Dulce Skull

For the Ninth! - TLTfan art

Added 2021-07-30 05:07:39 +0000 UTC

[EDIT] - I was drunk last night and eager to post this, but it wasn’t fully ready. I added in some small edits, and more text. Also Patrons get the watermark-free versions. Woo!

Some proper fan art for a book that I am absolutely in love with ! Thank you tamsyn Muir for writing a very good and goofy sword-wielding butch and her necromancer emo girlfriend.

Going off of Tamsyn’s interview where she discusses how Gideon and Harrow are both inspired by indigenous people of New Zealand, I wanted to honor that in their skin tones & gideon’s tribal tattoo. I did some research, and I hope I did this wonderful series some justice in my portrayal, as it certainly meant a lot to me.

A small detail that I love about this is that after some research, Gideon’s tattoo is supposed to be a Maori tattoo pattern called the “Pakati” (Dog Skin Cloak) which is representative of warriors/battles/courage/strength. I think it suits her.

I usually stay away from drawing fan art of the things that I hold very close to my heart, because I get worried that I won’t be able to properly portray it the way that I want. I decided to just take my time with this piece, really think out the composition and colors, and enjoy the process of making it. I hope that you’ll enjoy looking at it, as much as I did making it!

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