#covered in ashes

[the-magical-storybook]

Character Introduction: Elliott Beaufort/Ashe

"I may look like a maid, and I am, but I don't have to listen to you."

[stil-lindigo]

bite of winter.

a comic about a princess who died in the snow.

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creative notes:

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all my other comics

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[salemninity]

the loneliness of consuming god (and the silence that follows)

[mellohiizz]

tw: minor eyestrain

pursue of power

another version without filters and stuff under the cut

[weirdlookindog]

Don Maitz (b. 1953) - Cover art for Deborah Turner Harris’ novel “Caledon #2 - The Queen of Ashes”, 1995

oil on masonite

[clarkarts24]

Some VHS Collections that I made, hope you enjoy

My Instagram

[claire-stanfield]

Made an Evil Dead poster in the style of Mike Mignola and I'm ridiculously proud of it.

[ashoss]

cass (+jpv) doodles

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

Emily: “I’m really sorry Vaggie didn’t feel comfortable coming back here. If there’s anything I can do to change that-”

Charlie: “Probably not! It was kinda a sign of her endless love for me that she visited haven again at all!”

Emily: “Oh! Oh that’s nice!!”

Charlie: “Which I NEVER would have asked her to do anyway, if I’d KNOWN the truth about her history up here!”

Emily: “Right. I’m so sorry about that too, by the-”

Charlie: “I mean, I’m not the kind of girl who askes her girlfriend to go spend an afternoon sitting across from the people who ripped off her wings! And her eye! And left her slumped against a dumpster looking half dead!”

Emily: “A… dumpster?”

Charlie: “Making the woman you love relive all that without even rEALIZING it would be pretty fucked up, wouldn’t it??”

Emily: “V- very.”

Charlie: “IT HYPOTHETICALLY COULD MAKE SOMEONE FEEL KINDA TERRIBLE AFTERWARDS, DON’T YOU THINK?”

Emily: “I’m sure it did!”

Charlie: “H Y P O T H E T I C A L L Y”

Emily: “Could! I could see that, yes, if it HAD happened, that would’ve been…”

Emily: “…”

Emily: “Are you- um, is she, errr.. doing better now?”

Charlie: “SO much better she’s doing SO great these days!!!!”

IN HELL

Vaggie: (lying face down on the hotel lobby floor) “I promise I won’t stop helping you morons when she dumps me. I won’t let her dream die just because I was dumb enough to think I could be part of it.”

Angel Dust: “That’s nice toots.”

Vaggie: “Thanks.”

Angel Dust: “Not sad or stupidly gay or anythin’.”

Vaggie: “Thanks.”

Cherri Bomb: “Sad? Angie, it’s perfect!” (takes picture) “I’ve been thinking this place could use a new rug…”

Niffty: (stepping on vaggie) “Squishy!”

Husk: “Get the fuck off her.” (at vaggie) “You, get the fuck UP.”

Vaggie: “Why.”

Alastor: “Hmmm, because this is PAINFULLY pathetic to watch, even for me?”

Vaggie: “Guess I’ll be here forever then.”

Angel Dust: “Vag-GAY c’mon, ya girlfirend’s not gonna dump ya. What’s the competition even!?”

Vaggie: “There’s an angel up in heaven who's helping Charlie work towards her life long dreams as we speak, and she's taller than me, got more wings than me, not as stabby as me, and also not a mass murderer or a liar or missing an eye.”

Cherri Bomb: "Hey!"

Vaggie: "No offence to the other one-eyed ladies here, but it's different when you've got a fucked up empty eye socket."

Niffty: (sighs dreamily) "I bet losing it hurt soooo baaaaad..."

Vaggie: "Never telling my girlfriend why I'd actually lost it or how it made me look like the deranged murder angel I was, even while she tried kissing it better for me, ended up hurting way worse."

Angel Dust: “That's a point….”

Angel Dust: “...alright, so Charlie’s PROBABLY not gonna dump ya-”

Niffty: “Oh that’s a weird sound!” (giggling) (bounces on vaggie) “I think she’s dying~”

Husk: “If you fucks kill her, I’m telling her demon princess girlfriend and pouring myself a drink to go with your fucking tormented howls.”

Vaggie: (muffled) “what if she’s my ex-girlfriend”

Husk: “…I’ll pour you a fucking drink and listen to your tormented howls.”

Niffty: “ME TOO I’LL LISTEN TOO!”

Alastor: “Dear one, perhaps if you were NOT standing on her skull and compressing her WRETCHED cries into the floor, we could be hearing them already.”

Niffty: “Whoops~ Heheheeh~”

Cherri Bomb: (recording it) “Damn, that groan’s been going on for ages… Bitch has some lung capacity on her.”

Angel Dust: “Point one for Vag-gay! Probs as good eating out as ya are at HOLDING out on ya girl!!!”

Vaggie: “uuuughhh…uaauuugghhaaaAAAAAAAAAAaaahhhhrrrgh..” (whimpers)

Niffty: “Okay.” (GIGGLES) “NOW she’s dying~” (bounces)

IN HEAVEN

Charlie: “Everything’s totally fine I have NO idea why you’d even ASK!”

Emily: “You’ve spent the entire time up here staring at pictures of Vaggie on your phone?”

Charlie: “I’m allowed to look at my girlfriend!”

Emily: “While crying and sniffling into your sleeve?”

Charlie: (sobbing) (desperately patting down her jacket) “SHE’S THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS WHICH OF MY POCKETS HAS THE HANDKERCHIEF IN IT, OKAY??”

Emily: (smiling) “I think you two are going to be just fine.”

Charlie: (BLOWS NOSE LOUDLY INTO JACKET SLEEVE, which catches on FIRE)

Emily: “…..not your clothes, though. You might need a new set of those.”

[n64retro]

Nintendo World #11, July, 1999.

[blu3per]

He’s a magically bright, invincible guy <3

[blue-bird1967]

I think I've seen fanfic that started like this…👁👄👁

[rainboas]

oh I had a dream last night that a meteor was going to hit earth and we knew where it was going to land (on a lake) we all knew we were going to die so they set up a huge fair around the area and people from all over came to visit. I went with my family and the vibe was so weird. everyone was scared to die but excited to see what would happen. and then when it came time for the meteor strike to happen, everyone got on boats and traveled to the middle of the lake to watch. we knew the strike would happen exactly at 6:56 PM, so when 6:56 came and went we thought maybe the meteor wasn't coming. and then suddenly at 6:57 I heard something in the sky and looked up and there was the meteor, and then everybody was screaming and I woke up.

[midnightdemonhunter]

SO EAT YOUR FRIENDS THEY'D UNDERSTAND CAUSE THEY WOULD TOO

[crowfatherd]

my oc now . his names alonzo ashe

diversity win ! your suicidal older brother figure is a latino !!!

[thatdisasterauthor]

Let's talk cover design!

The front cover for this one, I actually made before I'd even finished the book. It was just something I had a really clear image of in my head, and I wanted to get it down just to see what it looked like in reality. I spent hours browsing sales listings for pumper trucks until I found the right kind to use as a reference that matched what I'd imagined in the book.

I tried a few different styles for the flames, but ended up with something a little more illustrative because I felt it made them stand out better. Really pleased with how they came out.

For the back cover, I'm still stupidly proud of that little count down. 😂 I wanted some sort of tension builder type blurb on the back cover, and I played with a few, but then suddenly this one just HIT ME and it works PERFECTLY.

For the background of the back cover I wanted something simple, and I'm a sucker for a grain gradient so that was an easy choice. I think grain gradients allow for more visual interest than a plain gradient while still remaining nice and simple.

So yeah! Cover! Art!

Come check out the book on Kickstarter.