Crystal Yates
@glassgates.bsky.social
Illustrator. Story Teller. Homebody.
Author & Artist of Earthsong, A Dance With Death, and The Storm Stained.
http://linktr.ee/crystalyates
Author & Artist of Earthsong, A Dance With Death, and The Storm Stained.
http://linktr.ee/crystalyates
Hey! I'm at Hal-con in Halifax all this weekend! Come see me at booth I3. I won't have any comics with me, alas, but I've got everything else!
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hey! I'm at Hal-con in Halifax all this weekend! Come see me at booth I3. I won't have any comics with me, alas, but I've got everything else!
Only just saw that Drew Struzan has passed away. Such an amazing artist. My favourite of his many posters is one of his lesser known ones, a Return to Oz variant that features one of my fave villains, Princess Mombi. RIP Drew, you were a legend.
October 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Only just saw that Drew Struzan has passed away. Such an amazing artist. My favourite of his many posters is one of his lesser known ones, a Return to Oz variant that features one of my fave villains, Princess Mombi. RIP Drew, you were a legend.
Watercolour petunias courtesy of the 4 hour power outage in my neighbourhood yesterday. Forced into analog art methods against my will! /s
October 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Watercolour petunias courtesy of the 4 hour power outage in my neighbourhood yesterday. Forced into analog art methods against my will! /s
Ran into this monstrosity while trying to look up some art nouveau inspiration for a new poster. Thanks for absolutely nothing, image search. AI slop is the worst.
September 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Ran into this monstrosity while trying to look up some art nouveau inspiration for a new poster. Thanks for absolutely nothing, image search. AI slop is the worst.
At FanExpo booth AP16 in the artist alley! Come see me and @varethane.bsky.social and @feathernotes.bsky.social all this weekend!
August 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
At FanExpo booth AP16 in the artist alley! Come see me and @varethane.bsky.social and @feathernotes.bsky.social all this weekend!
Keep forgetting to post this, but this is the super cute baby bun we rescued from our neighbour's basement window well a week or so ago They were named Bun Jovi (in honour of it being my mom's bday).
Get window well covers, everyone!
Get window well covers, everyone!
July 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Keep forgetting to post this, but this is the super cute baby bun we rescued from our neighbour's basement window well a week or so ago They were named Bun Jovi (in honour of it being my mom's bday).
Get window well covers, everyone!
Get window well covers, everyone!
I'm still tweaking a few of the designs. I might add batwings to the blood droplet on the vampire design, for instance. Oh, and I am waffling something fierce on putting "lycanthrope rescue society" or "werewolf rescue society" on the werewolf pin. (seriously, if you have feedback, I'm all ears)
May 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'm still tweaking a few of the designs. I might add batwings to the blood droplet on the vampire design, for instance. Oh, and I am waffling something fierce on putting "lycanthrope rescue society" or "werewolf rescue society" on the werewolf pin. (seriously, if you have feedback, I'm all ears)
Oh, ha! I should probably say what the pins actually are, eh? This set is The Beastly Bureau of Monster Merchants! It's a companion campaign to my Cryptid Club set, but this time around it's based on these monsters running small businesses and scam charities.
May 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Oh, ha! I should probably say what the pins actually are, eh? This set is The Beastly Bureau of Monster Merchants! It's a companion campaign to my Cryptid Club set, but this time around it's based on these monsters running small businesses and scam charities.
Come see me even though it's raining? lol
Find me in Tent E37 at MCAF, where I am bundled up like the cold little Hobbit I am
Find me in Tent E37 at MCAF, where I am bundled up like the cold little Hobbit I am
May 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Come see me even though it's raining? lol
Find me in Tent E37 at MCAF, where I am bundled up like the cold little Hobbit I am
Find me in Tent E37 at MCAF, where I am bundled up like the cold little Hobbit I am
Gonna be at MCAF in Montreal this coming weekend! Come say hi to me and @varethane.bsky.social if you're in the neighbourhood :D (and all the other delightful webcomic peeps in that tent too)
(Fingers crossed for good weather, pls pls pls)
(Fingers crossed for good weather, pls pls pls)
May 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Gonna be at MCAF in Montreal this coming weekend! Come say hi to me and @varethane.bsky.social if you're in the neighbourhood :D (and all the other delightful webcomic peeps in that tent too)
(Fingers crossed for good weather, pls pls pls)
(Fingers crossed for good weather, pls pls pls)
Also: My new business card holder! I had a little extra fun with the laser cutter when I was making my shelves
April 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Also: My new business card holder! I had a little extra fun with the laser cutter when I was making my shelves
Come see me at the Calgary Expo this weekend! I'm at booth A551 in the artist alley! Come see my new shelf at least and tell me it's pretty, lol
April 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Come see me at the Calgary Expo this weekend! I'm at booth A551 in the artist alley! Come see my new shelf at least and tell me it's pretty, lol
Starting the 2025 Convention circuit with Calgary Expo this weekend! The Artist Alley is back in the BMO centre, so it'll be interesting to see how it goes this year. Hope to see you there!
April 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Starting the 2025 Convention circuit with Calgary Expo this weekend! The Artist Alley is back in the BMO centre, so it'll be interesting to see how it goes this year. Hope to see you there!
Currently regretting all the life choices that have led me to having to peel off a million tiny pieces of painters tape from my tentacle engraved shelf.
(not really tho, it looks great, I regret nothing)
(not really tho, it looks great, I regret nothing)
April 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Currently regretting all the life choices that have led me to having to peel off a million tiny pieces of painters tape from my tentacle engraved shelf.
(not really tho, it looks great, I regret nothing)
(not really tho, it looks great, I regret nothing)
Making use of my local library's makerspace to laser cut some shelves for my artist alley booth! (btw, it's green bc of the Painters tape to protect the non-engraved parts from singeing)
April 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Making use of my local library's makerspace to laser cut some shelves for my artist alley booth! (btw, it's green bc of the Painters tape to protect the non-engraved parts from singeing)
Evergreen comic for me. Really feeling the vicious cycle of social media hermitdom as of late. Yet reposting this somewhat breaks it?
March 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Evergreen comic for me. Really feeling the vicious cycle of social media hermitdom as of late. Yet reposting this somewhat breaks it?
It'S FuNnY HoW dUmB YoU aRe
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Happy Halloween! 🎃
October 31, 2024 at 8:37 PM
It'S FuNnY HoW dUmB YoU aRe
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Happy Halloween! 🎃
And finally, I also did a science fantasy about a wingless fairy society and the struggle to get their wings back by prophecy or technology, The Storm Stained overmorrowtales.com/stormstained...
October 29, 2024 at 4:28 PM
And finally, I also did a science fantasy about a wingless fairy society and the struggle to get their wings back by prophecy or technology, The Storm Stained overmorrowtales.com/stormstained...
I also did A Dance With Death overmorrowtales.com/death/cover.... - a modern fable about the end of the world
October 29, 2024 at 4:28 PM
I also did A Dance With Death overmorrowtales.com/death/cover.... - a modern fable about the end of the world
Now that the frenzy seems to have died down, I figured I'd finally introduce myself to everyone who used that webcomic starter pack (thank you again, @feathernotes.bsky.social )
So hi! I'm Crystal and I did that webcomic you used to read back in middle school, Earthsong! earthsongsaga.com
So hi! I'm Crystal and I did that webcomic you used to read back in middle school, Earthsong! earthsongsaga.com
October 29, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Now that the frenzy seems to have died down, I figured I'd finally introduce myself to everyone who used that webcomic starter pack (thank you again, @feathernotes.bsky.social )
So hi! I'm Crystal and I did that webcomic you used to read back in middle school, Earthsong! earthsongsaga.com
So hi! I'm Crystal and I did that webcomic you used to read back in middle school, Earthsong! earthsongsaga.com
At FanExpo this weekend! Come see me at booth AP16 in the artist alley!
August 22, 2024 at 9:55 PM
At FanExpo this weekend! Come see me at booth AP16 in the artist alley!
My enamel pin Kickstarter is now live! Give it a look if being a member of a not-so-secret cryptid club is up your alley! www.kickstarter.com/projects/145...
July 1, 2024 at 4:19 AM
My enamel pin Kickstarter is now live! Give it a look if being a member of a not-so-secret cryptid club is up your alley! www.kickstarter.com/projects/145...
I'm at MCAF in Montreal this weekend! It's an outdoor, free-to-attend comic festival (which is a bit windy today, augh). Come see me in tent E37!
May 24, 2024 at 4:29 PM
I'm at MCAF in Montreal this weekend! It's an outdoor, free-to-attend comic festival (which is a bit windy today, augh). Come see me in tent E37!
Having a great time at TCAF! Come see me at table 2050 on the second floor!
May 11, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Having a great time at TCAF! Come see me at table 2050 on the second floor!
On that note! Come see me at TCAF this weekend! I will have comics (non-wrecked ones), enamel pins, and stickers!
May 10, 2024 at 5:55 PM
On that note! Come see me at TCAF this weekend! I will have comics (non-wrecked ones), enamel pins, and stickers!