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Liann
@lianncan.bsky.social
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artist + storyteller | she/her | 35 | dnd + ttrpgs | comics | fan art | *throws a bunch of dice*
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So excited to be playing this little goober again this week (not for her regularly scheduled campaign, but for something, somehow, even more wild??) #dnd
It’s Cauliflower! That’s her name! She’s a little tiefling, with the nubbiest horns you’ve ever seen. She’s got white hair, tied in two braids, and is wearing an intricately decorated teal jacket with big poofy sleeves. And she’s just happy to be here Cauliflower again, but in her full get up, which is this extremely gnome core outfit, with lots of the same intricate embroidery. And she’s pushing a cute little cart that sort of looks like small caravan that she definitely couldn’t fit in
October 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Time for more Asti ✨ #dnd
Chibi Asti (human woman with a mossy green pixie cut, wearing a hood, and a pair of adorned sheep horns on her head), holding her shearling cloak with blue sashes around her, looking surprised
September 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Never thought I’d be a bumpy brush girly but here we are #dnd
Black and white chibi doodles of Asti and the rest of her party: Urius (concerned tiefling), Wayeb (sneaky elf), Wyn (smug elf), and Maz (perplexed half orc)
September 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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If you see this, post a sword! 🗡️

At long last, an excuse to post this 😂
An angry looking cucco brandishing the master sword with buff arms, with kinstone pieces in the background
August 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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"no cheating, post your lock screen!"
Lock screen wirh a zoomed in picture of Moby, a white frenchie with a black snoot and blue eyes, on a teal background. Kind of looks like he’s trying to video call you
July 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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If I had a nickel for every time I’ve referenced a dropout photo for Strahd party doodles, I would have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s funny it’s happened twice #dnd
The jelly spoons (a curse of Strahd party) posed like the game changer team promo pics. In the back, left to right: Tyr (gnome artificer cheekily hanging off of BOB); BOB (Tyr’s mechanical guy that artificers get don’t at me, looks like the big lanky robot from Star Wars) is holding up its shirt, and Kaz’s foot; Dewey (verdan fighter) is holding up a sign that says “jelly spoons”; Mamoru (human monk) looking chill (Sus); in the front left to right: Kaz (Goliath paladin) laying on his side, kicking his leg up and holding his arm up at the same angle; and Hikaru (human warlock) doing a cutesy sorority squat pose
April 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Tfw your local nerdy bookstore has its first con and it’s an absolute delight!! Got to paint a mini, came home with an excellent haul, and I certainly won’t stop thinking about the Community Radio game with @gamefiend.bsky.social and company ✨
Somercon haul! On the left, three resin printed minis, one of a cardinal-looking fella holding a staff with a beehive on it, a little hooded gnome with a shrug made of leaves, and a spell casting raccoon with a cool staff. On the right is a painted figure of a woman clad in green and brown raising a bunch of green tentacles from the ground. And a fun shaped d6 that’s marbles with whites, blues, pinks, greens and yellows Somercon haul! A copy of the Wildfire Trilogy by Quinn Murphy. It’s a blue watercolory cover, dark on the top and bottom, light in the middle, with a red feather floating above the title, written in a pretty filigree font. Below the title says “magic needs to be free” Somercon haul! Moonie, the tuxedo cat looking away from the camera, is approving of two headbands. The left is black with rainbow sharks, and the right is white with rainbow dragons
March 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Post the first video game you ever played

Well, “played” whenever my brother wasn’t hogging the gameboy 😂
March 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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New dnd character who dis (it’s Asti ✨) #dnd
It’s Asti! A small, human-looking woman with a mossy green pixie cut, shown in all the different layers of her current outfit. The palette is mostly earthy colors, but with a pop of blue on her tabard. The full fit has a headdress of ram horns adorned with jewelry, a big ol pelt over her shoulders, and a shepard’s crook
March 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Let the memes for this campaign begin ✨ #dnd
That meme where the tall girl is holding up the short one against the wall, but the short one is my character Asti (human, mossy green pixie cut, wearing brown, warm looking clothing) and the tall one is my wife’s character Mazarov (half orc, gray skin, long dark hair, green scarf around her waist, would’ve been wearing armor if I wasn’t feeling so lazy oops), with the original picture blurred to make the background
March 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Just a little study, but they deserve a nap!!! #jayvik #arcane
A grayscale study of Viktor and Jayce napping, with Jayce using Viktor as a pillow
February 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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If I had a nickel for every comic that took years to figure out how to color, I would have 10¢, which isn’t a lot, but it sure has happened twice 😂

Anyways, nothing hits quite like the way your first dnd character falls in love 💕
Monochrome comic of Almetta (tall elven woman wirh a fancy sun hat) and Gabby (human woman in armor with a fancy scarf). Almetta’s hat blows off in the wind. Gabby catches it and returns it to her. As Gabby walk ahead, Almetta watches as if something is occurring to her for the first time. Almetta says “I love you.” Gabby turns back, and as the clouds part around her, majestically/romantically lighting her from begins, says “did you say something.” the two of them say “what” back and forth. Alas, it was too windy.
February 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Hi #portfolioday!

