And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
A sea siren sits above a pile of bones with schools of fish, bones, and a giant angler fish around her.
🌊The Angler's Bride🌊
My heart is a sunken altar. There, I thrive. There, I keep a ledger of bones. The deep remembers what the surface forgets.
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
Gaurdian
#art #birds
Drawing of a tired puppy with the caption; "this too shall pass but like holy f"
Mood
a traditional pen and ink drawing of a coyote looking upwards with eyes wide and mouth slightly open. a burst of color in white, yellow, orange, pink, and blue (painted in gouache) imperfectly bisects its head
how does one ask for kindness?
of grass and dead nettles and bindweed and other plants in early may, the colours are perhaps a bit much but oh well
Verge (1)
digital painting
lovely
Also funny story I was looking up your @ from the ceramic, and saw March followed it and liked the posts, which I thought looked familiar. And I was like hang on, is this ... Carnemancy???!!! It was 😂😂 another coincidence of finding we're in the same place
Oh my god oh my goddddd I am in love with theseeee, would you make them again?
dodger, a centipede naga, lounges against a rocky pool of water leading into a small waterfall.
lounging in the floating gardens 🐛🌺 (dodger, they/them)
01.11.2025-01.12.2025 55 Edward St Brunswick An Exhibition for Ants 3.0 Unassigned Gallery's annual small works exhibition and third birthday fundraiser! Opening November 1st 4-9pm Free Entry
a small ceramic wolf sculpture with stars emerging from its side; there are 4 even smaller cubs with differently shaped star heads, all of them standing together on a boulder.
mommy starwolf and starlings will be on exhibit tonight at Unassigned Gallery in Brunswick! along with so many other small and easy and wonderful to look at pieces :~)
Hey this is Anther / Oria from twitter! I saw on their IG story yours was actually one of the first sold! I went at 4pm today, it was legit my fave piece and everyone I talked to about it adored it and had been tempted to buy it if it hadn't already been sold!
Black silhouette of a person curled in a foetal position, outlined in shaky red. They are bleeding out period blood in a thick murky swirl of red, dotted with blood clots. Black writing over the blood (text too long for bsky, please check link)
the body horror of endometriosis when you’re not a woman.
Suffering "women's issues" in a healthcare system that silences women.
Sharing a section from a publication entry, as an artwork at the Hysterical Legacies exhibition at QVWC, Melbourne (Oct 8-24)
acantholichen.substack.com/p/the-body-h...
Hi Tay, I am trying to reach you for the refund I am still owed, could you please get in contact with me?
text reads nothing grows in isolation, we need each other
🌿
A collection of Sketchbuck's digital illustrations, animal, human and monstrous.
After years I finally have a price sheet again!
This is a quick reference of prices, for more accurate pricings please visit - www.sketchbuck.com/commissions
All slots still available 😬🤞
(gosh things are rough for comms at the moment! Any support is massively appreciated)
Refusing to comply with systems designed to shrink you is power, we need to stand up
🩸 the druid spawn
A Few months ago, when the first trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds was released, I decided to start brainstorming a new monster that could fit into the series. It’s designed as a brute wyvern that adapts to its environment by switching between two different stances: normal mode and tunneler's mode.
YAY more dragons! C0mm for @wyrdle.bsky.social 🐉💥
Harlequin Blue Felimida (Felimida clenchi) - Nudibranch, digitally painted vibrantly
Harlequin Blue Felimida (Felimida clenchi) - Nudibranch
Sea souffle pancake, to me. I wanted to emphasise their pastry-ness by making them toastier
Reference from Ellen Muller (iNaturalist)
8h25m, but part of it was spending 2-3h attempting another 2 nudibranchs and cutting my losses before this
Topology and perspective confused the hell out of me but it really is soooo helpful for rendering
Tut by leriisa
Digital painting of richly highlighted egg on toast with crispy edges and cracked pepper, with a cute outline
Digital painting of toast with char marks and a cute outline
Egg on toast
I forgot that the egg would be covering the toast, so I spent a lot of time rendering the char pattern onto the bread, so please appreciate the toast separately as well lol
2025,6h
Chocolate coronet
Following Food illustration tutorial by Leriisa
I'm not used to visible lineart so I made it chunkier like a sticker. Im still trying out styles to see what I vibe with most! This was actually the initial style before I did the one I previously posted which I prefer
2h28m, 2025
Digitally painted croissant with tasty lighting and texturing highlighting the crispiness and softness, outlined with cutesy shapes using its own colors
🥐
Trying out some styles of how to do an outlined painting, and I think I quite like doing this style that I often see from crocheters, it distracts from the painting less and empahsises the silhouette.
Happy with how this croissant turned out, following tut from Leriisa.
Today is my birthday 🎊. All I ask if for folks to share and donate to help me stay housed.
That would be the greatest gift.
#mutualaid
