I JUST THINK THAT SINCE JOEL HAS ANOTHER FREE BILLBOARD HE SHOULD PUT OLI ORIONSOUND ON IT

hai anon who sent in an ask about the wrapped challenge thank you so so much I will get to it I double extra pinkey and also every other finger promise but in light of recent crazy, insane, one might even say…wild, events I may have to postpone to lock in on an art piece for said thing heheheh

the car

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to be honest, joel kind of expected it to be fancier; he’s a winner, after all- you’d probably want to have something nicer than a black void to bask in your glory. he thought- well, he’s not sure he had any specific thoughts about what it'd look like, but he guessed there'd be stuff like sofas and a snooker table or something—a party room, y’know? an endless void is a bit dull in comparison, especially considering the game he just won- although, anything would be dull in comparison to that game, wouldn’t it?

HE DID IT I KNEW HE COULD LOOK AT MY GUY GO

to be honest, joel kind of expected it to be fancier; he’s a winner, after all- you’d probably want to have something nicer than a black void to bask in your glory. he thought- well, he’s not sure he had any specific thoughts about what it'd look like, but he guessed there'd be stuff like sofas and a snooker table or something—a party room, y’know? an endless void is a bit dull in comparison, especially considering the game he just won- although, anything would be dull in comparison to that game, wouldn’t it?

there's a collection of voices that is beginning to come into range, still too far away to make out anything distinct, but they seem to be arguing over something. as he walks (though- he’s not sure he is actually walking. he’s not sure he has a physical form anymore), he can make out a word or two, none of them sensical: something about a comet and jupiter? whatever that means. joel isn’t super sure he was meant to hear it- or even understand it; the words seem to be garbled and warped, and feel far too loud for his ears even as they begin to fade out.

joel keeps walking, because honestly he’s not really sure what else to do. did he miss something? was there actually a party room at the start that he walked past by accident? he probably should have asked more questions when grian and pearl talked about winning in limited and secret life, because he’s completely lost right now- both metaphorically and literally. where exactly is he?

more voices are slowly becoming audible, and joel braces himself until he realises that he recognises them—has he finally found the game room? they'd better have a snooker table, after all he’s been through to just find the stupid place. honestly, this was harder than winning in the first place- they should put up some signs or something.

joel doesn't have time to make this complaint aloud, because all of a sudden, something bowls into him- someone apparently, as they throw their arms around him. "you did it!" grian's voice laughs, sounding genuinely happy.

joel grins, hugging him back—which is weird, when you can’t see anything. maybe it's not a void, and he’s just blind for some reason. "I won!" he crows, pride bubbling up in his chest. "I didn’t think I would- it took me long enough!"

"congratulations, beans!" scar's voice comes from somewhere in front of him, cheery, considering the context. 

"thanks." joel pulls back and finds that his sight seems to have returned. 

the void still surrounds them, but weirder still, everyone seems to look identical to- oh. when they won. grian's hands and face are bloodstained, scott has a lightning scar across his face, pearl's hoodie is instead a singed scarlet cloak, martyn is all piratey and bloody, scar's ebony cloak is lined with poppies and lilacs, and cleo's joints have puppet strings trailing from them. 

joel glances down to see purple-tinted veins crawling up his hands and arms, and his stomach drops until he remembers that he’s already dead. "okay. weird."

"that'll be from the ender pearls." scott supplies. joel is honestly a little thankful that his creaking eyes have gone; they were creepy. "I- d'you know they’re already arguing?"

"well he’s less intuitive than us." grian shrugs, gesturing to joel as if that makes any sense at all. "they've been arguing since martyn."

cleo snorts. "they still haven't agreed on anything." they point upwards, and joel is very confused. "after you three, anyway."

"it stopped being as snappy once I came along though." martyn points out, and everyone but joel seems to understand what he's talking about. "sun, stars, moon- then what? we can’t do the whole solar system and every planet's moon."

scar laughs. "they were talking about- stages of grief or something by the time I won."

"yeah!" pearl points a finger at scar excitedly. "I overheard someone mention the seven deadly sins earlier. didn’t catch much, but you’re meant to be glutton." she elbows martyn, who scoffs indignantly. 

"sounds about right." cleo says, laughing as martyn makes a noise of protest that sounds very much like a squawk. 

joel blinks. "well, I have no idea what you guys are on about, but whatever I am it's a car." he folds his arms, in the hopes that no one is gonna try to argue with him, because he has absolutely no clue what he's signing up for. 

there's a pause. 

"a.. car?" scott frowns, apparently appalled by the concept—which joel finds hilarious and makes him want to be a car even more. 

"yeah." joel says confidently. "joel toretto- fast and furious, y’know?" 

grian cackles and pearl grins along. "sure- a car. i’m sure they'll all agree."

joel shrugs, still unsure about who 'they' are at all, but he appears to be signing himself up for something funny at least. "you never know. if they’re smart they'll pick a car."

sketchbooking!!!! Just some doodles ‘n stuff.

These are drawings of: I-fell-victim-to-the-creaking-Etho-propaganda, random drawings of Joel, Bdubs being his wonderful self (I drew the bdubs and the Joels on the same day and was apparently not feeling particularly creative with outfits), wild life Martyn just trying to read the enchanter book while he’s being screamed at by Mr. and Mr. Paranoid in Formal Wear, and a painting of Joel experiencing joy and whimsy that I am *extremely* proud of.

in other news I’m currently playing 3-d chess with the art block demons so post might slow down but on my list of things the should get done and dusted hopefully soon:

My last two pieces for 7 holy nights of Jeremy (I promise I’m working on them guys I just need more time!!)

Some more mtg au art of our favorite kamigawan planeswalkers

a pixel art piece that has been sitting half finished for way too long

a surprise thing that I’m excited for that may or may not happen so don’t take my word for it

more MCR x the life series drawings (I’ve been calling it project Minecraft Romance in my head because My Chemical and Minecraft have the same initials and also it’s really stupid and I crack up every time I think about it)

more traditional art

maybe some writing?????? (Don’t get your hopes up though this is like a maybe maybe maybe)

other stuff I forgot

my Undertale brainrot came back from the dead to punch me in the face again so maybe some stuff about that.

If you guys have any art requests I will happily take them please send me ammunition for my battle with art block!

Hi sorry if this is invasive but are u trans? Just wondering :)

Yep! Glad to know the people can tell lol

Other deep dark secrets of mine:

I am what is affectionately (?) known as a disaster bisexual

I am 4”11 meaning that every single one of the hermits would tower over me

I’m ace! Not aro though, I’m very much a sappy romantic, to my eternal annoyance

I like listening to a mix of my chemical romance and the magic the gathering soundtrack, which is an extremely weird taste in music to be sure

speaking of magic, that’s like my favorite thing ever and it’s my personal goal in life to have my art on an mtg card.

and speaking of My Chem, I can’t go to the concert they are doing soon and not to cause a panic guys but it’s kinda the literal end of the world

Anyway I’m glad the secret is out now so I can make all those gay jokes I’ve been wanting to tell. Also your welcome/apologies for including all the bonus Ian trivia, I’m just  cool  weird Like that. Also I’m terrible at keeping secrets and have been dying to tell. Also: Thank you anon for asking! Any type of ask makes my day, and I greatly enjoy getting to spill the tea on any sort of secret

Guys I’ve found my life’s calling. I must be in this zine. Go fill out the form!!!

what up losers? We’re not smallishbeans but we think he’s real neat and today we’re gonna stand in front of a chicken killing machine and not acknowledge it in the slightest while giving important info!!

Are you interested in a zine dedicated to Joel Smallishbeans being made, read, or used as a coaster? Well then I’ve got good news for you! (Except you coaster people. Go buy one off of Etsy or something. Jeez.)

please fill out THIS interest form if you answered the above question with yes! If you answered with no, please kindly go back to making toast or putting on your socks or whatever it is people who aren’t Jeremys do. This may be the wrong blog for you.

