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Seraphina
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33 | Artist, author, & ballet dancer 🦚💕
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Thank you everyone for a wonderful release day 🥰💕 Holiest is now available on Amazon & Itchio!! Please consider reading it! There's lots of art to enjoy 🦚💕
August 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Thank you for the art share & congrats on 13.5K 🥰 I'm Seraphina and I write and illustrate horror novels about angels. The first novel in the series comes out this summer!
A black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel from a novel titled 'Holiest'. He has one white wing, one amputated wing, and a long white peacock tail. He has a gold and black halo with cracks in it, and he is smoking a cigarette. His name is Lucifer. The illustration is done by the author of the novel. A black and white illustration for a novel called 'The Harrowing' of two male-presenting angels reaching for each other. One of them is a seraph and has medium skin, six black wings, and black armor. The other has one white wing that is nailed to a cross, has an amputated wing, and a peacock tail. Their names are Beelzebub (who is the seraph) and Lucifer. The illustration is by the author of the novel.
March 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Did I not post the gold version of my Lucifer here? My bad. Please enjoy.

#AngelArt #Illustration
A black and gold illustration of a male-presenting angel. He has two wings, tail feathers, a cracked halo, and below him are the words "Abide With Us." The phrase is the tagline for the novel series "The Divine Tragedy" which this illustration is for. This is an alternate version of the fully rendered illustration, and will be included in the first novel of the series, "Holiest."
February 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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'Holiest' for @wolfehorror.bsky.social 's #sludgepit pitch event ✨️ descriptions of the images and the text in them are provided in the alt text.

'Holiest' is a queer Biblical horror story about mental illness, fallen angels, and Revelation, and will be available Aug. 13th 2025

#H #indiehorror
An illustration of a Gothic style frame drawn in white linework. Inside the frame is the cover for the novel 'Holiest' by Sancta Seraphina. At the bottom of the frame is the text 'The Divine Tragedy - Book I' and around the frame are various descriptions of aspects of the novel and some of its tropes: ✨️The 'Book of Revelation' but sideways ✨️Mental illness & hallucinations ✨️Disabled characters ✨️Milton's cast in Dante's Hell ✨️Biblically accurate angels ✨️Gothic style Pandemonium built on top of a frozen lake ✨️Dead dove (metaphorically & literally) ✨️Torture used as a demonstration of love ✨️Biblical, Gothic & body horror ✨️Fallen angels (being gay) ✨️Catholic aesthetics (stained glass & guilt) ✨️Guard x Royalty dynamic ✨️Pale, sickly, pretty blond angel doing everything wrong (on purpose) ✨️Friendship betrayal ✨️Illustrations & maps by the author ✨️End-of-the-World Psychosis A collage of the author's artwork. At the top is the phrase "Here are your dead doves, eat up" in reference to the both Dead Dove warning/tag and to the violent, disturbing, questionably alive, and morally grey angels in The Divine Tragedy series (the titles of which are also listed: Holiest, The Harrowing, and Heresiarch). Below are six illustrations in white linework of angel (or angel-like) characters, from left to right: Asmodeus, Beelzebub, Lucifer, Jehoel, Metatron, and Abdiel.
February 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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HUMAN ARTISTS, use only one piece to convince people to follow you.

This is my most popular art on my most of my social media accounts 🦚💕
A black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel from a novel titled 'Holiest'. He has one white wing, one amputated wing, and a long white peacock tail. He has a gold and black halo with cracks in it, and he is smoking a cigarette. His name is Lucifer. The illustration is done by the author of the novel.
January 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Hi #PortfolioDay
I'm Seraphina, a former scientific illustrator turned horror/fantasy illustrator 🥰
Although I'm not looking for work atm, sometimes I open commissions. I specialize in winged people w/ precise anatomy & wings. I also do body horror & anatomical diagrams
patreon.com/sanctaseraphina
An illustration in muted colors of androgynous angel in a stained glass window. The angel has pale skin, light blond hair, blue eyes, and two white wings. He is wearing a grey and light blue chasuble and he is holding a banner that says "Abide With Us" in red letters. Three illustrations of angels done in a black and white style. Left picture: a black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel from a novel titled 'Holiest'. He has one white wing, one amputated wing, and a long white peacock tail. He has a gold and black halo with cracks in it, and he is smoking a cigarette. His name is Lucifer. Top right picture: a black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel. He has curly hair, grey wings, a pale gold halo, and he is holding a book and a quill. Above him are a dove, a banner, and the seven gifts of the holy spirit are written in Latin in beams of light: Sapientia, Intelligentia, Fortitudo, Pietas, Consilium, Timor Domini, and Scientia. Written on the banner is the phrase "I see you dwelling upon the high and lofty throne. Rise up and hosts serve you." His name is Metatron. Bottom right picture: a black and white illustration for a novel called 'The Harrowing' of two male-presenting angels reaching for each other. One of them is a seraph and has medium skin, six black wings, and black armor. The other has one white wing that is nailed to a cross, has an amputated wing, and a peacock tail. Their names are Beelzebub (who is the seraph) and Lucifer. Four illustrations done with white linework on a dark background. Three of them have gold accents. Top picture: an illustration of an angel from behind. His wings are in a dynamic & difficult perspective and he has a peacock tail. He has a halo with stars and peacock feather designs, and stars are falling in the background behind him. Bottom left: an angel who is lying in golden blood. His chest and ribs are broken open and he is holding his own heart (drawn in gold) above himself, admiring it. The heart has a halo-shape behind it. Bottom middle: an angel-mimicking character whose body is disintegrating. His muscles and bones are showing and his skin is rotting off of him. Behind him is an intricate design of bones creating a mock halo shape above his head. Bottom right: the same angel from the top illustration, who is now missing his left wing. He is holding a skull protectively and behind him is another massive skull with an open mandible who is wearing a crown of golden thorns. Two black and white illustrations of angels. Top picture: a black and white half-body illustration of a male-presenting angel. He has light hair, pale skin, an androgynous figure, and two peacock wings. He also has a peacock tail. Underneath him are the words "Abide With Us" which is featured in the novel 'Holiest.' Bottom picture: a black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel for a novel called 'Holiest'. He has dark skin, six large wings, a golden halo, gold makeup, and gold eyes. He is holding a stylus and the words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin are surrounding him in fading gold. His name is Uriel.
January 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Some details, for those who might want to zoom in:
Details of peacock wing & tail feathers. Details of a halo with star and peacock feather designs. Details of feathers in perspective and peacock eye feathers. Details of a wing in a dynamic perspective.
January 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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This was my favorite artwork of Lucifer from Angeltober 2024, for prompt 15 - Heretic. It didn't do as well as I had hoped on my other socials, so I've been nervous to share it again, although I still love it 🦚💕
#AngelArt #Angel #Angeltober
A drawing of an angel completed in white linework on a dark, hazy background. The angel has peacock wings and a peacock tail and train of eye feathers. His halo has star and peacock feather designs on it, and there are falling stars in the background.
January 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Some information about the upcoming re-release of my novel 'Holiest' on Aug. 13, 2025.

I'll let everyone know when preorders are available & when it's on Goodreads & Storygraph. Alt text of the information in the graphics is provided.
An infographic made last June for a novel called 'Holiest' by Sancta Seraphina. It contains basic information about the novel: Genre: Biblical horror Content Warning: Mental illness, torture, self-harm, body horror Description: Told in nine parts, ‘Holiest’ is a false apocalypse caused by the devil’s inability to distinguish between ‘Revelation’ and reality. The tribulations begin when a treacherous cherub is thrown into Hell with catastrophic consequences, rekindling ancient strife in the Fallen Host and inciting Hell’s demons into vengeful destruction, all while a mysterious manuscript with black pages haunts the dreams of Hell’s prince and eventually his waking world as well. An infographic for a novel called 'Holiest' by Sancta Seraphina. It contains revised & expanded information about 'Holiest': HOLIEST at a glance... Original Publication: August 13, 2019 Scheduled Re-Release: August 13, 2025 Genre: Biblical Horror Demographic: Adult/New Adult Approx. Length: 135K Words Content Warnings (expanded): Mental Illness (depression, psychosis, hallucinations, suicidal ideation & attempted suicide), Body Horror (torture, self-harm, graphic depictions of violence including amputation, self-immolation & loss of eyes), Heretical & Blasphemous ideologies (including discussion of theodicy & the view of God as not being omnibenevolent) An infographic made for a novel called 'Holiest' by Sancta Seraphina. It contains comparative information regarding the original release of the novel and its 2025 re- release. The 2019 version: nine chapters, a map of Hell, chapter illustrations, available as a digital edition only, had prints, stickers & merch, a beta reader team, and was available for free. The 2025 version: nine chapters, a map of Hell, a map of Pandemonium, a worldbuilding appendix, chapter illustrations, print & digital editions, bonus prints, stickers & merch, a beta reader team, but is no longer free. If you enjoy or are interested in: -Horror literature (psychological, Gothic, body, etc...) -Bible and scripture-inspired literature -Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ and/or Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ -A book series with a cast of angels, fallen angels, and demons -Angels inspired by all branches of Abrahamic faiths (including Islam) -Intricate worldbuilding inspired by Jewish Mysticism -An Angelic Hierarchy entirely in Hebrew -Books with a unique system of speaking about & tracking time -Books where romance isn’t the major theme but is still included! -Books with queer main characters & couples (MC is a biromantic ace) -Books with disability represented in the cast (including the MC) -Books about mental health struggles -Adult or New Adult literature (not YA) -Books with pretty pictures drawn by the author Then 'Holiest' might be for you!
