YOU decide when you're done with it, and what you learned from it, and what bits will carry through to your next work. So in the end, something I once thought of as a failure became a foundation for doing a lot better in the future. Not everything gets its flowers right away. Give it time.
I made a webcomic back in the day and not a lot of people knew about it before I had to stop doing it (life, health) and honestly, even though it never took off, somewhere along the line I got a much healthier idea of "working out" and realized you get to keep sharing the art you do forever >
yes! It's so important to know what you're working toward, even if it changes shape while you're working on it.
Image is two graphics. On the left: A book cover with a black muddy background. The title Bloodbound is in stark red lettering, as is the author name in the bottom right corner, Lily Flower. Two fangs hang from the vowels in the word Bloodbound. A painting of two women embracing, both with long hair and pale skin is centered on the cover. One woman has a breast exposed. She hangs onto the other woman with her arms around her neck. They are both looking to the side. On the right: Red text that reads "Faine Monroe may not understand what’s happening to her, but she does know two things: 1. Vampires are real. 2. The vampire Verris might be able to save her. She uses the only tools she has at her disposal—her body, her blood—to make a pact with Verris for information, for protection, for her life. Now, all she has to do is survive. Read for free: Https://linktr.ee/lilyflowerbooks."
What does it mean to become something new? Whether Faine likes it or not she's going to find out. Read Bloodbound and explore messy lesbian relationships, vampires, and what happens at night.
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Pink clematis flowers illustration with gouache, sketchbook spread botanical Illustration
I'm on my way for more flowers in my sketchbook so here are pink clematis from today! 🌸
#gouache #art #illustration
ultimate snack
I don't care how many books you read. 1 or 100. Doesn't matter. What matters is how you synthesize that information and apply it to your art. I'm a slow reader. I get through maybe 10 books a year. I also go outside, watch birds, talk to strangers, manage the horrors, write my own books, and live.
Every time that "DO AUTHORS HAVE TO READ" discourse comes around I am at peace. It cannot harm me. Yes, they should read, but most importantly they should find balance between reading and living, incorporate one into the other. Have experiences. Those are just as important as seeing them told.
death on a pale horse, adorned with flowers #thistle
WHY DID THIS UPLOAD AS A BLACK SQUARE
natural pearl
We urgently need to address the fact that queer media has been decimated over the last year. Them has been sold. NBC Out dissolved. INTO shuttered. At a time when they are needed most, most queer and trans journalists have no platform or income.
A graphic with a green floral wall background. At the bottom is a wood desktop. On top of the desk are a stack of old books on either side of the typewriter. The typewriter has a paper sticking out of it with black text reading “queer book submissions open” and a black line underneath it. At the top of the graphic is the Rainbow Crate and Rainbow After Dark logos. Under the logos it reads “Calling all authors!” in white text with a black outline. Under this it says “Submit your book for consideration in RC or RAD through the link in our bio or on our website!” in gray text with a black outline.
🌈 Calling all authors! We are looking for authors who want a special edition of their book included in Rainbow Crate, Rainbow After Dark, or as a special edition set!
We are especially looking for trans, nonbinary, aromantic, asexual, and intersectional stories. 🧵
Promotional graphic for the "Illustrated Prose" bundle on itchio running from March 9 to March 23, featuring the following book covers: Sanctuary 17223: Volume 1 by caede styles The Fall of the Rose Princess by ACM and DCS (DarkChibiShadow) Radiant Creatures by tailiepoe On Love, Unconditional by Bri Crozier (earacorn) Just 69cm Between Us by Red Chan (WitPOP) Beg By Moonlight by Buko the Panda CHLOROPHYLL SIRENS by Mikoto Beyond Bringers by V (visceralhit) Bruised Pair by Bt. Hearst (Synth & Syntax), illustrations by Crimson Chains Eros the Amphitere by L’Poni Baldwin The Fox and the Fallen Prince by Kate East (BinaryAndLove) Fattening Fantasies: A Weight Gain Anthology by FatFuckingFox By His Hand by Luce Northstar The Devil in the Woods by S. Jean (Ronove) Crystal Gunslinger - The Obsidian Outlaws by Oliver Laws (O.Z. Laws)
Ever looked at beautiful cover art and wished there was more of that art inside the book? We have those exact books.
From romantic comedies to sci-fi horror, this bundle of illustrated prose has a little something for everyone - go grab 15 stories for only $15 :]
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🧓❤️🔥 apps are now live! please make sure you read the guidelines, and remember that we're only accepting about 75 participants!
(apologies for anyone not living in the US, but i forgot that daylight savings time began this weekend - i hope that didn't mess up your timing)
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Heat map of CDC levels and PMC estimate of prevalence, 1 in 87 estimated actively infectious.
PMC COVlD Update, Week of Mar 9, 2026 (U.S.)
This week we will likely see the 100th consecutive day above 500,000 estimated new daily infections.
However, the 12th wave is winding down. CDC levels are Moderate in 18 states, High in 7, and Very High in 0.
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i'm part of a cool bundle tomorrow everyone get excited
Hey I’d love to fill something like this out but I don’t want to tell Google in particular how I find new erotica/what/who I like and share this information through forms. Have you ever considered using a less invasive survey like cryptpad?
It was a special kind of bad smell.
Oh god those were also the final boss of shoes that want you to live forever just so you can suffer longer
If you’re under 25 you’ll understand this post after the inevitable decline of your foot health
I know fashion is reverting to recession looks bc they’re bringing back ballet flats. The world’s stinkiest shoe with no support that kills you for wearing it. It’s about being in pain, huh.
Digital painting of a snowy, boreal landscape with mountains in the background, a wide shimmering lake in the foreground, and an aurora borealis overhead. It focuses heavily on contrast and texture.
rolling up 19 hours late with coffee. we did it, boys
BOOK UNBOXING 🎉🎉🎉 I'M JUST SIX PREORDERS AWAY FROM FUNNY SEX NUMBER YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO HELP
screenshot of patreon's payouts page
reminder when you're doing your taxes, the number patreon is putting on your 1099 is the gross and they DO NOT exclude all the money they took from you in fees. you need to deduct that yourself as business expenses. an easy ("easy") way to do that is to download your earnings by month
I think the biggest damage to the art community was the obsolescence of gallery sites (y!, deviantart, etc) and the rise of scroll-by social media, like twitter and even tumblr. Art is not ''content'', you shouldnt need to post art every day (or every month!) to be relevant. This mindset sucks.
#ff7
Sephiroth
Worked on this some more and I think it’s going to be great.
We did so good
Hell yeah lads!!!
