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Hi hello @a-fall-of-stars came out of nowhere with the steel chair with this beautiful art piece made by the lovely @shripscapi (which hi hello, I'm gonna have to commission a matching Aegon one)

Screaming, crying, rolling around and losing my mind. This is the most abby-est art I've ever ever seen and I'm *losing my mind*

For a while now, I've been wanting to commission an artist to draw the two main characters from my novel I'm currently in the process of writing and I've finally found the perfect art style in the amazing work of @shripscapi

Being a fan artist myself, I felt like I've thought about these characters almost too much to draw them in an unbiased way, if that makes sense? Anyway, I'm in love with how they turned out and looking at this artistic version of these two people who have taken over such a huge part of my brain and time over the last couple of months is fantastic.

I hope that eventually I'll be able to share the whole story with you. Until then, please enjoy these beautiful drawings (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

ppl keep talking about the hands on this one so I am going to let you in on a secret: I just took a picture of my own hands as reference. you, too, can do this to make your life easier… <3

The queen wore a high-collared black silk gown, with a hundred dark red rubies sewn into her bodice, covering her from neck to bosom. They were cut in the shape of teardrops, as if the queen were weeping blood.

posting these separate actually bc I think they’re pretty <3

my ocs lucia and ysabel

The queen wore a high-collared black silk gown, with a hundred dark red rubies sewn into her bodice, covering her from neck to bosom. They were cut in the shape of teardrops, as if the queen were weeping blood.

Recently cleaned up some oc portraits so that I could update their lore post for the few people that are interested <3 I'll give the same disclaimer as before that I'm not a master worldbuilder or even a very good writer tbh. these are just my dolls I play with for fun.

anyways long post ahead here is your introductory guide to the characters of fitaly (fake italy) in the early 16th century.

Antonia de' Vespini Antonia is the eldest child of the Vespini family. Though they interact infrequently, she has a tense relationship with Andrea Bernardi, her formal sister's betrothed. When she is wed, she brings Lucia with her to her husband's villa. The marriage lasts roughly 5 years until her husband passes (I haven't worked out from what yet, but it's not particularly integral to the story.) Seeing as they have no children, her husband's family contests her right to retain his properties and she returns to her father's palazzo, Lucia in tow. She is largely reclusive as a widow and prefers to remain in her apartments, despite having more relative freedom than her sisters. Though the two were already on poor terms before her absence, after her marriage and widowhood she and Andrea become openly hostile towards one another. She finds him dismissive and condescending and is suspicious of his behavior around her maid, Lucia. Despite this, there is a brief attempt by her father to offer her hand in marriage to Andrea after the death of her sister Isabella. She wholly refuses to comply and begins spreading nasty (but not entirely untrue, nor undeserved) rumors about Andrea throughout court to deter further pursuits.

Isabella de' Vespini She has been betrothed to Andrea Bernardi since they were both children. She finds him less objectionable than her sister Antonia does, but she is certainly not enamored with him. Isabella is a vivacious and charming girl, but Andrea seems entirely unimpressed by her (though he never says as much.) She dies abruptly at the age of 16 (allegedly after suffering an acute illness, but circumstances are suspect) before she and Andrea are ever wed.

Maddelena de' Vespini Rather meek but sweet. She's not particularly pivotal to the story, but it IS important to note that she too has already been betrothed, hence why Marietta resorts to trying to marry Andrea to her widowed sister.

Paulo de' Vespini Paulo is also not particularly relevant, but he's currently his father's only surviving male heir (thus far), so he's very doted on.

Lorenzo de' Silvis Lorenzo was instrumental in arranging a marriage between his young nephew Andrea and Isabella de' Vespini with the intent that they would wed when they reached maturity. He hosts Andrea more and more frequently as he gets older.

Andrea Bernardi Second son, betrothed to Isabella as a child to secure business ties between their families. Andrea is educated and ambitious but somewhat dour for his age. He largely resides with his uncle Lorenzo as he grows older. He coerces Antonia's maid, Lucia, whom he is infatuated with into entering a relationship with him while at court, but shortly thereafter Antonia is wed and takes Lucia with her. During this time, he is taken under the wing of his future father-in-law Niccolò, who sees his younger self in Andrea's ambition. Several years later, when Lucia returns to the palazzo after the death of Antonia’s husband, he resumes their relationship while Antonia grows ever more resentful of him. Isabella dies before she and Andrea can fulfill their marriage contract. He is in no hurry to find a new match, but his mother proposes that he marry Antonio, the dead Isabella’s older, widowed sister. Niccolò is inclined to agree, but Antonia causes such a fuss about the matter that it's quickly abandoned. Andrea leaves court abruptly, and takes Lucia with him, much to Antonia's dismay. Meanwhile, his mother secures the daughter of a Spanish ambassador to be his wife. The two have a very brief betrothal period before they're wed and Ysabel goes to live with him away from prying eyes.

Ysabel de Torres y Mendoza Ysabel is the daughter of a Spanish ambassador and overall a very reserved and passive girl. She finds herself somewhat isolated outside of Spain. Initially, she is tentatively pleased by her marriage to Andrea— she assumes he is keeping a respectful distance to allow her to acclimate— but it becomes clear over time that he is genuinely disinterested in her, and she has to fight for any scraps of attention from him. He makes no secret of Lucia as their marriage progresses, and young Ysabel chooses to make Lucia the object of her loathing rather than confront her unfaithful husband. Overall, it is an unhappy marriage from the outset. Despite this, she and Andrea have several children together, whom he is similarly uninterested in, except for their sons.

Lucia my most favorite oc... She is Antonia's servant and a notorious flirt and gossip. Though several years older than Andrea, she unwittingly gets his attention and is pressured into a relationship with him when he first arrives at court. Having been particularly unlucky in love thus far, she finds the easy attention she’s able to get from Andrea a refreshing (and deserved) change of pace. However, by the time of Antonia's marriage only a few months later, she's begun to find him immature and temperamental, and is relieved to be out from under his thumb when Antonia takes her away. Her reprieve last roughly 5 years before Antonia's husband dies. Upon their return, Lucia is surprised to find that Andrea even remembers her— even more so that he again pursues her— but she believes he's matured and acquiesces to further relations with him. After Isabella's death and the disastrous marriage negotiations with Antonia, Andrea offers to offers to take Lucia with him away from the palazzo. She accepts, and briefly experiences a honeymoon period where he freely showers her with affection. Unfortunately, the arrival of his new wife complicates matters.

Bartolomea Lucia's mother (and only known relative) and also a servant in the employ of the Vespinis. She claims that Lucia's father was a craftsman who died shortly before Lucia's birth, forcing Bartolomea to find work in the palazzo to support herself and the expected child. The story about her father is 100% not true, but Lucia believes it. Neither she nor her daughter are literate.

I think that’s all for now.. it is hard for me to figure out how to introduce them bc I have a lot of lore backlogged but hopefully everything here makes sense <3

oh, Lucia…

close-ups under the cut :)

hiii i just wanted to say i love your style and how you draw clothes, it looks so interesting! the lines!! it's so nice!!!

thank youuu I love to draw clothing. stems from my tragic backstory of being determined to stop drawing anime characters with their clothes suctioned to their bodies

Hi, I found your lovely art via searching for Earthsea content. I adore your representations of Ged and Tenar :) I was wondering if you use any other platforms for posting your art, like Instagram or Cara, etc? I don't use Tumblr enough anymore, but would love to follow your work more consistently elsewhere. Cheers!

hello! I have an ig (same user) but nothing else. I have no desire to make any new accounts on any new platforms so I am just a musician on the titanic until one or both of the sites disappear

Your OCs look awesome! Do you have more of them?

I do but you have unlock my 3 heart event to get them

I know nothing about dnd but Sybille looks so cool!!! I really love her necklace and what I presume is a fox (?) tied by a rope as a charm on it? Does it relate to her faith? Also her outfit is gorgeous and her nose and eyes and face!!!!! Words cannot describe how much admiration I have for your work! You really inspire me to draw!

yes her necklace is a fox and yes it is related!

Her religious order worships the god of death, agriculture, and travel, and there’s typically one priest of the faith in every community to perform funeral rites (and usually farm as a day job). she, however, comes from a monastic temple of death so the symbolism is pretty straightforwardly related to that. foxes are pretty cunning creatures, but in the end no one can outsmart death.

and thank you!! that is so kind and I really appreciate it <3

My grave cleric Sybille for a campaign I am playing with my friends :)

She’s spent most of her life serving as an anchoress of her faith locked up in a cell contemplating death, but disaster- or divine intervention by her telling- have just set her loose upon the world for the first time in centuries

hiii your art is so delicious!!! im sorry if youve answered this already but what references do you use for clothing? all of the clothing you draw looks so detailed and accurate. could you give some pointers?

hello I procrastinated answering this bc I don’t feel like I have a very good one but I will try! I am assuming this means accurate as in fabric draping and such and not “historically accurate” bc the clothes I draw are definitely not historically accurate….

basically… scour for references. when you’re making up an outfit it’s very difficult to accurately imagine the way fabric drapes (at least for me) so most of the clothing I draw is a patchwork of several different references. not necessarily even good references. sometimes a cheap modern blouse has the right flowy sleeves and the correct angle of an arm to copy the folds for a completely different garment. look for images with similar fabric weights and textures and frankenstein them together and you can convincingly lay out folds and drapes for a nonexistent piece of clothing.

sorry if that is not very helpful! I don’t feel like any part of my process is that well suited to giving advice U_U

The darkness always ends, Magdalene. We must remember that.

hi! your art is wonderful! <3 I was just wondering if you’ll be interested in creating more fanart for dune?

I would love to someday I miss drawing Alia but the inspiration hasn’t struck :( I was really looking forward to drawing some after dune 2 but the anya taylor joy casting kind of took the wind out of my sails…

Who are you?

hello!!! recently i’ve started reading asoiaf, in part bc i was so bewitched by your artwork! you’re really really talented! i love you depiction of the characters, i cannot imagine them any other way now.

what i wanted to ask is, what do you use to draw? (ipad, drawing pad X, etc.. i don’t know any names pf things actually im just saying words) if you tell me i would be very grateful, thank you!!

hello!! wow!! I am touched and I hope you enjoy the books as much as I have :)

currently I use an ipad pro and apple pencil with the procreate app! I hope that helps!

she makes a peculiar Venus

the people want more oc content !!!!!!!!

nothing can stop my from posting whatever my heart desires so I will share some eventually I’m sure <3 ^-^

I have only been sketching lately though and I try to keep those off of tumblr for the sake of poorly done sketches not circulating in reblogs for eternity

parasite in chief in his idiot hat

dude your art deadass makes me feel emotions i usually only find in like, a pretty piece of literature or music like it’s genuinely incredible !!!! pls know your work is so so so appreciated by us asoiaf girlies

Thank youuu this is so sweet and such a high compliment ❤️

if nobody got me I know the asoiaf girlies got me…

basic ass question, but what kind of brushes do you use for your art? i particularly loved the painterly style on brienne's clothing in the latest piece.

I used a lot of the medium wash brush from this gouache set by Ittai Manero and I’m not sure where exactly I got them but a slightly edited version the opacity brush from this alcohol marker set which is one of my favs <3

“Blue is a good color on you, my lady,” Jaime observed. “It goes well with your eyes.” She does have astonishing eyes.

i love love loooovvveeee ur art!!! <333 i feel like u depict these characters perfectly and i adore ur art style. thank you for sharing!!

do u have anything of elia martell, lyanna stark, or margaery tyrell? i would love to see them in ur style <3

thank you!! ❤️ I don’t but margaery is someone i’ve considered drawing before, just haven’t sat down to do it. so maybe someday!

unfortunately i’ve been very busy (and then sick) and art blocked since the start of the new year so I haven’t been drawing much save for a few personal sketches. I’m sure the asoiaf bug will return with a vengeance eventually (I have some sketches i’d like to finish but the mood hasn’t struck) but until then I’m just gonna wait it out and not force myself to draw.

time for my regularly scheduled cersei redraw

this was mostly a chance for me to try and nail down the look I want to go for with womenswear in westeros. i’ve been wildly inconsistent up to this point because tbh I much prefer drawing menswear... but I want to draw a certain someone else in a dress so this was my practice >:)

i really like your art and i'd like to ask if it would be ok to use your work as a social media icon (with credit, of course). i completely understand if you are not comfortable with it tho! have a nice day <3

yes that’s fine! i’ve said it before but as long as you’re not profiting off of it I don’t care what people do w my art

and thank you! <3

hello, i started reading asoiaf a few days ago and found your blog whilst looking for fanart! i fell in love with your work IMMEDIATELY. the portraits of your ocs inspired by tapestries are soooo lovely! i know sharing ocs can be a bit nerve-wracking but i promise i find them incredibly interesting and i'm sure others do as well <3 i've been watching the borgias recently and couldn't help but think of it when i saw them. hope you have a lovely day :)

thank you!! I hope you enjoy asoiaf hehe <3 it is such a good series I wish I hadn’t held out on reading it so long

I actually tried to watch the borgias recently and I just couldn’t do it…I thought the writing was kind of.. bad. and also seeing them give every dress and empire waist was really painful. if it gets better maybe I will persist…

that being said THANK u. they’re set not too long after that period so the vibes are definitely similar :)

lady catelyn

dude your asoiaf art is gorgeous, i feel like they're always shown as vaguely medieval generic npcs but your art really gives them life and helps me imagine them as actual ppl <3 i'd love to see your take on catelyn!!

i wanted to ask if you're comfortable with people using your artwork as a phone homescreen? i'd love to use one of your pieces as a wallpaper but i totally understand if you're not comfortable with that :)

tysm!! catelyn is currently number 1 on my to do list but i’m just kind of taking it slow and letting ideas simmer until I am feeling particularly inspired. she will show up sometime soon tho <3

and yes you’re welcome to use it as a wallpaper! i’m pretty hands off w what ppl do w my art as long as it’s not being used for monetary gain. otherwise go wild