Tei Raven

Artist, Writer, Cosplayer, Daydreamer and Magic-Bean Buyer. Hello and Welcome! Check out my Commission Info and Commission Prices!

[teiraven]

And here she thought that the only thing that might slow him down enough to have time for novel-reading was an infirmary sentence.

This was a “work through the frustration” piece, a lot of things didn’t go the way I wanted. Tried a new shading style for candlelight. Accidentally turned off their color layers underneath those layers, and had perfect ghosts. I want Anne’s nightgown. And also that bed.

[kidlightnings]

300+ follower giveaway!

what happened? I broke 300 followers!

what am I going to do about it? giveaway!

what am I giving away? a sketch & companion piece of writing

OCs ok, encouraged, even!

one to two characters featured

NSFW ok! this is an 18+ blog

you will be contacted via DM to confirm you’ve won

sketches will be on the level of the below or better, writing will be at least 500 words and they will tie in together

you’ll provide a prompt and character(s), including references, and we’ll go from there!

fandoms I will write for are on my ko-fi

if using someone else’s OC as part of the prompt, you will need to have permission from that person

how to enter?

be following me!

reblog and/or like this post, as much as you like

when is it over? Thursday, July 30th, 9PM Pacific Time

[kidlightnings]

just another couple of days to get more entries in!

[kidlightnings]

hey last day! o/

[teiraven]

“Hey Anne! Your knight looks pretty good in shining armor!”

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Some kind of festival or tournament at Garreg Mach, maybe? Or maybe I just watched so much ModernHistoryTV on youtube that I was inspired to try putting the “knight” in “holy knight.” He DOES look pretty good in shining armor XD

-I can draw any fancy dress you want, but one (1) piece of armor is the end of me

-It’s SUPPOSED to be asymmetrical, but it’s hurting my symmetry-loving soul

-What in the heck are horses. Please forgive my lack of horse-drawing skills.

-ModernHistoryTV is SUPER cool, by the way. if you’re ever looking for a documentary to pass the time, I highly, highly recommend it! Jason covers basically all aspects of knighthood, from combat to food to clothes (and yes, how you put on armor) and he’s very easy to listen to. For hours. And not realize how long it’s been XD

-Anne is dressed head to toe in Moresca clothes, so if you like her wardrobe, go check out Moresca Clothing and Costume!

[teiraven]

Once upon a time, many years ago, a small Tei went to a Renaissance Faire with her mom. Once upon a similar time, they discovered @moresca​.

I would like to draw everyone’s attention, for a moment, to Moresca Clothing and Costume. If you haven’t heard me gush about them before, you’re about to. I have never purchased better clothes, anywhere, ever.

Bodices, blouses, skirts, bags, vests, cloaks, coats--they have some of everything, and it’s all beautiful and all masterfully made. (I got my first Moresca bodice in 2006 and wore it almost daily for three years. If I hadn’t grown so much, I’d still be wearing it. My Moresca items are some of the best-made clothes I own.)

If you have questions about items, ask them! Kevin is wonderful about answering questions, everything from measurements to color-matching.

As is the case with basically every artist this year, their show schedule (and livelihood) has been thrown into turmoil. If you enjoy Renaissance, fantasy, pirate, faerie, cosplay, or just really neat clothes, please, please take a look at their website and their Etsy shop!

If you’re missing your usual Renaissance faire this year, consider leaving some of the money you’d have spent there with the artisans you miss!

[bachium]

Rutger 

[theonlil]

@teiraven

[gemarcana]

HEEEEEEEEEHAW! Western Eris. Add your apprentices!

Picrew by @ummmmandy   You can play here: [LINK]

[lapsangsouchongpls]

I LOVE THIS!!

here’s Saoirse

please try it it’s so fun

tagged: @defectivetarotdeck @motherofqups @apprenticemiyara @dreamyarcana @marinmuffins

[motherofqups]

Ahh thank you so much for the tag @lapsangsouchongpls​ <3 I did two for Iris, I couldn’t help myself. Floaty white-witch medicine woman Iris, and sharpshooting Kissin’ Kate Barlowe Iris. 

tagging @kidlightnings​ @arcanecadenza​ @valhallanrose​ @queenofeden​ @aria-i-adagio​

[kidlightnings]

I had to take some liberties with the colors and do a little recoloring for myself, but, here’s Ky ♥

Tagging @thesanguinerose​ @beingatoaster​ @teiraven​ and anyone else who’d like to, show me your OCs! :D

[teiraven]

Convincing her to put on a hat was a Process XD

Tagging: ??? You, you look like a likely suspect!

[apprenticemcthot]

Apprentice live action headcanon

find a photo of a real person who you think would be a perfect interpretation of you apprentice irl

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young Diego Luna, no doubt about it

tagging @aarcanefool @justfortuna @apprentice-chris @apprentice-althaea @apprentice-janire @19bottlesofdishsoap @viviae @3rrol @arcanecadenza and all y'all who wanna do it

tagging: @turbo-slut-420 @eurydice-thefool @proffesionaldumbass​ @blues-disasters​

Seguir leyendo

[blues-disasters]

OMG, I’m really bad at this stuff. But I did my best to at least find someone similar:

Yaya la costa as Violet

And Laetitia Casta as Odette.

Tagging! @eurydice-thefool​ @3rrol​ @starblazerm31​ @positive-meme-experience​ @xvi-the-tower​ @heartofnopal​ @deathbyarcana​ @lapsangsouchongpls​ @lapinefool​ @siren-of-vesuvia​ @thephoenixmagician​ @brainfartistart​ @sonicanvas​

[brainfartistart-deactivated2022]

Amora’s face claim would Nicolaa Chilleas

Tagging: @arcanecadenza ,@dreamer-rena-artz , @superlemonsweet , @starry-arcana ,@scaredy-apprentice , @marinmuffins

[superlemonsweet]

Tagged by @brainfartistart

Thank you love! Ahhhh, this was a bit hard to figure out. When I designed Salia, three different women inspired her appearance all together. And after some research, I didn’t think I’d find a good one, but I nailed it down to a close look alike.

Shlomit Malka

Hmmm shall I tag: @kidlightnings @peppermint-saddies @thesanguinerose @queenofeden @athousandstarstodreamon

[kidlightnings]

mmmm Ky is hard because it’s tricky for me not to get hung up on the hair? But I’ve stood by Mackenzie Davis for the both of them for a while, it’s in the jawline, the eyes

Anyone who would like to play, should! But I’m tagging @swordwitch​ @shieldwitch​ @teiraven​ @joshuaorrizonte​ to do your apprentices/OCs ( Tei give me Anne ♥ ♥ ♥ )

[teiraven]

Please understand EXACTLY how bad I am at celebrities and names, I had to wait until what I was looking for ACCIDENTALLY fell into my path. Good thing I remembered how much I like the song “King of Anything,” or I would still be thinking XD Turns out that Sara Bareillis has the right face shape!

Tagging anyone who wants it!

[teiraven]

Art History OC Meme

Bold what applies, italicize what applies sometimes or somewhat.

ANNE

MEDIEVAL

Tired eyes. Coffee stains on the table. Listening to the bustle of the city. Unmade beds. Ponytails. Sunlight seeping through the curtains. Chapped lips. Walking barefoot across floorboards. Dusty dictionaries. Black and white reruns. Huge sweaters. The ticking of the clock. Hearing birds in the morning. Fireplaces. Falling asleep during class.

RENAISSANCE

Freckles. The sun rising. Watching the sea. Taking shots of the city. Historical museums. Bright eyes. Looking up at the clouds. Walls covered in artwork. Drawing in the middle of lessons. Tracing your fingers on the sand. Painting* for hours. Staying in uncrowded coffee shops. Worn paperbacks. Messy braids. Going to bed with your knee socks on.

BAROQUE

Dark hair. A little sophisticated. Always observing the world around you. Intricate designs. High ceilings. Extravagant musical pieces. Dim lights. Colourless photographs. Fancy furniture. Pale skin. Hearing soft footfalls coming from outside your room. Mischievous looks. Bitten nails. Candlelight dinners. Dark shades of lipstick.

CLASSICAL

Chandeliers. The clinking of a teacup. Laced clothing. Modern architecture. Light hair. Watching the view from the terrace. Hidden birthmarks. Drinking tea in the morning. Wandering about in an empty building. Botanical gardens. Old films. Ancient marble sculptures. Expensive perfume. Breakfast in bed. Reading stories about mythology.

ROMANTIC

Compassion. Short writings on scraps of paper. Blushed cheeks. A bouquet of roses. Reading collections of poetry late at night. Loose hair. Carpeted floors. Attending operas. Faint music playing in the background. Staying under the covers until midday. The night sky. Streetlights. Picking flowers. Dancing around in silk dresses/nice suits. Scented candles

*Paint is not her preferred medium, she generally uses pastels, but close enough XD

Tagging: all three people who follow this blog! XD

[apprenticemcthot]

did this take forever? YES

based on this post, an aesthetic grid for your apprentice. feel free to indulge yourself for your own MC

@justfortuna @aarcanefool @apprentice-chris @apprentice-althaea @apprentice-janire @navigatrixart @marinmuffins

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@blues-disasters @arcana-oc-sarastro @lapsangsouchongpls @turbo-slut-420​ @eurydice-thefool​  @peachyvesuvia​ 

[blues-disasters]

Dudes this is my first aesthetic thing, please don’t roast me <3

@eurydice-thefool​ @arcanecadenza​ @vesuvien​ @starblazerm31​ @brainfartistart​ @19bottlesofdishsoap​ @lapsangsouchongpls​ @lapinefool​ @apprentice-althaea​​

[brainfartistart-deactivated2022]

@superlemonsweet @aaliyah-draws @dreamer-rena-artz @scaredy-apprentice @starry-arcana @jyuukichannart

[superlemonsweet]

This is honestly my first time making a board and it was pretty interesting :D

@marinmuffins​ @kidlightnings​ @athousandstarstodreamon​ @fantasmagorias​ @thesanguinerose​ @queenofeden​

[kidlightnings]

tagging @motherofqups​ @joshuaorrizonte​ @beingatoaster​ @shieldwitch​ @swordwitch​ @teiraven​, anyone else who would like ♥

[teiraven]

all right I don’t mind telling you that I spent probably an hour looking at castle interiors before I finally settled on Chavenage House (which is an amazing place, and also someone might recognize from Poldark) and furthermore, I have LONG since come to the conclusion that her necklace does not actually exist, and the ONLY thing I have found with that round wing shape is that amulet.

Also I have never considered animals related to Anne, except she likes cute things. A big help she is.

Tagging..........anyone who is inspired!

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

crows & ravens are just two different evolution levels of the same pokemon

[lucanrii]

i think one of my favourite jokes is about crows and ravens. apparently, ravens have 17 pinion feathers while a crow only has 16, so really the difference between a crow and a raven is a matter of a pinion.

:))))

[mornington-the-crescent]

[theonlil]

@teiraven

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[rcmclachlan]

[mrevaunit42]

[just-another-dead-blog]

think we can get all 10 plagues by the end of june?

[erebones]

#we’re gonna speedrun exodus

[dahliadear]

So myself and two best friends got matching tattoos that say Κύριε ἐλέησον. It’s pronounced Kyrie Eleison and in ancient Greek means “Lord have mercy.” It’s one of the oldest Christian liturgical prayers and features in the Bible, and when Christianity became Latinised, it as one of the only surviving Greek prayers.

Just for fun I plugged it into Google Translate to see what modern Greek thinks of it and

10/10 A+ tat so glad its marked on my skin forever, would tattoo again

[celtic-pyro-deactivated20230725]

Thanks OP you ruined the liturgy for me.

[bunjywunjy]

never gonna hear The Hunchback of Notre Dame soundtrack the same way again

[kamen-rider-zed]

Frollo: Ima kill this baby

Choir in the background: Dude fuckin chill

[pottamux]

Frollo: I’m gonna set her on fire

Choir: Dude… chill

[what-even-is-thiss]

My entire church singing in unison: ♫ Sir, please calm down! ♫ Calm down, sir! ♫ Sir, please calm down! ♫ Take it easy, sir! ♫

[teiraven]

Compilation of all my submissions from Rodrigue Weekend over on twitter! They were an Adventure. I had a lot of fun with them, even though I cried over the wedding picture at least twice.

I didn’t set out intending to draw chronological pieces, but that’s what ended up happening and I like the result XD

Most of them have fun trivia in the original posts--

Well Done (Day 1: Academy)

Academy Sweethearts (Day 1.5: Academy)

Wedding (Day 2: Memories)

They’re a Gift, Darling (Day 3: Family)

[teiraven]

Prompt 3: Famliy

“They’re a gift, Rodrigue.“ “The greatest one you’ve ever given me.”

I had so much trouble coming up with a concept for this prompt that didn’t turn into “boring, static portrait.” I waffled on whether to do this as a casual snapshot (as it is) or if I wanted it to be a “failed” formal portrait (because Glenn can’t sit still.) I might do a second version someday.

I finally got That Renaissance Shirt (TM) right! Decisions were made about that shirt and I don’t regret a single one XD

Sorry, Felix, snaps and velcro weren’t invented yet, so you get a cute little dress.

[teiraven]

Day 2: Memories

This took. 80 hours. 400 layers. 2 months. Crying over fictional altar linens at 1 AM. Balancing and re-balancing the composition to keep their hands in the center of the canvas. I hope, hope, hope, that it was worth it.

A bunch of random information under the cut, that I just want SOMEONE to know--

The bridesmaids are-- -Danielle, the blonde one, who was Anne’s dormitory neighbor at Garreg Mach, and probably just spotted a handsome knight somewhere n the crowd. -Cynthia, the redhead in the back, is Anne’s oldest sister, and has been obsessed with proper ladylike behavior for her whole life. She’s a bit jealous that Anne, who never crossed her ankles the right way around, somehow ended up marrying the son of a duke. -Trysia, the dreamy-looking brunette, is the middle sister and much closer with Anne than Cynthia. She’s probably thinking about how she’s going to swap the positions of the forks at the reception, just to watch Cynthia squirm about it.

Anne and Rodrigue in the middle, of course.Her bouquet is Queen Anne’s lace (ha), Fraldarius blue poppies, and a little bit of mistletoe. He gave her the blue rose pin on her shawl on their first date. He also gave her the necklace she’s wearing, a memento for the White Heron Cup where they first danced. She gave him his silver ear cuff on their first Valentine’s day. That’s the Sword of Moralta he’s carrying and it took me something ridiculous like 16 hours to finally get to the point where I could screenshot it.

The groomsmen are-- -Lambert Blaiddyd, whose internal monologue was something to the tune of “-LOOK at my BEST MATE getting MARRIED they’re gonna be so HAPPY!” Ambrose Gautier, who is probably wondering why everyone is so cold, it’s only December in Fraldarius for heaven’s sake, it’s not like February in Gautier. (Fun trivia, I ALMOST put Ambrose in a kilt, and I could not even tell you why. Just that I almost did.)

The altarcloth does actually have the crest of Seiros on it, but it’s hidden behind Anne’s massive skirts. An altar like the one in the Garreg Mach cathedral didn’t really suit the composition, so I went for something more akin to the light magic sparkle-shape in FE7 (you can take the girl off the Lucius blog, but you can’t take the Lucius blog out of the girl I guess XD)

When in doubt, put a Fraldarius crest on it. They’re all over everything. Just in case you forgot where you were.

OH--and where is Rodrigue’s younger brother, you might ask?

Someone had to take the picture! (I felt bad that I couldn’t get him in the composition, but Rodrigue’s cloak just took up so much vision.)

[teiraven]

Prompt 1.5: Academy Again

This was my original plan for “Academy,” but then I second-guessed if anybody actually wanted to see this random brunette chick in all of my submissions. But I really really love Anne, so--

Congrats, Rodrigue, you completely won over the most standoffish girl in your year. Four months ago, Anne would not have thought she’d be kissing a hella cute, hella sweet boy in the courtyard XD

Cross-posted from my twitter.