#midarts

[Image ID: Digital art of Arlo from Flight Rising from the chest up. He is holding a magnifying glass up in front of his left eye and looking at a large dinosaur skull in front of him. The background are shelves full of multicolored books. One shelf also contains boxes of rolled-up scrolls, fossils of prehistoric animals on stands, and Arlo's hat. /End ID]

[Image ID: A 2-panel comic-style digital art of Commander Cody, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Alpha-17. In the first panel, Cody and Obi-Wan stand back-to-back on a dusty planet fighting offscreen enemies while red blaster bolts fly around them. A speech bubble shows Alpha talking over the comms: "Give 'em hell General, Commander."

The second panel shows Alpha standing on the bridge of a Venator, looking out over the same dusty planet and the space battle starting above it. There are two ARC-170 starfighters passing close by the bridge's viewports, a squadron of ARC-170s and vulture droids meeting to clash in the middle, and in the distance three Separatist star frigates with many more vulture droids pouring out of their hangars. Alpha has repainted his armor in 212th gold with some blue accents. Two speech bubbles show Obi-Wan's and Cody's responses over the comms: "Always, darling." and "Take care of our boys up there, Alpha." /End ID]

[Image ID: Digital art of the ventral view of a dwarf lanternshark, a small tan shark with rounded fins and black underside. Its underside is speckled with blue spots of bioluminescence. It is on a background of dark blue with a light blue cloud and more blue spots of bioluminescence like stars. /End ID]

[Image ID: Picture of a white notepad in portrait orientation with the following text written in cursive in dark ink:

This story happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. It is already over. Nothing can be done to change it. It is a story of love and loss, brotherhood and betrayal, courage and sacrifice and the death of dreams. It is a story of the blurred line between our best and our worst. It is the story of the end of an age. A strange thing about stories-- Though this all happened so long ago and so far away that words cannot describe the time or distance, it is also happening right now. Right here. It is happening as you read these words. This is how twenty-five millennia come to a close. Corruption and treachery have crushed a thousand years of peace. This is not just the end of the republic; night is falling on civilization itself. This is the twilight of the Jedi. The end starts now.

/End ID]

[Image ID: Closeup of the same notepad showing the last passage. It is angled so that the red sheen and dark teal of the ink can be more clearly seen. /End ID]

[Image ID: Digital artwork of an ornate angelshark in a stained glass style showing its dorsal side. Its head is circled by a halo reminiscent of the sun seen from underwater, with waves of various shades of blue radiating outwards. /End ID]

my full piece for this year's @swimonzine! this year we raised $941 for shark conservation. the zine (and all 9 previous zines) is still available at topazcomics.com/swimon for $1+

[Image ID: Digital art of several long-tailed ducks in different plumages. In the front, a family of a breeding female, five chicks, and a breeding male swims in a lake surrounded by long orange and green vegetation. On the right side, a non-breeding male and female fly in the sky. There are purple mountains in the background.

Each duck is labeled with a number 1-5. The bottom of the image is captioned with "LONG-TAILED DUCK -- Clangula hyemalis" and labels for the ducks' sex and plumage. /End ID]

The Hanged Man: ultimate surrender, sacrifice; new perspectives, letting go

[Image ID: Two images of digital art of Obi-Wan Kenobi as he appears in A New Hope as the Hanged Man tarot. He is hanging upside down from his right leg, suspended from the grey tractor beam control tower by black cables wrapped around his ankle and calf. His other leg is bent loosely behind, and his cloak is draped over it, sweeping towards the right behind him as if caught in wind. He is holding his blue saber ignited vertically in front of his chest and face in salute, and his eyes are closed and expression peaceful.

Obi-Wan’s head is haloed by a light blue glow and a large circular window split into panes by six spokes radiating out from the center. Outer space full of stars can be seen through the window. To its left is a cluster of light blue kyber crystals and a rebel pilot helmet in profile, and to the right is a cluster of red kyber crystals and the Millennium Falcon. In the top left of the image, three stormtroopers stand cradling their guns on a narrow bridge that crosses horizontally behind the control tower. On either side of the image is a grey light panel such as those found on Imperial ships. The backround is dark grey.

The entire image is surrounded by first a white border, then a larger black border. Centered in the black border is the text “XII” at the top and “THE HANGED MAN” at the bottom in bold white letters. There is a large slash cutting horizontally across the image around Obi-Wan’s chest level as if a red saber is being swung in that direction.

The second image is the same as the first, but without the text and the red saber slash.

[Image ID: Digital drawing of (left to right) Dexter Jettster, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and General Grievous. They are walking towards the viewer together. Dex and Obi-Wan are holding hands, and Obi-Wan's other hand is on Grievous' shoulder. Grievous has one hand around Obi-Wan's waist and one on Dex's shoulder. Dex and Grievous are looking at Obi-Wan as he talks and laughs. /End ID]