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Kathaja Krim
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In love with the Strange. art ⬥ writing ⬥ OCs ⬥ aliens ⬥ monsters ⬥ sci-fi she/her, 30s, Austrian www.kathaja.com ⬥ linktr.ee/kathaja Find my art & original species in the Feeds tab ↓
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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · Sep 9
Hi! 🤍
I'm Kathaja and I love writing sci-fi & romance—yes, that combination—while sharing my alien world through my art. My work is traditional and digital, quite often a blend of both.

Want to know more about my world and novel?
Read on in the replies! ↓
Collage of 4 artworks tinted in muted, dark colors. Top left: Fineliner art of an alien character, Zhaikes Nazkarath (OC), buffing out his chest and looking over his shoulder, with an angry expression. Top right: Digital art of a cat-like alien character, an Arka (species), with long flowy hair and white eyes without pupils. Bottom left: Pencil art of a snarling creature, the Ozyres, showing a maw full of pointy teeth and a long tongue. Bottom right: Digital art of a reptilian alien character, a Vortecc (species), with an elongated face and bendy tendrils on their head.
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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 5h
Hi, #PortfolioDay ~

I'm Kathaja and I draw alien OCs and creatures from my sci-fi world and novel.

More info at www.kathaja.com
Digital art of Lara, a human woman, hugging Zhaikes, an alien man. Lara stands over Zhaikes and has her arms around his neck, while pressing his head to her chest. Zhaikes seems to be indecisive, his hand hovering next to Lara with his fingers being curled. While he likes the experience, he is unsure if he may reciprocate the hug. One tiny detail to notice: On the inside of Zhaikes' wrist is a small symbol that looks just like my artist logo. Art by Kathaja Krim. WIP shot, digital art of an alien person, Zhaikes (species: Zhor Khat), from a top down angle. Zhaikes is glancing up over his shoulder with a grim expression. The angle gives us a view onto the broad scales running along his spine and two of his extra limbs that are positioned at his shoulder blades. Art by Kathaja Krim. Illustration of a Nan-Te'gah, an alien species, that shows the head in side view. The alien has four larger and two smaller appendages on their head, three on each side. Text on page: Head appendages are made of cartilage and muscle. Elongated tympanic membranes run along each of the four larger appendages and serve as sensory organs. Upper appendages: Specialized for detecting airborne vibrations and pressure changes. Lower appendages: Specialized for detecting underwater vibrations and movements. The appendages are also used to convey emotions by moving them into different positions. Active movement affects the membranes. While most self-generated disturbances can be ignored, the sensitivity of the membranes is dampened by active movement. Thus, increased focus or fear makes them eerily still. Nictitating membrane (third eyelid) can be drawn across the eye for protection, particularly when underwater. Outer teeth are part of the exoskeleton that covers the face. Lips close behind the outer teeth. The actual teeth are located inside the mouth, with pointed incisors and flatter molars. Canines are not prominent and look like incisors. Pencil art of a creature's head in side-view, the Ozyres. The creature is snarling, showing off its crooked teeth and a long tongue. Its eye is purely white with a soft glow. It has two ears which are set back, underlining the aggressive pose. Art by Kathaja Krim.
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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 1h
Thank you! 🤍
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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 2h
Thanks Dan 🤍
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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 3h
It bites 🤍 :>
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Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 4h
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. Swatch pattern card on top of matching pattern background. Swatch card is a large white rectangle with a square swatch of the NESS magazine brand pattern I designed in the 2025 summer issue colour-way. Swatch card has font at the bottom corner that read “BABE&OAK endpage repeat pattern summer 2025 client: NESS magazine” and the stamp for Babe&Oak in the bottom right corner.
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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 4h
Oh wow, your art is epic! :O
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Karina S. @chirunax.bsky.social · 10h
Hi, #PortfolioDay!

I am Karina, a digital artist and illustrator.

Portfolio: cara.app/chirunax
E-mail: [email protected] ‪

Commission info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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🍎 hindasavra @hindasavra.bsky.social · 4h
Happy #PortfolioDay 🌱

I’m Hin, a character artist who’s in love with fantasy. I find huge inspiration in capturing a piece of individuality in every character I work with and breathe life into them through my style!

📎: hindasavra.carrd.co
#fantasyart #digitalpainting #art
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talomana @talomana.bsky.social · 4h
Hi, #PortfolioDay

I'm Talych, artist from Ukraine who loves toxic colors c:
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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 4h
Your art is so beautiful!
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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 4h
Thank you for the share 🤍
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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 5h
Hi, #PortfolioDay ~

I'm Kathaja and I draw alien OCs and creatures from my sci-fi world and novel.

More info at www.kathaja.com
Digital art of Lara, a human woman, hugging Zhaikes, an alien man. Lara stands over Zhaikes and has her arms around his neck, while pressing his head to her chest. Zhaikes seems to be indecisive, his hand hovering next to Lara with his fingers being curled. While he likes the experience, he is unsure if he may reciprocate the hug. One tiny detail to notice: On the inside of Zhaikes' wrist is a small symbol that looks just like my artist logo. Art by Kathaja Krim. WIP shot, digital art of an alien person, Zhaikes (species: Zhor Khat), from a top down angle. Zhaikes is glancing up over his shoulder with a grim expression. The angle gives us a view onto the broad scales running along his spine and two of his extra limbs that are positioned at his shoulder blades. Art by Kathaja Krim. Illustration of a Nan-Te'gah, an alien species, that shows the head in side view. The alien has four larger and two smaller appendages on their head, three on each side. Text on page: Head appendages are made of cartilage and muscle. Elongated tympanic membranes run along each of the four larger appendages and serve as sensory organs. Upper appendages: Specialized for detecting airborne vibrations and pressure changes. Lower appendages: Specialized for detecting underwater vibrations and movements. The appendages are also used to convey emotions by moving them into different positions. Active movement affects the membranes. While most self-generated disturbances can be ignored, the sensitivity of the membranes is dampened by active movement. Thus, increased focus or fear makes them eerily still. Nictitating membrane (third eyelid) can be drawn across the eye for protection, particularly when underwater. Outer teeth are part of the exoskeleton that covers the face. Lips close behind the outer teeth. The actual teeth are located inside the mouth, with pointed incisors and flatter molars. Canines are not prominent and look like incisors. Pencil art of a creature's head in side-view, the Ozyres. The creature is snarling, showing off its crooked teeth and a long tongue. Its eye is purely white with a soft glow. It has two ears which are set back, underlining the aggressive pose. Art by Kathaja Krim.
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Karina S. @chirunax.bsky.social · 5h
Portfolioday #artshare!

💜Link your Portfolio Day posts in the comments
💜Keep it SFW
💜Try to reblog/comment each other

🚫no A/I

❤️
A giant man with white pearlescent scales on his shoulders and tail covers a small woman in a red dress with his hand The man has a huge bleeding bite on his shoulder.
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Akane ⚔️🫀 DTIYS pinned! @akanelogics.bsky.social · 5h
Hey #portfolioday! ✨

I'm Akane, a freelance digital artist from Spain whose work is dark fantasy and medieval themed.

I've worked for Critical Role, also as a cover artist, doing private commissions and on my own comic Kaelis. 🪶⚔️

💼 akanelogics.carrd.co
✉️ [email protected]
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michael katchan @michaelkatchan.bsky.social · 5h
Gday #portfolioday

I’m Mike, an illustrator in the fantasy/rpg/TCG space

I love expressive characters, moody spaces and lingering moments

If you’re looking for work like this I’d love to talk
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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 6h
I'm Jen, a concept artist, illustrator and writer based in Australia looking for opportunities in cover illustration for dark genres, and novel or comic publishing agents for future projects.

🎨 Portfolio: www.gritrook.art
📧 Contact: www.gritrook.art/contact
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#PortfolioDay #booksky #darkart
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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 5h
Hi, #PortfolioDay ~

I'm Kathaja and I draw alien OCs and creatures from my sci-fi world and novel.

More info at www.kathaja.com
Digital art of Lara, a human woman, hugging Zhaikes, an alien man. Lara stands over Zhaikes and has her arms around his neck, while pressing his head to her chest. Zhaikes seems to be indecisive, his hand hovering next to Lara with his fingers being curled. While he likes the experience, he is unsure if he may reciprocate the hug. One tiny detail to notice: On the inside of Zhaikes' wrist is a small symbol that looks just like my artist logo. Art by Kathaja Krim. WIP shot, digital art of an alien person, Zhaikes (species: Zhor Khat), from a top down angle. Zhaikes is glancing up over his shoulder with a grim expression. The angle gives us a view onto the broad scales running along his spine and two of his extra limbs that are positioned at his shoulder blades. Art by Kathaja Krim. Illustration of a Nan-Te'gah, an alien species, that shows the head in side view. The alien has four larger and two smaller appendages on their head, three on each side. Text on page: Head appendages are made of cartilage and muscle. Elongated tympanic membranes run along each of the four larger appendages and serve as sensory organs. Upper appendages: Specialized for detecting airborne vibrations and pressure changes. Lower appendages: Specialized for detecting underwater vibrations and movements. The appendages are also used to convey emotions by moving them into different positions. Active movement affects the membranes. While most self-generated disturbances can be ignored, the sensitivity of the membranes is dampened by active movement. Thus, increased focus or fear makes them eerily still. Nictitating membrane (third eyelid) can be drawn across the eye for protection, particularly when underwater. Outer teeth are part of the exoskeleton that covers the face. Lips close behind the outer teeth. The actual teeth are located inside the mouth, with pointed incisors and flatter molars. Canines are not prominent and look like incisors. Pencil art of a creature's head in side-view, the Ozyres. The creature is snarling, showing off its crooked teeth and a long tongue. Its eye is purely white with a soft glow. It has two ears which are set back, underlining the aggressive pose. Art by Kathaja Krim.
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Cu Sith @cuarsith.bsky.social · 6h
Hello, #PortfolioDay!

I'm Cu Sith, digital and traditional artist. I like drawing all kinds of creatures and dark atmospheres 🖤

Links: cuarsith.carrd.co
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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 5h
Lol, I can imagine.
I saw smaller ones in Norway a few years back, but they also covered the whole sky at some point, which was amazing. The ones I saw yesterday were indeed larger. All are surreal for sure 🤍
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Kim Hu // Work Account @elbowrocket.bsky.social · 21h
arcade
Illustration of people in an arcade, looking into a crane game machine
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Delta Hexagon | Comms Open on Vgen @deltahexagon.bsky.social · 19h
Human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you.

hard choice! but i still love this older warrior ing painting and i think it shows off what i love to create the most: funky space critters
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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 6h
Nooooo way ;--; That's so unlucky, omg. And they saw them? I guess they did..
I hope you get the chance again and then don't sleep through it :'')
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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 6h
It is :O
I love seeing aurora so much!
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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 6h
Ohh thanks, it was a pleasure to make them 🤍 :>
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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 6h
I hope you can see them sometime soon!
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Kathaja Krim @kathaja.com · 6h
Yess 🤍 ;--;