It’s been very long time since I drew some Sailor Moon fanart (literally ages, if you dare to look, here’s Ami, Rei, Makoto and Usagi), so why not to try another drawing? As usual I was pretty clueless with the background so I just stuck with the coloured shape but I think it doesn’t look bad and overal I’m rather satisfied how it turned out :) Coloured with markers, pose ref by @jookpubstock
And the last prompt (last for me to draw and last from the list as well) from @purple.dragon.6 's Smaugust - Pop culture. Not gonna lie, I was looking forward to drawing for this prompt since the start and I knew right away I'll try to do Doctor Who themed dragon, though originally I thought I would make references for more Doctors. In the end, it ended up being just one (literally "just One" lol) but it turned out much better than I hoped for, it was so much fun to do and I really really like the result. :D. And who knows, maybe I will try some other Doctors too :). I didn't make all the prompts at the end (9 out of 16 isn't that bad though, I think!), but I had lots of fun with them (well, maybe except for poor art nouveau attempt), so I’m glad I remembered about Smaugust in time and found this list. :)
He looks skeptically. Maybe it's his first time seeing a mushroom? Mushroom prompt for @purple.dragon.6 's smaugust prompt list. I originally wanted to try to make something more interesting like dragon combined with mushroom as I did back for Kattober in 2020, but I didn't know how to approach it and was too lazy to think and just wanted to post another dragon doodle today. And the skeptical look wasn't planned, it just happened :DD
Tagged by @human-nxture to list 9 favorite characters: 9 is way too little to name favourite characters (maybe if it was 9 of each fandom/movie/book but not even that for some fandoms) so this is not even near the whole list of course, but let’s try. (in no particular order)
Turlough (Doctor Who) Moist von Lipwig (Discworld) Beth March (Little Women) Animant Crumb (Animant Crumbs Staubchronik by Lin Rina) Cress (Lunar Chronicles) Menolly (Dragonriders of Pern series) Snufkin (Moomin books) Hiccup (How to train your dragons book series) Peregrin Took (Lord of the Rings) Tagging (if you want to do it) @unwillingadventurer @upslapmeal @stitching-in-time @cookiepianos and whoever wants to do it too
Dress ca. 1890 via The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
(Hypothetically :) ) Tagged by @unwillingadventurer :) (also hi, everyone, I’m still alive though not acive here that much lately :D)
Favourite colour: autumn tones
Currently reading: The Little Swiss Ski Chalet by Julia Caplin
Last song: Be prepared from The Lion King soundtrack while washing the dishes lol (my niece and mum’s friend’s son are watching Lion king in the living room :) )
Last series: Finished or just watching? I’m watching Owl House these days. I also watched pilot of Once Upon a Time. Not sure if I’m gonna go on with watching but maybe at least one more episode. Not sure what would be the last series I finished, I don’t watch that much of a series so... it would be probably the very disappointing fourth series of Miraculous Ladybug? (but there will be fifth series so maybe that’s not considered finished? Whatever.)
Sweet/savory/spicy: Salt. Then sweet and savoury.
Last movie: Luca (Pixar) and Toy Story 4 (Pixar). I’m catching up with some animated movies I haven’t seen last years :))
Currently working on: crochet Ace (or rather her damn jacket. Or to be precise - the freaking badges on her jacket!), crochet man in wallachian folk costume for my godfather’s birthday. Well, at least that’s what I should be currently working on. Though I’m more drawn to drawing recently...
Tagging (if you want to do it) @upslapmeal @llywela13 @stitching-in-time @human-nxture @north-wyrm @cookiepianos and anyone else who sees it and want to do it. :)
Jewelry prompt for the purpledragon6′s list for this Smaugust.
Snapdragon dragon for Floral prompt of @purple.dragon.6 's Smaugust list. I wanted to try to draw a dragon inspired by some flower and when I remember that english name for this flower has dragon in its name, there was no other choice. :) It's also one of my favourite garden flowers :). (czech name is derived from the word watch/stare) It actually turned out better than I expected. :)
“What’s there?!” When is the last when I drew so many fanarts to one book in a row? How to train your dragon perhaps? But that’s a series. At least you can see how big effect Kroniky prachu (Animant Crumbs Staubchronik) had (has) on me :) Anyway, to the scene for those who don’t know the book, Animant hates everyday walk in the archive with old newspapers and when one day she accidentally meets Mr.Reed down there and he realizes she’s scared there, he teases her with making her startle on purpose.
Would you ask her for a dance? @purple.dragon.6 's Smaugust - Masquerade. I like how this one turned out :)
Another prompt from the previously mentioned list for Smaugust - Steampunk. Steampunk aesthetics always fascinated me so I had to give this one a go. (actually, it was one of the prompts that mostly made me go with this list), though I haven't drawn anything steampunk-y so far. Well I did now :). I know it's not that "busy" looking as those steampunk pictures are, but I don't have imagination for such things. (and yes I left out the goggles on purpose, I couldn't make them fit with his... outgrowths on the head. I tried to make him look serious, but it seems I just can't draw wild and fierce animals and creatures lol.
First (and probably the last) drawing for @smudgethistle 's Summertime Spookiness art challenge. First prompt for the first week - Harvest. Not sure how much it could be considered as harvest (I mean he's just gonna eat it right away) and there's definitely nothing spooky about it (unless you're stressed by colour escaping the lines lol), but I like how it turned out anyway :). It's just a very quick drawing, original sketch loosely (and not very carefully obviously) coloured with watercolours, then added lines and bit of a shading with colour pencils. I kinda like the sloppy looking edges :). (also it's a dragon so I can tag it as general smaugust drawing too :D)
@purple.dragon.6 's Smaugust list, day 2 (well second prompt but actually day 3 :D) - Gargoyle. Well, gargoyles are ugly and this IS ugly so I guess I succeeded :D. In fact, it ended up better than I expected :)
I remembered about Smaugust in time this year and I came across @purple.dragon.6 's list (on instagram) and liked the prompts so I thought I'd give it a go (so they're only for every other day so maybe I'll be able to do even all of them? We'll see. So this is 1. Motherhood.
Ian and Barbara fic
It's been so long since we wrote for these guys so here's a little something.
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Hand in hand, Barbara and Ian made their way to the edge of the river, glancing up at the sky of 1965— not the swirling purple sky of another world, or the grim smoke-filled sky of a future Earth, simply the cloudy and mundane one they’d left behind two year earlier.
“Smells the same,” Ian said as he sniffed the air. “The smell of rain that’s been.”
“Feels the same too,” Barbara said, sighing, as her shoes became wedged in clumps of wet mud.
“It gives me a shiver now, thinking about that future.”
“Me too. And think, Susan could be at this exact spot, in her own time, walking along here at exactly the same time as us.”
Ian squeezed Barbara’s hand tighter. “She’ll be alright, you know? She’s a resourceful young lady.”
“Ah yes, but the Doctor left her without her shoes.”
“But at least she found her…sole mate.”
“Oh Ian!”
They both laughed together before they fell silent into contemplation. They’d only been home for less than a day and in that time, they’d had some fun in the city and gone back to see Barbara’s mother. It had been an emotional reunion and Ian had given them space as she attempted any kind of explanation as to their whereabouts for two whole years. How could they explain to anyone the lives they had led? They were alone.
“How’s your mum this morning?”
“Still in a state of shock, I should think.”
“I’m glad she has you back. People are really a lot worse off without you, Barbara.”
She shook him away. “Oh Ian. I really feel guilty leaving her to come here. She held me so tight, afraid to let me go again, I suppose.”
“Don’t worry,” Ian nudged her. “I assured her I’d get you back safely.”
“And you did.”
“Did what?”
“Get me home safely. You said you were someone to rely on and trust and you were right.”
“Did you doubt it before?”
“I didn’t know you as well then.”
“Well, it was the same for me, Barbara. I wouldn’t be here safely either if it weren’t for you.”
“And the Doctor.”
Ian smirked. “Him too.”
“And Vicki.”
They both smiled as they thought about them both, picturing their faces, hearing their voices echo in their minds. If only they could see them again someday.
“Wonder where they are now?” Barbara said. “If I know Vicki, she’ll be dragging him all over the universe without time to take a breath.”
“Wherever they are, no doubt they’ll be in trouble. I hope they’ll find someone else, someone else to share in their adventures with. It’s a shame that chap Steven didn’t make it. He seemed just the sort of man the Doctor needs around.”
Barbara bit her lip as a tear escaped her and rolled down her cheek. “That poor man.”
“Yes, we’ve seen many people…” He forced a smile. “Well, never mind that now. We should be celebrating the fact that we’re home. It’s not changed too much has it?” He looked around, taking in the sights, smells and sounds of their beloved home.
“Still as busy as ever.”
Ian suddenly chuckled. “Hey, there is one thing missing.”
“What’s that?”
“There’s no poster telling us not to dump bodies in the river.”
“Thank goodness!” Barbara replied.
“Although, Barbara,” he teased, gently shoving her, suddenly grabbing her around the waist. “It can be arranged.”
Barbara let out a scream. “Ian! No! Don’t you dare!”
But Ian laughed loudly and led her toward the water. “Sure you don’t want a dip?”
“This is like the villa fountain all over again! No, I don’t want a dip, thank you.”
“I’m afraid there’s nothing you can do about it.”
Barbara sighed and raised her free hand to her face, placing it over her mouth. “This order can not be countermanded. You will do as I say. Let me go at once!”
“I obey!” Ian let go of her immediately. He grabbed a pebble and tossed it into the water, watching as it rippled outwards. “No, we can’t change things anymore. We’re firmly in the present now.”
“I’m rather glad, Ian. All that changing history, it felt too much a burden and a power.”
“Well, you were a goddess, that’s got to sting a bit, falling down from your pedestal.”
She slapped him on the arm. “You know I have no ego. And anyway, what about you, Sir Ian?”
“Oh that. What’s a knighthood between friends, you can still call me Ian if you like?”
“Oh can I? How humble of you.”
They both laughed for a few moments.
Ian’s laughter stopped finally and he sighed. “Suppose we should get going home.”
“Yes, but where is home?”
Ian reached out his hand. “Wherever you are, Barbara, wherever you are.”
Taking his hand again, Barbara smiled and let the wind tickle her hair. She didn’t need to say anything. They were home. They had each other and the rest… well, they couldn’t see the future, they’d just have to figure it out as each day passed just the same as everybody else.
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Our ko-fi
No, I don’t plan to stop drawing fanart to Lin Rina’s wonderful book Animant Crumbs Staubchronik (Kroniky prachu) yet! :D This time it’s a scene when Animant is caught in the act when secretly watching Mr.Reed in his office. I wanted so much to draw it but to be honest, I had no idea how to do it the way it could work and I surprised myself with how well it turned out! Pose ref for Mr.Reed by AdorkaStock, drawn with Derwent Inktense.