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One of my favorite hobbies is to edit Kakashi's mask off so here are some of the edits I've made.

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I love how many new items are pretty much just Nintendo going, “we are so sick of your perspective builds and misused items. Here, take this disassembled castle and go”

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THE ANIMAL CROSSING UPDATE IS LIVE!!! OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD

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My villagers entering my home in the new Animal Crossing update be like

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book recs:
 the royals by erin watt

“Seriously, though, I know who my family is. Gid, Reed, and the twins are my brothers. Ella’s my sister. Callum’s my dad. Maria’s my mom. And you, you’re my heart.”  

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Me trying to explain why the villain is actually the best character:

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You want to know know why Stiles said, “You didn’t have to.” when Lydia told him she didn’t say it back?

This moment right here. This is the moment that Stiles realizes that Lydia loves him. She remembers him when everyone else has forgetten him - Coach, Scott, his own dad. But Lydia remembers him and doesn’t want to lose him, doesn’t want to be separated and risk losing him.

And in that instant Stiles knows.

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queen of nothing by holly black

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Cardan: *drunkenly threatening to fight Locke with a carrot*

*in the mortal realm*

Jude, eating takeout and watching anime:*looks out window suddenly*

Vivi, wearing a facemask: what’s wrong?

Jude: cardan’s doing something stupid I can sense it

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Me, reading TWK: Cardan's a big fuckin snake.

Me, reading QON: cARDAN'S A BIG FUCKING SNAKE?!

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am i dead or am i dead? (qon spoilers ahead)

cardan: “This is my room. And that’s my wife.”

me:

*literally two lines later*

jude: "Oh, I don’t know. Maybe he’d like to hear me scream.”

cardan: “I would. And perhaps one day I will.”

me:

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Jude, on page 15 of QON, already back in the palace and ready to choke the shit out of Cardan:

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Cardan when he sees Jude pretending to be Taryn:

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Jude: Just don’t like… say that I’m a bitch and you don’t like me. 

Cardan: I would never say that, not even as a joke. That is not true. *to everyone at the revel.* My wife is a bitch and I like her so much! She is a dynamite, five-foot, mortal bitch and she’s the best.

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Here we are folks - the post The Folk of the Air era. I poured my heart into this piece as a send off to the series, as it truly was a treat to experience from start to finish. ❄️ I’m not sure if it was apparent in the illustration I did for The Wicked King, “Self Reflection”, but I had meant to make it a ‘zoomed out’ version of the cover (the crown falling into the watery depths). I played with the idea of wondering where the crown would land; would Cardan let it fall onto Jude, or stay in his place to take it for her? Could he move at all? ❄️ I took a similar approach here with this piece. If “Self Reflection” was themed around falling, then this is about separating; splitting; severing. ❄️ *Puts away thesaurus* ❄️ Can I say that I really don’t enjoy clothing/armor design? 😔 To me its detail is as tedious as washing a car with a toothbrush. I’m more interested in the emotions of the characters and scene, but I felt I avoided it so often, that I gave my girl Jude the attention she deserved for this one. I took a study of Alan Lee’s inspirational design work (LOTR) to spin Holly’s very helpful and elaborate descriptions of fashion into a fun Queen Mab inspired design.

❄️ I have more scenes I want to draw soon, directly from the text. So many feelings, so little time. 😣 I’m excited for Holly’s next book and series, but I hope this ever-expanding Holly-verse has a chance to revisit these characters again!

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Well, this looks familiar! A few weeks back, I was testing out a vellum paper to use on an upcoming papercraft and decided to use Jude’s dress from one of my illustrations – to get familiar with the translucency and different vellum coats. Afterward, I decided to finish the illustration outright and worked on Cardan and the rest of the papercraft over the past weekend… ‘cause you don’t give Jude a bunch of attention and then just banish her, abandon her, leave her to sit in time-out on a shelf! *COUGH*

Overall, I looooove the effect that the vellum papers offered here and I’ll look to use them in more future pieces!

Notably, April marks a year since I started this account and a year since I began papercrafting again. With my upcoming Wicked King papercraft in illumicrate’s April box, this will mark my 4th TFOTA papercraft, and a great callback to the first papercraft on this account. I’m very humbled about how much this account has grown and to how many people my artwork has reached; all because of you, my followers and viewers. I only post on a few platforms, but you wonderful people help share the experience, and I’m very grateful!

Please look forward to some exciting things coming down the pipeline in the next few months! Thank you!