August 2024

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digital fanart of Essek Thelyss and Caleb Widogast from Critical Role, styled like a painted couple's portrait. Essek is depicted as a slender drow with lavender skin and soft curly white hair that reaches just past his chin, while Caleb is a light-skinned bearded human of average build, with ginger hair that is brushed back and is straighter than Essek's, but is of a similar length. they're both wearing comfortable clothes. Caleb is dressed in beige trousers, a simple linen shirt with its collar open and the sleeves messily rolled up, exposing the regularly spaced long-healed scars on his forearms, and he has his underarm holsters on. Essek is wearing rather nondescript brown pants and shirt that look like lounge wear or sleep clothes, with a simple but elegant house robe over them, its split sleeves too showing his naked forearms. Essek is sitting down on a chair, while Caleb stands behind him and slightly to Essek's right. Caleb's left hand is resting on Essek's left shoulder, his right hand in his pocket, while Essek's right hand is folded neatly on the thigh of one of his crossed legs, and his left is reaching up and touching Caleb's hand on his shoulder with the tips of his fingers. they are both relaxed and smiling gently in a slightly shaded room painted in tones of brown. next to Essek there is an edge of a table with two books stacked on it, and behind them is an open window, showing soft blue and pink sky, the sun lighting the edges of their shoulders and hair with bright golden highlights.ALT

a soft portrait

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The family cat Luke! He's typical orange cat and lacking in braincells, so he likes to pretend to be a book to trick himself into thinking he has knowledge!! He's very needy and clingy and affectionate, and he loves harassing his sister Mickey even though she goes worldstar and wins every time. Bro can't take the heat

he looks like he just lost in a fight against Mickey 🥺 Luke is so precious!! thank you for sending him to me 💜

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zmeess:

digital fanart of Essek Thelyss and Caleb Widogast from Critical Role, styled like a painted couple's portrait. Essek is depicted as a slender drow with lavender skin and soft curly white hair that reaches just past his chin, while Caleb is a light-skinned bearded human of average build, with ginger hair that is brushed back and is straighter than Essek's, but is of a similar length. they're both wearing comfortable clothes. Caleb is dressed in beige trousers, a simple linen shirt with its collar open and the sleeves messily rolled up, exposing the regularly spaced long-healed scars on his forearms, and he has his underarm holsters on. Essek is wearing rather nondescript brown pants and shirt that look like lounge wear or sleep clothes, with a simple but elegant house robe over them, its split sleeves too showing his naked forearms. Essek is sitting down on a chair, while Caleb stands behind him and slightly to Essek's right. Caleb's left hand is resting on Essek's left shoulder, his right hand in his pocket, while Essek's right hand is folded neatly on the thigh of one of his crossed legs, and his left is reaching up and touching Caleb's hand on his shoulder with the tips of his fingers. they are both relaxed and smiling gently in a slightly shaded room painted in tones of brown. next to Essek there is an edge of a table with two books stacked on it, and behind them is an open window, showing soft blue and pink sky, the sun lighting the edges of their shoulders and hair with bright golden highlights.ALT

a soft portrait

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zmeess:

digital fanart of Essek Thelyss and Caleb Widogast from Critical Role, styled like a painted couple's portrait. Essek is depicted as a slender drow with lavender skin and soft curly white hair that reaches just past his chin, while Caleb is a light-skinned bearded human of average build, with ginger hair that is brushed back and is straighter than Essek's, but is of a similar length. they're both wearing comfortable clothes. Caleb is dressed in beige trousers, a simple linen shirt with its collar open and the sleeves messily rolled up, exposing the regularly spaced long-healed scars on his forearms, and he has his underarm holsters on. Essek is wearing rather nondescript brown pants and shirt that look like lounge wear or sleep clothes, with a simple but elegant house robe over them, its split sleeves too showing his naked forearms. Essek is sitting down on a chair, while Caleb stands behind him and slightly to Essek's right. Caleb's left hand is resting on Essek's left shoulder, his right hand in his pocket, while Essek's right hand is folded neatly on the thigh of one of his crossed legs, and his left is reaching up and touching Caleb's hand on his shoulder with the tips of his fingers. they are both relaxed and smiling gently in a slightly shaded room painted in tones of brown. next to Essek there is an edge of a table with two books stacked on it, and behind them is an open window, showing soft blue and pink sky, the sun lighting the edges of their shoulders and hair with bright golden highlights.ALT

a soft portrait

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Happy birthday from myself and Ranger! Hope you’re having an amazing birthday. Enjoy all the wishes from your followers and cats! 💖

oh Ranger is such an elegant kitty! thank you so much 💜

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Mora & Nebula. I’ve been posting some occasional pictures of them on Instagram at soullessshine. They’re beautiful babes who have some love and violence to share. Happy birthday!

oh my god they both have such adorable facial markings! i would love to kiss their tiny noses 🥺 thank you!

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Happy birthday! She's atrociously out of focus on account of suddenly shoving herself onto my sketchbook into my camera. peep my switch lite

she is cute even when blurry, i love her mustache 😍 thank you so much!

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digital painting of a tabaxi, lying on her back on the railing of a flying ship and petting her pet archaeopteryx, which is sitting on her stomach. the tabaxi has humanoid facial features with a feline-like leathery nose tip, bright yellow eyes with slit pupils, lynx ears with tufts sitting atop of her head and a striped tail curling off the edge of the railing. she has tan skin and long messy black hair. she is dressed in simple clothing—beige rolled-up pants, a black form-fitting top and a red jacket over it. her pose is relaxed, with one arm under her head and the other scratching her pet's head with long nails. a thunderstorm is raging around them, with lightning illuminating the tabaxi and her pet from behind; in the distance, there is a silhouette of a flying crow. the painting is done in shades of brown, blue, purple and cool red.ALT

commission for @music2muse, her tabaxi character Ororo with her pet archaeopteryx Peaches and crow Myth! thank you so much for commissioning me 💜

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Happy B-day from Bean (one-eyed) and Kurt (Derpy)!! Bean turns 1 whole year(!) next friday, and Kurt the old bat is 12. Both female cats, although you wouldn't know it cause none of them act any lady-like! They're both indoor cats but ss you can see, Kurt loves to explore the stairs in my building and Bean likes to survey from a safe distance 😊

a calico and a blep 😭 they’re both so cute and pretty, i love both of their markings!! happy belated birthday to Bean, and thank you so much for sending them to me!!

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I heard someone wanted cat pictures for their birthday 👀

Meet Willow the Whisp (grey tabby/bengal thing), Lumin the Moomin (cream bengal pretty boy),

The Woo (blue grey) and The Bear (lilac cream)

Charcoal (all black) and Cat 5 (b&w)

Embers (tortoiseshell) and Indigo (who is a dog)

oh my god so many pretty babies in one ask, thank you so much!! please kiss all of them for me 😭

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happy birthday!!!! hope it treats you well :) i am drawing wizard smooching along with my draw everything june today in your honor. this is my teeny tiny torbie, her name is fig. she's so small

i’m in love with Fig, she looks so kind 🥺 thank you so much, and thank you for drawing wizard smooching on my birthday, i hope you had fun with it!!

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HAPPY BIRTH TIME! I don't have a cat (highly allergic) but my sister does- she has two now. This kitten is named Queso.

This is the other cat- her name is Bean (short for Black Bean)

She is.... foreboding. And a unit.

Regardless! Happy birthday!

i love Queso, those mauve toe beans are so adorable! 🥺 and Black Bean is indeed very menacing 😂 thank you so much!

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A very very happy birthday to you, on behalf of Miss Gandalf the Grey Marple (the belly rub fiend) and Gary (the honourable old lady who snores). Hope you have a lovely one! 🌼

i’m really bad at remembering names but i remember Miss Gandalf from last year, hi hi i’m glad she is doing well!! thank you so much for more cats 🥺 please give all of them belly rubs for me!

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My three dumb dumbs !!! General Bonkers (orange tabby with white patches) is a 15ish year old little lady. Nikolai is the grey tabby boy, and Chicken Nugget is the orange tabby boy. Both of the boys are about 4 years old!!!

Chicken Nugget’s expression in the fourth picture is adorable, EXTREMELY boopable nose! i love these babies, what a wonderful kitty cat photo shoot 😍 thank you so much!

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you guys might remember that one rather racy painting i did a while back of Caleb helping Essek into a fancy outfit. you might also remember that it inspired @luddlestons to write an even racier fic, which prompted me to illustrate it.

guess what, the fancy wizards saga is not over! me and ludd ended up collaborating on some after-party wizard shenanigans, and you can read their wonderful fic Unlaced, Undone over on ao3, and see the full illustration i did on my nsfw bluesky! please enjoy 😎

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digital sketch of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role, based on a screenshot from episode 103 of campaign 3. he is a young-looking drow with slightly messy shoulder-length wavy hair and small pointed ears, wearing a robe and a large knitted scarf around his neck. he has a scared expression on his face, with wide eyes and a slightly open mouth, and his hands are up and curled against his chest in a defensive gesture.ALT
that one viral blurry screenshot of a scared hamster backing into the wall of its cage.ALT

i’ve had this expression of Essek’s rotating in my mind ever since i finished watching the latest ep, so i had to sketch something about that

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Happy birthday, zmeess!!

I wish you well on this very important day and hope you'll be happy all year-round! Your stunning art always inspires me to create as well, ever since I found your blog on another hellsite, back in your Homestuck days (all the wizard art these days has me in an iron grip for sure)

My humble offering of kitties!!! Their names are Ruby (the black distinguished lady) and Murzik (the old man near her). I hope their silliness is to your liking :)

oh my god i love them both, Murzik has such quintessential cat looks and name, and Ruby is so elegant!! is she an oriental?

thank you so much for the kitties and the birthday wishes, and for following me for such a long time!! i’m glad you’re still enjoying my art 🥺

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Happy birthday from the willow!!! And the me! I hope you had a lovely day 💕💕

THANK YOU LUDD THANK YOU WILLOW that birthday was lovely and this picture has been making me smile for two months!! a calico is always a delight to behold 😍

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Hewwoooo!!! Mei is back to wish you a super duper happy birthday!! Lots of cats licking your face and purring at you!!!

hi Mei!! glad to see you back, your nose is just as cute as it was last year and is very boopable! thank you so much 😍

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zmeess:

you guys might remember that one rather racy painting i did a while back of Caleb helping Essek into a fancy outfit. you might also remember that it inspired @luddlestons to write an even racier fic, which prompted me to illustrate it.

guess what, the fancy wizards saga is not over! me and ludd ended up collaborating on some after-party wizard shenanigans, and you can read their wonderful fic Unlaced, Undone over on ao3, and see the full illustration i did on my nsfw bluesky! please enjoy 😎

tip jar!

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zmeess:

digital sketch of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role, based on a screenshot from episode 103 of campaign 3. he is a young-looking drow with slightly messy shoulder-length wavy hair and small pointed ears, wearing a robe and a large knitted scarf around his neck. he has a scared expression on his face, with wide eyes and a slightly open mouth, and his hands are up and curled against his chest in a defensive gesture.ALT
that one viral blurry screenshot of a scared hamster backing into the wall of its cage.ALT

i’ve had this expression of Essek’s rotating in my mind ever since i finished watching the latest ep, so i had to sketch something about that

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a hips-up digital portrait of a person extending his hand to the viewer as if to help them up, with a sympathetic smile on his face. he looks relatively young but tired, has light blue skin, yellow eyes lined with dark kohl, gills on his neck, ears that resemble fish fins, fins running along his forearms, and webs of skin between his fingers, pierced to allow for multiple rings of mixed metals, gems, and designs. his dark blue hair is short and messy, and there is a crown of shark teeth embedded in his forehead, the blood permanently staining it; he has similar bloodstains on his palms. his facial hair is very well groomed and consists of a thin and soft handlebar mustache and a short beard shaved to look like waves. he is wearing various earrings and multiple necklaces, including a raven skull pendant, over a slightly open white shirt, with ruffles in the front and the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. the shirt is cinched at the waist with a black and white underbust corset, and his pants are dark and roomy. the painting is done in soft, pearlescent colors, with the light source shining from above and giving the character a saintly appearance, as well as a subtle halo behind his head.ALT

commission for @hi-imthe-riverbutch, their triton grave domain cleric Princess Andy! i am absolutely in love with his design, and it was super fun to work on the lighting here. thank you for commissioning me! 💜

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hi-imthe-riverbutch:

zmeess:

a hips-up digital portrait of a person extending his hand to the viewer as if to help them up, with a sympathetic smile on his face. he looks relatively young but tired, has light blue skin, yellow eyes lined with dark kohl, gills on his neck, ears that resemble fish fins, fins running along his forearms, and webs of skin between his fingers, pierced to allow for multiple rings of mixed metals, gems, and designs. his dark blue hair is short and messy, and there is a crown of shark teeth embedded in his forehead, the blood permanently staining it; he has similar bloodstains on his palms. his facial hair is very well groomed and consists of a thin and soft handlebar mustache and a short beard shaved to look like waves. he is wearing various earrings and multiple necklaces, including a raven skull pendant, over a slightly open white shirt, with ruffles in the front and the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. the shirt is cinched at the waist with a black and white underbust corset, and his pants are dark and roomy. the painting is done in soft, pearlescent colors, with the light source shining from above and giving the character a saintly appearance, as well as a subtle halo behind his head.ALT

commission for @hi-imthe-riverbutch, their triton grave domain cleric Princess Andy! i am absolutely in love with his design, and it was super fun to work on the lighting here. thank you for commissioning me! 💜

Thank you so much zmeess!! It was such a delight and honor working with you on my first commission, and I am so in love with how you brought Princess Andy to life!! 💛✨

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i’ve been seeing a lot of unexpected posts/bios with people saying they’re against folks mass liking/reblogging their posts, so just a psa, especially for newer users: this is a blog but also a gallery, and the art posted here is here for you to enjoy. you’re always welcome to mass like/reblog my art, reblog my art several times, reblog my art to several different blogs and otherwise be respectful and use tumblr in a way that god intended

also just for fun, here are some of my favorite silent interactions i’ve had with people via likes/reblogs:

anyway, thank you for appreciating my stuff!

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birdverbatimcosplay:

Mockup WIP!

I learned how to draft a pattern from scratch and learned two new sewing techniques on this guy! Final fabric is arriving in a few days! I can’t wait!

Essek tunic design by @zmeess ✨

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a waist-up digital painting of a half-orc playing cards. they are muscular and thick, have grayish-green skin, pointed ears and a bit of chin scruff. their dark brown hair with streaks of gray in it is swept back into a long braid, which is thrown over their shoulder and resting on their chest. the side shave exposes a black tattoo in the form of a simple curl, with a circle closer to their pierced eyebrow. they are smiling a sunny grin, their long tusks exposed and eyes crinkling at the corners. they're dressed in a simple blue jacket, the sleeves rolled up and showing the thick hair on their forearms, as well as a white shirt, with their cleavage visible in the low neckline. they have one elbow on the table in front of them, the hand holding a fan of five cards with a simplified image of a phoenix on the backs, while the other forearm is resting fully on the table. there is an ace of diamonds between the index and middle fingers, facing their opponent. the painting is done with wide brushstrokes and employs a peach background and soft orange lighting.ALT

commission for @smuclge, their half-orc paladin/barbarian Muurthak! i absolutely fell in love with them while working on this portrait 💜 thank you for commissioning me!

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delcarmenart:

dear viewer, may i offer you some art? i’m cris del carmen <3 i’m a painter, illustrator, and digital artist. do you have an oc from the renaissance? or do you wish to see your ship drawn in your correct vision? i can depict that.

please consider me for your next commission! if you have any questions please send me a DM. feel free to check out more of my work.

please boost! thank you!!

ko-fi || inprnt || linktree

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smuclge:

zmeess:

a waist-up digital painting of a half-orc playing cards. they are muscular and thick, have grayish-green skin, pointed ears and a bit of chin scruff. their dark brown hair with streaks of gray in it is swept back into a long braid, which is thrown over their shoulder and resting on their chest. the side shave exposes a black tattoo in the form of a simple curl, with a circle closer to their pierced eyebrow. they are smiling a sunny grin, their long tusks exposed and eyes crinkling at the corners. they're dressed in a simple blue jacket, the sleeves rolled up and showing the thick hair on their forearms, as well as a white shirt, with their cleavage visible in the low neckline. they have one elbow on the table in front of them, the hand holding a fan of five cards with a simplified image of a phoenix on the backs, while the other forearm is resting fully on the table. there is an ace of diamonds between the index and middle fingers, facing their opponent. the painting is done with wide brushstrokes and employs a peach background and soft orange lighting.ALT

commission for @smuclge, their half-orc paladin/barbarian Muurthak! i absolutely fell in love with them while working on this portrait 💜 thank you for commissioning me!

I’ve been staring at them all day and I just can’t get enough!!! You absolutely did them justice and I’m completely obsessed with this piece 💚🥰💚 Thanks again!

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zmeess:

digital fanart of Essek Thelyss and Caleb Widogast from Critical Role, styled like a painted couple's portrait. Essek is depicted as a slender drow with lavender skin and soft curly white hair that reaches just past his chin, while Caleb is a light-skinned bearded human of average build, with ginger hair that is brushed back and is straighter than Essek's, but is of a similar length. they're both wearing comfortable clothes. Caleb is dressed in beige trousers, a simple linen shirt with its collar open and the sleeves messily rolled up, exposing the regularly spaced long-healed scars on his forearms, and he has his underarm holsters on. Essek is wearing rather nondescript brown pants and shirt that look like lounge wear or sleep clothes, with a simple but elegant house robe over them, its split sleeves too showing his naked forearms. Essek is sitting down on a chair, while Caleb stands behind him and slightly to Essek's right. Caleb's left hand is resting on Essek's left shoulder, his right hand in his pocket, while Essek's right hand is folded neatly on the thigh of one of his crossed legs, and his left is reaching up and touching Caleb's hand on his shoulder with the tips of his fingers. they are both relaxed and smiling gently in a slightly shaded room painted in tones of brown. next to Essek there is an edge of a table with two books stacked on it, and behind them is an open window, showing soft blue and pink sky, the sun lighting the edges of their shoulders and hair with bright golden highlights.ALT

a soft portrait

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reblogging once more cause i have again been thinking about the fact that these losers have a literal, physical couple’s portrait in their house. at some point they must have sat down and Essek said dear i want to look at our nerd faces smiling happily next to each other every day, and a mirror is not enough, so i would like to commission an artist to paint us like a proper married couple. we will sit here for hours while Jester flings dick jokes at us, and paint at our walls. some time in the future i want a random guest in our house to point at this painting and ask what the fuck is that so i can nonchalantly and offhandedly respond ‘oh, that’s my partner’. i think that specifically would be really romantic

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xepheline:

zmeess:

zmeess:

digital fanart of Essek Thelyss and Caleb Widogast from Critical Role, styled like a painted couple's portrait. Essek is depicted as a slender drow with lavender skin and soft curly white hair that reaches just past his chin, while Caleb is a light-skinned bearded human of average build, with ginger hair that is brushed back and is straighter than Essek's, but is of a similar length. they're both wearing comfortable clothes. Caleb is dressed in beige trousers, a simple linen shirt with its collar open and the sleeves messily rolled up, exposing the regularly spaced long-healed scars on his forearms, and he has his underarm holsters on. Essek is wearing rather nondescript brown pants and shirt that look like lounge wear or sleep clothes, with a simple but elegant house robe over them, its split sleeves too showing his naked forearms. Essek is sitting down on a chair, while Caleb stands behind him and slightly to Essek's right. Caleb's left hand is resting on Essek's left shoulder, his right hand in his pocket, while Essek's right hand is folded neatly on the thigh of one of his crossed legs, and his left is reaching up and touching Caleb's hand on his shoulder with the tips of his fingers. they are both relaxed and smiling gently in a slightly shaded room painted in tones of brown. next to Essek there is an edge of a table with two books stacked on it, and behind them is an open window, showing soft blue and pink sky, the sun lighting the edges of their shoulders and hair with bright golden highlights.ALT

a soft portrait

tip jar

reblogging once more cause i have again been thinking about the fact that these losers have a literal, physical couple’s portrait in their house. at some point they must have sat down and Essek said dear i want to look at our nerd faces smiling happily next to each other every day, and a mirror is not enough, so i would like to commission an artist to paint us like a proper married couple. we will sit here for hours while Jester flings dick jokes at us, and paint at our walls. some time in the future i want a random guest in our house to point at this painting and ask what the fuck is that so i can nonchalantly and offhandedly respond ‘oh, that’s my partner’. i think that specifically would be really romantic

wait….

Wait…

WAIT!!

If Jester painted this, then where is the hidden dick?

fun fact: this painting did have a hidden dick in it, but i ended up not including it because it just didn’t look good and was a bit too crude for the mood i wanted to depict.

i snuck in something else instead though 😏

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luddlestons:

zmeess:

xepheline:

zmeess:

zmeess:

digital fanart of Essek Thelyss and Caleb Widogast from Critical Role, styled like a painted couple's portrait. Essek is depicted as a slender drow with lavender skin and soft curly white hair that reaches just past his chin, while Caleb is a light-skinned bearded human of average build, with ginger hair that is brushed back and is straighter than Essek's, but is of a similar length. they're both wearing comfortable clothes. Caleb is dressed in beige trousers, a simple linen shirt with its collar open and the sleeves messily rolled up, exposing the regularly spaced long-healed scars on his forearms, and he has his underarm holsters on. Essek is wearing rather nondescript brown pants and shirt that look like lounge wear or sleep clothes, with a simple but elegant house robe over them, its split sleeves too showing his naked forearms. Essek is sitting down on a chair, while Caleb stands behind him and slightly to Essek's right. Caleb's left hand is resting on Essek's left shoulder, his right hand in his pocket, while Essek's right hand is folded neatly on the thigh of one of his crossed legs, and his left is reaching up and touching Caleb's hand on his shoulder with the tips of his fingers. they are both relaxed and smiling gently in a slightly shaded room painted in tones of brown. next to Essek there is an edge of a table with two books stacked on it, and behind them is an open window, showing soft blue and pink sky, the sun lighting the edges of their shoulders and hair with bright golden highlights.ALT

a soft portrait

tip jar

reblogging once more cause i have again been thinking about the fact that these losers have a literal, physical couple’s portrait in their house. at some point they must have sat down and Essek said dear i want to look at our nerd faces smiling happily next to each other every day, and a mirror is not enough, so i would like to commission an artist to paint us like a proper married couple. we will sit here for hours while Jester flings dick jokes at us, and paint at our walls. some time in the future i want a random guest in our house to point at this painting and ask what the fuck is that so i can nonchalantly and offhandedly respond ‘oh, that’s my partner’. i think that specifically would be really romantic

wait….

Wait…

WAIT!!

If Jester painted this, then where is the hidden dick?

fun fact: this painting did have a hidden dick in it, but i ended up not including it because it just didn’t look good and was a bit too crude for the mood i wanted to depict.

i snuck in something else instead though 😏

(Woke up, wrote a teeny fic, you know how it is)

Essek’s one rule: no hidden dicks.

Jester said, “aw, man, c’mon!” which meant not that she was put out, but would adhere to Essek’s stipulation, but that she’d absolutely be putting a hidden dick in there.

So Caleb and Essek (mostly Essek) just had to be really good at finding them and asking her to paint them out.

Five times over the course of the sitting, Essek looked at the portrait and said something to the effect of, “Jester, this is lovely, but I said ‘no hidden dicks,’ please paint that one out.” It became a game to her—once, she cleverly almost caught him by painting one more obvious dick and a subtler one in the shadows under the windowsill. Essek caught them both, when Caleb nudged him to indicate that one had been left.

Essek also caught the goofy little Tusktooth smile lingering secretly in the woodgrain of his desk, but he pretended not to see it, so that Jester, pleased enough with managing to get that much over them, would quit while she was ahead.

After the sitting, Caleb was looking with great satisfaction at the completed piece, the colors perfectly suited to compliment their home, the two of them easy and animated and themselves in a way only Jester’s style could capture.

“Agh! When did she have time to do this!?”

Ah. So he’d found the one on the doorframe.

as far as i’m concerned this is exactly what happened