LitJoy Crate — The Folk of the Air

Photo from LitJoy Crate, illustration by me!

UPDATE: as of 1 October 2022 this is sold out BUT you can sign up for a waitlist in case they are able to add more to their order

LitJoy Crate is releasing a Holly Black collection! The Folk of the Air Collector’s Edition Box Set will include:

• annotations by Holly
• gorgeous cover designs by Micaela Alcaino
• tip-in art by Loweana, Soni Alcorn-Hender, and Gabriella Bujdoso (you can see details of their beautiful illustrations on the LitJoy page)
• and signature pages by me! (as well as my original ornaments for the book)

Photo from LitJoy Crate

Here is the full list of contents (from LitJoy Crate) for the box:

• All 3 books in The Folk of the Air series: The Cruel Prince, The Wicked King,and The Queen of Nothing, PLUS the novella, How the King of Elfhame Learned To Hate Stories(in its own hardcover)
• NEW COVERS and 3 TIP-IN ART pages in the main titles (9 illustrations total!), AND the original illustrations in the novella by Rovina Cai
• Handwritten ANNOTATIONS by Holly Black throughout all the books
• Fully illustrated SLIPCASE
• Gilded Gold PAGE EDGES
• Printed on acid-free paper
• Bonus Content: At the end of King of Elfhame, process sketches for our new illustrations will have ANNOTATIONS by Holly Black!
• Each Book Box Set will come with a FREE Adventure Card!
• We will also be including a FREE Preorder Art Print, with more details coming soon!

Photo from LitJoy Crate

Important Dates (from LitJoy Crate)

UPDATE: as of 1 October 2022 this is sold out BUT you can sign up for a waitlist in case they are able to add more to their order

• September 28th – Book Box Set SALES OPEN to subscribers
• September 29th – Book Box Set SALES OPEN to the public
• October 19th – Items in the LitJoy © Holly Black Collection go on sale to subscribers
• October 20th – Items in the LitJoy © Holly Black Collection go on sale to the public

On notebooks: Questions and declarations

My notebooks are full of little questions I rarely go back to — and if I do, it always seems such an effort to worm my way back into the original excitement of the idea in order to answer them. I could just be drawing something new.

I’m learning, gradually, to phrase the questions as answers, even if only tentative ones.  To catch ideas as a sketch or the most fragile of outlines. To just paint the thing and see if, as usual, that solves the conundrum.

It’s a small way of staying in motion.

Illustration Friday: Toy

Pen (with a breaking nib), ink and watercolour pencils.

I’m about to paint sample pages for a large ink and watercolour illustration project, so this was my evening to break everything.