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dont trace reference images. dont even LOOK at reference images. in fact, don't ever look at anything that exists in the world, in person or in photos or in videos, even when you're not drawing, because you will still be able to use the memories of what something looks like as a reference when you're drawing it later. yes that includes yourself. destroy all the mirrors in your house. don't look down at your hands or feet. don't look. close your eyes. close them tight. forget everything. it's okay, embrace the darkness. just forget.

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vividciggy

Things I hope Tommy Arnold's announcement/merch drop will be:

- a life size cardboard cut out of Gideon Nav

- one of those grow-a-dinosaur capsules that dissolves in water except it's grow-an-Alecto

- finger puppets of Jod and the Lyctors

- a crank up Jack-in-the-box but it's a Babs-in-a-coffin

- two packs of cigarettes and a purple tie

- a mini Kiriona Gaia pocket Jesus

- real genuine can of harrow marrow soup that sets off Geiger counters

- a Polly pocket compact replica of Canaan House

- Front Line Titties of the Ninth pinup calender

#the locked tomb #text #yes

sarcasticcollegestudent

Harrowhark to Gideon: Griddle, we have to keep a low profile. This is a competition between all the scions of all the houses, and we must expect them all to undermine us and seek to destroy us at every turn!

Palamedes to Camilla: Boy, I hope everyone likes the "Best Research Buddies" friendship bracelets I made them on the shuttle ride here. Do you think any of them will want to have a sleepover where we talk about our theories and who has the funniest cavalier?

#the locked tomb #text

Pendulum

BOOK COVER REDRAW of one of the most insane and gutwretching books ever written. (Art without text and full process on my insta!)

It was my first time designing a book cover and I have to say the process was painful. I started with a strong idea in mind: I wanted to portray Harrow at the exact moment she got her memories back. It had to be spectacular, dramatic, atrocious. There had to be skeletons, lots of skeletons, the castle of her House, and of course, Gideon's sword. Then came the hard part, colors. I changed the colors I think 4 times, just couldn't get them right, but in the end can say I'm quite happy with the result. During the whole process I kept looking at the original cover from @studiotommy.co (insta) trying to grasp even a small fragment of his tenique (ps. Posting this 2 days before a big tit announcement wasn't in my plans👀)

I hope I've done this book justice, because at the end, that's what it's all about.

Ty @noblenico for sharing the We Do Bones font, it really made the difference!

#the locked tomb #fanart

nona-gesimus

we moved on from the unwanted guest way more quickly than we should have…ianthe boobs out, palamedes smoking, both of them serving dyke drama realness, the reveal that souls in close proximity rub off on each other…it was too good

#the locked tomb #text

runmienn

The sixth and the ninth

Currently reading Harrow the ninth and I’m hooked! Be careful with spoilers in the tags please🧎

#the locked tomb #fanart #others art

question, what is one supposed to do after reading “My whole life, yes. Yes, forever, yes. Life is too short and love is too long.”

#nona the ninth #the locked tomb #tlt #camilla hect #palamedes sextus #im struggling here friends

oooocleo

did u guys know.. drawing smiles is fun… (these are part of this months commission batch!)

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#others art #i love

fatedfragment

Hi, I just wanted to hop here and tell you that I just finished reading your ff "yours & mine" and it was delightful and i instantly run to check out your socials, thanks for the food 💖

oh my gosh thank you so so much !! that fic is really personal to me, so i’m super glad people are enjoying it 💕💕

kej-art

The pleasure is all mine! 💖

(also everyone go check that fic is SO GOOD)

stuckinapril

I think part of getting better is complete ego death. Like you’re not above setting a timer for 5 minutes and focusing on a task. You’re not above doing a very simple 3 minute workout to start. You’re not above reading for 10 minutes a day when you first get out of your reading slump, even if you used to read for hours. You’re not above starting slow and then building up to where you want to be/where you once were. What you are above is total inertia. Doing something really is better than doing nothing. Radically accept where you are, radically accept your limits, and go from there. Don’t let your ego get in the way.