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It was Rocket’s 50th birthday the other day!! So I had to draw him a birthday drawing :) here he is reading through all of his comics, starting with Marvel Preview Number 7, his first appearance!

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TW vomit emetophobia alcohol death

I wanted to make a comic set during the snap, during the 5 years that Nebula and Rocket were alone together— I think it’s such an interesting and unexplored time for both of them emotionally.

It’s also inspired by my own substance ahem overindulgence🤔 and how my loved ones still love me anyway and urge me to be better☝️

Art lets me exorcise my demons and that’s my favorite part about it 🦝

Hey guys!! I made an acoustic Rocket song and I guess I’m finally getting around to sharing it haha! I made a lyric video here so you can listen and enjoy. It’s also on my SoundCloud as well! My username on there is appleshift 🦝

Lemme know what you think yayy!!

The full lyrics are below the cut👇 I’ll include the baritone ukulele chords too bc why not

Having a good laugh!! Always good for the soul!

I just realized I never posted this here! Three years ago I made a little gif of Rocket trying on different kinds of glasses!😄❤️

TW abuse , trauma talk

In vol 3, when Rocket hears the High Evolutionary’s voice through the comms and starts hyperventilating in a panic, I was crying so much in the theater, because I know what that exact feeling feels like.

Before my abuser died, they would harass me on social media a lot, and it was a really hard time. When my best friend learned of this, she grabbed the phone and cussed them out like crazy— I’d never seen her so angry. So when Quill grabbed the comm to scream back at the HE to protect Rocket in that moment, I just couldn’t stop sobbing.

It felt like my exact situation and story had been put to screen. To have your best friend stand between you and the one person you’re most afraid of just to protect you, fearlessly. It meant the world.

When I watch vol 3 with my best friend, she always squeezes my hand during that part. I love her. I love Rocket, I love that he survived and I love that I survived too.

There’s a million other ways that I could ramble about forever in which Rocket’s story moves me, but that part in particular always gets me.

I think it’s so beautiful that Guardians tackles such intense themes and topics with such care and love— it’s given me the strength to further artistically explore my feelings about what I’ve been through.

Rocket will never have to be hurt by his abuser again, and it makes me extremely happy to know that neither will I.

Whenever I get to draw Rocket in a suit, it’s a good day!!

Cool lighting! Cool glasses!! Rocket forever!!!

This scene from Vol 1 was one of the first Rocket drawings I ever drew! I felt like redrawing it today 🫂

Rocket and Lylla, inspired by the painting The Kiss by Gustav Klimt 😄🌟

I love drawing Rocket and Lylla in their classic outfits :D I love them so much!!

I honestly still cannot believe we have Lylla in live action, I remember seeing her in the vol 3 trailer for the first time, I cried so hard LMAO

You're wrong. Jk here's Goth!Rocket

Also Today I Learned that Rocket and Judy have "canonically" met in Ralph Breaks the Internet. So I guess that movie wasn't entirely pointless after all.

I’ve been trying out a new brush lately on clip studio paint, it gives a different effect than what I usually go for which is fun! It always feels good to stretch and try out different techniques with digital art programs :D

To play with this new brush, I chose to doodle a Rocket bc of course, who else? He’s my guy!