Drewly 2026: A Waxy Wand

 A Waxy Wand

Candle Wand: This unassuming candle burns endlessly and can be lit or extinguished with a mere thought. The bookish mage that keeps this as their wand knows that there are more traditional ways of using magic to illuminate reading rooms, but they loathe the unnatural glow of witchlight.

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 What is Drewly?

Drewly is the month-long art challenge where you don’t make any new art. Just celebrate all the art you’ve already made, finished or not.

How do I join?

Share whatever work you’d like, however you’d like to share. Tag your posts #Drewly #Drewly2026 #Drewly26.

You can also join me on reddit at /r/Drewly

See all my Drewly posts here.

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Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

The Minish Cap: Happy Birthday to you

 Happy Birthday to you

Red Kinstone: Kinstones are found broken and fusing matched pairs of kinstones with the people Link meets on his journey unlocks boons, treasure, and new places to explore. Fusing red kinstones often changes something about the world. A person is inspired, a pathway opens, or a treasure appears somewhere else.

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you

Haaaappy birthday to *insert name of loved one here*

Happy birthday to you

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My Kinstone drawings are mostly things to make wishes as wishing is such a core part of fairy tales. 

My older kid loves these drawings more than almost any other that I have made because they can play blowing birthday candles out and then they magically relight. Their love for these makes these drawings some of my favorites from this set.

If you can do anything creative. Share it with your kids early, they will be impressed and tell everyone about your amazing skills.

How to support me:

Ko-fi: Pay What You Want links 

Patreon: Shop and sustaining support 

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Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

The Minish Cap: A single rainbow

 A single rainbow

Bow of Light: A powerful Picori artifact, the bow of light can charge the cleansing poser of light into held shots with the bow that burn enemies of darkness. Link must visit the wind tribes village in the clouds by fusing kinstones, and then save a man from ghostly possession using the wind jar. If he saves this man , the next time Link visits the village in the clouds, the recovered man will gift him the bow of light. If he fails to save this man, he will die and Link will never find the bow.

It was another dreary day questing for the bow of light prophesied to end the 10,000 years of darkness, and then it started to rain. After all these years of danger and peril, what finally makes you give up is wet socks.  That is until the sky clears and you see a simple rainbow and you realize the bow isn’t some long lost piece of archery equipment but the belief that we can work together to make things better.

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I’m still bitter about not getting the bow of light when I played Minish Cap. I guess I didn’t have enough patience and didn’t vacuum the ghost long enough to save the man and he died. I still think about that, even though it’s been almost a decade since I played that game.

There is so much going on in the world that I could and should comment on, but nothing prepared me for how ad it would be when you, your partner, and both kids get really sick all at once.

My life is a bit in shambles, but I’m hopeful things will get better.

How to support me:

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Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

The Minish Cap: Haunted Candelabra

 Haunted Candelabra

Fire Element: Atop Mount Crenel, deep in the Cave of Flames, the Fire Element is guarded by a turtle dragon that Link must defeat. After defeating the beast, Link can take the Earth and Fire elements to the Elemental Sanctuary and begin the reforging of the Picori blade. With two elements, the newly dubbed white sword has the power to split Link into two copies.

This candelabra was recovered from a supposedly haunted manor. According to local gossip, the lord of the manor was cursed, and so were all of his unfortunate servants. The candelabra is certainly a curio, as its candles never burn lower, and it has a habit of tipping towards beautiful women.

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Lumier is a surprisingly lecherous character for a kids' movie. I guess that is probably a problematic stereotype of the French manifesting in children's media.

If you are worried about Lumier being lonely, Cogsworth is going to eventually show up in this set, so he will just have to be patient.

Drewly today is my normal weekly item card post, where I post drawings inspired by all the items in all the Zelda games. I am currently posting the items from The Minish Cap. I’ve got complete sets for the first 11 Zelda games and a bunch of other item sets already posted here.

#Drewly is the month-long art challenge for July, where you don’t have to make any new art. Just post art you’ve already made and celebrate all you’ve accomplished.

