A.Valliard
@valliard.bsky.social
Allegorist, ink scribbler, occasional ham actor. They/them. Perpetrator of THE CITY OF LOST INTENTIONS: A Guide for the Artistically Waylaid.
Out now! (unfortunately)
www.thecityoflostintentions.com
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Out now! (unfortunately)
www.thecityoflostintentions.com
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A.Valliard
@valliard.bsky.social
· Jul 4
"Being a Compendium of Fallibility, a Bestiary of Artistic Fears & Foibles, and an Unhelpful Travel Guide to the City of Lost Intentions, with particular notice paid to its denizens—the transmogrified souls of self-damned artists—in the dubious company of Montcorbier, a disaffected psychopomp."
Horribly, pathetically pleased by this monstrously kind review because terrifying my fellow writers back to their work was precisely the reason I wrote the wretched thing. Lest we all be trapped in a procrastinating hell of our own devising! #booksky #writingcommunity #weirdfiction
January 21, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Horribly, pathetically pleased by this monstrously kind review because terrifying my fellow writers back to their work was precisely the reason I wrote the wretched thing. Lest we all be trapped in a procrastinating hell of our own devising! #booksky #writingcommunity #weirdfiction
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It cannot be made clearer.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
October 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It cannot be made clearer.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
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Wisdom is sold in the desolate market where none come to buy,
And in the wither'd field where the farmer plows for bread in vain.
Shame, really!
And in the wither'd field where the farmer plows for bread in vain.
Shame, really!
January 20, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Wisdom is sold in the desolate market where none come to buy,
And in the wither'd field where the farmer plows for bread in vain.
Shame, really!
And in the wither'd field where the farmer plows for bread in vain.
Shame, really!
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Fuck this garbage. Think of all the talented artists in Glasgow who you could have chosen from to get a payday from this gig instead of the money being handed over to a slop merchant.
NEW: Glasgow City Council has just approved a massive AI-generated mural to be painted in the city centre.
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
January 20, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Fuck this garbage. Think of all the talented artists in Glasgow who you could have chosen from to get a payday from this gig instead of the money being handed over to a slop merchant.
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Afterlife punishment of The Bon Mot—the hell of takes?
(The City of Lost Intentions: A Guide for the Artistically Waylaid by A. Valliard from Varoque Books.)
(The City of Lost Intentions: A Guide for the Artistically Waylaid by A. Valliard from Varoque Books.)
November 9, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Afterlife punishment of The Bon Mot—the hell of takes?
(The City of Lost Intentions: A Guide for the Artistically Waylaid by A. Valliard from Varoque Books.)
(The City of Lost Intentions: A Guide for the Artistically Waylaid by A. Valliard from Varoque Books.)
January 18, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Random ER scribbles (don’t ask).
Thought this might be a good start to the New Year considering some of you might be in these poses, or will be soon.
#ink #drawing #hangovers #emergencyroom #wailing #vomiting #brokenleg #UnhungoverAndSurprisinglyChipperValliard
Thought this might be a good start to the New Year considering some of you might be in these poses, or will be soon.
#ink #drawing #hangovers #emergencyroom #wailing #vomiting #brokenleg #UnhungoverAndSurprisinglyChipperValliard
December 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Random ER scribbles (don’t ask).
Thought this might be a good start to the New Year considering some of you might be in these poses, or will be soon.
#ink #drawing #hangovers #emergencyroom #wailing #vomiting #brokenleg #UnhungoverAndSurprisinglyChipperValliard
Thought this might be a good start to the New Year considering some of you might be in these poses, or will be soon.
#ink #drawing #hangovers #emergencyroom #wailing #vomiting #brokenleg #UnhungoverAndSurprisinglyChipperValliard
Old Scribbleaus of the denizens of the City of Lost Intentions (a book about art avoidance, happily, as that is precisely what I’m doing by posting scribbles instead of working).
#ink #illustration #piffling #rampantprocrastination
#ink #illustration #piffling #rampantprocrastination
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Old Scribbleaus of the denizens of the City of Lost Intentions (a book about art avoidance, happily, as that is precisely what I’m doing by posting scribbles instead of working).
#ink #illustration #piffling #rampantprocrastination
#ink #illustration #piffling #rampantprocrastination
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"I'm emotionally unavailable," I weep needily.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"I'm emotionally unavailable," I weep needily.
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The very fact that you enjoy the idea of shooting a living thing with a gun should automatically disqualify you from ever being allowed to have one.
December 16, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The very fact that you enjoy the idea of shooting a living thing with a gun should automatically disqualify you from ever being allowed to have one.
WRITERS! Not only is this book a worthy companion to your Strunk and White, it has a cover guaranteed to furrow the brow of your fellow train travelers.
December 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
WRITERS! Not only is this book a worthy companion to your Strunk and White, it has a cover guaranteed to furrow the brow of your fellow train travelers.
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The City of Lost Intentions: A Guide for the Artistically Waylaid is also available in BOOKSHOPS, where you can not only buy and own it immediately, but also support the dwindling, Amazon-ravaged bookstore ecosystem.
#booksky #art #bookshops #Brisbane #Sydney #Melbourne #Dublin
#booksky #art #bookshops #Brisbane #Sydney #Melbourne #Dublin
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The City of Lost Intentions: A Guide for the Artistically Waylaid is also available in BOOKSHOPS, where you can not only buy and own it immediately, but also support the dwindling, Amazon-ravaged bookstore ecosystem.
#booksky #art #bookshops #Brisbane #Sydney #Melbourne #Dublin
#booksky #art #bookshops #Brisbane #Sydney #Melbourne #Dublin
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It's essentially a sort of morbid Where's Wally where you try to find your place in writers'/artists' hell. There's 151 listed denizens of this city and 10 levels of artistic villainy. You're undoubtedly in there somewhere.
(I certainly am.)
#booksky
(I certainly am.)
#booksky
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It's essentially a sort of morbid Where's Wally where you try to find your place in writers'/artists' hell. There's 151 listed denizens of this city and 10 levels of artistic villainy. You're undoubtedly in there somewhere.
(I certainly am.)
#booksky
(I certainly am.)
#booksky
The City of Lost Intentions: A Guide for the Artistically Waylaid is also available in BOOKSHOPS, where you can not only buy and own it immediately, but also support the dwindling, Amazon-ravaged bookstore ecosystem.
#booksky #art #bookshops #Brisbane #Sydney #Melbourne #Dublin
#booksky #art #bookshops #Brisbane #Sydney #Melbourne #Dublin
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The City of Lost Intentions: A Guide for the Artistically Waylaid is also available in BOOKSHOPS, where you can not only buy and own it immediately, but also support the dwindling, Amazon-ravaged bookstore ecosystem.
#booksky #art #bookshops #Brisbane #Sydney #Melbourne #Dublin
#booksky #art #bookshops #Brisbane #Sydney #Melbourne #Dublin
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October 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
It's essentially a sort of morbid Where's Wally where you try to find your place in writers'/artists' hell. There's 151 listed denizens of this city and 10 levels of artistic villainy. You're undoubtedly in there somewhere.
(I certainly am.)
#booksky
(I certainly am.)
#booksky
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It's essentially a sort of morbid Where's Wally where you try to find your place in writers'/artists' hell. There's 151 listed denizens of this city and 10 levels of artistic villainy. You're undoubtedly in there somewhere.
(I certainly am.)
#booksky
(I certainly am.)
#booksky
It’s that horrible time again! Remember, “The City of Lost Intentions” makes a fine gift for the malingering wastrel/artist in your life (which might be YOU).
thecityoflostintentions.com
#booksky #weirdbooks #absurdist #writingcommunity
£7 / $10 USD / €8 / $15 AUD
thecityoflostintentions.com
#booksky #weirdbooks #absurdist #writingcommunity
£7 / $10 USD / €8 / $15 AUD
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It’s that horrible time again! Remember, “The City of Lost Intentions” makes a fine gift for the malingering wastrel/artist in your life (which might be YOU).
thecityoflostintentions.com
#booksky #weirdbooks #absurdist #writingcommunity
£7 / $10 USD / €8 / $15 AUD
thecityoflostintentions.com
#booksky #weirdbooks #absurdist #writingcommunity
£7 / $10 USD / €8 / $15 AUD
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Trying to be more efficient, so I'm going to call all body parts "flaps."
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Trying to be more efficient, so I'm going to call all body parts "flaps."
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It's great if the well-meaning and good-hearted are inspired, but it's even better if the soulless and calculating are scared.
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It's great if the well-meaning and good-hearted are inspired, but it's even better if the soulless and calculating are scared.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
I've had rather a lot of people recommending AI to me lately, so I've drawn Shakespeare stabbing a robot in the eye with a quill.
#art #ink #scribbleau #verymuchnotAI
#art #ink #scribbleau #verymuchnotAI
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I've had rather a lot of people recommending AI to me lately, so I've drawn Shakespeare stabbing a robot in the eye with a quill.
#art #ink #scribbleau #verymuchnotAI
#art #ink #scribbleau #verymuchnotAI
Early rehearsal scribbles for the upcoming Kate Gaul directed COWBOIS! A "rollicking queer western" featuring a cast of horribly talented and charming actors and a lot of flouncing and swaggering around. Brilliant! www.seymourcentre.com/event/cowbois/
#art #illustration #theatre #ink
#art #illustration #theatre #ink
October 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Early rehearsal scribbles for the upcoming Kate Gaul directed COWBOIS! A "rollicking queer western" featuring a cast of horribly talented and charming actors and a lot of flouncing and swaggering around. Brilliant! www.seymourcentre.com/event/cowbois/
#art #illustration #theatre #ink
#art #illustration #theatre #ink
People will literally rather spin double-headed coins and bet against themselves in private atonement for an unremembered past than go to therapy.
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
People will literally rather spin double-headed coins and bet against themselves in private atonement for an unremembered past than go to therapy.
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BACK in stock at the delightful Modern Times! The creepy little guidebook IS also available at Readings, Berkelouw's, Gleebooks & Avid Reader, etc., but for sweaty locals on King Street, Newtown, here or Better Read Than Dead is the most desirable option.
March 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
BACK in stock at the delightful Modern Times! The creepy little guidebook IS also available at Readings, Berkelouw's, Gleebooks & Avid Reader, etc., but for sweaty locals on King Street, Newtown, here or Better Read Than Dead is the most desirable option.