my moodboard for The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

my moodboard for The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Behold! The final artwork from my Spring 2020 quarantine lockdown is revealed! This artwork was featured on a tote bag in the November 2020 FairyLoot box and is inspired by The Folk of the Air trilogy by Holly Black! 🍁🍂🍁 *** SPOILERS FOR Queen of Nothing **** 🍂🍁🍂 Originally, I was asked to craft this concept relating to the quote ‘By you, I am forever undone’. So I thought, “When Cardan is undone, what would Jude find?”. A shabby heart; one that looks so like a cocoon just waiting to hatch. The three rings in the background also represent elements that were 'undone’. The crown, the curse, and the Greenbriar bloodline (encircled in starry branches, referencing the prophecy foretold in the stars) 🍂🍁🍂 So yeah, was all about those QON vibes….. until. NOVEMBER 24, 2020 Y'ALL. I’ve adopted this as HTKOELTHS fanart, and you can’t stop me.

Jude Duarte

Jude & Cardan 

The Folk of the Air

Lyric Edit

Teeth by 5 Seconds of Summer

“Somedays you’re the only thing I know

The only thing that’s burning when the nights grow cold

Can’t look away, can’t look away

Beg you to stay, beg you stay

Sometimes you’re a stranger in my bed

Don’t know if you love me or you want me dead

Push me away, push me away

Then beg me to stay, beg me to stay

Call me in the monring to apologize

Every little lie gives me butterflies

Something in the way you’re looking through my eyes

Don’t know if I’m gonna make it out alive”

Jurdan | The Folk Of The Air by Holly Black

Happy Birthday Kate @accidental-rambler♡♡♡

Jude & Cardan 

The Folk of the Air

Lyric Edit

Teeth by 5 Seconds of Summer

“Somedays you’re the only thing I know

The only thing that’s burning when the nights grow cold

Can’t look away, can’t look away

Beg you to stay, beg you stay

Sometimes you’re a stranger in my bed

Don’t know if you love me or you want me dead

Push me away, push me away

Then beg me to stay, beg me to stay

Call me in the monring to apologize

Every little lie gives me butterflies

Something in the way you’re looking through my eyes

Don’t know if I’m gonna make it out alive”

Nicasia from Cruel Prince by Holly Black

@booksociety‘s villains & antiheroes event : [ the folk of the air trilogy ] 

↳ “if you hurt me, i wouldn’t cry. i’d hurt you back .”

“I don’t take commands from mortals”.

“Instead of being afraid, I could become something to fear”.

Jude

A new illustration  of the many numerous scenes I’ve wanted to illustrate since reading QON last November. If it’s not clear, this is the scene when the Bomb asks Cardan to leave the royal chambers so she can repair and redress Jude’s stitches - and Cardan gets the final quip as he exits. These little subtle gestures are easy to miss, but make such a big impact with character and relationship building (at least for the reader’s eyes). It didn’t say explicitly in the text, but I’d imagine Jude was quite in a state after the lines Cardan spoke just before this moment. Quite fun to express, for both of them. (and the Bomb totally knows what’s up)