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Elsa Velasco
@evelasco.bsky.social
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Illustrator. Writer. Game master. Neurodivergent.
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Queer. They/She.
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Elsa Velasco @evelasco.bsky.social · Jul 8
Hi #PortfolioDay!

I'm Elsa, book cover illustrator focused on fantasy, sci-fi and horror. I have a soft spot for nature, symbolism and hidden details. Currently available for freelance work!

💼 elsavelasco.com
✉️ [email protected]
Illustration of a long-haired man sleeping. There are worlds melting in his hair, the skyline of Portland before him and Mount Hood in the background Illustration of a man praying and looking back. There are flames and insects surrounding him. Illustration of a wide-open eye surrounded by leaves. There’s a white neuron in his iris Self portrait of myself, a short-haired white person, holding my mouth with my hand. There’s a hole in my chest with a white crow trapped in crooked and spiked vines. Black crows are flying in the background
evelasco.bsky.social
Struggling with burnout and genuinelly felt I’d lost the ability to draw for two solid days? Like my hand would physically struggle to draw a line remotely close to what my brain was envisioning?

Thankfully it came back today. Just like that. Poof.

Anybody else ever feel like this? Any tips?
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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sygnin.com
Finally realized Judas has (in the story) a demon form complete with wings and horns and... I've never drawn it outside the comic???

IDK why I am like this 🤦‍♀️

#ocs #elfenjoyers
Sketch of my OC Judas in his demon form. He has a demon bound to him, and usually it only manifests as his odd eye. When he loses control of it, it starts to take over his physical form, giving him horns, wings and spiked skin dotted with eyes.
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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evelasco.bsky.social
Also, a little while ago, I wrote about something that may be more important than any individual tip given during art education. It has changed how I relate to art.

I'm talking about having an artist community:

elsavelasco.com/blog/the-key...
The key to surviving as an artist... without losing one’s mind — Elsa Velasco
In this post, I wanted to talk about something that perhaps seems tangential to art, or at least is not directly involved in the process of getting your hands dirty with art-making. However, as I...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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fionacreates.bsky.social
Sketches/concepts from that time I binged Green Bone Saga and couldn’t let it go.

Characters from Jade City era, book by Fonda Lee. Read it.
Shae and Hilo from Jade City Hilo and Lan, Jade City era Hilo and baby Anden, Jade City era Shae. From Jade city era with some bonus 80s power suit vibe
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Curious about how this cover was made? Wrote a behind-the-scenes post on my blog: elsavelasco.com/blog/illustr...

It isn't every day one gets to illustrate a theater play!
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
evelasco.bsky.social
Also, a little while ago, I wrote about something that may be more important than any individual tip given during art education. It has changed how I relate to art.

I'm talking about having an artist community:

elsavelasco.com/blog/the-key...
The key to surviving as an artist... without losing one’s mind — Elsa Velasco
In this post, I wanted to talk about something that perhaps seems tangential to art, or at least is not directly involved in the process of getting your hands dirty with art-making. However, as I...
elsavelasco.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
evelasco.bsky.social
Curious about how this cover was made? Wrote a behind-the-scenes post on my blog: elsavelasco.com/blog/illustr...

It isn't every day one gets to illustrate a theater play!
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
evelasco.bsky.social
Having to sum up who you are as an artist in a bio of less than 240 characters is a very special flavor of hell I would not wish anybody to experience.
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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serenamalyon.bsky.social
Krona, Keeper of Eons - watercolour, acryla gouache on paper with some digital touchups

For Hearthstone's latest expansion, Across the Timeways.
AD: Jim Nelson
A giant, multi-armed figure adorned in gold, skin blue and shimmering like the night sky. 3 glowing eyes surround his head, and his hands wield a golden time-magic. In the foreground we see a floating platform that holds many archways. Stars appear at each joint, he is a living constellation.
November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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evelasco.bsky.social
Interior illustrations for 'La noche de los mundos', by @inesgaliano.bsky.social and Loredana Volpe, published by Ediciones Mutis.

Wanted to pay tribute to the amazing cast of the play: Núria Florensa, María Villarejo and Chap Rodríguez.
Illustration of a woman wearing a superhero cloak grabbing her head as if in pain. There is an explosion of light coming out of it. In the background, behind her head, there is a drawing of the world, which is casting a red shadow. Illustration of two women fighting with swords in front of a curtain on a stage, but imitating a video game screen. One of them is wearing a black dress, a red cloak and a helmet, and is identified as 'Laertes'. The other one is wearing white clothes, has her hair tied back in a tail and is identified as Hamlet. Both have an HP bar that is going down.
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Interior illustrations for 'La noche de los mundos', by @inesgaliano.bsky.social and Loredana Volpe, published by Ediciones Mutis.

Wanted to pay tribute to the amazing cast of the play: Núria Florensa, María Villarejo and Chap Rodríguez.
Illustration of a woman wearing a superhero cloak grabbing her head as if in pain. There is an explosion of light coming out of it. In the background, behind her head, there is a drawing of the world, which is casting a red shadow. Illustration of two women fighting with swords in front of a curtain on a stage, but imitating a video game screen. One of them is wearing a black dress, a red cloak and a helmet, and is identified as 'Laertes'. The other one is wearing white clothes, has her hair tied back in a tail and is identified as Hamlet. Both have an HP bar that is going down.
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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eleonorpiteira.bsky.social
Here's the endpaper illustration I painted for @adriennebooks.bsky.social 's 'Fallen City' ☀️
Photo of a hand holding a book opened, showing an horizontal illustration painted by Eleonor Piteira for the book 'Fallen City' by Adrienne Young. On the left side of the illustration, a man with shoulder-length dark hair is wearing Greco-roman inspired armour and a red cape, with a broken coin necklace. The background is made of broken mosaics framed by two columns and an archway, and on the foreground the silhouette of a city burns while birds fly away. On the right side of the illustration, a woman with long wavy dark hair wearing a pale off-shoulder Ancient Greek-inspired dress, with a coin necklace. The background is made of mosaics framed by two columns and an archway, and on the foreground the silhouette of a city burns.
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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lauriellemaven.bsky.social
Malas noticias: ayer aprobaron Chat Control (no la versión completa, pero sí una muy dañina). Aún tienen que ratificarlo así que aún podéis escribir e insistir para garantizar un internet usable. Son cinco minutos y esta herramienta os lo facilita fightchatcontrol.eu
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Cover illustration for ‘La noche de los mundos’, by @inesgaliano.bsky.social and Loredana Volpe, published by Ediciones Mutis. Art direction by Loredana Volpe.

Yep, all those lil drawings in the frame have a meaning in the story! Had lots of fun with them.
Illustation of someone's hands holding a pink skull. Another person's hands, wearing what seem the sleeves of a dress, are holding the first person's arms. Behind the skull is a circle frame in the style of Alphonse Mucha, with little icons. In the background, there are different iterations of a theater stage and empty seats, overlapping. In the top corners, there are hints of dark curled tentacles.
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
evelasco.bsky.social
Cover illustration for ‘La noche de los mundos’, by @inesgaliano.bsky.social and Loredana Volpe, published by Ediciones Mutis. Art direction by Loredana Volpe.

Yep, all those lil drawings in the frame have a meaning in the story! Had lots of fun with them.
Illustation of someone's hands holding a pink skull. Another person's hands, wearing what seem the sleeves of a dress, are holding the first person's arms. Behind the skull is a circle frame in the style of Alphonse Mucha, with little icons. In the background, there are different iterations of a theater stage and empty seats, overlapping. In the top corners, there are hints of dark curled tentacles.
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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evelasco.bsky.social
ALSO, met Claire North at #Festival42BCN.

Gifted her a print of my cover art for the Catalan edition of Notes from the Burning Age, and she LOVED it. I’m still crying over the fact 😭😭😭
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
evelasco.bsky.social
ALSO, met Claire North at #Festival42BCN.

Gifted her a print of my cover art for the Catalan edition of Notes from the Burning Age, and she LOVED it. I’m still crying over the fact 😭😭😭
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
evelasco.bsky.social
M'acomiado del #Festival42BCN profundament agraïdi per haver paticipat a la gran taula sobre diversitat amb @haikujosep.bsky.social, @zubieta.bsky.social, @albertfontimar.bsky.social i @ljsalart.bsky.social, moderada per @karenmadrid.bsky.social...
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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raigverd.bsky.social
Molt entristides del tracte a la literatura fantàstica en català al #Festival42

Sabem que no tenim les mateixes vendes que en castellà però un Festival organitzat en part amb fons públics hauria de treballar per visibilitzar les llengües i la diversitat

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@maimes.bsky.social
maimes.bsky.social Mai Més @maimes.bsky.social · 14d
Ahir no vam dir res perquè estàvem molt estressats i molt dolguts, només esperem que totes les parts implicades (festival, ajuntament i gremi de llibreters) facin tot el posible perquè la situació no es torni a repetir.
chronoscat.bsky.social Editorial Chronos @chronoscat.bsky.social · 15d
No cal llegir «Notes de l'edat ardent» de la Claire North per saber que hi ha qui considera la literatura en català una heretgia. Si per casualitat passegeu pel #Festival42BCN i a la botiga no trobeu llibres en català, demaneu-los, els tenen amagats.
#ElsKakuyEstimenElCatalà
November 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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chronoscat.bsky.social
Ara bé, això d'haver de pidolar a la llibreria per la visibilitat dels llibres de gènere en català a casa nostra, al nostre festival, on s'és vist! Confiem que de cara a l'any vinent hi hagi una reflexió i es demanin uns mínims requisits per defensar la literatura en català.
November 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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chronoscat.bsky.social
Tanquem una altra edició fantàstica del millor festival de tots, el #Festival42BCN. Gràcies a tot l'equip humà que ho ha fet possible! 🙏Ens emportem bons records i atresorem moments molt emotius, així com la satisfacció de la feina ben feta i l'escalf dels lectors. ❤️
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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mrrubick.bsky.social
La gran taula de la diversitat al #Festival42, activisme en la literatura fantàstica de la ma dels autors @haikujosep.bsky.social , @zubieta.bsky.social, @albertfontimar.bsky.social, @evelasco.bsky.social, @ljsalart.bsky.social i conduits per la @karenmadrid.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
evelasco.bsky.social
Also got to briefly meet @amalelmohtar.com yesterday, and it was wonderful. What an insightful interview at #Festival42BCN, conducted by @sergiviciana.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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A punt per xerrar sobre activisme, literatura i il·lustració al #Festival42BCN
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Jana Heidersdorf doing it again
checanty.bsky.social Jana Heidersdorf @checanty.bsky.social · 18d
Cover reveal! Happy to say CG Drews keeps writing lush queer horror YAs and I keep getting to illustrate them ✨
Book cover of Scorpion Deep written by CG Drews showing a portait of a boy with a concerning amount of red corals growing from his face.
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM