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@chaoticincompetent said: #love this#she looks so cool! #also... 'friends' but... she's the one (metaphorically?) hanging the sword above Finnelyn's head?#i recognise that bracelet lol
thank you!! also you've got a good eye! It is indeed metaphorical

The thing about Lyria is that she's ambitious and ruthless and playing a very dangerous game
and the thing about Finnelyn is that he's desperately trying to stay out of politics and doesn't understand that, as the heir to one of the most powerful noble Houses in the Empire, he's involved whether he likes it or not. And that not making a choice is still a choice
and also Lyria knows she'll be a better Emperor than her brother and if Finnelyn is too chicken to back her then she'll find someone who will! Simple as that :)
#thanks for giving me the chance to yap about my guys sldkjfhgs i always love to#they do genuinely like hanging out together and think that the other is great fun#but also lyria thinks he's a coward and finnelyn thinks she's a lying snake so like. theyre not really friends#im v fond of all my ocs (even the antagonists) so i say all of this w great affection skfjhgs#candles speaks#chaoticincompetent#ummm i used to have a doodle tag but i do not anymore. ig this sketch will go in the main art tag#candlesart#finn wip#lyria auresion#finnelyn roselorre
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i actually drew her! she's the thirdborn child of the Emperor Lightcaller, princess of House Auresion, and she's determined to get that throne for better or for worse
#oc#original character#oc art#original character art#oc artwork#her design is slightly different from her dnd npc incarnation bc some of my world building has shifted#but personality wise she's the same!#by which i mean she's still your high school mean girl <3 and she is thriving#she and finnelyn are. idk. kind of friends?#they're peers#lyria auresion#finn wip#candlesart
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guy who's too busy trying to win every social encounter he's in (normal to want and possible to achieve) to notice the sword hanging over his head
#original character#original character art#oc#oc artwork#fantasy oc#i havent drawn in so so so long this was v fun#i just finished writing this section in his wip! v exciting#the hand Does belong to a specific character and maybe one day i'll draw her too#i mean i havent been drawing lately but. we can always be optimistic#finn wip#finnelyn roselorre#catchall wizard tag#candlesart
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@tricksters-lollipop asked: If you are still drawing elves, how about Essek Thelyss?
Omg it didn't even occur to me to clarify that I was asking for Tolkien elves bc I didn't realize that people followed me for anything else but Essek's one of my favorite cr2 npcs and I don't think I've ever actually drawn him so yes! Thanks for giving me the excuse to draw him!
#do you follow me for critical role?? that's crazy. i didnt realize slkdfjhgs sorry i never post cr but i'm always glad to see you around!#essek#essek thelyss#critical role#critical role fanart#critical role campaign 2#my other favorite cr2 npcs are yeza and marion#candlesart
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@mag-lore asked: Hello!! For the doodle requests could I ask for Maeglin and Celebrimbor? Or just one or the other!!
hi hello!! thanks so much for the request! i went w maeglin bc i love him and wanted to take the opportunity to draw him in something other than my usual black-and-gold for him. i was tempted to go white to match aredhel but it didn't look right so grey it was!
#thanks again! thanks for your kind comments on my other art too!#id love to get to celebrimbor too if i have time but! we shall see#maeglin#silmarillion#silmarillion art#fall of gondolin#i drew the mole to differentiate him from every other dark-haired elf but actually it turned out v cute#candlesart#here down in the valley
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It’s my yearly Missing Elves Hours and also I’ve forgotten how to draw so hey let’s open doodle requests again! Send me an elf and I’ll draw them!
#I don’t have a lot of time for drawing anymore but I’ll try to get to all requests I get!#ig it just depends how many of you are still here for elves akdjsksj#last year’s can be found in by general tolkien tag if you scroll a bit!#here down in the valley#< that’s it#candles speaks
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mera's got lots of shadow/light theming going on and i'd love to do a more in depth piece exploring that but for now here's a lil sketch while i try to remember how to draw again
#me after not drawing for ages: man why is it so hard to draw#oc#oc artwork#original character#oc artist#finn wip#mera turoden#mera is a monster hunter that my wizard boy finn meets on his journey!#they start working together despite not liking each other v much bc they have similar goals#but then they become v good friends despite themselves
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do I have to speedrun all of natlan now. I don’t even know what’s up w the lore anymore. I can’t remember a single thing about the Hexenzirkel
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just finished dming a session that i was expecting to be like 20% wrapping up the ties of the last arc, 40% time skip downtime shenanigans, 20% stuff setting up the next arc, and 20% frantically improv-ing the next arc bc i hadn't prepped enough
instead we did 90% wizard emotional drama and 10% time skip downtime shenanigans
#the wizard's subplot wasn't supposed to come out for another like 2 arcs so it did still involve improv but it was fantastic actually#like yeah go bully the prev queen's attack dog/child soldier/sorcerer prodigy by being nice to her#shes going to have so many crises#candles speaks#and then there were dragons#dusk campaign
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nothing like a tall room to make you feel small
#oc art#original character#oc#original character art#my wizard boy's house is a palace in a floating city. and one day i'll learn enough about drawing backgrounds to draw it#i do want to draw his workshop though. that feels more achievable rn#finn wip#finnelyn roselorre#catchall wizard tag#candlesart
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i need to learn how to draw buildings
#the fact that i am bad at drawing both buildings and interiors is deeply embarrassing#i wont say why bc i dont want to out myself like that but iykyk#hey i can draw a table. as long as the table is v simple#candles speaks#dl
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Dice palette! For a 5-session game I’m running where a group of adventurers have to retrieve a stolen heirloom
#it’s meant to be like a tutorial bc they’re all new to dnd and I have unfortunately a little bit forgotten how to handle new players#that’s okay tho we’re all learning together#shoutout to the fancy pink dice (the sharp edged ones w the flower print) that I got from 2crit2quit#candles speaks#dice palette#and then there were dragons
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i need to draw my ocs making out more
#was trying to think if I had art to reblog for Valentine’s Day and honestly not v many#candles speaks#dl
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Hi I'm obsessed with your newest art!
hi hello thank you!!! it took so long that i was positive i'd never finish it at like four separate points but i'm p proud of how it turned out :D
#i want to do more full illustrations like that but we'll see haha#im v slow and dont have much time to draw#but we'll see if inspiration strikes!#owldork1998#candles speaks
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oh to be the last king of your people, knowing that this will be your final act but that the god who has watched over you for generations deserves nothing less
(oh to be killed by a man who thinks it mercy, who knows nothing but that you're his god and that your death will mean his own, who wears your brother's face)
#i used maxfield parrish's daybreak for my reference!#original character#oc#oc art#oc artist#fantasy character#original character art#these are barely ocs. theyre like not even bg characters in my book#theyre not even named really. theyre just barely there as historical concepts#there was no reason to do a full illustration for them#anyway#its bc the god was dying anyway and he was suffering but also pragmatically the death of a god is not a thing that should be left looming#and the king would rather it be done at the hand of someone who knows and loves him;#and also that only the two of them should die and that their people would be spared#candlesart#d. do i even put this in my book tag when its like barely related#sure. why not#finn wip#leyenli
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AAAA THANK YOU SO MUCH HE LOOKS SO GOOD!!!!!!
@azaisya your boy. he is so fun to draw

#this is so nice of u!!!!!!#the way you've done his hair is so so so cute#i love how he looks in ur style!!#not my art#mewhenthhe
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hello. approaching to apologize n advance for the length of my answer to ur ask HAHA. also if u have oc lore to share id love to hear it!!
omg no don't apologize! i love hearing other people's oc lore and yours is so much fun. i have,,, so much oc lore slkdfjhdg i wouldn't even know where to start. i guess finnelyn is my main guy! i drew an intro for him here. he's the heir to his noble house and he's the most spoiled little princess who simultaneously has a huge ego and cripplingly low self-worth. he complains about his aunt scolding him and then he turns around and does the same thing to his little sister. he can't take anything seriously and willfully ignores all his problems. he's so paranoid about his problems that he's 3 seconds away from a nervous breakdown at any given point.
and the roses are bc he's of House Roselorre! officially the Empire's House of Arcana, the House of the Rose, the House of Crimson Flame. they're the House that specializes in magic. they're like the kardashians also
#is this anything. i never know how to talk about my ocs slkfjhgs#sunflowers-and-scales#candles speaks#finn wip
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