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Marianne Khalil
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☥ Art Director @ Titmouse • Writer repped by Maeve MacLysaght • https://linktr.ee/mariannekhalil • for work inquiries mariannekhalilart(at)gmail(dot)com • NYC • she/her
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trickshot 🏹
An illustration, mostly done in colored pencils. Deep in the woods, lit by dappled sunlight, a woman leans in close over the shoulder of another woman, as she draws a bright, yellow arrow back on her bowstring. The other woman glances back at her, breath held.
September 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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love deferred #siuanraine #thewheeloftime
A montage of painted vignettes depicting Moiraine and Siuan kissing, embracing, and snuggling.
May 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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#thewheeloftime #siuanraine
A close-up on Siuan and Moiraine in the above image.
March 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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"you’ll have to watch it happen, watch your love for each other splinter and rot because of a cruel turn of the wheel" #TheWheelOfTime #wotwednesday #siuanraine #WoTShowSpoilers
An illustration depicting Siuan and Moiraine from The Wheel of Time. The two women, clad in blue dresses, kneel on a giant, illuminated, cracking disc. Moiraine hangs desperately from Siuan's neck, as Siuan clutches her tight against her front. Magical weaves encircle them, spiraling upward into the starry backdrop, and ending in the shape of a serpent's head.
March 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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I am obsessed with this detail #thewheeloftime
Cover art of New Spring by Jason Chan depicting the scene where Moiraine bonds Lan. A frame from the WoT s3 trailer of Moiraine presumably bonding Lan.
February 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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🚬 #nevegallus #dragonage
A close-up on Neve’s face in the previously described image.
January 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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my contribution to the "neve in suits" agenda #nevegallus #datv #dragonage
A pulp noir detective fiction style illustration featuring Neve from Dragon Age: The Veilguard. At night, lit by the moon and the headlights of an old buggy car, she stands in a full blue-green suit and fedora side-eying the camera. Her foot propped on the car's front bumper and her arm rested upon her bent leg, she leans down to take a drag from her cigarette.
January 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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probably the widest range of styles I’ve used in any given year ?😃
#artvsartist2024 #artvsartist
A grid of square images showing cropped thumbnails of my work from this past year.
December 13, 2024 at 1:38 PM
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Between chores, final exams, and saving the world, you have to make time to pass scandalous notes to your crush 💌 #thewheeloftime #siuanraine
A six panel mini comic. Panel 1: Moiraine and Siuan sit at scribe desks, a large stack of papers between them. They are transcribing information into small notebooks. Moiraine turns to Siuan in confusion, and Siuan slides a note to her across the bench. Panel 2: A closeup of Moiraine reaching for Siuan's note, their fingers brushing. Panel 3: A closeup of Moiraine's face as she opens the note. Panel 4: Moiraine looks aside at Siuan, blushing and smiling amusedly. Panel 5: Siuan is watching Moiraine's reaction, smiling smugly. Panel 6: The two return to the task at hand. Moiraine says, "Keep your eyes on your work," to which Siuan replies, "Yes, Lady Damodred."
December 5, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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🍻 #veilguard #dragonagetheveilguard #datv
A close-up on Neve and Rook in the image above.
December 3, 2024 at 1:53 AM
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it's a Dock Town thing, you wouldn't understand #veilguard #dragonageveilguard #dragonage #nevegallus #datv
An illustration depicting Neve and Rook sitting at the edge of a dock at night. Neve leans against Rook's side, knees drawn up, holding a bottle of alcohol. Rook hugs Neve to her side with one hand, and holds a smoking pipe in the other. She has one leg in the water, the other bent and propping up her arm. The two are underlit by a warm lantern.
December 2, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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first love🌷 #thewheeloftime #siuanraine
Moiraine and Siuan from the Wheel of Time series lie in bed within a fishing hut, curtain half-drawn behind them, letting in a soft sliver of golden sunlight. Moiraine is on her back, dark hair spilled across her pillow and shoulders, her long, white sleeping shirt parted over her chest. Siuan rests to her side, leaning over her in a cascade of curls, her red, paisley robe slipping from her tattooed shoulder. They are smiling fondly at each other. Moiraine cradles Siuan's jaw in one hand and clutches Siuan's arm with the other, which lies across her middle, holding her side. Siuan's other hand rests atop Moiraine's head. Moiraine has one bare calf hooked around the back of Siuan's knee.
November 26, 2024 at 7:26 PM
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don't you understand what you've done? 💙💔 are the #supercorp s over here yet #supergirl #sgcw
An illustration from Supergirl CW showing Kara trapped inside a glacier within the Fortress of Solitude, curled up on the floor, hugging herself. Within the facets of the ice are scenes of happier memories she shared with Lena. Central to the composition, overlapping Kara, is Lena's reflection, sad and pained, as she looks at Kara and holds the Myriad orb
November 21, 2024 at 2:59 PM
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this rook is a butch elf btw <3 #veilguard #datv
A close-up of the previous image on Neve and Rook's profiles.
November 18, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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a break in the case 🐍 #datv #veilguard #dragonage #dragonageveilguard #nevegallus
An illustration set inside Neve's dimly-lit office at night. Silhouetted by hanging teal lanterns and warm candlelight, Neve and Rook stand before a wall of clues. They lean in close to each other while poring over papers on Neve's desk.
November 18, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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this one’s on the house 🍻 #finalfantasy #ff7
An illustration depicting a high angle shot of Aerith and Tifa in the Seventh Heaven pub. Aerith, sitting on a stool, pulls Tifa by her suspenders across the bar into a kiss. The pub is dimly lit and otherwise empty.
November 17, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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The Fires of Heaven #thewheeloftime #wotbookspoilers
Page 1 of 4. Panel 1: In a tent at night, Egwene sits outraged across from a cool Moiraine. She says, "Is that all you can say? I think Siuan was your friend once, Moiraine. Can't you shed a tear for her?" Panel 2: A close-up of Moiraine's hands, her thumb stroking her ring, as she says, "I have no time for tears, Egwene." Panel 3: Another close-up on hands. This time, Moiraine and Siuan's hands, fingers interlaced. Moiraine narrates, "The Dragonwall is not many days distant now, and the Alguenya...." She trails off. Panel 4: A close-up of Moiraine and Siuan's smiles, leaning in for a kiss. Panel 5: They kiss, hands moving to undress one another. Moiraine narrates, "...Siuan and I were friends, once." Page 2 of 4. Panel 1: A downshot of the Amyrlin's study. Gitara is dead on the floor in a pool of black ink. Moiraine and Siuan stand back in white dresses, stunned. Moiraine narrates, "In a few months it will be twenty-one years since we began the search for the Dragon Reborn." Panel 2: Moiraine and Siuan ride on horseback one cold, winter morning. Siuan sits in the saddle behind Moiraine, hugging her middle, while Moiraine holds the reins and warms one of Siuan's hands with her breath. The Dragonmount is behind them in the far distance. Moiraine narrates, "Only the two of us, newly raised Aes Sedai." Panel 3: Siuan and Moiraine sit on the floor by a candlelight, a bunch of papers around them. Moiraine narrates, "Sierin Vayu was raised Amyrlin shortly after, a Gray with more than a touch of Red in her." Panel 4: Moiraine and Siuan sit at a table writing in their notebooks, surrounded by women carrying children. Moiraine narrates, "Had she learned what we intended," Page 3 of 4. Panel 1: Moiraine snuggles against Siuan at night while they sleep, their arms around each other. Moiraine narrates, "we would have spent the rest of our lives doing penance with Red Sisters watching us even while we slept." Next, she narrates, "There is a saying in Cairhien," Panel 2: Siuan does the pearl buttons up the back of Moiraine's blue gown. Panel 3: Siuan pulls a dark blue cloak around Moiraine's shoulders. Panel 4: A close-up of Siuan sliding Moiraine's ring onto her finger. Moiraine continues, "though I have heard it as far away as Tarabon and Saldaea." Page 4 of 4. Moiraine narrates, "Take what you want," above the first panel, a close-up of her face, tears in her eyes, as Siuan draws up her hood. Moiraine continues, "and pay for it," beneath the second panel, a close-up of Siuan's face, also on the brink of tears. Panel 3: Siuan and Moiraine kiss goodbye. Moiraine narrates, "Siuan and I took the path we wanted," Panel 4: Siuan in profile, dressed as Amyrlin, against a yellow background. Panel 5: Moiraine in profile, facing opposite Siuan, again in the tent with Egwene at night, where she began the narration. She sits with a hand to her chest, eyes shut. Between panels 4 and 5 she narrates, "and we knew would have to pay for it eventually."
November 15, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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Meeting on the Tower Stairs #thewheeloftime
An homage to the Frederic William Burton painting “Meeting on the Turret Stairs." Siuan, in her Amyrlin regalia, ascends the stairs toward the light, as she passes by Moiraine, in her traveling clothes, descending into the dark. Moiraine, mid-step, clutches Siuan's right arm to her chest with both hands, kissing it, while an anguished Siuan braces her left hand against a pillar.
November 14, 2024 at 1:19 PM
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Two gestural sketches for the above illustration, depicting Aerith waiting patiently for a nervous Tifa to make her move.
November 13, 2024 at 1:31 PM
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first kiss jitters 😳 #finalfantasy #ff7
An illustration depicting Tifa and Aerith standing on the front porch of Aerith's house. Beyond a foreground of wildflowers and fireflies, Tifa shyly glances away from Aerith, who is holding her hand and looking at her mischievously. They are backlit by the warm glow of the house windows.
November 13, 2024 at 1:29 PM
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Neve ❄❄❄ #dragonageveilguard #dragonage
A portrait of Neve Gallus from Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
November 9, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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happy halloween🧛‍♂️have some vampires
An illustration based on the anime series Blood+. A long-haired man in a black suit embraces a short-haired woman in a red dress. She holds up a pink rose between them as she nuzzles the side of his jaw, her fangs extended. One of his dark wings stretches above them, the inner arc forming a moon-like halo around their heads. An illustration based on the anime series Blood+. A man in a black suit peers down at a nude woman with long black hair, red eyes, and bloody red lips. He cradles her face between his hands, one claw-like and monstrous, the other human. The woman cups the side of his face, looking up at him in awe. An illustration based on the anime "Blood+". Haji sits somberly on the floor of a crypt, his back against an open coffin, cradling a sleeping Saya in his lap. He hugs her close to his chest, her head tucked into his shoulder. The coffin overflows with pink roses, vines spilling out over the edge, onto the ground around them.
October 31, 2024 at 12:47 PM
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it worked🍫 #lost
An illustration depicting the Sawyer and Juliet vending machine scene from the finale of "LOST." The hospital waiting room is dark save the light from the hall and the warm glow of the vending machine. Juliet crouches in front of the machine across from Sawyer, handing him a candy bar, a stunned look on her face as his hand closes around hers.
October 27, 2024 at 12:40 AM
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A close-up on the figures in the image above.
October 25, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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worship
An illustration of an ancient, abandoned temple, lit only by a slash of cool moonlight from the left side of the frame. Round, pale columns line the east and west walls, set upon squared, dark bases. Centered in the back of the temple is a raised, stone, rectangular pool of water, where two women sit shrouded in shadow, locked in an embrace and kissing, their hair and skin damp. Their clothes, dirtied and bloodied, are discarded in front of the pool. An unsheathed sword leans against the edge of the pool. Behind them, upon a squared pedestal, remains two giant, stone feet of a destroyed sculpture.
October 24, 2024 at 12:24 PM