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ekbelsher · 1 year

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I finally painted the Mireym + Staryk king icy glare contest. Did Naomi Novik know, when she designed a character with white hair, white skin and an all-white outfit, what that would mean in terms of aesthetics? I tried my best to make him mysterious and sexy, but he still ended up looking like a fae version of Mr Clean

#spinning silver #naomi novik books #book characters #miryem mandelstam #miryem #staryk #staryk king #fae #faeries #fairytale retelling #retellings #rumplestiltskin #bookish art #viking braids #naomi novik #ekbelsher

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emily-e-draws · 6 months

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bedtime stories (a mathematics textbook)

#temeraire #william laurence #naomi novik #can't believe i forgot to post this temeraire art here when this is where all the temeraire fans are #anyways............ please talk to me about these boys #just finishing up book 8 now..!!!#art requests are so welcome. i want to draw all the characters #once i finish the series i'm going to start it over again immediately i think

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mostlyghostie · 2 months

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New commission!

I had started this in good time, then impulsively peeled off my screen protector because it got too dirty, not realising that I’m now so used to drawing with one on that I was incapable of continuing without ordering another, so I just got finished in time to retain my coveted Etsy perfect shipping record. Stressful!

Which of these have you read?

#the goblin emperor #gideon the ninth #martha wells #murderbot #naomi novik #my art #artists on tumblr #books #booklr #illustration #bookstack #paperbacks #fantasy books

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kingoftheu · 11 months

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It is the mid-1800s. You are Karl Marx. You have risen to prominence aming leftist circles, with your scathing attacks in contemporary Capitalism and Imperialism. You hear a knock on your front door. Your front door is shattered.

A very large black dragon, a veteran of the British Millitary, apologizes for the damage. His name is Temeraire, and he is a Member of Parliament.

He has read your work and wishes to discuss it with you.

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reverie-quotes · 11 months

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I imagine it’s always easier to do something monstrous if you can convince yourself you aren’t going to, up to the last minute, until you do.

— Naomi Novik, The Golden Enclaves

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krakenattack · 5 months

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Mild spoiler for The Last Graduate ahead, but:

Having just reread the whole series, I love how at odds El and the Scholomance are. Like, El's pessimism is a great way of making your narrator unreliable, since El is sometimes right and sometimes wrong always expecting the worst response from everyone around her(a thought worthy of another entire post), but it becomes very funny once she realizes that part of the problem at school is that she can't do small spells? Like, she spends the whole first book being like 'this school is the devil tempting me to evil, it wants me to become a maleficier, I can't even ask for a simple cleaning spell without getting horrible spells for summoning mortal flames and enslaving an army of people, I hate it', and meanwhile the Scholomance is flipping frantically through its catalogue of spells gathered over thousands of years, desperately trying to find a spell in a language El knows that she can also cast with her affinity for working incredibly large and powerful spells. El's over here driving a bulldozer and saying, 'I would like to build a Jenga tower' and the Scholomance is looking at her with the weary despair of a preschool teacher knowing they're going to be suffering through a temper tantrum soon but unable to stop it.

El, a furious teenager who doesn't know as much as she thinks she does: I don't wanna summon a mortal flame! I want my room clean!

The Scholomance, a giant building that cleans its own hallways, floors, dishes and various and assorted other workings with mortal flame: Why is this child testing me

Also hilarious in retrospect is El's blithe statement in the first book about how no one would ever give her that much mana to do these high volume spells bc mana isn't free or easy to acquire and so the school is clearly telling her to turn maleficier and kill her fellow students all while Orion is humming to himself as he kills mals and dumps oodles and oodles of mana into the New York power sharers.

El "I'd rather die than ask for help" Higgins: I won't do these spells bc no one will give me mana

The Scholomance, as loudly as a building who may or may not be partially sentient and who can't speak human languages: Wow, those sure are some HIGH MANA VOLUME spells you got there! If only there was SOMEONE around who would be able to provide you with a NIGH LIMITLESS FLOW OF MANA so that you'd be able to cast them!

Orion: :)

El: *hisses like a feral cat*

Orion: :(

The Scholomance: oh my freaking god

Hilarious. Top tier humor.

