Deb JJ Lee

this goes so crazy!!!

Last year I got to do bookcovers of one of my FAVORITE SERIES AS A KID and they're coming out in a few weeks!!!!! I can't wait to reveal them~

The highest i've heard in $100k

Some companies are strict enough where if they own the copyright to your illustration, you would have to ask permission to share it on your portfolio

Means purchasing your copyright. Meaning you're not allowed to make prints. The company that owns the copyright is technically allowed to strip your name off, which has happened before! They can the legal right to make teeshirts of it, sell merch of it, put it on a billboard without asking.

If you get a poster job from a production company (not an indie studio/middleman!), it ranges from $30-50k for most people I believe

If it makes anyone feel better, while income has dramatically increased due to pivoting to anime conventions, my percentage of commercial illustration income went from 38% in 2024 to 8% in 2025

how does one work on a film poster directly with a production company??

I got offered to do an officially licensed poster for a 2026 household name film/director but it was a buyout for $2500 and I’m BUMMED (I said no)

100% Ai detected, btw

WAIT

30 today 🎉 here are my favorite drawings from my 20s

i figured out what i'm good at and so i'm capitalizing on it

thank you karen!

thank you!

MoCCA illusrated poster of a cat sitting on a mechanical keyboard on a messy workdesk. A MoCCA logo is shown on screen with the captions, March 28-29 2026, Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC

Drew the MoCCA poster this year :)
Posters will be sold at the event!

thank you sm!!

waaaa thank you!!!!

a lone knight swathed in green armour stands in the dark, knee deep in water, holding an axe. from where she holds it, the metal of her weapon is slowly transforming into sprouting leaves and vines. behind her are several weapons that have long since turned into twisting branches that blend in with the surrounding flora. roots that resemble clawed hands cling to the handles of these weapons.

a gothic horror au interpretation of jayce and viktor from arcane. a dishevelled jayce stands, holding a bloodstained silver hammer, looking up with watery eyes. there's blood staining his face and splattered on his clothes and armour, with scratches marring his leather coat. his left hand is balled into a fist, rot and blood coating his skin. in the background is a semi-eroded, semi-hollowed out, golden statue of a younger him, illuminated from behind by golden fire. golden claws reach out to this statue. framing this, is a structure made up of pale brick and rotting arches. within the arches flanking jayce on either side, are broken stained glass images of him as piltover's man of progress. for viktor's illustration: viktor stands, looming, holding a staff which carries an eerie, pale flame in its clawed crown. his mask is partially broken, exposing only his human right eye. he holds a clawed hand up to his chest, where red flesh in the vague shape of a heart is exposed, with five puncture marks in it. behind him is a broken, stone statue of his younger self– his face has sliced off the statue and is slipping down. framing him is a stone structure comprised of three main archways, with vein-like ornamentation and clawed hands reaching out to viktor in reverance. within the thicker pillars of this structure, are small arched frames, depicting viktor's transformation through magic.

Marcille is sewing a large patchwork quilt of Falin, with her thread being depicted as a long, thin, bloody sinew. Varying shades of red are used in the quilt, with some patches portrayed as parts of the Red Dragon. Falin's skeleton is used as the main component of the quilt's pattern work; her face split into two patchwork pieces at either side of her skull as Marcille slowly sews it back together. Beneath her ribs, is a large centre piece depicting a heart, with a silhouette of Falin lying on top of it. Tiny figures of Laois and Falin as a child stand on the quilt, looking at each other.

hi #PortfolioDay im mint!! i love working with fantasy and gothic horror themes

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cover for the Adventure Time comic, "Bubbline College Special", published by Oni Press, showing Marceline and Bubblegum having a cute hangout at the college library, Marceline is floating holding a bag filled with books, Bubblegum next to her arm full of books

one-page comic, black and white and grayscale panel 1 : close up of a woman's hand, wearing rings, on an old spellbook page panel 2 : same woman's hands conjuring some black fire panel 3 (big) : woman sitting on the floor where a pentagram is drawn, with skulls and candles, while a tiny demon with horns seems to jump out of the spellbook right on her legs, visibly very happy the woman's wearing converse-like shoes, jeans, a tope revealing her shoulders (and a big tatto on the left one), she has a choker necklace and hair loosely tied into a messy bun text : Look. There's never a perfect time to cast your first spell. Especially as a self-taught witch. Reckless ? Sure. But the truth is... I needed a friend." one-page comic, black and white and grayscale panel 1 : close up of a woman's hand, wearing rings, on an old spellbook page panel 2 : same woman's hands conjuring some black fire panel 3 (big) : woman sitting on the floor where a pentagram is drawn, with skulls and candles, while a tiny demon with horns seems to jump out of the spellbook right on her legs, visibly very happy the woman's wearing converse-like shoes, jeans, a tope revealing her shoulders (and a big tatto on the left one), she has a choker necklace and hair loosely tied into a messy bun text : Look. There's never a perfect time to cast your first spell. Especially as a self-taught witch. Reckless ? Sure. But the truth is... I needed a friend."

comic page from High Strangeness #4, published by SpectreVision and OniPress, written by Cecil Castellucci & Daniel Noah, art by Chloé Stawski (me), colors by Francesco Segala, lettering by Becca Carey we can see a young woman tossing a coin for heads or tails while standing on a bridge in Portland

comic cover for the Book Four of the High Strangeness series by SpectreVision and OniPress, written by Cecil Castellucci & Daniel Noah, art by Chloé Stawski (me), colors by Francesco Segala, lettering by Becca Carey a woman floating in space in front of a giant nebula with two blue glowing eyes

Hey #PortfolioDay ! I'm Chloé, concept artist at Ubisoft, but also comic artist (working with Oni Press, Lifeline Comics) & always looking for cover and/or comic gigs with publishers !

Hi I'm Joey/Deb! New 2026 pinned post time :)

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I'm turning 30 next week!!!! Finally!!! It's about gd time!!!!

Omg Alex thank u ;u;

Reminds them* but admittedly sure it does remind *me* of the parade movie too

Pen linework of paprika poster featuring that one parade

Pen linework of paprika poster featuring that one parade

After years and years of hearing my work reminds me of Paprika,

ink Wip of a girl with short hair. Micron 005 and a mechanical pencil

NYR to use traditional media more again

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bonus! found my 2018 Art v Artist

Illustration of the jardin des plantes

Illustration of a still life of a snake curling around apples and martinis

Illustration of a black cat looking through a green glass

My work got juried into the Society of Illustrators this year!!

Omg it made it safely!!! Thank you!

Art vs Artist 2025 :)