Stellmaris

Royai and Dimileth/fe3h stuff mostly

[juejack]

we could all be living in a forest right now what are we even doing this fucking sucks

[skelinor]

Ashen Demon

[pnkbreakfast]

⟢ Um hi, so I love Leda ⟢

[rizaposting]

Happy RoyAi day! All I got in me this year is a little sketch 💙💛

[cursed-child-autumncookie]

[caesurables]

mini riza sketch before my brain decided to completely shut off earlier on 😂

[oneoutros]

the undead

[pineconely]

has this been done yet

(original image is from @fmamangacaps, everyone say thank u)

[snow124-art]

I just like the pose. And the way he looks at her…

[bcnnibeau-deactivated20200330]

we really devolved as a society when we stopped using fully painted pictures on romance novels and started using cheap photoshop instead 

[bcnnibeau-deactivated20200330]

case in point

this is a Hell of a downgrade 

[garbage-empress]

worst crime capitalism ever committed was eliminating Horny Oil Painter as a viable career option.

[higglety]

I went down a rabbit hole this summer researching romance novel covers and painting fanart in this style and

this is an EXTREMELY fun style to work in, and also

many of the most iconic romance novel covers you’re probably picturing when you think “classic painted romance novel cover” were produced by one prolific, masterful artist

Her name was Elaine Duillo, and she had a long and extremely productive career spanning from the mid 60’s to her retirement in 2003. She worked mainly in acrylics.

She did illustration work in other genres as well, but she really found her niche in romance novels. She pretty much redefined the aesthetic conventions of the genre, popularizing male models and male nudity and sexualizing men to cater to the female gaze in a way that simply wasn’t the norm before her work. You know Fabio? she’s the one who started using him as a model, and essentially launched his career. And honestly, just look at her work:

magnificent

[sindri42]

Wait shit, she retired in 2003? I think that’s exactly when I started seeing shitty photoshops on all the new romance novel covers.

She was literally carrying the entire industry single-handed and then they just did not replace her.

[sieglinde-freud]

did u see this what are ur thoughts on this...? 👀

( https://x.com/Galatea989/status/2064387004083691605?s=20 )

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT????!!!?!??! OH THEYVE BEEN PLANNING THIS SHIT. WOAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[starsunseparated]

something something “I ruin everything I touch” and “Touch me, I’m already ruined.”

[glassymint]

[freakmitri]

Cutieful King

[subspaceskater]

byleth

[real-actual-guy]

sybil and her ridiculous wig i love u girl

[victusinveritas]