#shadowontolight

There’s a very special date this month… one that may or may not be celebrated with apples in some form… 🍎

What would be celebrated with apples you might ask?

Well, what else could it be but…

🎉🌟 Talo’s Birthday!! 🌟🎉

Very recently I have officially chosen Talo’s birthdate to be ✨ July 28th ✨ and to celebrate I’m hosting a DTIYS!! Yippee!!

🌟 The rules are as follows:

- Draw Talo in your style!

- Include something to do with apples (apple pie, apple trees, apple anything) 🍎

- Keep his outfit the same (changing his hairstyle is ok!)

- It does not have to replicate my drawing of him, but doing that is perfectly acceptable as well! (You can find his full reference sheet on the third slide)

🌟 Submitting:

- Share your entry on any social wishing Talo a happy birthday with the hashtag #happybirthdaytalo2025 and tag me!

🌟 Prizes (yes there’s prizes!)

1st place: 1 fullbody commission

2nd place: 1 halfbody commission

3rd place: 1 headshot commission

🌟 Deadline: Extended to August 11th!

His official birthday is July 28th tho <3

🌟 Extra:

- Bonus points if you make it winter themed (it doesn’t actually affect your chances of winning I’ll just love you forever)

- You can include other ocs of mine or yours

- Drawing Talo celebrating with my persona would be very cool (considering my bday is the day before his ehehehe)

- You can draw him celebrating in other ways too as long as there’s apple something included

- Basically go wild hehe

- If you need more references or have any questions just ask!! 🫶🏻

IT’S HERE!! 🌠❄️✨

My website is live and ready to be invaded!!👾

🤲🏻 🌠 solenaj0y.com 🌠 🤲🏻

um, I WROTE 11K WORDS OF TALIAM?!! I am completely at a loss for words rn LIKE I DID IT?? HI I WROTE A TALIAM PREQUEL CALLED SURRENDER ONLY LONGING PLS GO GRAB IT AND READ IT ILY

Here’s a lil summaryyy:

After 5 years of separation, Talo and Liam end up in the same place at the same time. But with the backdrop of Luminfall, a festival of anonymity, will they recognize each other? Do they even want to? Only time will tell…

The story is accessible through my newsletter, Sol’s Frosted Quill~ plus you’ll get exclusive lore tidbits etc each month thereafter 🔥

ALSO I AM SO SO SO THANKFUL TO ALL OF YOU!! You guys have been so unbelievably supportive I can’t say it enough ILYYYY 💞

Talo as:

Normal ✨

Genderbent 🦋

Child 💞

Villain >:)

I’m Solena or Sol for short! ♡

I’m a digital artist based in Canada and I’m currently working on a webtoon! (It’s not released yet)

I like cats, coffee, skateboarding, ramen, cyberpunk, cottagecore, cozy games and anime! Feel free to scream at me about any anime, I’ve watched a lot some examples: sk8, sasaki and miyano, bsd, mha, vanitas, yoi, demon slayer, haikyu, sabikui bisco, fairy tail, jujutsu kaisen, horimiya, fruits basket, tbhk, and many many more, also feel free to suggest anime’s to watch! Or ask for recs! :3

I’m solenaj0y on pretty much every social platform so feel free to stalk me, I’m most active on Instagram 🐸💖

Here we have Liam (he/him) and Talo (he/him), the main characters of my upcoming webtoon ✨

..which I haven’t officially named yet so uh-