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― V.E. Schwab, A Gathering of Shadows

Dropping this new illustration inspired by The Mortal Instruments by  @cassandraclare, featuring the crew from the New York Institute! Featured on a HUGE puzzle, part of the 2021 Literary Locations add-ons from LitJoy Crate! This was such an action-heavy illustration! So much pose! So much SFX! But I had to shove everyone out to the edges to make room for the centerpiece figure of the NY Institute building! We wanted to feature the true building and a super-imposed image of its glamour as a ruined cathedral. If it’s not apparent, I’m a huge fan of using dutch angles and wide angle perspectives in my illustrations - and that absolutely had to happen here to fit in the sheer size of the building and its surroundings. I’ve always found spherical perspective drawing so much more dynamic and fun to build! 😤✨🧡

I close my eyes too, and try to focus on the warmth of his forehead resting on mine.

o, death won’t you spare me over another year?

“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”

‪𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞‬

𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒅𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒓𝒚

“I am going to drown you,” it whispered, and lunged. Vasya made no answer; instead her cupped hand came down on the water like a thunderclap. The chyert jerked back and Vasya snapped, “An immortal sorcerer could not kill me and neither could a priest with all Moscow at his beck—what makes you think you can?” “You came into my lake,” returned the chyert, baring black teeth. “To swim, not to die!” “That is for me to decide.”

Our Review

No, he told himself. I am Nico di Angelo, son of Hades. I control the shadows. They do not control me.

but in spite of everything, in spite of the dark and twisting path he saw stretching ahead for himself, in spite of the final meeting with voldemort he knew must come, whether in a month, in a year, or in ten, he felt his heart lift at the thought that there was still one last golden day of peace left to enjoy with ron and hermione. [x]

Unburied Fables, is a collection of LGBTQIA+ short stories all based on different fairytales

“To celebrate all of the exciting things happening with the show, I wanted to bring together some of the warriors, witches, and queens from Shadow and Bone, Six of Crows, and King of Scars.”