for where we are is hell

pettry:

The prince of the far, far away land wanted to marry the princess, but she rejected him. As a punishment the princess was sent to a lair of a dragon so that it would kill her. But as soon as the dragon and the princess saw each other they fell madly in love and lived happily ever after. The end!

zolaida:

Victoria Ying

sonialiao:

Good Omens cover (front, back, spine and wings) for Book Illustration. I wanted to go back to my flat style for a bit just to see how else I could use it (and also the fact that I haven’t used it at all since coming back to school from winter break, which is just plain weird).

Aziraphale and his cocoa on the front; Crowley with tea on the back.

Whenever I see a link to those infamously disturbing “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” illustrations I go in expecting to see the picture that scared me so much as a kid that twelve years later it’s had a major effect on my artwork. But it turns out that the woman with a horse skull for a face clutching at the terrified man who picked her up off the side of the road was from a different series that I read, called “Short & Shivery”. I was so frightened by that illustration that my mom put a sticker over the horse skull face so I couldn’t see it (but I was still scared because I knew it was there).

I’ve found out the artist’s name is Katherine Coville and the story is Cegua but the picture doesn’t seem to exist on the internet (above is a different illustration of this legend). I don’t think it’s really all that scary, though, aside from the horse skull face, but I’ve had a life long thing with horse skeletons. It started with the stupid Night on Bald Mountain part of Fantasia, with those fucking Apocalyptic Horsemen. My current fascination with horse skulls only recently developed out of my fear of them when I said to myself, “Emily you are being ridiculous” and sat down and made myself draw these ladies

Anyway, the other scary story that upset me for years was “Tailypo”, from the same book. This illustration does exist online:

It wasn’t that picture in particular that scared me though, just in general the monster creeping up the end of your bed and clawing your intestines out.

If anyone knows anything about the Cegua I’d love to hear it, as most of the pages about her are in Spanish and translate poorly. I like this gem from wikipedia though—

I think she and I have a lot in common.

girllikeashadow:

The first chapter of Howl’s Moving Castle, one of my favourite books :)

theremina:

“Fix Me or Conflict Me” by Samantha Mash

torntethers:

So. 
I love dinosaurs.
I love barn owls.
And then this happened.
Possible new mascot?  

seventypercentethanol:

we’re good kids, all of us. me, I’m a cat.

[x]

melkorwashere:

Melkor / Morgoth Bauglir

and Grond >:3

isakain:

melkorwashere:

I love the fact that Melkor offered Hurin a place of first commander in Angband.

He met Sauron after and said: ”Well, you know. I had to offer him something.” And Sauron said: ”Cool story,bro.”

and then Melkor had to sleep on the couch.

gerwell:

WIP of the battle between Fingolfin and Morgoth. I’m working on a black & white base because the pic will be so damn dark…lol

Fun fact: In the version of the Silmarillion I read (which is in French, and which is definitely a bad translation), the text just sounds like Fingolfin actually cuts off Morgoth’s foot. I was like “nooooot coooool”. To later discover on English websites that in the original version he just hews his foot. I was totally imagining Morgoth with a wooden leg!!

Well anyway, the Valar do cut off his feet later lol.

gingerhaze:

brofisting:

NOELLE DREW & I COLORED THIS HOT DWARF LADY

A drawing from the livestream! I drew a lady dwarf + bearded baby and Aimee colored it!

The livestream watchers named her Chelthilda (chelt: chest + pelt tell your friends)

daphneontherun:

Elini kaybettikten sonra kılıcını daha bir amansız kullanır oldu Maedhros. Düşmanları onun Thangorodrim’e zincirlendiği güne lanet ettiler.

oh no i don’t want these feelings