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✧ Aadorah ✧ (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ @aadorah.bsky.social · 27m

It's heeeere ✨
The Witches & Kitties 2026 Calendar is finally available on the sh0p !

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Kay Claire @kayworx.bsky.social · 1h

I missed #PortfolioDay yesterday but, hi I'm Kay, I'm an illustrator from South Africa. I mainly focus on character art and cover illustrations for indie queer romance books.
www.kayworx.com/character-art

Digital art: two characters standing together on pink background

Book cover: All Roads Lead to This by Kay Claire

Digital art: characters sitting in a lecture hall

Digital art: two men lying on bed sheets

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Libra Summers @iliibra.bsky.social · 9h

God, I walked in late for class today and when I came in, the prof was like "Okay, I'll give you 10 minutes" and I had no idea what was going on 😭

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Libra Summers @iliibra.bsky.social · 10h

I can't wait to be done with uni, so I don't have to deal with fucking public transport anymore Dx

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Libra Summers @iliibra.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay 💗 I'm Libra, a freelance illustrator from Germany! I love working on character art and book covers, especially if they're queer 🌈

📧 [email protected]
✏️ ilibra.carrd.co#portfolio

A mock book cover with two women, standing back to back, with the text Memories of Her by Elodie Murray

A cover illustration for Wren Martin Ruins it All by Amanda Dewitt, featuring two boys on their phone walking by each other

Two boys lying in bed together, looking into each others eyes

Two boys embracing with a big scarf wrapped around them in the snow

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Rowan Kingsbury 🌸 @rowansugar.bsky.social · 14h

Hi #portfolioday! I'm a Portland, OR based illustrator making children's books and designing prints, stickers, and other goodies. I love the opportunity to collaborate on new projects, reach me at [email protected]!

rowankingsbury.com
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two book covers for Avery and the Fairy Circle and Avery and the Squirrel Delivery, with a little girl and a fairy featured on the covers.

Illustration of a fairy riding an ermine while shooting stars fly overhead.

Illustration of a unicorn standing over a pond with stars above it.

illustration of a cute dragon with fairy wings and a butterfly flying in a cloudy pink sky. framed by decorative border illustrations.

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lola 🦋 comms open @lolavagabonde.bsky.social · 23h

Hello #PortfolioDay 🧚‍♀️✨️
I'm Lola, an illustrator based in France ! I love to draw fantasy pieces with a dark and eerie atmosphere.

lescontesdunecromant.carrd.co
💌 [email protected]

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Nat ♡ 🌙✨ @natnatart.bsky.social · 1d

Hola 🖤 I’m Nat - an artist with +8 years of experience in games - with focus on mobile

I’ve been doing art, UI, even implementation, animation and more! Also I do stuff on my spare time 🙈

Check my portfolio to see all my featured works! ✨

natnatart.carrd.com

#PortfolioDay

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Mars 🌟 GGC41 @mmarsloud.bsky.social · 1d

#portfolioday again? no problem 👌

I'm Mars and I'm always available for book covers! Particularly sci-fi, fantasy, or horror

🎨marslauderbaugh.weebly.com

front cover of CELESTIAL MONSTERS by Aiden Thomas featuring Teo and Aurelio

Alternate front cover for HELL FOLLOWED WITH US by Andrew Joseph White, for Dazzling Bookish Shop

Commissioned art featuring two sci-fi inspired men and the shadow of a space creature.

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Libra Summers @iliibra.bsky.social · 1d

Your art is SO beautiful, I can't 😭💗

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M.E. Morgan @morlevart.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay ! My name is M.E. Morgan & I'm a freelance artist working on illustrations for book covers & ttrpgs. I’m a fan of folklore,horror,fantasy, & romance. I’m open to new projects, please feel free to view my portfolio & get in touch below.
➡️https://morlevart.com
➡️mmorlevart@gmail(.)com

A digital illustration featuring two fairy characters standing together as a flock of pale teal moths swirl around them. One character has with pale blue-green skin, dark eye makeup and long orange-red hair, in blood-red and black helm and armor resembling the carapace of a Japanese rhinoceros beetle. They hold the second character, who has pale pink skin, soft features, and fluffy short pink hair, in a pink and green outfit reminiscent of a pink rose.

A digital illustration of a pale-skinned, horned masculine character with flowing wavy back hair, wearing black blouse and pants. He is standing against a blue background, surrounded by swirling wind and leaves, gesturing as though he is commanding them.

Two character illustrations on a flat black background.

Right: the character is an early-twenties, masculine human. He has warm pale skin, light brown short hair and green eyes. He wears a deep olive green and gold blouse, brown cropped pants, and brown lace up boots. He carries a brown leather messenger bag, and a barn owl is landing on his shoulder.

Left: a satyr character on a flat black background. They have light tan skin, pale ash blonde hair and fur, digitigrade furry legs and split hooves, curled horns, deer ears, and a long tufted tail. they are androgynous, wearing a cream blouse and green pleated skirt; and carrying a red hardcover book.

The full-wrap book cover illustration for the novel VESSEL OF WOVEN NIGHT by Kellen Graves.

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Olyfrogg🐸🌻 @olyfrogg.bsky.social · 1d

Hey #PortfolioDay 🎃🍂

I'm Oly, please look at my humble offering🤲🐸

I'm currently booking commissions for November/December under 📯[email protected]

Dust jacket illustration for "Peter Darling" by S. A. Chant, Rainbow Crate edition

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ida ✸ blueguy brainrot 💎✸ @tujiux.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay!!! I’m Ida, I’m a queer Malaysian artist who loves drawing TTRPG and fantasy!! 💖🎨

An illustration of a lady knight by the title of River Styx in front of a depiction of a vulture and a cavernous river.

darling cupid poses with a broken heart vest over her leotard

Leora in her void form is grabbing a star that emits orange flame. The text reads: star catcher.

an illustration of my character leora and npc absimiliard laying their heads on each other. there is a smaller art of her skeletal stag, mriga out into sea. the text reads: "if death is what it takes to be with you."

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North 🌿 @northyme.com · 1d

Hi #Portfolioday!

I'm North and I'm a fantasy illustrator working on TTRPG and bookish art. I drawing love dark and emotional scenes 🖤

🌿 northyme.com

Illustration of a horned individual sat on a stone throne with carved skulls. He leans on a spear, and his legs are leisurely propped on one armrest. He has long blond hair and wears red robes with black leather details

Cover illustration of "The Pendragon Wytch" for Rainbowcrate, featuring Morgana and Guinevere

Art of Azriel and Elain. Azriel carries her out of enemy warcamp. Commission work

Illustration of a tiefling dragon rider soaring over flaming hills. The white dragon is a hybrid with a flaming tail and fur covering its neck and chest, as well as wolf-like ears.

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Léan 🌷 @kyotosparty.bsky.social · 1d

Oh it's #PortfolioDay !

Hi, I'm Léan, I'm a freelance illustrator who works for tabletop games and books (mostly!)
Character design is my one true love, followed by fashion history, mythology and skeletons.

🌐kyotosparty.com
✉️[email protected]

Busts of Jayce and Viktor, with their heads split open, sharing a single skull with arcane corruption all over it. There are butterflies fluttering around them, they're also surrounded by Zaun's smoke and Piltover's clouds. The skyline of Piltover crowns the piece, aligned with an arcane explosion right at the bottom center.

A blue tiefling playing the oboe surrounded by golden columns and lilac tiefling in the middle of a bloody swamp framed by soft turquoise walls
An elf? holding two swords and being pierced by two more standing between columns that turn into tree roots and a ??? thing ??? stepping on a giant scolopendra in the middle of a gothic archway with seven skulls above them

My OC Eliott sitting atop a broken statue that is holding a sword and a quill. There's a crack on the face of the statue, with a skull peeking from underneath. Eliott is reaching for the quill but his other hand hovers over the sword.

Gideon Nav and Harrowhark Nonagesimus holding hands and looking at each other. It seems as if Harrow is about to fall and Gideon is catching her. Two spears pierce through their linked hand and the blood pouring from them is dying Harrow's scarf red. It looks like bloody wings.

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🌿viktor aleksander🌿 @ commissions open! @nooskadraws.bsky.social · 1d

good morning #PortfolioDay !

i'm viktor, a trans gay illustrator, looking for work in books, ttrpgs, and comics. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 historical fiction, fashion, and fantasy is my cup of tea ✨🌿🌸🍵 would love to work with more queer authors and fantasy book boxes!

🖼️ www.nooska-art.com
✉️ [email protected]

A digital illustration of a scene from AV Wilkes' 'All the White Spaces'. Jonathan, a trans man and the protagonist, stands in the centre, facing the viewer. He stares ahead in horror, his right hand clutching his throat. From his left eye, strands of bleeding red aurora stretch outwards. These auroras show visions of Jonathan's brothers on the Western Front of the First World War:
- A moustached officer smokes a cigarette in a trench, looking away.
- A soldier is twisted in the remains of barbed wire.
- Three soldiers wear gas masks, emerging from clouds of mustard gas.
- No Man's Land exploded to all hell. A tank is submerged in a shell hole in the distance.
- A skull pressed into the earth.
- A soldier holds a rifle and makes his way across the strait of No Man's Land.

Two portrait aligned digital illustrations of book covers.
Left: An illustration of Afaeran and King Galdor from the webcomic Wundor. They stand in the centre, facing each other. They are bordered by Ancient Greek inspired white columns and an arch above them. The columns are covered with grapevines, vine leaves, and hanging purple grapes. Afaerun is an oche skinned elf with flowing light pink-white hair, and wears a curved silver and ruby tiara, he smiles as he looks at King Galdor. King Galdor is a purple skinned monarch with a single white horn growing from his head. He has flowing dark purple hair, and wears a red leaf laurel. He holds Afaerun's cheek in a romantic embrace.
Right: Two male characters stand in front of each other, staring at the other. One is shorter, and wears a mustard yellow jumper, looking annoyed. The other is taller, with frizzy blonde hair, a purple hoodie, and looks smug. A border of cat toys surrounds them. A cat lies down, arching over the two men, and has a smile on his face.

2 different portrait illustrations side by side.
Left: Alder is a green skinned eladrin elf paladin. He stands nude in a forest. He wears a gold crown of laurels on his head. He looks down at the ground. He holds a sword in one hand, and a sprig of alder branch in the other, he has a shield attached to one arm. He is surrounded by green trees and yellow flowers.
Right: A digital illustration inspired by the pairing Hansry (Hans Capon and Henry of Skalitz from the game series Kingdom Come Deliverance). The illustration is influenced by a scene in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice. It is separated into 3 panels.
Panel 1: Hans Capon looks behind him in quiet shock at his bodyguard Henry.
Panel 2: Henry has touched Hans' ungloved hand with his gauntleted one in a gentle hold. The panel is surrounded by blooming flowers: herbs and plants that Henry can forage on his journey. Marigold, St John's Wort, Valerian, Sage, Chamomile, and Dandelion.
Panel 3: Henry meets Hans' eyes with an unreadable expression. He quietly yearns beneath it.

A double page spread of a comic. The first page shows a twisted tree in the centre, the space between each branch a panel showing a plague blighting a kingdom. The protagonist called Wolfgang is engulfed in the blighted roots of the twisted tree in the throes of a nightmare. A voice tells him "Take heed, young Durward. These lands know only death, and within its centre, a horror festers. It feasts on all its roots can teach, and what life remains dwindles."
The second page shows a close up of the branches of this twisted tree. Between its panels are images of rot, bodies in body bags, dead fish floating, and the branches are infested with maggots. The voice continues "Soon, there will be naught to satisfy its hunger. But for every poison, there is an antidote."
A double page spread of a comic. The first page shows a twisted tree in the centre, the space between each branch a panel showing a plague blighting a kingdom. The protagonist called Wolfgang is engulfed in the blighted roots of the twisted tree in the throes of a nightmare. A voice tells him "Take heed, young Durward. These lands know only death, and within its centre, a horror festers. It feasts on all its roots can teach, and what life remains dwindles."
The second page shows a close up of the branches of this twisted tree. Between its panels are images of rot, bodies in body bags, dead fish floating, and the branches are infested with maggots. The voice continues "Soon, there will be naught to satisfy its hunger. But for every poison, there is an antidote."

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Libra Summers @iliibra.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay 💗 I'm Libra, a freelance illustrator from Germany! I love working on character art and book covers, especially if they're queer 🌈

📧 [email protected]
✏️ ilibra.carrd.co#portfolio

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arlen ren ✨ @arlenrenwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Creek WIP has two MCs, Kaden (left, he/him) and Kyra (right, she/her) - the incredible character art is by @iliibra.bsky.social ✨

they're twins who've had the summer from hell, kicked out by their mum and rejoining their dad in their childhood town of Canderley Creek... (1/2)

#LGBTQWriteAThon

a chibi portrait of a white boy on a green background. he has dyed white hair in a wolf cut, with the lower layers and bangs undyed black. he has a silver septum piercing and black stud earrings, and is wearing a black hoodie.

a chibi portrait of a white girl on a green background. she has short black hair tied in bunches and white bangs framing her face. she has a silver nose ring and large silver hoop earrings, and is wearing a fluffy jumper over a mesh top. she wears a black choker around her neck.

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anikeru.bsky.social @anikeru.bsky.social · 1d

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Libra Winters @librawinters.bsky.social · 3d

I finally finished chapter 5, yay! For some reason this one gave me a lot of trouble, haha

Have a little snippet to celebrate

Andrew and David were still grinning at each other when the instructors called on everyone to get behind their stations. They started off with some simple sides and snacks for in between meals again and Andrew never realized just some cucumber sticks with different dips could be this tasty. His cutting skills were still lackluster, however.
“This one kind of looks like a heart,” David pointed at one of Andrew’s horribly crooked cucumber pieces. Andrew picked it up to take a closer look.
“I think it looks more like a butt.” How he managed to cut something straight like a cucumber into such a weird shape, he couldn’t tell you. David choked on a laugh and Andrew’s face turned beet red. Why did he say that?
“I never realized how similar these two things look, I guess.”

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Libra Summers @iliibra.bsky.social · 3d

It's just bad for absolutely everyone involved, and yet 😬

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Libra Summers @iliibra.bsky.social · 3d

Also I can't get over how stupid all of this is. First they don't wanna take care of charging the import duties because it's too much work and now they don't wanna file some paperwork because it's too much work?? Might as well not deliver ANY packages bc it's too much work, huh?

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Libra Summers @iliibra.bsky.social · 3d

I know you could say that about so many things happening in the US at the moment, but HOW IS THIS LEGAL??

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Libra Summers @iliibra.bsky.social · 3d

It feels like I've been wearing the wrong glasses for the past couple of years, haha

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Libra Summers @iliibra.bsky.social · 3d

Got a new phone (my old one was over 5 years old) and holy shit, the screen is SO CRISP and clear and all my apps react so fast, like holy shit?? 😂

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