Words, doodles and magic

[mariaashby64]

BTW I have a side blog

I started a blog specifically for art-reblogs: @ashbyreblogsart64

It’s more active than what I can produce for you guys so do check it out if you have the time, these pieces deserve some love.

[mariaashby64]

Mirror Rift Portrait Series

Fire trio: Arloka Phara Henu

Ice Trio: Kiki

[mariaashby64]

Ya know, I was going to make an amv to this song but when I dragged the intro into my timeline it worked so perfectly, I figured there's no point. I couldn't match this.

[evilhorse]

Anne McCaffrey Dragonflight ad (from Robin Hood #2 circa September 1991)

[latewaitress]

Michael Whelan. White Dragon, Dragonriders of Pern, 1980

[godzilla-reads]

Fantasy books really peaked when they had these beautiful covers. I miss the classic, vintage editions!

I guess that’s just another thing for me to collect 😚

[wizardarchives]

Dragonquest by Michael Whelan (1978)

Cover for Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonquest

[vermilllionsands]

Les Edwards

[judgeitbyitscover]

Dragonsdawn by Anne McCaffrey

Cover art by Michael Whelan

Ballantine 1988

Acrylic on Watercolor Board

The beautiful planet Pern seemed a paradise to its new colonists—until unimaginable terror turned it into hell. Suddenly deadly spores were falling like silver threads from the sky, devouring everything—and everyone—on their path. It began to look as if the colony, cut off from Earth and lacking the resources to combat the menace, was doomed.

Then some of the colonists noticed that the small, dragonlike lizards that inhabited their new world were joining the fight against Thread, breathing fire on it and teleporting to safety. If only, they thought, the dragonets were big enough for a human to ride and intelligent enough to work as a team with a rider…

And so they set their most talented geneticist to work to create the creatures Pern so desperately needed—Dragons!

[geekynerfherder]

‘Menolly of Half Circle Hold’ by Rowena Morrill.

Cover art for the 1986 edition of the novel ‘Dragonsong’, book 1 of the 'Harper Hall’ trilogy, part of the 'Pern’ series written by Anne McCaffrey.

[mariaashby64]

If I disappear off tumblr suddenly it's because the site finds my logging in activity suspicious.

[mariaashby64]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Summary:

After Kagiura wakes up one morning with a cold, his body decides the best thing to do is shift into a form he can better fight it in. Hirano is being very calm about this.

As per request via the poll, I'm posting these fics under an anonymous collection, but they should be free to read for anyone who can access ao3.

[AU Master Post]

[mariaashby64]

Totally only just found out Arcane S2 was released on the weekend, so you can have this amv back as a recap.

[theload]

The Dragons of Pern, by Tony DiTerlizzi.

While I know this art isn’t accurate to the books, with Pernese Dragons looking more like majestic sparkle horse dragons, I actually really like this art.The Dragons of Pern are supposed to be aliens,and I think his art makes them look otherworldly while also being sorta cute.

@dimetrodone @tyrantisterror @iamthekaijuking @godzillakiryu91 @titleknown @chickadee-sun @schafpudel @dinosaurana

[wizardarchives]

Moreta by Michael Whelan (1983) for Anne McCaffrey’s Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern

The preliminary concepts for this piece as well:

[threadfall]

Illustration by N. Taylor Blanchard (1983) for Fantasy Gamer #4 (February-March 1984 issue).

Images from Blanchard's website (link) and Warehouse23 (link).

[threadfall]

Dragondrums (竜の太鼓), published by Hayakawa Publishing in 1990. Translated by Obi Fusa (小尾芙佐), with cover art by Kijima Shun (木嶋俊).