In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...
Alyssa Winans
@alawinans.bsky.social
Illustrator & Ice Cream Fan 🍦 www.alyssawinans.com she/her
Wild critters ravaged my herb pots, but left the cilantro untouched. Polarizing even in the animal world. 😭
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
Whoah, I got what I think is one of those book club scam emails. I genuinely thought it was a writer-specific scam, but I was wrong. Be safe out there everyone!
Meant to post this one here earlier, but got distracted by portfolio day! A little personal piece between jobs. #illustration
Corn season is exciting because shucking corn is so much easier as an adult than as a child. I've never felt so strong. 💪 🌽 💪
Looks like one of mine got flagged as well. Other artist folks, you may want to check! Knowing if something is AI or not is actually a crucial feature, so it's wild that they rolled it out with such abysmal accuracy.
A new example of Meta shithousery. This is a post of mine on Instagram (left). Click the dots top right and this advisory note appears (right). I never use ai, never will. Why would they do this? Who benefits? Are they just trying to make viewers think everything is genAI so they just accept it?
How is it #PortfolioDay again?? Let me try this with the new carousel thingy… I’m Gwenevere Singley, illustrator and general art wrangler! I’ve worked in games, animation, interactive media, TTRPGs, comics, and I’d love to work on more! Portfolio site: www.gwensingley.com
#PortfolioDay ! I'm Noé Leyva, concept artist and illustrator from Los Angeles, California. I am currently looking for work as a concept artist and illustration. I have over 10 years of experience in the gaming and TTRPG industries. noe-leyva.com noe.leyva.art@gmail.com #gamedev #conceptart
#portfolioday Hi I'm Night and I like to draw lots of silly bugs from that one tragic bug game I think its called Hollow Knight or something. #hollowknight #hollowknightfanart #silksong
Hello! I'm a freelance illustrator and book cover artist living in the SF bay area. 🌉 #portfolioday 🌐 www.alyssawinans.com 📧 hello@alyssawinans.com
The sample figure of the Wargreymon G Erosion Mode that I worked on finally arrived!
FYI, my beloved lil gay witch horror book LIGHT & EARTH & MARROW is still open to ARC requests (and also preorders!) so go forth and read, my lovelies! L&E&M is also closing in on 20 reviews, WHO WILL GET IT THERE?? 👀
Light & Earth & Marrow
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We are excited to announce that IN ONE MONTH FROM TODAY, TBRCon 2026 will officially be happening! 🎉🎊🍾 21 panels, 100+ authors, 4 live podcasts, and giveaways from our AMAZING 2026 sponsors! Mark your calendars for July 26th-August 1st! 🙌🏻 #tbrcon2026 Art by @alawinans.bsky.social
FOLKS, I GOT TO DO THE THING 📦 @shirakipress.com @alawinans.bsky.social
Please give a big BayCon 42/ Westercon78 welcome to our next group of Artist Alley Vendors! Please be sure to give them a follow and check them out during the show! 🎉 • Konyoco Designs • @klqdraws.bsky.social • Matt Abraham Books • @alawinans.bsky.social • @heartbeastsgame.bsky.social
I unfortunately know shockingly little about sports, but this week has really revealed that I follow a disproportionate number of New Yorkers. 🤔
I'm doing A Thing, since no one else does and I have the Fucking Time! (IYKYK) #SmallPress #SFFH
SFFH small press authors & publishers, we will soon post quarterly lists of small press new releases. Help us by filling out the form available on our website, so we don't miss a release 👇
Happy 5th birthday to #KidLitArtPostcard!! 🎉 Here's me as a kid, stealing neopoints and playing flash games. Hire me for your next project, I'm great at computers!
I am still reeling from this incredible gift. Professional model maker Dennis Chan (and husband of the talented @alawinans.bsky.social!) made this INCREDIBLE figurine of my grandparents. I can't stop turning it over in my hands. What a wild thing to see @yasimamura.bsky.social's work in 3D.
Had a wonderful time at the Locus Awards chatting with many lovely book folks. Also, unsurprisingly, people who do words for a living write incredible speeches. 😭 Congrats to all the finalists and winners!
@jeanniemarschall.bsky.social 's LIGHT & EARTH & MARROW is a disarmingly cozy novella about the horrors that await the unkenning. The scariest creatures in the darkness... just might be us, but we aren't alone in the woods. @alawinans.bsky.social - This cover is everything. ETA Sept 22, 2026!
Locus Art Director & Senior Editor #FrancescaMyman & Featured Local Artist #AlyssaWinans will conduct an art talk as part of the #LocusAwards weekend on SAT May 30, at 3:40PM at the Hotel Shattuck in Berkeley Buy your tickets before they sell out! locusmag.com/awards26 in bio
It's release day for A LONG AND SPEAKING SILENCE, #7 in the Singing Hills Cycle of standalone novellas! Watch Cleric Chih fall flat on their face as they navigate being young, broke and alone in a new town! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
A Long and Speaking Silence
From USA Today bestselling author Nghi Vo comes a beautiful new tale in the Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle, drawn from the earliest days of Chih's ca...
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Next Tuesday, 5/5, we've got the release of Singing HIlls #7, A LONG AND SPEAKING SILENCE! It's the start of the rainy season, and one very young cleric is waiting tables, listening to stories, and trying to help a refugee population in the river town of Luntien! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
A Long and Speaking Silence
From USA Today bestselling author Nghi Vo comes a beautiful new tale in the Hugo Award-winning Singing Hills Cycle, drawn from the earliest days of Chih's ca...
us.macmillan.com
I don't know how other artists pack for shows, but I enjoy dressing my frames and canvases in little shirts and cardigans like we're all going on a park outing. 🪁