working with artists is one of the most fun parts of making stuff, even when you're just starting out and on a very tight budget! wouldn't trade the experiences I've had working with cover artists for anything

@brendanalbetski.bsky.social Came out swinging on this commission of The Motherboard from my eco-new weird novella, Warden. Biggest of birthday wishes! 🎉

Some fan art commissions.

He's a Toad. She's a Moth. Their gangs are at war. Can love bloom even on the battlefield? Probably not, but can they at least get it together enough to kick some butt side-by-side?

@brendanalbetski.bsky.social Came out swinging on this commission of The Motherboard from my eco-new weird novella, Warden. Biggest of birthday wishes! 🎉

It's my birthday! 🥳 Once again, this means everyone is legally required to peruse my shop wares and/or share this post - ko-fi.com/elainemwill/...

🇨🇦🦀 CANADA DAY CRAB THREAD 🦀🇨🇦 Canada encompasses 3 of the world's oceans, so let's meet crabs from each one. In the Arctic, the spiky king crab friend Neolithodes grimaldii is found offshore (300-5000m depth). Same genus, different species, as the famous baby 1/7 🦑🧪

Bad Bitches Read Weird🖤☠️ Get this design & others, more coming soon! tenebrouspress.threadless.com

Fulfillment for Old Moon 9 and 10 begins today! And in other exciting news: we're publishing a stone-age sword-and-sorcery novella by @jonolfert.bsky.social featuring his wandering mammoth warrior, Walks-Like-a-Rockslide. It's titled Seers in a Broken Season, and you can sign up for updates below!

My six TITANS Eisner Tribute variants ❤️

My newest project! With Hexagon Magazine shut down, I needed something to scratch that zine-making itch and wanted something more local. Here it is! 🌾💚

"Whose Larva Is This?" A quick guide to figure out what you're looking at when you find something that resembles a worm or a Zerg unit crawling around. #insect #bug #education #SciArt

not the greatest of abodes but will do for now she tried using her stubby wings, panicked, and gave me a tiny sting, poor lil lady

Companies are calling it a “cost of living crisis” because they don’t want us calling it a greedy CEOs crisis

I have queried an agent for my novel, The Second Sons! While I am very aware that it is incredibly unlikely that I secure an agent on the first try, it is an important milestone and I’m quite proud of myself 🕷️

Mantises

Radon's cursed thirteenth issue arrives in nine days on June 1. Artwork by the talented speculative artist @rezaafsharr.bsky.social Author reveals begin 5/25 and run through 5/28 as we lead up to the official launch.

🚨 mayday mayday 🚨 We need an asl interpreter for today’s Q&A on marine geology online at 1pm. Is anyone free at 1pm eastern who has that skillset?

First round of novel edits complete! Now, it’s time for second round! 🐞🕷️🪰🐝🦀

I've been dragging my feet, but it's time to update the portfolio website. Somehow I never got around to putting this 2019 SF Zoo poster on there...

trash man cool down

The Toa Mata Finished up the Original #bionicle Toa crew and wanted to put them all together in one place. This was a really fun side project! (1/2)

Monstera Mantis🌱 #art #design

All roads lead to the Darkness, and Fomoria is on its last hours on Kickstarter! fomoria.com #fomoria #ttrpg #kickstarter

It's #BatAppreciationDay! Here's Plate 67 from Ernst Haeckel’s Art Forms of Nature (1904). Focusing mainly on marine animals, the bat is one of the only mammals to feature in the book: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/ernst-haeckel-s-bats-1904 #bats #onthisday #otd

Kabutops! Ink and watercolor commission 🖋️

good bye, Moon

𝕺 𝖗 𝖈 𝖍 𝖎 𝖉 🌺 𝒮𝒦𝐸𝐵 𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔣 𝔟𝔬𝔡𝔶 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔬𝔫~ #VgenComm

Artists/creatives with day jobs, how do you get through the work day when all you want to do is write or paint or draw or craft? Tell me your strategies! 🎨✏️💥

bug doodle compilation

My writing says the opposite. Make those crabs extra large! 🦀

I love drawing giant moths 🦋

Juggernaut is unstoppable.

Doc Ock’s greatest creation ❄️

Stunning 4,600 year-old silver bracelets with inlaid semi-precious stones in the shape of butterflies! 🦋🦋🦋🦋 They belonged to Egyptian Queen Hetepheres. From her tomb at Giza. Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, c. 2613-2494 BC. Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo 📷 by me #Archaeology

Last night, I finished the first draft of a novel I’ve been dreaming of for nearly six years. My first developmental doc is dated April 2020. It feels like a stupendous milestone to have the whole thing down on “paper.” Now that it exists, time to make it good. 🐞

It seems like many bug video games are about hurting the bugs but I do not want to hurt the bugs because I love them all very much.

If I can sell one more of these we can meet the KRULL poster goal and move on to the next goal (which is to make more POND SCUM)! Speaking of pond scum, here is a different Luna, and I gotta say she's pretty cool too! OC commission from this morning.

this is a comic about submission fees

An 8 page teaser for POND SCUM is available now! A Toad and a Moth from rival gangs are forced to team up when they both get sold out to the cops! You can download it for free, but tips are massively appreciated and will help fund the full comic! Get it here for free ==> ko-fi.com/s/bc0b6aef36

Now OPEN for submissions! 🐜🦀🐞 Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Volume 3 is looking for the best tales of bug or barnacle or beastie published in 2025! Submit here: hexagonmagazine.ca/ybasf

and the issue 99 COVER ✨ Asterisa, Weaver of Constellations, by Babs Webb

Time Travel Is Easy is officially out in the world! Dinosaurs and Deep Time are thematic links to queer embodiment, childhood trauma, and life in the late Anthropocene. Cover art by the amazing Helen Whistberry. (Non-Amazon options coming very soon!) www.amazon.com/dp/B0G344X8L7

My story, “Patchwork Boy,” is now available to read at Crow & Cross Keys. I am so happy that this piece found such a loving home. Thank you again to @keychild.bsky.social for being an editor extraordinaire! 🪡

Absolutely delighted to announce that my story “Patchwork Boy” will be appearing in an upcoming issue of @crowkeys.bsky.social! 🐦‍⬛🗝️ Extra special thanks to editor-in-chief @keychild.bsky.social for the kind words in my acceptance letter. 🧡

The Fool. 🤖

Absolutely delighted to announce that my story “Patchwork Boy” will be appearing in an upcoming issue of @crowkeys.bsky.social! 🐦‍⬛🗝️ Extra special thanks to editor-in-chief @keychild.bsky.social for the kind words in my acceptance letter. 🧡