#yagharek

[grassoftunnel]

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

I wish that there was nothing to hold me here, that gravity was a suggestion I could ignore.

Perdidio Street Station, China Miéville

[binarysystempodcast]

More Fanart Friday! Have some gorgeous concept art of China Mieville's "Perdido Street Station" by Justin Oaksford, visit him here on tumblr or at justinoaksford.deviantart.com/ for more of his art!

[annemeier]

My very good friend commissioned this piece as a birthday present for his amazing girlfriend. She’s a big fan of the book “Perdido Street Station” and rightly so because it’s a puh-ritty epic read.  The picture is a portrait of Yagharek, one of the book’s main characters.  I think it turned out decently well and she seemed to like it so a great success all around! Happy Birthday Hannah!!:D

[runnagaterampant]

Yagharek

The garuda are nomadic humanoid birds of prey. Most hail from the Cymek desert, where they live in tribes. They are hunters with a fierce sense of individualism. They resemble winged humans with avian heads and feet; their society is completely communist, with individual possessions seen as reducing the individual's freedom. A small ghetto of garuda live in New Crobuzon, and a few are described as living near the Cacotopic Stain in Iron Council. Garudan law is based around the principle of freedom of choice; all their crimes are forms of "choice-theft", denying another being the right to choose their own fate. Their name is derived from the Garuda of Hindu mythology.

[warriorprose]

Les Edwards' art for Perdido Street Station by China Mieville.  From the top, left to right:

Slake Moth Interview with the Weaver The Ribs Perdido Street Station Yagharek

[wanderlane]

Art for AlphaBooks!

Yagharek, from Perdido Street Station by China Mieville. Art by Andrew Neal.

Commentary at wanderlane.com!

[disposablebicycle]

Too Too Abstract Yagharek Not To Be Respected and Perdido Street Station