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sɴᴀᴘ! sɴᴀᴘ! Oklahoma hilltop cartoonist writing stories and making art & comics in wicked flux ✦ Contact: phenylart[@]gmail.com ✦ Amino acid hard at work re-tuning the antenna on your TV today! ✦ http://tnstaj.com/

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ᴘʜᴇɴ ✦ @phenylart.bsky.social · Jul 8

Yo yo #PortfolioDay ~

Phen here! I adore creating visual, nonlinear stories delving into identity, tech, & the surreal absurdity that comes with it all being muxed together. #illustration #comics

Comic site ✦ tnstaj.com
Patreon ✦ patreon.com/Phenylketonurics
IG ✦ www.instagram.com/phenylart/

Digital illustration of six human cartoon characters standing in an urban street in silhouette against a starry evening sky. The central figure has completely red eyes, red spiky hair, and an electrostatic halo behind his head. He is flanked on both sides by the others with one seated behind him, despondent. They are all holding modern cell phones except the center character. Dark, inky liquid rises from behind them in front of the city buildings and rows of streetlights emitting eerie, red light.

A colourful digital illustration of two figures clinging to each other in a futuristic, abstract airport. The female figure on the left is wearing an oversized jacket that has several strips of fabric clamped to it, mimicking how the character on the right is holding onto her. The rightmost figure's jacket and sneakers are embellished with strips that are melting away. There is also a small patch on the back of his hand that is melting as well. Neon signs depicting travel icons and tall decorative columns of light beams surround them.

Digital comic page of cartoony people listening to the antagonist looming from atop a streetlight contradict them. Script: "No, no, no, no, no. Something else is goin' on here. 'S not got nothin' to do with yer lil game prototype. Doesn't got anything to do with computers or techy stuff at all. Sten doesn't even know! 'Cuz she told us... not to tell her. There's always two sides to a story."

Digital comic page of cartoony people at a wedding reception. The main characters are losing composure as a dramatic scene unravels. Script: "This... is familiar." Flashback panel: "Stens' game has profiles now! Ya wanna try? He said I could share."

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Cryo @cryodraws.bsky.social · 6h

Hey, I'm Mary aka Cryo, versatile games and comics artist and for once I'm actually free for work in 2026!! Wooo :) #portfolioday

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ᴘʜᴇɴ ✦ @phenylart.bsky.social · 5h

Love love love the energy in this. Raw and sharp as heck.

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screaming queer cryptid 👁️🔥🎨 @nintala-scribble.bsky.social · 6h

#chimeraproject #OCart #horrorart #transformation #art

A lot of the early story of my long comic is the cast not doing well trying to uncover secrets about their existence.

Kisame is constantly fighting depression and dysmorphia. Being a monster doesn't help😅
He morphs uncontrollably often, oof!!

Character of mine having a bad time and slowly morphing into his shark monster form, ripping clothes in the process. Close up of his monster face as he covers it in shame. Limited colors, greyscale on his human form to muted red and green on his monster form.

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hal brentano 🎨🌿 @sorrel.ink · 7h

hi #PortfolioDay! let’s collaborate! i would love to lend my hand to more editorial art, album/book covers, and spot illustrations — especially for cool projects focusing on environmental issues and #SciComm 🌱

hal brentano 🎨🌿 @sorrel.ink · Jul 20

hello! i'm hal brentano, a PNW-based artist and storyteller. i make art about the relationship between nature and machinery, between humans and the environment 🌿

visit my home on the web at www.sorrel.ink

#art #artist #artsky

digital drawing of a lush, earthlike planet from above. a smaller, rocky celestial body orbits close-by, surrounded by a stylized solar wind. overlaid is text reading “at what point do worlds become resources?”

digital painting of my characters, peter (left, he/him) and marlie (right, they/them), standing against a wall in the snow. marlie is smoking while staring to the side at peter with a faint look of concern

digital painting of a field of daisies overlooking a valley filled with fog

digital painting of a rainbow behind a group of radio towers. a misty road full of cars takes up the foreground

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✨ Mono ✨️ Comms Open ✨️ @nesstolgia.bsky.social · 9h

Hi #PortfolioDay

I'm Ness and I'm a Black freelance illustrator based in NYC who loves making fantasy art with an emphasis on characters. I'd also love to get into book covers!

Thanks for looking 💕

Portfolio: nesstolgia.portfoliobox.net
Email: [email protected]
Comms: vgen.co/Nesstolgia

A digital illustration of a fairy smelling a flower. The fairy has tan skin and a periwinkle afro. Her dress is made of purple petals and her corset, headband, and foot wraps are made of blades of grass. She has burgundy wings and a lady bug crawls on a leaf near her.

An illustration of a dark skinned elven woman standing in front of the sun. Her body is chubby and wears a two piece outfit which shows off her stomach. Gold Body chains hang from her top and around her stomach, as well as chains that handg from her shoulders. She wears gold necklaces, beads in her hair, piercings and gold cuffs on her bicep and wrists. A sun like gold structure also sits around her waist where her skirt falls from. Her ginger hair is big and provides a halo around her while she also wears a gold crown with a sun on it. The borders of the illustration are like a tarot card and has the image of a hummingbird, flowers and the sun.

Two friends playing together in a greenhouse. Damaia, a red skinned teifling, is sitting on a piano while she plays a wood lyre. She has purple locs in pigtails and has on a leather jacket and leather boots with spikes along her tail. Aranea, a tan skinned elf, is playing the piano while looking up at her friend. She wears a fancy purple dress with grey and black stripes. The greenhouse sounding them is a bit somber with plants in the background and some flowers. Damaia is a bard I've played in a one shot and Aranea is my friend's sorcerer.

