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hiiii this is my first time ever posting my art on tumblr in my over a decade on this site 🫢

this is for makinglovecraft’s fic “hit me where it hurts” for the locked tomb big resurrection event!

you killed 1.5 billion cows!

you were responsible for the death of all your friends!

your top stream was on june 10th, 2028, in which a corpse flipped off PETA! it had 20.8 million views!

you resurrected the earth as barbie!

you murdered zero billionaires and every member of the working class!

OP's mutual: #this looks like a 10k note post to me!

OP: No! You can't do this to me!

Me: OP says they don't want notes, so I can ruin them by giving them more notes!

Me: However, a clever poster would CLAIM they don't want more notes because they would know that only a great fool would take them at their word. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose to add more notes to this post!

Me: But OP must have known I was not a great fool; they would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose to scroll past this post!

OP: You've made your decision then?

Me:

Me: And you must have suspected I would have known your profile pic's origin, so I can clearly not choose to scroll past your post!

OP: You're just stalling now.

Me: You'd like to think that, wouldn't you! Your header image is mostly red, a colour with more positive than negative meanings because of a legit thing called color theory, so I can clearly not choose to add notes to your post.

Me: But, your username is a clever pun, which means you must have studied… and in studying you must have learned that man is mortal! So you would have tried to keep other tumblr users as far from you as possible, so I can clearly not choose to scroll past your post!

OP: Make your choice.

Me: I will, and I choose… [pointing behind OP] Are those female-presenting nipples?!

OP: [turning around, while I quickly switch the "Next page" and "Reblog" buttons] What? Where? I don't see anything.

Me: Oh, well, I… I could've sworn I saw something NSFW. No matter. I choose… to ignore your post! [I triumphantly click "Next page", which is actually "Reblog"]

OP: You have chosen… poorly.

Me: You only THINK I chose poorly! That's what's so cringe! I switched buttons when your back was turned! Ha ha, you fool! You feel victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is never get involved in a flame war on Twitter; and only slightly less well known is this: Never go in against a shitposter, when notes are on the line!

Me:

and her expression! it’s the perfect kind of shy almost smile that you find in the cute awkward girl in the coffee shop. the gentle green if the eyes, the little tuft that hangs off the side of her face, just such subtle characterization for an avatar of absolute destruction that i think really captures Agnes Montague.

and just- the color of it all, oh my god! you’ve created micropalletes for each character but they all meld together so well. it’s not quite muted or pastel but it is such a gentle richness that reminds of watercolor.

the line work is stellar and understated, allowing the shapes you’ve carved with color to really take on their own weight. i think the overlap in colors, how Jester’s blue coordinates with Beau’s robes, Caduceus’s hair and Molly’s coat, the olive tones that shift from Calianna’a skirt, to Nott, to Shakäste’s cloak, the orange of Caleb’s fire, Nila’s shirt and Keg’s hair... whether a cognizant decision or the effect of unconscious skill, the way the colors are reflected across the composition further unify these individual renderings into one central image, a singular vibe.

i could go on, the way that Caduceus/Nila’s staffs pseudo-bound the plane of figures, how Jester, Beau, Molly, and Fjord extend diagonally out from the vertical line of Caleb/Yasha/Nott, just the faint white outline of each figure that sets them apart from the scene, as if they were pasted into a beautiful collage.

⚜️ not good, but important ⚜️

the warm oranges and golds of the background and accents work so well to complement the purples and blues of his outfit and skin. the former of which is so beautifully rendered, especially with the bunching in the sleeves. I also love how the purples of his skin are reflected in the undertones of his blouse and robe, it ties the pallet together very well. I feel like undercuts can be particularly difficult to illustrate, but his is coiffed with that like purposely casual look that i would imagine he works to make seem effortless. I love the dynamism of his wavy hair.

The mandala-like patterns of the robe also are so good! I love when people incorporate geometric shapes into their dynasty representations, it fits so well, imo. This is just so well done, everything down to the sash and the slight shading on the icosohedron.

May I offer you a soft Yasha in these dire times?

i looked at the painting i assume you based it off of, and it was an excellent choice for this figure study. you successfully carried across the same visual composition while adding a bit more weighty and indulgent shading. i love it so much! the hair is beautifully textured and i also am really into the slight shadow cast by the silhouette of her face on the fabric, idk it’s just a good detail that i appreciate, makes it feel more dimensional