July 2024

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digital fanart of Essek and Caleb from Critical Role, utilizing lines in a gradient from pale blue-green to dark purple. they're both naked, lounging in bed with Caleb resting his head on the pillows placed in Essek's lap; Caleb's right hand is interlocked with Essek's left on Caleb's chest, and he's is looking up at Essek with a quietly love-struck expression. Essek is depicted as a young-looking slender drow, with small pointed ears and shoulder-length curly hair falling over one shoulder. Caleb is a thin and wiry bearded human in his forties; his messy graying hair is splayed over the pillow and Essek's right forearm that is resting around Caleb's head, the hand touching Caleb's freckled shoulder slightly. Caleb has regularly spaced horizontal scars running down both forearms. the hand that is not locked with Essek's is lying on top of a thick tome next to him, closed.ALT

i’ve been having tons of fun drawing Essek’s fancy pinned up hair in my recent expression studies, but that led me to wanting to draw Essek with his hair down and unstyled, which in turn spiraled into soft domestic cuddles. what else am i supposed to do when Essek is being so extraordinarily married

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Happy birthday!!! I hope you have a wonderful day full of many well wishes, kind words, and thoughtful gifts! I have cats fpr you! These are my three babies.

Rhodie, short for Rhododendron, is the youngest and orangest girl. She has a small barbering problem, hence the bald spot on her belly.

The most middlest child with her medium long fur and lovely calico spots is Zoey, aka Zo-bo, demonstrating her "melting" technique for getting comfy.

The grump-puss rusty gray tabby is my little old lady, "Crispy Crunchy" Crystal. She is not actually that grumpy, she just has a bad case of RBF, and the most crunchy sounding meow in all of existence.

They are all three wishing you a happy birthday too!

thank you so much, i love all three of these fluffy babies!! they all have so much character, please give them each a kiss from me if they enjoy kisses!

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Happy birthday!!! I wish you all the best and I swear to do my duty to the world and draw some wizard smooches. Here's my beautiful fluffy child, Froto!

thank you so much! both for Froto and their pink beans, and potential wizard smooches 🥺

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HAPPY CATDAY

last year i showed you Kai and Riley, now i present our recent addition: Toast


(the belly is not a trap, i repeat, the belly is NOT A TRAP)

THE BELLY IS NOT A TRAP *gets their hand slashed to ribbons by hind leggies*
bur jokes aside i would not if Toast is not into belly rubs, please pet them for me in whatever way they prefer! thank you so much!!

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Happy birthday! This is Misha the silly boi

OH MY GOD Misha has the cutest face!! look at that taupe nose! thank you 💜

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this is Kitten! she is large, in charge, and also no longer a kitten!

any cat is a kitten forever!! thank you so much 🥺

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happy birthday!!! this is my gal kikiriki :-)

oh no she is adorable!! that face is very pretty and i love the beans 🥺 thank you!

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digital 3/4 portrait of a young person. she has tan skin, long straight dark brown hair in a ponytail, icy blue eyes with vertical slit pupils and a soft round face. she is wearing bright red eyeshadow, and there are off-white bony shapes on her skin following the lines of her cheekbones and neck, as well as horns curling over her ears and back away from her face.ALT

a headshot commission for anonymous, their FFXIV character Kader! thank you for commissioning me ❤️

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zmeess:

digital fanart of Essek and Caleb from Critical Role, utilizing lines in a gradient from pale blue-green to dark purple. they're both naked, lounging in bed with Caleb resting his head on the pillows placed in Essek's lap; Caleb's right hand is interlocked with Essek's left on Caleb's chest, and he's is looking up at Essek with a quietly love-struck expression. Essek is depicted as a young-looking slender drow, with small pointed ears and shoulder-length curly hair falling over one shoulder. Caleb is a thin and wiry bearded human in his forties; his messy graying hair is splayed over the pillow and Essek's right forearm that is resting around Caleb's head, the hand touching Caleb's freckled shoulder slightly. Caleb has regularly spaced horizontal scars running down both forearms. the hand that is not locked with Essek's is lying on top of a thick tome next to him, closed.ALT

i’ve been having tons of fun drawing Essek’s fancy pinned up hair in my recent expression studies, but that led me to wanting to draw Essek with his hair down and unstyled, which in turn spiraled into soft domestic cuddles. what else am i supposed to do when Essek is being so extraordinarily married

tip jar!

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Here’s my cat Juno aka Junebug as you can see she’s very good at puzzles

what a smart kitty Juno is!! thank you so much 💜

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Happy Birthday!! This is Fable and her peets.

MULTICOLORED BEANS MY BELOVED thank you so much!!

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Happy Birthday!!

This is Beans and Toast!!


two calicos in one ask AND a blep!! i’ve been blessed thank you 🥺

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beckpoppinscosplay:

Oh Astrid “I’m quite fun at parties, actually” Becke, how I missed you.


Truly the minor npc of all time, I’m so glad she snuck into the bell’s hells narrative with a detailed outfit description. Any excuse to dip myself in liquid latex. I couldn’t stop myself from getting out the old sewing machine and a 1940s clasp I’ve been meaning to use


If some of my table props look familiar I’m referencing honeyandheatherphoto’s picture here

If my scar make has dramatically changed, I was inspired by the painter of the hottest wizards, @zmeess

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several expression studies of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role, based on in-game roleplay. in all of them he is depicted as a young-looking drow with short curly hair, slicked back on one side, and a shoulder and chest decorative armor piece, reminiscent of beetle carapace. he is smirking, looking up in contemplation, frowning, casting a spell with an elegant flick of his wrist. in one sketch, he is laughing with a radiant smile, saying "I'd like to see you try!". in another, he is leaning forward with a pleased smile, thanking an off-screen Jester, who is saying "I really think that you're very handsome". in yet another sketch, he has a complicated expression on his face that is a mixture of annoyance and resignation; his hands are folded in front of his chest in a pleading gesture and his speech bubble reads "There would be nothing I would love more than to not be around you all".ALT

finally finished my early Essek expression studies! (do not ask me how many times i’ve redrawn these since last year)

i adore Essek’s expressiveness and his shadowhand mask is a whole separate flavor of that expressiveness. my personal favorite here is that scene where Jester tried to butter him up by telling him how cool and handsome he is and Essek thanked her with the most self-satisfied face on, elegant lean forward and all. love a performative wizard

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happy belated birthday!!!! i have like one recent picture of the household cat (his name is shenlong) so i will also send along a picture of our muppet poodle i took earlier tonight!

the muppet sleeps in his crate, he is perfectly happy in there

Shenlong looks like he would mug me in an alleyway and i LOVE HIM and Muppet is adorable! thank you!!

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Happy Birthday, zmeess!

and sending a Lucek and a Felek, my two weirdos <3

Lucek and Felek are such cute names for these two adorable kitties 😭 thank you so much!

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zmeess:

several expression studies of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role, based on in-game roleplay. in all of them he is depicted as a young-looking drow with short curly hair, slicked back on one side, and a shoulder and chest decorative armor piece, reminiscent of beetle carapace. he is smirking, looking up in contemplation, frowning, casting a spell with an elegant flick of his wrist. in one sketch, he is laughing with a radiant smile, saying "I'd like to see you try!". in another, he is leaning forward with a pleased smile, thanking an off-screen Jester, who is saying "I really think that you're very handsome". in yet another sketch, he has a complicated expression on his face that is a mixture of annoyance and resignation; his hands are folded in front of his chest in a pleading gesture and his speech bubble reads "There would be nothing I would love more than to not be around you all".ALT

finally finished my early Essek expression studies! (do not ask me how many times i’ve redrawn these since last year)

i adore Essek’s expressiveness and his shadowhand mask is a whole separate flavor of that expressiveness. my personal favorite here is that scene where Jester tried to butter him up by telling him how cool and handsome he is and Essek thanked her with the most self-satisfied face on, elegant lean forward and all. love a performative wizard

tip jar!

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zmeess:

several expression studies of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role, based on in-game roleplay. in all of them he is depicted as a young-looking drow with short curly hair, slicked back on one side, and a shoulder and chest decorative armor piece, reminiscent of beetle carapace. he is smirking, looking up in contemplation, frowning, casting a spell with an elegant flick of his wrist. in one sketch, he is laughing with a radiant smile, saying "I'd like to see you try!". in another, he is leaning forward with a pleased smile, thanking an off-screen Jester, who is saying "I really think that you're very handsome". in yet another sketch, he has a complicated expression on his face that is a mixture of annoyance and resignation; his hands are folded in front of his chest in a pleading gesture and his speech bubble reads "There would be nothing I would love more than to not be around you all".ALT

finally finished my early Essek expression studies! (do not ask me how many times i’ve redrawn these since last year)

i adore Essek’s expressiveness and his shadowhand mask is a whole separate flavor of that expressiveness. my personal favorite here is that scene where Jester tried to butter him up by telling him how cool and handsome he is and Essek thanked her with the most self-satisfied face on, elegant lean forward and all. love a performative wizard

tip jar!

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four digital shoulders-up sketches of Caleb Widogast from Critical Role, depicting his design throughout his arc. in all of them, he is a human with slightly wavy hair and dense freckles. in the upper left sketch he has a somewhat disheveled beard and slightly greasy hair that goes past his chin and is pushed back out of his eyes; the open collar of his shirt reveals prominent collarbones. in the bottom left sketch his hair is slightly longer, gathered in a small ponytail, with longer bangs that frame his forehead and are pushed behind his ears. his face is bare save for a little bit of stubble coming in on his chin and around his mouth. in the upper right sketch, his hair is even longer, gathered in a slightly higher ponytail; he once again has a full beard and is wearing a scarf wrapped around the furred collar of his winter coat. in the bottom right sketch, he looks slightly older, with more wrinkles around his eyes and forehead and a less thin face. his hair is a bit shorter, no longer in a ponytail, with the same strands framing his face; his beard is slightly longer. he has streaks of white at the corners of his mouth, his temples and in his eyebrows. there is a wide scarf loosely wrapped around his neck.ALT
a shoulders-up sketch of Caleb/Bren as an older teen. he has short hair with bangs framing his forehead; his face is fully freckled, and he is smiling and looking at the camera with his chin up.ALT
a shoulders-up sketch of Caleb as an older man. he looks to be in his eighties; he has a prominent widow's peak and his chin length fully white hair is combed back. he has a full beard with the corners of his longer mustache curling slightly up. he is looking at something off-screen and smiling.ALT

some Caleb sketches! bonus Teenleb and Oldleb

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commissions open!

i’ve had some medical expenses + more coming up, so i’m opening five commission slots! if you’ve been thinking damn, my dnd OC could use an updated portrait, or you want me to draw the fanart of your dreams, you’re welcome to fill out this form. please make sure you’ve read my commission ToS 💜

(alternatively you can throw some money into my tip jar if it strikes your fancy, or subscribe to a monthly thing if you want to support my regular stuff + see occasional sketches and traditional art i post over there)

UPDATE: five slots taken, thank you so much guys! will be emailing everyone shortly : )

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zmeess:

four digital shoulders-up sketches of Caleb Widogast from Critical Role, depicting his design throughout his arc. in all of them, he is a human with slightly wavy hair and dense freckles. in the upper left sketch he has a somewhat disheveled beard and slightly greasy hair that goes past his chin and is pushed back out of his eyes; the open collar of his shirt reveals prominent collarbones. in the bottom left sketch his hair is slightly longer, gathered in a small ponytail, with longer bangs that frame his forehead and are pushed behind his ears. his face is bare save for a little bit of stubble coming in on his chin and around his mouth. in the upper right sketch, his hair is even longer, gathered in a slightly higher ponytail; he once again has a full beard and is wearing a scarf wrapped around the furred collar of his winter coat. in the bottom right sketch, he looks slightly older, with more wrinkles around his eyes and forehead and a less thin face. his hair is a bit shorter, no longer in a ponytail, with the same strands framing his face; his beard is slightly longer. he has streaks of white at the corners of his mouth, his temples and in his eyebrows. there is a wide scarf loosely wrapped around his neck.ALT
a shoulders-up sketch of Caleb/Bren as an older teen. he has short hair with bangs framing his forehead; his face is fully freckled, and he is smiling and looking at the camera with his chin up.ALT
a shoulders-up sketch of Caleb as an older man. he looks to be in his eighties; he has a prominent widow's peak and his chin length fully white hair is combed back. he has a full beard with the corners of his longer mustache curling slightly up. he is looking at something off-screen and smiling.ALT

some Caleb sketches! bonus Teenleb and Oldleb

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Happy Birthbay from Mirmir!!!

