Rax Draws Things

these are my blorbos, in their carefully climate-controlled blorbo tanks. warning, I rarely update posts so they might well not be canon!

Infinisea

a world spread across an endless ocean. mostly, this tag is currently about Myfanwy and Morgan's story, tentatively titled 'The Ballad of Morgan Howell'. it's about a girl who loses her brother to the sea... and then sets out to get him back - before her own growing magic can destroy her. to avoid (mild) spoilers for the story, block the tag "infinisea spoilers"!

Wynstan the Wondrous

about a young walrus named Wynstan, who is studying to become a wizard; his friends that he meets at The Place of Learning, a sort of university for the magically inclined; and of course we wouldn't dream of forgetting his brother Wally!

hopefully more to come...someday. it's all in my head!

photography

basically nothing but nature at the moment. usually it's of things in Surrey, UK, but occasionally I go somewhere else

art

all my non-photographic art

other tags of interest:

Owl, pokemon, kirby, abstract, writing, worldbuilding

other platforms:

I'm definitely not leaving tumblr until I'm absolutely forced to, but here are some other places you can find me

bsky: I'm here too but I don't like it half as much as tumblr

toyhou.se: profiles of (some of) my ocs. needs a LOT of work!

cara: using as a portfolio (that I really need to update)

I FINALLY finished the character sheet I've been working on for the last...2 weeks?

I hope you like Wynstan's friend Nelengon! She's another student wizard studying at The Place, specialising in enchanted beadwork and Ilang'eni spellwork (a form of riddle magic).

(here she is on art fight)

More info about her beneath the cut!

Borage or Starflower (Borago officinalis) attracting an absolute cloud of bees! The buzzing was so loud, it was delightful to hear.

The Sycamore trees are going crazy with samaras (their fruit) this year!

Flowers at the library, from top left: Dog Rose (Rosa canina), Love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena), some kind of Firethorn (Pyracantha sp.), Common Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)

A walk along a country lane on a beautiful May morning

Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans) growing in an old graveyard. This plant os a primary nectar source of the Pearl-Bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne), a highly threatened species in the UK, so it's great to see it!

Did you know that the Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) is in the same family (Sapindaceae) as the Lychee, Ackee and Maple trees?

I think this is Chinese Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis), but it is (unusually) growing in a bush rather than trained up a pergola or suchlike, so it's difficult to see which direction the vines twine (Chinese Wisteria twines counter-clockwise, while Japanese Wisteria twines clockwise)

The "candle" blossoms of Horse Chestnut trees (Aesculus hippocastanum) have little yellow and pink hearts!