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Laya 🌿🍄
@layahimalaya.bsky.social
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Hugo award winning illustrator/designer (and sometimes cosplayer) in Aotearoa 🌼 I love fantasy, fungi & books!

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layaroseart.com/links
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Laya 🌿🍄 @layahimalaya.bsky.social · Apr 12
I’m Laya, an artist who loves fantasy, nature, & books!
I design/illustrate covers/picture books, make bookmarks/stickers & other merch, and do lots of book fanart!

🌿 layaroseart.com/links
✉ layaroseart.kit.com
Photo of a bunch of paperback books, spines visible, with some picture books (cover forward) on the right, with some aesthetic vines and mushrooms around. The books include: Xenocultivars, No Man's Land, Errant, There's Magic Between Us, Common Bonds, Once Stolen, Ngake Me Whataitai, and The Eight Gifts of Te Wheke. illustration of two girls in a spooky forest, surrounded by glowing mushrooms and moss and animal bones. The girl on the left is taller, with brown skin and braids, and is holding up a bone knife and protecting the other girl, in a thin dress with blank eyes and a white streak in her hair. Behind the tree trunks behind them is the silhouette of a large raven with its wings outstretched, blending into the sky, with glowing eyes. Illustration of red and blue from this is how you lose the time war. They are floating on a white background, hands clasped, with the other hands on a knee and in the hair. Red is robotic, with a full face visor and black short hair with red tips, chest armour and armoured arms with cybernetic patters, a red hood, and a long split skirt over legs that go to points. Blue is planty and animalistic, with a mask-like face with 6 yellow eyes and fangs, long curly dark hair, insect wings, four arms with vines going up them and bent back feet. She is wearing a short sleeved top and long skirt. flatlay of various prints stickers and bookmarks, all green/cream with bug and moss themes. There's a moth book spine bookmark, two moth stickers, a snail sticker, a sticker and print of bug themed book spines, and a sticker sheet of mossy skulls with a couple bugs, and some cicada wing earrings. Also a bookmark of a snake around a gold dagger (snakes can be bugs).
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i did a normal amount of book fanart this year
wrapup of all the book fanart I did in 2025!
(in order of posting) this is how you lose the time war meme metal from heaven sketches metal from heaven marney/vikare this fatal kiss metal from heaven character designs babel izutsumi they bloom at...
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December 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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divyampersaud.com
Crips for eSIMs is still sending and topping up eSIMs for people in Gaza - the project is in the red right now (including our UK team).

Please share widely - US / Canada / UK specific links in the description: chuffed.org/project/crip...
Crips for eSims for Gaza
Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.
chuffed.org
December 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
layahimalaya.bsky.social
i did a normal amount of book fanart this year
wrapup of all the book fanart I did in 2025!
(in order of posting) this is how you lose the time war meme metal from heaven sketches metal from heaven marney/vikare this fatal kiss metal from heaven character designs babel izutsumi they bloom at...
layaart.tumblr.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
layahimalaya.bsky.social
I would love to not work ever and just go swimming in the river and the ocean very day
Photo of a green river Photo of some steps going down to the ocean at nelson harbour
December 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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layahimalaya.bsky.social
voting is open now! 🙌
indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
clh2oars.bsky.social Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 24d
PAINTED FLOCK (Val-de-mer #2) has seven nominations, including one for @layahimalaya.bsky.social 's gorgeous art 💙
Thank you for the Indie Ink Awards Nominations (I am beyond honoured for the *sheer number* of nominations!) Painted Flock Best book cover and cover artist, Best friendship, Best morally gray character, Best setting, Writing the Future We Need: Asexual or Aromantic Representation, Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation, Writing the Future We Need: Trans or Nonbinary Representation
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
layahimalaya.bsky.social
anyone enjoy Textures? my friend suggested I scan some of the handmade paper I've made recently. Here it is.

download for free/PWYW on my ko-fi: ko-fi.com/A112LLZ/shop
The edges of 10 pieces of colourful handmade paper arranged diagonally, in a gradient from grey to blue/green to orange/pink. scanned image of handmade paper in red, orange, yellow, and cream, with speckles and clumps of colour.
December 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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kayleerowena.com
✸ you'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling!!! ✸

finally finished this piece over the weekend so i could have prints of it at the lesbian bar holiday market! #art #chappellroan
an illustration of chappell roan in the jester-themed outfit she wore at her edinburgh concert — a diamond-patterned corset, big stylized sleeves, a clown ruff, and knee-high gold boots with a jester hat. she's reclining with one leg up, holding a banner that says "good luck babe!"
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
layahimalaya.bsky.social
voting is open now! 🙌
indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
clh2oars.bsky.social Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 24d
PAINTED FLOCK (Val-de-mer #2) has seven nominations, including one for @layahimalaya.bsky.social 's gorgeous art 💙
Thank you for the Indie Ink Awards Nominations (I am beyond honoured for the *sheer number* of nominations!) Painted Flock Best book cover and cover artist, Best friendship, Best morally gray character, Best setting, Writing the Future We Need: Asexual or Aromantic Representation, Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation, Writing the Future We Need: Trans or Nonbinary Representation
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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layahimalaya.bsky.social
Angelina & Jagvi from Feast While You Can.

#feastwhileyoucan #art
digital character illustration from the knees up of a woman standing, looking worried, with squiggly demonic swirls around her. She has brown skin, freckles, and is in a tight singlet, pink paisley shirt, and jeans. digital character illustration from the knees up of a woman standing, arms crossed. She is Indian and butch, with a short spiky mullet, in a black singlet and black pants. The background is dark sunsetty colours with squiggly swirls around her - but not touching her.
December 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
layahimalaya.bsky.social
I'm closing my online store tomorrow night! It'll be mostly closed over the next couple months, so get things now if you want em!

layaroseart.storenvy.com
many brightly coloured fantasy bookmarks laid out diagonally. 8 sticker designs, of little stacks of books with different fantasy and nature themes. A bunch of a5 prints laid out diagonally. including metal from heaven, light from uncommon stars, the jasmine throne, a spear cuts through water, a dark and drowning tide, a day of fallen night
December 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
layahimalaya.bsky.social
exciting!!
clh2oars.bsky.social Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 24d
PAINTED FLOCK (Val-de-mer #2) has seven nominations, including one for @layahimalaya.bsky.social 's gorgeous art 💙
Thank you for the Indie Ink Awards Nominations (I am beyond honoured for the *sheer number* of nominations!) Painted Flock Best book cover and cover artist, Best friendship, Best morally gray character, Best setting, Writing the Future We Need: Asexual or Aromantic Representation, Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation, Writing the Future We Need: Trans or Nonbinary Representation
December 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
layahimalaya.bsky.social
Angelina & Jagvi from Feast While You Can.

#feastwhileyoucan #art
digital character illustration from the knees up of a woman standing, looking worried, with squiggly demonic swirls around her. She has brown skin, freckles, and is in a tight singlet, pink paisley shirt, and jeans. digital character illustration from the knees up of a woman standing, arms crossed. She is Indian and butch, with a short spiky mullet, in a black singlet and black pants. The background is dark sunsetty colours with squiggly swirls around her - but not touching her.
December 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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layahimalaya.bsky.social
hello wellington I will be at the newtown market this weekend! last event for a few months!
Poster: Christmas Newtown market, newtown school hall, get your gifts and decorations while supporting locals, december 6 91m-2pm, cash preferred, free entry photo of me and my stall at auckland armageddon. i have nature and fantasy stickers, bookmarks, etc.
December 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
layahimalaya.bsky.social
hello wellington I will be at the newtown market this weekend! last event for a few months!
Poster: Christmas Newtown market, newtown school hall, get your gifts and decorations while supporting locals, december 6 91m-2pm, cash preferred, free entry photo of me and my stall at auckland armageddon. i have nature and fantasy stickers, bookmarks, etc.
December 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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wellingtonskeleton.space
If there's one thing I learned in my brief career as a lobbyist, it's that the most important things in any approach are persistence and diversity: You've gotta keep pressing MPs and Ministers, and you've gotta do it through as many different avenues as you can. #NZPOL
wellingtonskeleton.space The Day After New Year's Dave @wellingtonskeleton.space · Dec 1
Re my last repost (about this open letter), I just want to say that my regular point about ActionStation petitions not necessarily being the best way to go doesn't apply here - this is an open letter to the Minister, rather than a petition. And that's exactly what ActionStation IS ideal for! #NZPOL
Reverse the decision to deny transgender and takatāpui young people access to puberty blockers
Dear Minister Simeon Brown We write to you as transgender and takatāpui young people of Aotearoa New Zealand to ask you to reconsider your decision to ban the use of puberty blockers (gonadotropin-re...
our.actionstation.org.nz
December 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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layahimalaya.bsky.social
I was tempted into doing this tiktok art trend….. #art
December 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
layahimalaya.bsky.social
I was tempted into doing this tiktok art trend….. #art
December 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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jagalart.bsky.social
HUE 24
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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funeralbeat.bsky.social
👩‍🌾 Grab your tools
An illustration of a young women yanking a weed out of a bed of marigolds. The primary colours of the piece are deep green and a saffron yellow, with some brown and moss green tones as well. The camera is looking up at the young girl with a forced perspective, as she pulls out the weed while leaning back. The text reads: PULL FASCISM UP BY THE ROOT.
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
layahimalaya.bsky.social
considering washi tape
#art
4 horizontal strips of digital art of washi tape designs, the top two of a bunch of lichen and moss on brown bark, and the bottom a bunch of green moss textures with some leafy vines.
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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layahimalaya.bsky.social
I made some little themed bookmark & sticker sets! most have 3 bookmarks, a sticker sheet, & sticker
photo of 9 small packs of art, colour coded and themed and arranged in rainbow ish order. photo of the top label of the art packs layered over each other, the titles are: necromantic, bugs, witchy, oceanic, fungi, celestial, fantasy, magical, floral.
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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treelet.bsky.social
This is my third game, about a small delivery robot in a ruined city. I wanted to explore things like: more descriptive text, game over states, inventories, cutscenes, etc. while telling a simpler story.

Music by @laurentds.bsky.social!

DELIVERY: treelet.itch.io/delivery
#bitsy #interactivefiction
a title screen with a pixel icon envelope: delivery, art and words by danielle taphanel a pixel screenshot of some ruined buildings viewed from afar, emitting signals. a pixel screenshot of a hermetically sealed room viewed from above with a highlighted sprite of a person. a pixel screenshot of the top of a tall building in isometric view with a small highlighted cursor over an entrance shaft.
December 31, 2024 at 3:43 AM
layahimalaya.bsky.social
I made some little themed bookmark & sticker sets! most have 3 bookmarks, a sticker sheet, & sticker
photo of 9 small packs of art, colour coded and themed and arranged in rainbow ish order. photo of the top label of the art packs layered over each other, the titles are: necromantic, bugs, witchy, oceanic, fungi, celestial, fantasy, magical, floral.
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
layahimalaya.bsky.social
extremely tragic that on a beautiful sunny day in wellington when i want to go swim in the ocean I canNOT tell from where i live if it's super windy and unpleasant at the beach or perfect and smooth
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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redgoldsparks.bsky.social
You have about 24 more hours to bid on a set of signed books and stickers from me, or any of the other 280+ items in this year's Peacetober Art Auction! This fundraiser will help support 25 Palestinian family campaigns in Gaza:

www.32auctions.com/organization...
Signed copies of 'Gender Queer' and 'Breathe'
Auction item 'Signed copies of 'Gender Queer' and 'Breathe'' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM