Dewi - Map Artist 🏹🕯
@dewiwrites.bsky.social
Map illustrator, occasional writer & editor. Over 250 maps drawn on commission! 🗺
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With all the new people joining Bluesky, I thought it was a good time for an introduction post ✨️
I'm Dewi, an illustrator (and sometimes an editor) based in Staffordshire UK!
I've drawn over 200 maps for clients, and I've worked with everyone from indie authors to traditional publishers 🥰
I'm Dewi, an illustrator (and sometimes an editor) based in Staffordshire UK!
I've drawn over 200 maps for clients, and I've worked with everyone from indie authors to traditional publishers 🥰
I'm here to shamelessly plug my partner's bookstagram 😤
She's an avid gothic fiction fan and is reviewing books to begin with! There are big plans and it's going to be a fun journey, but we need to get it off the ground first 👀
If it sounds like your thing, go and follow the_cosy_crypt on Insta 🌻
She's an avid gothic fiction fan and is reviewing books to begin with! There are big plans and it's going to be a fun journey, but we need to get it off the ground first 👀
If it sounds like your thing, go and follow the_cosy_crypt on Insta 🌻
January 23, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I'm here to shamelessly plug my partner's bookstagram 😤
She's an avid gothic fiction fan and is reviewing books to begin with! There are big plans and it's going to be a fun journey, but we need to get it off the ground first 👀
If it sounds like your thing, go and follow the_cosy_crypt on Insta 🌻
She's an avid gothic fiction fan and is reviewing books to begin with! There are big plans and it's going to be a fun journey, but we need to get it off the ground first 👀
If it sounds like your thing, go and follow the_cosy_crypt on Insta 🌻
I did my duty and sat out in the cold and rain for an hour to count 8 birds 🫡
Big Garden Bird Watch 2026, done!
Big Garden Bird Watch 2026, done!
January 23, 2026 at 2:24 PM
I did my duty and sat out in the cold and rain for an hour to count 8 birds 🫡
Big Garden Bird Watch 2026, done!
Big Garden Bird Watch 2026, done!
Real talk, I'm tired and miserable and ready for better days 😅
January 23, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Real talk, I'm tired and miserable and ready for better days 😅
Drifting towards the end of my 20s, all I want from life is:
- Cute cosy evenings with my partner
- An endless supply of gardening and wildlife books and tv shows
- Enough history and nonfiction to keep my brain going "ooh, aah 🥹" at the world
- To be better at choosing peace and communication.
- Cute cosy evenings with my partner
- An endless supply of gardening and wildlife books and tv shows
- Enough history and nonfiction to keep my brain going "ooh, aah 🥹" at the world
- To be better at choosing peace and communication.
January 21, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Drifting towards the end of my 20s, all I want from life is:
- Cute cosy evenings with my partner
- An endless supply of gardening and wildlife books and tv shows
- Enough history and nonfiction to keep my brain going "ooh, aah 🥹" at the world
- To be better at choosing peace and communication.
- Cute cosy evenings with my partner
- An endless supply of gardening and wildlife books and tv shows
- Enough history and nonfiction to keep my brain going "ooh, aah 🥹" at the world
- To be better at choosing peace and communication.
Yesterday felt so long, in good and bad ways 😅
A change this year has been to try to confront and solve problems/fears as they come up instead of ignoring them. Essential growth to get where I want to be.
I hope you have a good day!
A change this year has been to try to confront and solve problems/fears as they come up instead of ignoring them. Essential growth to get where I want to be.
I hope you have a good day!
January 21, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Yesterday felt so long, in good and bad ways 😅
A change this year has been to try to confront and solve problems/fears as they come up instead of ignoring them. Essential growth to get where I want to be.
I hope you have a good day!
A change this year has been to try to confront and solve problems/fears as they come up instead of ignoring them. Essential growth to get where I want to be.
I hope you have a good day!
Feeling distinctly hedge-like 😅😅 gotta get this trimmed soon!
January 19, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Feeling distinctly hedge-like 😅😅 gotta get this trimmed soon!
When I woke up this morning, the first thing I did was get cramp in my neck 😅😅
Fortunately the rest of the day was much more successful 😅
Fortunately the rest of the day was much more successful 😅
January 19, 2026 at 10:19 PM
When I woke up this morning, the first thing I did was get cramp in my neck 😅😅
Fortunately the rest of the day was much more successful 😅
Fortunately the rest of the day was much more successful 😅
A hearty salute to my fellow freelancers who have to self-motivate even during this dark, sleepy, and very languid time of the year 🫡 we got this.
Time to put some peppy music on and get up 😅
Time to put some peppy music on and get up 😅
January 19, 2026 at 8:25 AM
A hearty salute to my fellow freelancers who have to self-motivate even during this dark, sleepy, and very languid time of the year 🫡 we got this.
Time to put some peppy music on and get up 😅
Time to put some peppy music on and get up 😅
Dragged myself down to the kitchen feeling like some sort of bog creature, snatched a pain au chocolat and went back to bed.
Some mornings are just like this 😅
Some mornings are just like this 😅
January 18, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Dragged myself down to the kitchen feeling like some sort of bog creature, snatched a pain au chocolat and went back to bed.
Some mornings are just like this 😅
Some mornings are just like this 😅
I'm so glad past me never threw out my old PS1 and PS2 games. I don't play them often, but it's so nice to know I can dip into them whenever I like.
There were so many good games made in that era. And! No installing 🤣 which I dislike about modern consoles.
There were so many good games made in that era. And! No installing 🤣 which I dislike about modern consoles.
January 17, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I'm so glad past me never threw out my old PS1 and PS2 games. I don't play them often, but it's so nice to know I can dip into them whenever I like.
There were so many good games made in that era. And! No installing 🤣 which I dislike about modern consoles.
There were so many good games made in that era. And! No installing 🤣 which I dislike about modern consoles.
I had a dream I had to write 5 post-apocalyptic short stories for an assignment.
The state of the world might have something to do with this, I reckon 😅
The state of the world might have something to do with this, I reckon 😅
January 17, 2026 at 6:51 AM
I had a dream I had to write 5 post-apocalyptic short stories for an assignment.
The state of the world might have something to do with this, I reckon 😅
The state of the world might have something to do with this, I reckon 😅
Very grateful to be fit/well enough to spend like 40mins-1hr a day walking the dogs.
That space to spend time in my own brain, away from everyday stuff, while doing something active is such an anchor 🥰
That space to spend time in my own brain, away from everyday stuff, while doing something active is such an anchor 🥰
January 16, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Very grateful to be fit/well enough to spend like 40mins-1hr a day walking the dogs.
That space to spend time in my own brain, away from everyday stuff, while doing something active is such an anchor 🥰
That space to spend time in my own brain, away from everyday stuff, while doing something active is such an anchor 🥰
I've woken up with a sore throat, which I just think is pretty mean, frankly 😠
I hope your Friday goes well!
I hope your Friday goes well!
January 16, 2026 at 8:28 AM
I've woken up with a sore throat, which I just think is pretty mean, frankly 😠
I hope your Friday goes well!
I hope your Friday goes well!
Morning everyone!
Only one more day till the weekend 😅 we got this!
Only one more day till the weekend 😅 we got this!
January 15, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Morning everyone!
Only one more day till the weekend 😅 we got this!
Only one more day till the weekend 😅 we got this!
What is it about winter that makes you need an extra hour or two of sleep? 😅😅
January 13, 2026 at 7:55 AM
What is it about winter that makes you need an extra hour or two of sleep? 😅😅
A charity person came to our door the other day. I answered, ready for the traditional pitch.
Instead he just said, "are your parents home?"
When I said no, he dismissed himself 😅😅
I turn 30 next month!!
Instead he just said, "are your parents home?"
When I said no, he dismissed himself 😅😅
I turn 30 next month!!
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 AM
A charity person came to our door the other day. I answered, ready for the traditional pitch.
Instead he just said, "are your parents home?"
When I said no, he dismissed himself 😅😅
I turn 30 next month!!
Instead he just said, "are your parents home?"
When I said no, he dismissed himself 😅😅
I turn 30 next month!!
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I'm putting a team together!
Let me know if you'd like to be involved as I start research and get excited about taking the first steps towards opening my own book shop. This is something I'm taking deadly seriously so any support from my bookish community will be really helpful!
Let me know if you'd like to be involved as I start research and get excited about taking the first steps towards opening my own book shop. This is something I'm taking deadly seriously so any support from my bookish community will be really helpful!
January 10, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I'm putting a team together!
Let me know if you'd like to be involved as I start research and get excited about taking the first steps towards opening my own book shop. This is something I'm taking deadly seriously so any support from my bookish community will be really helpful!
Let me know if you'd like to be involved as I start research and get excited about taking the first steps towards opening my own book shop. This is something I'm taking deadly seriously so any support from my bookish community will be really helpful!
Morning everyone!
The snow persists but so do we 😅
I hope you have a good Sunday!
The snow persists but so do we 😅
I hope you have a good Sunday!
January 11, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Morning everyone!
The snow persists but so do we 😅
I hope you have a good Sunday!
The snow persists but so do we 😅
I hope you have a good Sunday!
Apparently we had the worst snow in a decade here last night 😅😅
January 9, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Apparently we had the worst snow in a decade here last night 😅😅
I assume I know people on here who've been to therapy. What advice would you give to someone going for the first time? Someone who knows nothing at all about the process?
January 7, 2026 at 6:58 AM
I assume I know people on here who've been to therapy. What advice would you give to someone going for the first time? Someone who knows nothing at all about the process?
We have a new electric kettle that not only boils water, but can heat it to whatever temperature you choose AND has a thermometer so you can see exactly what temperature the water is.
The future is here! 😅😅
The future is here! 😅😅
January 6, 2026 at 9:33 AM
We have a new electric kettle that not only boils water, but can heat it to whatever temperature you choose AND has a thermometer so you can see exactly what temperature the water is.
The future is here! 😅😅
The future is here! 😅😅
So. 2025 was fucking awful, wasn't it? 😅
January 6, 2026 at 12:09 AM
So. 2025 was fucking awful, wasn't it? 😅
I made myself a pot of tea, put my phone away and allowed myself 40ish minutes of brainstorming/plotting time for a writing project.
Baby steps.
Baby steps.
January 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I made myself a pot of tea, put my phone away and allowed myself 40ish minutes of brainstorming/plotting time for a writing project.
Baby steps.
Baby steps.
Today's the day I start taking down the christmas decorations, pray for me 😅😅
January 5, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Today's the day I start taking down the christmas decorations, pray for me 😅😅
So it's snowed a little bit 🤣🤣
January 5, 2026 at 9:51 AM
So it's snowed a little bit 🤣🤣