Happy to share that I have illustrated Kristen Britain's new Green Rider novel, 'Falling in a Sea of Stars' coming later this year from DAW books. The commission request was made for me, with a field of stars and Karigan in armor!
Hard to believe, this is the eighth painting I have created for Kristen since first tackling High King's Tomb back in 2006!
Link for the preorder of the novel from our local bookstore, here in Brooklyn: https://booksaremagic.net/item/deHNKsv3TS9YU1PYnWXK2g
Falling in a Sea of Stars
24" x 36" Oil on Panel 2025
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he paints in both universes,,,,I am going to explode
Tim, Publisher of the DPHW
*slides RQ a tenner* now do tim
i lied, i dont actually like sex. put your clothes back on. have you ever been involved with the magnus institute
Excuse you. I do not have a home, I have a nest. I built it out of trash and magpie treasures so don't you dare disrespect my hovel you absolute CRETIN
tara’s half smile/half smirk reblog if you agree
Riley running from his bad choices to go play hero, then blaming it on Buffy and using it as an ultimatum to punish her for her lack of emotional vulnerability, is just such a wild fucking twist. That's leaving out the gory vamp bordello and the mom cancer details.
And then the narrative is like "they're willing victims. They don't deserve Buffy's help. Buffy the vampire slayer wants to slay those vampires for selfish reasons!"
And then the torturing? With a plastic stake? Bruh
Masterpiece of character assassination. At this point, after so many rewatches, I can only pity Riley for being the narrative's dumb tool.
"Hey I just cheated on you. Decide you still want me or I disappear."
Feb. 5. 2024
why did Lena even hire Gwen??
Lena seems to like Alice supposedly cause she (seemingly) doesn't care whatsoever about the horrific stuff going on, and likes her enough to pretty much ignore her and consider Sam based on Alice's recommendation. Even if Sam was just hired because they were scrambling for a replacement and needed someone traumatized by The Horrors, Lena likes Alice enough to not be immediately worried about the possibility that Sam may end up being Alice#2.
Sam, Alice, and Colin don't at all seem like they may one day want her position, and all are not particularly interested in challenging Lena (directly at least. Sam's snooping and Colin's IT rage aside).
Gwen on the other hand has so far presented herself as nothing but focused and uptight. She's always been gunning for the top and to have that respect. Why would Lena hire anyone that might threaten her position? Maybe Gwen just changed a lot (like people being surprised that Elias became head of the institute lol) and she just wasn't like that before.
Running theory though is nepotism (as per ep. 1) and Lena didn't have much of a choice. In which case, who has the connections to be overriding Lena, how does it connect to the horrible stuff going on, and why this job specifically? (I'm sure if Gwen has those sorts of connections she could get a more "respectable" job elsewhere) What stakes does Gwen (and supposed nepotism connection) have in all of this.
I guess we'll get some more insight on their dynamic when we find out what Gwen does with her young lena blackmail. Will be interesting to see if Gwen can actually force something from Lena using the video and/or potential connections
In my mouth
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