I’m Lore. I’m a storyteller based out of the Sonoran Desert.
At the heart of my work is Moribund, a terminal world of deserts and the people who live in them. Take a look at it if you want to know what kind of people I am.

Where are you?
This website is my permanent home on the internet. Here are some other places you can keep up with me:
I don’t currently post art anywhere else.
How do you make your art?
Visual Art Tools:
Clip Studio Paint, previously Photoshop Elements 7.0. (2012-2019)
In Clip, I use brushes from the DAUB brushpack and some other packs. In Photoshop, I used brushes from Rillani’s Ink and Brush pack, Guan’s brushes 2.0, Hero’s Artistic Brushes, and Justine Lee Hirten’s brush sets.
Writing Tools:
Chaotic array of word processors, phone notes, and physical notes for narratives; Scrivener for keeping track of plot and worldbuilding (when I remember to.)
Web Development Tools:
Previously Atom.io and Neocities; now VScode, WordPress, and LocalWP.
If you want to know how I made a piece, I’m happy to share the process.
Can I use your art?
Feel free to reach out. I typically ask for credit, and I like to see what people are doing with it. My eco-art and fanwork are usually fair play. My personal work is more difficult to imagine a use case for, but you can try me.
Please do not use my work for monetary gain. Reposting pieces with credit, printing them for your personal use, sharing them with your TTRPG buddies during a game—totally fine. As long as you’re not spreading some kind of hateful dogma or making money off of it, what I don’t know won’t kill me.
Can I hire you?
I generally don’t do commissions, trades, requests, or visual art collaborations. I don’t like to monetize my work, but I’m humbled by those who want to support me in this way.
I make exceptions for projects with a humanitarian or activist lean. I am interested in desert ecology, social justice, and cultural preservation, and I do my best work in settings that have a degree of artistic liberty. Reach out if you think we’d be a good fit for each other.
Who are you really?
Someone who struggles to write positionality statements. I’m a mixed 日系アメリカ人/Japanese American whose dayjob is science communication. I’m 20-something-years-old, nebulously neurodivergent, and I want future historians to have heated arguments over whether I was a cross-dressing lesbian or a trans dude. I live with one foot in the ocean and one on shore.
Contact
Email me at You can also shoot me an ask on Tumblr, a DM on Mastodon, or a note on deviantART.
I respond to heartfelts within my ability. I am not able to be as social as I would like to, these days, but I do read every message that makes it to my inbox. They are tremendously meaningful to me.
Don’t be afraid to re-send your message if you think it was missed. Technology and I are both fallible. I am never bothered when someone reaches out.
Donations
My work will always be available for free in some form. Those who feel inclined may donate to support me, but there is no obligation or expectation to.
In doing so, I ask that you think of the needs of those in your community. Maybe check out Native Seeds SEARCH, Indian Country Today, or other indigenous sovereignty efforts in your area, and pitch them a few bucks. If the needs of those around you are met, then I thank you deeply and from the bottom of my heart for supporting me.
Changelog
I host the changelog for this website here, where I post updates and record development.