#Also I had a birthday while i was not arting

[queensunshinee]

Time Of Our Lives || Part 1

Part 1:

When they were kids, Liana and Art didn't like each other. To be more precise, they couldn't stand each other. They were born in the same month, and because their parents were such good friends, they always celebrated their birthdays together. Since Art was born two weeks after her and his grandmother firmly believed that one should not celebrate in advance, Liana never celebrated her birthday on its actual date, and that was a good enough reason to hate Art Donaldson forever.

When they were 7 years old (or more precisely, he was seven, and she was seven and two weeks), Art received his first tennis racket, and Liana got a small skateboard with a Pokémon design. He cried. Of course, he cried; everything Liana had, Art wanted too. He didn't know how to share anything, and eventually, Liana was forced to let him use her skateboard whenever they met, which unfortunately was at least once a week.

"You don't even know how to ride it," she tried to instill some logic into the blond boy. "Do you?" he asked curiously. "Not yet, but I'll learn, duh," she rolled her eyes at him. "Then I'll learn too," he shrugged and went to wash his face, returning a few minutes later as if nothing had happened.

Only those who knew Art well understood what Liana knew - he was a crybaby who was never satisfied with what he already had. His friends passed around the racket he received as if it were a chocolate cake while he continued to glance at Liana, who was trying to balance on the skateboard and nearly fell.

At the age of 12, Art was accepted into the fancy tennis boarding school he couldn't stop talking about to anyone who would listen (even those who wouldn't), and Liana was the first to arrive at the party held in his honor. She was so excited. As far as she was concerned, Art wouldn't be coming back. There was a high chance that now, with him gone, she could convince his parents that it wasn't worth maintaining him at home. He was too much of a headache, and they were too good-hearted to keep enduring his presence.

Instead of that happening, he came back with a curly-haired addition named Patrick Zweig. They shared a room at the boarding school, and now he spent half the summer with them. Every time Liana wanted to do something like go to the pool with her friends, her parents would say that the Donaldsons had a pool at their house. Every time she wanted to lie on the grass and read a book, the two noisy boys would decide to play right in front of her, until she gave up on the book and had no choice but to stare at them. It was a pity her plan didn't work, sadly Art didn't stay at his stupid boarding school forever.

By the age of 17, it was clear to everyone that Art was good at tennis. Really good at tennis. He won youth singles competitions and also did well in doubles with Patrick. Her parents forced her to attend quite a few of these tournaments.

"Li, I think you're my lucky charm," he said in front of everyone at dinner after one of the tournaments, smiling a smile that only Liana knew was malicious. Everyone melted at the touching gesture of the ultimate champion taking time for the girl he grew up with, but Liana knew Art too well. He couldn't fool her with his feigned niceness, his suddenly acquired manners. She knew him too well and knew that everything he did was always about embarrassing her and making her do something she didn't want to do. "So, are you suggesting I stop coming to your games?" she asked, taking a bite of chicken, throwing a smile of her own. Two could play this game. "You're going to be at most of my games for the rest of our lives anyway," he shrugged while Liana raised an eyebrow, and the adults around the table laughed as if they knew something Liana and Art didn't. Later, Liana sat on a chair by the pool, and Art sat next to her. She looked at him with the same expression as before, and he raised one hand in surrender. "I come with peace offerings," he pulled out a cake and two spoons from behind his back. Her raised eyebrow turned into suspicion. "What do you want?" she reached for one of the spoons. "I missed you, Li. Tell me something good," he took a bite of the cake and in response got another eye roll that made him lightly slap her hand as it reached for the cake. "You're not getting any until I hear at least one interesting story," he moved the cake as far from her as he could. "I'll just go in and get a piece for myself," she replied quickly. "There’s no more. I took the last one," he took another bite, knowing she was starting to worry about how much cake would be left for her if he finally agreed to let her have some. "I started working on my applications to Stanford," she said, and he moved the cake closer to her, finally letting her eat.

"How's it going?" he asked. They both knew Stanford was a big deal; their families had history there. Art's parents got engaged there. Everything in their lives revolved around getting into Stanford. "I'll be fine. I'm in all the extracurriculars at school, student council, and prom committees. My essay is a bit boring, needs more work, but I have a year, so maybe something will change," she shrugged and saw he hadn't eaten the last bite of the cake, leaving it for her.

"Write about your best friend and what it's like growing up in the shadow of the best tennis player in America," he said with a serious tone, and after a few seconds, he started laughing. "Write about how you miss me," he added. His laughter faded a bit as he studied her, and she went back to looking at the pool. "If I decide to lie in my university application essay, I'd rather write that I got into a modeling agency and live a double life like Hannah Montana," she replied without looking at him. "You're mean," he chuckled and stared at the pool, enjoying the silence between them.

When they went inside, Liana saw there was still half a cake left, and Art, noticing her look, just shrugged and went to talk to her dad about basketball. A year later, things got a bit complicated. Liana had a boyfriend. It wasn’t anything too serious, but he came to her and Art’s joint birthday party. Needless to say, Art and Patrick couldn’t stand him. Patrick said he smiled too much, like he wanted everyone to like him. "How can you trust a guy with a smile like that?" he asked for the third time that evening, as they stood to the side watching Liana talk to her parents with Jake holding her hand. "All his teeth are in place," Art responded. He felt betrayed. He felt as if tennis had betrayed him. If it weren’t for tennis and the boarding school, he would still be going to the same school Liana went to. He wouldn’t take his eyes off her, certainly not for long enough for her to have a boyfriend with a smile like that. "Do you think they’ve fucked?" Patrick asked suddenly, making Art turn his head sharply in his direction. "You think they did?" he asked back. "I don’t know. You know her better. I only talk to her on the phone occasionally," Patrick shrugged. "You talk to her on the phone???" Art asked, unable to process this new information. In his view, there wasn’t an option to talk to Liana unless she came to watch him play or their parents arranged for them to meet. The thought that Patrick and Liana had phone talks and didn’t just meet in the summer made him uncomfortable.

"Yeah, that’s what phones are for, to call people you miss," Patrick chuckled, but quickly returned to the same expression as he watched Liana and the quick kiss her annoying boyfriend gave her. "In front of her dad," they said together. Art knew her dad well. He knew that gesture wasn’t appreciated. "What do you talk to her about on the phone?" He was a bit embarrassed asking. He felt like he was losing to everyone. Losing to Liana, losing to Jake, and worst of all, losing to Patrick. "Just stuff. She called when she got accepted to Stanford, for example. I promised her I’d take her out for ice cream this summer to celebrate. And she said she stole a bottle of wine from her parents and celebrated with her friends," Patrick felt like he was rambling. He knew Liana and Art didn’t talk on the phone. He didn’t want to compete with his best friend because, well, he was his best friend. But Art had a significant advantage with Liana. He’d known her all his life. And if someone with such an advantage wasn’t making the most of it, Patrick had to step in. He had to show Art he was also in the picture. That even if they both went to Stanford, Patrick would still be around.

What none of them considered was that Liana could choose someone else entirely. That someone else might win. Come to think of it, neither of them even saw her that way. She was just Liana, the girl who was always there, in the background of their lives. And neither of them planned to change that anytime soon. Well, anyway, Jake had to disappear.

here it is. Once again, English is not my first language, and it's my first time writing in it. Hope you like it as much as I love writing it. I'd really like to hear your thoughts so don't stop yourselves from hitting the ask box ❤️

#art donaldson x reader #art donaldson #patrick zweig x reader #patrick zweig #challengers fic #challengers

[fulgurbugs]

another doll post!

they cut me from work early, so i had time to stop by my walmart and see if catty was in. she was! i picked her up with some birthday money for 24.99.

forgot to get a pic of her in the box. here she is unboxed tho! she has saran with microbraids around her hairline (be careful, these come undone easily.)

initial thoughts: while her outfit is cute… it’s missing a littleeee bit of flair. some shoe paint, or maybe a jacket, like in her concept art? these little shoulder things are kind of horrendous. (and they kept coming unvelcroed under her pits.) might look into making her something.

now, there’s a reason i i got excited about catty when i was previously unenthused about her. and that’s her new body sculpt! let’s cut to the chase, that’s what we want to see.

here she is! she is now the biggest MH sculpt, by quite a significant amount. luckily she can still fit on this stand, but it has to grab her right at the underboob at her thinnest point.

it doesn’t photograph well, but she has a pink-tinged iridescence to her body, that could read like shiny fur. it looks great, and makes her look very glittery and dimensional.

wide and back views. i love that she actually has a bit of a tummy, and she also has a much thicker tail than toralei. (i wasn’t able to yank the tail out, tho i think it’s supposed to come off.)

here’s some comparisons with some of the other ghouls. she’s a medium height girl, and i’d say she’s slightly thicker in the body and thighs than abbey, though the way she’s proportioned give her a fatter body type compared to her.

it’s more evident when they’re turned to the side. draculaura only has larger thighs, so if we specially compare to abbey, you can see cattys even larger thighs and her stomach compared to abbeys flat one.

she has smaller feet (same as draculaura’s size.) her hands are also standard size.

back to the doll with her clothes on. here’s her boots, as is mh doll tradition

cool sculpt, definitely need paint. probably a pretty simple project to do, but all those buckles and chains are just begging for a layer of silver. only a teeeeny bit got silver paint, which i think is a shame. allegedly most of the budget for catty went into developing her sculpt, so her outfit definitely is a little lacking….

face card. i adore ADORE her makeup, the little stars…. the side glance… augh. my favorite part is her lip paint, though. the gradient looks absolutely lovely.

the accessories. since this is catty’s core doll, she comes with some of the core staples: her phone, a backpack, her pet cat amulette, and some sunglasses. in addition, she has a mic, a broken hand mirror, a water bottle, and some sheet music

here’s inside the backpack and her sheet music open. (the sheet music is literally just a little piece of paper lol.)

here’s her with some of her accessories! i decided to restyle her hair a little bit as well, i saw a cute restyle that took her micro braids and made a little side bang with them, and that was simple to replicate, so i did that too. i also made her ponytail higher, which i think looks a lot cuter. i think i wanna give her a little ponytail accessory or something tho… maybe in black? dunno. i also think she looks cute with her glasses on her forehead, so i’m leaving them.

obligatory .5 shot.

and that’s catty noir! (lagoona foot jumpscare). i think she’s a lovely addition to the g3 lineup, and i really, really can’t wait to see what they do with her in another line. her reception (at least in the spaces i lurk) has been so overwhelmingly positive that i think when we see her next, they can really go all out and give her a gorgeous outfit and a fun theme (maybe a skulltimate secrets doll?) it felt appropriate to put her with my monster fest girlies, so she got center stage (sorry cleo and frankie) thanks for reading this far!

#dux doll tag #dux doll review #monster high #long post

[omatoxin]

the wonderful kimchi and seasame for @chimaerabones

#sorry i havent been posting for a while i have been getting commisioned more than usual #also i had a birthday lol #art #digital art #digital drawing #artwork #artists on tumblr #illustration #digital aritst #artist #animals #omatoxin #fish #fishart #fish art #fishblr #goldfish #goldfish art #pet art #pet portrait #art commisions

[marshmallowgoop]

No matter how special it is, a kid's lunch is still just a kid's lunch.

I dunno, I liked "The Genius Restaurant" (Episode 1,089).

Happy (belated) birthday, Jimjam.

[Song link] [YouTube link]

#detective conan #case closed #amv #my amvs #video #eye strain #conan edogawa #shinichi kudo #song is #nosedive #by #flor #ahahahaha i thought this would just be a chill edit and was like #'i did my last vid in 30 hours so i can do this one in less because it's shorter right? and because i'm mostly using one ep?' #wrong lol this took about 40-ish hours? nooooo idea how i did 'if you kill me' in 30... #aside from the audio i think that's a more complicated edit too ^^; #way late for jimjam's bday but i guess it's not *that* birthday related anyway... but it was my first thought for a bday edit haha #been meaning to do an amv for the ep for a while! special thanks to marivanilla05 for inspiring me to watch it with their great art #i'm so behind that i don't watch new eps much but i'm glad i skipped ahead and watched this one #special thanks to astravis for helping me with the beginning and to hex for the liveblog too! #i know it was a long time ago but that liveblog definitely inspired some choices here #that said i'm glad i waited because i think i'm a much better editor than i was last july (well hope so anyway!) #and this song only released a couple of weeks ago! #had tons of trouble picking a song (usually my amvs are song first but this was idea first) but i think i really like how this one fits #sources are mostly #episode 1089 #but also episodes 1 14 52 and 192 and tv special 6 (episode one: the great detective turned small) and movies 13 and 16 and ova 9

[voidshrub]

Happy birthday to the stinky lil man that made me descend, crash and burn in addison hell, thank you Spamton I love you Spamton 💕

#spamton #happy birthday spamton #deltarune #text post #no art for now I am knee-deep in homework #maybe I'll post something I've had in the back for a while... #also sol if you're reading this I might take another two weeks to respond oops- #you'll get addi oc lore soon I promis......

[sneez]

the other day i was looking through the drawings on my old laptop and found this self-portrait art challenge thing i did at some point several years ago, so i thought it would be interesting to update it with my current self for old times' sake :-) i don't know why i felt the need to be so mean to myself in all the descriptions but i have tried to be at least slightly nicer this time around. sorry past me [id under cut]

[id: a series of four full-body digital drawings of a pale-skinned person at different ages. the first three depict me in 2007, 2013, and 2017 under the heading 'George'; the fourth, in a different art style, depicts me in 2023 under the heading 'Ned (I changed my name)'.

the first drawing shows a young child with long hair wearing a fluffy pink jumper, a pink skirt, and pink shoes. bullet points above read:

annoying

copies other people constantly

draws cute animals

arrogant

cries when told off

maybe 1 friend

the second drawing shows a young teenager wearing a hoodie and trainers and looking uncomfortable. bullet points above read:

anxious

listens to Simon and Garfunkel exclusively

bad under pressure

anime

writes bad fanfiction

draws bad fanart

the third drawing shows a smiling teenager wearing a plaid shirt, jeans, and brown boots. bullet points above read:

what the HELL is a Self Esteem

really into 60s music

cries a lot

0 fashion sense

usually dissociating

thinkin about trees

the fourth drawing shows a young man with messy brown hair, a striped brown shirt, a beige woollen tank top, and burgundy plaid trousers; he is leaning on a wood-textured folding cane and holding the strap of a brown leather satchel with his other hand. bullet points above read:

still no self-esteem but medicated now

significantly worse handwriting (wrist knackered)

I haven't changed much to be honest

RBF so severe I get followed around by the security guards at the supermarket

autism

end id.]

#artwork #two posts in two days what is happening to me. ive been possessed #i think i did a decent job at capturing my likeness this time around :-) i doubt i'll ever post another picture of myself here (sorry i am #a nervous creature now) so hopefully this will suffice. i kind of look like [gestures] #i really like patterns. and stripes especially. also brown. if you couldnt tell #i am actually doing much better recently! i had what i think in retrospect was a nervous breakdown a few weeks ago but i am ok now. all gud #it was very contextual i had just got myself into a very stressful situation and basically just self-destructed for a few days until it was #resolved. the resolution was very satisfactory though so im mostly back to normal now #also i started taking antidepressants a couple of months ago and i think they have finally started working so i am in a much better place #than i have been for a while :-) yippee! #it's pretty neat to see how much my art style has changed too. i love using gouachey watercoloury brushes these days #anyway i hope you are all doing well my friends! it is my birthday tomorrow im going to be 8 million years old

[kubota-crackhead]

gaaru

#gaaruru pripara #my art #fanart #pripara #im like over a week late to her birthday because it was a couple days after mine and i was busy with work #ive missed drawing gaaruru so much #she brings me such great joy #i had an idea for something like a hybrid of the birthday merch whers hes got the like onesie on and a hoodie i saw online for a while #frankly the fact we havent gotten something like it officially hurts a litte i would wear that in public like i wear my other pripara shirt #the ones where shes at the taps in the bar come from a dumb joke about being able to shorten her name to gary or gaz #i never really come up with alt outfits or anything since i dont exactly put much thought into stuff i wear myself but i thought that #the sort of almost lite punk streetwear kind of vibe would be cute cus it does clash with her design a little but shes got that punk spirit #as someone whose always felt a bit lke the odd one out and like a bit of a fuck up her optimism is really inspiring to me #her hair is so cute her coords are so cute the mini version of her is adorable shes so pretty to me #also i want to see if her hair would resist if you tried to put a pen or smth in it since it looks super springy

[littlemissgeek8]

Would you believe this picture is like, two years old or so? I meant to upload this AGES ago, but my memory for uploading is incredibly busted these days. So, here's one of my current D&D characters, the half-elf gloomstalker ranger, Lady Penelope Liayra Emma Collingsworth, or Penny for short.

She's heavily based off Lara Croft (obviously) with the design a combination of all three eras. Her name, however, was borrowed slightly from Lady Penelope of Thunderbirds fame. Backstory-wise, I leaned most heavily on the Survivor era, since it gave a good level of pathos to her. She's even gotten her trademark twin pistols since it's a higher tech level game!

(Bonus, a fun little puzzled face from a very early session)

#d&d #dungeons and dragons #dnd #half-elf ranger #half-elf #my art #Lady Penelope Collingsworth #Tomb Raider #Lara Croft #i had to post this today because the tr1-3 remasters came out #and it's Lara Croft's birthday #also hilariously she's going to be taking a break next session #so i can bring Anetta in again because whoops we need a tech specialist #still i love penny she gets like three shots at the beginning of combat #while anetta's a warlock who can't hit squat

[jmkho]

✨️HAPPY BIRTHDAY @oliverreedmasterass ✨️

🥳 Wishing Aly a wonderful birthday today! I hope you have a wonderful birthday with lots of giggles & goodies 🎂 🥳

🗡 It took me some time to get Oliver Reed to stop running around chasing everybody!🗡

The gif is so quick I'm so sorry! The text reads -

🗡🥃Welcome all!🥃🗡

It's very astute of yew to join me, to celebrate Aly darlin's BURF DAY!

#oliverreedmasterass #gvf #greta van fleet #jake gvf #jake kiszka #oliver fucking reed #excuse the shitty quality of the gif hun THE REAL FILE SIZE WAS LIKE 30 SOMETHING LOL so o had to compress it #Don't ask how this was made because i blacked out while doing it lmao #Happy Birthday Aly! i wanted to say thank you for being such a wonderful person #you really said imma be this weirdos friend and I cannot thank you enough. we're both new to here and #our small lil blogs thankfully crossed paths!! #happiest birthdays to thee biggest Oliver reed enthusiast!!! #hoping jake posts something on your birthday!!!!!!! #Also I'm so sorry the gif is quick #it was...it was a job to get thos going let me tell you lol #doodles #greta van fleet art #greta van art #gvf art

[glnikinihachu]

🎵Estas son las mañanitas🎶

🎵Que cantaba el rey David🎵

🎶Hoy por ser día de tu santo🎶

🎶Te las cantamos aquí🎵

#my art!!! #qsmp #qsmp tallulah #can u tell i had to earch up the kyrics to the song? i havent been to a birthday in a while so i forgor it #also my spelling is not that good LOLZ #i didnt get to see them celebrate Tallulahs bd coz i had to watch my sister #but i still wanted to raw smthn fir it:D

[adanaac]

happy birthday haruaki! (2/21)

(... what's that? birthday art ought to be more wholesome? lmao not in this house)

#youkai gakkou no sensei hajimemashita #a terrified teacher at ghoul school #yohaji #canada art #i actually started making an animation at the start of feb for ameharu birthday #we'll see if i ever finish it #tbh i just couldnt come up with a wholesome way to draw haru but also white hair haru and seimei #and also ive had this idea for a while now anyway

[tonariofjananda]

Happy Birthday Mizuha!!! 4/6

(I’m a little late to the party sorry 💔)

#Mizuha #my art #fumetsu no anata e #to your eternity #to you the immortal #this is my first time drawing her face is it obvious lol #the Fnae eyes are so fun to draw and color in but especially the descendants bc I have to layer like 3 colors to get it juuuuust right #not that it translates super well when I take a picture on my phone so sorry for the quality but #I’m trying to prioritize having fun with art and boy did I have a lot of fun with this one #this honestly took a little while bc all I had was volume 14 #and I can’t even lie something about the way she behaves in that one made me feel a little sick so I couldn’t look at her for too long #not to mention there weren’t that many great shots I could use as reference so #I had to wait til I could swap for volume 13 and 15 with my boyfriend #worth the wait tbh she was VERY fun #anyway I’m just rambling at this point but I really liked this one little outfit she was wearing with the big collar #I think they’re called Peter Pan Collars or something like that not sure #and then the teeny tiny cardigan that she fit underneath it like how cute Mizuha. this is a fit she wanted to meet Hanna in lol #can’t wait to see this one in color tho cuz I just guessed on the dress #also ik the caption is referencing how she’s good at everything but this is supposed to be her like #a year after her disastrous birthday in the manga lol #ok I’m definitely rambling now byeeeeeeeeee!!!!

[nayruwu]

november 22nd // day 2: shinya's birthday

being gay is all fun and games until you realise you're in love with your best friend. (he did not, in fact, have a happy birthday)

@gureshin-week-2022

#basically guren gave him a gift and it was the first time he has received affection ever in his entire life so he cannot handle it. #or something like that idk #wanted to draw the broom closet scene from my byakkomaru fic for a while now but i had to connect it to his birthday somehow so. #kitty plush for shinya! #and also existential dread! #wooooo #gureshinweek2022 #day 2 #owari no seraph #seraph of the end #shinya hiiragi #guren ichinose #gureshin #art stuff #this is my least favourite entry but i ran out of time :') #that is also the reason for his lack of shoes. this is sock week

[floydsteeth]

💌

>:3

helllooooooooo>:3

Sorry it took me a while to see this I've been busy today

you're nice and very sweet and you seem so kind-hearted and just gdtidgkdyjstjsiy you're amazing and I love your art it's so adorable I want to squish it heheheheheheheh it's just so squishy looking and bubbly that it makes me happy just looking at it, also also I love seeing stuff about tour oc's :3, I just love seeing people talk/draw their ocs hehehehe it makes me wanna post more about my oc ciel but I'm to scared to do that haha

Talking to you is fun, and I just overall think your a very sweet person I'd love to get to know better!

#I'm apologizing again for the fact it took me a while to reply #I saw the ask this morning but I didn't have time to reply #And then I forgot by the time lunch came around and I had time #But I remembered now! #Your are sweet and amazing and everything I see your art It's like cute aggression #It's so cute I want to squish it #Heheheh:3 #Oh also! #Since I'm thinking about it #I mentioned a bit ago I'd draw ieyasu in a bunny boy suit #Which I have drawn it #But I was thinking that it'd probably make more sense to post the bunny boy stuff for the characters birthdays specifically #So it'll be a while before I post it- #Anyway! #I hope you have a lovely evening im going to go eat supper :P

[kierpyr]

when i get home im about to tear UP a bowl of pasta

#i didn't post art the other day but i promise either today or tomorrow that i'll do it 😭 #i had science shit to study for #auron can wait #while he may be babygirl science is my main priority because im not doung to hot in that subject #biology will be easier so i have my fingers toes and asscheek hairs CROSSED #also happy 4/20 #happy birthday weed #and everyone that smokes or eats edibles #be responsible

[marcmorrigan]

im not gonna make this rebloggable bc its just two unrelated drawings slapped together in layout but like. i put them next to each other to play compare & contrast and ended up HURTING MY OWN FEELINGS... beyond looks even more in love when hes next to L ouch ouch ouch

#my art #death note #beyond birthday #l lawliet #another note #also im SOOO happy with the way they like... dont LOOK like each other in the face but do give off similar energies #goal achieved i lov them both sm #also the level of connection and interaction between these two when i didnt draw them w Intent For That To Be There #is making me so excited about how good KatH is gonna look whenever i actually draw it #like if i can do this on accident imagine how hard its gonna hit when i do it on purpose #ANYWAY im trying to post more frequently on here and more casually bc i just want to like! #make art and post art and talk about art #so posting little edits and stuff like this with commentary is something i might start doing more often! its fun i love to talk #also its v funny to me that you can see very clearly that i switched my sketching brush in the time between these two sketches lol #cool that they still match so nice tho!!! #oh i wanna add in the tags. was listening to my B.B. playlist while working on him obvs. and the MAIN song i had on repeat from it #was 'adams ribs' by jensen mcrae #'this love letter begins: to adam‚ from your ribs' and 'adam‚ will you claim me as your own' hit especially hard for them #but the whole song is just devastating in general for me... its SO much. it eviscerates me