VERY excited about these new romance novel cover prints I'll have at Flamecon table K119!! Hard to capture in photos, but they're on a really nice pearl linen shimmer heavy stock, so they've got a little texture and a fun silvery shimmer to them. Full flamecon menu post coming soon!! I haven't been at a con in three years, I'm nervous but excited!!

I'll have these at Flamecon, SPX, and MICE, and if I have any leftovers after that I'll put them up for sale online- I'll be sure to let folks know here /insta/twt/bsky (careydraws everywhere) when that happens!

Can you BELIEVE these """just weren't the right tone"""" for the GN series covers*, I don't see the problem, the main trio are CLEARLY visible on every cover,,,

*as always, this is a joke!! I made these as a special treat for me to stay sane during the actual GN cover process, nobody else ever got to see them to reject them; the entire GN team and the entire team at :01 are incredibly powerful & I feel very lucky to get to work with them!!

they’re married and they could kill me in an instant

its been so long since ive drawn these two! too long!!!

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they did that!!!!!!

this seems to be my go-to pose but listen... i love drawing hugs...

I drew the cute gfs from the adventure zone for valentines day :’)

i still will never understand why junoduck is so fucking underrated .. its objectively perfect and so many people saw romantic undertones in their relationship going off how so many people listened to the amnesty finale and assumed junoduck was becoming canon before justin dropped that bomb and how griffin seemed to play their interactions in the finale and in flashbacks as romantic .. stop sleeping on the objectively best ship in the entire adventure zone tied only with killbattle its so good

001 for TAZ!!

Favorite character: barry bluejeans!Least Favorite character: god idk if i have one. like, i’d maybe say jenkins or something, but they bounced so many goofs off him its hard to dislike even him5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): johnchurch. davenchurch. blupjeans. uhh, killarey(? killbattle?). taakitz, people make cute content of it.Character I find most attractive: ITS AN AUDIO MEDIUM? uhhh lucretia.Character I would marry: god, uh. davenport maybe.Character I would be best friends with: barry? or magnus.a random thought: you ever think about how long and terrifying the stolen century must have been because there wasn’t an end cap on it? it was just year after year and no foreseeable definite endingAn unpopular opinion: left this one empty till the end and i still cant think of anything. do i have unpopular opinions? you tell me!My Canon OTP: blupjeansMy Non-canon OTP: johnchurchMost Badass Character: lup “fell backwards off a boat to die & blast the hunger to bits” theelfMost Epic Villain: its so fucking funny to me that the word “epic” is in this ask meme. the OP was made in 2017. anyway, sloanePairing I am not a fan of: i cant remember any that i dont like.Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): ohh, i dont think anyone got screwed up, but i do wish we’d gotten more development for barry & davenport during stolen century! (edit: oh! itd be good if lucas got aaaa better redemption, also.)Favourite Friendship: ohh, magnus & lup are good!Character I most identify with: barryyyyy bluejeans.Character I wish I could be: barry bluejeans. like, he gets to be a nerd and be an undead immortal necromancer? sign me up thanks

me tumblr user avijohann: i have a good url im proud of it and i would never change it for anything in the world

tumblr: yeah killbattle is already taken sorry

me still tumblr user avijohann: god DAMMIT

inking an oldie but a goodie ✨ stay tuned for flamecon treats...? 😉

anones

I just found out about the otayuri zine and I missed it T_T is there anywhere I can still purchase it?             

you’ll have to catch an artist who bought spare copies at a con, unfortunately! i will have a handful of copies at my cons. there are no plans for an official reprint of the zine at this time.

hey, do you know where one can read the captive prince manga?? i saw all your fanart for it and it looks super interesting and so far ive only been able to find the original novel version??             

i’ve never read the captive prince manga, the novels were more than enough for me! i would recommend starting with those!

How do you go about doing charm commissions, since acrylic charms have to be ordered by design in bulk? Do you home laminate them?        

not every manufacturer i use require that acrylic charms be ordered in bulk! acorn press and vograce have no MOQ per design; i used vograce for the commissions as i was already getting a 600 pc order from them.

Hi! First off I wanted to thank you for making that guide about tabling at cons, it was helpful! Do you have any further advice on how to schedule yourself for making merch so you don’t stress yourself out during con crunch? I know you mentioned that you usually get everything done by the Tuesday before the con, but how long does it take for you to do, say one print for e.g, and how early do you plan for merch in advance (excluding existing merch you’re planning to resell)? Thanks for your time!             

hey, yw, glad it helped! this isn’t a terribly useful question to ask, however, as every artist draws and organizes in different ways and at different speeds. different things have different time requirements as well. i once drew 8 prints in a night, but i wouldn’t recommend starting with that as your goal. also, i do like 10 cons a year and they all line up with usually only 1-4 weeks between them, plus my webstore is open year-round, so i’m in a constant state of producing new merch and there’s no real “lead up”. i like to have about 2 weeks free right before a con to finalise and get printing done, though. for a newcomer, i think 4-6 weeks before the con is time to really get serious about what you want to have ready.

do you ship taakitz/killbattle? :3c             

HELL YEAH I DO

May I use the zone cast print image you just posted (the “we do that” one) as my phone background? I love it and want to properly appreciate it every day

yes yes! like it says in my description and faq, this kind of personal use is totally fine. im glad you liked it!

your art is so beautiful oh golly             

thank you! T_T

Sorry for disturbing, but in your makeup tutorial art, what do you mean about the hecky anatomy? It looks fine tbh 

it was just very rushed and i wish i’d positioned everything a bit better, but it was only a rendering exercise not an anatomy one so it’s not a big deal

would you ever out the “we do that” taz art onto your store in any form?

yes i have some plans to distribute it w/o profiting!

Hey just wanna say thank you for dragging me into this hell of Damen and Laurent and I won’t stop imagining them in your character designs lol

Hello Ive started captive prince because of your amazing art and now im waiting on tome 2-3 in the mail and CANNOT WAIT TO HAVE THEM also i love you art style its so nice keep up the good work 😘😘            

hi! i want to thank you so much for reigniting my love for captive prince which i read last year but uni came and i was too busy to Truly Appreciate? They are in love            

YOU’RE WELCOME IM GLAD MY INABILITY TO SHUT UP ABOUT CAPTIVE PRINCE HAS PAID OFF

also, consider: damen as tree man             

yes… laurent is going to climb him

carey’s a shirt thief dont even try to deny it

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what is the carey/killian ship name?? how am i supposed to find The Content?

carian? killbattle?

inconsolable...

ok so im an episode late but what can i say lmao 

fuck sweet flips the carey/killian ship name is fucking killbattle