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Ren

@rentgraham.bsky.social

Illustrator, writer, and co-creator of the graphic novel BLACKWATER. Fan of horror, folklore, history, and wildlife biology. πŸ¦œβ˜•οΈ Portfolio: www.ren-graham.com

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Nimbus character portrait for K 🌀️

28.02.2026 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Headshot & portrait commission slots refreshed and available! πŸ’«

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28.06.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Nimbus character portrait for K 🌀️

28.02.2026 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The monkeys paw curls and it plays in 5 fps with pop in

27.02.2026 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

patting you on the back, shaking your hand, my cheeks flushed with joy

27.02.2026 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy world pistachio day, to all who celebrate

27.02.2026 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

video essays is a good one... where would we be as a society without them!

26.02.2026 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you πŸ₯Ή

25.02.2026 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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mommy's boy, chronically online washed up rockstar

25.02.2026 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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my special little guy, Hani Veisi

25.02.2026 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

that's the one :) With Ivan the Fool

24.02.2026 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
MW by Osamu Tezuka

MW by Osamu Tezuka

Mushishi by Yuki Urushibara

Mushishi by Yuki Urushibara

Monster by Naoki Urasawa

Monster by Naoki Urasawa

Homunculus by Hideo Yamamoto

Homunculus by Hideo Yamamoto

I was thinking about the manga that has stuck with me the most, and I have settled on these four. My taste, other than Mushishi, seems to be "incredibly bleak indictments on the human condition." What are your favorite manga? Which have narratives you can't ever seem to get out of your head?

24.02.2026 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!! πŸ₯Ή

23.02.2026 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Π‘ΠΈΠ²ΠΊΠΎ-Π±ΡƒΡ€ΠΊΠΎ / Sivko-Burko, the fiery horse that will meet you at your father’s grave

23.02.2026 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 320    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

thank you! traditionally Sivko-Burko is usually smoky white, so I think I will probably go with that color, yes :) as for drawing horses, I just referenced a bunch of photos! tried to capture the movement and shapes it was made up of, and then look at close up pics for details on muscles.

20.02.2026 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

thank you Eliot!! 😍

20.02.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like the forced AI overview and AI writing prompts every second running in the bg when you’re writing an email makes the Gmail app so weighty that it’s constantly force closing. I’ve never had an issue with writing an email on my phone until now. Has anyone else noticed this

20.02.2026 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

me too

17.02.2026 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A white bird with a head of a woman. There is a big bleeding wound on her chest.

A white bird with a head of a woman. There is a big bleeding wound on her chest.

Bleeding heart
Wanted to try white on white and a narrow value range

15.02.2026 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1919    πŸ” 571    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 2

It’s soooo good

15.02.2026 06:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Out of date anatomically in terms of what we know about dinosaurs now, but Wayne Barlowe’s paleoart was incredible to me as a kid, it spurred my imagination like nothing else. The colors are so striking on each of these pieces, they hold such a primal mood.

15.02.2026 05:57 β€” πŸ‘ 224    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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I made Valentine’s Day tea ❀️ dessert black tea with heart candies and a sencha with almond and chocolate.

14.02.2026 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so jealous... I'm waiting for my order to arrive too πŸ₯²

14.02.2026 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

righteous rage

13.02.2026 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

really lovely inkwork with so much depth. you can feel the cold of the forest through the screen!

13.02.2026 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
An illustrated cover for a short comic called The Hearth by lainey williams. A cabin sits in a clearing in a snowy forest. The small windows in the log cabin are lit yellow and there is a trail of blood through the snow leading to the door. Smoke rises from the cabin’s chimney to surround the title. On either side of the smoke are illustrations in the style of Karelian embroidery, showing stylized geometric patterns in red thread. On the left side embroidery section, there is a depiction of a woman kneeling. her hands are stained red and she wears a headscarf. Opposite her is a woman standing. Instead of a left arm she has a wing. Over the top of the image, two geese shaded in red fly over the cabin and smoke. The trees all around the cabin are shaded in dark blue.

An illustrated cover for a short comic called The Hearth by lainey williams. A cabin sits in a clearing in a snowy forest. The small windows in the log cabin are lit yellow and there is a trail of blood through the snow leading to the door. Smoke rises from the cabin’s chimney to surround the title. On either side of the smoke are illustrations in the style of Karelian embroidery, showing stylized geometric patterns in red thread. On the left side embroidery section, there is a depiction of a woman kneeling. her hands are stained red and she wears a headscarf. Opposite her is a woman standing. Instead of a left arm she has a wing. Over the top of the image, two geese shaded in red fly over the cabin and smoke. The trees all around the cabin are shaded in dark blue.

The Hearth (1/21)

A sapphic horror comic about witchcraft and hunger in the dead of winter.

06.10.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 709    πŸ” 259    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 12

honestly would believe this

12.02.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I would say most people probably by default eat a lot of protein, right? at least in the Western world, a ton of meat is eaten by the average person annually, way more than a century ago.

12.02.2026 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

oooh okay I figured it had to be some superficial health fad haha, I am not surprised

12.02.2026 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0