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Long before getting paired up with her in the Winter Omens Big Bang as artist for her “Keep Calm and Carry On”, I’ve admired @dragonfire42 ’s exceptional stories. They are different, in the best of ways: the story ideas appear to blossom from a brain well practised in Thinking Out Of The Box (one of my favourite kinds of Thinking). They are incredibly well researched, and deep, and fill me with awe and wonder.

When I made the cover art for our collab, I asked if she had a sigil that I could add, and she hadn’t one. Ever since then, this idea has been growing on a back burner of my mind, and has now finally come to fruition.

I designed this thinking of her fandom name - obviously - but also of the way loops play a role in her stories. Loops in logic and philosophy offer new viewpoints, they give sense for both the small and the big picture, for the individual and the social context in one fell swoop. The dragon who is not only an ouroboros (an important theme in The NeverEndingStroy’s Auryn, though with two serpents there), but actually creates himself, is for me a metaphor of human creativity, self-determination, and ultimately, joy of life.

The background colour in the middle was chosen with Falkor/Fuchur/Luckdragon in mind, of the NeverEndingStory.

The background colours outside the dragon are her favourite colours after octarine, which I somehow couldn’t find on my palette 😏

The above mentioned story is still posting regularly, and it contains bits and pieces of my art but the ‘big picture’ will be revealed in one of the future chapters. I very much recommend the story!

If you prefer you can also just look at the art for it in chapters 8-13 of my art collection on AO3.

Or read dragonfire42’s Good Omens x NeverEnding Story crossover, The NeverEnding Archive!

A huge Thank You to @thinkinginscripts whom I regularly pester with my art WIPs and who always has a useful and/or encouraging comment. Betaing art is a thing!

Teaser 😈

Edit: Fully revealed art and links to both fics are out now, see this post!

Even though the Winter Omens Big Bang (WOBB) is coming to its close soon -

In the reverse WOBB, artists went first, making some wintery art, and each got paired with two writers who wrote a fanfic for it.

Here are snippets of my art. Full versions and fan fictions by jessevon and rainbow_salt @therainbowsaltsblog will follow soon!

Check out and follow @gosummerbang (formerly known as gowinterbang) to see all the wonderful art and read all the wintery fics, or go to the Winter Omens Big Bang collection on AO3!

Click here to see the previous teaser

This is my art for the mini reverse bang of the Winter Omens Big Bang ⬆️

Each artist got TWO writers to make a story for their art, and mine cover a very wide spectrum:

1.

Read @therainbowsaltsblog ‘s here: on thin ice (G, 5k, Human AU)

Summary:

Aziraphale is the undefeated champion of the ice sculpting contest at the Tadfield Winter Festival.

Crowley is a talented ice sculpting artist, posting content of his creations online for his large number of followers.

When the two end up competing against each other, who will come out victorious?

2.

Read jessevon’ s here: Song of Solomon 8:6-7 (M, 1/12 chapters, posting every other day, Human AU, do mind the tags!)

Summary:

"Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised."

~or~

The valley welcomes the return of the villagers for their annual festival.

Check out and follow @gosummerbang (formerly known as gowinterbang) to see all the wonderful art and read all the wintery fics, or go to the Winter Omens Big Bang collection on AO3!