I’m Liann, a queer artist based in Boston, and I want to draw maps for your books and ttrpg campaigns!

🎨: www.juliannecancalosi.net/maps
✉️: julianne.cancalosi@gmail.com
Black and White Sea chart for Alison Ames’ The Devourer - it depicts all the locations visited by Adra’s crew, as well as some foreshadowing of what is in store for them A tea stained grayscale treasure map for The Rupee Table - within the detailed border is a map with several lakes, a compass flanked by two dragons at the bottom, and a book at the top with a secret message
January 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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The most perfect thing to come home to after vacation 😭✨
A book! The Devourer by Alison Ames. Blue and red colored cover art of a ship about to pulled into the ocean by a hand coming up out of the water, plus fish and creepy face under water Inside the book! The maps I drew!! Two black and white sea charts depicting all the places the characters visit in the book, with lots of boats and critters scattered throughout
January 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Tfw it’s pub day for the book that you drew a map for!! Check out the queerest, spookiest, pirateiest book ever, The Devourer by @2furiosa.bsky.social, can confirm it’ll rock your socks off ✨ #fantasymap
January 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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When we last left our heroes, they were waiting for the new album cover to drop ✨ everyone say hi to the Over Duers, and check out our dnd podcast (link in next post)
A grayscale album/video cover for the Rupee Table dnd podcast. Center top is the Rupee Table logo with a big orange d20 (instead of the usual Rupeecrew orange rupee) From left to right: Phasmuth - mothkin, cleric/rogue, with a big scraggly hat and a lot of scarves, holding a camera with most of his arms, and casting light with the other Thurgie - half orc barbarian with long curly hair, half pulled up with a bow, wearing a pearl necklace and fuzzy coat, weilding a fancy flail (pinky up obvs), and sporting the most disgusted face Yaro - Dragonborn bard Arian with a balalaika on his back, wearing a one sleeved tunic, looks very excited to wreck shop on whatever he’s looking at Wodwiguez - Weidaw’s steel defender in the shape of a shark, proudly pretending to be Jaws Weidaw - gnome artificer child, decked out for adventure, wirh a cool hat, lots of watches and bracelets, also excited but to study whatever it is Fredrick - human ranger, average 40 year old looking man unconditioned mustache and mutton chops, is taking notes on whatever thing he’s looking at Ben - tiefling druid with ram horns and short hair looking skeptical of something off screen, holding up their Star chart necklace
December 27, 2024 at 8:39 PM
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Nothing quite like a crack ship to get the juices flowing again #dnd
December 27, 2024 at 5:27 AM
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Daww this is adorable

blueskywrapped.com
December 26, 2024 at 10:27 PM
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YESSS FIRBOLG TIME ✨

First is Lynley, a tiefbolg ship captain, who is soft spoken but means business 💪

And the other is Genevive, my sweet little bubbly gnomebolg, who makes magical pastries ✨

I love them both so much 😭 thank you for doing this share!!
Lynley Ross - tiefling/firbolg with warm gray fur, pink undertones, dark green eyes, long wavy black hair tied in a braid, two small horns, and is wearing a fur collar with a brown jacket Genevieve - gnome/figbolg with cream colored die, light brown eyes, two beauty marks, one one her cheek and the other on her chin, long wispy orange hair tied in a braid, held back with a headband tied in a little bow at the top of her head, and she has a couple earrings at the base of her ears
December 23, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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If you see this, post something toothy

An oldie but a goody
Sophia (gurps), with her long hair thrown upwards, holding a spear that is buzzing with electricity, all inside the mouth of a dragon
December 21, 2024 at 2:41 AM
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If you see this, post something toothy

An oldie but a goodie ✨
December 21, 2024 at 2:38 AM
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If you see this, post a pic taken in the mountains!

The most lotr looking mountains from a trip to Iceland a few years back
Southern Icelandic mountains, with little frozen waterfalls, and clouds gently touching the tops to make everything look misty and ethereal Southern Icelandic mountains from another angle, with little frozen waterfalls, and clouds gently touching the tops to make everything look misty and ethereal
December 18, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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Sometimes self care is changing the outline and topography of a continent a bunch of times until it looks Correct
A map of two continents that are very close to each other, with greens, yellows and browns indicating different terrains. And different shades of blue representing different depths of water
December 18, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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See butt post butt

How about multiple butts
Top panel: Galel and Oriol sitting in a bed together naked, Galel with his back facing forward, and Oriol saying “you know, when you said magic in bed, this isn’t what I-“ Bottom panel: Galel shows Oriol a card, saying “is this your card?” Oriol looks very impressed, and says “holy shit”
December 16, 2024 at 1:02 AM
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Your pets as a baby vs now 🩵

Snuggliest little deviants, Moonie and Birdie, when we first met them, and now ✨
Baby Moonie; tuxedo kitten all cute and snuggled up Baby Birdie; tuxedo kitten that wants to get the heck outta here Moonie (left) and Birdie (right); Two tuxedo cats sitting on a desk, blocking both computer screens in a planned diabolical plot
December 15, 2024 at 10:39 PM