January 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Hi! Thank you for the art share. I'm Seraphina & I draw and write novels about angels! My novel 'Holiest' is coming out on Aug. 13, 2025 🥰🦚🕊💕 here are some of the characters—
A black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel from a novel titled 'Holiest'. He has one white wing, one amputated wing, and a long white peacock tail. He has a gold and black halo with cracks in it, and he is smoking a cigarette. His name is Lucifer. The illustration is done by the author of the novel. A black and white illustration for a novel called 'The Harrowing' (the second novel in the series, after 'Holiest') of two male-presenting angels reaching for each other. One of them is a seraph and has medium skin, six black wings, and black armor. The other has one white wing that is nailed to a cross, has an amputated wing, and a peacock tail. Their names are Beelzebub (who is the seraph) and Lucifer. The illustration is by the author of the novel.
January 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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An illustration of my character Lucifer posted on IG & tumblr today along with updated info about the re-release of Holiest (which I will share separately here since I can only share 4 images). This was originally drawn in 2018/completed in 2019. I redrew his wings & tail this year. 🪽💕
A black & white half-body illustration of an androgynous but male-presenting angel. He is shirtless, has light hair, and is looking down. He has peacock wings and tail feathers. Beneath him are the words "Abide With Us" written in gold. It is an illustration for a novel called Holiest, being re-released on Aug. 13, 2025. The illustration is by the author of the novel.
December 24, 2024 at 2:03 AM
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If you see this, post something monochromatic 🖤

Almost all my art is monochromatic 🤗 with gold accents as a treat
#AngelArt
A black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel who has only one white wing. He is framed by a gothic arch and has tall white candles in front of him. He is holding a gold morningstar polearm that has been broken in half. The illustration was based on Sargent's 'Madonna of Sorrows' painting.
December 7, 2024 at 10:33 PM
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Since holiday season is once again upon us, it is time to bring back Ossiel the Biblically Accurate tree topper angel. Original illustration from 2019, but now with a few 2024 updates 🤭
#AngelArt #BiblicallyAccurateAngel
A black and white illustration with gold accents of a Christmas tree, featuring a "Biblically Accurate" angel as the tree topper. This angel was based on the description of a type of angel from Ezekiel 1:16, describing the wheel-like angels (Ophanim) who accompany the Cherubim in Ezekiel's Merkabah vision— "This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel." The illustrator has added wings to wheel-like angel and a large center eye, along with the hundreds of eyes from Ezekiel 1:18 ("all four were full of eyes all around"). The Christmas tree is full of candles and ornaments with eye-rimmed spheres as garlands and the phrase "Be Not Afraid." At the base of the tree are variously shaped wrapped gifts, a fire extinguisher with a gift bow, and an angel doll who has three eyes on her face and eyes on each feather of her wings. The tree topper angel also has a Christmas hat.
December 1, 2024 at 10:30 PM
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I'll go first—I'm Seraphina, an artist and author who writes specifically about angels! I am a freelance illustrator (my specialty was scientific art, but I now do mostly graphic design) and I have a contract to dance in a regional ballet company. Here are some of my beloved angels:
A black and white illustration for a novel called 'The Harrowing' of two male-presenting angels reaching for each other. One of them is a seraph and has medium skin, six black wings, and black armor. The other has one white wing that is nailed to a cross, has an amputated wing, and a peacock tail. Their names are Beelzebub (who is the seraph) and Lucifer. The illustration is by the author of the novel. A black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel. He has curly hair, grey wings, a pale gold halo, and he is holding a book and a quill. Above him are a dove, a banner, and the seven gifts of the holy spirit are written in Latin in beams of light: Sapientia, Intelligentia, Fortitudo, Pietas, Consilium, Timor Domini, and Scientia. Written on the banner is the phrase "I see you dwelling upon the high and lofty throne. Rise up and hosts serve you." His name is Metatron. The illustration is by the author of the novel series. A black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel for a novel called 'Holiest'. He has dark skin, six large wings, a golden halo, gold makeup, and gold eyes. He is holding a stylus and the words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin are surrounding him in fading gold. His name is Uriel. The illustration is by the author of the novel.
November 26, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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As requested, this is an #artshare for creators with angel characters! Let's rebuild our small angel-loving community 💕

🪽 Artists, please share your art of your angels!
🪽 Writers can share their angels too! Post a moodboard, excerpt, or commissioned artwork of your angel (please credit the artist!)
A black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel from a novel titled 'Holiest'. He has one white wing, one amputated wing, and a long peacock tail. He has a gold and black halo with cracks in it, and he is smoking a cigarette. His name is Lucifer. The illustration is done by the author of the novel. The artwork has the words "Angel Art Share" and the hashtag #angelartshare and the artist's bsky handle.
November 26, 2024 at 9:39 PM
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QRP with your skull art!
#Art #AngelArt #OCart
An illustration done in white & gold on a dark background of a male-presenting angel who is holding a skull. The angel is missing his left wing and he has a peacock tail. Behind him is a larger skull that has a crown of thorns as a reference to Jesus and to where Jesus died (Golgotha). This is for a novel called "The Harrowing" which is inspired by the Gospel of Nicodemus—in the novel, it is Lucifer (the angel in this picture) who proudly takes the credit for orchestrating the death of Christ. The novel itself tells the aftermath of the Harrowing of Hell (Christ's descent into Hell after death, resulting in the destruction of Hell's gates and the freeing of many souls there) and explains what happens to Lucifer during his 1000-year imprisonment following that incident. The illustration is by the author of the novel.
November 25, 2024 at 12:45 PM
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This is an artwork of my Lucifer's stained glass window in Pandemonium that I did as linework for Angeltober 2023, and colored for Angeltober 2024. I prefer working in black & white, and while I plan to keep that style for the story, I may make a few more windows like this... 🤭
#Art #AngelArt #OCart
An illustration of androgynous angel in a stained glass window from the novel 'Holiest'. The angel has pale skin, light blond hair, blue eyes, and two white wings. He is wearing a grey and light blue chasuble and he is holding a banner that says "Abide With Us" in red letters. He is the novel's main character Lucifer, although unlike this window, he is now missing his left wing. The illustration is by the novel's author.
November 24, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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Angeltober 2024 Day 27 - Golgotha, featuring Lucifer. The context for the illustration is in the ALT text because it would not fit in the description 🦚💕
#AngelArt #angeltober #OCart
An illustration done in white & gold on a dark background of a male-presenting angel who is holding a skull. The angel is missing his left wing and he has a peacock tail. Behind him is a larger skull that has a crown of thorns as a reference to Jesus and to where Jesus died (Golgotha). This is for a novel called 'The Harrowing' which is inspired by the Gospel of Nicodemus—in the novel, it is Lucifer (the angel in this picture) who proudly takes the credit for orchestrating the death of Christ. The novel itself tells the aftermath of the Harrowing of Hell (Christ's descent into Hell after death, resulting in the destruction of Hell's gates and the freeing of many souls there) and explains what happens to Lucifer during his 1000-year imprisonment following that incident. The illustration is by the author of the novel.
November 23, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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Here is one of my older artworks (it's from 2020) but also one of my most popular pieces 🤗 Everyone's favorite angry crow seraph Beelzebub 🔥🐝🔥
#AngelArt #Art #OCart
A black and white illustration of a male-presenting seraph. He has medium skin, black hair, and six black wings. He is wearing black armor with an eye motif and he is holding a long polearm above his head. Fire is coming off of his wings, hands, and weapon, and he is yelling. There are cliffs and broken architecture in the background.
November 22, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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My character Mulciber, the fallen angelic architect, who was directly inspired by John Milton's Mulciber from Paradise Lost. He is holding a small model of one of Pandemonium's halls.
#AngelArt #OCart #Art
A black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel from a novel titled 'Holiest'. He is a cherub and he has four magpie wings and dark hair. He is a holding a model of a cathedral-like building made of gold, which is actually one of the halls of Pandemonium. In the background there is faint linework of more Gothic-style architecture. His name is Mulciber. The illustration is done by the author of the novel.
November 20, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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Thank you for the art share 💕 And congrats on 770+ 🤗
I'm Seraphina, an artist & author who writes Biblical horror and who loves drawing her angel characters 🦚🕊💕
A black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel from a novel titled 'Holiest'. He has one white wing, one amputated wing, and a long peacock tail. He has a gold and black halo with cracks in it, and he is smoking a cigarette. His name is Lucifer. The illustration is done by the author of the novel. A black and white illustration for a novel called 'The Harrowing' of two male-presenting angels reaching for each other. One of them is a seraph and has medium skin, six black wings, and black armor. The other has one white wing that is nailed to a cross, has an amputated wing, and a peacock tail. Their names are Beelzebub (who is the seraph) and Lucifer. The illustration is by the author of the novel. A black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel for a novel called 'Holiest'. He has dark skin, six large wings, a golden halo, gold makeup, and gold eyes. He is holding a stylus and the words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin are surrounding him in fading gold. His name is Uriel. The illustration is by the author of the novel.
November 20, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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A snippet from Metatron's introduction and one of my illustrations of him. The excerpt is also in the alt text. 🕊💕
A black and white illustration featuring an excerpt from 'Holiest' of the antagonist Metatron's introduction. It has a dove and a banner saying "I see you dwelling upon the high and lofty throne. Rise up and hosts serve you." The excerpt is below: "He did not have the title 'Prince of Hosts', but his Father did bestow upon him the title 'Malakh ha-Panim,' or Angel of the Divine Countenance, although Metatron was never considered one of the angelic princes the same way Lucifer and the Chayot ha-Qadesh were. The Choirs called him Lord instead. Not Prince Metatron, but Lord Metatron. And sometimes they even called him Adonai, when hoping to speak to their Father through him. Metatron believed this was apt, since he was now considered to be the embodiment of their Father’s Divine Countenance, and humans numerously called him the Holy Spirit itself and the Shekinah. And that was something Lucifer could never claim." A black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel. He has curly hair, grey wings, a pale gold halo, and he is holding a book and a quill. Above him are a dove, a banner, and the seven gifts of the holy spirit are written in Latin in beams of light: Sapientia, Intelligentia, Fortitudo, Pietas, Consilium, Timor Domini, and Scientia. Written on the banner is the phrase "I see you dwelling upon the high and lofty throne. Rise up and hosts serve you." His name is Metatron.
November 19, 2024 at 3:51 AM
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The completed version of last year's Angeltober prompt 'Monstrance'—featuring Metatron 🕊💕
#Art #AngelArt #OCart
A black and white illustration of a male-presenting angel. He has light-colored, curly hair, pale lavender eyes, two grey wings, a pale gold halo, and he is holding a bright gold monstrance. The monstrance has star sapphires and chrysolites.
November 18, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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If you see this, post a bird! 🦚
#art
An illustration done in white on a dark background of a seraph holding a peacock protectively. He has freckles, a gold halo, and gold eyes. This is a cropped-in version of the original drawing.
November 18, 2024 at 1:06 PM
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One of my favorite illustrations of Lucifer & Beelzebub for my novel 'The Harrowing'
#AngelArt #Art #OCart
A black and white illustration of two male-presenting angels reaching for each other. One of them is a seraph and has medium skin, six black wings, and black armor. The other has one white wing that is nailed to a cross, has an amputated wing, and a peacock tail.
November 17, 2024 at 1:35 PM