 

Mia hoped Tom could see what she saw in the picture. 

“Oh, Mia.” Tom’s voice was thick with emotion as he sat, looking at the picture in his hands. 

As a family, they spent the spring days at the pool and indulging in the simple pleasures of domestic life. Smiles, jokes, soft touches and kisses passed between the couple. Everything was as it should have been. 

It was what Tom was craving the whole time he was away. This simple domestic bliss was what was missing from his life. Except, if that was the case, why couldn’t he shake the feeling that something wasn’t right?

After tucking Sally into bed one night, Tom was determined to figure out what it was that had his nerves upset.

Tom waited half an hour before opening a bottle of wine, just to ensure Sally wasn’t going to get back up and that Mia was well on her way home. Hopefully, with the wine to relax them, they could face whatever it was that seemed to be growing between them. 

As Mia keyed in the code to the door, Tom poured a glass of wine for her. 

“Welcome home,” he said, guilt shooting through him at the exhausted look on Mia’s face. 

“What’s this?” Mia asked as Tom passed her the glass of wine. 

“I thought we could steal an evening together. You’ve got to stay up a bit so you can work that late shift tomorrow anyway, right?” 

The thought and care touched Mia. She was so used to doing things on her own and Tom was so often gone; she hadn’t gotten used to being cared for. As long as they were living two very different and independent lives, it wasn’t likely she would have enough time to really get used to being cared for before Tom had to run off again. 

Mia was eager to get the slinky little cocktail dress she wore for work off her skin and wash away the day. As soon as she stepped into the bathroom, she saw a set of lounge clothes set out for her, waiting for when she finished her shower. 

Tom anxiously waited for Mia to return from her shower. There was a movie waiting, ready for them to settle onto the couch and press play. He didn’t know if they would actually get to that point, though. It depended on how things felt after he tried his hand at a heart to heart conversation. 

“Feel better?” Tom asked as she stepped back into the living room, refreshed though slightly soggy still. 

“I do.” Mia took the glass of wine from him. 

Tom stood, hesitating as she looked around. Off. Things felt off. 

“Mia?” he started before he had a plan on exactly what he was going to say or ask. “Is everything alright?” 

“Sure?” The word came out shaper than intended. 

“Are you sure?” Tom pressed. “I don’t know. It just… things feel different. I can’t explain it. Have I done something wrong? Are you angry that it’s been so long?” 

“I…” Mia wasn’t sure what to say.

At first, she wanted to push the conversation away. It wasn’t worth the upset, the hurt feelings. That wasn’t true, though. They were married and communicating was a part of being married. She had to be willing to put in the effort. 

“Mia?” 

“I just missed you,” she started, taking a long drink from her glass. If she was lucky, she’d find some courage at the bottom of it. “I missed you so much. I know you have to travel and schedules are crazy, but I missed you. Sally missed you.”

“I missed the both of you, too. Was that all?” He desperately wanted that to be everything. 

“This is hard,” Mia whined, wrapping her arms around Tom after downing the rest of her glass. “I didn’t think it would be this hard.” 

“I know,” Tom soothed, rubbing her back as he held her. “I’m sorry.” 

“I watched everything I could find. Every interview. Sometimes I watched them more than once. You’re so effortlessly charming and flirty. I thought it would help me feel better, feel closer to you. Instead, it made me miss you more. It made you feel further away.” 

That was as close as she felt she could come to saying what it was she actually felt. She hated that he was looking at other women like he looked at her. It was selfish, but she wanted to be the only person he had eyes for. 

Tom was so handsome and his career was taking off. When they married, he could have had damn near anyone he wanted. Now, as his star rises, that was even more so true. 

“Were you jealous?” Tom asked, putting voice to the emotion she didn’t want to speak. 

“A little,” Mia whimpered.

“I’ve only got eyes for you.” Tom held her a bit tighter, trying to squeeze together the pieces of her heart that wanted to break apart. “I love you, Mia. Only you. Everything you see, that’s all work. I promise.” 

“Okay.” 

“Hey, Mia?” 

“Yeah?” 

“Would you come to London with me?” He whispered the question, terrified of the answer. “Just a visit. Just to see how you like it. Would you?” 

“I don’t- I want to, Tom. I do.” Mia felt a flicker of excitement at the idea, but the looming reminder of ‘work’ instantly squashed it. There was no way she could get more than a few days off. 

“If you want to, let’s do it. Just come. Visit. You and Sally.” 

“It’s not that simple,” Mia said, but she knew, at the end of the day, it really was that simple. “Sally has school and I’ve got work.” 

“After she gets out for the summer, then.” Tom knew he should let this go. There wasn’t anything good that would come from pushing Mia, but he couldn’t help it. “Just come for a few days?” 

“Is it even worth it for a few days?” Mia asked, and instantly she regretted it. It was clear on Tom’s face that her words stung. It was his inability to make just a few days of travel worth it that put so much distance between them. “I’m sorry, of course it is. It’s worth it.” 

“It doesn’t have to just be a few days,” Tom said after the silence felt like it would eat Mia alive. “It could be a few weeks.” 

“Tom.” 

“You’ve got the passports now and both can come for up to a few months. You don’t have to decide right now. I know I’m asking a lot, but all I really want is for you to think about it. Will you? Think about it?” 

Everything inside her screamed at her to say no. It was too much stress. It was too much risk. It’d make things too real.

Instead of saying what she wanted, she said, “Okay.”

Mia could promise that much. There was no harm in thinking about it, even if it wasn’t something she could make happen. 

Mia was beyond thankful for what little time she had with Tom. Each day she woke up to the empty bed, she had to remind herself of that. The pain in the first week since he left felt so much worse than any of the days before he came. 

“Why the long face?” Ashley’s tray clattered as she sat down across from Mia. 

“I miss him,” Mia said, picking at her cheap American Chinese food. It sounded good until Ashley sat down with her plate of pizza. Now all Mia wanted was the pizza. 

“Of course you do. He’s your husband,” Ashley teased. “Have you decided what you’re going to do?” 

“I don’t really have the hours to get more than a week off.” 

“So, take a week off?” Ashley picked up the slice of pizza, waving it through the air as she talked. The gooey cheese traveled slowly down the greasy crust. 

“I tried,” Mia moaned. “They won’t approve more than a few days at a time.” 

It was bullshit. Mia had worked for the same resort since shortly after she gave birth to Sally, and they still treated her no better than when she was first hired. She was pretty sure none of her supervisors actually realized how many years she had been there. 

“Do you want to go visit Tom?” Ashley finally took a bite of the pizza, catching a glob of cheese just before it took all the toppings off with it. 

“I do. I just, I don’t know what to do. I can’t just make it happen.” 

“Quit.” Ashley said it like it was easy. 

“It’s not that simple.” 

“Isn’t it?” Ashley set her pizza down. “Tom makes enough to support you both easily. You love him. He loves you and Sally. You want this insane marriage to work. Quit.” 

“Ashley.” 

“Don’t you ‘Ashley’ me.” The ice clinked around in the plastic cup as she set it down. “You’ve got to go all in if you want this to work. I get not wanting to put your eggs all in one basket, but sometimes, you’ve got to if you’re going to give it a fair shot.”

“But what if it’s a mistake? What if I have no job and things fall apart?” 

“What if things fall apart because you’re unable to meet Tom where he’s at?” Ashley had a point and Mia hated her for it. “Tom’s been to see you out here more than once. It’s only right that you do what you have to in order to go out to see him, too. You’ve got the passports. He wants you to visit. He can afford to get you there. Why not?”

“I’m scared.” 

“So stop being scared. It’s been halfway through your little one year. How are you feeling?” 

“I don’t know,” Mia answered honestly. “We don’t get to spend much time together. Honestly, it feels a lot like we’re just dating. I’m not sure I’ll be able to know in another six months if this is a forever thing. I want it to be, but it’s-” 

“Not that simple,” Ashley finished for Mia. “Yeah, I got that, but hear me out- what if it is? Quit. Spend more time with him. If you’re going to make this work long term anyway, you’re going to have to integrate your lives together, anyway. If things fall apart, you can say you gave it your everything.” 

“I don’t know,” Mia sighed. “I’ll think about it, alright? I’ve got to get back to work.” 

“Have fun flirting with the old drunks for tips!” Ashley teased as Mia stood. As retaliation, Mia grabbed what was left of the pizza slice and took the largest bite so could shove in her face. “Hey!” 

“Love you!” Mia mumbled through her mouthful of pizza as she walked away. 

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[soapyakships]

idk about u guys... but i think my gf is a vampire..?

[kitamars]

buncha compiled otasune + raiden doodle dumps from the past few months yayyyyyyyy enjoy (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

[aquamarinebling]

I think isabeau gets very very zoned into his work (old habit from studying?) and any of his usual flustered-ness is absent when doing things like measurements

[scriblesandbits]

So god created us in his image, right? And that’s cool and all but what if it turns out god, like, hates his own image??? What then????

[somegrumpynerd]

Hey, I haven't seen your art in a bit and I miss it

Could you draw a silly Cross with Epic? (Completely fine if you don't wanna)

Thank god, you guys almost looked like idiots there

(May or may not be based on real events by a real idiot)

[tunamayojazz]

mithruns of the week...eat well beautiful

[owleics-fr]

trying to get back into the swing of things after several months of only drawing skins. what is a dragon

[orkazh-arts]

"Somebody will die… 😡" "Of fun ! 🥰"

[edenfire]

💛🌻 Persona 4 Revival 🌻💛

ahhh who else is super excited about the recent p4r announcement!!💗💗💞💞🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈

this piece was drawn for persona con 2025 (so it's now available in my shop!), but the timing worked out perfectly for the remake announcement!🥰🥰💗💞🌸🌸

[cult-of-dollbabies]

uhhh SlimmyJimmy

[koszmarnybudyn]

Harley's and Lancaster's talk.

[neetvillage]

[raiiny-bay]

some WIPs from the 80s AU i never finished

[cubesugarss]

various hiiai doodles!!