I already shared this on Instagram, but I haven’t put any of my recent artwork on Bluesky lately! This character is Oryna, the human vessel of Coria, goddess of love in my ancient-history/mythology inspired WIP. www.instagram.com/p/DSYU6uJAAI...

I tried to capture what it is like to look at your drawing and only see what’s wrong with it, the things you don’t have the skills and experience yet to fix.

HADESTOWN x HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS All Kasetris wanted was to keep her adopted daughter safe—until she discovers her missing husband is alive and imprisoned. Now she must venture into a dangerous underground labyrinth to save him, but at least she has one god on her side. #WIPPIT #A #F

Trying an experiment! I am now offering commissions of chibi character artwork through ko-fi. Please check it out! ko-fi.com/erinabecca/c...

The relationship between Kasetris and her missing husband and how they rebuild that relationship after they are reunited drives the main plot of the book, but Kasetris’s relationship with Atzana, the girl she’s been raising for several years, is also complicated and important.

There is an olm that serves as a guide for my characters in the underground cave system they are exploring.

New sticker designs in my Etsy shop: grapes and mustard greens! geckosgarden.etsy.com

My kid and I were trying to understand why AI-generated media appeals to anyone and I wonder if it has to do with a lack of empathy. If other people and their experiences are meaningless to you, it doesn’t matter whether something comes from a human or is generated by an algorithm.

Drew a picture of my 9yo daughter (because she asked me to!) and this was her response. I am devastated. I am using her drawing of me as my portrait on this app!

Hi, I am looking for a critique partner for my ancient history/mythology-inspired fantasy novel. It’s about a woman who discovers her missing husband is alive and imprisoned in an underground cave system, and sets out to rescue him. Would love to work with another fantasy author. #FiFRevPit

New sticker/magnet available in my Etsy shop! www.etsy.com/listing/4404...

At the same time I am pleased and proud to look at my drawing and I despair at how far I have to go as an artist before I can actually make the picture on the page match the vision I wish I could create. I do really like her jacket, though.

#MockPit #FiFRevPit STOLEN MAGIC To free a girl who’s lost her memories to a ruthless duchess, Vreta must reveal her deepest secret: her mind magic. But she risks losing the trust of the man she’s come to love—and losing her identity to the duchess’s power.

FRIEREN x HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS When Kasetris discovers her husband is alive, she leaves her life as a pampered prisoner in the Court of Gods to rescue him from an underground labyrinth. But freeing him means rekindling a rebellion—and they already lost the first round. #QuestPit #W #A #F #RF

To free a girl who’s lost her memories to a ruthless duchess, Vreta must reveal her deepest secret: her mind magic. But she risks losing the trust of the man she’s come to love—and losing her identity to the duchess’s power. #QuestPit #Q #A #F #RF

I’ve been drawing again! Here is Kasetris, the MC of my current WIP. I know I’ve got room for improvement, both as an artist and as a user of Clip Studio Paint, but I don’t hate it.

My kid used my sewing scissors to cut wrapping paper and I am this close to picking him up early from the birthday party and dragging him out by the ear.

Just a frog I drew.

My 14yo just told me, “I like building Gundams. That makes me a Zeta Male.”

What about those of us who can’t be bothered to read an article or watch a video but want to have everything spoken aloud to us in podcast format while multitasking? Is it because I’m an Xennial?

My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.

I tried to crochet some cat beds to donate to a shelter. I made 3 but my cats have decided I am not allowed to donate this one…

Okay, So Pope Leo XIV *has to* walk out to Sirius by the Alan Parsons Project on his first visit to the States. Right? THIS MUST HAPPEN RIGHT??

The implication is that “YOUR”kids will have to make do with less, right? “My” kids will still get everything their hearts desire. “YOUR” kids will probably be too busy working in the factories to have time for dolls, anyway.

I wrote a book. Here’s a mood board for that book.

I keep thinking of my grandfather’s little sister. In 1926, when my grandfather was 8, his 2 year old sister Ruth died. According to her death certificate, the cause of death was “infectious diarrhea.” My grandfather remembered them carrying her out of the house in a suitcase.

So proud of this kid! I’m still working on my sign but she’s had this ready for a while.

It’s just one in a pile of a million terrible things, but this one is personal. My 14yo kid is getting ready to go to the state NHD competition. But I’m sure his exhibit about the impact of the Castle Bravo nuclear testing on the Marshall Islanders is history the administration wants forgotten.

This article is dominating my thoughts this morning. I don’t know what to do when there are so many people who can’t be reached. We still share our society with them, even if we don’t seem to live in the same reality.

Picture Elon Musk gleefully swinging his chainsaw at CPAC. Next consider the legions of laid-off government workers whose contributions he neither knows nor cares about. Then think of the children (and parents) dying for lack of the food and medicine USAID once provided. Are you sickened yet? I am.

@toledomichael.bsky.social Here is a picture of Milo that I am using as an example for how to mention someone

Posting this turban squash sticker because I think it’s cute but as one of the more obscure squashes it doesn’t get much attention. I don’t have much of substance to add to smart conversations going on here, but I am listening and drawing cute vegetables.

Re: my next book, I have figured out who the murderer is and why they did it. Now I need to figure out how they (almost) get away with it.

Been going through and updating the photos in my etsy shop, so here are a few more vegetables with faces. 12 down, 145 to go!

My 8yo daughter wanted to make sure I gave her credit for drawing the picture of me I am now using to identify myself here.

I’m here to listen and learn and maybe, eventually, I will have something worthwhile to say. Until then I continue to scroll in search of understanding.

Getting set to start writing my next book. It’s a murder mystery. I, um, still have no idea who did it and why. Probably important to figure that out.

Someone told me once that I should post pictures of my reptiles, so here is a reptile picture. This is Hattie (short for Hatshepsut) my bearded dragon. For every like this post gets, should I give him a bug? I am new here, still figuring out how it works.

It’s been a long time since I’ve drawn anything that wasn’t a vegetable with a face.