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Hey give my heart back after that trigun comic I just read. ):

(also it was awesome to see the art improvement over each comic.)

I'm so sorry, I didn't even realize I took it. Here you go: 🤲🏽❤️

But seriously, I'm glad you liked it! And I'm so flattered you noticed an improvement. Hyperfixation can do wonders for any skillset lol

#replies #asks

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In my pursuit to create an ✨aesthetic✨ on my previous post, I feel like details were lost. So I'm also posting the version without the violently aggressive blue filter and noisy background.

#the original plan was to have snow falling too #glad I scrapped that idea #the first post was already so busy #this is why I never make backgrounds #can't clutter your composition if the background is just a gradient #big brain move #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #shadow the ultimate lifeform #sth #sth fanart #sonic fanart #sonadow #ship post

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You wanna kiss me so bad it makes you look stupid.

#I cannot imagine a world where these 2 don't insufferably flirt with each other while on shared missions #and by flirt #I mean fight #(affectionate) #sonic is 1000% the instigator #i wish gay people were real #ship post #sonadow #valentines day #valentines day post #sonic the hedgehog #sth #sonic fanart #shadow fanart #shadow the hedgehog #shadow the ultimate lifeform #I love putting them in outfits #but Goddamn I suck so bad at designing them #illustrator #illustration #so how about that Sonic x Shadow generations trailer?? #sonic x shadow

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Smoke break

#Valentine's day is coming up #who's he textin?? #outfit continuation from a previous post #shadow the hedgehog #shadow the ultimate lifeform #assuming he has regenerative powers #smoking isn't technically bad right? #But it would be like smoking a cig for the first time every time #which actually sounds awful #when you finally check your phone after it's been blowing up all shift #how the FUCK did I manage to forget his RINGS????? #embarassing

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I finally feel motivated to make a proper illustration and wanted to make a cute drawing for the Sonic x Shadow Generations announcement. But instead, I'm out here struggling like this is the first time I've ever held a pencil 😭😭

#fighting for my life #why did my body suddenly forget how to draw?? #struggle bus #crying #shadow the hedgehog #shadow the ultimate lifeform #sonic the hedgehog #sth #sonadow #artist struggles #sonic x shadow generations #sonic generations

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Give my man some tactical gear. It has so many pockets for mission essentials! Like bullets!

Also, I assume Shadow would become an expert in all kinds of tactical weapons, including knives. For when the bullets run out.

#shadow the hedgehog #shadow the ultimate lifeform #legs for days #also also #I very much head cannon Shadow being held hostage by GUN #as in he definitely isn't working for them voluntarily #like they have some horrific dirt on him so he reluctantly does their dirty work #I need Shadow to hate his job #he's just like me fr

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I'm pretty sure everyone headcanons these two sneaking out after everybody goes to sleep. But I love the idea that they would specifically plan these sneakouts to watch celestial events, like meteor showers and passing comets.

#I get sad if I think about them too much :( #they both deserved better #shadow the hedgehog #shadow the ultimate lifeform #maria robotnik #sth fanart #sth #sth shadow #couldn't decide which version I liked more #though I kinda prefer the black and white #as if Shadow's memories of the ARK are staring to fade #but he'd never forget the colour of Maria's eyes #I like sad headcanons lol

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My brainrot continues. Some sketches from the notes I should be studying, but instead I'm drawing gay hedgehogs. >:(

#I literally have notes in shadows quills lol #can't wait till this semester is finally over #i'm so tired #shadow the hedgehog #shadow the ultimate lifeform #sonic the hedgehog #ship post #sonadow #sth

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I am unwell lol

Scene from yellothebeeloved's fic on A03.

#sorry im hyperfixating #i'm also procrastinating #for a fic that has no nsfw content #the author sure does manage to make it incredibly homoerotic #and it's making me feral #I'm no better than a Victorian man seeing an exposed ankle #shadow the hedgehog #shadow the ultimate lifeform #sonadow #fanfic rec #sth #sth shadow #sonic the hedgehog #I'm both terrified and excited for the 3rd movie

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Within the hierarchy of spicy fanart, this is suss, at best. AND YET, Tumblr has taken down some of my posts that are even less suggestive than this. 😔

Full post here.

#sth #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #spicy content #barely #sonadow #and honestly any ship with Shadow #ship post

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At my limit with school. Have a stupid sketch.

#shadow the ultimate lifeform #shadow the hedgehog #shadow is a whole mood #in my last semester and I cannot wait to finally be done #i love redrawing spongebob faces on random characters #Shadow is making this face at Sonic #sth #sth shadow #sth shitpost

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Study for midterms ❌

Draw sonic characters in funny little costumes ✅

#i'm procrastinating #look at these cuties #Tails was inspired by a little kid's costume I saw last year #He was cute af #The real horror is seeing Knuckles with fingers #Shadow's outfit is based on a God awful devil outfit from Spirit of Halloween lmao #rouge the bat #knuckles the echidna #amy rose #miles tails prower #tails the fox #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #shadow the ultimate lifeform #sonic fanart #happy halloweeeeeeen #happy halloween

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Rediscovering my love for Shadow was not on my bingo card this summer yet here we are.

#I love this emo hedgehog so much #The last Sonic game I played was Shadow the Hedgehog #and it definitely formed a core memory #shadow the hedgehog #shadow the ultimate lifeform #maria robotnik

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I really didn't think I'd be a Sidlink shipper but some of y'all are out here writing literary masterpieces on A03. And Lord knows I'm a sucker for the 'blushing around your crush' trope.

#legend of zelda tears of the kingdom #legend of zelda totk #loz totk #prince sidon #king sidon #loz sidon #totk sidon #loz link #gay panic #size difference #I may or may not have read a...comic...that started with this scenario #sidlink #sidon x link #link x sidon

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Quick sketch.

#sidlink #loz totk #sidon's arms look so naked without all his ornamentation

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#ffxvi gav #ff16 gav #clive ffxvi #ffxvi clive #clive rosfield #ffxvi fanart #ffxvi #ff16 #final fantasy xvi #final fantasy 16 #just a couple of besties #copium

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The way FF16 has consumed my every waking thought these last two weeks is borderline unhealthy. It's right up there with my Trigun obsession.

Also, I'm not clever enough to come up with the dialogue Gav would've drunkenly blurted to make Clive blush that bad. So I leave it to y'all to fill it in.

#I finished the game and feel some kinda way #i'm making silly fanart to cope #final fantasy 16 spoilers #ff16 spoilers #ffxvi spoilers #final fantasy 16 #final fantasy xvi #ff16 #ffxvi #ffxvi gav #ff16 gav #ff16 clive #clive rosfield #ffxvi fanart #is this a ship post? #maybe? #it can just as easily be platonic #gav seems like the type to lovingly haze his bff #he also seems like the type to lovingly haze his bf lmao