It's time for a new pinned post with some of my recent work. Hi! I'm Anya! I draw fantasy illustrations like these. I am open for work and also accept private commissions. 📩: [email protected] prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/anya... portfolio: anyachalina.myportfolio.com

Wisptober Day 3 - Fence "The traveller Startled! Between one moment and the next, a horned figure appeared crouching on the old fence post..." I am sure all they will do is ask the traveller a riddle.;) #wisptober #wisptober2025 #demon #mixedmedia #halloween #spooky #illustration

Why is everyone else’s trees turning pretty Fall colors while ours are barely starting to turn light green/yellow?

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commission for @werewren.bsky.social, their high elf divination wizard Lilith with her familiar Faust! thank you for commissioning me 💜 #art

Hi, I'm Ida ✨️ Illustrator, background designer, and a lover of the world's small details

Praying Mantis

Sketched from my upcoming book✨ Crowdfunding is ongoing for 3 more days!

waiting for my time to lie down in the forest and peacefully rot #art

Lrp- sorry I try not to be too political on my account because I kind of want to be a refuge from the hellscape for whoever stops by, but it all gets to me too and I just feel like I need to do something.

Yo Illinois peeps, we got quite a few on this list that are leaving. Meaning midterms are going to be a big deal. DO NOT let your bozo neighbor vote for you.

I know this is a dark time for the arts but I also want to let you know that there are lots of creatives that are doing well! When I reach out to hire artists I OFTEN get turned down b/c they are booked solid, or swamped with work. It's not a hopeless field! People need art and we shouldn't give up!

Ok so, not only did my new interview go well but they told me I got the job on the spot! I have since negotiated pay, accepted the offer, and started the pre boarding process. I have done so much in the last 2 weeks that I was terrified to do, but I’m so glad I did. My therapist next session:

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

A dream of the Abyss

widdle mushroom goil 🍄‍🟫✨

THIS ANIMATION IS SO INSANE

Been playing this on loop for days now. Really hits you right in the trauma #metalmusic youtu.be/3rS83uI0Wak

So I got rejected by I apparently did well enough that the manager recommended my resume to another department for the same type of position. I don’t know how to feel about that, except more anxiety 😑 Thank goodness I have therapy tomorrow.

Had a job interview three hours ago and I just can’t stop overthinking on what I did wrong and how I probably embarrassed myself. I really hate that I’m like this, because when I get rejected I’ll remember all the things for the next 20 years.

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If you live in the US please sign this petition to help kick this bill chng.it/4YgpCYJ86K

Did you know I have prints? YES! I do... and this is my best seller - 'Howl'. You can find it here: buff.ly/AirgXs7 #artprint #print #wolf #watercolour #prints

Painting the cover for my new book✨

hybodus 🦈 #shark #art #artmoots #hybodus #artsky

Almost there...just finishing the last little details on my centerpiece painting for DragonCon!⁠ Come see us in the art show this weekend! ⁠ #dragoncon #dragonconartshow #dragoncon2025 #oilpainting #unicornart

Soooo I was taking some time to do some back end things for this comic. One of them being figuring out where and how to sell a pdf, but with all the censorship bs I’m wondering if that idea is just dead in the water. 😞

✨Street treasure✨

Grasshopper and Sunflower. Woodblock print by Shibata Zeshin, c. 1877. Minneapolis Institute of Art.🌻🌱 #SundayYellow #SciArt #Inverts

"Autumn Night" - my oil painting

And on the subject of #realartatters: AI poisoning tool NIGHTSHADE is now free for artists to use: venturebeat.com/ai/nightshad...

Why do I always come up with drawings that are way above my skill level!? Why?!

Just make it exist first. You can make it worse with each new pass while getting increasingly frustrated later.

noticed my Shiro sketch was going around again from a practice page I did, so here’s the full sketch! #vld

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have revealed a synthetic glycosystem -a sugar-coated polymer nanoparticle- that can BLOCK SARS-CoV-2 from infecting human cells, REDUCING infection rates by NEARLY 99%. Acting as a decoy, the molecule BINDS to the spike protein, PREVENTING it from attaching to real cells.

How does anyone figure out clothing choices for characters?! And make it cohesive with your color choices for the background!?

🦇✨ #alucard #Castlevania #sketchpage

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My Morning Coffee

Illinois has banned AI therapy, making it the first state to regulate the use of AI in mental health services. www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...

wanted to play with a new watercolor and some of my ink pens, ended up sketching a little Caleb. i referenced the pose from an in-game screenshot but otherwise free-handed the thing, and it was really fun to figure out how i'd like to go about the shading right in the moment #CriticalRoleFanArt

Mary Shelley doesn't get enough credit for not only anticipating the silver-spooned narcissist techbro who recklessly creates technology without thinking through the consequences, but also for knowing that said techbro would be an absolutely terrible father.

No, I don’t remember how to draw anything else. Thanks.

live action catbus looking pretty sweet

amazing grace #sheith

My entry to the Voltron Summer Art Contest! I didn't win but had so much fun making this piece!! (Congrats to the winner btw!!) Please enjoy each individually painted cloud LOL #vld #voltron #takashishirogane #keithkogane #hunkgarrett #pidgeholt #lancemcclain #allura #alluravld #voltronfanart

#Smooth ice reflecting the afterglow at -40° for the #BlueSkyArtShow #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #StormHour #photography #landscape #clouds

Friendship that will last till the end… 🥹