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Mark Smylie
@marksmylie.bsky.social
Occasional illustrator, writer, and TTRPG game designer, former comics publisher (founder of Archaia once upon a time) and editor. Feeder of cats, birds, deer, possums, raccoons, and foxes. Not necessarily in that order.
Final Aegis item in @drivethrurpg.com's Cyber Monday sale: THE LAST BARROW, an adventure/thought exercise, presenting write-ups and stats of a lost barrow and its treasures for three different systems (the ARTESIA RPG, 5E, and @chaosium.bsky.social's RuneQuest):

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December 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A closer look at another item in @drivethrurpg.com's Cyber Monday sale, HISTORIAE MUNDI: A HISTORY OF THE KNOWN WORLD. A sourcebook expanding on the history material in the ARTESIA RPG, along with the timeline info in ARTESIA ANNUAL #3, filled with info!

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December 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Next up in @drivethrurpg.com's Black Friday-Cyber Monday sale: the ARTESIA: ADVENTURES IN THE KNOWN WORLD RPG. Written with the Fusion rules (the base system for Cyberpunk 2020); winner of the 2005 Origins Award for Best RPG and nominated for 6 ENnies.

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November 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Next in @drivethrurpg.com's Black Friday sale: the 3rd graphic novel, ARTESIA AFIRE, wholly published by Archaia in 2003. The collected edition includes a story from ANNUAL #2 and a story that appeared in John Kovalic's DORK TOWER. 30% off through end of Monday!

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November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Next item in the @drivethrurpg.com Black Friday sale: the 2nd graphic novel, ARTESIA FIELD, originally published in series format by Sirius in late 2000 and then as a graphic novel by Archaia in 2003 with a prologue taken from the first ARTESIA ANNUAL. 30% off!

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November 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Here's a closer look at one of the items in @drivethrurpg.com's Black Friday sale, the first ARTESIA graphic novel. First published in 1999 by Sirius, then later by me via my first company, Archaia. Still available through DriveThru in pdf (on sale!) and POD formats under the Aegis & Gorgon banner.
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If you're in the UK at #Dragonmeet this coming weekend, you can find these WIP previews of @martinhelsdon.bsky.social's book on the Esrolian city of Rhigos in #Glorantha at the Jonstown Compendium table in the @chaosium.bsky.social booth. Supplies limited! And profits to a good cause. Enjoy!
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
DriveThru's Black Friday-Cyber Monday sale runs from now to the end of Monday. The ARTESIA graphic novels, a comics bundle, the Artesia roleplaying game, the History of the Known World, and The Last Barrow adventure book are all 30% off. Happy Thanksgiving!

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November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I got to act as the technical editor on Kensuke Okabayashi's upcoming WRITING GRAPHIC NOVELS for DUMMIES, giving Ken and his primary editor, Rick Kughen, notes on the draft text. I think it's a fun informal guide to writing & drawing graphic novels and it's now up for preorder: a.co/d/iPDyF4o
Enjoy!
November 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Friendly Doe™️ stopping by and wishing you a great weekend!
November 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Here's a look at the wrap cover for @russelfrans.bsky.social 's second book, HISTORY AND FATES. This was a fun one to do!
October 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
DriveThru and Roll20 are doing their annual Roll20Con Charity Bundle, and included in it is the first ARTESIA graphic novel (along with lots of other great products!). And all for a good cause, Outright International, a global LGBTIQ advocacy group.

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September 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Here are some process pics: sketch (8.5x11), finished pencils (14x17), initial colors (watercolor plus digital finishing), and then the cover with titles.
September 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Here's a pic of Roman soldiers making a last stand for Charlie Dearmore's tacitae imperialis YouTube channel. Charlie recently got a Master's in Classics and is branching out from Warhammer 40K into classics minis via the Hail Caesar game from #WarlordGames. Enjoy!

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July 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
First evidence that at least three fawns made it. The two smaller ones are twins, I think.
July 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
No cheating: post your lock screen.
July 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Well there's a lot going on but it's also DriveThruRPG's Christmas in July sale! Select Aegis & Gorgon products included are the three ARTESIA graphic novels, HISTORIAE MUNDI (a history of the Known World), the adventure THE LAST BARROW, and the 1E TTRPG. Enjoy!

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July 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
As chance would have it I was asked to do the #Glorantha version of the Cerne Abbas Giant (in the Valley of the Chalk Man, in the Far Point) for the DRAGON PASS book.
July 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Well, in my defense DRAGON PASS was /just/ nominated for an Ennie, AGE OF VIKINGS /just/ came out (so did the PENDRAGON GM book so that was another candidate), and SERENISSIMA OBSCURA /just/ Kickstarted. But here's some stuff from Martin's SHIPS & SHORES, with more on the way for his next book :)!
July 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A bit late but hi #PortfolioDay. I'm Mark, I worked mostly in comics & have done TTRPG illos for years. Here's some recent examples: art & schematics for AGE OF VIKINGS and the Ennie-nominated LANDS OF RUNEQUEST: DRAGON PASS for Chaosium and a pic for the just-Kickstarted SERENISSIMA OBSCURA.
July 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Some of today’s visitors.
July 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Stepped outside to snap a couple of pics of the sunset and got to say hello to Friendly Doe™️ #2 and then watch a half-dozen bucks, all 6-8 pointers at least, come moseying up out of the woods to check out the corn pile. Happy Saturday!
June 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Here you go:
June 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
They’re multiplying 😱
June 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Neighbors say hi!
June 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM