recently watched this fresh hot new anime called fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood for the first time and i absolutely loved it! also these two made me deeply unwell (positive)
has clive taken off any of the seals he’s ever given by the people he meets throughout the game, or is he walking around valisthea looking like a waiter from office space?
Every 21st century piece of writing advice: Make us CARE about the character from page 1! Make us empathize with them! Make them interesting and different but still relatable and likable!
Every piece of classic literature: Hi. It’s me. The bland everyman whose only purpose is to tell you this story. I have no actual personality. Here’s the story of the time I encountered the worst people I ever met in my life. But first, ten pages of description about the place in which I met them.
Modern writing advice: Yes your protagonist should have flaws but ultimately we should root for them and like them from the beginning :)
Charles Dickens: Here is the worst ugliest rudest meanest nastiest bitch you’ve ever met in your life.
Modern writing advice: Make sure your POV character goes through a significant arc! Make sure they are changed by the narrative! Make sure they learn a lesson!
Narrators of every book of the 19th century: the lesson I learned is these people fucking suck, sayonara you freaks
Modern writing advice: It’s all about the character overcoming obstacles and learning! They learn their lesson so they can fix their mistakes and make good choices in the future! It’s a character arc! It’s called growth! Readers love it!
Everyone from ancient times through the 19th century: would you like to watch a Guy fuck up twenty times in a row
I’ve got some news for you about contemporary literary fiction.
Modern writing advice is not geared towards making good literature, it’s geared towards sales, particularly from teens.
The writing advice that you’re looking at maybe. You ever read a book of a guy just being sad for 300 pages? They still make those.
Anier, from Dragon Seer! Of all the portraits @auroralynne has done for Dragon Seer, this one has long been my favorite. She made him so beautiful <3 <3 <3
Snapdragons carry a meaning of gracefulness and deception, but when they die, the seed pods end up taking a peculiar skull shape.
I chose for Clarrise the same flower we picked for her son Vaun, but at a different stage. These Snapdragons Skulls always looked haunted to me, and they fit her character really well. I can’t wait to learn more about her and see her in action, terrifying as she is!
Queen Clarrise is a character from @skaylanphear’s novel “Deathborne”, the first from the Dragon Seer series. It’s completely addictive <3 You can find the book here:
the power of this piece is so intensely raw and honest…. Children absorb EVERYTHING. they notice absolutely everything, but they lack the vehicle of self expression and autonomy to convey their feelings. That’s why the art they make is so important to me
And today we have an extra piece for the last series I posted. This one was commissioned by my friend @skaylanphear, who happens to be the creator of all these characters I’ve been posting lately <3 Erof and Nadraya have the type of relationship that keeps you at the edge of your seat, it’s a wonderful slowburn so well written! They are so different but they have a fondness and trust in each other, and we can see it growing and being challenged during their journey.
Thank you for creating these gorgeous characters and trusting me with their designs, Kay, it’s an honor to draw them <3
Erof and Nadraya are characters from S. Kay Lanphear’s novel “Deathborne”, the first from the Dragon Seer series. It’s wonderful, I can’t recommend it enough. You can find it here:
Last one for this series, and with my first Dragon Seer ship. Siateve and Iera are foils, opposite and so similar at the same time. The give off slowburn enemies to lovers energy, so much flavor <3 A knight and an elf, always at odds but somehow working together. I can’t wait to see more of their development. Sia and Iera are characters from @skaylanphear’s wonderful fantasy novel “Deathborne”, from the Dragon Seer series. It became my favorite book, I can’t recommend it enough!
One more from this series I love so much <3 And with another crackship! Fratalie and Trisella are very much opposites, but somehow there’s an “Utena” vibe that I love. I think they’d help each other bloom and become even better together. I love them <3
These two are characters from @skaylanphear’s wonderful novel “Deathborne”, the first from the Dragon Seer series. It’s peak fantasy writing and I can’t recommend it enough! You can find it here:
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