Shane Kelly

@shane-k.bsky.social

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🎨 Writer, Artist, Library Worker. 📚

Field-study sketches of a fantastical reptile show the creature from various angles. A sketch of the skull shows more detail. Several scrawled notes fill the page detailing specific information about the creature.
Cartoon illustration of a magical oven. The oven walks on 4 animal-like legs and has an animal-like face that resembles a lion. The open mouth of the oven is full of smoldering charcoals. Three vessels sit on top of the oven.
Art of a young man running, holding a dagger in his right hand. The young man is running towards the viewer. The boy has brown hair, golden eyes, and is dressed in ragged linen clothing. He is wearing a leather belt with a leather pouch attached. The boy appears to be from a medieval era.
French bulldog sitting in a green bed that looks like a cartoon frog. A carrot-shaped dog toy and pink dog toy lay at the feet of the bulldog.
Two tree-like plants that look nearly identical. One tree has a light orange color bark. The other has pale bark. The trunks of the trees are covered in spikes that form from scale-like bases. The leaves are a desaturated dark green with dark undersides. The shapes of the leaves resemble a spear tip and have serated edges. There are 5 leaves per branch with several branches emerging from the top of the tree. There are also two spike-covered fruit growing from the top of the trunk.
A sweetgum tree that was part of NASA's Artemis I mission being planted inside a protective fence. A black and brass plaque adorns the front of the fence and explains more about the tree.