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Gileonnen
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Hello, I'm Gil! No pronouns for me, please.
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A Horatio!
A black cat curled up very small on a desk, his eyes closed and his tail curled around his little nose.
June 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Taking commissions! Portraits only; no poses or full-body illustrations. Visual references not required; happy to do character design work. Payment on delivery. Currently only accepting payment by Paypal.

Lineart only: $30
Flat colors: $35
Shading/smudgy background: $50

DM me to request a slot!
A commissions reference sheet showing examples of lineart, flat colors, and shaded art. All three depict a man with long, dark hair that's braided back at the sides. The text on the left of the image reiterates what's written in the post: Portraits only, References not required, Payment upon delivery (Paypal only). It also lists the rates: Lineart only - $30, Flat colors - $35, Shading - $50.
March 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Every time I'm tempted to despair that I'm not getting better at art fast enough, I think about how ECSTATIC High School Gil would've been to make the stuff I'm drawing now. Side-by-side comparison, from ~twenty years ago and today:
A drawing of a woman with long grey hair that's pulled to the side with red ribbon and spills over her shoulder. She's wearing a form-fitting dark brown leather dress with a sort of red fabric flap detail that comes down from her shoulders to cover her breasts. She's giving the viewer a ferocious side-eye. An illustrative portrait of a man with long, dark hair that's braided back at the sides, wearing red and black robes. He's smiling slightly, crookedly. The background is an abstract spattering of red and black that frames his face like a bloody halo.
February 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Senovar Zataja, the Red Wizard.
An illustrative portrait of a man with long, dark hair that's braided back at the sides, wearing red and black robes. He's smiling slightly, crookedly. The background is an abstract spattering of red and black that frames his face like a bloody halo.
February 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Quote your portraits

Portraits are what I do!
A dark-skinned elf wearing dark, spiked armor. His hair is dressed in dozens of thin locs, ornamented with golden beads. His expression is severe. On his left side, his skin is overgrown with glowing fungus and mycelial threads, and his eye is milky and unseeing. Behind him is a blighted, craggy land lit with sickly green light. A man with warm brown skin and a gentle expression; his dark, curly hair is tied back and crowned with flowers. He wears a white robe with a purple collar stitched with white embroidery, and there is a heavy gold earring in his ear. A pregnant woman with warm brown skin and dark, curly hair; she is wearing a saffron-orange sleeveless gown and heavy gold bangles. Her lipstick is vivid red. She has her hand on her hip, and is looking over her shoulder with an expression of suspicion or contempt. A picture of a Black woman with extremely thick, stiff locs that frame her face in a sunburst. She is crowned with pearls set on a chain like droplets of snow, and wears a matching necklace. Her draped silver gown exposes her shoulders and collarbones.
January 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Every old wound blooms with luminous fungus--mycelium winds through Sulein's body like a second nervous system, devouring and sustaining him.
An illustration of a Black, trans elf man with thin dreadlocks. He is naked, and stands looking to his right before a landscape of jagged black stone wreathed in vapor. His left side is abloom with glowing fungus, as are the top surgery scars under his pectoral muscles.
January 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Me mustering my last shreds of willpower to revise this novel:
Text from Anne Carson’s translation of The Bakkhai by Euripides, which reads: [enter Dionysos] Dionysos: Okay ladies, up we get, no more crouching, no more sobbing.
December 10, 2024 at 8:53 PM
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Sulein es-Marga, Witch King of Zrakh Brendol.
A dark-skinned elf wearing dark, spiked armor. His hair is dressed in dozens of thin locs, ornamented with golden beads. His expression is severe. On his left side, his skin is overgrown with glowing fungus and mycelial threads, and his eye is milky and unseeing. Behind him is a blighted, craggy land lit with sickly green light.
December 3, 2024 at 2:18 AM
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Sometimes, I wish my art progression were faster. Here's art from eighteen years ago, ten years ago, and today.
Art from eighteen years ago: a wizard named Darius with a brown robe, a knobbly staff, a grey beard, and long grey hair. Art from ten years ago. To the left is an elf with antlers, shown in profile, with his long dark hair braided back. Standing before him is an orc wearing an elaborately embroidered jacket with patterns like sheaves of wheat. The orc has green skin, and his beard is bound up beneath his chin with a cord. He wears his hair shaved except for a topknot that hangs low off the back of his head. The background is a moody purple and awash with lightning. Art from today. An illustration of an orc wearing a studded brigandine. He wears his hair shorn on the sides, with a long, loose topknot. His expression is severe. Behind him is a blighted, craggy land lit with sickly green light.
November 30, 2024 at 5:01 AM
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May-His-Blade-Be-Righteous, Paladin of Justice Absolute, on the edge of the corrupted lands beyond the Maw.
An illustration of an orc wearing a studded brigandine. He wears his hair shorn on the sides, with a long, loose topknot. His expression is severe. Behind him is a blighted, craggy land lit with sickly green light.
November 30, 2024 at 1:08 AM
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Several Tolkien elves~
An illustration of Fingon from the Silmarillion as High King. He is a Black elf with his braided hair elaborately decorated with gold ornaments, and he's wearing a crown like branching flames set with pearls. He looks thoughtful and concerned. An illustration of Galadriel from the Lord of the Rings. She is a dark-skinned elf with blonde hair in elaborate, ornamented braids, with a dramatic emerald earring; however, the shoulders of her white gown are very simple, as is her ring Nenya, which gleams in the moonlight like a star through her fingers. An illustration of Maedhros and Fingon from the Silmarillion. Maedhros is a red-haired elf wearing a red tunic with gold embroidery and glowing orange jewels; he is missing his right hand. Fingon is a Black elf with gold thread braided into his hair; he wears a white tunic with gold ornamentation on the sleeves, and a deep blue shawl. They are embracing with their foreheads pressed together. An illustration of Fingolfin from the Silmarillion, during the Battle of Sudden Flame. He is a dark-skinned elf wearing studded armor with plates in the style of a Coat of a Thousand Nails. Behind him, a forest burns; its red light illuminates him as he gazes into the distance.
November 29, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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Quote this post with your most kudos'd Ao3 fic:

For the rest of my life, it will always be this one. Big fandoms are no joke.
Screenshot of a fanfic card in Archive of Our Own. The fic is titled "A Rare Bloom," and it's an E-rated Black Panther fic starring M'Baku and T'Challa that was posted on the 24th of February, 2018. The summary reads, "When Shuri finds evidence that the heart-shaped herb might still be growing wild in Jabariland, T'Challa and M'Baku embark on a quest to find it. As the journey takes them deep into the mountains, though, their newfound trust--and growing attraction--is tested." As of the time of screenshot, on the 22nd of November, 2024, the fic has 160 comments, 1,596 kudos, 258 bookmarks, and 14,074 hits.
November 22, 2024 at 8:13 PM