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keymintt.bsky.social
mintt 🏜️ a type of sludge, perhaps
@keymintt.bsky.social
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🏜️ mintt/kelsey, 25, they/he 🦎 az-based illustrator & comic artist 🌵 no ai ☀️ i like dragons and coyotes and the desert a lot !! 🐉

links- keymintt.carrd.co
portfolio- artofkeymintt.weebly.com
email- [email protected]
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a series of illustrations for a utility cabinet featuring birds that can be seen in northern arizona's ponderosa pine forests !!
a digital illustration of two western tanagers in flight against the backdrop of a ponderosa pine forest. light green swirls accompany it and thread throughout the piece a digital illustration of an acorn woodpecker in flight against the backdrop of a ponderosa pine forest. light green swirls accompany it and thread throughout the piece a digital illustration of a northern flicker in flight against the backdrop of a ponderosa pine forest. light green swirls accompany it and thread throughout the piece a digital illustration of a steller's jay in flight against the backdrop of a ponderosa pine forest. light green swirls accompany it and thread throughout the piece
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
i don't think i posted this one here ever (also back from 2023)
loosely-drawn three-panel digital comic. first panel: an artist gestures to a drawing saying "i made this!" and arrow points to the piece that says "art/comic/caption the asks a RHETORICAL question" second panel: arrow pointing to a person that says "person on the internet" who has speech bubbles that say "*literal response* (often pretentious)" and "*meme only response*" third panel: the artist stares at them, annoyed. the artwork also looks annoyed
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
bonus
squishy little drawing of yarrow in their costume giving a disappointed thumbs up with an arrow pointed to them saying "everyone thought they were a werewolf & not a coyote"
October 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
the costumes were yarrow's idea
#ocs
digital drawing of my ocs grimm (they/it) and yarrow (he/they) in halloween costumes. they're both humans mutated with animal features; grimm has coyote features while yarrow has honeybee features—the two of them are dressed up as the other's animal. grimm has its arm slung around yarrow's neck while yarrow is holding grimm by the waist and snarling playfully
October 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
gay thoughts by the growlers dot mp3
#ocs #comics
digital comic of my ocs yarrow (he/they) and grimm (they/it). panels 1-3: yarrow is at the counter of his clinic and asks grimm "I know I said I'd do it, but do you mind making dinner?" grimm, who's resting their head on their hand replies, "'course not." panel 4: yarrow rolls up the sleeve of his button-up and says "You're a lifesaver," and proceeds to ramble to grimm. panels 5-6: grimm is staring at yarrow's forearms (gayass) panel 7: linework of a coyote licking its lips digital comic of my ocs yarrow (he/they) and grimm (they/it). panel 1: yarrow pulls up their surgical mask and says, "Alright, I gotta go. Thank you again <3" which startles grimm out of its thoughts. panel 2: placed below the first panel, linework of a coyote looking up in yarrow's direction. panels 3 and 4: grimm cooking onions on the stove while music is playing. panels 5 and 6: grimm stares down at the pan, then pushes their long hair out of their face while sighing "what am I doing..."
October 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
a gambler's mentality to optimism
#oilpainting
an oil painting of a coyote amongst a flock of mourning doves. it's jumping to catch one just out of reach while others take flight around it. the background is an open blue sky.
October 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
pissy
#ocs #comics
digital comic of my ocs grimm (they/it) and yarrow (he/they). first two panels: grimm vaguely looks in the direction of yarrow, who is pacing, frustrated, behind them while clicking his mandibles (he's part-honeybee). third and fourth panel: yarrow walks up to grimm, pauses, and plops his head on its shoulder. grimm pats his back reassuringly
October 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
hellohello #portfolioday!! i'm kelsey, a freelance illustrator and comic artist who specializes in animals, monsters, people, and everything in-between.

🎨 artofkeymintt.weebly.com
✉️ [email protected]
an oil painting of a coyote in profile against a blue sky. it holds a bouquet of california poppies, coulter's lupine, and yarrow in its mouth while honeybees buzz around it. the colors are all bright and saturated digital illustration a ringtail (bassariscus astutus) holding a chunk of gold atop a saguaro cactus and against a backdrop of the sky. the gold shines with bursts of light and the clouds are swirling in the sky; everything else is rendered semi-realistically a digital illustration of a steller's jay in flight against the backdrop of a ponderosa pine forest. light green swirls accompany it and thread throughout the piece digital illustration of my ocs yarrow (he/they) and grimm (they/it). yarrow kneels and washes grimm's feet in a dingy motel room while grimm watches them in bewilderment, not believing it deserves something like this. both of them are backlit by haloes- yarrow's is a honeycomb-like hexagon while grimm's is circular and surrounded by barbed wire. the illustration is overlaid with red lineart of an anatomical heart above yarrow's head and a coyote with submissive posture on grimm's side of the piece. both are mutated humans; grimm looks almost entirely human but has some fur growing on their face, meanwhile yarrow has beelike features including mandibles, antennae, extra eyes, and asymmetrical carapace on their body, including their entire right arm.
October 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
notes on bug
#ocs
three drawings of my oc yarrow (he/they) detailing various features of their honeybee mutations as they sleep, push back their hair, and put on a shirt. yarrow has beelike features including mandibles, antennae, extra eyes, small secondary arms, small wings, and an asymmetrical carapace on their body, including their entire right arm. written notes say: "no plates under [right] arm", "folds in wings when wearing a shirt", "additional eyes don't close. roll up when asleep", and "secondary arms curl up when unconscious" two drawings of my oc yarrow (he/they) from the right and left side detailing various features of their honeybee mutations. yarrow has beelike features including mandibles, antennae, extra eyes, small secondary arms, small wings, and an asymmetrical carapace on their body, including their entire right arm. written notes say: "single pair of wings", "vertebrae plates sit above skin—not embedded", and "tucks [secondary] arms under chest/into sides when wearing a shirt". there are also notes about the placement of his vertebral plates and how they correspond to the vertebrae/sacrum four drawings of my oc yarrow (he/they) from four different head angles detailing various features of their honeybee mutations with a. focus on their mandibles and facial situation. yarrow has beelike features including mandibles, antennae, extra eyes, and a proboscis. written notes say: "mandibles can move independently of one another, usually moves them symmetrically", "mandibles connected by membranes [at the base]", "eyes are fixed, don't move with mandibles", and "tongue opens to allow proboscis to extend. proboscis is about 8in long? idk"
October 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
to be unworthy
#ocs #ocart
digital illustration of my ocs yarrow (he/they) and grimm (they/it). yarrow kneels and washes grimm's feet in a dingy motel room while grimm watches them in bewilderment, not believing it deserves something like this. both of them are backlit by haloes- yarrow's is a honeycomb-like hexagon while grimm's is circular and surrounded by barbed wire. the illustration is overlaid with red lineart of an anatomical heart above yarrow's head and a coyote with submissive posture on grimm's side of the piece. both are mutated humans; grimm looks almost entirely human but has some fur growing on their face, meanwhile yarrow has beelike features including mandibles, antennae, extra eyes, and asymmetrical carapace on their body, including their entire right arm.
October 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
also some in-progress photos
in-progress photo of the previous mural. three running wolves can be seen against a pink underpainting in-progress photo of the previous mural. a sketch of three running wolves and swirling shapes can be seen against a pink underpainting in-progress photo of the previous mural. there's a colorful sketch on the box that vaguely looks like three wolves
September 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
unfortunately these are not the best photos bc photographing a 3d object you painted on in difficult when the sun hits each side differently but! i hand-painted some wolves (not coyotes for once) on a traffic cabinet earlier this year !!
hand-painted mural featuring two wolves running across a desert-like landscape while surrounded by sparkles and blue swirling shapes (this is the front of the box) hand-painted mural featuring a wolf running across a desert-like landscape while surrounded by sparkles and blue swirling shapes (this is a side of the box) hand-painted mural featuring a wolf running across a desert-like landscape while surrounded by sparkles and blue swirling shapes (this is a side of the box)
September 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
rolls up to the zoom meeting wearing this
digital drawing of the artist (he/they) wearing a button-up shirt so they look professional during a video call, but also not caring to dress up all the way because no one will see it so they're wearing basketball shorts and fun socks also
September 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
recent sillies
#ocs
four-panel comic of grimm and yarrow sitting next to each other. yarrow is reading a book and grimm is looking at its nails. as yarrow reads, he's clicking his mandibles together (much like one would click a pen). grimm notices this and eventually puts a hand over yarrow's face with a tired "Stop." drawing of grimm and yarrow both looking exhausted with text that read "unsure if their personal issues would be better solved by getting their skull kicked in or a forehead kiss" and arrows pointing to both of them the "not what I'm called" meme featuring grimm. it says: "hey guys" "HIM" "not what i'm called" [author's note: it's pronouns are they/it and also she/her if you're yarrow] digital drawing of grimm looking down at yarrow and saying "yer so damn short". both of them have their arms crossed and yarrow looks up at it to say "okay put some inches in me then". a little line between them shows their height difference of approx ~5 inches, three of which says "actual height difference" and the rest says "+ boot"
September 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
you were born in phoenix after all
#comics
traditional black and white one-page comic. first panel: three consecutive speech bubbles say "hey, let me know if you need anything, okay?" while covering up the worst of a roadkill coyote's viscera. there is still a pool of blood and tire skid marks. the blood drips down the entire comic second and third panels: close up of the coyote's eyes as they look "at" someone/thing, then look away. it's unclear if it's dead or not. fourth panel: the sun shines in the sky on a hot afternoon fifth-seventh panels: sequence of the coyote, still in silhouette, laying on the asphalt, getting, up, and walking away with viscera still trailing behind it.
September 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
context for some of the oc madness, now in image post form. i made this for insta but figured it's worth posting here too (2/2)
Image labelled "Story Parts" with three text boxes. the first one has a small drawing of the sun and reads "Part 1- Grimm saves Yarrow's life to repay him for a kindness years before. The two run off to a mining town where Grimm's next job and Yarrow's new start await. They get along well, and feelings begin to bloom between them in the following months. Everything comes to an abrupt end when Grimm has to leave after their job goes south." The second one has a small drawing of yarrow flowers and reads "Part 2- Five years later, Grimm returns. Yarrow's the only doctor in town and doing the best he can. Against either of their wishes (and better judgement), the two fall in love. Their happily ever before lasts a few years before Grimm's past catches up and Yarrow is kidnapped." The third one has a small drawing of a coyote and reads "Part 3- Grimm rescues Yarrow after a year of searching and finds him irreversibly mutated. The two try to return home, but find themselves pursued by new enemies and old ghosts. Refusing to be hunted, Grimm and Yarrow turn the tables and take revenge." four mini character profiles for side characters in honeybee. the first is stormy, a grey and white blotched horse that reads "Stormy- Grimm's horse. Literally part dog" the second is wrench, a black and red robot coyote that reads "Wrench- Grimm's robot coyote companion. Good at being sneaky" the third is onris, she's human but has partial black vulture mutations including grey skin under her eyes and small feathers at the base of her neck, her blurb reads "Onris- Fellow outlaw and Grimm's coworker in P1. Part vulture" the fourth is lucy, a human kid with mutated ringtail features and reads "Lucy- Part-ringtail little girl who latches on to Grimm and Yarrow" little digital comic of me, the author (hi) drawn as a human with horns and dragon-like ears saying, "Thanks for reading all that! Ideally, I'll eventually make Honeybee into an Actual Thing, but for now, I'm just having fun drawing and developing the story in my free time!". in one panel i'm wearing a shirt that says "I heart the desert & monster & coyotes & (this is where it starts getting cut off) gay people &". the last panel is a very simplified drawing of me giving a thumbs up with an arrow pointing to me that says "has made hundreds of drawings and written 100k+ words"
September 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
context for some of the oc madness, now in image post form. i made this for insta but figured it's worth posting here too (1/2)
#ocs
digital drawing of my ocs grimm (they/it) and yarrow (he/they) with a text box with "Honeybee: the basics" overlaid. both are mutated humans; grimm looks almost entirely human but has some fur growing on their face, meanwhile yarrow has beelike features including mandibles, antennae, extra eyes, and asymmetrical carapace on their body. They're both wearing western-esque clothing with grimm looking more like an outlaw in all-black, and yarrow looking more casual To the left of the page is a text box that reads "An Overview: Honeybee is a sci-fi(ish) western romance mostly about being (in)human, bearing the weight of the past, and trying to be a "good" person. In a desert viewed as a wasteland, people turn a blind eye to anything from ecological destruction to genetic experimentation as long as it makes cash. Cruelty is a given— but so is kindness, if you look closely. The story takes place over the timespan of about a decade and has three major parts with time skips in-between. Part Three (P3) is the "present day". Grimm and Yarrow are the protagonists; the two of them irreversibly change one another in many ways as they go from strangers to intensely devoted partners." To the right is a digital drawing of Grimm and a digital drawing of Yarrow stacked vertically. digital drawing of my oc yarrow waving cheerily with informational text to the side that reads: "Yarrow (he/they)- Human with honeybee mutations- actually very excited about the whole situation. Small-town doctor. Benevolent, Eccentric, Bookish, Adventurous. Believes there is good in people and the world despite bearing witness to its cruelty- wields his hope like a weapon. It also helps to have a shotgun, though." the primary drawing is labelled "P3" (for their design in the story's third part) and at the bottom of the page are two additional boxes with how they look in P2 (fully human with no bee modifications, but otherwise the same build-wise) and P1 (younger and thinner) digital drawing of my oc grimm with informational text to the side that reads: "Grimm (they/it). Human with coyote mutations- very good at hiding their coyote traits until P3, when they stop caring. Outlaw, farmhand, and (ex?)attack dog. Jaded, Calculating, Lonesome, Devoted. Prefers animals to people. Doesn't really believe it's a person, but is nonetheless good at reading people." the primary drawing is labelled "P3" (for their design in the story's third part) and at the bottom of the page are two additional boxes with how they look in P2 (similar, but shaves the fur on their face) and P1 (also similar but younger and has shorter hair)
September 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
and it wouldn't be #artfight if i didn't have fun drawing some dragons hehe

these characters belong to @skyransketches.bsky.social, @tserrera.bsky.social, and @liokkamillie.bsky.social !!
digital painting of aberration, a monstrous black dragon with multiple limbs, from a bottom-up perspective. it heaves black ichor from its mouth and is lit from below with a blue-green light pixel art of bee, a wasp-like dragon with multiple limbs and an overall buglike appearance digital drawing of natalie, a dragon anthro wearing a white tank top, snarling and smiling. she's bleeding a bit and smoke swirls around her
August 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
almost forgot some stuff from this year's #artfight

these characters belong to @lylahammar.bsky.social, @crustyjpeg-144p.bsky.social, and @melodyraver.bsky.social !!
digital painting of zorella, an edm centaur pop star, singing enthusiastically. she's wearing colorful rave gear and has ribbons woven into her hair, which is styled into a topknot with braids. digital painting of uto, a humanoid with deerlike features, looking directly at the viewer with reflective pupils. they're lit as if caught in a flashlight or with a camera flash digital drawing of lighting, a fox anthro with a neon blue/cyan color scheme wearing punk clothing, flipping off somebody and sticking out his tongue. lighting crackles around him
August 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
more doodles for the doodle pile
#ocs
digital drawing of my oc grimm (they/it) wearing a cowboy hat and two holsters- one shoulder and one waist one, both are on their right side (there's a reason i promise even if it looks a lil stupid) digital drawing of my oc onris (she/her, maybe she/they i'm still working it out) holding a black vulture similar to how you would hold a chicken. she's human but has partial black vulture mutations including grey skin under her eyes, small feathers at the base of her neck, and clawed hands with dark grey skin. she has dark skin and orangeish-maroon hair in two stand twists that go to the tops of her shoulders a digital drawing of my oc yarrow (he/they), he looks confused and his upper mandibles are open digital drawing of my ocs grimm (they/it) and yarrow (he/they) kissing. yarrow affectionately holds grimms face and they're both grinning
August 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
technique/process study from a photo i took of some prickly pear blossoms
#oilpainting
oil painting of a prickly pear cactus with pink and yellow blossoms done in a more loose, gestural style
July 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
golden hour
#acrylicpainting
an acrylic painting of a suburban carport garage (i think that's what it's called..?) cast in orange light. there's no car in it, but it otherwise has signs of being used like a folding chair. the white silhouette of a coyote is standing there- it was made with a carved linoleum block so there are imperfections and textures from the stamp that make it appear ghostly
July 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
qrp with your wing art !!
two-color risograph print in sunflower orange and mint blue of a coyote holding a burst of light in its mouth. it's surrounded by several wings oil painting of a california carpenter bee against a light blue-grey background a black and white oil painting of a coyote against a backdrop of wings . the coyote is painted in darker tones and has its head facing upwards as if it's howling. the wings are painted in lighter tones and create a flurry of motion around the coyote.
July 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
hellohello #portfolioday!! i'm kelsey, a freelance illustrator and comic artist who specializes in animals, monsters, people, and everything in-between. i'll available for work, especially ttrpg and cover illustrations, starting mid-august !

🎨 artofkeymintt.weebly.com
✉️ [email protected]
digital illustration of some mostly-silhouetted mourning doves perched on a mesquite tree against the backdrop of the sonoran desert at night. swirling shapes fill the night sky and the entire piece is in shades of purple, blue, and seafoam green. the moon is overlapped by the uppermost dove, almost giving it the appearance of a waning crescent two-color risograph print in sunflower orange and mint blue of a coyote holding a burst of light in its mouth. it's surrounded by several wings digital comic of my ocs grimm (they/it) and yarrow (he/they). both are mutated humans wearing western, cowboy-esque getup; grimm looks almost entirely human but has some fur growing on their face, meanwhile yarrow has beelike features including mandibles, black sclera, two extra pairs of eyes, and antenna. first panel: the midday sun shines bright overhead, two hawks can be seen silhouetted against it. second panel: grimm watches the two hawks as they grab each other's talons mid-air (this takes place outside of the panel, as the hawks' motion is paralleled). yarrow rides alongside grimm and notices them looking at something. third panel: yarrow looks up at the hawks, who are in the middle of performing a courtship death spiral and mutters, "they're beautiful." digital illustration a ringtail (bassariscus astutus) holding a chunk of gold atop a saguaro cactus and against a backdrop of the sky. the gold shines with bursts of light and the clouds are swirling in the sky; everything else is rendered semi-realistically
July 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
diversity win! these two genetically modified organisms are trans, bisexual, and in love
#ocs
digital illustration of my ocs yarrow (he/they) and grimm (they/it) sitting on a bench in a sonoran desert-type setting and holding hands. yarrow's sitting more upright and looking over at grimm who has its head resting on its hand while it looks lovingly over at yarrow. both are mutated humans; grimm looks almost entirely human but has some fur growing on their face, clawed hands, and a tail (that's wagging) meanwhile yarrow has beelike features including mandibles, antennae, extra eyes, and asymmetrical carapace on their body, including their entire right arm. three small hearts with the bisexual, trans, and nonbinary pride flags float between them. there's also a slight fish-eye perspective on the piece but idk how well i executed it tbh
June 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM