#Naomi novik

[emily-e-draws]

bedtime stories (a mathematics textbook)

#temeraire #william laurence #naomi novik #can't believe i forgot to post this temeraire art here when this is where all the temeraire fans are #anyways............ please talk to me about these boys #just finishing up book 8 now..!!! #art requests are so welcome. i want to draw all the characters #once i finish the series i'm going to start it over again immediately i think

[sbbarnes]

#I got POLLS #tamora pierce #mercedes lackey #dianna wynne jones #naomi novik #if you pick naomi novik you are potentially very young #also yes this is an only women of fantasy poll #because it is my poll #fantasy

[isvoc]

Lien and Temeraire from Naomi Novik's books!

#temeraire #lung tien lien #lien #naomi novik #dragon #dragon art #isvoc #sketchblog post

[rosiethorns88]

Aaaaand (after a small delay) the fourth and final bonus Sketch-a-Wish from my 2nd Patreon anniversary - a frequently requested scene from Uprooted, featuring Sarkan (the Dragon) and Agnieszka! Phew, I'm art-pooped after this one. 🫠

#uprooted #naomi novik #agnieszka #sarkan #the dragon #my art

[erionmakuo]

Fanart of Mirnatirus from Spinning Silver by @naominovik Was lucky enough to catch her on her UK tour! :)

#spinning silver #naomi novik #minratius #artists on tumblr #erion makuo art #it was great seeing her in person #ohmegosh! #and the church venue was *chef kiss* as well #i was so glad she recognized the character too :3!!

[mostlyghostie]

New commission!

I had started this in good time, then impulsively peeled off my screen protector because it got too dirty, not realising that I’m now so used to drawing with one on that I was incapable of continuing without ordering another, so I just got finished in time to retain my coveted Etsy perfect shipping record. Stressful!

Which of these have you read?

#the goblin emperor #gideon the ninth #martha wells #murderbot #naomi novik #my art #artists on tumblr #books #booklr #illustration #bookstack #paperbacks #fantasy books

[kingoftheu]

It is the mid-1800s. You are Karl Marx. You have risen to prominence aming leftist circles, with your scathing attacks in contemporary Capitalism and Imperialism. You hear a knock on your front door. Your front door is shattered.

A very large black dragon, a veteran of the British Millitary, apologizes for the damage. His name is Temeraire, and he is a Member of Parliament.

He has read your work and wishes to discuss it with you.

#temeraire #temeraire books #his majesty's dragon #karl marx #Friedrich Engels #communism #communists #naomi novik #revolution #revolutions #leftism #left wing #dragon #dragon rider #military #talking dragon #william laurence #temeraire would love the 'workers of the world unite' bit #but would not like being told that wealth is bad #“ok the workers can own the means of production but can I keep my very nice chain” #“i do not understand why i should have to give up my gold. i made it through my labor” #Temeraire accidentally causes a leftist schism

[ekbelsher]

I finally painted the Mireym + Staryk king icy glare contest. Did Naomi Novik know, when she designed a character with white hair, white skin and an all-white outfit, what that would mean in terms of aesthetics? I tried my best to make him mysterious and sexy, but he still ended up looking like a fae version of Mr Clean

#spinning silver #naomi novik books #book characters #miryem mandelstam #miryem #staryk #staryk king #fae #faeries #fairytale retelling #retellings #rumplestiltskin #bookish art #viking braids #naomi novik #ekbelsher

[reverie-quotes]

I imagine it’s always easier to do something monstrous if you can convince yourself you aren’t going to, up to the last minute, until you do.

— Naomi Novik, The Golden Enclaves

#the golden enclaves #naomi novik #the scholomance #quotes #literary quotes #fantasy #writing #books #spilled ink #thoughts #lit #pretty quotes #quote of the day #reverie #reverie quotes #quote #book quote #book quotes #inspiring quote #inspiring quotes #beautiful quote #beautiful quotes

[jannasophia]

Quick sketch of Iskierka!

