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Helen Whistberry
@whistberry.bsky.social
Pen name for autistic/ace indie writer & digital artist, introvert, worried soul, they/she. 🚫NO A/I!

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Chapter 19: The Loss of Something Very Important

Illustration 19/52

#WrensAria, an intriguing and sometimes impossibly cute illustrated animal fantasy arrives in 2026
December 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
For the last #Caturday of #ArtAdventCalendar, here's a pet portrait of Newt which I did for @sadhbhgirl.bsky.social during my #PridePetArt event in June (why does that seem like a hundred years ago now? 😅😭) It was the first one I did because I loved the original photo so much (see it in comment)!
December 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Chapter 18: The Hermit and the Tree

Illustration 18/52

#WrensAria, an illustrated animal fantasy (which includes delightful characters such as Percy here, who looks innocent but IS NOT!) will be arriving in 2026
December 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
For today's #ArtAdventCalendar, how about the first thing I drew this year.

I remember enjoying the challenge of creating the scale pattern and look. A lot of experimentation and trial and error as with most of my drawings, but I'm pleased with how it came together in the end.
December 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Chapter 17: A Violent Encounter (or Two)

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#WrensAria, a charming illustrated animal fantasy with ACTION and SUSPENSE! 😅

Arrives 2026
December 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A very smol and cute murder machine for today's #ArtAdventCalendar 😍
December 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
If you see this, post your bird art 🐦
December 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
That thing cats do when they place a paw gently on an item they are going to push off a table but look to see if you're watching first

That thing cats do where they slow walk directly in front of you, looking back to see if you're following

That thing cats do when they smell something foul

Cats😻
December 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Bonus #ArtAdventCalendar post! Not every drawing works out. Gave up on this more realistic barn own after 3 different tries of not being able to figure out how best to render the complicated colors on the feathers. Instead it morphed into the more graphic version on the right. Art is experimentation
December 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Chapter 16: A Knight in Grizzled Armor

Illustration 16/52

#WrensAria, a charmingly illustrated and occasionally poignant animal fantasy arrives in 2026
December 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
For today's #ArtAdventCalendar, how about a flamingo... I will never see a pink flamingo or this color combo without thinking of Miami Vice. That tv show had a hold on me back in the day 😂
December 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Chapter 15: A Sticky Situation

Illustration 15/52

#WrensAria, a charmingly illustrated animal fantasy that will arrive in 2026
December 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
For today's #ArtAdventCalendar, a portrait of 4 black birds for my book, Roadkill. This raven, magpie, crow, and rook get the last words in that tale of woe. It makes me happy that I can offer original art along with my words, I say jauntily, as I draw 52(!) illustrations for my current project. 😅
December 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Chapter 14: The Sinking Swamp

Illustration 14/52

#WrensAria, a charming if slightly eccentric animal fantasy arrives in 2026
December 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Bonus Eastern newts to brighten your Monday for #ArtAdventCalendar
December 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Talamanca hummingbird for today's #ArtAdventCalendar

Another more realistic painting I did for the @birdwhisperers.bsky.social monthly prompt. These take a long time to do, but that is part of the pleasure and challenge of it all, something AI proponents repeatedly fail to grasp 🤷🏻‍♂️
December 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Chapter 13: A Narrow Way

Illustration 13/52

#WrensAria, a charming illustrated animal fantasy arriving in 2026
December 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
For today's #ArtAdventCalendar, a bit of nonsense I drew while experimenting with textures. Playing around is a great way to learn 😂
December 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Chapter 12: The Pit of Despair

Illustration 12/52

#WrensAria, a delightful and illustrated animal fantasy arrives in 2026!
December 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
For today's #ArtAdventCalendar, here's a more stylized drawing I did this year. I liked the idea of a catfish being rooted into the mud by its barbels. Felt folkloric—the wise old catfish communing with the earth... (spell check does not think barbel is a word, but it is! 😂)
December 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Chapter 11: A Tumultuous Tumble

Illustration 11/52

#WrensAria, a delightful and illustrated animal fantasy arrives in 2026!
December 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
For today's #ArtAdventCalendar, here's a metallic or shining starling, a new to me bird that I stumbled across somewhere (probably on here). I love black birds because they are never truly black but instead an iridescence of other colors. And who doesn't love a red-eyed bird?
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🎃🐸
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Tried showing one of those bird, squirrel, chipmunk videos on my laptop to my cat who was perched beside me and now he is running around the room looking for all the things that dashed in and out of camera and I feel really bad :(

Gaslighting my own cat 😭
December 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Chapter 10: Wandering in the Wasteland

Illustration 10/52

#WrensAria, a charming and illustrated animal fantasy novel arriving in 2026
December 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM