Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Jan Falk (ThistleArts)

@thistlearts.bsky.social

15K followers 3K following 12K posts

He/Him Cover artist for BL/MM novels. Refugee 🏳️‍⚧️ 👨‍❤️‍👨 🇧🇪 🔞 🗡️🐓 🚫🔄 Bottom Hans ambassador Lordly Princess 📩 [email protected] www.patreon.com/thistlearts https://ko-fi.com/thistlearts https://www.thistle-arts.com/ #ericterrence #MMart #OCs #Hansry

ko-fi.com

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · Oct 13

I'm Jan, a transmasc freelance illustrator.
I specialize in M/M and Achillean book cover art and character design.
I also do #OCart and occasional #fanart.

Portfolio, contact info and rates
www.thistle-arts.com

Patreon (NSFW m/m art mostly)
www.patreon.com/thistlearts

#art #artistsupport 🎨

Book cover art for "Of nights and rings and making love" by Rita A. Rubin
Two men stand in the moonlight with a vague shape of a castle window behind them. They both wear fantasy clothes and white poet shirts. One man has dark skin and he embraces the other man from behind. They lean into a kiss.

Book cover art for "Blood Sails" by Sierra. J. Meril
Two white men caught ina dynamic fight on a deck of a pirate ship.
They are both dressed in richly decorated pirate clothes. One is a mage and has a fire spell ready to launch that is in a shape of a fiery bird. The other hold a sabre. Despite them fighting some erotic tention is palpable between them.

Book cover art for "The prince and his groom" by J.E. Ridge
Two handsome men stand at the green lawn with a vague shape of a wizard's tower behind them. One man, with brown skin holds the other one by the neck from behind. And seems to have him tied by a red shibary cord. The other man with fair skin and red hair leans back into him.

Book cover art for "His Glorious Monster" by D. N. Bryn.

A portrait of a young man with long blond hair dressed in a feathered masquerade costume resembling of a white swan. He holds a dramatic pose on a dark background with nighclub like lighting.

19 95 510

Reposted by Jan Falk (ThistleArts)

Luisa @saturniasvart.bsky.social · 21m

Hi, congrats on 14.5k and thanks for the share!
I create moody, mystical pieces inspired by gothic and nature

Gloomy trees in the forest, the dying season

1 3 14

Reposted by Jan Falk (ThistleArts)

Major_Nasya 🇺🇦 @majornasya.bsky.social · 24m

Congrats Jan and thank you so much for hosting!! 🥺💜

Hi, I’m Nasya, a hobby artist who mainly draws fantasy OCs 💜

An illustration for this year's mermay (from mermaid and may) showing my OC Raven. Originally she's an aasimar, but in this drawing she's mixed with mermaid.
Here Raven is underwater among the algae, which change their shape when exposed to the current. Her right hand is clenched into a fist that radiates healing magic. Her left hand holds a large two-handed sword
She wears the top part of a heavy metal armor decorated with various flow patterns. The tassets on her "hips" are in shell form. The red piece of cloth wraps around her lazur scarred tail

An illustration of two figures embracing. The drider (spider-centaurus) man (Kar’niss) with long white hair is embracing a tiefling woman (Ruby) whose clothing consists of leaves and brunches covering her chest. The woman has short, red, disheveled hair, horns, glasses, pointed ears, and infernal scars all over her body. Her tail wraps around the drider's right hand. The drider is looking madly out from the behind of woman’s left hand, showing only the top part of his face with all his seven eyes

A reference of a spider-centaurus character called Daemon. He's all white, almost alabaster, with a lot of purple patterns and spots. He has two normal eyes (black with purple irises), with one pair a little lower, and four eyes on his neck and chest in total. His long white hair is loose, and a small strand on his head is braided into a plait at the back. He has a pair of pedipalps on two sides of his mouth and a pair lower than his belly. He has eight spider legs and two normal hands with claws

A reference sheet of a drow (a dark elf with purple skin and white hair) character, standing back to us, holding his long sword in his right hand. His head is partially turned to our side. He has a fluffy bangs and a large, high tail. His cloak, in the shape of a bat's wing, partially covers his back and is attached to his shoulders by straps that hold his shoulder pads to his armor
At the bottom right of the drawing is a stat block. He's a Battlemaster fighter, in essence, but he's also begun secretly studying cleric magic under the protectorate of Eilistraee, the goddess and daughter of Lolth. The reason why he will become a drider in the future. And the reason why his wisdom is 8 for now XD

2 4 7

Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 21m

Beautiful work!

1 2

Reposted by Jan Falk (ThistleArts)

Eva I. @isthiseva.bsky.social · 23m

Hi, congrats for the milestone. I'm Eva, a cover artist/designer with a love for telling stories through illustration. I enjoy character-focused work, especially those leaning towards the fantastical.
bsky.app/profile/isth...

Eva I. @isthiseva.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hi #PortfolioDay!

I'm Eva, a South Asian illustrator and designer specialising in #BookCovers. Feel free to email me for 2026 and beyond! I'd appreciate any support on Patreon in the meantime.

🎨 isthiseva.carrd.co
✉️ [email protected]
🅿️ www.patreon.com/isthiseva

#GraphicDesign #Illustration

An illustrated book cover for Help Wanted by J. Emery. The cover features a harassed-looking raven sitting upon an open book on a desk. Behind the raven the desktop is strewn with several several sheets of paper, stacks of books, a smoking candle, and stray feathers. The title is included inside speech bubble coming from the raven.

Book cover for The Distance Between Stars and Salt by Alex Harvey-Rivas. It's a dark blue graphical cover, framed by an hourglass motif composed of stars. The top half of the cover is taken up by the title, which is drawn to include the Maltese cross motif. The bottom half depicts a luzzu tossing on a turbulent sea, below which is the author's name. In the background are subtle constellations.

Cover art for the web novel Tales from Aurea. The title features a sword as the T in Tales and two dragons forming an infinity symbol in the background. Five characters stand ready to fight under a solar eclipse. From left to right: Leif, a man with a battle axe and cocky expression; Jo, a muscular woman with a mischievous grin; Kaja, a small, nervous girl with dragon horns and a tail; Sakrattars, an elf wizard with a spell book and a toad on his head; Amale, an anthropomorphic painted dog holding a bow.

A full wraparound book cover for Stories from the Deep, The Chronicles of Nerezia – 4 by Claudie Arseneault. The cover depicts a massive yellow-and-teal kraken locked in battle at sea with someone with water powers. Along the shoreline is a wagon, from which two people are bursting out to view the battle.

2 3 8

Reposted by Jan Falk (ThistleArts)

Elleylie @elleylie.elderscrolls.social · 30m

Hello and thank you for the chance to show off my art 💫

Portrait of an altmer girl vomiting inks.

4 8 17

Reposted by Jan Falk (ThistleArts)

Orlando B ✍️ @sarkastiklover.bsky.social · 28m

🎉🎊Congrats, Jan!🎊🎉

Hi, everyone, my name is Orlando and I'm a digital illustrator from Portugal! 👋👋👋

Sun Tiger, a tokusatsu inspired character clad in a flaming Tiger mask with a robotic arm, walking down a hallway

A woman walking up an old street, looking over her shoulder at you and shushing you with a hand drenched in blood

Two lovers, upside down in relation to each other, caressing each other's faces and lips

A woman sitting on a bed overflowing with white, silky sheets, her left leg up in a chair, her right hand on her knee and her left hand holding a sheathed sword

4 4 11

Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 27m

Always love to see your art, Orlando!

1 1

Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 28m

Hi! I'm Jan, I'm a cover artist and character designer for MM novels!

Cover art for a 2nd book in the series called 52 HZ
It shows a young man with black hair and his eyes closed floating in water and a huge whale is visible behind his head.
Another man with read hair is sitting in the director's chair in the front plane as if he's imagining the first young man as his creative vision.

A book cover: Rears & Vices by E.M. Caro. The cover has three men: an auburn-haired man, a black-haired man, and a blond man, all dressed in early 19th century clothing, all clearly sailors. The auburn-haired man is embracing the black-haired man across the shoulders. The blond is standing protectively by, holding the hilt of his sword.

Cover of "The Mage and his stolen prince" by J.E. Ridge

A young man in black clothes and long silver hair sits on a stone ruin. Another man with bright red hair sits near his feet and leans his head towards the blond man's knee.
They both hold magical purple flowers in their hands.
A beautiful mysterious garden is in the background.

Digital cover art for MM vampire romance "How to flAUNT YOUR CHAINS AD SURRENDER A VEIN" by D. N. Bryn

One POC man, with long black hair, dressed as a modern day pirate is tied up with magical metal cords but he seems to be flirty in this station. The man he is flirty with is a tall and muscular black man who observes him with interest

2 8 14

Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 34m

In fact my fan art brings lots of clients to me. And also a lot of people support my Patreon because they like my fan art and found out about me through it.

Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 35m

Thank you for the long-awaited 14,5 k followers!
Time for the #artshare
🍂Share your art in comments
🍂Tell a little about yourself
🍂Comment, like and share other people's art
🍂Keep it SFW, no AI/NFT
🍂Be nice and have fun!
🍂Use alt text
🍂Share this post for exposure!
🍂 Follow me!(optional)

Banner for 14.5 k followers artshare
It's based on my Hansry artwork. Hans and Henry are on their horses on a sunny autumn day. They touch their palms as if they are dancing instead of jousting.

16 22 42

Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 48m

share your couples art! ❤️🌈

Digital artwork in the style of antique fairy tales with detailed frame. It's Hansry fanart with Hans and Henry standing in the middle of it, Hans's head on Henry's shoulder.
It also has a quote from a medieval love poem woven into a frame

Mydei and Mynaxa from HSR painted in a digital wstercolor style as a tarot card that says "King and Bishop"
Anaxa sits on Mydei's lap while Mydei sits on a red crystal throne.

Digital watercolor artwork features two men wearing Victorian clothing, kiss passionately.
One is tall and ginger the over is short and dark haired.

Digital watercolor artwork. Two men in victorian attire stand close to each other. One man is taller, he's fully dressed and has fiery red long hair. He stand with his back to the viewer. The other man is shorter and only wears a long victorian shirt. He rests his chin on the other man's shoulder and holds his hand.

1 6 27

Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 2h

Who could tell?? right?!

Reposted by Jan Falk (ThistleArts)

🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 3h

fiction is a safe space to think of unsafe things

if you feel it's messing you up, step away. don't assume it's messing everyone up and you need to eradicate it because you caught a case of the feel-bads from something. go sit with that and think about why instead of pissing in everyone else's cheerios.

1 420 1K

Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 3h

One thing, could you please add a link or a pinned post with your cover art commissions info?

Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 3h

Added you!

1 1

Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 3h

thank you!!

Reposted by Jan Falk (ThistleArts)

Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 3h

Authors - need a cover artist? This pack has you covered (lol) and is a great starting point for getting human made arts for your writing!

2 71 150

Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 3h

When we do some practice in class they always ask ME for help or translation. Sometimes I wonder if they mistake me for a chat gpt replacement

Reposted by Jan Falk (ThistleArts)

🐴 Jam 🎃 comms open! ⭐ @wyrdlittleguy.bsky.social · 10h

I GOT THE ROOM!!!! but I still can't afford the deposit! Please help me out it would mean the world!!
ko-fi.com/A60115TF/goa...

Support Wyrdlittleguy

ko-fi.com

3 39 34

Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 8h

It never stops to amaze me

Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 8h

Because they believe the bloggers who say chat gpt and s good for learning languages

1 3

Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 8h

Yep. For citizenship. People are stupid.

Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 9h

Half of my Dutch speaking class uses chat got to do their homework and sometimes in the class “because it saves time and is super effective” . Guess who can’t pass speaking, listening and writing tests like at all?

5 72

Reposted by Jan Falk (ThistleArts)

🐴 Jam 🎃 comms open! ⭐ @wyrdlittleguy.bsky.social · 9h

the number of people i hear assuming everyone uses chatgpt and talking about how they dont know what to do without it makes me feel like ive dodged a horrible disease

sandy cheeks from spongebob squarepants says stupidity isn t a virus but it sure is spreading like one

Alt: sandy cheeks from spongebob squarepants says stupidity isn t a virus but it sure is spreading like one

media.tenor.com

8 24 70

Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 12h

Ahhhhhh! Merciiii!