elka 🌾 drafting!
@saintsbeware.bsky.social
writer & illustrator ✦ he/they 🏳️⚧️🇵🇷 ✦ patron saint of soulmates ✦ medieval enthusiast
☾ writing queer romantic fantasies and thinking about knights 𖤓 🔞 sometimes nsfw
🌱 wip: #cursebreakerwip
🌱 tips & shop: https://ko-fi.com/elkamarsden
☾ writing queer romantic fantasies and thinking about knights 𖤓 🔞 sometimes nsfw
🌱 wip: #cursebreakerwip
🌱 tips & shop: https://ko-fi.com/elkamarsden
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welcome travelers —
I'm elka, a writer and character illustrator who loves storytelling through art, medieval history, elves, magic, romance, and gaming!
follow along if you too like to see knights kissing 🥀
I'm elka, a writer and character illustrator who loves storytelling through art, medieval history, elves, magic, romance, and gaming!
follow along if you too like to see knights kissing 🥀
happy thanksgiving weekend, I hope everyone is able to find some peace to relax and get ready for the colder months ahead 🍁
November 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
happy thanksgiving weekend, I hope everyone is able to find some peace to relax and get ready for the colder months ahead 🍁
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new commission sheet who this?
with illustrations starting at $85 and sketches as low at $40, you can get your character design, portrait, or book cover done in my style!
ko-fi.com/elkamarsden
consider supporting a queer artist!
shares and likes appreciated ❤️🔥
#commsopen #ocsky #art #sff
with illustrations starting at $85 and sketches as low at $40, you can get your character design, portrait, or book cover done in my style!
ko-fi.com/elkamarsden
consider supporting a queer artist!
shares and likes appreciated ❤️🔥
#commsopen #ocsky #art #sff
September 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
new commission sheet who this?
with illustrations starting at $85 and sketches as low at $40, you can get your character design, portrait, or book cover done in my style!
ko-fi.com/elkamarsden
consider supporting a queer artist!
shares and likes appreciated ❤️🔥
#commsopen #ocsky #art #sff
with illustrations starting at $85 and sketches as low at $40, you can get your character design, portrait, or book cover done in my style!
ko-fi.com/elkamarsden
consider supporting a queer artist!
shares and likes appreciated ❤️🔥
#commsopen #ocsky #art #sff
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Happy Black Friday! Both of these sapphic e-books are on sale.
Providence Girls
Unholy With Eyes Like Wolves
Providence Girls
Unholy With Eyes Like Wolves
November 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Happy Black Friday! Both of these sapphic e-books are on sale.
Providence Girls
Unholy With Eyes Like Wolves
Providence Girls
Unholy With Eyes Like Wolves
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I got hit with an unexpected $200 expense today! I need to buy software to keep my new freelance job. It would be amazing to sell some books or get some new patrons to help cover it 😬
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/ardenpowell
Exclusive fiction: www.patreon.com/ardenpowell
Books on Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/ardenpowell
Exclusive fiction: www.patreon.com/ardenpowell
Books on Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I got hit with an unexpected $200 expense today! I need to buy software to keep my new freelance job. It would be amazing to sell some books or get some new patrons to help cover it 😬
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/ardenpowell
Exclusive fiction: www.patreon.com/ardenpowell
Books on Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/ardenpowell
Exclusive fiction: www.patreon.com/ardenpowell
Books on Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io
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hey there!✨ you can get a character illustration like these starting at 85 USD! please share and let your friends know that I have available commission slots for this month! 🖤🥀
vgen.co/saintsbeware
#artsky #booksky #commission
vgen.co/saintsbeware
#artsky #booksky #commission
October 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
hey there!✨ you can get a character illustration like these starting at 85 USD! please share and let your friends know that I have available commission slots for this month! 🖤🥀
vgen.co/saintsbeware
#artsky #booksky #commission
vgen.co/saintsbeware
#artsky #booksky #commission
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My entire backlist is also on sale! You can get everything 50% off for individual books on my personal shop, or pick up the entire set in one go for 10 dollars on itch.
Highlights for each book are below:
riengray.shop
itch.io/s/170830/sap...
Highlights for each book are below:
riengray.shop
itch.io/s/170830/sap...
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My entire backlist is also on sale! You can get everything 50% off for individual books on my personal shop, or pick up the entire set in one go for 10 dollars on itch.
Highlights for each book are below:
riengray.shop
itch.io/s/170830/sap...
Highlights for each book are below:
riengray.shop
itch.io/s/170830/sap...
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NONBINARY NOVELLAS FOR BLACK FRIDAY!
My F/NBi noir romance series, Fatal Fidelity, is 99 cents for a limited time!
This will likely be the last sale on these books for a while as I plan to get my rights back in 2026 and they will be off storefronts for a bit 👀
www.amazon.com/dp/B08S6LNGTZ
My F/NBi noir romance series, Fatal Fidelity, is 99 cents for a limited time!
This will likely be the last sale on these books for a while as I plan to get my rights back in 2026 and they will be off storefronts for a bit 👀
www.amazon.com/dp/B08S6LNGTZ
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
NONBINARY NOVELLAS FOR BLACK FRIDAY!
My F/NBi noir romance series, Fatal Fidelity, is 99 cents for a limited time!
This will likely be the last sale on these books for a while as I plan to get my rights back in 2026 and they will be off storefronts for a bit 👀
www.amazon.com/dp/B08S6LNGTZ
My F/NBi noir romance series, Fatal Fidelity, is 99 cents for a limited time!
This will likely be the last sale on these books for a while as I plan to get my rights back in 2026 and they will be off storefronts for a bit 👀
www.amazon.com/dp/B08S6LNGTZ
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if you'd prefer, I'm also on VGen!! I'm looking to fill some slots for Nov-Dec 🥰
vgen.co/saintsbeware
#wfh #commsopen #commissions
vgen.co/saintsbeware
#wfh #commsopen #commissions
elka marsden 🌾 (@saintsbeware)
Check out elka marsden 🌾's commissions and portfolio! | fantasy illustrator & writer ✦ he/they
☾ medieval enthusiast writing romantic dark fantasies and drawing hot elves 𖤓 ...
vgen.co
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
if you'd prefer, I'm also on VGen!! I'm looking to fill some slots for Nov-Dec 🥰
vgen.co/saintsbeware
#wfh #commsopen #commissions
vgen.co/saintsbeware
#wfh #commsopen #commissions
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Sweet & Wild will be on sale for just $1 on itch and Ko-Fi on Black Friday through Cyber Monday! If you'd like a witchy, cozy fantasy romance to finish off your reading this year, check it out!
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/alexlarkspur...
Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io/sweet-wild
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/alexlarkspur...
Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io/sweet-wild
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Sweet & Wild will be on sale for just $1 on itch and Ko-Fi on Black Friday through Cyber Monday! If you'd like a witchy, cozy fantasy romance to finish off your reading this year, check it out!
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/alexlarkspur...
Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io/sweet-wild
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/alexlarkspur...
Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io/sweet-wild
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Hi guys! December commission info is here✨ feel free to DM me if you’re interested!
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Hi guys! December commission info is here✨ feel free to DM me if you’re interested!
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Character design #commission for jen-kellen on tumblr // Thank you so much again//
November 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Character design #commission for jen-kellen on tumblr // Thank you so much again//
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There are four (4) days until the submission window for the first issue will open. If you're into queer monsters and eroguro, check out the website below for more information on how to submit your art, prose, and/or poetry pieces.
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
There are four (4) days until the submission window for the first issue will open. If you're into queer monsters and eroguro, check out the website below for more information on how to submit your art, prose, and/or poetry pieces.
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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Hey folks, so I recently got hit with some big vet bills. So I am opening a limited run of PWYW sketch pages to help get out of a tight spot.
Any little bit helps a ton, even if you want to just drop a small coffee to help.
ko-fi.com/artyscorps/c...
Any little bit helps a ton, even if you want to just drop a small coffee to help.
ko-fi.com/artyscorps/c...
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Hey folks, so I recently got hit with some big vet bills. So I am opening a limited run of PWYW sketch pages to help get out of a tight spot.
Any little bit helps a ton, even if you want to just drop a small coffee to help.
ko-fi.com/artyscorps/c...
Any little bit helps a ton, even if you want to just drop a small coffee to help.
ko-fi.com/artyscorps/c...
if you'd prefer, I'm also on VGen!! I'm looking to fill some slots for Nov-Dec 🥰
vgen.co/saintsbeware
#wfh #commsopen #commissions
vgen.co/saintsbeware
#wfh #commsopen #commissions
elka marsden 🌾 (@saintsbeware)
Check out elka marsden 🌾's commissions and portfolio! | fantasy illustrator & writer ✦ he/they
☾ medieval enthusiast writing romantic dark fantasies and drawing hot elves 𖤓 ...
vgen.co
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
if you'd prefer, I'm also on VGen!! I'm looking to fill some slots for Nov-Dec 🥰
vgen.co/saintsbeware
#wfh #commsopen #commissions
vgen.co/saintsbeware
#wfh #commsopen #commissions
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Ooooo love this question!
I love characters that are two sides of the same coin. Maybe they've gone through similar trauma and turned out different, or there's a fundamental part of them that's the same but presents different.
Either way, they see a little of themselves in each other.
#writesky
I love characters that are two sides of the same coin. Maybe they've gone through similar trauma and turned out different, or there's a fundamental part of them that's the same but presents different.
Either way, they see a little of themselves in each other.
#writesky
i'm interested to see if anyone else is like this: what ship of yours/ship dynamic are you most inspired by, and in which ways do you incorporate that into your own oc/characters?
i'm endlessly inspired by zosan and little pieces of them are in many of my ocs :3
#writingcommunity #booksky #ocsky
i'm endlessly inspired by zosan and little pieces of them are in many of my ocs :3
#writingcommunity #booksky #ocsky
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Ooooo love this question!
I love characters that are two sides of the same coin. Maybe they've gone through similar trauma and turned out different, or there's a fundamental part of them that's the same but presents different.
Either way, they see a little of themselves in each other.
#writesky
I love characters that are two sides of the same coin. Maybe they've gone through similar trauma and turned out different, or there's a fundamental part of them that's the same but presents different.
Either way, they see a little of themselves in each other.
#writesky
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Sun/Moon coded is my absolute favorite couples dynamic. I love a sunshine boy and each ship I write fanfic for has one. (which lets be honest is just Reki & Langa) but I day dream about other ships! Opposites attract is along the same lines, fire and ice. ♡♡
i'm interested to see if anyone else is like this: what ship of yours/ship dynamic are you most inspired by, and in which ways do you incorporate that into your own oc/characters?
i'm endlessly inspired by zosan and little pieces of them are in many of my ocs :3
#writingcommunity #booksky #ocsky
i'm endlessly inspired by zosan and little pieces of them are in many of my ocs :3
#writingcommunity #booksky #ocsky
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Sun/Moon coded is my absolute favorite couples dynamic. I love a sunshine boy and each ship I write fanfic for has one. (which lets be honest is just Reki & Langa) but I day dream about other ships! Opposites attract is along the same lines, fire and ice. ♡♡
i'm interested to see if anyone else is like this: what ship of yours/ship dynamic are you most inspired by, and in which ways do you incorporate that into your own oc/characters?
i'm endlessly inspired by zosan and little pieces of them are in many of my ocs :3
#writingcommunity #booksky #ocsky
i'm endlessly inspired by zosan and little pieces of them are in many of my ocs :3
#writingcommunity #booksky #ocsky
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
i'm interested to see if anyone else is like this: what ship of yours/ship dynamic are you most inspired by, and in which ways do you incorporate that into your own oc/characters?
i'm endlessly inspired by zosan and little pieces of them are in many of my ocs :3
#writingcommunity #booksky #ocsky
i'm endlessly inspired by zosan and little pieces of them are in many of my ocs :3
#writingcommunity #booksky #ocsky
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i know it can be annoying to see people reposting their comm sheets and ko-fi links continuously, but i hope it's not bothering anyone!
it's really hard for artists to get by right now, so any help is noticed and appreciated, especially as we get closer to the holidays🖤
ko-fi.com/elkamarsden
it's really hard for artists to get by right now, so any help is noticed and appreciated, especially as we get closer to the holidays🖤
ko-fi.com/elkamarsden
ko-fi.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
i know it can be annoying to see people reposting their comm sheets and ko-fi links continuously, but i hope it's not bothering anyone!
it's really hard for artists to get by right now, so any help is noticed and appreciated, especially as we get closer to the holidays🖤
ko-fi.com/elkamarsden
it's really hard for artists to get by right now, so any help is noticed and appreciated, especially as we get closer to the holidays🖤
ko-fi.com/elkamarsden
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That said; if you have the means to support small artists please do so or we wont be able to keep making art. Avoid giving moneys to massive corporations. Piracy isnt a problem, exploitation and living in a society where you have to earn continued life however is. If you can help others you should.
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
That said; if you have the means to support small artists please do so or we wont be able to keep making art. Avoid giving moneys to massive corporations. Piracy isnt a problem, exploitation and living in a society where you have to earn continued life however is. If you can help others you should.
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In five (5) days, the submission window for the first issue will open on November 30th, 2025. So, if you're into queer monsters and eroguro, check out the website below for information on the theme, submission guidelines and a wish list, and how to contact the staff.
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
In five (5) days, the submission window for the first issue will open on November 30th, 2025. So, if you're into queer monsters and eroguro, check out the website below for information on the theme, submission guidelines and a wish list, and how to contact the staff.
i know it can be annoying to see people reposting their comm sheets and ko-fi links continuously, but i hope it's not bothering anyone!
it's really hard for artists to get by right now, so any help is noticed and appreciated, especially as we get closer to the holidays🖤
ko-fi.com/elkamarsden
it's really hard for artists to get by right now, so any help is noticed and appreciated, especially as we get closer to the holidays🖤
ko-fi.com/elkamarsden
ko-fi.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
i know it can be annoying to see people reposting their comm sheets and ko-fi links continuously, but i hope it's not bothering anyone!
it's really hard for artists to get by right now, so any help is noticed and appreciated, especially as we get closer to the holidays🖤
ko-fi.com/elkamarsden
it's really hard for artists to get by right now, so any help is noticed and appreciated, especially as we get closer to the holidays🖤
ko-fi.com/elkamarsden
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finally got a chance to sit down and sketch the mc of #cursebreakerwip, Koveh! he's a bitchy alchemist with a penchant for trouble🩸
#ocsky #oc #art #writingcommunity
#ocsky #oc #art #writingcommunity
October 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
finally got a chance to sit down and sketch the mc of #cursebreakerwip, Koveh! he's a bitchy alchemist with a penchant for trouble🩸
#ocsky #oc #art #writingcommunity
#ocsky #oc #art #writingcommunity