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#WordWeavers What are beauty standards like in your world?

While Ethereal is a diverse Realm, with many cultures that each have a sense of beauty, no one understands what attracts Cedric and Freya to Sabre. He's striking but born halfway into the shadows and, at times, looks more like a creepy spectre than a person, so it's funny to Freya and Cedric to publicly, theatrically swoon for Sabre whenever he's being his disconcerting broody self.

#writing #witchy #fantasy #illustration

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#WordWeavers What are beauty standards like in your world?

While Ethereal is a diverse Realm, with many cultures that each have a sense of beauty, no one understands what attracts Cedric and Freya to Sabre. He's striking but born halfway into the shadows and, at times, looks more like a creepy spectre than a person, so it's funny to Freya and Cedric to publicly, theatrically swoon for Sabre whenever he's being his disconcerting broody self.

#writing #witchy #fantasy #illustration

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Illustration of character. This is a largely black-and-white digital painting that looks a bit like a photograph. A man standing in a forest, looking pensive and brooding as he looks sideways into the light. He's largely enveloped in shadows. His face is in profile, and his eye is yellow and glowing. He has long black hair and facial hair. 

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Work in progress close-up of the character's face. This is a screenshot; you can see some tools and such in the shot. 

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#PennedPossibilities Which of your characters scares you the most? Why is that?

Currently, Xavier is an adorable, sensitive, curly-haired four-year-old boy who talks in sign language, but if he loses his connection to humanity, his ability to completely silence the Ethereal Realm could be devastating. Everything and everyone would stop.

All that power in someone so young and vulnerable can make me hold my breath.

#fantasy #writing #illustration #mastoart #art #characterdesign

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#PennedPossibilities Which of your characters scares you the most? Why is that?

Currently, Xavier is an adorable, sensitive, curly-haired four-year-old boy who talks in sign language, but if he loses his connection to humanity, his ability to completely silence the Ethereal Realm could be devastating. Everything and everyone would stop.

All that power in someone so young and vulnerable can make me hold my breath.

#fantasy #writing #illustration #mastoart #art #characterdesign

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Work in progress screenshot of a digital painting of a innocent looking curly haired bug holding a large moth. He has stars in his eyes. Literally. Black and white image. Utterly adorable. 

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Never done this #introduction thing, and it is starting to feel rude, so hi! I'm Lydia.

I mostly post about #writing and #illustration of my #dark #pagan #witchy #fantasy novels while I create #digitalart and share my love for #nature and #naturephotography

I occasionally post about #linux and #privacy as I try to navigate the digital world without ethical compromise. I take care to post with ALT text and CW.

Looking to connect to other spirits on a creative path. 💜

#witch #writing #art

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Never done this #introduction thing, and it is starting to feel rude, so hi! I'm Lydia.

I mostly post about #writing and #illustration of my #dark #pagan #witchy #fantasy novels while I create #digitalart and share my love for #nature and #naturephotography

I occasionally post about #linux and #privacy as I try to navigate the digital world without ethical compromise. I take care to post with ALT text and CW.

Looking to connect to other spirits on a creative path. 💜

#witch #writing #art

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This is me standing in a storm with a flowing black dress. I'm looking away from the camera as the wind throws around my hair and dress. The background is a landscape of dunes near the coast and a epic grey stormclouds.

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A desktop screenshot of a collection of bookcovers and illustrations. All dark themed with a person wielding some form of magic.

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Screenshot of a desktop showing nature photography. Pictures of fungus, moss and wilted flowers.

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#WritersCoffeeClub
Name-check your cover artist, even if it's yourself. Share your best cover.

Well, yes, that is me.

Picking the "best" is a little difficult. I like each cover I make for different reasons.

I am currently considering making all the covers black and white. I really like the film noir meets fantasy style—it's a good mix of cinematic, gloomy, and aesthetic. 🖤

#art #illustration #BookCoverArt #writingcommunity

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#WritersCoffeeClub
Name-check your cover artist, even if it's yourself. Share your best cover.

Well, yes, that is me.

Picking the "best" is a little difficult. I like each cover I make for different reasons.

I am currently considering making all the covers black and white. I really like the film noir meets fantasy style—it's a good mix of cinematic, gloomy, and aesthetic. 🖤

#art #illustration #BookCoverArt #writingcommunity

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Book cover for book ten in the Ethereal series. A silhouette of a woman covered in an organic structure standing in a dark forest being guided out by little moths.

Title: Ethereal
Lydia Vvinters

Book Ten 
The Promise

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Book cover. Title Ethereal

Silhouette of a man dancing around with some fog and smoke in tattered underpants. 

Book five.
Dreams and Memories.

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Book cover. Title Ethereal. Lydia Vvinters.
A man trapped in a crystal structure. 

Mostly black image. The man has long hair and a bit of beard. He looks a bit cranky.

Book nine.
The Obsidian Shadow

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Book cover. Title Ethereal. Lydia Vvinters.

Silhouette of a woman casting some wild lightning. Black and white image. Black background.

Book three.
The Royal Alchemist.

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#WordWeavers How pretty is your MC?

Freya is striking, Sabre is creepy, but Cedric has a complicated relationship with his looks. He's pretty, but that has also led him to give away more of himself than he wanted in his teenage years. Since then, he's seen beauty, as perceived by the majority, as a poisonous snake that can be wielded as a weapon but should never be trusted.

This is him at the Amethyst festival.

#fantasy #witch #writing #characterdesign #illustration

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#WordWeavers How pretty is your MC?

Freya is striking, Sabre is creepy, but Cedric has a complicated relationship with his looks. He's pretty, but that has also led him to give away more of himself than he wanted in his teenage years. Since then, he's seen beauty, as perceived by the majority, as a poisonous snake that can be wielded as a weapon but should never be trusted.

This is him at the Amethyst festival.

#fantasy #witch #writing #characterdesign #illustration

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Portrait of a male witch. A purple witch hat and shirt, curly hair, and a forest background. Titled "Ethereal" (illustration for the series)