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Shady 🌱 (hiatus)
@shady-groves.bsky.social
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25 || Hobbyist artist + fanfic writer! Day job is attempting to escape the clutches of the corpo cubicle cage

((on socials hiatus - will post stuff occasionally but might not be responsive 🙇‍♀️))

art tags: #MyTimeAtSandrock | #MyTimeAtEvershine | #OC
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me when
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
shady-groves.bsky.social
my thought process went like

"qi would be super efficient when he writes up his requests so he'd only sign with his initial” -> "wait but his name is 2 letters long" -> "but wait he'd still totally do that omg" (text in alt)
On the far side of the board was one from Qi. It caught Wis's eye, not because of the requested product or the reward, but the request's note. Namely, that it had one this time. A substantial one, that is. *"Request disclosed. Prompt fulfillment appreciated."* *Appreciated.* It made Wis pause, even though it really shouldn't have. Maybe it was just because she wanted to take as much time looking over the board as possible to rub at Yan some more, because she sure as hell wouldn't notice something as small as this if it was any other time. Or maybe it was because she was pretty used to taking Qi's commissions by now. His requests on the board were fairly frequent, being a scientist that needed all sorts of materials for experiments and inventions. It would always be a familiar sight, seeing those mostly blank notes thrown up onto the board without much thought, sometimes completely covering up someone else's slips. Always with a terse 1-3 word message, always some variant of *"Need. Now."* or *"Required."* or *"Commission; high priority."* Always signed with a simple "Q" in the corner. (...His name was only two letters long. Why'd he never bother to just put the "i" in? Okay sure, he *was* the only person in town with a Q in their name, but still...)
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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incredibly dumb idea i had while i was writing alskdjfkdfjdkrj 😂

#mtas #mytimeatsandrock #oc
Qi is writing on a clipboard, while Wis is holding a piece of paper, a commission slip from Qi that reads "Need. Now. Q" Wis: Why do you only sign your commission requests with "Q?" Qi: Efficiency. I am the only individual with a 'Q' in their name, yes? So it is understandable nonetheless. Wis gets a blank look on her face. Wis turns around to look at Qi with a skeptical expression. Wis: Your-- Your name is *two* letters long. Qi: (shrugs) Still. Efficiency. Wis: *It's just two extra penstrokes.* Suddenly zoomed in with a more detailed drawing, Qi pushes in his glasses with a smug grin while Wis stands right behind his shoulder with an incredulous look. (Simplified Chinese character 齐, Qi's surname, with stroke order guides) Qi: Well, in Seesaian, the character for my surname is *six* strokes. Wis: *Well, we're not writing in Seesaian now, are we.*
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
shady-groves.bsky.social
"...When I look out on huge ruins like these...it reminds me that both of us were born in ruins, too."

"Indeed. Perhaps the best things to emerge from such a place."

"..."

"..."

"...Barring...?"

"The lost episode of Gungam X, if it ever is found."

"Pfft. Of course."

#mtas #mytimeatsandrock
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
shady-groves.bsky.social
Spirals in the Sand - a Sandrock adaptation of Junji Ito's classic Uzumaki!

New fic for spooky day!! Not done yet but I've got a sizable chunk of it in for da holidayyy

[Read on AO3!](archiveofourown.org/works/730954...) PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF TAGS AND WARNINGS!

#mytimeatsandrock #mtas #shadysfics
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
shady-groves.bsky.social
it's my birthday and so it's s!wis's birthday too! but all the other clones can also get cake flkdjfjdkfjdr
October 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
shady-groves.bsky.social
"To the victor go the spoils."

wis certainly has some...feelings about that invasion...

#mytimeatsandrock #mtas
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
shady-groves.bsky.social
WAHHHH BECA THANK U BUT I CANT TAKE CREDIT FOR IT 😂TIS MERELY A REDRAW OF A JUNJI ITO KEY ART.....
October 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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thanks for the tip
October 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
shady-groves.bsky.social
🌀🌀🌀[wip]
October 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
shady-groves.bsky.social
this year, get ur clone gf something that means everything to her <3

#mtas #mytimeatsandrock #oc
Qi (holding a massive stack of papers): For your birthday this year I sequenced your entire genome (I hope you like it...) Wis: Awwwwwww, that's so sweet! <3
October 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
shady-groves.bsky.social
i have officially escaped the clutches of grad school
October 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
shady-groves.bsky.social
…where else would it come from?
October 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
shady-groves.bsky.social
huehue doxa was an angel so i choose HER oc 😤it's aka!! he'll look incredible in your style 👀👀
September 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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they are so important to me,,,

#GenshinImpact
4 nod krai cube bots. On the right is a stack of three. From bottom to top: a bot with no legs or other features with a transmitter symbol on its screen; a bot with screw 'ears' and a happy face on its screen, jumping up; a bot with flap 'ears' trying to balance on the middle bot with spinning circle eyes on its screen. On the left is a bot with 'bunny ears' making a break for it.
September 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
shady-groves.bsky.social
sunset // moonrise

something experimental to play with color and some new brushes :>

#mtas #mytimeatsandrock
August 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
shady-groves.bsky.social
working through art block by LIVIN and LEARNIN‼️
#mtas #mytimeatsandrock
Qi from MTAS in the Sonic Adventure title art pose
August 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
shady-groves.bsky.social
(3/3)
Wis is still faceplanted on the bar, but she raises a finger. Heidi and Grace have stopped laughing, looking at Wis incredulously. Wis (mumbling): He's more like a cat than a puppy anyway... (faint imagined image of Qi with cat ears and whiskers) Heidi and Grace exchange a look. Heidi and Grace lose it. Their faces are stretched into gleeful, comically-exaggerated smiles as they shriek. Heidi + Grace: WISTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
July 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
shady-groves.bsky.social
(2/3)
Qi looks down towards the viewer, flat but with a glimmer of interest and curiosity. Grace: ...And that look in his eyes...? Heidi and Grace tease Wis, depicted like comical little angels. They squee over and imagined image of Qi with dog ears. Wis is yelling with her head thrown back. Grace: He looks like a puppy following her around!!! Heidi: Awwwwwwwww, puppyyyyyyyyyyy!!! Grace: He's just a puppyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! Wis: GUYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Wis is faceplanting onto the bar. Heidi is laughing loudly with her head thrown back, while Grace is cry-laughing, one hand on Wis's shoulder.
July 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
shady-groves.bsky.social
down bad (1/3) #mtas #mytimeatsandrock
Wis and Heidi are seated at a bar with drinks. Heidi is leaning towards Wis, a cheeky look on her face. Wis is sunk low in her chair with an annoyed yet embarrassed expression. Heidi: Ya ever see the director get as happy as he does when wis comes 'round? Even when they're just passin' each other on the street, he actually says hi! (An imagined image of Qi politely waving with a book in one hand is next to Heidi's speech bubbles.) Wis (grumbling): Heidiiiiiii... At the same bar, on the other side of Wis, is Grace with her drink. She is leaning her chin on one hand with a teasing look at Wis. Wis has sunk lower in her seat. Grace: He won't ever talk to ME about anything... But he tells Wis eeeeeeeeeeeeeverything. (Imagined images of Qi and Grace giving each other an unamused stare, and Qi and Wis happy with each other.) Wis (mumbling): No he doesn't..... Closeup of Wis's cranky face. Heidi and Grace continue talking out of frame. Heidi (with a happy expression): And he spends so much time with her? When was the last time you saw him out for any kinda fun before Wis came along? Grace (with a mischievous look): Ohmigosh, have you SEEN them when they hang out? Qi always tails behind her a bit... (imagined image of Qi and Wis stick figures, walking together.) Wis: Stoppppppppppppppppp.......
July 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
shady-groves.bsky.social
fireflies 🌟🪲

#mytimeatsandrock #mtas
Wisteria and Qi are seated in a grassy field with wildflowers, surrounded by leafy trees and fireflies. It is nighttime, and the only illumination comes from the stars in the sky and the fireflies in the field. Wisteria cradles two fireflies hovering close to her near her chest, a serene look on her face. Qi is crosseyed, looking at a firefly that has landed on his nose. His eyes are widened a little with surprise. His arm is up, hand halfway to his face.
July 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
shady-groves.bsky.social
FASDFKASDFASDFDRJ I WAS JUST GOING ABOUT MY BUSINESS AS USUAL AND THEN IT HAPPENED
May 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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okay okay actual art now 😂[cw: mild body horror, nothing too detailed or bloody]

#oc #mtas #mytimeatsandrock
Wisteria's severed head floats in a suspension medium. It is tilted upward and away from the viewer so that only one eye is visible, blank and looking at the viewer. Her hair is billowing around in the fluid. Her spine protrudes from where her neck is cut, gradually unraveling into DNA. The piece is rendered in monochrome, with bright red highlights, and the sclera of her eye a bright white.
May 22, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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is this anything fjkalsdfkasdfjaskdrj

#mtas #oc #mytimeatsandrock
Spoof of the Mordetwi "Airplanes" meme. Wisteria is on the left, looking up at the starry night sky, tears streaming down her face, saying "Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars?" Qi is on the right in the Olympia launch silo, looking down with his eyes closed and tears streaming down his face, saying "I could really use a wish right now. wish right now. wish right now." The entire piece is sloppily drawn in MS Paint.
May 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
shady-groves.bsky.social
when he smiles...

(he's telling her that dumb little sodium bicarbonate joke aldkfjadkfj) #mtas #mytimeatsandrock #oc
Qi is throwing up a hand and laughing, eyes closed and almost aglow with mirth. Wisteria is staring back dumbfounded at Qi, a blush illuminating her cheeks.
March 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM