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Sapling 🌱

@ladysapling.bsky.social

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Art, writing, and tabletop games. ladysapling.tumblr.com smugnose.blogspot.com

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Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Cicada Childhood Chums @mrtagashi.bsky.social

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A succulent scarecrow leans against the door frame and says: "Why, certainly the horrors defy description, but one must serve regardless."

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A whiteboard drawing of a rabbit holding a bouquet of flowers

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#swordtember 2026 day 1: (the single stroke of a) brush

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Hello! My name is Sapling, I'm a queer tabletop game designer and artist. I've done cover art for a few indie products and am currently working on my own projects. Thank you for having me.

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Happy Trans Day of Invisibility from Fundle! #AprilFools

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Happy #TransDayOfVisibility from Fundle!

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

I love them so much. We did an amazing job!

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

Bluesky is open! Quote an artwork to promote yourself. #art #comics #happynewyear

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 31 - Throne! How about one last Bloody Fairy before we close? #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A fairy with a cocktail sword sits in a tall glass filled with foamy, blood-red liquid.

Speech bubble: "Hi!"

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 30 - Wild Hunt! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A child cowers at the base of a tree as the shadow of their pursuer looms over them.

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 29 - Possessed object! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A dilapidated backpack sporting a pair of eyes.

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 28 - Necromancy! ...necromonkey? #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A monkey in a wizard's outfit ponders a human skull.

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 27 - Squire! Hop to it! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A young squire, laden with a bulky backpack and tons of esoteric gear.

Speech bubble: "Ready, sir."

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 26 - Gargoyle! Wait a minute, aren't you technically a grotesque? #hauntedcastle #witchtober

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 25 - Seelie & Unseelie! Ah, that primordial rivalry... #hauntedcastle #witchtober

Two heterogeneous elves consensually embrace on the ground.

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 24 - Chapel! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A knight kneels on a stone floor, gazing up at something while clutching their naked sword hard enough to make their hands bleed.

Speech bubble: "Yes."

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 23 - Apothecary! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A table filled with medical supplies.

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 22 - Doppelgänger! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A young doctor desperately defends himself in a swordfight against his own double emerging from a mirror.

Speech bubble (mirror image): "Shall we dance?"

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 21 - Servant! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

Title: Ettercap Butler.

A monstrous humanoid spider in a butler's outfit holding a covered tray.

Dialogue:
"Will that be all, young master?"
"Yes, thank you Frthregg. Carry on. Where is that from, anyway - Finland?"
"... The fjords."
"Of course."

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

I have the great honour of being featured in this article by the amazing J. Alan Henning. Make sure to check it out below, and have a look around the rest of the site, too! I'm always blown away by their insights on game design and language. troypress.com/poems-in-rpg...

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 20 - Secret Garden! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A tiny owl hiding under a mushroom.

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 19 - (self) Portrait! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A trick-or-treater with a long nose and a pumpkin-shaped hat, carrying a cauldron.

Speech bubble: "I was told there would be candy?"

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 18 - Spellbook! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A young witch walks through a street with books in hand, while a trail of books follows in her wake. Atop one of the books sits a metallic bird familiar.

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 17 - Masquerade! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A young woman with a hand tattoo smirks at the viewer while holding an owl mask.

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 16 - Stairs! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A half-elven woman in fancy shoes sits atop a set of crumbling stairs, eating an apple.

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 15 - Heir and Knight! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A goblin knight spies the horizon, while a goblin child peers out from beneath the knight's tabard.

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 14 - Highwayman! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A goblin highwayman in a big hat, face all but covered, wiping the blood off of his stiletto with a kerchief.

Speech bubble: "They chose wrong."

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 13 - Worm! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A disgusting, drooling worm with a round maw showing rows of jagged teeth.

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 12 - Familiar! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

An animated raven made of paper, covered in glowing magical runes.

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 11 - Witch! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A girl wearing a witch's hat and a shocked expression, illuminated by an explosion of light from a book splayed open in her hands.

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 10 - Hidden Passage! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A young woman, face hidden by a hood, pulls drapery aside to reveal a secret tunnel, inhabited by a big rat.

Speech bubble (woman): "Well, well well..."

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 9 - Aristocracy! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A stern, elderly woman in an ostentatious blue-and-golden garb.

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 8 - Dungeon Keeper! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

A young woman in a dress and head covering stands in front of a dank brick wall. A barbed tail emerges from beneath her petticoats. Her dress is soiled with blood, as is the tip of the tail. She flicks a set of keys into the air.

Speech bubble: "Don't go anywhere", punctuated by a heart.

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 7 - Tower! "That window's twenty-seven stories up, Matthias. What are they gonna do, teach an owl how to steal?" #witchtober #HauntedCastle

Silhouetted by a small round window set in a stone wall, a woman crawls into a dark room with a grappling hook in hand, a sly look on her face, and a whistle on her lips.

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 6 - Lantern! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Day 5 - Gremlins! "You stumble across three robed goblins, fighting over a fancy top hat to decide who gets to wear it. Every so often a lightning bolt or fire ball appears for a moment only to disappear in a puff of smoke." - Paraphrased from my dear friend Fool. #witchtober #hauntedcastle

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 4 - Cursed Doll! Featuring my Slayers character, Marion LeMaitre. #hauntedcastle #witchtober

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

#drawtober2023 day 3 - Fountain! #hauntedcastle #witchtober

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

#Witchtober day 2 - Jester! #drawtober #hauntedcastle

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

#Witchtober day 1 - Bats! #drawtober #HauntedCastle

Sapling 🌱 @ladysapling.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

Oh hey that's me!

Scarecrow cleric and beekeeper saying "Bees?" while bees swarm all around them. They wear a silly hat.