Dewi - Map Artist 🏹🕯
@dewiwrites.bsky.social
Map illustrator, occasional writer & editor. Over 250 maps drawn on commission! 🗺
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With all the new people joining Bluesky, I thought it was a good time for an introduction post ✨️
I'm Dewi, an illustrator (and sometimes an editor) based in Staffordshire UK!
I've drawn over 200 maps for clients, and I've worked with everyone from indie authors to traditional publishers 🥰
I'm Dewi, an illustrator (and sometimes an editor) based in Staffordshire UK!
I've drawn over 200 maps for clients, and I've worked with everyone from indie authors to traditional publishers 🥰
Between my dog pooping on a dead hedgehog and then the poo bag falling apart right as I reached the bin, I think I just had the worst dog walk of my life 😅
(This is the content people come here for, right?)
(This is the content people come here for, right?)
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Between my dog pooping on a dead hedgehog and then the poo bag falling apart right as I reached the bin, I think I just had the worst dog walk of my life 😅
(This is the content people come here for, right?)
(This is the content people come here for, right?)
I don't suppose anyone here is overly familiar with Adobe Fonts licensing, but here goes 😅
Is it permitted within the license to send photoshop files with active fonts to clients who have commissioned work from you?
Is it permitted within the license to send photoshop files with active fonts to clients who have commissioned work from you?
November 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I don't suppose anyone here is overly familiar with Adobe Fonts licensing, but here goes 😅
Is it permitted within the license to send photoshop files with active fonts to clients who have commissioned work from you?
Is it permitted within the license to send photoshop files with active fonts to clients who have commissioned work from you?
Today is a Hobbit aesthetic day 😅😅
October 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Today is a Hobbit aesthetic day 😅😅
I finished a map this week that has taken two weeks of solid work. I'd start at 9-10am, blink, and it would be 5pm. I was a bit daunted by this map. But I stuck to my plan, got it done, and I genuinely think it is the best I've done yet.
It's just a shame nobody else can see it for a while 😅😅
It's just a shame nobody else can see it for a while 😅😅
October 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I finished a map this week that has taken two weeks of solid work. I'd start at 9-10am, blink, and it would be 5pm. I was a bit daunted by this map. But I stuck to my plan, got it done, and I genuinely think it is the best I've done yet.
It's just a shame nobody else can see it for a while 😅😅
It's just a shame nobody else can see it for a while 😅😅
Had a pretty depressing realisation this morning that I was reading an article written by AI.
My suspicions were raised when I realised it was using a lot of words but not really saying very much. It read like a high school essay.
My suspicions were raised when I realised it was using a lot of words but not really saying very much. It read like a high school essay.
October 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Had a pretty depressing realisation this morning that I was reading an article written by AI.
My suspicions were raised when I realised it was using a lot of words but not really saying very much. It read like a high school essay.
My suspicions were raised when I realised it was using a lot of words but not really saying very much. It read like a high school essay.
I've had to close to map commissions!
There's been a lot of demand recently (which I am of course incredibly grateful for). I might take a couple more on, but apart from that, things are gonna be closed till after Christmas. 🧡
There's been a lot of demand recently (which I am of course incredibly grateful for). I might take a couple more on, but apart from that, things are gonna be closed till after Christmas. 🧡
October 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I've had to close to map commissions!
There's been a lot of demand recently (which I am of course incredibly grateful for). I might take a couple more on, but apart from that, things are gonna be closed till after Christmas. 🧡
There's been a lot of demand recently (which I am of course incredibly grateful for). I might take a couple more on, but apart from that, things are gonna be closed till after Christmas. 🧡
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Hey I have a book out today which makes another completed trilogy!
But I'm super duper stressed at work so I've got no time to make a fun post.
If you enjoy dark sci-fantasy, trauma/healing, found family and weird and wild worlds, check out my Inner Universe series!
But I'm super duper stressed at work so I've got no time to make a fun post.
If you enjoy dark sci-fantasy, trauma/healing, found family and weird and wild worlds, check out my Inner Universe series!
October 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Hey I have a book out today which makes another completed trilogy!
But I'm super duper stressed at work so I've got no time to make a fun post.
If you enjoy dark sci-fantasy, trauma/healing, found family and weird and wild worlds, check out my Inner Universe series!
But I'm super duper stressed at work so I've got no time to make a fun post.
If you enjoy dark sci-fantasy, trauma/healing, found family and weird and wild worlds, check out my Inner Universe series!
I've become a morning person. Younger me would be so shocked, and maybe disappointed? 😅
On the other hand, I'm completely exhausted by 10pm these days 🤣
On the other hand, I'm completely exhausted by 10pm these days 🤣
October 15, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I've become a morning person. Younger me would be so shocked, and maybe disappointed? 😅
On the other hand, I'm completely exhausted by 10pm these days 🤣
On the other hand, I'm completely exhausted by 10pm these days 🤣
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October 14th—
If you're joining the read along, we're up to chapter 6 today! To me, this is the first big turning point in the book. Will is too involved, now; there's no going back.
#NotQuiteOut #BookSky
relinks.me/B08BS2GM9Z
If you're joining the read along, we're up to chapter 6 today! To me, this is the first big turning point in the book. Will is too involved, now; there's no going back.
#NotQuiteOut #BookSky
relinks.me/B08BS2GM9Z
October 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
October 14th—
If you're joining the read along, we're up to chapter 6 today! To me, this is the first big turning point in the book. Will is too involved, now; there's no going back.
#NotQuiteOut #BookSky
relinks.me/B08BS2GM9Z
If you're joining the read along, we're up to chapter 6 today! To me, this is the first big turning point in the book. Will is too involved, now; there's no going back.
#NotQuiteOut #BookSky
relinks.me/B08BS2GM9Z
It's been a couple of intense weeks (months?) of commission work, but it is also coming with a fair bit of praise too, which is giving me back some life points 😅
October 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
It's been a couple of intense weeks (months?) of commission work, but it is also coming with a fair bit of praise too, which is giving me back some life points 😅
Proof of life! It's been a while, hopefully social media hasn't totally vanished while I've been away 🤣
Have a good day, everyone.
Have a good day, everyone.
October 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Proof of life! It's been a while, hopefully social media hasn't totally vanished while I've been away 🤣
Have a good day, everyone.
Have a good day, everyone.
Fully intended to do Inktober and then I blinked and half the month has gone by already 😅😅😅
October 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Fully intended to do Inktober and then I blinked and half the month has gone by already 😅😅😅
My hair has no right to look this put together just after I've rolled out of bed 😅
Have a good day, everyone!
Have a good day, everyone!
September 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
My hair has no right to look this put together just after I've rolled out of bed 😅
Have a good day, everyone!
Have a good day, everyone!
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Yesterday I shouted out a few of the authors involved with this book, so today I'd like to shine a light on some of the artists and cartographers who helped contribute to it!
I had the pleasure to speak with them about their maps, their process, and more.
🔗 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
I had the pleasure to speak with them about their maps, their process, and more.
🔗 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
September 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Yesterday I shouted out a few of the authors involved with this book, so today I'd like to shine a light on some of the artists and cartographers who helped contribute to it!
I had the pleasure to speak with them about their maps, their process, and more.
🔗 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
I had the pleasure to speak with them about their maps, their process, and more.
🔗 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...
If anyone has some spare motivation, please send it this way! 😅
Have a good day, everyone.
Have a good day, everyone.
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
If anyone has some spare motivation, please send it this way! 😅
Have a good day, everyone.
Have a good day, everyone.
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Excellent news!
I have my yarn! Book sleeves are available for pre-order while I make them this week 😊 I'll ship them next weekend!
ko-fi.com/s/2328d8708c
I have my yarn! Book sleeves are available for pre-order while I make them this week 😊 I'll ship them next weekend!
ko-fi.com/s/2328d8708c
September 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Excellent news!
I have my yarn! Book sleeves are available for pre-order while I make them this week 😊 I'll ship them next weekend!
ko-fi.com/s/2328d8708c
I have my yarn! Book sleeves are available for pre-order while I make them this week 😊 I'll ship them next weekend!
ko-fi.com/s/2328d8708c
Good morning!
I found this little guy growing in one of my planters today 😅 I have no idea what it is, but it's pretty!
I found this little guy growing in one of my planters today 😅 I have no idea what it is, but it's pretty!
September 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Good morning!
I found this little guy growing in one of my planters today 😅 I have no idea what it is, but it's pretty!
I found this little guy growing in one of my planters today 😅 I have no idea what it is, but it's pretty!
Babe, wake up! It's scarf season! 🥰🍂
September 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Babe, wake up! It's scarf season! 🥰🍂
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Check out this map by @dewiwrites.bsky.social. They've made it interactive for the book. Too cool.
As a special celebration of the release of The Book of Gold in North America, the wonderful @jeevanicharika.bsky.social made me an interactive version of the map of Amberes by @dewiwrites.bsky.social - come and explore some of the key places in the books on my website www.rflong.com/2025/09/09/t...
The Book of Gold in North America |
www.rflong.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Check out this map by @dewiwrites.bsky.social. They've made it interactive for the book. Too cool.
This is so very cool! 👀
As a special celebration of the release of The Book of Gold in North America, the wonderful @jeevanicharika.bsky.social made me an interactive version of the map of Amberes by @dewiwrites.bsky.social - come and explore some of the key places in the books on my website www.rflong.com/2025/09/09/t...
The Book of Gold in North America |
www.rflong.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is so very cool! 👀
First morning it's been below 10c in as long as I can remember 😅
I've had cinnamon in my coffee to really embrace the autumnal vibes! 🍂
I've had cinnamon in my coffee to really embrace the autumnal vibes! 🍂
September 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
First morning it's been below 10c in as long as I can remember 😅
I've had cinnamon in my coffee to really embrace the autumnal vibes! 🍂
I've had cinnamon in my coffee to really embrace the autumnal vibes! 🍂
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✨ Star of Shalik Map Reveal ✨
Grateful to the incredible artist @dewiwrites.bsky.social for bringing this world to life. 🌍
In SoS, the map expands—new countries, uncharted horizons, and lands our characters have never set foot in.
Edits underway… this story is coming soon. ✨
#WritingCommunity
Grateful to the incredible artist @dewiwrites.bsky.social for bringing this world to life. 🌍
In SoS, the map expands—new countries, uncharted horizons, and lands our characters have never set foot in.
Edits underway… this story is coming soon. ✨
#WritingCommunity
August 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
✨ Star of Shalik Map Reveal ✨
Grateful to the incredible artist @dewiwrites.bsky.social for bringing this world to life. 🌍
In SoS, the map expands—new countries, uncharted horizons, and lands our characters have never set foot in.
Edits underway… this story is coming soon. ✨
#WritingCommunity
Grateful to the incredible artist @dewiwrites.bsky.social for bringing this world to life. 🌍
In SoS, the map expands—new countries, uncharted horizons, and lands our characters have never set foot in.
Edits underway… this story is coming soon. ✨
#WritingCommunity
Any other digital illustrators out there got tips for tablet mounts, desk/chair doodads, etc that you’ve found useful for improving posture?
I should probably stop drawing while hunched over at this point 😅 it’s not good!
I should probably stop drawing while hunched over at this point 😅 it’s not good!
August 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Any other digital illustrators out there got tips for tablet mounts, desk/chair doodads, etc that you’ve found useful for improving posture?
I should probably stop drawing while hunched over at this point 😅 it’s not good!
I should probably stop drawing while hunched over at this point 😅 it’s not good!
I saw about 20-ish geese fly over me this morning, hooting, and it occurred to me that we still hear dinosaurs every day - we just don't realise it 😅
August 28, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I saw about 20-ish geese fly over me this morning, hooting, and it occurred to me that we still hear dinosaurs every day - we just don't realise it 😅
The bad news: I fell over playing with the dogs in the garden 😅
The good news: my new jumper and the book I had are both unharmed 😘
The good news: my new jumper and the book I had are both unharmed 😘
August 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The bad news: I fell over playing with the dogs in the garden 😅
The good news: my new jumper and the book I had are both unharmed 😘
The good news: my new jumper and the book I had are both unharmed 😘