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Published: 2017-03-04 03:00:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 1061; Favourites: 6; Downloads: 0
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Description A piece of fanart from my favorite book series that basically no one else has read.  Tersa from "The Black Jewels" by Anne Bishop.  

The books are very good, although a bit hard to read (note: EVERY trigger warning possible in these things).  The non trilogy companion books lighten it up considerably and I re-read the entire 8 book series about once a year (speed reading is basically my only super power)

Anyway, this is Tersa.  She's my favorite secondary character.  A Black Widow witch, able to read the future and manipulate the mind, she was stripped of her power at a young age.  She was able to reclaim it at the cost of her sanity and is able to pull a power from madness that no one really understands.  Her main plot role is to foretell the coming of the chosen one character, and warn Daemon (one of the 4 main characters) that the child is in danger with the repeated prophesy of "The Chalice is cracking".

hand drawn and inked with digital colors.  I have been trying to improve my speed with the intention of some day doing a comic.  I timed myself on this one and made myself finish the entire thing within 3 hours from start to finish.  There are some mistakes and slightly sloppy areas, but for pushing myself out of my comfort zone I'm pleased
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Comments: 8

Moonlight-prisoner [2019-02-06 20:36:59 +0000 UTC]

I know who Tersa is. i've read the books

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RainbowJava In reply to Moonlight-prisoner [2019-02-15 16:55:55 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! Most people I know have not read them, hence the explanation paragraph.

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Moonlight-prisoner In reply to RainbowJava [2019-02-19 19:56:31 +0000 UTC]

Tersa was my favorite and i think Saetan really did love Tersa in his own way.

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RainbowJava In reply to Moonlight-prisoner [2019-03-28 17:18:46 +0000 UTC]

Same.  I think it was a mutual respect and affection love, not nesesarily romantic, but those kinds of relationships need representation too.

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Moonlight-prisoner [2017-11-30 21:24:54 +0000 UTC]

I've read it. I love the series too.

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VernichtenAlles [2017-03-04 05:02:30 +0000 UTC]

Tersa is one of my favorite secondary characters, too.  Bishop did a terrific job depicting her fractured sanity in the "Black Jewels" series.

Is your drawing meant to illustrate a particular point in the story, or just an overall impression of Tersa's character?

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RainbowJava In reply to VernichtenAlles [2017-03-04 05:35:20 +0000 UTC]

overall impression.  I basically was trying to figure out what a "tangled web" would physically look like (as opposed to the illusion it creates) and that lead me here.  

I love Anne Bishops other books as well, but I always come back to Black Jewels

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VernichtenAlles In reply to RainbowJava [2017-03-04 05:36:47 +0000 UTC]

Same here.  It's a pity that the following isn't that large here on DA.  I don't see much fanart / fanfiction based off her work.  Was glad to see some today- and of a character not often drawn. 

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