#delusion's master

[ometochtli2rabbit]

The third book in the Flat Earth Series by Tanith Lee... it is called Delusion's Master. Only two more to go in this series. She was a great author and more should know who she is...

[the25centpaperback]

Delusion's Master by Tanith Lee, cover by Ken Kelly (1984)

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She is luminous as moonlight.

Tanith Lee, from Delusion’s Master

[brianadrawsbooks]

So over the past month, I've been slowly reading Tanith Lee's Flat Earth series (no relation to the conspiracy theory). It's this crazy elaborate collection of stories about anthropomorphic personifications doing weird things in a vaguely bronze age setting.

The stories are super bizarre, and you have to have a very high tolerance for strangeness and horror, but they're written so beautifully that I'm in love. It's seriously hard to pick a single scene to paint because everything Lee writes about is so gorgeous.

For this illustration, I chose to paint the dark queen of Sheve. Partially because I liked that she's one of the only kind, reasonable people in a sea of chaos, and partially because I'm a sucker for elaborate hairstyles. All Lee's descriptions of smoke-like hair ornamented with moons and stars got me in the mood to paint.

[slightlybiased]

Hagio Moto SF Artworks (x)

[neon-green-reagent]

The Flat Earth Cycle by Tanith Lee | Chuz the Mad, Delusion’s Master

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Before long, your fate will find you out.

Tanith Lee, from Delusion’s Master

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He spoke as a murderer would speak in the dark.

Tanith Lee, from Delusion’s Master