Nik Sylvan | Nico Silver

I like books. I write and draw. I'm a bookbinder and letterpress printer. I live on an island. they/them

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At my day job, wishing I was writing the next scene in my WIP…

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PSA: If you buy my books or my art, you are helping to keep this cat in the manner to which he has become accustomed.

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Scribble sketch for an illustration.

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@_tankasaur I really need to watch that.

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That finger that I probably broke over a month ago? I seem to have overtaxed it and now it’s bruised and swollen again.

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I love drawing these characters so much! I’m going to do a whole illustrated novel and probably no one will buy it, but at least I’ll have something pretty on my shelf.

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Might be almost done.

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Progress. (It looks better in person.)

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Fishies.

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@CTLafollette I had to scroll a bit to find anything that remotely fit, but this’ll do

[Eric LaRocca @eric_larocca]

As Pride Month comes to an end, here’s a reminder that queer authors exist all year. When you buy one of our books, you shove a middle finger in the face of every homophobe, every transphobe, every bigot. Also, our incredibly gay books are always iconic. Be gay, read horror ✨

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What with the state of the art world right now, I’m feeling more and more tempted to re-do this illustration as pen & ink with watercolour.

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Sooke Fine Arts Show jury results are in, and one of my two pieces made the cut!

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Trying to draft the back cover copy for a book I haven’t written yet. 😩😩

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I may have needed to research the etymology of “fuck” today.

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Did a thing. Last minute as usual. Fingers crossed as I wait two weeks to learn the result.

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A little editing to do over the next few months. (One under my pen name and five under my own name.)

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@EST_EricSTaylor I would very much like to read this hypothetical book.

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Line weight all over the place, but having fun trying out Clip Studio.

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@Kelly_McKernan Still in progress.