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Thomas S Brown

@tomsbrown.bsky.social

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Illustrator, performer, walker of the hills at dusk, lunatic. I get paper dirty professionally. As it is said in Hookland, Re-enchantment is resistance. Pro EU, passionately anti fascist. https://thomassbrown.com/

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 2d

Hullo. I've illustrated games, comics, books, albums, magazines, etc. Been an illustrator since age 13. (And a lunatic since birth) The world needs enchantment, and I'm here to do my best to provide it. If you have a project I'd be suited for in 2026, I'd love to talk with you. thomassbrown.com

Thomas was raised by books in much the same way that Tarzan was raised by apes but with much less dramatic results. He got his first professional illustration gig when he was thirteen and has been working in the field since then. (Taking time out for meals and such.)

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 10h

Well, look at that!!

Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 11h

HOLY MOLY! The New York Public Library has named SILK & SINEW one of the best new horror books for adults. Congratulations to @garnetonwinter.bsky.social and all of our contributors. The anthology is available now wherever books are sold.

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/silk-sinew...

The NY Public Library's list of Best New Horror Books for Adults.

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 15h

I thank you.

Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 16h

Almost none, very fine grained. Slightly rougher than hot press watercolour paper. Enough for a sharp graphite to dig in to just the right degree. (for me)

Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 16h

Can't say enough good things about it. Never worked on paper so versatile and resilient.

Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 17h

Clairefontaine is the brand.

Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 17h

If you do mixed media at all, this paper is absolutely bloody amazing. It even supports a flawless watercolour wash. 10 out of 10. No notes

Photo of pad of paper. Paint mixed media, natural, A3 from Clairefontaine.

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 18h

Get in!

Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Just wrapped layout for Volume 1, Issue 1 of THE END TIMES by @benjaminpercy.bsky.social with Stephen King! Working on laying out Issue 2 this week. Pre-orders are still LIVE at the Bad Hand Books Online Shop.

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The End Times by Benjamin Percy with Stephen King (Physical Subscription) — Bad Hand Books

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 19h

This

Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 19h

Beautiful!!!

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 19h

Words by @taliskimberley.bsky.social

FOBWATCH

The ticking noise it briefly made has stopped,
Its tiny moving fingers hold their place.
Is this the savage force that some call time?
It will not last. It has a pretty face
But neither lives, nor solace gives, nor grace.

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 19h

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Fob Watch
9th of the #Emberlings of Oct.
Originals £35 (plus post) each, in UK because people should be able to afford human art.
Message or reply to claim. First come, First served. She is A5. All will be collected in a book with words by @taliskimberley.bsky.social. #witchsky

Treelike hand holds an eldritch pocket watch under the moon.

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Reposted by Thomas S Brown

Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · 1d

— Waking up in 2025

Never confuse a single defeat -

With a final defeat -

~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Goodnight to us all.

hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 1d

Goodnight from Seb Horner, trapped on the wrong side of the A3450 by knowledge that the Half-there Folk hold court in its underpass. Goodnight from Harriet Rain, waking in darkness and switching on bedside light to find apported swan feathers engulfing her bed. Goodnight from Hookland.

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Hope.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Wow!!!!

Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Understatement.

Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Nice photo though!

Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Aaaand puddle witch is taken and going to a good home!

Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Words by @taliskimberley.bsky.social

PUDDLE

Scrying first: the patient water stills
To show me what it thinks I need to see.
Then, scrying done, I jump, and dance, and yell
And whoop - it’s puddle-sploshing time for me!

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 1d

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Puddle
8th of the #Emberlings of Oct.
Originals £35 (plus post) each, in UK because people should be able to afford human art.
Message or reply to claim. First come, First served. She is A5. All will be collected in a book with words by @taliskimberley.bsky.social. #witchsky

A Young witch stomping through a puddle.

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Yours then! Ta!

Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Want! Rapturous reading. Strange and charming.

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d

I'm giving away this signed 1st edition h/b of my new novel (it has a tiny jacket rip which means I wouldn't sell it) to one person who reposts this.

You might like it if you like:
Folkloric creatures
Old records
Intricate psychedelic stories
The idea of circular time

All shares much-appreciated.

Joe McLaren's fabulous cover for Everything Will Swallow You

A close up of the small tear on this first edition of Everything Will Swallow You

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Did... Did they put spaghetti on a waffle at you?

Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 1d

This is what it sounds like..

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

The Green surge continues ... We’ve just passed 90,000 members! 💚

People everywhere are joining the movement for real change.

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Shockingly, still available.
Good morning. New witch for you later on.

Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 2d

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Archway
7th of the #Emberlings of Oct.
Originals £35 (plus post) each, in UK because people should be able to afford human art.
Message or reply to claim. First come, First served. She is A5. All will be collected in a book with words by @taliskimberley.bsky.social. #witchsky

An archway of woven sticks with a quartered circle. Floating in the centre of the shape, a hat and cloak with eyes where the head would appear.

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