#the scholomance #a deadly education #the last graduate #naomi novik #I also truly believe that the scholance was trying to prep El for her future by giving her those spells #she ends up being able to use her knowledge of several of those spells to useful and non-malicious effects in the last two books #but it's funny to imagine a very tired scholomance trying to find enough complex and high mana-cost spells #to placate the bewildering moral whims of this angry wizard child

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drawulan · 3 months

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Irina

#spinning silver #naomi novik #fantasy art #fan art #portrait #book illustration #illustration #irina #commision me #art commissions #art commission open

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izzenithal · 4 months

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this is their whole dynamic and i love them for it

#the scholomance #naomi novik #orion lake #books #the last graduate #a deadly education #my art #fanart #I’m only on book 2 #so no spoilers please!!!#el higgins #galadriel higgins

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ace-and-ranty · 2 months

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MORE SCHOLOMANCE. MORE SCHOLOMANCE!

ATTENTION EVERYONE, MORE SCHOLOMANCE!!!

#BE READY FOR MY BLORBO BLOGGING ALL OF YOU #Scholomance #The Scholomance #Naomi Novik #I DON'T CARE THAT IT'S JUST A SHORT STORY. I'M FUCKING HERE FOR IT.#Have never read Temeraire but I will check those out #AND NEW BOOK PREVIEEEEW #IT'S HAPPENING EVERYONE KEEP CALM #IT'S HAPPENING!!

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bs-fangirl · 1 year

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I’m usually not someone who wants to buy a new printing of a book just because it has a different cover but the Temeraire art by Rovina Cai has me so tempted!

There is even spine cover art for the entire collection!

This series remains one of my favorites and I implore everyone to read these wonderful books! Dragon riders in the Napoleonic wars, with rich cultures from around the world, intense battle scenes, dragons arguing for fair rights and pay, and more!

#temeraire #naomi novik #his majesty's dragon #books #dragon #dragon rider #throne of jade #black powder war #empire of ivory #victory of eagles #tongues of serpents #crucible of gold #blood of tyrants #league of dragons #stuff from me

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ekbelsher · 5 months

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Well, that year went by ridiculously fast. Here's my art vs artist grid for 2023!

#art vs artist #art vs artist 2023 #book characters #fantasy illustration #monster boyfriend #ya fantasy #beauty and the beast #monster romance #fairytale retelling #retellings #fantasy art #leigh bardugo books #hollyblack books #naomi novik books #ekbelsher

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captainsvscaptains · 5 months

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Round 1 Part 4 Poll 5

Propaganda

Blackbeard's a master tactician! He's a terrible flirt! He's got the eyes, the beard, the fit, and the sexy lil voice! Tummy and arm! He's gay and has daddy issues! What more could you want from a man???

I love him

William Laurence is a captain in the British Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars until he accidentally bonds with a dragon hatchling found on a captured French vessel, whereupon he is dragged into joining the Royal Aerial Corps instead.

Temeraire (the dragon) is a staunch dragon rights advocate and Laurence is his biggest supporter.

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emily-e-draws · 3 months

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thinking fond thoughts about Tenzing Tharkay

#temeraire #tenzing tharkay #naomi novik #sorry for any inaccuracies.. there is a woeful lack of tharkay info on the wiki & i do not own the books

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mostlyghostie · 1 year

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Two of my all time faves in this commission (HDM and Piranesi), I like how the colour scheme worked out too!

Shop / Instagram

#my art #artists on tumblr #books #booklr #bookstack #his dark materials #the raven boys #the secret history #beowulf #naomi novik #the starless sea

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kazz-brekker · 8 months

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finished reading the golden enclaves and idk if this is a hot take but i feel like it had better exploration of the importance of communal unity and the necessity of societal change than like 99% of books that people like to classify as hopepunk these days simply for not just being like "working together is so good, i love community, together we can accomplish so much and change the world for the better <3" and was instead like "yeah, this work is going to be really fucking hard. it's going to suck, and it's going to be unpleasant, and people are going to hate you for doing it. and maybe you'll feel like giving up because it feels like too much, and being complacent and just going along with the status quo would be easiest. but you still need to do it, because it's what needs to be done, and eventually the world will be better for it."

#i feel like so many books people classify as hopepunk are like 'uwu working together is so fun i love other people let's fix everything <3'#and el higgins in the scholomance is like 'listen up fuckers your houses are built on torture dungeons and we ARE going to change that'#'and i don't care how much you hate it because that's what has to be done'#pie says stuff #the scholomance #the golden enclaves #naomi novik #books #anyway. good conclusion! love when someone looks at a walk away from omelas situation and is like Fuck No

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belle-keys · 1 year

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Gothic Fantasy/Folk Horror Books: 10 Recommendations

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid

The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft

Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft

Not Good For Maidens by Tori Bovalino

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror by Tori Bovalino and others

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