more seester art asdlfkjasd;
Nico, chibi Miranda, and chibi Josef! Art by currencyofdisaster.
A few of you know exactly what this is. For those of you who don’t, I’m sorry.
Art by peachead and I love her for it.
Here’s a fanart of Nico….I probably made her coat and the shadows alot more galmorous than she thinks they are, but she deserves some glamour, and I wanted to use my glitter brushes XD
One last picture for the end of 2012! And yes, it’s Eli Monpress again. Because I have a problem.
I changed the way I draw Eli’s hair for this- this is more book-accurate anyway. Josef’s hair is just going to stay inaccurate to the books, because I cannot imagine him with short hair to save my life.
Okay, I am in love with Eli’s grin. Anyone else??
Happy Birthday, Leng! Here’s hoping you have a great day, and year, and always :)
Love,
Books, Bookworm, Miranda and co.**I couldn’t find a spot for Mellinor, so he’s inside Miranda. He says Happy Birthday, too XD
how sweet! ♥
More book fanart, this time of Nico from Rachel Aaron’s superlative “Spirit Thief” fantasy series.
I’ve done sketches of most of the main characters, but haven’t had time to clean them up until now. Hopefully I’ll be able to remedy that in the future; they’re amazing characters and I want to pay fitting tribute.
I always pictured Nico and her coat as looking basically like Zelda as she appears in the beginning of Twilight Princess. Now that the last books are out, I’ll have to read them again and maybe do an end-of-series design for her as well.
ANOTHER WARNING, JUST TO COVER OUR BUTTS: SPOILERS ARE HERE. RUN AWAY.
“Do it,” Josef says, as Eli stands poised with the Hunter’s seed in hand, hesitation showing painfully clear on his face. “Before I change my mind, Eli!”
And Eli nods, and swallows what he was about to say, and pushes the hand clutching the brilliant-white pearl into Josef’s chest. He’s in up to the wrist before he checks himself and pulls back, but by that point Josef has gone stock-still, his expression a combination of shock and determination.
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When the world ceases being brilliant-white, Nico finds Josef again. She shouldn’t be so surprised to see him bright-white and at odds with the suddenly-dingy landscape, but she is, because Josef has always been quietly ominous rather than blinding opposition.
Looking at him hurts.
She’s almost convinced herself that it’s because he’s practically shining, rather than because she is a demon, when he tears a hole in the Veil with a swing of the Heart.
There’s work to be done, he says. The Heart and I will hold off the demons. I’ll leave the rest to you, Eli.
He steps through the hole, and Nico waits for it to close, and chokes on the words that she does not want to say. She has never wanted to bid Josef Liechten goodbye.
She is just about to try when she steps halfway back through the hole.
Are you coming or not?
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“You know what this means, right?”
It’s a question that has to be asked, because she’s never completely sure if Eli knows exactly what he’s getting himself into when he takes the first leap.
This time, though, he knows, and he is still just as determined.
“Of course. Go save the world.” When she doesn’t move, he adds, “Can’t get my bounty to a million standards if there’s no world to set the bounty, after all,” and manages a smile.
“A hundred years is a long time.”
“Please. I’m Eli Monpress, greatest thief in the world, and I will steal time itself if I have to.”
He pushes her through the portal after Josef, and it closes of its own volition.
The last time they see Eli Monpress alive, he is giving them his trademark cheeky grin, and he is trying desperately to hide the fact that his blue eyes are filled with tears.
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a/n: Eli’s original plan, before the Lord of Storms provided another out, was to make Josef the Hunter. He must have known that Josef would never have done it without Nico out there at his side.
He was ready to give up everything he loved for the sake of the world.
Tell me that’s not sacrifice.
I left the tags, because they kind of make this piece. Oh. My heart. :’(
Yet again, I’m posting Eli Monpress fanart, because that’s all I’ve really been able to draw lately. I promise, I’ve got some non-Eli stuff coming soonish!
I’ve got this headcanon that after the end of Spirit’s End, once Josef’s healed enough to wake up again, Nico’s there to patch him up like she always does, and they discuss things like how the world is going to work now that everybody can see and hear spirits, whether or not they’ll be able to continue pulling heists like they used to, and most importantly, how Nico’s getting along emotionally while coming to terms with being a demon. And of course, an eensy teensy bit of almost-fluff works its way into it all (what can I say? I’m a hopeless romantic when it comes to my ships!) at some point, before Eli returns from gathering firewood or gaping at the spirits or whatever it was he was doing and ruins the moment.
Also, this was an excuse for me to try and draw muscles. Which sort of almost worked.
Characters (c) Rachel Aaron.
