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Diana Poulsen

@dianapoulsen.bsky.social

Artist, Filmmaker, Art historian, voice actor, machinist (etc) Indy game maker, theatre person, etc Canadian who plays a lot of Final Fantasy

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Swords Without Master A ttrpg of strange sorceries, ferocious deeds, and astounding wonder by Epidiah Ravachol.

With just under 65 hours left on the campaign, I'm going to celebrate the Swords Without Master kickstarter as the art director by highlighting the artists we've been able to bring on board thanks to your amazing support! And if you haven't backed yet, it's not too late:

11.02.2026 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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labyrinth one, by neon minotaur 3 track album

It's my bday! I don't usually celebrate, but I am this year by releasing HORNY MINOTAUR TECHNO.

PLEASE ENJOY.

neonliminal.bandcamp.com/album/labyri...

Big thanks to @joshuawaynehensley.bsky.social for maniacal laughter and @jjbbllkk.bsky.social for helping me make this EP WEIRD AND AWESOME ๐Ÿ’–

02.01.2026 07:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Find my playmaps, comics, and more, at the Danforth Arts Market! 1856 Danforth Ave, in Toronto.

26.11.2025 14:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
A vertical painting of a stream with a rocky bank and a looming forest behind it, the sun peeking through the trees.

A vertical painting of a stream with a rocky bank and a looming forest behind it, the sun peeking through the trees.

This is the biggest oil pastel painting I've finished so far, at 22" tall. It is a study from my own photograph, and there is a large watercolour underpainting propping up the oil pastels, which really helped give me some incredible colour vibration that, sadly, the camera really can't capture.

20.11.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I took the wing Chun at Raw Taiko. Very accessible and friendly.

11.11.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Dynamic Rabbit 
By Brian Longfield 
Acrylic on canvas 
2025

 An original acrylic painting of a rabbit with an abstract background 
 
I tried something interesting with the background here where instead of pallette knife painting the base layer, I hand painted an abstract image based on a macro photo of the upholstery of our couch. Why the couch? Idk. If I do more of this Iโ€™ll probably try to find a way to connect it conceptually to the animal portrait. This rabbit lives near me but has never been on the couch.  Iโ€™m sure theyโ€™re very friendly though. 

#painting #bunny #rabbit #contemporary #expressive #artofdrawingg #artpiece #art_dailydose #artaddict #artist_sharing #artworkforsale #artistic_discover #artisticportrait #artmake #winnipegart #contemporarypainting #rabbitart #bunnylove #bunnyrabbit #bunnyrabbits

Dynamic Rabbit By Brian Longfield Acrylic on canvas 2025 An original acrylic painting of a rabbit with an abstract background I tried something interesting with the background here where instead of pallette knife painting the base layer, I hand painted an abstract image based on a macro photo of the upholstery of our couch. Why the couch? Idk. If I do more of this Iโ€™ll probably try to find a way to connect it conceptually to the animal portrait. This rabbit lives near me but has never been on the couch. Iโ€™m sure theyโ€™re very friendly though. #painting #bunny #rabbit #contemporary #expressive #artofdrawingg #artpiece #art_dailydose #artaddict #artist_sharing #artworkforsale #artistic_discover #artisticportrait #artmake #winnipegart #contemporarypainting #rabbitart #bunnylove #bunnyrabbit #bunnyrabbits

Dynamic Rabbit
By Brian Longfield
Acrylic on canvas
2025

brianlongfieldart.etsy.com/listing/4393...

#painting #bunny #rabbit #contemporary #art #animalart #acrylicpainting #artsky #artisticportrait #canadianart #winnipegart #contemporarypainting #rabbitart #bunnylove #bunnyrabbit

29.10.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a graphite drawing on toned beige paper of a horrible knotted up deep sea worm creature with fractured glass teeth in its circular jaw.

a graphite drawing on toned beige paper of a horrible knotted up deep sea worm creature with fractured glass teeth in its circular jaw.

One of the creatures I drew for The Ghost Houses of Phylinecra - learn more and see the rest in the system-agnostic adventure here: https://sorcererscatalogue.itch.io/the-ghost-houses-of-phylinecra

22.10.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Artifacts Zines by Shel Kahn and the Sorcerer's Catalogue Sketches from museums, collected by theme

Got more zines up on my itch! Museum sketch art zines this time: sorcererscatalogue.itch.io/artifacts-zi...

04.10.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reminder that I keep a blog at portablecity.net that you can subscribe to via RSS if you like! And that I also blog and such on tumblr at shelandsorcery.tumblr.com if you'd like to connect over there for any reason.

02.10.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A ceramic sculpture of a small crystal island with blue crystals and a rough castle keep at the top of it.

A ceramic sculpture of a small crystal island with blue crystals and a rough castle keep at the top of it.

a surreal horror painting featuring a person wrapped in ornate red fabric with a huge red hat kind of maybe sort of tied to a staff that turns out to be an oar, balancing on a warped and twisted canal boat, floating in black water against a yellow sky with black stars and a distant greenish city, all framed in broken wood and ropes. The person is silhouetted in front of a huge red crescent moon with yellow-white center. The back of the boat boasts a furled and dragging red flag.

a surreal horror painting featuring a person wrapped in ornate red fabric with a huge red hat kind of maybe sort of tied to a staff that turns out to be an oar, balancing on a warped and twisted canal boat, floating in black water against a yellow sky with black stars and a distant greenish city, all framed in broken wood and ropes. The person is silhouetted in front of a huge red crescent moon with yellow-white center. The back of the boat boasts a furled and dragging red flag.

A gouache painting of a hotdog stand at night, mostly dark blue except for the cold fluorescent light illuminating the signs and condiments.

A gouache painting of a hotdog stand at night, mostly dark blue except for the cold fluorescent light illuminating the signs and condiments.

a watercolour painting that straddles the line between abstract shapes and a parsable map, in yellows and oranges and blues.

a watercolour painting that straddles the line between abstract shapes and a parsable map, in yellows and oranges and blues.

Spent some time today reorganizing the page where I share original, traditional artwork I've made. Hoping this makes it easier to see the trends in my work! www.portablecity.net/original-art...

11.09.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey Toronto! Wolfspell (created by @epidiah.bsky.social and painted by me) is now in stock at Sword & Board and at 401 Games!

05.09.2025 13:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
youtube screenshot of someone drawing a very realistic dry stone wall, with the truncated caption "anything about the mental processes" at the bottom

youtube screenshot of someone drawing a very realistic dry stone wall, with the truncated caption "anything about the mental processes" at the bottom

I got really excited about learning something new about graphite drawing the other day, and wrote up a whole post on the subject: www.portablecity.net/high-level-p...

03.09.2025 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
a drawing of a serpent-like green dragon all tied up in a balled knot, its head with tongue peeking out, its legs and wings akimbo, on a white background.

a drawing of a serpent-like green dragon all tied up in a balled knot, its head with tongue peeking out, its legs and wings akimbo, on a white background.

I drew a dragon! whenever I see it, it reminds me to relax my shoulders and unclench my jaw.

28.08.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow the fixative really changes it. But damn your skill has grown so much! Amazing colours and depth.

18.08.2025 21:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A photo of a drawing table, where a square pastel painting of a pigeon is taped to a board, and a set of chalk-shaped soft pastels in rainbow order sits in front. The pigeon painting is unfinished, showing an upshot of a pigeon with sparking bokey trees behind it.

A photo of a drawing table, where a square pastel painting of a pigeon is taped to a board, and a set of chalk-shaped soft pastels in rainbow order sits in front. The pigeon painting is unfinished, showing an upshot of a pigeon with sparking bokey trees behind it.

A photo of a stack of four clear plastic trays, each divided into three sections, each section containing paper towles folded up and a smattering of colour-related pastels, eg, a square of reds and oranges, a square of pinks and purples, a square of dark greens, etc.

A photo of a stack of four clear plastic trays, each divided into three sections, each section containing paper towles folded up and a smattering of colour-related pastels, eg, a square of reds and oranges, a square of pinks and purples, a square of dark greens, etc.

I wrote a bit about getting back into soft pastels! www.portablecity.net/soft-pastels...

18.08.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Visual Development โ€“ the portable city

Heads up, I added a few things to my concept art/visdev portfolio today: www.portablecity.net/visual-devel...

05.08.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Shel Kahnโ€™s Portfolio โ€“ the portable city

Hey folks! I'm starting the hunt for September work now - happy to join you as an illustrator, do some vis dev for your next big project, or step into a bigger art direction role! Shares very appreciated.

Check out my portfolio here to see if I'm a good fit: www.portablecity.net/shel-kahns-p...

28.07.2025 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Shoulders-up drawing of Moenbryda smiling, surrounded by moon daisies.

Shoulders-up drawing of Moenbryda smiling, surrounded by moon daisies.

Moenbryda, 2021 #ffxiv

17.06.2025 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 150    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Catch my wordless risographed fantasy comic, Orin and the Dead Man's Sword, at TCAF this June!

17.05.2025 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
FFXIV Reddit

FFXIV Reddit

"Honestly, I feel like this was too much flavor text for the MTG collab card..." by Sir5000
http://redd.it/1kl5si9

12.05.2025 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A comic from By Crom! where the narrator and Conan the Barbarian are hanging out on a park bench. Narrator says "What can I do when it feels like the whole universe is out to get me?" Conan replies "First, I would decide if it is a worthy opponent. If not, I prefer to laugh."

A comic from By Crom! where the narrator and Conan the Barbarian are hanging out on a park bench. Narrator says "What can I do when it feels like the whole universe is out to get me?" Conan replies "First, I would decide if it is a worthy opponent. If not, I prefer to laugh."

A comic page from Orin and the Dead Man's Sword, in teal and black, showing five panels of Orin in shirt and braies swimming down into a clear pool, revealing weedy skulls and ruins at the bottom.

A comic page from Orin and the Dead Man's Sword, in teal and black, showing five panels of Orin in shirt and braies swimming down into a clear pool, revealing weedy skulls and ruins at the bottom.

A comic strip from Lomy in the Abyss, showing Lomy and Louis in line at the school cafeteria, each listening to music made visible in illustrated bubbles coming from their headphones. Lomy's is a blue wizard; Louis' is red writhing guts and bones. They competitively turn the volume of their music up until everyone else in line is squeezing out of the way of the oversized illustrated balloons emanating from their headphones.

A comic strip from Lomy in the Abyss, showing Lomy and Louis in line at the school cafeteria, each listening to music made visible in illustrated bubbles coming from their headphones. Lomy's is a blue wizard; Louis' is red writhing guts and bones. They competitively turn the volume of their music up until everyone else in line is squeezing out of the way of the oversized illustrated balloons emanating from their headphones.

A panel from A Brief Guide to (Early Onset) Wizard Puberty, showing the wizard dramatically pulling a sparkly cloth off of a crystal ball. They are saying "More seriously though: has this process unlocked something uncanny, powerful, spiritual or occult in them? Fuck no."

A panel from A Brief Guide to (Early Onset) Wizard Puberty, showing the wizard dramatically pulling a sparkly cloth off of a crystal ball. They are saying "More seriously though: has this process unlocked something uncanny, powerful, spiritual or occult in them? Fuck no."

hell yeah #webcomicday ! Allow me to pitch to you a comic or two on the web - they all live at my stories website and are free to read online! stories.portablecity.net

12.05.2025 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chasing The Beats Interviewing Weekly Beats artists and listening to their songs.

I was featured on this week's episode of Chasing the Beats, the podcast that explores Weekly Beats artists and their music. I had a ton of fun, we talked lots about music, storytelling and dogs:
pod.link/1788803987/e...

youtu.be/R5u_K1C3nas?...

12.05.2025 02:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

If you see this, post a sword!

08.05.2025 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Making space music album cover art by throwing my eclipse photos up on my shitty tv and photographing them again with a bigass camera and a shitty pinhole lens and I am pretty happy with the result!

30.04.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

lmfao

29.04.2025 02:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Get live results from the Canadian federal election Who will form the next government in Canada? Follow live election results on April 28, with breakdowns from your riding and races across the country.

hope you're all ready to refresh this every 10 seconds ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

28.04.2025 23:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Voted.

28.04.2025 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Post by @pictomachine ยท 1 image ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0ย ย ๐Ÿ” 2ย ย โค๏ธ 1ย ยทย Ishgardย ยทย circa 2021...

Painting Ishgard #ffxiv #heavensward www.tumblr.com/pictomachine...

25.04.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Post by @pictomachine ยท 1 image ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0ย ย ๐Ÿ” 2ย ย โค๏ธ 1ย ยทย Our favs in Elpis - Endwalker - Jan 7 2025 (one of those times I wrote 2024)

A bit from #endwalker #endwalkerspoilers #ewspoilers #ffxiv www.tumblr.com/pictomachine...

24.04.2025 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Post by @pictomachine ยท 2 images ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0ย ย ๐Ÿ” 1ย ย โค๏ธ 1ย ยทย Silverpoint - anime - sidequestย ยทย I talked about this earlier, using silverpoint a historical medium for pop culture. I like Jujutsu Kaisen, so I did a scene from the manga with Goโ€ฆ

Playing with Silverpoint and manga (Jujutsu Kaisen, Nana)
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23.04.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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