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Heyy everyone! Dropping the latest Sketch-a-Wish,

Heyy everyone!

Dropping the latest Sketch-a-Wish, voted on by my lovely Patreon members for February! Featuring Thomas and Audrey Rose from the Stalking Jack the Ripper series by @kerrimaniscalco , sneaking around in the underground tunnels of their academy in Romania. (during the series' second book, Hunting Prince Dracula)

When I briefly revisited these scenes for the prompt, I had completely forgot it was an absolute ping pong match of flirting between these two, and this little stunt Thomas pulled at the last second by squeezing past Audrey Rose, in an attempt to distract her from her hesitations of their impending discovery, was the capstone. 😗👌 How scandalous!

This prompt was largely favored due to the recent news of the Jack the Ripper case having possibly found a DNA match! I've consumed so many forms of media that had used Jack the Ripper as their mystery villain (including this series) and now that their is a real name attached, it feels like an entirely different character now. What are your thoughts?

On a side note, I've been absent from IG for the past several weeks. Have had my head down attempting to finish a few large projects (some of which I turned in!) Hoping to be more active here in the upcoming weeks! Hope everyone is doing well!

Heyyy everyone! Dropping the latest Sketch-a-Wish

Heyyy everyone!

Dropping the latest Sketch-a-Wish, voted on by my lovely Patreon members for January! Featuring Inez and Whit from WHAT THE RIVER KNOWS by @isabelibanezbooks!

I noted in my last post that my Patreon members have been a bit kiss-crazy with these requests (not complaining, just noting!) And they were very sneaky with this one, requesting the 'River Rescue' scene! 😂 I remember there being a river rescue scene in WTRK, but when I went back to read it as a refresher to prep for this SAW, I completely forgot there was a 'rescue kiss'. I knew exactly what they were looking for. 😂

The book mentions the water is murkier than this (just as it is today), but Inez is having a moment here, so the sun is shining through! Even if a croc is strolling by!

How did you all like WHERE THE LIBRARY HIDES?? 🙌 I loved it so much, it was one of my favorite reads last year. Isabel completely satisfied the craving I was having during The Mummy/Brenaissance in 2023 with this series. Super excited for you to see the new art in the @fairyloot edition!

#wtrk #whattheriverknows #inezolivera #whithayes #isabelibañez #youreInDeNile

Heyyy everyone! Dropping the latest Sketch-a-Wish,

Heyyy everyone! Dropping the latest Sketch-a-Wish, voted on by my lovely Patreon members for the month of December! Featuring Celia and Marco from The Night Circus @erinmorgenstern!

My Patreon members have been getting a bit kiss-crazy with these SAWs. 😂 For this piece, I wanted to take my time to re-read The Night Circus over the holiday break to prep for this. It's been several years since I listened to it for the first time (back when I designed the Build Me Dreams papercraft) and I was really put off by the audiobook and the story comprehension suffered because of it. I love Jim Dale (who read the US audiobooks for Harry Potter), who has multiple but very distinct voices and accents. I kept getting distracted recognizing and comparing every Night Circus character to their HP counterpart which completely took me out of the story at times. Some of the characters were really goofy sounding, which works well for HP, but not for the ethereal cast of TNC.

I can wholeheartedly say that I much more enjoyed this white-noise re-read of TNC and was able to experience it without all the distractions. There were even several scenes I've pinned that I'm eager to illustrate / papercraft beyond the one chosen for this SAW. Please look forward to those!

This is arguably the most colorful scene in the book (everyone is wearing a bright variety of colors), the ballroom is gold and both Celia and Marco wear a deep green. A stark contrast to the book's signature black, white and red color scheme. I offered my Patreon members a handful of color keys to choose from and the one shown here won the most votes!

#theNightCircus #ErinMorgenstern #celiaBowen #marcoAlisdair #letThereBeTongue

Heyyy everyone! I thought it would be good update

Heyyy everyone! I thought it would be good update my pinned info to announce some of my recent new licensed prints in the shop featuring artworks inspired from authors:

🌿Heather Fawcett
@heather_fawcett
(Emily Wilde Series)

🌿Carissa Broadbent
@carissabroadbentbooks
(The Serpent and the Wings of Night)

🌿Rachel Gillig
@rmgillig
(One Dark Window)

You can claim free domestic/international shipping on orders of 4 or more prints (coupon codes are listed at the top of each shop).

Link in bio!

Be sure to check out my other licensed and sanctioned prints from authors like Sarah J. Maas, Holly Black, Stephanie Garber, Hafsah Faizal, Raven Kennedy, Sue Lynn Tan, Margaret Rogerson, Rebecca Yarros, Katherine Arden, Travis Baldree and Elise Kova and more!

