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Jana Heidersdorf

@checanty.bsky.social

Illustrator of dark fantasy. Also nature photography. https://janaheidersdorf.com/

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I need another 2000 views on my videos in the next week to remain monetised after I took time off to grieve for my dad.

Here's a link to my most popular video, so you might enjoy it if you give it a watch;

youtu.be/n-mCCaaxQH8

02.03.2026 16:09 — 👍 329    🔁 187    💬 10    📌 1
Four fantasy book covers

Four fantasy book covers

Fantasy cover artist looking for work! :)

Email: Leesha.hannigan@gmail.com

01.03.2026 02:43 — 👍 166    🔁 68    💬 4    📌 4

Did you know that the bees that need saving are NOT honeybees?

Honeybees are the dairy cows of bees. People brought them over from Europe to make us honey.

The problem with honeybees, esp in resource-limited ecosystems (like hey! cities!) is that they compete with our native bees for food.

01.03.2026 16:21 — 👍 2059    🔁 670    💬 76    📌 56
Three sketchbooks of progress (art school sketchbook tour)
YouTube video by Bramblings Three sketchbooks of progress (art school sketchbook tour)

Look at more old sketchbooks with me! (warning--these are the ugly kind)

01.03.2026 12:35 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
The digital illustration shows an elderly man. He is holding a book in his right hand and a bright green ball in his left.
The man is elderly, has a beard, and four horns growing out of his head. He wears a dark robe, and thorns and leaves hang from his shoulders like a collar.
Behind the man are bookshelves

The digital illustration shows an elderly man. He is holding a book in his right hand and a bright green ball in his left. The man is elderly, has a beard, and four horns growing out of his head. He wears a dark robe, and thorns and leaves hang from his shoulders like a collar. Behind the man are bookshelves

The digital illustration showing a woman in a dark dress holding a scythe. The cathedral and red sky are in the background

The digital illustration showing a woman in a dark dress holding a scythe. The cathedral and red sky are in the background

Digital illustration for Rocio Carranza's FLAME IN THE SILVER STORM (2025)
The illustration depicts a young woman with wavy hair, wearing a red dress, holding a flame in her hands. Blackthorns are twined around the woman. The background behind the woman is a seascape during a storm, with a ship in the background, followed by eerie hands.

Digital illustration for Rocio Carranza's FLAME IN THE SILVER STORM (2025) The illustration depicts a young woman with wavy hair, wearing a red dress, holding a flame in her hands. Blackthorns are twined around the woman. The background behind the woman is a seascape during a storm, with a ship in the background, followed by eerie hands.

The digital portrait shows a woman with pale skin and dark long hair, she looks like a doll, her face cracked and bleeding. She is wearing a black veil and has a crown of thorns on her head. Near the woman's face and on her right shoulder sit several moths

The digital portrait shows a woman with pale skin and dark long hair, she looks like a doll, her face cracked and bleeding. She is wearing a black veil and has a crown of thorns on her head. Near the woman's face and on her right shoulder sit several moths

Hi! I'm looking for work for April/May

Email me: korraiko@gmail.com
Portfolio: korraiko.carrd.co
#art #fantasy

01.03.2026 09:01 — 👍 246    🔁 99    💬 2    📌 0
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The once-prosperous Rushbank Farms are struggling, and farmers fear that the eels who once kept their wells full have abandoned them. A call has been placed for adventurers to locate them - and discover what dangerous creature has called them away. Are you up to the task?

25.02.2026 15:31 — 👍 34    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 0
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My new vlog is UP ✨ I need everyone and their mother to go watch this, share it etc because I am about to lose monetisation on my account thanks to me taking a break to deal with my dad's death.

Thank you so much 💖

(The video can be found below)

20.02.2026 14:28 — 👍 76    🔁 25    💬 2    📌 2
an illustration of a love struck girl. her heart is opening up like a puzzle purse love letter, while her dress adorned with varying patterns that might have been illustrated in said letter. a fountain pen pierces her exposed heart like an arrow.

an illustration of a love struck girl. her heart is opening up like a puzzle purse love letter, while her dress adorned with varying patterns that might have been illustrated in said letter. a fountain pen pierces her exposed heart like an arrow.

a belated valentines day drawing 💘

#art

19.02.2026 16:31 — 👍 2785    🔁 953    💬 22    📌 0

this is wise!

20.02.2026 10:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I need to figure out where to turn it off.

19.02.2026 18:30 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I swear autocorrect is getting worse. It just randomly changed '4th' to '9th'. The other day I had to correct it three times for it to stop capitalizing f).

19.02.2026 18:30 — 👍 21    🔁 0    💬 4    📌 0
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Behold Greyhawk, one of my illustrations for the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide! Perhaps the piece I'm proudest of from the past year. I was able to take this one about 70% of the way to finish in acrylics, a major milestone for me.

16.10.2024 18:51 — 👍 1021    🔁 188    💬 37    📌 5
Cover art for Ashling by Isobel Carmody: an oil painting of a teenage girl riding a black horse against an abstract red background. Her red shirt echoes the color of the background, while her black hair blends into the horse's flowing mane.

Cover art for Ashling by Isobel Carmody: an oil painting of a teenage girl riding a black horse against an abstract red background. Her red shirt echoes the color of the background, while her black hair blends into the horse's flowing mane.

Wishing everybody a very happy and prosperous Year of the Horse!

18.02.2026 02:28 — 👍 681    🔁 147    💬 4    📌 1
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The Storm Hag is fully aquatic, living and hunting across the bottom of large, deep lakes. She lures ships into sharp rocks with her beguiling song, after which she picks off its sailors at her own pace. And if she makes eye contact with you, terrible things will happen...

18.02.2026 15:30 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

I keep seeing authors getting duped by AI users pretending to be artists (and then sadly realising it when everyone calls their book AI slop).

These grifters are everywhere and I don't have a solution, but I have a few pointers:

11.02.2026 09:59 — 👍 602    🔁 243    💬 5    📌 14

Ah this sucks! :(( Your piece is so stunning, it always reminds me of the barn owl at the night walk at the Devonshaw retreat

16.02.2026 06:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Tour of my very first sketchbook & mildly nerding out about Redwall
YouTube video by Bramblings Tour of my very first sketchbook & mildly nerding out about Redwall

This video is for everybody who's ever wanted to see me in a mouse costume. 👻

youtu.be/QDrDk6cIk7Y

15.02.2026 07:47 — 👍 18    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Glad you enjoyed it 👻

15.02.2026 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

plus Kaladin-is-Martin-the-Warrior conspiracy theory

15.02.2026 07:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Tour of my very first sketchbook & mildly nerding out about Redwall
YouTube video by Bramblings Tour of my very first sketchbook & mildly nerding out about Redwall

This video is for everybody who's ever wanted to see me in a mouse costume. 👻

youtu.be/QDrDk6cIk7Y

15.02.2026 07:47 — 👍 18    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

I will, though mostly sketchbbok tours!

15.02.2026 07:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Illustration of two young white men with an unhealthy amount of dandelions growing from their faces. Ghostly hands are reaching for them.

Illustration of two young white men with an unhealthy amount of dandelions growing from their faces. Ghostly hands are reaching for them.

New cover dropped! It has dandelions 💛
'The Black Parade' by Ilana M. Lindsey is a post-apocalyptic queer romance. Find out more here:
ilanamiral.com/books/the-bl...

13.02.2026 15:45 — 👍 64    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 0
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The occasional mummy isn't the only thing to be found down in the bogs - some legends claim that kings were sacrificed to the waters by displeased locals. What they forget to mention is that they might come back one day...

13.02.2026 15:30 — 👍 31    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0

If you want to sign up you can do that here: checanty.myflodesk.com/pigeonpost

12.02.2026 15:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I have written a newsletter! I'm planning to do more of that and less of posting on socials in the future 👻
view.flodesk.com/emails/698dc...

12.02.2026 15:36 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Anyone who's stepped into a bog knows there are bodies preserved in the mud... but what happens when the spirits of the dead start haunting nearby towns? Throw this muddy, mosquito-infested adventure at your players in Aquarium, our latest book coming to Kickstarter on March 1st!

11.02.2026 15:31 — 👍 18    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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I'm Looking for a Cover Artist! | Post | CWB Writing Post - I'm looking for a cover artist for my contemporary fantasy/comedy Possessed - Christopher Buecheler's Author Site

Announcing my cover artist search for my fantasy/humor novel Possessed! Budget is €1,500 ($1,770). No spec work! This is not a contest. I'm just trying to find the right artist. TONS of info on the book, the cover, applying, and more at: cwbwriting.com/posts/2026-0...

NO AI PLEASE!
NO DMs PLEASE!

09.02.2026 08:28 — 👍 172    🔁 128    💬 13    📌 3
Photo of two books, Vicious and Vengeful, by V.E. Schwab, with cover illustrations by Eleonor Piteira and design by Jane Tibbets

Photo of two books, Vicious and Vengeful, by V.E. Schwab, with cover illustrations by Eleonor Piteira and design by Jane Tibbets

I'm preparing the files so I can post these soon, but in the meantime, look at the actual books!

Vicious and Vengeful by V.E. Schwab, with cover illustrations by me and design by Jane Tibbets., for Illumicrate.

07.02.2026 13:56 — 👍 262    🔁 38    💬 7    📌 1

Perfect, thank you!

07.02.2026 12:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hello! Does anybody have a good fantasy artist or illustration starter pack recommendation? I want to link to something for folks who are new to Bsky

07.02.2026 12:08 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 0