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#Watercolor artist | Turning my #OCs into fine art ✨ some 🔞 #SaplingArt genderfluid, 30, ♿️ 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇸 EN/ES 🩷 Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SacredSaplingArt 🎨 Comm waitlist: https://tally.so/r/3NNaJ0 🌈 Join our queer zine @taplingzines.bsky.social

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay! I’m Sapling, a genderfluid watercolor painter and narrative illustrator~ 🌱

I love body diversity, especially queer, intersex, and disabled characters!

Comms: tally.so/r/3NNaJ0

Also, I’m moderating a queer zine with an open call for artists (paid) at @taplingzines.bsky.social 🩷

A watercolor painting of two Congolese male twins posed for a photo together at a club. One is shirtless, with paint on his skin and medium length turquoise ombre twists that partially cover burn scars around his eyes and upper face. His skinnier twin has long dreadlocks with hair jewelry, no scars, and blue lipstick with gold eye makeup. The background is a foggy blend of purples and deep blues.

A detailed watercolor painting of a dark-winged angel with brown skin and hair holding his injured lover on his lap. The injured angel has brown skin and hair, with damaged lavender wings and chest bandages. They rest together in the clouds, stained purple and yellow from a sunlight glow behind them.

A watercolor of the angel Chamuel snuggling a jackalope-dog-like creature with turquoise fur and pink wings curled up on the ground. The picture is cozy, with a soft gradient of deep teal, periwinkle, and light pink. Paw print stars track along the background.

An intricate watercolor painting of a reclining masculine figure with dark wings in barely any clothing, except stockings, underwear, and a translucently painted silky pink shawl. He has medium brown skin, curly brown hair, and is crushing a rose onto his chest with a lifted and gloved hand. Giant pink orchids, painted with lovely realism, surround him. Some pink fabric falls to the right side, and detailed hand painted blue lace fills the background.

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Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay

I’m Élle • Freelance illustrator & surface pattern designer

Specializing in detail heavy B&W work & passionate about occult history, horror & symbolism

Open for work in publishing, book covers, TTRPGs, private & commercial commissions

✉️ [email protected]
🎨 babeandoak.carrd.co

Altar prayer card for the goddess Diana. A rectangular card has a black border with parts of the Orphic hymn for Diana surrounding it as a border in white text. In the bottom right are twin arrows over a crescent moon representing her and Apollo. In the bottom left and top right are white outlined 8 point stars. Inside the border is a marble shockwave black and grey pattern with white outlining that forms an arch at the top with lining to look like columns on both sides. In the middle is a stag skull with painted antlers of a diamond and star pattern. Behind the skull are smaller 8 point stars and cloud ripples. Above the skull is a scraggly branch of queen Anne’s lace with small dots above. In the top corners are two constellations for Sirius as her hunting dogs and Roman numerals for 13 and 8 for the date of the Nemoralia festival.

Victorian Ward - Black and white illustration of a Victorian wall with a scarab ward framed. The border of the whole piece is a torn paper. Inside is Victorian black and white striped wallpaper with damask type filigree in the black and smaller stripes and speckles in the white with small vertical black stripes on either side. In the damask pattern are slightly abstract symbols of infinity, an hourglass and other resurrection symbols. In the middle is an ornate rectangular frame framing a large scarab beetle with its wings out. On its wings are celestial symbols like Jupiter, stars and the moon. Around the scarab are peony flowers and branches of a tree branching towards the top left with a vine white line swooping in an out and around the frame in the same direction. The scarabs body is engraved like metal with filigree. Behind the scarab in the frame is grain shading grey over black.

Dark Vibrations - Inktober 2022 black and white ink illustration. Plain rolling hills lead to the door of a building with a large central spire and a small covered porch. To the left side of the building is a three facet bay windows and the other windows have ornate stained glass. On top of the central spire is a lighting conductor in the shape of a 5 point star. In the highest window of the spire is stain glass in the shape of an eye. Converging at the start is a large vortex spiraling and expanding through the whole sky. The vortex is pulling party’s of the building up towards it and cracking parts of the wood and foundation. The vortex is casting light and highlights on the building and the tress behind it. Converging towards the building is a circle of 12 white bird silhouettes.

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Jaws Stone - indefinite hiatus @jaws-stone.bsky.social · 17h

Hi #PortfolioDay - I'm Jaws, a depressed mess and a skank. I just wanna draw my little guys, pay my bills and try to get through it all.

🖼️ jawsstone.com
✉️ [email protected]
👛 patreon.com/only_jaws

An illustration of a scarred man kissing a replica of the statue of David

Three character studies of a long haired man in a crop top and hotpants

An illustration of the movie director David Lynch

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Anine Bösenberg @anineillustration.com · 18h

Ah I see it's #Portfolioday! You can hire me for all your illustration needs, I am nice to work with and adaptable.

