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The Garden in August - Sophie Charalambous , 2025.

British-Cypriot , b. 1973 -

Glowy vore illustration for deadboyhole on Kofi

Request: “i really love the illustrations you've done where the prey is already inside the pred, glowing from within. these two characters are deeply in love, the pred kageo is a "mad scientist" type and the prey mecchu is his willing experiment. the piece would depict the absolute ecstasy each feels when they are joined as one, with mecchu blissful and blushy inside kageo and kageo feeling her from the outside, rapturously pleased. he is part snake so feel free to elongate and bulge his throat to show her sliding down inside him :3 bonus points if you can incorporate the feeling of his and/or her heartbeat into the piece, glowing with warmth.”

The feather star is a type of crinoid, a marine invertebrate that shares the same phylum (Echinodermata) as starfish, sea cucumbers, sand dollars, urchins, and brittle stars. Though they often perch on sponges, coral, and other substrata, feather stars can crawl and swim. Some species have over 150 arms, and if they lose one to a predator, they can regenerate the severed limb over time.

Crinoidea is a truly ancient class: their fossil record stretches back to the Ordovician period, almost 250 million years before dinosaurs walked the earth. As such, the modern feather star is a glimpse into the earth's ancient past. Though crinoids are harmless to humans and are actually an indicator of a healthy ocean ecosystem, their five-fold symmetry and grasping appendages give them an unearthly elegance. In fact, the Aliens franchise was inspired by crinoids!

Image 1: Scan of two sketchbook pages. There are three loose pencil drawings of a short-haired border collie dog curled up on a sofa. In two drawings she is asleep, and one she is looking over to the right with one ear up.

Image 2: Scan of two sketchbook pages. On the left hand page is a rough pencil drawing of a border collie dog sleeping. On the right-hand page, there is a drawing of a curled up border terrier dog at the top with lots of scruffy long hair, and at the bottom of the pageis a pencil drawing of the border collie sleeping on her side.