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be careful lil brah

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rivendell scott vs chromia scott basically

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Pyrrha ! (Again, thanks to boy meets Maria)

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here's my page for @trafficzine!! so happy i got to contribute to this edition <3

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save me nosy neighbors...save me..

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The first 8 pages of Achilles and Patroclus, written by James Washburn & illustrated by Chess Amadé Albaneze, a new queer graphic novel currently in production based on Homer's The Iliad.

Achilles and Patroclus was originally a play by James Washburn of @magpieartistsensemble, but Chess first encountered it as an opera in the Seattle Creation Lab of 2020-21. "I was in love with the text," they said. "The music too, but there was this intimate vulnerability between these characters that survived when blown up to a grand scale. It's hard to write like that. I was in love with the poetry of it all."

When James of Magpie sought to bring the text to visual life in the form of a graphic novel, he noted that "Magpie received a lot of artist applications for Achilles and Patroclus, but once we saw Chess's, there was no question in anyone's mind. Their work is visceral yet elegant - the perfect balance for a story where violence and tenderness intertwine."

For now, only these 8 pages will be made public until the project is finished and in physical print. If you'd like to read the rest of each page as they update, you can subscribe to Magpie Artists Ensemble Ko-Fi or to Chess's Patreon. If you want to peek at the paneling drafts, those are available only on Chess's Patreon.

If you would like to help bring this project to life but can't afford to financially support us, please spread this post around and give this page a follow to keep up with our announcements! Getting this project in front of more eyes is more important than you know, so thank you.

James Washburn (he/him) is a gay, trans, and disabled Storyteller-Activist born and raised in Seattle. His work is predicated on the idea that a story is best told with many voices, and he is deeply influenced by his Queer, artistic, and Polish communities, and his experiences at the intersection of marginalized identities. He takes inspiration from folklore, mythology, and queer history. His work focuses on discovering queerness in traditional stories and reimagining familiar tropes and archetypes through a queer lens.

Washburn is the Founding Artistic Director of @magpieartistsensemble, an artistic collective focused on innovative cross-disciplinary storytelling.

Chess Amadé Albaneze (he/she/they) has been creating comics since 2009, and their current projects other than A&P include the comic @hooffellas and the queer paranormal DND-style podcast @dandiesindanger. They are an American genderfluid trans masc artist, composer, and performer whose music was performed in the SO Creation Lab and whose voice work can be heard in @janellefeng's short film La Mort de Robespierre.

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My @treebites art for the theme home!! Check out everyone's amazing work HERE

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Happy birthday miku <3333

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Nosey Neighbors and Grandmaster The Frog! A little remake of my favorite art of them from last year!

No text version!

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Some more early band days from my modern AU! 🎸 (Click and zoom for better quality!)

+ Close-ups!

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felt like drawing achilles and his horsedad after seein a bunch of cute classical paintings of them :,) 

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state smp 2.5 but medieval...ish!

(addendum for more insight on the designs below)

still heavily into KCD2 but yk the insanity that geopolitical minecraft causes me 💔 but i was also playing the new update for CK3 and they added an option for SEA kingdoms wc was so awesome and an influence to Cynikka's design! Most pre-colonial Filipinos did not wear headdresses unless you were from the far north/south so I just put that element in to complete her more Tagalog look. Fun fact: blue dye very hard to produce and is usually created to be a more indigo look in precol times. Also blue birds are considered magical due to the fact that they didn't appear very often in nature att.

Flux's fit is near impossible to exist bc of the very existence of purple AND black dye alone. I designed him to have a typical low-key pourpoint but it being in purple and black.... Idk perhaps he got that nepo money from Elaneulo LOL

Speaking of dyes... The expensive red dye (kermes) comes from some lice in the Mediterranean. Which was kind of hilarious to me but Schpood having rich red for his Roman theme + Mediterranean was too good to pass.

Very obvious where I got the design for Saps, Schpood and Turntapp (especially) designs r pulled a lot from KCD2 characters (iykyk)

A lot of women in general att had their hair up but I figured Cass would be a firm and wild spirit enough to leave it down ♥️ her dress r from the art nouveau insp by Norse fashion to show her progressiveness. The flowers to symbolize how her kingdom thrived ^__^ 🌸

Despite having not much to say and it being pretty period accurate (except for the crown) Jophiel is my favorite! I love the vividness of her kingdom's banners/ her clothing reflecting their wealth and power

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this post by jophiel saying there were plans for a political marriage between her and schpood (before she was assassinated) made me so insane so heres a bunch of trihelm / schphiel (?) au posting

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Autumn Vibes Icon YCH

If you're obsessed with cozy art like I am, consider getting this YCH!

🍂Order now on VGen or DM me here for Indonesian orders! 🍂If you'd like to donate to my HRT funds, Here's a link to my ko-fi! 🍂More samples under the cut!

Reblogs are highly appreciated!! <3

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Achilles chasing Hector around the walls of Troy

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3 am Jophiel doodle