If I’ve made a horrible mistake in the interest form, please kindly let me know so I can fix it and then lie awake thinking about it at night for the rest of my life.

If you have questions, I assure that I do too. Answers will come along as I figure out what the heck is going on.

these guys. (From falcon earring’s boat boys zombie apocalypse au)

Thank you @falconearring, your comic was the first time I had ever seen a fan comic, and I spent an unjustified amount of time last year reading and rereading it. I never would have had the courage to even make fanart without it. I love the story and the art, and I aspire to make comics like you. Your art taught me a lot, and I still am in awe of the way you tell such a cohesive and immersive story.

(I blame you for my boat boys brain rot /j)

Since @imolyhollowcold asked to see the smalletho x floral canyon essay, I shall share. Because I have to rewrite everything to make it actually readable since for some reason I decided to write the whole thing on paper and im not gonna give myself a headache trying to go back and forth typing it up, I’m gonna have to post it in parts.

here’s part 1/6, everybody’s falling in love, I hope it’s legible lol.

Here is the song:

hey guys who likes wild life *raises hand* I mean really likes it, loves it in fact *raises hand even higher, stands on tippy toes for how high I’m raising my hand* no I mean like loves it is obsessed with it it is your pride and joy *falls over from how high I am raising my hand, stands back up and goes to space with how high I’m raising my hand* yeah but can you prove it by spending 5 hours rendering grass to be almost entirely covered up? *me: bet*

First of all thank you boat boys discord and especially Risi for sponsoring this drawing lol and by sponsoring I mean loudly proclaiming the virtues of gribeans in my immediate vicinity. Anyway yeah they are meant to be standing in front of the bam hill with the wings blocking the top and the sun just peaking over them. Also the words on the explosion are lyrics from the song Don’t You Dare Forget the Sun by Get Scared which inspired the poses

Anyway as soon as I figure out how to draw cars it’s all over for you guys I will project my very specific vision that is essentially a combination of danger days good omens and back to the future onto you all I have so many thoughts!!!!! I will elaborate in the future, I will elaborate so much that you will say “Ian, shut up with your elaborating” and also I have an au based on session seven planned because the superpowers happened to coincide with an overly complex magic system I’ve been developing for about five months now lol slowly in the background. Also maybe an animatic if I can figure that out maybe possibly don’t hold me to that…? At least I know no one will take the song I’m planning to use in the meantime lol because the MCR and trafficblr fandom overlap is fairly small.

do you see the vision?

okay I admittedly have yet to beat echoes of wisdom. But i mean. It is too perfect. Princess Lizzie on the run with only her fairy companion for company, using her magic to defeat enemies in the name of rescuing some weird overdramatic rando with a sword from a demon. Also to stop the demon from destroying the world, but mostly the rescuing part. He left his cloak behind! It’d be rude not to return it! Anyway i want pictures of Spider-Man on my desk by morning meme but about desperately needing a fic of this. Joel being pathetic, Lizzie being badass, Joel being absolutely Whipped for this awesome magical warrior princess come to rescue him and Lizzie being like. “Uhh you forgot your cape. Here have it back. Goodbye! ^^” (again, haven’t actually beat the game yet lol) anyway yadayadayada they eventually get married and live happily ever after the end because happy endings make me happy. *Eleanor Shellstrop voice* CAUSE IM BASIC! (I know she would never say that i just can’t call anything basic without thinking of that show lol I’m getting off topic uhhhh)

Could I ask for some smallidarity perhaps… (esmp2 maybe) /nf

Woah totally unexpected request from me, who would have guessed

never in a million years could I have foreseen this! /silly

here you go, the sillies! I freestyled their designs, but I think they came out really well and I’m actually really proud of these!

Idk I just think they are cute! And I really like how joel’s hair came out in particular, I might use that on my main design! And thank you sm for the asks these guys are just so silly this was really fun to draw. Plus one more vote for biggri nation yay!