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Elsa Velasco
@evelasco.bsky.social
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Illustrator. Writer. Game master. Neurodivergent.
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Queer. They/She.
https://linktr.ee/evelasco.art
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Elsa Velasco @evelasco.bsky.social · Jul 8
Hi #PortfolioDay!

I'm Elsa, book cover illustrator focused on fantasy, sci-fi and horror. I have a soft spot for nature, symbolism and hidden details. Currently available for freelance work!

💼 elsavelasco.com
✉️ elsavelascoart@gmail.com
Illustration of a long-haired man sleeping. There are worlds melting in his hair, the skyline of Portland before him and Mount Hood in the background Illustration of a man praying and looking back. There are flames and insects surrounding him. Illustration of a wide-open eye surrounded by leaves. There’s a white neuron in his iris Self portrait of myself, a short-haired white person, holding my mouth with my hand. There’s a hole in my chest with a white crow trapped in crooked and spiked vines. Black crows are flying in the background
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eleonorpiteira.bsky.social
Here's the endpaper illustration I painted for @adriennebooks.bsky.social 's 'Fallen City' ☀️
Photo of a hand holding a book opened, showing an horizontal illustration painted by Eleonor Piteira for the book 'Fallen City' by Adrienne Young. On the left side of the illustration, a man with shoulder-length dark hair is wearing Greco-roman inspired armour and a red cape, with a broken coin necklace. The background is made of broken mosaics framed by two columns and an archway, and on the foreground the silhouette of a city burns while birds fly away. On the right side of the illustration, a woman with long wavy dark hair wearing a pale off-shoulder Ancient Greek-inspired dress, with a coin necklace. The background is made of mosaics framed by two columns and an archway, and on the foreground the silhouette of a city burns.
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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lauriellemaven.bsky.social
Malas noticias: ayer aprobaron Chat Control (no la versión completa, pero sí una muy dañina). Aún tienen que ratificarlo así que aún podéis escribir e insistir para garantizar un internet usable. Son cinco minutos y esta herramienta os lo facilita fightchatcontrol.eu
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Cover illustration for ‘La noche de los mundos’, by @inesgaliano.bsky.social and Loredana Volpe, published by Ediciones Mutis. Art direction by Loredana Volpe.

Yep, all those lil drawings in the frame have a meaning in the story! Had lots of fun with them.
Illustation of someone's hands holding a pink skull. Another person's hands, wearing what seem the sleeves of a dress, are holding the first person's arms. Behind the skull is a circle frame in the style of Alphonse Mucha, with little icons. In the background, there are different iterations of a theater stage and empty seats, overlapping. In the top corners, there are hints of dark curled tentacles.
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
evelasco.bsky.social
Cover illustration for ‘La noche de los mundos’, by @inesgaliano.bsky.social and Loredana Volpe, published by Ediciones Mutis. Art direction by Loredana Volpe.

Yep, all those lil drawings in the frame have a meaning in the story! Had lots of fun with them.
Illustation of someone's hands holding a pink skull. Another person's hands, wearing what seem the sleeves of a dress, are holding the first person's arms. Behind the skull is a circle frame in the style of Alphonse Mucha, with little icons. In the background, there are different iterations of a theater stage and empty seats, overlapping. In the top corners, there are hints of dark curled tentacles.
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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evelasco.bsky.social
ALSO, met Claire North at #Festival42BCN.

Gifted her a print of my cover art for the Catalan edition of Notes from the Burning Age, and she LOVED it. I’m still crying over the fact 😭😭😭
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
evelasco.bsky.social
ALSO, met Claire North at #Festival42BCN.

