@mspencerdraws.bsky.social
He/Him || 33 || Trans & Queer || Freelance Illustrator, Open for Work http://www.mspencerillustration.com/ mspencerillustration@gmail.com Courtly Beasts Tarot wips at: https://www.patreon.com/mspencerdraws linktr.ee/mspencerdraws
an image promoting a substack article titled ‘25 medieva manuscripts you can look at online right now’
i made a starter back of beautiful and unique manuscripts you can browse online! (with links) for anyone that wants a good way to spend an afternoon :)
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
A graphic with a purple background and golden corner motifs, with the text "Merch highlight: Lisondraws." Below is a large image of the sticker sheet, with various queer symbols made to look like stamps.
Merch highlight: A lovely sticker sheet from @lisondraws.bsky.social ! It's limited edition for our Kickstarter, available in the merch pack or as an add-on!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...
These stamps feature queer love symbols, from flowers to poetry. Here's the history behind this art: 🧵⬇️
Hey artists, what does your workstation look like?
(A bit of a cluttered mess but *I* know where everything is and where it goes)
a banner for my solo exhibition. There's a crop of my oil painting "The Little Nun," featuring a child nun, a sunset scene and a rising moon, mountains, cactus, and bats. It reads "Lauren Raye Snow: EX VOTO" Opening Reception First Friday, March 6th 7-10pm, Soft Opening First Thursday, March 5th 6-9pm. Both events are free and open to the public. At Flight Gallery, 112R Blue Star San Antonio, TX 78204. This event was made possible by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture.
I haven't shared much about my art here on Bluesky for a while, but this week my solo exhibition will finally open after over a year of work.
03.03.2026 14:19 — 👍 23 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 4And they're done! I'm so happy with how this turned out. I'm starting to feel a little more confident in being able to produce finished illustrations in traditional media, not just studies. 😊This is watercolor + gouache., with a little bit of color pencil and pastel for final touches.
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2020 full color pet portrait A pair of adventurers descend to an old vacant stump and well at the bottom of a dense dark forest. The old wizard made it first and rests against his staff. The younger rogue hangs from a vine.
at the bottom of the old growth | fantasy pet portrait (2020)
04.03.2026 16:03 — 👍 312 🔁 51 💬 0 📌 0Almost all of the early bird books are gone, just a few spots left!!
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a collage of three of my digital illustrations Left : Cover illustration for "Out of True" by Rien Gray. Two hands are holding onto a disintegrating sword, a dark forest in the background. Middle : A digital illustration of two people holding hands (actually dancing but it's not clear in the painting). One hand is pale and blueish, with long dark claws. The other hand is more human-like and veiny, with some deep scars further down the arm. There's also a frame made of gnarly branches, with the image of a crow, a snake and the crescent moon engraved in the wood. Right : A digital illustration of hands clutching a sword, surrounded by vegetation. One of the hands has a stylized dragon tattoo on the wrist.
hands👏 hands👏 hands👏 hands👏
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The Kickstarter for We've Always Been Here is live!!
Back for the merch pack and you'll get 3 stickers I've drawn for the project! 😁
A crop of an illustration of two Anglo-Saxon era lesbians. One is embracing the other from behind, burying her face in her neck while the other smiles joyfully, they are adorned by a background of various patterns inspired by the era.
💖We've Always Been Here💖
This is the final preview of my piece for this historical queer art book.
The Kickstarter has *just launched* here -> kck.st/4rGjFpk
A graphic with a large yellow banner in the middle announcing "Live on Kickstarter! We've Always Been Here: A queer historical zine." The bottom text is in a rainbow gradient with little rainbows framing the box. Above this is a mockup of the book's cover alongside some page mockups, and the bottom half features three other illustration previews.
🎉 Live on Kickstarter! 🎉
We've Always Been Here: A multicultural art book celebrating queerness throughout history, with illustrations from over 50 incredible artists! 🌈
Get the book and limited edition merch here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tap...
#ZineSky #Zines #LGBTQ #LGBTQArt #QueerArt
An illustration of two masculine figures together, one sitting on the other's lap with a hand on the other's chin, their eyes locked together. They wear fancy period clothing like a powdered wig and corset, one specifically dressed in very gender-nonconforming attire. A magenta banner at the top says "We've Always Been Here: A queer historical zine" and a blue banner at the bottom says "launches in 24 hours!"
Just 24 hours until we launch on Kickstarter!!
Remember: If you want early bird discounts, they will only be available for the first day (and while slots are still available).
Get notified when we launch ⤵️🎉
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Art by @thistlearts.bsky.social
#QueerArt #ArtZine
Check it out!
Fresh, Queer, High Drama Science-Fantasy 👀
Funded in a couple of hours, now onward to stretch goals! =D
Authors in Conversation: Trip Galey and R.D. Pires
Today on the site I'm delighted to welcome Trip Galey and R.D. Pires, authors of the upcoming Science Fantasy The Fall of the House of Valenziaga and Epic Fantasy Before the Ghost Sea, respectively! With both books launching Kickstarters this…
QRP with your sketch vs final.
(Sketch + bonus color studies which were each about an inch tall)
🖌️WELCOME BACK MATTHEW SPENCER!🎨
@mspencerdraws.bsky.social will have new illustrations in this year's issues. Go here to see more cool art and gaze upon mighty crowdfund exclusives before it's too late! 👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Aquarium is finally LIVE on @kickstarter.bsky.social and ready to fill your campaigns with watery, folkloric adventures!
Containing over 100+ pages of adventure, thematic subclasses, fishing mechanics, and more - add it to your gaming table today 🐟️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ros...
Brown pencil sketch of a walking horse.
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A watercolor painting depicting three friends dancing at a faerie revel.
A watercolor painting of a radiant blonde-haired figure, wrapped in vines. She has white flowers in her hair.
Two endpaper illustrations I painted for LitJoy's upcoming edition of The Thorn Queen (by Sasha Peyton Smith)!
( litjoycrate.com/products/the... )
A watercolor painting depicting three friends dancing at a faerie revel.
A watercolor painting of a radiant blonde-haired figure, wrapped in vines. She has white flowers in her hair.
Two endpaper illustrations I painted for LitJoy's upcoming edition of The Thorn Queen (by Sasha Peyton Smith)!
( litjoycrate.com/products/the... )
Illustration by Matthew Spencer, cropped and zoomed in on a crowd of pirates, three of whom bear the faces of past crowdfund backers.
😃New GET YER FACE IN THE MAGAZINE pledge just opened up, featuring @mspencerdraws.bsky.social! 🖌️
👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Illustration of a monk daydreaming at his desk, looking like he was working on some kind of spreadsheet on a parchment, some doodles on the page showing he may have been a bit distracted for a bit Behind him are what looks like the doodles on the page in a vague medieval art style but better of him being saved from a dragon by a valiant knight, then the monk gently holding the knight in both of the drawings, a glorified portrait of the knight hidden in the middle of the other drawings, flowers and little stars all around and a few hearts
Brother, I think you're a bit too distracted thinking of your best friend there,,,,
Get back to work!
#art #oc #artsky
I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.
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✅ Correct! Though there's still time to raise enough to pay them even more. Right after the next artist raise we'll be gunning for 9c a word...and that artist raise could happen today! 🎨
👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
clothes 🎨👀
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A watercolor painting in chilly indigo and warm oranges. An anthropomorphic mangalitsa pig pulls a freshly baked loaf of bread out of a brick oven with a paddle. Beyond them a starry sky, and snowy moonlit pines.
A photo of the aforementioned watercolor painting, framed in a circular blue and gold frame. The painting is set on a table with a cork trivet, golden measuring spoons, a rams horn, and a ceramic vessel, with a blurred snowy landscape beyond.
A closeup of the framed painting.
"Warmth by Moonlight"
Available on @everydayoriginal.bsky.social !
Painted in watercolor, gouache and colored pencil on 140lb Arches hot press paper and framed (in a hand-painted and gilded circular frame).
everydayoriginal.com/product/warm...
A watercolor painting featuring an armored anthropomorphic horse with a checked tabard and a lance. The checked/harlequin motif is repeated throughout- on a banner behind him and on his pauldrons.
A photo of a framed painting with a backdrop of snow and bare branches. The frame is worked metal with patterns of flowers and leaves. The painting is a watercolor piece featuring an armored anthropomorphic horse with a checked tabard and a lance. The checked/harlequin motif is repeated throughout- on a banner behind him and on his pauldrons.
Today on Every Day Original:
"Winter's Champion: Knight of the Harlequin"
everydayoriginal.com/product/wint...
Watercolor and colored pencil on 140lb Arches hot press.
( @everydayoriginal.bsky.social )
This has been my slowest sales month in a long time. For the first time ever I haven't broken even in my Sea Hive retail space, and unless things pick up in the next 4 days, I will owe. Anyway please check out my online shop for stickers, prints, bumper stickers and more! #BSNM thornwolf.com/shop
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A doodled Commission Price Sheet for "Experimental (Low Pressure) DnD Commissions". A 2"x3" watercolor portrait is $100. A 6-8"x 8-10" Inventory painting is $150-$225. A 9-11" x 12-14" Character Sheet is $250-$450.
A watercolor and gouache portrait of a merose cleric/paladin of Ilmater with celestial heritage.
A watercolor painting of a bard's inventory.
A watercolor painting (head to toe) of a tiefling warlock. His stats and skills are listed, and several of his items appear around him.
Alrighty let's try this!
Experimental Watercolor & Ink DnD commissions!
(I want to play around. So style/approach may differ slightly from the examples!)
Please feel free to reply/DM with questions, DM or Email [ mspencerillustration@gmail.com ] if you're interested!
(Prices include US Shipping)
A quick little illustration I painted after reading @caitlinstarling.com's The Starving Saints.
(10/10, *highly* recommend btw 👀.)