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Astanael
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I tell and share little stories.

Come and browse the museum of my musing. I'm sure you'll find many wonders, and maybe some horrors to go with.
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We didn't get far from the pond before rain started to pour like crazy. 
There must be a collapse in a strata above.
Not much to do, beside looking at time passing by.
It's fine, we need to rest here and then.

#mushrooms #story #art
December 31, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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The Sunken Milk Pond whereabouts are home to several farms. 
We went to buy some meat, but after playing a while with the cute agarabbits...
...we decided instead to buy some dried pleurotus and crispy lichens.

#mushrooms #story #art #travel
December 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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At last, we reached the Sunken Milk Pond, where the milky water goes underground.
Here in this fork, we can enjoy the warm water without polluting the main stream.
What a relief to after this arduous climb!

#mushrooms #story #art #travel
December 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Progress is arduous.
The way is slippery because of these slime-covered caps.
We don't want to tumble and fall into the milky water, as it would compromise the haverst downstream. 
We could have use spiked shoes, but we don't want to harm the mushrooms.
September 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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We're back to the crypts.
Time to prepare tonight ceremony: rusting chains, fixing skulls, sharpening knives... the usual.
For a moment, we were free.
We know that we will escape again.

- Allright, allright! said the High Priest. Stop mumbling... next summer?
- Yaaay !
- This time, count me in.
July 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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"The Iron Bolt" is out
Written by (c) Matthew RR Morrese - Illustrations by (c) Astanael
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0F9YG9VTC?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_thcv_1&storeType=ebooks

Please considere helping Dreamflight!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/saving-dreamflight
June 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Attention to all passengers. We're experiencing technical difficulties, as a large part of our workforce has melted together. Please do not interact with flesh amalgams, unless you're looking for employment opportunities, in wich case you're welcome to jump in. Thanks for your attention.
March 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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- Oh Pigeon God, share with us your wisdom!
- Looong nights, over... the SUN has return... The SEEDS will be found... in?
- ...in?
*flies away*
- ...in what?

#pencil #art #pigeon #anthro #feather #coo #god
March 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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What's left to do?
The eyes are watching,
The ground is giving,
Let's dance, me and you

#pencil #art

Que nous reste-t-il ?
Scrutés sans relâche,
Sur un sol qui nous lâche
Dansons, le reste est inutile.
March 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Big wheels keep on turnin'
Carry me home to see my kin
Won't miss the dust and the fumes
I think my butt is gone for ages

#pencil #art #wheels #big #motor #road #sweethome #alabama #lynidskynyrd
January 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Do not handle so roughly what you've found, Young One 
Can you show your Sister? She will tangle them all
Elder, each cut of your kind scissors is final
You're our threads caretaker, You're the Three That Are One 

#a5 #pencil #color
Watercolor pencil drawing of a girl, a woman and an elderly woman, standing in a stone alley, under an arch. blue tangled threads are dandling from the ceiling and the walls, and the three are arranging them.
January 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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https://www.amazon.com/Last-Urumi-Children-Things-Found/dp/B0DNZN6JCW?crid=2N19ZVHXY6LQP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-LyIMz1lpz6vpfNXHtc-3g.zeKOi9_ZED1Jcu3qP-T_Mx9yQB0N0mdzo4Sz2DQpj_0

Written by M.RR Morrese - www.canticlesproductions.com
Illustrated by Astanael - www.deviantart.com/astanael
Pencil drawing of three children standing on an egyptian boat, sailing in a sea of stars. Ibis are flying around.
January 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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https://www.amazon.com/Last-Urumi-Children-Things-Found/dp/B0DNZN6JCW?crid=2N19ZVHXY6LQP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-LyIMz1lpz6vpfNXHtc-3g.zeKOi9_ZED1Jcu3qP-T_Mx9yQB0N0mdzo4Sz2DQpj_0

Written by M.RR Morrese - www.canticlesproductions.com
Illustrated by Astanael - www.deviantart.com/astanael
Pencil drawing of three children standing on an egyptian boat, sailing in a sea of stars. Ibis are flying around.
January 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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https://www.amazon.com/Last-Urumi-Children-Things-Found/dp/B0DNZN6JCW?crid=2N19ZVHXY6LQP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-LyIMz1lpz6vpfNXHtc-3g.zeKOi9_ZED1Jcu3qP-T_Mx9yQB0N0mdzo4Sz2DQpj_0

Written by M.RR Morrese - www.canticlesproductions.com
Illustrated by Astanael - www.deviantart.com/astanael
Pencil drawing of three children standing on an egyptian boat, sailing in a sea of stars. Ibis are flying around.
January 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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https://www.amazon.com/Last-Urumi-Children-Things-Found/dp/B0DNZN6JCW?crid=2N19ZVHXY6LQP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-LyIMz1lpz6vpfNXHtc-3g.zeKOi9_ZED1Jcu3qP-T_Mx9yQB0N0mdzo4Sz2DQpj_0

Written by M.RR Morrese - www.canticlesproductions.com
Illustrated by Astanael - www.deviantart.com/astanael
Pencil drawing of three children standing on an egyptian boat, sailing in a sea of stars. Ibis are flying around.
January 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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https://www.amazon.com/Last-Urumi-Children-Things-Found/dp/B0DNZN6JCW?crid=2N19ZVHXY6LQP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-LyIMz1lpz6vpfNXHtc-3g.zeKOi9_ZED1Jcu3qP-T_Mx9yQB0N0mdzo4Sz2DQpj_0

Written by M.RR Morrese - www.canticlesproductions.com
Illustrated by Astanael - www.deviantart.com/astanael
Pencil drawing of three children standing on an egyptian boat, sailing in a sea of stars. Ibis are flying around.
January 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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https://www.amazon.com/Last-Urumi-Children-Things-Found/dp/B0DNZN6JCW?crid=2N19ZVHXY6LQP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-LyIMz1lpz6vpfNXHtc-3g.zeKOi9_ZED1Jcu3qP-T_Mx9yQB0N0mdzo4Sz2DQpj_0

Written by M.RR Morrese - www.canticlesproductions.com
Illustrated by Astanael - www.deviantart.com/astanael
Pencil drawing of three children standing on an egyptian boat, sailing in a sea of stars. Ibis are flying around.
January 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Posing alluringly on these rocks, in open air, was supposed to be way cooler in her head.

#pencil #color #carandache #art #mermaid #threads #sea

Poser de manière aguicheuse sur ces rochers en plein air était un plan bien plus gracieux dans sa tête.
Watercolor pencil drawing of a mairmaid, standing on a rock in open water. She's entangled in colored threads, most probably coming from broken nets.
January 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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- Your reign of terror is ove...
- Already there!? One sec please, Not ready!
- Blhgble!
- Like he said, er... how to put it...
- BLeaaarg?
- Oh yes. Ahem.... ONLY THOSE CARRYING THE... ORB OF... WHATEVER WILL BE WORTHY ENOUGH! GO BACK WHENCE YOU CAME!
Watercolor pencil drawing of a small groupe of DnD adventurers coming before a huge red demon only dressed with a bath towel and brushing his teeth, gesturing the groupe to wait a while. There's also a tentacled eyed green thing brushing their teeth and bubbling something at the group.
January 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Concealed, afraids, we walk the new times, wearing masks
There's eyes everywhere, protruding from nowhere
Show them faces that aren't ours, hide in plain sight!
The veil holds, we're still alone. Hidden from ourselves.

Happy New Year, I guess?
Watercolor pencil drawing of a masked figure, wearing a strange large rainbow cloak warily walking before a gigantic wall flesh with multiple colored eyes.
January 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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I'll hold my promise, my love. I won't seek vengeance, but justice!
Your soul may be gone, but your strength still linger in me. I'm no swordsman like you, I'm a sorceress.
And with your help, I think I found my magic wand.

#a5 #pencil #color #art
Watercolor pencil drawing or a red haired woman, in medieval garments, holding a longsword in her left hand. She's smiling and conjuring some spell with the other hand. Swirls of blueish magic twist around the blade.
December 31, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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You promised me, my love, to not pursue vengeance.
Shhh... Don't try to tell me otherwise. Why is that my soul still linger, but your burning desire for retribution?
Let me go.
We'll find each other soon enough.

#a5 #pencil #color #carandache
Watercolor pencil drawing of a woman in medieval garments standing in moss covered ruins, holding a longsword. Before her, the spectral figure of a man seems to talk to her, gently. She seems sad and powerless, yet standing strong.
December 30, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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Come my child, there's nothing worth anything anymore on dry land. 
Come to us, in the abysses, where's light and life are scarce. Where silence reigns supreme.
Escape to the depth, from the pain, from your responsibilities.

#a5 #pencil #color #art
Watercolor pencil drawing of monstrous tentacled creatures with pale white eyes and veiny flesh are swimming in open water to the depth of the oceans
December 29, 2024 at 1:15 PM
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- My back is killing, doctor.
- Let's take a look. How strong did your back is killing you?
- Not me.

#a5 #pencil #color #art

- Mon dos tue, docteur.
- On va regarder ça. A quel point votre dos vous tue ?
- Non, pas moi.
Watercolor pencil drawing of a nude women sitting before a mirror. For some reason, she has a snake on her tights. The reflection of her back in the mirror shows some larges bloodied teeth
December 28, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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Don't listen to this idiot, your garden's fine.
I feed the brambles, trimmed the trees, brush their teeth and lookey there! I've made some nice friends doing so.

#a5 #pencil #color #carandache #art #flesh #horror #monster #teeth #shepherd #leash
Watercolor pencil drawing of a strange shepherd in a sinister forest where trees have teeth. He hold three leashes, one holding a monstrous bird-thing sitting on his shoulder, one holding a flesh abomination sitting at his feet with many teeth and many eyes and one holding... something outside view.
December 27, 2024 at 9:36 AM