#The Blackberry Bushes art

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Happy Birthday Rebekah! I’m glad you exist. :)

Thank you so much! I'm glad you exist too :)

And thank you for the Amarantha portrait! It's beautiful! Your best one yet <3

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Two strikingly different views of Josiah, featuring art by @scarvenartist and @lady-merian.

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Half-siblings! @scarvenartist's Ayra and Josiah, because I enjoy doing these comparisons. Maybe a slight bit of physical resemblance, but what unites these two the most is the consciousness of being observed evident in their expressions. These are the two children that their father expects the most from, the ones who look for his approval the most, and they're both constantly on their guard.

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I commissioned @scarvenartist to draw her pick of my OCs, and she chose Josiah!

Even in moments of repose, Josiah never relaxed. He carried himself as if someone had shoved a rapier down his back. Though he hadn’t the build for elegance, every movement was deliberate, every word pronounced with elocutionist precision. He seemed to always be holding something back, tucked away deep behind the waistcoat buttons. Beneath a furrowed forehead that would likely have wrinkles before he was thirty, his eyes, gray as a knife blade, peered down at the world. His square jaw tended to clench when he wasn’t speaking, leaving his mouth a neatly ironed line. Not a brown hair ever stood out of place; not a freckle sullied that snubbed nose. It wouldn’t have dared.

Josiah did not inherit much in terms of looks (though perhaps adolescence will be kind to him?), but he's got a lot going on beneath the haughty exterior he presents, and I love that scarvenartist captured that subtlety in his expression when seen up close.

He's wearing his Hollingham uniform, which forms the majority of his wardrobe in Book 3, with the green waistcoat that most boys have. In particular circumstances, such as belonging to an elite school club, boys can upgrade to a gold waistcoat, which is a major status symbol in a school already obsessed with status. Josiah wants one very badly.

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your new header image 🥺🥺🥺

yes! I love it! It's @scarvenartist's illustration of a younger Delclis and Elystan from the short story "A Building Project." There's been at least one occasion when these boys got along before their relationship really deteriorated, and I love being able to see it.

(also coincidentally my profile picture makes it almost look like I'm in there reading with them, which is entirely accurate)

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The entire Liddick-Phemister family as drawn by @scarvenartist!

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A recent commission from @scarvenartist, who chose to draw my OC Delclis!

Dedicated (perhaps obsessive) young botanist who gets roped into the worst job ever: monarch of a major world power. His mind is a thousand miles away cataloging and analyzing specimens. The expression here captures it perfectly!

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For @fictionadventurer, @scarvenartist's Bethira and Talfrin, side by side.

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Another commission from @scarvenartist: Talfrin I, one-time King of Corege, beloved father of Elystan, beloathed husband of Bethira, inveterate political schemer, major contender for the top spot among the Problematic Dad™ OCs.

Perhaps this is the portrait from the Cobalt Room that got taken down and replaced with Delclis? Whatever the case, this is an official portrait, meant to be publicly distributed, and an image which would be immediately recognizable to his subjects.

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A commission from @scarvenartist, who chose to draw my OC Antavia!

A strange woman had materialized in the room. Her gown, a jarring clash of black, orange, and green, draped loosely from her full frame. Cascades of fabric dripped from her arms like exhausted wings. A silk turban with a straggling plume concealed nearly all her dark hair. [...] Her cheeks and lips were unnaturally pink, but her eyes were dark and the corners of her mouth hard. She looked like a woman who hated things.

She also did an alternate version in a different arrangement of the colors. The black is very elegant and closer to my vague mental image, but I think the orange suits her better and really emphasizes the gaudy bird imagery intended.

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Happy Birthday Rebekah!

This was meant to be Rachel finding a quiet nook to read in. Hope your day is a lovely one!

I love this! Thank you so much! She finally gets a moment to read in peace :)

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My friend Eowyn drew her version of Rietta, Canis Familiaris, and Delclis in “The Boy with the Botanical Box.”

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@lady-merian finally got a frame for this one!

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My friend to whom I show all the WIP fanart has announced that her current favorites are:

@scarvenartist’s Rietta on the wall

@lady-merian’s Rietta meeting Delclis and Canis

Just thought you two should know :)

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@scarvenartist and @lady-merian​ frames!

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Commissed a portrait of an OC from @scarvenartist, and she chose Bethira, mother of Delclis and Elystan!