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The little bird and the hag - Suren and Bogdana

Here’s the second artwork contributed to the @illumicrate edition of The Stolen Heir by @blackholly! We got to do some fancy endpages, and the team went FULL THROTTLE selecting this scene at the Ice Needle Citadel. Fun bit: There are five bodies in this illustration. Can you spot them all? Also, side note - did any other fellow audiobook listeners feel absolutely spoiled Saskia Maarleveld narrated? I freakin’ love Caitlin Kelly’s narration for the FOTA, but if they wanted a different voice behind Wren, SM is 🤌🤌🤌

rosiethorns88

Heyyy everyone! It’s been a SUPER hot minute since I posted my first “Jude in Wonderland” parody illustration back in 2021. For the past year, (to which my Patreon members can attest) I’ve been working on the next part of the series: Mad Sea Party! Ahhhhh it’s finally done! This is the one I’ve looked forward to the most! Featuring a new set of crossover characters, Locke, Nicasia and Valerian. This was the perfect setting for these three, as the personalities and etymologies of their Wonderland counterparts lined up so perfectly! Locke as The Mad Hatter, who speaks unsolvable riddles and nonsensical poetry. Nicasia as the March Hare, whose madness originates from the mad behaviors of hares during breeding season. And then “dead as a dormouse” Valerian, who seems to have gotten in a scuffle with Jude. Cheshire!Cardan is still tagging along, and wrapping up Jude’s injured finger as a result. The entire setting takes place in the undersea palace, where the group sit in coral chairs and enjoy their tea time while schools of fish weave in and out of the halls. Can you see why this is my favorite of the set? Such a fun concept! I have one more planned after this - can you guess the crossover characters? (one of them has been cameo-ing throughout the first two!)

darlingod

Love how the first thing Cardan says once he’s got Jude back from the Undersea is “You promised her whole and hale.” High King of Long Eyelashes didn’t hesitate to confront then and there as he should 🤌🏽

nikittysan

The entire set of Folk of the Air/Stolen Heir fanart I did!

nikittysan

“‘Pretend with me.”

alex-iltempo

It's gonna be fun to re-read tfota after reading the darkest part of the forest and the modern faerie tales,

already knowing the pre stories of the court of termites and alderking's court

Meantime

Carefully avoiding spoilers for the stolen heir cause i can't lay my hands on that book yet 😭😩😭😫😭

nikittysan

❄️Suren❄️

oblivionsdream

Our Prince of Sunlight and Queen of Night- Oak and Suren from the Stolen Heir by Holly Black

I am still not emotionally recovered from that ending so I created this art to drown my woes in. 😂

maureen2musings

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sandrabartocha

ekbelsher

Jude Duarte and Cardan Greenbriar as I imagine them: Jude is focused and a little cross; Cardan is watching her carefully and trying to look like he’s not 🖤 I’m experimenting with skipping the watercolour step and going full digital colour. The pro: it’s faster. The con: you don’t get quite the same organic texture. I kept the restrained colour palette that I generally prefer, and tried to get at least some texture from the pencil crayon and the paper itself. It’s a different look, but it’s growing on me! Next time I might try adding more pencil texture to the background.

ekbelsher

*sigh* I don’t know why, but Tumblr seems to have stopped showing my posts under the hashtags I originally used. Maybe I’m using one of the newly-banned tags, although I can’t imagine which one that would be

jackalopiel

A guide for exploring the woods

Only go in the summer. The winter court will do you no favours. The summer court is less malevolent, but no safer.

When you enter, know that time will not work in your favour. You may lose entire lifetimes within hours.

Choose a new name, but don’t keep it for too long, otherwise you will belong to it.

Bring cold iron, wear red.

Carry red berries from a rowan, mountain ash, or holly tree. St. John’s Wort or red verbena flowers are acceptable as well. They will keep you safe, but not for long.

To see through the glamours, place four-leaf clovers in a pouch around your neck. It may help.

Children should wear crowns of daisies.

If you return home, and your child is different, do not go looking for what you have lost.

Leave the same way you entered, but never return through the same entrance. The second time, they will know enough to keep you.

Do not stand in the mushroom rings. If someone you know enters a ring, you cannot save them.

Never accept a gift. They will want something in return.

Be polite, but do not say thank you.

The food will be the best you have ever tasted. Only eat it if you wish to never leave.

If you must stay the night, sleep under the rowan, holly, or ash tree. The elder wood will make you tired. Do not close your eyes.

If you hear music, you are running out of time. If you hear harps, your time is up.

Don’t join the dancing unless they give you a token.

You cannot become one of them, however much you desire to leave your life behind.

If you see an alder tree, know you will not be lucky enough to go home unscathed.

Sit under a hawthrone tree or an elderwood tree on midsummer’s eve if you need to find the courts.

Place salt on your windowsills if you make it back, otherwise they will follow you home.

If you meet other explorers in the woods, do not help them. They have been there too long. Do not let them know you can leave, otherwise they will try come with you. Do not let them help you, they will try make you stay.

#gothic writing #cottagecore aesthetic #faeriecore #fae #fey #fey folk