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🌊 Ell 🌊

@elljwalker.bsky.social

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I make comics and art and stuff in Edinburgh and think wistfully about sad men, horses and the ocean often she/they Website: elljwalker.com Shop: elljwalker.etsy.com

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🌊 Ell 🌊 @elljwalker.bsky.social · Mar 8

⭐ Pinned post! ⭐
I'm Ell! A Scottish comic artist and illustrator (award nominated!) who originally emerged from the north sea.
✍️ I am available for work ✍️

💌 ell.j.walker(at)gmail.com
🌊 elljwalker.com

A full colour illustration of a magpie in flight, its iridescent green and blue feathers shaded with pencil lines. It is carrying a stem of variegated ivy that curls underneath it as it flies.

A monochrome comic page featuring a character being grabbed by several pairs of hands, holding him down and putting fingers in his mouth. One pair of hands holds up a pair of pliers.

A painted waist-up sketch of jean vicquemare from Disco Elysium, a white man with dark hair, spiky facial hair and small round scars on his cheek and neck. He is standing in the rain with his head tilted to the sky, a look of relief and gratitude on his face. His shirt is clinging to his skin and has orange highlights on it. The rest of the colour scheme uses mostly deep blues and purples.

A photograph of five different greeting cards spread out on a furry blanket. Each card has a different medieval style lino print design on them, in a different colour. On the prints are a green gargoyle, a red phoenix, a blue pegasus, a pink dragon and a golden unicorn.

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A.DURAND @nazkha.bsky.social · 2d

DISCOTOBER 02 EQUESTRIAN COP #discoelysium #discoelysiumfanart #discotober #jeanvicquemare

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Faye Stacey @pondi.bsky.social · 3d

Not long left to fill this in!
If you make comics in any capacity the comic creator survey wants to know! x

Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 6d

🚨FINAL FEW DAYS!🚨

The UK Comics Creator Survey will close forever at midnight on Monday 6th! Have you submitted your response yet? Or were you, like me*, waiting for the last minute? The last minute is now, lads! Get in there!

ukcomicscreators.org.uk

*I thrive** on pressure
**Exist painfully

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🌊 Ell 🌊 @elljwalker.bsky.social · 7d

Loooove this panel of Paulinaaaa ❤️

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 8d

“I enjoy thinking about truly fundamental concepts, like the alphabet for instance.”

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🌊 Ell 🌊 @elljwalker.bsky.social · 10d

VERY interested to hear them Fran!! ❤️

🌊 Ell 🌊 @elljwalker.bsky.social · 11d

I'm going to be talking at @tagsfest.co.uk next month with the wonderful @mortiscausa.bsky.social about fanfiction as folklore, and old stories! <3 See you there?

TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 14d

Our panel lineup is out! This will be our first year running talks alongside the Marketplace and Board Game Zone, and we have some great discussions lined up for you.

🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

Talks & Panels
All of our talks are free to attend, but space is limited. We suggest queueing up 10 minutes before the talk begins to guarantee getting a seat. Talks run for 45 mins.

Saturday

Pitch to Page: How do you make a comic? 11am. Scripting, compositions, pencilling, inking, colouring, lettering, printing; so much goes into every comic you've loved reading. Sit in with veteran comic creators Gustaffo Vargas and Jenny Mure as they chat about the comic-making process.

Fanfiction, the Old Human Tradition. 12.30pm. Fanfiction has always been part of storytelling culture. Join Ell J Walker and Fran Morton as they discuss the similarities and differences between modern and historic fanfiction.

Comics For Your Own Good: Educating through comics. 2pm. As a medium, comics are a very accessible way to share information. Cat Laird and Julie Campbell will discuss the strength of comics in education and community outreach.

You Can Be a Luddite: How artists can resist AI. 3.30pm. Listen to comic creator Tom Humberstone discuss the impact of generative AI on the creative process, and how artists and audiences can rally against the rising tide of slop.

Sunday

First Draft to Final Product: How do you make a game? 11am. Join TTRPG publisher Paolo Greco / Lost Pages and game designer Letty Wilson as they discuss the ins and outs of the game-making process.

Let's Talk Cash: The cold hard finances of making comics. 12.30pm. Many creative industries are financially lean fields. With the costs of living ever spiralling, Faye Stacey and James Lawrence discuss the realities of making money as comic creators, from self-publishing to public funding.

Autobiography & Vulnerability. 2pm. Steven Fraser, Ashling Larkin, and Amandawonk come together to discuss their experiences of autobiographical work, and the power of creating comics about yourself.

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Glen @vaguebiscuit.bsky.social · 11d

Well don't I feel stupid

A headline about the James Webb Telescope potentially finding a new stellar object dubbed a black hole star

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Cat 🌻🌾 | Live Laugh Love&Peace ✌️ @tsundernova.bsky.social · 11d

“Grrr” the comic

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🌊 Ell 🌊 @elljwalker.bsky.social · 13d

I have finished Hollow Knight and am happy with my decision to not get Silksong... I got thru HK with only a few angry crash out "THIS IS NO LONGER FUN" moments but if Silksong is way worse then....no thanks!! I like to have fun actually

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 15d

Do you want to fuck a vampire? Will you fuck a vampire? When will you fuck a vampire? If you buy this book you will get to fuck a vampire

Hari Conner @haridraws.bsky.social · 15d

🩸 OUT TODAY 🥀
Disappear into a dark forest and get seduced, devoured, and perhaps escape your job for good, in NIGHT AT THE VAMPIRE CASTLE: A choose-your-own-romance for adult readers

✶ No experience needed
✶ Replayable
✶ Illustrated
& out now www.hari-illustration.com/natvc

Hari holding a copy of the book 'night at the vampire castle' while wearing a suitably vampiric shirt with a ruffly collar - the graphic reads 'out today!'

Photo of an open copy of the book 'night at the vampire castle' where you can see the text and an illustration of an ominous castle on a stormy night

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🌊 Ell 🌊 @elljwalker.bsky.social · 15d

Lmao. Of course.

a toad buried under the earth @toadlett.bsky.social · 15d

pretty shameful that after supposedly implementing anti AI policies for vendors, fan frontier seems to be using AI in their own imagery. Would be interested to know if the artist commissioned to design these mascots is aware their client has done this!
www.forthefans.uk

screenshot from a site called "was it AI" that aims to check the likelihood an image was made using genAI. an image from the fan frontier website (a landscape with distant mountains, flowering cherry trees, and two cartoon mascots in the foreground) has been run through it, and the site shows that "we are quite confident that this image, or significant part of it, was created by AI.

screenshot from a site called AI image detector that aims to check the likelihood an image was made using genAI. an image from the fan frontier website (a landscape with distant mountains, flowering cherry trees, and two cartoon mascots in the foreground) has been run through it, and the site shows that "this image is likely AI generated" with a 100% probability shown in the analysis.

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a toad buried under the earth @toadlett.bsky.social · 18d

working on a thing! toadrefs.carrd.co
please let me know if you find anything wonky.

Toadlett's refs

a list of reference websites

toadrefs.carrd.co

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🌊 Ell 🌊 @elljwalker.bsky.social · 17d

Oh shiiiit this is amazing letty thank you!!!

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🌊 Ell 🌊 @elljwalker.bsky.social · 22d

I think I've been called into a meeting without realising

A photograph of a living room with green corner sofa, a window in the back full of plants with a hedge outside. Two dogs, Charlie and Rowan, sit on the couch. Charlie is small, black and brown with folded over ears, and looking into camera. Rowan is orange, slightly larger and has huge upright ears.

🌊 Ell 🌊 @elljwalker.bsky.social · 22d

Yeah let them talk

🌊 Ell 🌊 @elljwalker.bsky.social · 28d

Ooooh yum!!!!

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⚠️ eve g ⚠️ @evegwood.com · Sep 6

My wonderful friend Cara had her bike stolen a little while ago! She's running a raffle to raise money for repairs after managing to get it back. Please share this Bluesky post!

🍭 Enter raffle: raffall.com/396362/enter...
🍬 Share original post, enter to win freebies: www.instagram.com/p/DORWiYqDBzs

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🌊 Ell 🌊 @elljwalker.bsky.social · Sep 7

The emergency alert awoke her highness ):

A photo of rowan the orange podenco - a dog with a narrow face, pink nose and huge upright ears, lying half under a blanket, head raised and looking into the camera with a disgruntled expression

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Destination Venus sells comics in Harrogate! @destinationvenus.bsky.social · Sep 7

This really does matter. Sign this not because you want to buy inappropriate smutty things from the internet, but because if you let people tell you what legally available things you can or cannot buy you are at the mercy of somebody else's definition of "inappropriate".

BBBen and his Big Brass Band @bbbengames.bsky.social · Sep 6

ATTENTION BRITAIN! 🇬🇧

The UK now has a petition to STOP CENSORSHIP by MasterCard and VISA of legal products!

This joins the Australian and Canadian petitions that are gaining momentum. Come on, let's get these signed! And spread the word!

The UK petition: petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hey!
Did you know it's the best day of the year? International Vulture Day is here!!
It's a day to celebrate, share & support vultures, the most endangered (and misunderstood) family of birds in the world.
Take a moment to share a vulture with someone just how cool and important they are!
#ivad2025

Closeup of a baby king vulture looking down at the viewer

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ShanikaFaceless @shanikafaceless.bsky.social · Aug 29

Perfectionism got to me. The feeling of being unable to draw the same face twice is excruciating. Т_T
However, love and hope will conquer it all
#DiscoElysium

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🌊 Ell 🌊 @elljwalker.bsky.social · Aug 22

Happy birthday! Here's Rowan (under blankets at all times)

🌊 Ell 🌊 @elljwalker.bsky.social · Aug 21

I'll be at the OOTB drill hall this Saturday in Edinburgh selling my wares alongside a bunch of lovely amazing creators 💕 Come check it out!

A collaged poster featuring two large moai style statue heads surrounded by mechanical shapes. The text reads: print expo 2025 market, sat 23rd aug 11am - 4pm. Out of the blue drill hall, dalmeny street, Leith. Small press, comics, t-shirts, prints & more

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · Aug 19

📢 Exhibitor announcement: ELL J WALKER (@elljwalker.bsky.social)

“Ell is an Edinburgh artist who originally washed up on the shores of Orkney. They make fantasy based comics and zines inspired by the natural world and the way people tell stories.”

🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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⚠️ eve g ⚠️ @evegwood.com · Aug 18

I'm looking for a sensitivity consultation with a burn survivor for a comic project, going over a character design and asking some questions (not reading a script). My budget is ideally £40. If you're interested please reply below or send me an email at the address in my bio! Shares appreciated.

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