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Mary, did you know?

why is religious Christmas imagery all so joyful and pleasant? where is the inherent horror of the birth of Christ? A mother is handed her newborn child, wailing and innocent. Her hands come away sticky. Red. Simply by giving her son life she has already killed him. He is doomed from the beginning. Her love will not save him from suffering. Because the thing cradled in her arms is not a baby, it is a sacrifice: born amongst the other bleating animals whose blood will one day be spilled in the name of what demands it. the night is silent with anticipation. Mary, did you know? That your womb was also a grave?

#this is what I meant when I painted this #people always ask me about it because its large and unsettling #youre not supposed to do that to Jesus #and I never could articulate what I meant #but this is it #thats what it means right there thank you #you were so young #did you know from the start?

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its me look

#digital art #my art #self portrait

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my tgl gift exchange for @rosalind-of-arden

the kids absolutely passed out on a couch

happy holidayyssssss

#mine #digital art #tgl

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seen one of those "draw your favorite character in this outfit" and i am but a weak little man

enjoy

#the great library #my art #digital art #niccolo santi #the great library fan art #tgl #gl series

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uhhhh heres a funky lil face I drew while I'm trying to get back into the swing of digital for a project

#digital art #my art

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so this was supposed to be Jess but then I kind of got lost in the sauce of colors I never use and a fucming gorgeous new texture and also the liquify tool and now i no longer know if its jess but anyway heres someone i guess

#my art #digital art #jess brightwell #kind of #i feel weird tagging this as tgl #bc i dont feel like this is really jess anymore? #idk what do yall think #the great library

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Longhorn Tiefling??? Is this anything?

#thank you adas fucked up horns for the inspo #my art #oc #tiefling #tiefling oc #digital art #dnd

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crepi al lupo

#heres the image #if anyone wants it without the flashing lol #the great library #the great library fan art #the great library series #my art #ink and bone #ash and quill #paper and fire #smoke and iron #sword and pen

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crepi al lupo

#the great library #the great library fan art #flashing #flashing gif #eyestrain #ink and bone #ash and quill #paper and fire #smoke and iron #sword and pen #in bocca al lupo

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Polaroid

The first of hopefully many

(I think at this point we’re crediting Mazeem for the idea? Whoever it was thank you lol)

#The Great Library #The Great Library series #niccolo santi #Christopher Wolfe #Ink and Bone #santi x wolfe #paper and fire #ash and quill #smoke and iron #sword and pen #can we call it domestic bliss? #The note says #amman #summer #the apartment

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Various sketchbook bits n bobs from this semester

#uhhhhh #traditional art #my art #sketchbook #sketches #mollymauk #i guess

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The first night back from Rome

#niccolo santi #Christopher Wolfe #The Great Library series #the great library fan art #Ink and Bone #paper and fire #Rachel Caine #ash and quill #smoke and iron #sword and pen #im ready to cause emotional damage #also if anyone has a quote that would be a better caption #dm me #I wanted like something santi said #about wolfe coming back from rome #but I dont have time to comb through all the books #to find it so

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Mira: Dario Santiago

#traditional art #the great library #dario santiago #ink and bone #the great library fan art #acrylic #ash and quill #paper and fire #smoke and iron #sword and pen #uhhhhh yeah #anyway there’s him #he #the lad

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Uhhhh yea

#jess brightwell #brendan brightwell #The brightwell boys #The Great Library #The Great Library series #the great library fan art #Ink and Bone #Im gonna be honest with this one I kinda gave up #idk what else to do with it #but I think I like it #anyway enjoy

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So I was trying to figure out what the scholar dress outfit is and I had the thought that it could be like a Greek-style robe instead of the more typical scholar robe. Immediately had the thought that Wolfe would fucking hate it and Santi would love it

#The Great Library #santi x wolfe #Christopher Wolfe #niccolo santi #Ink and Bone #ibpfaqsisp #paper and fire #ash and quill #smoke and iron #sword and pen #domestic shit #you know how it goes

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Learned the other day that one of the purposes of kohl is to protect the eyes from the sun and then I couldn’t stop thinking about High Guarda troops training in Alexandria all using kohl and then naturally I had to draw Glain with some smudged ass eyeliner. Might get to Jess or Santi some day.

#The Great Library #The Great Library series #the great library fan art #glain wathen #high guarda #ibpfaqsisp #paper and fire #Ink and Bone #ash and quill #smoke and iron #sword and pen

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GLAIN WATHEN MOTHERFUCKERS

dont @ me I think they have buzzed hair and so does Ace so therefore they have buzzed hair

ALSO am I developing a style? I could never

#The Great Library #the great library series #glain wathen #the great library fan art #Ink and Bone #ibpfaqsisp #paper and fire #ash and quill #smoke and iron #sword and pen #what if I try and do a whole series where I draw everyone like this