TRR/TRH Character Aesthetics (2/10)

Stellan Gios, my beloved

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A Courtesan of Rome Appreciation Week

Art Commission: Sabina by @annasassiart

day 485/547 until joon returns

day 222/547 until joon returns

“I cannot stand to have even his name touch your lips.”

Here are all of the Blades breakups!!!

To paraphrase MC, maybe I'm bad so other people don't have to be. (And I do love it because I love angst and heartbreak and what they can tell you about a character)

If you want something very different, here are all of the proposals.

Aerin

Imtura

Mal

Nia

Tyril

Valax

Characters I believe are genuinely okay: Aerin (I'm just as surprised as you are), Imtura, and Valax. I think Mal and Nia are getting there. Tyril I have concerns for.

Color and lighting study

suppressed longing makes me feel crazy because it alway Seeps Out. like how you need to let the steam off of a pressure cooker to make sure it doesn’t explode, there’s always some evidence of it somewhere. a hug that’s a little too tight. a hand that lingers too long. eye contact that lasts a few seconds more than it’s supposed to. holding hands for safety becoming a convenient excuse. getting close enough to bump knees to watch something on a phone screen and not ever pulling away. fixing a loose thread and having fingers subconsciously feel the fabric underneath.

like it’s always There. no matter the effort that goes in to hiding and suppressing it all the lines blur eventually. and the longer it lingers, the more the touch becomes familiar—the harder it is to let off the same steam. it’s not enough to feel it a few seconds at a time. eventually there needs to be some other way to let the pressure off but what would that even be? other than crossing the line you’ve been trying to avoid this entire time?

SHREK + CINEMATIC PARALLELS