A.Valliard
@valliard.bsky.social
Allegorist, ink scribbler, occasional ham actor. They/them. Perpetrator of THE CITY OF LOST INTENTIONS: A Guide for the Artistically Waylaid.
Out now! (unfortunately)
www.thecityoflostintentions.com
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Out now! (unfortunately)
www.thecityoflostintentions.com
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A.Valliard
@valliard.bsky.social
· Jul 4
"Being a Compendium of Fallibility, a Bestiary of Artistic Fears & Foibles, and an Unhelpful Travel Guide to the City of Lost Intentions, with particular notice paid to its denizens—the transmogrified souls of self-damned artists—in the dubious company of Montcorbier, a disaffected psychopomp."
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It's essentially a sort of morbid Where's Wally where you try to find your place in writers'/artists' hell. There's 151 listed denizens of this city and 10 levels of artistic villainy. You're undoubtedly in there somewhere.
(I certainly am.)
#booksky
(I certainly am.)
#booksky
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It's essentially a sort of morbid Where's Wally where you try to find your place in writers'/artists' hell. There's 151 listed denizens of this city and 10 levels of artistic villainy. You're undoubtedly in there somewhere.
(I certainly am.)
#booksky
(I certainly am.)
#booksky
The City of Lost Intentions: A Guide for the Artistically Waylaid is also available in BOOKSHOPS, where you can not only buy and own it immediately, but also support the dwindling, Amazon-ravaged bookstore ecosystem.
#booksky #art #bookshops #Brisbane #Sydney #Melbourne #Dublin
#booksky #art #bookshops #Brisbane #Sydney #Melbourne #Dublin
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The City of Lost Intentions: A Guide for the Artistically Waylaid is also available in BOOKSHOPS, where you can not only buy and own it immediately, but also support the dwindling, Amazon-ravaged bookstore ecosystem.
#booksky #art #bookshops #Brisbane #Sydney #Melbourne #Dublin
#booksky #art #bookshops #Brisbane #Sydney #Melbourne #Dublin
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October 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
It's essentially a sort of morbid Where's Wally where you try to find your place in writers'/artists' hell. There's 151 listed denizens of this city and 10 levels of artistic villainy. You're undoubtedly in there somewhere.
(I certainly am.)
#booksky
(I certainly am.)
#booksky
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It's essentially a sort of morbid Where's Wally where you try to find your place in writers'/artists' hell. There's 151 listed denizens of this city and 10 levels of artistic villainy. You're undoubtedly in there somewhere.
(I certainly am.)
#booksky
(I certainly am.)
#booksky
This is an excellent chance to passive-aggressively irritate any writers, actors, musicians, filmmakers, painters, poets or philosophers in your circle of friends and reprobates.
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This is an excellent chance to passive-aggressively irritate any writers, actors, musicians, filmmakers, painters, poets or philosophers in your circle of friends and reprobates.
It’s that horrible time again! Remember, “The City of Lost Intentions” makes a fine gift for the malingering wastrel/artist in your life (which might be YOU).
thecityoflostintentions.com
#booksky #weirdbooks #absurdist #writingcommunity
£7 / $10 USD / €8 / $15 AUD
thecityoflostintentions.com
#booksky #weirdbooks #absurdist #writingcommunity
£7 / $10 USD / €8 / $15 AUD
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It’s that horrible time again! Remember, “The City of Lost Intentions” makes a fine gift for the malingering wastrel/artist in your life (which might be YOU).
thecityoflostintentions.com
#booksky #weirdbooks #absurdist #writingcommunity
£7 / $10 USD / €8 / $15 AUD
thecityoflostintentions.com
#booksky #weirdbooks #absurdist #writingcommunity
£7 / $10 USD / €8 / $15 AUD
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Trying to be more efficient, so I'm going to call all body parts "flaps."
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Trying to be more efficient, so I'm going to call all body parts "flaps."
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It's great if the well-meaning and good-hearted are inspired, but it's even better if the soulless and calculating are scared.
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It's great if the well-meaning and good-hearted are inspired, but it's even better if the soulless and calculating are scared.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
I have made a HELPFUL T-SHIRT to further illuminate my thoughts on the matter ~ YOU may wear one too! www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Im...
#antiAI #art #humanart
#antiAI #art #humanart
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I have made a HELPFUL T-SHIRT to further illuminate my thoughts on the matter ~ YOU may wear one too! www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Im...
#antiAI #art #humanart
#antiAI #art #humanart
I've also made some impolite badges on the theme, which I intend to wear to thwart any further persuasive efforts.
www.redbubble.com/i/pin/Impoli...
#antiAI #antigenerativeAI (specifically)
www.redbubble.com/i/pin/Impoli...
#antiAI #antigenerativeAI (specifically)
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I've also made some impolite badges on the theme, which I intend to wear to thwart any further persuasive efforts.
www.redbubble.com/i/pin/Impoli...
#antiAI #antigenerativeAI (specifically)
www.redbubble.com/i/pin/Impoli...
#antiAI #antigenerativeAI (specifically)
I wish! Curse my Sydneyfied existence.
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I wish! Curse my Sydneyfied existence.
After a particularly obnoxious day of AI spruiking...
I've had rather a lot of people recommending AI to me lately, so I've drawn Shakespeare stabbing a robot in the eye with a quill.
#art #ink #scribbleau #verymuchnotAI
#art #ink #scribbleau #verymuchnotAI
November 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
After a particularly obnoxious day of AI spruiking...
I've had rather a lot of people recommending AI to me lately, so I've drawn Shakespeare stabbing a robot in the eye with a quill.
#art #ink #scribbleau #verymuchnotAI
#art #ink #scribbleau #verymuchnotAI
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I've had rather a lot of people recommending AI to me lately, so I've drawn Shakespeare stabbing a robot in the eye with a quill.
#art #ink #scribbleau #verymuchnotAI
#art #ink #scribbleau #verymuchnotAI
I think AI images should carry a health warning like they plonk on cigarettes. This rotten little sod is destroying your soul.
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I think AI images should carry a health warning like they plonk on cigarettes. This rotten little sod is destroying your soul.
October 31, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Early rehearsal scribbles for the upcoming Kate Gaul directed COWBOIS! A "rollicking queer western" featuring a cast of horribly talented and charming actors and a lot of flouncing and swaggering around. Brilliant! www.seymourcentre.com/event/cowbois/
#art #illustration #theatre #ink
#art #illustration #theatre #ink
October 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Early rehearsal scribbles for the upcoming Kate Gaul directed COWBOIS! A "rollicking queer western" featuring a cast of horribly talented and charming actors and a lot of flouncing and swaggering around. Brilliant! www.seymourcentre.com/event/cowbois/
#art #illustration #theatre #ink
#art #illustration #theatre #ink
(am I doing this right? It's called a snowclone, apparently, which I am unfeasibly pleased to have learned of. I pass on this knowledge to you.)
October 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
(am I doing this right? It's called a snowclone, apparently, which I am unfeasibly pleased to have learned of. I pass on this knowledge to you.)
People will literally rather spin double-headed coins and bet against themselves in private atonement for an unremembered past than go to therapy.
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
People will literally rather spin double-headed coins and bet against themselves in private atonement for an unremembered past than go to therapy.
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BACK in stock at the delightful Modern Times! The creepy little guidebook IS also available at Readings, Berkelouw's, Gleebooks & Avid Reader, etc., but for sweaty locals on King Street, Newtown, here or Better Read Than Dead is the most desirable option.
March 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
BACK in stock at the delightful Modern Times! The creepy little guidebook IS also available at Readings, Berkelouw's, Gleebooks & Avid Reader, etc., but for sweaty locals on King Street, Newtown, here or Better Read Than Dead is the most desirable option.
October 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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He set about doing the dishes with a sort of wild abandon he had never known in his youth, had never imagined possible. One, two! One, two! Plates and glasses, forks and knives, all fell before him. One, two! One, two! "Snicker-snack!" he shouted, startling the cat.
October 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
He set about doing the dishes with a sort of wild abandon he had never known in his youth, had never imagined possible. One, two! One, two! Plates and glasses, forks and knives, all fell before him. One, two! One, two! "Snicker-snack!" he shouted, startling the cat.
Obscure and pointless Goon Show reference, but changed my phone’s message sound to Grytpype-Thynne and was awoken by an alarming ivory nasal drawl asking for a mutton-chop telescope. #Recommend
October 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Obscure and pointless Goon Show reference, but changed my phone’s message sound to Grytpype-Thynne and was awoken by an alarming ivory nasal drawl asking for a mutton-chop telescope. #Recommend