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Author | Artist | Arts Educator | Creative Advocate www.livingillusionstudio.com Instagram: @living.illusion
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Writing is my creative escape. I've reached out to my amazing editors for the next steps of this world building journey. A little sketching and a little snippet from one of my stories. #darkfantasy #writing #art #vampire #elf #souleater #assassin

Today is Saturday. Time to relax. Revisiting this last sketch of this misfit pair. I'm trying to focus on characters specific to book one, but the world has (quite by accident) gotten much larger. Writing and world building brings me peace and purpose. #art #creativewriting #fantasy #dragon #elf

Who knew the stories I am writing, my continued desire to tap into my artistic potential and coax it out of others while remaining in the flow in the journey of creativity, would become a necessary act of human rebellion? Cover art iteration: three. #darkfantasy #creativeprocess #writing #art

It's time to get back to it... IX 2025! Time to launch a book.

This sounds super fun. I'll be adding this to my pile of books to read this winter. Support fellow creatives and writers! #darkfantasy

Excerpt from the rough draft of book two of Legends of Rathvyn: The Fall of the Sun used as a traditional prompt (🚫NOT AI!) for the Father of Blinding Light. Beginning to explore deeper mythos. The Three were once one... #darkfantasy #fantasy #demon #gods #mythos #art #characterdesign

WIP I don't wanna go to work today. Can I stay home and not adult today and draw instead? Exploring character interactions, value, color and environment. #WIP #art #darkfantasy #creativewriting

Working out ideas quickly in the digital space on Procreate, experimenting with the visuals evoked by my creative writing. Then I'll shift into studio media when I hit the right one. These scenes are abstract and complex and a fun challenge to convey. #darkfantasy #elf #magic #writing #art

"Amethyst Skull" Mixed media on a skateboard deck See it/buy it at the Deck the Halls art exhibition organized by the Cathedral Art Collective in Syracuse, NY. Art for charity to support local youth programs. #communityart #designforgood #mixedmedia #art #design #skateboards

I see things in my mind & describe them in words,helping me to see what the character looks like. This creates a feedback loop where I can define the writing & the visual representation. A WIP from my current project, book 2 in a series, The Fall of the Sun. I love shape-shifting dragons!

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Dwyva the Huntress, One of the Three, has taken me on quite the journey getting to know her as a character since her creative conception. She is one of my favorite (& most terrifying) POVs to write. I like to explore gender fluidity, manipulation, brutality & control with her character motivations.

Today is a good day to write dark fantasy & lore: "The Three were once one, Just as the Gods were once many. Until their sin..." I turned these into individual magnets and they stare at me from my fridge as a reminder that even though I now have a full time job, I still have time to write. 🖤

Ashvryn has been with me for a long, long time. The Reincarnated Fugitive and One of the Three, bound to a promise to restore balance to Rathvyn. Making art helps me to see scenes and characters more clearly. I'm excited to paint this one in oils this winter. A snippet from my first novel.

This past summer, I have been writing my second novel focusing on events leading up to the fall of the Sun'Rokyn (fire elves), developing characters who overlap and are pivotal to the main arc. It encouraged me to revisit old work. "There is always a flame burning in Rathvyn!"