Things I Should Have Already Known About Nightingale, But Had Deeply Repressed Until Reading Masquerades

忘记他

this is a scene from the film fallen angels by wong kar wai, and the study club prompt in the good omens reference library discord was the 1941 blitz era, so ofc i had to combine them and make crowley really sad again

It's his I-want-nothing-more-than-to-elope-with-you-right-now-but-due-to-circumstances-beyond-my-control-I-have-to-stay-in-line-and-keep-it-together-for-as-long-as-I-need-to-make-this-world-that-we-both-love-a-safe-place-for-us-to-be-together face.

y’all- it’s the SAME FACE as 1967

excuse me while I never recover from this…

RE: Good Omens and Rivers of London getting along together - Have you read Plausible Deniability by mizstorge at archiveofourown

Summary: In which Inspector Thomas Nightingale pursues stolen books on magic, Aziraphale presides over a book sale, Constable Peter Grant just tries to do his job, and Crowley values his domestic tranquility.

Have I read every Good Omens/Rivers of London crossover fic I could find on ao3? Well, yes, I absolutely have.

My favorite thing about them is how Crowley and Aziraphale are always casually living their happily married cottage life, established relationship tag, like no big deal 👌 They just perfectly fit into the Rivers of London universe as that quirky couple of supernaturals (not otherwise specified). And the descriptions of their vestigia, I absolutely love those 😍

Let me refresh my memory, Plausible Deniability... YES, I loved the ending with the, er, miscommunication! Crowley is living his secret agent AND his bodyguard dreams in this one. Plus, the Nightingale-Peter relationship is giving me delicious book 2 nostalgia.

Just saw there's a podfic, too! 😍

" - So what do you recommend to encourage affection...?

- Dancing.

Even if one's partner is barely tolerable."

:) 💙

Rivers of London ❤️ Good Omens

I was just thinking how Good Omens and Rivers of London universes should get along together so well... If you enjoy Good Omens, definitely give Rivers of London a try (or the other way around).

urban fantasy, magic, shenanigans, comedy

supernatural beings casually inhabit London

POC, neurodivergent and queer characters

hunting for old, occult books

beautiful vintage cars going way too fast for central London

people have been around for suspiciously many historical events

the nightingale, a symbol of war, perseverance and hope

AND THEN THEY ANNOUNCE THIS for the upcoming Rivers of London book

Oh, the brain rot! Waiting for Good Omens S3 won't get any easier, will it?

Nightingale , probabaly:

"So this ball, you say it's like a, a pageant? A competition?[TRIGGERED]"

Art Log - 06/2024

It's been about 3 months of using Procreate for me!

Would have never happened if it wasn't for my good friend who's an incredibly talented graphic designer. She let me test drive Procreate on her iPad. Back in the day we bonded over being weird artsy kids in school and now we're being weird artsy adults together 🤝 Best friendship dynamic.

According to tumblr, I posetd my first digital painting on April 4th (over on my other blog). I think I made a bit of progress since then, even though I didn't make a lot of paintings in the meantime.

For every single painting I'm still making a traditional pencil sketch, upload that to Procreate and then start coloring on top of it. Not sure if I'll ever get fully confident sketching directly in Procreate.

I started liking the process and the result more around the third painting when I started using a combination of soft and hard shading with some hatching for texture. So that's the 'technique' ended up using more deliberatly for this portrait of Aziraphale.

Gotta stop drawing side profiles, that's way too many side profiles 🙈

I'll post a more detailed making-of of that portrait to document my process a bit.

The trajectory of the stats is a little concerning: 1st painting (3hrs 50min, 16 layers), 2nd painting (5hrs, 21 layers), 3rd painting (9hrs, 23 layers), 4th painting (23 hrs, 62 layers). Yeah, probabaly not a sustainable trajectory. I need to learn how to make some quicker illustrations. I tried here, but did not like the result that much.

I will forever love traditional drawing and painting, but. Digital art ... it's nice! There's no extra space needed to store paints, no brushes to clean later, fixing mistakes is easy, trying out several different color variations not a problem.

It's a goal of mine to make more complex paintings some day. It will be hard for me, I just love portrait drawing too much, it's my happy place, you see? Right now I'm working on another portrait. And then I have another planned after that. So. I'm definetly not going anywhere fast with those plans, that's for sure 😅

Made another Crowley portrait this time with more of a focus on composition and color.

Judging by how things went for twitter? I'm extremely worried for this guy actually.

Just remembered Aziraphale blessed this guy's Grindr account. Lol, he got a dude laid. A lot.

Drawing Crowley

LET'S GO fashion dress-up doll piercings jewellery tattoos accessories nail polish gender all the hair styles slinky hips no bones ngk questionable facial hair various stages of snake sprinkle some booze and glitter on top yes perfect

Drawing Aziraphale

Meditate. Research. Reverently study his earthly vessel in a humble attempt to apperciate his essence more accurately. Softly, ever so carefully, with utter devotion, knowing no depictions can ever fully capture the angelic tranquil of this creature of light. Sunshine angel, would you be my muse for a little while?