Cassandra Cecchella (French, b.1990) "To Sway to Life," 2025 Acrylic on canvas 90 x 80 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Poor Kilek. In these last two books I've had to (figurately) dress and undress him so many times. (Every now and then, in order to save time, I've just let him "Hulk" his way out of the clothes XD)

Gotta mark the occasion, somehow, if it ticks over to 1000. A new story? Some new art? I'll start thinking :D

'City of Masks' is now close to 1000 reviews/ratings over at Amazon. I set myself that target when CoM was sitting at around 900, I think, and today it's at 971. (I'm pleased, but it's not proof of the book's popularity, this is after semi-constant promo of the book since 2015 or so, lol)

The "creatives" who use genAI at any part of their process need to understand I'm not desperate for new media. There is such a backlog of arts, movies, books, and games WITHOUT genAI that if nothing new was made again, I'd still need a hundred lifetimes to consume even a fraction of it.

Kip Rasmussen’s “painting of Beren and Luthien wandering the forests of Menegroth.”

Here's some more promo! This time it's for a Book 2, so I can share the awesome cover by Rebekah at Vivid Covers :) The tagline is a bit empty of context without Book 1 under your belt, but here it is anyway: "Luminous spawn of the Moon Father creep across kingdoms..." books2read.com/u/3Gov5p

Looking for some new sci-fi and fantasy to add to your @kobobooks.bsky.social library? ALL of these titles are available on Kobo Plus for free!

Got another one for my mute list: "I am once again begging people" (the list is getting pretty long, lol)

Green 💚

Why do I have to keep see genAI slush everywhere I turn, lol

SENTINELS (1988)
 Acrylic on Canvas - 22” x 33”

 After more than a decade of continuous illustration work, this was my first non-commissioned painting. Who can resist imagining a peaceful world where children are enjoying nature and the symbols of war are falling into ruin? 1/6

Could’ve gotten away with fewer brush marks, but I think they work to move the composition back towards abstraction. . Harbor Study No.20 10”x8” oil Available on my website.

This book needs a zombie dragon, I reckon

Been nearly a year and a half since I released a book - not good. Need 30-hour days and then some sort of uber-coffee to go with it (although, I don't actually drink coffee XD)

John Howe, 1989. “Gandalf the Grey” #illustration #1980s #lotr #Gandalf #JohnHowe

Let’s stick it to the man (in this case Jeff Bezos.) "Prime day" runs from 7 - 13 July. A week? Whatever. I’m making these titles all just 99c each for the same period, but only direct sales through my website: alanbaxter.com.au/prime-day-sa... Excellent books, amazing price, one week only. Get in!

Sunlight, finally! It's still a bit cold, but I'm placated by the traces of blue sky XD

10 days until the Kickstarter campaign! ✨✅ 🔥⚙️ Robot Rhapsody: A cyberpunk/solarpunk inspired indie RPG with luddites, rebels and robotic bards. Can't believe it's incoming so soon! 😱 Any feedback welcome! 🔗VIEW: www.kickstarter.com/projects/rap... #RPG #Indiegame #JRPG #SciFi #pixelart #Steam

Franco Pretti (Italian Artist, born 1960) "Transparency", 2024. Watercolor, 35 × 55 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Proper announcement and links for (not only) the last item on this page is coming soon :) ashleycapes.com/translated-w...

Rebranding my bluesky account into a "i hate winter" account for the next 2 months. Sorry in advance, everyone.

Greens and Blues are my oxygen. 🌿🌊

Can't find a hand version on youtube but 'Himitsu no dōkutsu' is still my favourite piece from the "Howl's Moving Castle" OST

What are you reading this weekend? Need a series to binge?? epic fantasy, elemental magic, The Last Airbender vibes with Korra trauma queer cast and sapphic lead romance subplot complete series. https://www.karenlykkebo.com/thepalaceofwinds 📚💙

Incredibly jealous of Sarah Kendall's hair (not only) on Taskmaster

Absolutely can recommend this whole album if you love the guitar - Ro has such great command of technique, tone and melody :D www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-fq...

I *loved* this game and feel like it was an utter travesty that it wasn't given the chance to land on consoles: store.steampowered.com/app/1231990/...

Glad this week is nearly over, as I've been ripped off to the tune of $70, had no fewer than *6* people ignore me in various settings, and on top of that, and far worse than any of the above - it's somehow still winter here. Even I've been complaining for a whole month - it's still winter, lol.

I lost all my books in a fire that incinerated my house last year. I’m finally starting to rebuild my library of 35 years. I lost books signed by writers I admired, from Richard Feynman to Anne Rice and Julia Child. Please post book recommendations for restarting my library. Thank you in advance. 📚

Alexander Brandon's OST for 'Unreal' is still one of my all time favs - absolutely perfect match for the game and definitely works outside of that context too

Is it just the drag of winter or am I tired for other reasons?

So IngramSpark just dropped this in their latest newsletter. On the one hand, it's completely opt-in, and if you opt in, they don't use your books or other data to train their model. Good! But there's still zero disclosures about what model they're using and where it got its training data. Ugh.

The Air Mail (1938) by N.C. Wyeth

I've also got a boatload of books on sale (50% off) over at Smashwords this month, for their annual Winter Sale :D www.smashwords.com/profile/view...

Imagine what it would feel like to be really, really good at some manner of musical instrument

Got to get down to the gallery again to visit some of my favourite paintings :D

The sixth painting in my “feels like my 90’s bike rides listening to Pink Floyd cassettes on a Walkman” series. I made nine in the first series last summer, so I have three more to go in July. . You Are Only Coming Through In Waves 10”x10” Oil on cradled wood panel . Available on my website

If need to type (and think) way, way faster than this - I want to get this book finished and sent off for editing now. Right now. In the next 10 minutes. It won't happen, but that's what I need, lol.

I've also got a boatload of books on sale (50% off) over at Smashwords this month, for their annual Winter Sale :D www.smashwords.com/profile/view...

Syong Ryul (South Korean, b.1994) "Palm Tree," 2025 Watercolor on paper #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Artist! Quote with your most detailed art!

Buncha folk

Gargantuan Summer Sale 2026 First up - the sale link for folks who shop via Itch :D (50% off nearly everything I've got over there) itch.io/s/191510/gar...

In our new Uncharted Lands expansion, the mirrored figment casts duplicates to throw players for a loop. 🪞🌞🌛 #indiegames #RPG Get Shrine's Legacy for 25% OFF on all major PC platforms! Links below! 👇

Spider-Man by Patrick Gleason

Cosmic Star Heroine is 76% off in the Steam Summer Sale. I'm gonna need another 5 million sales to fund the great American JRPG so if someone would like to buy Cosmic Star Heroine 5 million times more, I'd greatly appreciate it. store.steampowered.com/app/256460/C...

Yes, muting internet/meme-speak is apparently my only hobby XD

Oh, and also: Baby’s first (etc, etc)