#redacted-redd

Come on Raphael, you gotta lock in…. YOU GOTTA LOCK IN‼️‼️‼️‼️ we are getting this degree together whether you want it or not.

Speedpaint below the cut (the video has audio tho bcs this was originally for a meme lol)

I felt compelled to add this song... Thank you @redacted-redd for the incredible gif!!!

[//you too Lyco!]

He rolls his eyes hard at raphy boy.

“I appreciate the concern for my ‘nutrients.’ Rest assured, my supply of souls is quite endless.” Inquiry logged and filed under ‘unsolicited mortal tenderness.’ “You, however, sound one skipped meal away from collapse. Do try to survive. It would be tragically inconvenient if you perished from dehydration before I could exploit you properly.”

Gaze drifts, judgmental, to the pile of redbulls.

If we’ve talked fics then you know, “Chosen” by Darkhorse6 is my favorite fic of all time. This story rewrote parts of my brain, the same way encountering Raphael in the game originally did.

It’s a massive novel of a fiction (this bound version is 584 pages). I was so afraid of it being abandoned or deleted off of ao3 that I went about printing it and keeping it in three ring binder. (Reading this in bed was soooo convenient and comfortable 🙄) So when I saw @redacted-redd had made a hand found printed out book of this fiction. I was absolutely floored.

I could tell they were a fan of the story by their delightful Paladin “chosen“ run. (Seriously those screenshots gave me flashbacks to my fave part at the end) and I cannot get over how extremely generous they were when they offered to also bind me a copy. This arrived in the mail the other day and I am beyond overjoyed to receive it.

The details are mind-boggling. The font is so beautifu, the hand stitched red threads holding the book together are delightful, refined touch, I adore the different ao3 review snippet in praise of page and when I got to the final page and saw there was a personalized dedication, I teared up. This is one of the sweetest, most generous things anyone has ever given me. I’ve said it from the beginning and I’ll say it again: this fandom truly has the best people in it.

If you don’t already follow @redacted-redd go check them out. They’re infintely talented and kind and I can’t wait to see what else they create. I cannot thank you enough, [ Redacted ] !!! This is truly a piece of art that I cherish to death. It’s priceless. I love it!!!!!

Ok back to studying dhshshshhs (this game is the only thing keeping me sane for fucks sake)

Haarlep’s costume/harness Pattern below:

Raphael voiced by Andrew Wincott himself

Audio edited and animated by none other than this bitch whose supposed to be studying *points at self*

Thanks to Mephystophyles on twitter/bsky for sharing the audio which inspired this animation lmao xD

(This is an animation practice for an upcoming, longer, more serious piece 👀)

Bonus, one of my most (over)worked scene:

It’s finally done!

I had way too much fun with this. Every part of it is intentional. I love love love love making art pieces like this.

(I may post an essay about it if there are any interest on it! After I eep, I haven’t eeped yet lmao)

Anyway, I was listening to Andrew Wincott’s audiobook of Paradise Lost as I was painting this lmao (which I think was absolutely thematic!)

Speedpaint below: