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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Based off of that picture of Bruce Campbell, his father, and all the doubles for Army of Darkness! Me and my characters!! Full resolution over on patreon! www.patreon.com/dearfears/po... #selfportrait #digitalillustration #illustration

A full color illustration of eight people in front of a dark red backdrop. In the very front is a pale person with short brown hair (with a grey streak in the front) and blue eyes wearing a white button up and card suit themed bolo tie and matching earrings. They're smirking at the camera with their arms held out to motion to the people behind them. The first three behind them from left to right: a pale woman with bright blue eyes and a purple curly bob, she wears a dark blue dress, red lipstick, a comedy and tragedy mask necklace, and a leaf earring, she smiles at the camera. A pale man with short wavy brown hair, half moon glasses, and a dark red button up, he smiles at the camera. A tall grey woman with long black hair and rock like markings on her skin. She's wearing a pink tunic and smirks at the camera. The next row of three: a tan woman with short brown hair and brown eyes, she wears a white tee shirt and is scarred. She has her arm around the purple haired woman and looks skeptical at the camera. A man nearly identical to the one in front of him, he's smiling with a clawed hand on the other man's shoulder. A woman with medium brown skin, brown eyes, and dark curly hair, she's smiling with her tongue out. The next row: just the head of a pale man with long brown hair and blue eyes, smiling and winking at the camera. A shadow figure with bright blue eyes staring.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Halloween sale! Everything Halloween-y in my shop is 20% off until November 1st! ko-fi.com/dearfears/shop #halloween #sale #beading #beadedjewelry #beadedearrings #ooak #spooky

A picture of a bunch of beading laid out on top of crochet doilies with text obscuring it. The text says: DearFears Halloween sale! All Halloween pieces 20% off until November 1st! Ko-fi.com/dearfears.

The beading unobscured. From left to right, top to bottom: a pair of ghost earrings, a moon hair clip, bloody dagger earrings, clay cabochon ghost earrings, candy corn earrings, spiderweb phone holder, yellow sign pin, bloody dagger hair clip, yellow sign earrings, bloody footprint earrings, chained coffin hair clip, king in yellow earrings, clown earrings, vampire fang pin, pumpkin pin.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

dagger and moon hair clips! now available in my shop! ko-fi.com/dearfears/sh... #beading #beadedart #ooak #halloween

A beaded hair clip of the moon in the void surrounded by stars.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A coffin hair clip and candy corn earrings! Both now available in my shop! ko-fi.com/dearfears/sh... #beading #beadart #beadedjewelry #halloween #coffin #candycorn

A beaded hair clip, it's shaped like a black coffin with grey chains across it. It's outlined in iridescent black beads.

A pair of beaded earrings, they're two candy corns outlines in a dark purple.

The same earrings, from a low right angle.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Glowing ghosties! Now available on my Ko-Fi! ko-fi.com/s/46042e5913 #beading #beadart #beadedearrings #halloween #ghosts

A pair of beaded earrings, the design is a pair of white ghosts with black eyes. Around them is a black outline, then a line of orange, green, purple, and black beads alternating, then clear rhinestone banding. The edges are done with clear seed and larger beads.

The same earrings but taken in the dark. Everything that was once clear now glows green.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Kissing in the (blood) rain. Full resolution here: www.patreon.com/dearfears/po... #horror #toxicyuri #blood

A full color illustration of two women kissing. On the left is Ruth, she's pale with a purple bob and pointed ears. She's standing with her right leg around the other woman (Harriet), her right hand on Harriet's jaw, and her left is gripping the hair at the top of Harriet's head. Ruth is only wearing a teal skirt with her front pressed to Harriet as they kiss. She also appears to have had blood poured over her head, soaking her hair and skirt. Harriet is tan with dark brown hair. She's hunched down to meet Ruth, supporting her weight with her left hand on Ruth's back, and the other cradling the back of Ruth's head. She's also shirtless, her hands and heir soaked in blood.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Sometimes you're the only party member that knows what zombies are and have to make some tough decisions. #dndoc #goliath #illustration #digitalillustration #digitalart

