by some miracle. i did in fact finish my fic for @theterrorbigbang on time! (with illustrations by @noughticalcrossings!) now You Too can read about georgie hodgson experiencing the plots of a plurality of operas of the early-mid 19th century from the point of view of the soprano!
Someone in the comments asked what was going on here:
This dude is brewing some booze. This process creates gas and if you’re not careful with a fully sealed bottle they can explode. The gloves provide space for the gases to gather and a visual way to check the fermentation- if the glove isn’t inflating, something went wrong in that bottle.
i wish tumblr was functional as a dating app like “hello i saw you over there posting about bionicles i would like to take you out to dinner and then kiss you under the moonlight”
this next character is a striped gnoll! Because the range of real life striped hyenas extends into the Middle East and India, I took inspiration from 19th-century Ottoman Turkish fashion for her outfit.
I imagine this character as living a cosmopolitan life in a city or busy town, working as the owner of a high-end textile and jewelry shop. New customers are sometimes surprised by her species; she resents the misconception among non-gnolls that her people are coarse barbarians who can’t have an eye for fine things.
