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Derek Barrantes

@molluskshell.bsky.social

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Lv. 20 / Aspiring Manga Artist / Interests: Tolkien (Hobbit, LOTR, Silmarillion, etc.), SpongeBob, Osamu Tezuka (鉄腕アトム, ブラック・ジャック), Love Live, Classic Literature, ReoNa, 声優 / まだ日本語を勉強中です！

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Derek Barrantes @molluskshell.bsky.social · 6h

I guess it’s just a matter of perspective!

Derek Barrantes @molluskshell.bsky.social · 16h

Glad to know!
And he’ll always be here whenever you need to take a break!

Derek Barrantes @molluskshell.bsky.social · 18h

#Tolkientober Day 16: Cozy

Busy day? Tiring week?

Not to worry! Feel free to wind down with Bilbo as he enjoys his (comically large) cup of tea. He’s even got his glasses on for reading a good book!

A colored illustration of Bilbo Baggins holding a comically large cup of tea. He is also wearing glasses.

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sawazaki.DNK @sawazaki.bsky.social · 21h

This is normally not the kind of stuff I post about but I just want to say-

I am afraid of Sora 2.
Please take care in a world where misinformation is rising. The truth will always win in the end.

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Derek Barrantes @molluskshell.bsky.social · 1d

I love this so much!
I think this might be my favorite in your Tolkientober Bilbo art series so far!

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Chechula @chechula.bsky.social · 1d

Miserable Bilbo and his pony in the rain ♥ #tolkientober

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Derek Barrantes @molluskshell.bsky.social · 1d

Eating your siblings’ delicious cooking is always the best feeling ever.

Derek Barrantes @molluskshell.bsky.social · 1d

Oh thank you!
Couldn’t have done it without the Magic the Gathering Saruman design which was the biggest inspiration for my own rendition!

Derek Barrantes @molluskshell.bsky.social · 1d

I think The Greatest Robot on Earth would be a very short story if North had guns.

He would have been able to destroy Pluto and the rest of the greatest robots wouldn’t have to die! (冗談です)

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monmon @fatalparanoia3.bsky.social · 2d

ずーっと前に言ってた「せっかくレーダー持ってるなら飛び道具持たせたら相性いいんじゃね」の落書き(銃はマジで適当なので突っ込まないでほしい)

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Derek Barrantes @molluskshell.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! I think it’s probably the best Saruman drawing I’ve ever done!

Derek Barrantes @molluskshell.bsky.social · 2d

I have been summoned-

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カメハメ/kamehame @katsuobushield.bsky.social · 2d

#Tolkientober
Day 3: crown
The Iron Crown of Morgoth.

トールキントーバー3日目お題：「冠」より
モルゴスの鉄の冠。

使用インク：呉竹の鉄色、ローラー＆クライナーのライプツィヒアンブラック。

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Derek Barrantes @molluskshell.bsky.social · 2d

He’s *f a b u l o u s* ✨

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Chechula @chechula.bsky.social · 3d

Mean Gandalf and poor Bilbo ♥
I drew this one few years ago (but it suits the Hobbit storyline of my posts :D )

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Chechula @chechula.bsky.social · 4d

#Tolkientober Bilbo and dirty dishes (background is done by scratching into ink-paint ♥ )

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Derek Barrantes @molluskshell.bsky.social · 2d

#Tolkientober Day 14 and #TolkienTrewsday Week 138: Colors

Behold! It’s Saruman of Many Colors!

Had a lot of fun coloring this guy!

A colored illustration of Saruman of Many Colors.

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Derek Barrantes @molluskshell.bsky.social · 2d

Oh thank you!
It actually took me several redraws to get these two (mostly Boromir) to look right, so I’m glad you like them! I’m pretty happy with them too!

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Matěj Čadil @matejcadil.bsky.social · 3d

For the #Inktober prompt "Sting" (I know, late), I couldn't draw anything else but a certain little sword that served Bilbo, Frodo, and Sam.⁠

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Derek Barrantes @molluskshell.bsky.social · 3d

Wait really? What drama is this?

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Yvonne 💍 is writing (please interrupt me) @alayanabeth.bsky.social · 3d

I write a bit. I paint a bit. I study and debate a bit

I'm not really good at anything. But I know how vital it is that someone - many someones - excel in all the arts

If all we have of music is recordings, all we have of art is old paintings, of learning just files? We are a dead species

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Derek Barrantes @molluskshell.bsky.social · 3d

#Tolkientober Day 12: Brotherhood

The Brothers Boromir and Faramir.

I may be a little late for this prompt but as the one who suggested it, I knew I couldn’t miss it!

A colored illustration of Boromir (right) and Faramir (left) standing side by side.

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Derek Barrantes @molluskshell.bsky.social · 3d

The new Smiling Friends episode was just… wow.

Super funny and yet also surprisingly heartfelt and even beautiful.

Only an episode about Mr. Frog finding happiness can make me laugh super hard and at the same time pull at my heartstrings.

#SmilingFriends #SmilingFriendsSeason3

Derek Barrantes @molluskshell.bsky.social · 4d

Eyy, Tokyo Ravens was also one of my first anime with Kaito Ishikawa!!

Though really, the actual first anime that introduced me to him was Golden Time which (funnily enough) had him voice the best friend of Makoto Furukawa’s character (years before they co-starred as Saitama and Genos).

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Derek Barrantes @molluskshell.bsky.social · 4d

Oh Sapporo beer, how I missed the taste of you!

A bottle of Sapporo beer stands next to a glass filled with it.