
Away from the flock
andie, she/her, 26, united states. this blog is full of Tolkien. also other art, photos, fandoms, and big-eyes-emoji stuff, but mostly Tolkien. i tag! my girlfriend is bright ivanaskye, who is a lot, but not too much
I’ve been away from my scanner for like two whole days, did you miss me? I’m back on my Cryptid Javert streak again, this time with more Valjean!
We have:
- A boy and his dog (there were requests for Cryptid Gavroche and Jav&Gav moments; they don’t get along well enough for that. If you’ve read the Brick, you know that Gavroche is basically a cryptid already: he is The Gamin, the archetype of the whole young underbelly of Paris.)
- A warm but slightly singed Inspector, parts one and two
- AngelStatue!JVJ. 1. Realizing he’s stolen from a bishop 2. In statue form and 3. After Toulon
- At Toulon–this isn’t done but I’m not sure when I’ll get to it, so you get the progress pic now. Somebody wanted me to draw birds, and by god I tried
- Wing studies
Join dog squad!
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(i) of Fëanor’s death, The Silmarillion
(ii) of Thorin’s death, The Hobbit
(iii) of Boromir’s death, The Two Towers
(iv) Thomas von Kempen, Prayers and Meditations on the Life of Christ


Abstract biology
Mindless and meditative but was satisfying to paint.
Cheerio .
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#art #artwork #sketch #sketching #doodle #abstract #biology #plants #life #blue #green #illustrator #painting #digitalpainting #artistsofinstagram #samnassour
Tagged by: @starspray and @glorfindels-muse for this meme, thank you!!
Rules: Tag 10 followers you want to get to know better.
Star sign: fuck u
Gender: female
Height: 5′3″
Sexuality: Bisexual
What image do you have as a wallpaper?: a pic of me and my girlfriend on lockscreen and a pic of, uh, mount sinai, as my home screen, for some reason. oh wait laptop wallpaper? tolkien’s “Laketown” illustration for the hobbit
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?: idfk what a boring thing to think out one option for. married probably.
What was your coolest Halloween costume?: I’ve never had a cool halloween costume in my life sorry
What’s your favorite 90s show?: Seinfeld lmao
Last kiss: @ivanaskye at the airport before she returned to her mountain and desert habitat a little less (?????) than a week (???????!!!!!!) ago
Have you ever been stood up?: I don’t remember tbh because my brain recorded very few memories of college
Have you ever been to Las Vegas?: This past May, for the first time!! It is not the sort of place I would ever stay for more than like 4 days in a row
Favorite pair of shoes: I just wore out the most comfortable and chameleon-like sneakers ever and discovered they’re no longer in stock ;__;
Favorite fruit: mangoes or wild strawberries
Stupidest thing you’ve ever done: IDK but probably something gay. no wait I drove home in a deathly shut-down-the-state 10-miles-of-traffic-jam crushing blizzard one night because I was distracted by thinking about something else until I got onto the highway.
Favorite book: JUST ONE……uh, potentially The Brothers Karamazov in the AU where Dostoevsky didn’t randomly die after the first book in a trilogy…as it stands, maybe Lord of the Rings.
Favorite GIF: that one with Obama making a ‘wtf man?’ expression and hand gesture
Tagging: @ivanaskye @gurguliare @thelioninmybed @imindhowwelayinjune @actualmermaid @kareenvorbarra @bamboocounting I am of course only picking mutuals who i know very well who haven’t been tagged yet for this ‘get to know u better’ meme bc i’m jonesing for funny answers
Rise and shine little bees! ☀️🐝
This little bee hatchling is one of the several leaf cutter bee species
that are native to the UK. They’re valuable pollinators in the garden
and a gardener’s friend 😀 Signs of their presence can be seen in plants that have had elliptical shapes cut from their leaves, particularly on roses.Thank you so much to Emily Doorish for allowing us to share this video,
helping to raise awareness of the importance of solitary bees during #SolitaryBeeWeek.OMG BABY BEE

Time for the BIG angels now! This is a chaya hakodesh or “holy living creature,” as (sort of) described in Ezekiel & found at the top of Maimonides’ angelic hierarchy – these are also sometimes called cherubim, which is very confusing since those are listed much lower than the chayot (which is why I went with the baby interpretation of a cherub). The human, lion, bull & eagle faces are connected to the cardinal directions & elements.
The little cherubim were finished sketches but I think this wants…color or something, even though I mostly hate coloring? We’ll see. Next up will probably be ophanim, my favorite angels!
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