"That’s What The Last Word Tells Me, And Who Are You To Deny It? "

Do you ever just think about Fingon? I do. I think about him a lot.

A hero prince, and a king who should have left the heroics to those who could afford to die. Common theme with Noldor kings, actually.

“They retire young, ballerinas.”

limited palette feanor

now i don't believe in any of that bullshit about interacting with too much horror media making you a danger to society or whatever but i do think it's had some kind of effect on me because why was my first thought when i heard a scary buzzing noise (which was my neighbour mowing the lawn with a handheld weedcutter) not any more eminently plausible and sensible conclusion i could have drawn, but instead "there is a wasp's nest inside my brain"

roakes sentinel has been on my mind for months now, im SO HAPPY to finally have it drawn out !!! prelim sketches + notes below the cut :]

i think it's pretty obvious, but this was very much informed by the dog thing from The Thing. Rob Bottin is a huge inspiration to me in terms of body horror

the crab and dogs arent based on any specific species or breed. that's the problem with dogs and crabs -- theyre so diverse, you can't draw them generic without making them look a little weird in one way or another. and then that means picking a specific species or breed, which invites speculation as to why, which means it has to be done with symbolism in mind, and sometimes i just wanna paint a big scary monster with nothing else to it, yknow?

the dogs are (in canon) embedded in the shell, which i forgot about when i was envisioning the sentinel to begin with. thank god for artistic license !! sorry jon ware my crab now

ever since i made this post, i kinda knew i could have done better. finally got around to it :] vallerina continues to be absolutely heartbreaking but we move [eyes red + covered in blood]

closeups, ref, and speedpaint below :p!!!

shoutout to james for the idea of the corpseish hands!!! i love them so much, finally puts my raynaud's syndrome to use :3

the dancer in the reference is Alina Somova i believe !!

Carson: Are you sure, though, Shrue? I mean, how can you be certain that you had a family before last week, when Val invented them for you?

six for the truth over solace in lies;

happy superb owl day!

happy sibling rane saturday! soup