What is Drewly?

#Drewly is the month-long art challenge for July, where you don’t have to make any new art. Just post art you’ve already made and celebrate all you’ve accomplished.

Rules:

Share art you have already made.

Share as often as you want.

When you share, tag your art with #Drewly and #Drewly2025

I will be posting art every day of Drewly, so check back in tomorrow for something new.

Check out everything I’ve shared for past Drewly’s here: #Drewly #Drewly2022 #Drewly2023 #Drewly2024

Since you’re here, please consider supporting:

Make a one-time donation with Ko-Fi:  https://ko-fi.com/theeasyspeaker

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Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Drewly: Flask of distilled sunlight

 Flask of distilled sunlight

Flask of distilled sunlight: Distilled sunlight is being pumped directly into the corporeal form of a vampiric bat god to keep it in a catatonic state so that blasphemous vampire researchers can use the god’s blood to make super soldiers. 

Sometimes I take an item card that is already published and alter it slightly to better fit my campaign. Drewly is a great time to share those slight changes without feeling like I am cheating on a weekly post.

What is Drewly?

#Drewly is the month-long art challenge for July, where you don’t have to make any new art. Just post art you’ve already made and celebrate all you’ve accomplished.

Rules:

Share art you have already made.

Share as often as you want.

When you share, tag your art with #Drewly and #Drewly2025

I will be posting art every day of Drewly, so check back in tomorrow for something new.

Check out everything I’ve shared for past Drewly’s here: #Drewly #Drewly2022 #Drewly2023 #Drewly2024

Since you’re here, please consider supporting:

Make a one-time donation with Ko-Fi:  https://ko-fi.com/theeasyspeaker

Become a sustaining supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ItemCardswithTheSpeakingSquid 

Buy a sticker: SpeakingSquid.redbubble.com

Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

The Minish Cap: The girl’s matchstick

 The girl’s matchstick

Flame Lantern: Link finds the flame lantern in the Temple of the Droplets after beating the big blue chu chu. The lantern casts a warm light in a short radius that illuminates the darkness, melts ice, and ignites flammable materials. 

The matchstick became a symbol for change in the city when a young matchstick seller was found dead on the street after a frigid night. The masses were always angry that the elites hoarded their wealth, but their anger became a fury after the story of the fallen matchstick girl spread. The fires of revolution have taken hold in the city, and no one what will become of the city when the smoke finally clears.

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The Matchstick Girl is one of the more depressing folk tales you can ever hear. It is made worse when you realize the story could be set today without much adjustment.

Do some good into this world.

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Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Swordtember: Sword of Light and Shadow

Sword of Light and Shadow

Sword of Light and Shadow: This blade was forged with the vital energy of light and the necrotic energy of shadow.

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My Swordtember posts continue with a few of the Mirran Swords from Magic: The Gathering. I haven't finished that set yet, but it is slow moving so I wanted to share my progress.

Since you’re enjoying my work, please consider donating:

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Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Four Swords Adventures: Light leech lamp

 Light leech lamp

 

 

 

Lamp: Lamps are pedestal items in Four Swords Adventures which means they can be used by any Link that picks them up for the duration of the stage they are found on. Lamps shed light, illuminating darkness, and can be swung to start fires and light torches.

This simple-looking lantern burns no oil. Instead, it slowly drinks up light and shadow when not in use. Opening the lens, the lantern sheds the stored light to see in the dark or the stored shadow for some controlled discretion.

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Drewly has come and gone once again. I always enjoy sharing a big chunk of art all at once.

I’m returning to my regular weekly posts of new item cards, so see you next week with another item from Four Swords Adventures.

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Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Four Swords Adventures: Tools of the fire dancer

Tools of the Fire Dancer

Fire Rod: Another pedestal item from Four Swords Adventures, this rod allows a Link to shoot flames. They can throw a ball of flame or make a continuous gout of flame. These flames can be used to light braziers, damage enemies, and solve puzzles. Like most, maybe all, pedestal items in Four Swords Adventure, the fire rod can be upgraded to level 2 by presenting it to a Great Fairy.

