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overcome [a royai fanfic moodboard] - for royai big bang 2024 promo week

Summary: Riza and her team are preparing to rebuild Ishval. As she grapples with her strained relationship with Mustang, she’s simultaneously struggling to ignore her impossible feelings for him, and her past traumatic memories coming back to haunt her. Riza is finding the return to Ishval even more challenging than she had expected. A post-canon, Royai slowburn, Riza-centric character study for the Royai Big Bang 2024. COMPLETE, and posted in its entirety on October 3rd. :)

above is a moodboard for my royai big bang fic, overcome - the "vibes" of the fic, if you will, as a kickoff to the promo week for @royaibigbang since January, all of the writers, artists, beta readers and moderators involved in the @royaibigbang have been working diligently, and after nine months we finally get to share all of our hard work with you! On October 3rd, my fic will be posted (utterly complete, in all its 100k+, angsty, slow-burn glory), including some beautiful art pieces incorporating moments from the fic by @chewytran, @olvitier, @awesomedurraworld, @lewdybooty and @ventifrappa. Everyone else involved in the big bang will be posting their art and fics on October 3rd, so be sure to check everyone's amazing work and bask in all the wonderful royai goodness! I'll also be posting snippets from overcome each day of the week leading up to the event, as well as links to my pinterest board and spotify playlist created for the fic. check out some sneak peeks of some of the art below the cut. :)

sneak peek of @chewytran's art:

and a sneak peek of @awesomedurraworld's art:

ROYAI BIG BANG 2024 ARTWORK‼️

HIIII HAPPY OCT. 3rd!! I participated in the @royaibigbang event this year by illustrating Snapshots by the amazing @aicasey !! Please give it a read and leave a lot of kudos on your way! Also if you are interested in the rest of the Big Bang project you can look at the whole collection on AO3 or download the epub!

This has been an amazing, fun project made alongside a bunch of incredible people!! I can't wait to work alongside you once more!

HAPPY FMA DAY!

So happy to share my artwork for the @royaibigbang!! These were drawn for @roseofbattles and her fic An Argument for Therapy, which is available to read with the entire big bang collection 🥰

Click each photo for more detail 💕

These were such a blast to draw and I'm so glad I was able to be a part of this project!

AO3 Collection | Tumblr Tag | eBook Download (pdf)

The day is finally here!! Happy Royai Big Bang Day!!

What is a big bang? A big bang is a fan-led event in which writers and artists collaborate together to create long-form content. Each writer gets a selection of artists drawing for their story, and a beta-reader if they choose. This event gives creatives a chance to bring their ideas to life in the form of creative teams.

Over the last 8 or so months our teams have been working so hard together to create a big BANG of royai fics and art, and today's the day they finally get to show it off!

We've got over 550k words of fanfic in store for you from our writers, all lovingly looked over and edited by our wonderful beta team! And around 40 pieces of art to share from our artists, each piece tied into a specific fic!

A big bang indeed!

The AO3 collection is now live here, so please check it out!

We also have a stunning eBook for the event, a complete collection of everything which was created, which can be viewed and downloaded here from dropbox

Each contributor's posts will be reblogged here, under the tag #royai big bang 2024

We all look forward to sharing what's been created for this event with you! Please show your support for our wonderful creators and teams!

She kept nearly jumping at the feeling of his fingers running through her hair - his touch was clinical, and not at all sensual, but her stupid brain was not taking it that way. His fingers felt good, entirely too good, and Riza was constantly feeling goosebumps running up and down her arms, stubbornly resisting the urge to shiver, or to lean into his touch like a cat.

my artwork for @quiet-nocturne's fic "overcome" for @royaibigbang!!!!!! 😳

i had an awesome experience collaborating with everyone in @royaibigbang ❤️ all of us put a lot of time and love into this project, so please go check out all the amazing artwork and fics! there's even a whole PDF ebook that you can download!!!!

Happy FMA Day AAAND Royai Big Bang drop day!!!

This is my illustration for @beware-thegemini's fic 'Amestrian Prometheus' which dropped today for @royaibigbang! It's an intense, emotional AU combining FMA and the story of Oppenheimer. The themes of the destructive powers of alchemy and nuclear fission are such a natural marriage.

I had a super fun time with this one! I wanted to emulate the style of a courtroom sketch, textured and colorful, based off the courtroom scenes. What's going on? I guess you'll have to read the fic to find out! ;p

Edward paused. He remembered this moment, somewhere in the recess of his brain. Fifteen years old, pocket change in the womb of his coat, dog shit tea smudged over his lips. He’d meant to leave and had glanced the Colonel pouring dogshit tea for Lieutenant Hawkeye. He remembered thinking, ‘He must hate her if he’s feeding her dogshit tea.’ He remembered, too, the oppressive intimacy of it. The Colonel’s eyes flickering to the Lieutenant’s lips. He’d looked away rather quickly.   Edward slipped the tea letter back into the pile and retrieved Roy’s letter he wrote following his strokes. Edward picked up where he left off. 

my artwork for @royai's fic "letters to central north" for @royaibigbang!!!! ☕️

i had an awesome experience collaborating with everyone in @royaibigbang 💖 all of us put a lot of time and love into this project, so please go check out all the amazing artwork and fics! there's even a whole PDF ebook that you can download!!!!

Happy FMA Day AND Royai Big Bang drop day!!!

This is my piece for @raisingmybanner's fic 'Accretion' for @royaibigbang! An AU where Roy, an art authenticator, must pose undercover as an engaged couple with Riza, his security detail, to determine the authenticity of an elusive piece that has surfaced.

Here they're in the gallery in front of the fabled 'Young Man with Flowers' ink drawing. But is it real? Is it a forgery? Make sure you read the fic to find out!

“Xing royalty at three o’clock,” Riza murmured, pretending to brush a crumb off Mustang’s lapel. “They look about as happy as we do.” “So, incandescent?” Mustang whispered. “Naturally.”

my artwork for @raisingmybanner's fic "Accretion" for @royaibigbang!!! ✨

i had an awesome experience collaborating with everyone in @royaibigbang 💕 all of us put a lot of time and love into this project, so please go check out all the amazing artwork and fics! there's even a whole PDF ebook that you can download!!!!

“She remembered the blood staining the white of the sand a dark, ugly red. She could see it when she closed her eyes.” -Chapter 4, Overcome (

Happy October 3rd and happy Royaibigbang2024!

I worked on this piece for chapter 3 of @quiet-nocturne ‘s fic Overcome, which you can all read on ao3!!

So many amazing artists and writers worked on this event, check out @royaibigbang page which will be sharing them all!

Under the cut I have the link to the fic and some lines i drew inspiration from for the piece.

Link

Lines that gave me inspiration for the depictions in the scene!

For the depictions in the mirror:

Riza looked down, and she was wearing Amestris blue, with her desert cloak over it, and a sniper rifle slung over shoulder.

…red eyes.

And there was such hatred in them.

Suddenly, Riza’s sniper rifle was in her hand, propped up and ready. She could still see the woman’s face in the scope.

As Riza pressed the trigger, the woman phased out, suddenly replaced by Mustang. His face showed shock, horror, fear -

For the smoke in the lungs:

Riza woke up with a gasp, hand on her chest. Her heart thumped rapidly against her hand. She took in huge gulps of air, trying to grasp ahold of herself, but it never seemed to be enough.

She could feel the sickly press of panic pushing forcefully against her chest, out of control and rapidly building, wanting to consume her whole.

General setting and physical action:

When her face felt numb, she pulled back and turned the tap off, drying the water off with her t-shirt.

Breathing heavily, she stared at her reflection in the mirror for several long moments, gripping the porcelain sink with white knuckles.

Accretion

By @raisingmybanner

Summary:

Riza Hawkeye has worked as Security Director for private art authenticator Roy Mustang for eight years with little trouble. However, recently Mustang has taken on riskier and higher-stakes jobs, putting himself and his team in danger of exposure and harm. The objective of a new undercover job – authenticating an elusive ink drawing while undercover on a three-week island retreat – hits too close to home for Riza. Secrets carefully kept threaten to be brought to light, exacerbated by the closeness required while posing as a young engaged couple.

Hold on, they have to pose as an… engaged couple? For three weeks?!

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Happy Royai Big Bang day!

Here is part of my contribution to this @royaibigbang ! I got to work with such lovey people and an amazingly talented writer for this big bang! This story is so beautifully written and enthralling you will be hanging on every chapter! Go check out this fic and all of the other wonderful stories and art created for this event for this event!

"World Leader Pretend"

Shortly after the war in Ishval, the soldiers at Eastern Command participate in their annual training against Briggs. A wayward Roy wanders over to Riza's station, and conversations about their shared past ensue—although much is left unsaid, as always.

I made the illustration for this beautiful fic by Richard @koussevitzky ✨ Read it here!

Alao, lease go check all other great fics and arts from this BIG BANG project too! ⬇️

AO3 compilation here

PDF ebook here

Thank you for the amazing works @royaibigbang teams! 🥹⭐

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My thought about the fic: (just in case might contains spoiler)

When I read this fic, I can imagine the beautiful scene Roy and Riza had when they were talking. The scenery, the warm ambience, the intense yet peaceful interaction, it's written very beautifully 😭💛💙 I can feel the conflict in their heads, how they feel towards each other, what they really WANT to do...❤️‍🩹

I could create this art because I can feel it—them. The breeze, the atmosphere, as if I can see them right in front of my eyes and watching them having interactions 🥹

Once again, thank you Richard for writing it beautifully ✨

Riza Hawkeye's life changes completely when Roy Mustang draws her name for the 40th Hunger Games, sealing both of their fates and binding one to the other. Will they be able to succeed and reach their ambitions, or will the Capitol prove a too dangerous opponent for the likes of them?

HI FRIENDS! Yesterday, was the drop of our @royaibigbang event!! This post features three art pieces I made for @limetameta 🩷 their fic was so much fun to read ( even when I had zero knowledge in the Hunger Games hehe)

You can read their fic Gnawing Meat off the bone here on Ao3 or check it out in the EBOOK ( where art and fics are combined!!)

My favorite piece should be Riza covered in blood 🦅 I am really proud of how it turned out!

These are two other sketches I originally planned ( that I am okay with showing since they aren't messy haha )

Limeta is such a wonderful person and working with them was so fun!! Make sure to go and read and leave comments under their work🩷

Hi! If you are new here ( like came after January 2024) let me introduce myself!!

My name is Sweet, a 20 year old artist and author, and the reason I have not been art active or fic active this year because I was busy working on a very important beautiful project

👀🥁🥁

ROYAI BIG BANG

Yes!!! How exciting!! 🥹 I had the honor of working with a beautiful team made of artists, authors and beta readers and we created this beautiful community! Over the past 9 months, we worked on creating the best Royai you can devour on right on October the third ( mark that in your calendars )

The post after this one will be a question thingie where you you can pick any questions about the event and ask me!

Big Bang Interview 👀🩷

Hey everyone, I'm super thrilled to announce that I'll be part of the Royai Big Bang 2024 event! ( I am an artist for 4 projects ahhh which means I drew around 12 final art pieces )

Drop me some asks about it!

❃❃❃ About the event ❃❃❃ What are you cooking up for the Royai Big Bang 2024 event? Tell us more, tease us please!!! Most fun thing about the event? Most challenging thing? Tips to meet deadlines and work with artists/writers/beta-readers on such a big project?

♥♥♥ About Royai ♥♥♥ What got you into Royai? Why do you like Royai so much? Favorite Royai headcanon? Silliest one? Most controversial one? Most specific one? Favorite and least favorite canon things about Royai? Favorite and least favorite Royai tropes? Choose between your babies! Roy or Riza?

♛♛♛ About Me ♛♛♛ The thing you were most excited to draw for the event? Favorite character/subject/object that was tough to draw? Do you warm up before getting to the good stuff? How? How different is it to work for a Big Bang project compared to regular art or comms? What did you enjoy the most about drawing for the Big Bang?

royai #royaibigbang #ask game

Hello! For the big bang ask game:

1. What was the most fun thing about the event?

2. What got you into royai?

3. What was your favorite/most challenging thing to draw?

Can't wait for everyone to see your work! ☺️💕

Hi! So happy to get an ask from you 🥹🩷

the most fun thing about the event… hmmm that is a hard question, but I think it is just a HUGE mix of meeting people I look up to and admire their work ( artists and authors ) and getting to know them, PLUS I was able to work with my idols which is a big deal haha. I got to draw many great scenes and now I have a very beautiful community that I wouldn't have if I had taken a chance and signed up in the event 🙂‍↕️🩷🩷 ( I love you big bang group )

2. Okay so, Royai - it all started when my brother was nagging me to read Fma’s manga, but I was just wasn't pulled ( anime wasn't a thing that I liked ), so as a bonding activity, My brother and I started to watch brotherhood. RIGHT at their ( Royai’s ) first appearance I looked at my brother:

“ tell me they are married.”

“ no they aren't,”

“ dating?”

” 🤷🏻‍♂️”

After the Nina episode, I was just disgusted and didn't want to finish the anime, but he promised me that they would kiss at the end. So yeah haha throughout the whole thing, I just kept shipping them hard and my love grew over each episode 🩷

3. Favorite thing to draw? Honestly, the joy I had of just drawing these two over and over is one of my favorite things haha I loved coloring Riza’s hair and doing Roy’s eyes. Each piece had its favorite parts and difficulties The most challenging parts- I would just give a few hints.

Hands, lighting on some arts, RIZA’S LIPS. And a hug between two females ( I won't spoil. ) and just after taking so many projects, drawing became a challenge, I just literally handed the last project’s arts last Thursday 😭

This event has been a blessing, I can't even thank @royaibigbang for organizing this 💋

What got you into Royai!?!

i just answered that one, but this might give me a chance to talk more about how I got more on the royai train

I think one main thing was reading everyone headcanons after I finished the anime. I just was so hungrily looking for kiss I was robbed out of 😂 ( mind you that day was a really bad day so it became extra ✨🫨)

Headcanons were a huge part, but also how beautifully everyone drew them and wrote them. Royai low-key reminds me of my parents in a way? Not sure how or the why but I think this is a reason. I started loving them more and doodling them in my journal and developing headcanon about them and yeah here we are 🫶🏻

Sneak peeks of the big bang fic overcome by @quiet-nocturne for the @royaibigbang

For the big bang asks! The thing you were most excited to draw for the event?

hi! 🩷

Roy and Riza all the way haha, I love my sillies and I always loved doodling them in my journal and my small notebook, so I knew I had to apply as an artist for the event

In the event I had the chance to draw them happy, sad, angsty and so much more!! I worked hard on the drawings and I hope you guys enjoy the Royai that will come 🥺🩷

hellooo friend! i have a big bang ask for u 🥰

What did you enjoy the most about drawing for the Big Bang?

Hi Emma 🩷🫶🏻

Definitely adding some headcanons through out my drawings! Of how Roy and Riza look like- well Mostly Roy, he is the one that I added few things that aren't canon to him - like a Mole under his eye and giving him blue eyes instead of Black ones and so on!!

Roy and Riza are my babies and I am so happy I got the chance to draw them over and over heheh