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Hey, I'm back! Have a bunch of pictures of me because I know that's what you've been waiting for!

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Alright, first post of 2022, circling back to where I always turn when I’m stuck: figure drawing.

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Gay or Just Attolian, a parody of Gay or European from Legally Blonde the musical, written by @eeddis and performed by me, @eeddis, @goddessofgentlerain, @sounisiangutter, @cartograffiti, @artfrostedleaf, @huilian, @storieswelove, and @worldsentwined!

(feel free to join us in the queen’s thief discord server for more shenanigans like this)

my queen’s thief music tag

lyrics under the cut:

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"Swayed by a pretty face"

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My concept designs for the Little Peninsula crest (commissioned many weeks ago).

I have an explanation for the upside-down lion version, and that explanation is that my higher level reading skills failed me and I missed that the lilies are supposed to be between the lion and the gryphon. Which meant that my imagination went on its merry way, and what resulted was a flip-flop effect. It was still cool, so I didn't scrap the idea.

I came up with the second, more accurate design once I realized what I'd missed. I like the symmetry of this one. Now I have two designs!

In both versions, you can find the profiles of Eugenides (lily), Attolia (lily), Eddis (gryphon), and Sounis (lion) against each of their respective symbols. I'm particularly smug about how Eugenides' scar is depicted by a leaf >:)

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Landscape practice with a different pen

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Phew, so that was the first week of qtappreciation that I’ve ever participated in and it’s been so much fun!!

Unfortunately I think that’s all I can manage for certain right now, as I’m feeling a little burnt out (but in a good way, like “wow, that was a Project!”). It’s kind of funny that despite all my intentions to take it easy this week, I let almost all of my posts get away from me a bit, I just couldn’t help myself 🤷‍♀️

(I MIGHT pop back in for one of the days. Think of this as a moon promise—however you interpret those.)

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Queen's Thief Appreciation, Day 7: Short Stories -- books (or in this case, short stories)/characters as things my friends and I have said

I had trouble deciding which of my 3 quotes to go with, so I decided to draw really sketchy versions of all of them. Happy short stories day!

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Queen's Thief Appreciation, Day 6: Return of the Thief -- the books/characters as things my friends and I have said

In honor of Pheris's hilarious horror at grown-up things.

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Queen's Thief Appreciation, Day 5: Thick as Thieves -- the books/characters as things my friends and I have said

The lion's den is one of the best episodes of this book, so I hunted for a fitting quote.

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Queen's Thief Appreciation, Day 4: Conspiracy of Kings -- books/characters as things my friends and I have said

The fact that Sophos used force in the end despite being the so-called bunny of the series is simultaneously devastating and funny, especially since we're used to sneaky sneaky politics and scheming from Gen. (Not that Sophos wasn't veritably sneaky in his own right.) It was completely unexpected and yet right!

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Queen's Thief Appreciation, Day 3: The King of Attolia -- books/characters as things my friends and I have said

This book... just has to be my favorite one. The way Eugenides is revealed again and again draws me back to it again and again. Plus Costis, poor Costis <3

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Queen's Thief Appreciation, Day 2: The Queen of Attolia -- the books/characters as things my friends and I have said

One of the major twists for me was the complete transformation of my opinion of Attolia Irene. I started rooting for her ever since we got her background story, and by the time "Diplomacy, in my own name" rolled around, I was fully infatuated.

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Queen's Thief Appreciation, Day 1: The Thief -- in my saga of QT books/characters as things my friends and I have said.

I wanted to participate in qtappreciationweek this year, but didn't have the time to create any serious, meaningful pieces that would properly honor and embody my all-encompassing love for these books, so I've come up with the happy medium of... memery.

I've come to the conclusion that my silly contribution to this fun celebration isn't totally out of place, because it does encapsulate one of the reasons I was first drawn into the series: the humor. My gods, the humor. From the moment Gen splayed his body by the side of the road, content to endure his new life as a landmark, I was enraptured. I adore Gen's unbridled, raw snark in The Thief.

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Gen's "I'm sorry" in this passage sorta kicks me in the gut. Every time.

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These are five avatars I made as part of an internship. I’ve got here the garden fairy, the mysterious muse, the siren song mermaid, the treasure tourist, and the skills knight!

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My favorite guy, through the years