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A.R. Ivanovich
@arivanovich.bsky.social
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Author of HAVEN, PAPERGLASS, MONARCH, and LASTLAND (The War of Princes series is undergoing a 3rd edition). ♠️✨🌿📚
YA Fantasy & Sci-fi. Artist. Poet. Gamer. Nature lover.
Introvert with spasms of extroversion. Creative instigator.
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A.R. Ivanovich @arivanovich.bsky.social · Nov 20
Time to share some art! I painted this long ago, imagining a scene I’d written in my book HAVEN (The War of Princes). Dylan and Kat race across the beach at Breakwater, a military hover-ship in the distance. #ArtSky #BookSky
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Drawing with sharp objects.

All things are connected.

#artyear #scratchart #art #traditional
Black and white scratch art depicting two panels of twinkling stars, framing a patch of grass with a plant growing and reaching for the dot-and-dash beams of sunlight radiating from above.
October 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Late insomnia nights are excellent for writing.

The pairing of darkness and silence leaves plenty of space to be colored by imagination.

#night #writing
October 13, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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A possible aurora seeped through the clouds the other night. There was nothing but pasture and trees beneath it.

Whatever it was, it was beautiful. 💜

#nature
Night blackened trees reach up toward a vivid and eerie magenta light, saturating the heart of voluminous white-gray clouds.
October 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Simplicity.

I thought about filling this scratch art with detail… but I kind of like the negative space too.

#art #artyear #starry
A black sheet of scratch paper has been scraped to reveal the white layer beneath. A triangle is filled with chime-like vertical lines ending in dots and dashes. The triangle top is crowned by a circle filled with stars. Two curving lines seem to radiate from the triangle beneath the circle and the negative space is resounding.
September 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Sketching with sharp objects again. 🖤✨

#scratchart #art #artyear #doodle
Black scratch paper has been scraped with an xacto craft knife, illustrating a sharply pointed triangle filled with asymmetrical subjects. Arrows and cut flowers rain down on a trio of weeping eyes, while plants grow and unfurl from below. A single spearhead points upward at the peak of triangle.
August 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Hope some good shit happens to you tomorrow.
August 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Rolling up my sleeves for final edits.

There are so many details to track in original world fantasy epics. Keeping organized notes is imperative! Every edit requires note updates. An encyclopedia is beginning to take shape!

#writing #writingcommunity #fantasy
August 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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A beetle and a wild plum.

The beetle knows to keep their friends close and their snacks closer!

#outdoors #nature
A small wild plum sits beside a black beetle on weathered wooden planks.
August 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Mistakes were made. I stayed up all night. I'm doomed.

I drew until my eyes were blurry and I was half asleep. I wanted to write a poem with it but my cognitive capabilities have been gone for several hours now.

Meteor shower. 🖤✨

#digital #art #artsky #artyear #meteorshower
A rough digital painting of a vivid twilight sky in rich hues of purple, indigo, pink, orange and gold. An array of meteors sail across the night sky over a sea of fluffy clouds. One meteor is prominent, with four in the midground and sixteen far in the background. The meteors have an amber glow.
February 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Moonrise over the mountain.

#digital #art #artyear #fantasy
A digital painting that peers beyond three tree trunks purpled with shade, past a thick forest that fades into a golden haze at the foot of a rainbow mountain. Beyond the summit, the mountain range continues, bleached with sunshine. A pale three tower castle spikes up in the distance, over-arched by a large waxing moon.
August 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Read what you want to read, thoroughly because it looks interesting to you. Take recommendations, but don't allow anyone to apply peer pressure on your literary interests.

There's millions of books out there that might speak to you, instead.
August 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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One of my favorite things about writing is when the story writes itself.

When the characters speak for themselves, make choices according to their own logic, and the plot twists and turns of its own volition.

A writer “in the flow” is often just as surprised as readers!

#writing #writingcommunity
August 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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“Old Friends”

I’m having fun experimenting with this style.

#digital #painting #art #artyear
A rough and colorful painting of two tall, teal trees framing the view of a forest rolling out beneath a distant mountain. Thick foliage covers the ground. A crescent moon and single star share company in the yellow, pink and blue dusk.
August 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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NOVELIST starter pack featuring @kitdewaal.com @regretteruane.bsky.social @susannacrossman.bsky.social @drewgum.bsky.social @salmanshaheen.bsky.social @anna-orridge.bsky.social @jendiagammon.bsky.social @tammykomoff.bsky.social & many more. Please follow & repost the pack #booksky #writingcommunity
July 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Portrait illustration for @/Alpestris on Vgen 🖤

#art #illustration #darkfantasy #vgen
Character portrait illustration of an original character owned by client. They have bronze skin and long, straight, brown hair - braided in two on one side. They have a slight smirk on their face, in which is pretty visible a scar that goes from the corner of their mouth to their cheek. They have bright light blue eyes and another scar following the circumference of their neck full of necklaces. They also wear earrings, one gold and another red, a pendent. They've got an oriental layered vest on, one layer is green, one is black and another one is yellow, and all of them have print on. The atmosphere is mysterious and dark, and the attention is completely onto their face and the little smile curving their full lips.
July 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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I have conflicting sentiments about the fashion industry...
but I truly appreciate the storytelling and visual poetry of an artist who has something to say.

Robert Wun transported me with this set. Truly incredible.

#fashion #couture #runway

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-88...
ROBERT WUN FW25 Couture - "Becoming"
YouTube video by Robert Wun
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July 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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A scribble portrait of Valance the void-kitty in a puddle of sunlight.

#art #artyear #digital #cat
A digital painting in a loose, messy style, featuring a black cat sitting in a pool of sunlight on a brown floor. Thought bubbles drift up to a simple peace sign.
July 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Hazy.

#art #artyear #digital
This digital painting features a hazy lake at dawn. Mist rises from the surface, obscuring a wooded shoreline. The water reflects lavender clouds against a peach and blush sky.
July 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Froog!!

#frog #nature #outdoors
A photo of a proud and mighty bullfrog floats at the top of a pond, lush with lily pads and water plants. Sun dappled the surface and the water reflects the trees above.
July 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Fresh poetry, hot off the finger-tips.

#poem #poetry
A poem called, "STEPS" reads: I sat on the steps and cried today, my head bobbing to the music, the same way it did when I was fifteen. Starry-eyed dreams reflect across every particle of water vapor I've ever breathed... until I don't anymore. Relax, I'm not rushing. Not going anywhere. Just nodding to the song. I'd really like to see some post-nihilistic streets. A.R. Ivanovich
July 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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A quick painting of peace and flight.

The first 30 seconds are a reduction technique. Layering light to dark, then erasing to expose it while retaining depth.

#art #artyear #digital #dragon
July 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Quick sketch!

The prompt was, “Butterfly knight.”

#sketch #doodle #artyear
July 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Reach
Abstract image of am arm, reaching through flowers and butterflies to touch a black, radiating orb.
November 15, 2024 at 12:04 AM
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I’ve added this ink drawing to my Etsy store.
Capturing my frustration and anxiety about…a lot of things.

#art #artsky #drawing #ink #illustration #emotional

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An ink drawing of multiple hands covering a face. A symbol of frustration and anxiety.
July 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Reading the books of mutuals!

…And Out Come the Toys is @brandenburgdm.bsky.social’s absolutely rad horror novella. Steeped in 80’s & 90’s nostalgia, we follow a punk friend group determined to break into an old toy factory for one last night of adventure. This story pulls no punches!

#booksky
A copy of the book …And Out Come the Toys by Matt Brandenburg is held by a pale woman’s hand while a black cat lays on the wooden floor in the background.
July 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM