inks WIP! (still need to add pearline and grace)

Getting some drawing in again :)

Award-winning author and storyteller @LariDonWriter has now written over 30 books for children, many of which were inspired by stories included in Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales. Find out more in our latest #GuestPost: discoverkelpies.co.u...

Super excited for this!

authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now

"maybe marjorie taylor greene has experienced a genuine change and wants to do good things now" give me your bank account information and number immediately there's no time to waste

whooooooooaaaaahhhhhhggghhhooooooahh art !

See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy (and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)

If they are being honest? I cannot emphasize enough what a terrible idea it is to use "the machine that tricks people" to generate "placeholder material" you intend to replace. You are just making everyone else's job harder by effectively hiding what needs to be replaced

It's coming! The Scottish Christmas Book Fair! Incl. @mbaillie.bsky.social @taylor-strickland.bsky.social @michlsloan.bsky.social @christinariley.bsky.social @elisecillustration.com @gillianshirreffs.bsky.social @writercatherine.bsky.social & more! www.publishingscotland.org/event/scotti...

I can't edit my website to update the fact that I did a whole book 😟

10/10 take. No notes.

Storytime with author @laridonwriter.bsky.social featuring a tale from one of her wonderful @florisbooks.bsky.social collections youtu.be/wv6NhdtnPVk?...

Pop into these Edinburgh bookshops this Thursday to meet @laridonwriter.bsky.social and @elisecillustration.com! Approx times: 9:30 @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social 10:00 Blackwell's South Bridge 10:30 Waterstones Edinburgh 11:00 @goldenharebooks.bsky.social 11:30 Ginger & Pickles

Looking for something fun to brighten up a bedroom, classroom or library? (Or, like us, an office!) Don't miss your free pdf poster featuring @elisecillustration.com's beautifully dramatic waterhorse and selkie king from the cover of #CelticFolkAndFairyTales! discoverkelpies.co.u...

Travel to the Celtic lands with stories of magic, myth and mischief retold by @laridonwriter.bsky.social illustrated by @elisecillustration.com. Discover tales linked to each location on our interactive map, and read Lari's guest post on what we mean by 'Celtic'! discoverkelpies.co.uk/news-features/

I’m excited about sharing this book (published today!) with you. It contains so many of my favourite things: untrustworthy fairies, battling dragons, shapeshifting magic & strong clever girls who defeat their own monsters. And amazing art by @elisecillustration.com #Celtictales #storytelling #kidlit

Winter comes. Persephone and Demeter

I love telling trad tales out loud! So @florisbooks.bsky.social created a video of me telling the first tale in our Celtic Folk And Fairy Tales collection. Here’s our 12 min 'How To Escape a Waterhorse' with magical artwork by @elisecillustration.com #storytelling www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv6N...

Omg I love it!!

"The fanged and furry monster looked ferocious, but it didn’t eat people very often. The Afanc only ate people if they annoyed it. However, it was quite easy to annoy the Afanc..." How do you annoy this Welsh monster? @laridonwriter.bsky.social @elisecillustration.com #CelticFolkAndFairyTales

Balor is not a friendly-looking giant, is he? And the pulley to lift his drooping eyelid is a complex mix of physics and magic (which, to be fair, is one of my favourite story mixtures!) Very impressed that @elisecillustration.com and the folk at @florisbooks.bsky.social got it right! #kidlitart

"Balor was huge, twice the size of any other giant. He had one eye much bigger than the other, with a massive heavy dropping eyelid pierced by an ivory ring, linked by ropes to ten more rings in his bristly eyebrow..." @laridonwriter.bsky.social @elisecillustration.com discoverkelpies.co.u...

From first rough to final illustration! We love @elisecillustration.com interpretation of the selkie princess in @laridonwriter.bsky.social retelling of The Selkie Hunter in Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales. What differences can you spot between the first sketch and the final artwork?

This is gorgeous! Fascinating to see how the #selkie girl changed over time. (I only met the final version...) What wonderful work by @elisecillustration.com and indeed the fabulously creative folk of @florisbooks.bsky.social #theevolutionofaselkie #kidlitart #celticfolkandfairytales

Travel to the magical Celtic lands to meet shapeshifting selkies, duelling dragons, and a terrifying waterhorse... Thanks to @sophieanderson.bsky.social for this brilliant review of Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales by @laridonwriter.bsky.social & @elisecillustration.com discoverkelpies.co.u...

I've never taken so long to research and write a book (due to #longcovid) so I've never been so delighted to hold a new book in my hands! I can't wait to share these #CelticTales, and @elisecillustration.com's stunning illustrations, with everyone! I don't have to wait long, it's published on 16 Oct

i made a new emoji to capture a feeling

✨ A middle-grade adventure for readers who never quite fit the mould. Linnet and the Periwinkle Flyer by @lindsaylittleson.bsky.social is out now! 🚀 Get your copy 👉 amzn.to/4mnxEy0

Apple details gouache

I cannot wait for a big project I worked on to be published bc I got to draw some dragons and I'm sorry to say I did a really good job at coloring them

like surely he must know he's talking shit. like if he genuinely believes it that's also bad but like. i can't take this seriously. does he know anything. like at all.

Operating systems exist only to run other, separate programs in a convenient way. It needs to do literally nothing else.

half a painting of apple flowers gouache

Yes.

They should make cars like this again

August at Tiny Tree is all about big dreams and surprises! 🌟 🌕 14/08 - Wolf Girl by Sally Anderson ✈️ 21/08 - Linnet and the Periwinkle Flyer by @lindsaylittleson.bsky.social 🌳 28/08 - The Family Tree by Yasmine Anane & Mark Beech 🐾 ??/?? - Shh! It's a secret Pre-order them all today!

it's true

I suspect that the aim isn’t for AI to get better. It’s for humans to get worse. To care less. For the goo to become acceptable. That’s an easier challenge to overcome.

True Lovers Knot Digital painting

hm. that doesn't seem right but I don't know enough about windows 11 to dispute it.

like man! i just wanna pay my rent and then buy groceries without thinking too hard about it.

"i used chatgpt to organize my thoughts" have you considered using your brain to do that????????????

Waiting for LinkedIn to ban me

“Appears to have been shot” as we all look at a video of a journalist being shot is a ✨fascinating✨ use of language, isn’t it?

Good morning beautiful souls! School's out so the summer reading club will start Monday at my library and I'm the lead this year. Maybe some #GoodTrouble in my future 😎 Happy Friday! 🌞☕🌻🏃‍♀️🕉️

I bought a rice cooker and it's great. it's amazing. is this how people feel about air fryers????

sketching at the museum