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Elly Beck / UK / she/her cis lesbian artist
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(23/02/2024)
resolve preview; more info beneath the cut
resolve is a project i have been working on since 2019, when I was 29. I called it a “zine” to start but turned out more like an art book; it has over 120 ilustrated pages, interspersed with narrative text-only pages that tell a brief story of my experiences (largely internal) with CPTSD, complex dissociative disorder, and recovery.
When finished, I plan to have resolve available in full online for no cost. I looked for people’s stories to connect with when I was trying to manage symptoms I couldn’t understand, and I wanted to provide my own in spirit of that.
The entirety of resolve is written and thumbnailed. No other previews of the text will be posted anywhere until resolve is complete, but I reguarly post WIPs to this blog under the resolve tag because I enjoy sharing my art with others. However, finishing the rest is going to take a long, long time.
I am currently quite disabled due to chronic illnesses, particuarly since the beginning of 2023, and I am unable to work. I scrape together the few hours of ability to work in a week I am able to work on resolve because, to put it rather plainly, my health concerns had me fearing that I could drop dead someday before resolve is finished and I decided picking through it however slowly was better than sitting with that fear constantly. I will continue focusing on it as long as I am waiting for my health to stabilize enough to start freelancing/otherwise working again.
If you are interested in supporting resolve, the best place for that at the moment is my Patreon.
Alternatively, in the short term, please consider looking at my partner's top surgery GFM; their surgery is scheduled for April 2024 and they work fulltime to provide for me, and the GFM has slowed down of late.
None of resolve would exist without them, I hardly doubt I would, and they have done nothing but support me, emotionally and materially.
Thank you for reading.
#resolve#original work#illustration#art book#comic#cptsd#long post#tw eye horror#tw body horror#tw gore#tw blood#tw animal death
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(01/02/2024)
hourly comic day 2024
#hourly comic day#hourly comics#hourlies#hourly comics day#hourlycomicsday#hourlycomicday#hourlycomics#long post
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(20/12/2023)
Paintings done using the Animal Crossing New Horizons custom design editor
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(13/11/2023)
Paintings done using the Animal Crossing New Horizons custom design editor
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(26/10/2023)
Animations I made in Animal Crossing New Horizons for stream layouts on Twitch using my character Ponpy
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Paintings done using the Animal Crossing New Horizons custom design editor
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(20/01/2021)
This is a piece of a commission of a character who I played in a D&D campaign called Zeitgeist: The Gears of Revolution who is half-my-character and half-NPC, requested by the author of the campaign for publication in another campaign set in the same world.
It is both the character Kasvarina Varal, whose story I did not write, and my own character, Summer, Eladrin bard, who over time remembered and confronted the fact that she was indeed that very same Kasvarina Varal, pictured here.
Our GM was posting updates to a forum that the author of the campaign watched and commented on, and when I came into the game a little late, the two of them decided in secret to me, and in an act I would forever consider One Of The Coolest Things To Ever Happen To Me, that my character had accidentally fit several criteria for an extremely plot-pivotal NPC, and that I would from then on being playing that NPC.
Five years later we finished the campaign and I began drawing a piece that I uploaded to the internet as a work-in-progress and I never returned to it. Three years after that, the author of the original campaign reached out to me and asked me to complete it for publication.
I was extremely happy to be given the opportunity not only to finish this piece but to give it the time and care that matched my feelings for it and this character's place in my life.
#illustration#d&d#dungeons and dragons#zeitgeist: the gears of revolution#kasvarina varal#summer#original work#fanart#its both????#Kasvarina's appearance here is entirely how I imagine my own character#I do not think I took any cues from the illustration given for her canonical appearance LOL#except for weapons and equipment from the campaign of course#if I explained everything it would spoil literally the entire campaign for you so!#if it looks cool you should take a look at that before digging through my blogs haha
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(30/09/2023)
Paintings done in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Custom Design editor
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(30/06/23)
Jessie from Idletry by Dupe @pluralthey
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(26/06/23)
my partner's (purple bat and green opossum) and my (the rest) fursonas drawn for our 5th wedding anniversary :)
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Introduction!
Hello! My name is Elly, I’m a disabled/chronically ill lesbian artist (she/her) trying to make a humble living creating art. While I try not to paywall my art, I do have a few support accounts available as tip jars, and on Patreon I leave more regular commentary on my art and life updates. There is also access to a Discord server for Patreon members!
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Here’s some information about my ongoing work and projects!
resolve
Resolve is an art book I have been working on since 2019 about my experiences with CPTSD, complex dissociative disorder, and recovery. It is autobiographical, but more than that an exploration on feelings and experiences through symbolic imagery. It is clocking in at over 140 images in total as of completing my thumbnails for it in 2022.
It is my primary personal project at the moment.
Star Bites
Star Bites is a newer project for me! It is a collection of little creatures designed from prompts largely from my Patreon supporters based on emoji. While there are no concrete plans for Star Bites at this time, I’m hoping to make illustrations and possibly merchandise(?) that include them. I also have some bigger plans that would require me to learn some coding...but that’s a little bit of a secret for now...
Sam Farren books
My partner is a non-binary (they/them) lesbian novelist who writes high fantasy novels. These books explore a range of themes, though particularly how relationships with others help us heal from or simply confront emotional wounds in fantastical worlds commonly featuring gods that walk amongst mortals, dragons, knights, and always a lot of magic. I frequently design and draw their characters, and all of these are found under my tag farren.books
They all heavily feature lesbian and trans characters, as Sam is interested primarily in writing for their personal community--the kinds of books they theirself did not get to read growing up. I have drawn the covers for four of their novels, and plan to work on many more.
More information about ALL of their books here!
If you are interested in following along any of these projects, a follow here will keep you up to date on completed art! Thank you for your interest in my work!
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Star Bite: Adelaide
Adelaide is a ghost duck who swims on ice and skates on water! She technically possesses the necklace she wears, and she’s trying to be less of a “haunting” sort of ghost—but she still has a bit of scheming in her when the mood strikes. When in a bad mood, the temperature around her can drop quite low! A lady does try to keep her composure, however.
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(10/06/23)
Star Bite: Ritzle Ditzle
Ritzle Ditzle is a badger with big boxing gloves as hands. They have lots of energy and are a bit mischievous, but sometimes forgets the size of their hands to the detriment of others. Her best friend is a mole named Rumble Grumble who always wears a hard hat just in case! Ritzle loves playing games and eating fried food.
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(10/06/23)
Star Bite: Flancy
Flancy is a sleepy dragon who is also a rainbow. Grass and flowers grow on her paws and tail, and grow wherever she walks. She prefers to fly, and likes to sleep where it has just rained so her plants will be healthy, so she spends a lot of time following rain clouds and usually the rest of the time snoozing. The flower at the end of her tail is the gold at the end of the rainbow, and its petals can be used in food and tea that she willingly offers.
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