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Anna Landin
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(she/her) Artist/storyteller/ttrpg designer. Eat the rich.
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Spelunked through a bunch of fashion plates for this one, and have come out on the other side really rather envious of this gentleman's smoking jacket.

it looks fabulous and immensely comfortable.
A Viennese fashion plate from the 1830s. It shows one man seated on a sofa smoking a pipe. He is dressed in a large, loose smocking jacket, red with blue flowers on it, and yellow slippers. The man standing next to him wears a narrow-wasted blue jacket, checkered trousers and a tall black hat.
December 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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it seems footwear for men was trending more towards flatter shoes. A few of the fashion plates have slight heels, but most of them depict shoes as having flatter soles.
A parisian fashion plate from the 1830s. It shows two men, one in a jacket and the other in a voluminous overcoat, holding hands. Both have tall black hats and walking sticks, and very neat moustaches. A Viennese fashion plate from the 1830s. It shows one man seated on a sofa smoking a pipe. He is dressed in a large, loose smocking jacket, red with blue flowers on it, and yellow slippers. The man standing next to him wears a narrow-wasted blue jacket, checkered trousers and a tall black hat. A Viennese fashion plate from the 1830s, depicting two gentlemen side by side. One wears a grey jacket, pink trousers and a yellow waistcoat, while the other wears white trousers, grey waistcoat and a short black jacket with tails. Both of their silhouettes have narrow waists and broader hips and shoulders, like hourglasses. A fashion plate from the 1830s, showing a man and a woman in the street. She wears a very voluminous pink dress covered in bows, with large baggy sleeves. He wears a tall black hat and a long blue overcoat, its hourglass silhouette almost as voluminous as hers.
December 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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#TeaWitches 2025 edition

Day 8: Earl Grey

went masculine 1830s fashion for this one. I didn't even have to exaggerate the coat: the fashion plates of the 1830s is filled with men with itty bitty waists and voluminous coat-skirts.
A cartoon witch, dressed in the fashion of the 1830s and a grey, pointed witch hat. They wear a waistcoat and cravat in purple and pale blue, long grey trousers held in place by straps around the shoes. Over this, they wear a coat with a narrow waist and a wide, bell-like bottom, as well as neat gloves. Over one shoulder they are carrying a walking cane like a wand.
December 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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#TeaWitches 2025 edition

Day 7: Ceylon Tea #art

single-origin tea is almost always a bit trickier to design a witch for, since there are fewer things to look to for visual inspiration, but I think I managed alright.
A cartoon witch, dressed in traditional Sri Lankan costume. She is chubby and round-faced, and wears beautiful golden ornaments on her forehead, wrists and decorating her hat. In the background is a stylised drawing of a blue water lily, a national emblem of Sri Lanka.
December 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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to further illustrate the point: a map of the Holy Roman Empire in the early 1200s.

Only the bright yellow bits are considered imperial land directly ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II

the rest are lesser kingdoms, principalities, city states, bishoprics, ongoing arguments, etc.
A map of central Europe, with an area including everything from northen Germany to Sicily in the south, from the Netherlands in the west to the southern Baltics in the east. It is a patchwork of constituent states in various colours, with only a few splashes of yellow in the middle of the map.
December 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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#TeaWitches 2025 edition! the dress is based more on some Piedmontese traditional dresses I found than Lombardian ones, as would be more fitting, but I liked the look, so.

Day 6: Bergamot and Jasmine. #art
A cartoon witch with red, braided hair. She is wearing a dress and shawl of a traditional Italian folk costume fashion. The outfit is black and red with embroidered jasmine flowers, as is her conical hat. She holds a bergamot orange in one hand and a sickle in the other, and she is surrounded by stylised jasmine flowers.
December 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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#TeaWitches 2025 edition. #art

Day 5: Hibiscus

the petals of hibiscus flowers look a lot like the skirts of flamenco dresses, so
A smiling cartoon witch in a flamenco pose. She is wearing a pink hat with a hibiscus on the hat band, and is dressed in a pink flamenco dress shaped like the petals of a hibiscus flower.
December 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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#TeaWitches 2025 edition. #art

Day 4: Rose
A cartoony drawing of a pale, red-headed witch wearing a blue and pink cloak and hat. A pale pink tudor rose is pinned in her hair, with another at the belt of her blue dress.
December 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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#TeaWitches 2025 edition (yes I am posting these to catch up, I drew them today after finally deciding I was actually going to do this)

Day 3: Vanilla Chai

#art
A cartoony drawing of an Indian witch. She wears a sari in vanilla-beige and bright blue, and a spray of cinnamon flowers and cardamom seeds spill from her wand.
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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#TeaWitches 2025 edition, based on my tea advent calendar.

Day 2: English Breakfast Tea Witch

yes I did draw the tartan by hand
A sleepy-looking cartoony witch. She is wrapped in a tartan blanket and rests on a bunch of red pillows, cradling a steaming tea cup in her hands.
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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On this, the tenth anniversary of the last time I did this (lo, for I am ancient as the mountains):

#TeaWitches, 2025 edition. One witch* for every tea in the Whittard tea calendar I bought myself. (*or, as many as I can manage without wrecking my hand). #art

Day 1 - Lemon/vanilla/cloves
A drawing of a cartoony witch. She has brown skin, yellow eyes and long, cream-coloured hair. She wears a dress with a knee-length skirt, in a bright lemon yellow colour with a pattern like a cut lemon on the inner skirt. On her yellow hat are clove flowers.
December 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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December creative plans! If you can, please chip in and support me - it's been a rough year, and I could use the help. #art #comic

Read more about my plans in detail on #Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/decemb...
A comic summarising the creator's plans for the upcoming month. These include a bonus comic for The Care and Feeding of Monsters, tabletop roleplaying game development and finishing a sculpture.
December 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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chocolate lasagna sounds like it should be like a lighter, creamier version of a hedgehog slice - which we've always called a radio cake (because the cross-section somewhat resembles an old-timey radio).
A dense, layered cake made of alternating layers of biscuits, and melted chocolate mixed with coconut fat. The texture is like a slightly soft chocolate bar with crunchy biscuits inside.
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Yes. Well. Only always.

I like to consider Moses the one in charge of reminding me I need to take breaks.
A charcoal grey, longhaired cat wedged into someone's lap, between them and the table at which they happen to be working. A charcoal grey, long-haired cat blocking the view of a drawing tablet. A charcoal grey, longhaired cat sprawled out, deeply asleep, in front of a keyboard and computer monitor.
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Last #FeedingOfMonsters for the year! Food is cooked, completely normal human men are fed, a good time is had by all.

You can read the #comic archive on #Patreon! www.patreon.com/collection/6...

I'll be going on a few months hiatus as I plan the next set of episodes. 💜 #art
Comic page 1 of 4. Panel 1: a door with a fancy art deco window in it swings open. Panel 2: the interior of the kitchen, with the door in the background. Noah stands at the counter and turns back to speak to Raith, who carries the grocery bags. Noah says "Thanks for helping out! It must have been heavy." Panel 3: close-up of Raith, looking confused, saying "No?". Panel 4: Noah looking at all of the unpacked groceries, smiling and saying "There we go! This will last us for ages." Then quieter, in another speech bubble, "Or, you know, a few days". In a third speech bubble, louder again; "Anyway, time to make dinner!". Panel 5: Raith peering curiously over Noah's shoulder, asking "Potato?". Noah replies "Uh huh". Panel 6: Noah lifting a potato, and Raith leaning to one side to get a better look, seeming excited. Noah says "How does fried potatoes sound? With chicken?" and Raith says "Yes". Comic page 2 of 4. Panel 1: Noah and Raith side by side at the sink. Noah is cleaning the potatoes, and Raith is poking at them with a sharp-nailed finger. Noah says "It's easier to make if you've got leftover potatoes, but we can start from scratch." Panel 2: Raith scraping a nail across a potato he's picked up, peeling it as he does. Panel 3: Raith holding the partly peeled potato up to his nose and sniffing at it, clearly confused. Panel 4: Peeled potatoes falling into a pot filled with water. The narration reads "Peel and slice them into chunks and set them to boil." Panel 5: Noah slicing the chicken into smaller pieces with a knife and a cutting board. He says "While we wait, dice some grilled chicken. Which was on sale today, lucky us!" Panel 6: Noah looking over at Raith, who is drooling and staring fixedly at the food being prepared. Noah says "I'm cutting some corners, but uh, I think that's fine this time." Comic page 3 of 4. Panel 1: some boiled potatoes in smaller pieces, a salt shaker, some herbs and a satchet of powdered spices. The narration reads "Once the potatoes are parboiled, dice them and throw them in the frying pan with some salt and whatever spices you like". Panel 2: drawn overlapping the neighbouring panels, a frying pan filled with sizzling potato cubes. Panel 3: Noah pouring tomato sauce into the pan, saying "Let's use up the tomato sauce we've got, too." Panel 4: Raith looming over Noah's shoulders, his long dark cloak unravelling into spooky shadows. He says "THEN we eat?" with his teeth bared. Noah smiles and says "Uh, no. It's got to finish cooking first." Panel 5: Noah scraping the diced chicken into the pan with a kitchen knife, saying "The chicken is already cooked, so wait to add it until the end." Panel 6: a close-up on the pan with tomato sauce, potatoes and chicken, and Noah's hand holding an open jar, shaking it over the pan. He says "Let's throw in some deep fried onions, too." Comic page 4 of 4. Panel 1: A bowl of the finished this. The narration reads "And there it is: fried potatoes with chicken in tomato sauce (improvised)". Panel 2: Noah handing an eager Raith a bowl, while holding one of his own. Noah says "Enjoy!". Panel 3: Raith eating the food without a fork or spoon. He just buries his face in the bowl, chowing down as it spatters on his face. Panel 4: Noah looking vaguely horrified. Panel 5: Noah, turning away and taking a sip from a mug, and saying "DEFINITELY an axe murderer" to himself. Raith wipes his face with his hand and looks confused.
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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You like #TTRPG s? #comics? #art books? I've got all of those in spades, and most of them are dirt cheap all year round!

Hop on over to annalandin.itch.io and pick up some shiny new things ✨
Cover of the tabletop roleplaying game Liturgy of a Lesser God, by Anna Landin. It looks like the cover of an old book, with gold-embossed letters and decorations on red leather. Cover of the tabletop roleplaying game Dust of the Traveled Road, by Anna Landin. It shows a trio of fantasy characters painted in warm, yellow, orange and red tones against an indigo blue background. Fantastical landscapes can be seen in the folds of their streaming cloaks. A collage of character portraits, all taken from an artbook called Hallow, A Weird West Story, by Anna Landin. The line-up features a Latina woman in a cowboy outfit, scowling at the reader, a black woman with scars across one eye, a pale and translucent white man who is clearly a ghost, a sneering railroad baron and a smiling, ash-pale man whose eyes glow like embers. Cover illustration for the first collected issue of the webcomic The Care and Feeding of Monsters, by Anna Landin. It shows the two main characters - a shorter, white-haired man in a cardigan and apron, and a tall, black-haired man with sharp teeth and an unsettling smile - surrounded by a swirl of delicious-looking food.
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Decided to hop on to this sweet little drawing trend with my own Frieren looking up

a bit of wonk happening when you try to do something really difficult is admirable, because it meant you were brave enough to try. #art #Frieren
Drawing of Frieren, from the anime of the same name, looking up at the sky.
November 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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New month! New plans! #Patreon plans, even!

Getting by as an artist is only getting harder by the day in this era of generated garbage and global economic wobbling. Adopt an artist today and do your part for the cultural eco system. #art #comics

www.patreon.com/posts/novemb...
A summarising comic where the artist presents her plans for November. These plans include a new episode of the webcomic The Care and Feeding of Monsters, a bonus recipe comic, traditional art in the form of paintings and sculpture, and work put into her two ongoing tabletop roleplaying game projects, Blackbirds, and Stave and Octant.
November 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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New #FeedingOfMonsters episode! A wild Raith appears - and my personal potato agenda strikes again (I love potatoes: they're the best staple food).

You can read the archive on #Patreon: www.patreon.com/collection/6...

#art #comics
Comic page 1 of 4. Panel 1: Noah steps out of the grocery store. A cat watches from atop a crate of asparagus. Panel 2: Noah carries his bags up a hill out of town. Panel 3: Noah looks through the rusted iron gates and up an uneven path into the darkened woods. Panel 4: Noah looks exhausted. Panel 5: Noah begins to walk into the dark woods, slumped over and clearly tired before he's even begun. Comic page 2 of 4. Panel 1: Noah steps over a fallen log, looking tired and uncertain. Panel 2: Noah holds up one aching hand and says "Oof, that hurts!". Panel 3: A voice in a black and jagged speech bubble speaks to Noah from off-panel, scaring him. Panel 4: A terrified Noah looks over his shoulder. Panel 5: Raith emerges from the dark of the forest, his clothing ragged and shadows cast over most of his body. Comic page 3 of 4. Panel 1: Noah says "Oh, it's only you" and no longer looks scared. Raith steps out of the woods, and says "Hurt?". Panel 2: Noah holds up his aching hand and explains. "My hands. The bags are pretty heavy." Panel 3: Close up of Raith looking a bit unimpressed. Most of his sharp teeth are showing, and says "Heavy", repeating a part of what Noah just told him. Panel 4: Noah, looking at his raised hands, now suddenly empty. Panel 5: Noah turns and looks at Raith, who is now carrying the bags and vanishing off to one side of the panel. He says "Uh, I can at least carry one of them." Raith replies "No. Heavy." Panel 6: Noah catching up to Raith, who asks "What kind of food is it?". Noah says "Oh, lots of stuff. The heaviest stuff is the potatoes, I think." Panel 7: Close up of Raith's face. He looks very confused. Comic page 4 of 4. Panel 1: Noah looking a little confused, gesturing as he explains. "You know, potatoes? You dig them up and eat them?" Raith leans into the panel, eyebrows raised, asking "Are they tasty?". Panel 2: Noah, a little shocked, gesturing with one hand. "Of course they're tasty! They're potatoes!" Panel 3: Large panel covering more than half the page, showing Noah and Raith coming out of the woods and approaching the house they live in. The porch is a dark shape in the foreground. Noah says "You seriously haven't had potatoes before now? They're a staple!" Raith asks "Stapler?". Noah replies "No, a STAPLE. Like a basic food!" Raith says "I want to eat a stapled potato."
October 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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One more for the Delightfully Silly Names files:
Two panels from the manga Recruited By The Strongest Knights In Another World. Panel 1: a man and a woman are speaking to each other. The man asks "Do you know my name?" and the woman answers "Of course not." Panel 2: close-up on the shocked woman's face as the man introduces himself as "Arkrestav Albarse Kanova".
October 5, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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October goals for my #Patreon! TTRPGs, comics and traditional art plans! And y'know. Maybe some other stuff.

More details on Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/octobe... #art #comics #ttrpgs
A comic summarising the artist's goals for October. These goals include more development logs for the tabletop roleplaying games Stave and Octant, and Blackbirds; cover illustrations, thumbnail scripts and concept art for comics, and traditional art. The latter includes painting practise and a sculpture. In the panels the artist herself is in, she can be seen making protest signs about a library closure.
October 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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if this guy looks familiar to you, you 1. have encountered my art elsewhere, 2. are remembering my 2021 #goblinweek series.

The sculpture is a simplified version of him. #art
An illustration of small, rotund fish-like figure wearing a navy uniform and wielding a tiny harpoon. He looks pleased with himself.
September 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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There he is - my lil' fish-goblin guy! ✨

Sculpey clay on a wire and styrofoam armature (+a wooden stick for the tiny harpoon), painted with acrylics with a glossy varnish.

More pictures and step by step WIP on my #Patreon! #art #sculpture www.patreon.com/posts/134787...
A small, rotund fish-like figure wearing a navy uniform and wielding a tiny harpoon. The sculpture is photographed standing in front of a wooden scale model of a sailing ship. A small, rotund fish-like figure wearing a navy uniform and wielding a tiny harpoon. The sculpture is turned to show off its left side. You can see a tiny anchor symbol painted on his sleeve. A small, rotund fish-like figure wearing a navy uniform and wielding a tiny harpoon. The sculpture is turned to show its back. A small, rotund fish-like figure wearing a navy uniform and wielding a tiny harpoon. The sculpture is approximately 8 centimeters tall, and is photographed standing on the artist's palm.
September 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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y'know, one of the things I find most fascinating about these various remasters of older 3D videogames is the way that the remasters seem to entirely ignore the colour design+lighting choices of the old games.

Look at this.
Comparison between the original Deus Ex video game, and the new remastered version. It shows a black man wearing a long grey coat and a shirt or piece of chest armour with buckles on it. The lighting is entirely different in each shot.
September 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Artists and writers, quote with your queer characters!

gosh, which one of them *isn't*, really.
A black and white drawing of a young man with white hair, on a bright yellow background. He's wearing an apron, and is eating cake batter right from the bowl with a spoon. In the corner is the title of the web comic The Care and Feeding of Monsters. Several coloured drawings of a brown-skinned man wearing a face-mask and a collection of scarves, capes, cloth belts and bits of scrap. In one drawing, he's carrying a heavy backpack, and levitating pebbles float around his raised hand. Various drawn portraits of a Latina woman with long black hair and a scar across her lip. She is dressed in the fashion of the Old West, in shades of grey and tan. Her broad-brimmed hat has a small bundle of forget-me-nots tucked into the hat band. Illustration of a white-haired man with short, curling horns. He's dressed in a long coat and leather armour, most of which is covered in soot. He stands on a town wall, with a raging inferno burning behind him. Heavy black clouds roil over the edge of the flames.
September 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM