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Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

Some art requests I got over on Insta. There are always fun to draw; no pressure, just some digital ink on gray.

#heracles #heraclesart #greekmythology #dragonart #merman #mermanart #commissionsareopen

Black and gray rendering of Heracles; he is massive, muscular, covered in scars, and looks a little drunk. He is holding a (relatively) tiny cup of wine.

Black and gray; two dragons, one much younger and smaller, have a play fight, beating their great wings.

Black and gray, Iamiq, a heavily scarred merman, regards the viewer with menacing disinterest, idly balancing a massive crystal knife on his fingers.

October 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

Brothers are difficult, Azere knows; the way her brother treated her was fair. Since her marriage, her new brother of the Mammoth Folk treats her very strangely, like he actually likes her and sees her as more than a tool for the crown.
#DVPit #DVArt #YA #F #GN #WFH #comms #Illustrator #LGBT #ND #TV

October 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

Raising his siblings after their mother disappeared, Iamiq has cut off every part of himself that doesn't support them. Hearing that his mother might be alive, far away, Iamiq decides to bring her home; he will do anything for family
#DVPit #DVArt #F #GN #lgbt #NA #comms #Illustrator #WFH #comms

October 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

Uneasy peace for the Tegizian Empire is sealed by the marriage of Princess Azere to the leader of the barbaric Mammoth Folk, but her new family is different from what she was told, and when war looms it could destroy them all. Unless…
#DVPit #DVArt #YA #F #GN #WFH #comms #Illustrator #LGBT #ND #TV

October 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

Especially during the war, Princess Azere was taught that the mammoths were evilbeasts made only for killing, but now that she lives among them and their human companions she knows it is not true. What else about her life was a lie?
#DVPit #DVArt #YA #F #GN #WFH #comms #Illustrator #LGBT #ND #TV

October 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

Hearing rumors that his mother might be alive, Iamiq crosses the Pacific to find her. However, his own mistakes are closing in on him as a rogue killer whale pursues him for revenge.
#DVPit #DVArt #F #GN #lgbt #NA #comms #Illustrator #WFH #comms

October 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

Life flows with the tides; Iamiq, the eldest, cares for his younger sisters as well as he can without a thought for his own needs, but when he hears that their mother might be alive he will cross the sea to find her and heal their family
#DVPit #DVArt #F #GN #lgbt #NA #comms #Illustrator #WFH #comms

October 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

Io lives in the depths of the Imperial City, avoiding notice and working odd jobs, until he meets Aiko and falls in love. Unfortunately, Io's past is hunting him, and anyone who gets in the way is an acceptable casualty.

#DVPit #DVArt #SF #SFF #R #NA #GN #LGBT #Illustrator #comms #WFH

October 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

After years of struggling to raise his sisters alone, Iamiq, a young merman, jumps at the chance to cross the Pacific and find his missing mother, hoping to heal their broken family.
#DVPit #DVArt #F #GN #lgbt #NA #comms #Illustrator #WFH #comms

October 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

Meira always tried to stay beneath Imperial notice, but after she manages to tame a wyvern she and her friends have the power to free their homeland... or burn it to the ground.
#DVPit #DVArt #GN #F #LGBT #YA #WFH #comms #Illustrator

October 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

Top secret bio-enhancement is a new, inexact science, and the patient is left with chronic pain. Ask Io how he knows. When he meets someone who makes the pain bearable, it makes the possibility of Io losing him too painful to consider.
#DVPit #DVArt #SF #SFF #R #NA #GN #LGBT #Illustrator #comms #WFH

October 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

Princess Azere served her father's will, but after her brother is killed & she is married to his killers, the barbaric Mammoth Folk, she has to learn to balance her two families or else war will consume them all.
#DVPit #DVArt #YA #F #GN #WFH #comms #Illustrator #LGBT #ND #TV

October 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

#DVparty Day 6: Hype next WIP . I'm always cooking up something, but I think my next one will have to be a return to merfolk. The ocean always calls to me, one way or another, and I've been doing lots of terrestrial fantasy lately. So yeah. Mermaids.
#mermaid #merman #merfolk

Black ink-lines on a gray background. A merman with black stripes lays down on rocks looking at a small fish.

Black ink-lines on a gray background. A muscular merman, covered in scars, holds a long stone knife between his hands and stares at the viewer dispassionately.

October 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

When the Tides Held the Moon by @venessakelley.bsky.social absolutely slammed me would be a gross understatement. Please, read it!

#whenthetidesheldthemoon #fanart #digitalfanart #illustration #queerlit #historical #romantasy #lgbtq #merman #mermanart #commissionsareopen #queerartist #lgbtartist

Benny Caldera, an Afro-boricua man, plays a quatro and sings, illuminated by an oil lantern. His verse is: "Lleva me, Rio, hasta el mar, sobre olas azules de agua cristal! Porque soy un muchacho a que le gusta cantar! Con tritones y sirenas me gustaria bailar!"

Rio, a merman with blue-gray skin and red hair, sings inside his aquarium tank, illuminated by the lantern and the moon. His verse is "Acercate mas, amante del mar. Dijo las olas de agua cristal! El ritmo que sientes, la tentacion fluvial, el latido de mi corazon es tu cantal!"

October 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

When he hears that the mother he presumed dead might still be alive, a young merman, Iamiq, sets out across the Pacific Ocean to find her and bring her home to heal the family he feels he can't properly support.

Self-worth, identity, queer themes, romance, and adventure!

#PreDV #lgbt

September 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

Part 4/4

#mermaids #mermen #comics #art #ocart

September 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

Part 3/4

#mermaids #mermen #comics #art #ocart

September 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

Part 2/4

#mermaids #mermen #comics #art #ocart

September 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

Singing Each to Each: Night Hunt🧜‍♀️

Off the coast of Aotearoa, Iamiq struggles to balance raising his orphaned sisters and his own needs.

This is a pilot for a much larger project I want to get published.

Part 1/4

#mermaids #mermen #comics #art #ocart

September 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

Post a random picture or else

September 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

I don't know how many of you have read Jackson's Diary on Webtoons, but it's very compelling. I do love a parallel.

#fanart #jacksonsdiary #jacksonsdiarywebtoon

August 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM

Zach the Scriptor

@scriptorsapiens.bsky.social

(Showing up a month late with Starbucks)

I'm Zach, and I love working on fun, genre bending and character focused stories! I can do covers and interiors (see my work on QualityLand for both).

My website/portfolio is currently under reconstruction,
but I'm "scriptorsapiens" on all socials