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Tania Richter should be writing (AetherFang)
@taniarichter.bsky.social
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Author and illustrator of Dawn Tyrant webnovel. Likes fountain pens, tea, yarn, and Monster Hunter.
Absolutely no AI
She/They
https://linktr.ee/aetherfang
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When you're sleeping in an adorable posting but sense the human has pulled out the camera....
A black and white herding mix dog started into the camera, disgruntled at having been woken from his nap
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Happy Howloween from Gustave I mean Twostave I mean Napa 😂
#expedition33
#clairobscur
A black and white herding mix dog wearing a red and white checkered bandolier with a baguette sticking out of the back and a red beret on his head. He is almost stoic as he looks at the treat in the hand that is in front of the phone A black and white herding mix dog wearing a red and white checkered bandolier with a baguette sticking out of the back and a red beret on his head. He now has sum glasses that hide his excitement as he looks at the treat in the hand that is in front of the phone He looks very French
October 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Okay folks. This week only starting today I will donate half of the proceeds from knitting pattern sales through my payhip shop to our local food bank.
The other half will stay with me to help get our little family through all this cuz it's still rough out there.
payhip.com/knit1roll20
A collage of knitting pattern pictures. Top left - a blue and white dragon scarf, a man wearing a scarf with lunar eclipses, a femme person wearing a scarf with clockwork gears, and a man wearing a hat and cowl set with lunar eclipses. Bottom left - a man wearing a scarf with a fountain pen on one side and a sword on the other. Top right - a cowl with a Celtic style dragon Bottom right - a scarf with a Celtic knot, a scarf with a Siamese cat, and two scarves that are mix and match dragons
October 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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First time ever doing matching costumes!
Baguette outfit from Clair Obscur Expedition 33 🥖
Two people in matching outfits of striped black and white shirts, suspenders, a gingham bandolier, and red berets smile into the camera
October 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Leaf leaf new leaf!
A Thai Constellation Monstera leaf in the process of unfurling. It has a heavy amount of cream coloration and splatters on top of a green base
October 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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New leaf new leaf!
A green and cream fully furled Monstera leaf. There's are many gaps in the leaf that are fenestrations that give the tropical leaf it's look
October 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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We're all set up for Gamehole Con in Madison WI! Show opens tomorrow and runs through Sunday, come find us at Booth C3 in the Crafter's Corner for prints, playmate, tokens and more!
A convention Booth setup featuring hanging metal and canvas prints, playmats, shiny card packs, and stickers. A man in a MNUFC hat grins at the photographer from behind the booth. He is not for sale.
October 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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I am extremely sore after embellishing 12 new canvas prints (and then framing them) but it was so worth it. I mix my own glow in the dark paints and paint them all with a blacklight flashlight to see where I'm painting. The effect is so much fun to show off at conventions.
A table covered in 9 8x12 framed canvas prints of dragons and foxes. All of the same prints from the previous image but with the lights turned off to show off the glow effect of each of the pieces.
October 13, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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May I gift you a sleepy old dog cuddling all his feets?
A black and white herding dog mix lays curled up on a couch appearing to hold his feet
October 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Have a sleepy old man!
A black and white herding mix dog lays on a green couch with his feet in a bouquet
October 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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I was nearly out of my kitsune prints but have now rectified the situation!
Two stacks of prints of 7 foxes (six red one white with nine tails) sit on a wood table. The left stack is in a mat, a black 1/2" border around the print, while the right stack awaits mats
October 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Awwww yisss Booth blanket has come in! A lot of shows are recommending covering booths overnight to prevent theft so I figured I would get something appropriate.
My 6' partner is somewhere under it, lol
A large very soft blanket decorated with art of a holographic dragon holding an orb and casting swirling magic.
October 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Updating an old character's redesign and setting up for some good old lore for my novels! Maybe I can wrangle my brain back into writing again. Kinda hard when everything is on fire constantly.
A sketch of a feathered and winged wolf running across a reflective surface
October 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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New tokens! They turned out so great, we're getting them into packs and ready for Gamehole Con at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison October 16 -19
A spread of 15 custom designed Magic the Gathering token cards. Each of the dragons has a different collations based on real koi patterns. The token card is being held at an angle to show off the shine on the foil print An alternate lighting photo to show how the card reads. Dragon Flying Ochibashigure 12/13 Tania Richter
October 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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And playmats are a wrap! Did one with my favorite of the colors (Orenji Ogon) with the summer leaves and a second (Ochibashigure) in autumn leaves. Ochibashigure means "Leaves on the water" so I felt it needed to be the autumn representative.
They'll be available at Gamehole Con in Madison!
A koi colored Asian style dragon loops around a tree limb surrounded by leaves in shades of green. The dragon has a bright orange body with a white belly and fins A koi colored Asian style dragon loops around a tree limb surrounded by leaves in shades of green, yellow, gold, and red. The dragon has a silver body with patches of gold
September 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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May I offer you an adorable weasel stretch?
A brown weasel laying in a fair log stretching and yawning
September 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Oh. We jokingly use that line in the voice of a Victorian child to translate our friend's puppy. I didn't realize that line came from somewhere 😂
A black and brown dog with striking facial markings stares innocently at the camera having eaten half of the dried corpse of a frozen rabbit last night
September 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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It is incredible how hypocritical members of the right are.
Absolutely incredible.
A screenshot of the Downdetector website showing the current outages on Grindr with a very red dot in Arizona where the Kirk memorial/Nazi really is being held.
September 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Original sketch for those interested
A very scratchy outline of the koi dragon
September 15, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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90 hours later my "quick little 20 hour" piece is finally done 😂
Tomorrow I get to lay out all 13 colorations as MtG tokens and then ship it all off to the printers!
A long, noodly dragon with golden scales and white find twines through the branches of a tree as rays of golden sun break through the canopy and cast dappled light beams
September 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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I rather enjoy how he locked comments on his first book post but apparently forgot to on future posts?
A random cowardly journalist hawks his book on a skeet. The comments are turned off
September 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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We're starting to get there! Now the biggest issue is figuring out where to order in time, cuz I don't think my first choice is going to be quick enough 😬
A golden koi dragon with a long noodly body twines around trees that actually have leaves on them (if only blobs of them). It shimmers under an array of dappled light beams
September 8, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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75 hours, 13 colorations and we're I think close to the finish line?! Just need to adjust the text overlay, finalize shading, uh finish the poor dragons front feets, finish the trees, and then find a sacrifice to ensure the tokens arrive on time.
"Just" 😬😂
A mock up of a custom magic the gathering token cards with a noodly koi dragon twining around trees with an Asagi koi (red belly and fins with a dark indigo back) themed dragon
September 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Two finished koi dragon colorations (platinum and tancho showa) and the partially finished Kohaku coloration
A blindingly platinum white koi twines through many tree branches A white koi with a red orange head and many splotches of black on it's body twines through many tree branches A white koi with meant red orange splotches on its upper body twines through many tree branches. The trail is plain white and needs to be finished
September 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Threw down some colored splotches just to see how things look and oh.
Oh my.
I forgot how much fun this part is.
Found the Kohaku coloration!
A partially colored WIP of a noodly koi dragon twined around the branches of a tree. It is platinum white with large splotches of red orange
September 3, 2025 at 6:54 AM