#author artist collaboration

[demadraws]

Another collaboration in the books! It was so fun to make this piece for @ahufflepuffhobbit's beautiful fic, Bruises on the Heart (Link to AO3). It's so tender and sweet and FUNNY – great comedic timing in this one, pals. I hope you read it :)

[mamabearcatfanart]

It's almost reveal day! Here's a sneaky peak of a tiny bit of the art I'm working on. I know you're going to love the story it's inspired by!

[otaku-108]

Hungry like a wolf

Here's my piece for @inu-spiration!

I worked with the awesome @mynightshining on a little KogKag reunion that is just lovely 😍 Read it here! https://archiveofourown.org/works/57445606

Thank you all for the event ❤️❤️❤️

[eliza-faust-diary]

Hello! For this Tanabata Bang by @inu-spiration I worked with amazing @mayarab and made a KagSan illustration! :D What kind of conversation are they having? Be sure to read the story "Vino Veritas" here on AO3!

[ruddcatha]

It takes a friend to open your eyes is now live!!

A collaboration with @clearwillow for @inu-spiration!

Summary: Kagome and Inuyasha end up as roommates, but it quickly becomes apparent that there are ... difficulties living with each other. When a friends comment makes them both realize what their anger was hiding, what happens when sparks begin to fly during a fight?

Y’all need to check out the art from Clearwillow, it is absolutely amazing and I only hope I have done her work justice!!!

[inu-spiration]

Written in the Stars: A Tanabata Inu-spiration Bang: July 7, 2024

Mark Your Calendars: Sign-Ups Begin March 15th

Hi everyone! We are very pleased to announce that our first inu-spiration event of 2024 will be a Tanabata bang!

Tanabata, or, "evening of the seventh," is a star festival held yearly in Japan. It celebrates the meeting of the dieties Orihime and Hikoboshi, whose stars are kept separate in the skies, and can only meet once per year. While the festivities can take place in July and August (often overlapping with Obon), the start of the festival is July 7. In honor of the festival, we hope you will join us for our sixth (!) Inu-spiration bang!

Sign-ups for the bang will begin March 15th and run through April 1st. It will be a traditional bang, meaning that artists will either draw to the story that a writer conceives, or the two will collaborate on the concept.

For more information, and to learn more about the schedule, check out our FAQ page!

[timeshift-playground]

Oc art dump (YAOI IN THERE YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED 🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺)

[fawn-eyed-girl]

An Auspicious Fortune:

an @inu-spiration collaboration with @stardust414

Hi everyone! I'm very pleased to share my contribution to @inu-spiration: "An Auspicious Fortune" (Rated T), features a pining Inuyasha, a Sango who gets a troublesome fortune, and a Miroku who's trying to keep it all together.

I was very inspired by @stardust414's gorgeous art; please be sure to give them all of the love!! And please enjoy our little art and story 💖

Sneak peek under the cut!

Inuyasha’s scowl deepened. “Don’t fuckin’ joke with me, Miroku,” he grumbled, and turned his head away.

“Come, come now,” Miroku cajoled him, patting his friend on the shoulder. “You can tell me, Inuyasha. We’ve been friends a long time; we’re business partners now, right?” He dropped from a squat to his knees. “What’s troubling you, old friend?”

Inuyasha grouched, and pulled a piece of paper from his pocket. Miroku recognized it immediately; it was a small red omikuji, just like the one Sango and the children were waiting in line for. Miroku held out his hand. “May I?” he asked, kindly.

“Keh.” Inuyasha shoved it at him. “Don’t fuckin’ matter, anyway.”

“I’m sure that it does.” Miroku took the omikuji and opened it. His eyes grew wide at the fortune. “Why, Inuyasha, it’s…”

“A dai-kichi,” Inuyasha muttered. “Yeah, I know.”

Miroku tried to keep his composure. Why would a great blessing irritate his friend so?

“But, Inuyasha,” Miroku began, trying to see the reason, “isn’t this what you’ve wanted? What you’ve been waiting for?”

Inuyasha whipped around to face Miroku, who was stunned to see Inuyasha’s eyes wet with tears. “What I’ve been waiting for, you damn monk,” he hissed, “is for Kagome to fuckin’ come back through that well, not for some stupid, shitty fortune promising that some vague great thing’s gonna happen! Who knows what that’ll be!”

“Maybe it will be her,” Miroku reasoned.

“Yeah,” Inuyasha scoffed, “or maybe my brother will finally eat shit and die.”

Miroku choked back a laugh. 

[sereia1313]

Afterglow

@inu-spiration always comes up with such great themes! I had the privilge of working with @stardust414 and she created a stunning piece of art to go with our idea!

Read it on Ao3 and FFnet.

See (and swoon) over Stardust's art here!

