Loren 🦇

@circuslollipop

🦇 Illustrator, gothic fantasy author, critical role/asoiaf/bookish/ocs 🌹 Comms open, looking for bookish/ttrpg work 👑 he/they, 25+ 💀 NoAI 🔗 LINKS: 📧 circuslollipopart@gmail.com

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Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Jul 13

EMPIRE OF THE VAMPIRE x ANATHEMA Renwick Crawford is no stranger to being Othered. Autistic, a trans man, and now a vampire in a world that accepts none of these, he seeks belonging in a land of eternal night called the Everdark...and now he needs to save it. #BluePit #W #A #F #LGBT #TR

Title slide of my agent’s guide. A black powerpoint slide featuring a withered rose and a faded forest. Text reads The Night Terrors, by Loren Finch. An agent’s guide. 104k word gothic fantasy

Second slide of my agent’s guide. A black powerpoint slide featuring a withered rose and a faded forest. Features an illustration of a black haired vampire man looking quizzically towards the camera. The text is a synopsis of the book and a brief blurb about the main character.

Third slide of my agent’s guide. A black powerpoint slide featuring a withered rose and a faded forest. Features comparisons to many comp titles: The Spirit Bares its Teeth, Empire of the Vampire, Frankenstein 2025, Witch Hat Atelier, and Anathema.

Fourth slide of my agent’s guide. A black powerpoint slide featuring a withered rose and a faded forest. Features the opening lines to the first book.

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Jul 8

#Artfight2026 attack number 4 goes to @iiitsnotbase.bsky.social!! #artfight #teammystery #art #ShareMyAttack2026

Portrait of a girl with white hair, a pastel blouse, and catlike features

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Jul 6

My third #artfight2026 attack!! This one's for @knightlyaffair.bsky.social #artfight #ShareMyAttack2026 #teammystery #art

Portrait of a young man with black hair and blue eyes looking over his shoulder

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Jul 5

My second #artfight2026 attack, of @tricksterair.bsky.social's Kaz! #ShareMyAttack2026 #artfight #teammystery #art

Portrait of a dusk elf with dark hair and a purple cloak

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Jul 2

My first #artfight2026 attack, for @punto.bsky.social! I had first committed to the more minimally rendered style on the left but later on my brain was like but what if I rendered him More... #art #ShareMyAttack2026 #artfight #teammystery

Simply rendered portrait of a pale skinned dhampir man looking intensely over his shoulder

Fully rendered portrait of a pale skinned dhampir man looking intensely over his shoulder

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Jun 29

Finally got my card ready! Who else gearing up to fight? artfight.net/~circuslolli...

Team Mystery card. User: circuslollipop; I attack: whomever I have the spoons to. Five of my featured characters are pictured. Characters I have: vampires, werewolves, elves, merfolk, unicorns

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Jun 29

The various livery of House Tachonis, its vassals, and its foot soldiers, done for the #RoleInitiative project hosted by @exandriaartists.bsky.social! #criticalrolefanart #criticalrole #art

Lineup of characters in various purple and black armors. Left is Soldier B, wearing simple padded armor with a purple surcoat and skeletal helm. Next is Gaya Seremai, a woman with brown skin and long black hair in a braid, wearing skeletal half-plate, scale mail, and red sleeves. To her right is Frons Tachonis, a young man with olive skin and black and white hair, with ornate skeletal armor and a shoulder cape soaked in blood. To his right is an unnamed Tachonis cousin with a skeletal helm and similar ornate armor.

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Jun 19

Today's my birthday!! Is it still Bluesky tradition to share people's artwork on their birthday?

Illustration of my trans vampire oc holding his pre-transition, pre-vampire self, having just taken a bite out of “her” neck. He looks straight at the camera as if to challenge the viewer to doubt his choice. Towards the left corners, the chorus to the song Ego Renegade Boy is written in a red gothic font.

Art Nouveau style illustration of a young knight with long brown hair and green armor clutching a sword. He looks melancholic

Four portraits on a toned paper background. From left to right, top to bottom: an orc woman with textured brown hair, a drow woman wearing a chainmail veil, a young undead man with olive skin and glowing green eyes, and a man with wavy black hair

Waist up illustration of the Starks from A Song of Ice and Fire, all in winter clothes and looking pensively or apprehensively to the left. From left to right: Bran, Sansa, Robb, Eddard, Catelyn, Arya, Rickon, and Jon Snow

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Jun 17

Almost forgot to share these guys! Ambrose and Virdris, two vampires I played during a ttrpg weekend on the art server I'm in #ocsky #wednesdayweeklies #ttrpg #dnd #art

Portraits of two vampire men, the left with pale skin and strawberry blond hair and the right with purple skin and long dark hair streaked with white

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Jun 15

A preview of my piece for @worldbeyondzine.bsky.social ! I had the honor of being part of this charity zine celebrating fantasy transmasc characters and drew my current dnd blorbo! Pre-orders are currently open; go check it out!

Cropped preview of a character wearing furs cleaning a sword; text says From the World Beyond...Pre-orders now open!

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Jun 10

My bloodhunter Faolan's sister appeared in game for the first time last session so I drew a portrait of her! Her name is Aisling #ocsky #wednesdayweeklies #art #dnd #ttrpg

Portrait of a half elven woman with dark hair, archer’s clothes, and a confident smirk

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Jun 9

Artists! Quote with your red art ✨ Am I sensing a vampire chain? 👀

An illustration of a vampire man with black hair and a red suit gazing wistfully offscreen while sitting in a tree. Beside him on the tree is a wooden sign reading TURN BACK NOW.

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Jun 8

My Witchlight sorcerer Myron in his dry land form! He operates with kinda H2O Just Add Water rules except it's less if he gets hit with a single drop of water and more if he's fully submerged. Also he loves fashion #ocsky #dnd #ttrpg

A blue skinned merman with pink hair and a purple and orange tunic wielding lightning magic

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· May 23

EMPIRE OF THE VAMPIRE x WITCH HAT ATELIER A gothic fantasy featuring a transmasc vampire MC, a realm of eternal night, and themes of escaping abuse and navigating and fighting a world that is growing increasingly hostile to people like you #A #F #G #LGBT #WIPPit

3x3 moodboard with purple gothic imagery

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· May 20

I redesigned my merman sorcerer for Wild Beyond the Witchlight and I am soooo much happier with this new design! #wednesdayweeklies #dnd #ttrpg #ocsky

A blue skinned merman with pink hair and a multicolored tail and a bit of a disdainful expression

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· May 13

Should I make his hair curly yay or nay

Portrait of a blond vampire man with fancy blue and champagne clothes holds a golden chalice filled with blood like a wineglass and scowls off to the side

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· May 8

#WIPSnips Vampires are quite rare in the world of #EverdarkWIP and are only found in a few areas! For the most part. Renwick is a sad romantic, more at 11

Purple box with black text

"Most vampires make their homes either here, up in the north, or on Isle Vicentia," Ainsley mused. "'Course, it would be ideal if they all did. But there are some rogues living outside those bounds. Very few, but they're out there. Perhaps you ran into one of them."
"Perhaps," I sighed. For the first time, I felt a pang of resentment towards my savior. Why couldn't they stay? Why couldn't they help guide me? Yes, I knew more than most mortals about vampires from the books, but I still would have loved to possess that special bond with the one who deemed me worthy of immortality.

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Apr 22

My werewolf bloodhunter leveled up and got a new outfit for the winter!! #ocsky #art #ttrpg #wednesdayweeklies

A half elf brunet man in heavy furs stares intensely off to the side while holding a sword

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Apr 14

Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm Loren, a queer character illustrator who loves all things fantasy!! Currently looking for bookish and ttrpg work! cara.app/circuslollipop 📧 circuslollipopart@gmail.com

Portrait of a young man with olive skin and green eyes looking furtively to the side as he holds a glowing green potion bottle

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Apr 12

#AntagonistApril All of the ones in Book 1 have, actually, but without going into spoiler territory two of them are technically still in exile For now, though, here's a brief snippet I actually wrote recently featuring Erevan in his villain era:

Black text on a purple background. "I've been jailed three times before this," was his lackadaisical response. "Only those times, I'd actually deserved it. Oh, yes." He leaned towards me, his grin growing sharper. "I've been a wicked, wicked boy."

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Apr 11

EMPIRE OF THE VAMPIRE x WITCH HAT ATELIER Renwick always wanted to be a vampire. When he finally gets his wish while on the run from his abusive family, he must use his newfound abilities to solve disappearances and prevent a war in a realm of eternal night. #ProfilePit #WIP #A #F #LGBT

3x3 Red and black moodboard with gothic, vampiric, and dark romantic imagery

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Apr 1

✨ Neigh the beam reach you ✨ Happy April Fool's! I drew unicorn Wicander for @exandriaartists.bsky.social 's latest project, #HorsinAround! #criticalrolefanart #criticalrole

A medieval tapestry styled illustration of a white unicorn with a turquoise mane and hooves surrounded by a teal background with Candescent Creed imagery

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Mar 31

Happy #TransDayofVisibility! I'm a transmasc artist who's closeted irl, so I express myself through my artwork and stories. Currently writing a very queer gothic fantasy book featuring the vampire in the first image! Also looking for bookish/ttrpg work!

A beautiful pink-skinned elven man with pink hair and green and purple clothes stares lovingly at a handheld gold and pink mirror

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Mar 26

Friendly reminder I have commissions open! Someday I will have a prettier sheet but today is not that day. I will draw your book/ttrpg characters and illustrations!

My art commission sheet, detailing prices, what I will or will not draw, contact information, and examples

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Mar 13

Digital artists, share your first digital art and year vs now This is the oldest one I could dig up; the rest are lost to time and old computers 2016 vs 2026

Really old art of a redheaded girl wearing a red fantasy outfit

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Mar 10

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Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Mar 4

This #wednesdayweeklies is a doodle of my half elf bloodhunter Faolan and @angelphile.bsky.social's tiefling cleric Torment! They have almost-kissed in the campaign they are in but have not actually kissed yet #art #ocsky #ttrpg #dnd

A half elf and a tiefling cuddling in bed. The tiefling mischievously squishes the half elf's face, much to his chagrin

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Feb 28

Every protagonist needs to need something. Let's break down the needs of Renwick, the protagonist of THE NIGHT TERRORS! #UnhingedPit #W #A #F #LGBT

Maslow's Hierarchy of needs edited to be, from bottom to top: fangs and pointy ears; a boyfriend; a black cat/rat/raven/owl/snake/bat as a pet; fashionable clothing, preferably black cloaks and frilly white shirts; and being the local hopeless romantic

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Feb 27

My piece for the #CROlympics project hosted by @exandriaartists.bsky.social! An ice-skating Thimble demolishing the competition ✨ #criticalrolefanart #criticalrole #art

A pixie woman with short brown hair and glowing green wings strikes a pose as she ice skates in a green medieval-inspired outfit

Loren 🦇@circuslollipop· Feb 18

Daenerys Targaryen costume designs just in time for #wednesdayweeklies! As usual these were inspired by both the books and my own personal headcanons #art #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #gameofthrones