Six Sentence Sunday

This is my first SSS, so I haven't made a cool banner for it yet. (If I spend time making a banner, it suddenly won't be Sunday any more, and I'll chicken out of posting anything!)

I'm working on two fics for @carryon-reverse-bang this year. Its the first time I've done any fanfics to share publicly in yeeears, so its hella daunting but also very fun.

Here is an extract from one of those fics, from Baz's perspective:

Teensy bit of context: Niall is non binary in this fic because I am living vicariously through them. Also Baz doesn't have enough room to stretch his legs out on the train, thus why he's jealous of Niall being shorter.

The writing is coming a little slower than I'd like. I'm writing about some things I don't know much about (namely ice skating) which is a bit intimidating, and then I get distracted going down research wormholes. But its been so good learning new things and I hope I can bring some of them into this fic!!

Also my fic partner is full of fantastic advise and its really reassuring talking to them about writing 🥰 i can't wait to see the finished artwork they make for this.

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Chivalry is (un)dead

Help! I need your opinions!

I haven’t made any moves yet to add Simon into this piece yet because, frankly, as much as I love the guy, my urge to draw Baz fan art is so much stronger and visualising him as a knight was very much the driving force of this piece. I’m a terrible person, so I also can’t resist a pun, thus why I’m now considering editing this illustration so it looks more like a tarot card with the ornate words ‘Chivalry is dead’ (or undead, haven’t decided yet) in the background.

What do you guys think? I’d like to maybe do some prints of this piece, but without any kind of framing or text it feels a bit unfinished.. but I’m worried adding a pun makes it a bit more niche given you need to know this is an image of a vampire knight to get the play on words. Should I make his teeth pointier and bigger to make it more obvious? Or perhaps writing ‘The Vampire Knight: Chivalry is Undead’ would work better? Both??

I’m not so fussed that on its own, this isn’t obviously a Baz fan art. Like, with the pun you don’t need to know it’s specifically Baz to get it- but if you do know, it adds a nice extra layer to it..?

(For those who didn’t see the original post about how this artwork came about, it was part of 2023 @carryon-reverse-bang)

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The Vampire Knight and The Chivalrous Dragon

Sneaking in just before the deadline for @carryon-reverse-bang 2023, I’m so so thrilled to present my artwork and the accompanying first chapter of The Vampire Knight and the Chivalrous Dragon written by the talented @scribble-tier.

My idea was based around the English legend of St George and the dragon- an excuse to live out my dreams of putting Baz into shiny armour to match his glossy hair. Jude ran with it and is giving us a slow burn fic filled with class division, familial obligation and sword fights!

The artwork is only half of the original image I’d intended to create, so the final full piece will be released later on, accompanying whichever chapter feels most appropriate. I can’t wait for you to see the full thing and I’m so excited to read the rest of this story. Thank you @scribble-tier for picking my prompt, it’s been great working with you (: Hope you all enjoy!

Summary:

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Knight!Baz

Wow, it’s actually Wednesday and I have remembered to post!! *takes a moment to pat self on head*

Thank you @youarenevertooold @rimeswithpurple @best--dress and @iamamythologicalcreature for the tags 💙💙 I love seeing/reading your work. Sorry it’s taken me a little while to respond.

This portrait of Baz (still pouty even when surprised) is part of my piece for this year’s @carryon-reverse-bang with the fantastic @scribble-tier writing a fic to accompany the full image.

I’ve still got a lot to do on this piece- including adding a whole other figure and a background -while also prepping for running my stall at a 4 day Christmas market at the end of this month and pausing work for a family get together this weekend for my dad’s 80th birthday… so it’s looking likely that Baz will be accompanying the first chapter of @scribble-tier’s fic on his own for now, but I’m making it my mission to finish the full piece to coincide with the rest of the fic being posted later.

I hope you like how it’s looking so far. I’m looking forward to adding all the shading to Baz’s armour to make it (almost) as shiny as his hair XD

Hellooos and hugs to my fellow CORBers @alexalexinii @katatsumuli @aroace-genderfluid-sheep @theimpossibledemon @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @artsyunderstudy @larkral

Strawberries and Lemons

I’ve been having a really great time finally getting stuck into one of the illustrations I’m doing for CORB this year. As with all things Baz, there must be good textiles involved— so here is a sneak peek at his shirt (and jeans ofc) and Simon’s swim trunks (with added bonus of Simon’s cute belly). After doing the background, I had to colour the clothes first, I couldn’t resist!

@larkral I hope this gives you some extra inspo for the story (:

I have never tagged anyone for a WIP Wednesday before but I am adding some folks below the cut who I know are also taking part in CORB- I hope that’s okay! I’m so excited to see/read what you’re up to if you’d like to share.

Fan Fic Fuck it Friday

All the f's because I'm kind of procrastinating massively rn I'm having such a lovely time taking part in CORB this year and I'm sooo excited to see what @larkral and @scribble-tier write based on my silly pics. In the meantime, the discord chat keeps giving me so many ideas for cute things I could write, if only I had the time!! So far I have: ✨ Wild dragon!Simon leaving offerings of dead things on Baz's door step like cats do for their owners. Does he think Baz is incapable of feeding himself, or does he just adore him and doesn't know how to show it? Does Baz know who the dragon is, or that there's a dragon at all??

✨ Baz loves marmite, Simon thinks its the worst thing since the mage. Baz likes rhubarb, Simon has never tried it. He doesn't know what a parsnip is. Maybe Baz is a chef in this one.

✨ Simon learning to knit- badly. Penny tries to teach him but has no patience for it as she's only ever knitted with magic. Baz asks Simon why he is leaving bits of wool around the house and Simon shows him the dreadful attempt at a scarf he was trying to make as a birthday gift for Baz. Turns out Baz is a master of knitting- Fiona taught him in a soft moment, having taught herself when she learned her sister was pregnant with Baz.

I might need to write the last one when winter sets in, to give my brain something cosy and warm to play with :3