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Honestly, I’m a lurker. Check out @ktreadsthings on Instagram for slightly less sporadic fanart posts ✨
mostly ACOTAR, a sprinkle of others

❄️ Holiday Gwynriel ❄️

Holiday season is in full swing, so @lulufoxlainfawn and I are sharing our second festive commission!

Here we have Gwyn and Azriel exchanging gifts in a quiet, intimate moment! This solstice, Azriel doesn’t have to just imagine Gwyn’s teal eyes lighting up; he gets to experience her joy in person as he gifts her a special snowglobe. The shadows are quite pleased with the Shadowsinger this time!

Thank you jae.sketch for yet another wonderful commissioning experience! It’s always a pleasure working with you, Rachel, and your talent is a sight to behold.

“Instead of getting Gideon Sharpe out of her system tonight, Rune had gone and gotten herself addicted. The hunted had fallen for the hunter.”

Rune and Gideon from the Crimson Moth duology by Kristen Ciccarelli ✨🥀

If you’re into witches and witch hunters, forbidden love, and enemies to lovers to enemies again, this is the duology for you!

Artwork by @crisolcrowling

Commissioned by me

@lucienweekofficial Day 3 - Brotherhood

The moon and the sun. The hunter and the healer. Artemis and Apollo.

While not related by blood, Lucien and Feyre have a bond and aesthetic that @kt-reads-things @lulufoxlainfawn and I can’t help but liken to the famed Greek twins. Similar in their protective nature and fierce loyalty, these two can bicker all they like, but the connection they’ve constructed is one built to last.

Thank you @/_zordanna_ for all your work on this piece! We were blown away every step of the process.

Art by @zordanna @/_zordanna_ on Instagram

Commissioned by @lulufoxlainfawn, @kt-reads-things, and myself

Characters belong to Sarah J Maas and Bloomsbury Publishing

✨ please do not alter, edit, or use in anti-content ✨

It’s always a good time working with these gals 🥰

𝐻𝑒𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒯𝑜𝓊𝒸𝒽

When we first started brainstorming ideas for this piece, we really wanted to show multiple sides of Gwyn and Azriel. The healer and the torturer, the saint and the sinner, the priestess and the shadowsinger.

wendibones delivered in so many ways and we could not be happier with the final result! All of the details in their expressions, body language, the robes on Gwyn, the arrows in Azriel’s back, even the positioning of their fingers is perfection. Thank you so much for putting your talent and skill into this masterpiece.

Art by wendibones

@valkyrieappreciationweek Day 7 - The Future is Female

@norabraveseeker and I want to end Valkyrie Week with a group portrait of Nesta, Gwyn, and Emerie that shows them poised and ready to face what comes next. They’ve already achieved so much, and we know there is much more to come in their stories.

Thank you _malineart on IG for making this beautiful art of our three Valkyries! It was delightful working and chatting with you.

Valkyrie Week Day 4 — From Battlefields to Sleepovers

We're so excited to share this fun and beautiful Valkyrie fanart!

millyillus thank you so much for creating this lovely artwork! Gwyn, Nesta, and Emerie all look so happy and peaceful We love all the little details scattered around them! Thank you for all your kindness during this commission! You are always so wonderful to work with!

Commissioned by @amandapearls @freyjas-musings missiemei and myself

Valkyrie Week Day 3 - What Sisters Do: the Valkyries Found Family

If there's one thing sisters are going to do, it's tease you about a crush. With Mor planning on joining Valkyrie training at the end of ACOSF, @kt-reads-things and I couldn't resist commissioning a fun moment of Emerie freaking out after an interaction with Mor. Gwyn and Nesta are concerned, but mostly amused. Em will be okay... eventually.

@/mangomangoj was the perfect artist to bring this to life. It's always so much fun working with you, Jane, and this was no exception. Thank you for creating another masterpiece for us!

Characters belong to Sarah J. Maas

✨please do not alter, edit, or use in anti-content ✨

A full comic by the amazing @majuandrad for @valkyrieappreciationweek

One of our favorite chapters coming to life, showcasing the three working together to overcome the obstacles course and wiping Cassian and Azriel’s smug faces. But most importantly, it proves that they can overcome anything together, which is truly put to the test later in the book, and we can’t see what else SJM has planned for the Valkyrie in the future.

Art was commissioned by myself @norabraveseeker and Missiemei, please support via IG to see the full comic!

@valkyrieappreciationweek Day 2 — Against the Odds: the Valkyries Triumph

One of @gwynrieldefenseatty @kt-reads-things and my favorite Valkyrie moments is when they finally complete the obstacle course Azriel and Cassian set up to challenge them. Nesta, Gwyn, and Emerie worked hard and pushed themselves for months to conquer this course & even though they were battered and bruised, they never gave up.

@bluenefelibata we are in awe of how perfectly you brought this moment of triumph to life. We had such a good time working with you, Bee, and can’t wait to do it again in the future!

All characters belong to @sarahjmaas and @bloomsburypublishing

LIKES, COMMENTS, REBLOGS ARE WELCOME!

✨PLEASE DO NOT REPOST W/O PERMISSION PLEASE DO NOT ALTER OR USE FOR ANTI CONTENT ✨

@valkyrieappreciationweek Day 1 — Initiate, Blade, Valkyrie

Missie, @gwynrieldefenseatty and I wanted to highlight one of the hardships Nesta, Gwyn, and Emerie have ahead of them: lectures from Cassian and Azriel.

At the end of ACOSF, we're told that Cass and Az have a lot to say about the mistakes the Valkyries made during the Blood Rite. Mistakes that the Valkyries are determined to learn and grow from.

As the three sit in the library listening to their two trainers, each Valkyrie has a different approach to making it through these lectures.

Thank you marssketch on IG for capturing their different personalities so perfectly!

✨ 🧜‍♀️ Happy Mermay 🧜‍♀️ ✨

My first ever Mermay commission and it had to be Gwyn and Azriel done by the wonderfully talented @/evaroseart 💖

I think these two look amazing together in any universe, so why not have a little fun and turn them into mermaids? And Az’s shadows might not be able to follow him under the sea, but look at those swirling, shadowy fish…

🦇🧜‍♀️💙🩵

𝓝𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓪 𝓦𝓮𝓮𝓴 𝓓𝓪𝔂 7: 𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓮 𝓓𝓪𝔂

Here I have a fun AU Nesta and Gwyn art of them as Taylor Swift and Florence Welch during their performance of Florida!!! On the last night of London. Nesta having the support from Gwyn when she was at her lowest is why their friendship is one of my favorites in the series.

Anyone watch the grainy live of this performance? that’s when the inspiration hit. @/evaroseart did an absolutely gorgeous rendition I am absolutely in love with it.

Art by evaroseart on instagram

Commissioned by me for @nestaarcheronweek

Characters belong to Sarah J. Maas

Happily Ever After ✨🌌

In honor of an ACOTAR announcement hopefully coming this month, I decided to post a piece l've been hanging onto for a while now. I'm so excited for Gwyn and Azriel's book! Our return to Velaris I'm sure will be a grand one✨

When I first read ACOS Gwynriel stood out to me and captured my heart. Our broody (but a softy at heart) Illyrian boy and sassy Valkyrie priestess. Ugh their chemistry is unmatched.

SJM you have the greatest opportunity to announce Gwyn and Azriel's book this month ✨

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