kickintheleaves - Captain of the Darkest Dawn
kickintheleaves
Captain of the Darkest Dawn

art trades + requests are open, comms open in November // mainly an artist but I write too // I create for GW2, MDZS, most transplanar RPG content, and assorted other media // sideblog of @ashes-onthewind for art

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kickintheleaves
11 months ago

augh... i need to actually write some.... I've been so unmotivated aughhhh

honestly divinity: original sin 2 has me kind of inspired, not gonna lie... arcaes/fane fic when...... or honestly even ifan/fane... ough,,,,, hang on wait,,,,,, ifanxfane my brain is huge


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kickintheleaves
11 months ago

artwork i did for a friend's birthday (she/him), it's his oc! she's not on tumblr so i can safely post this without ruining the surprise! it's not rendered and the background is sketchy but that is FINE! i love it anyway

Artwork I Did For A Friend's Birthday (she/him), It's His Oc! She's Not On Tumblr So I Can Safely Post

and crops bc im proud as fuck of this detail work (even with the crops you can't see it, but every bottle is an actual brand of alcohol)

Artwork I Did For A Friend's Birthday (she/him), It's His Oc! She's Not On Tumblr So I Can Safely Post
Artwork I Did For A Friend's Birthday (she/him), It's His Oc! She's Not On Tumblr So I Can Safely Post

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kickintheleaves
11 months ago

your art is so pretty!!

Your Art Is So Pretty!!

hwhehehegehdhhdhehhrhrhehdhhdhdhhfhdhdhdhhdhgfhdhhrhfhf thank you

THE gillipop calling my art pretty hrehsghwjdhdhfhf my life is complete


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kickintheleaves
11 months ago

artwork i did for a friend's birthday (she/him), it's his oc! she's not on tumblr so i can safely post this without ruining the surprise! it's not rendered and the background is sketchy but that is FINE! i love it anyway

Artwork I Did For A Friend's Birthday (she/him), It's His Oc! She's Not On Tumblr So I Can Safely Post

and crops bc im proud as fuck of this detail work (even with the crops you can't see it, but every bottle is an actual brand of alcohol)

Artwork I Did For A Friend's Birthday (she/him), It's His Oc! She's Not On Tumblr So I Can Safely Post
Artwork I Did For A Friend's Birthday (she/him), It's His Oc! She's Not On Tumblr So I Can Safely Post

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kickintheleaves
11 months ago
Wear Sunscreen Out There, Folks!

wear sunscreen out there, folks!


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kickintheleaves
11 months ago

update, i am struggling. really bad. nothings going on inside this brain. but im still working on it i just cant render for shit so. yeah

yall might just get an unrendered piece

godkiller: last hope fanart soon.... I'm too obsessed with this series y'all don't understand

kickintheleaves
11 months ago

thinking about the logistics of moving a large amount of material/people through waypoints and why it just isn't done. I think trying to get a small Pact army to a waypoint in the jungle, say, would function like a DDOS attack on the leyline network and temporarily render it offline

kickintheleaves
11 months ago

this is such an unreasonably banger line for my post about not wanting to draw

This Is Such An Unreasonably Banger Line For My Post About Not Wanting To Draw

i wish seeing artworks clearly in your head meant you could like... bonk yr head onto your screen and have it come out fully formed like athena bursting from zeus. but no i must craft every last detail myself and I'm never satisfied.

kickintheleaves
11 months ago

i wish seeing artworks clearly in your head meant you could like... bonk yr head onto your screen and have it come out fully formed like athena bursting from zeus. but no i must craft every last detail myself and I'm never satisfied.


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kickintheleaves
1 year ago

Last Hope fanfic idea: Litany becoming more visibly mortal the longer they live in Yaolan post-finale.

OH MY GOD I FFUFCJSKNDJVKFG I LOVE THIS

kickintheleaves
1 year ago

it's gonna be somewhat rendered too.... get ready this is gonna be Big

godkiller: last hope fanart soon.... I'm too obsessed with this series y'all don't understand


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kickintheleaves
1 year ago

godkiller: last hope fanart soon.... I'm too obsessed with this series y'all don't understand


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kickintheleaves
1 year ago

hey there!

do you enjoy transplanar rpg's series "GODKILLER: Last Hope"? do you have any ideas for fanfiction in that universe? I want to write for that fandom, except every time i try to think my brain simply starts screaming (/pos)

if i had ideas, however.... yeah. hit me up, my ask box is open 🫡

even if you don't know godkiller pls reblog? im trying to reach my people <3

kickintheleaves
1 year ago
A Pair Of Commissions For @ashes-onthewind! Thank You So Much!
A Pair Of Commissions For @ashes-onthewind! Thank You So Much!

a pair of commissions for @ashes-onthewind! thank you so much!


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kickintheleaves
1 year ago

A faint snarl echoed through the tomb. Every last one of the juniors tensed, hands coming to rest on their swords.

"Jingyi..." Sizhui grabbed his friend's hand, pulling him away from the other two for a moment. "We definitely shouldn't be doing this."

Jingyi rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah. Then why'd you come along?"

He turned to walk back toward the others, but Sizhui grabbed him by the back of his belt, making him stumble backwards. An arrow whistled by where his head was milliseconds prior, and he heard the telltale scrape of a stone pressure plate resetting itself.

Sizhui sighed. "That's why."

#224

"We definitely shouldn't be doing this."

"Then why'd you come along?"


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kickintheleaves
1 year ago

he would totally wear jorts. 1000%.

He Would Totally Wear Jorts. 1000%.

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kickintheleaves
1 year ago

im reiterating, draw bad! just do it!! it's not feasible to be perfect every time you draw or to bump your skill level immediately. so you have to draw bad to do it.

failure teaches more than success or w/e, drawing smth ugly, or faking perspective, or doing smth you've never done before so it comes out funky, all of that is growth!! its important to do. there's nothing shameful abt bad art, and if anything it shows you were trying and learning smth new, and thats smth to be proud of!

kickintheleaves
1 year ago

As an artist, my search history is pretty odd. Not as odd as a writers', but still pretty strange.

kickintheleaves
1 year ago

this applies to me!

not to be controversial bc I know this is like…not in line with shifting opinions on fanfic comment culture but if there’s a glaring typo in my work I will NOT be offended by pointing it out. if ao3 fucks up the formatting…I will also not be offended by having this pointed out…

‘looking forward to the next update’ and ‘I hope you update soon!’ are different vibes than a demand, and should be read in good faith because a reader is finding their way to tell you how much they love it. I will not be mad at this.

‘I don’t usually like this ship but this fic made me feel something’ is also incredibly high praise. I’m not going to get mad at this.

even ‘I love this fic but I’m curious about why you made [x] choice’ is just another way a reader is engaging in and putting thought into your work.

I just feel like a lot of authors take any comment that’s not perfectly articulated glowing praise in the exact manner they’re hoping to receive it in bad faith.

fic engagement has been dropping across the board over the last several years, and yes it’s frustrating but it isn’t as though I can’t see how it happens. comment anxiety can be a real thing. the last thing anyone wants to do is offend an author they love, and that means sometimes people default to silence.

idk where I’m going with this I guess aside from saying unless a comment is outright attacking me I’m never going to get mad at it, and I think a lot of authors should feel the same way. ESPECIALLY TYPOS PLZ GOD POINT OUT MY TYPOS.


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kickintheleaves
1 year ago

a burnout attack on __AJ on AF of their OC Louise

A Burnout Attack On __AJ On AF Of Their OC Louise

their: ☆ Art Fight ☆ Instagram


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kickintheleaves
1 year ago

An ArtFight attack for mushyymilkk for his oc Noah Parker

An ArtFight Attack For Mushyymilkk For His Oc Noah Parker

their: ☆ Art Fight ☆ Instagram


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kickintheleaves
1 year ago

"It comes in CARTONS?!" (yesz that's a LotR reference :D

an attack on @minnowcat-system of two of their main ocs as human-ish entities!

"It Comes In CARTONS?!" (yesz That's A LotR Reference :D

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