Stephanie Cost

@perstephane.bsky.social

I’m an artist, art director and pattern designer with a passion for color, nature, Tarot and the fantasy genre. https://www.stephaniecost.com/ https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/egyptianblue https://www.etsy.com/shop/EgyptianBlueDesigns 🚫AI

One of the great benefits of man made art, is how it positively alters our outlook. Example: Ever since I discovered Ivan Shishkin, I look at trees differently. I go «oh, that is a tree he’d enjoy.» I can only aspire to have that impact on others.

Tim Curry's reading of the Sabriel series is probably my favorite audiobook? Most libraries will have it available, I think! He had wonderful material to work with (I really like this series), and his reading really transported me.

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Does anyone have a good resource for watercolor texture packs? I'm looking for basically just pretty watercolor washes that are an abstract background kind of thing. I had a pack years ago and lost it. ☹️

It's Stretch Goal Announcement Time! Tucked into our pockets we've got an art upgrade, with more environmental art and vignettes to make Fairham come alive, a SPECIAL witch subclass, and a mini setting guide to drop players into the world of Dominion. Two weeks to go! witchstarter.co.uk

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I'm fully In It, learning how to make patterns for wallpapers. This is the spiritual successor to my beetle and cicada that gave me pattern brain fever. Really inspired by artists like Morris, Dearle and Voysey lately. Help me name it please! "Beetle2" doesn't seem very.. poetic.

A repeating pattern in dark teal colors of a flowering plant and a beetle in flight

A pair of recently fledged Red-tailed Hawks. These two were flapping and exploring the branches around the nest. The day after these photos were taken, the nest was empty. Now they are off exploring the woods, still being fed by their parents while they learn to hunt.

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We sat on the deck tonight with a glass of wine and listened to all the spring voices. Parkas and tuques notwithstanding, it was amazing 😊 So here’s a quilt of birds in honor of spring. Pattern is “Feathers”. Make all the fiddly beaks at once and then it’s OK.

A quilt top of bird shapes made from 1930s reproduction fabric set in white. Border is a blue reproduction fabric.I love the 1930s reproduction fabrics! Here you can see a bird shapes made made from the plus the cheerful red and white backing. Quilting pattern is a wind-like scroll.