Quick, Before Dragon Appreciation Day Ends

Wall-E (the character) is a great demonstration of how being curious about the world echoes our level of care for it. And that caring can quite literally course-correct humanity His playful fascination with what humans left behind, his ability to find "new" on a dormant planet of waste refuse-- he continues to care and be amazed by and change things in a world that has not effectively changed for about 700 years. Wall-E commemorates artifacts of life by treasuring them on their own special shelves in his home. He lovingly makes sure The Plant is secured in a way that won't crush it as he's going home. He accidentally runs over his cockroach and worries about it. He tries to make an inactive Eve comfortable at his expense, not knowing when or if she will ever wake up again.

Wall-E has such an impact on Eve and other passengers on the Axiom because he invites them to care about small interactions they took for granted. They make meaningful connections and changes in their own directive because-- simply by being interested by them and what they're doing-- he offers a new perspective of looking at themselves. (Remember when he gives the elevator robot that little wave and it's so taken with that gesture it starts to copy it? It was seen and acknowledged when its role has always been to punch numbers.)

The spark that Wall-E shared with Eve, I think, is not only symbolic of his love for Eve (though it is clear he loves Eve more than anyone). It was that care. It has to be that same care. Because if his little acts of wonder and determination inspired every other character to break from their programming, who's to say it can't overcome a factory reset?

Oh, and "curiosity" and "care" have the same etymological root, apparently

Freddie x Grace dragon AU / crossover -- Farishta and Grace-Pitch

So stoked for Year of the Dragon y'all. I am absolutely going to abuse the hell out of "I drew a dragon because 2024 winkwink".

(As if I wasn't going to anyway)

Also: Calliope in this AU is named Moss Emerald so that's why Grace's powers are green instead of yellow.

SORAAAAAA LOVEUUUU YOU'RE MY FAVORITE TO DRAW J'ADORE (<- says this about 7+ other characters. they're all the favorite child.)

Been doodling from reference, but in my style, as a bedtime ritual (which backfires because I don't go to bed after that)

Entwined with you

Illustration for Disney Lorcana by Leonardo Giammichele and costume designed by Nicholas Kole

This is Maggie's worm collection

She loves her worms more than any other toy. She plays with them loads and carries them around the house

At night the worms have to go in a box so that she doesn't wake me up playing with them. So every evening before bed I gather up the worms, put them in their box and have Maggie say goodnight to them.

Night night worms!

We got a little cabin fever and watched Crisis Core

Putting my animation diploma to some real use for once and animating my girls

Definitely had some challenges with this one as it's a fairly technical shot, but I'm proud of where it ended up!

me when im in a situation

since it's been (coughs and wheezes) four years now, I don't think I've ever shared the soriku vow wedding outfits i designed.... hi, it was me lmao

I see a lot of people drawing them again recently and it warms my heart so I had to do a little re-draw + some notes on little headcanons I have about the outfits ;v;