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Alyssa Winans

@alawinans.bsky.social

Illustrator & Ice Cream Fan 🍦 www.alyssawinans.com she/her

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Alyssa Winans @alawinans.bsky.social · last wk.

Seconded. Fortunately I saw this at the drive-in so I could weep in the privacy of our car (0mph). Visually so wild!!

Olivia When@oliviawhen.com · last wk.

Forgotten Island was soo good, everyone go see it! 😭😫 I was tearing up pretty much the whole time even tho it was like being in a car going 100 mph.

Alyssa Winans @alawinans.bsky.social · 2w ago

Set up at SJMade's Illo Mart, E602! 11am - 6pm today and tomorrow in San Jose's South Hall. Illustrations! Figure Drawing! Food! I have prints and postcards and a single apple-forward ink drawing. 🖋️ 🍎 🍏

Photo of a table with art prints, postcards, books, and a sign that says Alyssa Winans Illustration

A photo of a shelf of art postcards. Below are a set of fish stickers. The signs say postcards for $6, stickers $4

A photo of an ink drawing of a dragon crouched on a heap of apples. The dragon looks very pleased with itself.

Alyssa Winans @alawinans.bsky.social · 3w ago

There's probably a way to prepare for and return home from conventions without one's room becoming a den of chaos, but I haven't quite figured that one out yet. 🤔

Alyssa Winans @alawinans.bsky.social · 3w ago

Had a great time working on this one! I love drawing roots.

Shiraki Press@shirakipress.com · 3w ago

LIGHT & EARTH & MARROW is out TODAY! #cottagecore #horror Hedge witch Tilly Reinicke tries to guide her new neighbors to respect the paranormal world, but their contempt threatens everyone, and the Others will soon walk the Paths again. Grab your copy here: shirakipress.com/lem

Alyssa Winans @alawinans.bsky.social · 3w ago

Day 2 of SF Godzillafest (@alwaysbumping.bsky.social vending, not me), and the range and quality of fans' Godzilla shirts, jackets, and sweaters has been incredible. Fall weather is a great time for Godzilla merch.

Kathleen Jennings @tanaudel.bsky.social · last mo.

SAN FRANCISCO! I'm giving a silhouette cutting workshop on 17 October: bookbindersmuseum.org/event/worksh...

Workshop: Making Silhouette Book Plates | American Bookbinders Museum | San Francisco

Join award-winning World Fantasy illustrator, Kathleen Jennings, in this unique workshop to make a silhouette bookplate. Discover the principles behind silhouette art, including cutting techniques, co...

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Alyssa Winans @alawinans.bsky.social · 4w ago

I've been playing this game, Tiny Bookshop, and it's very cool seeing so many contemporary books. Overall very fun browsing the selection!

Screenshot of a game. There's a bookshelf on the left. On the right, there's a description of the highlighted book: Siren Queen by Nghi Vo.

Screenshot of a game. There's a bookshelf on the left. On the right, there's a description of the highlighted book: All Systems Red, The Murderbot Diaries #1 by Martha Wells.

Screenshot of a game. There's a bookshelf on the left. On the right, there's a description of the highlighted book: Ancillary Justice, Imperial Radch #1 by Ann Leckie

Screenshot of a game. There's a bookshelf on the left. On the right, there's a description of the highlighted book: Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey.

Jeannie (Jay) Marschall 🍇🫐🍏🍋🍊🍓@jeanniemarschall.bsky.social · last mo.

🎉IT IS MY BOOK'S PUB MONTH 🎉 Second cover from the right is my kid - Look at its proud lil face! Art by @alawinans.bsky.social for the lovely @shirakipress.com ❤️ Thank you for the Roundup - so much to discover! 📚👀

Read Indie Fantasy.com@blog.readindiefantasy.com · last mo.

Today is the start of a new feature on the blog, the New Release Roundup! Come see what books and crowdfunds are launching in September: www.readindiefantasy.com/new-release-...

A banner for our New Release Roundup for September. It shows a book shelf featuring the book covers for Corners of the Deep Dark by A. P. Howell, Light & Earth & Marrow by Jeannie Marschall and Untwined by Helyna L. Cove.

Shiraki Press @shirakipress.com · 2mo ago

Light & Earth & Marrow launches in ONE MONTH! Join us Sept 22nd at 10 AM Pacific for a virtual tea time celebration with @jeanniemarschall.bsky.social . Brew your favorite cuppa and sit a spell with us to commemorate the release of Light & Earth & Marrow! RSVP at www.eventbrite.com/e/shiraki-pr...

Alyssa Winans @alawinans.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A great thread on some precious things.

Olivia When@oliviawhen.com · 2mo ago

Doggust day 20: Some things lost to AI. 📝 #doggust2026

A yellow dog is amazed looking at a poster on a pillar that says "graphic design". Below is a close up of the poster. There's a yellow dog on it at an old computer an the text above says either "graphic design is my passion" or "graphic design my is passion." It's unclear, due to the graphic design. There are several pull tabs below that just say "help."

Text reads: "I like every weird handmade poster."

Brandon O’Brien, but wearing a wolf mask @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Worldcon is in one week, and I'm looking forward to reading some new poetry and sharing in the joy of a Best Poem nom with my fellow finalists. I just need a little bit of help making sure I can cover some travel incidentals. Thank you for all your generosity so far!

Support Brandon O'Brien

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Aaaaaaaaand it helps if I include a preorder link. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The Judgment of Needles

A history stitched in blood—return to the world of the Hugo award-winning Singing Hills series by USA Today bestselling author Nghi Vo.A celebration of the...

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Nghi Vo@nghivo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Singing Hills #8! Wandering cleric Chih and perfect hoopoe companion Almost Brilliant arrive at the imperial palace for a celebration of the life of the Empress of Salt and Fortune, where the food's amazing, the service is exemplary, and the clothes? Well, the clothes are just to die for. :P

A book cover on a tan background. The cover features a red kingfisher draped with a scrape of blue fabric, with a mirrored design on the lower corners of a threaded needle, and shears on the verge of cutting a twisting ribbon.

Text:

The Judgement of Needles
Hugo Award-Winning Series
Nghi Vo
"A remarkable accomplishment."
-NPR on The Empress of Salt and Fortune

Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Behold the cover of The Judgment of Needles by @nghivo.bsky.social! Coming May 4, 2027. A history stitched in blood—return to the world of the Hugo award-winning Singing Hills Cycle. Cover art by @alawinans.bsky.social Cover design by @cfoltzer.bsky.social us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

A graphic featuring the cover of The Judgment of Needles by Nghi Vo, which has a red bird with a blue and gold shawl over its wings.

Alyssa Winans @alawinans.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I was cutting back a hedge and pulled out what looked like plastic, but was instead three pieces of lizard skin??? Pretty neat.

Three pieces of molted lizard skin against a concrete background

Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📌 I'm Eleonor, a freelance illustrator from Portugal - you can see my work in books (in covers and interiors), card games, and other assorted projects :) Everything I paint is 100% human-made, as are the occasional bad jokes ✌️ 🌟 eleonorpiteira.squarespace.com

Cover illustration for the Special Limited Edition of 'The Odyssey' by Homer painted by Eleonor Piteira for Wraithmarked Creative, showing a strong Odysseus with grey streaks in his hair and short dark beard, wearing golden armour and holding a spear and a shield, while standing in the sun before a mural made of mosaics featuring Athena and ships in the sea. There are branches of olive trees on the foreground.

Cover illustration by Eleonor Piteira for Astarion, a Baldur's Gate 3 novel, by T. Kingfisher, featuring a white haired man in rich black and red clothes, raising a golden goblet on his hand that overflowing with blood and dripping down. On his other hand he is holding a dagger. The background is red with dark circular markings seemingly dripping down.

Haliya, Guided by Light, illustrated by Eleonor Piteira for the Magic: The Gathering set 'Edge of Eternities'. A young black woman dressed in light armour with an orange cape and holding a sci-fi-looking axe, stands triumphantly on top of a pile of dead enemies in dark bulky armours. Behind her there's a flat orange planet against a light purple background with stars, while the silhouette of a ship flies by.

Time's End, an illustration by Eleonor Piteira of a statue of a woman reaching up with light emanating from her hand. On the background there are ruins of a building with plants growing amidst the remnants of a broken stained glass window framing a sky filled with stars.

Alyssa Winans @alawinans.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Reposting because blurry. 😭 Cover reveal day! Excited to show my work for @julieleong.bsky.social's latest, coming out from @acebookspub.bsky.social in January. Thanks to Katie Anderson on the design. I didn't get the manuscript for this one, but I hear there are monsters! 🐍 #bookcover

Cover illustration for Julie Leong's The Isle of Lonely Monsters. An armored woman kneels at the edge of an island. Behind her, various beasts peek out of the forest. Below, a dragon appears out of the water.

Alyssa Winans @alawinans.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I love painting water. 🌊 #illustration

Illustration of a gray-skinned woman casting a spell, creating an orb-like lamp. She leaps above the water, casting a reflection. Several lamps float around her. Weeping branches and lily pads frame the image.

Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 2mo ago

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 · 2mo ago

Wild critters ravaged my herb pots, but left the cilantro untouched. Polarizing even in the animal world. 😭

jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

Alyssa Winans @alawinans.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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!

Alyssa Winans @alawinans.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Meant to post this one here earlier, but got distracted by portfolio day! A little personal piece between jobs. #illustration

A woman in an old-fashioned blue dress paints on a hillside overlooking a field. A monstrous, alien green horse looms in the distance. Her canvas shows a classic brown horse.

Alyssa Winans @alawinans.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Corn season is exciting because shucking corn is so much easier as an adult than as a child. I've never felt so strong. 💪 🌽 💪

Alyssa Winans @alawinans.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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.

Ian McQue@ianmcque.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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?

A digital painting I posted on instagram. I didn’t use ai to create it.

Queen Gwenevere @queengwenevere.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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

Noé Leyva ✍️@noeleyva.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#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

🌒Night🌘@devilcatdarling.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#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

Alyssa Winans @alawinans.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hello! I'm a freelance illustrator and book cover artist living in the SF bay area. 🌉 #portfolioday 🌐 www.alyssawinans.com 📧 hello@alyssawinans.com

Book cover of Cursekeeper by Alexandra Christo. A long-haired woman stands amidst an enchanted library, a flame over one hand, and ice over another.

Book cover of The Feywild Job by C. L. Polk. Two figures sit on an arched bridge between two fantastical trees. One character turns to look back at the one playing the violin. Flowers and vines decorate the edges.

Illustration of a unicorn looking up at a massive tree in the distance. Below, a woman's shape is reflected in the water.

Illustration of a hare leaping over a tree. The hare is bright red, with tiger stripes all over.

Dennis Chan @alwaysbumping.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The sample figure of the Wargreymon G Erosion Mode that I worked on finally arrived!

Photo of production version of Wargreymon G Erosion Mode figure from the Digimon Godzilla collaboration Toho Daikaiju Series. A half Wargreymon half Godzilla figure seen from the front 3/4 left angle.