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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 19h

#tavqotd

Eek! Moss is absolutely a squeaker.

Granted, it *is* hard to sneak up on them, being illithid, but if they're focused real hard on something like pruning their plants or brewing a complex new potion... that wet, fishy gurgle of a gasp sure is something to behold.
(They're shy about it.)

BG3 screenshot of an illithid Tav in a nightmare, surrounded by glowing red particles and the massive frightening tentacles of the Absolute.

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 12h

#tavqotd

Eye contact! 🦑💕🦑

(My illithids can't have physical sex as they have nothing going on down there, but eye contact makes their dreams, illusions, hallucinations, whatever - that much more potent.

... Moss also really likes just... being held.
Most vanilla tentacle 'sex' ever, lol.)

Art of two illithids holding each other, arms around each other's backs, tentacles tangled, maintaining eye contact.

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 21h

#tavqotd

Moss is the same. A bit less tense, a bit more smiley.

Truly, they're happiest when alone (or with their beloved.) They don't have to pretend to be their old self or, ugh, *socialize*. Words & people are hard, solitude is peaceful & easy.

Long Lost by Lord Huron fits them perfectly~ ;3

BG3 screenshot of a caped tiefling Tav silhouetted in front of a grove of trees with golden glowing leaves.

Painting of an illithid sitting on a hill of grass and white flowers, with green mountains in the distance, parted by a thin waterfall and backdropped by a cloudy blue sky.

An illithid Tav from BG3 (Baldur's Gate 3) druid gathering berries from a tree. They're wearing a leafy dress and carrying a basket of other herbs and berries in their other arm. Art is by @embrace-your-illithid on tumblr <3

Bust painting of a lavender-skinned, freckled illithid Tav, wide-eyed and enamored by multi-colored butterflies swarming around them and landing on their hands, one tentacle outstretched toward them. This is by @notsohappynotsosad on tumblr!

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 19h

#tavqotd

Eek! Moss is absolutely a squeaker.

Granted, it *is* hard to sneak up on them, being illithid, but if they're focused real hard on something like pruning their plants or brewing a complex new potion... that wet, fishy gurgle of a gasp sure is something to behold.
(They're shy about it.)

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Flowlithid @sunaiadarts.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay! Flowlithid here, a digital artist passionate about dramatic scenes, moody narratives & comic art styles; Focus on Illithid/monster-leaning characters & BG3 fanart.

Portfolio: cara.app/sunaiadarts/...

#BG3 #illithid #illithidoc #mindflayer #mindflayeroc #ocsky #D&D #digitalart

Digital comic style drawing of the Emperor from BG3 floating over a cobblestone ledge; portals around him open as versions of him from cyberpunk, steampunk, desert apocalypse and Lovecraftian universes join his side. The sky is overcast in red with the silhouettes of nautiloids in the clouds, and ember sparks float in the air.

Digital drawings with 4 mind flayers, one looking futuristic and cybernetic, another in a suit, top hat and brassy mantle. A mechanical intellect devourer flies out with him. Another one looking like someone out of the Mad Max series, and the other in a disheveled suit, a mad, haunted look, a ghostly crest and shadowy hands. Behind him is an ominous city with Lovecraftian motifs.

3 digital drawings: left is a brown-skinned mind flayer in elaborate orange robe and messenger pigeons; middle is a dragonborn ink drawing, right is a pirate tiefling with their illithid form.

Image collage of three illustrated scenes.

Left is a low angle POV of a towering, fearsome ulitharid in black and purple armor strides towards a barricade, flanked by armored ulitharids. Two are about to cast something, and the bezerker is charging forward. Behind them are silhouettes of countless illithids. They are all getting shot at, but the bullets/blasts have no effect. Behind them, a lightning storm forms an ominous circle in the sky.

Middle is two illithids composed like Bouguereau's "Abduction of Psyche."

Right is a green skinned mind flayer in an elaborate dress.

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 21h

#tavqotd

Moss is the same. A bit less tense, a bit more smiley.

Truly, they're happiest when alone (or with their beloved.) They don't have to pretend to be their old self or, ugh, *socialize*. Words & people are hard, solitude is peaceful & easy.

Long Lost by Lord Huron fits them perfectly~ ;3

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 21h

slowly backlogging my squid art posts
[ #squidmossart ]

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 1d

ahhh what a cool and spooky design!! * w*

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 1d

IT LOOKS SO GOOD... may you have a wonderful rainy night meal

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Punished “Venom” Asphodel @asphodelles.bsky.social · 2d

daily affirmations

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 1d

ohhh man that feral nakey durge squid shot goes SO hard

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 1d

( Small and simple but survivors AHHH that's so beautiful...!! T wT ) Moss will happily provide him with one... but also with a little note to keep it away from any feline friends, as it's toxic to them. Safety first!!

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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 1d

books should have an anti-acknowledgements section where the author talks shit about all the people who fucked them over while they were trying to write the thing. not bc I personally want to write one but bc I love gossip

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 1d

slowly backlogging my squid art posts
[ #squidmossart ]

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 1d

they're all so detailed and glorious ahhh * 3*
every new squid piece of yours just raises the ceiling higher and higher, for real

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 2d

omggg the soft backlighting on their hair... and the raindrops... AHHH so cute and lovely ; o;

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 2d

#tavqotd

A recent one: Moss overheard someone's treasonous thoughts from across the bar and really hated their vibe. Looks like them & their beloved's one meal target for the next month has been found...~ :'v

(Or maybe the pair is just gossiping.
They love mind-reading for gossip. 🦑💕)

BG3 screenshot of a lavender-skinned tiefling Tav & the Emperor, both looking scandalized or like they're gossiping. The Tav is floating behind the Emperor's shoulder with their hand to their mouth while the Emperor has his hands behind his back and is frowning.

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 2d

it's nice to see progress as a tangible thing, once in a while ; w;

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 2d

good taste!!!

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 2d

#tavqotd

Cliche, but nothing terrifies Moss more than the thought of somehow hurting their beloved.

Not just because their soulbond makes any pain or anguish experienced by the Emperor mirror back to them... but because he's been through enough already, and adding to that would break Moss's heart.

BG3 screenshot of the Emperor and an illithid Tav cuddled up in a pile of red pillows in the genie's lamp map, the Tav's head on the Emperor's shoulder. Piles of lit candles, plated fruit, and health potions surround them.

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 2d

slowly backlogging my squid art posts
[ #squidmossart ]

🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 3d

#tavqotd (for organization)
quote with your very first #art of your #OC vs the latest
let’s see that glow-up!

I made that first doodle of Moss & Emps exactly two years ago... they've come such a long way since those early lemonhead days, lmao. thank u for being my muses & keeping me alive~ ; 3; 🦑

sketch of an illithid tav and the emperor. the emperor is doing paperwork while the tav watches, projecting adoration. the emperor looks over and pats them on the head with one of their tentacles, making them smile.

sketch of an illithid tav in a glittery pink dress meant to resemble a jellyfish. they're kneeling with their hands on their knees and smiling.

Sketch of an illithid Tav, smiling shyly, in a bathrobe made of moss and matching toe-less stockings. The robe has a belt with a daisy at the 'knot,' and the stockings have little squid faces at their rims. They also have a matching vine covered in daisies around their tail. There is a doodle of the Emperor beside them, with a heart and the text 'my wife.'

Painting of a light lavender-skinned illithid OC in a bright blue sarong and shawl meant to evoke a sparkling ocean under the sun. They have flower, pearl, and seashell accessories, sandals with little pink and green flowers on them, vines around their leftover tiefling tail, and a flower crown. They're posed as if leaning on a railing, looking into the horizon. There is a tiny doodle of the Emperor in the back, blushing and doing the pleading fingers gesture, with the words 'my wife...'

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 3d

your coloring and lighting has gone through huuuge gains omg * 3* the reds in the recent pieces... *chef's kiss*

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 3d

photograph of a cat with balloons approaching a door

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🦑 Zim @flowersinbloom.bsky.social · 3d

ahhh, they're so cool... * 3*

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