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Helen Mask ๐Ÿ”œ Seattle market of the beast

@hemask.bsky.social

Art Nouveau Illustrator/ they/them / PDX Available for freelance work Email: thehemask@gmail.com www.helenmask.com https://www.etsy.com/shop/MaskIllustration https://www.instagram.com/hemask/ https://helenmask.tumblr

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Will-o-wisp illuminates the face of a fea that has been shot protecting the boar in the background.

Will-o-wisp illuminates the face of a fea that has been shot protecting the boar in the background.

I really love a light source and other artist's abilities to make the viewer feel emersed in a time and place. So I'm playing with colors and glow a bit rather than working completely flat. (I still love experimenting, learning and changing)

22.11.2025 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 277    ๐Ÿ” 80    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Oh my gosh I got into San Diego Comic Con for the first time! Iโ€™m so excited ๐Ÿฅน

21.11.2025 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s so magical โœจ๐ŸŒ™ I want to live there

13.11.2025 22:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A faun wearing grapes and a headband with gems beneath his face

A faun wearing grapes and a headband with gems beneath his face

A faun wearing grapes and a headband with gems beneath his face

A faun wearing grapes and a headband with gems beneath his face

I have some breathing room between events and have a bunch of things I want to finish and start. But here is a little warm up color practice of a faun

13.11.2025 01:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 56    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Mirrored werewolf transformation with a key tied around the wrists of the two characters. A graveyard scene is bellow, ferns flowers surround them

Mirrored werewolf transformation with a key tied around the wrists of the two characters. A graveyard scene is bellow, ferns flowers surround them

Loup Garou (werewolf) transformation inked in time for Halloween

31.10.2025 06:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 156    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy Birthday!

20.10.2025 22:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you so much! I have not done the Philly oddities. (You did not miss me, but maybe in a year or so Iโ€™ll try applying to that one sometime ๐Ÿ˜Š)

20.10.2025 07:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

19.10.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Last day of the Oddities Expo Seattle. Iโ€™m at Table T187 back towards the left hand corner of the event hall.

19.10.2025 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 100    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m so glad to hear you say it reads like that, thank you ๐Ÿ˜Š

17.10.2025 01:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!!!

17.10.2025 01:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you! That was the spot I was most nervous about.

17.10.2025 01:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you thatโ€™s so kind of you to say!

17.10.2025 01:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hahaha thank you so much, I sketch and ink traditionally and the paper ranges in size 9x12 is usually on the smaller size and 11x14 or 11x17 are my favorite (a lot of times I tape a bunch of paper together ๐Ÿ˜† I get too excited when sketching and want to add more) so this one is 9x24

17.10.2025 01:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thankkkk yoouuuuuu!!!! ๐Ÿ˜„

17.10.2025 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you

17.10.2025 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Here is the other color version. When I think about pieces I am drawn too, I love a muted color pallet. I piece that looks like it's had a life, bleached by sun and time. The colors also remind me of the cold winter nights while on a moonlit snowshoe with my family in the forests of Vermont.

16.10.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 643    ๐Ÿ” 151    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Zorya Sisters are done! Here is the first color version. I wanted to focus on playing with the Primary colors

16.10.2025 18:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 331    ๐Ÿ” 74    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thank you!!!

15.10.2025 03:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I want to live in your art!!! It is so whimsical and set such a beautiful mood. ๐Ÿ’•

14.10.2025 18:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

14.10.2025 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you that means a lot, I really love your work. Your color palettes are always so good.

14.10.2025 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you so much!! ๐Ÿ˜Š

14.10.2025 18:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!! ๐Ÿ’•It makes me so happy when people say that. I love art nouveau and all the decorative details and being able to brake an image down into geometric shapes with flowing organic elements just clicks perfectly in my brain.

14.10.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you. I know, it was brutal for me to put it in. But I really like to be able to add little Easter eggs in my pieces (especially fanart, because it means something to the people who know)

14.10.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hello #PortfolioDay I'm Helen, A freelance Illustrator inspired by art nouveau. I love mythology and folklore, dark creepy things, and Queer love.

I'd love to work on more TTRPG, Book covers/comic book covers, Posters, packaging illustration

Portfolio: helenmask.com
๐Ÿ“ง thehemask@gmail.com

14.10.2025 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 639    ๐Ÿ” 223    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
I woman is shot with arrows after protecting a boar. Will-o-wisp float in the bottom corner

I woman is shot with arrows after protecting a boar. Will-o-wisp float in the bottom corner

Another one inked!

14.10.2025 06:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 159    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So cute

13.10.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thank you, they keep my very busy. I have one more shiba, my little old lady

12.10.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you! It always feels good to complete the inking stage, my goal is always to be able to make a stand alone piece in black and white first. (Then see how it feels with color)

12.10.2025 15:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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