Maalus
@maalus.com
Illustrator and graphic designer. Creator and maker. Purveyor of the strange and fantastic.
Available for freelance work and commissions
www.maalus.com
Available for freelance work and commissions
www.maalus.com
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Maalus
@maalus.com
· Apr 9
Happy #PortfolioDay everyone! I'm Maalus, an artist & designer with a weakness for fantasy and science fiction.
Currently offering a "Dreams Come True" discount rate for people whose creative projects need a little extra help getting to that final stage!
Currently offering a "Dreams Come True" discount rate for people whose creative projects need a little extra help getting to that final stage!
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I saw a lot of chatter about this & now I know why. The original post is such bullshit! If you don’t value art (or books, or porn) enough to want to support its creators, then the art is wasted on you.
I'd like you who know me to imagine how reading this made me feel.
And if you support this...person...I'm blocking you faster than you can say "Rumpelstiltskin".
And if you support this...person...I'm blocking you faster than you can say "Rumpelstiltskin".
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I saw a lot of chatter about this & now I know why. The original post is such bullshit! If you don’t value art (or books, or porn) enough to want to support its creators, then the art is wasted on you.
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ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
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Let's get me up to 1K followers today!
November 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Let's get me up to 1K followers today!
Some great tips here for authors who need to do their own cover art.
Hint: you absolutely do not need AI and should never use it.
Hint: you absolutely do not need AI and should never use it.
You know, speaking to stock art, the argument that it's not cost effective to produce cover art/layout/design without AI work just doesn't hold water. The internet is full of cover design guides/blog posts from pros, and even paid stock art isn't expensive if you're amortizing across covers. ->
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Some great tips here for authors who need to do their own cover art.
Hint: you absolutely do not need AI and should never use it.
Hint: you absolutely do not need AI and should never use it.
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Desert, swamp, mountain, plain, hill, forest, river, sea, island. Almost like a tutorial map to start a survival campaign, right? :D
🗺️300DPI for personal use: www.patreon.com/posts/landma...
🗺️600DPI as stock art: www.patreon.com/posts/stock-...
#ttrpg #cartography #stockart #bsnm
🗺️300DPI for personal use: www.patreon.com/posts/landma...
🗺️600DPI as stock art: www.patreon.com/posts/stock-...
#ttrpg #cartography #stockart #bsnm
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Desert, swamp, mountain, plain, hill, forest, river, sea, island. Almost like a tutorial map to start a survival campaign, right? :D
🗺️300DPI for personal use: www.patreon.com/posts/landma...
🗺️600DPI as stock art: www.patreon.com/posts/stock-...
#ttrpg #cartography #stockart #bsnm
🗺️300DPI for personal use: www.patreon.com/posts/landma...
🗺️600DPI as stock art: www.patreon.com/posts/stock-...
#ttrpg #cartography #stockart #bsnm
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Healing word, available in high res as part of my Cleric series on Gumroad. gum.co/u/2pkbmxqc
November 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Healing word, available in high res as part of my Cleric series on Gumroad. gum.co/u/2pkbmxqc
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*looks around at assorted trash fires*
HEY KIDS, WANNA COOK A STREET CORN SMASH BURGER TACO WITH UNCLE KEVIN? LET’S GO!
You don’t even have to do the burger part. Just the street corn will measurably improve your life. So let’s start there. Open a can of corn, dump in a skillet with oil, & char
1/
HEY KIDS, WANNA COOK A STREET CORN SMASH BURGER TACO WITH UNCLE KEVIN? LET’S GO!
You don’t even have to do the burger part. Just the street corn will measurably improve your life. So let’s start there. Open a can of corn, dump in a skillet with oil, & char
1/
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
*looks around at assorted trash fires*
HEY KIDS, WANNA COOK A STREET CORN SMASH BURGER TACO WITH UNCLE KEVIN? LET’S GO!
You don’t even have to do the burger part. Just the street corn will measurably improve your life. So let’s start there. Open a can of corn, dump in a skillet with oil, & char
1/
HEY KIDS, WANNA COOK A STREET CORN SMASH BURGER TACO WITH UNCLE KEVIN? LET’S GO!
You don’t even have to do the burger part. Just the street corn will measurably improve your life. So let’s start there. Open a can of corn, dump in a skillet with oil, & char
1/
The first edition of this book is fascinating and informative so the second edition is sure to be as well.
If you're interested in pigments and inks it's a worthy addition to your reference material.
If you're interested in pigments and inks it's a worthy addition to your reference material.
For those who missed it, I'm crowdfunding for the revised edition of this handbook of mine. We've reached the funding goal but there are still rewards and add-ons to be had... #bookarts
It's live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The first edition of this book is fascinating and informative so the second edition is sure to be as well.
If you're interested in pigments and inks it's a worthy addition to your reference material.
If you're interested in pigments and inks it's a worthy addition to your reference material.
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Our new free gallery is ready for a mini beta test! Take a look, and let me know what you think. Feedback, bugs, etc. all welcomed.
I know image galleries aren't very exciting, but you'll notice it makes it much easier to browse and download our free library!
Beta URL: bit.ly/3LMo22c
I know image galleries aren't very exciting, but you'll notice it makes it much easier to browse and download our free library!
Beta URL: bit.ly/3LMo22c
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Our new free gallery is ready for a mini beta test! Take a look, and let me know what you think. Feedback, bugs, etc. all welcomed.
I know image galleries aren't very exciting, but you'll notice it makes it much easier to browse and download our free library!
Beta URL: bit.ly/3LMo22c
I know image galleries aren't very exciting, but you'll notice it makes it much easier to browse and download our free library!
Beta URL: bit.ly/3LMo22c
Do yourself a favor if you can and buy one of these. Or two. Hell, buy 'em all.
Cherie Priest is an awesome writer. You can't go wrong!
Cherie Priest is an awesome writer. You can't go wrong!
Who wants some CHEAP BOOK LOOT? Right on, I've got your back - behold: Here's what's newer, older, and super-cheap on promo from around the internet today...starting with IT WAS HER HOUSE FIRST but including GRAVE RESERVATIONS and MORE: www.cheriepriest.com/blog/novembe...
November Deals from around the Internet — The Haunt*
Hello and welcome to Monday (such as it is). Spooky season may have passed, but book deals know no such limitations - so here’s what I found around the web, for your bargain-purchasing and leisure-rea...
www.cheriepriest.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Do yourself a favor if you can and buy one of these. Or two. Hell, buy 'em all.
Cherie Priest is an awesome writer. You can't go wrong!
Cherie Priest is an awesome writer. You can't go wrong!
My current listening obsession. Love the whole vibe here and damn it makes me miss New Orleans
Bridge City Sinners - St. James Infirmary
YouTube video by Killingsworth House
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November 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
My current listening obsession. Love the whole vibe here and damn it makes me miss New Orleans
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Yeah if you need something very specific for your art, I can do it! Here's the link: ko-fi.com/c/022f8b88c3
July 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Yeah if you need something very specific for your art, I can do it! Here's the link: ko-fi.com/c/022f8b88c3
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This is the biggest full circle connection in my career.
Over two years ago a designer with Random House (thank you Nicole Block!!) working on a Dungeons&Dragons and Stranger Things tie-in contacted me about the old D&D art she had see me share online from my youth...
Over two years ago a designer with Random House (thank you Nicole Block!!) working on a Dungeons&Dragons and Stranger Things tie-in contacted me about the old D&D art she had see me share online from my youth...
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This is the biggest full circle connection in my career.
Over two years ago a designer with Random House (thank you Nicole Block!!) working on a Dungeons&Dragons and Stranger Things tie-in contacted me about the old D&D art she had see me share online from my youth...
Over two years ago a designer with Random House (thank you Nicole Block!!) working on a Dungeons&Dragons and Stranger Things tie-in contacted me about the old D&D art she had see me share online from my youth...
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It's all hands on deck. I am shamelessly asking, one more time, for reposts and signal boost as this bird glides toward a landing in a few hours. It's gonna be a beautiful book, and there aren't going to be very many available afterwards!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow
Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.
www.kickstarter.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
It's all hands on deck. I am shamelessly asking, one more time, for reposts and signal boost as this bird glides toward a landing in a few hours. It's gonna be a beautiful book, and there aren't going to be very many available afterwards!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
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You want to read something beautiful?
Thanks to @chucktingle.bsky.social for this. It touched a nerve in the very best way.
Thanks to @chucktingle.bsky.social for this. It touched a nerve in the very best way.
i have posted before that i think you are an artist before you ever make a painting or song or book. i understand it is a unique perspective and that is okay, but i am thinking on it again after seeing post from buckaroo @scalzi.com specifically how it relates to my perspective on grief and death
Proposition: You become a writer the moment you write, a musician the moment you make music, a painter the moment you paint, etc. You become an artist the moment you find your own voice as a writer/musician/painter/etc.
Yes? No?
Yes? No?
October 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
You want to read something beautiful?
Thanks to @chucktingle.bsky.social for this. It touched a nerve in the very best way.
Thanks to @chucktingle.bsky.social for this. It touched a nerve in the very best way.
The world may be on fire but #Bonktober has been making me smile all month. If you haven't been following along, give @lekroox.bsky.social a look or scroll through the hashtag.
(It's a little spicy, just be aware if that's not your thing)
(It's a little spicy, just be aware if that's not your thing)
October 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The world may be on fire but #Bonktober has been making me smile all month. If you haven't been following along, give @lekroox.bsky.social a look or scroll through the hashtag.
(It's a little spicy, just be aware if that's not your thing)
(It's a little spicy, just be aware if that's not your thing)
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Scott has done some really great work funding gravemarkers for horror icons that don't have them (including Ken Weatherwax - TVs Pugsley Addams).
Elsa gets hers on October 28th.
Elsa gets hers on October 28th.
October 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Scott has done some really great work funding gravemarkers for horror icons that don't have them (including Ken Weatherwax - TVs Pugsley Addams).
Elsa gets hers on October 28th.
Elsa gets hers on October 28th.
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If you can throw me a couple of bucks to help me, help my little dude, I would greatly appreciate it. I know the world is in chaos, but Benny is my whole world. I've had him 18 years and he's my best friend in the world. Legit wouldn't be here without him.
ko-fi.com/owllog
ko-fi.com/owllog
Buy Owllog a Coffee
Become a supporter of Owllog today!
ko-fi.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
If you can throw me a couple of bucks to help me, help my little dude, I would greatly appreciate it. I know the world is in chaos, but Benny is my whole world. I've had him 18 years and he's my best friend in the world. Legit wouldn't be here without him.
ko-fi.com/owllog
ko-fi.com/owllog
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#31daysofgraves
17. Relocated ♻️
La Llorona — Sacramental de San Isidro, Madrid 🇪🇸
The same sculpture on a tomb and on a hearse. A funerary standard…? 🤔 I’m afraid so — these aren’t the only copies of this figure I’ve come across 😉
17. Relocated ♻️
La Llorona — Sacramental de San Isidro, Madrid 🇪🇸
The same sculpture on a tomb and on a hearse. A funerary standard…? 🤔 I’m afraid so — these aren’t the only copies of this figure I’ve come across 😉
October 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
#31daysofgraves
17. Relocated ♻️
La Llorona — Sacramental de San Isidro, Madrid 🇪🇸
The same sculpture on a tomb and on a hearse. A funerary standard…? 🤔 I’m afraid so — these aren’t the only copies of this figure I’ve come across 😉
17. Relocated ♻️
La Llorona — Sacramental de San Isidro, Madrid 🇪🇸
The same sculpture on a tomb and on a hearse. A funerary standard…? 🤔 I’m afraid so — these aren’t the only copies of this figure I’ve come across 😉
As an agnostic who long ago lost patience with organized religion seeing things like this still makes me smile.
The pagan-friendly Anglican church in my small, rural English village would have no problems with Episcopalians! Here, for example, is our vicar blessing a pagan Obby Oss (performed by my husband) before a Beltane procession: our annual pagan/Christian/all-faiths-and-no-faith May Day celebration.
October 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
As an agnostic who long ago lost patience with organized religion seeing things like this still makes me smile.
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Come learn Coptic via The Religion Department starting 10/27!
8-week primer (Level 1) moves from learning alphabet to reading ancient texts. Through lectures, study guides, and weekly challenges you will discover the beauty of Coptic and the Coptic Gospel of Thomas!
tinyurl.com/3ktkyffj
8-week primer (Level 1) moves from learning alphabet to reading ancient texts. Through lectures, study guides, and weekly challenges you will discover the beauty of Coptic and the Coptic Gospel of Thomas!
tinyurl.com/3ktkyffj
Learning Coptic Through the Gospel of Thomas (Level 1)
tinyurl.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Come learn Coptic via The Religion Department starting 10/27!
8-week primer (Level 1) moves from learning alphabet to reading ancient texts. Through lectures, study guides, and weekly challenges you will discover the beauty of Coptic and the Coptic Gospel of Thomas!
tinyurl.com/3ktkyffj
8-week primer (Level 1) moves from learning alphabet to reading ancient texts. Through lectures, study guides, and weekly challenges you will discover the beauty of Coptic and the Coptic Gospel of Thomas!
tinyurl.com/3ktkyffj
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i’m at a local open mic night to play 2 songs from my solo queer post-doom metal project “WELAWAY”
forcing myself to be here despite this deep episode of depression cause my therapist says i need to do things that fill me up. hopefully screaming songs about choosing to be alive will fill me up 😮💨
forcing myself to be here despite this deep episode of depression cause my therapist says i need to do things that fill me up. hopefully screaming songs about choosing to be alive will fill me up 😮💨
October 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
i’m at a local open mic night to play 2 songs from my solo queer post-doom metal project “WELAWAY”
forcing myself to be here despite this deep episode of depression cause my therapist says i need to do things that fill me up. hopefully screaming songs about choosing to be alive will fill me up 😮💨
forcing myself to be here despite this deep episode of depression cause my therapist says i need to do things that fill me up. hopefully screaming songs about choosing to be alive will fill me up 😮💨
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RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.
His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.
A massive loss 💔
His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.
A massive loss 💔
October 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.
His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.
A massive loss 💔
His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.
A massive loss 💔