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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

"Decisions" I've been wanting to paint this moment from my graphic novel for a looong time. Painted by a human. 💚 #graphicnovel #characterart #ocs #digitalpainting #procreate

A handsome man with long golden blonde feathers for hair walks through a field of tall grass, looking pensive. His hands bend the grass forward as he walks, but he seems to be hesitating.

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Endai, an Online Graphic Novel @endai-epic.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

What's happening with Endai? I'm revisiting the script--I've lived a lot since I wrote it, and have places I want it to go that I didn't see 10 years ago. If you're going to spend a long time telling a story, best make sure it's the one you want to tell! Thank you all for your patience! 💚

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Concept for a scene from Endai, my #graphicnovel Painting with a limited palette is fun ✨ Painted by a human. 💚 #digitalpainting #digitalart

A person lays in the shadows in the foreground, looking at a seed pod, seeming disaffected. In the background, a bald man in a black robe practices sword forms in bright sunlight on bright green moss.

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Trying to just trust myself and paint. I don't know why I've become afraid of it, but I have. Trying to move past that. Feels really good to see ideas come to life though. Concept for Endai, my #graphicnovel Painted by a human. 💚 #conceptart #digitalpainting #procreate

A person sits beside a river, looking troubled, holding a rag to their cheek. Bright light illuminates them from behind. Squatting beside them, barely there, is a person made of green light who looks concerned.

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

"Is this farewell?" Some Endai concept art today! As always, painted by a human. 💚 #oc #graphicnovel #digitalpainting #conceptart

A man in a white robe sits huddled against the cold--or against his own anxiety--while bathed in blue moonlight. He faces right, and light catches through his pointed ear. His breath mists as he speaks.
In the foreground, a person in red, in warmer light, seems to hesitate, stopped by the man's words. We see only their side and their hand.

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

"When You Must Stop" This weekend's #gouache adventure in my #sketchbook Concept for my #graphicnovel, Endai. @endai-epic.bsky.social Painted by a human. 💚

A person wearing a cloak and red pants sits under a tree in the shadows, his leg protruding into the dappled sunlight. The bright light of his pants casts pink light onto his shirt, and he looks down at one leg folded over the other. The protruding foot has blood soaking through she shoe, and blood spatters the ground nearby.

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Sketchdump! Just some Endai character practice for my online graphic novel. 💚 (plus a couple of studies from reference) Drawn by a human 💚 #sketchbook #ballpointpen #traditionalart #drawing

A drawing of a person with pointed ears, sitting on a bench, sulking, as they hold a damp rag to their cheek.

A sketchbook page showing 4 characters/scenes of various sizes: a man kneeling, holding a sword over his shoulder, an upshot of a person wearing fur boots who looks dangerous, a scene of a person looking over their shoulder, and a person with arms wrapped around themself, looking anxious

A sketchbook page showing a study of a woman dancing, and below it, four heads of the same person with different angles/expressions/moods

A sketchbook page showing the heads of three characters, the top two in green looking suspicious while the bottom person grins

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I don't remember whether/when I've tried painting a character in traditional media before, but I wanted to give it a go and see what the #gouache would let me do. I might be falling in love with gouache. I'll keep you posted. 😄 Concept for Endai. #traditionalart #conceptart #sketchbook

A painting of a person with pointy ears and a black fur cloak sitting on a branch of a tree looking contemplative as the river rapids below them throws up sprays of sunlit water in its turmoil.

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Some Endai concept art today. Hard to share things without spoilers, but this one seemed safe. For updates about my graphic novel, stay tuned here: @endai-epic.bsky.social #conceptart #graphicnovel #digitalpainting #procreate

A painting in yellows and blues. A cloaked rider, closest to the viewer, rides past toward a massive stone wall. The gate is closed and guarded, and atop it, lit by yellow sunlight, stand 3 archers. Shadows of more archers are cast across the wall.

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Endai, an Online Graphic Novel @endai-epic.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

It’s a fun challenge when you have a feeling of a character in your head while writing, but not a clear image of how they look. Much exploration is required! 💚

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Art #1168 “Suké” Sketching today for my graphic novel, trying to find the character 💚

Drawing in white and dark brown lines on a tan background depicting the head and shoulders of a creature that seems part big cat, part fox, with fluffy fur on its neck and chest. The creature looks to the left with dignity.

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Art #1421 "Endai Concept Art, Scene 2: Cleaning Up" I do some concept art before starting on each scene for Endai to explore mood, lighting, and possible camera angles. My graphic novel can be read here (free!): endai-epic.com Made by a human. #graphicnovel #conceptart #digitalpainting #digitalart

Image is of a quiet moment after a battle. A person sits on a bench next to the entrance to a home (which is a giant tree), and cleans a double-bladed weapon, his bare back to us. A pile of bloodied rags sits on the ground next to him, and in the distant, golden morning light illuminates layers of mist that linger before enormous trees, the tops of which are too high to be seen in this view.

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Art #1428 Artemaean Farmland Concept Some concept art for Scene 2 of Endai, my online graphic novel. endai-epic.com As always, painted by a human. 💚 #conceptart #graphicnovel #landscape #fantasyart #digitalpainting #digitalart

Morning in an expansive grassland, where massive trees once stood, and some still stand, though no longer living. Hedgerows crisscross the landscape, and the fields range from deep greens and browns in the foreground shadows through a rainbow of colors as they recede toward distant purple mountains. 4 cloaked figures are tiny in the foreground, and in the middle-distance, pieces of a fallen tree appear as though they've been made into homes or buildings. A path the figures follow leads them there.

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Art #1431 "Classic Kinbeast" Here's some concept art for my graphic novel, Endai ( endai-epic.com ) done in the style of those thoroughbred paintings from the 1800s or whenever. :D As always with my art, painted by a human. 💚 #conceptart #digitalpainting #digitalart #creaturedesign #illustration

A painting of a horse-sized dog like creature, painted in muted browns and tans and greens to resemble oil paintings of champion racehorses from past centuries. In the background, trees tower over the landscape, since this is the world of Endai, not Earth. :)

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Art #1434 "Endai Concept: Rock of Islaad" I changed it a bit in the final design for my graphic novel (put a temple there instead of a moon rock), but I still like the concept here. :) endai-epic.com #graphicnovel #conceptart #fantasyart #digitalpainting #digitalart #digitalillustration

A painting of a landscape at sunrise. A rock angles out into the distance, covered in moss and supporting a crescent moon shaped smaller rock at its tip. It frames a crescent moon, and in the distance, a forested landscape and enormous mountains loom in the gentle morning light.

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Art #1435 "Kinyada Pinup" Happy Valentine's Day from Endai's pansexual loverboy 💖 My graphic novel (in which he appears)--> endai-epic.com #pinup #pinupart #illustration #digitalpainting #digitalart #conceptart #butts

A digital painting of a toned, golden feather-haired man with long elven ears who is turned away from the camera and lit with warm light from behind as he lowers a teal blanket, revealing a nice butt.

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Art #1437 "Planning" So this is Highly Irregular, as I've generally been reluctant to share anything to do with @endai-epic.bsky.social, my graphic novel, except the novel itself. Here is a character (the essence of one anyway) who you'll meet later. #graphicnovel #conceptart #digitalpainting

A digital painting rendered in pale yellow and black. A femme-presenting character, centered in a medium shot and facing the viewer, smokes while pondering a game of chess, apparently both deeply engaged and vexed by the way the game progresses.

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Art #1447 "Vinasi Bull" In celebration of launching the latest scene for my graphic novel today, here's concept art for one of the critters from the first scene that I painted back in 2017. Endai on Bluesky is here: bsky.app/profile/enda... #creaturedesign #conceptart #digitalpainting

A painting of the head and neck an ox-like ruminant. It has a single horn that rises from the top of its skull, then splits to form two horns in a crescent moon shape. It looks a little uncertain to see you.

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Endai, an Online Graphic Novel @endai-epic.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Scene 9: Longing & Lurking After the party and the newcomers, Kinyada has new curiosities to satisfy... Read the latest scene: endai-epic.com/book1/endai_... Or if you're new to Endai, start the story here: endai-epic.com/book1/endai_... #graphicnovel #onlinegraphicnovel #fantasystory #fantasy

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