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Sir Terry Pratchett: on writing Good Omens with Neil Gaiman

I love the whole interview but this little snippet most of all:

Terry: “You can usually bet, and I’m sure Neil Gaiman would say the same thing, that, uh, if I go into a bookstore to do a signing and someone presents me with three books, the chances are that one of them is going to be a very battered copy of Good Omens; and it will smell as if it’s been dropped in parsnip soup or something in and it’s gone fluffy and crinkly around the edges and they’ll admit that it’s the fourth copy they’ve bought”.

You can never own enough Good Omens copies.

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Hello! Your Six of Crows and Ninth House/Hell Bent art make me soo happyyy! Something about your color choices makes so much sense for these worlds. I remember seeing your Darlington for the first time and just going woah. It stuck with me! Fun fact, your art's (plus kolarpem's) actually the reason I got Tumblr in the first place, I figured I couldn't search by photo for eternity. Anyway, just wanted to say really loove your style!

AAaaaAAA 😭 Comments like these make my day, you have no idea. Especially on days like today, when I've been struggling with something difficult (crowd shot) and I'm feeling a bit useless 😂 Thank you for making my day better, ily ❤️❤️

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Rath Roiben Rye, everybody's first book boyfriend! The struggle with fae characters is making them look beautiful, but in a nonhuman way. I had real trouble with this sketch

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Warmup pose study that got away on me. Something about this pose screamed "sexy angel" so that's where it went! Whenever I do wings I find myself in wild mad guessing territory, no matter how many bird reference photos I look at

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Secret garden 🌿

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For some reason yesterday it seemed really important to draw naked kissing instead of getting any actual work done. But look! I drew her hands totally without reference. Actually I drew most of this without photo reference (I did use ref for his head angle), which means it took me hours (this sketch is my third attempt) but I think it was time well spent because I learned a few things :)

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WIP. I took lots of reference photos of climbing ivy recently, so I decided this private moment could be happening up against the wall of a secret garden. I quite like drawing non-detailed details. How hairy can a man's arms be before it turns everyone completely off? (Although I suppose he's not a man, exactly. Also, she must be standing on something)

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this is what i was talking about by the way

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For some reason yesterday it seemed really important to draw naked kissing instead of getting any actual work done. But look! I drew her hands totally without reference. Actually I drew most of this without photo reference (I did use ref for his head angle), which means it took me hours (this sketch is my third attempt) but I think it was time well spent because I learned a few things :)

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ALL RIGHT. Let's do this. I drew a rough sketch of this scene three years ago, when I first read Six of Crows, and I am finally getting around to finishing it now. This is the "good copy" line art (on Arches hot press), and I'll paint traditionally right on top of it, then merge the images in Photoshop and do the lighting. I had my own mental image of the characters before I saw the show, so they don't look a lot like Amita Suman or Freddy Carter, but I decided to leave them as is :)

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She was not a lynx or a spider or even the Wraith. She was Inej Ghafa, and her future was waiting above. Climb, Inej. (for the @litjoycrate Six of Crows box set)

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Kaz Brekker looking murderous, because he is (edited to add the ominous quote. Sometimes my janky handwriting seems more appropriate than a typeface)

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Ground snake

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I've been working on a book project that has consumed my time for months, and it's finally finished! Now I'm doing some sketching to get back in the habit. I thought I'd start with a front-on portrait, which is the least scary thing. Also I love drawing freckles :)

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I was beyond excited to draw this scene. Normally I get asked to draw romance, but this time it was a...different kind of passion. Something inside Kaz came loose, indeed 💀 It's one of my favourite moments in the book, despite what he just did, because it's when I understood exactly what Inej means to him. It's amazing what we'll forgive in fiction that we couldn't in real life. (commissioned by @litjoycrate for their Six of Crows edition)

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The moment after the incident, actually 💀 I was SO excited when they asked me to draw this scene! I think I'll post it separately though, because the finished piece needs a content warning

Kaz Brekker looking murderous, because he is

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Kaz Brekker looking murderous, because he is (edited to add the ominous quote. Sometimes my janky handwriting seems more appropriate than a typeface)