Anke Eissmann

Square ink drawing showing Charles, Crystal and Edwin looking at an open glass jar. Charles is holding the lid, Edwin a hand lens through which he is gazing.

“Very well, let us have a look, then. Hmm, interesting.”

“What is it, Edwin?”

“Here, see for yourselves.”

Day 7 of @dbdapromptober: Hand Lens. Follow the developing story with these tags #dbdapromptober2025 #inktober and #DeadBoyDetectives

Drawing with fineliner and brush pens showing Edwin and Charles in wedding outfits: Edwin wearing a dark morning coat and Charles a red jacket, a white shirt and a black bowtie. Both have green carnation buttonieres. Charles is holding up his hand with a shining wedding ring and pointing at it while grinning. A speech bubble next to him says “Yeah!!!” Edwin looks very pleased and a little proud.

For @atfsims1.bsky.social who wanted a Payneland redraw of this: x.com/atfsims_1/st...

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8 with a little 4

Square ink drawing showing a close-up of Crystal holding up a glarr jar with water and plants inside. She is looking down at it.

“It may look like a normal glass jar, but it’s giving me strange vibes. And I think there’s something moving inside.”

Day 6 of @dbdapromptober: Jar. Follow the developing story with these tags #dbdapromptober2025 #inktober and #DeadBoyDetectives

Square ink drawing showing Charles and Edwin in the foreground inside their games cupboard with a light bulb hanging between them. Charles’s hand is resting on Edwin’s shoulder. Crystal is standing in the background looking at them and holding a glass jar.

“Yeah, yeah, I know, it’s a huge sacrifice, but do pause the snogging for a bit and have a look at what I’ve got here. A classmate found it at our school.”

Day 5 of @dbdapromptober: Sacrifice. Follow the developing story with these tags #dbdapromptober2025 #inktober and #DeadBoyDetectives

Square ink drawing showing Edwin and Charles kissing.

“Sorry to interrupt, but ...”

Day 4 of @dbdapromptober: Pleasure. Follow the developing story with these tags #dbdapromptober2025 #inktober and #DeadBoyDetectives

Ink drawing showing an over-the-shoulder view of Crystal as she opens the door to the boys’ games cupboard. Inside, Charles is partly visible with Edwin’s hand resting on his neck.

“You’re not inside the backpack, so where ...? Holy shit. Seriously, guys? The closet?”

Day 3 of @dbdapromptober: Closet. Follow the developing story with these tags #dbdapromptober2025 #inktober and #DeadBoyDetectives

Square ink drawing showing Edwin’s desk in the foreground with Charles’s backpack standing on it. It’s open. Crystal is in the background holding a glass jar.

“Charles? Edwin? Where are you? Don’t tell me you’re stuck in the backpack again.”

Day 2 of @dbdapromptober: Backpack. All my daily drawings for these prompts will create a story. They will be tagged #dbdapromptober2025 #inktober and #DeadBoyDetectives

Square ink drawing showing Crystal carrying a glass jar in front of the door of the Dead Boy Detective Agency.

“Hey, guys, are you in? I may have happened upon a new case for us.”

Day 1 of @dbdapromptober: Afterlife. My plan is to post a small ink drawing for each prompt which together with its accompanying ficlet will create a story. They will be tagged #dbdapromptober2025 and #inktober

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Image showing the Dead Boy Detectives Promptober 2025 prompt list: 1. Afterlife 2. Backpack 3. Closet 4. Pleasure 5. Sacrifice 6. Jar 7. Hand lens 8. Fish 9. Walrus 10. Library 11. Skull 12. Office 13. Snake 14. Lake 15. School 16. Haunted 17. Stairs 18. Despair 19. Eye 20. Crush 21. Possession 22. Seagull 23. Transformation 24. Disguise 25. Polar bear 26. Attic 27. Moving on 28. Cricket bat 29. Butcher shop 30. Spider 31. Trick or treat The list was created by juliasfanart

Photo showing an open sketchbook and several pages of square drawing paper divided up into smaller squares, some featuring pencil sketches and ink drawings. A bottle of ink and a pen are there, too.

Gearing up for #DeadBoyDetectives Promptober, which will also be my #Inktober this year. The plan is to produce a little square ink drawing for every prompt and connect them with a story. The first one will go up later today. They will all be tagged #dbdapromptober2025

Ink and watercolour art showing Charles and Edwin seated on their sofa with a lit lamp behind Charles. He is huddled in a green and red tartan blanket and looking at Edwin, who is holding an open copy of The Song of Roland and is looking at Charles in turn.

Ink and watercolour art inspired by the absolutely amazing #DeadBoyDetectives fic The Song of Rowland by elisi and promethia-tenk.
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Watercolour painting showing three swans flying over a winding river with two longship-like boats travelling up it. In the distance there are mountains.

“Journeying up Gwathló” (watercolour, 2022)

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The final chapter of the fic has been posted.
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A sequel is in the works. It’s going to be a crossover with BBC Sherlock (and which I’ve been wanting to write ever since I watched #DeadBoyDetectives for the first time). There are plans for more Wispy-Verse, too.

Ink and watercolour art showing Edwin painting Crystal’s nails. They are sitting opposite each other in a kitchen with turquoise cupboards. Crystal is wearing a purple hoodie, Edwin his usual pinstripe jacket.

Ink and watercolour art inspired by the marvellous #DeadBoyDetectives fic we live the opposite (daring) by @coraline-piange The story has great characterisations and bonding moments between Crystal and Edwin.
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#DeadBoyDetectives Yay! 👻🔎👻

Well, I’m stuck there anyway, kind of …

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Ink lineart showing Charles and Edwin sitting on their sofa. Charles is huddled in a blanket. Edwin is holding an open book. The boys are looking at each other.

Pencil sketch of the same scene.

Ink lineart (and pencil sketch) of an illustration inspired by the absolutely amazing #DeadBoyDetectives fic The Song of Rowland by elisi and promethia_tenk. Hope to finish the watercolour version over the weekend.

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Happy Birthday 🎉🎂🎉

Watercolour showing the Last Homely House in Rivendell with Bilbo looking out of one of the upper windows, and Gandalf and Elrond walking below. In the left foreground is a windswept pine, and in the background a waterfall.

“The winds of Rivendell”

One of seven new watercolours inspired by The Hobbit for an upcoming publication by Legendaria Ediciones.

Happy #HobbitDay

Ink and watercolour art showing Charles comforting a distressed Edwin. Both are on the floor in front of a bookshelf.

Charles looking after Edwin: Payneland art inspired by the touching #DeadBoyDetectives fic A Coda to Hell, Redux by @ice-elf.bsky.social

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When the Rose Speaks it's Name is going to have a second volume! Yay!💃🎉😊💜
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Ink and watercolour art showing Crystal, Charles and Edwin watching a sleeping Niko (Charles is actually watching Edwin). Niko is sprite-sized and lying curled up in a soft nest of sheep wool and dandelion fluff. She is wearing a blue dress.

Illustration for the final chapter of my #DeadBoyDetectives fic The Case of the Stolen Barrow. The chapter isn’t quite finished yet because the boys and girls decided to complicate things. But we’re getting there.
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Ink lineart of Charles holding a crying Edwin. They are both sitting on the floor in front of a bookshelf.

Ink lineart of Charles looking after Edwin, a scene from the touching fic A Coda to Hell, Redux by Ice_Elf

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He is such a ray of sunlight. Thanks for sharing 😊

Ink lineart showing Edwin painting Crystal’s fingernails. Both characters are shown in profile from the chest up.

Ink lineart of Edwin doing Crystal’s nails, a scene from the marvellous fic we live the opposite (daring) by purposefullyinlove. The story has great characterisations and bonding moments between Crystal and Edwin.
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:D

Watercolour showing JRR Tolkien wearing a hat and smoking a pipe. He is standing on a low rock leaning on a walking stick. He is seen from behind gazing towards Bad End. To the right of the image, a fox is watching him.

Bringing this back for #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday: “Tolkien in the Shire” (watercolour, 2020)

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Pencil drawing of Edwin doing Crystal’s nails. Both are shown in profile.

Pencil drawing of Charles comforting a crying Edwin. The boys are sitting on the ground in front of an open cupboard containing books.

Pencil drawing of John and Sherlock suspended in the air, embracing and kissing.

Pencil sketch for a cover illustration of Sherlock and the Beanstalk showing Sherlock climbing the stalk with John watching from above.

Pencil sketches of art I’m working on at the moment. Two are illustrations for #DeadBoyDetectives fics, and two are Fandom Trumps Hate pieces inspired by Sherlock fics. More info and links to the fics here: www.tumblr.com/khorazir/793...

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Photo of a slow worm on tarmac with a mountain bike in the background. The tip of the lizard’s tail is missing.

Came across this little chap while cycling today. It’s a slow worm, a kind of legless lizard. It just suffered a run-in with a predator and lost the tip of its tail, which they can cast off & which grows back. I persuaded it to leave the road so that it wouldn’t be run over by another cyclist.