Twillie Blossom

Artist | Writer | She/Her | Neopets, HTTYD, and whatever else appeases my limited senses

[7clubs]

Here are some thoughts I shared for the press release of my upcoming shamelessly queer Philippine fantasy graphic novel <3

This has been a strange Pride Month for me, and my comic finally getting announced really has been the one highlight pushing me through.

I got hospitalized this month (my editor had to tell me to stop replying to emails) and I'm still recovering, so I missed out on a ton of events I wanted to go to… But I can't wait to hang out w/ my friends again :] 🌈

(You can grab The Three Beasts just about wherever books are sold. And yes, even in the PH :P)

[stinkybrowndogs]

A birthday present for my good friend @alienjanky ❤️❤️❤️ hope it was an a-meow-zing day!

[twillieblossom]

Doing Art Fight again this year btw, let's go Team Tragedy~!

[7clubs]

Hey everyone. Feels great to finally unleash this beloved story of mine unto the world. :}

My original Philippine fantasy graphic novel THE THREE BEASTS will be coming out this October 27, 2026. (A standalone, one complete plot!)

It's a shamelessly lesbian and trans coming-of-age story, set in the City of Punong Panday (Lakanbalen ning Apandi) inspired by a late 19th-century Pampanga/Bulacan. With dragons!

Three friends must prove themselves worthy successors of their dragon-tamer fathers through a physical contest with a hydra. But when their dreams become a deadly game of pride, they have to find a way out together—and with their fathers' legacies burnt to ashes.

I wrote, sketched, inked, colored, etc. everything by myself. The really nice balloons and lettering are by the talented Buddy Beaudoin and Chas! Pangburn. (Don't have the updated cover yet since Chas! stepped in late!)

You can pre-order it just about anywhere books are sold... or go request your local/indie bookseller or librarian to order!

Thank you!

[cannibalchicken]

[natalieironside]

Shout out to trans women who aren’t computer scientists or musicians or avant-garde artists or whatever.

Shout-out to tgirls who work at Taco Bell. Thank u queen, society would collapse without you

[snkrfnd]

Over twenty years ago my big brother got me a job at a Taco Bell in the St. Louis suburbs-West County. He warned me that it was the “gay Taco Bell”, but since I was coming from the “gay Howard Johnson’s” I wasn’t shocked. It turns out it was the black trans women Taco Bell complete with black trans women in management. And they’d worked out an arrangement with the local teen Narcotics Anonymous group so that twice a week we would shut down the drive thru and the dining room and exclusively serve 60+ teens in various stages of recovery. And many of the women I worked with were in various stages of being out or transitioning and they were from all generations from teens to over 50. One woman I worked with had a regular corporate job presenting as a man 9-5 Mon-Fri and then came to Taco Bell and worked 6pm -2am Friday and Saturday night so she could be herself surrounded by other black transwomen in those stolen weekends. And we had customers come from all over the metro area because they knew they could be themselves in the dining room. I only worked there from 1999-2001 but for young me, this was a vital, formative experience. Some of the girls came from north city all the way out to the “gay Taco Bell” on Manchester in west county because they heard it was safe to work there. Like- I know times have changed but they haven’t changed much in 20 years. I’m still convinced that for lgbt youth, finding a job at your city’s version of the “gay Taco Bell” is key to survival.

[natalieironside]

Thank u for sharing this with us

[queerliblib]

it’s a beautiful day to check out a book from the library

[meeliesaysno]

its a beautiful day to return a book to the library unread after it auto renews 3 times

[salmon-n-hazel]

Cherry blossom

✿ Print shop: INPRNT

[abz-j-harding]

Giant Bird Man? Giant Bird Man.

[idlelizard]

shapely sugar bowl

[castironfrying-pan]

@elodieunderglass please enjoy this horrible thing with legs that I just saw

[elodieunderglass]

So charming, dont mind if i do!!

[catsofyore]

Cryptid mlem. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

[haaarpb]

she (peaches) watches me cook

[xxyriiax]

when the sheeps are detectives or something

[fishpondfish]

it is impossible to watch a movie. every night i think i want to watch a movie. no movie gets watched. because it's not possible

[mousidy]

and yet they keep making movies with the hopes that one day humanity will discover a way to watch them. it's so inspiring

[binturong-of-the-day]

The binturong of pride

[ferretslive]

Happy Pride month

[softwaring]

made a pride flag using landscape photos ive taken <3