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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

if you see this, post your green art 💚✨

painting of the lead characters of Savage Blooms by ST Gibson

edge illustration of Temo from To Our Untamed Core in front of the Tornéo's pyramids

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Lowkey obsessed with Judith Ban by @nghivo.bsky.social. Thank you @torbooks.bsky.social for the ARC!!

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

And here's my hidden fore-edge painting process!

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Hidden fore-edge painting for To Our Untamed Core by the fantastic @sonidoreyes.bsky.social

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Call Me Traitor painted edges didn't come out quite as intended, but we were left with a lovely Tamol, so we're calling it a net win

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Happy Pride to the MCs of The Flowers I Deserve by @tamarajeree.com !

chibi of carlotta looking pensive with snake dad on her shoulder

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A stoic king, Evan from Sugar & Vice

chibi of evan standing with his arms crossed and a blank expression

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Reece from Sugar and Vice by @allietherin.bsky.social !! Edge of Mercy can't come soon enough 😭💞

chibi of reece with his gloved hand outstretched and his bear hat on

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Happy Pride to Angelina from Feast While You Can. 90s sapphic fashion was a DELIGHT

chibi of Angelina with a hand on her hip smiling challengingly. shadows swirl around her

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Happy Pride to Jagvi from Feast While You Can. i love uuu

chibi of Jagvi with arms crossed smiling slightly. shadowy tendrils swirl around her

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Toa from Forget Me Knot by M Ishii (Emery Lee)

chibi of toa. he looks somberly into the mid distance. ginkgo leaves flow around him and a red string goes behind him

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Yoshiki from Forget Me Knot by M. Ishii (Emery Lee), i love uuu

chibi of Yoshiki from Forget Me Knot. He holds a fan to his mouth and lifts an eyebrow. gingko leaves are around him, and a red string goes behind him

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Happy Pride to Trevor and Tristan from A Prince Among Pirates by @kaitlynabdou.com

chibis of Trevor and Tristan in matching outfits. Trevor is standing with hands on his hips and smiling slightly. Tristan is waving and smiling bright/shyly at the viewer

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Kit from A Prince Among Pirates by the fab @kaitlynabdou.com !

Chibi of Kit from Prince Among Pirates. he holds a glass of port and wears his mother's earrings

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Happy Pride to Captain Reggie Sharpe from Prince Among Pirates by @kaitlynabdou.com !! (coming June 16th)

Chibi of Captain Reggie Sharpe holding a blue ribbon and smiling dashingly

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Happy Pride to August (right) and Cary(left) from Julian Winters' upcoming contemporary YA low fantasy that uses mythical elements to explore grief and love: Find My Way Down to You

chibis of cary (left) and august (right) from find my way down to you. Cary is on front of asphodel flowers and August is in front of jonquils. they are on a green ombre background.

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Read Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron and had to make some art of Constance and Sophia. I love them, your honour

a lineless illustration of Sophia and Constance at Cinderella's tomb late at night. Constance leans playfully on Sophia's shoulder smiling slightly at her. Sophia holds a dagger, looking forward with a determined expression. she wears her grandmother's sapphire necklace and her ball gown, which is a little worse for wear

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

@ofszine.bsky.social drops today!! get a BUNCH of art of your favorite hockey gay hockey book and support the Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ community 💕 ko-fi.com/s/ffb63e6ad2

a snippet of an illustration of Shane and ilya cuddling. just their faces are visible and their expressions look thoughtful. text reads "full piece available in the cottage zine"

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Had the time of my life listening to @sarahgailey.bsky.social and Ryka Aoki contemplate joy/grief, high control groups, and the horrors of getting lost in Kohls. Here's some American Hippo chibis and a Spread Me crop top I made to celebrate. No cults were made in the production of this evening 😇

chibi of houndstooth from American Hippo

$photo of lucky wearing a baby slut crop top covered in fractalling veins$ photo of make me better book and event sign

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Had the absolute pleasure of seeing @marthawells.com on tour last week and made these stickers of some of my favorite of her books to celebrate (Tremaine/Ilias from Wizard Hunters, Moon from Raksura, and SecUnit&Tula in Platform Decay)

Sticker of Tremaine and Ilias from Wizard Hunters in a chibi style. Tremaine holds the orb and wears her blue tunic and loose beige trousers. Iloas js in a sleeveless blue tunic, hair braided back, and wielding a sword

Chibi-style sticker of Moon from Cloud Roads in his Raksura form (dragon-eyed, bewinged, feathery scaled, tailed, and with retractable claws on hands and paws)

sticker of SecUnit holding Tula who is wrapped around around it like a parasite. it's hair is slightly longer, lighter, and curlier. it's wearing a colorful patterned wrap, and looking dissociative. glowing text behind it reads "emotion check"

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Hidden edges for A Wild and Hungry Place by E. E. Ottoman are complete! What queer book should I paint next?

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

edges painted! now it's gilding time (book is A Wild and Hungry Place by E. E. Ottoman)

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This month's hidden fore-edge painting: Dowry of Blood by @stgibson.bsky.social

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

JUST FINISHED MAKE ME BETTER BY @sarahgailey.bsky.social AND IT MESSED ME UP SO GOOD (have a sticker)

sticker of a flip-flop sandal dripping blood in beachy pastels. text behind it reads "live in depravity". fan coral is faintly visible in the background and there's a scatter of salt-like dust along the bottom

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

some process photos! Monday's newsletter will get into the deets. this is the Hardest book craft I have attempted 😅

edge fanned open to display fore-edge painting

in progress painting, sketch for reference, and gouache palette

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

What I've been up to: hidden fore-edge painting! Starring Mar from @thegabecole.bsky.social 's Wicked Bargain

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

a little palate cleanser fan cover for the finale of @authorkaraj.bsky.social 's Reanimator Mysteries. I miss Gwen already 🥲

a foil-style fan cover for Reanimator's Fate in metallic purple. it features the institute and a flipping book in a ritual circle

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Hey artist! Quote with your red art! 🩸

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Just finished Queen of Faces by Petra Lord and already can't wait for book two

fanart of Ana. She's wearing her butterfly sundress, wielding her balisong, and surrounded by butterflies. Her left eye glows blue and has 3 lightning branches

art of Wes. he's wearing his long green raincoat wielding his paper sword and kneeling. he's surrounded by his playing cards and green magic

art of Ori. she's wearing her paragon uniform and looking at two books which are floating and glowing purple

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Happy US publication week to @finnlongman.com 's Wolf and His King!! It's been 6 months since I read it, and I'm still in love with it

medieval manuscript style illustration that reads "the wolf and his king." inside the "w" there are 2 scenes: Bisclavret and the King sparring and the King knighting Bisclavret. Inside the "K", Bisclavret's wolf form sleeps while his wife steals his clothes.

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

This piece just got published in bacchanaliamag.com 's debut issue! There's some LOVELY poetry and flash fiction in the issue as well

a tarot-style illustration of a red headed figure wrapped in vines and holding an open pomegranate. The figure has freckled light skin, loosely curly red hair, and goat eyes. A deer skull is also tangled in the vines, and other pomegranates fall through the air. The bottom reads "Le Pendu"

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Not to be dramatic, but I would die for her (Large Francis from Daggerbound by @tkingfisher.com )

sketch page of Large Francis from Daggerbound. She is a 7ft tall isopod. Sketch 1: Large Francis skitters, wearing her pack. Sketch 2: Large Francis excitedly chases a snowflake, her antennae vibrating. Sketch 3: Large Francis proudly displays a banner that reads "I do not eat human meat". Sketch 4: Large Francis holds her interpretive gramaphone and feelingly says, "Your skeleton is so small and on the inside". Her upper legs are curled sympathetically towards her face. A small bundle of moss floats in the middle of the page, and cattails dot the bottom.

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Hand painted edges for Hazelthorn by C G Drews! Love me some botanical horror, messed up gardens, and (slightly) toxic gay love

photo of Hazelthorn with painted edges. the painted edge features a scattering of human bones and flowering, thorny dogwood vines. the central bones are a skeletal hand wrapped around a big ruby.

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

"see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" 3zun. MDZS has an eternal grip on me concept by @fozmeadows.bsky.social

Lineless illustration of Lan Xichen facing forward and playing Liebing. the ghostly red hands cover his eyes. the Lan clan sigil is in the background

lineless illustration of Nie Mingjue with Baxia over his shoulder, staring intently at the viewer. a red glowing hand covers his ear. the Nie clan sigil is in the background

Lineless illustration of jin Guangyao turned away from the viewer and turning back over his shoulder, side-eyeing the viewer. a ghostly red hand is clamped over his mouth

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

good news, y'all. this month's stickers are Frankenstein themed and they're gonna slap

a lineless graphic of Victor Frankenstein spattered with blood, holding a bonesaw. text around him reads "World's worst dad"

a lineless illustration of Frankenstein's creature smiling beatifically and holding up his fingers in a kpop heart shape. text around him reads "daddy issues"

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

quick portrait of Carlotta and her snad (snake dad) from The Flowers I Deserve by Tamara Jerée if you're looking for a spicy, sapphic fever dream of a book with a stunning grief narrative, this one may be for you 👀

digital portrait of Carlotta from The Flowers i deserve. She is leaning forward and looking back over her shoulder at the viewer. she wears a slinky pale strapless dress and her hair is in goddess braids. a dark, shimmery snake with s spiked ruff wraps around her shoulders and looks at the viewer somewhat menacingly.

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

For y'all who haven't seen yet, please enjoy some fanart for the effervescent @ryanlasala.bsky.social 's good books

postcard in an old new england style that reads "Greetings from Anchor's Mercy" with a little lighthouse at the bottom. inside each letter of "anchor's mercy" is a different scene from the island

hexagonal sticker with an aspen forest and a sun beaming down. deep red honey drips from the edges. the center text reads "wherever you are, let it be bright." small bees dot the outside frame

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Art for @bughunterbug.bsky.social 's Hook saga!! I love the toxic pneumatic ethics yaoi 🥰

an illustration of a silhouette on a black background. the bottom of the image reads "The Hook" in a large tuscan font. the silhouette is an angel and a demon sitting on a cloud surrounded by hands reaching towards them. There is a bucket seated next to them with a small hand reaching out. All of the hands are tipped with red. text overlaid on the image reads "he must have been a sinner, after all he took the bait" in a scratchy, aggressive font

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I can finally share the piece I did of Brides of High Hill by @nghivo.bsky.social ! It was such a treat and an honor to be included in this year's @ofszine.bsky.social next to such talented artists 💛

an illustration of cleric chih and pham nhung exploring the estate late at night. above and behind them, buildings loom ominously, all topped by writhing beast sculptures except the one directly behind them. the building directly behind them is lit from within, fox spirits visible through the windows. Chih is holding a lantern looking down at pham nhung and she is looking up behind chih towards the roof beast. in the foreground, glowing carp swim towards them.

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

New sticker!! ko-fi.com/s/692c2a9955 All profits are going to support the San Diego LGBT Center thecentersd.org which provides necessary care and support for me and thousands of other queer residents and is facing severe budget cuts

two color variants of a sticker that has a horseshoe crab and says "Survive". Sticker 1 has a rainbow background and yellow text. Sticker 2 has trans pride colored background and light pink text.

the stickers side by side over text that reads "all profits will be donated to The Center SD"

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Chibi commissions open! ko-fi.com/fourthleaflu... All profits are going to Freedom for Immigrants www.freedomforimmigrants.org

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

"It was starting to occur to me that Dr. Mensah might actually be an intrepid galactic explorer" Can we talk about how BRILLIANT Noma Dumezweni was in Murderbot??

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

like I'm proud of my finger paintings (see below) and enjoy making them, they just take quite a bit longer

fanart of the fall that saved us by Tamara jeree. Black sapphic angel and demon embrace in the pose of Sargent's Eros and Psyche

fanart of Imperfect Illusions by Vanora lawless of two men in wwi soldier's uniforms embracing in front of a surreal night sky

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Happy pride! If you see this, qrp with queer art! (Benny + Río from When the Tides Held the Moon)

an illustration of a young man looking at a merman through the glass pane of a tank. Benny, a thin, medium brown-skinned Boricua man in an early 20th century outfit, looks longingly through the glass of an elaborate art nouveau style tank. one of his hands is pressed to the glass near the merman's face. Río, a thin, pewter-skinned merman with long coppery hair and a flowing fish tail glares down at Benny, hair flaring out behind him.

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

just finished Mouthful of Dust (which was horrifying and fabulous) and realized I forgot to post the stickers I made for @nghivo.bsky.social a couple months ago of Cleric Chih and Jordan Baker!

a chibi of cleric Chih and almost brilliant from the singing hills cycle on a dark blue background. chih is a light brown skinned Chinese person wearing indigo monks robes, holding a calligraphy brush and some bound texts. almost brilliant is a hoopoe bird that is perched contently on chih's head. chih looks at the viewer with an expression of warm curiosity

a chibi of jordan baker from the chosen and the beautiful on a sparkling pale green background. jordan is a thin, light-skinned vietnamese american woman wearing a flapper style dress with a soft pink geometrical pattern. in one hand, she has a glass of demoniac. around the other hand, pieces of paper swirl in the air. she is looking at the viewer with an eyebrow raised in challenge or perhaps flirtation.

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

absolutely ADORED this book by the brilliant @mishiiarts.bsky.social , so here, have a fan cover

fan cover illustration of Forget Me Knot. Two figures are facing back to back and upside down from each other, a red string swirling around and between them. In the center, the red string swirls into text that reads "Forget Me Knot." Both are wearing Heian-era attire. The bottom figure is wearing more working class attire and holds a cosmo flower in one hand, a petal flying away. He looks sadly towards the other figure. Behind him is the outline of a mountainscape. The top figure is wearing more upper class attire, the red string that swirls around the drawing gripped tightly in one hand. He is smiling, somewhat meanly. Behind him is the outline of a building. Autumn yellow ginko leaves dance around them. The author's name "Emery Lee" is visible on the bottom.

A full cover version of the previous image. This version includes a spine and a back cover with a ginko tree spilling autumn yellow leaves across the page, a swirling red string, and text that reads "Souls are cheap. Hearts are worth much more."

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Lucky @fourthleafluckart.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

and finally, a sneak peek of the scene I'm SO EXCITED to be illustrating for @ofszine.bsky.social from Brides of Hill by @nghivo.bsky.social

A snippet of a black and white illustration of Cleric Chih and Pham Nhung outside at night. Chih is holding a lantern in one hand and cradling a calico teapot in the other, looking down at Pham Nhung concernedly. Pham Nhung reaches slightly towards them, looking above and behind Chih's head. Behind them, the shadows of foxes block out part of the windows' glow.

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