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The Locked Tomb - "Ultimate power-- and posters of my face."

Published: January 13th 2024, 6:18:06 pm

"Why did you ascend to be a Lyctor?"
"Ultimate power-- and posters of my face."
Fair.

-Harrow The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

(Please click through all of the images to see the full process! There are a lot for this one!)

finally, this piece I've been "working on" since 2022 (sketched a year ago, let languish, and then finished over the last few weeks) is done! Ianthe Tridentarius is my favorite character in Tamsyn Muir's "The Locked Tomb" series, and I've finally put my money where my mouth is and finished an actual painting of her.

There's a lot more green in this piece than I usually go for, but it felt right for her; she's meant to have a very unsettling presence. Characters are always commenting on how washed-out and pale and dead she looks, so I went all out. I thought of drawing her propaganda poster as a closer likeness, but decided it was funnier if her appearance was obviously retouched to look more healthy and saintly.