Where Every Scroll is a New Adventure
uh enjoy this self-made book cover ig
Isabela Triplett is my pen name btw
so it's about this girl named Alessia who offers to be one of the empress's galas(don't ask me what this is, I don't know shit) so her family's land doesn't get sold
and basically it turns out she can wield the power of the sun and also there's this giant crystal thingie underneath the palace and also the empress(Badr is her name, remember it well) is kinda sorta falling for her and also Alessia is kinda sorta falling for Badr too but they're both idiots about it because you gotta love that ✧P I N I N G✧
btw there's also this mysterious plague that killed like a third of the empire and now after a couple of years it's back like the Black Death but it's worse
anyway this is one of my many WIPs and I'll release this never probably I dunno
this is Alessia Bast, the main girl
I drew her myself and I suck at drawing
she's got sun powers, connections to the aforementioned weird crystal and is also maybe fucking the empress?? they're friends with benefits for like two-thirds of the story until Alessia goes oh when Badr is kidnapped by assassins from this rival empire, it's a whole thing
Alessia is something I'm calling a Hakai Guerrier, she's basically Badr's guardian so you could call this a royalty/guard story
and this is Cahaya al-Rahim, Alessia's *checks non-existent script* best friend whose family got wiped out by the plague and she left for the palace for reasons unknown
she's probs in love with the empress's sister/sibling, I'll get into that in a bit
she's got fire powers and a really cool *checks script* chain whip thing?
here's the empress herself Badr Merle
she knows a whole bunch about Alessia and her dead family(oh I didn't mention that before? oops) and their history so that's nice and definitely not a device to cause tension and angst
she's like a tired mom trying to control all her lords and keep them from going to war with each other over a fucking festival competition for Hell's sake just hug it out you babies—
and finally, here is Badr's sister/sibling Mehr who goes by she/they pronouns if you didn't notice(enby ftw)
so Cahaya is something like Mehr's guardian(also a Hakai Guerrier) to keep her safe but somehow it's now the opposite because every time the annual feast/party rolls around, Cahaya gets into an argument with one of the lords and Mehr feels like they want to throw themselves into a volcano
she's also Badr's top advisor and one of two people who can stop their at-times cold sister from full-on killing one of the lords
the other is Alessia and she can do it way better than Mehr if they're being honest
ok I'm done, have a good night/day/afternoon/morning/evening
Another random OC sketch dump, nothing new
“I don't even mind if the angels come by/Take my arms in their arms/Let them draw me out into the neon wild where I/I dissolve, I dissolve”
—Lyrics from the song Marrow, by Ezra Vine
Workin on OC character designs! (Some of these are already outdated lol, but I’m still proud of them)
Design notes for Farren, an OC from the story I’m currently writing! He’s always been one of my favorites to write cause he’s such a himbo, but his design always gave me trouble, so I sat down and threw this together.
It’s kinda random, but I hope y’all think it’s interesting nonetheless! I might come back and put down my inspiration/reasoning behind all the elements at some point lol
Page full of OC sketches from 12 something am last night!
I really like some of these and really hate others, but overall I think it’s pretty decent
Here are some close ups!
Funky traditional OC sketch with a quote from the story I’m writing!
There’s a buncha mistakes in this one but oh well
Quick sketch of Juno from my sketchbook today!!
I used some markers I haven’t gotten out since I was a screaming crying infant so that was an experience and idk if it looks that good, and I have no idea how to format tumblr posts so please be gentle with me if I fucked it up XD