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📚 Fantasy Author | 🎨 Artist | 🏰 History Nerd Unleashing magic, one action-packed tale at a time. _ Current Novel:  ⁨#WhereTheyLurk⁩ · · ────·.⋆༺𓆩⚔️𓆪༻⋆ ݁ ˖·──── · · Backup account: @briar.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy

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I am not feeling great, so I put out a filled bowl with a sign (for trick-or-treaters) and my poor dog is getting his steps in.

He looks out the window until he sees people coming, then runs to the door, tail wagging. Realizing people are not coming in, he returns to the window.

#dogs #halloween

01.11.2025 01:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks so much! I will absolutely see what I can do to improve the fins

29.10.2025 18:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Using History For Fantasy Writing Inspiration Fantasy writers steal from history constantly; the clothing, the etiquette, the architecture, the politics, the grotesque and the glamorous.

Fantasy writers steal from history constantly; the clothing, the etiquette, the architecture, the politics, the grotesque and the glamorous.

#fantasy #writing #writingfantasy #fantasywriter

29.10.2025 18:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A manta ray swims through a deep blue ocean. Below it is sand, coral, and rock

A manta ray swims through a deep blue ocean. Below it is sand, coral, and rock

If there is any way you can see to make it look more like a manta-ray, please don't be afraid to tell me! I am not afraid of constructive criticism.

In case it helps, here is a photo (not mine) of a manta-ray

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FG...

29.10.2025 17:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Does this look like a manta ray?

I wanted to make a sun-catcher for my 5-year-old neice who loves both rainbows and the ocean, but this is my first time trying wire art.

(꒪ᗜ꒪‧̣̥̇)

#wireart #wireweaving #art #crafts #MantaRay #CrystalArt

29.10.2025 17:24 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

I recently interviewed a historian! Here is the post:

24.10.2025 18:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
a little girl giving a flower to a troll

a little girl giving a flower to a troll

Drawtober 21-25: Troll Toll

#art #drawing #drawtober

21.10.2025 16:38 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Drawtober 16-20: Spellbound Princess

I wished that traditional art came with an undo button while drawing this one hahaha

#drawtober #fantasy #art #drawing

16.10.2025 16:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
a series of drawings of medieval and Renaissance era armour helmets

a series of drawings of medieval and Renaissance era armour helmets

Some helmet drawing practice.

If they can help anyone as art reference, please feel free to!

#art #drawing #armour #armor #fantasy #fantasyart

16.10.2025 14:19 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Drawtober 11-15: Mushroom Fairy

He likes his tree stump

#drawtober #art #drawing #fantasy

11.10.2025 16:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Drawtober 6-10: Toad Astrologer

This one survived me dripping water on it and my dog stepping on it haha.

#art #drawing #halloween #drawtober

06.10.2025 16:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
a sunrise with a valley filled with fog. to the left is a train bridge

a sunrise with a valley filled with fog. to the left is a train bridge

I love it when the fog makes it look like i am on an island surrounded by clouds. Those workers on the bridge must have had an amazing view.

#photography #photo #nature #sunrise

04.10.2025 13:25 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It was wonderfully foggy this morning

#fog #foggy #road #forest #nature

03.10.2025 01:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
a wood carved ghost amongst leaves

a wood carved ghost amongst leaves

I had a tiny square of wood, so I tried to carve a tiny ghost. 👻

#ghost #woodcarving #halloween #whittling #art

02.10.2025 14:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I saw this pumpkin at the dollarstore, and couldn't help but think it had the potential to be much scarier.

So, I repainted it, drilled a hole to feed in some string lights, and tada! 🎃

#halloween #jackolantern #pumpkin #scary #crafts #art

01.10.2025 18:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
a pumpkin scarecrow holds a lantern and a scroll

a pumpkin scarecrow holds a lantern and a scroll

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Drawtober 1-5: Candlelit Messenger

I used a metallic gell pen for the orange glow.

#art #drawing #halloween #drawtober

01.10.2025 13:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A metal celtic knotwork bracelet

A metal celtic knotwork bracelet

A green hoodie with knotwork along the hems of the sleeves and hood.

A green hoodie with knotwork along the hems of the sleeves and hood.

A blue tartan cape with gold buttons and red hood

A blue tartan cape with gold buttons and red hood

A long green woolen cloak

A long green woolen cloak

I just came across a shop that makes the fantasy nerd in me happy, but sadly my wallet is empty, so I will have to settle with just sharing them.

The shop is called "Celtic Fusion," and the quality (including the fabric types) look great.

celticfusiondesign.com

#celtic #fantasy #fantasynerd

26.09.2025 16:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
owl in a tree

owl in a tree

Had a visitor today 🦉

#photography #wildlife #bird #owl

19.09.2025 19:40 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I have a story in this book!
(ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧

My contribution is the story
"Baobhan sith," which is a retelling of an old Scottish horror folktale.

Hint: Baobhan-sith are a fae type somewhat similar to a vampire.

#scottishfolklore #folklore #fae #fairies #horrorstories #horrorbook #horror

15.09.2025 13:30 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
photo of drawings of different structures

photo of drawings of different structures

Working on brickwork drawing practice

#art #drawing #castle #medieval

09.09.2025 18:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
page from the mentioned book showing the proper way to grip a sword

page from the mentioned book showing the proper way to grip a sword

page from the mentioned book showing how to fight with a sworld and shield

page from the mentioned book showing how to fight with a sworld and shield

This free #InternetArchive book might help some fantasy writers out there:

"Medieval swordsmanship : illustrated methods and techniques"
by John Clements

archive.org/details/Medi...

#writingfantasy #fantasywriter #writing #fantasy #medievalists #swords

07.09.2025 15:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A dragon flying is chasing a knight who is trying to escape on horseback

A dragon flying is chasing a knight who is trying to escape on horseback

Here is my second attempt at that drawing, but this time drawn digitally instead of with ink.

#dragon #dragonart #fantasyart #fantasy #drawing #knight

19.08.2025 00:22 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks! I will work on fixing that in the next one

15.08.2025 16:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I like the idea of this random drawing I did, but I'm not happy with the inking or proportions. Maybe I will try again digitally 🤔

#drawing #art #traditonalart #dragon #knight #fantasyart

15.08.2025 15:23 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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A quick digital painting for some dragon practice.

#dragon #dragonart #fantasyart #fantasy #art

14.08.2025 17:31 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I came across these "tavern signs" that separate your bookshelves by genre, and thought they were a cute idea so I wanted to share them. They are made by a shop called "Ambrosia & Honey."

shopambrosiaandhoney.com/collections/...

#reading #read #books #bookshelf

12.08.2025 22:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Gathering some animal (and one dinosaur) inspiration for dragons, and remembering how much rage I feel at pens that don't have a consistent ink flow.

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

#sketch #drawing #art

09.08.2025 13:33 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I saw a sign today that said "Harvesting for children," and they probably should have worded it differently
(it is a farm advertising harvest related activities for children), but im glad they didn't 😂

01.08.2025 22:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Last Dance • A podcast on Spotify for Creators The Great South was alone. A small rock formed atop the bones of dead gods and leviathans, drifting within an endless ocean. People left to their own petty wars and dogmas. But now, from that same ocean, comes a wave of death in the form of savage invaders, striking without cause against the Eightfold House of Holy Ichors and its 8 Bleeding Monks. In the wake of their eradication, a battlefield scavenger by the name of Jericho Raeke goes picking through the remnants and discovers something that puts him, and his unlikely allies, at the centre of the conflict. Produced in Belfast, N.I.

I've been listening to the podcast "Last Dance," and enjoying it!

Its a high-fantasy audio drama about a man tasked with looting battlefield bodies, who stumbles across a power that is merged with him. That makes him and his allies a target.

creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
#fantasy #podcast

22.07.2025 14:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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No offense to K.J. Mateyko, but does anyone know if it is possible to remove this bit of personalization without ruining the leather? Should I just try to color match and paint over? 🤔

#secondhand #leather #leatherwork

20.07.2025 14:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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