Tag: illustration

artofelaineho:

In Death, Life

“I have one final question,” he said. “How did you create these in the fields?”

The figure placed a bowl on the floor between them, and her bones creaked as she leaned in to look. A cluster of black rosebuds sprouted from bloodied ash.

“I’m sorry if I did something I wasn’t meant to do,” Eris said. “I wasn’t thinking.”

“You’ve seen this land,” he said. “It’s made of sand and ash. Nothing grows here. I’ve tried for… for a very long time, to cultivate life back. The panther was one such success, but you’ve taken it from me.”

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theamazingdigitalart:

The Golden Rose by

Donato Giancola

Book: The Golden Rose

That cover looked so amazing I instantly headed over to Amazon and YAWN.

Book descriptions that use “beautiful” as the defining descriptor of the heroine instantly sound so off-putting and boring to me. I’ve read and seen too many stories with that kind of character and NOPE. I have zero desire to hear more about the tragic condition of “too beautiful”. Yes, it’s possible to turn that into a plot device but never an interesting one.

Double YAWN if the beautiful heroine is destined for some destiny because she has the most magical magic in all the land.

I don’t want to be negative but I’m just tired of all these unbelievable beauties. I just wish there were more female characters who are ordinary women in extraordinary circumstances. You know, like their male counterparts…

griffins-unicorns:

Artworks for The Last Unicorn, by Frank Stockton

Source: griffins-unicorns