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Here a post about the wonderful colorist of my comic HAVANA SPLIT Maggie: https://www.instagram.com/_leevolt_/

Please go check her work because she's a talented, brillant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique full author and I thank the day she agreed for this collab!

Without her magic I'm nothing, I'm devoted to her hands! (So in complete admiration I made this tribute portrait of her)

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swallow dragon for @bokafecs dtiys event! ❤️

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Here we are! Starting mermay with @nadiarausa‘s weekly prompts.

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With the first prompt being “skeletal”, I wanted to portray a mermaid of the deep. I have always been fascinated by the ocean depths and their deeply beautiful, uncanny inhabitants.

I like to imagine these mermaids of the ocean depths as silent and frail creatures, with a body soft enough to be one with the water that surrounds them. They would only feed of plancton and food particles descending from the abyss above, yet the rare encounters mankind had with them would be marked with fear: after all, men are well known to shy away from anything reminding them what they’re made of.

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Another pair of characters from The Garden Of The Snake King, this time Grisha and Edine. The cute wandering siblings are finally here!

Edine is the 13 years old daughter of a powerful diplomat of the capital, while Grisha is her older stepbrother. She’s got a passion for biology and she takes a lot of notes on her prized diary, while he likes exploration and map-making much more. When the capital started being a dangerous place for Edine, Grisha was tasked of escorting her far south, an adventurous task they both embarked excitedly although perhaps slightly unprepared.

If not for Grisha’s past and dangerous affairs with eldritch snake gods, they would make quite a cute duo. Don’t worry though. Edine knows.

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Second mermay week with @nadiarausa‘s weekly prompts,  this time “sunken treasures”, with an argonaut mermaid and her babies! 

Thinking about sunken treasures made me recall how fond I am of my small shell collection I’m building up since childhood (yes, I’ve always been a natural sciences nerd). So I wanted to portray an argonaut with her babies, as the beauty of these weird and unique animals and of their young can be surprising. Plus, I couldn’t resist adding some extra cute argonaut larvae! Did you know their colored cells can change color? ✨

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Happy Holidays, friends! ❄️

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It’s that time of the year where I usually post something cozy or snow related, and 2019 is no exception. Yet, this has possibly been the craziest rollercoaster of a year so far, and I’m very happy and hopeful for what the future holds.

Almost ten years ago, at age 13, I started developing the first characters of “The Garden of The Snake King”. This project had no name and it was a COMPLETELY different and crazy universe fitting the mind of the imaginative middle schooler I was. Stilo, the one-eyed sulder riding his faithful, draconic companion Pirah, was soon to be born. The angel-faced and smooth talking gallant Chillet, whose first name -I can finally tell you- is Grisha, followed quickly. Now, at age 23, I’m deeply grateful to all the people who cheered for me and supported me and my weird imagination during all this time, because it’s thanks to them if I can show my characters and stories to the world - and this year, the possibility of making something concrete out of the Garden is more real than ever.

So, onwards to 2020! Thank you deeply to all of you for accompanying me and believing in me during this hard and crazy journey. See you next year for new struggles, new challenges, and new beautiful adventures.

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Third mermay week with @nadiarausa‘s weekly prompts,  this time “poisonous” and “sea witch”, so it’s the perfect occasion for me to introduce this cozy moray eel mermaid.

Moray eels are so fascinating. Their skin is coated in a slime containing several toxins, and their painful double bite is a wonder of nature. Their undeniably creepy face and their stealthy nature gave them a bad reputation, but they will only attack humans in times of self defense. I couldn’t find a better creature to represent a poisonous witch of the sea, a solitary, lethal predator who despite of all the bad buzz surrounding her, just wants to be left alone in her burrow and live her own life.

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It’s almost autumn, I’m in a huge Victorian mood, and I couldn’t resist 9emiliecharlie9’s draw this in your style challenge, so here are her two lovebirds, Charlie and Abigale! Congrats for your 12k and thank you for making this dtiys with your beautiful characters! I am desperate to know more about their story. ❤️🌹