Currently at the mall in Laval, and the amount of diversity I am seeing everywhere is absolutely beautiful. It feels like half the world is represented here. Also, this is a lot of food!

A little late on no.3, but doing it anyway! #FantasyIndiesAugust Here is the first book in my #scifantasy series Nihilian Effect. A dark #fantasy, with the main character looking to murder someone.

#Drawing a new god sword! I actually have had several #sword drawings in progress all at once for a while now, but indecision hinders me from finishing them at every turn. This is as always related to my science #fantasy book series, Nihilian Effect.

Ah well, there goes #Draft2Digital. They are now charging $12 a year, which honestly is a great price, but I obviously don't make anything from free books, so, it was fun while it lasted. #writingcommunity #D2D

Hey #author friends that do lots of physical copies, have any of you ever heard of these Blind Book Dates? My friend just brought it to my attention, and I though it might be something to look into to help make more sales. #writingcommunity #BookSky

Trying out the synopsis for my multiverse #horror book. What do you think? #scifi #writingcommunity #amwriting

In my book series, Nihilian Effect, the goddess portrays herself as mysterious & elegant, but has a quick temper that she constantly struggles to hide, & at her core she is shallow & unimaginative. These aspects are represented in the layers of her sword. #drawing #art #reading #fantasy #books

After 20 years of sitting unfinished, I have finally completed the sword of the goddess Lianandra from my book series, Nihilian Effect. Let me know what you think! Can you draw any conclusions about the goddess from the design choices? #drawing #art #writingcommunity #books #fantasy

Meta, after your bot autobanned me from Threads for no reason, this is just cruel to show on my Instagram profile ...

Testing shading and highlighting for the first time in about 20 years with the wrap on the handle of my goddess sword drawing. Not sure if this is the style I want to go for, though, as it looks a bit cartoony, but it was easy to use for practice. What do you think? #art #drawing #fantasy

It seems when I adjusted my username a few days ago, it alerted the system that it was a fake name? Because my account was suspended for being fake/impersonating someone. Ridiculous if you HAVE to use your full name on your account, or else ... Careful out there using a pseudonym, I guess 😕

Big question time, friends! My wife doesn't like the current design of the guard of my sword drawing. It represents the goddess's 2nd set of wings, but doesn't need to LOOK like wings, just curled feathers of a sort. So, opinion: Current vs New vs Half'n'half? Or other idea? #art #fantasy #drawing

Well, since my Threads account was suspended, I will start sharing my drawing here instead. Here is a glimpse of the line art for my goddess sword drawing. I had hoped to finish it entirely by today, but alas, life, work, indecision, etc. got in the way. Let me know what you think?

What the fuck. Threads ACTUALLY hates me.

My sword of the goddess #drawing is coming along! I am hoping to finish it next week. I will be using it and other drawings to help promote my stories. #art #artsky #fantasy #Booksky

Hope, the 1st moon base after a series of failures. It may be the one thing deterring world war. Martin wants to explore space & be part of greatness. His team isn't perfect, but they work well together & have become a family. It all goes wrong when a delivery crashes off course. #scifi #booksky

#SFFChat 17: (I missed it) The gods of Nihilian Effect are worshiped to some extent, but all are treated like celebrities. It's difficult for them to go anywhere without causing a crowd. Each god reacts differently, some try to help, some get annoyed, & some abuse the attention. #Booksky #fantasy

#fantasyindiesaugust 16: Something a bit more science fantasy from a WIP several releases away. I am very excited for this murder #mystery story about long-time magic users being flatlined for their bones.

#SFFChat 9: Idk if you could consider Namubari (a massive 3-eyed black wolf with a mane made of tentacle that can speak telepathically & was created as part of a series of deadly gloom-beasts) counts as a "pet", but he's Daggis's right hand & trusted friend in NAMING THE BANE. #Booksky #fantasy

Yeah, look. I just want to write, and keep #writing, and keep giving you cool stories to read, so ...

#SFFChat 2: I've always been intimidated by mystery. Not only do you need to set up the usual plot, but you need to throw in red herrings, & make it all witty & clever, & then keep track of it all. Also, honestly, cyberpunk, because it's hard to make the world feel alive without over describing it

#FantasyIndiesAugust 1: Hihi! I am author Kal S. Davian, & I write for my science #fantasy series, Nihilian Effect, which has mixes of #horror, #dystopian, & #scifi. I'm currently writing a post-apoc pirate novel, planned to be released by the year.

www.kalsdavian.com/books

#SFFChat 1: Are we talking personal or physical? In Naming the Bane, Daggis's personal strength is that he will sacrifice everything he has for his family & friends, sometimes even his meals. His physical strength is that he can use shadows like doorways, & he's a vampire 🧛 #horror #dystopian

It looks similar to one of these, but with another horizontal like in the middle. I can't tell more than that via this pic.

Old sword #drawing coming along nicely. Figured I'd warm up by cleaning up old #art and eventually move into completing with high details. Feels really good :D

You will LOVE💖 Nihilian Effect📚 if you like: 👾 #scifi 🧙 #fantasy 🪄 gods & magic 🦾 cyberpunk magitech 🐉 dragons & monsters 🧛 vampires & fantasy races 🤖 ancient tech & robots ⌛ time travel ✊ rebel heroes 🌌 exploration 🧟 #horror & #darkfantasy www.kalsdavian.com/books #Booksky #books #reading

Time to tackle this chaos that has been building for over 10 years. I want to include a decent map in my post-apoc pirate #scifi #fantasy novel, so I need to finally hammer down some of these details. Currently it reminds me of a football play, lol. #writingcommunity #amwriting #booksky

Drop a bad guy you actually love. Fou Lu from #BreathofFire IV. Art by @hncl.bsky.social

My biggest problem with #drawing isn't the act itself (that will need work, obviously), but brush settings. Already today I've spent 3hrs trying to get strokes to look good, & it still isn't perfect. It's fine with fast strokes, but slower causes stepping I can't seem to solve, even with plugins 😔