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Welcome to the gallery of the ACD series:

MM love stories set in a world reshaped by climate disruption and powered by two competing energy systems.

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.

More of my work is on DeviantArt. For questions, check the FAQ.

The Crystaler Series

MM Romance Fantasy ART

Image of Ruben, queer character from MM Romance Fantasy Book by svl yisanliu
Ruben de Vrijk
Image of Aldo, queer character from MM Romance Fantasy Book by svl yisanliu
Aldo Descartes
Image of Jo, queer character from MM Romance Fantasy Book by svl yisanliu
Joost (Jo) Meeran
Image of Aldo and Jo, queer characters from MM Romance Fantasy Book by svl yisanliu
The underground labs, Jo and Aldo
Ruben and glowing energy Crystal, image from book the First Crystaler, MM Romance Fantasy
The First Crystaler – Ruben
Jo, looking at a tree in a city that was destroyed during a climate catastrophe, drawing in black and white
Jo (after escaping the labs)

The Taj and Song Trilogy

Queer Romantasy Art

Characters from Elements: MM Fantasy Romance Books. Song, Taj and Riley
Song, Taj and Riley
Character from Elements: MM Fantasy Romance Books. Taj holding artificial energy Crystal
Taj
Characters from Elements: MM Fantasy Romance Books. Song and Taj
Taj and Song
Characters from Elements: MM Fantasy Romance Books. Taj
Taj
Image of Riley Clar from Elements: MM Fantasy Romance Books
Riley
Taj and Riley: Characters from Elements, gay romantasy series: the Taj and Song Trilogy
Taj and Riley, their first meeting
The after climate disruption series Horizons. Song, one of the queer characters from the books - art by svl yisanliu
Song
Taj and Luna from the Taj and Song Trilogy, MM Fantasy Romance Art
Taj and Luna, Moon Two
Dancing Taj, MM Fantasy Romance Art
Dancing Taj
Gates from the ACD Series, MM Fantasy Romance Art
The Gate on Planet Three (Bonaire)
Taj in the labs, MM Fantasy Romance Art from the queer romantasy series
Taj (the labs)
Taj and Song, art from the book called Elements, MM romantasy series
Song and Taj (the extraction surgery)
Taj fighting with creatures, MM Fantasy Romance Art
Taj (epidemics)
Taj rescuing Song, MM Fantasy Romance Art
Taj rescuing Song’s Crystal
Taj fighting with Creature, MM Romantasy Art
The arena fight (Taj and a creature)
Taj in the lake, Song watching him. Gay Romantasy Art from Book Elements
The lake scene (Song and Taj)
Taj dancing with a sword (a dance for Song) - gay romantasy art
Taj’s sword dance for Song
Image of Song's house, from Book Elements, Gay Romantasy Art
Song’s house
Taj and Song, queer love scene from SVL's MM Romantasy books
Taj and Song, and the cake
Queer character, teacher from the stories, bw portrait
Amber (William de Bruin, Elder Wu Amber), the teacher
Anders and Taj in energy labs, MM Romantasy Art by SVL YISANLIU
Anders, Song’s brother, working with Taj in energy labs

Crystals

Fantasy Art

Color drawing of a crystal and the space gate from the MM fantasy romance story ACD series
Energy Crystal from Gay Fantasy Romance Books
Crystal for the First Crystaler Series: MM Fantasy Romance Art
Crystal in embedding - drawing for the ACD queer fantasy books
Energy Crystal from the ACD series, post climate queer romance fantasy
Embedding with energy Crystal that goes into Ruben's chest, gay romantasy

Backgrounds

MM Romantasy Post-Climate ART

Gay Fantasy Romance Art (the Deserts, post-apo scenery)
The Deserts, post-climate scenery
The Deserts, art from Book Elements, MM Fantasy Romance Art
The Deserts, After Climate Disruption world
Background from Book Elements, MM Fantasy Romance Art
The Deserts, post-apo queer world
MM Fantasy Romance Art, the Gate, from the Crystaler Series
The Gate, Planet One
Image of Planet Three and the Gate, MM Fantasy Romance Art
The Gate in the New Empire
Art from Book Bridges, LGBT Fantasy Romance Art
Shadows territory, the Red Bridge from the Alliance
The energy Gate from the ACD Series, Gay romantasy series art
The Gate on Planet Three
MM Fantasy Romance Art: the Gate in the Empire
The Gate, the New Empire
Drawing from Book Bridges: MM Fantasy Romance Art
Shadows energy users’ territory

Sketches

Queer Romantasy ART

Ruben de Vrijk, from MM Fantasy Romance Books
Ruben
Drawing of Jo, Joost Meeran from MM Fantasy Romance Books
Jo
Aldo Descartes, MM Fantasy Romance Books
Aldo
Taj: MM Fantasy Romance Art
Taj
Riley: MM Fantasy Romance Art
Riley
Song: MM Fantasy Romance Art
Song
Tian, a character from the ACD Series, MM romantasy
Tian
Si, Shadows Young Master and the future leader of the New Empire, from MM romantasy series
Si
Avery, one of the gay characters from the book called Bridges
Avery
Rowan, the main female character from the book Elements, Taj's best friend
Rowan
Sketches of Taj, one of the gay characters from the Taj and Song Trilogy MM Romantasy Series
Luna An, Rowan's descendant, dual energy user from the ACD series
Luna (An)
Black and white drawing of a Crystal, MM romantasy art
Black and white drawing of a Crystal, MM Romantasy art
The First Crystal for the Embedding; Gay Romantasy Art
Sketch of an artificial energy source: Crystal, for queer fantasy stories
Sketch of an artificial energy source: Crystal, for queer fantasy stories
Sketch of an artificial energy source: Crystal, for queer fantasy stories

More about the drawing process, challenges, and joy of creating the art is on my blog. The art is included in the books: the Taj and Song Trilogy and, soon, in the Crystaler series.