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D. M. Kannapan
@dmkannapan.bsky.social
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Writer, artist, engineer, climate activist.
Author of Fire's Ally, a YA fantasy novel.
TEDx speaker: https://buff.ly/mM9WX4W
Posts by category: https://buff.ly/AplH0YT
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D. M. Kannapan @dmkannapan.bsky.social · 16d
About me: Writer, artist, engineer, climate activist.

Website: www.deeptikannapan.com
My TEDx talk about climate action: buff.ly/mM9WX4W
Fire's Ally, my YA fantasy novel: buy.bookfunnel.com/p5vo2ghzps

My skeets by category: buff.ly/AplH0YT

#promosky #aboutme #mylinks #booksky
Deepti Kannapan - Fiction writer, painter, and engineer
On a Research Quest: Engineer obsessed with nature. Writing fantasy to explore reality. Let's learn about sustainability together!
www.deeptikannapan.com
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#art #myart #cats #speedpaint
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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I'm going to this.

Beyond the Brink: Imagining the Possible in a World Unraveling www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
Beyond the Brink: Imagining the Possible in a World Unraveling
Join us for the free, online event: Beyond the Brink on November 13. Considering the unsettling present we all find ourselves in, we’ll ask Rob Hopkins, and Jacqui Patterson to help us do what feels i...
www.resilience.org
October 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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The climate movement needs your creativity, not your guilt. (My TEDx talk!)
youtu.be/wLn76Go47MY?...

#climateactivism #nature #creativity #tedx
October 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Gearing up (very slowly) for my next 10-day art series, by sharing related work from the last couple of years.
Details to come!

My last art series like this was 2 years ago (!!)
reflective-leaf.tumblr.com/tagged/water...

#art #myart #caturday #animals
An illustrated closeup of an orange kitten face in profile
October 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Gearing up (very slowly) for my next 10-day art series, by sharing related work from the last couple of years.
Details to come! Last such series was 2 years ago: buff.ly/ETkh1so

Election season is coming. If you can vote, this Brewer's blackbird wants you to.

#art #myart #birds #birdart #vote
Illustration. A blackbird viewed from the front, looking a little intense. Text beside it says "vote."
October 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Gearing up (very slowly) for my next 10-day art series, by sharing related work from the last couple of years.
Details to come!

Oh, and election season is coming. If you can vote, this cat wants you to.

#art #myart #digitalart #animals #vote
Digital illustration. Cat sits on a laptop with a bossy expression. Text beside it says "vote"
October 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
dmkannapan.bsky.social
Gearing up (very slowly) for my next 10-day art series, by sharing related work from the last couple of years.
Details to come!

Oh, and election season is coming. If you can vote, this cat wants you to.

#art #myart #digitalart #animals #vote
Digital illustration. Cat looks upward while lounging on a carpet. Text beside it says "vote"
October 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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#art #myart #birds #speedpaint
October 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Reposted by D. M. Kannapan
dmkannapan.bsky.social
Gearing up (very slowly) for my next 10-day art series, by sharing related work from the last couple of years.
Details to come!

My last art series like this was 2 years ago (!!)
reflective-leaf.tumblr.com/tagged/water...

#art #myart #caturday #animals
October 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
dmkannapan.bsky.social
Gearing up (very slowly) for my next 10-day art series, by sharing related work from the last couple of years.
Details to come! Last such series was 2 years ago: buff.ly/ETkh1so

Election season is coming. If you can vote, this Brewer's blackbird wants you to.

#art #myart #birds #birdart #vote
Illustration. A blackbird viewed from the front, looking a little intense. Text beside it says "vote."
October 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
dmkannapan.bsky.social
Gearing up (very slowly) for my next 10-day art series, by sharing related work from the last couple of years.
Details to come!

Oh, and election season is coming. If you can vote, this cat wants you to.

#art #myart #digitalart #animals #vote
Digital illustration. Cat sits on a laptop with a bossy expression. Text beside it says "vote"
October 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Bonus Illustration #4: Action scene

#art #myart #fantasyart #firesally #illustration #fantasybooksky
A dark smoky scene. A girl is silhouetted against a stark fire. A tongue of fire lashes outward and a masked figure dodges out of the way. A third figure approaches through a twirling maneuver
October 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
dmkannapan.bsky.social
Gearing up (very slowly) for my next 10-day art series, by sharing related work from the last couple of years.
Details to come!

My last art series like this was 2 years ago (!!)
reflective-leaf.tumblr.com/tagged/water...

#art #myart #caturday #animals
An illustrated closeup of an orange kitten face in profile
October 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
dmkannapan.bsky.social
About me: Writer, artist, engineer, climate activist.

Website: www.deeptikannapan.com
My TEDx talk about climate action: buff.ly/mM9WX4W
Fire's Ally, my YA fantasy novel: buy.bookfunnel.com/p5vo2ghzps

My skeets by category: buff.ly/AplH0YT

#promosky #aboutme #mylinks #booksky
Deepti Kannapan - Fiction writer, painter, and engineer
On a Research Quest: Engineer obsessed with nature. Writing fantasy to explore reality. Let's learn about sustainability together!
www.deeptikannapan.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM
dmkannapan.bsky.social
Gearing up (very slowly) for my next 10-day art series, by sharing related work from the last couple of years.
Details to come!

My last art series like this was 2 years ago (!!)
reflective-leaf.tumblr.com/tagged/water...

#art #myart #caturday #animals
October 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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First ever print copy of Fire's Ally :)
#firesally #indieauthors
October 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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I'm going to this.

Beyond the Brink: Imagining the Possible in a World Unraveling www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
Beyond the Brink: Imagining the Possible in a World Unraveling
Join us for the free, online event: Beyond the Brink on November 13. Considering the unsettling present we all find ourselves in, we’ll ask Rob Hopkins, and Jacqui Patterson to help us do what feels i...
www.resilience.org
October 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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An art series

All the illustrations I made - click on each to zoom in. The bottom right is the planning page on Day 0.

I’m back with another 10(ish) day drawing challenge!

#myart
www.deeptikannapan.com/2023/07/25/1...
10 Days of Scholarly Hobbits - Deepti Kannapan
An art series I’m back with another 10(ish) day drawing challenge! Lately, I’ve been knee-deep in research and writing, both for work and my various personal projects. Deadline stress and minutiae make it hard to remember what I like about research. Noticing it made me kind of sad. I decided to lean on fantasy themes … Continue reading "10 Days of Scholarly Hobbits"
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September 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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dmkannapan.bsky.social D. M. Kannapan @dmkannapan.bsky.social · Oct 4
Here's a collection of fun fantasy and sci fi books currently on pre-order:
books.bookfunnel.com/comingsoon-o...

Reading something now & need books for later? The timing might be great!

One such book is Fire's Ally, my YA fantasy cli fi 🌿📚

#comingsoon #preordernow #promosky #indiebooksky
Pastel purple graphic with the text "book mojo presents: Coming Soon Preorder Event. Order now, get the book on release day!" The book cover on a desert landscape, with the text: "Fire's Ally, a YA fantasy sci-fi novel by DM Kannapan"
October 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
dmkannapan.bsky.social
Here's a collection of fun fantasy and sci fi books currently on pre-order:
books.bookfunnel.com/comingsoon-o...

Reading something now & need books for later? The timing might be great!

One such book is Fire's Ally, my YA fantasy cli fi 🌿📚

#comingsoon #preordernow #promosky #indiebooksky
Pastel purple graphic with the text "book mojo presents: Coming Soon Preorder Event. Order now, get the book on release day!" The book cover on a desert landscape, with the text: "Fire's Ally, a YA fantasy sci-fi novel by DM Kannapan"
October 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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When I drew this illustration, I didn't know it would be my back cover!
#art #myart #fantasyart #firesally #illustration #fantasybooksky
October 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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#art #myart #fantasyart #firesally #illustration #fantasybooksky
Working on bonus illustrations
September 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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#art #myart #fantasyart #firesally #illustration #fantasybooksky
Working on the print cover
Wraparound book cover for print. Title: Fire's Ally by D. M. Kannapan. Front cover shows a girl reaching out to magical swirls in a landscape, toward a distant fire. Back cover shows a library made of sandstone containing scrolls.
October 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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#art #myart #fantasyart #firesally #illustration #fantasybooksky
Working on the print cover
Wraparound book cover for print. Title: Fire's Ally by D. M. Kannapan. Front cover shows a girl reaching out to magical swirls in a landscape, toward a distant fire. Back cover shows a library made of sandstone containing scrolls.
October 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
dmkannapan.bsky.social
#art #myart #fantasyart #firesally #illustration #fantasybooksky
Working on bonus illustrations
September 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM