briar (they/them)

@emwrobin ooooh!! also reasonable considering (rot13) gur ryrzrag bs gvzr va guvf bar + gur qnagr ersreraprf fheebhaqvat ivetvy (V ybfg zl zvaq jura V fnj gur cneg 2 cntr)!! this book has been SUCH a fun puzzle and i’m so excited to see how it closes out :)

@beforeviolets ahh in that case let me rot13 this! ihnyb vf gur fba bs cuenngrf vi jub jnf xvqanccrq ol gvevqngrf vv naq gnxra gb ebzr, jub nhthfghf rkpunatrq sbe penffhf'f ybfg fgnaqneq va 23 o.p.r! obeebjvat sebz gur shgher nf cre hfhny 😭

@emwrobin any chance we could get a lil silly character cheat sheet for the sea eternal like you did for the stars undying? (i’m struggling trying to figure out who two characters in particular are historically) (also loving the book, your brain is so big)

@emwrobin omg thank you!! I did figure out V with plenty of time before the reveal :) and it absolutely was Lukhaya and Vuelo that I was stuck on haha, I had pretty much everyone else down! (i’m just past the bit that would be the spoiler for them, it was what made me curious!)

@beforeviolets all of Anita’s men are OCs, Božena is an OC, Águeda and Maicenan are Agrippa and Maecenas, not sure where you are in the book but if you don’t know who Arcelia’s stuttering Ceian friend’s historical equivalent is, there’ll be a reveal about midway through :)

patreon.com/beforeviolets (and be sure to subscribe on a desktop if you're doing a paid tier, it charges extra through the app)

there's a free tier that will function like social media to share general and art updates, so if you just want to make sure you're still seeing me and my art outside of social media, there's that! and then there are multiple paid tiers with (what I think are) cool perks!

hey all! i've officially stopped using this platform, but just wanted to pop on and say if you've missed me and my art, I am not only on other platforms (mostly insta and tumblr), but just redid my patreon! so if u want to support me there, i'd be so grateful!

@itsmylibrary aww thank you

hey all!! i'm wide open for commissions right now! (I also know times are tough financially for folks so I'd be happy to figure something out in your budget, or do some more line-work focused pieces! link in my bio!) some recent examples of my art:

@dommie685 thank you!! it’s available in my kofi!!

@beforeviolets Oooo that book plate though

@mamcrosbie @byleslierene Thank you so much!

surprise 💜 I asked @beforeviolets if they could bring Thalia and Alder to life and they did an absolutely incredible job. these two characters mean the world to me and I can't wait for you to meet them one day 🦋

a commission for @byleslierene, inspired by Hellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs. it was such a joy drawing these characters and representing this story that I can't wait to read myself.

hey all! figured i'd post here as well! I have two tix to The Duchess starring Jodie Whittaker tonight (Oct 11) at 7:30. I unfortunately found out it has some CW I can't handle, so wanted to see if anyone else wanted to buy the tix off me? They're £25 each and front row circle!

So excited to FINALLY reveal this beautiful character art of Jude & Maeve by the supremely talented @beforeviolets for my debut The Sacred Space Between out next year with @HarperVoyagerUK ✨ this was my little gift to myself when the book sold and I can't! Stop! Looking at it!

@AustinFriars_ aw thank you! I don't mind! I tend to switch up my brushes, but usually I use feast blunt pencil or Procreate HB pencil for line art and the Procreate gouache for coloring! i've learned the real trick to texture is using gradient mapping to color though!

@beforeviolets I've been staring at your art for days, it's so beautiful. I hope you don't mind me asking but, what brushes do you use??

guess whose commissions are back open??? please pay me to draw gay people (and gay monsters!)

@carterscompend thank you!!

@beforeviolets hi um these are GORGEOUS???

@writerlyss thank you so so much!!

@beforeviolets These are 😍😍😍😍😭😭😭😭

frothing at the mouth for this, I have been waiting so intensely!! @orbitbooks ill be on my knees for an ARC when they're available!!

@byrdwrites awww thank you so much Carrie!! :)))

Bri is massively talented & charges extremely fair rates & you should absolutely commission them!! Look at this stunning artwork they did for Jillian & Mattie 😍

taking to the social medias to ask if anyone has any potential leads on housing in london? (if anyone needs a new roomie or someone to take over their lease?)