“Vega is one of the first Coining Characters I drew, after the Chibi Original versions of Alessia, Qhoticus, Maebe, and Argent, I wanted to try something in a bit of a more serious style. A few things have changed about Vega’s design over the months since I made this but not many. The wing Galaxy here was merely a placeholder taken from some older art, In the actual comic Vega’s wings are much much bigger and hold the galaxies, nebulas, and the span of the universe within their feathered depths. Vega’s eyes have also subteley changed in the comic and he is much more of a madman than this imposing statuesque figure. His disheveledness remains though. I am so excited for his introduction in The Golden Eyes to Lands Anew, I’m sure he’ll be loved, or hated, but either way he’ll make an impact, if not necessarily in his debut.” – Ir!s

“I was inspired to make this art when I came across the cover of the Warriors: Into the Wild Graphic Novel in a book store. Witnessing the rage of my collaborator at Natalie Riess and Sarah Goetter’s more human or anime take on cats, which I find rather charming, I was inspired to make my own version of Macareux, Serpette’s Coin, with a portrait of my own sweet furball as reference. To this day it’s one of the best cat’s I’ve drawn, there’s a reason that’s Ghehthruh’s job.” – Ir!s

“I made this art as promotional material material for the DAMN Page project when it first released. This piece was very fun to make as I got to incorporate a lot of details present in the Fool Tarot: The Bindle tied to Argent’s Swordcane, addorned with the Golding Crest; The dramatic sun above while Argent sits carefree below the illusion of a White and Golden Coin and white roses. It evokes this carefree sort of calm and I love it. At the start of Argent’s story he is carefree, naive, and has an intense internal wanderlust, and I feel like much of that is captured here.” – Ir!s