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Jake, he/him. This is my happy place. Check out my tags. Current fandoms: MDZS/The Untamed, various cdramas and kdramas, Sterek, AFTG, TFC, Legend of Zelda, ATLA, and the occasional Star Wars and Check Please! Header image by 噩梦中的大脸 on Sina Weibo. Personal rambles are under #jake talks if you want to blacklist those.
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Kustaa’s Second Favorite Apprentice 

Another fanart for Salvage by @muffinlance

I am in love with this story, I have so many sketches about the lovely scenes MuffinLace creates. Please give a chance to it even if you are not a big fan of fanfictions. 

I sized up Seal Jerky a little bit, I wanted to make him comfy for Zuko. I am pretty sure he will grow this big if he keeps feeding him. 

Also excuse my background skills, I have none. 

[id: Four drawings of a very well-integrated Water Tribe Zuko; the last three are close-ups of the first to show extra detail.

Zuko sits on deck, looking relaxed but focused, studying a richly illustrated book of medicinal plants. Curled around his back is Seal Jerky post-growth-spurt; he is huge and happy and sleepy, his eyes closed as Zuko keeps an idle hand positioned on his head in case of emergency scritches. Zuko wears a light blue shirt and dark blue pants, and has the end of his bead braids tucked back into his wolf tail so they hang horizontally.

Around them is a richly illustrated deck: Zuko sits between the railing and several large barrels, the mast and sails ahead of him. It is a lovely day on the Akhlut and he is a horrible ex-prince.

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I can't quite explain it, but Clue (1985), The Princess Bride (1987), Galaxy Quest (1999), and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) are all the same genre

They aren't a spoof (roast) or a love letter (tribute), but a best man's speech; an expression of love with a gentle ribbing on ocassion.

I've been seeing a lot of posts about piracy lately and in light of this i do need to say something because I've been seeing a lot of misinformation.

anti-viruses, vpns, ad-blockers- none of these are going to help you here.

the first thing you're going to need is a good solid boat (preferably oak wood). you will also want some cannons and a plank depending on the sort of shenanigans you plan on getting into.

Also! Not once have i seen any of you talking about the importance of citrus fruits and vitamin C. antivirus doesn't prevent scurvy. come on you should know this by now.

this sort of misinformation is wildly dangerous and irresponsible.

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I did sketch this for @zukkaweek 2025 day 4: wrong number and mainly interpreted it as a 'telephone' prompt

and clearly didn'T finish it on time. and was a bit unsure what to do. but i liked the doodle and decided to spend time to colour it and add as many tiny graffities as possible on this old danky phone booths. i guess when you notice the cute guy next to you, running out of change, you are willing to offer him a few cents, so he can finally tell his chatty uncle what he called him for.

(bigger chopped up version under the cut just in case someone wants to zoom in on details)

You ever see something innocuous, minding its own business on the clearance shelf at Michael’s and before you know it, it takes over your life for a few weeks?

So it was with this desktop greenhouse.

I took it home and after taking an appropriate time to “season” my idea in my mind (read: a month or two) I set to make my vision of a mini botanical garden a reality.

I started by removing the heavy glass panels and building a raised floor above the latch. I wanted to use the base as a foundation on the building.

I wrapped the foundation in plastic stone textured flooring (meant for Christmas villages) and built a pond at one end of the same. I then gave it a more realistic paint job and designed a rough layout for my plants and displays.

I also knew I wanted to make the ironwork significantly more intricate, but I wasn’t sure how just yet…

Up next - PLANTS! I went wild making all kinds of plants. Some were specific species and some were more conceptual.

I made several trees with polymer clay and moss, cacti out of beads and flocking, cattails out of raffia, hot glue and coffee grounds, and giant monstera leaves out of paper and wire.

This part should have taken me a long time, but it really came together fast. I loved finding ways to replicate natural shapes and patterns using bits of this and that.

I did make adjustments to my plans as I went like eliminating benches in favor of a simpler overall design.

Then I needed to fill my pond with water. For this I used resin. Lily pads were added to the top layer, and I wired in simple LED fairy lights. The batteries are kept in the box under the foundation.

In a weekend frenzy I added more plants, metal (paper) steps, new (plexi)glass windows, a roof, wrought-iron vines (paper again), doors that open, and a hose reel disguising the latch. Suddenly, a project I thought would take months was finished…

I love my desktop botanical garden. Right now it sits on a simple lazy Susan in my office. But I’d love to get it a proper display box to protect from dust.

Thank you for coming on this little journey with me. This piece packs a lot of joy into a tiny space. I always love building miniatures, and I’ll be doing more in the future I’m sure.

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