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[Fanart] Inktober 2019 art (and some Fictober 2019 drabbles)

Summary:

Have some inktober fanart and some fictober drabbles. This is slowly becoming one of those things that show up tagged with a bunch of fandoms and a wall of tags. Sorry about that, but I'll try to keep things simple. And you should be able to avoid this if you filter “inktober” or “fanart” in your searches.

Notes:

Here's the art I've planned for the Inktober prompts. With fictober, I haven't really planned what days to write. But I can add my prompts and drabbles to the list here.

1 Ring: Isak and Even (Skam) Fictober: “It will be fun, trust me”
2 Mindless: Matteo and David (Druck) Fictober: “Just follow me, I know the area”
3 Bait: Ennis and Jack (Brokeback Mountain, the only fishing I could think of)
4 Freeze: Isak (Skam)
5 Build: Kat (Euphoria)
6 Husky: Urd (Beforeigners)
7 Enchanted: Rue and Jules (Euphoria)
8 Frail: Joana and Chris (Skam Esp)
9 Swing: Amira and Mohammed (Druck)
10 Pattern: Jo and Zoya (Skam Austin)
11 Snow: Arya (Game of Thrones)
12 Dragon: Daenerys (Game of Thrones)
13 Ash: Alfhildr (Beforeigners)
14 Overgrown: Tormund (GOT)
15 Legend: Captain Marvel (Captain Marvel)
16 Wild: Eleven (Stranger Things)
17 Ornament: Sana (Skam)
18 Misfit: Shay (Skam Austin)
19 Sling: Sam (Druck)
20 Tread: Anne and Ann (Gentleman Jack)
21 Treasure: Amira and Mohammed (Druck)
22 Ghost: Rue (Euphoria)
23 Ancient: Bilquis (American Gods)
24 Dizzy: Fleabag and the priest (Fleabag)
25 Tasty: Matteo (Druck)
26 Dark: Shadow Moon (American Gods)
27 Coat: Liv and Isa (Skam NL) / Gunnhild and Sara (Lovleg)
28 Ride: Even (Skam)
29 Injured: Fleabag (Fleabag)
30 Catch: Death (Sandman, Neil Gaiman)
31 Ripe. Aziraphael and Crowley (Good Omens)

Chapter 1: Ring/ "It will be fun, trust me" (Skam)

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Day 1 - “It will be fun, trust me”

“It will be fun, trust me.” Even only sounds half-convinced by his own words. 

Isak offers him a half-smile for the effort. They’re standing in Even’s grandma’s huge garden, surrounded by apple trees. The branches of the trees spread out around them, and it’s a party of colors, of chaos and order, of greens and reds and sunshine. It’s a beautiful garden. Even’s family is kinda the Steiner-school, lefties and old hippies, family, but his grandma still lives in a huge villa, here in Bærum. It’s all a little bit confusing, but at least the Bech Næsheim family throws some mean parties. 

Today, they’re having an apple party, where friends and family hang around all day, picking apples and playing games and even making apple pies. It’s amazing how many different games you can make with apples, actually. The whole thing is mostly for the kids, although the adults seem to enjoy it just as much at times. Especially when they find the apple pies and the wine in the evening. It’s just that… the whole thing can be a little loud. Even’s family is known for their great discussions, where they solve all the problems in the world. And the kids are even louder, of course. And since Isak and Even don’t have kids, they end up helping a lot. With Even’s impulsivity and Isak’s sense of order, things tend to become a little messy. And they always end up being tired as fuck when the day is over.

“Well, fun or not, at least we’ll get some good apple pie,” Isak sighs. “Come on, let’s go,” he says, starting to move up the alley towards the white house. 

Even takes his hand and holds him back. He looks at something at the end of the garden. “Look, grandma got someone to cut down that old, sick tree.” He points at a log and some twigs that lie by the shed, and a small smile plays in the corner of his mouth. “I remember that I used to climb that, when I was little,” he muses. 

Isak can’t stop his smile as he imagines a tiny Even running around in the garden and climbing trees. He allows Even to drag him towards the log and the branches, lying on the ground. They kneel down, and Even touches the log, staring at it. “Wow, I can’t believe how emotional I feel, just from an old tree.”

Isak reaches for him and grips his shoulder. “Well, I get it,” he just says. He kneels closer to the log, and lets his fingers follow the tree rings. “Wow, it’s an old tree, for sure.” 

“Each ring is a year, right?” Even smiles. “I’ve known you for three of these rings.” He looks quickly at Isak, smiling even wider. “Hey! It’s October!”

“Yeah…” Isak meets his blue shining eyes, wondering where he’s is going with this. 

“We’ve known each other for exactly three years, Isak!”

Oooh… 

“Wow, yeah,” Isak smiles. It feels like ages ago that they met, at the same time as it feels like just yesterday. He remembers how Even made him feel both jittery with infatuation and calm as if he’d found home. And here they are, still together, and Even still makes him feel both jittery and calm, as well as a lot of other things. Right now he looks yummy in his soft hoodie, all bright eyes and soft lips. Isak almost trips as he moves forward and kisses Even. “It’s been three fucking amazing years,” he murmurs. 

Even looks at him, and blinks. “You mean that?”

“Of course I do!” 

Even drags a hand through his hair, and even though he smiles a crooked smile, he can’t hide a hint of insecurity. “I doubt that you think it’s amazing when you have to remind me that I have left another cup standing in the hallway, or when I have one of my bad days, and don’t get up from bed at all, or when I fuck up and forget something important.” 

Isak scoffs. “Just like you probably don’t think it’s amazing when I’m grumpy or sarcastic or nag on you.” He shifts a little. Sometimes he can’t believe that Even stands him, with how grumpy he can be. He takes a deep breath. “I know that we piss each other off at times, but we always manage to get back to each other and talk things through, right?”

“Yeah, that’s true.”

“Yeah, we do. So, yeah. I love it all, Even.” 

Even looks at him with his intense, blue eyes, and then he nods. “Same here.” He swallows dryly, as if Isak’s words really mean a lot. 

Isak can’t keep his hands off him. He lets his finger stroke over Even’s arm. “Good. I’m in for the whole package, you see.”

Even smiles and raises his eyebrows. “Including these stupid apple parties with my weird family and all the chaos they bring?”

Isak smiles. “Yeah, especially with all of that.” He drags Even to his feet, and they look at each other, smiling.

“I’ll steal one of grandma’s beers for you,” Even says, winking. “If it helps surviving the deep red wine discussions that definitely will come later.”

“Oh, I’ll count on it.” Isak holds Even gently, cupping his face, leaning forward and softly kissing him on the lips. He sighs. Warmth radiates from the spot where their lips meet, slowly spreading through the rest of him.

When Isak draws back, he’s almost dizzy. “Ready, then?” he asks. 

“Yeah,” Even breathes. He gazes at Isak lovingly, his eyes soft with tenderness. “Ready for more apple parties, grumpiness and messiness and more tree rings to come.”

Cheesy fucker. 

Isak grins, almost buzzing with the heat and joy he feels from within. He takes Even’s hand. “Sounds good. Let’s go, then, and have some fun.”  

Chapter 2: Mindless/ “Just follow me, I know the area” (Druck)

Summary:

For day 2 the inktober prompt is "mindless". I also joined Fictober, so have a little drabble. The writing prompt is “Just follow me, I know the area”

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“Just follow me, I know the area” 

“Just follow me, I know the area,” David says, and Matteo follows him, first on his bike, then climbing over the wall and finding a way into the abandoned building and then, finally, crawling into the empty pool. 

David looks at him and dares him to hold his breath, and Matteo takes the dare. Of course, he does. 

David has sort of taken him over lately, and it’s like Matteo’s been reprogrammed and overridden. It’s as if all his previous interests have been deleted and replaced with the image of David’s face and the sound of his voice. It’s been like that for a little while now. He’s awful at school, his teacher has to tell him everything three times and he gets half his usual volume done. He forgets to shower, and forgets to plan what to wear or which bus to take. He procrastinates, daydreams, projects fantastical futures of the two of them. They are heroes, they are vampires or aliens, they are runaway lovers, they are backpackers stowed away on a ship…

And now… They both stare at each other and hold their breath, and time stretches between them.

