A toad

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I'm a comics artist, writer and worm appreciator. Look at things I do here: https://toadlett.com/ lettydraws[at]gmail[dot]com she/they/he

cover to the book gliff by ali smith. a yellow stripe on the spine, beige cover with a semi-circle cutout through which an eye looks, surrounded by roughly painted red lines.
cover to the book The worst journey in the world - the graphic novel book 1, by Sarah Airiess from the book by Apsley Cherry Garrard. A huge ice formation with a teardrop-shaped hole in which two small silhouetted figures stand. in the distance they are looking at a ship in the sea ice.
cover of the book Sikfan Glaschu by Sean Wai Keung. cover shows a photograph of a restaurant with the table set for 4, and a painting of a tiger on the wall.
cover of the book Horse by Rushika Wick. it's just plain teal with the author and title in white text at the top left corner.
cover of the book The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. a black and white figure of a person in a dress, silhouetted against grass and a pale sky. the image is upside down, possibly because it is a reflection in water.
cover of the book Vermis book 3 by Plastiboo. the cover is made to look like a worn and dog-eared guide to a video game, illustrated by a knight beset by skinny hands reaching for them.
cover to the book The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo. a hoopoe, a white rabbit, a mammoth and a tusked dragon are arranged symmetrically along the top of the cover.
cover to the book Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. artwork shows a huge spaceship with two smaller ships in the foreground, painted in blocky oils.
Photo of a table set up in a hotel function room, with a yellow tablecloth and lots of books
graphic that says "I'm exhibiting at Sequential Scotland 08/08 doubletree by hilton G2 3HN and the webite for the con. artwork by fran morton shows an artist tabling with two people looking at their art, all on top of a giant comic book. i drew over it so I'm at the artist table as a little fat frog with three grubs climbing about.
ink sketch of a dog lying in the grass. He is a border collie cross with a mostly black body and a heavy, rounded face. His tongue sticks out slightly and his tail flicks in the air.
pencil drawing of a massive condor-like bird with a star for a head, standing amid a field of wind turbines, they barely reach to its shoulders.
pencil rawing of an oil rig with a massive sea dragon monster climbing on it. its hammer-head is mostly obscured by low cloud and its long bony arms drape over the rig, two tiny boats circling it in the waves.
very scrappily drawn pencil comic, showing the artist at work in the library, sweating their balls off. they daydream about their beautiful wife who is an allotment, and then climb into the daydream to escape work. unfortunately it's still hot as tits on the allotment. rip.
pencil drawing of a hydroelectric dam, based of Glascarnoch loch dam in the Scottish Highlands. a huge sea lion-like creature is emerging out of the water and pressing against the dam, starting to crack it.
a poem printed over a life drawing sketch of a fat nude woman looking at herself in a mirror. the poem reads: Sweet teeth You spoke the hunger that sat stale On my tongue, and it sounded so sweet, I felt it on the inhale Set my teeth on edge, and rounded Out my lips. I bit my tongue You took my dumb lack filled your lungs And breathed it back Honeyed. I am sour, coffee grounds I am eating fistfuls of salt And saying I’m the ocean With a mouthful of blood You are sugary, your name An ice cream headache Needlepoints of aspartame Bubblegum and birthday cake. With only air and light to hand, you Photosynthesise ideas Round and heavy, honeydew Break the flesh and angry nectar frees Itself. You puff your cheeks and spit out pips That flower where my sourness leaks My sullen silence on your lips Is flavoured like forgotten fruits, whose Sweetness says we’re capable of growth. That anger, sadness are our own to choose And the doubts that fill my mouth Taste like peaches when I speak them aloud.
pencil sketch of the inside of a Greggs. a staff member and customer are scrambling out of frame as a large newtlike creature crawls out of the kitchen, baring its huge wide jaws.
pencil sketch of a hillside covered with industrial forestry, a patch of which in the foregroundh as been clear-felled. two huge pig-like creatures with very narrow bodies and six heads move through the trees, one hidden among them, the other stepping out into the felled area towards the viewer.
pencil sketch of a tower structure by a motorway, based on Forton services in Lancaster. on the top of the tower a huge arthropod-like creature is sprawled, several gangly legs hanging off the edge of the tower.
pencil drawing of a quarry, showing two square cave entrances in the distance. the darkness filling one cave entrance is filled by a massive smiling face.
pencil sketches of a pair of hands playing a wooden whistle, taped up in the middle as if broken and repaired, and a fat, heavyset woman wearing a woolly jumper and thick apron, and holding a whistle and a fish-knife.
Pencil drawing of a fishing boat on the sea at dawn, half-finished
ink sketches of a character in armour and a heavy fur cloak. she has a healmet shaped like a stylised boar's head, and holds a bardiche. a smaller sketch shows her doing a little hop to destroy something with her bardiche. the last sketch shows her partway through transformation into a boar. she is unclothed and several scars are visible, as well as her fat body with a significant amounto of body hair.
Photo of an allotment plot, taken from low to the ground among a clump of bright blue forget-me-not flowers.
pencil sketch labelled "cailleach liath rattharsaidh", gàidhlig for "the grey old woman of raasay. a heron-headed woman with a mane of silvery hair crouches on a rock, looking down at fish in the water, wiggling her fingers in anticipation. she is fat and spottedm with a wild grin and teeth in her long beak.
poster for NLC Zine Fest made by a student of Newcastle College Illustration degree. the poster is black with a white smeary paint textuure pattern. text has details of the zine fair including the location (star and shadow, warwick street NE2 1BB) the time (sunday 3rd may 11-3) and that there is free entry and a market, exhibition and workshops.
cover of Transparent City by Ondjaki. the cover shows a painting of a tower block in Luanda, Angola, multicoloured and patchy and ramshackle. white text overlaid on the painting of the title and author.
cover of the book Owlish by Dorothy Tse. the book is coloured a solid ultramarine blue, with text in white of the title, author, and "fitzcarraldo editions"
front cover art for Knock's folklore bestiary, OSR version. it shows a trio of adventurers facing a tentacled monster which coils around the edges of the frame, bristling with eyes and pincers. the adventurers - a hooded rogue, a burly knight, and a short, haunted-looking wizard all group togehter, looking daunted.
walnut ink drawing of a museum interior, based loosely on the interior of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Egypt. A large, modern interior with asymetrical walls and bridges crossing the open space at different levels, melding with more archaic architecture featuring ornate columns and pointed archways. in the foreground a huge statue of a human figure stands, the head and shoulders cut off by the frame of the image.
book cover of the left hand of darkness by Ursula le guin. the cover is blue, with two sci-fi cities looming out of the blue, and a mountain in the background.
a photo of a small comic, with wormy lines drawn around it and a black margin with white text overlaid. text reads: new minicomic! a story about the thing in the well, made in the dark. £5.
graphic with art by nuria Tamarit i think, showing a grey horse with three adventurers riing on its back, all reading comics. text reads: I'm exhibiting at Thought bubble 20th edition, the yorkshire comic art festival comic convention 14 & 15 November 2026 Harrogate Convention centre
A convoluted and nonsensical diagram trying to map a cyoa game
cover for harsh prospect by will tempest. a barren alien landscape of rocky canyon and salt ground, with strange red blobs in the foreground. the title text is warped like a heat haze mirage.
book cover for the death of jane lawrence by caitlin starling. on a black ground, two hands hold red threads which are sewn into their own skin.
cover of moon of the crusted snow by waubgeshig rice. a pale, snow-covered landscape with a jeep buried in the snow.
cover to The Chagos Betrayal by Florian Grosset. the cover has an ink illustration of a huge crowd of people, each drawn as an individual with a recognisable face. text is overlaid in Pink and blue.
cover to the Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa. a halftone photograph of a woman is overlaid by a large police insignia, as well as several sections of her face and body being replaced with sparsely sketched pencil drawings in red.
cover to the tainted cup by robert jackson bennett. ornately rendered fungi and foliage surround a crimson circle at the centre of the page.
cover of Godhusk by Plastiboo. an ornate alien creature made from rounded, organic armous shapes connected with hoses, pipes, wiring and archaic amber lit screens, against a grimy backdrop. made ot look like the walkthrough guide to a dated video game.
cover of The Swan Book by Alexis Wright. a black cover with white and red text, and minimalist lines depicting the neck, breast and beak of an australian black swan.
book cover for the Traitor's Niche by Ismail Kadare, Vintage edition. a silhouette of an Ottoman empire swordsman on horseback is verlaid with the title text in red and grey text.
colour illustration in medieval illumination-inspired style. It depicts prince Cuhlwch from the Mabinogion, standing over a sow, and spearing his sword through her body. five piglets suckle at her belly. Cuhlwch has a pig's tail protruding from his tabard.
black and white illustration of the lambton worm, as depicted in Folkish by Kim Deyn - a long serpentine creature withmultiple short scaly limbs and tendrils growing from its body, and a hooked, dragonish maw out of which a child's face protrudes.
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text screenshot from a writing app. text reads: The hare stops twitching, exhausted. Its chest moves, just a few times more. You see the breath leaving the hare, and coiling, curling up into the night. You have watched till the end. (workportent) You are alone (cure following reek. cure fury of birds. remove passenger.) > 6.18 go on alone 6.18 The end of the world you walk through the mist and think that there is no other thing left alive in the world. Dawn starts to break and does not challenge this beleif. >Winter
brightly coloured illustration of a lion-headed king clutching a hound in his claws, drawing blood where he holds her. a throng of more hounds barks and snaps around his feet.
black ink illo of a fluffy anthropomorphic triceratops with heart patterns on her head frill. her moth is open and her eyes are wide in an excitable expression.
graphic showing three black and white illustrations, with text explaining commission pricing. text reads: black and white commissions! >mainly traditional media >moody and expressive >originals can be included >email lettydraws[at]gmail[dot]com fullbody £70 extra figures + £20 each bust £50. the illustrations are of two harpies perched on spindly branches, a pensive looking man with a broken ose and long hair, and a fluffy triceratops with heart patterns on her head frill.
ink sketches of a character in armour and a heavy fur cloak. she has a healmet shaped like a stylised boar's head, and holds a bardiche. a smaller sketch shows her doing a little hop to destroy something with her bardiche. the last sketch shows her partway through transformation into a boar. she is unclothed and several scars are visible, as well as her fat body with a significant amounto of body hair.
Phone video of a drawing beibg inked. The drawing is a portrait of a man with a broken nose and long dark hair. Near the end the person inking sats "huh this is tge wrong pen to be using for this, but here i am"
ink drawing of a goblin weilding a crossbow. they have a quiver at their side and wear a big coat with a lapel pin of a bone. they are lindfolded and an arrow is sticking out of the blindfold.
ink drawing of a goblin wearing ahelmet that features a very tall spike shaped like an antlion head, and weilding a spear with a devil head shaped spike on the top. they are poking their tongue out.
ink drawing of a gobblin wearing a chainmail cowl, and weilding a large kitchen knife and a potlid sheild. the goblin has a batlike face with tiny wide set eyes, and an ornate, layered nose. they are drooling.
ink drawing of a goblin wearing plate armour on their head and upper body. their tummy pokes out, and they are wearing patched joggy bottoms. they have a long shrewlike nose with tendrils, and one of their arms has been replaced by a spike-shaped prosthetic.
ink drawing of a goblin wearing a tall helmet and holding a pickaxe. their helmet has bulbous eyes and a grate at the front through which whiskers poke. they carry a basket on their back full of stolen weapons, as well as a bandolier of knives and tools.
ink drawing of a goblin wearing armour and weilding a short halberd. she has litle dark glasses on her long-snouted face, and large curving tusks.