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The Sylvan Serpent / Kelsey W
@sylvanserpent.bsky.social
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Artist & designer in Seattle. Focus on nerdy, goth, comics, LGBT+, fantasy, and PNW nature. Local events & advocacy stuff. Forever learning and growing. 🌲
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Sealer has been applied to the block prints. 💪
I suspect it will be a quiet show given the weather, but I'll still be ready!
Photo closeup of a drying rack covered with block prints, with a print of a moth & moon greeting card in the foreground. The rack is sitting on a tile floor and there's a straw leaf decoration visible on the left side.
December 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Banana slugs are coming!
Printed some beauties crawling over notebooks. This is one of my favorites, I've gotta say. They just want to see what you're up to!
A photo of three small notebooks with brown recycled paper covers. On each notebook is a black block printing of a banana slug trailing down the spine and across the bottom of the notebook.
December 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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I'm going to be at the Rat City Art Walk next Thursday!
White Center - Seattle area. Please stop by and say hello!

The other artists look amazing, it's going to be fab. ^^

I'll have dice bags, stickers, notebooks, journals, cards, and maybe a few other goodies ready. ❤️
Poster: Mr B's Mead Center Winter Solstice Night Market. Thursday December 18th 5-8. Featured artists: Jupiter Bacchus, Kreep it Real, Cerulean Serpent, V. Fox, The Sylvan Serpent, Moon & Cauldron, Foxhilt, Trusty John's Junk Shop, The ADHD Witch, Duchess Mini Pancakes. Food by Ouchess Mini Pancakes! DJ Star Tropic will be doing vinyls only set! Mrs B Mini Painting Giveaway! 9444 Delridge WaySW, Seattle, Wa. We are an all-ages, pet friendly venue! (It's true, they are lovely people.)
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Did I say the stickers arrived? Squeee ✨ Each is a first in their series ❤️

Shown with a ruler for size reference. I could've made the ghost a bit bigger, but it's nice to have a range here.
Three stickers and a ruler to the right of them set against a black background. The top-most image is a ghost having a cup of tea, then there's a chest mimic with purple mouth agape, and at the bottom is a rainbow colored wyvern. All three stickers have sparkles.
December 1, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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My first stickers are being printed! I had to limit to 3 types to start with but I am so stoked. They're going to ✨ sparkle ✨

Here's a preview of the mimic!
Digital illustration of a chest mimic with red eyes, mouth open and purple tongue sticking out. There is a red outline showing where the sticker cut will be and speckles in the mouth and eyes to show where the sparkles get added.
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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WIP - first pass at my next bookmark. I've got plenty to clean up and the cat looks off balance, so I need to figure out how to rotate or fix that.
Block carving of a black cat sitting on a skull, with a fresh layer of ink on the rubber making the skull and cat outline look pink.
September 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Carving out a new bookmark block!🤞
Last night I started working on more designs for notebook covers. I can't decide if I should go for more nature (orcas, etc) or witchy (cauldrons, etc) themed prints first.
September 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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First post! I'm Kelsey, I'm making a career change and following my dream to help others through art and storytelling. I'm prepping to open my small business in the Seattle area!
I will sell block print and fabric art and expand into illustrations and *hopefully * comics. :)
A commissioned original dog portrait made in pastel and charcoal. On grey paper, a headshot of a dog with long wavy black-brown fur facing to the left, mouth partly opened and eyes looking to the distance, and a bit of blue collar peeking through. The style is more realistic but with bold black outlines. A copy of a comic page done digitally, featuring a barn owl (Ada) speaking to a couple researchers about Open Science and the research lifecycle. Script: Panel 1: Over the shoulder mid shot of Miguel talking to Ada and Tina partially in frame. 1. MIGUEL: So open access is what people mean when they say open science? Panel 3: Over the shoulder (between Miguel and Tina, silhouetted) of Ada explaining with wing up. Tina has a look of recognition like a 3 bar |/_ by the head. 2. ADA: That’s one part of it! Open science includes access in all different parts of the research cycle… Panel 3: Mid shot focus on Tina with fingers together, Ada partial head in shot. 4. TINA: 5. ADA: This sounds the same as open research, but open research is inclusive of us non-STEM fields. Precisely! I prefer to use ‘open research’ for that reason. Panel 4: No frame. At the top is a full shot of Ada with wings extended and claws in a grab position. Underneath are sketches of diagrams of open research frameworks (pyramid, network) with footnote citations. 6. ADA CAPTIONS: Open research covers a range of topics across the research lifecycle with frameworks like this proposed to connect them together… though each component can be done alone and adapted for specific needs. Panel 6: On the left is a baby owl and incline shape leading to a fledgling owl standing and looking awkward. 7. ADA CAPTIONS: Open research practices are growing rapidly with technology and research needs… …so new tools and frameworks are being developed. Panel 7: Ada full shot looking very excited, with wings out and talon high. 8. ADA: This is an exciting time to be doing open research! Panel 8: Ada falling forward with one foot out and a shoe visible in the box below. Panel 9: Ada has fallen in the shoe but doesn’t quite fit in it. She looks a bit embarrassed, with feathers fluffed out every which way. 9. ADA: But there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to applying it. A block print of a great blue heron in black ink, zoomed in to know the head and part of the torso. An open dice bag with mix of dice inside for scale, presented against a black background. The dice bag is circular and varying shades of red-purple with cream and gold prints of moon and stars and astrology themes. The outside of the bag is slightly visible and of a red velvety fabric.
September 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM