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aimzicr · 6 months

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Someone's in the garden, and there shouldn't be. "You shouldn't be here," she tells him, to his face, like she has the right to be here and he does not. She comes striding over to him, her hands holding her skirts so that each step can be longer.

He looks up at her face before he accidentally catches a glimpse of her ankles. He doesn't think he recognises her, but he's never been good with faces. "Well, I came out here to get some air. It was getting stuffy in there." Too many women with cloying perfume and powdered faces and pressing close to try to dance with him. Too many advisors staring him down like he was on the verge of making the wrong choice. Too many people just... there. "What about you?" He challenges the stranger. "This is a private garden."

"Someone's planning to kill the prince tonight."

He feels his heart leap into his throat. The world fades away at the sudden terror.

She's continuing, "I'm here to stop that from happening," and she isn't even looking at him. She's scanning the dark gardens and letting her eyes raise to the castle parapets and windows. A slow economy of movement, like he'd seen the stable mousers and that owl that roosted in the chapel do. A predatory glance, patient and certain that prey will appear. (And she isn't bowing to him, does she not know who he is?)

He swallows, and folds his hands behind his back. "Well, the guards surely--"

"They won't," she interrupts, her eyes snapping to him, and he flinches as though she might peck him or something. She takes a breath, lets it out through her nose, then tries in a more diplomatic tone. "I tried telling the guards. I wrote letters to every administrator. I sought audience with noble families. I tried," she insists, "But no-one believed me. So, here I am, in this..." She looks down at her dress, and her lips twisted sourly, "Outfit." Like there is no term more insulting that she can call to mind right now that would be appropriate to use in company. "Blending in." Her gaze scans the gardens again, then flick briefly towards the ballroom windows.

"So..." He's still reeling, still trying to recover. "You weren't... invited?"

She stops, and looks at him, and she gives him the most withering look anyone has ever given him.

"S-sorry, I didn't mean..." He winces. "Are you sure?"

"I'm positive. I have the evidence." She looks back to the ballroom, her hands kneading at fistfuls of her skirt, like a cat planning to use its claws. "No-one believed me. So either they're overconfident in their security, they don't like the lower class challenging them, or they're involved in the plot."

The idea that there could be threats nearby has been drilled into him since he was young. He has a food taster, he has bodyguards, he has rules and regulations that keep people from getting too close. But it's a shock to hear it said by someone else, so bluntly and confidently. Someone's trying to kill him, tonight. And they could be someone close to him? Someone he trusts to keep him safe?

"Complacency, pride, or complicity." She frowns. She has very strong eyebrows. "I'm not sure which is worse." She looks back at him. "So you shouldn't be here, in case someone is sneaking in through the gap in security here."

"There's a gap in security?"

She tenses. Her eyes are very bright, all of a sudden. "You should go inside, sir. Now."

"I --" Why is she looking at him like that? Why is she suddenly picking up her skirts and running, running at him, like that? He brings up both hands to shield himself from her, and feels himself losing his balance and stumbling back to the gravel and sprawling.

The woman's wig, impaled by a thrown blade, plops down on the ground beside him. Just past the wig, he sees the woman's ankles. The latter feels more terrifying, because he knows he shouldn't be looking at them, but they're right there and they're very nice and --

"Gods fucking dammit!" She reaches down to her ankles, grabbing one of her fine and gleaming shoes, and lobs it into the garden. Someone's rapid footsteps are moving away from them. The gleaming shoe lodges itself ineffectually in a topiary, missing the fleeing figure. "Fuck!"

He's never heard anyone curse like that in his presence before. He looks up at her in wonder - and then panics, because it looks like she's bleeding.

It isn't until she bends down to pick up her wig and the dagger that he can see it isn't blood cascading down her shoulders: its her hair. She makes eye contact with him, fierce and terrible, yet her voice is very calm and very polite. "Go inside, and raise the alarm. Where there's one assassin, there's always more." She scoops the other shoe off her other foot, picks up her skirts, and runs into the dark.

He scrambles his way up the stairs and back into the ballroom. At least people take a disheveled, screaming prince seriously. The guests are sequestered, guards fill every hallway and block every door, and two more assassins are chased off the property.

The next day, the castle is on lockdown. The king, old as he is, is still capable of tearing the advisors a new one. Security hadn't been enough. Multiple assassins after his son. Why hadn't there been any preparation for this?

"There was a woman," the prince says, speaking up for the first time in a meeting since... well, since ever. "She said she had evidence. She tried to warn us, but no-one listened. She saved my life."

"And who is this woman, exactly?"

"I don't know," the prince admits. She'd had red hair and strong eyebrows and bright eyes, and reminded him of an owl or a cat, but he had no idea what she looked like. He was terrible with faces. But... "But she left this behind."

He brings his hands out from behind his back, to the gleaming shoe that he'd picked out of the topiary. A single shoe, too sturdy to be a dancing shoe, and stitched with impatience and glass rather than silk or pearls.

"She wasn't invited," the prince says, with a faint smile, turning the shoe over in his hands. Then he looks up at the room. Everyone is staring at him. But he's not scared, not anymore. Maybe this strong woman's shoe is imparting some kind of power to him. He'd like to thank her. He'd like to borrow a bit more of that strength for later. "We should find her. I need to thank her. And you," he tilts his chin at the room, at the advisors and councilmen, "Owe her an apology."

#writing exercise #original writing #project: pen to paper #story retelling #sometimes an idea comes out of nowhere and slams you into the ground #cinderella #my writing

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stil-lindigo · 1 year

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the parade.

a short comic about when love dies slow.

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#i think that like #the pain of losing someone you love slowly is so much worse than having a relationship die instantly #its such a helpless feeling #and one thing i hope i conveyed in this is like the part where you question yourself as its happening #i don't know how to tag this really #comics #thats one thing #emotional #i can only hope it tugs a few heartstrings #starting my new comic project off hopefully strong with this one #ive had the poem part of this in my notes app for a while now #im glad i put pen to paper and brought it to life #thank you for reading #stillindigo art #stillindigo comics #its 10pm

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livfordoodles · 4 days

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Diego caught a cold

#this is me projecting my issues on SBRU again #livfordoodles sbr university au #Diego Brando #Soundman #poco loco #SBRU #steel ball run #sbr #jjba #jojos bizarre adventure #anime and manga #pen and paper #my art

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xshinina · 7 months

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Miku x Pokémon has been one of the best ideas anyone has ever thought of

#hatsune miku #pokemon #project voltage #inktober #Inktober day 24 #pokémon #Her hair here makes no sense #Very fitting for the Pokémon character design brand #fanart #traditional art #pen and paper

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apollokyler · 2 months

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course paper defending goes like--- 🦢hyoga's line, in russian: "просто поставьте зачёт..." (= "just give me a passing grade...")

GO HYOGA!!! YOU GOT THIS !!!

#kind of uhhhhhhh. me tomorrow. i'm defending a paper i wrote💪🧐#of course i'm projecting i'm a hyoga kinnie btw---#have my own schoolboy version of what happened in the sanctuary #dark circles under hyoga's eyes you bet he hasn't got sleep in a while #don't worry guys camus believes in him...#milo clicking his pen annoying everyoone #too much attention to his slayful nailz (intentional)#ok i still got to finish the presentation soooo 🏃‍♂️💨#my sts university au #scorpio milo #aquarius camus #cygnus hyoga #saint seiya #saint seiya fanart #my saint seiya art #artists on tumblr #digital art #apollo_kyler #my art

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tenchikotheartist · 4 months

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I've been working on this for months and at this point, I need to call it or I'll never be done!

Tumblr hates my fancy pieces so plz click for quality Q_Q

I've loved Bee and Puppycat since teenage me saw the original pilot! An oddball gal getting cute outfits and going on a wacky planet with her weird cat-dog-bestie-thing is such a fun idea! I saw this dress on Pinterest and it was downhill from there xD

#bee and puppycat #bee and puppycat lazy in space #bapc #bee and puppcat lazy in space #bee bapc #puppycat #puppycat bapc #bapc bee #bapc puppycat #bapc fanart #bapc lazy in space #tenchiko tries to draw #not super happy with this final look but eff it #this entire project was just me experimenting with mediums and my illustration process #I did the inking with a dip pen and paper irl; scanned it; then colored with an attempted watercolor effect in mind #which I did with photoshop's default wet brushes #the final product ain't too bad when you consider how I got here lol

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guardianofnightmares · 7 months

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… yeah, I got (partially) sucked into BG3… thanks to a video from YT about a certain romance option (if you know, you know). Brainwash is real, dudes, join the club, we welcome everyone with open arms tentacles.

Another addition to an “album” of works which were drawn solely with pen(s). These dudes were created during ride on a bus, so, you may notice where my hand was jostled around a couple of times.

#it’s not about tentacles guys it’s about eyes #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 fanart #the emperor #bg3 emperor #illithid #mind flayer #fanart #GN projects #pen & paper #mini art

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danneroni · 11 months

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Duck Shuffler 🦆🎰🌟

The final pages of my tan sketchbook! Flip thru video soon 🤭

#toontown #furry art #anthro #furry #sketchbook #tan paper #sketchbook project #gel pen art #posca art #painterly #traditional art

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dangus-doo · 5 months

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Quickswitch Chapter 1

#transformers #pen and paper #penandink #Sorry folks #I didn't mean for this project to take so long #I'm glad that the first chapter is finally done though #let me know what you think #quickswitch #sixshot #macadams

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pokeberry5 · 2 years

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I’ve seen a lot of different characterizations of tim-as-robin, so i like the thought that, especially at the beginning, tim-as-robin has an on mode and an off mode. in his mind, robin is supposed to be loud, confident, snippy, high-energy, and bright, given how dick and jason were as robin, so he makes an appropriate character and puts him on when he goes out with batman. the gelled-up hair (dcau-tim style) helps him settle into character + i read a fic once where he does it so bruce doesn’t mistake him for jason and i internalized that.

(edit: i found the fic)

tim is naturally a lot quieter and likes to hide under his cape when being high energy and peopling and being perceived becomes too much. people learned to be wary of the quiet robiniii because it means he’s tired and therefore a lot less patient.

tim stops fronting as much the more he settles into his role. dick has fond memories of his gelled hair. it was Crispy.

tim hiding under cass’ cape when he doesn’t want to deal with things + is seeking comfort -> cass bundling him up automatically in times of stress or when she needs comfort

steph and tim as a robin duo amuses me

smol jason + tim

damian!robin with his cap pulled up is the best look

Bonus: a gremlin!robin

is it damian? teen titans dick? angry dcau tim? who’s to say

an extra on and off tim-as-robin:

#tim drake #cassandra cain #stephanie brown #jason todd #dick grayson #damian wayne #robin #batgirl #dc #sart #tim drake is my projection character and therefore my favorite #i got a new pen!! and so lots of lil robins #excuse the math i use my sketchbook as scratch paper #the formatting of this post...questionable

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heuheu-art · 3 months

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In September 2022, I started writing a new comic about Dundee. I ended up producing an entire script and the majority of thumbnails for a 200 page comic. Unfortunately, I'll probably never make it. 200 pages is a lot; I have a job and other projects I'm working on. I made a fair amount of concept art for it though, so I thought I might share some of it.

The story takes place when Irwin was young, shortly before Darren walked out of his life. It is both a prequel and sequel to Jackaroo Dundee and was going to be called Paper House. I'm going to leave the rest of the story a mystery in the hopes that I'll eventually do something with this script.

^This is Darren! Everything was written and drawn before we knew what Darren looked like, and I'd always imagined Irwin was the spitting image of his dad. It was thematically important to the story for them to look alike, so I'd planned to keep it like this even after we met Darren.

The dialogue is blurred in the first two panels because Irwin is deaf in his left ear and couldn't hear Darren until he was behind him. At the start of the story, Irwin uses a hearing aid, but it's later broken.

Windows and door frames are significant! There's nothing behind them. Ever.

I designed an outfit for each character for every scene they were in, paying close attention to fashion trends of the era and items of clothing that they might wear frequently with different outfits.

Sheila's clothes in particular were fun to design. She starts getting more adventurous with her style after Darren walks out.

I realised very quickly that the tone of the story demanded a more realistic style, so it was fun to adapt my pre-existing design for Irwin to this.

The core idea behind Paper House was a young Irwin who hates his dad, but feels powerless to stop himself from becoming just like him. I put a lot of work into this comic and would love for it to see the light of day at some point, even if it ends up in a different form.

#fun fact! this project is the origin of my new b+w pen-like style #for a little bit i was actually considering drawing the entire thing on paper with pen #it's thematic right? paper house #but then i realised it would be 200 pages long #so instead i experimented with achieving the same look digitally #the story takes place in early 2002 which is why Sheila dresses like that #my art #irwin dundee #a few people have told me they cried when reading jackaroo dundee #they would have SOBBED reading this

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aimzicr · 8 months

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A bunch of would-be adventurers coming into the Adventurer Mart's Bhaalspawn Experience, stepping into the Spooky Dungeon and reading the plaques and talking about the way they would have handled themselves if this was their first dungeon, checking for traps, swinging some punches at the mannequins etc.

Then they turn the corner and see someone kneeling down in the middle of a room full of Spooky Cages, someone who gets up and leaves as soon as the group calls out to them. They don't respond, but they leave behind two bouquets of flowers. On closer inspection, the flowers are labelled: one is 'for Khalid' and the other one is 'for Dynaheir'.

"Huh," the visiting would-be adventurers say, "Weird." And then they move on with the tour.

#having a lot of thoughts about that moment in High Rollers BG3 Cast #adVenture Capitalism amirite #Baldur's Gate #Baldur's Gate 2 #Baldur's Gate 3 #High Rollers #High Rollers Dnd #on one hand it's what irenicus deserves #to have his lab turned into someone else's cash cow #on the other hand? woof.#writing #my writing #project: pen to paper

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bluecastlecomic · 9 months

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Oh Barney! You shaved! Largely because the book said you did, but also because I was getting tired of drawing that stubble!

For anyone wondering, even though the book doesn't really give Abe's dog a good-bye, leaving an animal without knowing when the owner returns would not sit right with me, even fictionally, hence why I've shoehorned this exchange in here.

Go to Start | Start Park 2

#the blue castle #blue castle #lucy maud montgomery #l m montgomery #can lit #adaptation #novel to graphic novel #graphic novel #ongoing project #learning process #art on paper #india ink #ink wash #pen and ink

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brother-yeeter · 17 days

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The urge to draw female Leona grows stronger by the hour

#and you just know she'd be a lesbian #or maybe I'm self projecting #either way that pen and paper lookin real tempting rn #so many leona art ideas #what am i to do #the way I cant even draw though #but that's not gonna stop me

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sysirauta · 5 hours

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Deer project 2/13

Moonlight Glow

#deer project #traditional art #artists on tumblr #deer #night #moon #full moon #posca #posca pens #cyan #mushroom #black paper #stylished

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dbergantin · 1 month

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