Art n' Shenanigans

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I might have gone just a smidge overboard with the lighting

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This turned out more spooky than I wanted it to Ah well

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Here's my take on the Vanserra family character designs

Since we know practically nothing about the siblings and very little about Beron and Lady of Autumn, they've pretty much turned into OCs and canon has been gently defenestrated

I really hope we get more info about them in the future, but for now, from top to bottom, oldest to youngest, here are:

Beron

Lady of Autumn, whom I named Persê after the deity from Greek mythology. She is most famous for being married to Helios, the Titan of the Sun and for bearing several witch children, one of whom is the famous Circe. Her name can mean "destroy" or "to sack with fire" I also gave her the last name of Evenor, taken from the first king of Atlantis

Phobos and Deimos, who are twins- - they spend the most time with Beron after Eris, so they were very influenced by him. They're quite vicious and sadistic. The kind of kids who would play by putting salt on slugs and tripping up people. They're ride or die for their family, but have a hard time grasping when they're being casualty cruel. They're named after the personifications/spirits of panic, fright and dread, terror, respectively, from Greek mythology. Said to be the sons of Ares and Aphrodite.

Moros - really into combat. Has a fascination with swords and battle strategy. He wants to be a general of Autumn's armies. Had a really strong bond with the twins and hates Lucien with a passion. Complicated relationship with Eris. The one who completely bought into what bullshit Beron was selling. Named after a minor Greek God of doom, destined death or violent death.

Akhos - the most chill one, relatively. He's a nerd who really isn't interested in fighting. Instead, he got Beron's viscous tongue, by which I mean he will reduce you to tears without looking up from a book. Very smart, not very motivated. Zero respect for anyone who isn't Eris or Persê. Convinced Moros is up to something, he just can't prove it. Named after the personification/spirit of pain of body or mind, grief or anguish from Greek mythology.

Zelus - he is the younger after Lucien and an absolute menace to society. He's easily jealous and riled up. Will stick his nose where it doesn't belong and doesn't really care for other people's feelings. But like It's not on purpose exactly He just doesn't understand why he should care about anyone who isn't his family. Everyone else is like grass beneath his feet. As the youngest, he really wants to prove himself to Beron, but more so to Eris. He's got a touch of crazy in him. He wants all the shiny things and sometimes that includes people (Eris is working on that one). Named after the personification/spirit of jealousy, envy and zeal from Greek mythology.

And the last one is Lucien

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Baby Eris, playing with his fire

This is my first time drawing a child and trying out a lineless art style I'm not sure how successful either has been

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Lady of the Autumn Court & Eris Vanserra, Beron Vanserra & Eris Vanserra, Eris Vanserra & Original Character(s), Eris Vanserra & Original Vanserra Character(s), Eris Vanserra & The Autumn Court, Azriel/Eris Vanserra Characters: Eris Vanserra, Lady of the Autumn Court (A Court of Thorns and Roses), Beron Vanserra, Original Vanserra Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Azriel (A Court of Thorns and Roses), Azriel Shadowsinger - Character Additional Tags: Angst, Introspection, Vignette, 6 + 1 Things, Child Neglect, Child Abuse, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Physical Abuse, minor character injury, Major Character Injury, I went overboard with those tags just in case, its really not that dark, Canon-Typical Violence, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe, as in, what if eris was secretly softer than a teddy bear?, and a huge mother hen, Established Relationship, Kind Of, Protective Eris Vanserra, High Lord Eris Vanserra, again - kind of, POV Eris Vanserra, POV Azriel (A Court of Thorns and Roses), Hurt/Comfort, no beta we die like the bone carver, The Autumn Court (A Court of Thorns and Roses), Lady of the Autumn Court Has a Name (A Court of Thorns and Roses), canon has been sent to live on a nice farm, Touch-Starved, Worldbuilding, Selectively mute Azriel, Muteness, American Sign Language Series: Part 1 of Wildfire Summary:

Eris has spent many nights awake in bed, trying to figure out why he felt like crawling out of his skin. What the craving he felt deep within his ashen, crumbling heart was for.

Or

Six times Eris hugged someone and one time someone hugged him first.

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One of the few times a "quick, drawing" managed to stay just a "quick drawing"

Now is probably a good time to mention that I'm in like a bajillion fandoms, so anyone who followed me because of my acotar fanart, you should expect a bunch of other stuff for other fandoms too

One day I'll make a comprehensive list of fandoms I'm in but today is not that day

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Hey gang, so I'm writing a fanfic and I wanted to use ASL in it but I'm not fluent in it and don't wanna accidentally mess it up, so if anybody is willing to help me with this I would be immensely grateful

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Some not super polished Eris drawings

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Reblog if you will never. Ever. Use AI in your writing.

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It was a good thing I didn't manage to fit all 12 of his hounds because I nearly went insane drawing just these ones So instead, have a very respectable 6

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So this is my take on a design for Azriel

As I mentioned previously, I attempted to give him Mongolian facial features and skin tone and I'm once again uncertain how successful that was

I'm not 100% happy with the eyes, they're giving Puppy too much, but I don't really know how to fix that so if you have any suggestions I'd love to hear the

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Azriel's wings will be the actual death of me

Pose reference from this twitter post:

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I love this ship with my whole heart

I tried giving Azriel some Mongolian facial features and skin tone but I'm not sure how successful that was

An attempt was made

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Out of all villains and antagonists in acotar, I think Beron is one of the worst

Because he's a familiar, more real evil

All these other villains are death gods and otherworldly forces

They're distant, more removed from us

We can't really comprehend a thousand year old monster of untold power

Sure, they're scary but in a way a black hole is scary, far away and nebulous

What we can comprehend, though, is an abusive parent

We can comprehend all the little cruelties Beron does

How he says he loves Eris but hurts him regardless

How he uses the Lady of Autumn as a tool

How he neglects his other children

How he despises Lucien for things out of his control

You wouldn't be able to tell just by looking at him because, to everyone else, he is a pillar of the community, an important member of society

Sure he's a piece of shit, but could your average person really guess he tortures his family?

Even if you suspected something, you couldn't tell anyone because they could do nothing about it

The way he systematically dismantles a person until they doubt everything and everyone around them is very real

He could be your neighbour and you wouldn't even know it

And that's an evil that hits very close to home

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Tumblr, may I propose ✨THIS✨ as the Will Solace Theme Song

Possibly even the Apollo Cabin Theme Song

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NOTICE: As more and more fanfic writers are using generative AI for their works (you uncreative dweebs), I hereby swear on everything I hold dear that I have not and will NEVER use generative AI in ANY of my written work. Everything I post will be organically and creatively my own.

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I don't know what kind of deal with the devil I unknowingly made to be able to draw Eris this well but I'm milking it for all it's worth

This is that one scene in acowar where the inner circle have a meeting with Keir and Eris shows up to be sassy and fabulous and amazing as usual