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Kathaja Krim

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In love with the Strange. art ⬥ writing ⬥ OCs ⬥ aliens ⬥ monsters ⬥ sci-fi she/her, 30s, Austrian www.kathaja.com ⬥ linktr.ee/kathaja Find my art & original species in the Feeds tab ↓

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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · Sep 9

Hi! 🤍
I'm Kathaja and I love writing sci-fi & romance—yes, that combination—while sharing my alien world through my art. My work is traditional and digital, quite often a blend of both.

Want to know more about my world and novel?
Read on in the replies! ↓

Collage of 4 artworks tinted in muted, dark colors.

Top left: Fineliner art of an alien character, Zhaikes Nazkarath (OC), buffing out his chest and looking over his shoulder, with an angry expression.

Top right: Digital art of a cat-like alien character, an Arka (species), with long flowy hair and white eyes without pupils.

Bottom left: Pencil art of a snarling creature, the Ozyres, showing a maw full of pointy teeth and a long tongue.

Bottom right: Digital art of a reptilian alien character, a Vortecc (species), with an elongated face and bendy tendrils on their head.

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Virensere @virensere.bsky.social · 9h

Hayo! I'm Viren!
I do illustration, nerd out about D&D and draw silly little monsters and flesh piles!

Where you else can find me: virensere.carrd.co
For inquiries: [email protected]
Shop: etsy.com/shop/Virensere

#PortfolioDay

Digital painting of 2 wyverns locked in mid-air battle. The one on top shooting blue flames at the one below. The lower wyvern has multiple white eyes and small front arms.

Digital painting in monochrome of a multiple-eyed dragon's face emerging from mist. It has outwardly set teeth and a semi-skeletal appearance.

Digital painting of an anthro roko resting atop a roiling mass of flesh that contains teeth, eyes, feathers and spikes. The rook looks pleased and content.

Digital painting of a werewolf perching a top a high rock menacingly, silhouetted by a golden circle behind it.

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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 18h

Thank you so much! 🤍

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glyretic @glyretic.bsky.social · 20h

#PortfolioDay

Hello, can I offer you some monster art?

Anthropomorphic monster with bright red/ginger fur and feathers;
Flames are burning from the middle of its chest;
Besides the main 4 wings, its head and limbs are covered with additional ones

Charcoal Demon - a black taur with antlers and spear

Design of a harpy with a hunanoid face and body structure close to a heron.

Merfolk character design based on idiacanthus atlanticus

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⚜️Chri⚜️Makin Monsters @chrimmearts.bsky.social · 20h

It’s #PortfolioDay again!

I’m Chri, a Korean character designer! I love creating eldritch monsters and heavenly horrors✨ I have a lot of spooky adopts in the works for Halloween!

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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 21h

Always a pleasure to see your art! 🤍

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Ash @bsartsss.bsky.social · 21h

#portfolioday
The gorls

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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 22h

Yass :}

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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 1d

Hi, #PortfolioDay ~

I'm Kathaja and I draw alien OCs and creatures from my sci-fi world and novel.

More info at www.kathaja.com

WIP shot, digital art of an alien person, Zhaikes (species: Zhor Khat), from a top down angle. Zhaikes is glancing up over his shoulder with a grim expression. The angle gives us a view onto the broad scales running along his spine and two of his extra limbs that are positioned at his shoulder blades. Art by Kathaja Krim.

Illustration of a Nan-Te'gah, an alien species, that shows the head in side view. The alien has four larger and two smaller appendages on their head, three on each side. Text on page: Head appendages are made of cartilage and muscle. Elongated tympanic membranes run along each of the four larger appendages and serve as sensory organs. Upper appendages: Specialized for detecting airborne vibrations and pressure changes. Lower appendages: Specialized for detecting underwater vibrations and movements. The appendages are also used to convey emotions by moving them into different positions. Active movement affects the membranes. While most self-generated disturbances can be ignored, the sensitivity of the membranes is dampened by active movement. Thus, increased focus or fear makes them eerily still. Nictitating membrane (third eyelid) can be drawn across the eye for protection, particularly when underwater. Outer teeth are part of the exoskeleton that covers the face. Lips close behind the outer teeth. The actual teeth are located inside the mouth, with pointed incisors and flatter molars. Canines are not prominent and look like incisors.

Pencil art of a creature's head in side-view, the Ozyres. The creature is snarling, showing off its crooked teeth and a long tongue. Its eye is purely white with a soft glow. It has two ears which are set back, underlining the aggressive pose. Art by Kathaja Krim.

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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 22h

Amazing work! I like the colors and shapes a lot 🤍

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Yukimi Lumaris @lumaris.net · 23h

Finished this commission for a friend on fb/insta 💜 #dragon #fantasyart

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Auk @aukkenopsia.bsky.social · 23h

Angel Killer [completed work for @dragonfoxkid.bsky.social ]

A digital illustration of a gnarly unicorn with a skull-like face and a long pointed horn and sharp pointy ears. Its face is pale with a scar over its orange eye, its mane is black and whips around wildly behind it. Its coloration transitions into strips of teal and purple, down into a black body. Its pose is energetic, leaping forward with its head turned inwards with a void-angel in its teeth. It has a long whip like tail with orange spikes and a flail on the end. The background is intensely red, with blue swirls around the beast, framing it.

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普普通通的 @bem.bsky.social · 1d

Hey #portfolioday! I'm bem, a visdev / storyboard artist. My bsky is more for my personal projects though which is what you'll see here!

vgen: vgen.co/Bem
Other links: bemdraws.carrd.co
Email: bemdrawsart(@)gmail[.]com
#bemdraws #art #rangkai

A man carries his battered comrade with a vindictive look on his face. The color palette is limited to grays and reds.

A poster type drawing of Rangkai and Yan Qiang. Rangkai has commoner clothes and his hair in a braid while Yan Qiang has intricately embroidered clothing and carries a decorated sword. The color palette is mostly blues and some tans.

Rangkai and Yan Qiang meet at balcony seats of a restaurant. One is slumped in his chair while the other is upright and pours wine.

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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 23h

I love your art *-*

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Dakota Curry - Comms Open @dakotacurry.com · 1d

Hey #PortfolioDay! I'm Dakota, Seattle-based concept artist and illustrator! I work mostly in tabletop and miniatures, but looking to expand into video games and film as well!

Let's make something amazing together!

For more: www.dakotacurry.com

For work inquiries: www.dakotacurry.com/contact

A fishing village built on stilts. A crab observes the green flash sunset phenomenon.

Designs for a fully armored ranged combat unit, using the flamethrower from the previous image

A cat wearing half-plate armor descends into a cavern, surrounded by ghostly skulls

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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 23h

The best! May your errands be short though xD

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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 1d

The gold and greens look amazing!

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Audre Schutte @charamath.bsky.social · 1d

Hey #portfolioday I usually make stuff for things like ttrpgs & movies. The last 2 yrs have been a lot of applying/rejections & it was making me think things like ‘you’ll never work again’/‘you were never good enough to stay’. So I said F*ck it & started making my own things.

Digital sketch of an creature bust based loosely on the Indonesian dragon

A sheet of environment set pieces. All are various shapes of stone and glass blended together. Digital

Digital art of a glass carousel where the poles skewer the glass horses painfully. They bleed gold

Pencil drawings of three funky horses in black pencil

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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 1d

Special thanks to all the artists for sharing your portfolios today. Your art looks beautiful on my feeds 🤍

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay - I am Kim Hu
Freelance Illustrator & Concept Artist

Looking for cool new projects to work on in 2026 💫

Portfolio: kim-hu.com
✉️ [email protected]

Cover of Killtopia Comic Anthology, featuring a despairing man in a tech helmet.

The cover to Blister City
In the background in orange and pink tones sits a massive city, behind which orange mountains rise into a dusty orange sky
In the foreground 3 punks perch on the edge of a building, surrounded by litter and soda cans. The punk on the left wears a blue jacket that says die young on the back.

The text Blister City can be seen in the sky above the city.

Illustration of Clippy the Paperclip in a Mad Max style truck, blasting through the wasteland; Done for Autonocast.com

Photo of a shirt, showing a girl with a nailbat on top of a smashed robot, holding up its severed head. The text says: Destroy AI; Done for Aftermath
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#kimgakaku

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꒰ᐢ..ᐢ꒱颖琦Gwyn @gravenmyth.com · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay ✨ I'm Gwyn, a digital artist from southeast asia. I draw OCs and fan art. 🐇💜
#oc #art #illustration

⊹ Portfolio ⊹ Vgen ⊹ Ko-fi ⊹ Xiaohongshu

Art of my Elden Ring OC, Grave Goddess Megaera. A leporine woman with amber eyes, long golden hair and purple fingertips dressed in purple, gold and silver. Miniature versions of Base Serpent Messmer’s winged serpents are curled around her hand and head. A spectral winged rabbit flies beside her. Grave Violets and Skeletal Flowers bloom around her.

Elden Ring inspired artwork depicting Godwyn, Prince of Death wielding Death Lightning. Facing away from him is his sibling Megaera, Goddess of Graves (my OC) in her Twinbird transition form. Both of them have a hand hovering around a golden aura of Grace. A faint image of an eclipse sits behind them.

Art of Revenant from Elden Ring: Nightreign with ghostly skeletal arms around her.

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8th creation ✨ @8thcreation.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay! ✨

I'm Iskra, I draw ethereal fantasy characters and create a world full of queer, fanatical, celestial-themed lizards.

My commission waitlist is open!

✉️ [email protected]
🔗 8thcreation.carrd.co
🅿️ www.patreon.com/c/8thcreation

#art

An anthropomorphic lizard holding a blue glowing lily flower. She has blue spotted skin, white glowing star-shaped markings on her hands and forehead, and dark eyes with starry white pupils. She is wearing a dark blue dress, a blue cape with a celestial pattern, a dark veil resembling a braid, and a second, thin, semi-transpernt flowy veil with starry emroidery. Silver jewelry complements the whole outfit. The background is an elongated frame containg cosmic space—dark, full of stars.

A night scene featuring two anthropomorphic lizards. One of them is wearing a dark blue dress with flowery and celestial decorations and is holding the other in her arms and stabbing him with a long dagger. In the background, there are sand dunes, mountains and the night sky. On the sides there are fragments of a decorative frame consisting pictures: moons and an eight-pointed star, and a blackthorn branch with light blue flowers.

A blue-skinned anthropomorphic lizard wearing white robes with a wide hood, golden jewelry, and a blue cape with golden celestial embellishments. His eyes are golden, and his skin—blue with darker spots. He is holding a white rose in his right hand. There's a bleeding, star-shaped wound on his left hand. The background is purplish blue with golden swirls and a halo surrounding the character's head. There are two smaller frames on the sides of the artwork, each containing decorative blakthorn flowers, four-pointed stars, and bones.

A blue anthropomorphic lizard with spotted skin, dark blue eyes with glowing star-shaped irises, and bright glowing starry marks on her forehead and chest. She is wearing a silver halo crown, a dark blue veil resembling a braid, decorated with vibrant blue flowers, a silver decorative corset, silver decorative forearm cuffs, and a dark blue dress with a high neckline and a wide hood attached to the sleeves. The background is dark blue, full of stars.

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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 1d

Ohh so beautiful!
And happy birthday :)

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Nodens☄️ @nodens.bsky.social · 1d

Today is my birthday! Sharing my art will be the best gift!

Thanks to everyone who stays with me and shares my passions. I love you so much, you are my inspiration 🤍✨

#portfolioday #fantasyart #art

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 1d

Hey #PortfolioDay! Nice to see you again. My name is Aimee, and I'm a dark-beautiful #DarkArt freelance #illustrator. My current wishlist for projects is: 📚 Book covers and 🃏Trading/Playing card games, but I'm open to anything!
💼: AimeeCozza.com
✉️: [email protected]

An illustration of a person from the chin down. They have both their arms around black wolves, which are asleep and cuddled against the person. Two more wolves are asleep and piled on top. The person and the animals are all smeared and smattered with blood, indicating they had a great meal together.

A man curled over onto his elbows, his head in his hands, amidst green leaves. A glowing, luminous dagger dangles above his neck and spine. His hands are cupped and outstretched towards the sky. Luminous liquid slips through his fingers.

A small child holding a bunny rabbit stuffed animal standing in front of a line of darkened forest. Inside the forest are lots of glowing sets of eyes

An oil painting of a foggy, monochrome forest with a singular man with glowing eyes standing in front of it. Before him are multiple shadows of wolves, their eyes glowing in the darkness as well.

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bio 🌙 comms open @bioluminosity.bsky.social · 1d

Argent Oathbreaker

commission for a very patient person 🖤 their OC Nya'sii al Somme
#astroluminescent #spaceart #illustration

a winding, many winged dragon slips through a breaking planetary construct with curving etchings and patterns, denoting a machine rather than a regular planet. the dragon is framed by glowing filaments of energy and stars, including a small singularity for a crown

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