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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · 2d

In this illustration for my upcoming Oz novel “Zinnia’s Wish”, Zinnia enjoys some pumpkin spice tea with Jack Pumpkinhead.
#WizardOfOz #Illustration #ArtSky #JackPumpkinhead

Ozma is Jack’s “father” because she was still a boy when she brought him to life, and Dorothy is his “mother”, both as a “Return to Oz” reference and because DorothyxOzma is the OTP, I don’t make the rules.

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · 4d

Alcatraz High School: Celestial Daddy Issues
Page 8
You probably know by now that Harry doesn’t follow advice very well. But at least he’s not getting mixed up with Zeus and Hera.
You can find previous pages on
the official website:
alcatrazhigh.thecomicseries.com
#artsky #nephthys #webcomic

Harry bids Nephthys farewell, while Todd the Grim Reaper warns Harry not to get mixed up in the family drama of the Egyptian Gods.

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · 20d

This is the scene in “Zinnia’s Wish”, my upcoming Oz novel, where Zinnia first puts on her gloves, gifted to her by Ozma so that she doesn’t accidentally кill anyone with her “Touch of Death” that she wished upon herself. #WizardofOz #illustration #ArtSky #Ozma

In “The Magic of Oz” by L. Frank Baum, Glinda gifts Princess Ozma a dress made of “spun emeralds”. How she was able to make thread out of emerald is never quite explained, but let’s just chalk it up to magic. These long gloves are from that outfit, and Ozma gave them to Zinnia so she doesn’t instantly kill everything she touches with her hands.
They’re supposed to be bright green, of course. I tried my best to make them still look shiny and sparkly in greyscale. It’s an important character development for her, adding the only real color to her wardrobe besides shades of grey, courtesy of Ozma herself. Symbolic of Ozma’s protection of Oz.

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Sep 10

The latest illustration for my upcoming Oz novel “Zinnia’s Wish” is from the chapter where Zinnia is under house arrest in the palace after wishing for the power to bring death into Oz. The art on the wall is a redraw of a John R Neill illustration. #illustration #wizardofoz #ArtSky #Ozma

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Aug 20

This is a scene in my novel where Zinnia and her friends stop to spend the night with a family of bee keepers, who’s problem is that when the spell that keeps people in Oz from aging took hold, it left their son a baby for over a century, not even old enough to safely eat honey. #WizardOfOz #ArtSky

The Winkie beekeeper Meghur declares about his son, “I wish he had been at least as old as this boy here when that spell hit.” Woot, across the table, gives a sheepish look, while Zinnia watches in mild amusement.

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Aug 3

I spent today working on this illustration for my upcoming Oz book “Zinnia’s Wish”, of Woot the Wanderer and Zinnia setting out on their journey from the Emerald City, consulting his map of Oz. #ArtSky #Goth #WizardOfOz #Illustration

Zinnia holds a map of Oz, wearing a weary expression in anticipation of their dangerous journey, while Woot looks on confidently.

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Aug 2

Alcatraz High School: Celestial Daddy Issues
Page 7

You can find this and previous pages on my Facebook page, as well as on the official website, where you can also check out some character bios and the official blog:
alcatrazhigh.thecomicseries.com
#artsky #webcomic #Nephthys

Harry pulls on Nephthys’ headdress only to find it’s connected by an elastic band which painfully snaps back onto Her head, embarrassingly. After this Nephthys drops a letter for Harry to give to Her son Anubis.

Most people would just throw a bunch of random hieroglyphs together for this and call it a day, but I went out of my way to make it actually grammatically accurate, I have friend who studies ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs who helped me, B. Niall Bjørn Nielsen. I posted the whole grammatical breakdown on my webcomic’s website. So basically it says:
This is your mother, Nephthys.
I wish to speak with you.
Please, meet me at the oasis.
Love,
Nephthys
(Ending the letter like that is a bit of a joke of course).

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Jul 13

An unfinished illustration for “Zinnia’s Wish”. This is Scraps the Patchwork Girl, a living dummy from L. Frank Baum’s “The Patchwork Girl of Oz”, and essentially my main character Zinnia’s complete opposite.
#ArtSky #WizardOfOz #PatchworkGirl #Illustration

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Jun 30

This is Lan and Zinnia, the first illustration for my upcoming Oz book Zinnia’s Wish. I was originally going to leave it as line art, but Zinnia just doesn’t look goth enough unless you shade her in. This is a rough draft. First illustration of many. #ArtSky #WizardOfOz #Illustration

Zinnia has just dug herself out from under an avalanche that she was buried under for twenty years (because you can’t die in Oz), and is in no mood for her neighbor Lan’s silly conspiracy theories about Glinda the Good being evil.

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Jun 25

Alcatraz High School: Celestial Daddy Issues
Page 6

You can find this and previous pages on the official website, and also check out some character bios and the official blog:
alcatrazhigh.thecomicseries.com
#ArtSky #Webcomic #GrimReaper #Medjed #Nephthys

Nephthys pecks at the window, as Harry presses his face against the glass and wonders why there’s a bird in an inferno. Meanwhile Medjed’s thinking about the bonus he could get from Osiris if he apprehended Set. The Grim Reaper (aka Gevatter Tod, or “Todd” for short) enters and explains that vacation he won at the end of Episode 4 has been cut short because the death rates are up and the Death Department is understaffed. He elects to bring Nephthys inside, which Medjed is not thrilled about.

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Jun 24

I have the anniversary edition of Skyrim on the Switch, like a real adult. /s

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · May 23

Been a while since I shared some art, as I’ve been working on the illustrations for my upcoming novel. But I haven’t completely neglected my webcomic. Here’s a sneak peek at Medjed, a ghost-like ancient Egyptian deity only mentioned in the Book of the Dead. #ArtSky #AncientEgypt #Kemeticism

Medjed uses his telekinetic powers to levitate a cup of coffee at the break room for the Death Department in the astral realm. Note the slacks and shoes, and necktie instead of belt.

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · May 7

Here’s the cover art for my upcoming novel “Zinnia’s Wish” by Kamui Ayami. Set in Oz in the 2020s, and based heavily on the original book series, it tackles the issue of immortality in Oz and its many drawbacks.
#novel #coverart #wizardofoz

Zinnia, Woot the Wanderer, Scraps the Patchwork Girl and Chocolate Chunk the giant hamster make their way down the Yellow Brick Road in Winkie Country (where the land is yellow). Looming in the background is the hill across the border in Quadling Country upon which Zinnia’s hometown Flutterbudget Center rests, and the Emerald City can be seen in the distance.

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Apr 27

Page 4 of the Alcatraz High School short “Celestial Daddy Issues” is up. Progress has been a bit slow while I work on publishing my upcoming novel “Zinnia’s Wish”. Read more of the comic here:
alcatrazhigh.thecomicseries.com/comics/347/

#Webcomic #ArtSky #Sutekh #Wepwawet

The God Set confronts Wepwawet while Harry looks on in bewilderment. Set is hated for killing his brother Osiris, but Set accuses everyone of holding an unfair grudge over the whole ordeal that was thousands of years ago now.

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Apr 6

I’ve updated my “The Decades in Music” mega-playlist, it goes back to 1970 now. These are my favorite songs of each year from 1970 to today. And yes, there’s still a lot of great music coming out in the 2020s. 🎧
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The Decades in Music: 1970-2025 ~ Full Playlist

(Updated: April 6, 2025) I explained the thought process behind this playlist on a previous blog post . I’ve been hearing rumors about YouTu...

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Apr 2

In planning for illustrations for my upcoming book “Zinnia’s Wish” I dug up some drawings I did of Ms. Zinnia Gair from her appearance in my webcomic a couple years ago. I won’t copy them outright but they’re certainly helpful as concept art. #Art #ArtSky

Three drawings of the only goth in the Land of Oz, originating from Alcatraz High School: Episode 4.

Four more drawings of the only goth in the Land of Oz, originating from Alcatraz High School: Episode 4. She’ll not be using a bulky 1990s cell phone in the novel of course, but I like that expression and might use it.

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Apr 1

Here are the ancient Egyptian and Armenian holidays I will be observing this month. It’s quite packed, and Hathor gets two overlapping month-long festivities.

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Armeno-Kemetic Holidays for April (Արեգի-Ահեկի, 𓂋𓈖𓈖𓆗- 𓐍𓈖𓇓)

Here are this month’s holidays by my calendar, a mixture of ancient Egyptian and Armenian holidays. It’s a busy month as you can see. Bewa...

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Mar 27

Today is the Feast of Set, Lord of the Oasis. In celebration, here’s a drawing of Set from my upcoming comic page in Alcatraz High.
𓇼𓀢𓏛𓇓𓍢𓏏𓐍𓃩𓀭, Սութեխի պա՝ռք!
#Sutekh #Kemeticism #AncientEgypt #ArtSky #Art

The God Set wears a devious grin, clad in an usekh collar with an ankh amulet, and a dark red cape.

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Mar 26

My art of a pissed-off Thoth. He’s a really nice guy until you steal his book.

The ibis-headed Thoth with glowing red eyes and lightning in the background.

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Mar 25

Some honest early impressions I have on BlueSky, both good and bad. Don’t worry, though imperfect this place is still better than Facebook in my opinion, and definitely better than the dumpster fire that is Twitter.

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Early Impressions on BlueSky

Follow me: https://bsky.app/profile/surenity.bsky.social I’ve been on BlueSky since about January, after becoming fed up with Facebook’s ne...

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Mar 24

Page 3 of the Alcatraz High School short “Celestial Daddy Issues” is up. Read more of the comic here:
alcatrazhigh.thecomicseries.com/comics/347/

#Webcomic #ArtSky #Thoth #Wepwawet

After Thoth dismisses the class for lunch break (clearly needing a break himself from Sid), Harry bumps into Anubis’ son and secretary Wepwawet in the hallway, only for Set to make an appearance to his chagrin.

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Mar 24

One of my sketches from back in the day; it always bothered me in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West how Fievel could turn his hat inside out and it became a cowboy hat. So I drew what everyone else in the movie saw. #ArtSky #TraditionalArt #AnAmericanTail #Fievel

In this pencil sketch Fievel stands holding two cork guns and looking silly with his hat inside out, the implication being that it was only in his imagination that it looked like a cowboy hat. There’s a little tag on the inside of the hat reading Made in Russia.

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Mar 21

I met St. Petersburg, Florida’s oldest resident yesterday, an anonymous 3,000 year old mummified Egyptian woman, who had previously been a carnival attraction before being donated to the St. Petersburg Museum of History in 1922. #ancientegypt #Kemeticism

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St. Petersburg, Florida’s ‘Lady of the Nile’

The St. Petersburg Museum of History is a strange place. An exhibit on baseball history featuring signed baseballs from past athletes and ce...

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Սուրեն Օգանեսյան @surenity.bsky.social · Mar 17

On this day in 1992, Billy became a bully, as told by this short comic I drew in 2021. Don’t forget to wear green, or your nonconformity will be punished. #Webcomic #ArtSky

It’s St. Patrick’s Day at Ms. Stacy’s kindergarten class in the year 1992, but Billy is wearing only red and blue, while his classmates eye him cruelly. I based a lot of this on my own elementary school, which had an owl as its mascot and were called the Hidden Valley Hooters, and was once vandalized with a pair of breasts just like in this picture.

Poor Billy gets pinched by several of his classmates, until visited by a shadowy figure.

The mysterious Lackey encourages Billy on the path to being a bully. As we know now, the Lackey is one of those Shadow People who usually go after sufferers of sleep paralysis, but has found a way to feed off the suffering of bullying victims.

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