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hierobenth.bsky.social
hierobenth
@hierobenth.bsky.social
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illustrator & designer. allegations that i am immune to both drowning and burning have never been proven.
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lands to the south of fort ophère
a political map in pastel colors of eskonza, véloune, and tlamahiya, the major continents of northwest ozhademat
August 8, 2023 at 2:14 AM
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shiny crow
highly-detailed greyscale line drawing of a crow; it is particularly shiny
July 31, 2023 at 9:43 PM
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just finished: a physical map of the world of zunidh from victoria goddard’s extremely excellent Nine Worlds books. read hands of the emperor y’all it ruuuuuuules
map titled “the lands and seas of zunidh”. three roughly-equally-sized continents, depicted in emerald green forests, orange rocky mountains, and white snowy peaks, with aqua rivers and light turquoise seas.
July 29, 2023 at 2:55 AM
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map of lopez island from an AU where the san juans’ land use prioritizes working class people living and working on the islands instead of summer homes for the rich. also there are hyperintelligent corvids with their own sovereign territories and everything’s named after birds
map in neon colors on a dark grey-teal background of “madrona island”; almost the entire waterfront is reserved parkland, roads have been deprioritized in favor of walking/cycling paths and a subway system. several areas are reserved as “corvid lands” with human entry only by application or invitation.
July 28, 2023 at 5:43 PM
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my zine, The Unmapped Atlas, Volume One, is on sale! 20 pages of beautiful maps, illustration, and fictional-nonfiction about places that i made up. i only ever printed 250 of these so when they’re gone, they’re gone. $3 + S&H for a signed copy, $1 for a high-res digital edition.
front cover of The Unmapped Atlas, Volume One. a topographic map of an unknown coastline inside front cover spread; on the left page, an alpine waterfall. on the right (title page), “A survey of places as far as nowhere and near as a dream.” middle spread; “Neoplatonist Technoshrine: an annotated diagram”. a psychedelic illustration of a machine that eats priests and shits religion. a polar projection map of a melting icecap
July 25, 2023 at 5:01 PM
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paolo, the mouse, has found a brussels sprout, and will feast for months on its bounty
digital drawing of a small mouse wearing goggles and carrying a little rucksack. he has found a brussels sprout and it is almost as large as he is! he is laying one little paw on the tremendous brassica in reverence and awe. behind him, handwritten in white, the image reads “Paolo, the little apothecary, is eatin’ good tonight.”
July 24, 2023 at 5:06 PM
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two crows pose
greyscale digital drawing of two crows, posed on a concrete stairwell. the crow in the foreground’s beak is pointing up and they are regarding the viewer; the crow in the background’s beak is pointed toward the viewer.
July 23, 2023 at 6:12 PM
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uh oh! it’s the bone clown! uh oh!
a digital painting of a three-eyed skull in faded white-and-pink clown makeup, surrounded by bilaterally-symmetrical glowing gold asemic writing
July 21, 2023 at 6:00 PM
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eat these ghost nails so i know you’re not a ghost cop
black-and-white drawing of a séance; in the foreground, a ghostly girl standing in a chair offers the viewer a jar full of nails; to her right, a seated figure wearing a strange hat, their ringed fingers brightly lit but their face in shadow; in the background, a bolt of lightning striking a dead tree harshly illuminates a stormy forest
July 19, 2023 at 5:57 PM
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memorial portrait of shasha, a beloved and departed feline
illustration of a blue-eyes tabby cat, staring into the distance in front of an orange-brown-white background
July 18, 2023 at 9:20 PM
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fort ophère detail
a sand-and-aqua map of a port town, fort ophère, with the buildings picked out a black silhouettes with teal numbers. the map is subtitled “gateway to the north”. a naval base sits on an island offshore and a fortress, blockhouse, and several batteries are sited on the heights above the town for defense.
July 18, 2023 at 3:28 PM
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lena bay & fort ophère
a sand-and-aqua-colored map of lena bay, the estuary of the mightiest of the northern rivers, and fort ophère, gateway to northern exploration
July 17, 2023 at 4:43 PM
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black-capped chickadee
a highly-detailed grayscale drawing of a black-capped chickadee; the chickadee is perched on a wire on a railing and regarding the viewer
July 16, 2023 at 11:23 PM
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behold the queen in the woods, the eternal hunger at the heart of the trees. or else
an unknowable magenta-cyan-purple horror, all mouth and eyes, with a terrible barbèd crown and flayed hands held high; in the background, words in an unknown script and a legion of hooded and floating disciples
July 16, 2023 at 11:18 PM
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the goddess inflagrant, infernatrix of woodsmoke
a many-limbed and single-eyed goddess with a golden aura and a fiery blaze at her heart, floating at sunset above the trees and haze of a forest soon to be consumed by a wildfire
July 16, 2023 at 11:11 PM