Drawing Striker From A Game W My Friends (Mandate) :D #sketch #wip

eating out in a pandemic:

hello! i am a service worker and i do actually understand going out to eat occasionally right now for special occasions or because you are on the brink of losing your mind! but here is the thing: please respect the service workers when you go as much as you can. here are some ways to do it:

*wear your masks when they come near you, meaning pop them on even if they are just asking how your meal is.

* i like to leave my hand sanitizer bottle on the table both because i am using it often and because i want the service workers to know i am for ease of mind.

* i always do this, but right now it’s more important. if you are at a place where you take your own dishes to the trash, do it! it’s not the time to be lazy. workers have to touch your dirty dishes. if you are not at a self serve place, please stack them appropriately for easy carry! this means larger plates all together on the bottom, then smaller, then smallest. a neat little pile. collect your trash and set it on top of your dishes for easy removal and tossing. believe me, this makes a huge difference! instead of touching multiple dishes to stack them ourselves or to dig out trash, we only have to touch one.

* tip. listen, right now, i am tipping even at fast food drive thrus. it’s a respect thing.

* speaking of drive thrus, wear your mask in them. it’s 10 seconds of your time versus the life of them and their loved ones.

basically - i am, to a degree, thankful that some people are still coming out to eat. it helps me maintain my job and income. but there is fear everywhere and there are customers who make it blatantly obvious they do not care about us, both by refusing to wear their masks and by pretty much saying it to our faces. the more people that make this easier, the better it will be and the safer it will be.

It was true that Nicaise's complexion wasn't quite as clear as it had once been, between his slight stubble, and the temporary imperfections that inevitably heralded the transition from childhood, and the way the Akielon sun had peppered his otherwise pale skin with constellations of freckles over years of exposure. His lips were also no longer quite as pouty as when he'd been fifteen. In general, Nicaise's youthful roundness had sharpened. It had left his jaw more angular, and his cheekbones prominent enough to cast slight shadows that sharpened his face. They emphasised his eyes, which were no less huge, or any less blue, framed behind long eyelashes that were dark even tonight, when he hadn't bothered painting them after the exertions of the hunt.

That was all just part and parcel of Nicaise now looking more like a man rather than a boy, in Nikandros's opinion. He looked different, but certainly not lesser than before to anyone who didn't prefer unripe, doll-like features. Nikandros knew that Nicaise was painfully aware of how men with such preferences did exist. Apparently, those courtiers might be among them. But Nikandros definitely wasn't. Nikandros kind of wished that he could claim that he didn't find the signs of Nicaise's maturity attractive, because it was Nicaise, but Nikandros wasn't a very good liar when it came down to it.

"You're more appealing now by far than when I first met you," Nikandros assured Nicaise.

Nicaise met his eyes, not quite hiding his surprise. Or his hopefulness. "Yeah?"

It sounded like he was asking for more than Nikandros's confirmation of what he'd just said.

Despite himself, Nikandros heard himself saying it anyway. "Yes."

From @justanotherdaylikeanyother's Inevitably Ensnared (Chapter 8 specifically,) which I enjoyed immensely from start to finish (and honestly, the entire Veretian Flytrap series deserves a read.)

I actually had a lot of fun illustrating a scene from here and just really love being able to illustrate an older Nicaise (I had a little too much fun with the freckles but whatever, it made up for screaming at rendering drapery. Chiascuro helped with the background though.) In person, the eyes were done with a bit of colored pencil to make the blues pop!

Working on a business card idea sssh

Work at a frame shop for two months, get really good at using a ruler #wip

Work work work

2015 watercolor and ink

and finally done with this one :D

God, @myvelvet-goldmine​ has been unbelievably patient with my ass ;_; lookit this pretty art, thank you for indulging me and my love of vampires.

Prologue is up over here: heraldry

“Blue paint highlighting the blueprint of his not-quite-dead veins, golden hair and lashes rendered snow white.” - heraldry, arachnida, A03

I’m so damn glad I chose to do vamp Laurent for the 2019 Reverse bang, after seeing the amazing amazing beautiful things @jesibeans is doing with it for their fic over on A03. The prologue is up, please go read it, it bring this right to life 🙏 (link in comments)

(Story notes from the author - TW: Pretty blatant discussions of paedophilia/child sexual abuse, grief, death, dying; - things that exist in Capri but may not be what you’re up for right now)

The veretian court are vampires, pets are their lovely human blood stock, all of this is turned to poetry under @jesibeans’ hand

Last day for #realmscon! I'm running deals!

Things I should do: finish the color comp. doing instead: work on both simultaneously.

Working on a sketch/painting