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Vaelyane
@vaelyane.bsky.social
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🇫🇷 | Kael | 34 | He/They

Genderqueer illustrator based near Strasbourg, France. 🎨 Watercolours & digital paintings. 🖌 Currently focusing on personal art & zines.

No Gen•A•I.

⭐ https://linktr.ee/vaelyane
✨ #art #watercolor
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Vaelyane @vaelyane.bsky.social · Oct 18
Time for a pinned post!
Hey! I'm Kael, a queer illustrator from Strasbourg, France. I love watercolours, digital art, fantasy, nature & monsters. :D

I'm chronically ill and don't update often, but I put my whole heart in my work. Enjoy your stay!

My links:
⭐ linktr.ee/vaelyane
⭐ cara.app/vaelyane
Crop of a digital painting representing a handsome Krampus. Crop of a watercolour painting representing a confused mouse wearing a monk's habit. Watercolour painting depicting a swimmer and a merman meeting for a fleeting second underwater. Digital portrait of a merperson in front of an ornate frame.
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ivathehuman.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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lizwalcher.bsky.social
our tiny art team worked so hard to bring the hand-drawn style of this game to life!! I'm very proud to have been a part of crafting the beautiful things in this trailer.🌿
playwildflower.bsky.social Coven of the Chicken Foot - Wishlist Now on Steam! @playwildflower.bsky.social · 18d
Gertie and her creature companion must venture into dungeons & lush forests on a quest to fulfill a coven’s oath.

Wishlist now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3041680/...

Summon Hints from the Coven: wildflowerinteractive.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:17 AM
vaelyane.bsky.social
As 2025 comes to a close, I'd like to hope for a better creative year ahead, but every week of this one has buried my spirit a bit deeper.

If nothing else gets painted, so be it.
December 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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ianfay.bsky.social
Hugely disappointing to read he's pushing gAI on staff, despite apparently admitting it's had no productivity boost and caused staff pushback.

Loved BG3 and D:OS2 but this is enough to make me lose interest in Divinity.
jasonschreier.bsky.social Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 14d
NEW: I spoke to Larian boss Swen Vincke about their ambitions for their new RPG Divinity, cutting down development time, pressures from Baldur's Gate 3, why BG3 wouldn't have happened without Tencent, how Larian uses generative AI, and much more www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’
‘I think this one is going to be way better’ than ‘Baldur’s Gate 3,’ Larian CEO Vincke says
www.bloomberg.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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sleepyrogue.bsky.social
anti ai, pro hag
Text reads: USE AI? No thanks. I'd rather get my misinformation from the local swamp hag.
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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kellymckernan.bsky.social
There are only these three, one-of-a-kind pieces available, so if they’re catching your eye, don’t wait! They’re also 25% off until 12/10.

Thank you for supporting my work so I can keep creating! ✨

www.kellymckernan.com/shop
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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kellymckernan.bsky.social
Each one looks absolutely stunning in any light. I layered color shifting mica powders and sealed them into the frames along with iridescent accents throughout the artworks.
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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nicolegrosjean.bsky.social
I just entered these pieces into the Infected by Art book competition, wish me luck! And good luck to all my friends entering as well!

#yearofthesnake #yearofthedragon #unicorn #paperart
Year of the Wood Snake artwork titled ‘Time for a Change’ in reference to the Lunar New Year Zodiac animals. The red paper and holographic vinyl snake sheds its delicate Tengucho paper skin from the previous year. It is nestled in a laser etched watercolor paper plum tree with copious pink blossoms. The wood surround is also laser cut with shell veneer and 24k gold leaf accents. Year of the Wood Dragon is part of a Lunar New Year Zodiac series and features a cut paper and holographic vinyl dragon emerging from a laser carved wood surround. The green dragon is painted in watercolor and gouache with a wood, paper, and faux jade background. The dragon corners were hand sculpted in clay, molded, and cast in bronze with an antique patina applied. This unicorn piece titled ‘A Gilded Chain is Still a Chain’ is based loosely on the medieval Unicorn Tapestries. The artwork is made of intricately laser cut and layered cloth book papers, embroidered in real gold and silk embroidery threads. The unicorn is painted on cut silk watercolor paper with watercolor and gouache. The piece is embellished with 13k white and 24k yellow gold leaf and vintage glass beads.
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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lodrawsfilth.bsky.social
Share your knowledge if/when you can. Teaching other people how to do what you do doesn’t lessen your art - it just means more and better art for everyone.

I appreciate when people are willing to tell me about their brushes, how they study, etc… I want to put that back out into the world.
White text on a blue background, a yellow pencil, and a black blot of spilled ink. The text says “share if you welcome artistic questions”.
December 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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frydawolff.bsky.social
Quite nice. #Frankenstein Cc @realgdt.bsky.social

nineteeneightyeight.com/collections/...
Katja Skorjanc "The Creature" Print https://nineteeneightyeight.com/collections/new/products/katieshock?variant=45271138762950 giclee print on archival paper digital media using traditional tools (textured brushes/pens) created by a real human artist - not AI 16 x 20 inches open edition inspired by Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein
December 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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sabattons.com
perfumer, poisoner.
#oc #ocsky #elfenjoyers
a male elf in a long, black gown holds a book. he stands near an ambelic before a spot illustration of a red stained glass window.
December 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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abistevensart.bsky.social
Happy International Day of People With Disabilities!
Today I'd like everyone to remind themselves that not all disabilities are visible, and that nobody owes a stranger an explanation for how they are using accommodations or aids.
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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theoplum.bsky.social
The Nameless Prisoner is out now with 3 episodes, & you can read it on tapas or webtoon canvas!
✥✥✥✥
theostultz.carrd.co
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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decassette.bsky.social
new frogs
drawing frogs on a tree branch drinking mate. tropical vegetation in the background, plus a moon & stars
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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fenrirprime.bsky.social
Vampire Knight 🩸
November 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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teradiamart.bsky.social
It's my birthday today 💫
A retweet or a like would make me very happy (:
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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fidisart.bsky.social
🪦Till life do us part 🪦

GHOST MOMMY FULL from VILLAINESS by
@novamali.bsky.social and @damesprod.bsky.social 👻
Last couple days to preorder 🧡

🔗: www.kickstarter.com/projects/novaandmali/villainess

#ocsky
Art of a late victorian ghost lady, coming down the stairs with open arms for her husband. The artwork is in black and white with orange accents.
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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sculptedreef.com
🪸 Coral Garden 🪸

#Art #ArtYear #BSNM #BlueSkyArtShow #ArtGallery #CoralReef #Reef #Coral #Sculpture #MarineLife 🦑🐡
Close up of a mixed media artwork featuring hand beaded corals in olive green, golden topaz and hints of purple and gold.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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aorticinkwell.bsky.social
🔹-Regret-🔹

#Art #ArtSky #OC #OCsky
Sketch of an elf with their head cast down and their arms crossed in front of their chest. The lighting from above is casting shadows over the figure. Primary color palette is blue, black and white.
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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epsee.bsky.social
life of adventure
PLEASE PLAY KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE
June 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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elhyana.bsky.social
The book I'm working with a wonderful team is live on kickstarter you all!
Got give it a looksie! The preview itself should convince you!
🥰
mysti-zrpg.bsky.social Mysti // Z'RPG @mysti-zrpg.bsky.social · Nov 22
The Zenith #TTRPG Is:
🎒 About the Adventure, not just the Battles
🧵 Packed with in-built Crafting & Gathering Options
🧙 Using a Classic Mana-Style Spellcasting System
⛰️ Letting you reach your own Heights
🍻 Supporting Real (Awesome) Creatives

#Z'RPG #SelfPromoSaturday #NoAI
#FantasyArt #DungeonSynth
The Zenith TTRPG
A brand new D20/D12 TTRPG System, designed to enable limitless campaigns through expansive roleplay & character growth options!
www.kickstarter.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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moviessilently.bsky.social
“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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chechula.bsky.social
#folktaleweek2025 day 5: Charm ♥
November 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
vaelyane.bsky.social
Running away from my problems by sketching a young man and his worms.

#sketch #illustration #darkart
Digital sketch of a distinguished young man in a historical shirt with a black waistcoat, wearing an expression of wistful innocence on his face. Escaped strands of wavy hair brush over his eyes. A frog sits on his left shoulder with judging eyes, ignoring the squirming of a few worms around it. The frog and the lad are both looking at you. Your gaze wanders down to his hand, desperately grasping at the clothes covering his own chest in a stark contrast to the calm of his face. A couple of earthworms barely wriggle out of his grip. The worms. They curl around like his beautiful hair. You can't bring yourself to find them disgusting. In the background, unfinished floral elements are left to wrap around him in a weave of splotchy scribbles.
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM