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Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚

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Oshkosh, WI based. 🦇Horror/Vampire enthusiast 🎨 Illustrator / 🏙️ Visdev | 🖊 Writer | 💀 Actor 🏳️‍🌈 Pan, transmasc/enby No A👁 Commissions open! https://www.conquerthyfear.com

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Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 5d

Hey. I'm Artemis Quinn, I'm here. I'm queer. I'm exhausted. My contemporary dark fantasy, Lemon Balm, comes out on Halloween. It's available for pre-order. I also do bookish art, formatting, & am open for commissions. I have some pre-made covers available for cheap.

Info: www.vampireantihero.com

The Synopsis of Lemon Balm by Artemis Quinn and Auden Eris-Everen. It says: Cypress Borne is 22 years old, a dashing young non-binary lad with a fairly easy life in New York City. That is, until their routine is interrupted by a vicious dog attack. Their life turns upside down — blackouts, unexplained fits of rage and lost time plague him. Two years of medical tests, therapy, and a life that's spiraling down the toilet later, they navigate their way through the panic attacks and the hopelessness to an old, derelict, and a seemingly abandoned church in the woods. Little do they know, the church isn't abandoned; rather, occupied by a vampire hoping to die and rotting in a coffin.

Acanthus Sylene believes that a fine wine should never have an age attached, and neither should a fine being. Nonbinary in such a way that gender is completely irrelevant, Acanthus has lived a very long life and is frankly exhausted by it. Embroiled deeply into the politics of the World of Shadows, they have abandoned their duties to The Night Garden, a refugee path that they forged. But something changes when a lost, scared, ignorant werewolf shows up on their doorstep.

Both of these supernatural beings are looking for answers. Somehow, instead of finding their place in the world, they find each other. However, in the process of finding and growing with each other, they may have put their entire lives — and The Night Garden — at risk.

A pair of tables with an illustration on the tops that flows over both tops. The design has armored faceless people with their backs to one another, one with a sun faceplate and one with moons. Roses twist between them.

A vampire holds a candle, staring out at the viewer with glowing eyes.

A black and white drawing of a person in a chair, leaning forward with a little smirk.

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Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 4h

#Plottober This is straight up spoilers territory. But, I know what happens, and I think it's a good trajectory. Rebecca will wind up finding out more about a certain situation, and then freak out and have to adjust her approach in a big way.

#QueerWriters #WritingCommunity

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 17h

#PlotTober Day 15: The midpoint

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

#PlotTober - a WIP plotting game by @gunsmile.bsky.social

15. The midpoint of the story serves two purposes: (1) it reveals critical information to the MC and (2) causes the MC to confront both who they used to be and who they need to become to grow, change, and/or achieve their goals. What are some ways you could do this?

Remember: Use the #PlotTober hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!

Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 4h

Me too! I'd kill for an affogato right now.

Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 5h

#Repostober day 15

This was a sketch from sketchtober last year. Never did anything else with it but I was happy with the result.

#digitalart #sketch #theraven

A sketch of a Pallas bust over a doorway, with a raven on the shoulder.

Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 6h

Most of them wouldn't even skip a beat.

#QueerPrompts #QueerWriters

Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 7h

#LGBTQWriteAThon

Aloe:
Acanthus' is birds. They talk with Cypress about it in Lemon Balm. Cypress' is a coffee affogato (I'm assuming) @lyfeisgr8.bsky.social ?

Such Sweet Sorrow: Rebecca's is a cannoli.

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 10h

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 15:

What's your MC's favorite treat?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

Image: a burnt orange background with two jack o' lanterns. Text: #LGBTQWriteAThon Use the tag and follow the feed on BlueSky! Tag @LGBTQWriteAThon in photos on Instagram! October 15: What's your MC's favorite treat? BlueSky: @amaralynn @rebeccafrostwrites.com Instagram: @LGBTQWriteAThon @amarajlynn @krakengoddess

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Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 12h

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Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 1d

Tomorrow marks a year that my brother has been gone. I may not be around much tomorrow.

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Big Bearded Spookteller @bigbeardybooks.bsky.social · 1d

and remember I run an illustrator q&a series on the Big Bearded Bookseller blog, if you're an illustrator/artist in the bookish world why not have a look and see if you're interested!

#BookSky 📚💙 #illustrator #artist #interviews

bigbeardedbookseller.uk/questions-fo...

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Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 1d

Made a new social media banner! Of course it's Acanthus, who else do I draw anymore?

If you like their vibe, they're one of the two main characters in Lemon Balm (which is releasing on Halloween!)

#OC #TFTNG #digitalart #Acanthus

a red-haired person wearing a witch hat with moon phases and a bat-wing shirt. They're surrounded by red candles floating in the air.

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🌿viktor aleksander🌿 @ commissions open! @nooskadraws.bsky.social · 1d

good morning #PortfolioDay !

i'm viktor, a trans gay illustrator, looking for work in books, ttrpgs, and comics. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 historical fiction, fashion, and fantasy is my cup of tea ✨🌿🌸🍵 would love to work with more queer authors and fantasy book boxes!

🖼️ www.nooska-art.com
✉️ [email protected]

A digital illustration of a scene from AV Wilkes' 'All the White Spaces'. Jonathan, a trans man and the protagonist, stands in the centre, facing the viewer. He stares ahead in horror, his right hand clutching his throat. From his left eye, strands of bleeding red aurora stretch outwards. These auroras show visions of Jonathan's brothers on the Western Front of the First World War:
- A moustached officer smokes a cigarette in a trench, looking away.
- A soldier is twisted in the remains of barbed wire.
- Three soldiers wear gas masks, emerging from clouds of mustard gas.
- No Man's Land exploded to all hell. A tank is submerged in a shell hole in the distance.
- A skull pressed into the earth.
- A soldier holds a rifle and makes his way across the strait of No Man's Land.

Two portrait aligned digital illustrations of book covers.
Left: An illustration of Afaeran and King Galdor from the webcomic Wundor. They stand in the centre, facing each other. They are bordered by Ancient Greek inspired white columns and an arch above them. The columns are covered with grapevines, vine leaves, and hanging purple grapes. Afaerun is an oche skinned elf with flowing light pink-white hair, and wears a curved silver and ruby tiara, he smiles as he looks at King Galdor. King Galdor is a purple skinned monarch with a single white horn growing from his head. He has flowing dark purple hair, and wears a red leaf laurel. He holds Afaerun's cheek in a romantic embrace.
Right: Two male characters stand in front of each other, staring at the other. One is shorter, and wears a mustard yellow jumper, looking annoyed. The other is taller, with frizzy blonde hair, a purple hoodie, and looks smug. A border of cat toys surrounds them. A cat lies down, arching over the two men, and has a smile on his face.

2 different portrait illustrations side by side.
Left: Alder is a green skinned eladrin elf paladin. He stands nude in a forest. He wears a gold crown of laurels on his head. He looks down at the ground. He holds a sword in one hand, and a sprig of alder branch in the other, he has a shield attached to one arm. He is surrounded by green trees and yellow flowers.
Right: A digital illustration inspired by the pairing Hansry (Hans Capon and Henry of Skalitz from the game series Kingdom Come Deliverance). The illustration is influenced by a scene in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice. It is separated into 3 panels.
Panel 1: Hans Capon looks behind him in quiet shock at his bodyguard Henry.
Panel 2: Henry has touched Hans' ungloved hand with his gauntleted one in a gentle hold. The panel is surrounded by blooming flowers: herbs and plants that Henry can forage on his journey. Marigold, St John's Wort, Valerian, Sage, Chamomile, and Dandelion.
Panel 3: Henry meets Hans' eyes with an unreadable expression. He quietly yearns beneath it.

A double page spread of a comic. The first page shows a twisted tree in the centre, the space between each branch a panel showing a plague blighting a kingdom. The protagonist called Wolfgang is engulfed in the blighted roots of the twisted tree in the throes of a nightmare. A voice tells him "Take heed, young Durward. These lands know only death, and within its centre, a horror festers. It feasts on all its roots can teach, and what life remains dwindles."
The second page shows a close up of the branches of this twisted tree. Between its panels are images of rot, bodies in body bags, dead fish floating, and the branches are infested with maggots. The voice continues "Soon, there will be naught to satisfy its hunger. But for every poison, there is an antidote."
A double page spread of a comic. The first page shows a twisted tree in the centre, the space between each branch a panel showing a plague blighting a kingdom. The protagonist called Wolfgang is engulfed in the blighted roots of the twisted tree in the throes of a nightmare. A voice tells him "Take heed, young Durward. These lands know only death, and within its centre, a horror festers. It feasts on all its roots can teach, and what life remains dwindles."
The second page shows a close up of the branches of this twisted tree. Between its panels are images of rot, bodies in body bags, dead fish floating, and the branches are infested with maggots. The voice continues "Soon, there will be naught to satisfy its hunger. But for every poison, there is an antidote."

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Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 1d

Oh, today's #PortfolioDay! Hello everyone, I'm a freelance illustrator focusing on dark fantasy and horror.

I do art book covers and interiors, and I can do a little bit of everything.

🌏 www.vampireantihero.com
Info on the commissions page, and I also offer pre-made covers.

Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 1d

I agree! Other writers are your community, not your competition. Tearing someone down does nothing, other than make people feel bad.

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Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 1d

#Repostober Day 14

Esmeralda Garrison, the owner of yesterday's dagger. This is the first and only time I've drawn her, I need to draw more of my characters outside of Acanthus 😂

Es owns a goth and kink lifestyle club in NYC, and she's a blood witch.

#digitalart #characterart #TFTNG

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Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 1d

#PlotTober I actually spent time to work out my rough story beats yesterday, so I was just thinking about this! The ending will resolve the haunting, the drama with her aunt, and what happened to her parents. The how is a spoiler, but I have ideas.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #QueerWriters

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 1d

#PlotTober Day 14: Story endings

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

#PlotTober - a WIP plotting game by @gunsmile.bsky.social

14. Now that you have some ideas of your story's beginning and the main character's goals & growth, can you come up with a few different story endings that would be satisfying for a reader?

Remember: Use the #PlotTober hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!

Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 1d

#QueerPrompts #QueerWriters

For Aloe: There aren't ghosts, so much as memories that haunt the characters.

For Such Sweet Sorrow: There is a haunting. It seems dark, vicious, and terrifying, at first. She starts to remember a childhood imaginary friend. (Longing for lost things is a theme)

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1d

#QueerPrompts October 14: Ghosts or spirits in story?

Graphics: The background is pumpkins surrounding a stack of books. The border has broken chains saying "BANNED", a rainbow saying LGBTQ History, books wrapped in tape or chains, pride flags, and cute Halloween characters.
Text: "October 2025" on top and "#QueerPrompts" and "Host: @CJAralore" on the bottom, all in a rainbow font.
Center text is:
#QueerPrompts October 14: Ghosts or spirits in story?

Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 1d

learning about the shitshow, but is doing as best as he can to help. He's active, eager, an optimist. He likes to fix things, learn how they work.

For Such Sweet Sorrow: Rebecca Sinclaire is a woman in her late 20s, serious and inquisitive and always looking for the facts of the situation she's in.

Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 1d

#LGBTQWriteAThon #QueerWriters #WriteSky

For Aloe: Acanthus is a (nearly) 800 year old vampire that is the founder of a quiet resistance, and is stepping back into the fold to fight an unjust werewolf. They are emotional, pessimistic, extremely focused on strategy, and kind. Cypress is just -(1/2)

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 1d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 14:

Introduce us to your MC today!

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

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Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 2d

- disaster is about to hit.

François is utterly unhinged and tortures people for fun.

Lucien is an artist, who winds up going insane after being turned and doesn't live long.

Julienne is a jazz singer who was turned to preserve her voice. She resents it, and barely talks as a result. (4/4)

Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 2d

Moira is one of the first vampires to fall in love with a werewolf and break societal norms. She's a bit of a distant, domineering type, but she's very kind.

Leto is a Chiara type, a vampire specific to our world that can walk in daylight. She has prophetic powers and tends to show up when- (3/4)

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Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 2d

sad and will do anything within her power to keep people happy.

Ebony is a human in her 20s that winds up getting turned after some spoilery things in Aloe. She's in love with Abyss.

Abyss is a Nosferatu who hates her appearance and has a severe Victorian attitude. Also people avoidant. (2/4)

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Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 2d

I have a ton of vamps!

Acanthus is a tragic soul with a lot of heartache, and tends to be people avoidant. They will also go out of their way to help people, against their better judgment. They just want the world to be kinder.

Mallory is a punk, anti-establishment that hates when people are (1/4)

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Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 2d

#Repostober day 13

Esmeralda's dagger. This is also a #TFTNG concept piece. Simple, fun thing. from early 2025.

#digitalart #weapon #art

a painting of a silver dagger ankh with a purple jewel in the center.

Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 2d

#LGBTQWriteAThon

Writing -
- Continue planning out Such Sweet Sorrow
- Break Rose out into serial short stories

Art -
- Start the first tarot cards for Cursed/Healing Thorn
- Make more bookish artwork for the "pre-made" menu <3
- Make an exclusive Thing for Ko-Fi and Patreon

#QueerWriters

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 2d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 13:

Goals day! What are your goals this week?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 2d

In Such Sweet Sorrow, Rhinebeck would be home to the Sepasco tribe and then later on the Mohawk nation. Chicago has many tribes; Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi being the most prominent.

I'm sure there's way more than what I know. (2/2)

Artemis Quinn // Vampire Anti-Hero 🎨📚 @vampireantihero.com · 2d

#QueerPrompts For Aloe: In France, the Gauls. In the US, there would be multiple different tribes of Natives in the areas we talk about. I believe the Lenape would be in the NYC area, PA would be the Lenape, Iroquois, and Shawnee, and eastern WI have the Oneida, Winnebago, and Menominee. (1/2)

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 2d

#QueerPrompts October 13: Indigenous People's Day: What people would be indigenous to where your story takes place?

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