..perhaps the real pride month was the queer characters i was obsessed with along the way, anyhow.

#art #alaive #estilaive

a screenshot of alaive reciting some text or info from his book to estinien, who is resting against crates with his arms crossed. they are looking into another's eyes, occupied in a world of their own

i'm not brave enough to post it into the party tag but these freaks are at the party. would write out the little blurb i had for this but i'm already embarassed

#alaive #estilaive

a screenshot of alaive and estinien in a darkly lit chapel. light filters through the cyan stained glass windows in the background, forming a pyramid-like structure upwards of light. alaive is centermost, obfuscating halone's divine statue. he wears a black lolita bonnet adorned with silver chains, a silver eyepatch over his right (blind) eye, a pearl and lace choker, an intricately designed dress, and most prominently features a complex ring on his left hand's ring finger. his clawed nails rest, relaxed, amidst estinien's hair, whom is resting his head in alaive's lap. alaive looks down with a neutral expression at the crown of estinien's head. estinien's eyes are closed with a neutral expression. half of his face is obscured by the cropping of the image. he wears a soft black shirt with a lacy collar & hems along the seams.

"Become a Saint, God, Anything; please, just absolve me of my sins"

#gpose #alaive #estilaive #wolstinien

(this is not my own art, this is a commission!) a fullbody comm of alaive and estinien from 2023 in a softly rendered style. alaive and estinien are dancing together on a beach as the sun sets behind them. estinien gently twirls alaive around, their hair flowing in the wind. alaive smiles widely, laughing. estinien warmly smiles and watches alaive in adoration as they dance together.

looking through old c*mms & i almost forgot about this one from around the time alaive got his first design overhaul, also wdym 2023🥹

#alaive #estilaive

baby get your ass on the dancefloor !!

#gpose #alaive #estilaive #danlaive (???)

a full digital "page" of black and white doodles of alaive and estinien. the largest drawing is estinien squishing alaive's cheek and pressing against him lovingly with a content smile. alaive is flustered by the contact and comments: "Watch the squishing! I'm not made of marshmallow, dear..." below the speech bubble is little sidenote, "(secretly enjoying the affection)"

some dumb stuff since i was waiting for everything to come back to play again

#art #alaive #estilaive

a mspaint drawing from 2024 of my persona with an aghast expression, experiencing some sort of horrors, and staring at the viewer. they're holding a lollipop and have a spinning propeller atop their beanie. to the right of them is a small, simplified doodle of estinien and alaive standing next to eachother

i barely remember the context for this but it's still accurate

#alaive #estilaive

a screenshot from above of alaive looking up intently with a blank expression at estinien, who is looking elsewhere entirely.

the "he wants that cookie so effing bad" image/meme

nothing good is happening in his brain at this moment

#alaive #estilaive

a closeup, darkly lit screenshot of alaive juxtaposed on a void black background, holding a glowing dragoon jobstone between his index and thumb. their mouth is open- eyes trained on the blue glow, about to swallow the precious gem whole. faintly, within the stone is estinien's image, curled upon himself in a fetal position, now soundly asleep- ad infinitum.

a screenshot alike the previous image, but the FOV has been shifted and the camera has zoomed out to emphasize to the small size of the jobstone versus alaive.

A Hunger Only Memory Can Sate

#gpose #alaive #estinien #wolstinien #estilaive

a rough sketch of alaive and estinien gathered around a box of valentione's candy, which has suddenly sprung to life as the candies flap and flutter away with their freshly grown wings. estinien's expression is shocked and confused, as he clearly did not expect his gift for alaive to grow wings. alaive is in stunned awe, watching with his eyes wide, mouth agape, and ears pointed straight up. the text at the bottom says "HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!"

*VERY* rushed (late) valentine's day art while working on something else!

#art #alaive #estilaive #wolstinien

a greyscale sketch from the shoulders up of estinien and two chibis of alaive floating on both sides of him. estinien looks a bit purturbed as he watches a chibi alaive dressed as an angel floating by with his arms out and a smile. estinien's hair is loosely tossed over his bare shoulders. the second chibi alaive is dressed as an imp and is perching one hand atop estinien's head.

a greyscale doodle of estinien and alaive. estinien is wielding a flyswatter with his hair tied up and is now wearing a shirt; his expression is scrutinizing as he is poised to swat anything in sight. he exclaims to alaive, who is standing in a doorframe in horror: "Alaive! Contact the landlord posthaste. We seem to have an infestation." a small chibi of alaive in an angel outfit floats past estinien with a carefree smile as it hums a tune. alaive has an arrow pointed at him: "wanted to play a cute trick for their anniversary but his boyfriend immediately chose to hunt down his tiny simulacrums".

7/18/23 --still not back but an old estilaive re-up

#art #ocs #alaive #estilaive #wolstinien

I draw/post primarily my own viera character Alaive and the character I ship him with at the moment but I do sometimes branch off with other characters and interests. I post often under these tags:
#alaive (my character tag) #estilaive (their ship tag)

a discord screenshot. my server username is "festivest fish known to man" and it is dated 2/15/2023. the first message at 10:04 PM reads: "ESTINIEN BEING SWEETIE (screaming at the top of my lungs)". the second message at 10:25 PM reads: "THEYRE JUDGING ME" followed by two emojis of jerma dramatically lit with a serious expression. the second message has two images attached. the first image is a picture of alaive from my first time going through endwalker MSQ, and he is blowing a kiss at estinien. alphinaud is barely visible at the very bottom of the image, looking on at alaive. the second image is g'raha, alisaie, and alphinaud gathered in a circle and all staring at the camera (which is alaive in first person mode) with a sort of gobsmacked expression. alphinaud has his hands on his hips with an almost annoyed look on his face.

this is still the funniest thing to me actually

#alaive #estilaive

an image of alaive and estinien. they are both posing in the middle of the image with their weapons out. they are looking at eachother with a smile. alaive is wearing a black and deep blue witches hat with a sloped brim and multiple metal adornments, and he has on a black monocle on his left eye. he has a black and white dress on that reaches his mid-calf with a high frilled neckline; there are white translucent virago sleeves which end in a frilled cuff. the skirt portion of the dress is layered and primarily black; white lace and a little metal chain adorns the waistline. he has on slim black boots. estinien is wearing a black victorian inspired shirt with a laced corset. he has on plain black slacks with a gold buckle belt. he has short, black leather boots on with a silver heel. atop his head he wears two gold adornments on each side of his face near his ears, white feathers are stuck onto the jewelry into a fanned shape.

a second image like the previous but zoomed in to show their expressions more. again they are smiling softly at eachother.

an image like the previous two but vertical. the camera is closer to alaive and he is holding his staff upwards at his side with both hands, leaning his weight on it. his hands are more visible, and he wears multiple decorative silver rings layered on both. his staff is the Lilith Rod from the zodiac series of relic weapons. estinien is standing behind alaive to the side, also looking at the camera; he is still posed with his weapon.

finally got one of the few canon staffs for my cutie after so many months of postponing.. still working on the glowing one but i think he looks best with the basic one!

#alaive #estilaive #ffxiv

a greyscale drawing of alaive and estinien rendered loosely. they are posed dramatically, each holding onto a lance as they dance.

yet another repost of older art, august 2023 apparently

#art #ocs #alaive #estilaive #ffxiv

a drawing of alaive and estinien are having a hot bath together in a dark room. both are nude. nothing is shown below the bubbles at their mid-torso, but it's implied naughty things are happening beneath them. alaive is resting against estinien's chest and haphazardly twirling around a wine glass, looking behind himself with a smile. there is blood and possibly wine in the corner of alaive's mouth; a deep, bloody bite mark on estinien's shoulder signifies the source of the blood. estinien is looking at alaive with an expression that shows he's enjoying himself, a smirk across his lips despite his exertations.

(🔞, blood) somewhat poor timing for *this* to be the first art of the year but happy new years to them specifically

#art #ocs #alaive #estinien #estilaive #wolstinien

a loose fullbody sketch of alaive and estinien. both wear a conflicted expression as estinien pierces alaive's torso with a spear; from the wound flows red blood that gradually becomes blue at its source as light radiates out from the wound. alaive is suspended in the air, one arm wrapped around estinien for support, and estinien's free hand is around alaive's back and supporting under his arm. this was from a semi-scrapped plotline wherein an ascian nearly kills alaive while guised as estinien and alaive gains blue blood after reviving himself.

a simple greyscale doodle of alaive and estinien. alaive is calmly eating zero's curry and a few crumbs are around his mouth as he chews on a piece of bread. he looks at estinien in casual concern. estinien's expression is aghast, and sweat pools down his face as he stares off into nothingness in horror. he runs his left hand through his hair, clearly overwhelmed by the spice content of the curry.

a greyscale sketch page of multiple alaives with assorted expressions. a small simple doodle of estinien is off to the side.

a bust-upward doodle of alaive and estinien, this one much older than the previous 3 images from my recollection. the text at the top right reads: "(is being asked to do something with the FC)". alaive and estinien are sitting together on a couch, and estinien is visibly unnerved by the sudden invasion of privacy; his hair is messy, a bit of lipstick is smudged on his lips, and he is tugging on the collar of his shirt to cover his bare chest. alaive seems wholly unaffected by the intrusion, his head tilted to the side as he responds with a speech bubble, the tone indicated by the word "nonchalant" written under it: "Give me a minute and I'll be right there."

i have nothing of note for you all today so here's some old stuff from the cutting room floor

#art #ocs #alaive #estinien #estilaive #wolstinien #ffxiv

a picture of alaive and estinien sitting together. estinien is wearing the same outfit as the previous image this is replying to. alaive is wearing a lace headband with spikes and ribbons along the side, a white lace choker, and a white face mask with silver chains clipped on alongside silver spike studs across the top hem. he is wearing an oversized black v-neck sweater which slopes down shoulder and exposes his collarbones as he has no shirt underneath it. over his sweater he wears a white bag, which cannot be seen in the image aside from the bag straps across his shoulders.

they make me insane.. they look like they're telling you to come home by 10 or you won't see that boy ever again

#alaive #estilaive

an image of alaive and estinien's 3d models standing (from the stomach up) in alaive's study. blue tinted moonlight pours through the stained windows, and a lamp out of frame gently lights them from the front. alaive is dressed in his starlight outfit for this year: a thigh length sleeveless black dress with a mock-neck; he wears a deep blue lace longsleeved top over the dress which ends at a croptop length similar to a bra. alaive has on round, white, thin frame glasses, and is wearing a black beret that his ears stick out of. estinien is in a black suit jacket that has a deep v collar; most noticeably he is not wearing a shirt under the suit top and thus his bare chest is exposed. he has on a leather choker that clasps closed with a thick silver belt buckle, and atop his head are thin, black oval sunglasses. both of their nails are painted: alaive has intricate floral nail art in black and deep blue, while estinien's nails are simply painted black.

from last night but my little christmas gift to myself was having a bit of dressup time between the freaks (said lovingly)

#gpose #alaive #estinien #estilaive #wolstinien #ffxiv

a colored sketch commission from "lucyisok" of alaive and estinien. the two are dressed in thicker clothes, with estinien donning the magitek top alongside his usual craftsman's leather pants and swallowskin boots. alaive is wearing the diadochos casting top over a thigh-length skirt with legwarmers and platform loafers. alaive has small blue speckles on his ears because that was part of his usual design at the time. they are both under the influence of alcohol, indicated by small bubbles drawn around their heads, but alaive is far more tipsy and is clinging onto estinien in an embrace as estinien awkwardly tries his best to walk them home after their celebrations.

a year passed since i got this new years estilaive comm back from @/lucyisok.bsky.social and it's still one of my fav comms to date,, it's adorable 😭 i need to get an updated one at some point

#alaive #estilaive #wolstinien

a vertical image of alaive and estinien's 3d models standing together, where estinien is standing slightly behind due to the height difference. they are looking off to the side. estinien is in his usual armor (trueblood armor) while alaive is dressed in comfy clothes with a scarf. they are indoors and there is a lot of detail throughout the mostly blue-tinted background with multiple items placed about.

the same image as the previous, however the angle of the image has shifted to show off their surroundings a bit more. they are both now looking at each other rather than off to the side. alaive's pose has changed, as well, to raise one hand as if he was discussing or suggesting something to estinien.

it's crazy how i can place them standing next to eachother & do nothing else and they still bring out 🥹 in me... i 💙 my dolls

#ocs #alaive #estilaive

a traditional bust sketch of alaive and estinien. alaive is to the left in his early shadowbringes armor and holding up a small flower to estinien with a big, wide smile. flower petals are scattered about in his hair. estinien is behind alaive to the right and has a faint blush and smile as he looks at alaive; he has a small flower placed in his hair above his ear. there are little hearts surrounding them both. three captions are on the page: one arrow is pointing at estinien reading, "picks flowers that remind him of alaive." the second points at alaive himself, "10 mins into an infodump about the flowers." the third is below both of them without an arrow and reads, "dragoon boyfriends."

a traditional bust sketch of estinien by himself. he looks somewhat conflicted looking off to the side with a thought bubble to his right: "Damn.. I really hope the Warrior of Light hasn't gone to bed yet." in the thought bubble, there's a small, loose drawing of alaive's head to respresent him. below the thought bubble are sound effects for knocking: "*knock knock*"

a traditional torso-and-up sketch of estinien and alaive, estinien to the left of the picture and alaive to the right. alaive is standing in a doorway in a sleeveless dress (which wasn't typical for him at this time in my playthrough) looking up at estinien. estinien speaks as soon as the door opens and is looking down at alaive's outfit, signified with a dotted line pointing at it. The text bubble from estinien is purposely cut off, "Ah you're awa-"

a traditional bust sketch of estinien alone. he has lost some of his composure and is blushing with little sweat beads drawn about. he's looking off to the side with his eyes wide, trying to avoid looking at alaive who isn't pictured here. to his left is a wobbly speech bubble: "Uh- I hope I'm not interrupting..." To his right above his head is a thought bubble which reads, "By the Fury..."

old estilaive... to think that alaive almost wasn't paired with him and that it properly started from an innocuous "what-if" doodle..

#art #ocs #alaive #estinien #estilaive #wolstinien #ffxiv

an image of alaive and estinien's 3d models. they are both dressed in winter apparel with a christmas tree off to the side behind them. there is a very large red present wrapped in a green bow behind them to the left. it is snowing. estinien looks visibly conflicted with the festive atmosphere around him, while alaive is looking over his shoulder at estinien and clasping his palms together with a happy expression which is hidden by his hair; his left leg is bent at the knee to have his foot raised in the air behind him. his tail is raised high in the air in joy, which with its length reaches higher than both himself and estinien (who is much taller). alaive specifically is wearing an oversized gray-ish blue coat with perhaps tan corduroy elastic trims along the cuffs. he is wearing a cord knit near-white sweater under the coat with a thick tartan-print scarf which obscures the collar of his sweater. he wears a newsboy cap in the same gray-blue as his coat with light brown, leather trimming along the edges, and his ears stick out through the top of it. he wears a dark blue, somewhat high-waisted, pleated skirt which reaches to his knees. under the skirt he wears black stockings. his shoes are chunky, black leather loafers.

an image of alaive's 3d model. he is alone and standing in front of a glowing chocobo-shaped hedge. he is looking at the camera with a soft smile, his body angled into a swaying motion; his tail behind him follows the movement. he wears a large black bow, which is barely seen at the angle the picture is taken. he is wearing a long, black, mock neck, and calf-length dress with a slit spanning from the waist on his left side. a sweater worn over the top of his dress. the sweater is a 3/4 zip croptop sweater with a drawstring or elastic hem and puffy sleeves in a desaturated blue. you can see his exposed thigh through the slit in his dress. at the very bottom of the image, you can see that he is wearing strappy sandals in the same colour as his sweater. for the little details, he is wearing his usual silver monocle on his left eye and his nails are painted a shiny dark blue with intricate, lace-like etching details.

my favorite guy who dresses like an older sister <3

#ocs #alaive #estilaive #wolstinien (just slightly) #ffxiv

a sketchpage featuring alaive and estinien; the image is mostly in black and white. alaive is wearing a crop-top sweater with lowrise pants, and he is listening to music through earbuds. estinien is wearing a leather jacket with a turtleneck sweater, as well as slacks with a belt. estinien is looking down at alaive with a thought bubble that says "tummy..."

more from the backlog that i still somewhat like enough to bring on here

#art #ocs #alaive #estinien #estilaive #wolstinien