Yulia Zhuchkova

Hi #PortfolioDay 🎨 I'm Yulia, an illustrator specializing in creating storytelling-driven works for books, music album covers, TTRPGs, TCGs and more. Portfolio and contacts: linktr.ee/avalach

Let's fill Bsky with spooky art. QRP with a spooky piece! #DarkArt

Artists, quote with your femme fatale art! 🐦‍⬛💋 Illustration for the book series Nevermore Bookshop by Steffanie Holmes

One of two endpapers I illustrated for Bibliocoffre's edition of "Là où poussent les coquelicots" by Nox. I had a lot of fun working on this! #endpapers #bookart #bookpublishing #bookishartist #darkart

Look! Look! I love this illustration so much. This is for my publishing business. Those of you who've known me since LJ days have known this name, but look at the beauty Yulia, @avalach.bsky.social, has brought to it. This is so GORGEOUS!

I’m excited to share a new illustration I painted for Janice Smith @janicessmith.bsky.social and Queen of the Skies Publishing. I had so much fun working on it! 🪽 #bookpublishing #bookillustration #bookart #fantasyart

The Forest Keeper 🌙 One of my older pieces, where I tried experimenting a little with my art style.

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Tree House

Edges illustrations I painted for EverHeart Book Box and their special edition of “Bloody Black” by Rhiannon Hargadon 🌊 #bookpublishing #bookedges #sprayededges #bookillustration #bookart

Illustration for the book "A Dream of Sundered Webs" by N.Cáceres I really did love working on this piece 🍂 #bookart #bookillustration #bookcharacter #bookcharacterart #bokishartist #elves

Yuzu Kato ‘Borrowing from the Tiger’s Majesty’.

QRP with your most popular piece on bsky ~ I think this one 🪶

January artwork for 2027 Calendar /ᐠ˵- ⩊ -˵マ

I’m excited to share this illustration I painted for the book "Ghosts of Times Long-Forgotten" by amazing Janice Smith @janicessmith.bsky.social Really enjoyed working on this piece! #bookillustration #characterart #bookcharacterart #bookart #bookishart #illustration #bookpublishing #indiebooks

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Another animal character illustration for the book “Follow the Raven” by Del Hargraves. I love horses so much 🐴

Animal character illustration for the book “Follow the Raven” by Del Hargraves. I had so much fun working on this cutie 🐈

Ravens 🪶

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Another character illustration for the book “In the Shadow of Elm & Fire” by Mallory Robertson. #bookillustration #characterart #bookcharacterart #portrait #bookishartist #bookart #characterillustration #bookcharacter #illustration #fantasybooks

Artist! Quote with your art with dramatic lighting!

QRP with your skull art!

Spooky season is open 🎃

Quote your art with fire on 🔥

If you see this, quote with your Night/ Dark Art! 🖤

If you see this, quote with your Night/ Dark Art! 🖤

Fantasy dragon illustration I painted for a jewelry brand 🐉🌙 I really love painting dragons and so glad to add another one to my portfolio. Commissioned by Janice Smith @janicessmith.bsky.social for The Fantastic Hoard: crafts by Amanda

Hey, artist! Quote one art to promote yourself! Cover illustration I did for the book RUNEWAVE by Joseph Langley🌿

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Quote with your blue art 💙🔷️💙

The second of the two endpapers I illustrated for Bibliocoffre's edition of "Là où poussent les coquelicots" by Nox. You know how much I love drawing ravens! #endpapers #bookart #bookpublishing #bookishartist #raven

How it looks in the book 📖 Thanks for photo to BibliocoffreMany thanks to Bibliocoffre for the photo.

One of two endpapers I illustrated for Bibliocoffre's edition of "Là où poussent les coquelicots" by Nox. I had a lot of fun working on this! #endpapers #bookart #bookpublishing #bookishartist #darkart

Naked hardcover illustration I painted for the book "A Whisper of Fate" by Elle Backenstoe, a gothic romantasy about a woman marked for Death and the reaper who agrees to save her. #bookart #bookcoverillustration #bookcoverart #gothicart #characterart #illustration #coverart #bookpublishing

Hey artists, share something! 💚🐦‍⬛

Hey artists, share something!🌸🩷

- Aethra and Eleos - Character illustration for the book Knave of Flower and Flame by Riley Knight. I really enjoyed working on this piece 🖤 #bookillustration #characterart #bookart #bookartist #darkfantasy #indiepublishing

Quote with your blue art 💙🔷️💙

It's fall, time to draw a cat sitting in a tree

- Aethra and Eleos - Character illustration for the book Knave of Flower and Flame by Riley Knight. I really enjoyed working on this piece 🖤 #bookillustration #characterart #bookart #bookartist #darkfantasy #indiepublishing

Hello, September 🍂

Tree Painting study

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Happy Monday 🐾🤍

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Another character illustration for the book “In the Shadow of Elm & Fire” by Mallory Robertson. #bookillustration #characterart #bookcharacterart #portrait #bookishartist #bookart #characterillustration #bookcharacter #illustration #fantasybooks

Another character illustration for the book “In the Shadow of Elm & Fire” by Mallory Robertson. #bookillustration #characterart #bookcharacterart #portrait #bookishartist #bookart #characterillustration #bookcharacter #illustration #fantasybooks

And finally, cover reveal for Ghosts of Times Long-Forgotten, to be published 12/31/26. Artwork by the talented @avalach.bsky.social. Another beautiful piece! And I'm sorry to post these all today. I hadn't heard about Tim Curry's death when I started, or I'd have waited until another day.

So glad I can now show this cover, which I’ve had the pleasure of working on!