#actoar fanart

[acourtofquietdreamers]

Elain Archeron Week: Home

“Elain stood between Nuala and Cerridwen at the long worktable. All three of them covered in flour. Some sort of doughy mess on the surface before them. The two handmaiden-spies instantly bowed to Rhys, and Elain—There was a slight sparkle in her brown eyes. As if she’d been enjoying herself with them.”

Art by sara_parrenyo and commissioned by me

In Feyre and Nesta’s journeys, we see them find their sense of belonging through the friends they make and I think the same is true for Elain as she befriends Nuala and Cerridwen. Elain gets that first spark of joy in her eyes as she bakes bread with them after hitting rock bottom in ACOWAR. I think this moment represents the beginning of Elain’s healing journey in her new home and since then, Elain has come so far as she gains confidence and grows bolder in her fae life. She helps the Velaris residents restore their gardens, cooks and gardens for the Inner Circle, and offers to help her proclaimed court in any way she can. It’s even been foreshadowed that she might be taking stealth lessons from Nuala and Cerridwen.

In this piece, I wanted to show a typical activity I could see Elain doing within her home court. I imagine Elain loves sharing what she creates so Elain, Nuala, and Cerridwen are delivering bread they baked together to people in the community. Sara is so talented and captured the joy I wanted this piece to exude so perfectly! Thank you so much for bringing this to life for me 🩵💗

Please do not repost without permission

@elainarcheronweek

[chunkypossum]

Rhysie Poo

ok I think this is the last one I am doing and I can put the Heatstroke Photoshoot to bed. Back to renaissance Azris ... and idk writing or something lol

[evermorelore]

˚ ༘♡ ·˚ ₊˚ˑ༄ؘ 𝒇𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒕

close ups of @wilde-knight's commission I filled for them! credit to them for the phrase "fevered with lust" as an a+ response to Elain's reddened cheeks.

[isa-sketches]

My art stamina is a bit drained lately so I might not finish it. So I thought I'd share the lineart. Azriel in the books (I think) And Azriel how I saw him. I struggled to separate Az from Rhysand so I gave him really long black hair. I thought it fit him nicely heeh. And in a fey world, there honestly should be more men with long hair!

[jmoonjones]

The duality of Nesta for Day 7 of @nestaarcheronweek 🖤 Nesta is someone who will die for you AND kill for you. Be everything you want to be and don't let any Rhysands keep you down.

I seriously loved seeing all the Nesta content this week! The abundance of writing was a delight and I hope the authors know how much their work is appreciated. There are several super talented writers in this community that I wish would take over writing the whole series. I loved waking up to read new chapters, snippets/drabbles and of course, seeing all the Nesta art! A true treat.

I got some really sweet anon messages this week too, and please know (whoever you anons are) they are very, very much appreciated. I don't have many friends in my time zone and I'm far too shy, introverted and Nesta-y to change that easily, so kind words are always treasured.

[ofrhysand]

It’s Father’s Day and I was getting feels thinking about daddy Rhys reading to bby Nyx so did a quick line art of that moment 💕 

[mystical-blaise]

Happy Solstice, my Gwynriel pals!

Those crafty shadows coming in hot with the mistletoe.

I will also be posting to my Insta as well.

[cest-la-vieve]

hey y'all ik a lot of people write much better analyses of acotar stuff as i'm not super good at taking a specific stance BUT

something i've noticed a lot in this fandom is like the erasure in fanart of what scars and deformities actually look like.

i know it's not an easy thing to draw and that it's not conventionally attractive but it's still super important that it's reflected realistically, at least to me.

i have scars and even if they're not super visible i know exactly what they look like and how they're perceived

so when you take lucien or azriel and you have a perfectly healed cut over lucien's eye or these cutesy little swirls on azriel's hands i kind of just wish... they were realistic. they'd still be just as hot. i'd still love them just as much.

people with realistic scars ARE beautiful. they ARE hot. they ARE sexy. there's no need to downplay what scars and burns look like!!!

[heyovivi]

Nothing like being a hypocrite...

Okay, I haven't been an artist for the ACOTAR fandom for a long time, and I certainly don't post enough to make a business out of any of my works either. Even so, I do consider myself an artist as I work very hard to commit to pieces and share them with you.

Being an artist is difficult for many of us because it's like sharing our soul with the community. It's an insight into our world and our minds. It's how we view things and how we appreciate them. Through my art you can tell what I like, what I love, and what I appreciate.

And this week I have already addressed the problems with false accusations and plagiarism when it comes to art. Like I said in a previous post, a specific part of this fandom has made it their jobs to intoxicate the community we have built with their negativity. They accused an artist of plagiarism by stealing works of art from a user on Instagram named Jess.

It was already proven multiple times that this artist did not steal the idea form Jess and that it was instead a trend that artists were welcome to try out in their own styles. Despite that, the E/riels (because who else?) decided to bash all us Gwynriel artists for copying Jess and "stealing" her ideas.

Claiming that we are "lacking" and that we continue to steal from E/riel artists.

Now, the funny thing is that this same person also said this, and I quote:

"If you're going to steal a design from any artist, for the love of god give them the credit they deserve..."

"It just looks pathetic when a gwynriel "artist" releases a plagiarized artwork..."

"It’s like they’re either trying to one up elriel every time their artists release anything or they are so jealous at the creativity our artists show that they steal their work out of spite. Pathetic."

And of course, as an artist this hurt. Not only did they lack to research the trend they immediately hopped on their high horse to call us pathetic or put into question whether we were true artists.

Now, these quotes above came from an anonymous questioner here is what the person who originally posted actually said:

"This is unacceptable, and as another artist, it makes my skin crawl. Plus, I have a feeling it was done maliciously. I don’t need to get into the ins and outs of why you don’t steal someone’s work, I’m sure you get it."

"And I completely agree - It’s sad they can’t just come up with stuff for their own ship. If the ship is as beautiful and perfect as you claim it is, shouldn’t it inspire you all on its own? Like, they have to steal it from Elriels? 😔 it’s the vindictiveness for me."

Now I have never accused another artist of stealing my work, and I have never seen another Gwynriel artist steal or plagiarize another artists' work. But what was interesting to me was that this week, Jess was accused of plagiarism making all the texts I provided above seem pretty fucking ironic.

Although instead of reacting the way they did (like they would to Gwynriels), they bashed the messenger with hate comments about her looks, her art--they completely teared down an artist on Instagram, Isabellaamhsmith, stating that she was jealous and hateful and just seeking attention. They all stated that this was all simply about ship wars and it has been made very clear that this has nothing to do with ship wars, it's about the integrity of an artist and how plagiarism shouldn't be tolerated and it especially shouldn't be tolerated when the said plagiarizer is making a profit off of stolen work.

Now, what Jess did is not okay. From what I can tell she swiped through Pinterest, took the things she liked, inverted them to suit her "art" then gave no credit to the designers, artists, or organizations she stole from.

And here are what some of her supporters have to say:

A real artist's mind is full of color and imagination. Yes, we do refer to references when we work but we don't go and steal from other artists--it's just not done. In order to do what we do we have to imagine it. Sometimes it does just come out of no where that's how it works.

Ever here that sound on TikTok where he says, "isn't amazing how an artist can take a blank sheet of paper and just blah blah blah..."

Jess didn't do that. She took a blank sheet of paper and probably stuffed it with photoshopped photos from Pinterest.

And who is getting the brunt of it? Not Jess.

Instead Isabellaamhsmith is getting spammed by haters, most notably, E/riels.

Only truly ugly people go for the looks. No one should be told to go un-alive themselves or be judged on their looks. We put ourselves out there on social media, we are bold for sharing our art and Isabella was simply stating the facts. Jess is no real artist if she's just stealing ideas from other people.

Don't kill the messenger, it's not her fault she's got her facts straight.

[infinitybookblr]

I had way too much fun making this for my bookcase. Pictures of it in the bookcase coming soon!

[starofvelaris]

updated Feyre a bit :) I’m setting a goal for myself to finish the entire inner circle before ACOWAR release day so next up will be Rhysand, Azriel and Cassian! I’ve got three weeks, let’s do this 😎