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Spoilery! ( #TheWheelOfTime, #StarWars, Cosmere etc)

Nerd by nature, biologist by training, corporate cog by necessity. Martial art student, weekend Viking, tinkerer with worlds.

#WotSkies founding member

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Speaking of Scotland, spotted today at Castle Sands, St Andrews...
November 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#WoTtober 29: love. If you know, you know.

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October 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
#WoTtober 26: delving features two of my absolute *favourite* things to draw! Hands AND black backgrounds! (The things I make myself do for WoTtober...)

Who needs X-rays when you have the Power, amirite?

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October 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Yeah, the "infinite staircase" version of this didn't work out because apparently measuring things is a problem for me😅

Anyway, I've livened up the Sneks and Foxes chapter icon with a bit of impossible geometry and silliness for #WoTtober 25: Sindhol

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October 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I'm keeping #WoTtober 24: thirteen at the idea stage because a 2" square is really not the right format for it. Also I'm knackered. But I want the concept out there!

13 is not always a sinister number in WoT. In TPoD:30, for example, it's downright awesome!

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October 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
#WoTtober 23: innkeeper. Never trust a skinny one!

(Lol, this one *really* did not scan straight.)

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October 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
#WoTtober 22: brave is a tribute to a "cowardly" lioness 😄 (Inspired by TFoH:49 in case you wondered)

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October 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I hate hands. I hate shading. Why on earth did I think attempting *this* at 1 in the morning was a good idea? 😂

Anyway, here's #WoTtober 21: Windfinder.

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October 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I really didn't know what to do for the last few, but this was an easy one. For #WoTtober 20: Shara, we have the only thing most Randlanders know about it. Of course, most Randlanders don't know *how* silk is made, but this would make a great icon for *us*, right 😜?

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October 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
#WoTtober 16: arrow. Spider warning! (And also a TFoH:34 level IYKYK)

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October 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
#WoTtober 15: pattern.

This got *significantly* pared down between the idea stage (at which point a pattern was being woven *around* the dragon) and the final product because such is the reality of a 2" drawing 😆

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October 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Back on my bullshit with a simple, blessedly black background-free one for #WoTtober 14: symbol. Tai'shar Malkier!

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October 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Subway does baked potatoes now?
October 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#WoTtober 12: damane.

Very vague #WoTSpoilers for Winter's Heart/Crossroads of Twilight.

We all know the whole concept of damane is awful. So I'm gonna celebrate those who break free.

(This also doubles as a Sea Folk appreciation post)

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October 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I gave in to temptation and raided Socktopus today. I was good and only got six pairs. Happy almost-birthday to me 😄

(@fernrenee.bsky.social is a bad/good influence. Also, @mellowhale.bsky.social, there were whale socks of at least three different species!)
October 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Back to the chapter icon theme for #WoTtober 11: music. It wouldn't be WoT without inns, and what self-respecting inn doesn't have someone playing a bittern to entertain patrons?

(A bittern sounds like a kind of zither. I loosely based this one on Hungarian examples)

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October 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
#WoTtober 10: torm. I'm knackered tonight, and also, I hate scales, so quick semi-realistic lizard kitty doodle it is. Mmm, dear viewer, you look tasty 😋

(Referenced from @animalphotorefs.bsky.social's photo of a leopard licking its chops.)

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October 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I love those socks.

Also... do we own the exact same boots? 👀
October 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#WoTtober 9: hills. Yes, I went for the low-hanging fruit. With this prompt, in this fandom, what did you expect me to do? 🤪

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October 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
#AltText attempts
October 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
#AltText attempts
October 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
#AltText attempt:
October 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I'll delete this if you don't like it, but here's what I came up with for this drawing. Use, delete, nuke from orbit as you please 🙂
October 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
#WoTtober 8: library. A happy little drawing in honour of everyone's favourite (literally) giant geek and walking library, Loial 🤎

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October 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
#WoTtober 7: rain. We'll file this under "cool concept, needed more work" 😆 (Read the alt if you can't figure it out)

(My spoiler policy for these is mostly "if you know you know" because most are so abstract. In this case, it's a LoC to TPoD level IYKYK.)

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October 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM