Furnace for Lungs is my graduation project from my bachelor Illustrated & Animated Storytelling at St. Joost School of Art and Design in the Netherlands. I graduated with this project in summer 2024.
In ‘Furnace for Lungs’, you follow the journey and unfolding of the sapphic love story between Airin and Guinevere: one an aspiring knight and dragon shifter, the other the somewhat naive daughter of a nobleman.
Guinevere travels to Tujuin City with Airin as her bodyguard, protecting her against possible dangers they may encounter on the road. This mission is Airin’s ‘graduation quest’; upon arrival in Tujuin City, Airin will have to part from Guinevere to be knighted into a knighthood called The Keeper’s Guild.
Together, the duo encounter a multitude of twists and turns on their journey to the city. Will Airin be content with her role as a Keeper once she completes her quest? Will Guinevere detach herself from her privileged roots and make a home for herself in Tujuin City? Only time will tell.