Thank you so much for your support and I hope you have a wonderful week! 👋

After finishing the Lunar Chronicle's piece a whil

After finishing the Lunar Chronicle's piece a while back, the subject came up about the most satisfying bookish reunions I've read. I thought Scarlett & Wolf were a top-tier reunion, but then thought of these two, Andrew and Neil from The All For the Game series by Nora Sakavic.

I remember when listing to the audiobook the first time, I experienced the rare and involuntary event of dropping what I was doing and lie supine in bed, clutching my pillow through the waves of fear, tension and relief from Chapters 13 & 14.

This wasn't a rose garden at the end of a rainbow. No fancy dresses or masquerade meetings. This was a dingy motel room with a bandaged-wrapped rat pack welcoming back their runaway. Though without knowing the context of this scene, it's super hard to understand the emotions conveyed. Andrew is holding down Neil by the neck, simmering with anger, but not toward Neil. Neil is in a state of pain and fear, but not by Andrew. What they're both probably feeling is a huge wave of relief knowing that they're both in the same room again.

Took a bit of liberty here with Andrew keeping his hand on Neil's neck (which I've personally equivocated to Andrew's version of a hug) which instead happens just before he pushes Neil down by the shoulder. On a technical note, I had fun with the previous set of illustrations and their background quotes, so I decided to carry that concept through this and any future AFTG artworks if it suits.

As with the previous two prints, this print will also donate a portion of each purchase to The Trevor Project (donations posted on shop listings). Link in bio!

#aftg #allForTheGame #andreil #andrewMinyard #neilJosten #foxholeCourt #noraSakavic #oneHUNDRED

Last illustration of 2024! A new Bonus Sketch-a-W

Last illustration of 2024!

A new Bonus Sketch-a-Wish voted on by my wonderful Patreons for 2024! Featuring Nathaniel and Elisabeth fending off demons, a harrowing scene from Sorcery of Thorns by @margaret_rogerson !

This has been such a frequently requested scene for the longest time, too right, as it's such an iconic representation where the guy falls in love at first fight.

I wish you all a Happy New Year and may you smack any and all 2024 demons chasing your heels square in the jaw!

#elisabethscrivener #nathanielthorn #margaretRogerson #sorceryOfThorns

What is now becoming an annual tradition, I'm happ

What is now becoming an annual tradition, I'm happy to share this year's bookish themed tree! I thought long and hard about which book to celebrate this year, and it couldn't be anything else but to pay homage to this year's epic conclusion to the Plated Prisoner series by @ravenkennedybooks .

I'm still taking my sparse spare time reading the final two books (since the audiobooks aren't released yet) but it's exciting and bittersweet to follow Auren's journey to the end.

There are not many FMC that standout to me, and usually the MMC gets a lot more attention from the bookish crowd. But Auren stood out on her own from the beginning and is one of my favorite leading ladies.

But I can't express more how much Raven made me fall in love with 24 sentient strips of gold. I couldn't pass up the chance to adorn this tree with the playful ribbons that captured my heart (and you know what else 😭)

I hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday!

Do you ever theme a tree?

Add some extra charm to the back endpapers of SPEC

Add some extra charm to the back endpapers of SPECTACULAR by @stephanie_garber !

The first batch of stickers have arrived and are already shipping out to those who pre-ordered, but are selling out quickly! A new batch is in production and expected to ship mid-January. I've added portion of the remaining stock to my Etsy for those who want to ship internationally!

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Funfact: When I was designing the endpapers for the US editions of SPECTACULAR, I had initially assumed there would be two different endpapers at the front and back, so I made a 'Before and After' concept. Unfortunately, we only were able to use one (totally my fault for assuming!), but I lamented not having the 'After' see the light of day!

Stephanie and her wonderful reps at @flatiron_books have graciously allowed me to design a sticker sheet so you can complete my original vision in your own copies of SPECTACULAR! Just place the four stickers in their respective corners on the back endpapers and you'll complete the story of Scarlett and Julian's mistletoe meetup, and Tella surprising Legend out of his humbug humph!

Don't we need endpaper stickers to be a regular thing?

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Selective Works

Self Reflection

First Impressions

Both Are Mine

Moth and Mirth

Ink Stains and Iron Chains

A Stroke of Light and Color

A Wicked Dance

Pas De Deux

A Darker Spade of Vicious

The Ones That Live Within

Most Ardently

Don’t Be An Equal

Web of Guise

A Mad Grin

Wits and Wills

Smile Again

Fire Breathing Queen

Crisp Light

Mist and Fury

The Lovers, Reversed

Part of that World

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