Happy June! 🩷💜💙💚💛🧡

Oh mammy Hani. She's always been blind in one eye & has adapted incredibly well to it. But it's time to embrace the life of a proper pirate horse soon. Uveitis really freaking sucks & I just want her to be comfortable. Dreading the surgery day now but it'll be for the best. 🥹🩷

Boots! I can't wait for the season to start again. Honey's been wearing Cavallos for years now and I'm super chuffed to have managed to secure a sponsorship deal with them to kit our whole equine crew with some too. ❤️

I wish I knew what was going on developmentally with this kid because GOOD GODS how can anyone survive on such little sleep for two weeks in a row. I would like to pass out.

The old faithful. 💜 Has anyone else ever had to try and get rid of the yellow tint on the front? I'd like to try but not sure if it's possible to make it look a bit more presentable? #gamecube

I'm so chuffed they made easy language versions of the books I've been working on. 🥹 The article,is behind a pay wall but it's nice to see a national paper talk about it: www.hs.fi/taide/art-20...

Hani's son Tammie for the trekking centre's comic page. <3 #fjordhorse

I made some sketches of all the horses individually for our trekking centre's cartoon page. My new lass, Galdramey. #icelandichorse

I made some sketches of all the horses individually for our trekking centre's cartoon page. Here's my old girl, Hani! #fjordhorse

All our trekking horses here in Shetland. ❤️ 10 Icelandics and 2 Fjords.

Cover art I made for the second volume of Hevoskallion Kuiskaajat. There's a fair bit of art in these books that I don't think I've ever shared anywhere. I really like how this turned out. It wraps around the front & back cover really nicely. #horse #art #bookart

Kiddywinks! I don't have anywhere near enough time these days to work with my two youngsters, but it's mattered very little. They've been so easy to do little things with. Very proud of both bebes. 🐦🪄🌟 #fjordhorse #icelandichorse

Hi #Portfolioday I'm Elli and I illustrate comics and children's books 💚🐀

Jaro and her giant rats. ❤️ Older pages now, still quite like how these turned out. #comics #rats #fantasy

These are a bit older sketches I don't think I've shared before of Jaro and her two dads. She's found abandoned in the woods as a baby and raised by two giants. #sketch #comics

Jaro and her pals! Venturing into the land of giants. #comics #art

DOG. And the fox in the sky.

Koya is for speed. But not for turning. 💜 Lots of hair, not much brain.

I love her. You do make this a challenge.

To put a more humorous spin on a horrible situation, Robyn & I did the most expensive plane journey of our lives. Thank you air ambulance. In typical Shetland fashion the wind was abysmal so it's a real blessing they managed to land to get us. She's doing better now. Viral meningitis can bog off.

Between baby & work, trying to find time to back the youngsters. But they're pretty much ready out of the box. I've done so many little short sessions with them over the years it was no bother to hop on for the first time. 🥹 I've had Tammie (Fjord) since he was born & Galdra (Icey) since she was 2.

I feel like they did my boy dirty with the mega design. 🥲

The intern has decided the dulcet tones of crime podcasts are great for sleeping. You're barely 4 weeks old, why do we like this? Mate.

Going into week three and we're doing great. 🌱 Little miss has a crib in my office and she sleeps really well in it while I've been figuring out how to work around her schedule and mine. I'm really chuffed. She's a good little bean. ❤️

Had a family member cheerfully announce the amount of hours (100) they've spent writing an article via the prompt goblin. How do I politely and bluntly tell them they've written fuck all?

For goodness sake I feel like I need an emotional break. It simply can't just gently rain down, it gotta be a deluge. I'd prefer the boiler not to be condemned 9 days postpartum. 🫠 Very thankful for the friends and family we have.

"You have that ABC thing" "..Autism, auntie. The word you're looking for is autistic." Affectionately, my family tries, can't fault them there.

Oof what a week. The drunk little hedgehog Robyn joins our team. 🦔 So much has happened and while I'm still feeling poorly, she's perfectly well. She's already visually very easily stimulated little lady. 💚

Wheiii we are go. Sort of. Kiddy decided to start a bit over week early. Lots of waiting around but glad to finally be here.

The little bugger has some long legs and it's not been shy to let me know. :| Lots of niggling problems throughout this whole ordeal and I'm VERY READY to meet them. Can we be done with this already ughhhh.

Awkward teen stage for the lad. He just wants to read his books. #tistow #webcomics

Four years since big madame joined us in Shetland. 💜 A month later she gave us a very special little guy. 💚 And a month from now, I can introduce her to my baby in turn. I just hope the kid ends up liking horses, because I'd love to do that stuff together with them in the future.

Doggg. Grandad from Tistow to be specific. #webcomics #dog #tistow #sketch

Very tired, very done. I'm very ready for this kiddo to arrive. We got the Scottish baby box though! There's so much stuff. It's funny to think I used to sleep in the Finnish version of one as a baby.

Laddie with his rats 🐀💜 #tistow #webcomics #fantasy

Here's me for the longest thinking equestrian socials were the pinnacle of godawful content and.. opinions. I've since discovered a new hell in anything pregnancy or parenting related. I'll stick to art, thanks. At least it's a shitshow I feel comfortable navigating.

Jaro and friends! Comic project I won't look at touching again until the baby is here. #comics #conceptart #sketches

Looking through photos and I really miss doing all kinds of nonsense with the beasties. I'm only able to do a fraction of it right now, very grateful for the help from lots of other folk. Getting back to it after October will be great. #sketch #fjordhorse

The three little Nessies. 🐉 They really enjoyed browsing the loch last year for sweet reeds to eat. #horse #sketch

You can thank the new UK verification ruling for Bsky not letting me us DMs anymore (ugh). I'm super chuffed to see so many links to portfolios in the thread though! Keep em coming and make sure your contact details are up to date (and easy to find)!

📚 Looking for a Cover Artist! 📚 A family member is publishing a book and they're looking to pay for some cover art for it (no AI slop). If you or someone you know does cover art, I'd love to see your portfolios & a rough idea of what you normally charge so I can pass the info on. ❤️

Not drawn my Bariaur girl for a while. BAA #d&d #bariaur #sketch #barbarian #dungeonsanddragons #fanart

I hate trying to work out colour settings for different screens. This looks so bright and almost garish on my monitor but very desaturated on my Cintiq. *kicks the table* #tistow #bear #wolf #sketch

Not long to go now! Not been the easiest 30 weeks but we're almost there and it's kinda, finally, starting to feel more real. #sketch #tistow

Jack has a scrapbook of stories he's collected since he was a kid. Of monsters he's met, folklore he's heard from people around Tael and Fjoldi. He'll find great many more to add to it and study in Tistow. #tistow #webcomics #sketch

Anna's very excitable 🐀 #tistow #webcomics #sketch

Older Jaihko with the same beasties. I like sketching these weird doggos. #tistow #sketch

Grr and stuff. Jaihko and one of the many magical Tistow beasties. Trying to take time to do a sketch just for my own fun every day. #tistow #digitalart

Horf. Shiny Rapidash. Finally got around to playing Arceus in the evenings. #fanart #rapidash #pokemon

Happy little chubby boy. It's really freaking hot out here, for Shetland at least. Third trimester and summer don't go all that well together. I miss doing stuff with the little guy and his mam. #fjordhorse