#this came out A LOT better!

[smolstarthief]

“Do you finally acknowledge your hubris? Despite your insistence that you’ve changed, you still refused help… You will surely fall to your own demise with charred wings if you keep up this charade… Do you still seek freedom? True salvation? Then I will help fly again with a pair of new wings… I am thou, thou art I… Rise above your torment and take flight once more!”

“Give me new wings, ICARUS!!”

So I decided to redo my old PT Maruki design and at long last... He's done! Old version can be seen here!

Here's a rough sketch of the full outfit! I took some inspiration from starrycosmicyuu's take on the old design. I tried there and the ends of the coat are meant to resemble feathers. I tried to make the staff look sharp so hopefully it's doable. I just feel like he would be more magic oriented than combat oriented since he considers himself a pacifist unless pushed.

Anyhow, more notes/profile:

Codename: Adam (a reference to the Adam and Eve motif associated with him (that and Adam was casted out of paradise along with Eve so it still fits with what I’m going with here with this design))

Persona: Icarus (I personally felt like the story/myth fit Maruki pretty well, he flew too close and fell with his hubris but (unlike Icarus, who met his demise) that doesn’t mean he can’t be saved and redeemed)

I know people would often have him be all white and gold but… I couldn’t help but think that the black and gold is a good way to show that he’s symbolically a “fallen god” now along with fitting the story of Icarus still a bit.

Melee Weapon: His staff in canon, but probably modified more for battle. Helps with magic use too.

Ranged Weapon: Bow and arrows.

Specializes in Bless Magic along with healing.

His brooch was loosely inspired by Hawkmoth from Miraculous Ladybug and my bf's own input. The meaning behind a gold/yellow moth is apparently this:

His 2nd tier Persona would be Asclepius, who was a renowned doctor/medical practitioner from Greek mythology and apparently associated with snakes as well (the Adam and Eve motif of his Palace).

His 3rd tier will be Vikare, Icarus' Etruscan name.

Stats (I’m gonna do a 1 to 10 thing. 1 for weakest, 10 for strongest. Idk why, it strangely helps me a bit more.):

Strength: 5

Magic: 10

Endurance: 4

Agility: 5

Luck: 7

Phew! All done! Hope you enjoy him!

#my stuff #my edits #my edit #pt maruki #persona 5 #p5 #persona 5 royal #p5r #starchild rambles #maruki takuto #takuto maruki #dr maruki #sprite edits #sprite edit #sprites #this came out A LOT better! #apologies for the bad sketch

[marisatomay]

the council has conferred and it has been decided that the most painful ages to happen to a person are 12, 17, 19, and 23

#source: it came to the council (me) in a dream #look. a lot of thought went into this actually and i stopped at 23 because my grandpa has a saying. #you have to keep kids alive until they’re 23. after that everything will start to sort itself out. #not that everything gets Good or even Better. just that after 23 everything is just. Less. you’re not 23 anymore. #idk it’s hard to explain if you’re not there yet.

[endermagpieart]

What do you mean I’m a bit late for Janus’ big day? Of course not, how could you say such a thing! I definitely didn’t forget all about it in my absence and only get reminded in the incorrect quotes video live chat; that’s not like me at all ;]

Anyways I decided to dress our sassy snake in some different outfits I think he’d like. He seems like the type to get all dolled up on his birthday and it goes with Thomas posting pics in outfits inspired by the sides on their appreciation days!

@thatsthat24

#sanders sides #janus sanders #ts janus #thomas sanders #sanders sides fanart #my hoard #I’ve returned! #the newest asides came out and I remembered how much I love it #so I’m hyperfixated again and I’ve not now peace since #it is nice to actually finish something again tho #I’ve been pretty busy working lately and now I’m starting to pack to move into my first apartment! #so not much time to really sit down and draw #and when I do have time I can’t get the motivation to actually draw anything #I want to get better about posting stuff on here #(even though it feels like I’m just dreaming into the void a lot) #even just silly little things or rough sketches I’ll never finish #I hope it’ll help me continue to draw and make things again #I forgot how nice it is #anyways if you’ve read this far thanks #have a cookie :] 🍪

[jomeimei421]

Felt a bit nostalgic watching RT shut down…Here are the og faves again for old times sake 💙

#rvb #agent washington #agent Carolina #lavernius tucker #michael j caboose #epsilon #my art rvb #ahhh a lot of feelings…of course I stepped away from rt as a company a long time ago #but RvB is special to me!! it was my first fandom experience ever #and the community here on tumblr specifically was so instrumental to me growing up #I really could not have asked for a better community of artists and writers to grow up in. I know it sounds like platitudes when I say #that everyone was super nice and talented but REALLY. People were so kind to me and somehow I became well known despite #my art and writing and me in general still being immature and hashtag cringe #I found my creative legs and #people would respond to my stuff with walls and walls of support in the tags and we would do exchanges and events every year #I made my first lyric comic and it’s still doing extremely well on YouTube even today!! my dad who passed away recently always loved it #and my favorite RvB writer came out of hibernation to write me a bunch of text wall asks about it #I’ve never had another fandom experience quite like RvB #I still keep in touch with many of my friends from that time period even though we’ve all moved on the other things #these guys will always always have a place in my heart #so long reds and blues….

[thunderc1an]

Hold me one more time, so that I never forget how it felt to hug the sun

#warrior cats #warriors #thunderclan #firestar #sandstorm #firesand #I should’ve probably waiting to take the picture in the morning #so that the lighting would be better #but I loved how it came out #so I’m posting anyways #also sorry for the increase of #firesand content #just been thinking about them a lot recently #drew these with cheap color pencils #9 colors in total- but it was fun being limited yknow #i drew it on a 3 hour bus ride from Pompeii to Rome yay #in my dorm I have this super fancy color pencil set I got for my birthday #like senior year hs #but couldn’t bring it with me on the trip

[willgrahamscock]

got this comment on the House vs. Hannibal poll so tell me who's a better therapist in the tags.

#alex says things #jigsaw did so much a lot of his victims came out better? #hannibal #saw #horror #nbc hannibal #jigsaw #poll #polls #tumblr poll

[ricky-mortis]

So, I heard it was Holloweane Week?

It’s a bit late in the week but I wanted to draw something for it, and I liked this prompt.

The way I see it- their roles may have been swapped, but their dynamic? Exactly the same.

#t4t Holloweane my beloved #everyday I thank tumblr user ohnoitsjetster for introducing me to that HC #I gave Duke 70s hair and I love it so much it came out so good imo #and Miss Holloway is always just <3 #I tried to modernize her a little bit #we’ll see what yall think #these two are fun but by god they are hard to draw #especially Kim #I swear I’ll get better at drawing her #what beautiful people though #social worker miss Holloway and witch Duke tho #omg so good #i imagine Holloway would go by Holly #Holly and Mister Keane #I’ve had a lot of thoughts while drawing this #hatchetfield #Starkid #nightmare time #nightmare time 2 #miss holloway #duke keane #kim whalen #Curt mega #holloweane #holloweane week #holloweane week 2024 #Holloweane week day 6 #my art #:)

[eyrieofsynapses]

hey, Leverage peeps, I've got a thought. I've seen a lot of posts and memes joking about Nate's inability to understand that his clients do not want money, they want revenge. I also find this funny. but I was thinking about it and I realized something: there's a personal reason behind it. there is a very, very good reason why Nate doesn't get that.

Nate's drive to lead Leverage, outside of the crew, originated from his son's death due to his insurance company's refusal to cover the bill for the required treatment. we all know this. if his company had paid for Sam's treatment, everything would've been fine.

…or, if Nate had been a little wealthier, had a little more change to spend… maybe he could've paid for it. maybe Blackpool never would've had a say in any of it. maybe Nate would've had everything under control from the start.

we've discussed at length in the fandom how money equals safety for some of the others in the crew (Parker and Hardison grew up with little to none and know its importance to survival, Eliot needs it to stay ahead of his old enemies, etc.), but I don't know that I've seen any discussion on how it's relevant to Nate. for him, however, money equals security in healthcare and in housing (he lost the house, remember?). Nate's older than the others. he remained in the same place for much longer, and he had a stable life for a while. the others haven't been in that position before. many of their clients, however, are at that place in life.

yes, for the others, money keeps them ahead of the game and it keeps them secure. but none of them ever lost a kid because they couldn't pay for healthcare. none of them risk losing the life of someone who is completely dependent on them when they don't have enough.

(Hardison, perhaps, has the closest understanding, considering he hacked a bank to pay for his Nana's healthcare. but he never lost her.)

Nate thinks ahead, you know? he has a long-term view of things. I imagine that for him, when clients refuse the money, they're not just refusing a month's worth of groceries, or a place to stay the night, or the ability to keep running. for him, they're refusing control over their hard-earned, stable, long-term living situation. they're refusing the potential to save a family member's life.

I dunno, guys. I think that's a pretty good reason to not understand why people don't want the money.

#leverage #leverage meta #nate ford #meta #ello folks it has been A While #but I saw another one of these memes today and couldn't help but ask myself 'why?' #and this came out #anyway I figure this is a fair reason to have more trouble Getting It #when you think about it Nate's probably gotten the closest to most of their clients' living situations #the rest of them have had Very Unusual Lives #but so many of their clients are PARENTS #they're people with STABLE LIVING SITUATIONS #they're ordinary middle-class people! #and Nate was the only one who lived as an adult in that situation! #he's the only one who understands what it's like to have a regular family depending on him to keep the household running! #no WONDER he worries more about this! #he understands the consequences better than the others do! #I dunno I feel like that gets overlooked a lot #anyway have fun playing with this #synapse meta

[arthdoesart]

Dancing with the Mockingjay 🐦‍⬛ (and the boy who doesn't burn🔥)

Everlark Valentine piece that got delayed because of (life)

#the hunger games #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #everlark #peeta x katniss #katniss and peeta #girl I kinda don't like how this came out #it was a lot better in my head #will make a Hayffie next #will finish my Heavenscoin one #my beloveds #catching fire #mockingjay #baby bombsss

[icewindandboringhorror]

I know this is just a silly bad quality random screencap of a screencap that I found on facebook lol, BUT it's a succinct enough image to easily describe the concept in a quick/accessible way hopefully :

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(and of course, feel free to elaborate in tags, etc.! (especially elaborating about other senses as well.. can you "hear" in your mind just as well as you can "see"? taste? etc.) It's an interesting topic to me, as someone who's like a 4.5 at MOST lol. I'm curious what option will be the most common :0c )

#tumblr polls #hrmm... a little poll perhaps.. about a subject I find interesting.. since this image came across my facebook today #still really not feeling that well. no longer shaking violently and such but I still feel weird and weak much more than usual #They did say my markers for like infection or inflammation were elevated but that they werent sure of the cause so hopefully #it's nothing too serious. they did also say a lot of different things can cause that thing to be higher than normal but didn't go into spec #fics of what. maybe some of them are relatively benign or something. I still havent felt much back to normal since #I got really sick that one time though. I feel fine on and off but then little bouts of feeling weird and sick happen. hrmmm #ANYWAY.. looking for small ways to be productive. such as little doodles on evil ipad or editing game videos #or posting polls or cat pictures or some other like not very labor intensive things #I WISH I COULD FOCUS on writing HHRGGhh... I need to finish my game.. it would be so freeing.. a project that's been looming #over my head for like 5 years even though througouht that 5yrs I've probably spent a total of 3 months working on it lo.. ANYWAY #I still partially really cannot beleive that people CAN see stuff in their heads. There's always part of me that's thinking like. well mayb #e everyone DOES see the same exact thing but we just describe/conceptualize it so differently that we think we're talking about #different things when we're really not. But I have been assured by people I've talked to about it that they can GENUINELY really see #stuff in their heads like as vivid as an actual picture in real life or something. And the other senses are neat too. Like for exmaple I #can hear in my head much better than I can see imagery. I still CANNOT hear vividly like as if I were listening to actual music out loud.. #but I think it's developed more than my sight. AND interesting how this varies the creative process. a friend I was talking to on the phone #said they write by literally just watching stuff play before them like a movie. where my process is COMPLETELY different. AND that affects #the content/what details we focus on as well as our individual styles of writing have differences that can be traced back to that.. hrmm

[xboxfox]

the sillies

#i used the sketchfab model of glados for reference which was like. fun and made drawing her a lot easier but i almost feel like #she came out... TOO accurate? #i want to try doing studies of her so i can figure out how to stylize her better #still like how this came out anyway though #chelldos #portal 2 #portal #glados #chell #chell portal #digital art #digital painting #fanart

[insertsomthinawesome]

Okay I started this waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back right after Episode 10 launched. Yeah. Ages ago. I actually finished it around probably 1-2 months ago??? I've just been slow to uploading it ^^;; Back then I was... not necessarily theorizing??? But had fun indulging in an idea like this xD

-NO ROMANCE INCLUDED-

#Trigun Stampede #Trigun Stampede Spoilers #Vash the Stampede #Nicholas d Wolfwood #Meryl stryfe #Meryl trigun Stampede #WOlfwood trigun Stampede #Vash trigun stampede #blood #injury #Isa's fanart #InsertSomthinAwesome #June2023 #I had a moment where my energy for working on this seriously disappeared too lol #thats why I only finished it a bit ago despite starting it before episode 11 even came out #There was a freaking wing!!! Got that right!!!! Much happier w Orange's design than my own xD #While this would've been good fuN I much prefer how the canon finale went #I feel its more fitting for Wolfwood's character and just. fits a lot better in total #Being season one having things wrap up so nicely.. not sure it woulda fit

[onewolfaday]

218. wolf drawn with my eyes closed!

#hes a little fucked up. its ok. came out a lot better than i excpected actually #like the neck + arms? those are Pretty Solid and connected somewhat right for eyes closed i think. #wolves #wolf

[vrronica-sawyer]

*shoots your doomed yaoi with a doomed yuri beam*

Sailor Trigun at ALA!!!

#I’m so happy with how these cosplays came out they look just like my concept sketches #and I’m genuinely surprised so many ppl realized what we were! #most ppl thought it was just fem vashwood but a lot of ppl knew it was magical girls specifically I’m v happy #hopefully will have milly Meryl photos from ala to show soon #patiently waiting on those from the photographer #bunny sewed me a new longer cape with a better collar and I remade my undershirt for her #ala changed their prop weapon rules mid con tho which was v sad bc I hand painted and made customized stickers for her milly gun all week #and then they stopped allowing any prop guns that weren’t 50% orange :( #we were able to bring it to the Trigun meetup luckily bc it was outdoors but not to our shoot #next time ig!!! #Trigun #sailor moon #pgsm #vashwood #sailor Trigun #magical girls #vash the stampede #Nicholas d wolfwood #what did I name these au guys #sailor gunsmoke #sailor hopeland #??? #i think #Trigun maximum #Trimax #cosplay #au #ala 2024 #anime los angeles

[cherryskeletoncake]

Thinking about techno and quackity in the dream smp… such a unique dynamic <3

#my art #fanart #technoblade #technoblade fanart #mcyt fanart #mcyt quackity #dsmp fanart #dsmp #dsmp quackity #dsmp techno #techno and quackity #quackity fanart #pray duo #i always feel like techno came out ‘better’ after anny interaction with quackity. but quackity came ou worse #i think about quackity’s envy and need for controll of techno. not in the same was as with dream #someting someting about pray acting like preditor #i also think a lot about quackity talking to techno during techno’s birthday stream with the syndicate #and how techno still offerd quackity cake #even after all the shit they been trough #and i think about how they both left permanent marks on eachotrer #one death for another #i’m so normal about them (i need them to canibalize eachother)

[quickhacked]

hanan at age 24 vs hanan at age 35 :] becoming a test subject at arasaka special programs really changes people huh

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#cp2077 #cyberpunk 2077 #art #art:hanan #nuclearocs #nuclearart #in the linked screenshots she's 32 :] that's when she's still at arasaka and forced to hunt down cassidy and seb #in the art she's no longer with them and has recovered from the horrors. and she's doing much better now :] #the linked article is basically some custom lore about arasaka special programs which is a branch red reaperkiller and i came up with #yeah i'm working on a wiki. don't worry about it. a lot of links aren't clickable yet sorry about that but feel free to take a look! #anyway all noteable test subjects of the projects have come out with a decent amount of cyberware so hanan is not alone in that #and losing hair pigment is also possible as a result of the test trials since it's happened with two test subjects so far #cyberjaws seem to be a recurring theme as well but that's just to inflict damage on andrew colton it's his personal cycle of hell. torment #anyway i will stop rambling now hello hi. give hanan a kiss she loves kissing