#this guy means a lot to me

[stelera]

I just submitted another entry for the Fakemon contest hosted by Subjectively for their Mazah Region. I figured I could share it here too and let people check it out! I’m still working on learning the Sugimori shading style  and I know this doesn’t quite fit right but I am happy with the way it turned out.

More info below the cut!

Pokédex Entry: Long ago, Tauros-fighting was a popular sport in the Mazah region, the most fierce and aggressive among them being prized fighters. Over time, the Tauros began to develop protective armored hides and longer horns to defend themselves, and the Tauros population became quieter and more reserved. Though the cruel practice was made illegal decades ago, Mazian Tauros remains a gentle protector, preferring not to fight or hurt any people or Pokémon. It no longer relies on anger for strength. instead of whipping itself, it uses its tails to harmlessly restrain any threat.

Base Stats: HP: 80 Atk: 98 Def: 150 SpAtk: 30 SpDef: 80 Spd: 52 Total: 490

Design Notes: My original inspiration was from Mexican bull fighting, but I knew I didn't want to make the design dark and grim. I didn't want to frame it with suffering and anger. Instead I wanted to show how Tauros might have changed to adapt to the conditions they were in, developing tougher hides and shielded shoulders to protect themselves from spears and banderillas. As more fierce Tauros were picked for fights, maybe this ended up selectively breeding them down to be quiet and gentle, slow to anger, and reserved. I thought in modern day Mazah, they make good livestock guardian Pokémon, protecting herds of Miltank or Mareep from wild Pokémon or human thieves. I wanted its status as a natural protector to be front and center within its stats and its abilities. Giving it the abilities Friend Guard and Battle Armor were the obvious choices. Giving it Defiant as its hidden ability felt emblematic of its defiance of cruelty, becoming stronger the more it opposes foes that would try to hurt it or its friends.

On a more physical level... The shape of the horns were inspired by round-headed Aztec clubs called quauholōlli. The tassels decorating them were inspired by the banderillas ('little flags') that are used in bull fighting to both enrage and weaken the bull. The shields on Mazian Tauros's shoulders were inspired by Mesoamerican chīmalli shields, often decorated in geometric spiral patterns and adorned with feather tassels. Mazian Tauros's tails were inspired by bolas, which were traditionally thrown weapons but their function was to tangle around the feet of enemies or game to trip them up. The colorful mane along Mazian Tauros's head and neck was inspired by myriad colorful headdresses worn by several Mesoamerican peoples for both ceremony and battle. It's also cropped short, a bit like a Roman helmet or a roached mane on a horse. I pulled colors from several different works of Aztec art and articles of traditional clothing. Bright colors –  especially red, yellow, green, and blue – were often used, so I wanted Mazian Tauros to reflect the bright colors used in those traditional crafts.

#Pokemon #Pokémon #Fakemon #digital art #Mazah Region #vector art #my art #this guy means a lot to me #went through a lot of design iterations to get here #and I'm really happy with how it turned out #bull #cow #bullfigting #tauros #pokemon tauros #mesoamerica #aztec #normal type #steel type

[bacchuschucklefuck]

while teen while goblin while aroace while injured while doing your best

#fantasy high junior year #fhjy #riz gukgak #figueroth faeth #sklonda gukgak #dimension 20 #this. mmmmhhh this is so. I did Not know how to draw this really. #I am very normal about riz (<- lying) #it's a brennan-dm d20 campaign the bad guy is always capitalism (I am saying this with clenched teeth) #riz out of all of them being aroace fucks with me SO bad. bc its also established that elmsville specifically and probably the #majority of solace is not. made for goblins. and that becomes sklonda being worked to the bone and pok dying on the job #and riz spending all his time trying to keep his friends together. maybe to the point of it being injurous #like. do u get what I mean. its an economy of time it takes your time it eats up your time #not just the gukgaks but everyone you have to spend time to get to live and you don't have a lot of time left in a day #and you have to spend it carefully. you have to prioritize #you're somewhere without an established community and companionship is bought with your time spent working #this place doesn't take care of you. at the end of the day who do you have who'd prioritize you. do you understand me #the evolved aroace loathing where if your friends and family are granted more time nobody would have to choose. we live in a society #holds ur hand we live in a society. idk if Im making any sense #anyway . uhhh riz is my favourite that's my statement thank you for listening. au revoir

[jagalart]

Bounty Hunter

A tengu character I designed for the greatest @ WithTheFox, thank you again for trusting me with this 🖤 I'm back to comms tomorrow so you can expect updates soon 👁️

#tengu #kenku #anthro #corvid #character design #pathfinder #art #I'VE ALSO JUST REACHED 3K HERE AND I'M ?? ? THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT #i had a l o t of Tumblr accounts and this is the first that reached over 1k and it just. means a lot to me #thank you so much guys #plus nowadays tumblr generally starts to become my fav platform to post tbh? you guys leave so many comments here it makes my day...thank #you i appreciate you all a lot #<3

[triona-tribblescore]

le bae-bae

(Yo-Ho-Ho) A Ninjas Life For Me

First / Previous / Next:

#This was supposed to be a lot more detailed and a lot longer #but i got tired lol #plus now it means that we can leave his backstory a lil more mysterious for the future ;) #Also #HES JUST A LITTLE GUY LEAVE HIM ALONE #i say #you know like a liar #also usagi may or may not be already in denial about the whole thing #whos gonna tell him- #rottmnt leo #a ninjas life for me #rottmnt big mama #rottmnt #ANLFM #jotaro usagi yojimbo #rottmnt au #rottmnt fanart #usagi #rottmnt comic #leosagi #tribbleart #<3

[tubbytarchia]

Somewhere in the woods, a moth tires of seeking light

#gempearl #shinyduo #shiny duo #not meant to be shipping propaganda for the poll but I mean... feel free to take it as such!! #the solitary plants feel out of place and maybe the color gradients could be better but its fineeeeeee. Not my proudest background... #also haha get it. Moth tires of seeking light. There's light all around her but its symbolic you guys #vaguely inspired by an estonian song. Some of the lyrics: #Luck pat her little girl’s head and repeated that beautiful is everything that there is #The girl then smiled and that was enough for her heart to understand where the sun lay #one of my favorite songs ever. Very beautiful and Id love to make an animatic or smth for it but the lyrics get a bit too specific :( #Shame that its in estonian and probably offputting to a lot of people too but.... õnn ja arm by mari pokinen....... #hermitshipping #commission #centaur cuddles tee hee <3 #horses etc cant actually twist their bodies that much without it hurting them I think. But please suspend your disbelief for me pleasee #tubby art

[tianhai03]

didnt have the time to do a full finished drawing, but i tried to keep up with my tradition for redrawing the same good bro day drawing ive done for 3 years already :')

(last year's, which also has links to prev years as well)

#feels like i havent drawn the boys in. forever. i missed them #kinda unrelated and i said this on twitter too but i think most of you guys here should hear it... #i know a lot of you have followed me since my early dmc days and i just wanted to take the chance to thank you #its crazy to me that ppl have known me for so long and the support means a lot to me #i know i havent posted a lot this year bc ive just been busy with work but im grateful you guys still stuck around. thank you :) #anyways back to actual tags #devil may cry #vergil(dmc) #dante(dmc) #allyart

[luna-lovegreat]

I want. Four to get appreciation. Because

Four gave a ton of unnoticed help when Twilight was injured

The fight with Wild was difficult, and I know we're all concerned about his negative view of the shadow crystal

But Four did something that no one else really thought of to help- He took care of Twi's stuff

From the beginning he told Twilight to not worry about them

So Four took care of pretty much everything but the others (that Sky and Wars handled)

He took care of Epona

Which is so very important- he took care of Twilight's horse. After her arrival at the stable Four followed up on her

And for Epona, a horse so attached to her human, having some company can help so much for reassurance

He took care of Twilight's stuff

He got Twi's shield- his bags and equipment, and organized it into one place

And he was worried. He obviously found the shadow crystal while handling Twi's stuff, but his negative reactions to it were out of concern.

Also- because of his placement in this scene

I'm fairly convinced Four was ready to start cooking before Wild showed up (since he's beside the counter with food supplies). At the very least he had the basket of fruit out for everyone -but he was literally standing with food behind him- he thought of everything

And he did housekeeping!

Wars payed for the inn, so Four took care of the inn

Realistically these boys were probably not too concerned with tidyness. Four got all of Twi's things on one table, and took care of the room they stayed in

Organizing tables and Twi's things, having food supplies ready, and opening the curtains- overall he was the one tidying up the inn

Four helped in a huge way! He took care of Twi's horse (Epona is so important), his equipment and shield and bag, as well as the other rooms in the inn

Four filled in all the little tasks that others didn't think of. He helped in ways that were needed, but not obvious

There's a lot of problems with the shadow crystal and with Wild, and I don't know what's gonna happen in the future

But don't forget this- don't forget that Four was one who stepped up in an almost unnoticeable way

Don't forget that when everyone was barely holding it together, Four visited Twilight's horse and took care of his things

No matter what develops in the future- this amount of care shown is important ya know?

.

Art and comic from Jojo @linkeduniverse au :)))

#epona is so important #Lu four #linkeduniverse #linked universe #I work with horses and #Epona is INCREDIBLE- she's extremely attuned to humans and emotions. she doesn't scare easily and can keep her cool in a fight #but it's still super stressful to suddenly be in a fairly large and populated town- separated from her person #and for such an empathetic horse? Four going and TALKING to her- gently petting her nose and just being near her #means so so much! that literally matters so much to a horses mental state in a foreign situation- just having company #he checked on Epona and gave her company like !!!!!! it's so considerate and means so much for Epona! Four I love you !!!!! #uhhhh yeah! #with the food- I don't think the innkeeper would have free/complimentary food out- but wars wallet def had it covered #then wild showed up with potions in a cooking frenzy- but four was still shown with food behind him- he thought of everything #I don't know what's gonna happen with the shadow crystal and stuff. but no matter what happens in the future- this matters. #he did a ton of small things no one else thought of it matters he cares so much didjdkdksjfjj #I have a lot of posts I'm making/editing and trying to get to. I'm just a little gal trying my best :/ #so many ideas and so little time... I love you guys and this fandom so much :)) #(if I said anything off or offensive let me know... I'm always nervous about that but I want to hear from you if I'm wrong) #(also you are so so cool and valuable don't forget that ok? I love you and you are important) #:)

[fortheloveofexy]

it's a pet peeve of mine when ppl frame Andrew as hating Aaron and being needlessly cruel to him... bc while yes, their relationship is fractured and strained, Andrew genuinely cares about his brother and wants the best for him, he just doesn't know how to show that in a normal way.

like he might not know how to express it in a healthy manner but Andrew LOVES Aaron, like he truly just wants Aaron to be healthy and safe. It's like, his whole Thing. Aaron is one of the most important people in his life. Andrew wants him around. He'd do anything to protect him.

I guarantee Andrew wants to be emotionally close to Aaron too, he just doesn't have the tools to do that and the thought of letting someone in terrifies him. He also has no concept of what a healthy sibling relationship looks like, so he has no frame of reference to work from.

#i love bickering twinyards as much as the next guy but sometimes ppl write andrew has if he thinks aaron is a waste of space #and that just isn't true #andrew values his brother #he wouldn't insist on keeping aaron close if he didn't #when ppl do this is just so obvious to me that they're using andrew as a mouthpiece for their own dislike of aaron #and like ok yeah you're entitled to not like a character i guess #but it's just so wildly out of character to me for andrew to treat aaron like shit for no reason beyond Being Cruel #like yeah andrew can be mean when he's feeling defensive or trying to make a point #and yeah he can treat people like shit if he's got a reason to justify it like Keeping People Safe #but he's not needlessly cruel to the people closest to him without cause #like neil says #everything andrew does #he does For A Reason #even neil isn't needlessly mean to aaron tbh #like he doesn't like aaron much at certain points but if he picks a fight with aaron it's never without cause #and he's genuinely happy for aaron when things work out with katelyn in the end #and he wants aaron to have a relationship with andrew as well! like it's important to neil that the twins have a healthy bond!! #anyway im getting off my soapbox now this is just something i was thinking about today a Lot #aftg #all for the game #the foxhole court

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Call that a Cave Story.

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wen chao #wang lingjiao #mianmian #wei wuxian #jiang cheng #I had to cut the comic with JC 'holding WWX back from fighting the Wen Assholes' but it is with me in spirit. #It reads (to me) a little bit like JC is scared of Core Melting Hand and wants to have an excuse to hold on to WWX for comfort. #As far as I can recall they are around 15-17 in this arc. #And a guy who can rip out your golden core? The thing we know JC truly puts so much weight upon that he feels meaningless without it? #Yeah that's pretty terrifying. I hope WWX hugs back (he will not) #I have a lot more thoughts on Wang Lingjiao and Mianmian but I will keep them for later. #WLJ is a character I feel got done a little dirty because she has a ton of interesting potential that gets pushed aside for Mean Villainess #Let's be fully honest. Wen Chao and Wang Lingjiao are *THE* characters the Protag of one of those 'Reincarnated as the villain!' stories #Set up to be assholes to the main character and meeting a horrible end in retribution. #Do you think MXTX thought about that? How Wen Chao is basically the original Shen QiugQiu? #Who's going to be the brave soul who writes A transmigrator in wen chao's body (accidently makes wwx fall in love with him) story? #Though If we are going with “any mxtx character sho dies transmigrates to another book” WHO is the transmigrator? #Hear me out. I think it should be Original Liu Qingge. I think he and wwx would make a funny duo and I want to see it so bad. #AND the contrast of womanizer Wen Chao VS 'What is a woman' LQG.

[itsdefinitely]

Hello!

If your still taking requests would you be able to draw the crackship beetseen Tinky x Ted?

(it’s in a silly goofy way I swear)

Anyway yeah. Love your art and have a good day!

(PS: you draw a lot be make sure to look after yourself this-is hypocritical coming from me but it’s whatever’s)

romcom when

#ted spankoffski #t'noy karaxis #tinkoffski #hatchetfield #id in alt text #definitely art #re: ps: you draw a lot be make sure to look after yourself this-is hypocritical coming from me but it’s whatever’s #I CAN DO WHAT I WANT #AND IF THAT MEANS NEGLECTING TO DRINK WATER FOR EIGHT HOURS TO DRAW SILLY GUYS THEN SO BE IT #incredible ship name btw #lords in black

[elizakai]

scribbles of our guy </3

#utmv #ut au #Traditional scribbles #horror sans #horrortale #horrortale sans #bad sanses #sans aus #sans #Undertale #He’s just a little guy #i can’t for the life of me decide on how to draw him #But I love him #Eueueueueu #i mean look he’s such an edgy big fluffy baby who might hold you in a safety hug but just as likely may rip out your spleen💔 #A glimpse into what a lot of my doodle pages look like🧍🏽‍♀️ #click for better quality sigh #My art

[stelera]

I just submitted my entry for a Fakemon contest hosted by Subjectively for their Mazah Region. I figured I could share it here too and let people check it out! I’m still working on learning the Sugimori shading style  and I know this doesn’t quite fit right but I am happy with the way it turned out.

Lots more info below the cut!

Pokédex Entry: A constant stream of alternating electrical currents runs between its two brains, allowing them to function as one mind. While other multi-headed Pokémon often disagree with each other, Omehuattl's heads work in perfect synchronicity making it a brutally efficient hunter. Its bite is capable of rendering foes several times its size paralyzed with a potent mix of venom and electricity. When not on the hunt, these Pokémon like to relax coiled around power lines, soaking up inductive current to recharge its body.

Base Stats: HP: 70 Atk: 87 Def: 68 SpAtk: 44 SpDef: 60 Spd: 76 Total: 405

Ability: Twin Strike - The base attack power of every move is halved, but every attack that hits, hits twice. The second attack always uses the accuracy check result of the first attack. Attacks that already hit more than once, such as Fury Attack will have the ability to hit from 2 to 10 times. Only the first hit is able to be a critical hit. Secondary effects that trigger on hit, trigger for each hit. This ability cannot be copied or transferred.

Hidden Ability: Static

Signature Move: Current Winding – The user coils its electrically charged body around the foe, trapping it and shocking it for several turns. – A  physical, electric type binding move that partially traps the foe and deals a small amount of damage for anywhere between two and five turns. (Basically an electric type Fire Spin or Sand Tomb)

Type: Electric Category: Physical PP: 15 (max. 24) Power: 35 Accuracy: 85% Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Mechanical Notes: I wanted this Pokémon to be a single evolution Pokémon that would still be decent to have in your team. I didn't want its stats to be too incredible, but I will let the game designers have free reign when it comes to any tweaks they want to make to the stats if it ends up in the Mazah Region game. I gave it kind of below average stats for a final form because of its signature ability – I wanted something to offset an ability I know would be very interesting and tempting in competitive play with some kinda sub-par stats. Between the signature binding move Current Winding and the 2x chance to proc secondary effects, especially flinching, (give this thing a King's Rock and say hello to the para-flinch champion of the Mazah Region!) I wanted it to give it less than stellar stats to make it less appealing of a choice for higher level play. Not saying it couldn't make shenanigans happen, I watch Temp6t and PradYT and I know what shenanigans Pokémon with mediocre stats can get up to, but I wanted it to be a fun challenge to make those shenanigans happen.

Design Inspiration: I got the initial idea from an Aztec sculpture of a two-headed serpent made of topaz-encrusted wood – it was a sculpture that had always interested me in the past and was just begging to be made into a Pokémon. Looking at the list of types we'd been given, I picked Electric as my base point and started sketching. I decided pretty early on it needed to be Electric/Poison type, and I started drawing inspiration from horned vipers. Then I remembered a friend's recent trip to Costa Rica, where he got to see Eyelash Vipers and sent us lots of pictures. So I looked at lots of pictures of Eyelash Vipers and decided that needed to be part of the design. The crests over the eyes being shaped like lightning bolts were perfect, and I did a bunch of sketches of head shapes from different angles with the mouth open and closed before I settled on the two heads in my final design.

The zigzag pattern down the back is more reminiscent of rattlesnakes, perhaps, but I was inspired there by a quilt pattern made by the same friend who went to Costa Rica (he also owns like, four snakes so I guess this design is dedicated to him, lol). I picked red and blue as the colors because of red and blue representing the two phases of “hot” conductors in a three-wire electrical system (in the US that's generally the 240V connection you'd see on your dryer hookup, but when looking at a waveform it's generally red & blue – hello yes my day job is electrical transmission & distribution engineering).

Another interesting tie-in here is that “hot” is used by electrical workers to refer to energized conductors, and by herpetologists to refer to venomous snakes and reptiles. There's also a parallel there between electric attacks causing paralysis in Pokémon as well as neurotoxic venom causing paralysis in real life. The fangs are also a copper color to show that they could deliver a venomous bite, or they could be electrical leads and making contact across both fangs would deliver a powerful shock.

Another thing that inspired part of it's Pokédex entry, about it coiling around electrical wires, is the principle of inductance – electromagnetic fields generated by current flowing through conductors can induce electrical currents in wires wound around them called inductors. This is also what makes transformers work. I thought at first of making it's body corkscrewed to emphasize the inductor inspiration, but didn't want its body pose to be too similar to that of Seviper. Instead I gave its body a more angular pose rather than a smooth  slender serpentine shape to somewhat resemble a lightning bolt. I imagine it slithers across the ground in a sharp zigzag pattern rather than a smooth sinusoidal pattern. It would either get along brilliantly with Zigzagoon, or hunt it mercilessly.

For the color pallet of the shiny form, I at first had it colored green like a circuit board with the gold and silver zigzag stripes running down its back like conductive leads. I decided the green was too dark and played around with several different colors before settling on a teal to resemble the turquoise on the original Aztec sculpture. I left the zigzag as gold and silver, and made the fangs gold, to make it seem inlaid with precious metals, if I was going to lean into the decorative statue aesthetic. Gold is also a highly conductive material often used in circuit board design because of its low melting point. Silver is also conductive, but not really used in circuitry – more commonly silver-colored conductors are aluminum, or tin-plated copper. Just a fun fact for ya.

Omehuattl Name Inspiration: Dude there are so many meanings tied up in this name. It's pronounced “Oh-meh-watt” Ome: Nahuatl word for “two” Ohm: Unit of electrical resistance Nahuatl: The Aztec/Mexica language Watt: Unit of electrical power Coatl: Nahuatl word for both “snake” and “twins”

#Pokemon #Pokémon #Fakemon #digital art #Mazah Region #my art #this guy means a lot to me #went through a lot of design iterations to get here #a lot of bugging my friend group discord to pick head shapes and colors #and I'm really happy with how it turned out #snake #mesoamerica #aztec #aztec mythology #electric #poison #electric type #poison type #if it doesn't get picked in the contest I'm keeping it for my own fan region #it might get included in my own fan region even if it doesn't get picked in the contest

[caelanglang]

Living Longer

a message for someone on the edge…

from the waters of the sea, to the sands of the beach, to the concrete of the city, to the floorboards of your home — i hope you’ll be proud of yourself for living longer.

#tw sui ideation #tw blood #a message to myself #but I hope it reaches to those who needed it too #if you’re reading this I’m sending you a big warm hug #and I’m proud of you for making it this far :)) #let’s all try to live a bit longer like dazai :3 #the latest chapter is a tease he is definitely gonna make it guys !! >< #and yes I will never let go of my fixation on dazai and sunsets I’m sorry I’m not #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd dazai #dazai osamu #my art #my writing #I hope this means something to you bc writing this out meant a lot to me #my comic

[fiona-fififi]

If I'm being honest, I actually think I would prefer to see Tommy NOT become the boyfriend. I really like the idea of the two of them dating a bit, and Tommy helping Buck to explore a little, but I think it would be much more interesting if Buck doesn't immediately jump into a more serious relationship with him. Allowing Buck to explore more casually as he starts to figure himself out just feels a little more meaningful here. He's always so quick to jump into relationships. I'd rather see him really take his time and let himself have some fun. And absolutely, Tommy can be a major part of that. But so much of the speculation around them feels like it frames him as the boyfriend, but I don't know that that's what Buck needs from him, to be honest.

#i'm a hypocrite i'm currently writing a boyfriend!tommy fic #and i know everyone's just having some fun with the spec and boyfriend!tommy could also be a lot of fun #but in terms of canon i think letting buck have a casual fling with a hot guy he's crushing on #(not like buck 1.0 levels but just a casual fling with someone he trusts) #would be a little more interesting than putting him immediately into a relationship #especially because i think a major part of his hamster wheel was always rushing into serious relationships before he was actually ready #and just because this one's with a man doesn't mean it would be good for him to continue that pattern #anyway #ignore me #911 spoilers #bucktommy #911 speculation

[murk888]

Aro 👉👈

I DIDN'T HAVE MY TWILIGHT STAGE IN TIME, OKAY?!? Now I watch the films while dying from laughter most of the time, their faces I can't-

MICHAEL SHEEN >>>>> 🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐

#i liked frollo and snape what did i/you expect.. #GUYS. GUYS. HEAR ME OUT- #sketch #art #digital art #artists on tumblr #twilight #twilight saga #volturi #aro volturi #michael sheen #one word about me having father issues and i will fucking kill everyone in the room and then myself #jk i know i have them☠️ #mommy issues too #bruh #sorry spamton lovers #its human time #or vampire time? #кровосися короче #hahahaaa i will suck your di- blood i mean blood #drawing characters who are extremely rarely liked #again #it happens every time i swear #spamton is the exception #he's popular and liked by lots of people fr #true big shot indeed #no but real Aro is nuts tbh #everyone who I like is!☠️ so I just change their characters to my own liking (and suddenly everyone becomes psychologically healthy hmmm) #be cringe be free #have a nice day everyone

[lotus-pear]

ok i'm an entire month late but here are the results of this competition at last!! i would like to preface this by saying a big thank you to everyone who participated as this was my first time doing smt like this! i'm so glad it was met w so much participation and unique entries, and i genuinely cannot express enough gratitude for the ppl who submitted their version. seeing everyone's individual posts w the diverse amount of art styles and mediums was so cool and i loved each post sm!! so thank you for participating and for your support!! it really does mean the world to me!!

with that, without further ado, let me announce our winners...

FIRST PLACE: @latapadraws

I WAS ABSOLUTEY BLOWN AWAY BY NOT ONLY THE COMPOSITION BUT THE LIGHTING OF THIS PIECE. REALLY. MY JAW IS STILL ON THE FLOOR LOOKING AT IT. the warm golden and red glow like evening rays of sun is so gorgeous not to mention dazai's musing expression. hes soo beautiful in your style op he looks like he was carved from marble. so elegant and sharp.

SECOND PLACE: @thornedarrow, specifically @velaversal

bea oh my god i still get heart eyes whenever i see this. the fuchsia is so gorgeous it looks like whorls of fire and the marble effect of the background is so ethereal. the color palette and rendering in general just astounds me, i feel like i'm on another plane of existence looking at this.

THIRD PLACE: @kokoasci

koko!!!!! i'm always enamored by translucent feel of your pieces and it always looks like rose-tinted glass, i always want to break off a piece and let it melt on my tongue bc it looks so sweet and sugary. said this in the tags but the background also was incredible and dazai kind of reminded me of the mad hatter!! the coy expression, the dramatic pose, the whimsical pastel color palette, the tea spilling from the porcelain cups...100/10 for mood and storytelling

FOURTH PLACE: @sableeira

SABLEEEE OH MY GOD......LIKE WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN.......THIS WAS SUCH AN OUT OF BOX WAY TO LOOK AT THE OG PIECE.....AN ENTHRALLING INTERPRETATION. dazai being haunted by his former self, conveyed through the earthy color palette and dramatic lighting that ties the entire piece together. literally was blown away by how unique this entry was, absolutey incredible

FIFTH PLACE: @shrimpkini

shrimp i'm being so honest rn i want this as a poster and i want it hung on my wall bc my heart still stops every time i look at it. the hard light that casts dazai's entire face into shadow which highlights the red of his eye makes me rattle the bars of my cage every single time, not to mention the rimlight on his entire frame basking the piece is an eerie glow. phenomenal play of lighting. i'm swept off my feet.

#my sincerest aplogiest that this is so late i think everyone should be allowed to throw eggs at me #so glad that only one of the contestants is my irls so i don't get jumped next time i leave the house #anyway thank you so much again to everyone who participated!! it truly means a lot #and huge congrats to the winners you guys deserve it!!!!!!!‼️‼️ #lotuspear5kdtiys