Alex in hell:

“In the mirror, he saw himself, a knight with bowed head, offering his service, a sword in his hand, a sword in his back. He felt no pain, only the ache in his heart. Choose me. There were tears on his cheeks, even as he felt the shame of it. She was no one, a girl who had lucked into a gift, who had done nothing to earn it. She was his queen.”

Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo 🌙

the gentleman demon | ALEX 

(please do NOT spoil hell bent in the notes)

A little play on the undine rising from the fountain statue with Galaxy & Darlington.

(Tattoos obviously missing at this point)

They're fucking everything to me. Bless you Leigh Bardugo.

Art by: ekbelsher and dianadworak

Her eyes were dark and full of stars.

A bit of Darlingstern from Ninth House to change things up 🖤

Ninth House, page 152

Hell Bent, page 462

i class profanity with declarations of love. best used sparingly and only when wholeheartedly meant.

Alex and Darlington sketch

“his monstrous queen”

“her gentleman demon”

Dropping the latest Sketch-a-Wish, voted on by my lovely Patreon members for January! Featuring a tense scene from Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo!

Spoilers for Hell Bent below!

This is one of the few examples of me putting in the WORK for the background, only because it's such a character itself. Il Bastone is a real world setting from Ninth House / Hell Bent, and even though they are scant, there were luckily a few interior photos available for me to reference to create the Virgil bedroom, where Alex and Darlington are having a tense conversation in this scene. I took some liberties on the design but a lot of the structures, accents and patterns were either pulled from the interiors or exterior facade of the Anderson Mansion. (especially the stained glass windows and painted tile fireplace!).

I spent a ridiculous amount of time on the painting over the fireplace to capture a small world-building segment from Hell Bent that I think has a modest symbolism of Alex's and Darlington's new relationship here. A fun little puzzle for those who want to try to research it!

His monstrous queen, her gentleman demon

The gentleman of Lethe

Daniel Arlington III the man that you are,,,,,,

The Doctor + really needing that retirement

FLEABAG (2016-2019) #02.01 | #02.06

Actors Roundtable | Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter