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Riah 🔪
@arbitraryartist.bsky.social
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Riah 🔪 @arbitraryartist.bsky.social · Oct 14
Heya!
It's #PortfolioDay !

I'm Mariah an illustrator and character artist who enjoys a wide array of genres and the faces in them.

💜[email protected]
Illustration - Recreation of book cover featuring a young woman reading in bed with her feet in the air. Ruby is the stand in for the original, she's wearing a silken night gown with a pair of heels, she's laying in the a bed very similar to the original with a intricate gold headboard. Behind the bed is a window displaying a part of the New Vegas strip. Text reads "Crackers in Bed - Theory * Praxis to help organize your neighbors to" Illustration - A candid style photo/painting of two people (OCs K & Theo) walking through a forest. (Background is a photo by [Larisa Koshkina](https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/browse-author.php?a=17947)) K has their arm linked through Theo's arm He's looking to them with affection. Theo (SD Villager OC ) is wearing a long sleeve sweater with a puffy vest and jeans, he's using a crutch while his foot is in a medical boot. K (Stardew Valley Farmer OC ) wears a sweater and long skirt with a variety of jewelry and a flower in her hair. Illustration - Recreation of a Hamlet poster, featuring Augustus and Kirei, they stand before a simple dark grey background, with a red curtain to the side. Augustus in a dark green suit stands before Kirei holding the back of her neck while he stands tall. Kirei facing Augustus with her back to the camera has a hand on his chest, she's wearing a black dress with the opening of it looking like a sword, her necklace implies a guard. Giving the illusion of Augustus holding a sword. Illustration - A framed tintype style photo of a severe looking man who sits on a chair relaxed he stares back with the only bright color in the illustration which is around his eyes, uncanny blue with a fiery orange ring around the iris. He wears a button up, holster, and fingerless gloves. A small plaque reads "Cpt. Brass" the name of the character.
arbitraryartist.bsky.social
Made it back from my visit out west, it’s lovely to be back to my bed and with my kitty safely. But truly Nevada will always been my home.

#ArbInthewild
Photo - landscape of a desert hill with sage, a blooming cactus in red tucked in between the rocks. In the back is a stormy/cloudy sky lit in part with the start of a sunset with Nevada mountains looming in the distance. (Taken in Goodsprings, NV)
November 19, 2025 at 5:55 AM
arbitraryartist.bsky.social
It’s been such a fun time meeting peeps, everyone is so creative in the Fallout community.
November 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
arbitraryartist.bsky.social
I hope someone recorded the Fallout New Vegas game panel from this morning, it was so packed I couldn’t see or hear anything. 😭😭😭
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
arbitraryartist.bsky.social
Prepping for the Fallout Fan Celebration :3
Photo - A table and cutting mat with a stack of uncut Fallout Companion stickers, along with a excato knife, and piles of trimmed and untrimmed stickers.
November 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
arbitraryartist.bsky.social
It's honestly impressive how annoying a printer can be...
November 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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arbitraryartist.bsky.social
Ruby felt like perfect for that redraw trend that's now long over. 😆 Either way it was fun to do!

(Also can you tell I'm a independent NV gal?)
Illustration - Recreation of book cover featuring a young woman reading in bed with her feet in the air. Ruby is the stand in for the original, she's wearing a silken night gown with a pair of heels, she's laying in the a bed very similar to the original with a intricate gold headboard. Behind the bed is a window displaying a part of the New Vegas strip. Text reads "Crackers in Bed - Theory * Praxis to help organize your neighbors to"
October 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
arbitraryartist.bsky.social
My fingers hurt so much from cosplay crafting. 🤡 I just hope it all turns out okay. 🤞
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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kim-hu.com
I love selfshippers. Selfshippers are so cute and radiate love. Life is short and the world is often awful, so draw yourself with your blorbo if it brings you joy 🩶
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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keezyyoung.bsky.social
if there's anybody out there with like a pinterest or a tumblr or a bluesky or whatnot who posts one bajillion pictures of something every single day and feels bad about that. don't. there's a cartoonist out there who is using you as a referential lifeline. you're literally saving a career
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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jenniferlmeyer.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone who voted💙✨💙✨
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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nightmarefixer.bsky.social
aloof wife / mayor boyfriend
DS9 screenshot of Julian Bashir standing next to Elim Garak. Both are wearing tuxedos.
November 4, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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arcanegold.bsky.social
happy halloween y’all ☠️
October 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
i hate it when people give out reckless and irresponsible firearms advice online. you don't want to use anything less than .300wm when shooting appliances inside your home.
ruralanarchy.bsky.social Rural Anarchy @ruralanarchy.bsky.social · 29d
My personal recommendation on a response if your washer, refrigerator, or thermostat asks for your WiFi password or wants you to download an app. Use a 9mm or larger because you don't want them to suffer when you put them down.
ruralanarchy.bsky.social Rural Anarchy @ruralanarchy.bsky.social · 29d
Correction... when the thermostat died, the HVAC neighbor gave me an EcoBee smart thermostat. When it asked for the wifi password...
October 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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arbitraryartist.bsky.social
Made back in 2018, it was a fun way to challenge myself and try my hand at a simple comic and play with lighting.

Think the Couier ever dreams of Benny and that night? (I thought so)

It's so tempting to remake this, but I have so many more fun ideas that draw me.
Illustration - Comic, a column with 4 panels. Panel 1: Laying in the bed that Courier 6 wakes in at Doc Mitchel's house in Good Springs, Ruby recovers in a bed days after her encounter with Benny, she looks tired she's lit by the light from the boarded windows. Panel 2: Rolling over to try and sleep Ruby pulls the blanket up attempting to sleep off the pain, the panel starts to break at it's edges hinting at a dream to come. Panel 3 & 4: Split between the two perspectives it shows Benny smugly pointing his gun at the Courier, and Ruby looking up the gun in her panel tied up as depicted in the game's opening (In Fallout New Vegas)
December 5, 2024 at 1:07 AM
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arbitraryartist.bsky.social
"—but I ain't a fink, dig?"
Illustration - Benny Gecko from Fallout New Vegas, he's relaxing with a cigarette and lazily holding his gun Maria. Background is an in game (modded) screenshot. (The Tops Presidential Suite )
May 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
arbitraryartist.bsky.social
Time matches on Happy 15th Fallout New Vegas. <3
arbitraryartist.bsky.social Riah 🔪 @arbitraryartist.bsky.social · Oct 19
14 years since Fallout: New Vegas came out and changed so many lives including my own, helping me create one of my earliest OCs Ruby Roberts who is my Courier 6. It's been so much fun giving her a refresh. Hope to show more of her! 🃏
Collage of Ruby Roberts (My Courier Six - OC) There is a large collection of images that make up her name in a sign, thematic items for the game Fallout New Vegas. Poker chips, bottle caps, mojave express patch, scattered about the piece are redrawn perk that Ruby uses in the game. - Wildwasteland - Blackwidow - Cherchez La Femme - Four Eyes - Gunslinger - Small Frame Among the other items are run down cars as well as florals and a New Vegas Sign, pasted over on a piece of paper is Ruby standing wearing her Courier fit (Inspired by TheCourierModder < nexus mods > & u/TheGeeksterChief) wearing a pipboy designed by (DarthFANt0M < nexusmods >). She also wears two different types of gloves, wears glasses and has vibrant redhair, with several other hints at her character including a vault 101 strip of cloth.
October 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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obsidian.net
Today marks 15 years since the release of Fallout: New Vegas.

Since 2010, players have explored the Mojave Wasteland where countless Couriers have walked the same road—each carving their own story. Thank you for keeping the spirit of the game alive all these years.

Viva New Vegas. 🎲
October 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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elhyana.bsky.social
It's my birthday!!! I've reached 34yo!
As per tradition you're most welcome to share this post and make my work famous for the day! 🥰

Love you all! Have a great day too!
In the city of Noshtraad, Alyshia, a knight in shiny armor, is walking away from the bakery, her helmet full of pastries, and a big smile on her face In a tavern, my main character is trying to haggle with the taver keeper about the leftovers from her recent hunt A big bllody bag on the counter, a strange looking claw is coming out of tha bag At sunset in a dingy bar in the Star Wars Universe: A mandalorian bounty hunter is standing in front of a table, she looks particularly pissed about the payment A black and white painting of a woman singing, part of her body are glowing green from ghostly energy, she's not fully alive
October 19, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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smonster.bsky.social
Hey everyone! Smonster here! I am a digital artist who loves to draw and paint portraits and fan art ❤️ If you like my work, you can support me by liking, reposting, or following (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

You can also find me on insta at instagram.com/skeletonalley/
Digital painting of Beverly Crusher from Star Trek The Next Generation. It is a chest up piece where she is looking off to the right of the screen with a soft smile. She's wearing her uniform with her blue doctor coat. She's also wearing her communicator. Background is pale mauve and there's a white outline over the edges of her figure. Digital portrait of Furiousa from Mad Max Fury Road. It is Charlize Theron facing the right of the screen about 3/4ths view. She's got an intense gaze in her eyes and her mouth is slightly parted. She's dirty with that oil slick on her forehead. Background is interior of a vehicle (I think?) and very low render Digital portrait of Lt. Columbo. It's chest up and he's got his signature eyebrow raise going on as he faces the left of the screen and is looking at a suspect off screen. He's wearing his normal trenchcoat and shirt and tie and whatnot except I decided to make him kawaii so I gave him blushies, Star face stickers, hair clips, a hello Kitty bandaid on his nose, and a gummy bear earring Digital realistic pet portrait of a black fluffy poodle with a smile on it's face. She's fluffy and her fur kinda blends into the abstract background which is just kinda painterly brush strokes of pale blues and pinks. Doggie is facing left of the screen and looking up and she's very cute
October 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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kjetll.bsky.social
— cmm: Carver
October 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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lowrhoufo.bsky.social
I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news
October 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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baydews.com
Hello #PortfolioDay!

I'm Bay, a queer illustrator & character designer based in the EU with a passion for high fantasy and eldritch horror!

📧 [email protected]
🌐 baydews.com
A painting illustration of the character Isilaithion - an obsidian wyrm from the World of Warcraft setting in an elven visage with deep brown skin and long black hair. He is posed against a starry, dark background with Azeroth framing his head in the back, one side of it dark and destroyed, and the other yet vivid and lively. He has a relaxed pose, right hand raised to cast a wisp of flame while his left holds a stone snake gently. He wears black robes with gold trimmings and jewellery, the right side of his face shrouded in shadows, almost menacing with the purple glow to his eye; meanwhile, his gaze is drawn to the snake slithering in his hand as he smiles gently. art of a male Lavellan Inquisitor with his naked back against the viewer, showing off a white, almost glowing branch of vallaslin tattoos running down his spine and arching over his shoulders. his face is obscured by short cropped, curly black hair. illustration of a celestial called Paris. they are kneeling, mostly bare besides their long golden hair and wings covering them. their wings and body has golden, eldritch eyes appear on them and their plumage contorts into fleshy parts, signifying a corruption they suffered in their childhood. they smile coyly, almost a little sinisterly, with a golden halo bursting outwards behind their head. reference sheet of a blue dragon in a dracthyr visage. the lineup depicts his casual clothes, formal wear and armor, both front and back view. Each outfit contains various shades of blues and greys with silver trimmings. On the right, his inventory is depicted, including a fractured, dark ice staff, a purple arcane wand, a journal, an obsidian snake held together with volcanic magic, an assortment of crystals, and a spiky, dark elementium cube artifact.
October 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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hortensjjja.bsky.social
hello, #portfolioday! 🐸🌿

my name is ilona and i'm a digital artist who is obsessed with his OCs and anything TTRPG, gothic or vintage related!

currently my commissions are open on vgen and i sometimes release NPC portraits on patreon and ko-fi 💗

hortensjjja.carrd.co
A digital fantasy illustration of a smiling fey-like woman sitting next to a round display window with dark wood frames, full of books and a potted plant with round white flowers on shelves. There are two books with visible titles, "Old Gods in Yivezheng" and "The Great Earth Eater". She has a warm green complexion with some moles on her face, big teal eyes looking at the camera and brown medium-lenght braids. Kelp-like horns grow from behind her head and between the horns there is a gold headdress shaped like a chrysanthemum. She wears big round gold earrings. The dress she is wearing is dark green with white rectangular collars and brown leather parts such as a corset and cuffs. There are gold buttons on her puff sleeves. She is holding a big nondescript open book with one hand and her other hand is close to her face. The background is dark brown with different warm color tones. There are paper triangle flags hanging behind her but in front of the bookstore. End ID. A red-black monochrome digital illustration of a portrait-size feminine character with long wavy hair and striking red eyes, looking at the camera while smiling softly. They have horns made up of hair, an earring with a ribcage, a choker and a frilly top. They have one hand up, holding a stylized heart-shaped scissor with little horns portruding while their hand is dripping in blood. Behind the character's head, there's a big anatomical heart drawn in hatches and a textured circle in the background. Overall, the background is black and colors used for details are intense red. End ID. A digital interpretation of a painting titled "Dionisia" by Pierre Auguste Cot, featuring my OC - Eshmara. The character has a warm green complexion with striking big orange eyes, smiling softly at the camera while holding a plethora of flowers on her lap and sitting on a tree stump. She has double pointy ears that are garnished by yellow-orange grapes with leaves, and a branch-like horns, also with autumn leaves, growing out from her head which is decorated bountifully by wavy auburn hair reaching just under her shoulder blades. She has a few moles on her face - two above her lips on her right and one above her eye on her right. She is dressed in a white shirt hugged by a scarf-like pink cloth that goes beyond the view in the left corner. Her long skirt is orange with a brown apron that holds the flowers together on her lap. The background is dark, seemingly in a forest away from the sun, primarily greens and browns. There's a faint halo-like circle behind the character's head to give the character better focus. End ID.
October 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM