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🌊 Ell 🌊
@elljwalker.bsky.social
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I make comics and art and stuff in Edinburgh and think wistfully about sad men, horses and the ocean often

she/they

Website: elljwalker.com
Shop: elljwalker.etsy.com
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🌊 Ell 🌊 @elljwalker.bsky.social · Mar 8
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I'm Ell! A Scottish comic artist and illustrator (award nominated!) who originally emerged from the north sea.
✍️ I am available for work ✍️

💌 ell.j.walker(at)gmail.com
🌊 elljwalker.com
A full colour illustration of a magpie in flight, its iridescent green and blue feathers shaded with pencil lines. It is carrying a stem of variegated ivy that curls underneath it as it flies. A monochrome comic page featuring a character being grabbed by several pairs of hands, holding him down and putting fingers in his mouth. One pair of hands holds up a pair of pliers. A painted waist-up sketch of jean vicquemare from Disco Elysium, a white man with dark hair, spiky facial hair and small round scars on his cheek and neck. He is standing in the rain with his head tilted to the sky, a look of relief and gratitude on his face. His shirt is clinging to his skin and has orange highlights on it. The rest of the colour scheme uses mostly deep blues and purples. A photograph of five different greeting cards spread out on a furry blanket. Each card has a different medieval style lino print design on them, in a different colour. On the prints are a green gargoyle, a red phoenix, a blue pegasus, a pink dragon and a golden unicorn.
elljwalker.bsky.social
Things are indescribably rough for small business rn, and I'm so sad to see Quindrie go, but I'm SO proud of @evegwood.com for making it happen in the first place. You made such a huge difference in the scene for creators & worked SO hard. 💕 There are incredible books that now exist because of you.
quindriepress.com Quindrie Press @quindriepress.com · 1d
I have made the incredibly difficult decision to close down Quindrie Press at the end of 2026. Please read my full statement, along with information about what's next at Quindrie and an FAQ, here: quindriepress.com/closing
Quindrie Press will close at the end of 2026. A full statement with FAQ is available to read on the Quindrie Press website.
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
elljwalker.bsky.social
I now have incredibly frustrating chronic fatigue after getting covid in 2022. Please wear a maaaaask, it sucks
goblinstunts.bsky.social Freya JN @goblinstunts.bsky.social · 1d
Thought Bubble is next weekend! Really excited, but please please wear a mask - i see fewer & fewer each year, and COVID is just as serious as it was 5 years ago. TB is an amazing event, but it’s not worth getting disabled or immunocompromised.
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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goblinstunts.bsky.social
Thought Bubble is next weekend! Really excited, but please please wear a mask - i see fewer & fewer each year, and COVID is just as serious as it was 5 years ago. TB is an amazing event, but it’s not worth getting disabled or immunocompromised.
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
elljwalker.bsky.social
Commission for @nekocrouton.bsky.social :)
#jeanharry
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
elljwalker.bsky.social
I keep forgetting this isn't twitter and wanting to retweet things I suddenly remembered
A screencap of a tweet by Ell (@elljwalker) from the 7th of April 2020. It reads: "Anyway there's nothing funnier than asking someone something then saying "what say you?" like Aragorn, but then interrupting them as they begin to reply by repeating "WHAT SAY YOU!?" again like in the film when he's yelling at all those green ghosts"
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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pondi.bsky.social
The official Shart movie poster Nathan got me to make when he originally came up with the idea
A stock image of a yellow spaceship with the door photoshopped open, and Jim Carrey is in the door. The text at the top says ‘Jim Carrey is… SHART’
November 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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toadlett.bsky.social
omg such a lovely review! can't beleive Broken Frontier reviewed the hit film Shart
both me and @elljwalker.bsky.social will have this available at thoughtbubble this year! comics by both of us plus @evegwood.com and @spiremint.bsky.social in one book!
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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thecojsz.bsky.social
We've extended the open call until November 25th!

Join us in helping raise the means so that this wonderful East African LGBTQIA+ refugee community can move to safety.

Check out our open call, and if you've got any questions, just let me know 🌱🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
thecojsz.bsky.social anker @thecojsz.bsky.social · Oct 12
🌱 WE BUILD A HOME: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

We're looking for existing or new illustrations and short comics (max 3 pages) for a digital fundraiser zine to support East African LGBTQIA+ refugees build a home in South Sudan.

More about the project here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We Build a Home - call for submissions
We Build a Home - call for submissions Call for submissions for illustrations and short comics of max. 3 pages* about stories of what a home might mean to someone in the context of being queer. > SU...
docs.google.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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tagsfest.co.uk
📢 Panel starting soon! Join @elljwalker.bsky.social and @mortiscausa.bsky.social as they talk about modern and historic fanfiction.

🎤 See what other panels are happening at tagsfest.co.uk#talks
October 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
elljwalker.bsky.social
SEE YOU AT @tagsfest.co.uk TOMORROW 🥰 Free entry at Fruitmarket!
a diagram of the tags floorplan, with a little portrait of ell drawn over the top, pointing towards their table: number 37. The text reads: Ell is at TAGSfest on Saturday! Table 37.
October 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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quindriepress.com
This weekend is @tagsfest.co.uk at Fruitmarket in Edinburgh! Quindrie Press will have a small selection of books available. Attendance is free, so come check out some incredible self-published work, listen to some talks from experienced creators, or drop by the Board Game Zone for some tabletop fun!
October 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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rabbitrabbitwolf.bsky.social
Some older #DiscoElysium doodles of the non-Kim & Harry variety
October 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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nazkha.bsky.social
DISCOTOBER 02 EQUESTRIAN COP #discoelysium #discoelysiumfanart #discotober #jeanvicquemare
October 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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pondi.bsky.social
Not long left to fill this in!
If you make comics in any capacity the comic creator survey wants to know! x
streakofpith.bsky.social Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · Oct 2
🚨FINAL FEW DAYS!🚨

The UK Comics Creator Survey will close forever at midnight on Monday 6th! Have you submitted your response yet? Or were you, like me*, waiting for the last minute? The last minute is now, lads! Get in there!

ukcomicscreators.org.uk

*I thrive** on pressure
**Exist painfully
October 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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discoelysiumbot.bsky.social
“I enjoy thinking about truly fundamental concepts, like the alphabet for instance.”
September 30, 2025 at 6:44 AM
elljwalker.bsky.social
I'm going to be talking at @tagsfest.co.uk next month with the wonderful @mortiscausa.bsky.social about fanfiction as folklore, and old stories! <3 See you there?
tagsfest.co.uk TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · Sep 24
Our panel lineup is out! This will be our first year running talks alongside the Marketplace and Board Game Zone, and we have some great discussions lined up for you.

🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk
Talks & Panels All of our talks are free to attend, but space is limited. We suggest queueing up 10 minutes before the talk begins to guarantee getting a seat. Talks run for 45 mins. Saturday Pitch to Page: How do you make a comic? 11am. Scripting, compositions, pencilling, inking, colouring, lettering, printing; so much goes into every comic you've loved reading. Sit in with veteran comic creators Gustaffo Vargas and Jenny Mure as they chat about the comic-making process. Fanfiction, the Old Human Tradition. 12.30pm. Fanfiction has always been part of storytelling culture. Join Ell J Walker and Fran Morton as they discuss the similarities and differences between modern and historic fanfiction. Comics For Your Own Good: Educating through comics. 2pm. As a medium, comics are a very accessible way to share information. Cat Laird and Julie Campbell will discuss the strength of comics in education and community outreach. You Can Be a Luddite: How artists can resist AI. 3.30pm. Listen to comic creator Tom Humberstone discuss the impact of generative AI on the creative process, and how artists and audiences can rally against the rising tide of slop. Sunday First Draft to Final Product: How do you make a game? 11am. Join TTRPG publisher Paolo Greco / Lost Pages and game designer Letty Wilson as they discuss the ins and outs of the game-making process. Let's Talk Cash: The cold hard finances of making comics. 12.30pm. Many creative industries are financially lean fields. With the costs of living ever spiralling, Faye Stacey and James Lawrence discuss the realities of making money as comic creators, from self-publishing to public funding. Autobiography & Vulnerability. 2pm. Steven Fraser, Ashling Larkin, and Amandawonk come together to discuss their experiences of autobiographical work, and the power of creating comics about yourself.
September 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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vaguebiscuit.bsky.social
Well don't I feel stupid
A headline about the James Webb Telescope potentially finding a new stellar object dubbed a black hole star
September 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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tsundernova.bsky.social
“Grrr” the comic
September 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
elljwalker.bsky.social
I have finished Hollow Knight and am happy with my decision to not get Silksong... I got thru HK with only a few angry crash out "THIS IS NO LONGER FUN" moments but if Silksong is way worse then....no thanks!! I like to have fun actually
September 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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alexassan.com
Do you want to fuck a vampire? Will you fuck a vampire? When will you fuck a vampire? If you buy this book you will get to fuck a vampire
haridraws.bsky.social Hari Conner @haridraws.bsky.social · Sep 23
🩸 OUT TODAY 🥀
Disappear into a dark forest and get seduced, devoured, and perhaps escape your job for good, in NIGHT AT THE VAMPIRE CASTLE: A choose-your-own-romance for adult readers

✶ No experience needed
✶ Replayable
✶ Illustrated
& out now www.hari-illustration.com/natvc
Hari holding a copy of the book 'night at the vampire castle' while wearing a suitably vampiric shirt with a ruffly collar - the graphic reads 'out today!' Photo of an open copy of the book 'night at the vampire castle' where you can see the text and an illustration of an ominous castle on a stormy night
September 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
elljwalker.bsky.social
Lmao. Of course.
toadlett.bsky.social a toad at TBubs, B14 2000AD hall! @toadlett.bsky.social · Sep 23
pretty shameful that after supposedly implementing anti AI policies for vendors, fan frontier seems to be using AI in their own imagery. Would be interested to know if the artist commissioned to design these mascots is aware their client has done this!
www.forthefans.uk
screenshot from a site called "was it AI" that aims to check the likelihood an image was made using genAI. an image from the fan frontier website (a landscape with distant mountains, flowering cherry trees, and two cartoon mascots in the foreground) has been run through it, and the site shows that "we are quite confident that this image, or significant part of it, was created by AI. screenshot from a site called AI image detector that aims to check the likelihood an image was made using genAI. an image from the fan frontier website (a landscape with distant mountains, flowering cherry trees, and two cartoon mascots in the foreground) has been run through it, and the site shows that "this image is likely AI generated" with a 100% probability shown in the analysis.
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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toadlett.bsky.social
working on a thing! toadrefs.carrd.co
please let me know if you find anything wonky.
Toadlett's refs
a list of reference websites
toadrefs.carrd.co
September 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
elljwalker.bsky.social
I think I've been called into a meeting without realising
A photograph of a living room with green corner sofa, a window in the back full of plants with a hedge outside. Two dogs, Charlie and Rowan, sit on the couch. Charlie is small, black and brown with folded over ears, and looking into camera. Rowan is orange, slightly larger and has huge upright ears.
September 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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evegwood.com
My wonderful friend Cara had her bike stolen a little while ago! She's running a raffle to raise money for repairs after managing to get it back. Please share this Bluesky post!

🍭 Enter raffle: raffall.com/396362/enter...
🍬 Share original post, enter to win freebies: www.instagram.com/p/DORWiYqDBzs
September 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
elljwalker.bsky.social
The emergency alert awoke her highness ):
A photo of rowan the orange podenco - a dog with a narrow face, pink nose and huge upright ears, lying half under a blanket, head raised and looking into the camera with a disgruntled expression
September 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM