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Character who doesn't get to die & character who doesn't get to live. Is that anything.

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I!! Made!! Art!! I love the Starless sea therefore OBJECTS!

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“The merchant laughed. “Everyone wants the stars. Everyone wishes to grasp that which exists out of reach. To hold the extraordinary in their hands and keep the remarkable in their pockets.” ― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

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Okay, so I think I need to start from scratch here. I definitely went too dark too fast, and I don't think I can save the candlelit area.

Otherwise, I'm pretty happy with the colors!

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Drew the fox statue from the beginning of the starless sea that the acolyte pets. Found it beautiful that it's worn from so many doing this before her. The watermark signature thing is different since that's my bluesky user, it's still my art.

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I love The Starless Sea because what if wonderland wasn't inside your closet or preceded by following a magical animal, what if it was tucked away in a quiet alleyway. What if it was just around the corner of your old hometown, or in the forests you used to play in as a child. What if it said "I will wait for you" and gives you time to grow into yourself before being presented to you. What if it wasn't the stuff of dreams, but of familiar invitations, and all you need to be let inside is to open the right door

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Welcome to The Harbor

I also have a print shop now! :] this one's available along with most of my other large pieces

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Me when

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“Oh turpentine erase me whole / I don’t want to live my life alone”

A piece I made roughly a year ago, inspired by Erin Morgenstern’s The Starless Sea and the song “Honeybee” by Steam Powered Giraffe. I don’t know how I found the motivation to accomplish something like this.

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Sketchbook work tonight! BARN OWLS. They definitely get my vote for creepiest owl. Like, why are they wearing a mask? What are they hiding that's so important they needed to GROW A MASK.

Anyway, if you've ever read The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern and you didn't picture a Barn Owl as the Owl King who graduated from the Parliament of Owls by eating the eyes of fate.... Here ya go. Gotta be.

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Sketch for a painting I'm working on. If you've never read The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, I highly recommend it. That's a Top Shelf Book (tm) for sure, for sure.

I've been wanting to draw this scene forever, so I started some concept sketches and thumbnails, then decided to go back and read the passage on to find out it was COMPLETELY different from how I remembered. So I scrapped them all, and here we are.

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Starless Sea posting part 18

Hi, I'M BACK AFTER LIKE TWO MONTHS!

these are poems i wrote about Erin Morgenstern's book The Starless Sea! we're currently in the section Written in the Stars!

first one:

next one:

last one!

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He wanders alone but safe in his loneliness. Confused but comforted by his confusion. A blanket of bewilderment to hide himself under.

- the starless sea by erin morgenstern

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Commission for @mj-bites of Mirabel (Fate) and the Keeper from the Starless Sea, thanks so much, friend!

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Inspired by The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern originally created on Pinterest

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one small thing I like about the starless sea is the whole thing of like. even if you fuck up and miss opportunities and don't make the right choices wonderland will wait for you. maybe the magical adventure of a lifetime comes to you later, when you aren't a child anymore, and maybe that's for the better. magic as something that spans a lifetime. adventure and wonder as something that can drop into your life anytime, anywhere

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Not all stories speak to all listeners, but all listeners can find a story that does, somewhere, sometime. In one form or another. Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea