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Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories COVER REVEAL!

The cover of a book. Stylized text at the top reads: Duck Prints Press presents Scholarly Pursuits. Bottom text reads A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories. The artwork is of a a red dragon with gold horns, beard, chest, tail, and eyes. The dragon holds a quill as it writes something, unseen, on a wooden counter. It is wearing glasses. It looks at a tiny white mouse, also wearing glasses, sitting on a pile of books and holding an open book. They are surrounded by bookshelves and a bright burning candle. A bat holding a scroll flies over the dragon, and two other bats hang from the counter. The book spines are in the colors of pride flags.ALT

We’re scant weeks from the crowdfunding campaign to fund our next general imprint anthology, Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories! We’re delighted, today, to share our cover art by the unbeatable Liz Lee Illustration! (@lizleeillustration)

Transforming the core settings of “dark academia” to be cozy and snug, Scholarly Pursuits features 22 delightful, charming science fiction and fantasy stories set at colleges, universities, libraries, and other places where people pursue academic excellence – and all feature queer characters! From field research shenanigans to cooking adventures, from space-station education departments to eldritch libraries, our awesome authors have brought their vivid imaginings to life in this collection, and we can’t wait to share it with you! You can learn all about our contributors by reading up on their contributor biographies.

This campaign launches in mid-July. Make sure you follow our Kickstarter pre-launch page today to be notified when it goes live!

Our Patreon backers can check out teasers and more right now! Consider becoming a backer today for access to our backer blog and many other awesome benefits!

(by the way, psst… the art is wrap-around…)

Digital artwork of a red dragon with golden accents leaning against a counter, with an arch over their head and bookshelves all around them. Beside the dragon is a tiny white mouse, holding books. Both wear glasses. Three bats also are present. The bookcases include books, divination items, jugs, candles, and a skull, and many of the book spines are in pride flag colors. Dark green plants drape down the left side, covering some of the shelves.ALT

SO excited to finally announce this! Another @duckprintspress masterpiece is on the way and I’m so honored to have been a small part of it!!

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Jul 03, 2025

Anonymous asked:

Can I ask what brushes you use ??? Your work is so beautiful <3

Mostly the defaults AND the Jingsketch collections on Procreate, AND the Tsaoshin collection on Photoshop :D Hope that helps :D

(thank you so much!)

liz answers her mail

Dec 24, 2024

Anonymous asked:

hi! just realized you’re local to me and was wondering if you’ll be doing any cons soon bc i’ve loved your art for a while and would love to get some!

Aww I’m delighted to hear! I’ll be doing Laval Comiccon in April! Hope to see you there :D

liz answers her mail

Dec 12, 2024

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