V. A. Vazquez, alias Empyrisan • They/Them/Their
Illustrator / Character Designer / Storyboard Artist
Hello! I'm Empy, a fairly quiet and private artist. I draw fantastical beasts and winged things.
And sapphic space rocks.
For business/freelance inquiries, e-mail me:
empyrisan [at] ymail [dot] com
Status
Commissions:
OPEN
Requests:
CLOSED
Ko-Fi:
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Do not repost my artwork anywhere without my permission.
Oh my god CN posted this on Twitter! It’s advertising the new hour-long special: Battle of Heart and Mind!
Steven, who gave you permission to look so pretty?! Also, Connie’s missing her shoes, so it looks like they will fuse! (Kind of a given at this point, but still)
The owner of this Blog will be making as much noise at Tumblr Staff about how horrible this ban in on other sites such as Twitter or Facebook.
The owner of this blog will be logging out of all accounts for the entirety of the 17th. Will Not run a queue. Will not even check the dash. Or give the money hungry executives a single page view to squeeze ad revenue out of
The owner of this blog believes in an ACTUAL positive, better, safer Tumblr and well be doing their part to fight for it by logging out on the 17th of December.
Tumblr is digging its own grave and takin’ a dump in it too. All we can do is stand by and watch ‘em with faint hopes that it will realize how much of an ass it’s making of itself and make some actual positive changes, and/or carry on with business as usual, either here (minus smut) or elsewhere on the Internet.
Anyway, I’m staying here! Tumblr’s kinda like home, and I prefer the post formatting here better than most other sites. I don’t think it’s going anywhere, but it’s going to be a lousy site (when is it not?) for a long while.
Tumblr is digging its own grave and takin’ a dump in it too. All we can do is stand by and watch ‘em with faint hopes that it will realize how much of an ass it’s making of itself and make some actual positive changes, and/or carry on with business as usual, either here (minus smut) or elsewhere on the Internet.
Anyway, I’m staying here! Tumblr’s kinda like home, and I prefer the post formatting here better than most other sites. I don’t think it’s going anywhere, but it’s going to be a lousy site (when is it not?) for a long while.
Hey, folks! December 15th will be the last day to order a physical zine or purchase the PDF. After that date, sales across the physical and digital versions will be tallied and reported before the donations are made to Big Cat Rescue and CARE Rescue Texas respectively.
Any remaining physical zines may be sold at a later date, but for now, I’ve got other things to take care of. That being said, please get your orders in ASAP, especially if you’re looking to make this a Christmas gift!
dirgeofcerberus111 inquired: Yo there, heads up. In case you didn't know, tumblr really messed up. Apparently they are no long allowing nsfw content on tumblr starting Dec 17. But random things are also being flagged, like random sketches, or pictures of rocks. I am NOT kidding. There's basically like a mass migration to Twitter and other places. If you are moving, where to so that we can continue to follow you? I don't want to lose your art. .w.
Oh, I saw that notification. And after that, just a WALL of memes, promo links, and farewell letters. I’m not surprised to know that Tumblr’s staff messed up big time. Hopefully the site-wide outcry will get them to fix things up and get rid of the damn porn bots for good, plus the nazi/white supremacists asshats, but since when was the last time they did anything good for this site?
I actually don’t know if any of my posts got flagged. How do I check on this to be sure? I have my art backed up, but not my captions and all…
And to give a little light to those who are staying here while so many others migrate to places like Twitter, just know that I’ll be sticking around as long as the staff doesn’t give me the boot! Despite all of its shortcomings, I do like this site a lot. Keeping my dashboard regulated to pleasant and fun folks and blogs means that I get to see a nice stream of quality text posts, memes, fandom content, and artwork. And I hate to see all of that go away…
I was seriously considering leaving Tumblr since my last text post, but I guess I now have a change of heart. I have a bigger presence here than on other platforms that I’m thankful for. Instagram and Twitter tend to feel too fast-paced for me, and I find it harder to get any engagement on my work no matter how I tag or time my posts. It’s really discouraging and I just… don’t want to deal with the hassle of managing more platforms than I can handle. But I guess I don’t have much of a choice.