A drawing of a woman sitting under a wooden gate. She is making tea on a small fire. An island landscape is visible through the gate.

A greyscale drawing of a port city. Small houses cling to two steep cliffs around the mouth of a river, two bridges span the gap. Seagulls are flying overhead.

A drawing of a woman reading Tintin comics on a summer balcony. Her face is obscured by "L'Île Noire".

Six circular spot illustrations:
1. A black goose holding a key
2. Pink lemonade in a glass jug
3. A tortoise between waterlilies
4. A woman looking through a spyglass
5. A pickle jar vase with wild flowers in it
6. A black cat by an open window

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 4h

They are often used with screen readers, yes! I do agree AI can be helpful here, but it would need to come with a promise that the image itself isn’t then scraped for AI models, and that the text is trained through consenting and paid writers too. Right now, that doesn’t happen unfortunately.

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 15h

Lovely lighting!!

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Alan Day 🏳️‍🌈🍑 @delannoie.bsky.social · 21h

Hello #PortfolioDay ! 🍂

I'm Alan. I draw mostly men. I love to make fanart, and show to the world my queer original characters. 🌈

My Socials:
🔸 delannoie.tumblr.com
🔸 www.instagram.com/alan.delannoie

Stylized digital portrait of Tsurumi Tokushirou from anime & manga Golden Kamui. A screaming man in pieces of shattered glass. Red hands with claws are trying to hold him from behind.

Digital art. Fanart portrait of Robert Downey jr. as Tony Stark from Marvel movies.
Man in his early 40s with dark curly hair and elegant beard. He looks up with sad expression. His eyes glows as if he is on a verge of tears.

Traditional ink art. Black and white with red accents.
Original characters Anwin and Shakkaar. Shakkaar is a dark-skinned alien with lizard scales and horns. Anwin is a humanlike alien with white hair. Shakkaar is kissing Anwin's hand.

Digital art. Original characters Jack Gibson and Arthur Finch.
Two men one very tall blond [Jack] and other sort with dark hair [Arthur] in late 60-s early 70s style. Jack has scar under his left eye and on his chin. They're both wear dark suits. Arthur also has sick horn-rimmed glasses on. Arthur holds a cigarette. Jack leans towards Arthur with a lighter in his hand. Behind them is a restaurant interior with some people sitting at the tables.

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 15h

Ahahahaha oh no poor young you! Heartbreaking realization for a kid!! But also I love the adoption/sponsor things with endangered animals, they’re such cute programs!

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 15h

And it’s so impressive that you do! But also if it’s easier, there’s no reason alt text needs to be in English. :) Any language is valid!

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you! I’ve put so much effort into making skin look vibrant in watercolor (especially darker skin), so this is really meaningful to hear!

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 15h

Beautiful colors and scenes!

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Linda (she/her) ♡ 🎃 Commissions Open @rhywhitefang.bsky.social · 22h

Hello #PortfolioDay 🌈

My art mainly focuses on character art, fan art, as well as original pieces.

You can find more of it here: www.artstation.com/rhywhitefang

I'm available for commission: rhywhitefang.carrd.co

And I take sketch requests through my ko-fi: ko-fi.com/rhywhitefang

#art

Monochrome drawing of Sam Wayne from Scarlet Hollow standing menacingly in the woods

Portrait of John Gaius from the Locked Tomb trilogy sitting on a throne on the sun, holding the earth to a space backdrop

Drawing of a man standing in front of a wall with various picture frames

Drawing of a woman in a yellow dress sitting on a picnic blanket by a lake.

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 15h

Ooo lovely work!

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Eva I. @isthiseva.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Eva, a South Asian illustrator and designer, mainly looking for publishing opportunities from mid-2026.

I also have 2 urgent comms open for a good cause. See next post for details.

🎨 isthiseva.carrd.co
✉️ [email protected]

#GraphicDesign #Illustration #BookCovers 📚💙

A full wraparound book cover for Stories from the Deep, The Chronicles of Nerezia – 4 by Claudie Arseneault. The cover depicts a massive yellow-and-teal kraken locked in battle at sea with someone with water powers. Along the shoreline is a wagon, from which two people are bursting out to view the battle.

Book cover for The Distance Between Stars and Salt by Alex Harvey-Rivas. It's a dark blue graphical cover, framed by an hourglass motif composed of stars. The top half of the cover is taken up by the title, which is drawn to include the Maltese cross motif. The bottom half depicts a luzzu tossing on a turbulent sea, below which is the author's name. In the background are subtle constellations.

Portrait of a Black woman smiling as she gazes into the distance, her lips slightly parted to reveal two sharp fangs. She has dark skin, dark hair styled in an undercut and twists, and pointed, elfin ears.

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 15h

It’s okay for alt text to feel awkward, but it can help to imagine describing your art to a friend who can’t see it! Just colors, figures, actions/scene, any specific relevant details is plenty!

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 15h

So glad this has inspired you to alt text more~! 🥰

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 15h

I did host one! bsky.app/profile/sacr...

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 1d

Inclusive #PortfolioDay #ArtShare! Alt text edition!

To join:

💙 Share your Portfolio Day post (only if it has alt text!)

💙 Repost/comment on at least 3 others!

💙 Only human made portfolios!

💙 Share this post!

Didn’t alt text this time? Start building a habit—and repost this for awareness!

A graphic of a watercolor turquoise river, with splashing around rocks, and text in the center reading “Inclusive Portfolio Day Share: Alt text.” Four disability clip art graphics are around it, one of a deafblind cane, one poodle guide dog, one round pair of glasses, and a manual wheelchair.

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you so much! I tend to get obsessed with tiny details~

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 15h

Oo such pretty colors!

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Aisha - COMMS OPEN🔎⁷🍷⁸ @yabamena.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay!

I'm Aisha, a Black disabled freelance illustrator based in NYC with almost 20 years of experience, looking for work in editorial, book covers, & TTRPGs. I love color, romance, fantasy, and adventure and try to express that in my work.

🔗: aishaincolor.com
📧: [email protected]

Abby Saja and Romance Saja sharing an intimate moment as Abby catches The chain of Romance's necklace between his teeth. Both are shirtless and backlit by a white background.

A digital illustration of Mira from Kpop Demon Hunters sandwiched between Romance Saja and Abs Saja, done in the style of the infamous Twelfth Night promo pic with Audra McDonald, Anne Hathaway, and Raul Esparza. It's very pink and sparkly, like a scene from a kdrama. Except slightly horny because Romance and Abby are shirtless.

A Procreate illustration of Seonghwa from ATEEZ holding a glowing sword across his chest. He is surrounded by writhing red tentacles that he is prepared to battle.

An illustration of a black woman in a long flowing white dress against an abstract starry sky. Her curly hair is haloed in blue while a bolt of glowing yellow light pierces her chest.

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 15h

Yesss and we love to see the alt text!!

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 15h

Such pretty colors!

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Aurae - Team Petal @auraenity.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay ~

I'm Aurae, a disabled artist from France. I mostly draw original characters, couples, fantasy & colorful settings ✨

🔮 Website & links : auraenity.fr
🔮 Commissions : vgen.co/Auraenity

Drawing of a woman laying in the sea & sand, glowing waves under her. She has long hair in a braided ponytail & wears a blue short sleeve dress.

Illustration of my OCs Zephirel (Human man, white skin, lilac hair in a ponytail, wearing a lave,der, iridescent &black outfit) holdinhg Nëreys's hand (Mermaid woman in human form, dark skin, blue & pink scales, blue & pink hair in a braided ponytail, wearing a blue swimwear outfit), both smiling at each other, in an ethereal beach ambiance.

Tarot card based on The High Priestess, with my original character Nalani. She looks serene with her hands on her chest, and there's hibiscus flowers and columns behind her.
She has white skin, long strawberry blonde hair, and wears a blue tiara, gold collar and jewelry on her arms, a short blue top and blue pants, covered by a gradient beige-cyan cloth of her hips, and long transparent sleeves with the same gradient.

Tarot card : The lovers, with my original characters Dolvan & Nyrea. Nyrea (woman) has long wavy polar blonde hair, is wearing a light blue dress and golden jelwery & laurel crown. Dolvan (man) has tan skin and red, half-long hair is wearing a beige toga and white scarf, gold details and laurel crown.

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 1d

For #PortfolioDay artists looking for fun upcoming work with a social purpose, check out this project application!

Tapling: Queer Zines 🏳️‍🌈 @taplingzines.bsky.social · 27d

Our artist applications for "We've Always Been Here" are now open! Help us show that queer people have always existed, and always will 💕

Please share and tag your favorite artists!

forms.gle/zHiVqh3SrsnT...

#ZineSky #AToZines #Zine #Zines #ArtZine #QueerArt #LGBTQArt #ZineApps #ArtistsWanted

A graphic with a vibrant rainbow background, announcing "Artist applications now open!". The white text box below reads, "Artist applications are now open for 'We've Always Been Here', a queer history zine. Let's show everyone that queer people have always been a part of history. This is a paid opportunity, contingent on our Kickstarter successfully funding." Beside the text box is a digital illustration of a north African girl with short, curly hair, wearing overalls, sitting beside an easel with an oil painting she's made of another girl.

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 1d

Aw, thank you so much!!