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Ritu Vedi
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Indie author of the novel Disarm Evil.

I am passionate about understanding other beliefs, trying to be understood, and helping people grow past harmful beliefs.

https://rituvediauthor.com

He/him/ve(vay)/ver(vair)
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One figure, who looks to an unknown figure among the star, leaps into the known but struggles to let go of another who cannot let go of a crowd.
August 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Another test run of the technique before I start the final illustration.
An illustration of a priest using engraving style hatching.
April 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Trying to work out engraving style inking (I am using a ball point pen). #artsky #illustration #inking
Several pen drawings playing with engraving style shading.
April 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Thumb nail for a special edition cover of my novel. Thoughts?
A rough sketch of a societal pyramid reminiscent of the “Pyramide a Renverser” Or the “Pyramid of Capitalist System”. In this version there are only the wealthy elites who are also the religious leaders, the police, and the workers. The peoples are made up of several different kinds of creatures. There is a figure who defends the pyramid, seeming to want to help those at the bottom, but ends up falling.
April 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Waste trickles down. Wealth trickles up. Magic, a tool to preserve the status quo. Many believe that what separates the exalted from the disparaged is virtue and vice. Seeking to bring virtue to help the disparaged, Dima and Miya will learn the ugly truth and suffer for it.

Disarm Evil
a novel
The words “waste trickles down, wealth trickles up” set above a hand drawn map of several islands suspended in mid air. At the bottom are the words Disarm Evil a novel.
March 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Waste trickles down
Wealth trickles up…
Disarm Evil
A novel
Waste trickles down Wealth trickles up A hand drawn map of several floating islands There are two islands towards the top that look like an eye. The irise island is called Rirha and the whites is called Rirbuseha. Beneath the eye there is a large mountainous island with a circular city labeled Sudihatosema. Beneath that is a small town called Susehatosema And beneath that is the city Hosudiha. Disarm Evil A novel
March 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Sketch of the airship raid in Disarm Evil.
#airship #illustration #pen
Winged people with crossbows approach an airship with a main deck loaded with enemies.
March 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Drawing smoke with pen is tough.
Several different attempts to draw smoke with a pen. Also a random chicken.
March 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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I’m back and bringing the anatomy studies!
Pen sketches of two feminine figures and one masculine figure in different poses along with a bust. Pen sketches of two feminine and one plus sized masculine figures. Pen sketches of two plus sized figures, one masculine and the other feminine.
March 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Here is my piece without my critical circles.
#art #doodle #sketch
A manikin monk guy sits with crossed legs. His head is encircled in a halo and his forehead emits a flare of light.
January 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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I need to do more anatomy studies. I cannot tell you exactly what I did wrong, apart from the arm being too short, but I can tell I messed these parts up among other things lol.

#art #sketch #doodle #badanatomy
A manikin monk guy sits with crossed legs. His head is encircled in a halo and his forehead emits a flare of light. Also, blue circles seem to ask, “how bendy leg suppose to look?”, “how arm attach to body?”, “why arm so smoll?”
January 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Me trying to sell a book:
#booksky
Dog in a tie sitting at a computer with the caption “I have no idea what I’m doing”
January 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Inspired by @magicariot.com
Here is my character Zi, from my novel Disarm Evil, punching the equivalent of a nazi in the world of the shattered skies.
Zi, a bipedal k-9 like creature known as a bitu, punches Sargent Makali, a human like atu, who is the equivalent of a nazi in the world of the shattered skies.
January 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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✨ Post prompt ✨
Who is your book for?

Mine is for the deconstructing, the deconstructed, and those who have made peace with uncertainty.

#booksky #authorsky #writingprompt
A Rirmevu blade. A stubby hook shaped blade with a pummel enchanted with heat. This blade is used by Rirmevu law enforcement to dish out punishments to criminals.
January 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Atu are not humans, they are human-like in that their biology resembles that of what a human would be like if their bodies were more intentionally designed. Meaning they lack most of the needless biological inefficiencies and dangers inherent to human biology.
#booktok #worldbuilding
Aside from the similarities to humans, there are several distinct characteristics that Ritu designed Atu to possess: * Atu have an orifice at the base of their skull, similar to a whale's blowhole, which allows them to breathe if something gets lodged in their throat, virtually eliminating the risk of choking or infant suffocation during co-sleeping * Unlike humans, Atu can synthesize vitamin C within their bodies, making their immune systems stronger in the absence of external sources of vitamin C and less susceptible to scurvy. * The distance between an Atu's reproductive system and waste systems is spread out in a way that makes them less prone to infections compared to humans. Atu do not experience the overcrowding of teeth caused by a third molar, reducing the likelihood of severe mouth pain as they age and eliminating the need for surgical removal. * Atu can regrow teeth indefinitely to replace damaged ones. * Atu have knee joints more akin to a ball and socket, making them less susceptible to knee injuries. * Unlike humans, Atu have clearer eyesight with fewer blind spots since their retinas are not needlessly obscured by blood and tissue. The likelihood of retinal detachment causing blindness is also reduced thanks to this differenc * The recurrent laryngeal nerve, responsible for speaking and swallowing functions, remains in the head and neck of Atu, rather than being needlessly dragged into the chest like it does in humans. This positioning makes it less vulnerable to damage from blunt strikes to the torso. * Atu have wider pelvises compared to humans, facilitating quicker and less fatal childbirth processes. * Atu have spinal columns intentionally designed to suit bipedal life, reducing common pains associated with pinched nerves and similar issues experienced by humans. * Unlike humans, Atu feet lack unnecessary bones, making them less susceptible to ankle sprains, plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendonitis, shin splints, and broken ankles. * The maxillary sinuses of Atu drain downwards, minimizing the buildup of fluids and mucus and reducing the likelihood of related infections. Bitu Bitu are bipedal mammals that share many advantages over humans, similar to the Atu, with one notable exception: their eyesight. Unlike Atu, Bitu have nearsighted vision. However, they compensate for this with a superior sense of smell, surpassing both humans and other Vetu. Bitu undergo similar maturation and growth rates as Atu, reaching comparable average weights and (text cut off) One Atu, Sodi, giving ver romantic interest, Dima, another atu, a back massage. Sodi is tall and faminine with a heavier build and ver light hair bulled back in a bun. Whereas Dima is short, also feminine, covered in scars, and ver messy dark curly hair is also pulled back in a bun.
January 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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On the 20th my book will be one year old!! 🎉🥳🎉 but so too will our country be run by an orange. So we are celebrating it now with some stats cause I feel like it.

Reviews: 11
Ratings: 13
Stars: 4/5
Copies given away: 220
Copies sold: 9

Conclusion: I suck at marketing 😅
Charcoal grey book cover with a gold leaf symbol of a stubby hooked blade encircled in a halo looming the title Disarm Evil and subtitle a novel by Ritu Vedi. The page edges are also visible with a printed image visible while the book is closed. The image is that of a stain glass style religious story depicting four species that fall from peaceful grace into violent darkness.
January 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Authors! Let’s start a chain of posts of your FIRST published book.

q/p the cover a link and some words about it. Here is mine✨

Magic, airships, queer, bipedal k-9 people, giant moth people, elemental people, and “white savior”s that eat shit trying to “save lower society”.

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Charcoal grey book cover with a gold leaf symbol of a stubby hooked blade encircled in a halo looming the title Disarm Evil and subtitle a novel by Ritu Vedi. The page edges are also visible with a printed image visible while the book is closed. The image is that of a stain glass style religious story depicting four species that fall from peaceful grace into violent darkness.
January 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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What is your MC afraid of?

Dima is deeply afraid of being restrained or otherwise confined.

Miya is afraid of being wrong about ver beliefs. Though we don’t really get much of a glimpse into that inner turmoil given Dima is the pov character.
Dima, a human looking creature with shoulder length dark curly hair, Asian features, and a little person’s proportions, sits wearing a Rirmevu uniform, a special kind of law enforcement, close fit with horizontal rank bars on ver chest and slotted seams. The image is in black and white. Miya, a giant moth-like creature, is perched on Dima’s right upper arm. Miya is big enough to be able to latch onto Dima’s back and fly ver around like a winged backpack.
January 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Well then do I have the book for you! Just look at these printed edges just waiting to make you look like a cool book person.
A charcoal grey book cover with a gold symbol of a stubby hook shaped knife encircled in a gold halo. The book is called Disarm Evil and it is a novel by Ritu Vedi. You can also see the printed edges of the book which depict a stain glass style scene resembling some sort of religious story but told with fantasy creatures.
January 15, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Post a chosen one ✨

I guess, in a way, Dima is technically a “chosen one” though not in the way this sort of thing usually goes down…

Art by me. 😊
January 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Doodling a potential special edition cover 🤷🏻‍♂️
#bookcover #artsky #indieauthorsky #airships
Rough drawing done in red ink, depicting a seemingly winged person welding a crossbow looking out over both clouds and floating land masses as a large imposing airship crashes through the clouds towards the person. The airship resembles an old sea sailing ship with a large hot air balloon in place of several sales.
January 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Dima, the disowned heir of a nobel family, and Miya the pious legacy of a family of peacekeeping giant moths, are your standard white saviors sent by god to save the people of lower society from themselves. They will soon get their asses kicked and humbled by the complexity of reality.
#booksky
A book cover wherein gold leaf paint takes the form of a stubby knife with a hooked blade that is encircled by a golden halo. Blood creeps down the hook of the blade towards the the book title, “Disarm Evil” beneath the title is a gemstone used to divide the title from the words “A Novel by Ritu Vedi” The whole book cover resembles that of your standard black holy book with gold letters. The edges of the pages of the book are printed to depict the following description from the book’s story: “We approach an exquisite stone archway adorned with stained-glass windows stretching over top of the arch and emanating colorful light. On the far left of the window, the glass art portrays representatives from each vetu race—a yetu, a notu, an atu, and a bitu—gathered around a perfectly circular ring of fire. The scene is brimming with color and vitality. However, as one's gaze shifts to the right, black shards of glass begin to seep into the scene. The same figures that were once near the circle of fire now seem to retreat into the shadows. Leading the group of vetu is a bitu. This is why even the most highly exalted pale-furred bitu can still get crap from some people belonging to certain denominations of Ritufani. Further to the right, more black glass emerges, and even though the circle of fire is distant now, the vetu shield their eyes and bodies from it, as if the mere existence of the thing that once brought them life now causes immense pain. Continuing to the right, the fire becomes a mere speck, and the vetu have turned against each other. Amidst the fighting figures, ghostly monsters appear, mirroring the hostile postures of the vetu. It's as if they no longer see each other as vetu but rather as these monstrous apparitions. At the farthest right is a close up of Ritu surrounded by darkness, about to make Ver next move.”
January 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Here you go :)
January 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Apparently I am in the top .02% of listeners of Tom Cardy’s music. I didn’t know I listed to him THAT much. Damn!

#earworms #musicsky #istheresomethingwrongwithme
January 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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I keep hating and then rewriting my blurb… even after a year of my novel being published. Here is the latest blurb. Do you guys like it?
#bookblurb #booksky #authorsky #leftist
Dima the rebellious heir of a nobel family, and Miya the pious legacy of a family of peacekeeping giant moths, are your standard white saviors sent by god to save the people of lower society from themselves. They start their mission as honorable law enforcement officers specially trained to render criminals incapable of repeating offenses, all the while sparing each life for its sacred value. How kind of them… However, after bearing witness to some fellow officers committing atrocities, and bringing a stop to it, Dima and Miya feel like missionary work may better suit them. Though before they can act on their new calling, those officers they "rendered incapable of repeating offenses" take their revenge, which ultimately strands Dima and Miya among those they sought to save. Deep in the slums of society and under the care of a struggling family. No problem. Your place in society is a simple matter of your abundance of virtues and minimal vices. So it is only a matter of time before their virtues place them back where they belong and justice can be served.. If only the world were so simple.
January 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM