My writing is accompanied by illustrations and sketches, both monochrome and color, all created digitally in Procreate using Apple Pencil. I originally learned to draw with oil pastels, and that influence stayed with me. Even in digital form, I keep a painterly approach: soft, blurred edges, smudges, textured strokes, and slightly abstract areas rather than strict realism.
The artworks move between atmospheric landscapes, symbolic fantasy elements like energy Crystals, and character moments from the stories. Many of them focus on emotion, tension, and relationships, especially within the queer romantasy stories.
Song, Taj and RileyTajTaj and SongTajRileyTaj and Riley, their first meetingSongTaj and Luna, Moon TwoDancing TajThe Gate on Planet Three (Bonaire)Song and Taj (the extraction surgery)Taj (epidemics)Taj rescuing Song’s CrystalThe arena fight (Taj and a creature)The lake scene (Song and Taj)Taj’s sword dance for SongSong’s houseAnders, Song’s brother, working with Taj in energy labsTaj and Song, and the cakeAmber (William de Bruin, Elder Wu Amber), the teacherTaj (the labs)
Backgrounds
MM romantasy post-climate art.
The Deserts, post-climate sceneryThe Deserts, After Climate Disruption worldThe Deserts, post-apo queer worldThe Gate, Planet OneThe Gate in the New EmpireShadows territory, the Red Bridge from the AllianceThe Gate on Planet ThreeThe Gate, the New EmpireShadows energy users’ territory
