#ty again!

Sorry if it looks bad, I'm using Google Translate, English is not my language.

Hello! don't worry I'm not bothered at all by the question. but you may be mistaken because tumblr is the only platform I post anything about these characters :]

I may have mentioned twitter before, but I only use it as a spam account where I just retweet stuff and send posts to friends. it's completely unrelated to any of my art lol. i only ever post about G/t and use the name Garden on tumblr 👍👍

but thank you so much for being interested in my characters! I hope to keep posting more about them even though I am slow. it makes me so happy that people actually like my stuff.

sorry this took me forever and a half!!! i got two music related questions like , the same day and my brain froze despite loving both asks!! ty sm for sending <3

ooh there have BEEN lots of crew music conversations and i feel like like i have shared a few opinions but not fully formed thoughts so:

mal: i could see the divorced dad rock thing!! i think i’d be personally inclined to lean into like straight-up folk songs?? it just feels like Him to me. shoutout to this folk song @wateronagreasefire mentioned wrt him. so good. one of his idiosyncrasies us that he really needs to listen to music to fall asleep/sleep well but he’ll only do it on the ship bc otherwise he needs to be Alert.

wash: Anything and Everything. he doesn’t care he wants to listen to all of it!! he may not Love all of it but every genre is worth a shot. he as a particular interest (and an impressive collection) in archiving music from earth-that-was. special fondness for musical theatre and comedy music.

simon: i know this is gonna seem sooooo stereotypical simon but i genuinely think classical music. i think big emotional instrumental swells of music in particular move him to tears in a way that’s almost impossible of any other art form, but he also appreciates the Control and Precision of the classics. (also a huge fan of the discovery that music can be a helpful tool in river’s recovery process and any music that soothes her is suddenly his favorite song ever, actually.)

zoe: see zoe is actually where i’m personally leaning more classic rock/dad rock? i don’t know why other than just vibes. is also the most prone to humming/singing to herself around the ship without quite realizing.

kaylee: POP POP POP. britney spears and kesha and janelle monae and whoever the modern contemporary pop icons ons are. also loves upbeat songs that are actually super depressing if you listen to the lyrics lol. ith brief interludes into pop punk ala paramore.

jayne: country! through and through. he will also absolutely weep at a melodic break-up song but that’s between him and god. has a good ear and can play a lot of songs he likes that way after the first few listens. one of more endearing qualities that he actually really likes when a song challenges him and will spend months trying to perfect it just so it sounds nice around a campfire. (look i’m clinging to that jayne with his guitar scene. one of the best things to come out of the film).

book: like i said in the karaoke post, i love the idea of book being really into metal, but i also think he’s very open to all types of music. he’s not wash’s level of like, fanatic interest in hearing every song every made, but certainly has an eclectic taste. some spiritual stuff is nice but like… that’s Work for him, yk? music is to relax.

river: lofi music. or the kind you hear at a spa or on one of those “focus your mind” youtube videos. anything Calming and Chill. and ambient. also some of the instrumental/classic music simon likes because she associates it with him and anything she used to dance to and a little bit of operatic music, if she’s in the right mood.

What were the inspirations and process behind it?

my process is also very straightforward!:

1. sketch

2. clean up/lineart (optional! I really only do it on animations/commissions)

3. color

4. shade (optional!)

5. adjustments and other things afterwards!! (fixing lineart/ofther things)

Thank you for the Blorbos, @chucklize !!!

(Could you tell it was me that bought them? 🤣 Thanks for being willing to send them again after they didn't make it the first time. 😂)

[*Nom your Boi]

Thank you for the ask!!

1. The character everyone gets wrong

Lmaooo fingon? I don't know, I dont knowww, don't kill me!! But I've said it once and I'll say it again, I just do not think he cared that much about the kinslaying and if he had the chance, he'd do that shit again 😭 maybe one of these days I'll write that meta...

10. Worst part of fanon

Answered here but I'll do it again because I'm a hater <3

Maedhros as long suffering eldest sister 😭 insert "that's not an eldest daughter, that's a feudal warlord" post. Also while we're at it, Maglor as the perfectly penitent martyred saint asdfgsgsh.

aw thanks a lot! it’s been nice to share and see others resonate and respond to it!