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violettressed.bsky.social
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@violettressed.bsky.social
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they/them | 20s, queer, writer | violettressed @ ao3, augentrust @ tumblr

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georgeouthwaite.bsky.social
it's a secret so don't tell anyone, but I painted an orange last year
oil painting of orange half with segments on white background
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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zmeess.bsky.social
Essek and Caleb at Jester and Fjord's wedding party, k-i-s-s-i-n-g

#CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanArt #CriticalRoleSpoilers #shadowgast
digital fan art of Essek and Caleb from Critical Role, at Jester and Fjord's wedding, sitting on a bench and kissing. Essek is a young-looking slender dark elf with light lavender skin and shoulder-length white hair, which is artfully curled and pinned back. Caleb is a light-skinned thin human in his early forties, with auburn chin-length wavy hair and a full beard. they are both dressed in formal clothing, cream and light pink to match the colors Jester had picked for her wedding. Essek is wearing a silk shirt with bishop sleeves and a straight neckline that exposes his neck and a wide pearl choker; he also has slacks on, short enough to reveal his boots with metal toe-tips, as well as a coat made of thick matte fabric, with wide geometric shoulders and layered hanging sleeves. it is caught at the waist with a wide sash, the coat's two floral frog closures open. Caleb is dressed in form-fitting pants tucked into white boots, a leather strap around one of his thighs. he has a long-sleeved shirt on under a light pink sleeveless coat made of delicate floral brocade. there is a large white flower tucked behind his ear. both of them are wearing a bit of make-up: Essek has white lipstick on his bottom lip, and Caleb's eyes are accentuated with fiery red eyeshadow. they are sitting on a bench outside, leaning into each other, Essek placing a kiss on the corner of Caleb's mouth. Essek's left hand is guiding Caleb's chin towards him with a delicate finger, while his right is resting in Caleb's left. there is a flowering branch above them, soft pink petals lying on the white cobbled stones beneath their feet. the ocean is visible behind them, the setting sun shining right behind the couple's heads, illuminating them in warm orange glow.
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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saturdaysky.bsky.social
one day, after all your choices, you look in the mirror and realize you no longer have your father's eyes

#bg3 #art #oc (my gnome tav, mayhew!)
A painting of a curly-haired male gnome looking into a mirror with despair. One of his eyes is a glowing glass eye, and the other eye is ink-dark and monstrous. Dark veins snake out from his monstrous eye, like a corruption that's slowly spreading. He is touching his face as if seeing it for the first time and realizing the depths to which he has sunk - and that there's no going back. The lighting is moody, dark, and cool-toned.
November 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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ariadne-mouse.bsky.social
Have some cranberry rolls! Cranberry rolls for your trying times, as many rolls as it takes.

#criticalrole
A digital painting of a baking tray of eight cinnamon-roll like pastries with a red swirl in them, pink icing, and cranberries sprinkled on top.
October 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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oriato.bsky.social
here's a WIP of mine that has served as a good destresser this week #shadowgast
October 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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neongrey.bsky.social
all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.
October 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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linootte.bsky.social
ANOTHER SAD BOY LEZGO!!! 🔥🔥🔥 #calebwidowgast #mightynein #mightyneinanimated
October 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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mostlyangrybabs.bsky.social
finding some comfort

#criticalrolefanart
September 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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lakrisrot.bsky.social
new fic!
🩸 Essek/Caleb
🩸 M, 11.6k words
🩸 Caleb has a bad time

archiveofourown.org/works/70726886
September 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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saturdaysky.bsky.social
continuing the backfill of old art over here, have a #shadowgast leyendecker kiss 🧡💜

#criticalrolefanart #art
A digital painting of two people kissing. Caleb Widogast, a white man with red hair, is embraced by Essek Thelyss, a dark-skinned elf with white hair. One of Essek's arms curls around Caleb's back, holding him close. The other holds Caleb's hand to his heart. Essek leans his head down to kiss Caleb tenderly. In return, Caleb melts into Essek's embrace; he tilts his face up and kisses Essek back with a small smile on his lips. Essek is dressed in rich, embroidered clothing. Caleb wears a simple, dark coat, and a pale scarf. In the background around the two of them, there are faded paintings of decorations and spell components: an hourglass, a clock, pearls, ribbon, a platinum thread.
December 5, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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cakeandchaos.bsky.social
A quick Caleb for ol' times sake. I missed drawing my babies 🥲💕 #criticalrole #calebwidogast
August 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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kurocyou.bsky.social
First kiss, last kiss, and some in between.

(this was actually from 2021 and for some reason I never posted it anywhere?? anyway here have it)

#criticalrolefanart #criticalrole #shadowgast #KuroArt
sketchy, lined artworks with a watercolor-looking finish of caleb widogast and essek thelyss. the upper one depicts Caleb kissing Essek's forehead in the infamous boat scene of episode 97. The one at the bottom depicts a scene much later in time, of Essek kissing a elderly Caleb, with white hair braided with colorful flowers, on his forehead - presumibly on his deathbed. sketchy, lined artworks with a watercolor-looking finish of caleb widogast and essek thelyss. The one at the top depicts Caleb kissing Essek on the cheek, as he does in episode 141. In the one at the bottom, Essek cradles Caleb's hand in his and his kissing the back of it, while Caleb looks at him intensely.
August 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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zmeess.bsky.social
i had to sketch him real quick before bed or it would have been a no sleep kind of scenario for me

#CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanArt #CriticalRoleSpoilers #EssekThelyss
digital head shot sketch of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role, a semi-realistic redraw of the animated series screen shot that was posted in the recent Entertainment Weekly article. the screenshot itself is pasted to the right of the sketch as a point of reference. Essek is depicted as a young-looking dark elf with short hair, with longer wavy bangs swept to one side. his pointy ears are decorated with ear caps, and he is looking intently at something in front of him and a bit down, with a tired but intrigued and analytical look.
July 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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oliverryan.bsky.social
Had a fantastic time at Annecy last week, was great to meet up with old and new friends. Inspired me to do a little comfort zone painting based on a castle we saw while cycling around the lake🌞
June 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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loliwobbles.bsky.social
I don’t know what I’m doing, but as Bowie said:
“Wasn't too much fun at all
But I'll be there for you
As the world falls down”
#criticalrole #criticalrolefanart
June 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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saturdaysky.bsky.social
drew former inquisitor mayhew cadash for a oneshot i'll be playing in soon! he's a rogue/artificer who found himself a strange little buddy in the deep roads

#art #oc #dragonage
A full color portrait of a male dwarf with dark hair and brown skin. His hair is greying, and his face shows definite wrinkles and creases; this is a man who has lived for some time in the world. Even though he appears to be in his fifties, he has shut his eyes to indulge in the whimsy of blowing the seeds off a dandelion. On his shoulder is a little crystal creature that glows blue. It watches the seeds fly with rapt interest. The overall feeling is peaceful, but the green, rift-like lighting adds an ominous air. A black and white portrait of a male dwarf with dark hair and brown skin. His hair is greying, and his face shows definite wrinkles and creases; this is a man who has lived for some time in the world. Even though he appears to be in his fifties, he has shut his eyes to indulge in the whimsy of blowing the seeds off a dandelion. On his shoulder is a little crystal creature that glows. It watches the seeds fly with rapt interest. The overall feeling is peaceful, but the rift-like lighting adds an ominous air.
July 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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loliwobbles.bsky.social
“I love you.”
“I will always love you.”
“Thank you. I’m sorry. Thank you.”
#CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanart
Caleb is sitting down and hugging Veth, who is standing up, around her waist. Veth kisses the top of Caleb’s head. It’s nighttime in Eiselcross and both of them are inside the dome. Beau is sleeping back to back with Caleb and Jester is sleeping in front of them, facing the viewer.
July 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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saturdaysky.bsky.social
porting over more art! meeting on the turret stairs, but make it #shadowgast

#criticalrolefanart #criticalrole #saturdayskyart #art
A #shadowgast rendition of the painting "Meeting on the turret stairs." Essek, an elf in sumptuous blue robes, and Caleb, a human in a leather coat over a maroon shirt, share a moment on a stone spiral staircase. Essek is climbing up and Caleb is descending; in the moment of their passing each other, Caleb has clutched Essek's hand in his arms and drawn it to his face. He presses his lips to Essek's forearm like he doesn't wish Essek to leave, but this is the only part of Essek he can reach. Essek has turned his face to the wall with a stricken expression. Neither of them wants the moment to be over, but they cannot stay. In less than a moment after the scene in this painting, they will have departed. The only evidence they were there will be the strand of pearls scattered on the floor: fortune, slipped through their fingers.
October 28, 2024 at 12:02 AM
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caitmayart.com
This is like... the most passionate shit I've ever drawn
#shadowgast #wip
wip of essek and caleb going in for SMOOCHES
July 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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loliwobbles.bsky.social
Working on another #Shadowgast moment and breaking my own damn heart in the process. #CriticalRole
June 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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saturdaysky.bsky.social
dragon age au. mayhew cadash, red lyrium smuggler and rift lover, staring fondly at a tear in the veil

#dragonage #art #oc
A black and white sketch of a bearded man with greying, dark, curly hair pulled into a haphazard bun. His beard is similarly haphazard. He's smiling in joyful, childlike wonder, which highlights both his missing canine tooth and the smile lines around his eyes.
June 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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loliwobbles.bsky.social
There's nothing sexier than wizards kissing. #criticalrole #criticalrolefanart #shadowgast
June 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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zmeess.bsky.social
finally finished my mermay shadowgast picture, which took a while and was all sorts of fun to work on 💜🧡

initially inspired by a vintage photograph (in the replies!); i took one look at it and thought yep this one needs to be turned into shadowgast merfolk

#shadowgast #CriticalRoleFanArt #MerMay
digital fan art of Essek Thelyss and Caleb Widogast from Critical Role, depicted in alternative universe designs as merfolk. they're lounging on a rocky shore in the light of the golden hour, the still blue sky reflected on the layered surface of flat limestone, with just a bit of the sea and pink horizon visible in the background. Caleb is light-skinned and is depicted with a long brownish tail, which has short spiky fins edged with brigher orange. it's lighter in the front and darker in the back, with wavy stripes reminiscent of mackerel. similar stripes, but fainter, are running up his arms and back. he has very long dark auburn hair in a braid, with a few light pearls decorating it, and a full beard; both his head hair and facial hair are tinged slightly green, as if growing algae. there are reddish gills on the sides of his ribcage, and he's carrying a pouch strapped tightly around his shoulders. Essek has light lavender skin and short curly hair; his iridescent white tail is inspired by the spiny fins of the lionfish, the soft ends of them cascading down in the air. he has gills in his sides as well, and his pointed ears, forearms and hands are tinged a darker purple color. he is wearing a white decorative mantle that is hugging his neck and flaring out over his shoulders, its lace-like design similar to the geometric shapes of the venus's flower basket. around his hips, there is a double strand of silver oyster shells. Caleb is sitting down, his tail stretching out in front of him, while Essek is lying on his side next to Caleb, propping himself up on one elbow. Caleb is holding one of his hands in front of his face, and Essek is reaching up to lay a gentle hand on Caleb's forearm, kissing the back of Caleb's hand. they are both smiling softly, with their eyes locked and half-closed.
June 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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mostlyangrybabs.bsky.social
some more lovely wonderful beautiful blorbos for @violettressed.bsky.social, @kmackatie.bsky.social, @zmeess.bsky.social and @firefright.bsky.social

just look at them 🥺

#art
June 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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mostlyangrybabs.bsky.social
it's my birthday so I drew my favorite dirt wizard 🧡

#criticalrolefanart
April 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM