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araekniarchive · 9 months

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@mnvart // Kaveh Akbar, 'Calling A Wolf A Wolf' // @PinkRangerLB on Twitter // @kosmogrl // @devinsturk, '15 Proverbs for the Fellow Chronically Ill' // Jasmine Deporta // Anaïs Nin, House of Incest // the gentle wisdom uquiz by @inkskinned // Rora Blue, 'Sweet Dreams' // Hala Alyan, Dear Layal

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petitelappin · 7 months

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"For a moment or two I could see nothing, as the shadow of a cloud obscured St. Mary’s Church and all around it. Then as the cloud passed I could see the ruins of the abbey coming into view; and as the edge of a narrow band of light as sharp as a sword-cut moved along, the church and the churchyard became gradually visible. Whatever my expectation was, it was not disappointed, for there, on our favourite seat, the silver light of the moon struck a half-reclining figure, snowy white."

Mina and Lucy in the kirkyard at Whitby, August 11th.

#my art #dracula #mina murray #mina harker #lucy westenra #digital art #i realized as i was finishing this up that they look very much like how i draw donna and laura but yknow what?#thats not a bad thing! a lot of parallels! a lot of themes! a lot of trying to save the best friend you are incapable of saving #once again I spent too long looking at old clothing catalogues bc i love the little references mina and lucy make to idea of the new woman #and they def talk about it like an Other but also w a bit of awe and im sure theres a lot to unpack there #but it made me wanna put mina in something new-woman-adjacent #lets get her a little bit leyendecker yknow?

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ionomycin · 11 months

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Swim free

#artists on tumblr #character focused pieces are harder for me than backgrounds #been trying to practice it more this year #i think there's some progress? maybe?#what's with this undersea phase i'm having #the next piece i'm already working on is staying on theme #although i'm going back to my comfort zone #in the good old eldritch monsters section #on your left you will see some soft lesbians kissing #on your right an ancient undersea horse monster older than time #i think i need to combine these two somehow........

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merrigel · 3 months

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I want it back = I drag its dead weight forward

#artists on tumblr #animation #in stars and time #isat #illustration #in stars and time spoilers #isat spoilers #like for real #anyway I'm still thinking about Siffrin Instarsandtime #shoutout to tumblr user jb-blunk for the words from the caption which inspired this whole deal #literally finished the game and had those words looping (haHA) in my head like 'how do I use this what can I do to match this feeling' LMAO #if you haven't played ISAT well. first of all stop looking don't glean anything from this shhhh- but also GO PLAY IT IT'S EXCELLENT #heavily based off the astronomical clock in Prague! I love that thing so it was really fun to try and make it more ISAT-like #bc the themes are already there yanno!! Stars n' whatnot! And then of course the craft types instead of the astrological signs!#Loop and the King for the sun and the moon!!#can you tell I thought about and planned this one for like. A while. Longer than I usually spend LMAO #so yeah go play it immediately come be absolutely ILL and SICK and PLAGUED about the secret boss with me #fanart #pic

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weaselmcdiesel · 1 month

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#1 rule of homestuck. if there are stairs, someone will fall down them

#my art #fan art #art #katnep #karnep #nepkat #karkat vantas #nepeta leijon #karkat #nepeta #not sure why i used such a trickster ass palette #i think im going to keep trying to use variations of green/red for these comics to keep up with the katnep theme?#but i will probably grow tired of that so dont hold me to it #also youre meant to read karkat's 'neepeetaa' like 'alllVINNNNN'#not sure it comes across like that #tryina get better at comics 💪#oh my god i forgot to tag this homestuck #im so sorry #homestuck

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 4 months

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Welcome to the Dungeons of Fear and Hunger.

#Fear and Hunger #D'arce Cataliss #Cahara #Ragnvaldr #Enki Ankarian #Unlike Dungeon Meshi - I cannot in good faith recommend this game to a broad audience.#My background with F&H goes as follows: I am hanging out with a friend. He says “hey try this game I've been playing.” I say “Okay!”#I have never heard of this game. I pick the mercenary. I go through 5 min of character history and background. I am mauled to death by dogs #It took me 4 resets to even get in the dungeon. But I finally get there. I am caught by a guard. He cuts off all but one of my limbs #I am forced to crawl around in a blood and corpse pit until the game tells me 'give up idiot'.#I reset. I am mauled by dogs again. I realize this is not for me but I am intrigued enough to go home and watch some playthroughs #And WOW what an interesting game it is! I really do appreciate games that blend their design philosophy with the theme it wants to set #This is a game about fear and hunger. And persevering. And penis (my god is there a lot of penis)#I recommend this to people who like extremely challenging games and can handle the many *content warnings* within this series #If the idea of Bloodborne/eldenring and undertale having a little RPG maker baby sounds appealing to you - give it a shot #It's made by ONE GUY and it's a great horror game. I am just really bad at it.#My friends just enjoy putting me in situations where I scream and yell. We don't talk about the corn mazes. Or the other horror game nights #Apparently I'm funny when I'm Scared!#As people who follow me on twitter might know; I am deep in the pits of this series right now. I will be back with more art.

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jackobbit · 8 months

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Little doodle of the DCA as Pikmin :3c

Sun is a yellow Pikmin and Moon is a blue Pikmin!

#my art #fnaf dca #fnaf daycare attendant #Fnaf sun #Fnaf moon #moondrop #sundrop #Pikmin #I promise that this strange crossover has context lmao #the context is that someone is trying to convert me into a Pikmin Liker #and it’s working #unfortunately #POCKET SAND #I MADE IT DCA THEMED #GET DCA’D!!!! /j #apologies to the Pikmin folks I disturbed the slumber of with this lmao

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brophers-to-gophers · 9 days

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Look I’m not trying to be shady but you can’t convince me that Steven wasn’t the biggest driving force behind this lol. The podcasts make him sound like such a finance bro + he grew up wealthy. I remember his response to someone struggling financially was to “get another job and save money”. Even his Instagram post about this is wildly out of touch. “For those who won’t be joining us in the next chapter”. My guy I’m sure plenty of people would love to but you’ve made it inaccessible now.

#watcher entertainment #watcher #and Ryan you’re on thin ice too #remember that time he argued with Shane by trying to say going to a theme park is just as accessible as going to a movie theater???#Steven has always given me bad vibes idk

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tizzymcwizzy · 1 year

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I MADE A ZINE FOR ONE OF MY FINAL PROJECTS!! man this took me a long ass time,, but it's done!!!!

this story is based on a memory from my senior year of highschool, where during the second to last art club of the year i played my friend's violin after not playing the instrument for around 4 years

#the actual events of this memory are much funnier than the comic tbh #in reality i was improvising and my art teacher was like ''that sounds like top gun''#so i ended up spending the rest of art club trying to sight read the intro to the top gun theme #only after going home and reflecting did the impact of playing it again really hit me #i drew these thumbnails that day and hadn't touched them until this assignment #so tada!#my art #artists on tumblr #zine #play again #comic #if you saw a previous version of this post that was missing a page NO YOU DIDN'T #gkjgfjgkgfftgkddkfjtd

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istadris · 11 months

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Bowser : why is Green Mario here ?? I didn't kidnap anyone this week ! Won't you pests leave me alone ?? You have a death wish or what, you wimpy little-

Luigi, scruffed by the collar : ah, I'm-I'm-I'm here for the job offer actually.

Bowser : what job offer ??

Luigi : *holds up an ad for a croupier job*

Kamek : that tracks, Sire, the casino is hiring these days.

Bowser : You ?? A dealer in MY casino ?? Since when do you that ??

Luigi, shrugging : it's-a been a while but I used to do that as a side job during my studies. I saw the ad, got nostalgic, and-

Bowser : Pah !! As if I would hire you ! I'm NOT gonna let you turn my casino into a joke ! Bet you can't even hold a deck properly !

Luigi, glaring : bet I can beat you at any card game.

Bowser, too vexed to think : DEAL !

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Bowser, 2 hours later : ...what just happened.

Kamek : you promised him the job if he beat you, Your Baffledness.

Bowser : HOW IS HE THAT GOOD ?? He must have cheated!! I can't give him the job !!

Kamek : Sire, you gave your word-!

Bowser, grinning devilishly : he wants to work for me ? Oh, is he gonna love his new job...

#super mario bros #miscellaneous mario madness #bowuigi #sorta ?#i just listened to that world 8 theme in 3D world and it slaps #but also made me think of Luigi's casino gig #anyway Bowser keeeps trying to find out how Luigi cheats. except he never does.#Luigi is still a nervous mess outside of a poker table but when he sits down he gets in the zone #dealer Luigi in Bowser's casino AU

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gncrezan · 5 months

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@infamous-if august pierce you have bewitched me mind body and soul.......

#and i love. i love. I LOVE YOU!!!!!!#do not be fooled by my indecision with aki's route. i personally am in love with them #infamous if #august pierce #my art #finishing this up i have had the line and been trying to color this for like a month straight omg. finally throwing it up #and i am so so sick over august getting their nails done in the theme of the band. ITS SO CUTE #also drawing this made me sick over aki again so if u see me start thinking about another RO dont worry about it

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cozylittleartblog · 1 year

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diversity win your spam emails are queer

