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Bex A. Ironwood

Bex Ironwood writes fantasy and sci-fi fiction, inspired by the likes of C.S. Lewis, Robert Jordan, and Larry Correia. She currently resides in the weird and wild lands of the Midwest, along with her parents and sister. When she isn’t writing, she is usually reading, playing video games, or doing something art-related.

Bex has written a couple of short stories for Raconteur Press and Chris Kennedy Publishing, and hopes to someday publish a full-length novel.

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Quotes I like

“Since it is so likely that (children) will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.”

- C. S. Lewis

Had the itch to do something in Illustrator.

Have a blessed Good Friday

This was a fun experiment. Many colors!
#art #illustration #drawing #digitalpainting #digitalart #digitalart #saltandlight #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram

New blog post! Trying something a little different.
Link: https://www.scatteredstoriesjournal.com/post/empathy

#writing #currentevents #blog #blogpost

Small doodle of Eleni
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #digitalart #saltandlight #oc #originalcharacter

A starting screen illustration I made for a friend! Swipe to see version without text. Check him out on twitch at EmeraldDragonBos!
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#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #digitalart #saltandlight #fantasy #dragon #dragonart

First drawing of 2025. Some birds and a weird dog.
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #digitalart #penandink #firstdrawingoftheyear #2025 #inkillustration #saltandlight

Penne ala vodka and slightly burnt parmesean chicken.

Cooking is fun!

"Do you understand the violence it took, to learn this gentleness?"

When Xander first saved Eleni's life, it was just the beginning of his journey back to the Light.
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #digitalart #saltandlight #originalcharacter #fantasy #oc #originalwriting

Milkshakes and friends on a Friday night

Random doodles of Xander.
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #digitalart #oc #originalcharacter #saltandlight

Dressed up as an Interdimensional Insurance Agent from the Adventures of Tom Stranger.
"You're in strange hands with Tom Stranger!"
#halloween #halloweencostume #tomstranger #strangerandstranger #theadventuresoftomstranger #theadventuresoftomstrangerinterdimensionalinsuranceagent #larrycorreia #manatee #Wendell #wendellthemanatee #combatwombat

Aslan, inked with a Lamy fountain pen. My lettering still needs work.
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #digitalart #inkdrawing #lamy #fountainpen #ink #inkandpaper #thechroniclesofnarnia #narnia #aslanthelion #lion #saltandlight

In my Memento Mori/goth phase, apparently. Gonna clean this up in digital later.
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #digitalart #goth #gothaesthetic #gothicart #Gothic #gothart #darkart #saltandlight

A sketch page full of kitty cats. Pick your favorite!
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #digitalart #sketch #sketchbook #doodles #cats #kitty #kittycat #catsketch #blackcats

Tried gouache paint for the first time, painted some space fish.
Not sure if I like it or not. It didn't want to cooperate the way I wanted it to. I'll have to play with it a bit more.

#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #digitalart

A purple cow to make you smile.

#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #digitalart #cow #cute #frontpage #smile #smileeveryday #saltandlight

Sketchbook doodles and #demonhunter lyrics.
#songlyrics #fanart #tattooflash #art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #sketchbook #smallartaccount #foryoupage #fyp #saltandlight

An illustration I created for a 50-word short story on my blog.
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #digitalart

"Don't Tread on Me", with an AR-15 and a dragon snake.
#2atuesday #guns #2a #gun #art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #digitalart #sketchbook #penandink #dragon #fantasy #4upage #foryoupage #fyp #gadsden

Portrait of an NPC in a D&D game my friend is running.
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #digitalart

Painted a sunflower
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching

Sometimes, you gotta fill a page with bubbles.

#art #illustration #sketch #sketchbook #satisfying #bubbles #drawing #sketching #artoftheday #doodle #doodling #foryoupage #trendy #zen #chillart

New picture for the blog and stuffs.

#art #illustration #drawing #artwork #artist #love #music #california #losangeles #sketch #instaart #painting #design #procreate #artistsoninstagram #fanart #draw #digitalpainting #photoshop #characterdesign #illustrator #artoftheday #conceptart #anime #graphicdesign #digitaldrawing #digitalillustration #creative #fantasyart #doodle

#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #penandink #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #penandpaper #inkdrawing #sketching #sketchbook

#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #inkdrawing #inkandpaper #pendrawing #heart

A sketchy deer skull with some #demonhunter lyrics

Happy Friday!
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #foryoupage

For the dancing and the dreaming. Xander with his wife Eleni, on their wedding day.
I liked the way the color turned out for this :)
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration

That one part of Serenity, with River on Miranda.
I imagine Xander going through something similar at one point in his life.
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration

Picked up some great books FantaSci so far. The panels have been pretty fun too.
#fantasci2024 #fantasci #books #sciencefiction #fantasy

Whoops, forgot to post this yesterday!

Christ has risen!

#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #easter #happyeaster #christisrisen #christisking #skull #bibleverse #bible #mementomori #mementoresurgere #saltandlight

When you reread your own notes and wonder what the hell you were thinking...
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #comic #thederpydragon

My current character in a friends campaign. He's both cursed by the Demon of Hate, Xurren; and the apparent champion for the god of fire, Cezborh.

My guy has some interesting times ahead, that's for sure.

(Version without watermark available on Ko-Fi)

#art #illustration #digitalart #digitalpainting #character #characterdesign #originalcharacter #oc #fantasy #instaart #artoninstagram

Made this for my Instagram Story.
Link in bio.

OH SHOOT its #appreciateadragonday
Have a little dragon chilling on a rock.
Higher quality available for Ko-fi supporters.

Quick doodle. Might render it out for Valentines day
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #oc #originalcharacter #originalcharacters #fantasy

Got the Blue Angel printed on a Hoodie. Looks pretty good! (Other than the shop lying about their sizes. Trying to get my money back)

Drew some lore for my friends D&D game. "Eyes of the Gods"
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #fyp #comicart

Practicing my colorist skills. Took a picture of the inside of a really neat coloring book, then digitally painted it. I kinda want to try doing color for comics and such, but I need to work on my skills a little.
Original illustration by Kerby Rosanes (slide 2)
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration
#coloring #comicart #saltandlight

What is #saltandlight? Well, it originally began on AO3 I believe, as a way for Christian fanfic writers to connect with other Christians. It has since spread to other places, and I intend to start using it here. I would encourage other Christian creators to use it too :]
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness cannot overcome it." John 1:5
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration

Kinda sketchy study of a goldfish. Might do another, they're pretty.
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #goldfish #fancygoldfish #artstudy

Playing with lighting some more. #neverstopimproving #art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #oc #originalcharacter #fyp #foryoupage

Lady Eleni, all fancied up.
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration #oc #fantasy #originalcharacter #fyp #foryoupage

Since today is #internationalcatday, I figured I'd promote this some more. Get yourself a copy at the link in bio!
#internationalcatday🐱 #cat #space #catinspace #catsonmars #moggiesinspace #anthology #shortstory #newreleases #shamelessselfpromotion #books #raconteurpress #catstagram #foryoupage #fyp

Moggies in Space: a new anthology from Raconteur Press! Link in bio to purchase.
#writing #newreleases #books #anthology #teamandmore #raconteurpress #moggiesinspace #cats #space #foryoupage

Coming August 4th! Do you like cats? Do you also like space? Then you should check out this anthology :]
#writing #comingsoon #books #anthology #teamandmore #raconteurpress #moggiesinspace #cats #space

Clan Naxxremis: a WIP crest/coat of arms thing for my character Xander.
#art #drawing #illustration #sketch #artist #artwork #draw #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #instaart #artoftheday #doodle #sketching #digitalillustration

Happy Independence day!
#4thofjuly #independenceday #USA #letfreedomring

Reminder that "Bonds of Valor" is up for grabs. Link in bio to get yours!
#writing #bondsofvalor #fantasy #scifi #anthology #bookstagram

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