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You can now get this print on INPRNT!

The Reluctant Victor, inspired by The Reluctant Bride by Auguste Toulmouche - I just thought that this painting was SO perfect for Katniss and I had to draw it!

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You can now buy prints of my art on INPRNT!

Click on this link to go to my INPRNT shop!! And they're having a 15% sale right now 👀

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Happy Birthday, Katniss Everdeen 🔥

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Do you have a print shop?

I don't have a print shop, but if people are interested in buying prints, I could open an Inprint! ❤️

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“Bet I know a thing or two about your dove.” “Like what?” “Like she’s delightful to look at, swishes around in bright colors, and sings like a mockingjay. You love her. And oh, how she seems to love you. Except sometimes you wonder, because her plans don’t include you at all.” Something something, Coriolanus calling Lucy Gray "my girl" versus Haymitch calling Lenore Dove "my girl."

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I’m working on something 👀

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The mockingbird, the jabberjay and the mockingjay 🕊️ inspired by this post by @fromevertonow

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A lot of people have asked me to talk about Prim holding the crown, so here's a general deep dive into the characters I picked and their placements!

Starting with Prim. She was reaped, which led to Katniss volunteering to save her. It's, of course, very unlikely that Prim would have won the Games like Katniss did. Prim innocently playing with the crown that could have never been hers is also a reference to how excited she was when Katniss' wedding was happening, how she looked at it with children's eyes, impatient for her to try on the dresses. But she's also not as naive or helpless as Katniss believes, which is why her expression is grave and not cheerful.

Asterid is kissing Katniss' forehead in a very motherly gesture. Katniss is unmoved, though she still takes her hand. This is a reference to Katniss' resentment towards her mother when she stopped caring for them after Burdock's death, but also to Katniss' attempts at forgiving her in Catching Fire.

Effie is sitting at Katniss' feet, holding her hand. This represents the sincere -yet sometimes misguided- dedication that Effie has to Katniss. It also felt like an interesting placement, as Victors are often idolized by Capitol citizens.

Katniss, of course, is at the center. She's the reluctant victor, in her fire dress (with a lot of orange in it to reference Peeta, shhh). I hesitated to give her the wedding dress Snow forces her to wear instead, but felt that her fire dress was more recognizable and striking, and better represented how she is seen by the world: the girl on fire.

The Reluctant Victor, inspired by The Reluctant Bride by Auguste Toulmouche - I just thought that this painting was SO perfect for Katniss and I had to draw it!

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I really wanted to draw Lou Lou and Maysilee's interview dresses. Effie specifies that the dresses are from the war era, and in the ABOSAS movie, the fashion is very 30s/40s inspired, so I went for similar silhouettes for the dresses.

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The Reluctant Victor, inspired by The Reluctant Bride by Auguste Toulmouche - I just thought that this painting was SO perfect for Katniss and I had to draw it!

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"Now, Louella, what will the Newcomers do if they kill off all the Careers? What will happen to you kids then?" "As is on cue, the snake hisses in a woman's jewel-studded face and Lou Lou growls, "You'll murder us. You'll murder us." So I'm never recovering from what happened to Louella and Lou Lou. How about you?

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“Well, there’s no proof that will happen. You can’t count on things happening tomorrow just because they happened in the past. It’s faulty logic.”

How are we holding up? I’m still crying about Lenore Dove and the gumdrops

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I’m ok, I’m fine, I’ve been handling Sunrise on the Reaping very well -I’ve been crying non stop.

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The First Flower to Bloom in Spring - Chapter 17: Hydrangea

A few hours had passed when Prim realized that they hadn’t come across a single tribute again. Clearly, they were sinking deeper into the woods, and further away from the Cornucopia. Looking behind her shoulder, she gave a useless glance around them. Nothing, no one. For some reason, it was bothering her. It was too calm. Too quiet. Too boring for the good people of the Capitol.

It was as if her sudden movement had brought life back into the group. “Did you hear something?” asked Peeta, frowning.

She found herself being still stupidly irritated at him. “No, that’s the problem.”

“Why is that a problem?” asked Rue, “it’s good, right?”

“Yes, it is. I just… I don’t know.”

Peeta seemed to understand her quicker, which made it harder to stay mad at him. He frowned and looked around too. “You think something is going to happen?”

Right as he said that, something huge appeared from behind the trees.

Read the rest on AO3!

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THE HUNGER GAMES APPRECIATION WEEK → day 7: free for all

The last lines of each book

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THE HUNGER GAMES APPRECIATION WEEK → day 6: favorite district

District 4

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THE HUNGER GAMES APPRECIATION WEEK → day 5: favorite arena

The 10th Hunger Games arena