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went to a book con in ohio this past weekend which was wonderful and i got to meet / hangout with so many friends (who i miss already) but i needed shades of magic tumblr to see what someone hand painted on the edges of all three books because

the way i sat at this table and just STARED long and hard at these because of how gorgeous it was…

need yall to appreciate it like i did, so shout out to the black cat bookstore

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tfw you need to get your favorite book memorialized on your skin in a way that’s not terribly obvious but also very much a cornerstone of the piece

adsom tumblr, this one’s for you guys, but i needed to share the bookwyrm tattoo with the tumblr masses

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ok tumblr i finished bury our bones in the midnight soil and all i have to say is that there’s so much to be said about this damn book

the writing itself is gorgeous and poetic and there’s something so genuinely unique about all three POVs that it’s super telling of each of them

there were points in time where, in public at the gym, i audible gasped, hit my head into the parts and genuinely reacted out loud

it is that book

if you haven’t preordered it, you should

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having a full blown mental breakdown over the owlcrate art for shades of magic?

it’s far more likely than you think

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one day im just gonna open up tumblr and start yapping about the book im writing

i can’t tell you when it’ll happen but one day it will

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you ever just write something and go “wow what a sentence but at what cost” bc i do

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Alright everyone, I have finally delivered, and honestly? I think Lila may have cooked so hard that I might have to redesign Kell. But today, I present to you all: Lila Bard in dragon form

Lila's concept as a whole was essentially a sharper, leaner, longer design than Kell. Her entire design is meant to be sharp edges and spikes, so I tried incorporating that into her design as best I could. She's supposed to be small and nimble, befitting of Lila who relies on that as a thief. You'll also notice she has black-ish brindle markings along her back and face, because I wanted something else that could make her design less flat (that might get changed to a stone gray later, but who knows).

Her horns come from her mask worn in the Essen Tasch, which is significantly longer than the rest of her face, it feels like.

And because I made the rest of her pointed and sharp, I didn't think I needed to include any knives on her (seeing as the spikes on her body could pass for sharp weapons), but I did decide to attach a knife to her tail, giving her an offensive weapon to wield. It would have felt wrong to not give her at least one.

I also included her beside Kell as a reference, which I will probably use myself if I ever make art of them this way.

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after a long while, i’m back on my writing bullshit

and, maybe i’ll share a thing or two when im done typing