- Groundwork they said... more like grindwork !
- Oh please...
- Joke aside, how such a jolly good fellow ends up in these cans?
- Can't tell
- I know, I know... sorry for asking.
- Just...
- ...just what? Come ooon, spill the beans!
- Don't joke about spilling, please! No just... don't buy this brand, ok?

(c) Astanael - https://www.astanael.com
#art #pencil #SCP #grinding

- You... Monster!
- Rghhbladrbul?
- Yes, you! I saw you tiping the bin! 

(c) Astanael - https://www.astanael.com
#art #pencil #shoggoth #subway #silly #loitering #no #clean

- Espèce de ... Monstre !
- Rghhbladrbul ?
- Oui, vous ! Je vous ai vu renverser cette poubelle !

Stairs... so many stairs. So many steps. I can't go on... I can't. My knees...
Even going down is too much... I... I think I'll stay here for a while.

(c) Astanael - https://www.astanael.com

Fichus escaliers, encore et toujours des escaliers. Toutes ces marches ! J'peux plus. J'en peux plus... mes genoux...
Même descendre est au dessus de mes forces. Je... Je crois que je vais rester ici un moment. Un bon moment.

Eranduil Dungeon, once a magnificent building, lays now in ruins.
Every stone has been thourougly searched and unseamed, any markings eroded beyond recognition, and every last bit of treasure was pillaged a long time ago.
What's left then? Why returning to this forgotten place?
Tranquility, of course.

(c) Astanael - https://www.astanael.com
#art #pencil #ruins #eranduil #nature #lanscape #forgotten #peace

They are quite angry. We're not sure why.
Maybe we step onto what we shouldn't have? Or maybe we didn't bring what they expect of us? Unless... the larvaes?
Anyway, we better keep climbing. They could start throwing something at us.

(c) Astanael - https://www.astanael.com
This is a part of the https://www.deviantart.com/astanael/gallery/91891620/trip-to-mushroom-land

Everlasting stimulation, neverending entertainement, and yet... so alone,
Plethoric profusion of engaging content, always new, and yet... so alone.
Social network hyperconnected, real and fake facts superposed, and yet... so alone.
Where's the key to open our closed selves? 
Not in paid network I guess.

(c) Astanael - https://www.astanael.com
#art #pencil #sad #lonely #waves #alone #moodpiece

A strange place, each lateral corridor leads to the same place.
Finite yet Infinite is the Long Gallery. There's no fog in the distance, it's just ... so far away you can't see through so much air.

(c) Astanael - https://www.astanael.com

Un drôle d'endroit, chaque corridor latéral mène au même endroit.
Finie et Infinie, telle est la Longue Galerie. Ce n'est pas de la brume au loin, c'est juste... si loin que vous ne pouvez voir à travers tant d'air.

Wading around these flooded corridors is strenuous, and extremely dangerous. At least you can see plenty up above. Too bad you can't see what's beneath because of the pale glow of whatever this glowing thing is. That's not water. You can float in water, this... has no buoyancy. One misstep and you'll sink to the bottom like a rock, unable to swim out.

(c) Astanael - https://www.astanael.com
#art #pencil #water #flooded

Deep through the endless caves under Fort Lowth, you may encounter a peculiar preacher...

A sight to behold: eight feet tall, robes flapping to unseen winds, dressed from toe to head with steel, they brandish the spikiest scepter you ever saw!
It's ok to ask them about it, they're not hostile. They will tell you it's a relic. And that may the only coherent answer you'll ever get from them.

(c) Astanael - https://www.astanael.com

*munch* Though I've solved the issue with my Cheesinator Mk-II which *gulps* was morphing all matter into cheese, including itself. *nom* A brillant solution, if I may: The Mk-III is entirely made from cheese! *nomnomnom* lots of cheese *nom* various *nom* delicious *burp*

(c) Astanael - https://www.astanael.com
#art #pencil #mousey #Cheese #Cheesinator #science