Beloved Grieving After The Quarrel.

Sketchbook drawing of young Fitz and Nosy! With a couple quotes from pg. 33 of Assassins Apprentice!

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Burrich in the stables. Created in Photoshop by layering and retouching and brushing and filtering. I tinkered with it and tinkered with it and then some more. I guess, it's time to leave it be.

The King, the Bastard and the Fool

the scene in Royal Assassin where Fitz learns that King Shrewd, his grandfather, is gravely ill. the Fool is also there of course

king Shrewd's pose is inspired by Lear and Cordelia by John Everett Millais

Media: watercolor and sepia ink on paper

lord golden era

"Not looking like that. Lord Golden is a proud and temperamental man. He would not keep such a rough-thatched servant as you show yourself now. We must make you look your part. Come here and sit down."

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The Fool let me look at myself for a time in silence. Then he gathered my hair into his hands. I glanced up at his face in the mirror. His lower lip was caught in his teeth in an agony of indecision. Abruptly, he clacked the shears back onto the table. "No," he said emphatically. "I can't bring myself to do it."

Prophet and Catalyst

The scene it's based on:

No text + lineart appreciation versions

They seem like "really good friends"

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (British,1828-1882)

A Vision of Fiammetta, 1878

Oil on canvas

'Gandalf the Grey' by Charles Van Sandwyk

Mr. Norrell from Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke... If you have not tried this wonderful novel and the associated BBC series, I would highly recommend it...

All illustrations have been created by photo manipulation with Adobe Photoshop and BeFunky filters...

Work in progress for April Fool's Day be it rather late...