Mac Draws

My fill for the @mutualrapport event. My prompt was to explore Murderbot & ART’s relationship in terms of quantum entanglement. My notes on this piece below the cut.

Mutual Rapport AO3 Collection

And if I wasn’t careful, I could become a thing again.

A recent study of mine, looking at using colorful and dramatic directional lighting.

Rocky and Hail Mary

Because the name Grace had symbolic significance, I thought Ryland would too.

Ryland means “from the rye land”, so I looked up rye to see if it was more interesting than I thought at first glance.

Rye (Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is grown principally in an area from Eastern and Northern Europe into Russia. It is much more tolerant of cold weather and poor soil than other cereals, making it useful in those regions…

From the Wikipedia page for rye.

It got me thinking about how my primary touchstone for rye is rye bread. Then in turn, bread is often a symbol for life and in the Bible, bread can be interpreted as a symbol for God’s grace. Then with the definitions for grace (ie “god-given help or kindness”, benevolence, or even mercy)…

Three, Amena and one of Murderbot’s drones at the beach

MB: Three, why are you wearing sunglasses? Just use your bright light filters.

Three: Query: Define cool.

Shallan, Veil, and Radiant (with Pattern but he’s sneaky)

Fun fact: The sky is based on a photo I took from the airplane while flying home from Dragonsteel Nexus last year!

Jollybaby can be a little evil, as a treat.