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Sean Byrnes 🇺🇸
@sbyrnes.bsky.social
Artist, Founder and Investor. Always a purveyor of bad jokes.

Currently General Partner at Near Horizon (nearhorizon.vc). Formerly founder of Flurry and Outlier.

Posts original art on artbybyrnes.com
More Doom Patrol!

I really like the composition of this Crazy Jane piece from a few years ago. I don't love the execution, but that's because I've gotten a lot better since then! Improvement is weird like that.

#comics #art #comicart #doompatrol #crazyjane
February 8, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Flashback Friday!

I did a series of Doom Patrol pieces when the tv series first came out, and they were my first art pieces to get a lot of likes on social media.

Here is the Negative Man:

#comics #comicart #originalart #doompatrol #dccomics
February 7, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Art time! Ahead of Valentine's Day, here is a piece I did a while back called "Love by Design".

I found it both entertaining and interesting to think about love as an engineering problem, so here you are.

#originalart #art #love #valentinesday
February 5, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Cover time! This idea is still kicking around in the early stages, but I find that putting together a cover or two can help.

I really like this cover and concept, so let's hope it does come together!

#comics #comicart #comiccover #originalart #drawing
February 1, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Freshly inked page!

When stories ideas come, I try to capture them as fast as possible in whatever form I can. Sometimes that's sketches, sometimes writing but in this case it was the first page.

#comics #indiecomics #originalart #art #illustration
January 29, 2026 at 10:03 PM
WIP! As warm-ups I'm working on a few artistic pieces, and here is part of one that is in progress now. It's fun to work on art that isn't part of a story, and where I can spend a lot more time on the rendering!

I might need to do an art book at some point as these are piling up...

#comics
January 27, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Panel Pride! This is a full page panel/spread that came out even better than I imagined. I won't explain the story, but this is a big reveal and it works on so many levels.

Sometimes the panels just don't work, but pieces like this keep me going!

#comics #originalart #panelpride #comicpage
January 25, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Cover time! This is the colored version of the b&w I posted before, and it came out well. Turns out I can get better at coloring.

Now just need to finish the inside pages to get this thing done...

#comics #indiecomics #comicart #cover #originalart
January 23, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Periodic reminder: If you need promo art for your Kickstarter or other indie project - let me know! I don't charge, just here to support the community. #comics #indie #drawing
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Panel Pride! Now that I'm finishing fully colored pages, I'm going to post panels that I'm especially proud of... like this one!

Those quiet panels can be less exciting, but I find them to be fun. It's a challenge to make getting ready in the morning interesting.

#panelpride #comics #originalart
January 20, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Random character designs! I realized I was going so deep on that story that I wasn't flexing my creative muscles on new stuff. So, here we go - the first in a series of random character and concept art!

#comics #characterdesign #characterart #drawing #illustration
January 17, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Character color sheets! Since I used to work in B&W I haven't done a lot of these, but they are surprisingly fun.

AND it turns out they save you a ton of time when you need to color a lot of pages. I'll do a video at some point to highlight.

#comicart #comics #originalart #illustration #drawing
January 15, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Another cover concept! I really like this one, even though it didn't come out quite like I expected.

It's a good idea I might come back to the in the future...
January 14, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Coloring pages! Here you go with the first page, and it includes a bit of the text too.

So fun to see it come together. I'll start to post some batches of pages so that the story makes a bit more sense...

#comicpage #comicart #comics #originalart #indiecomic #illustration
January 12, 2026 at 2:09 AM
And we're back!

Happy 2026, this is the year I color a lot of what I drew on the back half of 2025. Be prepared to see a lot more posts as coloring is taking off and I'm getting much faster.

Here's a good example!

#drawing #comicbookart #clipstudiopaint #originalart #illustration
January 10, 2026 at 12:49 AM
One more before the holidays!

Seriously, coloring is so much faster than line drawing. Building up my confidence so I can launch into the pages and start posting those in January!

#originalart #drawing #comicbookart #comics #comicart
December 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Now with colors!

I always forget how much faster coloring is than line drawing. And it's so fun to watch the piece come alive!

Stay tuned for a lot more of these as I warm up to color the actual pages...

#comiccover #comicpage #originalart #originalcharacter #drawing
December 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
He looks pretty angry!

These covers are a lot of fun to do, but I realize I'm avoiding coloring of the real story. Coloring is intimidating to me as I'm not great at it, but it has to be done! Time to get to it...

#comicbookart #comiccover #drawing #illustration #originalart #originalcharacter
December 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I'm having fun with these cover variants featuring the different characters from the story.

This one is pretty simple, but captures the personality of The Mad Baker really well.

I would not eat anything he makes...
#comicart #comics #drawing #illustration
December 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Setting the scene!

I find these pages a lot harder than character pages, as they lack focus and movement/action.

The other problem is that there is no limit to how much time you can spend on them, I could easily spend a few more days adding detail!

#comicbookart #comicpage #drawing #illustration
December 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Still working on Slovember! I'm enjoying putting the characters from #inktober into crazy situations.

These pieces take longer, but I'm still balancing quality and speed. The goal is to get better and faster!

#illustration #drawing #comicart #comics #originalart
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 AM
As part of Slovember, I'm working on a follow up story to the #inktober story I did. I'm spending more time per page, but still trying to work fast and find that balance between speed & quality.

So far so good! #comics #comicpage #comicart
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
After #inktober, I'm doing Slovember! While Inktober was great to get me working faster, I had to compromise a lot on quality.

Slovember means spending more time. It's fun to remember I can do great work as well!

#originalcharacter #originalart #drawing #illustration #comicartist #comicart
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I'm wrong all the time. Why?

Because the cost of being correct is often far too high.

Yes, we would all love to make the correct decision every time. I used to think that was the job of every leader...

1/
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
#inktober 2025 Day 31: Award!

And the race continues! That's the award, mostly for me.

Whew, I made it! That was really tough, but I'm glad I challenged myself this month. If only to prove I could do it.

#inktober2025 #inktober2025award #drawing #illustration #comics
October 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM