'Midst the fray, the brave

Brave women and girls of fiction, in pictures and quotes.

[daretoplay]

Art by Ruth Sanderson, the print was done for an earlier convention. Sanderson illustrated some of the book covers.

[stingrayextraordinaire]

Neverland Moodboards // Wendy Darling

Would you like an adventure now, or would like to have your tea first?

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

Esther Summerson, Bleak House (1985)

[snow124-art]

Ice queen

Okay, I made her a dress)) It's not the best option, but I hope she likes it.

[treasuresfromthearchives]

Good Housekeeping 1923-02

Cover art by Jessie Willcox Smith

[arofili]

middle-earth meme ☆ 9/10 characters ☆ gilraen

Ónen i-Estel Edain, ú-chebin estel anim. I gave hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept no hope for myself.

[moth-sapphic]

Lady Dis going about her business in the blue mountains with her baby boys snoozing away strapped to her front and back in baby wraps

[elrondss]

i agree !!!!!!!

[queensoftheresistance]

‘“Find her!”the flames said, in a voice all of hiss and crackle and devouring. “Bring her back!”’

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, Irina and Magreta finding safety within the mirror.

By pastghost on instagram

[evydraws]

9 May - Mina Murray to Lucy Westenra

(Jonathan's coming home in about a week, and he's well, you heard it here first.)

[queensoftheresistance]

Mary Yellan and the road to Jamaica Inn by Cian O'Reilly on ArtStation

[aftermyownart]

JANEuary - Day 19 Prompt - Lock of Hair

For @janeuary-month

[fiction-over-fact]

Parker. Wanted in nine countries, including Brazil and Yemen.

[artist-ellen]

Katara in the South Pole!

I put off illustrating the ATLA cast for a long time. I tied myself into knots trying to figure out how I was going to pin down "historical" variations for everybody, which eras and weighing different cultural references in all three books and... I got super overwhelmed, shut the idea down for years. Especially with so many way more talented artists like @chiptrillino-art and @ash-and-starlight already knocking ATLA fanart into the stratosphere. (Go check out their stuff it will blow your mind)

What changed? The Netflix adaptation came out, simmered and the bar was lower again lol. Mostly the Water Tribe parkas were so...flat? baggy? They are supposed to be parkas right? Where's the fluff? Where's the puff? So I started sketching, and things snowballed... and here we are! This series will not be going for historical, I'm going to work mostly from the ATLA canon outfits and building out from there with details and a variety of inspirations. Fingers crossed you like what I've come up with for these characters I've loved for so long! (Also on a humorous note of COURSE I miss a big anniversary by a week. I have the best timing XD)

Katara's first design with her parka is of course inspired by Inuit traditional clothing, along with Yakut and Indigenous (North American) references, just like the show.

Edit: Image updated

(Reoccurring disclaimer for this art series: This is for fun, they are inspired by the show's costume designs and then extrapolated out with historical fashion or things I think will be fun to draw. These are not meant to be accurate, only inspired. I hope you like them!)

I am the artist! Do not post without permission & credit! Thank you! Come visit me over on: instagram, tiktok or check out my coloring book available now \ („• ֊ •„) /

https://linktr.ee/ellen.artistic

[queensoftheresistance]

Hitomi, for the Memories of Ash endpapers, by kahaneedjinn on Instagram

[queensoftheresistance]

Gaby Teller, by alangesek007 on Instagram.

[zannolin]

kofi doodle for @milk-and-violets, who asked for susan + lucy dancing! naturally i had to go the coronation dress route <3

[nina-silvertuin]

Sunrise over Gondolin

"The sun had sunk beyond the hills and folk array them for the festival very gladly and eagerly - glancing in expectation to the east. Lo! even when she had gone and all was dark, a new light suddenly began, and a glow there was, but it was beyond the northward heights, and men marvelled, and there was a thronging of the walls and battlements. Then wonder grew to doubt as the light waxed and became yet redder, and doubt to dread as men saw the snow upon the mountains dyed as it were with blood."

The Fall of Gondolin - J. R. R. Tolkien