Stops. 

David’s eyes are dark brown pools drawing him in and Matteo’s mouth is dry, saliva turned to glue. The only thing Matteo wants, is David. 

David moves closer, and Matteo’s brain shuts right down. 

Then, David kisses Matteo. 

It’s quick, and light; it’s a game, followed by a laugh, but it means so much more and Matteo knows it. Matteo kisses David back. And David’s mouth is cold on the outside and warm on the inside and he tastes sweet and warm and Matteo feels like he’s drowning in the kiss. 

They’re interrupted by a man and a dog, but it doesn’t really matter, because they’re young, and here, and now, and it’s all so thrilling and new, and they get away. They run outside, teasing each other, breathing and laughing, and in that moment, everything is possible, and everything is light and easy. 

Matteo has heard people say they feel like they’re walking on air, and now he knows how it feels.

They find their way to Matteo’s room, and into his bed. There, they hold each other tight and kiss, talk and laugh even more. David’s eyes are so curious, soft, and smiling and they draw Matteo in even closer. Their cuddles are warm, cozy and Matteo wishes he could extend it all just so they could stay close like this longer. David’s warm body is moulded to Matteo’s, sharing his body heat and a part of his heart. David brings a peace Matteo’s never really known before. 

Of course, Matteo knows it’s all just for now. He hopes for a lot more, but he knows that they haven’t really talked about anything. About what this is, or what happens next. 

David whispers about how he doesn’t mind being alone, and it suddenly hits Matteo that David has disappeared before, and that he might do so again. Still, Matteo doesn’t want to think about it. Not yet. He wants to stay in this mindless bubble for a little while longer. For now, he’s happy with following David. Later, he might want to ask David to follow him. He might want to ask David to stay.

He doesn’t say any of this to David, but he wonders if David picks it up, anyway. David hugs him with gentle arms that still give the space to breathe, still gives time to stay in this moment. Matteo sighs as they kiss again and again and the tender touches they share make the room around them disappear. There isn’t anything else in the world except the burning flame between them. 

Chapter 3: Bait (Brokeback Mountain)

Notes:

Okay. For my art today, I totally caved in and used more paint than markers. Ink is tricky, okay? It’s hard to get the soft shadows right, okay? And paint is sort of an ink, anyway, right?

It’s Day 3 of Inktober, and the prompt is “bait”. Bait makes me think of fishing, and fishing makes me think of Jack and Ennis in Brokeback Mountain. So. Here they are.

I won’t write anything for this art or for fictober today. I didn’t have time. Also, I have a weird thing with Jack and Ennis’ story, I want it to be just as it is. I mean, deep down I would love it if they got a forever together, of course, but. I just don’t dare to try to write it.

Sorry, but I’m going to ramble a little. The first time I saw Brokeback Mountain, I didn’t know any fandoms, and I had maybe heard of fanart, but not fanfiction. I sort of wish I had known, because I remember how this movie gripped me so hard that I struggled to breathe. And it made me feel lovesick and desperate for a whole month. I’m not kidding, I had this really strong physical reaction, like constant butterflies in my stomach that wouldn’t go away.

I had never been so affected by a movie before. I was floored by the beauty, the scenes, the music, and the acting. And all the unspoken things, like the thick silences, the glances, and the actions. The attraction. The intimacy. The hurt. I had to watch it again, and again, and I spent far too much money on going to the cinema. I bought the book with the short story, and fuck, I didn’t know it could get even more intense, but it did. The short story was so good, and it grabbed hold of me and made me cry (this was before I got kids, I never cried back then). I bought the DVD, too.

Not so long after this, there was a warm summer I’ll never forget, and then I met someone, fell in love, and fell hard. A lot of things happened then, and I suppose I could pour some of my feelings into my new love. And after a while, my new family. I put away the book and the DVD and I guess I sort of moved on.

Many, many years later, I discovered the show Skam, and I was totally unprepared, when the show gripped me in a very similar way. It was pretty much the same. I felt lovesick. Emotional. Butterflies all over the place. This time, though, I discovered that there was a fandom. And there was fanart, and fanfiction. There was a possibility to rediscover the characters in an infinity of universes.

I’ve been pouring my love for the show into fandom activities, ever since. Sometimes, I wonder if I’ll ever let this fandom go, just like I let Ennis and Jack and their story go 13 years ago. Other times, like when I paint this fanart, I wonder if I ever left Brokeback Mountain, at all.

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Chapter 4: Freeze (Skam)

Notes:

Inktober day 4: Freeze. Isak from Skam. With this art, I used acrylic paint first, and then I used markers to shadow some more and make lines. Idk how happy I’m with the result, but it was interesting to try it like this. Also, sorry about the crappy paper, lol. I really should invest in some better equipment.

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Chapter 5: "Build" (Euphoria)

Notes:

I'm already starting to feel the pressure guys. 31 days with drawings?! Is it even possible? But here's another one, anyway.
Inktober Day 5: Kat Hernandez from Euphoria. Acrylic paint and markers.

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Chapter 6: ”Husky” (Beforeigners)

Notes:

Inktober day 6: ”Husky”. Acrylic paint and markers.

Urd, from Beforeigners (Ágùsta Eva Erlendsdottir). Beforeigners is just… brilliant in my opinion. I love this show so much and hope we get many many seasons.

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Chapter 7: "Enchanted" (Euphoria)

Notes:

Inktober, day 7. Enchanted. Acrylic paint, markers.
Sorry I'm late with this. I did post it on time on Tumblr, though!
I planned to do more with this, and fix it more, buuuut nah. Time is precious. ;) So. Here it is!
Rue and Jules from Euphoria.

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What I have done this week (sorry about the photo quality): 

 

 

Chapter 8: "Frail" (Skam España)

Notes:

Inktober day 8. “Frail.” Chris and Joanna from Skam España.
Today, I almost forgot to finish this and post it. Can you believe?
Anyway, I’ve used black and grey acrylic paint and grey marker (where are all my black markers???).

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Chapter 9: «Swing» (Druck)

Summary:

Inktober day 9: «Swing». Amira and Mohammed, Druck.

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Chapter 10: "Pattern" (Skam Austin)

Summary:

Josefina and Zoya. Skam Austin.
Inktober day 10: “Pattern” Acrylic paint and markers.

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Chapter 11: “Snow” (Game of Thrones)

Summary:

Inktober Day 11, “Snow”

Arya, from Game of Thrones. Markers and acrylic paint.

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Chapter 12: ”Dragon” (Game of Thrones)

Summary:

Inktober Day 12: ”Dragon”. Acrylic paint and red marker. This is kinda sloppy, sorry. Anyway.
I can say a lot about the last season of GOT, but this scene with Daenerys and her dragon was iconic.

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Chapter 13: “Overgrown” (Game of Thrones)

Summary:

My fingers itched and I just had to try. Acrylic paint and markers. Tormund, GOT.

Inktober 2019 day 14: “Overgrown”

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Chapter 14: "Legend" (Captain Marvel)

Summary:

Inktober 2019 day 15: “Legend”. Acrylic paint and some markers
Captain Marvel (god, she's hot).

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Chapter 15: "Misfit" (Skam Austin)

Summary:

Inktober: «Misfit». Shay, from Skam Austin. ❤️
I’m slowly loosing the hope to get her season and it kills me 😭😭😭

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Chapter 16: "Ornament" (Skam)

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Inktober: ”Ornament”. Sana, Skam (Iman Meskini).

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Chapter 17: "Sling" (Druck)

Summary:

Inktober day 19 - Sling: Sam M’Pele (Druck). Acrylic paint and markers.

I just had to try this one, even if I’ve stopped doing Inktober. Sort of. To be honest, I don’t know why I associated sling and the infinity sign with Sam, but it just felt right. A short google search just told me that this sign has represented something

infinite
absolute
unbreakable
whole
endless
perfection
equilibrium between the male and female gender
infinite immortality

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