🌈 Poliwhirl! 🦋

Why? Quite a few reasons. No drama or anything, don't worry!

Mainly, we find that a lot of our blogs on this account are centered around identity-based label kinda posts (and the discourse that comes with that.) And we have sort of stuck ourselves in an echo chamber here. And that sucks!

We originally came to tumblr for fandom and art (as well as a large queer community). And so we are starting fresh and trying to keep our feed more positive!

We have already posted a few art pieces to this blog, and hopefully will upload more in the future! We want to be known less for our various identity labels, and more for our art and joy.

our base blog on this account is named after a headmate who no longer exists, and it feels like desecration to rename and continue to use it

quite a few of us have been very mean on other blogs! it is nice to have a clean slate

while we are plural, and it (naturally) encompasses everything we do, we feel like it is hard to really break out of just that label. you know? like everything we post tends to be plural-related

discourse in plural communities and constantly having to read thru DNI's before you follow anyone is really stinking stressful! it is not like this in other communities! everything here feels like it's been inflamed by constant fighting T~T

moving to a new account gives us motivation to work on our old art ideas

we want a more positive dash, and getting a new one is WAY easier than fixing an old one

𐔌 birthday food pngs (to celebrate my own birthday!!!) 𐦯

(Image links because as much as it pains me I've never seen one of these beauties irl: 1 2 3)

The first illustration is for @thdungcutenntg’s OC. Yes, I’ve already posted this artwork before, but I wanted to share my thoughts while drawing it. I think drawing their OC in their own art style was really cute and fun to do! Most of my time went into drawing the clouds and the OC’s dress. I struggle a lot with drawing skirts that look like they’re floating in the air, so this was definitely a challenge for me. I also noticed that they ship their OC with Wally, so I added a small detail: their OC is holding Wally’s favorite red apple (more specifically, a candy apple) — it’s meant as a gift for Wally. There’s also a tiny tag that says “For Wally”, though it might be hard to see because it’s small.

Second drawing — OC by @darkxwolf80. I think their OC is very unique, and I really love the design. To be honest, I really struggle with drawing Barnaby’s body, so I decided to cover part of it with flowers and their OC, and I think the result actually worked out pretty well.

Third drawing — OC by @pickupbar3. At first, I wanted to add some Gyaru-style elements to their OC, because their design gave me Gyaru vibes. The OC’s creator even said it was okay. However, after thinking about it more, I decided not to go too far with it. Instead, I added a few subtle Gyaru-inspired details in the background, like long eyelashes and pink bows. The OC’s creator was incredibly kind and complimented me a lot — I was honestly a bit embarrassed... They even used this drawing as their profile picture for a while. Even though they’ve changed it now, it still made me really happy!

Fourth drawing — OC by @sage_artzzz. To be honest, I feel like this one turned out really bad. I don’t know why, but I suddenly felt like I forgot how to draw. The body proportions feel very off, and the colors don’t feel right either. Even so, the OC’s creator asked if I wanted to be friends — of course I said yes! They also told me I’m talented, but when I look at this drawing, I feel like I might have disappointed them. But the most important thing: they drew my OC, Noe!!! And it looks amazing! This is the first time someone has ever drawn my OC, and I’m genuinely so grateful. I really, really love it!!!