carlydraws
@carlydraws.bsky.social
Carly A-F
Illustrator & author.
Freelance enquiries: [email protected]
Kidlit Agent: Anna Olswanger [email protected]
Newsletter, prints, all links:
http://linktr.ee/carlydraws
Click #art or #kidlitart for artwork or follow my custom feeds!
Illustrator & author.
Freelance enquiries: [email protected]
Kidlit Agent: Anna Olswanger [email protected]
Newsletter, prints, all links:
http://linktr.ee/carlydraws
Click #art or #kidlitart for artwork or follow my custom feeds!
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carlydraws
@carlydraws.bsky.social
· Oct 8
Hello #PortfolioDay
I'm Carly A-F, freelance illustrator from the UK working in picture books, posters, book/comic covers, editorial and ttrpgs! I do dramatic work with lots of texture. Always open to chat about interesting projects!
[email protected]
carlydraws.com
#art
I'm Carly A-F, freelance illustrator from the UK working in picture books, posters, book/comic covers, editorial and ttrpgs! I do dramatic work with lots of texture. Always open to chat about interesting projects!
[email protected]
carlydraws.com
#art
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Hello, you can now buy this pdf of all my old landscapes and a few new ones ones too that you’ve never seen before
ko-fi.com/s/889e6eec9f
ko-fi.com/s/889e6eec9f
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hello, you can now buy this pdf of all my old landscapes and a few new ones ones too that you’ve never seen before
ko-fi.com/s/889e6eec9f
ko-fi.com/s/889e6eec9f
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Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.
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something something black friday? what else is black? My art! like this SINSTER CROW, who you can adorn your home/spooky castle/desolate cave upon the moors with. Or perhaps a mysterious LONELY SPIRE for your fortress walls?
Support artists and spooky crows today!
www.inprnt.com/gallery/carl...
Support artists and spooky crows today!
www.inprnt.com/gallery/carl...
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
something something black friday? what else is black? My art! like this SINSTER CROW, who you can adorn your home/spooky castle/desolate cave upon the moors with. Or perhaps a mysterious LONELY SPIRE for your fortress walls?
Support artists and spooky crows today!
www.inprnt.com/gallery/carl...
Support artists and spooky crows today!
www.inprnt.com/gallery/carl...
good comics alert!
Anyone out there not seen this? I feel like there might be one or two of you that haven't...
Now is a great time to buy my 307 page OGN digitally for only $12us!
Now is a great time to buy my 307 page OGN digitally for only $12us!
Oh yeah, I just made FULL TILT available to buy digitally! ko-fi.com/s/e168334585
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
good comics alert!
I also do colourful art too ;-) as well as picture books! half drama, half chill :-D
Here's 'catnap'. and 'Mathilde'. perfect for your reading room/home library/ that corner by the comfy sofa that the cats always steal even though you paid for it, not them.
#art
Here's 'catnap'. and 'Mathilde'. perfect for your reading room/home library/ that corner by the comfy sofa that the cats always steal even though you paid for it, not them.
#art
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I also do colourful art too ;-) as well as picture books! half drama, half chill :-D
Here's 'catnap'. and 'Mathilde'. perfect for your reading room/home library/ that corner by the comfy sofa that the cats always steal even though you paid for it, not them.
#art
Here's 'catnap'. and 'Mathilde'. perfect for your reading room/home library/ that corner by the comfy sofa that the cats always steal even though you paid for it, not them.
#art
something something black friday? what else is black? My art! like this SINSTER CROW, who you can adorn your home/spooky castle/desolate cave upon the moors with. Or perhaps a mysterious LONELY SPIRE for your fortress walls?
Support artists and spooky crows today!
www.inprnt.com/gallery/carl...
Support artists and spooky crows today!
www.inprnt.com/gallery/carl...
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
something something black friday? what else is black? My art! like this SINSTER CROW, who you can adorn your home/spooky castle/desolate cave upon the moors with. Or perhaps a mysterious LONELY SPIRE for your fortress walls?
Support artists and spooky crows today!
www.inprnt.com/gallery/carl...
Support artists and spooky crows today!
www.inprnt.com/gallery/carl...
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"How do I find my art style?"
I've been a creative pro for 10 years, this is the number 1 question I get.
They want creative work to be recognizably theirs in an instant-- like Miyazaki or Wes Anderson movies.
This is the formula for art style, it's much simpler than you think.
I've been a creative pro for 10 years, this is the number 1 question I get.
They want creative work to be recognizably theirs in an instant-- like Miyazaki or Wes Anderson movies.
This is the formula for art style, it's much simpler than you think.
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"How do I find my art style?"
I've been a creative pro for 10 years, this is the number 1 question I get.
They want creative work to be recognizably theirs in an instant-- like Miyazaki or Wes Anderson movies.
This is the formula for art style, it's much simpler than you think.
I've been a creative pro for 10 years, this is the number 1 question I get.
They want creative work to be recognizably theirs in an instant-- like Miyazaki or Wes Anderson movies.
This is the formula for art style, it's much simpler than you think.
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Hey @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team please unsuspend Goran immediately.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Hey @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team please unsuspend Goran immediately.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
Here's another artefact inspired piece, a cover for PREQUEL, a ttrpg of heroic sacrifice & legacy by @glyphtide.games (available now!)
Fun challenge to figure out how to give a subtle woven tapestry effect for this cover inspired by massive ornate medieval tapestries and banners.
#art
Fun challenge to figure out how to give a subtle woven tapestry effect for this cover inspired by massive ornate medieval tapestries and banners.
#art
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Here's another artefact inspired piece, a cover for PREQUEL, a ttrpg of heroic sacrifice & legacy by @glyphtide.games (available now!)
Fun challenge to figure out how to give a subtle woven tapestry effect for this cover inspired by massive ornate medieval tapestries and banners.
#art
Fun challenge to figure out how to give a subtle woven tapestry effect for this cover inspired by massive ornate medieval tapestries and banners.
#art
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Always great working with @swanriverpress.bsky.social
Beautiful books.
Beautiful books.
As the month draws to a close, spare a thought for Henry C. Mercer's classic weird collection NOVEMBER NIGHT TALES, first published in 1928.
“[Mercer] seems to have had a limitless imagination. Unfortunately, this one collection is all he left us.” Haunted Library
swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/no...
“[Mercer] seems to have had a limitless imagination. Unfortunately, this one collection is all he left us.” Haunted Library
swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/no...
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Always great working with @swanriverpress.bsky.social
Beautiful books.
Beautiful books.
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@marcelineleiman.bsky.social has been such a great mouthpiece for the IGNM and the indie design scene in general. I'm shit at promoting the things I'm doing, so it's nice to have her be so excited about the event and spread the word.
As promised, here’s a chat I had with designer @marcelineleiman.bsky.social who wants YOU to make games for Indie Games Night Market. If you are looking to break into games, you’ll want to watch this interview.
youtu.be/-np-0dZWFPs
youtu.be/-np-0dZWFPs
Designer Marceline Leiman wants YOU to make games for Indie Games Night Market - TCbH PAX Interview
YouTube video by The Cardboard Herald
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
@marcelineleiman.bsky.social has been such a great mouthpiece for the IGNM and the indie design scene in general. I'm shit at promoting the things I'm doing, so it's nice to have her be so excited about the event and spread the word.
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I'm so excited and honored to be one of the recipients of this year's MICE Mini-Grants for my new comic, BRAINS, which is a love letter to the brain and a giant middle finger to so-called AI. I will also be doing a reading from it at MICE on Dec. 6th during the Science Comics Carousel from 1-2PM!
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I'm so excited and honored to be one of the recipients of this year's MICE Mini-Grants for my new comic, BRAINS, which is a love letter to the brain and a giant middle finger to so-called AI. I will also be doing a reading from it at MICE on Dec. 6th during the Science Comics Carousel from 1-2PM!
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SANTA CAWS
Also HAPPY CROWMAS which i did as a joke to amuse myself but some fine folks did appreciate a festive corvid
THANK YOU! (regular spooky crow is also available :-D )
THANK YOU! (regular spooky crow is also available :-D )
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
SANTA CAWS
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and the issue 99 COVER ✨
Asterisa, Weaver of Constellations, by Babs Webb
Asterisa, Weaver of Constellations, by Babs Webb
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
and the issue 99 COVER ✨
Asterisa, Weaver of Constellations, by Babs Webb
Asterisa, Weaver of Constellations, by Babs Webb
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Six Ships. I'm very much in the Chris Foss school of thought when it comes to colour, rather than SW or ST.
#Spaceships #SciFi #Illustration
#Spaceships #SciFi #Illustration
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Six Ships. I'm very much in the Chris Foss school of thought when it comes to colour, rather than SW or ST.
#Spaceships #SciFi #Illustration
#Spaceships #SciFi #Illustration
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Is this seat that looks like it has a Derry accent conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person, perhaps one of your da's mates saying "Did ye aye mucker, right enough?". Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Is this seat that looks like it has a Derry accent conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person, perhaps one of your da's mates saying "Did ye aye mucker, right enough?". Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
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Masterpiece. Now's a great time to watch it, if you haven't ever before.
As every year at Christmas, some Japanese theaters will screen "Tokyo Godfathers" ;o;
www.shin-bungeiza.com/schedule#d20...
www.shin-bungeiza.com/schedule#d20...
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Masterpiece. Now's a great time to watch it, if you haven't ever before.
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Comics artists who work with writers, I am doing a class for young comics writers and I would like to include some ANONYMOUS quotes from artists about things they hate getting in scripts. More "17-panel pages and cross dialogue" than "horses and bicycles". My DMS are open. SECRECY ASSURED.
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Comics artists who work with writers, I am doing a class for young comics writers and I would like to include some ANONYMOUS quotes from artists about things they hate getting in scripts. More "17-panel pages and cross dialogue" than "horses and bicycles". My DMS are open. SECRECY ASSURED.
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One from 7 years ago. Back when I had time to draw them comics.
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
One from 7 years ago. Back when I had time to draw them comics.
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IT'S LIVE YOU CAN BUY IT :D
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is up on @libro.fm and probably other sites idk I'm too excited
This has been a long time coming!
Step into the forest and don't lose your nerve...
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is up on @libro.fm and probably other sites idk I'm too excited
This has been a long time coming!
Step into the forest and don't lose your nerve...
The Butcher of the Forest Audiobook on Libro.fm
A world-weary woman races against the clock to survive a deadly forest in this dark, otherworldly fairytale from Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author Premee Mohamed.At the northern edge of a ...
libro.fm
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
IT'S LIVE YOU CAN BUY IT :D
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is up on @libro.fm and probably other sites idk I'm too excited
This has been a long time coming!
Step into the forest and don't lose your nerve...
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is up on @libro.fm and probably other sites idk I'm too excited
This has been a long time coming!
Step into the forest and don't lose your nerve...
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Thanks for grabbing these!
Black LoTR tee - @peonygent.bsky.social
Barry of the Rolly Oak - @wocco.bsky.social
Great choices - all bangers - thanks again!
Black LoTR tee - @peonygent.bsky.social
Barry of the Rolly Oak - @wocco.bsky.social
Great choices - all bangers - thanks again!
How could I forget the amazing Lord of the Rings T-shirts I picked up from @rogueprintco.bsky.social? I have dreams of becoming that Treebeard.
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Thanks for grabbing these!
Black LoTR tee - @peonygent.bsky.social
Barry of the Rolly Oak - @wocco.bsky.social
Great choices - all bangers - thanks again!
Black LoTR tee - @peonygent.bsky.social
Barry of the Rolly Oak - @wocco.bsky.social
Great choices - all bangers - thanks again!
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some making of bits and close ups. oil pastel base drawing on the left- i wanted a greasy, oily feeling for all those old coins; and a hand-drawn map of the labyrinth. detail shot on the right where those parts are combined with digital colour and more painting for the final art.
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
some making of bits and close ups. oil pastel base drawing on the left- i wanted a greasy, oily feeling for all those old coins; and a hand-drawn map of the labyrinth. detail shot on the right where those parts are combined with digital colour and more painting for the final art.