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@nanelsonart.bsky.social

artist and parent of 2, she/her, looking for work/rep in comics, puzzles, games, covers, spots, graphic novel illustration, kidlit picture books https://www.nanelsonart.com/

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Possum Acquainter @possumacquainter.bsky.social · yesterday

just looked up where this Le Guin quote came from, and got a truly fantastic reveal

"The Creative result is the child who has survived" - Ursula K Le Guin

"what the fuck is this shit" - Ursula K Le Guin

a bezoar @a-bezoar.bsky.social · yesterday

Le Guin writes about her fake quote here and other linked writings www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/106-a-c...

Meelis pointed out this sentence in the 1974 essay "Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons?" (reprinted in the collection The Language of the Night):
I believe that maturity is not an outgrowing, but a growing up: that an adult is not a dead child, but a child who survived.
Nothing about "creativity" whatever. I just said a grown-up is somebody who lived through childhood a child who survived. A truism, of course, but in 1974 I had reasons for stating it. The disavowal of childishness that is part of assuming adulthood, particularly male adulthood, can become a denial of the value of any connection to oneself as a child or to children in general. It was acceptable, forty years ago, for people to boast of disliking children. It was all but automatic for critics to deny adult value to fantasy literature simply by saying it was 'for children.' And some feminists of the Seventies, wanting to free women from sole responsibility for children, denied any natural connection to them at all. This was the mindset I was addressing. I was just trying to keep the child-adult connection open, and free of contempt.

Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 22h ago

Colouring in the vertical forest

Digital painting, a vertical forest with a smaller vertical forest to its right. Or is it far away maybe

Rene @rene0elric.bsky.social · 2y ago

The sundering of Fandaniel #ffxiv #ff14

Stace LeFevre @staceart.bsky.social · 17h ago

A late start to August Adventures! Here is my piece for the prompt "Song" - sometimes a lullaby is needed to lull mossmanders to sleep. #AugustAdventures2026 #AugustAdventures

A digital illustration of a humanoid fae with large ears and an acorn cap playing an ocarina. They sit on top of a large sleeping mossmander (salamander like creature covered with moss). Smaller mossmanders sleep on the large one, including one that is drooling on its parent's tail.

은민 @em913em.bsky.social · 10h ago

비스킷삵 : 바삭고소한 맛이 난다 우유마블과 초코마블과 초코칩이 박혀있다(초코칩 다이제 느낌) 내향형 야생칡 경계심이 강하다

echerry @echerryart.bsky.social · 9h ago

cheseely 🖤@cheseely.bsky.social · 14h ago

sugimoto‼️ #goldenkamuy

shafer brown @shaferbrown.com · yesterday

family portrait with inventories (2025)

2025 limited color fantasy family portrait

at the base of a small hill overlooking an underground acqueduct, a couple sits curled up with their pets enjoying a campfire meal. one sits atop a giant snake eating an apple with one hand and chatting with her familiar across her neck. The other looks up with affection while peeling skewered food from his rapier. One cat rests in between them while another paws at the giant snakes tail. Their inventories are placed beside the scene like panels of an altarpiece.

Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · 15h ago

Doggust day 10: Perseids. 🔭🐶 Decided to do some dogs sleeping under meteors this week. #doggust2026

A peach and sky blue colored greyhound, sleeping in a position reminiscent of a folded up lawn chair.

aves 🌱@aves.bsky.social · yesterday

i was hemming and hawing about who i was gonna romance and then this guy showed up and it was game over #FieldsOfMistria #FieldsOfMistriaSpoilers #FoMSpoilers #art

Two bust drawings of Caldarus from Fields of Mistria. He looks content in one and is blushing and holding his face in one hand in the other.

geneva 🖍️@gdbee.bsky.social · 4d ago

How August kinda feels to me

Illo of an energetic young lady walking her basket bike through shallow waves at the end of the day. There's a bit of celebratory confetti sprinkled around. There are balloons tied to the bike. The lady has big coily hair, a bright pink top and a pleated denim skirt. Drawn by gdbee, paint tool sai 2 Aug 2026

frayed @ looking for work @frayed-symphony.bsky.social · 6h ago

‘Teas of the Kingdom’ [ #zelda #tearsofthekingdom #TOTK #art ]

Davinky @davinciwannabe.bsky.social · 6h ago

Part 2 of drawing all the romancables! (Balor and Ryis) #fieldsofmistria

Rene @rene0elric.bsky.social · 16h ago

for the 6th anniversary of patch 5.3's release, commissioned by Mitsu #commission

grassflu.bsky.social @grassflu.bsky.social · 15h ago

My two gym modes these days, I love both

Cloudy🐈@hellocloudy.bsky.social · yesterday

QRP with your art featuring warm colors!

Drawing of a black cat strolling through a colorful early autumn landscape

a painting of a black cat with big round eyes sitting in a pumpkin patch. in the background we can see a countryside landscape with fields and a small cottage. there are chickens in the grass nearby and a wheelbarrow filled with pumpkins with a black cat sleeping on them. there's also a black cat in front of the house door in the distance. the color palette is warm oranges, pinks, yellows and muted greens.

A black cat is sleeping on a pile of books. The titles spell the words "one more chapter"

A fluffy tuxedo cat is sitting in a fall tree - the leaves are in vivid yellow, red and hot pink tones and frame the cat against blue sky

Ivy 🌱 mooniecoco@mooniecoco.bsky.social · 2d ago

QRP with your art featuring warm colors! (it's kinda hard to find) [ #digitalart #illustration #bunnyart ]

Hampus Viklander @spookystirfry.bsky.social · 2d ago

there we go, weekend drawing project over!

digital coloured drawing of an adventuer. She is clad in layers of armour and cloth, her waist is cluttered by many quivers of crossbow bolts, bags and weapons. Her left is replaced by an armoured prosthetic that splits into three long mechanical arms, one of them holding crossbow bolts and another a crossbow. In her left arm she holds a tall shield made up from snakes and a screaming face.

Dominique Ramsey 𓃥 @dominiqueramseyart.bsky.social · 2d ago

What will it take?

Illustration of a gray wolf with it’s front paws chained. The wolf bends it’s head down to bite off it’s left paw, with abstract black shapes surrounding it.

Nathan Daniel Hernandez @natedhernandez.bsky.social · 3d ago

☆°o Banh mi •°★

Cassandra Jean @cassandrajean.bsky.social · 3d ago

Today is the day of the Cats?

スキビディミク @thebrainrotgotme.bsky.social · 3d ago

As long as you're enjoying drawing that's all that matters

Tyler @okty.bsky.social · 3d ago

What's wrong babe you've barely driven your Subaru Troutback

Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 2d ago

anytime I read an article and the author's like "now, full disclosure, I do use Claude/ChatGPT for research/tech troubleshooting/etc" that's the last thing I read from that person

arnaerr 🦭⭑｡@arnaerr.bsky.social · 3d ago

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arnaerr 🦭⭑｡@arnaerr.bsky.social · 4d ago

Please sign and share this petition if you care about small artists and their businesses! c.org/R8MBNwbJMY This regulation is very harmful and caused many people to shut down their stores/sales in Europe

DETTAN 🏳️‍⚧️ ☛ COMMS OPEN slots 2/5 @dettanarts.bsky.social · 2d ago

[OC] Satan's Four Horsemen - Death. For my Unnamed Knight Project. In the distant past it is said that four warrior queens fell sway to the Serpent, giving it all for impossible power. In exchange they now serve him eternally as his greatest generals. This is Death, she who rides on putrid wings.

An ominous, tall knight clad in dark vulture themed armour. In her chest piece is a gaping hole over her heart wherein a ghostly green flame burns. She wields a massive battle scythe and stands over a pile of dead soldiers.
Behind her looms her mount, a putrid dragon who gorges on the deceased. A vile green miasma fills the battlefield.

Yuumei Art @yuumeiart.bsky.social · 2d ago

I had a lot of fun painting this one~ That classic celestial gold and blue combo just can't be beat. I love Agott's character growth though the story, like the phases of the moon, ever changing 🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑 1/2 #witchhatatelier #Δ帽子 #WHA

RAVioli 🥟🌿@unravy.bsky.social · 2d ago

✨🎉 Today I aged!! Here are some moths to celebrate! 🎉✨

reference sheet of a mothdrake, a species created by me of moth dragons, inspired by the southern flannel moth. She is covered in fur, has a disk like head, two fluffy antennae, four soft wings, six short legs, and a fur covered tail except for the tip, used to grab onto tree branches

Reference sheet of a dark green and gold colored moth dragon with two pair of wings, six arms, a rhino horns, golden horns, a fluffy mane and a long thick tail

Reference sheet of a butterfly dragon with two pair of wings, six spindly legs, long antennae, and a long sinuous neck and tail

れお @mmocc123.bsky.social · 3d ago

⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie)@stinasdemons.com · 3d ago

Happy #Caturday