A full color illustration of a goliath woman crouched in a cave. She has striated skin and long dark hair. She's wearing black athletic shorts, a cream colored tunic, a messenger bag, and moccasins with strawberries on them. She looks sadly down and off to the side. In one hand she holds a hand axe with blood dripping off of it. In front of her is the silhouette of a body and a pool of blood, the arm of the body has a red human bite mark on it.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Glow in the dark vampire fang pin!! First of my new Halloween stuff! And available here in my shop! ko-fi.com/s/5dff2d3e3e #beading #beadart #beadedjewelry #beadedpin #halloween

A picture of a beaded pin. It looks like a set of plastic vampire fangs, the outline is in black beads and the middle beads have a soft grey color.

The same pin, but in the dark. Now the once grey beads glow green.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Based off of the lyrics of Vibrate by Rufus Wainwright, my blinding headache today, and the incredibly hot weather. Full res and more on my patreon! www.patreon.com/dearfears/po... #selfportrait #illustration #eyestrain

A limited pallet illustration of a person leaning their face on a window sill in front of a pool. The drawing is all greens, yellows, and blues. The person is sweating, with dark wavy hair, light eyes, and half of their face has dripping clown makeup. They're looking sadly down to the side. Next to them on the sill is a cell phone. Over the drawing is text that says "God knows what all these new drugs do I guess to have no more fears but still I always end up in tears".

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Sometimes your friends get way into drawing gemsonas again, you find out there's a stone called alstonite, and you simply have to make it happen. #gemsona #art #digitalart #digitalillustration

A full color illustration of a large four armed figure holding a cartoonishly large mace and four much smaller figures. The large figure is pale with layered brown marks down their arms and legs and stomach that resembles granny squares, with a dark brown bob, four eyes- two grey looking at their top left hand, the others orange and looking at the bottom left hand. They wear half moon glasses, a brown crop top, grey shorts, and pink platform sneakers. They have a large gem embedded in their neck- round with a triangle in the middle- and a teardrop shaped one in their stomach. On the top left hand is a figure in all shades of grey, with a cloud like bob, and a dress with matching ruffs, looking nervous at the large figure. On the bottom left is a slightly taller orange figure in a tank top, pants, and boots, holding a strange taser and looking disinterested. In the top right hand is the same two figures, but the grey one now looks happy with a pixie cut, a long sleeved shirt, and wide legged pants, and the orange one has wild hair, an orange crop top, red booty shorts, pale orange slumped boots, and claws with dark coloration. In the bottom right corner it says "ALSTONITE".

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Copies Are An Al's Best Friend | Full res on patreon www.patreon.com/dearfears/po... #illustration #digitalillustration #dndoc #clones #art #digitalart

A full color illustration of ten copies of the same pale gnome man with brown eyes and brown wavy hair in front of a gradient red background. Left to right, bottom to top: The first is grinning evily up at the Al in the middle, he has sharp teeth and rectangular glasses and stubble, he wears a black shirt with white text that reads "I LOVE BITING". The second is an older Al with grey streaks in his hair, looking down at the middle Al's ass, with one arm out behind his back, he wears large round glasses, has a beard, and is wearing a grey shirt that says "I'm a sensitive man. Especially my INNER THIGHS". The third Al is disheveled, with longer stubble, cracked half moon glasses, and a streak of grey, he stares in disbelief at the middle Al, he wears a hole ridden blue shirt that says "He Creech". The fourth Al stands behind the one in the center, he has the same highlight as Alston (the middle Al) and wears large round glasses, has stubble, but his eyes resemble those of an owl staring blankly at Alston, he wears a grey shirt that says "Show me your HOT MOM". The fifth Al has slightly straighter hair, a large scar on his cheek, has a mustache, and is smirking at Alston, he wears aviator glasses and a blue shirt that says "BABY SLUT". The sixth Al looks almost identical to Alston except for a large burn scar on his right cheek and neck, he stares down with a brow raised at Alston, wearing square glasses and a black shirt that says "You can go to hell. I'm going to [indiscernible]". The seventh Al is Weird Al, a version with slicked back hair, a thick mustache, aviator glasses, and 70s athletic shorts, he's smirking at Alston, wearing a grey shirt that says "#1 SUB*". The eighth Al looks like a younger version of Alston, no highlight, no stubble, little armless round glasses, and is looking shocked up at Alston, wearing a blue shirt that says "D.I.L.F. (Damn I Love Fish)".

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Sapphic angst. Full res and alt version available on my patreon. www.patreon.com/dearfears/po... #illustration #digitalart #sapphic #lesbians #digitalillustration

A full color illustration of two women embraced on a bench. The background is abstract watercolor with multicolored lyrics over it. The lyrics are hard to discern, but read "MY GIRL, MY GIRL, DON'T LIE TO ME. TELL ME WHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT? IN THE PINES, IN THE PINES, WHERE THE SUN DON'T EVER SHINE. I WOULD SHIVER THE WHOLE NIGHT THROUGH. MY GIRL, MY GIRL, WHERE WILL YOU GO? I'M GOING WHERE THE COLD WIND-". The two figures sit on a wooden bench, the woman on the left, Janice, has medium brown skin, and curly brown hair swept over her head. She's sat sideways with her arms around the other woman's neck, leaning her head on her shoulder, with her eyes shut. She wears orange lip stick, blue eye shadow, a blue and yellow moon earring, and a matching sun dress. The other woman, Hoshon, is nearly identical to Janice, though is dressed much more modern and has blue eyes, with natural looking makeup, a grey tank top, dark grey jeans, and a matching sun earring. She holds an umbrella propped on her hip.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Extremely important comic for a recent dnd moment. #comic #digitalart #dndoc

A black and white three panel comic. The first panel: a simplistic style with a man looking down and to the right, he has short wavy hair, half moon glasses, stubble, a dark button up, a light cardigan, and a necklace on- this is Alston. Behind him is the figure of a barred owl, the same size as him. Above them is an internal dialogue box that says "Where is Look-see..?" The next panel, below, is a closer shot of the same pose of Alston and Look-see, in more detail, Alston is wide eyed and startled. Above them is an internal dialogue box that says "It's in my head. It's been in my head this whole time." The final panel is a much larger, much more in detail Alston, panicked with flop sweat, talking to someone off screen. The person off screen says "Alston, what's going on?" Which is slightly cut off by Alston saying "I'M FINE. EVERYTHING'S FINE." With repeating text behind him that says "OH FUCK" and Look-see's disembodied eyes to his right, watching him.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

#WIPWednesday You can see the full piece on my patreon! www.patreon.com/dearfears/po... #WIP #sketch

A screenshot of a sketch of a man with wavy hair, stubble, and half moon glasses with his arm bent up by his head.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Inspired by a conversation with my wonderful DM (on tumblr) panmixia #dndoc #illustration #memeredraw

In the style of the parks and rec meme, an illustration of a goliath woman (Winter) in two hallway scenes. In the first we're close to her face as she looks off camera. She's a mid toned grey with light and dark streaks across her body much like stone striation. She has black hair in a braid with two small braids by her ears, dark eyes, mascara and black lipstick. She wears a white tunic with gold buttons, and a gold pendant necklace. In the first shot she says "There are two things I know about Legnacans." In the second shot we're further away and can see her arms out like her hands are on her hips. She says "They love dragons, and they are terrified of curses."

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Had to draw these three in classic Affleck poses. In order they're (on tumblr) mythrilsantoku 's, mine, and @howlikeagod.bsky.social 's!

A full color illustration of three people looking haggard standing on a brick balcony. Left to right they are: Fen, a ten elven man. He has short brown hair with a grey streak, freckles, and many scars across his body. He has a gold earring, an orange medieval tee shirt, and red swirled pants. His left hand is in his pocket, his right hand hangs to his side holding a cigarette, and his head is leaned back slightly, lips parted, and eyes closed in a grimace. Next is Alston, a pale gnome man. He has short, wavy, brown hair, brown eyes, and stubble. He's looking to the camera with a grimace, one hand holding a cigarette halfway to his mouth. He wears half moon glasses, a maroon button up, a barely visible amulet, a grey cardigan, and a black ring with a yellow gem. Then Mina, a pink tiefling woman. She has light brown bat-like wings, red curved horns, and yellow eyes with diamond pupils. She's looking exhausted towards the camera, a cigarette hanging from her lips, her left hand holding a mostly full drink in a to-go cup, and her right is holding a manila folder full of papers. She wears a dark blue skirt, white button up, black tie, gold heart half necklace, a brown vest with nightshades on it, hexagonal glasses, and several sets of earrings.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

rainbow circus earrings! both are now available on my ko-fi! ko-fi.com/dearfears/sh... #beading #beadart #earrings #clown #circus #pride

A pair of beaded earrings that look like clown faces. They have red noses, pink mouths, blue eyes, and orange eye shadow. Around them is neon banding, rhinestones, and are finished with large translucent rainbow beads.

The clown earrings in low blue light, most of them are obscured by darkness, but the banding and the beads on the edge are glowing green in the dark.

A pair of earrings with faceted large rhinestones in the shapes of stars. Beaded around the cabochons is a white and blue pattern. Around them is neon banding, rhinestones, and are finished with large translucent rainbow beads.

The star earrings in low blue light, most of them are obscured by darkness, but the banding and the beads on the edge are glowing green in the dark.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Another #leyendeckerstudy with my evil women! Check out the full res and alts on my patreon! #illustration #digitalillustration #toxicyuri #lesbian www.patreon.com/posts/160180...

A full color illustration of two women in late 40s formal wear. The woman on the left, Harriet, is tan with short wavy brown hair and brown eyes. In the Leyendecker style, everything that's black morphs into the black background. So all of Harriet you can see is her face, looking down at the other woman, Ruth, lovingly with a cigarette between her lips, the white parts of her tuxedo, and her hand holding a cigarette out for Ruth. She wears red gauges, a black and white tux with a bow-tie, and a purple petunia in her lapel. Ruth is standing beside her, looking up at her with parted lips in a smile. She has a curly purple bob, bright blue eyes, and pale skin. She wears a dark red velvet dress, white gloves with long red nails glued on top, a pearl ring, pearl bracelet, pearl necklace, and pearl earrings, a black stole, red lipstick, brown eye shadow, and a gold comedy and tragedy mask necklace.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

WIP Wednesday! As always for just a dollar you can see the full piece on my patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/160072... #wip #wipwednesday #sketch

A screenshot of a sketch, all you can see are a pair of eyes half lidded and looking off screen.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

pride heart earrings! you can get these made to order over here on my ko-fi! or if you have a different flag you want made into earrings you can commission me there for the exact same price! ko-fi.com/s/7591ef649d #beading #beadedjewelry #pride #lesbian #gay #bisexual #trans #lgbt #queer

A pair of beaded heart earrings patterned with the lesbian flag.

A pair of beaded heart earrings patterned with the rainbow flag.

A pair of beaded heart earrings patterned with the bisexual flag.

A pair of beaded heart earrings patterned with the transgender flag.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Spellcasters Snoozing! My lovely DnD party all taking a well deserved nap!

A full color illustration of seven adventurers sleeping. All you can see is their heads above the blankets, the pillows, and the wall behind them. Left to right: A pale woman with straight blonde hair and freckles with a soft smile, her shoulder in a purple shirt pokes above the blanket. Another pale woman leaned back with her mouth parted, short wavy dark hair. A tan elven man with a concerned expression, freckles, two scars, and short brown hair. A grey tiefling man leaned back, teeth bared, wearing a dark red shirt. A pale man with stubble and short wavy brown hair, at peace with his mouth parted. A pink tiefling woman with large wings and red horns, smiling softly, wearing a blue shirt. A pale elven woman with a scar and long blonde hair, hugging onto the tiefling woman with a green shirt on.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

See the full resolution version on my patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/156393... #digitalart #illustration #digitalillustration #lesbian #toxiclesbian #toxicyuri

A full color illustration of a woman smiling at the camera with a split lip, predatory. She's got tan skin, dark brown hair, and brown eyes with a red shine. She wears a white button up, a black tie, and red gauges. Her tie is being gripped by a pale woman's hand from off screen, the hand has on a couple bracelets. Above her is text that says "HEAD LIKE A HOLE" and below "BLACK AS YOUR SOUL".

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Ruth Nouveau! Redraw of a vintage print shown below. See the full res version over on my patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/156235...

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#WIPWednesday ! Go check out the full thing over on my patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/156392... #WIP #sketch

A cut off sketch of a mouth smiling with a split lip.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Trans Beetle Medallion! Now up on my shop! ko-fi.com/s/c44795f806 #beadedart #beadedmedallion #beading #medallion #trans #beetle #bugart #ooak

A beaded medallion. The medallion itself has a large rose quartz cabochon, with a pink and red beetle beaded around it. Surrounding the beetle are blue and white stripes. It's then edged with alternating light and dark blue beads, and a necklace strap patterned with the trans flag. It also has a beaded necklace with stripes of red, pink, white, and blue.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

#WIPWednesday ! Go check out the full piece on my patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/156235... #wip #sketch

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Beading stickers! Up on my new Ko-Fi! And if you buy any of the matching beadworks you get the sticker for free! #malevolent #stickers #yellowsign #fanart #merch ko-fi.com/dearfears/sh...

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

#WIPWednesday ! Go check out the full piece on my patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/samevo...

A cropped sketch of two figures kissing.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Malevolent beading! I've got earrings and pins up on my new Ko-Fi shop ko-fi.com/dearfears/sh... ! #malevolent #beading #beadedearrings #beadart

A pair of beaded earrings that look like bloody daggers.

A pair of beaded earrings that look like a mini King in Yellow.

A beaded pin with the Yellow Sign in gold beads surrounded by black.

A pair of beaded earrings that look like bloody footprints.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Murderbot AU of my gal*! Full res over on my patreon! #illustration #dndoc #digitalart

A full color illustration of a cyborg woman in sci-fi armor sitting on a set of stairs. She's leaned back on an arm with their left leg tucked under herself, the other leg propped up next to the camera. She's smiling at the viewer. Her skin is a warm medium brown, with brown eyes and hair, her face has metal around their jaw, eyes, ear, and neck. Her armor is all shades of grey. Above them is text that says "Retrieved Memories. A Murderbot A.U. By DearFears". There's green and red text below her that says "query: timecode error: unavailable query: logs error:unavailable".

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

#WIPWednesday ! Go check out the full thing on my patreon! #wip #sketch

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

So excited! More information about the con over here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXSC...

An announcement graphic for INVICTUS Con 2026. The background is a tiled design of mini clowns on mushrooms. In the foreground is a chibi self portrait of the artist motioning towards a graphic for INVICTUS Con next to the graphic for DearFears. The text says "Guess who's got a booth at INVICTUS Con! I'll be selling beadwork just for this con, as well as stickers and prints! Come on down, talk to me and other fans of Malevolent and INVICTUS Streams! More information about it from INVICTUS' announcement vid. (link below)"

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

WIP Wednesday! As always you can check out what I'm doing over on my patreon for a buck! #wip #wipwednesday #sketch

A cut off sketch of a woman glaring off to the right, all that's visible are her eyes and nose.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

This has been in the works for a hot minute, but it's finally ready for the world! Written by me and mythrilsantoku (on tumblr) about our DnD wizards! #comic #dndoc #alstonturren (1/3)

A comic title page. The background is a dimly lit living room colored in the style of classic comics, black shadows and half tones. It's hardwood with plaster walls, a circle rug, a wood coffee table with a rock and folder on it, a teal couch, and a painting of leaves. In the foreground are text boxes that say "Down With The SICKNESS Literally" and "Written by River & Rowan."

A four panel page, all using the same living room background as the title page. The first panel is just the living room. The second has a pale gnome man enter frame (Alston) his head is almost entirely out of frame. He's wearing jeans, red socks, a red collared shirt, a grey cardigan, a ring on his right hand, and a bag. In the third panel he's walked further into the room and is in the middle of setting his bag on the couch. In the fourth panel he's walking out of frame, his bag left on the couch.

A splash page of the kitchen, Alston standing in the doorway from the living room, here we can see he has short wavy brown hair and glasses. The kitchen is somewhat modern, a gas stove with a hood and a pink kettle, and in the foreground is a counter with a jar of coffee beans, a grinder and a pour over.

Six up close panels. The first is a hand with a ring turning on a stove and the sound "click click". The next is a pink kettle on a burner turning on with the sound "FWOOSH". The third is a hand taking off the lid to the coffee beans with a "pop!". The fourth is beans being poured into the grinder with "tk tk tk tk tk". The fifth is a hand cranking the grinder with a "CRRRRK". And the sixth is the pour over being set on top of a metal coffee carafe.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

#WIPWednesday ! As always you can check out what I'm up to over on my patreon! #wip #sketch #storyboard

Cut off storyboards drawn in bright teal over grey, all you can see is a woman looking harried before bursting out of a door.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

my buddy showed me a video about finding your own stats so I HAD to draw myself with them. #selfportrait #illustration #dnd #digitalillustration #digitalart

A full color illustration of a bust of a person. They're smiling at the camera, with short wavy hair, a scar on their nose, and their ear is missing a chunk. Their skin is blue and speckled like they're wet, with their hair resembling waves, and purple eyes. They're wearing two small silver earrings, an orange truckers cap, and a striped pink button up. Above them is text that says "Me, River! Level 10 wizard, water genasi" and a chart designating their dungeons and dragons stats as: Intelligence 17, Wisdom 15, Charisma 14, Strength 12, Dexterity 11, Constitution 12.

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river @dearfears.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

yet another mockup cover for my upcoming comic, if you want to see live updates go check out my patreon! #digitalart #illustration #lesbian #gl #Yuri #toxiclesbians #letsgolesbians

A full color illustration of two women lounging in front of a textured red background. The woman in front is tan with short dark brown hair and brown eyes. She's laying on her back with one arm propped up with her fist closed, and the other arm laid behind her. She looks at the camera with a subtle smile. She's wearing a white tee shirt, black pants, a gold smart watch, a gold ring, and red gauges. She has lipstick marks on her face and biceps, scars on her arms face and hand, and cuts on her forehead and exposed midriff that are bleeding. Around her head are letters in a typewriter font spelling "Predatory". Behind her is another woman, paler than her, with a hand holding her chin. The hand has long red nails that are cutting her face lightly. This woman is sat up, one knee propped up and holding up her free arm. Her face is mostly out of frame, only showing a smirk, red lipstick, and curly purple hair. She wears blue shorts, a black tank top, gold hoops bracelets and a necklace with comedy and tragedy masks. She has hickeys on her thighs and breasts, hand shaped bruises on her wrist, and inflamed bite marks on her neck and thighs.

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