Digital art of Merriweather and Jack from the Half Upon a Time trilogy by James Riley. Merriweather laughs with her arms in front of her holding her wand as she says, "You actually thought she cared for you?! Child, you weren't supposed to have met her!" Jack cries, his eyes covered in shadow as he grips his tunic over where his heart is.

Free Day for #JamesRileyAppreciationWeek2025!! Redrew my iconic art from 2016 (again) that Half Upon a Time fans seem to recognize whenever I talk with them

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Digital drawing of James Riley, a light skinned man with brown hair, green eyes, and stubble wearing a button up. He smiles as he holds an open book. Tiny/chibi versions of some of his different characters sit on him or are around him in some way: Ciara from The Dragon’s Apprentice sits on his head, looking at Scorch the dragon as he flies by. Rachel Carter and Jia Liang from The Revenge of Magic sit on one shoulder, holding hands. Forsythe “Fort” Fitzgerald sits next to them, looking at Cyrus who sits on the furthest end of James’ shoulder. Lena from Once Upon Another Time sits on his other shoulder with a smile, Jin floating nearby with Shefin on his head. Phillip, May Winterbourne, and Jack from Half Upon a Time sit on his arm, Phillip and May looking down at Jack as he tries to climb up. Bethany Sanderson from Story Thieves pops out from the pages of the book, Owen climbing up nearby and looking worriedly at Kiel, who happily dangles from the edge of the book’s cover and winks. Next to James it reads, “James Riley Author May 9th”.

The same drawing of James without the characters.

This is for the Birthday prompt for #JamesRileyAppreciationWeek2025 in honor of James Riley’s birthday!!

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Various characters from James Riley's books in the "Wait, you guys get paid?" meme format. Lena from Once Upon Another Time smiles and says, "My dad is alive and I have no relationship problems with him." Bethany Sanderson from Story Thieves and Forsythe "Fort" Fitzgerald from The Revenge of Magic frown as Bethany says, "Our dads were traumatically taken away from us before we were able to get them back after a long time." Jack from Half Upon a Time frowns with concern as he says, "My dad ruined my family's name and abandoned me after being forced to work for the Evil Queen in order to get my mom back, and I was raised by my grandfather instead." May Winterbourne and Phillip from Half Upon a Time, Kiel Gnomenfoot from Story Thieves, and Ciara from The Dragon's Apprentice stare blankly as Owen Conners from Story Thieves gives a confused look and says, "Wait, you guys have dads?"

For today’s #JamesRileyAppreciationWeek2025 prompt, almost every character with a pov in a James Riley book and their dads/dad issues
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