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windowsloth · 9 days ago

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"My land is the land of the far horizons, of the wide sky. It is the land of grass and wind and galloping hoofs. In summer the wind can be as hot as the breath of an oven, and when the pampas take fire, the line of smoke stretches a hundred leagues and the lions ride our cattle to escape it, looking like devils.”

Gene Wolfe, Citadel of the Autarch

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took another swing at some fan art I drew earlier in the year, this is much closer to what I had in mind. Definitely outside my comfort zone but I had a lot of fun

#my favorite part is actually the horizon on the far left side #I think the distant mountain range with the clouds looks pretty cool & moody #said it before and I’ll say it again: this section of the book absolutely rules #it’s so good #also listen to Shelved by Genre btw #book of the new sun #botns #citadel of the autarch #Gene Wolfe #illustration #digital illustration #landscape #fantasy landscape #artists on tumblr #drawing #digital art #the book of the new sun #severian posting #(although I suppose this isn’t Severian! but still)

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