Ventarix

21 June

Official post for my #Grockdrian #ProjectHailMary fanfic, #OurSavingGrace! A longer fic with lots of fluff and angst and comfort all mixed in; updates every Monday and Friday. (🔞18+ readers only!🔞) archiveofourown.org/works/856438...

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Fairbanks

@fairbanksvt.bsky.social

what's this? ALIENS? in HIGH FANTASY!?!? it's more likely than you think! (seriously take a close look at WoW and D&D) INTRODUCING THE ARAIME! an alien species i've been cooking since 2015. hopefully you all like them too!

Hello everyone! Instead of a chapter preview today, you all get a one-shot of Barb topping the shit out of Kenneth. 😇 🔞🔞🔞18+ ONLY🔞🔞🔞 archiveofourown.org/works/94353661

Really surprised by how many people liked lil' Blip from the kiddos. Blip also has many thoughts on their popularity! #ToHoldAStar

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JZBL

@jzbl999.bsky.social

I know their cuddle puddles get so cozy

SpaceQueen 💫👑 | ART RAFFLE

Erid Fauna Profile #2: Flatback #ProjectHailMary #PHM #ToHoldaStar #THaS

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@spacequeen.bsky.social

1 May

those guys seem nice... #art #theniceguys #healymarch

We've got #Grockdrian pebbles! There's some interesting coloration going on there with two of them. 👀 Details and notes in the comments! #ProjectHailMary #OurSavingGrace

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Blip: Surprise! They/them, hatched later in life, after the initial trio are well into fledgling-hood. It was difficult to conceive the original three, so Grockdrian are THRILLED when lil' baby Blip comes along. Considers Grace their 'favorite' parent.

That's all of my rambling. We won't get to see any of this particular trio until the ending of the sequel story, but it was still fun coming up with their designs and personalities! archiveofourown.org/works/856438... ko-fi.com/ventarix

We've got #Grockdrian pebbles! There's some interesting coloration going on there with two of them. 👀 Details and notes in the comments! #ProjectHailMary #OurSavingGrace

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Gracie: Hatched at the same time as Mary, she/her pronouns. Loud and energetic, just like Rocky, and will fight anyone and anything that makes the mistake of disagreeing with her. Fiercely protective of her siblings, particularly Mary.

Mary: Hatched at the same time as Gracie, they/them pronouns. They were born very weak, and for a time it was feared they wouldn't survive past hatching. Very musically gifted and gentle, usually lets Gracie do all the talking. Rarely seen far from Blip.

We've got #Grockdrian pebbles! There's some interesting coloration going on there with two of them. 👀 Details and notes in the comments! #ProjectHailMary #OurSavingGrace

Sol: First-hatched, and the tallest, he/him pronouns. Tends to be quieter than all of his siblings, got a lot of Adrian's more withdrawn personality. Has a lot of feelings over Grace being one of their parents, both good and bad.

22 Sept

Species-swap #5: Levee-of-Flowing-Spiral! #ProjectHailMary #OurSavingGrace #OSG

22 Sept

Oh Lev, my sweet anxious lad. NEVER give this man coffee, he's already too high-strung. My favorite detail is the little gap between his teeth. archiveofourown.org/works/856438... ko-fi.com/ventarix

21 Sept

Species-swap #4: Autumn-of-Valleysong! #ProjectHailMary #OurSavingGrace #OSG

21 Sept

My tiny little ladyyy! Autumn is my long-standing soul OC, so I'm very partial to her. 🍁 She would be a tattoo artist as a human. archiveofourown.org/works/856438... ko-fi.com/ventarix

20 Sept

Species-swap #3: Lightbulb-of-Treetop! #ProjectHailMary #OurSavingGrace #OSG

20 Sept

Gonna be honest, I tried to make them look like a pleased cat. 😂 Favorite detail is the gray in their hair because they forgot to re-dye it. archiveofourown.org/works/856438... ko-fi.com/ventarix

Species-swap #2: Barb-of-Perfection-Peaks! #ProjectHailMary #OurSavingGrace #OSG

Barb turned out exactly as I pictured her in my mind. An older woman who takes her career VERY seriously, but is obviously super happy. (And she pegs her utterly besotted husband.) archiveofourown.org/works/856438... ko-fi.com/ventarix

Species-swap #1: Sparky-of-Fire-Heights! #ProjectHailMary #OurSavingGrace #OSG

@tidewalker-art.bsky.social

Time to draw the entire care-team as humans, yippieee! archiveofourown.org/works/856438... ko-fi.com/ventarix

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Oh frick, it’s Vic!

13 Sept

Mwah mwah mwah and they’re all aliens and in love mwah mwah mwah #grockdrian

12 Sept

Eridani Fauna Profile #1: Shell-breaker leeches! #ProjectHailMary #PHM #OurSavingGrace #OSG

7 Sept

Last but not least, the final of the three eridian councilors in #OurSavingGrace. Myriad-of-Plumewither might be a tiny little thing, but they don't tolerate disrespect from anyone. Confident and sassy, they know how to get everything they want and more. #ProjectHailMary #PHM #OSG

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7 Sept

archiveofourown.orgOur Saving Grace - Chapter 1 - Ventarix - Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir [Archive of Our Own]An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

6 Sept

Grace in various fits that pop up over the course of #OurSavingGrace! From left to right, we have: fancy eridian celebration clothes, the domestic fit from Rocky's radiation dream, and then something he wears in the sequel story. #ProjectHailMary #PHM #OSG

6 Sept

Read the fanfic here - archiveofourown.org/works/856438... ko-fi.com/ventarix

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alex | he/they | 24

@khromiums.bsky.social

1 Sept

hello my grockies :) #gracerocky

30 Aug

The results of the first care-team popularity poll is in, and we have our 3 losers and 3 winners! Thank you all so much for participating! Be sure and tell me who you voted for in the comments. ❤️ #OurSavingGrace #OSG

My take on species-swapped #Grockdrian! I simply love the idea that everyone is INSANELY attractive no matter how they look. #ProjectHailMary #PHM

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Adrian is in their late 40s/early 50s due to time dilation, and still a zoologist. They and Rocky were high-school sweethearts. 🤎💚I love when people make them taller than both Rocky and Grace, haha. I also couldn't resist giving them tattoos.

Those are all my notes. <3 I looove species-swapped AU versions of these characters so much, y'all have no idea. Our Saving Grace - archiveofourown.org/works/856438... Ko-fi - ko-fi.com/ventarix

My take on species-swapped #Grockdrian! I simply love the idea that everyone is INSANELY attractive no matter how they look. #ProjectHailMary #PHM

Rocky's still an engineer, somewhere around his late 30s/early 40s. Instead of burns, I gave him impact marks. I imagine he and Grace's near-death over the planet Adrian would still be mostly the same, but with some small differences like that. He would 100% wear the WORST meme shirts.

For Grace, I see a LOT of people make him a tiny round eridian (which I LOVE) but I decided to do the opposite. He's tall and lanky (river-born), and he falls over a lot because of this. I wanted to use more foxy/copper colors instead of yellow/gold. Still a molecular biologist here!

x.comVentarix (@ventarix) on XIt's poll time! Who's your favorite member of the OSG eridian care-team? The winners of the following three polls will go head to head in a final poll for NUMBER 1! Please be sure to vote in all thre...

23 Aug

It's time to vote! Who's your favorite member of the OSG eridian care-team? I have a poll up on my Twitter for the next 7 days, so please go cast your vote if you want your favorite to win! x.com/ventarix/sta...

22 Aug

Let's celebrate together! A scene from Chapter 41 of my fanfic, #OurSavingGrace. If there's anyone out there who can turn a crappy week into a good one, it's Barb. 💗 #ProjectHailMary #PHM #OSG

22 Aug

Our Saving Grace - archiveofourown.org/works/856438... And my Kofi, if you want other ways to support me. <3 ko-fi.com/ventarix

12 Aug

Introducing Councilor Wrox-of-Sovereign-Wake, the second of the three eridian councilors in #OurSavingGrace! They're a bit of a pervert and a little lazy, but otherwise a nice enough soul. (Doesn't mean I would trust them TOO much.) #ProjectHailMary #PHM #OSG

9 Aug

Time to welcome Decima-of-Shaded-Canopy to the character line-up! The first of the three eridian councilors in #OurSavingGrace, and the one you probably want to avoid the most. (Unless you're into that. 👁️) #ProjectHailMary #PHM #OSG

5 Aug

My take on Grace's biodome house layout! It's missing a lot of details, but it was fun putting my own spin on it. #ProjectHailMary #PHM

5 Aug

What if we both wrote failed academic papers and we bonded over that and became friends and hung-out? Based on an eventual scene in my fanfic. 🤍 Grace deserves lots of friends! #ProjectHailMary #PHM #OurSavingGrace #OSG #RylandGrace

22 July

Based on a scene from Chapter 26 of my #ProjectHailMary fanfic, #OurSavingGrace. It's too late for you, Adrian.

17 July

Pricilla's ego is through the roof! (Thank you for all the love he got on Chapter 21! Adrian's life is now so much harder, having to deal with him.) #ProjectHailMary #PHM #OurSavingGrace #eridianOC

30 June

Chat, how the FLIP do you draw this guy (Drawing practice with my favorite subject) #ProjectHailMary #PHM

29 June

I see a lot of tiny Rocky, but not enough tiny Adrian! #ProjectHailMary #PHM

29 June

And a tiny BLUSHING Adrian! (So devious! What are they looking at, hmm?)