On the upside, Pillowfort is promising and looks like it’ll someday be a superior platform to Tumblr. So I encourage you to come join me over there and help build a safe community! And this time around, I’ll do better to interact with people and share their stuff than just posting my own content.
So if you’re abandoning ship, you can find me on DeviantArt, Twitter, Instagram, and Pillowfort. I’m Empyrisan on all four platforms!
I’m planning on primarily focusing on DA and PF this month and January, since they both have formats that I’m most comfortable with. I’ll be posting a promo post tomorrow or something when I gather my links and if I join any other sites.
Take care, everyone! Just know you’re not alone on this blue hellsite!
theenderdraco inquired: Yooo I had no idea you did official art for Flight Rising!! That’s so cool, I’ve been a fan of your SU art for a while and just found out that you did art for one of my favorite games... woah. Awesome :D
Aside from my About page or bios on other platforms, it’s not widely-known that I do official art FR because I keep forgetting to post my work here when they’re released in the game! Thanks for enjoying my artwork, both SU and FR-related!
A family can be three butch lesbians and their nonbinary kid.
My illustration for Fearful Asymmetry ( @tigerzine ), a Jasper fanzine organized by the dandy and hardworking @thegembeaststemple! I’m so happy that we finally have a zine dedicated to the Big Buff Cheeto Puff! Tons of beautiful art and great fanfiction in the book!
I always wanted to finish a piece inspired by ‘Mindful Education’ and the rebooted Tiger Zine gave me the opportunity and motivation to do so!
What a dream it’d be to see these four hanging out someday…
Hey, look! I can make a rainbow with my SU illustrations! That’s just how much this show inspires me to experiment with color. I very rarely used to work with pink and sparkles in my art. Now they’re present in almost every piece I do!
Not much has really hold my attention as strongly as ‘Steven Universe’ has, and my art in general has visibly improved because of my love for this lovingly-made LGBTQ+ cartoon. Rebecca Sugar coming out a nonbinary woman during this year’s SDCC, and hearing and reading about her talk about her experiences in interviews and podcasts, was a validating thing for me to know about. Especially as nonbinary creative myself. I’m still not over it.
A new writer is in town! Due to horrible financial circumstances I will open up writing comissions. I will write preferrably in the Steven Universe Fandom, but if you provide a good description of your OC/universe/fandom canon, I will do those, too.
I WILL do:
Steven Universe fanfics with all ships
OCs and gemsonas (given a detailed description is provided.)
Other fandoms*
Original content*
furry and anthro (no heavy porn, though. I really suck at it.)
Nsfw (at your own risk, because I´m not too comfy and safe in the saddle there yet. You will be a pioneer in that.)
Non fiction (given I have a precise desription what to do)
Translations (german to English and vice versa)
I WON`T do:
Content that glorifies or romanticises following:
abuse
rape
incest
pedophilia
extreme sex nsfw
hateful, xenophobic, lgbtqia+-phobic and nazi content
illegal stuff
Prices (they can change over time; feedback is encouraged):
fictions:
1000 words: 8 to 15 Euros (depending on Fandom, topic, difficulty)
every 500 words: 4 to 6 Euros (as above)
Nsfw: 10 Euros per 1000 words (I´m a bit new to NSFW, so it will be pretty difficult and the quality is a bit “at your own risk” the first couple times
nonfiction:
per piece (assignment, infotexts, similar): 15-25 Euros (depending on length, topic and difficulty.)
Translation*: 20 Euros and up (depending on length and difficulty.)
*Disclaimer: For the marked * pieces, I need a good and detailed description or in case of fanfic, a visual reference, ideally a character sheet (for OCs).
Payments will only be accepted onto my Paypal
Email me oncatharinalaengle@gmail.comfor further information and ordering
or
send me a tumblr message toValjar
I will be as quick as possible and pieces with a deadline will have a first-serve priority, depending on the deadline.
To check out my writing, here a link to a Steven Universe work on my AO3:
