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Lewlowned
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Just a fool learning to make art
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newedgeswordmag.bsky.social
If you have a few bucks to spare, please consider contributing to vital restoration and maintenance of the Robert E. Howard Museum. This is where it all began, folks!
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Save the REH Museum
Donations collected here go directly to the Robert E. Howard Foundation, which will forward 100% of the proceeds to Project Pride in Cross Plains, Texas, to support restoration and maintenance of the ...
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October 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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ianmcque.bsky.social
Another day, another ai enthusiast warning me I’ll get ‘left behind’ if I’m not careful. He makes the future of entertainment sound delightful
IG grab featuring an ai arsehole An ai arsehole tries to defend his use of ai
October 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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newedgeswordmag.bsky.social
🗓Meanwhile DAYS have been replaced by HOURS...🕑
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Text that says 72 hours left
September 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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newedgeswordmag.bsky.social
🗡🧙‍♂️WE'VE FUNDED🥳🎉
And are already on the way to our first stretch goal...a 17,000 word 'zine format bonus story - FREE for all backers!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Proper update when our editor isn't on a remote island with this little lady...
A smooth fox terrier sitting perfectly in front of an array of boulders coated in rich green lichen.
September 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
lewlowned.bsky.social
Worked on a little sketch of my bag today. Struggled mightily but glad I got out there and put something down as it’s been awhile!

I need to focus on measuring more and truly drawing what I see. I’m still sort of just trying to wing it through parts instead of slowing down.

#learningtodraw #art
A canvas bags sits on top of a heavily patterned chair, in the foreground is a wooden coffee table Sketch of a canvas bag sitting on a chair. Done in pen.
September 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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newedgeswordmag.bsky.social
W-we're actually at 8️⃣0️⃣% now! You are KILLING it.

Don't forget, you won't be charged until Sept 30th for the books, and won't be charged for the shipping until March 2026.

There simply is no better time to grab these books!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
September 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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comicprintinguk.bsky.social
Oh also I print comic books for a living. And I happen to think I’m rather good at it. You can get a quote here if you have a comic and you’d like to have it printed by someone rather good at that. comicprintinguk.com/get-a-quote/
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October 20, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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newedgeswordmag.bsky.social
⚔️Wee update about NESS 2025 staying deliciously on schedule⚔️: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
New Edge Sword & Sorcery 2025 Project Update: Staying on Schedule, Rough Dates for Fulfillment & Surveys, and More!
This is a brief update to let you know... • We continue to be on schedule as the final, "Ozalid", proofread was completed this Monday past and the truly final versions our th...
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September 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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newedgeswordmag.bsky.social
🪓Our VERY NEXT backer will get us to 50% funding!📈

👉WILL YOU BE THAT BACKER?👈

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
$7538 of $15200 from 125 backers with 20 days left
September 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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newedgeswordmag.bsky.social
💪50% in less than 24 hours💪
Hot dang, we're already halfway to publishing no less than four exciting new S&S novellas!

Thank you for pledging & sharing; let's get that other 50%! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Caption: 50% A triumphant Mongol nomad, sword triumphantly raised high with a spray of her foe's blood, says "In less than 24 hours!"
September 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
lewlowned.bsky.social
Messing with some grey markers I picked up. Trying to understand shading and colour better.

I know I’m all over the place and need to buckle down on the fundamentals, but these are nice little distractions!

#learningart #art #learntodraw
Rough line work accompanied by a rendered grouping of three boulders of various sizes.
September 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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newedgeswordmag.bsky.social
⚔️📖NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY NOVELLAS⚔️📖
STRETCH GOAL THREAD
First up? You know we gotta try for spray edges on these novellas!

Will backers get to vote for the colors on each book? You bet!

🧵(1/3)
Close up of the spray color edges of three stacked paperbacks, with the words "SPRAY COLOR EDGES" superimposed.
September 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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maxdunbar.bsky.social
4 days left on my artbook campaign, here is an excerpt of a witch, her owl, and some pumpkin mephits!
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#fantasyart
September 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
lewlowned.bsky.social
Another daily sketch and playing around with colour, trying to get a grasp on watercolours. This is just printer paper so it’s not great but fun to explore! Landscape from imagination and the tissue box from life. I’m happy with the tissue but lots to improve on with the box.

#dailysketch #learnart
Sketch of a tissue box in pencil, with a rough watercolor landscape below, with a mix of black mountains, green forests, sandy beach, and blue waters.
September 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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newedgeswordmag.bsky.social
We are very happy to have copies of Double Edge Sword & Sorcery, our two-novellas-in-one-book. available for purchase at Dog Eared Books!

Located in San Francisco, they also take online orders from far & wide: www.dogearedbooks.com/order-a-book-2
Copies of Double-Edge Sword & Sorcery, showing each of the two covers, are on display at a cute indie bookshop. Same as the first picture but now we've zoomed out to show the display is at the front cash of the store. An employee with big hair, a red sweater, and a black vest is working diligently among many stacks of books and lovely old bookshelves.
September 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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valerievaldes.bsky.social
The Flights of Foundry schedule is up! I’m moderating a bunch of panels, and doing a chill-n-chat with limited seating, so if you want to be there, sign up now: flights-of-foundry.org
Flights of Foundry – For Speculative Creators and their Fans
flights-of-foundry.org
September 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
lewlowned.bsky.social
Picked up a book on watercolor florals after countless videos watching @jamesgurneyart.bsky.social use it so beautifully.

I figured florals were a fun way to start (and not so intimidating). Here’s the process from sketch, printer paper, then on water colour paper

#learningart #art #watercolour
Initial sketch of floral with notes breaking down some mistakes and issues. The sketch was initially in pencil then overdrawn with a fine-tip pen. Another sketch of the daisy, this time I attempted to put some water colour down, it is a mess and way over saturated. There are some long blades of grass and some attempts at buttercups. Daisy with yellow paint dabbed lightly across the petals and in the centre. No background, stem, or any other parts
September 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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It's now live!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N86e...
September 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
lewlowned.bsky.social
Another drawing from life, the old rotting bird house out front. And the quick little landscape drawing with an attempt at a reflection

You can see the line practice mixed in too. I’d like to draw more as I’m not committing enough time and would like to improve faster
#learningart #art #learntodraw
A sketch of a birdhouse on top of a pole, surrounded by long grass, droopy flowers, and two large rocks. Off in the top right hand corner is a rough sketch of a landscape with a cube marked by alien etchings all reflected in a watery surface.
September 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
lewlowned.bsky.social
Did a sketch from life! I’ve gotta try this more as it was very fun, and gave me lots to learn.
A pencil sketch of two buildings surrounded by a stone retaining wall, a light pole and some equipment sits in the left
September 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
lewlowned.bsky.social
Another sketch where I tried to include a bit more beyond just the rocks. The perspective on the lake/water in the background is very off but I liked how the stone wall turned out.
Sketch of a wall of boulders with a mountain rising in the background, covered in trees and a lake that is way out of perspective.
September 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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valerievaldes.bsky.social
Witch You Would Day!

It's finally here! Witch You Would is out today! Proliferation of exclamation points!!! Thank you so much to everyone who boosted, pre-ordered, or is running out to a store today to grab a copy off a shelf; your support means the world to me. Double thanks if you tag me about…
Witch You Would Day!
It's finally here! Witch You Would is out today! Proliferation of exclamation points!!! Thank you so much to everyone who boosted, pre-ordered, or is running out to a store today to grab a copy off a shelf; your support means the world to me. Double thanks if you tag me about it on socials somewhere. Seeing my book in the world, physically or digitally, is so surreal in the best possible way.
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September 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
lewlowned.bsky.social
Tried some work from reference. Choices abound when searching “cool rocks.” Tried out a thumbnail, will work on being lighter and looser as I explore the forms.

Tomorrow I’m going to try some drawing from life and see how that goes!
A craggy rock formation drawn in ink, with a miniature version drawn in the bottom corner as a trial/practice to get the flow. A bunch of rounded boulders stacked on top of each other, with one balancing at the very top. Drawn and shaded with pencil. The sun is cast from the top left, throwing stark shadows on the right side of the individual forms
September 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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newedgeswordmag.bsky.social
⚔️ NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY NOVELLAS: FINAL REVEAL🏔
@draq.bsky.social brings us this new adventure of The Snow Leopard, with a cover by @vor-bokor.bsky.social, and interior illustration by @lizardbrain-art.bsky.social!

Learn more & sign up for the crowdfund here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Book cover for THE HUNT OF A THOUSAND LEAGUES, showing many and varied killers drawn looming over Orhan the Snow Leopard like mountains.
September 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
lewlowned.bsky.social
Last day at the lake and some more rock drawings!
Large boulders and rocks drawn in pencil with the view of a lake in the background beyond the sketchbook. One boulder has some markings on it indicating some sort of magical connection One large rock looking almost alien sureounded by further formations, looks like a place a great importance. A view of a pristine lake in the background above the sketchbook A cave entrance with a loose path and some large flat boulders near the entrance. The background of the photo has a lake and dock in view, with mountains rising up beyond
September 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM