A beetle going 100 kms per hour 🏍

the squeakquel

waking up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night: I FORGOT A MOM

I'm not super happy with how she came out -- in particular I think I broke style a little too much -- but at this point I need to call her done and maybe get back to her another day! in the meantime, the collection of moms is complete (for now) and there can maybe even be...a roadtrip round two??? 🚐

reminder: these are NOT edits and are not for free use; I drew and rigged her from scratch! please do not use these for your own edits or in your videos, thanks!!

non-gifs:

Sunlit Afternoons

'The Burning Kingdoms' by Micah Epstein.

Originally painted as the cover art for 'The Burning Kingdoms' trilogy ('The Jasmine Throne', 'The Oleander Sword' and 'The Lotus Empire'), written by Tasha Suri.

13" x 19" fine art giclee prints, in signed and numbered TIMED Release editions for $55 each, or $145 as a 3 print set.

So far, the plot is so intersting, I love the writing and the sci-fi elements in it,, The characters are so good too !!

Few of my ramblings (spoilers incoming)

Smth about the fact that Ran Jin's password was Chi Yu's bday date, her putting the rose that she got from Chi Yu in resin to preserve it forever and the fact that the only times she was seen crying was at the possibility of losing her is making me feel ill. Especially since we don't know the true way her and Chi li's relationship looked like. We only have Chi Yu, who sees it through rose-tinted glasses (like all of her memories tbh) and since we can deduct from how Ran Jin was behaving after she run away from her family, they weren't good either, so there is non zero chance that the first time Ran Jin experienced kindness was from Chi Yu, the same woman who now hates her X,ddddd

I have a feeling like Ch Li wasn't a good person, or atleast she was 'good' to Chi Yu. I can't rlly say, as we only have Chi Yu memories to go off, as Ran Jin doesn't think of her ex anymore (and based on a few times she does, it doesn't seem like their relationship was actually good). Tbh that's one of the aspects I'm liking rn, as Chi Li haunts the narrative through both of them, in their own way. With Chi Yu it's her reminiscing about her deceased sister (and the whole revenge thing) and with Ran Jin it's small things, like getting told by her friend that she thought Chi Li's death will free her, or her having to take a minute to get used to the bedroom where she and Chi Li used to sleep (especially with her feeling uncomfortable about the bed)

purple is the new black 💜