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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thank you everyone for a wonderful release day 🥰💕 Holiest is now available on Amazon & Itchio!! Please consider reading it! There's lots of art to enjoy 🦚💕

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Lennox @lennoxrex.bsky.social · Jul 18

Y’all! Check out the amazing cover for HOLIEST, by @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social

Holiest realeases in Hardback, Paperback, and eBook AUGUST 13, 2025. Pre-orders for the eBook are already open: sancta-seraphina.itch.io/holiest-book-i-of-the-divine-tragedy

Synopsis in comments!

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Jun 29

🥹💕 Thank you so much!!

Laurent Church @laurentchurch.bsky.social · Jun 29

If you enjoy Dantes Inferno please give @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social some love. It's an amazing storyline with beautiful artwork👀
#Lucifer #writer #author #sinsunday #holiest #books #religioushorror

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Mar 12

tagging friends:
@sacredsapling.bsky.social
@eralacrimae.bsky.social
@heavenlyystar.bsky.social

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Mar 12

Thank you for the art share & congrats on 13.5K 🥰 I'm Seraphina and I write and illustrate horror novels about angels. The first novel in the series comes out this summer!

A black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel from a novel titled 'Holiest'. He has one white wing, one amputated wing, and a long white peacock tail. He has a gold and black halo with cracks in it, and he is smoking a cigarette. His name is Lucifer. The illustration is done by the author of the novel.

A black and white illustration for a novel called 'The Harrowing' of two male-presenting angels reaching for each other. One of them is a seraph and has medium skin, six black wings, and black armor. The other has one white wing that is nailed to a cross, has an amputated wing, and a peacock tail. Their names are Beelzebub (who is the seraph) and Lucifer. The illustration is by the author of the novel.

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Mar 12

Thank you for the tag 🥹💕

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Feb 20

Did I not post the gold version of my Lucifer here? My bad. Please enjoy.

#AngelArt #Illustration

A black and gold illustration of a male-presenting angel. He has two wings, tail feathers, a cracked halo, and below him are the words "Abide With Us." The phrase is the tagline for the novel series "The Divine Tragedy" which this illustration is for. This is an alternate version of the fully rendered illustration, and will be included in the first novel of the series, "Holiest."

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Jan 13

This was my favorite artwork of Lucifer from Angeltober 2024, for prompt 15 - Heretic. It didn't do as well as I had hoped on my other socials, so I've been nervous to share it again, although I still love it 🦚💕
#AngelArt #Angel #Angeltober

A drawing of an angel completed in white linework on a dark, hazy background. The angel has peacock wings and a peacock tail and train of eye feathers. His halo has star and peacock feather designs on it, and there are falling stars in the background.

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Feb 20

Did I not post the gold version of my Lucifer here? My bad. Please enjoy.

#AngelArt #Illustration

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Feb 18

'Holiest' for @wolfehorror.bsky.social 's #sludgepit pitch event ✨️ descriptions of the images and the text in them are provided in the alt text.

'Holiest' is a queer Biblical horror story about mental illness, fallen angels, and Revelation, and will be available Aug. 13th 2025

#H #indiehorror

An illustration of a Gothic style frame drawn in white linework. Inside the frame is the cover for the novel 'Holiest' by Sancta Seraphina. At the bottom of the frame is the text 'The Divine Tragedy - Book I' and around the frame are various descriptions of aspects of the novel and some of its tropes:
✨️The 'Book of Revelation' but sideways
✨️Mental illness & hallucinations
✨️Disabled characters
✨️Milton's cast in Dante's Hell
✨️Biblically accurate angels
✨️Gothic style Pandemonium built on top of a frozen lake
✨️Dead dove (metaphorically & literally)
✨️Torture used as a demonstration of love
✨️Biblical, Gothic & body horror
✨️Fallen angels (being gay)
✨️Catholic aesthetics (stained glass & guilt)
✨️Guard x Royalty dynamic
✨️Pale, sickly, pretty blond angel doing everything wrong (on purpose)
✨️Friendship betrayal
✨️Illustrations & maps by the author
✨️End-of-the-World Psychosis

A collage of the author's artwork. At the top is the phrase "Here are your dead doves, eat up" in reference to the both Dead Dove warning/tag and to the violent, disturbing, questionably alive, and morally grey angels in The Divine Tragedy series (the titles of which are also listed: Holiest, The Harrowing, and Heresiarch). Below are six illustrations in white linework of angel (or angel-like) characters, from left to right: Asmodeus, Beelzebub, Lucifer, Jehoel, Metatron, and Abdiel.

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Feb 18

'Holiest' for @wolfehorror.bsky.social 's #sludgepit pitch event ✨️ descriptions of the images and the text in them are provided in the alt text.

'Holiest' is a queer Biblical horror story about mental illness, fallen angels, and Revelation, and will be available Aug. 13th 2025

#H #indiehorror

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Jan 11

Some information about the upcoming re-release of my novel 'Holiest' on Aug. 13, 2025.

I'll let everyone know when preorders are available & when it's on Goodreads & Storygraph. Alt text of the information in the graphics is provided.

An infographic made last June for a novel called 'Holiest' by Sancta Seraphina. It contains basic information about the novel:

Genre: Biblical horror

Content Warning: Mental illness, torture, self-harm, body horror

Description: Told in nine parts, ‘Holiest’ is a false apocalypse caused by the devil’s inability to distinguish between ‘Revelation’ and reality. The tribulations begin when a treacherous cherub is thrown into Hell with catastrophic consequences, rekindling ancient strife in the Fallen Host and inciting Hell’s demons into vengeful destruction, all while a mysterious manuscript with black pages haunts the dreams of Hell’s prince and eventually his waking world as well.

An infographic for a novel called 'Holiest' by Sancta Seraphina. It contains revised & expanded information about 'Holiest':

HOLIEST at a glance...
Original Publication: August 13, 2019

Scheduled Re-Release: August 13, 2025

Genre: Biblical Horror

Demographic: Adult/New Adult

Approx. Length: 135K Words

Content Warnings (expanded): Mental Illness (depression, psychosis, hallucinations, suicidal ideation & attempted suicide), Body Horror (torture, self-harm, graphic depictions of violence including amputation, self-immolation & loss of eyes), Heretical & Blasphemous ideologies (including discussion of theodicy & the view of God as not being omnibenevolent)

An infographic made for a novel called 'Holiest' by Sancta Seraphina. It contains comparative information regarding the original release of the novel and its 2025 re- release.

The 2019 version: nine chapters, a map of Hell, chapter illustrations, available as a digital edition only, had prints, stickers & merch, a beta reader team, and was available for free.

The 2025 version: nine chapters, a map of Hell, a map of Pandemonium, a worldbuilding appendix, chapter illustrations, print & digital editions, bonus prints, stickers & merch, a beta reader team, but is no longer free.

If you enjoy or are interested in:

-Horror literature (psychological, Gothic, body, etc...)
-Bible and scripture-inspired literature
-Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ and/or Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’
-A book series with a cast of angels, fallen angels, and demons
-Angels inspired by all branches of Abrahamic faiths (including Islam)
-Intricate worldbuilding inspired by Jewish Mysticism
-An Angelic Hierarchy entirely in Hebrew
-Books with a unique system of speaking about & tracking time
-Books where romance isn’t the major theme but is still included!
-Books with queer main characters & couples (MC is a biromantic ace)
-Books with disability represented in the cast (including the MC)
-Books about mental health struggles
-Adult or New Adult literature (not YA)
-Books with pretty pictures drawn by the author

Then 'Holiest' might be for you!

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Dec 24

An illustration of my character Lucifer posted on IG & tumblr today along with updated info about the re-release of Holiest (which I will share separately here since I can only share 4 images). This was originally drawn in 2018/completed in 2019. I redrew his wings & tail this year. 🪽💕

A black & white half-body illustration of an androgynous but male-presenting angel. He is shirtless, has light hair, and is looking down. He has peacock wings and tail feathers. Beneath him are the words "Abide With Us" written in gold. It is an illustration for a novel called Holiest, being re-released on Aug. 13, 2025. The illustration is by the author of the novel.

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Jan 16

HUMAN ARTISTS, use only one piece to convince people to follow you.

This is my most popular art on my most of my social media accounts 🦚💕

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hi #PortfolioDay
I'm Seraphina, a former scientific illustrator turned horror/fantasy illustrator 🥰
Although I'm not looking for work atm, sometimes I open commissions. I specialize in winged people w/ precise anatomy & wings. I also do body horror & anatomical diagrams
patreon.com/sanctaseraphina

An illustration in muted colors of androgynous angel in a stained glass window. The angel has pale skin, light blond hair, blue eyes, and two white wings. He is wearing a grey and light blue chasuble and he is holding a banner that says "Abide With Us" in red letters.

Three illustrations of angels done in a black and white style.

Left picture: a black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel from a novel titled 'Holiest'. He has one white wing, one amputated wing, and a long white peacock tail. He has a gold and black halo with cracks in it, and he is smoking a cigarette. His name is Lucifer.

Top right picture: a black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel. He has curly hair, grey wings, a pale gold halo, and he is holding a book and a quill. Above him are a dove, a banner, and the seven gifts of the holy spirit are written in Latin in beams of light: Sapientia, Intelligentia, Fortitudo, Pietas, Consilium, Timor Domini, and Scientia. Written on the banner is the phrase "I see you dwelling upon the high and lofty throne. Rise up and hosts serve you." His name is Metatron.

Bottom right picture: a black and white illustration for a novel called 'The Harrowing' of two male-presenting angels reaching for each other. One of them is a seraph and has medium skin, six black wings, and black armor. The other has one white wing that is nailed to a cross, has an amputated wing, and a peacock tail. Their names are Beelzebub (who is the seraph) and Lucifer.

Four illustrations done with white linework on a dark background. Three of them have gold accents.

Top picture: an illustration of an angel from behind. His wings are in a dynamic & difficult perspective and he has a peacock tail. He has a halo with stars and peacock feather designs, and stars are falling in the background behind him.

Bottom left: an angel who is lying in golden blood. His chest and ribs are broken open and he is holding his own heart (drawn in gold) above himself, admiring it. The heart has a halo-shape behind it.

Bottom middle: an angel-mimicking character whose body is disintegrating. His muscles and bones are showing and his skin is rotting off of him. Behind him is an intricate design of bones creating a mock halo shape above his head.

Bottom right: the same angel from the top illustration, who is now missing his left wing. He is holding a skull protectively and behind him is another massive skull with an open mandible who is wearing a crown of golden thorns.

Two black and white illustrations of angels.

Top picture: a black and white half-body illustration of a male-presenting angel. He has light hair, pale skin, an androgynous figure, and two peacock wings. He also has a peacock tail. Underneath him are the words "Abide With Us" which is featured in the novel 'Holiest.'

Bottom picture: a black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel for a novel called 'Holiest'. He has dark skin, six large wings, a golden halo, gold makeup, and gold eyes. He is holding a stylus and the words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin are surrounding him in fading gold. His name is Uriel.

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Jan 14

Thank you for the portfolio day share 🥹 here's my own post
bsky.app/profile/sanc...

Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hi #PortfolioDay
I'm Seraphina, a former scientific illustrator turned horror/fantasy illustrator 🥰
Although I'm not looking for work atm, sometimes I open commissions. I specialize in winged people w/ precise anatomy & wings. I also do body horror & anatomical diagrams
patreon.com/sanctaseraphina

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hi #PortfolioDay! I’m Sapling, a #watercolor illustrator from Spain, creating stories with queer and disabled OCs. 💕

Right now, I’m open for limited full painting commissions (like DnD party scenes or fancy portraits). ✨

A traditional watercolor painting of a succubus holding an angel posed and zoned out between her hands, glowing blue light. He’s lying on the ground, half turned into a feathery mess, as she casts this spell on him. Two snakes surrounding him, and his hand presses against the bottom corner, as if trying to escape.

A watercolor painting of a masculine figure with brown skin in a tender pose with bright pink orchid flowers around him. A translucent pink robe rests over him, and he also has dark blue wings.

A traditional watercolor painting of a young Mexican boy with messy hair and lifeless skin, lying peacefully on his side in a green lush field with red geraniums and fluffy white flowers.

A detailed watercolor painting of a dark-winged angel with brown skin and hair holding his injured lover on his lap. The injured angel has brown skin and hair, with damaged lavender wings and chest bandages. They rest together in the clouds, stained purple and yellow from a sunlight glow behind them.

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𝕲𝖆𝖇𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖑 𝕳 @eralacrimae.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hello #PortfolioDay!
I'm Gabriel, digital artist painting OCs, fan art, and fantasy art, with an interest in symbolism, religious iconography, and the Tarot.
✉ [email protected]
🖼 eralacrimae.carrd.co

A black-and-white painting of a person with pale skin and long, dark hair, wearing a flowy, long-sleeved white nightgown, kneeling in front of a small table, on which stands one small candle that gives all the light he has. His hands are clasped together in prayer.

A black-and-white painting of my OC Xander, a man in water up to his waist, approaching towards the viewer. His eyes are not visible, black liquid is pouring out from the place where his eyes should be. He has long dark hair that he shoves back, the sides of his head are shaved and tattooed, and he has several dark flame tattoos down his neck, shoulder and arms, along with a motif of a parchment and a skull holding a parchment with text on his left shoulder. Ports are visible on his body throughout (he is a Space Marine OC). The dark liquid from his eyes have accumulated behind him as he's approaching, and with his hand he seems to direct its flow forward, too. Behind him is a black hole enclosed in an armillary sphere with ornate rings. The front, horizontal ring has the Roman numerals XVI, XVII and XVIIII on it, there are two rings very tightly closing up the black hole, and two outer, concentric rings. The uppermost ring has the texts "XVI - LA MAISON|DIEV", "XVII - L'ESTOILLE" and "XVIIII - LE SOLEIL" on it, along with the alchemical symbols of sulphur, the element of fire, and the Sun, as well as the symbols of the following in pairs: the Sun - the zodiac sign of Leo, Jupiter - Sagittarius, Mars - Aries. The lower part of the rings is lit strongly. On the upper part of the painting, above the rings, the distortion of the black hole is visible on the background stars and interstellar medium as their images get "flattened" around the curved surface of the outermost ring.

A painting study with my OCs of baroque painter Orazio Gentileschi's Saint Francis and the Angel. A knight holding a monk in his arms who has the stigmata visible on his hands, blood dripping to the ground from them. He has a thin gold glory above his head. Six swords are stabbed into the ground behind them, an allusion to the Six of Swords in Tarot - transformation, transfiguration, something divine.

Ezekyle Abaddon in the Warp Gala, surrounded by Chaos. I had this idea for his Gala set to be the Galaxy itself, torn apart by the Great Rift, into a half that is completely cut from the Emperor's golden light (to be made of vantablack fabric), and the rest is still lit up by it, but not for long - the gold drops coming from Terra and his hands show how he wants to tear it all apart and make it bleed.
And Chaos is creeping in.
And I had to include Horus and the Mournival with the background colours: the deep blue-green sky, red clouds, golden-gray architecture, the Eye, the Moon phases, and a cinquefoil in the architecture.
His roots are always there.

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Jan 14

I'm stunned at all of the artists who don't add alt text to their portfolio day posts...

I keep all my alt text in a special document so I don't have to rewrite them even time I post. They're even kind of fun to write and they're so helpful for others... I wish more people would do it.

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hi #PortfolioDay
I'm Seraphina, a former scientific illustrator turned horror/fantasy illustrator 🥰
Although I'm not looking for work atm, sometimes I open commissions. I specialize in winged people w/ precise anatomy & wings. I also do body horror & anatomical diagrams
patreon.com/sanctaseraphina

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Jan 13

Some details, for those who might want to zoom in:

Details of peacock wing & tail feathers.

Details of a halo with star and peacock feather designs.

Details of feathers in perspective and peacock eye feathers.

Details of a wing in a dynamic perspective.

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Jan 13

This was my favorite artwork of Lucifer from Angeltober 2024, for prompt 15 - Heretic. It didn't do as well as I had hoped on my other socials, so I've been nervous to share it again, although I still love it 🦚💕
#AngelArt #Angel #Angeltober

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Jan 13

I wish I could answer this myself, but sadly I struggle to get seen on every social media 😔 Thank you though! Glad you like my work. 🥺💕

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Nov 15

Just let Lucifer have his smoke break, yeah? 🦚
#AngelArt #Art

A black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel with one white wing, one amputated wing, and a white peacock tail. He has a gold and black halo with cracks in it, and he is holding a cigarette.

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Seraphina @sanctaseraphina.bsky.social · Jan 13

Thank you!! 🥹💕

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