(Also known as Smirk-mirk and little goblin)

She is a very good girl and her hobbies include: demanding to enter rooms if they contain more than one person ( since she likes company) and being silly.


I love your art and wish you best!

oh no Mirmir is so cute! look at that face in the second picture, she looks so coy!! thank you so much 💜

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Happy birthday!! this is my family cat Måne, she gets depressed every time I go back to university


oh Måne, don’t be sad 🥺 she looks so soft, please pet her for me some time! thank you 💜

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For the cat bonanza! Happy birthday darling!


thank you so much, they all look so cute!! love how orange and black they all are, an excellent color scheme 😍

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aaaaaa hey happy birthday!!! Have some silly silly kitty cats :3

a mlem!! and a quintessential cat-sitting-at-a-table!! thank you very much, i love them 💜

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Here's my blue eyed beauty Vastra. She doesn't like anyone.

oh she is gorgeous! she might not like me but i will admire her from afar 🥺 thank you!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! your art makes me so happy, and i love to look closely at it to see what I can learn about lighting and colour and composition. this is Jack, a big cat in a tiny armchair. He has one brain cell. He does not use it.

we love a cat that doesn’t use their brain cell 😍 i’m so glad he has his own armchair! and he is very handsome 😍 thank you so much, and i’m glad you enjoy my art!

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nothing better than a cat smushing their entire head between you and the back/armrest of whatever you’re sitting on, thank you

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🎉 Happy Birthday!!! Thank you so much for sharing your art with us!

Here is Masya! The most teenager I ever met.

(She chose to lay down like this and then got annoyed because it was uncomfortable.)

i LOVE Masya, she looks so grumpy in the second pic and i NEED to rub her tummy 😍 thank you so much!

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digital portrait of a person with light skin and short dark curly hair. he is wearing large glasses with a translucent frame and a blue button-up shirt, looking off-screen with a slight smile. the painting is done in shades of blue-gray, peach, and brown.ALT

commission for @mozzys-stuff, who requested i draw his portrait! thank you for commissioning me 💜

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ITS CAT TIME AGAIN! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! 💕 this is Cody, she's become very snuggly since we got our own apartment

hi Cody, congrats on becoming a cuddlebug!! thank you for sending her to me 💜

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Woah happy birthday!!!

The goobers

The gray one is trinket(yes after crit role trinket)

And the black one is sprinkle(after crit role sprinkle)

Your art is so pretty!!!!

i love both Trinket and Sprinkle!! they look so silly 🤭 thank you so much!

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Probably one of the best pics I've ever taken of my bab, Penumbra. UwU
He's a little shit but I adore him a lot.

& a less good picture of my other bab, Girly.
She's a cuddle bug through & through & every other picture I have of her, just about, is of her on my shoulder & snuggling me. XD

Happy Birthday!
You're art is awesome I love it a lot. UwU

oooh do i spy a little white locket on Penumbra? and Girly looks like she’s smiling, so cute! thank you 💜

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This is Smudgie, she's an extremely loud little lady who also happens to be very cute sometimes. Happy birthday! Been following you for a while and your art has been keeping my crops watered and my appetite for CR2 fed.


oh Smudgie has such unusual calico markings, most of her face being black is so cute! thank you for sending her to me, and i’m glad my art keeps feeding you 💜

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HI! I just wanted to tell you I love your art. You just make the best hxh art

hi! you sent this ask in february 2018, which was eons ago, but as i’ve been going through my inbox and slowly answering stuff, it is making me smile even six years later! thank you so much 💜

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digital fanart of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role, styled like character concept art and depicting him wearing two outfits. he looks the same in both depictions: as a slender young-looking drow with lavender skin and short white wavy hair, standing and propping a book against his side. the first outfit consists of a close-fitting teal shirt reminiscent of a jerkin, with elaborate voluminous sleeves ending in bracer-like cuffs, a high collar, structured shoulders, and ginkgo leaves embroidered in brown thread; tight dark-brown leggings made of silky reflective fabric, and almost knee-high grayish-green boots with lacing in the back and shiny metallic tips. the second picture depicts a few outer layers worn over the first outfit. there is a sleeveless long brown caftan-like coat visible in the opening of his cloak, worn with a wide layered sash sitting high on his waist. the cloak itself is a dark purple, edges decorated with fur, with arm openings in the sides. over the cloak, he is wearing an armor-like decorative shoulder and chest piece, iridescent white in color, the short breast-plate evocative of a beetle's back, and the pauldrons having conch-like spikes curving away from his shoulders and behind his head.ALT

a commission for @mightaswellblowup, who requested a full-render front view of Essek’s outfit from this shadowbren drawing of mine, as a two-year anniversary gift and cosplay reference for @birdverbatimcosplay!

“Through a thousand lifetimes it always comes back to you and I.”

happy anniversary, and thank you for commissioning me, Tuskteefs!

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zmeess:

digital fanart of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role, styled like character concept art and depicting him wearing two outfits. he looks the same in both depictions: as a slender young-looking drow with lavender skin and short white wavy hair, standing and propping a book against his side. the first outfit consists of a close-fitting teal shirt reminiscent of a jerkin, with elaborate voluminous sleeves ending in bracer-like cuffs, a high collar, structured shoulders, and ginkgo leaves embroidered in brown thread; tight dark-brown leggings made of silky reflective fabric, and almost knee-high grayish-green boots with lacing in the back and shiny metallic tips. the second picture depicts a few outer layers worn over the first outfit. there is a sleeveless long brown caftan-like coat visible in the opening of his cloak, worn with a wide layered sash sitting high on his waist. the cloak itself is a dark purple, edges decorated with fur, with arm openings in the sides. over the cloak, he is wearing an armor-like decorative shoulder and chest piece, iridescent white in color, the short breast-plate evocative of a beetle's back, and the pauldrons having conch-like spikes curving away from his shoulders and behind his head.ALT

a commission for @mightaswellblowup, who requested a full-render front view of Essek’s outfit from this shadowbren drawing of mine, as a two-year anniversary gift and cosplay reference for @birdverbatimcosplay!

“Through a thousand lifetimes it always comes back to you and I.”

happy anniversary, and thank you for commissioning me, Tuskteefs!

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a lineart portrait, done in shades of light blue to purple. the person is a changeling, looking down at the viewer with a wink and a smirk. they have short white straight hair, swept back with a few errant strands falling in front of their forehead, full-sclera black eyes, sharp pointy features and prominent dark eyebrows. they are dressed in a turtleneck, a shirt with a very wide and rather tall collar held together with a clasp, and there is a filigree pauldron on one of their shoulders.ALT

lineart commission for @mercury-and-scry! she requested a portrait of Vero, a character belonging to @vicious_hues on tiktok, as a gift for them. loved working on this expression, thank you for commissioning me! 💜

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a digital shoulders-up portrait of a young person with his chin up and looking down at the viewer with hooded eyes and a slight smile. he has pale freckled skin, with his cheeks and nose flushed, shoulder-length wavy ginger hair, very light eyebrows, unnaturally long eyelashes and full lips with a prominent cupid's bow. his eyes are light blue, and the highlights in them are bright pink and heart-shaped. he is wearing a white shirt with a white cravat, with pale hearts embroidered on it, as well as a dark waist-coat. the painting is done with loose brushstrokes and employs a warm color scheme of shades of beige, peach, pink, brick orange, brown and warm purple.ALT

commission for @thesunnychariot, their character Alice! this lad was an absolute pleasure to draw, thank you for commissioning me 💗