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Vanessa Gillings
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autistic author-illustrator 🌿 (she/her) https://linktr.ee/vanessagillings
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Happy Thanksgiving! 🍂🍁
watercolor and gouache painting of a series of small animals toasting each over over a table outside a house made from an old log
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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vanessagillings.bsky.social
@gallerynucleus.bsky.social is having a Black Friday sale where everything except Disney products will be off 20% from November 28th - December 1st with the code THANKS20. A number of originals of mine are still available (including this one!) plus prints!

www.gallerynucleus.com/artists/vane...
watercolor and gouache painting of a witch sitting in front of a tree looking up at a blue butterfly waiting for the inspiration for a spell
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
vanessagillings.bsky.social
@gallerynucleus.bsky.social is having a Black Friday sale where everything except Disney products will be off 20% from November 28th - December 1st with the code THANKS20. A number of originals of mine are still available (including this one!) plus prints!

www.gallerynucleus.com/artists/vane...
watercolor and gouache painting of a witch sitting in front of a tree looking up at a blue butterfly waiting for the inspiration for a spell
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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vanessagillings.bsky.social
A little moment of calm for everyone dealing with holiday stress this week 💛

Watercolor and gouache with a few digital edits (this was a warm up 😁)

#kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache #cozyart
watercolor and gouache painting with digital edits of a mouse sitting on a leaf eating soup out of an acorn bowl
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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gallerynucleus.bsky.social
☕Apple Cider, Coffee, Hot Chocolate or a cozy cup of tea... pick up your favorite from our collection of prints

🍵https://bit.ly/Nucleus_Fall2025

@airipan.bsky.social | @vanessagillings.bsky.social |
@ivyteas.bsky.social | Philip Vose

#gallerynucleus #artprint #illustration #cozy #conceptart
November 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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ethanmaldridge.bsky.social
Hey you
A white stoat wearing an elegant tweed suit with a red vest. He holds a lantern out, autumn leaves swirling at his ankles, while an banner flutters over his head that reads "Unclench your jaw."
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
vanessagillings.bsky.social
A little moment of calm for everyone dealing with holiday stress this week 💛

Watercolor and gouache with a few digital edits (this was a warm up 😁)

#kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache #cozyart
watercolor and gouache painting with digital edits of a mouse sitting on a leaf eating soup out of an acorn bowl
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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After the Autumn Rain 🍂

#kidtlitart
#illustration
#watercolor
#gouache
watercolor and gouache painting of two kids sitting in the branch of an oversized tree waiting for the last of the rain to stop while one child collects water in a giant leaf
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
vanessagillings.bsky.social
After the Autumn Rain 🍂

#kidtlitart
#illustration
#watercolor
#gouache
watercolor and gouache painting of two kids sitting in the branch of an oversized tree waiting for the last of the rain to stop while one child collects water in a giant leaf
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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jameelawahlgren.bsky.social
These are the Democrats that voted alongside Republicans today to end the shutdown. They voted for a package that does nothing to extend the healthcare coverage that millions of people will be losing.

These are not people who will fight for their constituants and we have to vote them out.
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
vanessagillings.bsky.social
So happy to have some good election news for once, especially in NY, CA and my current state of VA 💙💙💙
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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vanessagillings.bsky.social
Something only mildly spooky for your Halloween 🎃

#kidlitart
#illustration
#watercolor
#middlegradeart
black and white watercolor illustration of a well-dressed frog man holding a lantern amid foilage
October 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
vanessagillings.bsky.social
Something only mildly spooky for your Halloween 🎃

#kidlitart
#illustration
#watercolor
#middlegradeart
black and white watercolor illustration of a well-dressed frog man holding a lantern amid foilage
October 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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serenamalyon.bsky.social
Up to No Good - watercolour and acryla gouache on board

💚prints💚
A giant black cat cuts a silhouette across a nighttime cityscape. It stares at the viewer, its back arched.
October 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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gallerynucleus.bsky.social
🚨NEW PRINT ALERT!🚨⁠ ⁠
🐦‍⬛Bring home the whimsical prints from @vanessagillings.bsky.social 's solo
🍃Shop her full collection of prints here: gallerynucleus.com/artists/vane... ⁠

#gallerynucleus #artprint #vanessagillings #autumn #watercolor #fairytale #illustration #whimsical
October 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
vanessagillings.bsky.social
The eternal ND artist struggle:

All I want to do today is art, but I can't until I finish the thousand non-art tasks I've been putting off, which has put me in a mood, so I've been unproductive and the day's almost gone and the to-do list remains, which still means no art, so now I'm in a mood--
October 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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I've gotten a lot of questions about prints from my solo show -- and yes, there are prints!

If you're interested in one, follow this link and scroll to the bottom and you should see them! 💛

gallerynucleus.com/events/1045
photograph of various prints laid on top of each other
October 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
vanessagillings.bsky.social
I've gotten a lot of questions about prints from my solo show -- and yes, there are prints!

If you're interested in one, follow this link and scroll to the bottom and you should see them! 💛

gallerynucleus.com/events/1045
photograph of various prints laid on top of each other
October 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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decomposedmaw.bsky.social
cat and leaf boat #pixel #pixelart #animated
October 15, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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jaymajaym.bsky.social
Hey #portfolioday!! I'm Jayme, a queer disabled kidlit illustrator, cartoonist, and comics colorist open to new projects!

🌻 jaymebrodie.com
🌻 [email protected]
🌻 rep: @jenazantian.bsky.social
a digital illustration of a girl in a pumpkin patch who accidentally got her foot stuck inside of a pumpkin on the ground. other kids pick pumpkins and hang out in the background digital illustration: a group of friends hanging out on a city rooftop greet a friendly dragon with the gift of a sandwich. Behind them, city residents go about their business among trees transitioning for fall comic page showing two girls playing a videogame on a couch and completing a level together. digital illustration: an adventure ready kid confidently follows her dog away from her campsite, friends, and family, and into the unknown!
October 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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mathiasball.bsky.social
Hello !! ⚡🌿

I'm Mathias, a queer artist who would love to work on book projects, editorial, advertising, and indie game projects. Open to other opportunities as well!

🍎 mathiasball.com
🍊 [email protected]
📚 @socalledyalife.bsky.social

[ #portfolioday #illustration #art ]
A pattern of spot illustrations, featuring an arctic fox, an arctic tern, a polar bear, some rabbit footprints in the snow, and a forest. Interior illustration for Nautilus magazine. A figured in a red shirt stands in the middle, as various animals walk around them, depicted in a red/green colour palette. Book cover for The Night Ends with Fire written by K.X. Song. A figure stands in a field of flowers, as a greenish dragon circles the sky and sits above the figure. A spread from the book, Little Wolf's Howl, written by Nelly Buchet. Little Wolf chases a butterfly, towards the water. Behind them you can see various backgrounds flowing together, showing all the places Little Wolf has travelled to chase the butterfly.
October 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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wolfskulljack.bsky.social
It’s #portfolioday once again! Hi, my name is Michelle and I’m a British artist in the UK! Clients have included Metallica, Magic! The Gathering, Boom!, Werewolf the Apocalypse and more!
My website is wolfskulljack.com
My art digital, surreal a women and a skeleton My art digital a large goddess with wings for eyes and a glowing shape of a women with a single antler A collection of posters that I’ve done for Metallica Volbeat and Trivium My art digital a women looks into the jaws of a beast
October 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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mirtocomune.bsky.social
Hello #portfolioday

I'm Mirto, a queer Italian freelance illustrator who loves to play with colors and textures! Nice to meet you! ^ ^
I'm currently open to #kidlit book projects!

🌟Represented by:
@gabycabezut.bsky.social

🌈 mirtomastroieni.portfolio.site
✉️ [email protected]
October 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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salvaterra.bsky.social
Hi #PortfolioDay! 🎨

I'm a fantasy cartographer from Brazil working on hand-drawn maps for novels and RPGs.

I have a Patreon with maps + stock art for indie RPGs.

💼 cara.app/salvaterra
🗺️ www.patreon.com/tomeofsalvat...
+🔗 fernandosalvaterra.carrd.co

#cartography #ttrpg
fantasy map illustration depicting a landscape full of ragged mountains up and down, crossed by crooked roads, some on giant stone structures. There is a valley with hills and woods to the south, a desert with wretched lands just east of it, wetlands to the west and east with flooded cities and temples, snowy plains to the northeast with a giant skeleton and tree and an impossibly tall mountain in the northwest whose peak is obscured by dark clouds. a fantasy map illustration depicting a continent with a bigger mainland and a large island to the west of it. the biomes go from snowy mountains, a vast wetland, grasslands with many hills. the prevalent features here is that it is crossed by many rivers in all directions and it is surrounded by a the shades of a vast submarine landscape that where part of this land before a big flood catastrophe. colourful drawing of an island crossed by a mountain range, rivers and forests scattered around. a planar map in the shape of a compass rose. The direction arrows are the four classical elemental planes with the material plane in the centre and several layers of other planes of existence around it.
October 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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nooskadraws.bsky.social
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."
October 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM