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@rileylastname / rileylastname.tumblr.com

riley - she/they/any warning: i assume any empty blogs following me are bots, and they will get blocked on sight.
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Lara Croft. I made this drawing based on one of the concept arts from the 1996 Tomb Raider by Toby Gard

Hope you like it :)

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bogleech

Just realized that art was my first ever impression of her character and your version captures exactly the kind of personality I thought she was supposed to have. I was surprised when it turned out she was like a prim rich girl explorer and not some kind of gritty violent maniac. Can they go back and do it that way for real.

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Fr I really love Neil Banging Out the Tunes Day.

Like, that rat is definitely not with us anymore but he did one funny thing years ago and a bunch of internet people still remember and love him! And lots of my rats are not with us anymore and you know what? They also did funny things (or sweet things or even just very dramatic things)!

It just gives me hope that in a couple of decades' time I'll still be telling people about those little things even after I forget the smell of their fur or the feel of their kisses or the weight of cuddling them.

AND and and other rat owners recreating it with their babies just reinforces it even more! Now Neil is a part of their memories too!

Oh and people loving on a little rat man (a hairless one no less!) is always great too.

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vickysaurus

Pet rats live about three years. Neil Banging Out the Tunes is the equivalent of a human doing something silly today and being fondly remembered for it by thousands in the 26th century. That little guy banged out a memory of himself on a scale he couldn't possibly imagine.

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getting disabled over a period of time is so weird, because sometimes i’ll just see something, let’s say about running, and think “i should do that!” and then i slowly realise that i can’t run anymore. i can barely even walk. it’s weird because there wasn’t one event that happened that made me like it. there wasn’t a day where i woke up and couldn’t run anymore. it was slow and gradual. and sometimes i realise how much ive lost that i didn’t even realise because it all happened so gradually. sometimes it feels like yesterday i could run and today i can’t, and sometimes it feels like forever ago that i could.

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arkodian

This is part of my ongoing Discworld jacket embroidery project. Of course Great A'Tuin has to be on there. And of course it has to be the biggest one of them all.

I'm going to put the finished product in my masterpost, but I'm so proud of the thing that I have to put it in an extra post beforehand. Enjoy!

Update!!!

Behold: the elephants! 😁

The turtle moves! Now it's just the "cargo" left. And the universe. Well.

Update 3: Why did I have to try single thread for the disc. Why. How did I ever think that was a good idea. This is taking aaaages.

I'd say never again, but I know myself too well...

Still trying to decide whether to outline the landmass with darker thread or not. It would make the lands more distinct - but it might also make it look more like a comic. If you have any thoughts on it, let me know. I'll only decide once I've finished the rest of the disc and that'll be at least a week, if I had to guess.

I finally had some time to continue and the disc is done! Now just some stars, planets, etc...

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arkodianart

My estimate is that this took about 150 hours. About half of that went into the disc because I discovered single thread embroidery.

And because I always think it's really interesting to see the back of the embroidery - bonus:

On to the next one! Maybe I'll do the luggage now.

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petermorwood

Wow..!

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labelleizzy

Fuckin HELL, bud. You're an embroidery 🪡 HERO. SPECTACULAR!!!

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