hi, I'm gem!
29 (she/they/any)
I write, I draw, and I talk a lot about my mental health recovery journey.
But enough about me! Let's talk about the love of my life, Her Broken Magic, a serialized fantasy novel about a soft, sweet girl who loves giant, terrifying monsters, and is on a journey to heal, well, her broken magic. Oh, also, it's free to read! (links!)
I like to describe it as Spartacus: Blood and Sand meets Avatar: The Last Airbender with also some influences of Netflix's Castlevania animated series thrown in there :) Basically it is a high fantasy southern gothic story with an Ancient Roman aesthetic and late 1800s technology, and also there are big, deadly monsters who are Good Boys and honestly are as involved in the story as the people characters, like some even have POV scenes lol.
I do covers for each episode that gets released, and here are the covers that I've done so far:
And the blurb!
Belle is a practitioner of Chaos magic and a lover of monsters; Daivad is a traitor prince and a symbol of rebellion. And the goddess Mother Dark has brought them together for a purpose far greater than either can imagine. Growing up in the circus, Belle learned to love the odd and the dangerous, including giant nightbeasts and wicked magic. Five years ago, she performed her Chaos magic before the royal family, the Earthbreakers, whose very name is synonymous with Order. For her blasphemy, Belle’s mother was imprisoned, her circus family was destroyed, and Belle was condemned to atone for her sins in the bed of the violent Crown Prince. But her place at the prince’s side has given her a unique opportunity. Guided by the goddess Mother Dark, Belle and her best friend, the powerful, battlehammer-toting Jac, have managed to track down the Traitor Prince, Daivad Earthbreaker, an Inhuman who has become the face of rebellion and who has as much reason to hate his family as Belle does. Belle only wants his help in freeing her mother, but Mother Dark has bigger plans for them both.
This is Belle! She is 25 at the beginning of the story, an acrobat/dancer who adores monsters and also has the COOLEST magical tattoo knives. She is very sweet and really weird and will 100% remember your dog's name forever but will completely forget to even ask yours.
And here is Daivad! He's 28 at the beginning of the story and he is a Tough Guy™ whose height is never actually stated but is widely acknowledged as Unreasonable. His weakness, apparently, is freckled blondes, and he also keeps accidentally adopting people despite the fact that he insists he Just Wants To Be Left Alone.
Sorry, Dai, apparently I can only add 10 images.
Side Note: the above feet are not an indication of Daivad's lack of toes, they are an indication of my lack of interest in drawing said toes (see: Belle's feet above). I promise he has toes.
Relevant tags are:
HBM, my art, my ocs, any of my ocs names, and my writing. There's probably others I forgot but I will (maybe) add them in later.
Thank you for reading this post, and if you do choose to read HBM please please tell me your thoughts and feelings on it!! Nothing brings me more joy than hearing from readers!!!
Love,
gem <3
