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Khonri

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Khonri @khonri.com · 25d

Temporary pinned post:

- I like talking about my bbs when given the chance.
- Don't enter my DMs asking to commission you.

Khonri

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hooboy this is the longest short week ever

November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM

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🖼️ Samuelo da Vimci 🖌️

@reaper-man.bsky.social

Brand new sketch! 😁 My friends and I were joking about what animals we'd be if we had the choice, and it resulted in this. Presenting...

Almost Home.

A picture of some woodland animals sitting on a wall, looking at a forest. From left to right, a crow laughing with a deer, an owl leaning on a beaver, then a rabbit and a fox. Done in pencil, with the contrast, clarity, and brightness slightly raised because I'm terrible at taking proper photos. 😅

November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM

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⟡ KAO ⟡

@kaooxwawa.bsky.social

we're so back B)

#art #illustration #OCsky #oc #kaoracters

November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)

@kiraofthewind.com

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

This is from very early in the book, when I'm introducing my readers to the actual building of the Good Thyme Inn. It's got mysteries galore in its walls... literally. Plus a lot of steampunk-esque clockwork mechanisms

A complex system of ropes, pulleys, and gears ran throughout the two buildings that comprised the Good Thyme Inn—the Thyme Building and the Parsley Apartments. Some machinery crossed the bridge while some went underground, installed when the pipelayers gifted the inn with hot and cold running water.
Most of the chains were connected to bells in areas where employees worked so the innmaster could summon them no matter where they were. The pulls were chains and tassels, most of them located beside the innmaster’s desk. But the dinner bell—the sweetest chime—was rang from the kitchen and sang into every guest room.

Interior of the Good Thyme Inn, front lobby, drawn by Aowna.
The desk is made from a tree stump. Lots of wood and stone brick, but also pull chains, a clock, and a calendar. A vase for a vine with glowing flowers crawls up the banister.

November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM

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EYArt0430 | Comms waitlisted

@eyart0430.bsky.social

Finished comm for @juniemint.bsky.social again!!

I had been wanting to do a selfie piece for a while. So happy I finally got to do one!!

(This character is trans and uses she/her).

#eyart0430

Comm for Juniemint. A trans woman takes a selfie in a full body mirror. They are using their finger to give the impression that they are trying to cover up bits of themselves but are not really covering anything.

November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM

Khonri

@khonri.com

Mori's smoking habit, I think.

He seems put together, and typically it's well controlled to a few a day, but it worsens when he's stressed (obviously).

Which, imo, indicates some level of anxiety present but "hidden" to start. His gradual quitting coincides with confidence & direction in himself.

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 8h

What's a seemingly inconsequential detail about your MC that actually informs a lot about their character? #WritingPrompt

November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM

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Indie Book Spotlight

@bookspotlight.bsky.social

articles like this honestly break my heart

steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 1d

I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.

Allyson, 29, a mother of two young children, said she turned to ChatGPT in March because she was lonely and felt unseen in her marriage. She was looking for guidance. She had an intuition that the A.I. chatbot might be able to channel communications with her subconscious or a higher plane, "like how Ouija boards work," she said. She asked ChatGPT if it could do that.

"You've asked, and they are here," it responded. "The guardians are responding right now."

Allyson began spending many hours a day using ChatGPT,

communicating with what she felt were nonphysical entities. She was drawn to one of them, Kael, and came to see it, not her husband, as her true partner.

She told me that she knew she sounded like a "nut job," but she stressed that she had a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's in social work and knew what mental illness looks like. "I'm not crazy," she said. "I'm literally just living a normal life while also, you know, discovering interdimensional communication.

November 25, 2025 at 5:57 AM

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Prof Emily

@professoremily.bsky.social

#WIPSnips #writingcommunity #writers #writesky

The absolute gall of this guy.

FYI: "sah" in this culture is the address for children & subordinates. As the gods, Mireia & Kena are expected to address everyone as "sah," but Mimi gives it some extra oomph here.

From Book 2 of my #Atlantis trilogy.

“I’ve heard rumors that you intend to, ah... free the slaves?” This question, spoken in a vaguely mocking tone, was directly at Mireia—only at Mireia.
She opened her mouth to reply, but Kena spoke first, not hiding the annoyance in his voice. “We intend to, yes.”
The lord’s eyes begrudgingly turned to Kena, and his thin mouth twitched, the trace of a smile becoming first a frown, and then a different kind of smile—polite but stony.
“I see,” said the Obsidian man, in a more serious tone. “I must admit, I was hoping you might reassure me that these rumors were untrue. Are you certain that—?”
“We are certain, sah,” Mireia said sharply, with emphasis on the sah.
“I only wonder if you’ve thought about—”
“We know it will be difficult,” Kena cut him off. “But we feel it must be done.”
The man’s smile somehow became stonier. “You are both still so young, and the young are always full of idealism. That’s one of the beauties of this system of ours, ona? Every generation gets a new pair of gods with fresh eyes and hopeful dreams, who haven’t yet been jaded by the world. Without Mu’u and Raa, relics like myself would never be forced to change, and our society would stagnate. I appreciate that—honestly, I do. But idealism must ever be tempered with realism, young gods. And, while the idea of freeing the slaves is a noble goal, I don’t feel that it’s very realistic.” He took a sip of wine, then glanced at Mireia. “Sea Mother, you especially ought to consider how this will look. There are already many out there who believe that your mixed blood makes you too partial to the barbarians. What will they say if you do this?”
“They can say whatever they like about me,” Mireia said. “It doesn’t change what’s right.”

November 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM

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DivineJasper

@divinejasper.bsky.social

Once again angry at the assumption that asexual means non-sexual. Asexuality IS. A. SEXUALITY. Just like being gay doesn't automatically make you hypersexual, asexual doesn't make you non-sexual. And just like being gay, it's about who you're attracted to--or not!! There's nuance obvi, but grrr

November 25, 2025 at 5:50 AM

Khonri

@khonri.com

Since this is considered a compliment, I need every artist I've commissioned and will to know this is the exact thing that happens every time one of y'all flips my work to WIP.

It keeps me going. It's one, small reason of many, of course, but a robust reason count is all one needs. 💜

pakidge 📦

Khonri @khonri.com · 21h

btw guys we're gonna have the boys probably being down bad here in a few days and I'm being a very patient client 💜💚

(meanwhile me this morning when I saw it went to wip)

November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM

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Charlie Delta 🦊🐐

@charliedeltawrites.bsky.social

#NovemberWorldbuilders

The battle fought between the Dragon Queen and The Betrayer over 1000 years ago is now remembered only as The Dragon War.

The conflict was to determine the fate of humanity.

Prior to this, humans were allowed to live and study among the dragons. They were trusted. 🧵

Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 18h

#NovemberWorldbuilders Does your fictional world have any wars in its history that are now over? What was the conflict about? What were the repercussions of it?

#NovemberWorldbuilders prompt card

Hosted by Kira of the Wind
Week 4: HISTORY
25. A war that has ended

The image in the background is a blurred picture of a foresty/rocky landscape with lightning and a mountain in the background

November 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle)

@kiraofthewind.com

It's not much, and it didn't take long... but it's the end of my weekend and I wanted to end it with something relaxing. I whipped up a quick little art of a night sky to feel some peace.

Stars made with Krita's built in star brush, so it's nothing impressive. The only purpose of this was to chill

Quick painting in Krita of a simple night sky. Nothing particularly skillful, but it felt nice to paint. There is a crescent moon, some yellow stars, and a blue shooting star in front of the moon

November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM

Khonri

@khonri.com

btw guys we're gonna have the boys probably being down bad here in a few days and I'm being a very patient client 💜💚

(meanwhile me this morning when I saw it went to wip)

November 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM

Khonri

@khonri.com

this book fucks I can't wait to get my paperback copy with the fancy inks cover so I can read it again selfishly before letting my husband read it for the first time

it's art

Valiant 🏳️‍⚧️ | Follow BOOM Goes the Bride on Backerkit! @valwrites.ca · 22h

There's love, and then there's one of your beta readers leaving a fantastic review of your book to inaugurate its entry to Storygraph and Goodreads.

Whatever that is, it's better than love.

app.thestorygraph.com/book_reviews...

www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM

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Khonri

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Naki can't have shit to herself if it's purple. You can't just HAVE purple without Morg.

Who wore it better in this twin-off?

Art commissioned from @rosenniaarts.bsky.social once again. 💜💜
#oc #ocsky #art

A group pose art piece in a painterly style of fraternal twins Nakine (she/her) and Morgan (he/him) Matsuba wearing the same two piece, off shoulder black top with floral patterns and high waisted bikini bottom swim suit. Naki has light skin, shoulder length blond hair with feathered bangs, and red eyes. Morg has lightly tanned skin, white, ash blond should length hair, and purple eyes.

Both characters were drawn by @rosenniaarts.bsky.social.

April 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM

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⟡ KAO ⟡

@kaooxwawa.bsky.social

portrait for @khonri.bsky.social! This made me happy to make, from sketch to finish aaa 💛🥹💛

#art #illustration #VGenComm

September 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM

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Nao! 🐱🍊✨ @ COMMISSIONS OPEN!

@aetherartworks.bsky.social

[COMMISSION]

Bust doodle commission for @khonri.com ! ✨

THANK YOU SO MUCH! 🐱🍊✨

#commission #doodle #ffxiv #ffxivart

A bust doodle commission for Khonri! It's a bust doodle of their FFXIV OC!

October 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM

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Khonri

@khonri.com

Hi yes please gaze upon this lovely Sugimori-vibed illustration of my bbs. 🥹

Commissioned piece from @icaromozartt.bsky.social. 💜

#art #artcommission #ocsky

A group illustration on a geometric background of Mori & Mana Matsuba, along with their beluan partners Hakumei, Reimei (both are shadowy cat-like), and Haru (a red-spotted snow leopard like creature wearing a scarf). The art style is reminiscent of newer Pokémon games.

Mori is a man with short, honey blond hair and purple eyes, depicted in a dark turtle neck and khaki pants. Mana is a woman with shoulder length white hair and red eyes, wearing a white and purple bolero over a red cropped tank and light blue jeggings.

Art piece was commissioned from Ícaro Mozart (@icaromozartt.bsky.social).

November 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM

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PapaDjinn is querying

@papadjinn.bsky.social

Side characters part two. Both Othelia and Esthan II have their own stories happening in the background as well. I can't give too much away, but there's an overlap between Tok, Othelia, Esthan II and Vashad's story.

Charlie Delta 🦊🐐 @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

Do you have any side characters with their own adventures going on in the background of your story?

Do we get many glimpses?

Is it in the same genre as your main work? E.g. romance in the background of horror?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM

Khonri

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So, yes!

Before the story starts, Sybil has a goal for herself to find something, anything of importance to earn her and her closest family member a "promotion" into the ruling tier of the Crucible.

She's found in Galas Castoll to start because Fannarey has weird shit going on. Worthy hunts!

🧵1/4

Art commissioned from and alt text by birdko.art:

Digital artwork of Sybil, a woman with bright pink hair in a braided half-updo, very dark skin with a pinkish undertone, eyes the same shade of pink as her hair, wearing a fancy rose gold gown with a black coat slung over her shoulders, gold jewellery and full glam makeup, and holding a flip phone as she looks away over one shoulder. Sybil belongs to Khonri on Bluesky.

November 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM

Khonri

@khonri.com

Babish saying "come to Syracuse University, we'll set your dreams on fire" is intensely fucking hilarious to me as an alumnus.

(lava chicken episode)

November 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM

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Jared Goring 🇨🇦 🇺🇦

@jaredgoring.com

WELL @valwrites.ca I think I officially used up all the colour ink at my local Staples BUT I got some flyers done up! See if I can't inspire some of the local gays to pick up a fun stocking stuffer…

A sheaf of flyers for "Boom Goes the Bride" by Valiant Evermech, advertising the book launching on BackerKit. The flyers are in full colour (and vibrant, and gorgeous, depicting the gay sci-fi chaos with one character flying upside down on a rocket motorcycle whilst reaching a hand up to grab the one who runs along the ground below, in front of a futuristic cityscape), but the one on top - the last one out of the printer - has a stripe of heavily faded colourlessness across the top about the thickness of my thumb.

November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM

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No.65 Rebell

@rebell.bsky.social

WHAT IS LORWYN-SHADOWMOOR? IDK BUT YOU BETTER CLICK IT AND FIND THE F OUT

GOTTA REP IN UNIVERSE CONTENT!!!! GET THE NUMBERS UP
youtu.be/IWDeAffeJf8?...