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emiliusdraws.bsky.social
#3087 Little bugmage
A digital drawing of a little guy with a pointy hat and cloak. They have eyes stitched onto their hat and little stick arms coming out from the bottom of the cloak.
September 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Bug Mage Art: working on the first end page. Fiddly. Will gnaw on it later. :) #writingcommunity #endpages #formatting #booksky #bugmage
End page image for the novel The Bug Mage.
March 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Bug Mage Art: This is a loose map of Nine World. #writingcommunity #bugmage #booksky #art
Loose drawing of the nine worlds of Nine World.
February 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Bug Mage Art - This is Sorceress #3 holding an amulet. Enjoy!!! #ink #illustrate #fantasynovel #bugmage
An illustration of Sorceress #3 holding an amulet.
December 22, 2024 at 5:07 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Bug Mage Art - This is the Giant Spider (she is very important in the novel). Enjoy! #ink #illustration #art #booksky #writingcommunity #fantasynovel #bugmage
Pen and ink illustration of a giant spider from the novel The Bug Mage. Enjoy!
December 28, 2024 at 10:00 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Lots and lots of bugs. These are the end sheet illustration for the hardcover version of "The Bug Mage." I plan to finish that last corner tonight so I can take it in for a big scan tomorrow (it won't fit my scanner). #bugmage #fantasynovel #writingcommunity #scifichat #fantasy #booksky
A lot of bugs illustrated for the end pages of the hardcover version of "The Bug Mage".
January 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Bug Mage Art - This is Lilyfrog, a giant frog in the novel. #art #ink #illustration #fantasynovel #bugmage #writingcommunity #booksky Enjoy!!!
This is a pen and ink illustration for the novel "The Bug Mage" (fantasy). This is Lilifrog, a giant frog sitting in lotus. Enjoy!
December 29, 2024 at 8:13 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Bug Mage Art - Monsters. Truthfully these were hard as I'm more structured. Last official character studies for this set. Yay!! Next is lettering (illuminated). #art #illustration #writingcommunity #fantasynovel #bugmage
Pen and ink of two monster creatures. One sort of scorpion, the other tubular with cillia legs. Enjoy!
December 30, 2024 at 7:34 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
I have decided to generate a *map* of Nine Worlds. Basically, during formatting layout I ended up with one too many blank front matter pages. So today I sorted out the spiral of planets and started the drawing. #writingcommunity #bugmage #booksky #mapdrawing #art
February 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Bug Mage Art: This is Spreading Root, a magi from Six World. Enjoy! #ink #illustrate #fantasynovel #bugmage
This image is an ink drawing of a female magi named Spreading Root from Six World. She is holding a staff and a basket.
December 25, 2024 at 8:04 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Bug Mage Art - This is Sorceress #5 in ritual. Enjoy!!! #ink #illustrate #fantasynovel #bugmage
This is sorceress #5 of "The Bug Mage" fantasy novel. She has her hands up in a ritual.
December 24, 2024 at 1:48 AM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Bug Mage Art Chapter Header 17 - this is Destine morphing while Elon looks on. #ink #illustration #fantasynovel #bookart #bugmage
This is a pen and ink illustration of Destine morphing while Elon looks on.
November 30, 2024 at 11:16 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Bug Mage Art. This is the completed panel of bugs drawn at double size to be used on end pages of the hardcover. So many bugs. It is off to Reprographics for a scan today. #illustration #bugs #writingcommunity #booksky #bookart #art #bugmage
Half a sheet of large paper covered in illustrated bugs to be used as end pages art for the upcoming novel "The Bug Mage".
January 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Bug Mage Art: I got the background *space* blocked in and the spiral cracks. This is for the cover or the 5th attempt so far :) I am using acrylics on canvas and I needed to knock down the white of the canvas first. #writingcommunity #bookart #cover #booksky #art #acrylic #painting #bugmage
This is the start of the cover painting for "The Bug Mage" (a fantasy novel). I've blocked out the background and 'path' to neutralize the overwhelming white.
March 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
They talked me into it, so here I am. At the moment I am illustrating the chapter headers on my pending fantasy novel "The Bug Mage." This is Destine, the MC in the novel. Today I re-drew her using multi-liners prepping her for color. Enjoy! #ink #illustration #bookart #fantasynovel #bugmage
November 15, 2024 at 6:59 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
I got the canvas gessoed up. Next up is to transfer the image to the dried canvas and to drag out my paints to see what is still usable. This canvas is for the new book cover for The Bug Mage. I did the cover in soft pastel but it isn't quite right. #art #canvas #painting #coverart #bugmage
Image of larger canvas with fresh gesso paint on an easel.
February 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Bug Mage Art Chapter 26/29 Header. This is Destine rising from the water on Six World. Enjoy! #ink #illustrate #bookart #fantasynovel #bugmage
This image is Destine rising from the water on Six World. Enjoy!
December 7, 2024 at 6:55 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Bug Mage Art - character study of Neilon, an important and powerful magi. (good guy) #ink #illustrate #fantasynovel #bugmage
This is a drawing of Neilon, Grand Master Magi of 3 World.
December 15, 2024 at 7:33 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Bug Mage Art - This is Lemmony, she is rather fierce. Girl. #ink #illustrate #fantasynovel #bugmage
This is Lemmony. She is a small girl playing marbles with a fierce facial expression.
December 26, 2024 at 6:50 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Bug Mage Art - Character Study of Head Master Magi Wexler (he is a teacher/professor) (good guy) #ink #illustrate #fantasynovel #bugmage Enjoy!!!
This image is a pen and ink illustration of Head Master Wexler, a magi and professor.
December 14, 2024 at 7:02 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Here are two images from my upcoming fantasy novel "The Bug Mage" it is on schedule for hard cover release in early spring.

#writingcommunity #booksky #bugmage #fantasynovel
This is the MC, loosely based on Mer. This is a transformed Mermak, loosely based on Mer.
September 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Bug Mage Art - This is Cleo, a sorceress with a tincture. Enjoy! #ink #illustrate #fantasynovel #bugmage
A pen and ink drawing of Cleo, a sorceress.
December 20, 2024 at 6:42 PM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Bug Mage Art Chapter Header 24/29 This is two cyborg shooting the book trying to burn it up. #ink #illustration #fantasynovel #bugmage
This image is of two cyborg who are shooting a magical codex trying to burn it up.
December 6, 2024 at 12:28 AM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Next up I will try a mock up of the first page of the novel using the rough header art/border and adding an illuminated first letter. The hard part is figuring out Vellum and seeing if it can handle what I want. #bugmage #writingcommunity #booksky #illustration
January 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
Bug Mage Art - This is Cleo, Sorceress 1 redrawn. You can see the old one by scrolling my feed. I corrected her pose and reduced distractions. Enjoy! #ink #illustrate #fantasynovel #bugmage
This is the re-drawn Sorceress 1 - Cleo. She is standing holding a tincture. Enjoy!
December 24, 2024 at 8:03 PM