being delulu is the solulu (pt. 2)

I somehow didn't realize how much I've been drawing for the past year, omg

✨️ = newest addition to the list!

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⚔️ 'The Legendborn Cycle' by Tracy Deonn ⚔️

BOOK ONE : LEGENDBORN

• "ᴅᴀᴍsᴇʟ ɪɴ ᴅɪsᴛʀᴇss ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴀᴛᴇs ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇʀᴏ ᴍᴏᴅᴇ?"

• "ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴛᴏᴏ sᴍᴀʀᴛ."

• "ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ғᴇᴇʟ ᴀɴʏ ᴏғ ᴍᴇ...ᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜ"

• ✨️"...ᴍʏꜱᴇʟғ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇᴅ." ✨️

BOOK TWO : BLOODMARKED

• "sᴏ ɪᴛ's ᴛʀᴜᴇ..."

• "ᴋᴀɴᴇ!"

• "ʀᴜɴ"

• "ɴᴏ ᴛʜᴀɴᴋs ɴᴇᴇᴅᴇᴅ, sᴄɪᴏɴ sɪᴛᴛᴇʀsᴏɴ"

• "ɴᴏ ᴛʜᴀɴᴋs ɴᴇᴇᴅᴇᴅ, sᴄɪᴏɴ sɪᴛᴛᴇʀsᴏɴ." [VER 2]

• "ʟᴇᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴅᴏ ɪᴛ"

• "ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴊᴜsᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ-"

BOOK THREE : OATHBOUND

• "sᴡᴇᴇᴛʜᴇᴀʀᴛ...ʜᴏɴᴇʏ"

OTHERS

☆ "ʟᴏɴɢ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ɴᴏ sᴇᴇ"

☆ "ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀɴɢʀʏ, ᴍʏ sᴄɪᴏɴ. ɪɴ ᴘᴀɪɴ."

☆ "ɪ'ᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ sᴇᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴇᴛ ᴍᴇʀʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ʙʀɪɢʜᴛ, ᴋᴀɴᴇ"

☆ "ɴᴏ ᴏɴᴇ, ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴏʀ ᴀʟɪᴠᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ ʙʀɪᴀɴᴀ ᴍᴀᴛᴛʜᴇᴡs"

☆ "sᴏʟᴅɪᴇʀ, ᴘᴏᴇᴛ, ᴋɪɴɢ"

☆ "ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴇᴀʀɴᴛ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ?!"

☆ " ɪ ᴏᴡᴇ ᴋᴀɴᴇ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ɴɪɢʜᴛ"

☆ "ɴᴏ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴍᴇʀʟɪɴ ᴄᴀɴ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ"

☆ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴍᴇʀʟɪɴ ? ᴡɪʟʟɪᴀᴍ ɪs sᴛᴏᴋᴇᴅ

☆ "ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇᴀʀ ɪᴛ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ."

TAROT SERIES

♧ - ᴀʟɪᴄᴇ ᴄʜᴇɴ - ᴠɪɪɪ - sᴛʀᴇɴɢᴛʜ

♤ - sᴇʟᴡʏɴ ᴋᴀɴᴇ - xɪɪɪ - ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ

◇ - ɴɪᴄʜᴏʟᴀs ᴅᴀᴠɪs - xᴠ - ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴠɪʟ

♡ - ʙʀɪᴀɴᴀ ᴍᴀᴛᴛʜᴇᴡs - xx - ᴊᴜᴅɢᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ

🌳'Lost In The Never Woods' by Aiden Thomas 🌳

• "ᴘᴇᴛᴇʀ! ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀᴇ?"

🩵'Guilt of the Helpful' by @draconicstella88888🩵

• "ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ɢᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ...?"

• "ɪ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴀᴍ ᴀ sᴜᴄᴋᴇʀ ғᴏʀ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ"

🏹 'The Song of Achilles' by Madeliene Miller 🏹

☆ - "ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ, ɪ'ʟʟ ɢᴏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜ"

☆ - "ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴜsᴛ ɴᴏᴛ ᴋɪʟʟ ʜᴇᴄᴛᴏʀ"

🍋 'The Seven Year Slip' by Ashley Poston 🍋

• "ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴅɪsʜᴡᴀsʜᴇʀ?"

🪶 'Six of Crows' by Leigh Bardugo 🪶

• "ɪᴛ ʟᴏᴏᴋs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴛᴀʀɢᴇᴛ."

🧜‍♂️ 'In Deeper Waters' by F. T. Lukens 🧜‍♂️

• "ᴀᴛʜʟᴇɴ?"

🖋 'Villains' - by V. E. Schwab 🖋

"ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴡʜᴀᴛ I ғɪɢᴜʀᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ?"

⛵️ 'EPIC: The Musical' by Jorge Rivera-Herrans ⛵️

☆ - "ᴡʜᴏ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ?"

OCs and other original stuff

Does it still count as a doodle if I just did it kinda quickly but also like to go a little insane with it? 😗

I'm seeing Project Hail Mary with my brother tomorrow evening (will be my fifth time lmao) and I just... I just really love this story and how this story handles the matter of "bravery".

There is a quote I've seen off a post on tumblr way way WAY back from a teacher who supposedly said to their class something along the lines of "ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ 'ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ sᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ' ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜ. ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ɪᴛ's ᴏᴋᴀʏ ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ᴏɴʟʏ sᴀᴠᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ's ᴏᴋᴀʏ ɪғ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ɪs ʏᴏᴜ", and it has stayed with me for quite some time. (I even based a book analysis-paper off of it in school once!) This movie/book kinda brings up that same point, and seeing Grace go from scared and insecure to then go above and beyond what he had faith in himself to achieve...? I don't know I get emotional every time I think about it. I imagine that Past-Grace would be baffled and amazed of what Future-Grace actually became, and it's really inspiring to me.

Believe in yourselves, besties, because you are capable of much more than you think (and Rocky would be proud of you for trying)!

[Reference and time lapse below, if anyone is interested in seeing the process behind this one!]

HEY EVERYONE 👋 👋 I'M BACK LMAO

Like I mentioned in my earlier post, life is really kicking my butt rn with work, travels, conventions and my very own first apartment (!!) to name a few things that have kept me busy busy for quite a while now. I have also been semi-struck with artblock/lack of confidence in my art, but I think my newly aquired obsession with 'Project Hail Mary' (and seeing all the stunning fanart of it) made me realize that the issue might have been less that I was lacking confidence, and more so that I was growing bored of my up-til-now determination of "only" drawing actual moments from the books as they are written!

With this one (which I have also been trying to draw before multiple times without being properly happy with it) I decided to try and go as insane with it as I could, and I'm REALLY happy with how it turned out 😗🫶💕 I also tried to lean even more into picking contrasting and bold colors off the color wheel, and I'm just??? Yea no I hope this one was worth the wait 🫶🫶

I hope to find more time to draw this summer, but I'm gonna try to focus on coming up with fun ideas and concepts rather than the kind of "quantity over quality" mindset I've had til now. I feel that I have gotten to the point with my skills that it's a lot more specific technical stuff that needs practice rather than just "drawing time" in general, if that makes sense?

Anyway, in the past few months that I have been quite inactive on here I have seen you all like and reblog and comment on a wide variety of my previous works and PLEASE KNOW that I am blown away with how my doodles keep bringing you all joy in this lil fandom of ours 🥺🫶💕 thank you !!

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FINALLY!!! it took me such an unnecessarily long time to figure out how to make William's card 😭 I wanted so badly to match one of his tea-pouring moments, since the angel on the actual card actually pours water between two goblets in the picture, but I COULD NOT MAKE IT LOOK GOOD ENOUGH 😩 so instead I went the other route of making him angel-like in a silhouette instead, and it went much better 🥺✨️

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In the Legendborn discord, someone brought up (again) how poor Lark really should have been better informed by his mentors what kind of crew he was about to work with before he signed the papers, lmao. Poor guy is just trying to do his job and just so happened to get the most chaotic, dysfunctional set of coworkers the world has ever seen 💀

And what better way is there to procrastinate other drawings than by simply doodling another one, hm? I'm gonna argue that it's good practice for facial expressions 😗💕 (We need more Lark fanart in the fandom anyway tihiiii)

Now THIS is what I call fanart, if I say so myself. 😌 Redraws and all that aside... yeah idk guys I really really love this one hshshdhd

I still don't have my Legendborn copy within easy reach, so I had to scramble through my Storygraph notes to find a fitting quote, even though I think I almost know the sentence that inspired this one to begin with by heart. The first display of BreeSel working as a TEAM to save the boy they both love and adore. We love to see it 😗🫶 "Together, we sent the uchel's head in one direction, and the body in the other."

(I also know that in canon I think Sel is the one who jumps for the head, but Bree is Bree and so she stays on Top 😌😌)

The Collector's edition comes out like??? Tomorrow ??? And I have a mysterious package coming my way on April 1st. Cross your fingies for me that it actually is the book and not some random package I forgot I ordered bcs I have hyped up this mystery box beyond measure thinking it's the book lmao

[Long ass post ahead. TL;DR: I drew the same thing I did a year ago, but with other characters, without realizing, oops]

✨️UNINTENTIONAL REDRAW TIME✨️

I was originally gonna upload the first image by itself, and was quite literally 🤏🤏THIS close to hitting "post" on instagram when I finally realized why the setup and look of it all was so familiar....

Yeah.... the extra funny thing? This was posted March 26th last year, as in....quite literally a year ago 🫣

At first I was quite embarrassed and frustrated tbh, but thanks to a friend of mine's fantastic support, I realized that this was possibly one of the better ways of measuring my progress in this drawing journey of mine! I still really really like the LB fanart, but having this be drawn organically without intending to let me realize how different my process is now compared to then.

(Here is an example of what the Sketching/Lineart Stage of the process looked like then /vs/ what it looks like now [as well as a teaser for a new fanart I'm working on tihiii] )

Additionally, the LB fanart was an attempt to focus on lineart specifically for me, and so saved me a lot of time (since I didn't put any time into shading it), so the two drawings did take nearly the same total amount of time (as far as I can see, I drew it in different programs) despite the new one having WAY better shading, coloring, proportions and value-balance than the LB one. The color choices alone gives it a much softer harmonious lok and.... yeah I'm just very very happy with this one 😭 and I did it in a single EVENING ! 🥺

Since I also drew both of them on the same tablet, it also serves as a much more fair and genuine comparison than the Lark drawings in my opinion! (Since I drew the first Lark on my pc with a "classic" drawing tablet, and the second on the Samsung tablet I'm drawing everything on now.)

All in all, I'm proud to have internalized so much advice I've seen/heard/been given throughout the past year, because look at where it's gotten me! 🥳

IN CASE YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THE CHARACTERS IN THE NEW DRAWING;

This is Vercil ("Verce") and Jack from a draft of mine (that may or may not ever see the light of day lmao), 'ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀ ᴏғ ɴᴏɴᴇ', set in a world where people can wield arts (painting, writing, speech, and music) in various, magical ways.

The story revolves around a group of wildly under-prepared group of characters taking on the quest of saving the artists of their world when an illness suddenly breaks out across the lands that make people lose their abilities and, eventually, perish with it.

Yes this may or may not be based off my hatered for Gen-AI jsdjjdhd

Jack (red-haired) is an heir to a very powerful position in his home country, but decides to leave his own behind to find his most beloved friend Devyn in the mess, and asks him to come with to fight what he believes to be the cause of the illness. Devyn's friend, Vercil (blond), is not as easily convinced... 😗

It's been way too long since I made fanart of your stuff bestie 🫶 and you deserve a treat! (And since you are currently out of hugging-distance, this is the best I can doooo 💕✨️💕🫂)

Our respectful, one 1000th part incubus, down-bad Merlin would neverrrrr 😗💅✨️

A silly one ! Who would've thought! I'm getting much quicker at sketching out these kinds of drawings now, and it's really fun !! Drawing short lil comics like these are great for practice of consistency and proportions, and for trying out perspective and things, which is about as much as I can handle emotionally and mentally rn. We're just getting out of winter's grasp and I imagine I'm not the only one who's a little overwhelmed with both potential projects to tackle in the spring weather but also the exhaustion and relief that we actually made it through the Dark Times once again. 😩👏

Like I said, RAPID FIRE 👏👏 another deceptively quick drawing from yet another fantastically wholesome scene from this beloved book of mineee <<<333 imagine Charlie is wearing something considerably cooler than a tshirt and random red pants lmao but I DID go and actually looked up a reference for a jean jacket !!! Baby steps, people ! 👏👏💀

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Get ready for a rapid-fire upload streak this week , possibly! I am currently re-reading this stunning, emotionally BRUTAL book and decided to do a quick drawing of this moment as I got to it, and also to have something to post for the the first time in a while 💀💕 I'm currently also about to finish up another one I'm even happier with, but this perspective was rly fun and just good practice overall! Using Head Model Studio and learning how to use references on Pinterest is a little tricky to get into but I feel like I'm making good progress on the learning curve! 😌💅

I found this book by pure coincidence on an audiobook-app of mine, thinking it was gonna be just as good as any other chill romance novel to keep me company through whatever project I was currently working on, and proceeded to be hit with two characters that had me thinking this author somehow has listened in on my own thoughts. (I am currently annotating it as well, and let's just say that I might run put of ink in my pen soon-ish and I'm not even halfway yet 💀) Additionally, this book has like NO fan content out there !! Even less than Legendborn 😭 So as usual, I'm here to pick up the torch and do the work myself until everyone else catches on lmao