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Book Aesthetics — The Cruel Prince
“I have tried to be better than them, and I have failed. What could I become if I stopped worrying about death, about pain, about anything? If I stopped trying to belong? Instead of being afraid, I could become something to fear.”
I expect her to say The Liar.
But kissing Locke never felt the way that kissing Cardan does, like taking a dare to run over knives, like an adrenaline strike of lightning, like the moment when you’ve swum too far out in the sea and there is no going back, only cold black water closing over your head.
She goes on. “You think I’m weak.” “You are weak,” I tell her. “You’re weak and pathetic and I –” “I’m a mirror,” she shouts. “I’m the mirror you don’t want to look at.”
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They are two people who ought to have, by all means, remained enemies forever.
IG PROFILES: JUDE DUARTE (TFOTA)
cardan greeenbriar, the folk of the air; ❝ he looks like a faerie lover stepped out of a ballad, the kind where no good comes to the girl who runs away with him❞
tfota + the high king and queen
I’ve been working on this for 2 weeks, Im finally hapy with it… sort of
LESS THAN 2 WEEKS FOR #TheQueenOfNothing
the folk of the air ♔ parallels
cardan offering jude “his” throne ⇨ cardan making two thrones from one
- the fair folk of elfhame
bubbletea Cardan & Jude is a mood
Here we are folks - the post The Folk of the Air era. I poured my heart into this piece as a send off to the series, as it truly was a treat to experience from start to finish. ❄️ I’m not sure if it was apparent in the illustration I did for The Wicked King, “Self Reflection”, but I had meant to make it a ‘zoomed out’ version of the cover (the crown falling into the watery depths). I played with the idea of wondering where the crown would land; would Cardan let it fall onto Jude, or stay in his place to take it for her? Could he move at all? ❄️ I took a similar approach here with this piece. If “Self Reflection” was themed around falling, then this is about separating; splitting; severing. ❄️ *Puts away thesaurus* ❄️ Can I say that I really don’t enjoy clothing/armor design? 😔 To me its detail is as tedious as washing a car with a toothbrush. I’m more interested in the emotions of the characters and scene, but I felt I avoided it so often, that I gave my girl Jude the attention she deserved for this one. I took a study of Alan Lee’s inspirational design work (LOTR) to spin Holly’s very helpful and elaborate descriptions of fashion into a fun Queen Mab inspired design.
❄️ I have more scenes I want to draw soon, directly from the text. So many feelings, so little time. 😣 I’m excited for Holly’s next book and series, but I hope this ever-expanding Holly-verse has a chance to revisit these characters again!
jude & cardan!!
the folk of the air ♔ parallels
jude + denial
