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freelance artist | she/they | viet-american Commissions: VGen.co/jmqmorris Print Shop: inprnt.com/gallery/jmqmorris Portfolio: jmqfolio.carrd.co Website: jmqmorris.carrd.co No AI. No NFTs.

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Hi #portfolioday!

JMQ Morris | commissions open @jmqmorris.bsky.social · 7d

Hi #DVart! I'm JMQ Morris, a queer, Viet digital artist. I love to do character art with an emphasis on fashion design. So if you have a ball or masquerade scene in your story, please commission me🥺

#wfh #comms #poc #lgbt #dvpit

Portfolio: jmqfolio.carrd.co
Commissions: VGen.co/jmqmorris

woman in a dark pink, late 19th century outfit (Dollmaker artwork) and a 19th century sewing machine

Vietnamese woman in a light green ao dai (Bé artwork) and a chair with a light green cushion

black woman with a tiara and pink dress (Princess artwork) and a gray cat

Vietnamese ballerina in a light pink outfit and flowers in her hair (Ballerina artwork) and a ballet tote bag with a bow

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Commission for author J.R. Gray.

✨Update on commissions- I'm going to run another sale from November 21, 2025 to December 5, 2025 on VGen. If you commission me during this period, I should be able to finish your request before Christmas👀✨

#commissionsopen #VGenComm #VGenOpen #writersky #writesky

"Commission; Do Not Use"- JMQ Morris 2025 Commission @jmqmorris.

Man with curly hair, white tank top, red track pants, and white sneakers.

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birdko🦇🎃 @birdko.art · 16h

Hi #PortfolioDay ! I'm Ieva, a freelance digital artist from Portugal specializing in TTRPG/fantasy character design and illustration! 💗

More info on my website; for commissions, join my Ko-fi for early access and my Discord for art updates!

🔗 birdko.art
🔗 ko-fi.com/birdko
🔗 discord.gg/6UTXKrZntU

Collage of three artworks side to side in a similar style.

1. A full-body digital illustration of Alexa in an Art Nouveau style referencing Alphonse Mucha's "Spring". She is a half-elf with fair skin and bright ginger hair falling in long swoops; her eyes are aqua blue matching the colour of the gems adorning her red beret, her single earring and her choker. She wears blue stays and red puff sleeves, long gloves and over-the-knee boots embroidered with gold. A cloth monogrammed with the initials 'A.I.' is tucked into her belt, and a flowing pink cloth wraps around her legs. Alexa is holding a silver rapier with one gloved hand and touching its blade with the fingertips of the other, as she looks to the side with a smirk. The background features Art Nouveau-style decorative elements with swooping vines, trailing roses and blooming lilies in a soft pastel colour scheme.

2. Full body Art Nouveau style of Ellia, a tiefling paladin, within an ornamental frame. She has ivory wings tinged with gold and pink, red skin with dark-tipped horns, short black hair, and pure gold eyes. She wears ornate white and gold armour. She is holding the Sword of Zariel with one hand; her red cape is folded over her other arm. All around her feet, snowdrops bloom. Ellia belongs to tieflingpaladin on bsky.

3. Art nouveau style drawing of Menardi, an elf woman with flowing white hair wearing metal and leather armour. She's standing in a misty/snowy landscape featuring bleeding heart flowers, and she's holding a bow in one hand and an arrow in another, looking down with a melancholy air. Menardi belongs to mimidrws on bsky.

Illustration of Amity and Kiana lying on their backs with their heads close together, reaching out to touch each other's hair as they look tenderly into each other's eyes. Stars swirl in the current around them. Amity is a dark-skinned girl with dragon-like horns and curly brown and pink hair. Kiana is a girl with pale skin and cat-like ears, white and purple hair, and yellow eyes rimmed in red makeup. Both characters belong to Lunewarden on Bluesky / Artfight.

Digital illustration of Alexa, a half-elven woman with pale skin, blue eyes and long red hair. She's wearing shimmery makeup and a circus ringmaster outfit. A heart-shaped spotlight is shining on her. She's holding a whip which is snapping in the air above her, as she touches a gloved hand to her top hat and smiles at the viewer.

Chibi lineup of the Forgekeepers: Artem, a tiefling rogue; Alexa, a half-elf bard; Dúri, a dwarf cleric; Theefsa, a goblin warlock; and Addan, an elf druid.
All characters other than Alexa belong to my D&D party friends (Theefsa belongs to lunelkie.bsky.social - Addan belongs to leki02.bsky.social); Alexa belongs to me.

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Emmy Brown Illustration @emmbrr.bsky.social · 16h

#PortfolioDay Hello! I’m Emmy, a children’s book illustrator primarily working with anthro animal characters. I’m open for PBs & chapter books with availability for all of 2026 🤍

emmybrownillustration.com
[email protected]

Two frogs sitting around a campfire. One plays the banjo and sings. The other sleeps. The image is a digital painting in mostly greens with an orange fire in the center

A digital painting of a pumpkin house on a black background. A ghost mouse with a trick or treat bag approaches the front door. A brown mouse looks out the window at it. They smile at each other

A black and white graphite drawing of four little kittens in a four post bed. They’re all sleeping except for one, who is playfully looking out of one open eye

A digital painting of a grey raccoon in a bluish grey trash can. He holds up a bunch of trash like it’s the best thing in the world

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~Tanisha Cherislin~ @tani269.bsky.social · 23h

✨Hello! I’m Tanisha & I’m looking for work as a character designer & illustration work! Recently worked on Disney Junior Ariel!Please consider me for your projects!✨
💼:tanishacherislin.com
✉️:[email protected]
#PortfolioDay #characterdesign #drawingwhileblack #visdev #art #kidlitart

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The ghost of dhooverart @dhoover.art · 20h

HIYA #portfolioday! I'm Deven and I'm a cartoonist in the SFBay Area.
I'm looking for work in:
✒️Early reader GNs
✒️Spot illos and cover for MG novels
✒️Middle Grade GNs
🌟And an agent🌟
I love humorous stories with expressive characters.
🌐 dhoover.art for more
📨 [email protected] to get in touch

Two teen girls hiking through a forest. In front of them are bushes and shrubs. behind them is a clearing surrounded by large redwoods and a run down shack. There's a shadowy cyclops looking at them from behind the shack, The girls are unaware of the shadowy presence watching them, and look excited and happy to be starting their hike.

A bored middle school girl sits on her bed while Death pontificates about something behind her. She's not listening, she's dreaming of being anywhere else. She has on a dark red tee and jeans. Her bed spread is dark purple with gray gridded stripes, and her walls are covered in goth-y posters. Death's scythe rests against the wall and he's in a hoodie. They're comfortable. You can't expect them to spend eternity in musty old robes.

A starter pack illustration featuring a harried woman with pale skin and long curly hair bursting out of her plastic bubble shouting "OMG! Who puts people in plastic?!" Around her are other bubbles featuring a star trek com badge, her at a jeopardy desk (for unnecessary knowledge), a hockey puck, a tea pot and percolator for caffeine, a watering can for gardening, a very surprised Oak Titmouse for birds, a sleeping gray tabby and a mischievous looking black/brown tabby with white paws and chest for cats, and a bubble that says "AND MORE!" The text at the bottom says "Warning: contains small parts. Do not feed after midnight."

A five panel comic showing an anthropometric onion, dressed in blue robes and blue wizard hat out for a walk when he hears a crack in the bushes and startles to a stop. He looks around, worried. He is being watched by a hooded figure in the bushes. They jump out, surprising him. It's a girl with long, curly red hair, a red dress, and a red cloak. She screams his name "GILLY!" and then grabs him and shakes him while shouting "Can you help me?"
She's fine, she's just melodramatic.

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WOLFSKULLJACK @wolfskulljack.bsky.social · 1d

It’s #portfolioday once again! Hi, my name is Michelle and I’m a British artist in the UK! Clients have included Metallica, Magic! The Gathering, Boom!, Werewolf the Apocalypse and more!
My website is wolfskulljack.com

My art digital, surreal a women and a skeleton

My art digital a large goddess with wings for eyes and a glowing shape of a women with a single antler

A collection of posters that I’ve done for Metallica Volbeat and Trivium

My art digital a women looks into the jaws of a beast

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JLMeyer 🐰 @jenniferlmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

Greetings #portfolioday

My name is JLMeyer and I am a Illustrator, Cover, and Comic artist.

#coverart #kidlitart #animals #IPart #maleficent

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Lenny Wen @lennywendraws.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #PortfolioDay I'm a children's book illustrator-author based in Austria. I love to draw and write a lot of things from nature to supranatural, spooky to sweet, peculiar to mundane.
You can check out my work at: www.lennywen.com

✉️ [email protected]

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Amanda Morrow @amandamorrowart.bsky.social · 23h

Hi I'm Amanda, I am a children's book illustrator on the lookout for more picture book projects. I thrive in narrative-based illustrations where I can play with texture and color.

💼www.amandamorrowart.com
🖍Rep'd by The Bright Agency

#portfolioday #kidlitart #childrensbooks

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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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Julian Plum @julianplum.com · 23h

It's #portfolioday!!

I'm Julian, a queer 🏳️‍⚧️ illustrator from the foggy Finger Lakes of Upstate NY. I work in traditional gouache & promise I know colors that aren't green. I'm rep'd by Naomi Davis @ BookEnds Literary!

🌿 julianplum.com
🐌 [email protected]

#kidlitart #picturebooks #illustration

A lush, intricate gouache painting featuring many leaves in different colors and textures, plus native birds, insects, flowers, and seeds.

A gouache painting featuring a grasshopper sparrow sitting among a riot of pastel wildflowers. Behind it a gray birch reaches into a blue sky.

A crop from a painting featuring a windswept brown-haired girl gently holding an egg, looking up in the direction of the wind at the legs of a crane taking off above her.

Gouache painting featuring a cross-section of a garden: above the earth, radish leaves are covered in ladybugs; below the earth, radishes, roots, and earthworms are visible in the dirt.

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Farah Shah @fawa.bsky.social · 23h

Hi #portfolioday! ⭐️
I’m Farah, a children’s author & illustrator based in UK.

Open to work on new BB, PB and fiction projects.

⭐️ Rep’d by Emily Talbot at @unitedagents.bsky.social
View my full portfolio at www.fawashah.co.uk
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#kidlitart #kidlitartist #fawashah #opentowork #illustration

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Rekha Salin @rekhasalin.bsky.social · 23h

It's #portfolioday
I am Rekha and I love drawing silly, fun and funny pictures, with a lot of heart and humour.
Portfolio Www.rekhasalin.com
Repped by @ashliterary.bsky.social
#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration

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Nicola Schofield @nicolaschofield.com · 23h

Hello #portfolioday !

I am a #kidlit illustrator (of many things) and author (of picturebooks) and here is a little snapshot of my portfolio.

For a closer look, head to NicolaSchofield.com

I'm repped by @sallymkim.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

#kitlitart #pb #illustration

Image showing the home page of NicolaSchofield.com with lots of kidlit illustration thumbnails

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Antonieta Muñoz Estrada @mariadrawss.bsky.social · 23h

Hi #PortfolioDay ! I’m Antonieta, a children’s book illustrator and creator of fun, colorful characters! I'm available for new collaborations on projects ranging from picture books and board books to early readers. Let’s connect!
mariadrawss.com

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Mirto Mastroieni - Looking for work @mirtocomune.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #portfolioday

I'm Mirto, a queer Italian freelance illustrator who loves to play with colors and textures! Nice to meet you! ^ ^
I'm currently open to #kidlit book projects!

🌟Represented by:
@gabycabezut.bsky.social

🌈 mirtomastroieni.portfolio.site
✉️ [email protected]

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🦋daria•anako🦋 artist @anako.bsky.social · 1d

This time I won't miss #PortfolioDay, ha! ✨

Hi, I'm Daria Anako! 💜 I'm a digital artist from Poland. I love creating and illustrating emotional & magical stories with amazing characters 🥰

My portfolio, sm & contact:
anako.art
daria📧anako.art

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Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #PortfolioDay - I'm a children's book author and illustrator. Rep'd by Sean McCarthy. More work at: ginaperry.com #kidlitart

Promo illustration by Gina Perry. Night scene of colorful bugs making music and nibbling on leaves. Beetle plays ukelele, grasshopper plays a tin whistle, bee shakes a maraca. Fireflies add atmosphere.

Black and white illustration by Gina Perry. From the book Aven Green Sleuthing Machine by Dusti Bowling. A group of girls surrounds and loves on a scruffy dog. One girl has no arms, one girl has a unibrow. Scene is framed as a polaroid.

Illustration from the book TOO MUCH! NOT ENOUGH! by Gina Perry. Two monsters are in a very messy kitchen. The big blue monster, Moe, is washing dishes in the sink, looking annoyed by the small monster, Peanut. Peanut is covering his chin and head with bubbles (aka bubble beard and hair). Art and text by Gina Perry

Illustrated promo by Gina Perry. Forest scene, with a number of vehicles driving in the foreground while a fox peers from the shade of trees and ferns. A chipmunk is in the back of a truck with a boo-boo on his head, assisted by a girl gnome. Another gnome drives a flatbed truck with a load of beets. A girl gnome pedals a tricycle towing a jar of flowers.

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Nush @nushdeco.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay !

I'm Nush, I love doing character art and illustration!

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Malizias @malizias.bsky.social · 1d

Yoo its #PortfolioDay again 💫
Hi im mali/ally and i draw dnd and ttrpg characters!!

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Kelly Mangan (She/Her) 🏳️‍🌈💖💜💙 @kellyamangan.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #PortfolioDay! I'm a #KidLit illustrator of the Kirkus-starred picture book LIKE THAT ELEANOR (written by Lee Wind), and author of the upper middle-grade novel MAEVE MULVANEY HAS HAD ENOUGH.

Tiny autumn fairy carrying a heavy acorn, tripping over her pet ladybug

A boy in a DnD tshirt surprised and delighted to see a tiny warrior elf popping out of his nintendo switch

Cover design for my picture book dummy, FLORA'S PERFECTLY FINE FACE

Two panel comic highlighting the similarities and differences in cat-calling when a girl is skinny vs when she is fat. In short, they both suck.

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🌿viktor aleksander🌿 @ commissions open! @nooskadraws.bsky.social · 1d

good morning #PortfolioDay !

i'm viktor, a trans gay illustrator, looking for work in books, ttrpgs, and comics. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 historical fiction, fashion, and fantasy is my cup of tea ✨🌿🌸🍵 would love to work with more queer authors and fantasy book boxes!

🖼️ www.nooska-art.com
✉️ [email protected]

A digital illustration of a scene from AV Wilkes' 'All the White Spaces'. Jonathan, a trans man and the protagonist, stands in the centre, facing the viewer. He stares ahead in horror, his right hand clutching his throat. From his left eye, strands of bleeding red aurora stretch outwards. These auroras show visions of Jonathan's brothers on the Western Front of the First World War:
- A moustached officer smokes a cigarette in a trench, looking away.
- A soldier is twisted in the remains of barbed wire.
- Three soldiers wear gas masks, emerging from clouds of mustard gas.
- No Man's Land exploded to all hell. A tank is submerged in a shell hole in the distance.
- A skull pressed into the earth.
- A soldier holds a rifle and makes his way across the strait of No Man's Land.

Two portrait aligned digital illustrations of book covers.
Left: An illustration of Afaeran and King Galdor from the webcomic Wundor. They stand in the centre, facing each other. They are bordered by Ancient Greek inspired white columns and an arch above them. The columns are covered with grapevines, vine leaves, and hanging purple grapes. Afaerun is an oche skinned elf with flowing light pink-white hair, and wears a curved silver and ruby tiara, he smiles as he looks at King Galdor. King Galdor is a purple skinned monarch with a single white horn growing from his head. He has flowing dark purple hair, and wears a red leaf laurel. He holds Afaerun's cheek in a romantic embrace.
Right: Two male characters stand in front of each other, staring at the other. One is shorter, and wears a mustard yellow jumper, looking annoyed. The other is taller, with frizzy blonde hair, a purple hoodie, and looks smug. A border of cat toys surrounds them. A cat lies down, arching over the two men, and has a smile on his face.

2 different portrait illustrations side by side.
Left: Alder is a green skinned eladrin elf paladin. He stands nude in a forest. He wears a gold crown of laurels on his head. He looks down at the ground. He holds a sword in one hand, and a sprig of alder branch in the other, he has a shield attached to one arm. He is surrounded by green trees and yellow flowers.
Right: A digital illustration inspired by the pairing Hansry (Hans Capon and Henry of Skalitz from the game series Kingdom Come Deliverance). The illustration is influenced by a scene in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice. It is separated into 3 panels.
Panel 1: Hans Capon looks behind him in quiet shock at his bodyguard Henry.
Panel 2: Henry has touched Hans' ungloved hand with his gauntleted one in a gentle hold. The panel is surrounded by blooming flowers: herbs and plants that Henry can forage on his journey. Marigold, St John's Wort, Valerian, Sage, Chamomile, and Dandelion.
Panel 3: Henry meets Hans' eyes with an unreadable expression. He quietly yearns beneath it.

A double page spread of a comic. The first page shows a twisted tree in the centre, the space between each branch a panel showing a plague blighting a kingdom. The protagonist called Wolfgang is engulfed in the blighted roots of the twisted tree in the throes of a nightmare. A voice tells him "Take heed, young Durward. These lands know only death, and within its centre, a horror festers. It feasts on all its roots can teach, and what life remains dwindles."
The second page shows a close up of the branches of this twisted tree. Between its panels are images of rot, bodies in body bags, dead fish floating, and the branches are infested with maggots. The voice continues "Soon, there will be naught to satisfy its hunger. But for every poison, there is an antidote."
A double page spread of a comic. The first page shows a twisted tree in the centre, the space between each branch a panel showing a plague blighting a kingdom. The protagonist called Wolfgang is engulfed in the blighted roots of the twisted tree in the throes of a nightmare. A voice tells him "Take heed, young Durward. These lands know only death, and within its centre, a horror festers. It feasts on all its roots can teach, and what life remains dwindles."
The second page shows a close up of the branches of this twisted tree. Between its panels are images of rot, bodies in body bags, dead fish floating, and the branches are infested with maggots. The voice continues "Soon, there will be naught to satisfy its hunger. But for every poison, there is an antidote."

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Crow @crowinat0r.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #PortfolioDay!
I’m Crow, I love painting characters from my favourite shows/games 😊

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Megi 🦋🐍 @mmegistus.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #portfolioday ! I'm Megi, an artist who draws mostly OC content and sometimes fanart for fun ~

Places where you can find me: mmegistuss.carrd.co

Comms: vgen.co/megistus

Patreon: patreon.com/megistus_sleep

An illustration of my original character, Bhargavi. She is standing in the middle of a pond with a brown wall and two pillars behind, with some greenery around. She has brown skin and long red hair with glowing orange/golden ends. She is wearing a golden armour around her neck and golden vambraces on each arm. She is wearing a sleeveless red top that reveals her smotach and long red pants. She is looking down and has one foot out of the water, while holding on to some of the longer shinier layers of her pants that have appeared to be drenched as they’ve soaked up too much water. There is a strong golden light shining down on her from above.

A fanart illustration of Clair Obscur. There is a giant frame with Verso looking at and reaching out to Alicia from his side, while Alicia, is looking at him and reaching to Verso, standing outside of the frame. With sunlight shining down only on Alicia and a bit on Verso. The top half of Alicia, where the sunlight is shining down on her, depicts her with white hair, while in the shadows, her hair is drawn closer to red. Red and white petals surround the scene.

A portrait illustration of my original character, Megaera, showcases her distinctive features. She has brown skin, striking amber eyes, and white hair with black highlights. Her ears are slightly pointed, and she bears a scar on her right nose, jaw, and neck. The illustration presents two versions: one with her hair flowing down past her shoulders and the other with her hair neatly tied up in a high ponytail. The background is just a plain white with a small chibi of her winking in the bottom right corner.

An illustration of my original character, Aleron. He is an elf with long dark blue hair with glowing cyan ends tied up in a high ponytail. He has fair skin, green (left) and blue (right) eyes and is wearing a blue long-sleeved robe with silver armour and vambraces. He is looking down at the viewer with a solemn expression and is holding a large silver shield in this left hand. Golden sunlight is shining down on this face and behind him are large metal spikes indicating he's in a battlefield.

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Lyanna 🌙 comms open @lyannatropes.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay ✨ I'm Lyanna and I create fantasy and sapphic illustrations! I'd love to work on book and ttrpg projects, and I'm available for private commissions

✉ [email protected]
lyannaartworks.carrd.co
lyannacomm.carrd.co

A portrait of Ipomoea resting against a bush of ipomoea flowers. Her hair is spread across the blooms and the leaves, and her left hand gently touches a flower close to the shoulder.

Ipomoea is a blue tiefling with gem horns, and long, wavy white hair that sparkles in the shadow. Her eyes have a dark sclera with a white iris. Three small stars shine between the horns.

In the middle, Elaine is standing while holding her sword, while the personification of the moon is sitting behind her and almost embracing her gently. On the left, Elaine is holding a white lily, the bottom decorated with more white lilies and ipomoeas. On the right, Elaine's hand is showing holding her sword. The same flowers decorate the bottom of the scene.
The phases of the moon are shown across different parts of the artwork (crescent/waning moons at the bottom, half moons on the sides, full moon in the middle scene).

On the right, Thalia leans forward Eirwen with a red flower in her hand. On the left, Eirwen reaches out, her fingers delicately brushing against the petals while her left hand brushes through Thalia's hair. Around them winter is thawing, flowers and foliage emerging still covered in a little snow.

Camellia is holding Ametista in her arms as she pierces her heart with her sword. Ametista looks peaceful, her arms wrapped around Camellia's shoulders.

In the background there is a scene from their past. Camellia and Ametista are kissing in the gardens, a warm light pouring over the scenery.

The artwork has a golden frame with ornamental swords at the bottom.

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