#blade dlod

[chelshiart]

team derkholm!

#dark lord of derkholm #diana wynne jones #derkholm series #another year another attempt at drawing the derkholm fam lol #derk dlod #mara dlod #blade dlod #kit dlod #elda dlod #shona dlod #callette dlod #lydda dlod #don dlod #gave the griffins neck floof so that they all look somewhat related now

[chelshiart]

cleaned up the sketch, slapped some colors, and made it a party!

(also, thank you to everybody who have been enjoying and reblogging my obscure dwj book posts lately! It's always a treat to read your tags and comments and know that you're just as insane about her books as I am haha)

#dark lord of derkholm #diana wynne jones #derkholm series #tumblr why u desaturate the images :( #derk dlod #mara dlod #shona dlod #kit dlod #callette dlod #blade dlod #lydda dlod #don dlod #elda dlod #pretty dlod #beauty dlod #finally got to draw some of derks animals wooooo!! #and yes that is an untitled goose game reference because they are. the most horrible geese #Character Design

[chelshiart]

we have a quadruped baby? say no more.

#diana wynne jones #dwj #dark lord of derkholm #derkholm series #derk dlod #mara dlod #blade dlod #shona dlod #don dlod #kit dlod #callette dlod #lydda dlod #elda dlod #i am not immune to making animation jokes whoops #i handwaved the age differences a little bit - pretend elda’s like a 10 month fledgling and blade’s about 5

[chelshiart]

twiddling my thumbs and thinkin' about them (griffins)

#diana wynne jones #dark lord of derkholm #year of the griffin #derk dlod #blade dlod #kit dlod #callette dlod #elda dlod #derkholm series

[chelshiart]

something smells heavenly in the kitchen...

#dark lord of derkholm #diana wynne jones #lydda dlod #elda dlod #blade dlod #derkholm series #godlike snacks! godlike snacks!

[chelshiart]

(Derkholm but make it memes GO)

A mom helping her kids beat a hard level in Super Mario Land, 1998

A wizard pondering his orb (the moon)

#dark lord of derkholm #year of the griffin #diana wynne jones #derkholm series #mara dlod #blade dlod #shona dlod #kit dlod #don dlod #callette dlod #lydda dlod #elda dlod #derk dlod #corkoran yotg #i am not immune to memery

[chelshiart]

assorted scenes from Year of the Griffin because I can't pick my favorite part lol

#year of the griffin #diana wynne jones #derkholm series #derk dlod #elda dlod #blade dlod #kit dlod #claudia yotg #olga yotg #lukin yotg #felim yotg #ruskin yotg #yotg squad #storyboards

[chelshiart]

when a guy just wants to be a poor little meow-meow, but unfortunately is the most competent person in the room

#year of the griffin #diana wynne jones #flurian atreck #flury yotg #elda dlod #claudia yotg #claudia antonina #wizard wermacht #blade dlod #storyboards #derkholm series #flury!! favorite idiot

[chelshiart]

just a friendly round of sibling death match :)

#diana wynne jones #dark lord of derkholm #year of the griffin #howl's moving castle #which im tagging just because #blade dlod #kit dlod #shona dlod #elda dlod #lydda dlod #don dlod #calette dlod #i am banging pots and pans outside your bedroom window #beseeching everyone to read the Derkholm series by DWJ #they are my favorites and im love them dearly #huh turns out I have a type when it comes to favorite characters #a) super powerful b) sibling energy and c) also a vehicle #derkholm series

[chelshiart]

nom

#dark lord of derkholm #blade dlod #don dlod #hmm maybe i can use book 2's naming conventions? #blade derkson #don derkson #derkholm series #diana wynne jones #comics

[chelshiart]

Have a Blade. Have a Kit-Cat.

[ID: A colored illustration of Blade and Kit from Dark Lord of Derkholm taking a nap in a grassy area in the daytime. Boulders and plants frame their immediate area while trees line the background. /end ID]

#dark lord of derkholm #diana wynne jones #blade dlod #kit dlod #MY BOYS #everyone be qUIET they are sleEPING #i should have drawn don my beloved in there also but i ran out of space ah well #derkholm series