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@marissasketch.bsky.social

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Illustrator ✨ she/her ✨ Portfolio: https://marissasketch.carrd.co Prints: https://inprnt.com/gallery/marissasketch Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/marissasketch

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Marissa 🌙🌱 @marissasketch.bsky.social · Aug 31

Lots of new people here so I thought I'd reintroduce myself! Welcome everyone 💙

I'm Marissa, an illustrator who loves painting fantasy, nature, and cute animals 🐥🌱✨

Digital illustration of a scene from Lord of the Rings with Frodo and Gandalf as birds. Gandalf, a snowy owl, is wearing a wizard hat and robes and is driving a wooden cart through the Shire. Frodo, a yellow baby chick, is seated next to Gandalf and is looking up at him.

Digital illustration of a purple, pink, and orange sunrise over a lake with silhouetted hills on the horizon line. The clouds form a large white rabbit laying in a loaf position above the sun.

Digital illustration of a white duckling, inspired by Quaxly from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, swimming on blue water. A wave swirls around him, creating what resembles a pompadour of water on top of his head.

Digital illustration of Wirt from Over the Garden Wall, except he is a bluebird. He is wearing a cone shaped red hat and a dark blue cape, and is holding up a glowing lantern with his wing.

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 18h

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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SAPRO @saproartist.bsky.social · 23h

Alfy oc commission for duskwights 🤍

Illustration of a character with glasses. He’s holding the frame of his glasses. One of his eyes has exuded strange patterns resembling eyes. His shirt is a frayed blouse with a cravat. The lower half of his body seems to be a large centipede’s. His long hair is displayed like a sharp set of teeth.

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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 2d

🌺🏵️🌸💮🌻

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bispau @ShortBox 2025 @bispau.art · Jan 4

How it feels 😬

Sticker of a cat on a table with destruction all around and giant Japanese crabs throwing lasers trough their eyes

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 1d

My fifteenth — and final! — piece for my solo show @gallerynucleus.bsky.social!

#illustration #kidlitart #wizard #mage #magicalart #fantasyart #gouache #watercolor

watercolor and gouache painting of a wizard standing in front of an old oak tree as a series of white birds alight around him

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Jaws Stone - indefinite hiatus @jaws-stone.bsky.social · 11d

Apologies for this post, but I've more or less hit rock bottom. I am emotionally exhausted and burnt out. I've not drawn for weeks and by now it does not feel like an easy fix. If you have any desire to support me, it'd mean more than ever as I physically can't work atm.
www.patreon.com/only_jaws

Get more from Jaws on Patreon

Patreon is empowering a new generation of creators. Support and engage with artists and creators as they live out their passions!

www.patreon.com

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Marissa 🌙🌱 @marissasketch.bsky.social · 1d

Aww I'm glad you like it!

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Adam 🪿 @vexnir.bsky.social · 10d

Sharing is caring 🧡

#art #pokemon #pokemonart #watercolor

Watercolor illustration of two Pokémon, Pumpkaboo and Mimikyu, sharing a big, swirly lollipop. There’s also a jack-o-lantern shaped candy basket in front.

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Arthur Baron-Clément @arthur.baron-clement.com · 3d

bridge

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Marissa 🌙🌱 @marissasketch.bsky.social · 3d

Aaah I love how you painted her hair! 💖 Really beautiful and dynamic

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 3d

love goddess

fanart of Aphrodite from Hades 2, wearing a modern days outfit - purple micro jean shorts, pink crop top -, lots of jewelry (necklaces, rings, earrings, ankle bracelet), her hands joined on her knees, sitting, her luscious hair floating behind her, her eyes shining pink, smiling
also flower & heart tattoos on both her arms

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maddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 5d

🤏🌟

Hades II comic
Melinoë (she looks very cool and powerful)
Melinoë when Selene calls her “little star” (she is a cute baby star being held by Selene)

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Mali 💤 @ MCM G-24 💛 @sleepimali.bsky.social · 5d

Shop is open until the end of the week! 🌿✨️
sleepimali-shop.com

Shares are super appreciated, especially from EU folks 💛💛

#EUShop #ArtShop

Graphic of a floating bunny head with a puffy flower poking out of their forehead saying "THE SHOP IS OPEN! (WAHOO!!!)" in a happy bubbly speech bubble

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 5d

hades gals 💀🌸

fanart of Melinoe from Hades 2, wearing a modern outfit (dark jeans, orange top), she has a big tattoo on her right arm, and is about to tie her hair with a hair band (is this how it's called in english ?)
her eyes are closed, she has nice arm muscles and looks extremely lesbian

fanart of Nemesis from Hades 2, wearing a modern outfit (red jeans, black crop top with the Hades sigil as a pattern on it), moon shaped necklace, tattoos on her left arm and pecs, as she's about to tie her hair using a green hairband, her eyes closed
(green light on her right side cause she's standing next to Melinoe's glowing arm, off camera)

fanart of Eris, from Hades 2, she's sitting, right leg with her knee bent, in front of her
right hand on her right foot, left hand on her face, framing her left eye between two fingers
she's wearing big sneakers, micro shorts, some sort of sweater with stripes showing her shoulders
she has apple tree branch tattoos on her thigh and left shoulder

fanart of Medea from Hades 2, but wearing modern clothes (tiny leather shorts with double belt, red/purple leather crop top), a nose ring, necklaces, also big tattoo covering the entire left arm (a snake, a moon crescent, flowers and leaves)
She's sitting, resting on her left hand, her right hand next to her face, conjuring some plague magic that bathes her in green light

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Dan Liimatta @danliimatta.bsky.social · 6d

#daily 34: priestess | spectral fog

Painting of a priestess conjuring magical smoke

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 5d

It’s really hard to describe to people who are not artists how survival mode does *not* inspire creativity, as the myth would have us believe. It suppresses creativity as you try to limit every possible risk – and the opportunities that come with them.

Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 5d

It turns out building habits and stuff actually requires not being in survival mode, who knew?!
(Yeah yeah I did)

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secondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.com · 6d

Bed [1/4]

Cartoon crow looking sad is flying in a wobbly pattern.

As he flies, a strange arch is seen below.

The arch leads is a lighted room, despite it not being attached to a building. The crow is curious about it.

The crow looks into the arch thru its broken window.

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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 6d

Something from the ol' comfort zone for the beginning of autumn

A horned jousting helmet with some autumn leaves in the background and sun icons on three sides.

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Marissa 🌙🌱 @marissasketch.bsky.social · 6d

These turned out so good!! Beautiful rendering 🐔✨

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Nadinne Neira (commissions open!) @nadneira.bsky.social · 9d

Lore. Apologies in advance, english is not my first language 😂 I added Alt text of the text in the images and some descriptors.

Title: Athrathrao (REDACTED)
Subtitle 1: Anthrathrao's egg. Description: Small and round compared to an average chicken egg. Has a rough texture on it's surface and a pale gray coloration. This egg is always laid under a house, causing the subsequent curse. The flock's rooster will attack, and some times kill, the hen that laid the Basilisk's egg and incubate it instead.

Subtitle 2: Hatchling. Description: Hatches like a normal chicken, breaking the egg's shell with it's beak. A fetid, black and dense substance pours out as the basilisk breaks through the shell. Another oddity is the incubation period, longer than a normal chicken, 30 to 31 days. It's believed that is the last laid egg from a hen, before natural death, that could be a basilisk's. In laboratory tests, with at least 100 chickens, for over a year, we haven't been able to get even one basilisk egg in our controlled trial environment, which consists of an authentic southern home, a chicken flock and scientists volunteering to live in the trial space. Other environmental causes may be necessary for it's production. This sample was observed and taken into custody by a U.A.T.P field team sent to (REDACTED). A local family contacted us with suspicions of it's presence, that resulted to be true. More information in the full report by our field agents.

Title: Athrathrao (REDACTED)
Subtitle 1: Adult. Description: Seems to be a mix between a southamerican iguana, a rooster and a snake. It's length can be a little over 1 meter. Presents a common bright red cockscomb, light brown feathers, the typical gray an vibrant green coloration of a common Iguana combined with brown colors and spotted pattern of a REDACTED slender snake.

Subtitle 2: Observed Behavior. Description: If the egg is not found and destroyed before hatching, it's almost certain death for the cursed family or family member affected, in some rare documented cases, people have lived for long periods of time afflicted by this creature.
Athrathrao not only is venomous but also feeds on the inhabitant's saliva and breath (also referred as soul or vital energy), there's only one instance captured on film of this creature feeding while the human was asleep, captured by one of our field agent's, the case resulted, sadly, in a fatality.
The only effective way to get rid of this creature is to burn the egg or in extreme cases, the house the basilisk is affecting. In some instances a Machi is able to expulse the creature and the curse, but it only ends affecting another household.

Title: Athrathrao (REDACTED)

Subtitle: Documented life cycle of a Basilisk.

Description: There's no register of a natural cause of death, it has only been killed with fire, either in Egg stage by rapidly burning it when found, or in Adulthood, by burning the home it plagues. No remains of the creature are ever found by locals.

Pyramid/tringle type of graphic showing the life cycle, on top the illustration of eggs, arrow points down right to the illustration of the hatchling, arrow points left to the illustration of the adult.

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tayturs.bsky.social @tayturs.bsky.social · 6d

(Hoping Bsky won't compress the hell out of this image this time :,) )

Here is the whole gang in scale with one another! Chloe makes Josaphine look so tiny!!

I worked really hard on these and I hope it shows ❤️