October 2023

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zmeess:

happy belated valentine’s day to y'all in general and shadowgast enjoyers in particular. may you always have a life-long friend to platonically snuggle with

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digital fanart of Caleb and Essek from Critical Role. they are depicted in the salon of Caleb's tower, lit by a fireplace somewhere off screen and a few floating balls of amber light above them. in the foreground, there is a piece of a spiral staircase visible, and just behind it a small potted apple tree; in the background there are bookshelves and a window showing a dusky teal sky. Caleb is sitting on a sofa, curled in on himself, with his head in his hands; he is wearing some of his Aeor gear: his stormrider boots, dark pants and a thin black sweater, as if he's taken off the outer layers. Essek is standing next to him, dressed in all white, with a little bit of dirt staining his boots and the bottom of his tunic; one of his hands is hovering hesitantly over Caleb's head. Caleb's underarm holster is lying on a low table in front of him; next to it, there are two books, one closed and one open, and a little piece of amber on a dark leather cord.ALT

as much as it hurt me, i don’t want to change a thing

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colored sketches of Caleb and Essek from critical role, drawn as cats. Caleb is a dark orange tabby with blue eyes, white front legs, a white tummy and a stubby striped tail. Essek is a light brownish-gray colored abyssinian with white shoulders and a white patch on his forehead; he has purple-ish eyes and is wearing a dark collar with a pentagon-shaped tag. in one of the sketches he is sitting elegantly and looking at the viewer with an expression that looks like he's smiling with slightly narrowed eyes. in another he is loafing and looking away from a d12 die next to him, with a few people off-screen debating why he keeps stealing d12 dice and d12 dice only. in the third sketch Caleb is lying on his side with his cheek smushed into the floor, and he is looking at something off-screen with a mournful expression. in the last sketch Caleb and Essek are cudding under an overturned glass fruit bowl; it's lifted off the floor a little bit by a corner of a book titled 'cat parenting for dummies' that's tucked under the lip of the bowl, and there are apples scattered around them. someone off-screen is saying "We need to get a smaller fruit bowl".ALT

i’ve been having silly shadowgast cat au brainworms for months but especially yesterday so i’ve decided to do something about it

i’ve picked abyssinian for essek because i think their condescending judgemental faces would be perfect for him, and i feel like in general they’re very elf-like in their appearance 🤭 the coat color i’ve been leaning towards is called lilac despite not being actually lilac at all! so a lilac coat for a purple wizard 💜 he’s not really cat-show worthy (despite his perfect pedigree) because he got cooked up weird with his little forehead patch and white shoulders, but jester loves him anyway.

caleb is a simple dark orange tabby with a somewhat unusual arrangement of white spots. i know frumpkin was a bengal but i can’t imagine caleb being a fancy purebred cat 🤭

i’ve got many many more brainworms that i will hopefully illustrate at some point. stay tuned for more feline whimsy

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