Author of The Dawnhounds and The Sunforge (Saga Press). Kāi Tahu/Kāti Huirapa. Crawford Award finalist. Rep: @arleysorg.bsky.social. She/her/ia. Header by @layahimalaya.bsky.social Sign up for my newsletter at: https://the-trying-times.ghost.io/https://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mu6l3i2vms2rToday's drawing practice: a kekeno, or New Zealand Fur Seal. Trying to get more confident with perspective and backgrounds29 Aug 2026 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6l3i2vms2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mu4zujlth22pthis Pathfinder campaign is weird28 Aug 2026 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4zujlth22phttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mu4vvzyw2c2z$10 says some rich Yank who owns a bunker in Queenstown finally got a sit-down with Trump [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4vvzyw2c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mu4s3t3nok2nmore grinkposting (playing around with perspective)28 Aug 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4s3t3nok2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mu45dc5eyk2qgod it just hit me re job hunting, the reason a comms manager is now expected to be a video editor and graphic designer is because they're expecting you to use AI. I was going "I guess I gotta learn graphic design" but no, they just want slop28 Aug 2026 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu45dc5eyk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mu3yqcgz422qit feels appropriate, in tribute, to post Tim Curry's greatest role https://youtu.be/OilDMidvpks?si=HmUrQxohAxKvjMKh27 Aug 2026 23:27 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3yqcgz422qhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mu3ygkk7ec2qdoes anybody know any good beginners' guides specifically for sci-fi art? I think I'm struggling with depicting tech, particularly in detail.27 Aug 2026 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3ygkk7ec2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mu2ja4qxkk2q... oh no Jimmy Lancer Design Fundamentals rule [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2ja4qxkk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mu2aj5bw2s2vbreaking all the Lancer mechs down into simple shapes to help better figure out anatomy and wydm the blackbeard is a cheery frog27 Aug 2026 06:40 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2aj5bw2s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mtzol4vmi22calright, trying something scary in my Learning to Draw journey: a mech. Far from professional-quality but I feel good a bout it as a first attempt27 Aug 2026 01:19 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzol4vmi22chttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mty4wpbbm22nI DID NOT SELECT ADULT CONTENT, IM CRYING [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mty4wpbbm22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mty4om3xuc2nmods asleep, post huge weaner26 Aug 2026 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mty4om3xuc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mtxul2cack25coming up on week 3 of learning to draw. today's exercise was drawing faces from different angles. I have created a terrible guy26 Aug 2026 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxul2cack25https://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mtwpde2qas2hCONTROL 2??? https://youtu.be/VwOJuJRCLGk?si=ocW6WMEkGvnnaRE_25 Aug 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwpde2qas2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mtvkvay3ps2sseeing a bunch of genderflipped superheroes and I was gonna say "did the Joker put estrogen in the water or something" then I remembered ... her25 Aug 2026 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvkvay3ps2shttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mtuxj6d3tk2vunfortunately, more adventurers have entered the dungeon [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 04:16 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuxj6d3tk2v