A tapir wearing an apron and some serious side eye, standing behind a bright stall stacked with colourful plants and flowers.
A busy stall of flowers to wish you a very happy Easter / bank holiday weekend! 🌷✨
I painted this serious-about-plants tapir recently using gouache, something I’ve been wanting to use more of 🎨🖌️
It felt so nice to make a new Small Gardener’s illustration! Aaand it’s also a new sticker! 🤩 It’s very glossy & almost feels like you can climb in & join the Small Gardener for a cup of tea & some berries ✨🍵🫐
It’s now up on my site if you want to take a look www.beastlyworlds.co.uk/store/p/smal...
The Small Gardener, a tiny cat-shaped plant guardian in a red cloak, scribbles in a journal while resting up in their cosy seed pod lodge, surrounded by berries, acorns, nuts, leaves, a huge persimmon, and a little fire warming up a tea pot.
The same ink and watercolour illustration / sticker shown in full, in the shape of the seed pod.
The Small Gardener has many secret shelters across their patch, from shady nooks for sunny days to cosy caverns for when the temperature falls. This seed lodge is one of the Small Gardener’s favourites, with a good stash of supplies for the cooler months. 🌾🌰🫖🪵
Year of the Fire Horse ! Comic for my mom and the new year !!
You know whose comics are also extremely good? @kitsuneart.bsky.social's That's whose. You should buy them all and you can do online here: www.kitsuneart.net/shop
"The sheer confidence of... construction and layout." - Me
Finally getting time to pick up new projects as well as finish up older drawings like this one! It's been so nice getting time to draw & revisit my travel sketchbooks. (I try to finish up as much as possible while on the trips, but sometimes have to wait to finalise drawings as time rushes past!)
This illustration is from a page in my travel sketchbook made during a trip to Vietnam, drawn while dazzled by the new sights & lights on the evening we arrived. I loved all the different lanterns jumbled together and still think longingly about the coffees 💛
A small street at night, lit by many different kinds of lanterns, with owls strolling through and seated at little tables along the sides, watching the lights and drinking coffees.
The air is warm and the breeze carries the scent of freshly roasted coffee through the lanes.
Lanterns sparkle many colours across leaves and stones as the owls gather for their nightly brew 🌙☕️🦉✨🌺
The cover for Shimmer Paths by Beatrijs Brouwer AKA Beastly Worlds. A black cat tentatively pokes it's paw from an area that looks like floorboards through the shimmering logo (those grey stars are silver on the actual book!) and into a purple, alien world.
Shimmer Paths from @beastlyworlds.bsky.social
Another wonderful work from Bea, the tale of two darling cats exploring charming fantasy worlds. Great expressions on display throughout and really fun paneling! Apparently Bea has a longform serialised story in the works and I can't wait.
The new @brokenfrontier.bsky.social Six to Watch for 2026 will be revealed in a couple of weeks. In the meantime here's a reminder of last year's super-talented crew. #BF6toWatch www.brokenfrontier.com/six-small-pr...
MOTHER has been nominated for 3(!!) categories in the Broken Frontier Awards 2025 🤯
If you'd like to read my ~award nomimated~ comic you can grab it digitally and physically here!
ko-fi.com/abscomics/shop
The Small Gardener (a tiny cat-shaped plant guardian) sipping tea under snow-laden leaves, as snow falls on ther ground and snowdrops around them.
Happy winter solstice from the Small Gardener, wishing you warm drinks & snacks and much rest & coziness 🍵🕯️🌿🫐✨
Just finished my last market for the year, a HUGE thank you to everyone who visited my table at events these past months, I feel so lucky to be part of such a warm & lovely community! 💛
Aaah I love this!! ✨🥹🌿 thanks so much @pipturner.co.uk! Love how fierce this Small Gardener looks having found the perfect tomato hehe 💪🍅💛
And for round 3 of tonight’s Gosh and BF Drink and Draw we’re looking at our recent interview with @beastlyworlds.bsky.social. so that’s your theme! ‘Beastly World’. #goshbfdd
Picture of the comics by the artists tagged on the post displayed on the floor of Kitsuneart flat. First part of the haul!
First part of my @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social haul❣️📚
@domduongart.bsky.social
@abiwye.bsky.social
@beastlyworlds.bsky.social
@saefern.bsky.social
@lgions.bsky.social
@manonwright.bsky.social
@riotbones.bsky.social
@bellerowan.bsky.social
@annabelhewitson.bsky.social
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH interview! “I Hugely Admire Comics with Dynamic Page Structure!” – Beatrijs Brouwer/Beastly Worlds @beastlyworlds.bsky.social on the Lure of Fantasy Storytelling and Her Creative Process. @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 www.brokenfrontier.com/beastly-worl...
Thanks so much!
Very excited to be part of @deadlyknitshade.bsky.social’s amazing very tiny comics anthology / gumball machine, launching at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend 🤩
Look how tiny and cute!! I love all the tailored mini patterns for each comic cover as well 🥹
CHOMPER by Beatrijs Brouwer is 1 of 25 limited edition comics in the first VERY TINY COMICS ANTHOLOGY: MONSTER @beastlyworlds.bsky.social
🔵 Coming to @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social on Nov 15 and 16 in a shiny retro gumball machine and a flurry of 22mm (1 inch) comics
🟡 Find it at Bubbleboy Hall, F13
🎃 It’s been a little while since I made a new illustration for my colour combo series!
This one was made using a 3-tone colour combination - Neutral Grey, Deep Slate Olive, & Golden Yellow - taken from the beautiful little book ‘A Dictionary of Color Combinations’ by Sanzo Wada (1883-1967) 🌟
A 3-tone illustration of two vampire youths sitting by a castle window, surrounded by flickering candles in glass and gold holders, and by many bats of all sizes, who they’re persuading into coming on a night out (the bats are looking a little sleepy and unconvinced).
Closeup of one of the vampire youths in an elaborate lacey dress, pulling back the curtain, a little bat on her shoulder.
Closeup of the other vampire youth, dishevelled hair and a wicked grin, as he’s holding a violin in one hand and nudging a very large bat into waking up. A tiny goblin bat hides under the ornate sofa.
Two bats just trying to snooze a little up by the curtains, behind a large vase with ivy trailing out of it.
Evening planning meeting ✨🕯️🦇
The bats aren’t sure about venturing out yet, for them the night is too young, although they’ll soon be persuaded to fly out for some fanged fun 🏰⛰️🌙
Also featuring:
* Sofie Dodgson
@sofiedodgson.bsky.social
* Matthew Dooley
* Rebecca K Jones
@rebeccakjones1.bsky.social
* Anna Trench
* Dan Berry
@thingsbydan.co.uk
* Tor Freeman
* Beatrijs Brouwer
@beastlyworlds.bsky.social
* Mereida Fajardo
@mereida.bsky.social
This is my smoll but lovely haul this year from the artists alley. 🥰
Absolutely charming art from @ruthhammond.bsky.social, @abistevensart.bsky.social, @beastlyworlds.bsky.social & @stillwintercraft.bsky.social! 💖
If you head to Mcm this weekend check out their (& all the other artists ofc) stall!
Coming this MCM: A Spooky Folk stamp rally!
I joined forces with the amazing: Nana Takeuchi, @abscomics.bsky.social , @shanefaced.bsky.social and @beastlyworlds.bsky.social to bring you this spooky sticker sheet filled with mythical creatures!
If you’re comic to London MCM this month, join us!
23 hours to go!!! Is it possible?? Will we do it???
Happy autumn equinox! ✨🍁🦇🍄🟫🍃🦔 Here’s a little autumn critter parade to wish you an invigorating and beautiful fresh season ahead 🧡🦝🍂🎃
I painted this a little while back using gouache paints, which I don’t use very often, hoping to experiment with them more soon! 🎨
Ahh thank you so much Lydia, I’m so happy you enjoyed Kibbeling’s story!! 💖💖🐈⬛
Finally got round to reading Shimmer Paths by @beastlyworlds.bsky.social. It was warm, magical, emotional and a must-read for cat owners 🐱 The world building! The snacks! The creatures! I loved every second ♥️
Ah thank you, so glad you enjoyed Fox Flight Market Night! ✨🦊🦊
Comic page. Three strips. 1st - two young women drag the playful sister passed market stalls, thinking she is a lost child, they shout to guard for help. 2nd strip - split into 3 triangles. 1 - guard "what's this?" 2 - "a tiny child! lost! that's bad!" 3 - proper shocked "and what's this!!" 3rd strip, 2 frames, 1st "no shoes! that's very bad", picture shows exclamations drawing attention to big hobbit feet. 2nd guard: "you can't not wear shoes. It's. Against the law!!"
Read "Fox Flight Market Night" by @beastlyworlds.bsky.social that I picked up @sequential-scot.bsky.social - I'd judged by cover, only to find it was a different story, but an adorable one about two shape changing fox sisters, one studying hard the other wanting to play and go to the night market.