Lucy Bellwood

An oak lit gold by late afternoon light.

A treeline in stark silhouette against a burning sunset.

Passing storm clouds behind two vast pines.

Perennial reminder that the light will change.

SEAN!! Hi.

Can’t wait to read the b’jeebus out of this

Good morning! Yes, this is he

A demon plush toy on a drafting board alongside a drawing tablet sporting a charming signed portrait of said demon drawn by a young person of taste and perception.

I will never not hand a child a pencil and blank piece of paper when they walk in but sometimes we develop A Rapport and I leave them alone with the Cintiq only to come back and find out they’ve made me fan art.

Why would I not choose this every chance I get.

A wooden bookshelf in a sunbeam packed with a wide variety of indie comics.

A table display of graphic novels, demon plush toys, stickers, and postcards.

A woman just stopped in at the studio to pick up her anti-ICE fundraiser postcards and it turns out she’s tutoring a kid in town. Gaped at all the comics for a moment and then shyly asked if she might be able to bring him by sometime. Yes, obviously x 1,000,000. This is my favorite thing.

You're tellin' me. (Also thank you! Nice to know they're still lurking overseas.)

Never knew I needed this till now.

A rosy sunset sequence of panels showing Monty Mellivore, hapless badger, climbing the rigging of the topsail schooner Rodentia for the first time. He is not having a Baja Blast.

A moody green cabin where Miss Mortar, a mad-looking echidna in bunny slippers, shows Monty around her store of explosives.

Cannot overstate how fortunate I am to be working with @charmgardens.com and @nyaatalie.bsky.social for the colors on this book. Every update to the Dropbox folder has me vibrating in my seat for hours afterward. Wizards, the both of ’em.

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THERE ARE DOZENS OF US

I have it printed out above my drawing table for exactly this reason. Wise and full of mischief. I love her.

Damn, congratulations! Making that leap is no small feat. That seaglass quality of the materials you were working with really stuck in my brain. It's pretty magical.

I'm gonna love to see YOU (in a couple months)

Hell yeah! Totality was way too early for me, but I caught the second half of it on the way out. Definitely blood-adjacent.

(It was genuinely beautiful and dramatic it was just also 4am and my binoculars were wobbly and WHATEVER you get the idea.)

A blurry photo that some people might generously describe as a picture of the moon.

A even blurrier photo that some people might generously describe as a picture of the moon.

Took some really stellar photos of the lunar eclipse this morning you're welcome

HIIII I’ve got a letter with your name on it in my outbound pile 👀

Hey shipmate!

THIS IS SO CUTE WHAT THE HECK

Hi I came back to social media specifically to lose my mind in front of an audience but in the fun way

Lettice and Monty, a capybara and a badger, share a grin in panel one. They’re interrupted by a voice bellowing “Mellivore!” in panel two, causing both of them to leap out of their respective skins.

20 pages to go! I am screaming! Did I mention this book is 252 pages long? Did I mention I’ve been working on it off and on for five years? Did I mention I am SO EXCITED FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN‘T ME TO LOOK AT IT?

Chris! Hello! How nice to see a familiar face. Are you crafting any tiny worlds these days?

Oh that's marvelous. Thank you for sharing it! Somehow I'm following her on Tumblr but hadn't seen that one before.

A spread from a simple booklet showing a humanoid alien doing yoga. The four poses shown are titled: Tri-Star Entertainment, The Walnut, L’il Dangler, and The Domestic Dispute.

Great news, I have one handy.

You ever see @tangocharlie.bsky.social’s wee yoga comic? I feel you two would get along here.

I think of you and your brush inking videos every time I sit down to do this, Jarad! <3

Oh hello hello! Feels like walking into a bar and spotting a bunch of friends I haven't seen in five years hanging around all the tables.

...wait, being on feed-based social media as a means of generating motivation is ALSO part of that wiring. DAMN.