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(Edit: Read the CC License link just above this text and below the image. KThxBai.) :sigh:

Now! All of the fans of the "Jhereg" (Vlad Taltos Series) will get to know what their favorite House's animal representation looks like, as well as what the House stands for!

This is the "Sanctioned" and "Canonical" Cycle of Rulership, as per Steven K.Z. Brust's interpretation. It will appear in the novel to come, Jhegaala, in solid black and white, in place of the current Cycle Poem. (He hates that poem, and has for 25 years...) This was requested by the author, (said to be "impossible") and I jumped at the chance. And what an honor it was! My favorite author ask me to draw things for my favorite series?

...Duh.;)

This has been my project since June. Each of those 17 little Houses had to be designed and agreed on (so that's what HE says they look like, people...this was all chosen by Brust), then the style of placement and wording. I plan to upload all of the versions so that you can see the "evolution". Maybe in my scraps.

This image is being posted with permission from Tor (Patrick!) and Steven Brust (Author!).

EDIT: The online shop that sells "Brust Merchandise" that bears an image very similar to this "Cycle", ...I have NO affiliation with, nor does Brust give any clearance to the images aside from allowing Fan-Art from the shop's owner to be posted there for sale, with her profits going to him.

The "Cycle" version, and sundry "House Representations" contained therein, in that shop, is NOT my work, and I gave no permissions for its use, nor did I assist in their creation, nor did Brust.
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~ChisaiCho Aug 13, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
omg you are lucky lucky lucky.. i would be sooo chuffed. well, you ARE extremely talented, this looks absolutely fantastic!
the lyorn sort of surprised me. i was thinking.. rhinoceros or something. ^^ *cough*
simply stunning work. this helps a lot!
love the subtitles as well. :D

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holy CRINKLE life is so kawaiidesudesuNYAardisukhdsjkfdFFFUUUUUU
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*Silversaff Aug 18, 2011
Thank you=) I was surprised by many of the descriptions once I wrested them out of Brust too...."Parrot Lizard? Really??"

=)
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~ChisaiCho Aug 19, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
haha yeah :D I can't really figure out the jhegaala or the chreotha either.. DEFINETELY didn't picture them that way! x3

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holy CRINKLE life is so kawaiidesudesuNYAardisukhdsjkfdFFFUUUUUU
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*Silversaff Aug 24, 2011
He doesn't describe them well at all. Hence the pictures. But I got to be the lucky one to dig it out of his brain. You can see the evolutions in the Taltos-Related folder to see all the different ways I tried.
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*illmatar Jul 9, 2011
Thanks for this. It takes me several of his novels to endure airports. It's nice to see some quality art in association with them.

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TF Fanzine Maelstrom: 9 B&W comics and 4K text of TF insanity. [link]
"You can watch something happen, you can make something happen, or you can stand around wondering what the hell happened!" Cpt Phil
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*Silversaff Jul 12, 2011
Thank you so much for the compliment! It was certainly hard work...
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*illmatar Jul 24, 2011
Well worth the time and trouble you put into it.

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TF Fanzine Maelstrom: 9 B&W comics and 4K text of TF insanity. [link]
"You can watch something happen, you can make something happen, or you can stand around wondering what the hell happened!" Cpt Phil
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*Silversaff Jul 25, 2011
Thank you very much, that means a lot!
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~Rayba Jan 9, 2011
Incredible work! You're lucky to have worked with Steven Brust... I'm envious! I love his series too. But you have made it simple and gorgeous, congratulations! It's striking.

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Life makes fools of us all, and it's rather fun to watch
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*Silversaff Jan 12, 2011
Thank you for the compliment.=)
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