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shel kahn

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art director • vis dev • illustration • comics • ttrpgs 🎸•🏞️•🐦•🎨•🎶•🏳️‍🌈•💪 portfolio: http://portfolio.portablecity.net blog: www.portablecity.net comics and fiction: stories.portablecity.net games: sorcererscatalogue.itch.io email: [email protected]

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 12d

Reminder that I keep a blog at portablecity.net that you can subscribe to via RSS if you like! And that I also blog and such on tumblr at shelandsorcery.tumblr.com if you'd like to connect over there for any reason.

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 4h

This is an exercise from undergrad, and one I should definitely reintegrate into my usual habits - it got me studying my ref in a way I haven't in a while! super recommend if you're feeling like every surface in your paintings feels the same.

shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 4h

Then I took the two main materials from that study - the blue glass and the orange grapes - and did material studies of each, where you extrapolate a new simple form from the material information in the reference.

a slightly more polished digital painting of two rounded blocks on a grey background; the top is the same material as the golden grapes, the bottom one matches the blue glass.

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 4h

I've been feeling rusty in my digital painting skills, so I loaded up all those fun new procreate brushes and did a quick photo study:

a rough digital painting of a couple blue glass bottles and some golden grapes in direct sunlight on a wooden tray

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #portfolioday ! I'm Shel, I'm an artist, art director, comicker, and more.

I do concept art, pitch package art, style guide development, and more, and I'd love to hear about your next project!

Learn more at www.portablecity.net/shel-kahns-p...

Created for Peculiar Path Inc.; A painting of a cluster of boats and ships in front of an oil rig; the centermost ship is an aircraft carrier; all have been converted into solarpunk living spaces with visible gardening and retrofitted elements. The sea is calm, the sky is blue with big fluffy clouds, it feels peaceful and hopeful and vibrant.

Created for Numizmatic Games. A sheet of black and white line and tone drawings of pieces of landforms, ready to beincorporated into a procedural environent kit; all variations on layered desert rock structures; several are fully cleaned up, the rest are a little sketchier.

Created for Chaosium. A black and white inked and toned lineup of five Gloranthan adventurers, wearing bronze age outfits and armor inspired by etruscan, scythian and sumerian clothing and technology. There are three men, alla bout the same height, with beards and long hair, and two women, one shorter in scaled maille with a braid, and one taller, in religious dress, with full etruscan hairstyle including crimped curls and a headband. All have tattoos showing gloranthan runes.

Created for Hit Point Press. A digital painting of a strange goat-like creature with needles for feet and a visibly bad attitude, leaping towards the viewer, in a landscape of strange precarious stacks of stone. Behind it, a dusk sky with a bright moon, giving it a dramatic rim light.

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🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 19h

it's #portfolioday and I thought I'd post some things in case you've, say, for example.... got an indie game coming out and want someone to draw some promo fanart or something for it 🤠hit me up eh?
#artpost

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 23h

This past weekend I put together a post of things I've learned about soft pastels since getting back into them: www.portablecity.net/soft-pastel-...

A photograph of four wooden drawers, all open so you can see a little of each, holding colour-sorted soft pastel sticks.

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Varethane - Kupocon Montreal @varethane.bsky.social · 1d

Wychwood chapter 15 is complete, so this week is a between-chapters break week before chapter 16 starts up!

A whole bunch of wild stuff happened in this one, the story is entering a new arc, and I'm pretty excited to get there. :D www.wychwoodcomic.com/comic/630

Wychwood

A sci-fi fantasy post-apocalyptic comic!

www.wychwoodcomic.com

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 23h

thank you! that is definitely a bonus to it.

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Mikey @mdfioreart.bsky.social · 1d

Woah its #portfolioday again already. Hi guys, just wanted to update my older post.

I just finished up one of my first big jobs after college and will be 🍁Available for work again this month!🍁 - I've been working as a 3d artist aswell which has been super fun to learn. Thanks for the shares!

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Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Victoria, an Argentinian illustrator living in France who loves painting whimsical critters & mossy trees. Looking for new projects!

[email protected]
victoriamaderna.com

Open for animal painting commissions:
victoriamaderna.com/animal-paint...

#illustration #kidlitart

Digital painting by Victoria Maderna. A mouse pollinating a squash flower with a brush, a butternut house in the background.

Painting of a little witch on a comfy chair with a black cat and a crow. She has her shoes off and there's a spellbook and wand on a table next to her.

Gouache painting by Victoria Maderna: mushroom people walking on a mossy branch carrying a water droplet, pollen, backpack. One has a beetle on its head.

Digital painting by Victoria Maderna, a witch riding a giant capybara and drinking yerba mate.

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Prosper Tipaldi 🌱🌿 @prospertipaldi.bsky.social · 1d

Hey #PortfolioDay!

I'm Prosper, an illustrator and concept artist based in France. I specialize in history and fantasy! 🌱🗡️

🌐 linktr.ee/prospertipaldi
✉️ [email protected]

A painting of a knight in a fourteenth century inspired armor, wearing plate armor with a bascinet type helmet and black and green clothes with dagged ends. He is wielding a one handed arming sword and shield.

A drawing of a woman in scale, plate and mail armor, with blue and brown cloths and a red hat. She is wielding a sword and shield. The shield is painted with a picture of a woman in a red dress, holding a sword in one hand and a decapitated, bearded head in the other.

A drawing of Steffon Darklyn in his kingsguard armor from A Song of Ice and Fire

A drawing of Lyn Corbray from A Song of Ice and Fire

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Suzanne Helmigh | Art Director @suzannehelmigh.bsky.social · 1d

It's #portfolioday again I see!
I just updated my portfolio with the latest projects I worked on.
www.artstation.com/suzannehelmigh

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Sarah Graley 🌈🍕💫 @sarahgraley.com · 1d

Hiya #PortfolioDay!

I'm Sarah Graley, a UK based comic writer and artist!

I've worked with Scholastic Graphix, Skybound Comet, Oni Press, Dark Horse, IDW and more!

I'm always on the lookout for exciting art and writing opportunities, and I'd love to do more cover work! 👀✨

✏️ sarahgraley.com

A page from my latest graphic novel PIZZA WITCH, co-written with Stef Purenins, art by myself.

A page from Minecraft Volume 3. Artwork by myself, writing by Sfé R. Monster.

An illustration for my monthly shiny print & sticker club, of four cats hanging out in an arcade.

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The Amanda Lee Mystery House @amandalee.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #Portfolioday I'm Amanda, I make art for lots of #ttrpgs !

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Barbara Perez Marquez➡️BCC Table 519 @mustachebabs.com · 1d

Once more with feeling, I am available for short projects in 2026 and will leave some additional links below!✨

Barbara Perez Marquez➡️BCC Table 519 @mustachebabs.com · Jul 8

Hope everyone is having a good #PortfolioDay!

I'm Babs, a queer latine writer, and I've got a few books coming out soon and just overall spend my time telling queer stories✨

www.mustachebabs.com

Comic page from the comic Kiss the Cook (written by Barbara, art by Rhinosnax). Olivia saved something for Marcelle, which Marcelle is delighted to try as they continue to chat.

Olivia: I do have something for you, I’m Olivia by the way.

Marcelle: Marcelle, nice to meet you...

Marcelle: Are you sure?

Olivia: Yeah, neighborly treat.

Olivia: I’m sorry I didn’t get to come by first. I wasn’t sure if I should just wait until tomorrow’s bake since everything else sold out...

Marcelle: Why is that?

Panel from House of Slay Season 2 story, Mx. Nomer, with fragment glimpses of the main character Naomi. Art by Dominic Bustamante.

Cover art for "The Curie Society: Game of Code" featuring a dynamic illustration of six diverse characters actively engaging with various technologies, set against a backdrop of a large classical building. Text includes authors' names: Heather Einhorn, Adam Staffaroni, Barbara Perez Marquez, and Sonia Liao.

Page 1 from the Tell Them Of Us story, Sower's Requiem, with the main character Nela walking through a golden field of wheat and ending with her boot prints on the soil. Art by Amalas Rosa.

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Amalas @amalasrosa.bsky.social · 1d

Hey hey #portfolioday
I’m Amalas and I’m open for cover work.
I love to draw urban scenes and human connections found between concrete and steel, sprinkled with some nostalgia

[email protected]
cara.app/amalasrosa
azantianlitagency.com/our-artists/amalas-rosa

Book cover for the YA book ICEBREAKER by A.L. Graziadei showing the two male main protagonist facing each other and holding onto each others collar.

Digital art of my original characters Aran and Tao as young adults out at night in their local nyc neighborhood kissing. Tao sits on a bicycle and Aran bends down slightly to kiss him.

Mock cover of Suzanne Samin and my upcoming graphic novel. The title still r wads Fear Of Falling but we changed it now to Wherever I’m With You.

The cover shows a brick house fall and Aran and Tao sitting on the rooftop, their legs dangling down the edge, and in big letters underneath them it reads “fear of falling”

Digital art of original characters Aran and Tao as young teenagers on a hot summer day walking down the streets in their local nyc neighborhood and playing around with a basketball.

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Colleen Frakes @colleenfrakes.bsky.social · 1d

It's #portfolioday and I am available for work.

Rep'd by @agenthawk.bsky.social, editors DM me if you want to see some pitches!

I like to draw comics both about folklore and weird fairy tales, but also kids in contemporary situations dealing with frustrating adults.

Color comics page of a small car driving on a mountain road. The car stops to honk at a deer in the way, and the noise wakes up a tween girl sleeping in the car.

A back and white comic, a girl's at school and is stopped by her teacher for a dress code violation

A comic colored in blue and yellow where a witch turns a bride into a horse

A color comic called Magical October where two witches make pumpkin spice

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Sally Cantirino @sallycantirino.bsky.social · 1d

Hey hello #portfolioday I will be available to do covers and illustrations starting in 2026! Looking for more TTRPG covers/interior illustrations, variant covers for comics and games, merch, etc.

sallycantirino.com

cover of Orla #3, Orla is in a light yellow Bridgeton style outfit and hair-do, holding on to Gwyn's hand (he's dressed like a sexy nurse). Jack o lanterns and a coffin shaped bookshelf in the background

Woodcut style art of the Headless Horseman meeting a woman in 1700s dress on a bridge at night

B&W with screen tone illustration of the Jersey Devil attacking cultists in the woods

The Hotel Exorcist cover- depicting a woman. with a guitar and a beehive hairdo next to a guy with a suitcase, country western nudie suit, and Elvis hair walking into a motel room that is glowing ectoplasm green. there's spooky skeleton faces in the shadows.

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Spoopy Larsen @larsenproject.bsky.social · 1d

#portfolioday! I paint genre covers! I do illustration! I make comics! Check out my website for all work and contact info!

thelarsenproject.com

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 1d

I just finished this up in a SmArtSchool mentorship class with Sam Weber. 😊 The assignment was to create an illustration with an original character, and I went with my current D&D character 😅

A woman with a shaved head in gold armor stands among dark briars. The briar thorns pierce her armor and skin in a few places, and she hangs her head in a defeated posture.

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 1d

Happy #PortfolioDay! If you're looking for cute characters, I'm your person! I've worked on everything from indie games to paper goods. I'm available for freelance illustration and product design (my merch is also available for wholesale). ✏️🐰

Portfolio & contact: portfolio.breelundberg.com

Photo of a hand holding up a small risograph print of a cute illustrated pink snail on a lime green background. The snail looks happy with sprouts around it and bubble letters that say "keep going!" above it.

Illustration of a happy looking cute kitty character eating a big piece of candy corn while surrounded by more candy corn. Its colors and markings look like the candy corn itself.

Photo of a pastel square blue zine that says "Lucky Buns, Roll for a Cute Bonus" on the cover with an illustrated D20 and a cute bunny face. Another copy is laying opened showing a "how-to" page and cute black and white art inside.

Black and white drawings of various characters (cute humans, dog, robots, and more) for Little Rocket Lab which appear on sticky notes in the game's journal.

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 23h

This past weekend I put together a post of things I've learned about soft pastels since getting back into them: www.portablecity.net/soft-pastel-...

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Carter! ✨ @megacarter.bsky.social · 1d

Hey #portfolioday! I'm a comic artist and colourist who's worked for OniPress, Harper Alley and a bunch of indie projects.

And ff you're looking for help on a kickstarter project, I've run 3 and am great with promotion 👽

Carter! ✨ @megacarter.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hey friends, my schedule is opening up and I am looking for more ✨comics and colouring work✨

Check out my portfolio here
🔸 www.megacarter.com
You can reach out to me through my website or directly at [email protected]

comic page from THE IRON BARGE, featuring a boat filled with talking animals under attack from possum and racoon pirates!

comic page from GODSLAVE, taking place inside a grand temple cover in the changing leaves of fall. The goddess Hathor holds a conversation with a fennec fox

comic page from GODSLAVE, featuring a young woman touching a lightning blade to a rain puddle. A bolt travels across the road using the puddles to attack a sphinx and a woman with iron skin.

cover for the comic TO KNOW A WITCH, featuring a teen girl sitting against the roots of a tree with a notebook and gathered flowers.

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · 1d

This goes for writers, too. Unless the job is something very specific, writing samples are the first thing people will look at.

shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 1d

hey folks, are you an artist who would like to get hired to draw? here's one pro tip to level up your odds instantly!

...........make a ✨portfolio website!✨

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