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A.R. Ivanovich
@arivanovich.bsky.social
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Author of HAVEN, PAPERGLASS, MONARCH, and LASTLAND (The War of Princes series is undergoing a 3rd edition). ♠️✨🌿📚
YA Fantasy & Sci-fi. Artist. Poet. Gamer. Nature lover.
Introvert with spasms of extroversion. Creative instigator.
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Drawing with sharp objects.

All things are connected.

#artyear #scratchart #art #traditional
Black and white scratch art depicting two panels of twinkling stars, framing a patch of grass with a plant growing and reaching for the dot-and-dash beams of sunlight radiating from above.
October 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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A possible aurora seeped through the clouds the other night. There was nothing but pasture and trees beneath it.

Whatever it was, it was beautiful. 💜

#nature
Night blackened trees reach up toward a vivid and eerie magenta light, saturating the heart of voluminous white-gray clouds.
October 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Simplicity.

I thought about filling this scratch art with detail… but I kind of like the negative space too.

#art #artyear #starry
A black sheet of scratch paper has been scraped to reveal the white layer beneath. A triangle is filled with chime-like vertical lines ending in dots and dashes. The triangle top is crowned by a circle filled with stars. Two curving lines seem to radiate from the triangle beneath the circle and the negative space is resounding.
September 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Sketching with sharp objects again. 🖤✨

#scratchart #art #artyear #doodle
Black scratch paper has been scraped with an xacto craft knife, illustrating a sharply pointed triangle filled with asymmetrical subjects. Arrows and cut flowers rain down on a trio of weeping eyes, while plants grow and unfurl from below. A single spearhead points upward at the peak of triangle.
August 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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A beetle and a wild plum.

The beetle knows to keep their friends close and their snacks closer!

#outdoors #nature
A small wild plum sits beside a black beetle on weathered wooden planks.
August 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Moonrise over the mountain.

#digital #art #artyear #fantasy
A digital painting that peers beyond three tree trunks purpled with shade, past a thick forest that fades into a golden haze at the foot of a rainbow mountain. Beyond the summit, the mountain range continues, bleached with sunshine. A pale three tower castle spikes up in the distance, over-arched by a large waxing moon.
August 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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“Old Friends”

I’m having fun experimenting with this style.

#digital #painting #art #artyear
A rough and colorful painting of two tall, teal trees framing the view of a forest rolling out beneath a distant mountain. Thick foliage covers the ground. A crescent moon and single star share company in the yellow, pink and blue dusk.
August 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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A scribble portrait of Valance the void-kitty in a puddle of sunlight.

#art #artyear #digital #cat
A digital painting in a loose, messy style, featuring a black cat sitting in a pool of sunlight on a brown floor. Thought bubbles drift up to a simple peace sign.
July 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Hazy.

#art #artyear #digital
This digital painting features a hazy lake at dawn. Mist rises from the surface, obscuring a wooded shoreline. The water reflects lavender clouds against a peach and blush sky.
July 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Froog!!

#frog #nature #outdoors
A photo of a proud and mighty bullfrog floats at the top of a pond, lush with lily pads and water plants. Sun dappled the surface and the water reflects the trees above.
July 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Fresh poetry, hot off the finger-tips.

#poem #poetry
A poem called, "STEPS" reads: I sat on the steps and cried today, my head bobbing to the music, the same way it did when I was fifteen. Starry-eyed dreams reflect across every particle of water vapor I've ever breathed... until I don't anymore. Relax, I'm not rushing. Not going anywhere. Just nodding to the song. I'd really like to see some post-nihilistic streets. A.R. Ivanovich
July 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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A digital painting of greens, teals and blues coming together to form a view of water from above. Lily pads crowd in from the sides while a small, alabaster, (egret-inspired) feathered dragon soars above them.
July 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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A quick painting of peace and flight.

The first 30 seconds are a reduction technique. Layering light to dark, then erasing to expose it while retaining depth.

#art #artyear #digital #dragon
July 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Quick sketch!

The prompt was, “Butterfly knight.”

#sketch #doodle #artyear
July 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Reading the books of mutuals!

…And Out Come the Toys is @brandenburgdm.bsky.social’s absolutely rad horror novella. Steeped in 80’s & 90’s nostalgia, we follow a punk friend group determined to break into an old toy factory for one last night of adventure. This story pulls no punches!

#booksky
A copy of the book …And Out Come the Toys by Matt Brandenburg is held by a pale woman’s hand while a black cat lays on the wooden floor in the background.
July 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Seeing my dog happy, makes me happy.

#dog #dogsky
A black-and-tan merle dog, with a white chest and paw, seems to smile up at the camera from where she reclines in the grass on a picnic blanket.
July 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Got my canoe in the water this week and loved keeping the company of these alpine trees.

I saw a sandpiper, a woodpecker and an osprey, scanning for trout.

#nature #wilderness
The bright blue sky is reflected on a small lake surrounded by green grass and tall pine trees. The water is clean and clear and a log sits on the bank.
June 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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I needed to share the enormity of these dandelion puffs with you.

My head for scale.

(I’d better keep my eyes peeled for white rabbits with pocket watches!)

#nature #plants
A pale woman’s hand holds up an enormous dandelion puff. Beyond is a green field and a stand of conifer trees. A selfie of a pale woman with windswept, caramel colored hair, smiling and holding up a gigantic dandelion puff that’s at least a quarter of the size of her head.
June 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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I see you, burning brightly!

#poetry
This poem is entitled, "I Saw Fire" and reads: I saw flames. But not the lashing plumes of disrespect- derailment- division. Not that. I saw flames. Leaping from the hearts of the many, blazing like sunlight across a cold dawn. Protecting life. Thawing the frozen. I saw flames. Of love. Of compassion. Of the resplendent refusal to leave any one behind.
June 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Sketched some Thai Dragons as the sun set.

#doodling #art #artyear #dragon
A trio of stylized, hot orange, pink and yellow Thai dragons. The backdrop and the sketch of the roaring dragons is mottled with color and texture.
June 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Reflecting.

Dragonflies skim the water.

Red-wing black birds land on the lily pads to drink.

The sky blazes blue.

#nature
June 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Egret is a mood.

Sleeping face-down on a soft blanket.

#cat #pets #nap
A white cat with light silver tabby patches lays face-down on a fuzzy blanket.
May 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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A timelapse.
May 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Peaceful skies for Palestine.

#peace #digital #art #artyear
The black silhouette of a mountain stretches out beneath a warm sunset with a broad flash of green that rises into the star dotted atmosphere. Sweeping clouds are under-lit by vibrant shades of red.
May 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Atop a scraped up wooden table, a paintbrush and an x-acto knife frame a black paper with a reflective white drawing. A sun-like circle rises from a flat horizon. The sun is filled with all manner of plants, flowers, feathers, dots, dashes, diamonds, snail shells, and a single flying insect. A thin line breaks the top of the drawing, accompanied by the letters, “LOL”. The sketch is initialed, “ARI”.
May 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM