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Loren 🦇 @circuslollipop.bsky.social · 2h

When the c4 character art was revealed I was like I bet Occtis is gonna be my favorite and then guess what he is absolutely my favorite

#criticalrolefanart #criticalrole #art

Illustration of a nervous young man with tan skin, dark hair, and dark Victorian clothes, holding a book close to his chest.

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 1h

Flat, graphic illustrated poster entitled "Red-Eyed Birds of North America" featuring shadowy gray-blue silhouetted birds punctuated by bright red eyes. 23 birds are depicted in total, some highlights being the Snail Kite, Roseate Spoonbill, Common Loon, and Wood Duck.

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RavennoWithTea || ✧⁠*⁠。𓄿 @ravennowithtea.bsky.social · 1d

Corn Maze + Cauldron Contents 💜 for ArtFright2025

Ravenno & Ethan enjoy a harvest festival corn maze. Some of their friends have also joined them for the festivities, though the party has gotten a bit separated amongst the corn hedges. :3

🌿 #art #ocsky #ArtFight #ArtFright2025

Isometric style illustration of my original characters (OCs) Ravenno & Ethan in a spooky corn maze evening scene. They are holding hands, paused in their exploration to enjoy a small romantic moment alone together. They are encircled by a heart, bottom left. Some of their friends are amongst the others exploring the maze at this time. Mei (who belongs to @tiassa.bsky.social ), just right of center, looks on at a skeleton, who very unfortunately has nothing from which to steal. Ronan (who belongs to @teaweltzer.bsky.social ), top right, is divine sensing for any nearby treachery. Iluri (who belongs to @brinsonmarie.bsky.social ), top left, is shouting for his compatriot as a gelatinous cube oozes nearby. Aluin (who belongs to @brinsonmarie.bsky.social ) is on the other side of the maze, and is pretty sure he heard Iluri but doesn't know how to get to him yet.

cropped version of previous illustration focused on just my two original characters (OCs) Ravenno (they/them) and Ethan (he/him).

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RavennoWithTea || ✧⁠*⁠。𓄿 @ravennowithtea.bsky.social · 21h

Hi #portfolioday ! \o/
My name is Joanna and I do a lot of illustration work, as well as color design/BG paint for animation.

🎨 Color Designer Portfolio &
✉️ Contact for Work inquiries: ravennowithtea.carrd.co

🌿 Art-only Bsky Feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Collection of various Personal Work, Illustrations and Design Projects, including fanart of Critical Role, Elden Ring, and Blue Period.

Anime Los Angeles (ALA) production work, various covers and art assets, as well as an enamel pin design.

Selection of Jester Sketchbook pages, which was originally a fan-made project chronicling Critical Role's 2nd Campaign, from Jester's perspective, but has since been featured in several official CR books.

Selection of stained glass art assets designed for Critical Role's Exandria Unlimited opening sequence. 3dWork/VFX was done by Christian Brown.

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🌿Elaine Tipping🍃 @triaelf9.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #portfolioday it caught me at a time i can't make fancy posts ahhh

But if you like comics, fantasy, adventure, found family, queer characters, etc, give my stuff a read? I think my stories are pretty cool ^_^

🌿Elaine Tipping🍃 @triaelf9.bsky.social · Oct 11

🏡 Home: elainetipping.com

📚Comics: elainetipping.com/comics/

Shops:
💻 ko-fi.com/triaelf9/shop
🛒 artofelainetipping.threadless.com

Support (w/ perks!)
☕️Ko-fi ko-fi.com/triaelf9
✨Patreon patreon.com/TriaElf9

Order Pathways vol 1 here, and more!
linktr.ee/ElaineTipping

#comics

An image of the Pathways vol 1 cover and spine so people know what it looks like in stores, and then a list of "if you like these media properties, you'll probably like my book"
the list includes such things as Ghibli, Critical Role, Dragon Age, LotR, AltA, and then stuff like dragons, sci fi, queer romance, etc.

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 20h

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 23h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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KarrahE @karrahe.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay 🤗

I'm Bronagh, freelance artist of TTRPG portraits in various styles

I also really enjoy capturing RL likenesses through fan art!

I've done work for Marvel, Darrington Press and MtG

Business enquiries: [email protected]
Links: linktr.ee/karrahe

Painterly bust portrait of a kindly earth genasi woman. She has a soft, sweet smile. Her skin is warm grey with a pearlescent sheen where the light hits. Her hair is dark brown, curly and arranged in a messy low bun. She wears a purple cloak with a thin gold border over a simple cloth tunic in an orange shade. Her jewellery is gold: sunburst earrings and a pendant of the Church of Lathander. The background is a pastel sunrise sky.

Blackbeard tarot card painting from OFMD. A kraken tentacle emerges from the sea and has begun circling him. A rapier pierces his heart, where he holds a swatch of red cloth. The sword points to a distant lighthouse on the horizon

A stylised portrait of David Tennant as The Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna. They are clinched close, both looking alarmed towards something offscreen to the right of the image. The background is a starry sky.

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Andrea Corsini :•) @syqkos.bsky.social · 1d

Hey #PortfolioDay 🖤

I'm Andrea, freelance illustrator and concept artist who loves to paint fantasy and dark fantasy themes.🌙
I've worked in TTRPGS, TCGs, videogames and book publishing.

Would love to work for MTG and DnD one day!

✉️[email protected]
🎨 www.andrea-corsini.com

Illustration of a vampire woman luring the viewer closer

Illustration of a knight fallen after a duel

Illustration of a goatman creature in a fallen city

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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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🎃 Jo (a swarm of) Bee(s) 🦇 @jobeeart.bsky.social · 1d

hey #PortfolioDay I'm Jo, a freelance illustrator from the Netherlands who's currently studying graphic design! i love colour, girls and spooky things
✨ [email protected]
✨ jonnebartelds.com
✨ jobeeart.tumblr.com
✨ instagram.com/jobeeart
✨ ko-fi.com/jobeeart

Self-portrait of the artist screaming. They are a white person with shoulder-length brown hair. They've got one hand around their neck. The background is red and black. Around the top and bottom are white thorns curling around each other.

Drawing of Florence Welch. She is a white woman with long, red hair. She is pictured from the thigh up, looking up, her arms out, hands with their palms up. She is wearing a see-through, sparkly dress with long sleeves.

Sketchbook page with a turnip, a fish, some eyes and the lyrics "I listen to music from 2006 and feel kind of sick" drawn in it.

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Loren 🦇 @circuslollipop.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay!

I'm a fantasy illustrator with a fondness for the whimsical and the gothic. I also love fantasy/historical clothing! Currently looking for bookish work

Portfolio: cara.app/circuslollipop
🔗: beacons.ai/circuslollipop
✉️: [email protected]

Back view of a girl with white hair and a purple dress smiling serenely as she stretches her arm out towards a small black and red dragon

An illustration of a vampire man with black hair and a red suit gazing wistfully offscreen while sitting in a tree. Beside him on the tree is a wooden sign reading TURN BACK NOW.

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Matt 🏳️‍🌈 @mspencerdraws.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay!
I'm Matt, a queer illustrator from Michigan.

I'd love to do more:
-Book covers (and interiors!)
-TTRPG projects (items, maps, etc.)!
-DnD Character/Party Commissions 👀
-Stained Glass Style illustrations

🍂 www.mspencerdraws.com
🏹 [email protected]

‪Matt 🏳️‍🌈‬
‪@mspencerdraws.bsky.social‬
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And some rarely seen but still much loved (by me) black and white pieces. Chapter headers, a temporary tattoo design, and an interior full page illustration.

A chapter header from A Mourning Coat. A drawing of various sewing notions in ink lines and digital washes of grey- a pincushion, scissors shaped like a cassowary, a measuring tape, buttons and various spools of thread.
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A chapter header from North Continent Ribbon. An ink drawing of a thick tome with an ornate 8-pointed star on the cover, an elaborate lock, and a long ribbon bookmark
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A drawing, in ink, of a snake curling over a rectangular shape filled with a drawing of a hemlock plant. Where the snake overlaps the rectangle, it is scaled, where the snake is outside the rectangle, it is skeletal.
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From Neon Hemlock's Unfettered Hexes: Queer Tales of Insatiable Darkness. A gouache and ink painting depicting a lonesome little house on an expansive prairie. Wind blows the grass and the very sky seems like it's pressing in on the structure. Light glows from one window.
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‪@nelnelnellie.bsky.social‬
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For Legends of Avantris' Crooked Moon. A watercolor illustration depicting a stained glass window featuring a demonic feminine figure with her hands open expressively in front of her. She has horns, clawed wings and a tail that wraps around her hooved legs. Roses and thorny vines feature as motifs throughout the red-tinted image.
For Legends of Avantris' Crooked Moon. A watercolor illustration depicting a stained glass window featuring a demonic feminine figure with her hands open expressively in front of her. She has horns, clawed wings and a tail that wraps around her hooved legs. Roses and thorny vines feature as motifs throughout the red-tinted image.

Cover art for Neon Hemlock's "We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2024". An illustration (in watercolor) of an earth-toned wild hunt tapestry with muted rainbow-y accents being looked at by a trio of rad queer people in a museum-esque framing

A watercolor illustration in oranges and greys. A serpent weaves through bare branches of a tree. Centered, within a frame of antlers, a black and white portrait of a bearded man with leather armor on one shoulder and a quiver on his back.

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Whit☀️Wei @mochiwei.com · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay, I’m Whitney and I love drawing fantasy illustrations and comics! 👋✨

💻+💌 Mochiwei.com

Link adjusting his tunic from Tears of the Kingdom

Cover page illustration for comic “And They Were Roommates”

Illustration of Link looking at his reflection in a shard of a sword.

Page from “All This on a Tuesday Morning,” a comic about a witch and her boyfriend. As they banter, a golden eagle lands on the witch’s arm.

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Slack @slackwater.bsky.social · 1d

Its my bday and #portfolioday ?

Cant say this old lady is looking for work currently, but I might be taking commissions in the near future thanks to being unemployed lol

So a repost is a nice bday gift ;D

Slack @slackwater.bsky.social · Jan 14

#portfolioday

I’m Slack, and I just do art for fun. But I’ve got some silly OCs, D&D stuff, occasionally fan art, and even some knitting and crochet for your viewing pleasure ;D

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Lizzi 🐦‍⬛🌸 @spiritcrowart.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay ! I'm Lizzi, and I like illustrating birds and fantasy creatures. Sometimes I dabble in pixel art! 💜

🎨 Art-Only Feed: bsky.app/profile/spir...

☕ Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/lizzi
💸 VGen (Comms): vgen.co/spiritcrowart
🔗 Links: linktr.ee/SpiritCrowArt
✉️ [email protected]

Portrait of Gyr, a gryphon with white feathers that wears a silver winged helm with a unicorn horn, and a silver chestplate and wing covers. His eyes glow bright red as he casts magical lightning around him. (oc belongs to Severedfeather)

Artwork showcase of the characters I drew for a DnD manual: Lineages of the Long White Cloud vol 2. It features a ranger based on the harlequin gecko, a bard based on the kokako bird, a kakapo-bear creature, and a rogue based on the sacred kingfisher.

Playing card design featuring the two forms of Atlas the dragon (OC belongs to lyka-ios). In their default form, they have white feathers and golden horns. In their alternate form, they have black fur and dark horns.

Pixel art of Malzeno from Monster Hunter, in flight with its wings spread in front of a full moon. It has white scales, a gray underbelly, crimson wings, and golden horns, claws, and tail spikes.

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~.Meg.~ @megzilla87.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #Portfolioday!!

I’m still on the lookout for studio background painting positions or freelance illustration work! 🥰💖

~.Meg.~ @megzilla87.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hey #PortfolioDay!! 🎨✏️

I'm Meg! I have 11 years of animation industry experience, working in primarily BG Paint and Layout for TV animation, and am looking for full time studio work!

Feel free to check out my Carrd for my portfolio & other links where you can find me online! megzilla87.carrd.co

Painted piece of an tree-top elven city with two young half elves, Vax'ildan and Vex'ahlia sitting under a warm yellow light.

Pike Trickfoot, a gnome cleric of Sarenrae, conducting a spirit check spell on warforged, Fresh Cut Grass while in Pike's cozy little cottage.

Background of a large fallen log with purple foliage and mossy green grass speckled with light.

Exterior painting of brightly coloured row houses from San Fransisco.

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🌻Bree Williams🌻 @larkspurns.bsky.social · 22h

Hey hey, #PortfolioDay! I’m Bree, an LA based comic artist, colorist and illustrator, and I’m looking for work! Give a holler to Claire Draper @auliterarymgmt.bsky.social to enlist my spooky services 💀😘

☘️ www.larkspurnsart.com
✨ thewitchwolf.org
Rep’d by: @draper-claire.bsky.social

An illustration of Fearne Calloway dancing through a forest on fire

An illustration of Fearne Calloway on fire

A comic page of a wolf running through the forest

A comic page of witches dancing around a cauldron

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Dani Carr @itsdanicarr.bsky.social · 17h

Oh hey #PortfolioDay! I’m a writer, both comics and prose, and write an ongoing monthly webcomic called The Witch Wolf. Currently open for writing work! I love horror, romance, and fairy tales. I’m represented by the phenomenal @draper-claire.bsky.social at @auliterarymgmt.bsky.social
💕🩵💕

A comic page from The Witch Wolf - Art by Bree Williams (larkspurns)

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Sonya Henar || Available for Work and Comms Open @sonybaloneyart.bsky.social · 22h

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Sonya &I'm character designer and award winning illustrator.

I'm available for freelance, studio work & seeking representation!

Past clients: Greenbrier Games, Gran Via Productions, Skybound Entertainment, Darrington Press

sonybaloneyart.com
[email protected]

illustration of two skeleton chefs and chinese opera ghost performer

girl in a dirty dress crying on the stairs

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🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 17h

all the mountains of CP in his AI dataset that he dismissed when he was made aware of it is finally gonna make him a ton of money

in the end, I think this was really always the goal. Forcing artists to draw whatever shit you wanted or generate porn of anyone you wanted without consent

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 23h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

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RavennoWithTea || ✧⁠*⁠。𓄿 @ravennowithtea.bsky.social · 21h

Hi #portfolioday ! \o/
My name is Joanna and I do a lot of illustration work, as well as color design/BG paint for animation.

🎨 Color Designer Portfolio &
✉️ Contact for Work inquiries: ravennowithtea.carrd.co

🌿 Art-only Bsky Feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Fofo 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @fofoart.bsky.social · Jun 18

All the doggos together! They're all the bestest boys. #dndart #monsterart #pathfinderart #d&dart #d&d #shadowmastiff #hellhound #yethhound #deathdog #blinkdog #worg #winterwolf