She really came out of the egg and said 'when I grow up I wanna be a problem'

#temeraire #iskierka #his majesty's dragon #naomi novik #fanart #bookart #I'm having Temeraine brain rot so bad it's not even funny anymore

[krakenattack]

Mild spoiler for The Last Graduate ahead, but:

Having just reread the whole series, I love how at odds El and the Scholomance are. Like, El's pessimism is a great way of making your narrator unreliable, since El is sometimes right and sometimes wrong always expecting the worst response from everyone around her(a thought worthy of another entire post), but it becomes very funny once she realizes that part of the problem at school is that she can't do small spells? Like, she spends the whole first book being like 'this school is the devil tempting me to evil, it wants me to become a maleficier, I can't even ask for a simple cleaning spell without getting horrible spells for summoning mortal flames and enslaving an army of people, I hate it', and meanwhile the Scholomance is flipping frantically through its catalogue of spells gathered over thousands of years, desperately trying to find a spell in a language El knows that she can also cast with her affinity for working incredibly large and powerful spells. El's over here driving a bulldozer and saying, 'I would like to build a Jenga tower' and the Scholomance is looking at her with the weary despair of a preschool teacher knowing they're going to be suffering through a temper tantrum soon but unable to stop it.

El, a furious teenager who doesn't know as much as she thinks she does: I don't wanna summon a mortal flame! I want my room clean!

The Scholomance, a giant building that cleans its own hallways, floors, dishes and various and assorted other workings with mortal flame: Why is this child testing me

Also hilarious in retrospect is El's blithe statement in the first book about how no one would ever give her that much mana to do these high volume spells bc mana isn't free or easy to acquire and so the school is clearly telling her to turn maleficier and kill her fellow students all while Orion is humming to himself as he kills mals and dumps oodles and oodles of mana into the New York power sharers.

El "I'd rather die than ask for help" Higgins: I won't do these spells bc no one will give me mana

The Scholomance, as loudly as a building who may or may not be partially sentient and who can't speak human languages: Wow, those sure are some HIGH MANA VOLUME spells you got there! If only there was SOMEONE around who would be able to provide you with a NIGH LIMITLESS FLOW OF MANA so that you'd be able to cast them!

Orion: :)

El: *hisses like a feral cat*

Orion: :(

The Scholomance: oh my freaking god

Hilarious. Top tier humor.

#the scholomance #a deadly education #the last graduate #naomi novik #I also truly believe that the scholance was trying to prep El for her future by giving her those spells #she ends up being able to use her knowledge of several of those spells to useful and non-malicious effects in the last two books #but it's funny to imagine a very tired scholomance trying to find enough complex and high mana-cost spells #to placate the bewildering moral whims of this angry wizard child

[emily-e-draws]

thinking fond thoughts about Tenzing Tharkay

#temeraire #tenzing tharkay #naomi novik #sorry for any inaccuracies.. there is a woeful lack of tharkay info on the wiki & i do not own the books

[drawulan]

Irina

#spinning silver #naomi novik #fantasy art #fan art #portrait #book illustration #illustration #irina #commision me #art commissions #art commission open

[izzenithal]

this is their whole dynamic and i love them for it

#the scholomance #naomi novik #orion lake #books #the last graduate #a deadly education #my art #fanart #I’m only on book 2 #so no spoilers please!!! #el higgins #galadriel higgins

[jadempress]

Imagine you're in school, fall in love, and get pregnant. He comes from wealth, so you think you and your baby are going to live a nice cushy life with your new man. Then he gets mauled by a bear. He's eaten right in front of you. You grieve for him. You go to his family, hoping they'll take you in, but they're awful and they want to harm your baby. So you end up raising her alone. It's tough being a single mother, but you do your best to love and protect her. She grows up and goes to school. The school is known for its bear attacks, but what can you do? It's a good school, and you can only protect her so much. Eventually your baby has to fend for herself. You can't help but worry though. The cell service is terrible but you manage to reach her and warn her to stay away from bears. She seems happy though, and even tells you she's made friends. Finally she graduates, and you're so happy she's safe. She brings her boyfriend home to meet you. It's the bear that ate your boyfriend.

Anyway, that's what happened to Gwen Higgins of the schomance series.

#the scholomance #naomi novik #a deadly education #the last graduate #the golden enclaves #galadriel higgins #el higgins #orion lake #elrion

[mostlyghostie]

Two of my all time faves in this commission (HDM and Piranesi), I like how the colour scheme worked out too!

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#my art #artists on tumblr #books #booklr #bookstack #his dark materials #the raven boys #the secret history #beowulf #naomi novik #the starless sea