A reference sheet of fantasy plants, including: -A white needled conifer "Howling Shrub" with a blue trunk, noted to produce snow -An orange and yellow flower similar to a dahlia called a Static Bell and noted to produce electricity -A teal bladed-leaf "Razor Fern" noted to have metallic edges -A flowering bush of orange, lily-like blossoms growing in clusters known as Fire Blossoms and noted to be able to set itself on fire

A reference sheet for a fantasy tree known as a Crystal Hydra. It has a twisting trunk and branches that end in glass bulbs with glass leaves, which are noted to produce balls of light. A top-down view show the center of the tree has a mouth full of thorn-like teeth.

A flat illustration featuring a small clay and stone shrine with two benches on either side, flanked by trees on either side.

Been working on art of demon garden plants recently - keep meaning to do botanical studies so I can make an actual field guide ha ha

The Bewitching Gardens feature demon plants hybridized with magical elven plants (and the shrine Braelin added!)

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An illustration showing a plant made up of many tendrils holding up a sign that reads "Emotional Support", with the word "Animal" covered by meaningless streaks of red. In another tendril, the plant holds a paintbrush with red paint on it. Text at bottom reads: Petal can support your emotions, not your spelling.

Demon King's Gardener features an emotional support plant named Petal.

Petal doesn't know how to spell, because it's a plant.

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Jurao and Braelin, my aroace autistic couple 💖

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(From the second book/season of Demon King's Gardener)

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Text image titled "Demon King's Gardener". Text body reads: “I was a gardener before, so I recognized the plants here weren’t human ones,” the man went on, “As I was starving, I saw one bush bearing fruit, and so I approached it and asked for one.” “You asked a bush for fruit,” Jurao interrupted. The human nodded, “I always heard demon plants were sentient, so I thought it was only polite to ask.” “Even though you were starving,” Jurao said. The human frowned, “It was hardly the plant’s fault I was starving.”

Text image titled "Demon King's Gardener". Text body reads: “You have to come in,” Jurao said gently. Braelin grimaced, “I do?” “You do,” Jurao confirmed. Braelin sighed, then peeled himself off the wall. Jurao stepped back, giving him room. Braelin poked his head into the room again, then bit his lip and looked at the floor. “Would you all look away,” Jurao said, waving a hand at them all.

Text image titled "Demon King's Gardener". Text Body reads: “He certainly is plain enough,” Feyl agreed, studying the now awake human. Braelin didn’t seem to take offense to this, staring back openly. “I heard you were shy,” the head valet laughed, “Am I just that beautiful?” “You are pretty,” Braelin replied, looking away absently, “But it only bothers me when a lot of people are looking at me, not one or two.” Feyl didn’t seem to know how to reply to that statement.

Text imaged titled "Demon King's Gardener". text body reads: They cleared their throat, cheeks darkening again as they asked, “Have you really been hiding in the gardens for ten years…?” “I have, probably,” Braelin replied. “Then… you’ve… seen me here before…?” they asked, voice kicking up an octave as they asked. The human nodded, “Your voices have gotten a lot better.” Gaele looked like they wanted to hide behind the gazebo railing again.

I guess it would help to post my writing to try and convince y'all to read my writing, huh? Almost forgot I had these lol

Previews from Ch1-4

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An illustration of a large blue-skinned man with four arms and horns wearing a rockabilly style dress sitting at a 1950s diner table with a heavyset white human man with slicked back brown hair and a moustache wearing a beige sweater and khakis. A milkshake with two straws sits between them. Text at bottom reads Demon King's Gardener.

A rockabilly version of Jurao and Braelin from Demon King's Gardener inspired by a doo-wop playlist a fan made!

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Long illustrated scroll of characters titled: Happy Pride from Demon King's Gardener. From top to bottom: large blue-skinned man with four arms and long black hair named Jurao holding the progress pride flag and wearing aroace flag colors; a white human man with wavy brown hair named Braelin wearing aroace flag colors; a tall sun yellow skinned-man with long feathered blonde hair and four arms named Feyl wearing the colors of the switch, gay, and aromantic pride flags; a tall teal-skinned man with long wavy purple hair and four arms named Kloy wearing glasses and the colors of the switch, pansexual, and aromantic pride flags; a tall green-skinned man with fox ears and tail, two arms, and ram horns with chin-length gray hair named Hujur wearing glasses and the colors of the demisexual, pansexual, and classic polyam flag; a large purple-skinned woman holding onto Hujur's legs with one of her four arms named Minaz with medium-length white hair and a tail wearing the colors of the bisexual and classic polyam flags; a dark gray-skinned man holding one of Minaz's legs with one of his four arms named Vajur with short curly red hair and a tail wearing the colors of the trans, demisexual, and classic polyam flags; a tall Black-coded person with two arms, a large black afro, brown skin, a unicorn horn, and an afro-puff ended tail named Festi wearing the colors of the nonbinary, asexual, and lesbian flags; a pink-skinned woman with two arms, and antelope horns named Jouvi wearing the colors of the lesbian and heart polyam flags; a gray-skinned person with long pink hair named Gavven wearing the colors of the nonbinary and aroace flags; a blue-skinned man with fly-away black hair and a thick lizard tail named Gnori wearing the trans and gay flag colors; a light-blue skinned person with braided green hair named Gaele wearing the colors of the demisexual and agender flags; and a fire red-skinned woman with coily white hair named Morvvan wearing the trans and lesbian flag colors.

A long illustrated scroll of character, from top to bottom: a gray-skinned older woman with short cropped gray hair and four arms named Nevve wearing the demisexual flag colors; a man with light brown skin, long pink hair, and a tail named Alae wearing the aromantic and bisexual flag colors; a large orange-skinned man with four armed and short cropped red hair named Quenesti wearing the omnisexual flag colors; a small woman night black skin and white mottled patches and two arms named Carvve wearing the trans flag colors; a very large man with wine-red skin, four arms, and purple hair in a long braid named Ivali wearing the pansexual and infinity heart polyamorous flag colors; and a green-skinned man with moose antlers and two arms named Ferrori wearing the gay flag colors. At the Very bottom are three extra large depictions of deities, form top to bottom: a sun-yellow skinned person with cloud skin markings and wispy white-tipped blue hair wearing a rainbow dress named Maenscul, Deity of Kings, the Sun, Sex and Sexual Relationships, and Victory in War with the pansexual, aromantic, polaymorous, and nonbinary flags next to them; a green-skinned person with swirling glowing rainbow skin markings and polar lights for hair wearing loose dark robes named Nosu, Deity of Wisdom, Queerplatonic relationships, scholarship, and the green moon witht he agender ans aroace flags next to them; and a buff man with night-black skin, swirling red and blue skin marking, and short magenta hair named Vislaelos, God of Romantic Love, Fertility, and Non-gendered Beauty with the trans and omnisexual flags next to him.

My 2023 Pride Scroll for DKG, since I didn't get to making one this year.

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