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Painting of Kettricken from the Farseer Trilogy. She is a young white woman with golden hair and blue eyes, wearing a fluffy fur coat. Her lips are parted slightly in an earnest smile while she gazes off into the distance. Her portrait is framed in a golden oval surrounded by sparkles and stars, set against a purple background. The text "Queen-in-Waiting" is written at the bottom of the image.

Queen-in-Waiting

#Kettricken #RotE #RobinHobb #Art #ArtSky

A promotional graphic set in a dark green background with wavy line patterns. At the centre, inside a circular frame, bold text reads “Spotlight On: African Translation Project”. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom. The overall design highlights a spotlight theme.

Green textured background with the heading “Spotlight: African Translation Project” on a light green banner. The main text explains what the project is about and why it matters. The WTBAP logo appears at the top, and a website link is placed at the bottom.

Spotlight: African Translation Project

We'd like to shine a light on an initiative dedicated to translating modern fiction from non-colonial African languages into English. Projects like these ensure that our stories are shared, celebrated and read by readers globally. 🧵

A graphic in light pinch hues, with some banners coming down, from which can be seen some cherry blossoms with golden lineart, colored in pink hues. In the center of the cover, surrounded by a minimalist design of pink leaves and a dewdrop, some text reads: “Dewdrops at Dawn. A Mulian Zine”

The wait is almost over!

Dewdrops at Dawn will be released tomorrow, Tuesday 15 July.

In the meantime, take a look at the cover of the zine. 🌸

#DewdropsAtDawn #MuLian #TGCF #TianGuanCiFu #HeavenOfficialsBlessing #天官赐福 #慕怜

A graphic with some light pink and golden accents and some cherry blossoms. On the left side there’s an icon: a person in cartoon style drinking a cup of tea. Under that icon, some text reads: “Sylla. Writer. @syllareads (bsky) @syllapoecats (Tiktok/YT). ‘Hi, I’m Sylla! I love reading and writing unhinged and/or sad queer things and making readers suffer <3 If any of that sounds interesting to you, stick around and let yourself get hurt. XOXO’”. On the right side, there is a sneak peek of some writing: “Love, the cat yawns, butting her little head against his thumb and Mu Qing thinks about the order he had received, and tries not to shudder. Xie Lian’s eyes stare at him, white as his hair, the barest tinge of pink around the edges, and Mu Qing does not tell him because he does not know how. Instead, they both sit and keep quiet, the cat’s mindless purring their only shared conversation. When Xie Lian leaves, Mu Qing deposits his little beast onto the pillow next to his head and tries to ignore the plaintive cry (cold!) echoing inside his mind. He had other magic to dedicate himself to. It is, after all, only proper for a bastard to be commanded by his king”. On the bottom left, it says “Dewdrops at dawn”, adorned with more cherry blossoms.

Our next spotlight is for one of our writers for the winter section, the one and only @syllareads.bsky.social 🌸

#DewdropsAtDawn #MuLian #TGCF #TianGuanCiFu #HeavenOfficialsBlessing #天官赐福 #慕怜

A trope map graphic. The background is a photo of water, in the middle is a close-up of a candle with the text 'title & cover to be revealed'. On top is the hashtag #hotwetqueersummer and at the bottom #hotwetpitch. Around the candle is text that says "hurt/occasional comfort", "bpd & npd sapphics", "majorly trans cast", "aroace incubus", "cannibalism", "mc needs a hug".

Happy #hotwetpitch day! Coming with something small today

#hotwetqueersummer #wip #f

Binggekitten meets catjiu's friend! (liukitty cameo 😾)

OH i haven't posted binggekitten and catjiu things here yet

digital illustration. Young Yue Qingyuan and Shen Jiu from Scum Villain but in modern clothes. She Jiu looks a little beat up like he'd gotten into some trouble

Tiny YQY and SJ!
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#SVSSS #YueQingyuan #ShenJiu

Peg him, Shizun!
#jiuyuan #svsss #人渣反派系统自救

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Some Old doodles of baby ZZL inspired from Alex's fic 🥹🐍💚
found here⬇️
archiveofourown.org/works/385236...

Nothing is as motivating as that dreaded "five people are waiting :)" section on Libby 😭😭😭

HI @aldergroves.bsky.social DO YOU WANNA BE DRAGGED INTO RAREPAIRS AND THUS CORRUPTED

Rocking back and forth in the corner,,,, Nosferatu,,,oh you masterpiece

YouTube video by Sylla's Poecats Reindeer Readathon || Results

Since you're all already here: feel free to check out my latest wrapup video where I did exactly as promised (used the itch links for every indie author I mentioned) 💙📚🌈📚
youtu.be/dx6fyE-1HWk?...

And this is why I consistently try to link to itch when shouting out indie authors! Encouraging other indie book reviewers to do the same if possible 🫶📚💙📚🌈

Download the latest indie games itch.io is a simple way to find, download and distribute indie games online. Whether you're a developer looking to upload your game or just someone looking for something new to play itch.io has you co...

i really cannot stress enough how itch.io has consistently been out performing other retailers for my book.

indie authors really need to give this platform a try if they aren’t already. it absolutely does require you to do more of the legwork via marketing because there is no discoverability but +

I have hung up the laundry. 0/10 experience 😔 onto BREAD BAKING (don't ask)

I'm tired so obviously it's cancelled??? Smh

Like wdym there's laundry

I'm so sleepy and yet I have things to do

Promotional graphic for a set of 5 asexuality themed wallpapers, shown on 5 phone screens. One shows a pair of hands levitating an ace of spades playing card; the second shows a starry night sky with a dragon formed in the negative space of the clouds; the third shows a cheesecake slice in the ace flag colours, with the text ""ACE, no matter how you slice it;"" the fourth has hand-drawn text that says ""I'm beauty, I'm ace, if you mess with my I'll punch you in the face!!;"" and the last one shows a cat sleeping among the clouds.

My ace themed #wallpaper set is now up in my shop!
buymeacoffee.com/isthiseva/e/...

A promotional graphic for Is This Eva's Patreon. A speech bubble at the top reads: ""Support me on Patreon!"" Below are circular images depicting the three available tiers: $1 (Need For Seed), $5 (Best Buds), $10 (Beleaf In Me). Decsriptive text reads: ""For early access posts, WIPs, time-lapses, high-res downloads, exclusive art, process notes, wallpapers, and more!"" At the bottom is a link leading to my Patreon page. A character walking across a sunflower field holding a basket of sunflowers is imposed over the graphic.

A promotional graphic for Is This Eva's Buy Me A Coffee page. It shows a QR code, below which is the link to the page. The call-to-action at the bottom reads: ""Buy from my shop or send me a tip"". The information is enclosed in a pink box with a black border, floating over a blurred-out drawing of a person holding a sunflower.

Promotional graphic featuring the Bite Sized, a comic by IsThisEva. The price of $5 is written inside a blood-drop shape. “Buy now at buymeacoffee.com/isthiseva”. There are arrows arranged around the cover with a list of tropes, as follows: hurt/comfort, enemies to allies to lovers, NBi/m romance & established NBi/f pairing, banter, vampire vs. hunter, arguing and swordpoint, “what if I make it your problem?”

Pinning some of my artist links ✌🏽
- Portfolio (open to work inquiries): isthiseva.carrd.co
- Tip jar/shop/get my comic: buymeacoffee.com/isthiseva
- Patreon: patreon.com/isthiseva
- Tumblr (semi-active/queue): www.tumblr.com/isthiseva
- Instagram (barely): www.instagram.com/is.this.eva

A vaguely historical-themed painting of two women. One is a governess with brown skin and dark hair. She is wearing a purple dress and is seated on a bench. The other, a gardener with light skin and dark hair wearing a white shirt and brown breeches, is kneeling in front of the governess, helping her adjust her shoes. They are gazing at each other with soft and smiling expressions. The entire scene takes place on a sunny day beneath the shade of a large tree. The background shows a view of a lake with trees and mountains in the distance.

The Gardener and the Governess
#art

Painting of a man on horseback leaning down to kiss a shepherd, who is holding a lamb in their arms. There are two sheep in the foreground. In the background, an overjoyed sheepdog is bounding towards the shepherd and the traveller. The background is a yellow grassland with a forest and mountains in the far distance. The sky is bright blue with soft clouds.

Ok today y'all are having my favourite painting, Directions For A Kiss, which is also the one I spent like 5 months doing studies for.

An illustrated book cover for Help Wanted by J. Emery. The cover features a harassed-looking raven sitting upon an open book on a desk. Behind the raven the desktop is strewn with several several sheets of paper, stacks of books, a smoking candle, and stray feathers. The title is included inside speech bubble coming from the raven.

A book cover for Awakenings, The Chronicles of Nerezia – 1 by Claudie Arseneault. The cover shows three figures on a sandy road in the middle of a red desert, facing away from the viewer as they look up at a domed city atop a red cliff in the distance. The three figures consist of one person in a tattered cloak, another with curly blond hair and a yellow tunic and armour, and a lizard person in a jumpsuit and goggles. Their vehicle, a cyan wagon with numerous pipes running along it, is in the foreground, partially cropped out of view. The colours are bright and vibrant, with orange and pink as the predominant tones.

Cover art for the web novel Tales from Aurea. The title features a sword as the T in Tales and two dragons forming an infinity symbol in the background. Five characters stand ready to fight under a solar eclipse. From left to right: Leif, a man with a battle axe and cocky expression; Jo, a muscular woman with a mischievous grin; Kaja, a small, nervous girl with dragon horns and a tail; Sakrattars, an elf wizard with a spell book and a toad on his head; Amale, an anthropomorphic painted dog holding a bow.

A full wraparound book cover for Stories from the Deep, The Chronicles of Nerezia – 4 by Claudie Arseneault. The cover depicts a massive yellow-and-teal kraken locked in battle at sea with someone with water powers. Along the shoreline is a wagon, from which two people are bursting out to view the battle.

I've been working on some very cool #covers lately, and I'm always down to make more. If you or someone you know would like to book me (hehe) to illustrate and/or design a cover in 2025, feel free to reach out!
isthiseva.carrd.co#covers

A painting of a giant statue of a woman holding a clothes iron, in the middle of the sea, posed as if she is flattening the waves. There are three tiny ships at the right corner of the painting. It is daybreak, with heavy clouds in the sky that appear to be clearing.

Painting of a statue overlooking a cliff’s edge in an icy nighttime landscape. The statue depicts a woman holding an urn over one shoulder, from which she pours water into the chasm’s icy depths. The aurora flashes overhead, reflecting on the frozen lake below.

Painting of a partially submerged statue of a fat woman in a flowing dress, holding a lighted lamp in one hand. She glances askance with a small, mysterious smile. It is nighttime; the waves rise high around the statue, lit blue-green by the light of the lamp. The colours are muted and ghostly.

Hi! I forgot to mention this but I offered prints of these paintings for a fundraiser assisting a First Nations activist. There's an event happening today but you can purchase my prints (and items by other contributors) even if you cannot attend. Details here: www.instagram.com/p/DC2mtCkBpXo/

A study of the painting La Belle Dame Sans Merci, featuring a man in armour standing before a woman on horseback. They both have brown skin; the man has shoulder-length blonde hair while the woman has long and flowing black hair, atop which rests a flower crown. She's leaning over the saddle to smile down at him playfully, while he stares up at her with a devoted expression. The horse, which has a black coat and wears armour pieces that matches the man’s, is stamping a foot and staring at the ground.

My heart knew (before I knew my heart)

Study of La Belle Dame Sans Merci
#art

A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Atlas Obscura Wild Life, Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party, Every Living Thing, Alien Earths, Becoming Earth, and Deep Water

A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Frostbite, The Inner Clock, How to Kill an Asteroid, The Great River, The Last Fire Season, and Hoof Beats

A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are The Serviceberry, Not the End of the World, Nature's Ghosts, Meet the Neighbors, The Light Eaters, and Our Moon

A collage of book covers of new nature & science books. Featured here are Turning to Stone, The Weight of Nature, What If We Get It Right?, Waves in An Impossible Sea, The Tree Collectors, and Why We Remember

I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!

Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚

Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!