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comic artist, incorrigible history nerd, appreciator of boba she/they rep'd by Matt Belford sierrabravoart.com [email protected] webcomic: hansvogelisdead.com

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scary bravo @sierrabravoart.bsky.social · Nov 14

hello! i'm Sierra, i like history and folklore and make comics about those things. i have work with @madcavestudios.bsky.social , @darkhorsecomics.bsky.social , @verybigcomics.com , and more!

shop: shop.sierrabravoart.com
webcomic: www.hansvogelisdead.com
website: www.sierrabravoart.com

a canvas print depicting an illustration of the Wild Hunt, with a skeleton blowing a horn and a woman holding a spear riding red horses and accompanied by hounds running across a night sky.

a comic page from HANS VOGEL IS DEAD, showing a boxing match between a large man and a muscular young woman. A crowd cheers them on.

a comic page from UNICORN HUNT, showing a hunting party and hounds chasing a white unicorn off-screen.

a promotional art piece from HANS VOGEL IS DEAD, done for the 9th anniversary of the webcomic in 2024. Hans and Reineke are lying on a picnic blanket under a tree, speckled with light and with a half-empty picnic basket by them. Hans is lying on his back napping, and Reineke is excitedly looking at a stag beetle.

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scary bravo @sierrabravoart.bsky.social · 16h

oh my god it's #PortfolioDay again and i really want to get to do another comic soon, please let me do some history and mythology stuff thanks

www.sierrabravoart.com
email: [email protected]

promotional art for the tenth anniversary of Hans Vogel is Dead! Hans and Reineke walk through a birch forest, Hans looking behind him at the viewer.

an illustration of the chimera from Greek mythology, walking through some ruins overgrown with ivy and a charred stone wall.

a comic page from HANS VOGEL IS DEAD, showing a dogfight between multiple German and Polish aircraft.

a comic page from HANS VOGEL IS DEAD, showing a boxing match between Princess Glückskind and the leshy. The leshy attempts to turn into multiple animals, unsuccessfully.

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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 1d

Good News folks, you CAN now in fact, play this

The free demo for Legend of Khiimori is now available on Steam for everyone. Check it out, give it a try, tell a friend. Show everyone how much you want horse games 💪❤

Screenshot from the game The Legend of Khiimori, showing a horse and rider on a steppe landscape

Screenshot of The Legend of Khiimori in a Steam library. It has a "Demo" tag on the top left

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Bitter Jazz. Meisterj. Solitary Jasmine @meisterj.bsky.social · 12h

You know, many books here could be great gifts for people, yourself included. Treat someone to a good book and support an indie creator(in many cases)

Send them a nice comment too. If you don't like it, keep it to yourself 🙂😊

Bitter Jazz. Meisterj. Solitary Jasmine @meisterj.bsky.social · Jun 1

Happy Pride! 🎆. Unless I forgor, I'm going to try to showcase a queer comic/manga/graphic novel every day. I just decided to do this, so time will tell how successful I am.
#PrideReads

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H. McGill @hannahcomb.bsky.social · 20h

I'm a 2D gamedev artist working with my spouse to make little games. Our latest one will feature cute animals and the opportunity to murder your friends on top of a volcano!

I primarily create layouts and illustrations. I am learning 2D rigging and 2D animation.

#portfolioday #illustration #art

Full illustration in cel-shaded, digital art style. It depicts many animals fleeing the ashen clouds of a volcanic eruption, in which the skeletons of ancient prehistoric gods lunge out after them (quetzalcoatlus, dunkleosteus, apatosaurus, and T. rex). The illustration is primarily blue with some pops of color for each animal. The doedicurus (prehistoric armadillo) is grayish-green as it leaps ahead of an enormous T. rex's snapping jaws. The yellow thylacine springs out a bit further ahead. Closest to the viewer is a green Pinta Island giant tortoise, which is probably for the best since it is going to be too slow to escape without a head start. Next is a screeching purple-headed dodo with a yellow beak. An orange woolly mammoth charges forth behind the dodo, trumpeting as it goes. Up overhead are a troop of brown and white capuchin monkeys jumping down from...who knows where.... A giant T. rex charges forth out of the clouds with lava-red teeth, ready to eat them all if it catches them!

A serene digital illustration structured more like UI, drawn in cel-shaded digital art style. On the left is a crater full of lava for the game's losers to sit and bemoan their loss, fringed by dark ash clouds. In the center and foreground is a rock podium for the winner. For the purposes of this image it's the dodo, today. The purple-headed, orange-bodied dodo leaps ahead cheering its own good fortune. A beautiful island sunset paradise awaits the dodo for winning the game of roulette.

A cel-shaded, digital art style portrait of a yellow thylacine, with three different expressions. The first is the animal looking neutrally at the viewer with a 'blep' (small tongue coming out just slightly from its mouth). The second is the animal as it is very happy with a bigger blep, eyes closed, ears down in a nonthreatening way. The third is the thylacine opening its jaws to reveal sharp teeth, but it seems more like it's interested in what's going to happen than being particularly hostile.

Screenshot from a Spine2D interface depicting a 2D dodo rig mid-jump, wings up and feet out, ready to land and rain havoc on tis foes.

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Phantomarine @phantomarine.bsky.social · 22h

It’s #portfolioday!

I’m Claire! I make a comic. I animate sometimes. I like blue a little too much. Cheers! 💙👍

www.phantomarine.com

A blue ship lifted onto ice floes, surrounded by small ghosts.

A boy with a paddle board looks out at a row of lighthouses from a beach lined with ruins and graves.

A skeletal figure in decaying ceremonial robes walks on the water carrying a trident as ghostly hands reach up to her.

Costume design explorations for Phaedra from Phantomarine

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Fell Hound @fellhound.bsky.social · 1d

Somehow it is once again #PortfolioDay

Fell Hound @fellhound.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hey Portfolio Day! ✨

Im Fell, writer and artist of your favourite sad gay comics. Ive worked with Boom, IDW, Scout, AWBW, dozens of indie books. My latest motorcycle jousting romance, S.I.R. is in stores now!

Looking for illustration gigs!
🎨 fellhoundart.carrd.co

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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 1d

Hey #PortfolioDay!

I'm Zoe Tunnell. Written for BOOM, Marvel, IDW, Dark Horse and Tiny Onion on originals like BLADE MAIDENS as well as licensed properties like GODZILLA, POWER RANGERS, BLACK CAT and more! I've got projects set for 2026 but am still open for work!

Zoetunnellwrites @ Gmail dot com

The game art variant to Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind

Lucas Werneck's cover for Marvel United: A Pride Special

Dani Pendergast's cover for Godzilla Valentine’s Day Special

Valentine M. Smith's cover for Blade Maidens

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Bodybag Jones @daydreamcomix.com · 23h

It’s #portfolioday! I’m Frankee White & I’m a comics writer/editor. I love horror & naturalistic dialogue. Always looking for writing gigs & the opportunity to pitch. Previous work include WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW, EMFDMB, 20 FISTS, & more. Samples on request!

Contact: [email protected]

A single page comic called Three Is Company featured Batman and Two-Face.

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scary bravo @sierrabravoart.bsky.social · 16h

oh my god it's #PortfolioDay again and i really want to get to do another comic soon, please let me do some history and mythology stuff thanks

www.sierrabravoart.com
email: [email protected]

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Nicky (🦵🏼🔑) Rodriguez looking for a new agent @artofnickyrdrgz.bsky.social · 22h

🏳️‍🌈🇵🇷 it's #PortfolioDay yet again! still looking for an agent and/or editor for this GN (QRP'd) & general comics work! i'm interested in creating and working on NA & adult GNs & other select illustration work (general illustrations & illustrating select children's/YA works) 💛
artofnickyrodriguez.com

5 panel comic aboard a pirate ship during sunset

written by akira b!

5 panel comic aboard a pirate ship during dusk/nightfall

written by akira b!

nicky holding a copy of Latinx Comics Studies: Critical and Creative Crossings edited by Fernanda Díaz-Basteris & Maite Urcaregui in which Nicky has a short comic

an excerpt from the short comic featured in Latinx Comics Studies: Critical and Creative Crossings

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michiums @ deadlines @michiums.bsky.social · 1d

hello #PortfolioDay !!! on the lookout for wfh comic and illustration work 🫡

michiums @ deadlines @michiums.bsky.social · 10d

hello I’m MICHIUMS, freelance comic artist, merch designer and digital producer! currently full time freelancing as I lost my day job in Oct 2024 + open for WFH 💫

🎨portfolio: michiums.carbonmade.com
🛍️ michiums.bigcartel.com
☕️ ko-fi.com/michiums
☘️ www.patreon.com/michiums
💌 michiumsart @ gmail!

illustration of yaga and their skeleton lantern heads with a rainbow colored sky

Achilles and Patroclus in a field of flowers

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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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scary bravo @sierrabravoart.bsky.social · 1d

YEAAAAA!!!

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Mark @markwwc.bsky.social · 2d

I started writing the next one of these in an informal sequence. Water and earth here, and the next one coming is fire.

Haven't finished writing and won't for a minute, but I'll need some money to secure a collaborator.

So anything I sell in my shop is for that: weekendwarriorcomics.com/shop

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Zack Quaintance - Less than 24 hrs to back MACABRE VALLEY! @zackquaintance.bsky.social · 3d

your last weekend to back Macabre Valley #1 is ending

get your copy of our grindhouse Texas horror comic now, we're telling a story about a young journalist, a werewolf priest, the US-Mexico border, and blurred lines between good and evil

back it now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/zac...

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BAKER @fuckyoubaker.bsky.social · 8d

MONDAY.
SPITE AS FUEL.

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scary bravo @sierrabravoart.bsky.social · 5d

did you see this update?

scary bravo @sierrabravoart.bsky.social · 6d

iiit's update day! everyone's getting along great.

www.hansvogelisdead.com

an out of context comic panel from HANS VOGEL IS DEAD. The leshy keeps watch while behind him, Reineke eats strawberries and Hans looks suspicious.

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scary bravo @sierrabravoart.bsky.social · 4d

ogre together strong! good for the ogres

scary bravo @sierrabravoart.bsky.social · 4d

ok i will have at least 1 new mini zine for @dczinefest.bsky.social, hoping to get maybe another 1-2 done

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Ollie @keldel.bsky.social · 5d

🦉 🌟

(Painting night with my family!)

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Nicky (🦵🏼🔑) Rodriguez looking for a new agent @artofnickyrdrgz.bsky.social · 5d

finally finished updating my website, mobile is sadly still off till i get the time to figure out how to fix a bug 💀 mostly cleaned up links but hey now u can read a new comic, see what library collections have my zines, and rate tuoteon lol

artofnickyrodriguez.com/comics

artofnickyrodriguez.com

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SkellyScribbles @SPX 9/13-14/25 @skellyscribbles.bsky.social · 5d

I am vending @richmondzinefest.bsky.social TOMORROW at the Main Branch public library from 10-430! Got some #resist stickers printed that I designed to let folks know that we love you and we need you 💜
Message me if you want some! Outdoor grade for your car~
#bumpersticker #gay

A pink hair woman with glasses holds up gay and trans bumper stickers

gay and trans bumper stickers spread out on a table

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scary bravo @sierrabravoart.bsky.social · 5d

did you see this update?

scary bravo @sierrabravoart.bsky.social · 6d

iiit's update day! everyone's getting along great.

www.hansvogelisdead.com

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therealgstoye @therealgstoye.bsky.social · 5d

Greetings my little chickadees!

I know it’s been promo-heavy on my part recently, but here’s something I haven’t shared in an embarrassingly long time (I am not good at le promo): the link to sign up for my newsletter!

It's irreverent and has grant-related news! eepurl.com/iz98zE

Stoye Publishing

Stoye Publishing Email Forms

eepurl.com

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scary bravo @sierrabravoart.bsky.social · 5d

and she's camo'd up, so you can't find her!