Digital artwork, showing Kasra and Asteri in something that one could think is a dance, but actually Kasra stops Asteri from dancing; he halts his dance. They are lost in each others eyes; Kasra clinging to Asteri, holding his feet and head in his grip, while Asteri is at one side reaching out into the void, while his other hand, touches Kasras cheek gently... or does he want to push him away? The artwork is filled with dubious meanings, just as doublesided as desire is... Asteris dress is inspired by Infinity Nikki and I had way too much fun with the northern lights, can I add them on every artwork from now on?

Dance of restrained Desire... Why is the heart such a riddle?

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Ou the temptation... so poisenous, but yet so sweet...

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I'm so freaking proud that I managed to get their size difference just as I imagined. This is how Kasra normally carries Asteri. Easy, with just one arm. Asteri wears Kasras cape, to shelter him from the cold. This is more or less supposed to be a remake of the old artwork with Kasra and the Northern Lights.

Goodbye Northern Lights! A last glimpse... A last, little fragment.

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Sketch of Kasra and Asteri, based on the cover of the BL novel Bowing to Love. The cover screamed their names!

Bowing to your King

By populare demand, coughs @saphrawn.bsky.social coughs, I made a Kasra/Asteri version of a certain cover 💙

I swear, I wanted to dress Asteri. I swear. But I - - couldn't! Please forgive me!

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Cover-Artwork for chapter 8, showing Kasra and Asteri clad in the colors of the northern lights, which play a crucial part in this very important chapter - and for these two characters, the ship itself. I think, if I have to pin point an exact moment, where Kasra falls in love with Asteri, its *this* moment. Every moment before this leads up to this or can be explained as mere sexual attraction... bis this moment here, that is love. Nothing else but that. So drawing this was a must. When I wrote it, I knew I had to draw it. I wanted to see it. On paper. Speaking of paper... the paper was a challenge, the whole artwork was. Ive never drawn Northern Lights before and I know they would look better on PC (an upcoming artwork will prove that for sure), but its important for me that these chapter artworks are drawn traditionally, so I took the challenge... and faced a problem. Ive used the wrong paper. Yes. Im ashamed. So this artwork, that is colored with water colors was done on... normal manga paper by deleter. Not Hahnemühle. WHICH WAS A BITCH. Normally the colors "flow" on the paper, which makes it possible to blend the colors with the water. But in this case the colors dried right away. It was absolutely not possible to blend them. They where like... sealed on the paper, which ruined all my plans. But I thought "hey lets take the challenge!!!", which was STUPID. In the end I couldnt correct a lot of things, which normally wouldnt be a problem, because I constantly feared that the paper would be destroyed. So in the end Ive accepted my fate and corrected a lot of things digitally, added more shadows and more lights, to give it more depth, which the paper wouldnt allow me to do otherwise! But now its done and Im happy with the result, happy to have drawn it the way Ive imagined that scene.

The scene in question - part of it.

"But when I look at him, see the world reflected in his beautiful eyes... then, only then, the world becomes real."

Cover artwork for chapter 8 of Book 4: "Haughtiness".

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Sketch with Kasra and Asteri in the background. Sketch from Adqualucias beginning, back when I first wrote book 1. Its a simple sketch, a classic motive... but I am weak for "classic anime motives". Back then it was till unusual for me to draw Kasra without a grin/smile. He also has his old profile/nose and thus looks younger somehow! With the border and the cityline of Lerenien-Sei in the background you can already get a glimpse of the artdirection Adqualucia is taking.

Unwavering Resolve... [?]

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Sketch with Kasra and Asteri in the background, done in 2018. The story was still in its concept stage, clearly seen by the fact that Kasra hasnt his dark skin tone. But the title - which is the original title from back then - indicates that the story was always meant to go in this direction and that the kings desire for Asteri and his constant back and forth was a part of the planning stage from the get go... and that the ship wouldnt be easy. At this point of the planning fase Kasra was still the Kasra we knew from Opus Magnum... I find it very interessting that he doesnt look like it. He looks very close to the Kasra we know from Adqualucia, albeit younger... Somehow I think that this sketch, this serious, thoughtful, nearly pinning expression, was fundamental for the change Kasra undervent and the "splitting" of this character into the twins - Kastor and Kasra. Seen now I think that this split was absolutely brilliant haha! Maybe I will do a remake of this sketch one day?

"To withstand Temptation"

... actually the very first Adqualucia related sketch, done many, many years ago.

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"The World seen with your eyes"

The cover artwork for a very special chapter, one of my favourites from book 4... and for certain one of my most beloved moments between Asteri and Kasra.

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"The Kings Fragile Dreams"

Next lines ready to get some colors! I had so much fun with the ornaments... and the book! Looking forward to give this artwork some colors. Finally back to traditional media!

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- Disillusion -

Early artwork of Adqualucia. Asteri and the demon king Kasra, with Lerenien-Sei in the background, the golden capital of water, which both have sworn to protect: the first thing that united both of them, despite everything.

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Book love 💙📚

As Asteri once said "Majesty, the love for books is not owned by You."

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Admiring the Aurora Borealis... 💙

Farvel Norge! For Now.

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Its not easy to be a King with a Kahiée like Asteri Nr. 1879

Aka Kasra is a troubled Demonking with many urges

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a fictional ice dance team showing off their matching training uniforms

fictional character skates with injured partner on his back

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two fictional characters in an ice dance lift

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comic strip depicting OP's self insert.

You ever get so mad you just. Spontaneously combust?

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spiffed up an old #yumeship piece! #snowmiser will endure a little warmth if it means he gets to see my #rankinbassoc #selfinsert Shocky bare and dripping

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Another set of sketches "from the start of Adqualucia". I really made a lot of sketches back in that time, so get a feeling of the characters and their new scenery!

(and here is a hidden spoiler for the third book, but pssst)

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