Kaz Palladino (at Emerald City AA booth D-15)

If you love your library, listen up…

Four wrapped prints of illustrations. Two with metallic embellishments.

Getting ready for Emerald City with some new stuff (and metallic tweaks)!
#eccc #artistalley #illustrations #eccc2025 #fourthwingfanart

Blue crown fractured dripping red and white lines beneath like the American flag with “no kings” written across the crown bottom

No kings in America

#nokings #notmypresidentsday #protestart #resist

Haven’t had coffee yet but I’m being so brave about it 🥺

😂😂😂🍿

Can’t wait to hear your new bunny names 😂

Landscape Illustration of the shire at night with fireworks in the distance

Take me here plz
#theshire #booksky #lotr #artsky

It’d be cool if history would stop plagiarizing itself.

I don’t have a stance on physical vs digital books, but I will say, falling asleep and dropping an e-reader on your face is vastly different than a 500 page hardcover.

Off to dissociate from reality, help me #onyxstorm you’re my only hope.

Donald Trump will be indoors for the inauguration with his billionaire pals. His core supporters will be left outside in the cold.

Think about that.

Cartoon image of Trump dragging a bunch of money wrapped in the American flag.

A image of a tattoo flash design: A confused crow peaks out of a freshly baked pie

New flash. No real rhyme or reason for it, it was just fun to make! #tattooflash #oakland #sanfrancisco

I started reading The Lord of the Rings again recently. It's such a good story, and I've been needing something comforting to dive into.
Meet the hamster fellowship! I drew them last year, and it's honestly one of my favorite things I've made.

#lordoftherings #lotr #hamster #kciemonk #kciemonkart

Instagram you’re still Temu TikTok.

Illustrated cup of coffee with neon green outline words “damn fine”

An illustrated image of Kirby with a yellow background next to the words “eat the rich”

Lil guy
#doodle #eattherich #kirby

A colorful, effervescent, almost abstract painting of petals, pixels, hearts, and stars, like confetti floating in the aether!

✨ Effervesce ✨

#painting #acrylicpainting #intuitivepainting #intuitiveart

A layered scene of jagged, hazy mountains with fires lit on different peaks descending into the distance.

The beacons are lit! Saving the annual extended #LOTR viewing for next week to cope with, idk, 2025 being a thing.

🥰

You got me!

Art v Artist for 2024!
Illustrating fantasy, portraits, maps, books and humor I guess for the last 10 years.
Portfolio: www.awkwardaffections.com/portfolio
Shop: www.awkwardaffections.com/shop-1