Gifted her a print of my cover art for the Catalan edition of Notes from the Burning Age, and she LOVED it. I’m still crying over the fact 😭😭😭
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
evelasco.bsky.social
M'acomiado del #Festival42BCN profundament agraïdi per haver paticipat a la gran taula sobre diversitat amb @haikujosep.bsky.social, @zubieta.bsky.social, @albertfontimar.bsky.social i @ljsalart.bsky.social, moderada per @karenmadrid.bsky.social...
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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raigverd.bsky.social
Molt entristides del tracte a la literatura fantàstica en català al #Festival42

Sabem que no tenim les mateixes vendes que en castellà però un Festival organitzat en part amb fons públics hauria de treballar per visibilitzar les llengües i la diversitat

@chronoscat.bsky.social
@maimes.bsky.social
maimes.bsky.social Mai Més @maimes.bsky.social · 7d
Ahir no vam dir res perquè estàvem molt estressats i molt dolguts, només esperem que totes les parts implicades (festival, ajuntament i gremi de llibreters) facin tot el posible perquè la situació no es torni a repetir.
chronoscat.bsky.social Editorial Chronos @chronoscat.bsky.social · 8d
No cal llegir «Notes de l'edat ardent» de la Claire North per saber que hi ha qui considera la literatura en català una heretgia. Si per casualitat passegeu pel #Festival42BCN i a la botiga no trobeu llibres en català, demaneu-los, els tenen amagats.
#ElsKakuyEstimenElCatalà
November 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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chronoscat.bsky.social
Ara bé, això d'haver de pidolar a la llibreria per la visibilitat dels llibres de gènere en català a casa nostra, al nostre festival, on s'és vist! Confiem que de cara a l'any vinent hi hagi una reflexió i es demanin uns mínims requisits per defensar la literatura en català.
November 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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chronoscat.bsky.social
Tanquem una altra edició fantàstica del millor festival de tots, el #Festival42BCN. Gràcies a tot l'equip humà que ho ha fet possible! 🙏Ens emportem bons records i atresorem moments molt emotius, així com la satisfacció de la feina ben feta i l'escalf dels lectors. ❤️
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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mrrubick.bsky.social
La gran taula de la diversitat al #Festival42, activisme en la literatura fantàstica de la ma dels autors @haikujosep.bsky.social , @zubieta.bsky.social, @albertfontimar.bsky.social, @evelasco.bsky.social, @ljsalart.bsky.social i conduits per la @karenmadrid.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
evelasco.bsky.social
Also got to briefly meet @amalelmohtar.com yesterday, and it was wonderful. What an insightful interview at #Festival42BCN, conducted by @sergiviciana.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
evelasco.bsky.social
A punt per xerrar sobre activisme, literatura i il·lustració al #Festival42BCN
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
evelasco.bsky.social
Jana Heidersdorf doing it again
checanty.bsky.social Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 10d
Cover reveal! Happy to say CG Drews keeps writing lush queer horror YAs and I keep getting to illustrate them ✨
Book cover of Scorpion Deep written by CG Drews showing a portait of a boy with a concerning amount of red corals growing from his face.
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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🟣 Ursula K. Le Guin
📚 x @dunallibres.bsky.social
💜 @ursulakleguin.com
Caricature of Ursula K. Le Guin
October 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
evelasco.bsky.social
Today would have been Ursula K. Le Guin’s birthday. Celebrating by sharing this portrait I painted in April, and reading Tehanu.
Foto of a watercolor painting of Ursula K. Le Guin in a sketchbook
October 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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madeleinefjall.bsky.social
Fitz and Nighteyes ❤️

#RoTE
Illustration showing FitzChivalry hugging Nighteyes, a wolf, with a vibrant orange background. Fanart for Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb.
October 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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evelasco.bsky.social
Happy to inform you that I now have an art blog!

Also happy to inform you that, if you want to know how I made my last piece for The Left Hand of Darkness, you can now find out there:

elsavelasco.com/blog/the-lef...
Illustrating ‘The Left Hand of Darkness’ - Chapter 1 — Elsa Velasco
The first time I read The Left Hand of Darkness , it stirred something deep inside me. I can see that now, with the perspective of time. It changed me as a reader and as a person. I wa...
elsavelasco.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
evelasco.bsky.social
Happy to inform you that I now have an art blog!

Also happy to inform you that, if you want to know how I made my last piece for The Left Hand of Darkness, you can now find out there:

elsavelasco.com/blog/the-lef...
Illustrating ‘The Left Hand of Darkness’ - Chapter 1 — Elsa Velasco
The first time I read The Left Hand of Darkness , it stirred something deep inside me. I can see that now, with the perspective of time. It changed me as a reader and as a person. I wa...
elsavelasco.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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juliedillon.bsky.social
I just finished this up in a SmArtSchool mentorship class with Sam Weber. 😊 The assignment was to create an illustration with an original character, and I went with my current D&D character 😅
A woman with a shaved head in gold armor stands among dark briars. The briar thorns pierce her armor and skin in a few places, and she hangs her head in a defeated posture.
October 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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sygnin.com
Heyo #PortfolioDay! I'm Sygnin, I illustrate in an ink & color style.

Interested in working on book/game/card art. I like making art featuring folklore, fantasy, romantic horror.

Portfolio - sygnin.com
Vgen (commissions) - vgen.co/sygnin
Email - sygnin[@]gmail[.]com
art of a female vampire's head looking at the viewer. flowers cover one of her eyes. her dark hair flows upwards and she wears a lace victorian type outfit art of a silhouetted hooded rider on a horse with horns and red glowing eyes. behind them is a red moon art of a hunter fighting with a large flying monster that looks like a dragon. based off Monster Hunter game. art of a vampire head in profile, dead flowers cover most of the head.
October 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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evelasco.bsky.social
Hi again #PortfolioDay!

I'm Elsa, book cover illustrator focused on fantasy, sci-fi and horror. I have a soft spot for symbolism, as well as themes of identity and connection. Currently available for freelance work!

💼 elsavelasco.com
✉️ elsavelascoart@gmail.com
Other links: linktr.ee/evelasco.art
Drawing of a brown-skinned androgynous person with long straight black hair looking back at the viewer. They have a handkerchief in one hand, and are sweating under the sun. In the background there’s the shape of a crowd with banners and strange musical instruments, congregated around the huge arch of a gate, for which the keystone is being set in a ceremony. This piece is an illustration for the first chapter of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness Illustration of a long-haired man sleeping. There are worlds melting in his hair, the skyline of Portland before him and Mount Hood in the background. This piece is an alternate cover for The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin Illustration of two hands reaching for each other. One of them is darker than the other, and they both have cracks that glow with light. Between them is a glowing star, and they are surrounded by a swirl of darkness and light, that remind the night sky and snow. It is an alternate cover for The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin Illustration of a naked androgynous figure in a cave surrounded by black monsters that remind marine creatures. The person is drawing on a book while looking and touching the monsters. The person has a hole in the chest, filled by a glowing speck of light. They also have glowing eyes, as do the monsters. The person's n1pples are censored due to BlueSky consistently flagging the image as adult content.
October 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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cotronis.bsky.social
Hello hello #portfolioday
My name is Yorgos, I'm Greek and I make book covers. I'm available for new projects from December onwards.

Here's some of my work!
Painting of a woman with a facial tatoo in long black robes holding a Zweihander Painting of a woman wearing a crown, in a field of rye. A wolf stands besides her, mostly in shadow. Book cover for the novel EPIPHANY. It depicts a woman half submerged in water with flowers growing around her. A book cover for the novel "The Moss," showing a girl covered in flowers and moss with glowing white eyes.
October 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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syqkos.bsky.social
Hey #PortfolioDay 🖤

I'm Andrea, freelance illustrator and concept artist who loves to paint fantasy and dark fantasy themes.🌙
I've worked in TTRPGS, TCGs, videogames and book publishing.

Would love to work for MTG and DnD one day!

✉️corasndrea@gmail.com
🎨 www.andrea-corsini.com
Illustration of a vampire woman luring the viewer closer Various illustrations of magic items Illustration of a knight fallen after a duel Illustration of a goatman creature in a fallen city
October 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM