You are now officially the life of the party.

Gen is a baby

Ok, guys. Here they all are, in a row.

I have literally been meaning to do this project for YEARS. The imminent release of Return of the Thief led to my return to the fandom, which somehow made it feel urgent enough to actually get them done. And while there are little things I could point out that aren’t quite working how I want them to, overall I am really proud of these images.

And yes, mild spoilers are present in these. My aim here wasn’t to create spoiler-free images, which I know some people are sensitive to. It was my project, and I just wanted to choose a scene that I felt 1) Represented the book well 2) Was one I was interested in drawing and 3) I could design in such a way that would leave room for text, while still working well as an image on its own. So yes, small spoilers are present, that wasn’t a primary consideration. Sorry not sorry. :-)

These were done in Procreate, which makes process videos automatically. I’ll probably be getting those up on youtube sometime in the near future in case anyone wants to see how they came together.

this post inspired me to draw older gen because i imagine him growing a beard as he gets older

My face has turned from paper, to porcelain, to ivory, to steel.

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Inktober day 28: “Fall.”

“Would you like to hear more romance of the evening? He told me the Guard should be reduced by half, and I threw an ink jar at his head.”

The King of Attolia

Queen’s Thief Appreciation Week, Day Six: Between the Lines (Missing Scene)

what would The Thief do 🤔

King of Attolia vs. Thick as Thieves

inspired by this post 

“The queen!” someone shouted in alarm, and the king erupted like a wild animal caught in a snare.

He tried to sit up, and the men around him held him down. He struggled. Someone sensible used both hands to pin the hook, with its knife-edge, to the bed. Someone less sensible tried to consolidate his grip on the king’s other arm and staggered back, holding his face.

“My stitches, my stitches!” the physician yelled.

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty!”

“Damn your stitches!” he snarled. “Let me up.”

With one hand free the king was forcing himself to a sitting position, but more people were pushing him back down, all of them shouting. Someone fell back from the end of the bed, kicked solidly. The doctor cried out again, all his work going to waste.

Costis saw no good to be had by involving himself in the melee. He watched as Ornon stepped forward, seized a man efficiently by the hair, and pulled him sharply backward. The man sat down hard, and Ornon stepped into the space he had left by the king’s bed.

Bonus:

He splayed his hand across the king’s face and slammed his head back hard against the pillow. Keeping his hand planted on the king’s face, he leaned over and roared into his ear, “The queen is fine!”

Irene in Ancient Greek style. This belongs with my ‘ ancient times inspired Queen’s Thief ‘ style experiment. I don’t have enough art history knowledge, so there may be inaccuracy  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 I want to do a Persian Kamet next, do you have any recs for traditional Persian art?

other ancient pieces:

Byzantine Costis