Summary: Usually, Sesshoumaru paid the mortals no mind. They’d built him a splendid temple, and offerings littered the steps daily, but the gifts had begun to wane, and the murmurs of a goddess taking human form had begun to get louder.

Sneak Peek

A creak of the cottage door had him bounding back into the trees, unwilling to give up his cover even with his glamour firmly intact. He watched with wide eyes as a woman clad in pale robes and a determined glare stepped outside of the safety of her enclosure.

"Who's there?" she demanded. Sesshoumaru kept still, not wanting to relinquish his position even as her eyes flickered in his direction.

Breath stilled in his lungs as he was engulfed in an oceanic tempest, waves crashing upon his psyche as she held him captivated. The flush of her cheeks was nothing compared to the ferocity in her eyes, and it was a wonder he hadn't been burned on the spot.

She was stunning.

Raven curls fell around her shoulders, slightly tangled, as if she'd been pulled from a deep sleep. Chin raised defiantly, she scanned the area, hands gripping the door. She looked nothing like any goddess he had seen before, but he wished her to be one all the same. If he were a lesser being, he'd have grovelled at her feet—if only to get a better view.

"I do not fear you," she called out. "And you will find no solace here. Be gone before you meet the same end as your brothers." She was steadfast, like a warrior ready for battle, and Sesshoumaru remained still until well after she'd disappeared back inside.

Perhaps he'd been too hasty. Any female would've felt threatened if they'd heard noises outside their home so late at night. To his credit, he hadn't expected anything, let alone her, but he'd covered his tracks, his aura and presence hidden, so the fact she'd sensed anything piqued his curiosity.

Leaning back against the tree, intent on keeping an eye on her until she was willing to answer his questions, he rested one arm upon a bent knee, casting his gaze upward to the darkened sky. There must have been candles lit from within, as she'd glowed when she'd opened the door. But even as that thought crossed his mind, his brow pinched into a frown.

She'd felt human.

[moonkissedart]

From the next chapter of Nextlahualtin by @procrastinatorrexii 🤫

[procrastinatorrexii]

“I just want to see–” She reached for his clenched hand, and he moved convulsively, pushing her away with the arm he still held and jerking the other hand out of her reach at the same time. “Ow!” Kagome cried when his claws scraped her skin, scoring four thin red lines on her upper arm. 

He blinked, looking up at her for the first time, and she realized that the whites of his eyes were fully red. It jolted the glimmer out of her mind, for the moment; “What– hey, are you ok?” 

He blinked again, and seemed to have trouble forming the words, “I– I don’t– can’t-” He showed his fangs, and they were longer than Kagome remembered. She tried to take a step back, but his grip on her made it impossible. 

She flinched when his hand slid down her arm, but there was nothing to fear; his hand slid down to cup hers, almost tenderly, “I can’t have this,” he gritted out the words like he was hurting.

[teharrarose]

Sweeter Echoes, Crackling Embers

My favorite part of a project is when you find the art that properly tells the story you want to tell. @lunaticmarkers -- here from tumblr -- ((lunaticmarkers.tumblr.com)) brought to life our story Sweeter Echoes, Crackling Embers unlike anything I could have done alone. They brought their talent and we hit a homerun!

Check it out here, our story, Sweetest Echoes, Crackling Embers -- written for the 72 Hour Murderboy Game Jam 2024 -- https://teharra-rose.itch.io/sweeter-echoes-crackling-embers

[mamabearcat]

It's actually Friday here in Oz, so I'm being fashionably late. But @elkonigin and I are cooking up something together for Halloween @inu-spiration which we hope you'll enjoy.

This isn't the main piece of art, but one of the little extra watercolour sketches to whet your appetite. By the pricking of my thumbs...

[eliza-faust-diary]

I'm happy to show you a little preview of my artwork for upcoming @inu-spiration Tanabata Bang! Look forward to this event which take place on the 7th of July.

[ruddcatha]

SPIRIT RUN

Spirit Run, an @inu-spiration collaboration between @classysassy9791 and myself is now live on Ao3! The art that inspired this story is absolutely amazing, and heartbreaking!

Summary: A yokai attack leads to an encounter that shakes the InuTachi to the core, and sends Kagome and Inuyasha on a race for her life.

Be sure to check all all the amazing works that have been posted with this collaboration event!

[inu-spiration]

Written in the Stars: A Tanabata Inu-spiration Bang

Sign-Ups are now open!

Hi everyone! The inu-spiration mods are very excited to announce that sign-ups for our sixth Inu-spiration event, called "Written in the Stars: A Tanabata Inu-spiration Bang", are now open!

The sign-up form can be found here. The form is the same for artists, writers, and betas, and we've included an option for pinch hitting, as well.

Sign-ups will be open until April 1st 📝

Questions? Check out our FAQs or send us an ask 💌

We hope you will join us, and can't wait to see all the new creations this event will bring!