Raine Szramski 🌻
@rainesz.bsky.social
Artist, illustrator, writer. Of a certain age. Ace. She/her. 🖤🤍💜
A childless cat (and dog) lady living in Arizona.
(From the Pine Barrens, NJ.)
#SlavaUkraini
My Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/T6T4HDZ8
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/raineszramski
A childless cat (and dog) lady living in Arizona.
(From the Pine Barrens, NJ.)
#SlavaUkraini
My Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/T6T4HDZ8
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/raineszramski
Today is also my dog Laika's #GotchaDay.
Three years ago, I officially adopted her from the Arizona Animal Welfare League. She was rescued from a puppy mill, where she was used as a breeding female, and she was terrified of people.
She now has a quiet, peaceful home with me.
Three years ago, I officially adopted her from the Arizona Animal Welfare League. She was rescued from a puppy mill, where she was used as a breeding female, and she was terrified of people.
She now has a quiet, peaceful home with me.
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Today is also my dog Laika's #GotchaDay.
Three years ago, I officially adopted her from the Arizona Animal Welfare League. She was rescued from a puppy mill, where she was used as a breeding female, and she was terrified of people.
She now has a quiet, peaceful home with me.
Three years ago, I officially adopted her from the Arizona Animal Welfare League. She was rescued from a puppy mill, where she was used as a breeding female, and she was terrified of people.
She now has a quiet, peaceful home with me.
It's #DoctorWhoDay tomorrow.
Here's most of my Doctor portraits, some of them still unfinished (the last four, which are still sketches.)
Also, bonus Morbius/Forgotten Lives Doctors.
And this is only a just a little of the DW-themed artwork I've done over the years.
Here's most of my Doctor portraits, some of them still unfinished (the last four, which are still sketches.)
Also, bonus Morbius/Forgotten Lives Doctors.
And this is only a just a little of the DW-themed artwork I've done over the years.
November 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
It's #DoctorWhoDay tomorrow.
Here's most of my Doctor portraits, some of them still unfinished (the last four, which are still sketches.)
Also, bonus Morbius/Forgotten Lives Doctors.
And this is only a just a little of the DW-themed artwork I've done over the years.
Here's most of my Doctor portraits, some of them still unfinished (the last four, which are still sketches.)
Also, bonus Morbius/Forgotten Lives Doctors.
And this is only a just a little of the DW-themed artwork I've done over the years.
I mean, c'mon, this was him at 25.
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I mean, c'mon, this was him at 25.
More perimeter guarding with cow-snake in tow.
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
More perimeter guarding with cow-snake in tow.
Our security dog Chanel at work this morning, guarding the perimeter.
Playing with her cow/snake(?) squeaky toy, which she presents to me when I come out to see her.
I gave her some sardines as a treat, hence the chop-licking.
Playing with her cow/snake(?) squeaky toy, which she presents to me when I come out to see her.
I gave her some sardines as a treat, hence the chop-licking.
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Our security dog Chanel at work this morning, guarding the perimeter.
Playing with her cow/snake(?) squeaky toy, which she presents to me when I come out to see her.
I gave her some sardines as a treat, hence the chop-licking.
Playing with her cow/snake(?) squeaky toy, which she presents to me when I come out to see her.
I gave her some sardines as a treat, hence the chop-licking.
This is an older painting of mine (2005) of King Ghidorah vs. Mothra.
(Gouache, chalk and colored pencils)
#GodzillaDay
(Gouache, chalk and colored pencils)
#GodzillaDay
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This is an older painting of mine (2005) of King Ghidorah vs. Mothra.
(Gouache, chalk and colored pencils)
#GodzillaDay
(Gouache, chalk and colored pencils)
#GodzillaDay
Some Carl Kolchak drawings from my sketchbook from a couple of years ago. (I really need to write that fanfic about the pumpkin spice demons...) 🎃
#KolchakTheNightStalker
#KolchakTheNightStalker
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Some Carl Kolchak drawings from my sketchbook from a couple of years ago. (I really need to write that fanfic about the pumpkin spice demons...) 🎃
#KolchakTheNightStalker
#KolchakTheNightStalker
Happy Halloween.
Also the birthday of John Keats.
One of my rare full-color illustrations. (Gouache, colored pencils, ink pens.)
Also the birthday of John Keats.
One of my rare full-color illustrations. (Gouache, colored pencils, ink pens.)
October 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Happy Halloween.
Also the birthday of John Keats.
One of my rare full-color illustrations. (Gouache, colored pencils, ink pens.)
Also the birthday of John Keats.
One of my rare full-color illustrations. (Gouache, colored pencils, ink pens.)
Happy early Halloween.
A commission from a few years ago of Peter Cushing as Van Helsing, inspired by Dracula A.D. 1972. (With Christopher Lee lurking in the background.)
A commission from a few years ago of Peter Cushing as Van Helsing, inspired by Dracula A.D. 1972. (With Christopher Lee lurking in the background.)
October 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Happy early Halloween.
A commission from a few years ago of Peter Cushing as Van Helsing, inspired by Dracula A.D. 1972. (With Christopher Lee lurking in the background.)
A commission from a few years ago of Peter Cushing as Van Helsing, inspired by Dracula A.D. 1972. (With Christopher Lee lurking in the background.)
I am definitely seeing the Bernie Wrightson influences too, especially for Oscar Isaac's look.
October 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I am definitely seeing the Bernie Wrightson influences too, especially for Oscar Isaac's look.
Excellent review, Verity!
So glad there will be an art book for the film. I have several of del Toro's other film art books and they're all so beautiful.
So glad there will be an art book for the film. I have several of del Toro's other film art books and they're all so beautiful.
October 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Excellent review, Verity!
So glad there will be an art book for the film. I have several of del Toro's other film art books and they're all so beautiful.
So glad there will be an art book for the film. I have several of del Toro's other film art books and they're all so beautiful.
So excited for @realgdt.bsky.social's Frankenstein, and I wish I could see it in a theater before it hits Netflix. SO glad there will be an art book. I have almost all of del Toro's film art books, and I always look forward to how beautiful they are.
October 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
So excited for @realgdt.bsky.social's Frankenstein, and I wish I could see it in a theater before it hits Netflix. SO glad there will be an art book. I have almost all of del Toro's film art books, and I always look forward to how beautiful they are.
Oh, this was freaking hilarious. I just borrowed this from the library and this was the best laugh I've had all week. Peacemaker adopts a dog who promptly gets kidnapped. Chris goes all John Wick- in a typical Peacemaker way. Lots of DC character deep cuts.
(No animals were harmed in this comic!)
(No animals were harmed in this comic!)
October 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Oh, this was freaking hilarious. I just borrowed this from the library and this was the best laugh I've had all week. Peacemaker adopts a dog who promptly gets kidnapped. Chris goes all John Wick- in a typical Peacemaker way. Lots of DC character deep cuts.
(No animals were harmed in this comic!)
(No animals were harmed in this comic!)
It's #AceWeek!
I found out that I was asexual late in life, after years of thinking I was broken (I wasn't), and that I wasn't alone.
"Oh, that's what I am! Now I know. COOL."
I love this ace pride thylacine art by:
www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Th...
I found out that I was asexual late in life, after years of thinking I was broken (I wasn't), and that I wasn't alone.
"Oh, that's what I am! Now I know. COOL."
I love this ace pride thylacine art by:
www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Th...
October 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It's #AceWeek!
I found out that I was asexual late in life, after years of thinking I was broken (I wasn't), and that I wasn't alone.
"Oh, that's what I am! Now I know. COOL."
I love this ace pride thylacine art by:
www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Th...
I found out that I was asexual late in life, after years of thinking I was broken (I wasn't), and that I wasn't alone.
"Oh, that's what I am! Now I know. COOL."
I love this ace pride thylacine art by:
www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Th...
My comfort reads lately have been superhero comics about animals. I just read Marvel Unleashed. OMG....
😭https://www.thepopverse.com/marvel-pet-pets-dog-dogs-d-dog-dog-unleashed
😭https://www.thepopverse.com/marvel-pet-pets-dog-dogs-d-dog-dog-unleashed
October 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My comfort reads lately have been superhero comics about animals. I just read Marvel Unleashed. OMG....
😭https://www.thepopverse.com/marvel-pet-pets-dog-dogs-d-dog-dog-unleashed
😭https://www.thepopverse.com/marvel-pet-pets-dog-dogs-d-dog-dog-unleashed
Going through some old sketchbook drawings from a few years back. Here's Doctor Strange.
Doctor Strange was the first ever Marvel character I actively bought and read as a teenager. I had been primarily a DC girl.
Doctor Strange was the first ever Marvel character I actively bought and read as a teenager. I had been primarily a DC girl.
October 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Going through some old sketchbook drawings from a few years back. Here's Doctor Strange.
Doctor Strange was the first ever Marvel character I actively bought and read as a teenager. I had been primarily a DC girl.
Doctor Strange was the first ever Marvel character I actively bought and read as a teenager. I had been primarily a DC girl.
This cheered me up today. Two pre-orders I'd been waiting for all year arrived on the same day.
1) The new Witcher book. (Nice and big.)
2) And the Criterion edition of the film Flow. (It even has stickers!)
1) The new Witcher book. (Nice and big.)
2) And the Criterion edition of the film Flow. (It even has stickers!)
October 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This cheered me up today. Two pre-orders I'd been waiting for all year arrived on the same day.
1) The new Witcher book. (Nice and big.)
2) And the Criterion edition of the film Flow. (It even has stickers!)
1) The new Witcher book. (Nice and big.)
2) And the Criterion edition of the film Flow. (It even has stickers!)
"Yeah, not gonna pose."
*Continues to scan the perimeter*
*Continues to scan the perimeter*
September 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"Yeah, not gonna pose."
*Continues to scan the perimeter*
*Continues to scan the perimeter*
Scanning the perimeter.👀
September 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Scanning the perimeter.👀
This is Chanel, our security dog at my work. (My day job.)
She's always scanning the perimeter.
I help take care of her at work and go out and play with her every morning.
Both she and I are aren't much fans of selfies.🐕🦺
She's always scanning the perimeter.
I help take care of her at work and go out and play with her every morning.
Both she and I are aren't much fans of selfies.🐕🦺
September 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is Chanel, our security dog at my work. (My day job.)
She's always scanning the perimeter.
I help take care of her at work and go out and play with her every morning.
Both she and I are aren't much fans of selfies.🐕🦺
She's always scanning the perimeter.
I help take care of her at work and go out and play with her every morning.
Both she and I are aren't much fans of selfies.🐕🦺
This is what the cancelled one looked like from Big Chief.
I'm sure Twelve won't be fussy over what kind of guitar I give him. 😁
I'm sure Twelve won't be fussy over what kind of guitar I give him. 😁
September 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This is what the cancelled one looked like from Big Chief.
I'm sure Twelve won't be fussy over what kind of guitar I give him. 😁
I'm sure Twelve won't be fussy over what kind of guitar I give him. 😁
I had avoided reading this for years due to the subject matter. (It's heart wrenching. Also gory.)
But I finally borrowed it from the library this weekend, via Hoopla. And it's brilliant...
...and I don't think I'm capable of ever reading it again.😭😭😭😭
#we3 #grantmorrison
But I finally borrowed it from the library this weekend, via Hoopla. And it's brilliant...
...and I don't think I'm capable of ever reading it again.😭😭😭😭
#we3 #grantmorrison
September 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I had avoided reading this for years due to the subject matter. (It's heart wrenching. Also gory.)
But I finally borrowed it from the library this weekend, via Hoopla. And it's brilliant...
...and I don't think I'm capable of ever reading it again.😭😭😭😭
#we3 #grantmorrison
But I finally borrowed it from the library this weekend, via Hoopla. And it's brilliant...
...and I don't think I'm capable of ever reading it again.😭😭😭😭
#we3 #grantmorrison
Sketchbook drawing of Twelve and Nardole rescuing a thylacine. Mostly done because I wanted to draw an angry 12th Doctor.
Done for a fanfic I wrote a while back on AO3, called "Endlings".
archiveofourown.org/works/64358173
Done for a fanfic I wrote a while back on AO3, called "Endlings".
archiveofourown.org/works/64358173
September 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Sketchbook drawing of Twelve and Nardole rescuing a thylacine. Mostly done because I wanted to draw an angry 12th Doctor.
Done for a fanfic I wrote a while back on AO3, called "Endlings".
archiveofourown.org/works/64358173
Done for a fanfic I wrote a while back on AO3, called "Endlings".
archiveofourown.org/works/64358173
September 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM