Happy New Year, Everybody! 🥳🫶✨

I get it, we all have our preferences in the types of fiction we consume and the arcs we enjoy watching.

But the hate I'm seeing lately for characters who are genuinely kind, or characters who chose to redeem themselves is ridiculous, and people need to chill about it.

Some of us actually like seeing characters choosing good, compassion, and light. Some of us are actually comforted and reassured when we see fictional characters who had seemingly fallen too deep but still find a way out and discover true peace. Sometimes it's nice seeing characters who remain genuinely good despite going through immense pain and unfairness (they still have the right to feel things and work on their trauma of course, but when they actually manage to not become a villain because of it... I like that, I actually do like seeing that)

There's nothing wrong with stories about hope.

If you prefer to see characters become evil, destroy things, and making others suffer, good for you, and you enjoy that. But let those of us who like goodness in our stories enjoy it, and maybe diss on it a little less?

There are more than enough damnation arcs in real life and sometimes we need a break from that.

Hello dear,,,,

My name is Marah Baalousha from Gaza.

Computer engineering student

I hope you are well . 🇵🇸

I write to you with a heart full of hope and faith, and I ask for your urgent help. My family is in great danger due to the war, and I am running a fundraising campaign to save them. My father and mother suffer from diabetes and high blood pressure. Help me secure them

Please, any donation makes a difference in our lives, and every reblog helps reach as many people as possible. 🍉

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for any help you can provide.

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🎨 COLOR WHEEL 🎨

This took me a PRETTY long time and also a lot of IRL delays, hence why I'm posting on such a weird day (Monday). But I'm SUPER happy with the end result and that I finally got to draw so many of my favs that I never had before (these were all chosen by me hehe).

❤️ Fairy Godmother (Shrek) 🧡 Radley Heeler (Bluey) 💛 Chloé Bourgeois/Queen Bee (Miraculous Ladybug) 💚 Prince Naveen of Maldonia (The Princess and the Frog) 🩵 James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (Monsters. Inc), with a bonus Mike Wazowski, bc I could not pass on doing the gag xD 💙 Barley Lightfoot (Onward) 💜 Tecna (Winx Club) 🩷 Spinel (Steven Universe)

I also have individual slides of each one of these characters, but this post would be RIDICULOUSLY long if I posted them here. Maybe I will eventually, but in the meantime, you can check them out on my Insta or Twitter (or I guess the latter is "X" now. *SIGH* Just why? 😓)

💚 Tiana and Naveen 💚

Surprise last post of the year! I've been trying my hand at watercolors lately, so I thought I'd make my last Disember entry (and last post of the year) extra special! (This is both for prompt 30 "Prince", and prompt 31 "Tiana)

So happy to finally draw my favorite Disney couple. 😍 They were worth drawing while sick :'D

Thanks to everyone for your support this 2023! All my best wishes to each and every one of you this 2024. From the bottom of my heart, I hope everyone has a good New Years! 🥳

I haven't watched much of the G5 series, but I wanted to try my hand at an Opaline Arcana redesign!

Ko-fi/Commissions

A Fallen Comrade

Originally made these illustrations for my OCxCanon fanfic, "A Second Chance", but they also worked really well as standalone CA:TWS fanarts, and I wanted to see how this rack focus effect would look like in motion. So I made this little GIF. ❤️‍🩹

Individual images plus links below the cut.

It's been a while since I last promoted my fanfic around here. While it is an OCxCanon love story, I made a point to properly develop my character and her backstory individually and not just as Bucky's love interest, to make her interesting in her own right and to make their eventual relationship feel earned. And there's also a lot of focus on Bucky's journey of redemption and healing. And if you're like me and feel salty about canon MCU taking away Bucky's happiness and (seemingly) ignoring his redemption, and would actually like to see him get a happy ending after all the pain he goes through, this story is for you.

You can read it on Wattpad and AO3.

If you do, please leave a comment with your thoughts. I haven't gotten much feedback yet, and would love to know what other people think. It's not the best story ever written, but I'm super proud of it so far. Hopefully others can get enjoyment out of it, too. 🫶

EDIT: You can also see updates and cute art of the main couple on @/OC_RoBrooks over Instagram and Twitter.

🕸️🦾 A SECOND CHANCE - Chapter 17 - "Face to Face"

As Roxanne heads to rescue her brother and Bucky stays behind to protect the Garcías, both of them will have intense battles to face, both internal and external.

See the illustrations for the fanfic's newest chapter, and read here:

Archive Of Our Own

Wattpad

If you're new here, feel free to check it out from the start! Updates are slow, but there's plenty to get started. 💖

"A Second Chance" is a Bucky Barnes x OC, MCU fanfiction written by myself (@ro994art) and Julienne Dy (@juliennepearldy), with illustrations done by me.

I'm a whole day late, sorry... but HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY, ELEMENTAL!!! 🧡🩵

🔥💧 Ember and Wade 💧🔥

(I call them Wember, but if there's a more popular ship name for them, pls let me know xD)

HAPPY ELEMENTAL PREMIERE DAY! Though it sadly isn't coming to my country for another week ;_: But that's only making me build up more hype for this movie than I already had, so I REALLY wanted to include these two in my ongoing 4 ship challenge, even though no one requested them xD

I stepped way out of my comfort zone with this piece as you can see, and I'm honestly so happy with how it ended up looking! Hope you guys will enjoy <3

🎂 October 17th Birthday Girls 🎂

It's my birthday, so I drew myself with my two main OCs, who also share my birthday! (Just different years haha)

Yes, all three of us are nicknamed Ro. And they do have aspects of my personality to them. But other than that, the three of us are super different!

To those of you who don't know them, the girl on the left (red hair, piece sign) is my Equestria Girls OC, Rose Gold. She has a magical talent to see who people's soulmates are, and is a self-proclaimed matchmaker, though her confidence in her abilities may surpass her actual success range. She may or may not come off as kind of crazy sometimes, but she means well and has a heart of gold! (No pun intended)

And the older girl on the right (brown hair, in the Bucky hoodie) is my MCU OC, Roxanne Brooks, AKA Seda. As you may have guessed by her hand gesture, she has spider powers! She started off as my Spidersona but ended up becoming SO much more than that, and she has her whole story and AU that I'm currently working on publishing! (The story is fully planned out, though) She's very shy and insecure, which sometimes makes her superheroing difficult. But she's one of the kindest-hearted people you'll ever meet (as long as you don't get on her bad side or messed with her loved ones). She has had a rough life, but when she meets someone who's had it even worse, finding common ground with said person may lead to something more blooming between them (COUGH her hoodie gives you the answer, COUGH).

EDIT: I forgot to mention that her hoodie design is based off one made by an Instagram account StyledByMarvel. I'm totally in love with that hoodie and I'm not sure if they still have it in stock, but if they do, I so wanna get myself one someday TuT

You can see more of Roxanne specifically in the Instagram I have dedicated to her and the OCxCanon couple, as well as the ongoing fanfic about them! I don't have a lot of Rose Gold's lore posted as of yet, but my next post is going to be a little introduction to both her and a secret relative that she may or may not get all that well along with. 👀

So yeah, hope you don't mind this little self-gift. I've been having a rough year for a number of reason, so I wanted to treat myself a little. I hope you're all taking care of yourselves and that you'll have a great day! ♡

🌙✨️ Date for the Night (A SciFlash redraw)

SciFlash (human Flashlight) used to be practically all I drew back in 2017 up until maybe early 2020. Most of those artworks haven't aged very well, so I decided to redraw one of my most well-known pieces. I am quite proud of the improvement! I still have a lot of room to keep getting better of course, but it's nice to see how far I've come since I was in high school.

Original image under the cut.

Yeah, I think 17-year-old Ro would be proud of 2024 Ro, to be honest. 😅