Happy birthday, love @ransamparataya.bsky.social 🫶

I originally developed "On the Bones of BATALA" for the FÖLK-LORE Game Jam back in 2021 (it was then called "On the Bones of Bathala" before I learned Bathala was possibly a Spanish misspelling).

bit.ly/otbob #bonesofbatala #RPGSEA

"Who are you, you ask? You descend from survivors of the Arrival, your very existence a defiance against the realm that seeks to destroy you. You are the Katauhan." #bonesofbatala #RPGSEA

08.30.2025

Coming soon. #bonesofbatala #RPGSEA

Welcome, Katauhan, to the Rotting Isles. #bonesofbatala #RPGSEA

References used:
🔗 bsp.gov.ph/Pages/AboutT...
🔗 facebook.com/xedric.samon...
🔗 www.researchgate.net/profile/Rome...
🔗 www.tatlerasia.com/lifestyle/ar...
🔗 www.lumadlibrary.com

eat your young #bonesofbatala #illustration #RPGSEA

Reference used:
Leonor Rivera Portrait (Wiki)

Maria Clara and Padre Salvi #illustration

References used:
1. Pañuelo (Wiki)
2. Camisa (Wiki)
3. Julie Anne San Jose as Maria Clara in "Maria Clara at Ibarra"
4. Leonor Rivera sketch by Jose Rizal (Wiki)

Maria Clara

self portrait 🦋

I'm also a published children's book author-illustrator! Currently putting my book illustration services on pause to prioritize #bonesofbatala and my Tagalog research. I'm also looking for fellow researchers I can trauma bond with re: colonial / historical trauma ;-;

Hi! I'm Ar-Em, an illustrator + writer born and raised in the 🇵🇭. Currently studying my master's in Aotearoa and working on a horror TTRPG called #bonesofbatala which is inspired by precolonial Tagalog culture, history and folklore

Crawled out of art block by finishing an illustration for my partner's birthday 🥳