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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · Jul 15

Personal items belonging to a commoner from the River Realms

(Detailed descriptions in the alt text!!)

1. Lirran Eye pendant: fish and eyes are common iconography in the Lirran faith. The fish is often modeled off of river fish local to the origins of such items. The eye is the standard Eye of Lir - a symbol associated with both the Goddess Lir, the River itself and the first Archking of the River Realms.
2. Knife with carved bone handle: A brass (brass is a very common metal in the River Realms and neighbouring domains) with a bone handle carved to resemble a pointed ear hare - a common creature inhabiting the Midnight Valley.
3. Lirran Petals: Petals are the names for coins of smaller denominations used in the River Realms. These ones are made of copper (featuring Lirran religious iconography), brass (featuring the crest of the Archking), and silver (featuring a cameo of the Archking Lothair II).
4. A brass sickle: wooden handled brass sickle used for harvesting herbs and other plants.
5. Leather pouch with bone fastener: a simple leather pouch with a stamped decoration featuring the Eye of Lir fish icon. This sort of pouch would be attached to the waist with thick but soft string usually tied in complex knots (the knots usually have some meaning and religious significance to the wearer)
6. Wooden Flute and case: a simple wooden flute, a common instrument found in the River Realms. Flute based music is very popular in the common traditions of music as well as courtly music.
7. Feather from a Kingfisher-like bird: a wing feather from a bird that mostly eats fish, which it catches by swooping over a body of water and catching small unsuspecting fish.

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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · Jul 28

#Commission of a Sister of the Order of the Burning Rose

Always love painting a Sister of Battle!

My commissions are open! You can commission me here: ko-fi.com/aylameridian...

digital painting of a lady in red armour holding a chainsword and a boltgun. She's standing in front of a glowy stained glass window looking up at the sword and little rose petals fall around her.

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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · Aug 20

painted some pretty flowers for my mum

tropical flowers (passionflower, vanilla orchids and white dove orchids) and some leaves on a dark green background

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𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕥 @thatsgoodweb.bsky.social · 17h

Oscar Chichoni, illustration for Starship Titanic, 1997

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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 1d

Well if that's how you draw when you're actively falling asleep I'd say you're doing pretty great!

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 1d

Hard agree. It's going to do way more harm than good

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𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙.˚⊹.🎃₊˚𖦹⋆ @dungeonlust.com · Feb 5

Art by • Joonas Ryynänen

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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 2d

Just finished off another commission - #DragonAge Grey Warden with Leliana!

My commissions are open through Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/aylameridian... but if you're after something not on offer feel free to shoot me a DM!

Two ladies in fantasy medieval dresses embracing in a very alluring manner. One has long braided dark brown/black hair and the other has a short red french style bob.

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༺ƊǗƝƓĘƠΝƁÏƬƇΗ🌙🦇.𖥔 ݁ ˖ @dungeonbitch.bsky.social · Oct 18

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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 2d

Just finished off another commission - #DragonAge Grey Warden with Leliana!

My commissions are open through Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/aylameridian... but if you're after something not on offer feel free to shoot me a DM!

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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 24d

My commissions are open! And I have some big expenses coming up soon so now is a FANTASTIC time to commission me!

You can commission me through Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/shop/setting...

(reposts are very very much appreciated! 🙏❤️)

Here's a little taste of what you can expect -

40k navigator with four arms. He has sickly grey green skin. He's wearing purple robes covered in scrolls and purity seals and many cables. His multiple arms are adorned with a plethora of bangles and rings. he has a metal mask and psyker helm that completely cover his face but he also has what looks like a trunk, also adorned in jewelery

in golds, blacks and browns, a noble Rogue Trader of the Imperium of Mankind stands with her hand on her hip and her other hand resting on the hilt of a chainsword. She has super big baroque hair and lots of jewelery. she stands in front of lavish dark brown curtains

A painting of a dark haired woman in vaguely renaissance era purple and red clothing. She's sitting down and has her hands crossed in front of her. many rings grace her fingers and she has a black piece of fabric draped over her shoulder featuring a red sigil.

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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 3d

Hey friends! If you like my swords you might like the game I made with my fiance! These are some of the items you can find and craft in it!

apps.apple.com/nz/app/treeg...

a bunch of items. a conch shell, a ring, some effigies, a bit of sand, a golden cauldron, and a potion bottle

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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · Aug 4

I decided to do a runner-up prize for my little 1K giveaway for a new commission type I'm offering now: Profile Picture illustrations!

Here's what I came up with for @trashbeing.bsky.social featuring their half-elven sorcerer, Ned!

You can commission me through my Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/c/6ee715439d

painting of a sad looking half elf boy with shiny, oily, inky goo pouring out of his eyes and flowing outward to the edge of the image. A bright white light glows from the the bottom of the image.

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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 9d

All of my swords for #Swordtember!!
#Swordtember2025

30 swords of a bunch of different types! So many swords!!!

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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 3d

love love love the way you've drawn Bolaire! (They're all great though)

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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 3d

Hey friends! If you like my swords you might like the game I made with my fiance! These are some of the items you can find and craft in it!

apps.apple.com/nz/app/treeg...

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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 13d

Yet another four days of Swordtember completed!!

#Swordtember2025 #Swordtember

Ring - a vaguely organic tarnished golden sword. There is a circular hole in the crossguard in which there is an orrery.

Swan - a golden sword. the cross guard resembles the body of a swan with the tail going down into the tail and becoming the fuller. The neck of the swan is the grip and its head is the pommel

Owl - a steel sword. the handle is carved to look like fish swimming through water and this carving blends into the blade with the water becoming the fuller. The guard is fashioned to look like two mirrored owls each catching one of the fish. The pommel is shaped like an egg

Venom - a very thin shortsword. the grip is fashioned to look like a lily with a snake wrapping around it. the snake's head ends on the blade and its tail goes up the grip and ends up wrapping around the pommel which is fashioned to look like a lily about to bloom. there is a dark ichor dripping down the blade.

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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 6d

If you liked my swords and all their juicy lore, you might like this chill game I made with my fiancé! Its full of tasty art and lore!

apps.apple.com/nz/app/treeg...

3 little parcels. the first is made of leaves and has red and purple flowers adorning it. the second is made of seaweed and has more seaweed decorating it, the last one is made of cloth and has rocks and square coin looking things around it.

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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 18d

Hi - I'm an Australian concept artist and illustrator. I'm open for commissions and freelance work!

Commissions: ko-fi.com/aylameridian...
Portfolio: aylameridian.myportfolio.com
Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ayla...
Support: ko-fi.com/aylameridian

A river scene in the evening, there are lots of cute flowers in the foreground and mist in the distance partly obscuring a pine forest and an ornate castle. there are huge mountains in the distance and a line of starlike things going straight up into the sky. there's a sort of art nouveau-esque border around the whole thing.

A person wearing custodes-style armour from the warhammer universe, though silver rather than gold. The armour and pose is inspired by the dark souls character, artorias of the abyss.

1. Tactical Assault Chrysalis
A golden chrysalis of Yarerin manufacture. When the correct words are spoken with intention, the chrysalis spawns a number of magical insect-like sprites that will attack at the command of the speaker

2. Bluestone Cluster
A cluster of bluestone, can be used to empower almost any spell

3. Necklace (with secret compartments)
4. Golden Oracle Spores
A lichen-like lifeform that continuously grows upon a small stone. When ingested by an Oracle it has psychedelic effects that allows the oracle perceive various times and places they have connected with…

5. White-Gold Seal
The highest level of seal that is given out by the Yarerin. El-Ithaïa keeps hers wrapped in a peice of parchment that has a message written by Yare Ninetheth himself.

6. Her Father’s blade
Netherin make, truly ancient.

7. Her mother’s seer’s pipe
For various Oracle rituals, such as scrying and truthseeing

8. The Hand of Yare
Given to El-Ithaïa by Yare Ninetheth himself. The blade is made entirely of bluestone and will therefore never require sharpening. In battle occasionally will act as if it has a mind of its own in defense of its weilder

page 1 - a man walks through a desert amongst rocky mesas that feature blue striations. his face is sunburnt, he looks rather exhausted, like he's been in this desert for too long already. his fine clothes belie his lack of preparation for this desert.

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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 4d

Something from the ol' comfort zone for the beginning of autumn

A horned jousting helmet with some autumn leaves in the background and sun icons on three sides.

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 4d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · Mar 26

Navis Nobilite

my sweet blorbo Seraphina

#warhammer40k #RogueTrader #ttrpgCharacter #OC

A lady in white and gold holding a staff. She has long white hair and her face is partially covered by a golden skull mask

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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 11d

Swordtember day 30 - Winter

4/4 Chaos Gods for the last four days of #Swordtember!

The frost associated with warp magic seemed a perfect fit for a Tzeentchian chainsword!

#Swordtember2025 #Warhammer40k #Chainsword

A chainsword on a textured black background. the sword is gold and icy blue and is covered in icy rime. It also has eyes coming out of it in random spots and feathers at the tip.

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Ayla Meridian @aylameridian.bsky.social · 28d

Commission illustration of a wonderfully weird 40k Navigator. Gotta love those mutations!

My commissions are open - I'm taking commissions for October now! You can commission me through my Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/aylameridian

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