Arianda be looking at those scriptures in the book all "shit, I can't read"
As much as I adore the title LJ gave this upload, I've already used that title for an Ashura piece, so I couldn't steal it and had to come up with my own, SAD

BUT LOOK AT ALL THESE BABIES. LOOK HOW MANY THERE ARE, THEY'RE ALL SO SMOL AND SUPER FREAKING CUTE ; 3 ;
We got the branch squad (branch gang?), Elayne, Phoenix!Phyress and Zahira, all behaving very well and paying close attention from their lil' perch, Elayne looking extremely relaxed, almost slouching a little bit!
Then we got the troublemakers, Celina and Phyress, who appears to be dealing with the "gamers don't look up" situation c':
Even though you'd think it would be easy to find her, I mean, her tail is literally on fire, it gives off light! Just, follow the light you silly!
The Ibbypile (I honestly adore that name haha) that contains, well, Ibby, which can I just say, Ibbypony covering Ibbyfox with his wing as a lil' blanket is so freaking wholesome ;;
Lil' sleepy guy!
Lil' Arianda, all snug up against Elvira, getting a front row seat to reading the book full of mystical writing
And then smol lil' sleepyshura who steals my heart because she's so cute and precious and smol and jfiojhfdogdhgofhgdgfd
JUST LOOK AT HER! ; A ;
SHE'S SO SMALL! And all tuckered out from her flower crown activities in the prior piece ;;

Because yes, this is more or less meant as a followup to This piece that was a bit of a commission milestone, being around the 25th one, give or take. Following the same path, the theme is very similar, with Elvira (me!) being surrounded by and interacting with (to my best ability) all/most of my OC's, who all get depicted as smol lil' chibi's, since as the title on the last one implies, they're my children! (of imagination!)
This one also happens to be for a milestone, this time it's the 50th commission though, getting up there in numbers! So felt only fitting to included even more characters this time, especially since in the time between this and the last one, everyone has been seeing more use, so it felt only appropriate to included them here! We also have some new faces, well relatively new, in both Elayne (the Gryph), Arianda (the raptor) and Phyress' new form, all snuck their way into this piece, just like the snuck their way into my heart <3
For the first time ever actually, I had a fairly specific composition I had in mind for this one, normally it's very flexible, but for this one I actually made a draft (and by draft I mean MSpaint circles with names) of roughly where I wanted certain characters, in relation to others, like lil' Ashura for example, I knew I wanted to her to be all snug next to Elvira, with the tail wrap around <:

Anywho, enough of that rambling haha, sorry!
On to the actual piece c':

I absolutely adore how this turned out! Not only because of all the above reasons, but also just because it is absolutely breathtakingly beautiful! The magical forest setting is such a pretty one and all the glowing effects really just add so much atmosphere to the piece, really gives it this super cosy, warm, magical and inviting feel to it, it's just so pretty. I also really love how while there is a lot of glowing and lighting going on, (which is completely my fault for having so many characters that emit light one way or another c': ) it isn't overwhelming at all. I also really do rather enjoy how the light from Phyress' stands out so much, as the only source of non-blue lighting in the area, so she gives off this warm glow that illuminates Elvira's head and part of the branch gang, it's just so beautiful ;;

And of course, all the characters look absolutely adorable as always, LJ once again completely nailing it! Their chibi style is just so freaking cute <3

To anyone that made it this far in this wall of text, I appreciate you reading everything, hope it wasn't too boring!
And now for the character wall, because I feel extra stupid and giddy, so let's do it the stupid way

Arianda is miiineeeee
Ashura is miiineeeee
Celina is miiineeeee
Elayne is miiineeeee
Elvira is miiineeeee
Ibby (all three forms) is miiineeeee
Phyress (regular and Phoenix) is miiineeeee
Zahira is miiineeeee
Artist is  azulj - (Bluesky)