#deltarune #spamton #swatch #art #doodles #pansexual #bigshot spamton #stupid joke ive had sitting in my head for months whjbfghbjdfg. artist brain override gay brain (me too). good for him though!!#me refilling my printer ink tanks: omg my printer is pan... soooo coool....#and dont forget that he owned the mettaton dress of transgenderism either. arguably this has the trans flag colors too #wait theres a car joke here also. TransAm? more like TransPan. haha nice #+ his glasses fit the theme so Bonus Spam + i changed my 90s swat a little again #they're just gonna be different every time i draw them. for funsies. and thats fine. i havent even posted 90s queen yet SMFH !!!!!#there's something to be said about metaphors in their 90s fashion choices. something something more colorful design back then #something something not hiding their eyes yet something something Learned A Lesson....#you could read that a certain way. or perhaps not #obligatory 'my swatch uses they them' tag #obligatory 'fine to tag as ship if you want idc' tag #obligatory 'oh god i swear im trying so hard to draw and post more' tag #i saw a tag on a post from like 2019 that said 'man i only posted 9 times last month!' and im like. god. i wish i could post 9 times a #month Now???? honey you had a big storm comin #i just keep starting things i dont have the energy to finish. except for a silly gay color profile joke apparently #im sure the Smoke Smell goes reeeal good with the Dumpster Smell btw.

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stewyhosseini-bf · 1 year

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#succession #web weave #kendall roy #it's about the not knowing who you are once you stop filling that role you thought you were destined to fill #it's about trying so hard to be the perfect son you lose yourself in the process #it's about always defining yourself through what everyone else tells you you are. and only through that #it's ALSO about how kendall literally sounds like ken doll but maybe that's just me #and it's just interesting to me how this is a big theme in the show🔝 despite him consistently being the most self-aware out of #everyone in his whole family. or maybe precisely BECAUSE of that #wait full disclaimer. I have no idea where the 2nd quote is from I found that on tumblr. sorry #it just fit really well …. that’s him …

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yuyu-bubu · 7 months

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invincibility candy!!!

#kirby #prince fluff #kirfluff #kirby fanart #Nintendo #nintendo fanart #the do's are me trying to write out the invincibility candy theme #all i do i show up every few months abd drop some kirfluff art for everyone that wants it #does anyone here listen to weatherday who here likes emo music who here likes emo i like emo music i think its cool i think its pretty cool

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bittersweetresilience · 7 months

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the great gatsby / kentucky route zero / koe no katachi / disco elysium / omori / night in the woods / homestuck / koe no katachi / l'étranger / disco elysium / firewatch / john dies at the end / everything everywhere all at once / the subtle art of not giving a f*ck

#MAKING THESE IS SO HARD #i've always been obsessed with them so i wanted to try it out #but there was so much i didn't get to include #wolf 359 minecraft end poem goodbye despair the things they carried... there will be other chances i suppose #the media i consume is an endless cycle of the same themes over and over again which gives me an abundance of ideas for these #yay i'm having so much fun!#🌃#kentucky route zero #a silent voice #disco elysium #omori #night in the woods #homestuck #firewatch #john dies at the end #everything everywhere all at once #man i miss being a ghost

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puppyeared · 8 months

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fake ep idea + doodles

#i was thinking abt how funny it would be if there was a shiftythrifting blog equivalent in lmk. and half the stuff on there is #submitted by wukong. so i thought a yard sale ep would be funny lol #basically the hoard becomes problem one way or another and wukong figures the best way to get rid of his junk is thru ebay #somehow ends up selling world ending artifacts to random megapolis citizens so mk mei and redson have to scramble to find em #purposely meant to mirror the weekly shenanigans s1-2 style eps that are really goofy (dumpling ep noodles ep etc)#but it gets darker and darker because MK is not fucking ok after that whole thing with the scroll and some unchecked identity crisis #for me id want him to kind of. freak tf out because they have to find MULTIPLE chaos inducing items that could end the world while trying t #be sillygoofy and funny about it. so hes trying to mask his panic with “ohhh guys its just like the good ol days ^_^ remember that ^_^”#ESPECIALLY after that whole thing with the ink scroll. also mei doesnt buy any of it and is worried for him the whole time #as for the B plot it could be monkey king also trying to be very relaxed abt selling 4000 years worth of stuff and tang getting all huffy #like “these are priceless artifacts that could help us learn so much about the past!! wtf man!!!”#and maybe it reveals smth like wukong not wanting to hold on anymore bc his past weighs him down. and theyre all reminders #i think azure mentioned that wukong is sentimental (idk if that was genuine or lying to mk) so that could be touched on to #so basically. the theme would be some sort of conversation abt nostalgia. i think. im not a writer so its very fuzzy in my head #if anyone wants to add on or include their own spin on it feel free. also included undercut redson as a treat somewhere in there #myart #lego monkie kid #monkie kid #lmk red son #lmk mei #lmk MK #lmk xiaotian #lmk xiaojiao #lmk sun wukong #lmk swk #doodles #lmk tang #lmk pigsy #lmk traffic light trio #yard sale ep

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