Listen the thought of Ashes and Ulysses’s verse in hades blues being post hookup is both very melancholy and also funny as shit… hopefully tungle won’t merc me for the slight t*tty present in my doodle here
[ID: image 1: digital portrait of Ashes O’Reilly from the Mechanisms band. they are sitting, leaning on one hand while the other holds a lit cigarette, pouring smoke. they are wearing a fedora, waist coat, tie, shorts, and leggings. Image 2: screenshot of tumblr ask reading, “ashes in 7a or Heracles in 8b”]
[ID: image 1: digital portrait of Ashes O’Reilly from the Mechanisms band. they are sitting, leaning on one hand while the other holds a lit cigarette, pouring smoke. they are wearing a fedora, waist coat, tie, shorts, and leggings. Image 2: screenshot of tumblr ask reading, “ashes in 7a or Heracles in 8b”]
based off of that one pic of ashes and jonny bc their dynamic gives me life
[ID: a trichromatic sketch of Ashes O’Reilly and Jonny D’Ville from The Mechanisms. they are looking at each other while smoking cigarettes. Jonny’s mouth is open as if talking, and Ashes is smiling and listening with a cigarette between their lips. Jonny is holding his cigarette to the side and away from his face. smoke is coming out of each cigarette.]
based off of that one pic of ashes and jonny bc their dynamic gives me life
[ID: a trichromatic sketch of Ashes O’Reilly and Jonny D’Ville from The Mechanisms. they are looking at each other while smoking cigarettes. Jonny’s mouth is open as if talking, and Ashes is smiling and listening with a cigarette between their lips. Jonny is holding his cigarette to the side and away from his face. smoke is coming out of each cigarette.]
tucked away in a corner of the archive of the starship aurora, there’s an old advert with a familiar face.
[image id: two versions of an illustrated advertisement for “Katabasian Computing,” featuring ashes o'reilly from the mechanisms. they lounge on an ornate armchair, one foot coming down to rest on a tasseled pillow. they wear black-and-white oxfords and a dark 1920’s style suit with a black coat over top; the trim of the coat looks like circuitry. the symbol of the acheron, a simplified skull with circuitry coming out of its exposed brain, floats to the left and right of their head. above the border of the ad is the paper name, “The Oracle,” and the date June 18, 2022. underneath it is the name “Katabasian Computing” and their slogan; “There’s no processor more powerful.” the second is the same drawing, just without the effect that it has been printed on a folded and stained piece of old paper. (without the acheron skulls). end id.]
some favorite bits :]
[image id: closeups of the swirly carved chair legs, the company name and slogan, the hand-lettered text from the top (publication and date), one of the tassels of the pillow, one of the acheron skulls, and ashes’ face. end id.]
now that sales are closed i can finally post the full piece i did for the back cover of the aurora blackbox zine @mechanismszine! honestly this piece means a lot to me; i really put all of my love for this band and these characters into it and hopefully it shows.
