Jana Heidersdorf
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Illustrator of dark fantasy. Also nature photography.
https://janaheidersdorf.com/
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Hi--I'm Jana, fantasy artist and illustrator of everything hauntingly beautiful 🖤 You can find my (freshly updated) portfolio here:
janaheidersdorf.com
Contact:
[email protected]
7 months ago
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Customer service people doing a double take when they learn my year of birth will never get old. Yes, I'm already in my thirties 🙈 (at least this one didn't ask to speak with my parents)
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I found some writing from 2020 to go with the daily sketchbook. Honestly, this is like reading my old diary. Only more cohesive. (Also, will I ever not feel stupid when coming up with thumbnails? Will I one day be cringe proof?)
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Getting back to daily sketchbooking (motivation, making the time, benefits)
YouTube video by Bramblings
https://youtu.be/YS4MdznpnzA
about 21 hours ago
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Natasa Ilincic
about 22 hours ago
Happy Equinox friends! 🍂 The Autumn shop update is live! Lots of new items, including 2026 calendars :)
www.etsy.com/shop/NatasaI...
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I found some writing from 2020 to go with the daily sketchbook. Honestly, this is like reading my old diary. Only more cohesive. (Also, will I ever not feel stupid when coming up with thumbnails? Will I one day be cringe proof?)
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Getting back to daily sketchbooking (motivation, making the time, benefits)
YouTube video by Bramblings
https://youtu.be/YS4MdznpnzA
about 21 hours ago
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D.D.B.Torres
about 23 hours ago
last day to grab sweet fresh ripe savory prints with 15% off!!
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Emily Hare
about 23 hours ago
I've extended the 'Explorers Bundle' which is ALL strangehollow books in one on Kickstarter. It's been so popular I had to open it up for more (and will need to print more Secrets Of Strangehollow to do so!). Thanks everyone so much!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...
#art
#artbook
#folklore
#book
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Emily Hare
2 days ago
'Stand back! I'm going to harvest this fantasy fruit with my whim-sickle!' 🙃 My book, Savage Strangehollow is now available via Kickstarter! Don't miss it! There are also original paintings from the book available. You can get yours here:
buff.ly/MtZUyIc
#whimsy
#magic
#fantasyart
#folklore
#art
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Natasa Ilincic
2 days ago
📧natasailincic.com
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Kim Hu
2 days ago
Don’t support big company. Big company don’t like you. Support small artist. Or just save your money.
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Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️🌈 🎨
3 days ago
Best way to reach ADs is to email them 3-5 samples of your best art at their work email! If you can't find their work email, figure out the naming convention of the company they work for and use that! (firstname.lastname or firstinitial.lastname etc)
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Does anyone have a recommendation for a good re-fillable ballpointpen for drawing? I love BIC pen but always feel terrible about the amount of plastic waste whenever I buy a new batch.
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"As much as I disdain AI, it's been great for..." Mood boarding. They used it for mood boarding. 🫠
3 days ago
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This is such a stunning deck, worth owning for the art alone!
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4 days ago
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Emily Hare
6 days ago
Guess what? Savage Strangehollow, my new book, is LIVE!! If you are into fantasy, folklore and creature art, then this might be right up your street! You can pre-order yours here:
buff.ly/MtZUyIc
#kickstarter
#dragon
#fantasyart
#artbook
#folklore
#watercolour
#art
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Artwork done, pen empty.
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Finishing the last artwork for a *secret* project (huge fantasy & nature inspired BIC pen drawing!)
YouTube video by Bramblings
https://youtu.be/mbanXv5qONw
7 days ago
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Artwork done, pen empty.
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Finishing the last artwork for a *secret* project (huge fantasy & nature inspired BIC pen drawing!)
YouTube video by Bramblings
https://youtu.be/mbanXv5qONw
7 days ago
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Hey hey meine lieben Freunde in NRW--heute das Wählen nicht vergessen ✨
8 days ago
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teagan white
12 days ago
work in progress for my show false refuge, opening this friday at Nucleus Portland
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Emily Hare
12 days ago
It's my birthday!! I'm 49 - how did that happen? I would LOVE it if you could share or follow my art for my birthday, that would be a brilliant gift! Thank you everyone who follows and comments, it is such a great place here! 49 feels ace btw.
#artshare
#birthday
#watercolour
www.emilyhare.co.uk
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New artwork for the new album 'Narrenzeit' by RiG (German goth metal) 💀 You can pre-order the album here:
shop.knochenhaus.de
16 days ago
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New artwork for the new album 'Narrenzeit' by RiG (German goth metal) 💀 You can pre-order the album here:
shop.knochenhaus.de
16 days ago
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Megan Wyreweden
7 months ago
Fantasy maps washi tape ✨
thecreepingmoon.store/products/fan...
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Contents of my postbox this morning: quarterly magazine from an environmental org, art supplies catalogue, invite to a stranger's funeral
17 days ago
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Client: Good news, while your sketches are not the direction we want, we finally have a clear vision for where we want this project to go! *proceeds to give the most vague instructions possible*
18 days ago
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White Squirrel
19 days ago
Due to popular demand, we are setting up a heavily discounted fulfillment service for artists outside the US that are scrambling after the recent tariff / customs policy put in place for shipments to the USA.
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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦
19 days ago
Reminder that all the books we published were meant to be read in Autumn. (I know it's not Autumn yet. But one can dream.) Help a publisher out.
undertowpublications.com
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A little flipthrough of my first daily sketchbook from back in the days! I still love it so much as a precious tiny object full of art 🖤
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Diary Of A Light Sleeper (fantasy & nature inspired tiny daily sketchbook) ⁓ flip through
YouTube video by Bramblings
https://youtu.be/b-J0P8a9XMI
21 days ago
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Serena Malyon 🌞🌛
24 days ago
Cover for 'House of Dusk' by Deva Fagan, published by DAW Books
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Hope Doe
27 days ago
More of those rocks. 嘘じゃないよ 本当に真面目に勉強です
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I made a video inspired by Bluesky drama 👻
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The only way to learn drawing (and everything else) | relaxed chat + watercolour sketch of my cat
YouTube video by Bramblings
https://youtu.be/oXZYX_tXbIs
28 days ago
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I don't really care very much how people with other language backgrounds pronounce my name as long as they manage to address me correctly in emails. My name is not Jenna 🙈
about 1 month ago
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Alex Jade
3 months ago
Oil painted gloomy summer night on bronze chain
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Nen 🎨 does art (comms open)
about 1 month ago
i'm dropping subtle hints I need to fill more commission slots this month
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I need to go to bed and also to block social media again for a bit. Need to finish at last two covers next week and cannot be distracted by you lovely people 👻
about 1 month ago
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The sweat on my brow whenever clients trust me with the title design for their cover 😱
about 1 month ago
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If I had tried learning how to draw 'the proper way' I probably would have given up as well. You don't need to get good before you get to draw the stuff you love, you get good because you love the stuff you draw and you don't stop.
about 1 month ago
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Faith ➡️ swordtember time!
about 1 month ago
The 2025 Swordtember prompt list is here! ⚔️
#swordtember
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🌿viktor aleksander🌿 @ commissions open!
about 1 month ago
illustration of a scene from 'all the white spaces' by
@unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social
✨🪖❄️ my piece for
@ofszine.bsky.social
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I forgot the bit where you make an overview of all your projects and sort them by (milestone) deadline 🥲
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Three ways to make every deadline as a freelance illustrator (while staying happy + healthy)
YouTube video by Bramblings
https://youtu.be/POTvf8-3YxQ
about 1 month ago
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Another cover I've worked on earlier this year 🖤 The Glowing Hours by Leila Siddiqui is a revisionist re-telling of the summer Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein from the POV of her Indian maid. (much gothic, many ghosts) Art direction & title design by Janine Agro Out Feb '26 by Soho Press
about 1 month ago
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I was considering doing a clear out art sale of all my old art at the end of the year--I guess that's not going to happen for now 🙈
about 1 month ago
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M. Belanger
about 1 month ago
I’ve been trying to explain to people the full extent of assfuckery accomplished by the ending of the de minimis rule Small businesses, independent creators, publishing companies, Etsy-style shops & just plain ol’ folks in the US trying to buy stuff from anywhere else are royally fucked
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Jess
about 1 month ago
As someone who has recently stepped into the freelance space, having chunks of time in between jobs isn’t something I’ve figured out yet. I’m putting this out there in hopes there’s an opportunity that would work for me during this time.
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somebody needs to go grocery shopping but somebody doesn't wish to get up from the sofa 😭
about 1 month ago
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Kristina Gehrmann
about 1 month ago
"Black and Gold" This illustration will be available as a print through
@novamali.bsky.social
's silent auction benefiting Gaza Soup Kitchen! 💜 Along with many other cool items here:
www.32auctions.com/Novaandmali2...
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My cover artwork for May The Dead Keep You by
@jillbaguchinsky.bsky.social
has been revealed! It's one of my favourite illustrations from this year 🖤
about 1 month ago
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Adjusting self/indie publishing cover rates to roughly match big publishing cover rates next year. I love my self pub clients but I also don't want to keep working this much 🥲
about 1 month ago
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Eva Soulu 🌿
about 1 month ago
Today is my birthday! Could you, please, share my art, it is the best gift an artist can get 💖
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My cover artwork for May The Dead Keep You by
@jillbaguchinsky.bsky.social
has been revealed! It's one of my favourite illustrations from this year 🖤
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Samantha Mash
about 1 month ago
I know others have likely said this, but the point and the joy in art is that it is problem solving in action. It is watching your improvement piece by piece and creating a personal visual language Whenever people use AI instead it quite literally defeats that entire purpose of creating
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