Åse ''ace'' Olaug Årud - Blog Posts

Happy birthday to Ace! 🥳🥳🥳

Guess who's birtday it is today?

Ace would have been 119 by 2024 and only two years away from surpassing god. Though unlikely, in my heart he is trucking along today continuously baffling Christendom by continuing to live.

I’m not very experienced with animation and i have a tendency to brute force my way through a problem instead of looking up a tutorial lol, but I’m pretty happy with this. The secondary motion in the ears and neckerchief are a bit janky but the tail sway I’m pretty proud of. As well as the anticipation before the yank on the calender.

I also simplified his design a little bit. As much as i love it, the fur pattern can be difficult to track so i left out the spots on his arms and tail. The face stayed the same though as its what most important.

And of course tumblr crunched the quality to hell so heres a little boogie gif with better quality

''You're my precious secret...''

Some more valentines art, and an introduction of Åse's childhood ''gal pal'' Nora. Nora being the daughter of a wealthier family couldn't openly be Åse's friend but they hung out a lot in secret, and held hands, and kissed sometimes. looking back as an adult Åse views it as her first relationship but at the time they were just special friends. Each others most precious secret.

Nora was adopted and is originally from Greece, this often makes her feel out of place in her family. Being outsiders in a sense is something she and Åse bond over. She wants to be an actor or an opera singer when she grows up, and writes little plays but she has only ever showed them to Åse. She has always fancied girls over boys, even if she wasn't aware. Though looking back there were some signs, like that one time she started crying uncontrollably after having a dream she was married to a man.

SHE. Looks absolutely amazing! I adore seeing Ash in others styles- Thank you !

50 Followers! Part 2: Traditional Edition

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Y'all have really cool OCs fr🐐🐐🐐

Ernest Stanley - @kablamoo7

Lucille Carlton - @randomgirldraws

Marianne Villanueva - @ahhhh-118

Luc Rossi - @tohot4u

Åse "Ace" Olaug Årud - @acesandocs

Calliope "Calli" Cairns - @spiky-berry21

Cassie - @funfairsundaes

Aisling "Ash" Mayfield - @annlytical

Finally finished with the Åse standee. The flower inb the back is suposed to be Purple loosetrife.

Purple loosetrifes (Lythrum salicaria) are a pink flower that is part of the Lythraceae family. They bloom in autumn tend to grow near water. They're call Kattehale in Norwegian witch translates to Cattail not to be confused with the American Cattail which I don’t think grow anywhere in Norway. They are one of the many plants that grow around the Mjøsa lake. I chose this flower to represent Ace mostly because of it’s location and name. As far as I can tell it doesn't have any specific meaning but the name lythrum might be derived from the Greek word for blood. Red is Ace’s primary color and in general I associate Ace with blood more specifically the blood that gathers under your nails when scratching someone. (its weirdly specific I know but for some reason thats the strongest visual representation I’ve imagined for Ace for the longest time idk) loosetrife also contains the word strife which I also feel ties into Ace and her story allot.

I went for something more stylized for the flowers. I'm not good at painting realism so I think this is the best I can do lol.