effie 🌱 learning how to gouache!

𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱
𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱?

A witch and her coyote familiars stand at a bubbling claudron. The large, dark shape of a wolf demon crouches behind them.

Happy Halloween 🎃!

Here’s to hoping that your Halloween is filled with even a fraction of the mischief and fun that these little critters are having 🎃

#HappyHalloween #CritterArt #spookyseason #spooky #raccoon #cat #newt #lich #warlock #wizard #art #illustration #raccoonart #catart #newtart #watercolor

thank you, you're so kind 🥹

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rabbits!!

this turned out so friggin cool!

✦ Cursed Cathedral Armor (OC|2025) ✦

Happy Halloween everyone!!!

#art #oc #artsky #halloween #cursedarmor #cathedral

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A Hallloween-themed drawing of a ghost rabbit with a black bow necktie, fall leaves swirling around in a circle of scratchy darkness. The text reads "happy hauntings".

🍂👻🍂

#art #halloween #fallart #ghosts

Cover of the book "Spinning Silver" by Naomi Novik.

"Spinning Silver" by Naomi Novik

listened to the audiobook read by Katy Sobey, and my, does she do a fantastic job! i also liked the eastern european/slavic setting for a fairy tale as well as the female perspective on historical fantasy and fairy tales. good book!

Cover of the book "Nerd Girl Magic" by Simoné Goldschmidt-Lechner.

"Nerd Girl Magic" by Simoné Goldschmidt-Lechner.

this book is about fandom spaces and dynamics, but from the perspective of a woman of colour in Germany. as western fandoms are often culturally influenced or even dominated by the US, i jumped on the chance to read about fandoms in Germany

Cover of the german translation of the book "Kuruma no Musume" by Rin Usami.

"Kuruma no Musume" by Rin Usami.

i don't think this has been translated to english yet. i read the german translation and found it quite relatable in some instances. not a fun read but a good one.

Cover of the book "Tin Man" by Sarah Winman.

"Tin Man" by Sarah Winman.

i read a translation of this, so maybe the original is a whole lot better, but i found this book underwhelming at best. got hooked by the van gogh on the cover

Cover of the book "The Foxhole Court" by Nora Sakavic.

"The Foxhole Court" by Nora Sakavic.

some of my friends love this series, so i finally started reading it myself. i don't have an opinion on it yet as i've only read the first book and i feel like i can only judge it once i've read the subsequent two.

it has me like 🤨 so far tho

Cover of the book "Nettle & Bone" by T. Kingfisher.

"Nettle & Bone" by T. Kingfisher

fun little listen, i really liked the premise! what i feel is lacking in T. Kingfisher's novels imho so far is actually delivering on the world building. a lot of cool things just get mentioned but not expanded on, and that makes her books a little bit hollow to me

Cover of the book "Piranesi" by Susanna Clarke.

"Piranesi" by Susanna Clarke

REALLY good book, especially as audiobook read by Chiwetel Ejiofor! i am confused about the ending though, but that doesn't bother me.

Cover of the book "The Annual Migration of Clouds" by Premee Mohamed.

Cover of the book "These Lifeless Things" by Premee Mohamed.

"The Annual Migration of Clouds" and "These Lifeless Things" by Premee Mohamed

i really liked both! i especially like how the author has the narrators only recount the incomplete picture. there are many questions we as readers don't get an answer to at all, but i really enjoyed that about both

"The Broposal" by Sonora Reyes

i loved this! i got it on sale as audiobook bc i thought it sounded fun, and it WAS fun! the threat of looming deportation made the book have substance, to me, and i imagine that for a lot of people this topic hits very close to home.

Cover of the book "Cultish. The Language of Fanaticism" by Amanda Montell.

Cover of the book "The Age of Magical Overthinking. Thoughts on Modern Irrationality" by Amanda Montell.

"Cultish" and "The Age of Magical Overthinking" by Amanda Montell.

i have a personal interest in these topics and i found these books to be written accessibly - in a light-hearted pop-sci-journalist tone - and once i learned about these strategies and fallacies, i would notice them EVERYWHERE

Cover of the book "all about love. new visions" by bell hooks

"all about love" by bell hooks

this was my first book by bell hooks, got it in a sale. not quite what i expected, given her reputation, but an interesting listen. i especially like the quote "love is as love does". that one lives in my head rent-free

The cover of the novel "The Spear Cuts Through Water" by Simon Jimenez

"The Spear Cuts Through Water" by Simon Jimenez

almost didn't finish this one because the brutality and cruelty, at times, was too much for me. but i'm glad that i did, because it is an interesting story, written in an interesting way, and i did get invested in the characters, too

Cover of the Book "Greta & Valdin. A Novel" by Rebecca K Reilly.

"Greta & Valdin" by Rebecca K. Reilly

fun listen, fairly low-stakes but still not without substance. i picked it especially becaus while the protagonists are queer, the story isn't about queer pain or suffering, but just a slightly bonkers family doing their thing the best way they can

"Hijab Butch Blues" by Lamya H

i loved it! listened to the audiobook and the narrator Ashraf Shirazi did an amazing job!

Cover of the novel "The Starless Sea" by Erin Morgenstern.

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern - i disliked it very much! some of the small story vignettes i liked. especially the first one, the one the book starts out with, as read by Dion Graham, it really caught me and then the rest of the book was just... that... not for me at all!

An image of the covers of three books by T. Kingfisher from the Saint of Steel series: Paladin's Grace, Paladin's Strength, and Paladin's Hope.

at the start of the year i still had my audible and these books were included in the sub. i am an absolute sucker for paladins and these were fun little listens. fave little tidbit: Paladin Stephen has a co-paladin called Istvahn, which is the hungarian version of Stephen, so it's Steve & Steve :D

i've made some new friendships recently who are SO enthusiastic about reading that i wanted to be in on the fun, too. so at the start of the year i challenged myself to read 12 books - one per month.

i just finished my 24th this year :D

so i wanted to make a 🧵 of what i've read/listened to:

i used to be an avid reader when i was a kid, but i fell out of practice over the years. i blame majoring in humanities, which requires a lot of reading, but honestly i stopped reading way earlier, except for manga and fanfictions (both of which i still love!)

thank you!! that is super good news! 🥹 i will get back to you once i have a little disposable income again ❤️‍🩹

☽ The Witch and the Vampire (OC | 2024) ☾

Happy Halloween everybody! 🎃✨
Here's my contribution for this year's spooky season finale, featuring two of my OCs! :)

#art #oc #originalcharacter #OCsky #halloween #witch #vampire