Ren fest today!! Taking my first road trip with my new car too wish us luck! 😊
I've seen a lot of humanformers/holoforms designs for Optimus, and they're all bangers. But I propose something that I haven't seen anyone else do yet: Optimus with a cane or other mobility aid.
I mean, think about it: as I write holoforms, they're not projecting "perfect, flawless" versions of Cybertronian bodies. They're them, but as a human, which means old war injuries and wear and tear are still present. And Optimus gets thrown around, like...a lot.
I don't know. It's just a thought. But I think I kinda like it.
not me dusting off a 3 yr old fic with intent to finish it.
forgot this was a thing I did >) Cade and Nemesis Prime
Resonance by @charlieslowartsies...
‘Do you understand, young heir? A Prime is not a scout, not a medic. Their ferocity in battle is unmatched. They stop only when the opposing spark is snuffed out.’ “But Optimus isn’t like that—” Cade choked out, his breath leaving his chest as he watched the battle turn horribly one sided. Yes, apparently, Optimus could be and currently was just like that. And it was horrifying. This wasn’t a fight, not anymore. It was target practice. ‘A Prime never loses.’ remarked Excalibur coolly.
Bound in full-cloth with acrylic paint details and acrylic edges. Typeset and binding done by hand, by me.
What to even say about this fic? Number one, it's fucking amazing. Number two, if you haven't read it, you need to read it now.
I read this and immediately thought "I need to hold this in my hands," so I made that happen! It took me less than a week (thanks, ADHD hyperfocus!) and every bit of it was fun.
Charlie did a fantastic job capturing Cade and Optimus' characters, to the point where I've basically accepted their work as my new canon and can't hear anything that Bay has to say because I'm too busy cheering on Cade as he sleeps on Optimus' giant metal chest.
What was I saying?
Right. Not only is the characterization amazing, the plot is absolutely captivating. It's fun! It's exciting! Every chapter has something that made me squee!
Yeah, so, read Resonance by CharlieMcarthy. You will thank me later.
I just literally keep going back just to stare at this. And trying to collect my thoughts beside incomprehensible screaming of delight and shock and love. I saw this last night and haven’t reblogged it until now, so you can see how well that’s going...
But jokes aside, LIKE GOOD NIGHT NURSE THIS IS STUNNING. The COVER YOU DID. THE ACRYLIC. PURPLE SPACE GALAXY THEME. HI. The white, perfect shape of Prime’s sword Judgement/Excalibur. (also not me just realizing their sword shapes are the same in TLK.) THE MOON ON THE INSIDE BECAUSE ONE OF PRIME AND CADE’S THEMES IS ‘Talking to the Moon’ LIKE IM NOT FINE.
The fact my fic inspired you to CASUALLY BIND A BOOK has ruined me in all the best ways. My skin is clear. My depression is gone. My crops are watered. My barn husbands feels are back in full force.
Besides my undying affection over seeing such a thing, the only thing I can possibly hope to repay this kindness with is finally, finally, updating Salience. So with that, I’ll go try and reorganize my draft and get to work on the next chapter. While also taking breaks just to go and gaze upon a tangible creation you brought to life ;o;
Close up of a sketch page for some SidonxLink bc I've been playing so much TotK >3 shark teef
their placeholder name was Coffee and now i like it too much to rename them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ based off a siamese i guess?
This might be a dumb question, but if the Knight Guard AU were to become a show, what style would you want it in? Would you want it live action or animated, and if animated, what style?
ohh Anon my college thesis was basically "lemme tell you why animation is SO IMPORTANT TO ADULTS AND CAN TEACH US THINGS" SO NO THIS IS NOT A DUMB QUESTION. I think I'd always imagined KGA as an animated series--leaning toward a mixture of Don Bluth with Atlantis mixed in. A TINY bit of animated Beetlejuice with Tex Avery for the Marionette. (His mask is mostly unmoving except in extreme situations, so making him more fluid everywhere else would stand out nicely I think against the other animatronics.) Hand drawn but mixed with 3D elements as needed. If you've seen An American Tail, the Mouse of Minsk is how I picture the elements of creepy.
I swear once a month you get an ask about what the kga is and im like 'bro in christ they link to the fic series and its organized" ???
I'm wondering if the links aren't working or if tumblr doesn't show them bc I read that tumblr doesn't put photos+links in the feed. IDK it's a long, and at this point old-ish series.
What the hell is knight guard au
Best explanation (without spoilers) can be found on it's Ao3 page. I've linked the art to that page for about 99% for easy access. Prolly could have asked that nicer but.
Commissions are open for July. Hit me up via IMs (do not use tumblr’s note system lol) or email me at [ chrsjonsey@gmail.com ]
(I had a funeral today but I’ll be responding when I can during the rest of the weekend. If for some reason you don’t hear from me by Tuesday the 18th feel free to poke me.)
when the client gets it cheap AND expects it fast and good too and keeps checking in every 3 days. either respect the artist your hired or go somewhere else im so tiredd
I am deathly curious abt the startup sequence Gold initiated. specifically...
" Loading Personality Matrix…
Incomplete. Faulty Processor.
Searching…
Loading Personality Matrix….
Complete. Secondary System Online. "
is Mike the secondary system?? btw i loved the detail abt the two of them, combined, being the OS.
He is! Goldy uses Mike has a battery source and powers on with his Souls help. And yes I loved writing his official title that way to show they were weaved together. Or that instead of "safe mode booting" it's Goldy telling his Suit what he's doing because they two are so close by now~
I read the newest chapter of Lies Within and a few things I loved:
- DJ casually kidnapping Max bc his good friend asked and a love of headphones
- Glitchtrap's creepy possessiveness over Goldy. (Also wondering if Ness is truly discarded bc Mike is rotting away.)
- Gregory and Glamfred now have a third member! You can also see a bit under Gregory's tough guy exterior and realize that he's just a kid who is delighted by a lot of things (something I think a lot of fans forget)
- Vanessa and Daycare Attendant's dynamic as a meant to be pairing that got twisted. It feels like to me that Moondrop's mostly written her off in favor of Max (has a small spark of hope however) but Sunnydrop still wants her. Makes me wonder what it would've been like if Glitchtrap hadn't screwed things up.
I'm so glad you liked the recent chapter! While it didn't give me the same fight that chap 14 did, for some reason I was a little nervous with it. But I hit all the topics I wanted to on the outline, so we should be good for the upcoming climax. I commented on some of your bullet points, but since I ramble, tossing them under a RM lmao:
I spent all morning working on ONE commission despite major interruptions like every 2 hours (AAA, mechanic call, running out to drop off my fucked up tire) and now I’ve just hit a WALL. fuck adulting it’s summer I wanna drive around with loud music and an orange hi-c
which i will be doing the second my tire is repaired :,) PLEASE just be a patch job and not ‘time to sell your soul to afford new tires’ job
heya!! recently turned 18, so i'm hoping that i can set up some financial services, and i was curious if you do comms? been a huge fan of your knight guard au since 2018-2019, always loved seeing those guys (esp with the movie coming out) :D
Hullo!
My visual price guide and ToS can be found here~
Commissions for July are opening on the 14th! Feel free to IM me on here or email me at [ chrsjonsey@gmail.com ] if you'd like to grab a slot on that day or around that time. ^^ Thank you for inquiring! Also thanks about kga stuff :D I'm very eager for the movie as well! I actually hope to have the next chapter for Lies Within edited and posted tomorrow :D
The only thing I need tumblr to do is to get like... cool with the idea you can hire people here to do commissions for you and to like.. consider monetary support for artists cuz one of the reasons and the biggest reason I moved to twitter in the first place is because people there buy my art. I make a living there doing art. And the vibe here is **we don't do that here** If you want artists to be here and do art you gotta be okay with the concept of artists trying to make money. I hate capitalism as much as the next person but I'm also 30 years old living with my fucking parents because I can't pay for a 1 bedroom apartment. Artists are not 'big business'. We're not Disney. We're just people trying to make a living or some money for groceries and shit.

