faster than a speeding meterstick

vnikz speedpaint

The Iron Bull, free from gravity, free from all moorings, drifts. Thinks:

Well, with my shields fucked, that'll be me gone. Two minutes or so. Bleeding, asphyxiation—

But that thought's wrong.

— “The Shadow of Violence,” by @homsantoft​

I was so incredibly lucky to see Toft’s Adoribull minibang take shape. This particular scene from chapter eight really arrested me from the start, and the final draft rendered it absolutely stunning. I couldn’t not illustrate it.

If you haven’t read it yet, please do yourself the favour and fix that. Inspired by both their canon story and the Ancillary Justice series, it’s forty-three thousand words of sci-fi adventure, the slow progression of trust, and exploring personhood and what makes it. Also guest-starring Dagna and Sera as truly delightful space smugglers.

prompted by @homsantoft

Been spending time in other people’s cars, thus.

In case there was any doubt, dagna is absolutely tomoyo.

Have Your Fill, Zevran/Josephine, decidedly explicit

warm-up sketch + getting a little layer-happy

“Ashkaari is waiting for me.”

borrowed a tablet, am now trying to get used to painting with it again

I’d blame @chaoslindsay for this but to tell the truth: I absolutely did this to myself. And all of you. But @homsantoft most of all.

And so it’s Bull, carefully pulling the stitches from Dorian's mouth. The first time Dorian goes to his knees of his own volition, but thereafter Bull moves him into position. like this, Dorian submits, as in all things now. As he never could have been before, he's Bull's now. Like this, the Bull—Arvaraad—becomes possessive. His Saarebas. Dorian has submitted to him and by extension the Qun. The Bull understands this gift is precious, and that it would be wasted on anyone else. Even in the peace of the Qun, Dorian remains wary and slow to trust.

fanart meme, tagged by @sometrashland​

1. Your favorite piece you’ve drawn : after all this time it’s still grey warden uncle iroh

honorable mentions: and drink a health whate’er befall, daily liara: sunburn edition, and the one where shep is king arthur and liara is long-suffering

2. Your least favorite one : I don’t care to go all the way back in my archive, so past three years -- I realised only after painting that the whole thing was weirdly skewed and it’s haunted me ever since past year -- when you try you best but you don’t succeed........

3. Your most popular fanart :   racebent tintin (second most, actually, but like hell am I putting old homestuck art on this meme)

4. The fanart you wish more people would like/reblog/appreciate: I mean I don’t like the thought of people feeling obliged, but.... idk I worked my ass off on my minibang illustration and it never saw much traction

5. The fanart you most enjoyed drawing : three way tie: some sudden realisations, matadorian pavus, and the other bullcules

6. Your funniest fanart : this unit absolutely has soul

7. Your hottest fanart : oh god I’m so bad at judging this but.... probs either a welcome home or dorian riding the hell outta that bull

8. The fanart you’d like to be remembered for: probs (again) the superior bullcules

9. The thing(s) your fanart contributed to fandom headcanon: I’m not sure this counts but long ago I wrote fic that had tim drake as catwoman’s protege vs bruce’s, and his codename was kitten, and the fandom fuckin latched on

and then I drew it

10. First fanart you drew/published : this timeless masterpiece (of things I’ve posted to tumblr at any rate, I got some eyeburners back at the ol’ dA

11. Latest fanart you drew/published: magister dorian

12. What are you working on now?: couple commissions, also some cassandra/josephine bc I am weak