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dovenicole.bsky.social
christian dove nicole
@dovenicole.bsky.social
call me dove ☺️
illustrations / character designs / comics
animation student + a lifelong lover of storytelling via books, film + art

https://linktr.ee/dovenicole21
she/her
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creating/doing somethin that proves my inner critic wrong 🥰
February 11, 2026 at 5:14 PM
the incredible number of times i’ve wanted to see howl’s moving castle again since watching it from the first time is wild tbh 😅
February 9, 2026 at 6:21 PM
wowww these character design sheets 😍
Phoenix Labs pitched a variety of ideas for characters you would meet in #Everhaven to fill it with life and increase worldbuilding. These are just few. #BringBackProjectDragon #ProjectDragon #cancelledgames #cozygames #fantasygames #characterart #conceptart

#2Dart by @nicholaskole.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 4:00 AM
oooh that feeling when i’m developing an idea for a creative project 🥹🥰
February 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
me starting to truly enjoy anime
☺️🥰🌟

my kids starting to truly enjoy anime that i’ve recommended to them
🥹🥹🥹☺️☺️☺️🥰🥰🥰🌟💫
February 3, 2026 at 10:55 PM
the road to enrolling as an art student at 30 years old

open.substack.com/pub/christia...
starting fresh at 30: getting my second degree (in art)
once upon a time, there was a twenty-something-year-old who had let go of her holistic coaching practice to pursue becoming a professional artist.
open.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:44 PM
i have a question for a more experienced character designer who has either

created women superheroes/fantasy characters

has created comics/graphic novels

or both (:

#artsky #characterdesigner #ocsky
February 2, 2026 at 9:52 PM
i’m ahead on my animation homework & i’ve created/posted personal art on my substack

i call this a win for sure
January 25, 2026 at 7:17 PM
you know you’re in the zone when the song “welcome to the jungle” starts playing in your head
January 25, 2026 at 1:47 AM
update: i am both still creating illustrations AND studying animation 😅
January 3, 2026 at 2:55 AM
so i started pursuing my degree in animation 🙂
September 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Hip Hop Vampire Hunters 🥛🍯
August 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
when i find a graphic novel that is both sapphic AND has a pansexual person in it 🥹😍🥰 #lgbtqia #comicart
August 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
solidifying character concept art for some very exciting illustration projects ☺️

#illustrator #comicart #characterdesign
July 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
okay.

writers of agatha all along & ironheart

wow.

yall wanna share your spark notes?

where’s the storyboard art??

can i peep the concept art?!?!

i wanna see it alllll okay 🥲😅🥹

cause i mean…

i got questions & compliments for you lol
July 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
that moment when your concept sketches end up being exactly what you wanted 🥲🥹 #conceptart #artsky #characterdesign
July 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
okay sooo i’ve tried to make a few things in blender this week…
July 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
sony animation knew what they were doing to kpop demon hunters 😌
July 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
worked on a comic today instead of procrastinating 😌
June 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
just started the show digman and i actually like it 🥲 #adultanimation
June 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
my fellow fantasy/sci-fi writers and artists:

where do you keep all your worldbuilding info?

it can’t possibly all be in a milanote… can it?!

#ocsky #fantasy #scifi #writesky
June 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Reposted by christian dove nicole
Please don’t stop making art because you feel guilt about doing so in these times. It’s your life raft that helps you hold on and I promise you it’s helping other people hold on too. Don’t ignore and look away from what’s happening but don’t let it paralyze you either
June 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Need this to be the beginning of these gen AI companies demise omG
Walt Disney and Comcast's Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on Wednesday, calling its popular AI-powered image generator a "bottomless pit of plagiarism" for its use of the studios' best-known characters.
Disney, Universal sue image creator Midjourney for copyright infringement
Walt Disney and Comcast's Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on Wednesday, calling its popular AI-powered image generator a "bottomless pit of plagiarism" for its use of the studios' best-known characters.
reut.rs
June 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
😂 got that right
Good morning✌️🍀
June 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Reposted by christian dove nicole
I recently returned to the site of an older favorite painting, tucked up into the flowers of Buena Vista Park looking at Sutro Tower.
April 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM