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Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain

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Author & artist of the strange and speculative https://linktr.ee/vanessakrauss Author of FATALITY series www.amazon.com/dp/B0F92WRWKC THIN http://amazon.com/dp/B0B2VD424G BEAUTIFUL DREAMER https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVFCCM2T

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Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · May 18

Official list of my current #writer / #author work

FATALITY book series www.amazon.com/dp/B0F92WRWKC
THIN novel amazon.com/dp/B0B2VD424
BEAUTIFUL DREAMER amazon.com/dp/B0DVFCCM2T

Check out my author website or Amazon Author Page for the full list!

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Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 8h

And done! Finished recording the first audio book of my 3-part series. Will have to go back and silence the clips, and adjust spacing, listen to it and re-record some iffy parts. But, it's done!

Now onto the next one! The longest of the three. 😩

Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 10h

The bot accounts that DM me asking if I want to commission them for art thinking I only write books. Uh, whu? I've won awards on some of my (space) images. Meet two of them. I also worked on video games, and have post secondary certification in art

You should be COMMISSIONING me

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Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 16h

“Aon Phases – Lunar Eclipse”
Set of 5 silhouettes with different moon phases representing each Aon. Here we have the sneaky Boo. My favorite pose and color scheme of the set, yes, even over Lexicon’s.
© ‘23 VLK
(Book series on profile)
#fanart #scifi

Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 1d

91% through the audio book recording of the first book in my series! Yay!

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Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! It's nice to hear

Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 1d

“Aon Phases – Solar Eclipse”
Set of 5 silhouettes with different moon phases representing each Aon. Here we have the threatening Bass. I love rendering his fans in the combat pose. He’s docile except when he’s not.
© ‘23 VLK
(Book series on profile)
#fanart #scifi

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Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 2d

188 hours! Wow! Looks like my audio book is doing really well.

Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 2d

“Aon Phases - New Moon”
Set of 5 silhouettes with different moon phases representing each Aon. Here we have the wicked Acid Trip. I’m just annoyed I couldn’t do a glow for this.
© ‘23 VLK
(Book series on profile)
#art #writer

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Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 3d

That's not so bad. It's the fact someone I admire has seen my cruddy artwork and characters that makes me want to implode.

I honestly think a Wiki is sensible

Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 3d

Fellow #writers, what is your most embarrassing/mortifying you've done as a writer/related to your writing? Below is mine.

Dave Rodgers is my Eurohero (only Eurobeat fans will get the joke.) I just want to be a wallflower.

Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 4d

My book series has an official music track (Really. Fatality by Kaioh.) While I could've gone through the DRM channel, like, heck no, I didn't want Dave Rodgers to find out about my shitty character and my bad artwork. He's Initial D famous, after all.

He still did anyway💀

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Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 3d

"Aon Phases - Crescent Moon”
Set of 5 silhouettes with different moon phases representing each Aon. Here we have the seductive Lexicon. For me, blue and purple is a standard color scheme I use, but it sure is purdy.
© ‘22 VLK
(Book series on profile)
#art #writer

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Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 4d

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Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 4d

“Aon Phases - Full Moon”
Set of 5 silhouettes with different moon phases representing each Aon. Here we have the lead Aon Force, Fatality. Purple and power, and not hippy looking, thankfully.
© ‘22 VLK
(Book series on profile)
#art #writer

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Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 5d

What genre(s) do you think this book cover is?

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Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah, it really does! XD

Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 5d

Mostly about the book covers, and Reddit.

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Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 5d

“Inside Job”
Relatively scene-accurate from book 2, where Lexicon interrogates a sub-Force Summer. Did this with ink and Sharpies, since sometimes I want to prove I can do the comic style.
© ‘22 VLK
(Book series on profile)
#art #writer

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Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 6d

Of course they do beautiful work, artful nature depictions, commemorative statues to history's greatest figures, their clients include zoos, Neo Geo, Disney, etc...

And then they get Edgy McEdgerson Fan OC... I'm deeply humbled and honored.

Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 6d

I don't know how many people know this, but I'm getting a 9' tall statue of one of my characters (no, not that one) from an amazing foundry called Firebird Bronze.

And one thing the do is patinas. Yes, the turtles are metal. I am so sorry... but she's going to be black chrome.

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Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 6d

Same

Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you

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Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 6d

People actually bought my books! Happy dance!

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Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 6d

“Out There”
Going just, ‘out there’ with this Sailor Moon inspired Lexicon. Really out there. Space and weird color rendering. More artsy with this one than anything. She’s never blue, da-ba-dee...
© ‘22 VLK
(Book series on profile)
#art #writer

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Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 7d

The problem with writer shaming by telling them "they're the problem" "you didn't research" and "this didn't happen to me because I don't suck" is it happens to a lot of people and you scare everyone into complacency and silence

People get screwed because they're afraid to speak

Vanessa L Krauss the Bubbly Brain @bubbleybrain.bsky.social · 7d

"Prism Roses”
Lexicon version of ‘White Roses’, because I am going to do spicy romance pin-ups of my characters rendered as pretty as possible. Her hair is just wild to render, prism blond.
© ‘22 VLK
(Book series on profile)
#art #writer

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