#the shadow walker

[dragonairice]

LOWKEY BEEN INSPIRED BY @not-sure-what-im-feeling s AWESOME OCS AND LORE (Go check them out)

And it inspired me to talk about MY ocs :D

I mention in passing that I am in fact writing a novel, but I try to avoid saying too much to prevent spoilers buuuuut I think I can keep it vague enough while still rambling <3

The novel (technically a novella) is called 'The Shadow Walker' and here's a draft of a blurb:

With no friends, an absent mom, an abusive dad, and a shadow that inexplicably went missing; Nicholas Walker is convinced his life couldn’t possibly get any worse. But everything changes when he meets something (or someone) who may or may not want him dead.

(Not the best but again it;s a draft)

ANYWAY THIS IS MY BOY NICHOLAS

He's 12 years old and a selective mute and my scrungliest little blorbo who experiences the horrors™. He doesn't have any friends, is neglected by his parents, and all in all has a bad time before the book starts :(

The only source of healthy food in the house (he borrows money from his dad and goes to the store alone) but is severely malnourished from eating nothing more than reheated takeout his dad left in the fridge. Nick doesn't talk verbally unless it's to his dad (out of necessity) and otherwise converses in ASL (which I'm learning for this book <3). Loves pretty buildings and stargazing, has a dream of visiting things like Notre Dame and the colloseum some day and is fascinated by architecture. I just realised that this kid would adore Minecraft but anyway after things get better for him he's given Lego models of like the eiffel tower and he loves them :)

Gonna stop before I spend the entire post talking about my boy and move onto

HIS MOMM

You know that thing that's like, "Not a bad person, just a bad parent"? Yeah. That's her. She ran away from her abusive boyfriend and left Nick behind out of fear, since she didn't know if she could survive by herself, much less with a child in tow. She ends up leaving with her best friend and they travel around the world a lot for their job. They're a musician who plays back up for bands in different places and Rachel ends up learning to play some stuff too after watching them for so long. The two end up dating at some point and they've been together ever since. Rachel still sends Nicholas a postcard every time she travels to a new place, but she doesn't have the courage to actually see him in person yet. Also fun fact. She's descended from a woman who was killed for being a 'witch' during the salem trials. This is relevant to the story :3

Do I have to talk about his dad??? Ughhhhh fine

This is Gregory Walker. I hate him. bye.

Not but fr, he's a terrible father. Works at a convenience store and his co-workers fear him. Lives off of take-out and instant ramen, never checks on his son. Spends all his money gambling and buying alchohol. Literally would not notice if he missed an entire month of his life (*cough* foreshadowing *cough*)

ANYWAY ONTO TWO OF MY FAVOURITES

LEXI AND CHELSEAAA

Lexi is a single mom who grew up kinda spoiled and is still figuring out how to raise a kid. Her parents are kinda helpful about it but also she doesn't want to raise Chelsea how she was raised so hgjhrj. Chelsea was orignally planned to be autistic since this entire book is a transparent cover for neurodivergent rep but the version of her in my head is so very ADHD instead. They only show up near the end of the book so I'm still experimenting with them a bit but Lexi is a huge book worm and Chelsea loves unicorns, like, I mean in the 'mythology is cool way' not the 'stereotypical girl behaviour' way. She does love pink things and sparkles though

THERE IS ANOTHER CHARACTER BUT THEY'RE A SPOILERRRR BUT I WILL JUST SAY THEY ARE NOT HUMAN AND ALSO WHAT THE TITLE OF THE BOOK IS TALKING ABOUT

(It's a sentient shadow, that's- do you get the pun in the name- there's three references in it-)

[lichdandy]

The first sacrifice you make to Him is giving H̶i̴m̷ a name in your words, from your l̵i̴p̷s̶ or ̴i̵n̶s̸i̷d̷e̷ your ̵m̷i̴n̶d̶-̸ he watches from the dark ̷c̵o̷r̶n̵e̴r̵s̴ of the room in your ̵d̵r̴e̶a̷m̶s̵ ̷w̸h̸e̷r̵e̶ he ̸w̷a̷i̷t̵s̴ for your ̴w̶o̴r̷s̴t̸ memories, eating them one by one- HE loves you, sweetling, h̶̍Hẻ̶̖ ̴̢́l̸̰̊ö̸͇́v̴̺̽e̵͖̒s̶͉͐ ̴͍̋y̷͔͂o̶̼̾u̶͔͊ ̵̮̑s̴͛ͅo̷̮̒ ̸̦̍d̸̺̋o̴̮͝w̴̥̿ñ̵̨ ̵̹̆t̵̝͠o̴̥̊ ̵̨͑ẗ̴̳h̸̦͆ě̷͙ ̷͍̊m̵̠̊a̷̪͒r̶̹͂r̴͕̀ó̶̜w̴̅͜ ̸̤̍õ̸̝f̶̓ͅ ̴̳̇y̴̳͑o̵̢͆u̷̪̽r̴̰͠ ̴͙̅ḃ̷̤ö̸̘́n̴̩̓ĕ̸̞s̸̢͊-̸̲̇i̴̝͠t̶̩͝ ̵͎̿b̶͓̆u̵̬̓r̸̟͒n̶͓̓s̴̫̆ ̶̘́ṭ̷̐h̸͙̓e̸͙̒ ̷̳͝d̶̡͛a̴̼͊ȑ̵̲k̵̨͆ ̶̡̔t̸̳̿h̸̜̕e̵̥̊ ̶͇́b̶̳͝ŏ̸̰n̸̹̐e̶̊͜s̸̙̉ ̷͖̀t̶̹͆h̸͓͊ë̵̼́ ̴͉̀s̸̜̏h̸̗̐ȁ̷̝d̶̘̚ǒ̴̮w̷̱̕ ̴͈̆H̶̪̚ê̵͈ ̸͍̋i̸̠͘s̵̪͊ ̴̼̀w̸̢͊a̵̱͝ṯ̸̐c̴̨͘h̶̳̓i̶̺͑ṇ̸͆ģ̸̓ ̸̣̅ý̵̭o̵̝͂u̴̥̓ ̸̄͜H̸͇̆e̵̪̋ ̵͔̀i̸͔͠s̴̳̃ ̶̻͒w̶̱̒a̶̟̔t̷͔̄c̴̗̈́h̷̉ͅi̶̞͋n̴̮̕g̴̹͌ ̴̩̈ḿ̵̬ĕ̷̢ ̵͙̌t̷̲̓ḧ̶̘́é̴̟ ̴͓̅b̶̥͆ȏ̸̟n̶̬̈́e̶̝̊s̶͖͘ ̵̲̓t̸̩͊h̴̨̏e̶̱̿ ̶̉͜l̸̹̐o̶̝͌v̶̺͝ẻ̷̯ ̷̣̌t̷̢̎h̷̼͛e̷̮͝ ̵͎̌l̴̥̂ḭ̴̓p̵̫̓s̸͈͆ ̶̪̈́t̸̤̀h̶͇̄ẻ̵̱ ̷͕̓è̵̢ỷ̷̜e̷̥̋s̴͍̊ ̴̺̈́t̸̡̒h̶̜͛e̸̗͊ ̷̥̂l̵͖̂o̸̡͊v̸͍̆ě̶͍ ̶̠̊ṫ̸͔h̶̪̄e̵̚͜ l̸̢̢̡͎͖͎̲̋͑̂̉̾͋̍͜͠i̷̧̗̩̳̩̠͍̿͑̈́͑̀̍̈̎͘͝p̴̢̯͈̤̥̮̮̲̄̌̄̏ś̷̬̀̑́̔̔̚͠͝ ̶̢̛̪̺̹̝͔̳͒̾͊͐̇̎̆̈́̈́t̷̡̬̹̭͈͖̂̀͊̇ͅh̵̭͈̬͔̪͈̻̓̂͌͝ḛ̸̡̨̖̤̻̥̹̾̍͑͂͜ͅ ̶̨̡̙̗̗͎͇͕͎̮̀̐̒́̕͘͝ȩ̶̞̖̬͎̣͝ŷ̴̧͉̰͚͓̲͜͠e̷̙͕̘̤̹̤̰̊̿s̷͕̪͙̜̞̑ ̴̹̓̔̊t̴̡͇̘́͌̀̐̾͠h̵̩̯͇̤̑̾̆e̵͈͋͂ͅ ̷̡̨̭̮̽̇̽ļ̶̩̄͂͊͜͜ͅó̸̘̹̪̣̝̺v̵͔̦̲̩̖̅ͅͅe̸͔̞̖̓͑̀̊̾̂͠ ̶͇̈́̽͒̓̊ṱ̵͔̟̀̒̾̏̓h̵̡̹͖̺̰̋ę̶̝͔̎ ̷̠̙̮̰͊̊̌s̷̢̝̘͙̈́͠h̷̺̙͓̀́̀̈́̿́͘a̸̪̣̲̤͉̟̎̇͂d̴̨̡̩͎̱̦͑̿̅ͅō̶͈̍w̶̢̞̠̮̬̟̘̋̄͗͝ ̴̢͚͎̘͒̀͝͠l̶̫̣̦̞̝̠̆̓o̸̡̺̣̠̰̥̬͂̃͂͝v̵̲̻̜̪̞̈́ͅẻ̵̟̎̈́͝͝ ̷̞̖̦͎̀͊̌̎̉̈́ṯ̵̤̺̟̭̮͂̂͆̐h̸͉̤͕͖̞̎̕ͅe̶̛̲̪̘̙͈͔͔̒̈͂̏ ̵̰̲͌̃s̴̰͎͖̝̲̞͗̃̿h̵̢̨̼̹̘̬̬̓̌̾̋̎̌̚ạ̶̞̱̎͋̓͊̉̋̍d̴̨̼̱̟̝̪̱̂̆́̃̕ȏ̴̰̠̜̬̜̫̅͐̀̈́w̸͎̱̻̜͆̄̇̀͒͒́ ̴͓̭̱̞̫̆͗̓͝͠i̴̟̞̲̤͇͂͂̋̈̎̊̚n̷̩̬̝̲̭̺̊́̏͋͂̚͝ ̵̢͇͚̯̘̲̐̌̋͝͠t̷͔̰̗͉͚͎̉̂͂̽̇̀́h̶̢͓̫͎͈̊̐͐̂è̷̖̻̽ ̴̗̠̀̀͂s̶̹̮̙̖̹̲̜̊̈́̕h̴͚̿͊a̵̱̺̻͙̤͕̼̍̊́̒̓͝ḏ̸̺̤̘̀͗̊̀͗̽ō̵̟w̷̳̓̏̍̈́͊̉̈́ ̷̥͚͇̖͑͌͜ơ̵̧̠̬̅̋̐̂͠f̷̢̢̛̭̭͗͊̕͠ ̵̧̬̝̄͐͆̈y̶̧͉̮̪̲̽͂ò̵̩̠u̷͍̱̥͐͋̍͝ŗ̵̣͉̭̭̝̾ ̸̛̮̳͇́̓͝b̸̧͙͉̾̌̎͘o̸̲̜̖̙̬͂ͅn̷̨͉̳̻̅͒͋̓͋̔e̵̡͍̤̟͓̪͂͌̎s̵̻͎̃̈́̂̄̃ ̸̭̣̪̋̔̈̅̂̈͒ī̴̬̗ǹ̷͕̀̌̓ ̷̢̧̮̙̘̝́̓y̸͍͘̚ơ̷͙̮̺̦̥̙̇̋̽̈̈́̄ù̸̯͚̦̦̣̯̄̏̆ȑ̷̨̲̿͆̏̐͘ ̶̻̩̃d̴̘̣͍̰̯̲͌͊ř̶̟̲̑͊̏è̸̫̤̼̠̘͇͕̈́͆a̵̻̙͇͒̃̂̕m̶̢͔̩͉̣̮̈́̎̉̒͜s̵̮̑͌̾̅̆͝͝ ̶̥̯̹̙̿y̵̫̳̫͑̾͆̆ơ̴̮̽̈́̆͋ü̸̧̠͘͠r̸̩͆͐̒ ̴̘̥̫̳̹̅̔̂͊̚͠s̷̞̋h̸̻͛̈́͆a̷̡̧͇̣̭̍̽d̶͕̤̯͇̪̑͆̉̉̀̄͜ͅo̸͚̊̐̀w̸̹̮̬̻̍̈́̅ ̷̛̯͎̍͘͝ý̴̬̠̉̑́̉͐ơ̴̩̻͚̅̀́͌̈́u̵͎̙̣̯͈̐r̷̠͔̰̲͚͖̟͆̏̿ ̷͚̬͓͈͑m̴̛̩̉̐̈́̅͝a̷̦̘̣̱͇͖̿̇̊̌́̈́r̵̨̳̞̺̺̬̾̄̓̑̂͜ŗ̷͇̦̤͚̋́̇́̋͛ǫ̴̧̱͔̈́́̌ẅ̵́̑̍̐̅͜ ̷̨̣͙̐y̴̳̹͍̹̯̑o̸͍̙̟̮̙̓͝ͅu̵̱̇̂́͝ŕ̴̢̜͝ ̸͖̯͂͐̓̽͘g̵̳͐͑̾̅̚ú̷̧̡̳̻̱̝͇͊͒́t̸̛͙̳̤̭̗̅̌͝͝ͅs̸̰̀͝ ̵͚͖͋̇͑̈́̋̚y̸̨̡̮͎̼̬͈͊͆͑̅̔ǫ̶̧̞͓̬͖̣̉̄́u̵̩͇̱̒͐̀r̷̰̄͐̓͘͝͝͝ ̵̡̠̙̲̱̝̲͊̓̌͘̕͝e̸͓͚̜̳̦̙̓̿̅̉y̵̖̯̜̥͌̈́͝ė̶͚̘͔̬̓̋͝s̵̛̺̎̍̍ ̸̖̳͂̀̈̎͑͝Ḩ̶̛̣̼̠̇̕e̵̗̳͂́͝ͅ ̸̫̫̏í̴͈͆s̴͎͉̤̫͖͎̿ ̵̫͍̦̯͂͑i̴̪̲͖͉̯̱̼̿͛͌n̷̝̠̞͙͈̰̈́́̀͗ ̷̢͆̿t̶̳͚̘͑̍͊͊̀̽̾͜h̵͖̀̂͊́̈̉e̵͜͠ ̷̝͚̀̔̑̆̎̑r̸̝͗̋̅͌̀ô̵̞̳͎͇͒̽̚o̴͖̱̟͂͂̓̚m̵̱͎͎̟̠̲̲̐͐̋̾̽̅̔ ̸̼̟͛̏̈́̕͠i̸̧̥̠͔͉̦͑n̶̜̲͓̙̤̦̼͐̔̽̑̊̐̈ ̷̞̠̹̳̙̫́̀̂̈́ÿ̵̢̥̽̀̑̑̆̄ͅỏ̶͓̣̰̯͕̮̇͜ų̵̪̣͇̩̍r̵̡̢̩̟̳̊̿͋͌͋̕ ̸̞̗͉̪͓́̉͝e̴̢̯̲̣̓̋̚ÿ̴͉͙́̅͌̔̈́̈̿e̴̡̞̤͔̫͕̒͗̓́̑s̷̡͙̬̫̹̾͜ ̸̛̦͓̓̍̈́̇̂͗i̷̛̗̻̽n̴̫̰̙̪͗͐ ̵̢̜̝͉̹̲́̀̆̃m̸̹͉̘̣̳̾ỵ̸̿̔͜ ̴̩͕̻̆̈́̊͆̚̕ę̷̩̺̘̟́̔̚ͅy̷̲̫͍̰̺͔̌̔̎̕ë̶̛̫̱̞̟́̉s̸̛̩̩̗͔̀̿̔̆̚͘ ̶̟̪͖̮̜̅̽͑̿̿̆̆H̷̨̝̺̪̳̉̂̄̽͜͝͝e̴̘̞̾͒̏͠ ̵̳̘̳̬̻̽̊͜ḭ̷̙̬̻͈̝̥͐̀̏̂̓̾͘s̶̨̱̜̦͙̀ͅ ̵̰̾͋̅̂̈́͝͠į̸͍͙̎́̃̇ͅn̴̝̗͉͙̐͊ͅ ̴̠̑̄̇̂̌͝t̸͎̩̥͚̬̬̽́́͆͗̚͝h̸̠̑͐e̴̠̱͔̙̿́̓̇͐̓̕ ̶̨̛̮͉̐͒̓̓̈́͘ͅr̸̻̋̈́̆ò̷̬ò̶̪̠̠͙̖͚̇́̾m̷̢̟̯͎̦̀͊͘ ̵̨̢̫̖͈̩̮̃̉̕͠i̵̧̧̜̜͍̻͂̉͗̓͝n̶̺̜̭̋́̑͛͂͑̚ ̸̧̯̟̔̂͠y̶̨̳͌̾̃o̶͙̺̘͌̐̾̔ư̷͍͖̖̞̖̽̂̀͊͌ͅr̶̡̛̰̻̭̜̬̄ ̸̨̉̔͌e̷͔̯̘͛̏͛͜͝͠y̶̞̿̎̄̈͝e̴̠̹̥̗͖͋̔̀̂̊̅͘ͅs̷̹̻̲̖͇̺̑͆̆ ̴̧̤̰̘͇́į̵̧̰̖̰̖̾͠n̸̛̪͎̺̦̈́͒ ̴̙͓̮̪̻̈́̕͜ͅm̷͓̊̋y̸͍̫͚̯͘ ̵̨̨̱̜̤͚̹̌e̷̜̲̓y̷̟͓̭͓̑͒͒̈́̇ē̶̡̗̯͚͚̜̈̍͝s̴̹͇͔̐̅̾̾̍ ̵̣̫͖͙̬͈̄̄̋̍͒͝ì̸̹̽ͅn̸̺̬̽̋̅̾̚͘ ̴̤̍̆͛̆̊̋͝y̷̢̨̨͇̦̙͛̒̒̑̇͋͘ő̵̲͉͉̼̜̟́u̴̙̼̞͖͌́r̶̨̠̞̰͋͊͒̋̑͗͠ ̵̰̊ę̵̣͍̩͎̂͆̒̌̇̒́ỵ̴̓ḙ̵̬͙̈́͋s̶̨͎͎͓̤̩̈́̽͜ ̶̢̨̛͇̯̦̰̆́̐ḭ̶̪̌n̶̯̠͕͛ ̶̛̼̱̺̱͌̓͝m̷̢͖͇̠͋̀̿͘̚̚ỳ̴̞̜͖̺̇̈́͝ ̴͍̹̼̘̱̒̈̒͌͐́̀e̷̺̗͍̋y̷̹̦̆̽̀̽͌̍e̸̡̼̔͛̉̈̉̐͘s̴̢̢̛̫͔͈͉̐͐́͑̈́̀͜ ̶̢̺͓̪̲͎̺̑̀͌̅̾̍͘ǐ̸̢͉̞̟̫̓n̵̢̪̽ ̴͉͎̇̈́͘y̶̜͚͙͍̐̔̎̍̈́͒ö̸̱̩̹͊͌͂̒u̴̜͛̈́͛̀̐̓̕r̴̡̙̠͚̫̓̔ ̷͕͖̻͒̊͠͠è̸̛̫̞̜͚̾͆ỷ̶̛̼̍̅̔́͘ͅe̴̢͖͎̩̭̥̮̐̆s̴̡̤̈́̄́͗͘͝ ̶̝̻̱̟̟̀̇̆i̷̢͋̃̎̌̎ǹ̵͖̜̰̲̣͍͙̀́ ̵̮̩̟̐̔͌͂͛͘ͅm̵͕̖̈̈̔̿͑̓y̴̛̰̩͖̩̜̜̜̋ ̷̨̮͇̪̙̭͋̋̽͛̓ẽ̵̩̮̭́y̴̠̝̭̯͖͌̂̒͜e̷̮̲͑͑͐́̈́̆͜s̵̱͛̾̈̎̂͆̿ t̵̡̗̗̮̳̺̮̓̒͆̄̓̊͛̀̈́̐̋̀̀̄̈́̾̆͛̑̾̌́̀̚h̵̝͎̰̩͔͚͓̮̟̩͔̤̙̠̿̏̏̌ę̸̨̧̹̳͈̦̪̭̮͇̝̰̦̥̣̓͂̾̏̌͘͝ s̸͉̣͓̼̟̈̿h̴̦̪̱̽͂̈́̾́ä̷͖̆̀̃͝ḑ̷͇͓̘̣̏͘͜͠ó̸̧̖̠̙͓̂̓̇w̶̨̖͕̣͍̫̩̄ ̶̟̰̰̱͚̟̮͋͂̈́̚͝í̵̳̙̩̫̝̟͌͝ͅn̷̜͉̥̪̻͂̎̆͒̍͘͝ ̸̨̺̰͍͓̳̘̌y̸̯̾ǒ̶͙̳̜͚͝ȕ̵̧̙̘͉̐͜r̴̦̋͝͝͠ ̵̜͑̔̒̓́͐͗e̸̥͇͂͊̑̄y̶͇̖̯̾̅̉̅̈́͂ͅë̶̫̰̤́͐̾s̷̼̣͑̈̆́͝ ̵̬̳̻̘͗̈͐ĭ̵̯̑͜ṇ̸̡̣̲͍̳͋̊̾ ̵̨̪̱̹̤̂̃͛m̷̺̟̯̝͑͑y̷̩͊̀̃ ̷̩̣̀͒͗̇̔̃͝e̶͕͗̽̏̔̔͗̃͜y̷͉̤̮̬̟̤̘͊̋ë̸̪̞̫́ş̵͎̞̫̰͍̔̃

[the-shadow-walker]

Hello there Red creature.

You smell of blood and guts.

[scatter1987]

Spooky Dance!

[fromevertonow]

Percy telling Annabeth she’s done more for him than Poseidon in the week they’ve known each other

🤝.

Kaz telling Inej no saint has ever watched over him like she has

[kai-rio]

i was looking for ninjago screenshots to redraw and i found this gem, god i love shadow of ronin

[hasaniwalker]

It’s Pride month!

Here’s some love from Vivian (Paper Mario)

Vivian was made from leftover silicone from Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinochio. Her body is the same silicone used for Sebastian J. Cricket.

https://www.patreon.com/Hasanistudios

A few more pics of the Vivian puppet below

She has 5 replacement mouths that attach to her face by magnets.

Parts of her on my desk at Shadow Machine.

[hotpinkrathian]

The category is bimbo sapphics who are surprisingly capable and their badass unsurprisingly capable girlfriends

And I would die for all of them

[shadowthedragoncat]

Im a simple man

I see the word ninja

I draw ninjago

[medievalatkinson]

muriel and beano are a sisters goal fr

[adashofginger]

"Shadow, the light, they can both blind."

Shadow | Macklemore (feat. IRO)

Model: Ryan Walker

[dragonairice]

What's this??? DragonairIce voice reveal???

yeah.

I was gonna make it a big deal but you know what. screw it. University assignment be upon ye

[lightning-chicken]

i know plot convenience is a thing but i can’t stop thinking about the implications of jay finding bonzle in the fake monastery’s basement of all places. did he know it was there before he walked into the building? did his feet carry him there, subconsciously retracing old steps? did he wait there, knowing he was far from the fight, because his side of the fight wasn’t the one he truly believed in?

[grilledcheese-savage]

WHO. GIVE ME A NAME. WHO DESIGNED THIS INTRICATE FUCKING NIGHTMARE OF AN OUTFIT.

All I wanted to do was draw a canon accurate version of his evil Jay fit. Tell me why this is the outcome EVEN THO I CUT SHIT OUT. He has like, terracotta warrior type armor on his shirt too but it was too much 😭 it doesn’t even look like a wolf anymore.

I THINK IM LOSING MY MIND. I lost it trying to draw this.

[notoriousturnip]

More silly miner feat. Mikey Myers and stupid slasher oc Heartache

[pixelsproject]

『VS. Series』 Secret Palette Swap Characters

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SOURCES ↴

VS. Series (Arcade) backgrounds uploaded by @the2dstagesfg (Tumblr)

VS. Series (Arcade) character sprites uploaded to Emu Gif Animation (emugif.com)