A digital illustration of a human looking monster lady. She has brown skin and golden eyes with slits in them. Her jaw has a wide mouth with sharp teeth going from either side. Her neck is long enough to fit 4 thick golden chokers and her long black hair has golden eyes hidden within them like waves. Her waist is abnormally small and hands reach up from behind her, as if coming from a form of darkness below.

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Phantomarine @phantomarine.bsky.social · 9h

It’s #portfolioday!

I’m Claire! I make a comic. I animate sometimes. I like blue a little too much. Cheers! 💙👍

www.phantomarine.com

A blue ship lifted onto ice floes, surrounded by small ghosts.

A boy with a paddle board looks out at a row of lighthouses from a beach lined with ruins and graves.

A skeletal figure in decaying ceremonial robes walks on the water carrying a trident as ghostly hands reach up to her.

Costume design explorations for Phaedra from Phantomarine

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☆ Blu ☆ @blubat.bsky.social · 10h

Woo #PortfolioDay

I'm a writer/editor always looking to do more in and for the comic industry as a whole.

💫 blubat.biz | wildstarpress.com
💫 [email protected]

Coiled to Strike. Published & Edited by me~
I'm glad so many people thought my idea was cool as hell for this book because when I thought of it, I too was hype about it.

Ringo-Nominated Hairology story: Who Are You?
Art by: Oneilljones
Colors by: Katlyn Gonzalez
Letters by: Taylor Esposito
Written by me!

Ignatz Nominated Let Her Be Evil story: Listen
Art by: David Joyce
Letters by: Jeff Eckleberry
Publisher & Editor: Cassandra Jones
Oh yeah, and written by me!

All the things I'm like, so good at y'all, you don't even know lol:
- Editor
- Sensitivity Reader
- Copywriter
- Writer

And then information on how to find me, also in the caption.

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ᴘʜᴇɴ ✦ @phenylart.bsky.social · 1d

LOVE IT. Ethically sourced tech is the future, yo, I am super stoked you've found Synthesizer V is working out well enough.

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ᴘʜᴇɴ ✦ @phenylart.bsky.social · 5d

Five! #tnstaj #ocsky #illustration

Digital illustration of a nervous man with glasses and an ID on a lanyard in a technology lab on campus at night. A crescent moon can be seen outside the windows behind him and a row of pc monitors display varying representations of the number five.

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ᴘʜᴇɴ ✦ @phenylart.bsky.social · 3d

Your table is bloody awesome good lord, how not to walk away with HALF of it ;o;💜

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🦇 count nikula 🦇 @bhcrafts.bsky.social · 3d

ready for today's event :)

a picture of the halloweeny gothic lolita outfit I'm wearing today

a picture of our table setup, with Lucas' stuff on the left and mine on the right

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ᴘʜᴇɴ ✦ @phenylart.bsky.social · 6d

Hey! Doin' a rad lil daily drawing scavenger hunt series, hard candy themed, called LollipOptober with my comic characters. Just a buck if you'd like to support & crunch on some sweet art each day~✦
patreon.com/Phenylart

digital illustration previews of cartoony comic characters with shiny, oversized lollipops.

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BRISSEAUX @brisseaux.bsky.social · 4d

WIP from an untitled series.

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Emma Ward @emmatheward.bsky.social · 4d

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Emil L’Amour @vireosy.bsky.social · 4d

Atlantic weasel shark

(Swim On 8, 2022) #art #sciart 🎨🦑🦈

$Illustration of an Atlantic weasel shark in a muted cool grey ocean showing off the distinct yellow stripes that extend lengthwise along its body from a point on their snout. Light streams in through the water's surface, causing caustic refractions along the back of the shark and seafloor.$

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ᴘʜᴇɴ ✦ @phenylart.bsky.social · 5d

The almond bubble, hah^^

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anya @piranyeah.bsky.social · 5d

Stargazing

#oc #art

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🗝️Cotton Valent🗝️ @cottonvalent.bsky.social · 6d

ช่วงนี้พยายามเคลียร์รูปวาดเล่นให้เสร็จเพราะหลังจากจบงาน CA น่าจะต้องทำอะไรบางอย่าง

ออริที่ไม่น่าจะได้เขียนเพราะเรื่องดำเนินแบบคนสูงอายุ แต่มีแบ็คกราวน์เป็นยุคโลกล่มสลายกับหลังสงครามเวทมนต์ #ASeasonTheyVanished

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ᴘʜᴇɴ ✦ @phenylart.bsky.social · 5d

gaaaasp, that seriously makes the cutest outfit get outta here

ᴘʜᴇɴ ✦ @phenylart.bsky.social · 5d

Whoa, such a rich and lovely blue. Killer set piece for these twooo 💜

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ᴘʜᴇɴ ✦ @phenylart.bsky.social · 5d

Five! #tnstaj #ocsky #illustration

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ᴘʜᴇɴ ✦ @phenylart.bsky.social · 5d

I was going to ask on your last post! Is it harder to lip sync dialogue vs singing?

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shanny8.bsky.social @shanny8.bsky.social · 5d

FINISHED the piece- gonna take a few nights off & try to decide what to do next.

My OC Demonyss- you can read her back history here:
www.patreon.com/posts/demony...

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ᴘʜᴇɴ ✦ @phenylart.bsky.social · 6d

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ᴘʜᴇɴ ✦ @phenylart.bsky.social · 6d

It's gorgeous, lordy. Look at the detail, look at the stylish architecture! MAD applause.

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