year of the griff(UwU)n
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the derkholm series fundamentally changed me as a person and this not hyperbole at all!! its just SO MUCH FUN and i highly recommend!!!!!!
in which it is ethically and morally correct to bully a child
#diana wynne jones#the chronicles of chrestomanci#carol oneir's one hundredth dream#chrestomanci#character design#bigtime one of my favorite short stories#also decided to make carol a brown kid because one time friends and I were discussing childhood ocs#and everyone was like ‘hang on all your self-inserts were white girls too?!?!?’ and mind you we’re all filipino#very yikes of us in retrospect#but here methinks it’s fun social commentary lol#speaking of - certain lines in this short make me think dwj wasn't the type to shy away from criticisms people had to her stories#which is pretty neat to see laid out#also yes i believe melville should look as if vincent price and loki had a baby
the chants!
shout out to my siblings for being tolkien-nerds because they make it possible for me, a dwj-nerd, to photobomb their lego rivendell set <3
context of dwj's history with tolkien:
#diana wynne jones#jrr tolkien#lord of the rings#howl's moving castle#lotr#studio ghibli#howl jenkins pendragon#sophie hatter#frodo baggins#aragorn son of arathorn#legolas greenleaf#gimli son of gloin#calcifer#also I got to participate in this build! the first time i actually played with lego!!#i did bilbo's tower to the side - those statues were tons of fun#edit: tweaked some things!#shout out catherine butler thank you for getting this interview!!!
Happy TMBD New Years Gift Exchange @non-plutonian-druid !!! Featuring: some people of Team MB hanging out, as well as MB going undercover as a human (with varying levels of success). This was super fun!!
Fire and Hemlock!! Aka the one with like a gazillion recommendations for other books 😂
#diana wynne jones#fire and hemlock#character design#polly whittacker#thomas lynn#edward davies#ann abraham#samuel rensky#the dumas quartet my beloved#i'd like to think none of them is a tom-apologist#they make fun of his situation constantly whenever polly’s not around#sure they're like 'oh we get it/understand why this is necessary'#because nothing’s more powerful than an adolescent girl’s hyperfixations#but still tom --- yikes#and he's like “I KNOW!!!!!” cradles head in hands despairingly
In 2011 I drastically reduced my DWJ book intake to dripfeed levels, so it was only in the 2024 new year that I finally decided to read Deep Secret. My god - out of all her books this seems targeted at me personally? Stressed late-20-somethings, making fools of oneself in vicinity of fav authors, artist alleys?? Also, blatant unmistakable LGBT-rep??? I can't believe I slept on this one for so long!!! Definitely putting it on the upper tiers of my DWJ bookshelf.
Anyway, here's some designs I've whipped up for the characters! As always, might tweak 'em if ever I draw more in the future, but that's what's fun about figuring out character designs. Rob in particular is a joy to me.
btw Zinka plsplspls let me table with you
#diana wynne jones#deep secret#maree mallory#nick mallory#rob the centaur#rupert venables#will venables#simon venables#zinka fearson#ladies and/or gentlemen#i legit laughed out loud whenever the characters got stunned by them#like props to dwj that you can tell she was a bit confused but she did have the spirit#character design#also glad to say I've thoroughly revised my opinion of nick!!#first read Merlin Conspiracy back in 2009 and I remember being pissed because his backstory was so vague#the copy gave absolutely no indication that this was a sequel to another book#so finally getting context for all that was great and now i adore this eepy teen#(also reread MC after Deep Secret and boy I whooped at the one instance Rob my beautiful centaur son got mentioned by name)
Is it weird to say that I'm lowkey delighted by the MB casting? Because seeing that actor reminds me that back when my siblings and I were kids, one time we were refueling the car and WHAM started playing on the radio, so we started miming the entirety of the gas station scene from Zoolander. I got to be Brint and blow everyone up in slow motion, and it was GREAT.
Also it gave me the idea to draw this, so hereyougo :D
Anyway, I'm happily in the 'wait-and-see' camp, and looking forward to see how they adapt the story to the visual medium!
(Also bonus Ratthi speaking truth bombs: )
#system collapse spoilers#the murderbot diaries#tmbd#secunit#asshole research transport#iris tmbd#tarik tmbd#ratthi tmbd#zoolander#i GUESS#martha wells#also YES i just finished reading SC!!! and it was everything i could have ever asked for just by seeing all the iris and peri interactions#also!! im feral that it fits right in with my mass effect AU ngl#competent squad leader iris?!?!? i hold my head in disbelief#another great addition to the series i will be thinking about this for months
Realized I never got around to posting my take on Murderbot from last year! I am throwing finger hearts at it lovingly.
I love your Derkholm art! Do you have any tips on drawing griffins? I’m planning a webcomic that includes some griffin characters, and I don’t have any experience with A) drawing them in the first place and B) making them look like individuals. Thanks!
Thanks for being so patient for this reply - had a pretty busy couple of weeks preparing stuff for artist conventions. Anyway, was a lot of fun to ruminate on - here are a bunch of things I've thought about (and am still thinking about) when drawing the griffin kids! Heads up that I'm still practicing myself, and there are definitely a lot of aspects of creature design I could work on (the wiiiiiings gah), but hopefully this helps give you some direction on designing your own bird-lion-cats.
chelshiart reblogged
she's everything
honestly i'm wondering this also
they hang out at baron’s clubhouse post-movie, i would like to belieeeveee