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Valentine Barker 🔜 Thought Bubble

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From oil painter to comic artist and a little of everything in between. Artist on The Airless Year. Demi. He/Him/His. https://www.valentinebarker.com

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Valentine Barker 🔜 Thought Bubble @valentinebarker.com · Oct 20

Hey, Sweethearts! I'm a comics artist and illustrator; my work focuses on diversity, body positivity, and female empowerment!

website: valentinebarker.com

ko-fi: ko-fi.com/valentinebarker

paypal: paypal.me/barkerv

patreon: patreon.com/valentinebarker

A cartoon drawing of a woman in a red blouse looking up towards a corner as mathematical formulas hover behind her -- the caption reads "calculating crime".

A cartoon drawing of a Black woman floating, as if in zero gravity, dressed in an astronaut's space suit -- the caption reads "dream like a girl".

A cartoon drawing of a woman with a cricket bat over her shoulder and a hand on her hip -- the caption reads "defend trans rights".

A cartoon drawing of a woman in a hijab and a lab coat holding two flasks of colorful liquid -- the caption reads "think like a girl".

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bird 🔞 \(⁠☉⁠д⁠⊙⁠)/ ! @emrynbird.bsky.social · 2h

apparently I need to tap this again...

bird 🔞 \(⁠☉⁠д⁠⊙⁠)/ ! @emrynbird.bsky.social · Dec 15

( more writers should just be following artists in general because the distance some writers put between them and visual artists is one of the reasons why there's a big issue with AI in indie/self-pub spaces...just no solidarity )

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Valentine Barker 🔜 Thought Bubble @valentinebarker.com · 10h

Hell yeah!

Valentine Barker 🔜 Thought Bubble @valentinebarker.com · 12h

Shush.

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Valentine Barker 🔜 Thought Bubble @valentinebarker.com · 12h

Not bad? Got our trip for Thought Bubble sorted and now I just have to pack up my entire life, so of course I'm sitting on the vouch doing sketch studies.

Valentine Barker 🔜 Thought Bubble @valentinebarker.com · 13h

Sup?

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Valentine Barker 🔜 Thought Bubble @valentinebarker.com · 13h

I want to practice drawing bare feet. Does anyone have any good resources for such things?

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🦈 Liz, shark queen 👑 @thesharkqueen.com · 14h

remember! as soon as you pledge, check the updates for the hidden gift link. Available only to (all) backers.

🦈 Liz, shark queen 👑 @thesharkqueen.com · 23h

Can we please get this to 100 backers today?

S.E. Ransdell's Curiouser & Curiouser: Tales from Beyond

Volume 2 of S.E. Ransdell's illustrated erotic horror and dark tales from the other side- of the veil, of sanity, and of revenge.

www.kickstarter.com

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Valentine Barker 🔜 Thought Bubble @valentinebarker.com · 13h

Tomorrow I need to pack a bunch of stuff and work on commissions, so the real question is: what am I going to do to procrastinate?

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Valentine Barker 🔜 Thought Bubble @valentinebarker.com · 17h

Do. It.

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🦈 Liz, shark queen 👑 @thesharkqueen.com · 18h

I’m actually surprised that more people aren’t getting in here for $1 or $5. Did you know? You still get access to the backer gift link immediately!

🦈 Liz, shark queen 👑 @thesharkqueen.com · 23h

Can we please get this to 100 backers today?

S.E. Ransdell's Curiouser & Curiouser: Tales from Beyond

Volume 2 of S.E. Ransdell's illustrated erotic horror and dark tales from the other side- of the veil, of sanity, and of revenge.

www.kickstarter.com

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The Entire State of New Jersey 🎃 @dmisemer.bsky.social · 1d

#PortfolioDay has once again returned.

I'm Drew, and I write and produce comics. I got a few I can point toward that are finished, but more than a few are currently in production.

I like working with artists I meet here on Bluesky. That's no joke, so if you're looking for a writer, I'm available.

A page from Haley Brown gets groceries by Minerva Fox and Kai Starlight

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Valentine Barker 🔜 Thought Bubble @valentinebarker.com · 19h

My favorite ship in the universe.

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Caitlin Yarrrrrsky @caitlinyarsky.bsky.social · 19h

Took one last trip to the Powells Books on Hawthorne and @leiladelduca.bsky.social noticed they highlighted my book with a little blurb! I’m honored 🥹 #LivingHell #DarkHorseComics

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🦈 Liz, shark queen 👑 @thesharkqueen.com · 21h

Remember, any level pledge, down to $1 unlocks the hidden digital gift in the updates!!!

🦈 Liz, shark queen 👑 @thesharkqueen.com · 23h

Can we please get this to 100 backers today?

S.E. Ransdell's Curiouser & Curiouser: Tales from Beyond

Volume 2 of S.E. Ransdell's illustrated erotic horror and dark tales from the other side- of the veil, of sanity, and of revenge.

www.kickstarter.com

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Valentine Barker 🔜 Thought Bubble @valentinebarker.com · 22h

Not this year. We're leaving the country on Halloween.

Valentine Barker 🔜 Thought Bubble @valentinebarker.com · 1d

She came home with me, so I'll earmark her for you as I shuffle around the house packing.

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Valentine Barker 🔜 Thought Bubble @valentinebarker.com · 1d

I think I FINALLY understand peoples' sexual attraction to Lola Bunny. She's for all those guys that were attracted to Bugs in drag but couldn't admit certain things about themselves. Baby steps, I guess.

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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · Jul 8

What up #PortfolioDay!

We’re Brandt&Stein, and together we make comics. Marvel, DC, Power Rangers, some Darkwing Duck, and a lot more besides!

We co-created Marvel’s first trans mutant (Escapade), made Green Arrow’s son asexual, and drew the multi-award nominated CROWDED.

Nice to meet you!

A page from Great Petspectations, printed in Harley Quinn: Black & White +Redder issue 2.

Panel 1: a header says “fourth event, extraordinary talent” as we see Haley, the three-legged Bitewing riding a unicycle while balancing a ball on her nose.

Panel 2: Haley is yelping in shock as paintballs hit her, knocking her off the unicycle.

Panel 3: Robin looks pissed, snatching Harley’s paintball gun away from her. Harley looks more smug though, as she is looking at…

Panel 4: the pet show’s judges are melting down as The Squiddler does his mind-reading trick and is writing their bank account numbers on a whiteboard.

Panel 5: Harley is giving a serious pep talk to Bud and Lou, her hyenas.

Panel 6: Harley’s going full pageant mom, putting the fear of god into Bud and Lou.

A double page spread from “Morgonna the Crimson,” first printed in Red Sonja: Black, White & Red 5.

Panel 1: Sonja’s kicking an evil wizard out of a small village.

Panel 2: Sonja’s running away, overwhelmed by the unnecessarily fervent gratitude of the villagers.

Panel 3: Sonja is stood, fuming, as a cardboard standee advertising someone who is clearly biting her style in terms of outfit.

Panel 4: Having defeated a monster and tied it up, Sonja is running and yelling at the people loading unwanted rewards onto her horse.

Panel 5: Sonja is walking through a forest, tearing down every poster put up by her imitator.

Panel 6: Sonja is leaping, sword swinging, at a giant inflatable standee of her imitator outside a wagon dealer.

Panel 7: an extremely grouchy Sonja is riding her terminally-overburdened horse. There is a goose sat on her head.

A double page spread from CROWDED issue 3.

Panel 1: wide across the top of both pages, showing an airport drop-off point and Trotter, the celebrity Reapr killer, standing out the sun roof of his limo, talking to his adoring fans.

Panel 2: inside the airport, Circe the assassin has noticed a bright-looking suitcase on the baggage claim that clearly isn’t hers.

Panel 3: outside the airport, now with the suitcase, Circe is walking towards another limousine.

Panel 4: at the limousine, Circe places her hand on the fingerprint scanner, her technological gloves hacking it, causing it to accept her as its intended guest, Mr Hufnagle.

Panel 5: full page width, split panel. On the left half, Trotter is in his limo, talking to his assistant Cameron. On the right half, Circe is in her limo rooting through her stolen suitcase.

Panel 6: Trotter is walking up to a hotel, posing for paparazzi.

Panel 7: Circe is climbing out of the sunroof of her limo.

Panel 8: Circe is jumping off her limo in the middle of the street, letting it continue to its destination.

A comics splash page. We’re looking out over a vibrant night scene at a food market filled with an eclectic and weird mix of people milling through it. Above the market a sci-fi city stretches into the distance, each area having its own architectural style and gravitational direction. Nearby a hover-bus is pulling into its stop.

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Marissa Louise @marissadraws.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #portfolioday to all who celebrate.

I'm a colorist who has worked for DC, Riot, Image, Dark Horse, Oni, Boom!, Zestworld, etc.

I'm always looking for work. Email works best: [email protected]

DC Pride page of Harley & Ivy kissing.
Line art Amanda Palmer.
Color Marissa Louise.

Shade the Changing Girl page. Desolate wasteland with Shade creating a little multicolor bubble to shield her friends.

Line art Marley Zarcone.
Colors Marissa Louise.

Page from Harley Quinn Animated Series. Harley is flipping into her filthy bed to kiss Ivy.

Line art Max Sarin.
Colors Marissa Louise.

Cover of Riot comic Katarina. Katarina is diving forward through circling flames.

Line art Rebekah Isaacs.
Colors by Marissa Louise.

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Valentine Barker 🔜 Thought Bubble @valentinebarker.com · 1d

I think the point is that if you're good at something, you can (and should) try to capitalize on it.

Enjoy mini painting? Make it a side hustle.
Like dogs? Side hustle.
Like literally anything? Side hustle.

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JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

I am once again tapping the sign that reminds you that people are allowed to do things, have hobbies, make art, play games, and be bad at them.

Capitalism requires you to be a good at a thing or not do it. Ableism requires that. Racisms requires that. Just let people fuck around with paints or w/e