Flame dancers wow audiences with their daring performances of skill and endurance. These blazing staves and batons magically burn forever. Where most everflames burn cold these burn hotter than most flames to ensure the dancer’s feats are not diminished.

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Tomorrow is the first day of my month-long art challenge Drewly. It is a challenge where all you have to do is post art you’ve already made. No need to make new art, just rest on your laurels and use this is an excuse to share your work with the world.

If you enjoy my work, please consider donating:

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Become a sustaining supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ItemCardswithTheSpeakingSquid 

Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Holiday: Make a wish this New Year’s Eve.

 Holiday: Make a wish this New Year’s Eve.

Shell Boats: My wife’s family has a tradition where each person makes a boat out of a walnut shell and a candle. You light all the boats at the same time and the person with the last boat floating gets a wish.

Happy New Year! 

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Holidays: Break a leg this Christmas.

Holidays: Break a leg this Christmas.

Leg Lamp: Every person harbors safe wishes that they can share and others will support, and darker secret wishes they keep hidden from the world. This is one of those hidden secret wishes, but someone was fool enough to let it out into the world. Brace yourself for the havoc this wish will wreak on the unsuspecting and unprepared.

The infamous leg lamp from A Christmas Story. This is one of my mother’s favorite Christmas movies and I can still remember her howling with laughter when the leg lamp gets unboxed.

My household celebrates Christmas. Merry Christmas if yours does too.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Drewly 2023: A tarnished brass lamp.

A tarnished brass lamp.

Wishing Lamp: Contained in this simple brass lamp is a genie of great and terrible power. Rub the lamp to summon out the genie and receive your three wishes. But beware, genies are often capricious and will try to take as much as they give.

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This is just the colored version of the brass lamp from Oracle of Seasons.

Reposts are a totally okay way to celebrate Drewly! This week we are going to look again at items for my home game and also fan art of items from pop culture.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Drewly 2023: A rod of lighting.

 A rod of lighting.

Lighting Rod: It is a rod that illuminates the area when activated and can be thrown to create a bright and loud explosion that dazzles the unprepared.

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I drew this to represent a Lightning Javelin in my game but thought the lighting rod pun was a better interpretation of the art.

We are about halfway through Drewly. I hope I see your art too.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Wind Waker: An ampule of glowing essence.

 An ampule of glowing essence.

Forest Firefly: These majestic fireflies glow in seven different colors and can only be found in the Forest Haven. This isolated forest is the last vestige of the once mighty forests that covered Hyrule before being drowned under the floods that birthed the Great Sea. In the original release, Link must capture a firefly and give it to Lenzo so that he can upgrade Link’s Pictobox into the Deluxe Pictobox capable of taking color photographs. In the HD rerelease, Link is given the Deluxe Pictobox from the start, so Lenzo doesn’t need a firefly for his research.

Such an ampule of distilled firefly essence requires the lives of millions of fireflies to create. The result of such an insecticide massacre is a fluid that makes any who drink it glow for a few hours. It is also an invaluable reagent in spells conjuring or controlling lights.

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If you don’t know what an Ampule is, it is a type of container for medicines and reactive liquids. The ampule is sealed by melting the glass tip, which means the neck must be snapped off to open them.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

#Drewly: Ashbringer, radiant avenger

Ashbringer, radiant avenger

Ashbringer: The holy avenger wielded by Highlord Morgaine in the Silver Hand’s crusade against the forces of the undead. Its radiant power smites the undead, leaving only ash.

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Drewly is all about posting art that you have already made. Post as often or as little as you’d like. It is a “challenge” to let you celebrate what you have already done. If you post for Drewly don’t forget the tag #Drewly.

See you tomorrow for more Drewly posts. 

If you appreciate my effort, consider a donation at my ko-fi.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph