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September 2025 art commission
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📖 Book: Isles of the Emberdark
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#spoilers #BrandonSanderson #Cosmere #IslesOfTheEmberdark #IslesOfTheEmberdarkSpoilers
A heavily blurred image captioned with ISLES OF THE EMBERDARK SPOILERS A heavily blurred image captioned with ISLES OF THE EMBERDARK SPOILERS A heavily blurred image captioned with ISLES OF THE EMBERDARK SPOILERS A digital illustration of Xisis and Starling, in their humans forms, in a richly decorated room in Silverlight. Xisis is dressed in a modern-looking black suit, and is playing the piano, no sheet music in sight. Light particles of a seemingly magical origin swirl around him. On the other side the piano, arm resting over it, is Starling, dressed in a simple orange robe, hair white hair falling free. She is holding wineglass, but doesn't seem to be paying much attention to it or Xisis - instead, she seems thoughtful. The dragonsteel bracelets keeping her imprisoned in this form are visible from under both her sleeves. Behind both figures, through a window on the far side of the room, are Silverlight's skyscraper-like buildings, outlined in silver.
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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August 2025 art commission
🎨 Artist: www.instagram.com/hug.ham/
📖 Book: Isles of the Emberdark
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#spoilers #BrandonSanderson #Cosmere #IslesOfTheEmberdark #IslesOfTheEmberdarkSpoilers
A heavily blurred image labeled ISLES OF THE EMBERDARK SPOILERS A heavily blurred image labeled ISLES OF THE EMBERDARK SPOILERS A heavily blurred image labeled ISLES OF THE EMBERDARK SPOILERS A digital illustration of the city of Silverlight. The viewpoint is distant, capturing the entire city, which is positioned on what appears to be a sometimes glassy sometimes rocky obsidian island, or perhaps a peninsula, in the middle of the endless Shadesmar unsea. Two smaller islands connect to the main landmass with bridges, and all three are fully covered with modern-looking buildings. Near the center of the main island the buildings are mostly skyscrapers, bathed by the silvery light of the perpendicularity far below, and reinforced by reflective dragonsteel, shaped into curved blades and arcs, balancing the futuristic feel of the city with more traditional fantasy aesthetics. Beyond this central area, the buildings are not quite as tall and not quite as illuminated, but only the very outskirts of the city experience true darkness. Below this entire tableau is the Nexus, a silvery star, shimmering with magical pearlescence - and surrounded by barely visible infrastructure of some kind. Everything else is either the endless smokey unsea, or endless featureless Shadesmar sky.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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July 2025 art commission
🎨 Artist: www.instagram.com/nozomi_seirei/
📖 Book: Mistborn
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#BrandonSanderson #Cosmere #Mistborn
A digital illustration of a younger Lord Ruler walking out of a burning building unscathed. He is walking towards the viewer, rings decorating his fingers, his long coat and formal-looking outfit partially ablaze, revealing unmarred skin underneath. His long dark hair is similarly untouched by the flames. His downcast eyes hide a dark look, but the array of weapons and tools surrounding him, and subtly attached to his chest with blue steel lines, reveal his destructive intent. A multi-story building, perhaps an inn, has gone up in flames behind him, and fire similarly trails his footsteps.
November 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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April 2025 bonus art commission
🎨 Artist: @mushimallo.bsky.social
📖 Book: Wind and Truth
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#spoilers #BrandonSanderson #Cosmere #StormlightArchive #WindAndTruthSpoilers #WindAndTruth
A digital illustration of Szeth using Division during his fight against the stone shaman Rit. Szeth is portrayed in his iconic white outfit, emerging explosively from a stone pillar. The illustration captures him mid-leap, Shardblade in hand, a trail of sparks, dust, and flame following his emergence from the stone, where a spiderweb of smoldering cracks outlines the remains of his rocky prison. Other stone pillars crowd the giant monastery hall at odd angles, all illuminated by the large windows in the distant background.
November 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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June 2025 art commission
🎨 Artist: @paintweaver.bsky.social
📖 Book: Wind and Truth
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#spoilers #BrandonSanderson #Cosmere #StormlightArchive #WindAndTruthSpoilers #WindAndTruth
A digital illustration of Mishram, sitting on the ground and cradling a dying singer. Mishram looks a lot like a female singer with deep violet, nearly black, skin, streaked with red and white patterns. Jagged red carapace decorates her shoulders and forearms like armor, while spikes of it frame a crown around her head. Her long and dark hair waves in the wind, turning into smoke. Cradled in her arms is the slumped body of an armored singer, white outfit soaked in blood. Mishram holds one of their hands, and magic like violet flame engulfs both of their hands. The entire scene takes place on an empty battlefield, broken weapons and patches of grass littering the background, blood and fearspren crowding the foreground. The skies are red with the last rays of the setting sun.
November 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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March 2025 art commission
🎨 Artist: @jessicaparkerart.bsky.social
📖 Book: The Stormlight Archive
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#BrandonSanderson #Cosmere #StormlightArchive
A digital illustration of Cultivation, standing in the midst of a lush environment. She appears in her human form, as a matronly woman, draped in a green dress that appears to be partially made of leaves, vines, and moss. Vines snake up and down Cultivation’s arms, and she works some magic. The power swirling around her forms the suggestion of draconic wings and horns.
October 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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#CosmereInktober / #CosmereInktober2025 once again!
A list of daily prompts for the Cosmere Inktober 2025 art challenge
October 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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May 2025 bonus art commission
🎨 Artist: bio.site/emily.e
📖 Book: Wind and Truth
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#spoilers #BrandonSanderson #Cosmere #StormlightArchive #WindAndTruthSpoilers #WindAndTruth
A digital illustration of Gallant galloping through the Shadesmar skies with a herd of musicspren. Gallant is a powerfully built black Ryshadium. His saddle is embroidered with the Kholin glyphs, and a pair of swords attached to the saddle help convey that Ryshadium are larger than regular horses. Despite his massive bulk and military equipment, Gallant’s expression is almost smug. Surrounding him are several musicspren - horse-like spren, with ephemeral and ethereal bodies and elongated, slender limbs, sharper and smoother than what a real horse might have. Far below them is the Shadesmar ocean of beads, and in the far distance is this Realm’s cold sun.
August 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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August 2024 art commission
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📖 Book: Defiant
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#BrandonSanderson #Cytoverse #Skyward
An illustration of Skyward Flight and company hanging out and cleaning one of their spaceships, from chapter 22 of Defiant. The ship stretches diagonally across the top of the image; from left to right are Kimmalyn, FM, Hesho, Spensa, Nedd, Arturo, Alanik, and Sadie. Kimmalyn, standing, cleans the side of the ship with a rag. She is blushing with happiness. Beside her is a bucket with suds spilling out the top. Next to her, FM cradles a hyperslug in a sling, which she smiles down at. Hesho stands on his hoverdisc, facing the rest of the crew with his mask off and set to the side. He and Spensa both hold cleaning rags. Spensa sits cross-legged, grinning widely, her eyes closed. Nedd sits stretched out on the ground, head tipped back and hand to his chest in laughter. His other sleeve is empty. Arturo, standing, braces himself against the ship with one hand and peers under it with a look of shock. His other hand holds a datapad. Alanik crouches beside him, soaking a rag in another bucket of water. She looks over at the others fondly. Sadie hangs upside-down from a light-line on the right side of the ship. She is visible from the torso up (...or down, at the moment), with her blue hair in a ponytail dangling down, and is scrubbing the underside of the ship. She's smiling brightly. A few more slugs are scattered through the scene, on laps, in body slings, and investigating soap bubbles; one sits atop the ship. The humans and Alanik all wear blue jumpsuits, and Hesho wears a fancy blue outfit. The room is predominantly cast in blue light.
August 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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April 2025 art commission
🎨 Artist: @mushimallo.bsky.social
📖 Book: Wind and Truth
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#spoilers #BrandonSanderson #Cosmere #StormlightArchive #WindAndTruthSpoilers #WindAndTruth
A digital illustration of Adolin battling the thunderclasts in Azimir. The image is composed dynamically, capturing Adolin, in his blue Shardplate cracked all over, mid-flight as he descends upon the thunderclast below, massive metal chain wrapped around his waist, its hooked end held in one hand. The thunderclast, a monster of jagged rocky spikes, basial face, and red light glowing from inside its skull, is looking up at Adolin's flying form. In the distance, many of the bronze-topped buildings of the city of Azimir have either been reduced to rubble or are actively burning, filling the air with dust, and ash, and smoke.
July 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Happy 6/31 everyone, Isles of the Emberdark is now going out to backers of the Words of Radiance Leatherbound campaign - happy reading! #BrandonSanderson #Cosmere #IslesOfTheEmberdark
A collage of three Isles of the Emberdark-related objects - the book itself, with a golden Aviar on a black background, a bookmark, and a pin, both featuring Dusk.
July 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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September 20254 bonus art commission
🎨 Artist: @palomaloid.bsky.social
📖 Book: Wind and Truth
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#spoilers #BrandonSanderson #Cosmere #StormlightArchive #WindAndTruthSpoilers #WindAndTruth
A digital illustration of Vyre. The portrait depicts mostly just his head, but the collar of a black uniform can be seen too. Most prominent in the image are the violet crystals that have replaced his eyes, and the crystals jutting out from his temple and the side of his head, through his short black hair, loosely resembling a crown. Vyre's expression is neutral and emotionless.
June 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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January 2025 bonus art commission
🎨 Artist: @naabarts.bsky.social
📖 Book: Wind and Truth
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#spoilers #BrandonSanderson #Cosmere #StormlightArchive #WindAndTruthSpoilers #WindAndTruth
A heavily blurred image with a label that reads "Spoilers for Wind and Truth" A heavily blurred image with a label that reads "Spoilers for Wind and Truth" A heavily blurred image with a label that reads "Spoilers for Wind and Truth" A digital illustration of Rushu observing some flamespren being playful. Rushu, dressed in the simple brown and beige robes of an ardent, is sitting behind a stone tabletop, head resting on their arm, open book in front of them, with a content look on their face. In front of them, on the tabletop are a few flamespren, looking like tiny humans made of fire. Two of them are playfully chasing each other, while the third one is simply sitting on the stone and watching them. The rest of the tabletop is occupied by a small metal oven, a large gem encased by a metal cage, and some books. The entire scene takes place in what looks like a study with an open window and a view to a sunny outside, full of more books.
May 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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February 2025 art commission
🎨 Artist: @garleyva.bsky.social
📖 Book: Wind and Truth
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#spoilers #BrandonSanderson #Cosmere #StormlightArchive #WindAndTruthSpoilers #WindAndTruth
A heavily blurred image with a "Wind and Truth Spoilers" label over it A heavily blurred image with a "Wind and Truth Spoilers" label over it A heavily blurred image with a "Wind and Truth Spoilers" label over it A digital illustration of Adolin summoning the Unoathed. Adolin stands in the center of the image, dressed customary blue Shardplate, though his helm is missing - and the armor glows a fiery red where the different pieces come together. Adolin holds Maya above his head, his other arm outstretched and mouth open in a shout, inviting figures not seen in the image; the armor of his right leg looks almost mechanical, like a prosthetic, as if there is no leg inside it. Surrounding Adolin is a ring of Shardblades, all different in design, driven into point-first the ground, Shardplate helmets resting on their hilts. Gloryspren, shaped like golden motes of light, fill the image, dancing around Adolin and illuminating the Blades.
April 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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January 2025 art commission
🎨 Artist: @nozomimats.bsky.social
📖 Book: Wind and Truth
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#spoilers #BrandonSanderson #Cosmere #StormlightArchive #WindAndTruthSpoilers #WindAndTruth
A heavily blurred image with the text WIND AND TRUTH spoilers on it A heavily blurred image with the text WIND AND TRUTH spoilers on it A heavily blurred image with the text WIND AND TRUTH spoilers on it A digital illustration of Adolin and Yanagawn playing a game of towers. Both are sitting on the ground, Adolin on a lush pillow, inside a colorful tent covered in rugs and banners with geometric patterns. Yanagawn is dressed in Adolin's blue Shardplate, helm on the ground, one hand gingerly holding a few playing cards. His face is that of a young man, with slightly effeminate features, dark eyes and dark hair, curly and medium-length, and flaring out a little; he looks attentively in Adolin's direction. Adolin himself is dressed in his military Kholin uniform, and is also holding playing cards while gesticulating with one arm. Between the two of them is a small table, covered in playing cards. The face-up ones have one of several simple symbols drawn on them - sword, spear, bow and arrow, shield, road, or mountains.
March 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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September 2024 art commission
🎨 Artist: @palomaloid.bsky.social

📖 Book: Wind and Truth
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#spoilers #BrandonSanderson #Cosmere #StormlightArchive #WindAndTruthSpoilers #WindAndTruth
A blurred image with large label that reads WIND AND TRUTH SPOILERS A blurred image with large label that reads WIND AND TRUTH SPOILERS A blurred image with large label that reads WIND AND TRUTH SPOILERS A digital illustration of Dalinar's last Nohadon vision. Prominent in the image is the child form of Honor, looking like an Alethi preteen with a long and slightly unkempt hair, dressed in regal clothing embroidered with clouds and winds. They hold a slice of delicious-looking bread in both hands, but look morosely away. Behind them, and farther from the viewer, is Dalinar in his Kholin uniform, looking in the direction of Honor, clearly mid-conversation with Nohadon - who in turn is dressed more plainly, and looks at Dalinar with kindness in his eyes. Both are framed by a large window through which nothing but golden white light comes through. The entire scene takes place in a pantry-like stone room.
March 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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December 2024 art commission
🎨 Artist: @blacksalander.bsky.social
📖 Book: Wind and Truth
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#spoilers #BrandonSanderson #Cosmere #StormlightArchive #WindAndTruthSpoilers #WindAndTruth
A heavily blurred image with a huge WIND AND TRUTH spoilers label written over it. A heavily blurred image with a huge WIND AND TRUTH spoilers label written over it. A heavily blurred image with a huge WIND AND TRUTH spoilers label written over it. An illustration of Kaladin and Syl holding Kaladin’s newly formed Honorspear in the moments of his joining the Oathpact. Kaladin stands, dressed simply in a plain sleeveless tunic and trousers, a blue cloak billowing behind him, Honorspear held in both hands in front of him, the speartip driven into the ground, his forehead resting on the spear’s shaft. Syl floats on the other side of the spear, her hands grasping it next to Kaladin’s, head resting against it, Her legs are bent at the knees, almost as if she is kneeling in the air, her ko-takama - half dress, half military jacket - and hair billows behind her, not unlikely Kaladin’s cloak. The two stand in a circle of Honorblades driven into the ground, magical winds and windspren swirling between and around them.
February 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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May 2021 art "commission"
🎨 Artist: @katiepayne.bsky.social
📖 Book: Rhythm of War
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#RhythmOfWarSpoilers #RhythmOfWar #BrandonSanderson #Cosmere #StormlightArchive
A digital illustration of Raboniel approaching the Nine, the ruling council of the Fused. Raboniel herself is in the center of the image, visible from the back, red ponytailed hair, elegant blue dress with open back, the red pattern of her skin clear to the viewer. Surrounding her are nine organic-looking stone pillars, floor to ceiling, a few times her height, and each pillar houses a Fused with a different and unique design, the pillars keeping them suspended in the air without covering much of their carapace designs or skin patterns. Some of the more notable ones include a male with red-on-white skin directly in front of Raboniel, looking imperiously down at her; the carapace on his head is reminiscent of massive wicked ram horns. Two female forms flank him, one with the same topknot and long hair as Raboniel, suggesting they share a form, and one with red-on-black skin marbling and carapace that evokes jagged flames. All of this takes place in the middle of the throne room of the Kholinar palace, sunlight streaming behind the throne at the far end of the hall, bathing the area in warm yellows and reds.
February 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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April 2021 art commission
🎨 Artist: @shuravf.bsky.social
📖 Book: Elantris
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#spoilers #ElantrisSpoilers #Elantris #BrandonSanderson #Cosmere
A digital illustration of Raoden, now a true Elantrian and looking almost deific, blasting away Dakhor monks as other Elantrians emerge from a bonfire behind him, and regular human captives saved by him look in wonder. Of the two monks present in the image, one is being actively blasted away with a beam of energy coming out of an Aon traced in the air before Raoden, while the other monk looks shocked. A three-panel, almost comic-like illustration of Raoden defeating the Dakhor monks and saving the Arelene captives from them. The top left panel shows a close-up of Raoden tracing an Aon in the air. The bottom left one shows a close-up a Galladon and two other Elantrians, stepping out of a blazing bonfire. The final panel is a wider shot of Raoden standing in front of that bonfire, blasting a pair of Dakhor monks with his power. An illustration of Raoden, in close-up, drawing an Aon in the air. An illustration of Galladon and two other Elantrians, backlit by a brilliant white light. Galladon is at the forefront, as the focus character of the piece. All three are dressed in simple outfits , leaving enough of their vaguely metallic skin visible.
February 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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March 2021 art commission
🎨 Artist: www.tumblr.com/rspixart
📖 Book: Rhythm of War
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#spoilers #RhythmOfWarSpoilers #RhythmOfWar #BrandonSanderson #Cosmere #StormlightArchive
A digital illustration of the confrontation between Moash and Kaladin in Roshone's burning cellar, which is being interrupted by Renarin showing Moash a vision of who he could've been had he stayed with Bridge Four. The illusory Moash stands tall and proud in his Bridge Four uniform, but the real one has turned away from this vision and has shielded his eyes. Kaladin and Renarin are also present in the image, but neither is significant to it.
February 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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February 2021 art commission
🎨 Artist: Connor Chamberlain (IG: conjchamberlain)
📖 Book: Rhythm of War
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#spoilers #RhythmOfWarSpoilers #RhythmOfWar #BrandonSanderson #StormlightArchive #Cosmere
A digital illustration of Shallan and Pattern looking up the impossible geometry of Lasting Integrity, surrounded by a few honorspren. The viewpoint of the illustration is positioned disorientingly below and to the side of Shallan, following Shallan's gaze upwards. The interior of the honorspren fortress is just four vertical walls and no ceiling, but each wall carries an entire town's worth of buildings; one of them is even dominated by what looks like a park.
January 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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November 2024 art commission
🎨 Artist: @blacksalander.bsky.social
📖 Book: Wind and Truth
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#spoilers #WindAndTruthSpoilers #WindAndTruth #BrandonSanderson #StormlightArchive
A heavily blurred image with a "Spoilers for Wind and Truth" label over it A heavily blurred image with a "Spoilers for Wind and Truth" label over it A heavily blurred image with a "Spoilers for Wind and Truth" label over it An illustration of Taln and Ash crushing the singer armies during the attack on Azimir. Taln looms large and muscular, but his powerful legs are buckling with exhaustion, and he is supporting himself with a spear; a dozen more spears pierce his back. Shalash stands behind Taln, almost casually holding a singer warrior by the throat with a single hand. Loose weapons and singer corpses litter the ground upon which the two Heralds stand, bones and carapace crushed. Everywhere it looks like the world is burning.
January 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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🎨ART THREAD 🎨
Did you know that we use our patreon.com/17thshard to commission fanart from fellow fans? Here's a few spoiler-free examples, with the rest in the thread below 🧵👇
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#BrandonSanderson #Cosmere #Mistborn #StormlightArchive
An illustration of about a dozen Rosharan spheres scattered across wooden table. Each sphere is made of glass, flat on one side, the gems inside a variety of different types and sizes. Each glows with an intensity proportional to the size of the gem. Most glow with Stormlight's white light, slightly tinted blue. One glows with the slight green instead. Two in the back glow with a powerful violet light, seeming to draw draw the light in, instead of emitting it; one also warps the air around it. A digital illustration of Wax, Wayne, and Marasi in the Ladrian manor library discussing their options inside a speed bubble as an explosion slowly approaches them. Wayne, in a constable uniform is sitting on the floor in the center of the image, head turned to face Wax, looking unconcerned. Wax is on the left, gesticulating animatedly, dressed in a checkered vest over a white shirt, sleeves rolled up, metalmind bracelets clearly visible. Marasi is on the other side, looking concerned and pointing at the approaching ball of fire consuming shelved books and equipment that line the walls of the study; she wears a long blue skirt and a white shirt, her hair tied practically in a bun. Both she and Wax are down on one knee, hunched over, in order to fit inside Wayne's speed bubble whose borders are barely visible but recognizable for their oil-on-water-like texture. A porcelain teacup in a saucer lies on the floor next to Wayne, tea spilling out of it. An illustration of New Seran and its surroundings, as seen from afar. The city is built against a mountain of red rock, on plateaus and outcroppings spread across many levels, with even more waterfalls and streams splitting the rock face before merging into the river below. Around the river is a lush grassy plain where the more industrial parts of the city are, including the train tracks. An illustration of the Pantheon archipelago as seen from above and afar. Several lush islands span the landscape, breaking the pure blue ocean water, the more distant ones obscured by clouds of thick, picturesque mist. An emerald lake is visible at the heard of the largest island. Many birds of various and vibrant colorations fly over and around the islands, at different elevations.
January 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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⚠️We'll start posting art soon, and we'll do our best to tag major book spoilers (with hashtags, and also by adding "filler" images). Consider updating your settings ahead of time! (Or, if you think there's more we can do to protect you from spoilers, let us know!)
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January 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Fans of #BrandonSanderson and the #Cosmere, are you here? We organize our own list of #Inktober prompts each year, so if you are an artist who wants a little bit of a daily challenge, show us what you've got, @ us and tag #CosmereInktober2024 - we'd love to see your art!
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September 30, 2024 at 10:17 PM