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layahimalaya.bsky.social
Laya 🌿🍄
@layahimalaya.bsky.social
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Hugo award winning illustrator/designer (and sometimes cosplayer) in Aotearoa 🌼 I love fantasy, fungi & books!

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layaroseart.com/links
overgrowncomic.com
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layahimalaya.bsky.social
ah, very good!
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
layahimalaya.bsky.social
ah yay, thank you! haha so true, it would work for that!
November 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
layahimalaya.bsky.social
caves too??? maybe?
screenshot of digital art in 3 strips, of a cave washi design in blue/teal tones. there are lots of stalactites and ‘mites and glow worms
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
layahimalaya.bsky.social
Thank you!!!! I love moss
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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art that marinates as a sketch for like a full year and then you draw it all in a couple days...... i love moss and lichen
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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🫡
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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(also I've been doing brief summaries of aspec content in books I've read in recent months, if that's of interest aroaessidhe.tumblr.com/tagged/recen...)
recent aspec books
Posts on aroaessidhe tagged as recent aspec books
aroaessidhe.tumblr.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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A couple I have enjoyed recently are Demon Engine (weird ocean postapoc no-romance with a demisexual MC) and The Traitor & The Wretch (fun adventure romance which was surprise demi-coded!)
November 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
layahimalaya.bsky.social
thank you!
November 17, 2025 at 6:49 AM
layahimalaya.bsky.social
you can get them here: layaroseart.storenvy.com/collections/...
November 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
layahimalaya.bsky.social
kinda windy but yay
Photo of the ocean at freyburg beach.
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Indeed...
November 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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and a couple more :)
#TheIsleInTheSilverSea #art
two black & white sketches of Simran and Vina, one where they look older and are in a fancy doublet/dress, vina kissing simran's hand, and another where they're younger, Vina as a knight touching Simran's chin with her thumb. sketch of Simran and Galath, with him kneeling and her holding his chin in her hand, both looking a bit sad. there's a circle behind them.
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Galath & Hari (I'm not sure at what point things become spoilers...)

#TheIsleInTheSilverSea #art
5 sketches of a man with pale skin and long white hair. He has broad shoulders and is in pale white brown and green ragged clothes. He has a red circle on his forehead. Sketches of Hari, an Indian man with brown skin, wearing simple brownish shirts and waistcoats/suspenders. In some he is older, with longer hair. He has a black cat on his shoulder in one, and is next to Simran in another.
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Simran! (and Maleficium and Adder)

#TheIsleInTheSilverSea #art
Sketches of Simran, an Indian woman with long dark hair and vine tattoos, in a red dress and black jacket, sometimes a hood and satchel. There is a fluffy black cat, which she is holding in one drawing. Sketches of Simran looking younger, with shorter cropped hair and mostly simpler black/brown dresses. In one she has a gown and mask. An inky black shapeshifting animal is also in some, in the form of a raven, mouse, and snake.
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM