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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · 12h

hi #PortfolioDay!

I'm Mark, a commercial illustrator mainly working in advertising and editorial but looking to move into publishing. I like to make images with a focus on light and atmosphere.

🔗 www.mark-boardman.com

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Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️‍🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social · 6h

Yay it's #portfolioday !

I'm open for illustration commissions, I work mostly on book covers in the Dark Fantasy, YA, Romance, and Romantasy genres!

You can see more of my work at www.jwahlgren.com

A dark illustration of a wolf surrounded by botanicals and a chain

A Black woman in a white gown holding a dagger behind her back

A person surrounded by flowers reaching out to bird thats feeding them

A curvy ballerina with very long hair dancing in front of glowing eyes

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Bruce Mackay @brucemackay.bsky.social · 10h

Hi #PortfolioDay

Im Bruce, an illustrator, creative director & printmaker based in Cape Town, RSA. Big fan of old goofy SFF covers & forced perspective and experimentation. Nice to meet you :)

ILLO: www.instagram.com/bad_manifesto
FA: www.instagram.com/oombruce

Digital illustration of an old village lane. Choppy shapes and overlapping oranges and blues.

Digital illustration of a guy in a "modern apartment full of art and plans. he's liking out the floor-to-ceiling window at the sunrise and eating cake off a plate. This was an old style test for MUTI. Choppy shapes of overlapping yellow, blue and pink.

Digital illustration of a hazy sepia toned kitchen with a silhouetted being sitting at the table next to some dead flowers. This was an old style test for MUTI.

Digital illustration of a The Lord OF The Rings cover. A Nazgûl sits astride its horse between 2 red trees that make a circle. Int he background is Weathertop, the Misty Mountains and Orodruin. Overlapping risk colours - red, teal and yellow. Some mushrooms in the foreground.

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · 12h

hi #PortfolioDay!

I'm Mark, a commercial illustrator mainly working in advertising and editorial but looking to move into publishing. I like to make images with a focus on light and atmosphere.

🔗 www.mark-boardman.com

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · 1d

Delving the furnace depths 🔦🔥

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · 1d

thanks Thomas!

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · 1d

Delving the furnace depths 🔦🔥

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · 3d

really like the emotion here!

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · 3d

Continuing work on a new book cover portfolio ✨🐲

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HolBolDoArt🏳️‍🌈 @holboldoart.bsky.social · 3d

🎂 It's my special cake and candles day you all have to be nice to me because it's been QUITE the year 🎂

So share some of my paintings??

In the pew-lined interior of a dim medieval church lit by rows of candles on tall staffs and pale sunlight coming through a window, a tall humanoid crow figure with flowing black robes and a glowing yellow eye stands beneath an ornately carved semicircular arch in Norman Romanesque style. On the wall surrounding the arch are many colourful murals depicting more humanoid crow figures with halos, carrying various items including swords, spears, harps, and chalices.

A painting set in a cosy shady woodland clearing on a sunny summer's day. In the centre of the frame, two figures sit on a fallen log mostly hidden by vegetation. The figure on the right has wavy blonde hair down past her shoulders, and wears a flowing white floor-length dress with long sleeves, with delicate lacework around the cuffs and neckline. She looks into the distance with a contemplative, sad expression. On her lap rests a small green book, covered by both of her hands.
The figure on the left sits leaning with her head against shoulder of the other figure. She wears a similar dress but simpler, and in a dark slate grey. Her hair is dark and straight, and flows down her tilted face, and she looks off towards a nightingale bird perched on a nearby branch. She raises a hand towards the other figure as if to get her attention.

Both figures are surrounded by various flowers. On the left of the frame are many spires of foxglove flowers in vivid pink and white, interspersed among green stinging nettles. On the right are the purple flowers of monkshood/wolfsbane.

Wrapping around the figures is a clear stream flowing from a distant pond that descends in a series of steps. Around the stream are many small mossy rocks, and shoots of dark green dog's mercury.

Above and behind the figures and flowers are two trees; on the left is a weeping willow with dangling dark green leaves. On the right are the branches of an old ash tree.

A snowy scene in which a humanoid figure in long black robes with the head of a rook stands in a churchyard holding a long spear. By its feet is a red fox. Both are flecked with fallen snow. Around them are many weathered snow-covered graves. In the background is a medieval church of warm coloured stone with large rectangular windows and a battlemented parapet topped with pinnacles. Behind the main body of the church is the tower with clock face and belfry. Behind the church are tall but bare trees dusted with snow. More snow falls in the air.

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · 3d

Continuing work on a new book cover portfolio ✨🐲

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · Sep 12

Stargazer

Illustration of a woman with a telescope pointed at the night sky with the Milky Way visible.

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · Sep 3

creatures at the waterfall

Illustration of a waterfall in an alpine setting. A bear looks over the waterfall, a heron stands on a rock beneath it and a squirrel climbs a branch in the foreground.

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · 7d

another portrait study, building some soft edges into my process

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · 7d

thank you Jameela!!

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · 7d

another portrait study, building some soft edges into my process

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · 8d

a portrait study from last week

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James Kusardi @jsolkusardi.bsky.social · 10d

Floating Paradise

ultra crunchy textures on this one, but i rly like the balance i found of grounded but still fun colors!!

A lady stands atop a rock, looking at a floating island with waterfalls. Gold birds soar through the sky nearby.

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 12d

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard 👋

My name is Gordy and I'm a Scotland based illustrator painting my illustrations in gouache, acrylic and inks 🎨

🌐 gordywright.com
📚 Rep’d by The Bright Agency

#childrensbooks #kidlitart #illustration

Illustration of Addax, Xeric and Oryx travelling across the sand dunes of the Sahara desert

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · 12d

I'm having a lot of fun coming up with book cover ideas for a new portfolio direction - there's definitely something cooking up between these characters... 🔥🏹

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · 12d

I'm having a lot of fun coming up with book cover ideas for a new portfolio direction - there's definitely something cooking up between these characters... 🔥🏹

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · 19d

BOOK COVER ARTISTS

QRP with your book covers 📚

#BookCovers

I haven't had any book cover commissions yet but I'm hoping to change that!

Illustration of a fantasy western europe themed medieval scene. A young man looks down over a bearded man wielding a sword while flaming arrows fall around him. In the foreground two people are whispering in a castle window.

Illustration of a high fantasy scene. A woman bearing a sword and wearing a cloak filled with stars stands with a dragon soaring across a city behind her. In the foreground there is an older man and a girl with a young dragon on her arm.

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · 29d

Post a Mage. 🔥

Illustration of a character portrait showing a jewelled dragonborn woman holding a wand. There is a ring of magic fire behind her.

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · Sep 12

Stargazer

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · Sep 3

thank you heron!

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