"'Five years ago it was noncitizen. In the future, who knows? Perhaps not-citizen-enough?' She waved a hand, a gesture of surrender. 'It won't matter. Such boundaries are too easy to create.'"
A very loose rendition of lieutenant Awn's conversation with the head priest in Ors.
"what good is magic, if you can't use it to help people?" That right there is a defining phrase in my approach to the world. No wonder Daja's Book has always been my favorite of the series.
Forever sad for the people in North America who didn't get the poetic titles for The Circle of Magic Quartet
The Magic in the Weaving
The Power in the Storm
The Fire in the Forging
The Healing in the Vine
I remember moving to Canada, going to the library and shrieking internally when it was just "Sandry's Book" etc.
Each page is based on an AI character from a book, movie, or game. I can't wait to print and fold it! If you want to, feel free to print your own copies, just please credit me if you share it :)
GLaDOS and Wheatley, Portal 2 (This one will technically end up being the cover)
AM, "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream"
Justice of Toren, Imperial Radch by Ann Leckie (the EskVar logo was designed by Nicole Thayer and shared by Ann Leckie: https://annleckie.com/2015/09/25/your-complete-list-of-emanations-files/).
I added the engine because JoT is a spaceship and to emulate the wheel of Fortune, since the books talk about fate and action, etc. It also references "It all goes around..."
The Thunderhead, Arc of a Scythe by Neal Shusterman
AIDAN, The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (the Alexander engine design and the "AIDAN" background are taken from the first book; I just put them together and made it glow blue)
Edgar, Electric Dreams
Tau, Tau
HAL 9000, 2001: A Space Odyssey (This one will be the back cover when folded)
Fanart of the moment Justice of Toren One Esk was woken up from cold storage.
REFERENCE IMAGES:
1) I came across this pose on Pinterest and screenshotted it right away, cuz like it’s such a kickass expressive I had to try drawing it. Sadly I know next to nothing about the original artist. Maybe a person named Kiera Paulsen? Idk I can’t find the original post and only have screenshot rn 😭.
—- edit: a kind soul in the comments found the artist!! Thank you! Artist is @saltweave on twitter https://twitter.com/saltweave/status/135964282496724976
2) a quick doodle I did years ago of a random weird photo I found that had a satisfying half-told-story feeling to it. No idea title of the photo I referenced for the doodle tho.
Even though I imagine the ancillary hookup process would be a lot more organized/less tangled wire-y than what I drew, the chaotic bony mass of wires and hookups is just such a fun look to draw, and I really wanted to put it on the frightened pose so… voila fan-art with artistic liberties taken.