Elphaba:

Little sketch of an AU where Yellowfang and Bluestar survive and retire to the elders den together

They’re Squilf and Leaf’s cool grandmas

saw wicked live again the other day and while i’ve seen it many times as slime tutorials, cameras cannot capture the poetry that is the finale like it is in person. 

fiyero holding out his hand for elphaba and having to actually say “come”. she goes to reach for it, but she pulls back at the last second once glinda starts singing. her literally WALKING AWAY from fiyero to match where glinda is but just on the ground is so emotional. 

meanwhile she turns back for a second and fiyero is still holding out his hand for her to take but she stays where she is to sing the reprise of for good with glinda. and omg the ozians singing “no one mourns the wicked…” in between their lines AHH

then elphaba joins fiyero while no one mourns the wicked starts up for real. glinda has to snap into social figure mode, wipe her tears, and start from the beginning. tell elphaba’s story to move on with her life, as elphaba leaves part of her life behind. 

Exercises for all the homies who want to have a long career drawing.

The true problem with being an artist and drawing all day (as I wanted my whole life) is that human backs are not designed to hold that position, so it is very common for artists and designers to have really stiff shoulder blades, creating a chain of muscle strain towards the arm AND the back… and a lot of pain.

These are some physical exercises for artists and honestly anyone who works at a desk.

(all credit to my physiotherapist)

little teacup bird

Emeralds & Swans: Chapter/Outfit Designs (casual)

Just some designs for Gelphie daywear from my fic! I’ve been meaning to do sketches for a while I just never got around to it.

For me I think my favorite designs are Glinda’s stripes from Chapter 12, and Elphie’s casual from Chapter 16. Let me know your faves! I’ll hopefully have more of the casual fits from chapters 20+, and updated formal fits from the first half :3

Just saw your winged!Glinda little snippet, do you have any headcannons for it?

oh babe i wrote that in like literally 5 minutes lmao. BUT- i will try my best

(also i think the drawing is based off an ao3 fic that i haven't read yet so these have nothing to do with that just fyi!)

its impossible for glinda to wash her own wings. as such, the blood stains a bunch of the feathers closest to her back a pink color. Morrible thinks this is hilarious

glinda has to build up all the muscles for her wings from scratch. which means....no flying yet. in fact- she can barely even lift them for days, resulting in them dragging painfully on the ground behind her and having several feathers break off

she's in pretty much constant pain as her body adjusts

the skin at the base of her wings heals in thick, rough scars

glinda is very lightweight now, but she packs a helluva punch. contrary to popular belief, bird bones are strong

she didn't just get the wings: her senses are sharper too (elphie had been thinking about birds not just wings or flight)

they can't get any clothes to fit her at first. they have to design pretty much everything as a halter top that she can step into and pull over her head, leaving her entire back bare. she hates it and she hates the new instinctual vulnerability of it

learning how to fly is easy. learning how to land....not so much

glinda has no one to preen her wings for her. she isn't even aware of how much better she'd feel if her feathers were properly taken care of

she never stops being scared of heights. she just learns how to fly through it

wicked post-canon told in the style of the original frank l baum books where dorothy and ozma visit their favorite lesbian wine aunt glinda the good in her palace with a hundred women at her beck and call and she's currently crashing out over elphie

so dorothy and ozma are like "we should try to cheer her up" and go on journey throughout oz looking for something to make her feel better until they eventually stumble across elphaba who's like "you again? go away" and then they have to drag her back to glinda's palace

Apparently there’s jokes that the act 2 movie poster is giving Naruto vibes

Ref

Sapphics will experience one (1) homoerotic teenage friendship that ends poorly on account of the codependency and fill their castle with a hundred of the most beautiful girls of the Fairyland of Oz

Ah Yes. Me. My wife. And Her 500 foot firebreathing dragon