Val Freire

As I understand it Simon & Shuster just announced...

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:43:00 -0400

NOT TO BE MISTAKEN FOR THE SHADOWHUNTER'S CODEX DUE IN OCTOBER

MAYBE BEHIND-THE-SCENE ILLUSTRATIONS? COSTUMES? SETS MAYBE? I DUNNO

As I understand it Simon & Shuster just announced ‘Mortal Instruments’ movie tie-in editions:

o_0; I do not know what any of that means… meaning I don’t know what they entail.’cept the second for obvious reasons.

Click-y the link to learn more. http://bit.ly/TMI-TIE-INS =)

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sincerely pleased with all this promo stuff but genuinely know i cannot keep up with it. RL isn’t movie stuffs as I’m sure you know, would that it were. verily know there are synonymous sentiment rolling around up in here on account of the ‘zzzzzz’ creeping in.

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~Far-Eviler

Frequently Asked Question: So, how does it feel to see your...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:55:00 -0400

Frequently Asked Question: So, how does it feel to see your runes all over the place? Isn’t it awesome?!

[trailer # 1 & trailer # 2 here if you wanna see.]

you know, its now been about 15 years I’ve watched my artwork donning people’s skin. I want to say it’s terribly different seeing it large scale, big-screen, dolled up all-film sized but it really isn’t. certainly it’s on a grander scale but that loses a certain intimacy that personally tattooing people, becoming part of their story, learning about theirs gives me.

Now lemme tell you about what is exceptionally different about this experience;

1) watching my friend’s story, something I’ve watched from dwarf to morph, to this amalgamation and seeing her glow even while she pressurizes under all this success. That’s been wondrous

link: Cassie At WonderCon

2) watching the fans. from when they post about what they don’t like, to gush about what they do like, to drawing on themselves during class, to making pastries with my runes for each others b-days, to strong arming their friends to finishing the books before the film starts. that’s really precious. I’ve gotten off on that for year. now its x 18641277421754121!

link: AWESOMEFANSAREAWESOME collection over on DeviantArt.

*Just check out YouTube search “fan reaction mortal instruments trailer”…

…after something like that, why do even need to know mine.

3) watching the works. seriously I always have a kin for wears and some of the stuff that fans put together not to mention what Viviane Hebel has done. Don’t even get me started on the bad-ass combination of the two. Seriously you should head over to her Pinterest page for a peak. It will not disappoint.

4) watching the comic come together! oh come on, kids, its ME! Comics has a seniority in the hormones of my heart.

link: The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones @ ComiXology

5) Did I mention the works? I mean, yeah, you guys are rocks stars…. but sometimes… ಡ_ಡ

link: Iain Lew kee - The Mortal Instruments

link: Cassandra Jean

6) Okay, some Official stuff I’m really giggity-giggity about!

*ITS IN THE COFFEE GUYS!!

*that reflected skyline/city is an unbelievably bad-ass beauty

*whatever, man dat Belt!

7) My Mom. Seriously. She won’t be seeing the film. It is not her Cup o’Tea. However every time she watches a Film and the TMI trailer comes up she calls me up. Hearing her excitement, well it gets me pretty excited. Tears me the fuck up really. Properly.

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And that’s the God’s honest truth. Hearing others excited, seeing others happy, knowing others are pleased and motivated and sharing and wonderfully jazzed about it— well, there it is, THATS what makes me jazzed about it.

That and the coffee. Did I mention the coffee. Because of Reasons! :o)

~Far-Eviler

jaxgreen: Stolen Valerie Freire runes in a computer game called...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:01:00 -0400

jaxgreen:

Stolen Valerie Freire runes in a computer game called European Mystery: Scents of Desire.

2nd time this has happened. Have reported via Twitter as I did last time and have also directly tweeted Big Fish and put it on the game forum on their website.

Why do people do this?

http://www.cassandraclare.com/my-writing/excerpts-extras/runes/

link:facebook

Just wanted, nay NEEDED, to take a sec to gives thanks to friends/fans for watching my back. Since you gave me the heads up about this itty-bit of thievery, so I wanted to give you the heads up on how it turned out.

I’ve said it a few times in other forums, how determined Cassie & I were to keep our specific ”Shadowhunter Runes“ included in The Mortal Instruments Film. Intent to keep loyal to the countless fans who’ve over the years expressed such love & devotion, even to’ve committed into their skin!

The reciprocal effect, loyalty returns I’m constantly surprised by, stricken wordless with awe. I shouldn’t be surprised by it but somehow I am.

Please Note; I’m rarely without words. Even wordless, notice the babble. Anyways, I just wanted to say in earnest all’s well thanks to you lot. =)

xoxoxo

cassandraclare: TMI Trailer: viewable by...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:14:21 -0400

cassandraclare:

TMI Trailer: viewable by everyone.

linetteherondale:

brandnewworldstosee:

Mortal Instruments: City Of Bone Trailer 2 (Tumblr Embedded version)

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hitrecord: “23.cat” Image by far-eviler So, that happened....

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:15:00 -0400

hitrecord:

“23.cat”

Image by far-eviler

So, that happened. >^..^< and on Caturday.

*Side Note: 2 yrs to the day since she (Misery) was put down. Genius commemoration this.

Thank You: Gratitude.

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:31:00 -0400

Thank You: Gratitude.:

Dear thankyoulbd:

I should have known the only thing to tear down my Mother’s techno-phobia would be Jane Austen.

I should have known the only thing to get my Niece into Jane Austen would be a Web Series.

Thank god for this wonderfully generationally unifying indescribably… *sigh* seriously, I’ll never have quite enough or ever right the words.

Everything unique, hodge-podged, bold and beautiful about this series, from the writing to the stellar performance, the ridiculously subtle nuances (bowties & a ‘key’ necklace, or a derp face or a hidden grin, catch phrases & costume theaters) brought such significance, it not only made millions giddy and swoon, weepy or emboldened—

You see, I’m turning diplomatic here. I wasn’t going to write, I really wasn’t but I wanted to explain my specific something.

I want to say how rare it is for my family to check in with each other. Months can go by without even a phone call. No “Hey Mom, by the way; had a slip and fall. Hospitalized for 6-weeks. Not Dead.” Nope, not us.

BUT those weeks, when Lydia & Lizzie videos combined uploads. And then Pemberly Digital. Everything changed.

Normally we’re so busy with work and school not mention sickness & stress but suddenly we were calling and texting a million times a day… even though there are friggen 1,400 miles between us!

And it hasn’t stopped since! Not just about Lizzie, but now its about books or movies. Even about school and work and stress.

You brought my family together in a way I never dreamt possible.

My gratitude is there and always will be.

xx

-far-eviler

P.S. and to dear peoples who think fandom “doesn’t really matter”; well be mindful up in here cuz it MEANS family to me. Got it!

(via xiannustudio) Sentimos amor por Cazadores de Sombras hasta...

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:15:00 -0400

(via xiannustudio)

Sentimos amor por Cazadores de Sombras hasta para llevarlas eternamente en la piel.

Cazadores de Sombras - The Mortal Instruments - Cassandra Clare

La web de Cassandra Clare http://cassie-claire.com/cms/home

DeviantArt de Cassandra Clare,para que le dejeis bonitos mensajes si os gusta su obra :iconcassandraclare:

The Mortal Instruments NewsBlog español buenísimo para estar al día! http://themortalinstrumentsnews.blogspot.com/

Cazadores de Sombras http://www.cazadoresdesombras.com/

Hol-ee Butt-Monkees. ಡ_ಡ

s’just what? What?! That is a spine piece. On a spine. All My Runes! On a SPINE! The pain. The commitment, dedication, devotion— Where do I aim my love grenades? Where is the credit? Who is this person? I Need To Know MORE!

crystaldanarae: This looks really intense and kinda was. Aria...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:14:10 -0500

crystaldanarae:

This looks really intense and kinda was. Aria was getting upset and Val calmed her down. I was all HOL UP LEMME INSTAGRAM THIS SHIZ #family #love #photography? Does this count? #ImUselessWithInstagramHashtags xx

Family is having someone to breathe with you when you forget how to… or having someone to headbutt when you is stressed. Same diff. Caption it how you choose. ;o)

"I know clary is the main character but is she meant to be a little annoying? I love the books, I..."

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:38:00 -0500

“I know clary is the main character but is she meant to be a little annoying? I love the books, I just can’t stand her thought process.
— ***”

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Look, it’s okay if you don’t like Clary. Characters are like real people: there is no such thing as one that everyone loves. She is meant to be realistic and flawed, of course—she’s impulsive and rash, she’s quick to act and sometimes also quick to judge—and just like with real people, that means some will like her and some won’t. (In fact, with Clary, I deliberately gave her a lot of traits I associate with boy heroes in fiction: impulsiveness, recklessness, lack of regard for her own safety, the responsibility to protect her mother, best friend, boyfriend; the responsibility to save the world. I wanted to see how they would sit with a girl protagonist. And, well, a lot of people don’t like it.)

One thing I do find interesting is that with male characters, they are very rarely called “annoying.” You can hate a male character, or find them evil, but annoying, being a very dismissive term is applied almost uniquely to women and female characters. In fact, this seemed so across-the-board to me that I looked around and indeed found a great essay by Leupagus about just this:

(To Anyone Annoyed By A Woman: An Open Letter)

Jeri Ryan shows up as a sassy con artist on “Leverage,” and people groan about how annoying her character is. Michelle Borth plays a self-confident sailor who sleeps with Steve McGarrett on “Hawaii Five-0” and someone writes a horrifying story about how she gets murdered — and gets dozens of people praising it for “killing off that annoying bitch.” People gush about Michael Fassbender and complain incessantly about January Jones in “X-Men: First Class,” calling one amazing and the other — you guessed it! — annoying. Ellen Page is so annoying in “Inception.” Gwyneth Paltrow is so annoying in “Iron Man.” Annoying, annoying, annoying — it would be funny if it weren’t so predictable.

So I guess what I would say is that of course being a female character doesn’t meant you get a pass from anyone ever not liking you. But if you’re using the word “annoying” to describe a girl or woman, real or fictional, take a moment to stop and ponder what it is that makes you think that character is annoying, what precise actions she took that bothered you so much, and whether they would have bothered you if a boy did them.

(via cassandraclare)

…beards ago my BF!J asked me if it ‘riled’ me when people dissed Clary’s character since a fair bit of her flaws I could share blame for.

I may have grunted in reply. Or more than likely made an excessive gesture to imply the encompassing not-giving-a-shit-with-which I felt. I have commonly been known to declare ”I live to annoy!” as well as “I love with hate!” evident of extreme reactions have toward slightest things that stir the surface. But this made no ripples. Seemed to rile her though, in a “well, if it were me” way not in a “I’d fend off angry hordes on your behalf” way.

Its nice though, written word getting people uppity & not in a book burning way. But still odd readers continuing (after soo many years) to get riled, like schoolyard antics-wise, calling the odd ball out because they wont conform to an ideal/archetype/convention/click. That’s some silly shit but it is well funny too! Sardonic funny, like Joss Whedon continuously (over years) being why he writes strong women characters? And that this hullabaloo is in the littlest itty-bittiest bit about me, a-thousand times removed, should set off sirens.

Native New Yorker, Baby! Sirens are my laugh track & this is some high caliber comedy =)

“City of Bones” animated poster (X) wow. this is quite...

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 14:23:36 -0500

“City of Bones” animated poster (X)

wow. this is quite beautiful…

wish i could go back and tell 10 year younger me “that design you doubt, the one you think they’ll think is too simple but you feel is just right— stick with it. its the one.” really. just wow.

Yay! So That Happened. The movie poster came out, with my rune...

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:11:00 -0500

Yay! So That Happened. The movie poster came out, with my rune designs stealthed in there at the bottom, underneath the underneath. I thought all this “City of Bones” Film stuffage was coming out tomorrow. ;o)

Cassandra Clare: October is anti-Bullying month: on hiatuses and hate blogs

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:51:00 -0400

Cassandra Clare: October is anti-Bullying month: on hiatuses and hate blogs:

hollyblack:

cassandraclare:

I do want you to speak up, especially considering that October is Anti-Bullying month — speak up about bullying in general, about your own experiences and friend’s experiences, about the appropriate venues to go to for help with bullying and harassment, and if you are getting hateful messages, don’t feel ashamed: go ahead and publicize them, say “This is what people are saying to me.” But don’t engage with harrassers: they see that as legitimization of their behavior. Be better than them. It’s not a high bar. :-)

I think this was a really brave post for Cassie to make and I am so glad she did. I’ve known Cassie since 2003 and the person those hate blogs describe is nothing like the person I know and care about. She’s been someone who I can call up and whine about my problems, who I can cry in front of, and who I can count on. She’s made me see myself differently and taught me how to laugh at stuff I never thought I could. She’s a good, generous, kind, and funny person. AND YES, SHE’S MY ACTUAL REAL FRIEND IN REALLY REAL LIFE.

But all that aside, I hope that it helps readers to hear her story and understand that if you’ve felt the way she feels, you’re not alone.

If I could, I would like to add these two personal details.

Firstly; In 2001— despite her own negative experiences and my off-putting behavior, Cassie reached out to me. For whatever reason she trusted me, not only with her precious self but with her loved ones, a number of which I’ve come to love and be loved by. This says a lot about her quality of character. Sometimes, I think I’m a hard friend to keep and yet I know if I asked, she’d lend me her couch in a heartbeat, again. I could go on about the intimates but it just seems superfluous. What I can say is— in my life, the number if people I can spend any amount of time with and walk away feeling understood, not judged but well and truly heard, its not a very big number. Not even in the double-digits. Even still, she’s pretty high up there on that list.

(Also, she isn’t kidding about encouraging people to hate on her work. I revel in it and I think she revels in my reveling in it. I hate with love, its a thing.)

Secondarily — Bullies. Ah, bullies, Bullies, Bullies! To My Bullies, I give you my un-ironic Thanks! Is it weren’t for you I wouldn’t be so bad-assingly thick-skinned (my wardrobe thanks you), I wouldn’t be nearly as spry (Dodgeball! my mad-ninja skills thanks you) and I wouldn’t have discovered that I could draw (Oh, fuck yeah! Thanks.to.fuckin’.you).

This enlightenment didn’t come from a place of bravery. It came from indifference born of a resignment. That I would never be liked and that I would always be loathsome. Life before the Internet, left me only my greater imaginings with which to escape. After tho, brought me a broader world where I could not only find comfort but somehow, magically, I had become a comfort to others.

D’you know the thing about the ”Fearless” Glyph/Rune, something I don’t think I’ve ever said out loud. I guess cuz I couldn’t. Still can’t. There will never be enough words in existence to express my feelings— for the overwhelming trust & responsibility, the honor granted me to design a single image that would touch & inspire millions of desperate souls….

…Yeah, Bullies, thank you for that.

My life’s been made better because I survived you. My loyalty is made fiercer because I’ve endured you. My devotion is far rarer because I’m better than you.

Obviously, I’ve made my own peace with this. Generally, like a pendulum, my feelings swing back and forth, from sincere gratitude to righteous spite. From the benevolent, “Living Well Is the Best Revenge” to the petty “Hah! You Sad-Sacks, Have No One To Blame But Yourself!”.

But that— that ‘dehumanizing’ horde mentality of blind and causeless hatred— I’ll never come to terms with that. Luckily, I’ll never have to because I have good friends. It’s to them that I look to so I will never have to endure the ugliness of looking at you.

Fuckers ;o)

Official Things LOOK Official!in companion toAwesome Fans are...

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:37:00 -0400

Official Things LOOK Official!
in companion to
Awesome Fans are AWESOME!

I’ll have more to add in the future. possibly even be more eloquent about this goodness, sweetness and yay-ness about this whole endeavor*. (For the most part I’ll be updating Facebook page, which is inherently easier to up date than to edit this massive PSD.)

*adds: It’s only now, Day 5 (or 6, is it?) that I’ve gotten around to calling my Mom, explaining to how surreal it is to have film making things actually started. but not just that. To have the first images circulated be that of Shadowhunters decked out in my Tattoos. only the phone-call wasn’t nearly that articulate. it was more “I HAVE FEELS”

Featured Images

on twitter #TMImovie or TMImovie on tumblr
Shadowhunters & Downworlders
TMI Comic
TID Comic
Movie FacebookPage

Also, just a note to those people who think Cassie named her protagonist after herself, this is off her website's faq:

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:51:00 -0400

(via theshadowhunters)

Clary Fray is named after two friends of mine. Her name was originally Valerie Frayre (after the artist who designed the runes), then Valerie Frayne, then (when a friend of mine was also writing a book with a heroine named Valerie) Clary Frayne, then Clary Fray (my editor’s choice) — then when I realized Clary was a nickname, she became Clarice, and finally, Clarissa. (She’s not named after me. She is named after my friend Valerie Frayre, and my friend Clary.)

*ahem* FREIRE

Just sayin’

Just a question (multi-media)

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 01:09:00 -0400

HI! I am an aspiring illustrator, and i was just wondering. do you do all your drawings by hand, and scan them in to the pc or do you do them straight on the pc? i really LOVE your work and was looking for some advice. Thanks!
~Corvyus

My hands have never been steady enough to draw in the computer, despite my massive tablet (a b-day gift from a fan/friend). I scrawl on a page, or several pages, and then use the PC to edit. Using openCanvas, PhotoShop, or some combination of the two, I attempt to make it lovely. This is a process of some many days.

Recently I was diagnosed with a neuromuscular disorder; after three years of not being able to use my hands at all, (if you look thru my gallery, you’d notice a nosedive in productivity, as well as the slow climb back) not saying that this didn’t depress me, as it has. This has urged me to try new mediums, experiment with supplies I’d never used before, things that were easier to navigate, more expensive, but are able to yield results. Rising to the challenge of making these new things, now I’m eager to find out what comes next.

Meanwhile; there is nothing better than being an aspiring artist, there is no way to go but up! As long as you’re always willing to try new things, at least the once, eventually you’ll find the genius that’ll work for you.

Okay, maybe that is a bit more cheesy than inspirational. Instead I’ll share what works for me, something my Mentor used to say; “Judge your work against zero, which is the nothing it replaces.”

Thank you so much for the advice!
I too have been diagnosed with a debilitating condition, though not as severe as yours. Working where I do had given me carpel tunnel to the max in my wrists, and my left wrist is especially bad, being as I am left handed. So I understand about not having a steady hand.

The main reason I wanted to ask is bc recently I had a professor tell me I would not make it anywhere in life as an artist if I didn’t use strictly digital mediums.

~Corvyus

Hah-Hah! Well, you know what they say, those who can’t do, teach.

Upon a time there was once, a rather bemused bitch-fest between...

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:33:00 -0400

Upon a time there was once, a rather bemused bitch-fest between Cassie and MyS’elf, in which I couldn’t morally rationalize “LOVE” as a Glyph, (as it is not a freakin’ spell-cast. I mean, ‘what about freewill’ etc.) eventually I agreed only if I could be responsible for the literal definitions. Alright-y Shadowhunter fans, I will share with you an exclusive treat as this will not be in the guidebook, Shadowhunter Runes; LOVE VARIOUS edition. Enjoy!

Hi, i heard that you were the person who created the runes for hebeldesigns,i was wondering if i could use some of your runes in my artwork for my final year of highschool, since yours are widely known, i'll be creating new ones and recreating other so they're more like those in the books. i wanted to make the book of gray, im not selling them or anything, just an art project, but i thought it best to ask the creator to use theirs, its okay if its not okay,

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:49:00 -0400

Yep, I am that person. I think you should certainly do this thing! I am flattered beyond words & would consider it an honor if/when you document your project, you could share it with as many people as possible, maybe even me. ;}

(via bhanesidhe) I know, I know, Isabelle Lightwood is not...

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 08:30:53 -0400

(via bhanesidhe)

I know, I know, Isabelle Lightwood is not Asian. But I had no other model but myself today so…I also don’t own a whip so sorry…I thought the sword would look better than a crappy self-made whip of ribbon. If it bugs you, just pretend that it’s a random Shadowhunter.

Shadowhunter - Isabelle Lightwood by ~bejeweledmoonphoto

*far-eviler May 14, 2012
Oh wow. I think this is brilliant and I think it’s just a shame in our society that it’s common dialogue to explain away ethnicity while Hollywood White-Washes the value of our personality, our people, even our subconscious dialogue.

Have you seen the Asian dream casting of Holly posted to her tumblr of Tithe. [link]

HOW DOES THE WORLD NOT RECOGNIZE BEAUTY AS BEING BEAUTIFUL! HOW!! just sayin’
~bejeweledmoonphoto May 15, 2012 Aww thank you so much. I think it’s a shame a lot of opportunities for me are gone because of my race because Hollywood is so “white-washed” as you said. But I can’t really fix that, so I just do what I can :)

*far-eviler May 15, 2012 well, what you do is lovely <3

~bejeweledmoonphoto May 16, 2012 Thank you :D It means a lot to me (your previous comment too).

surprising no one. not even my mom

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:48:00 -0400

surprising no one. not even my mom

April 20th, 2012 Day Of Silence - Find out More at...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:48:00 -0400

April 20th, 2012

Day Of Silence - Find out More at http://www.dayofsilence.org/

Stay strong @crystaldanarae. Haters…are the not-hardly-people. While, you, are the Hero of my heart.