Vanessa Stefaniuk 🍂

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Chris is one of those comicking powerhouses that has long inspired me. Their work is currently slowed by chronic illness issues (very relatable for me) but he’s not letting it keep him from the passion of storytelling. Check out their work!

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Aviv is one of those recognizable and welcoming faces of the ttrpg space! With dynamic and well designed character art and really thoughtful and touching storytelling through comics that will give your heart a well needed hug, you should check out:

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Isa is one of the kindest and most welcoming faces in the webcomic space! Her work is always so charming, and the heart and soul that goes into every comic never fails to lift my mood. If her work’s made you laugh, consider picking up more!

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Matt is one of the sweetest people in the ttrpg space! He’s worked diligently on his Pokemon ttrpg which is a ton of fun (from personal experience!) and very thoughtfully laid out and designed.

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I’ve admired Kristen’s work for a really long time! Go check out their art, treat yourself to a commission! Fantastic designs, wonderful gesture work, and characters you really want to delve into the backstory for!

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Stitchy sews the most beautiful and cuddle worthy plush works of art. Her fibre work mastery is second to none. I have collected several custom bunny plushies over the years and I have no doubt that collection will continue to grow 💞

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Meg is a warm, hardworking, and passionate lady I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know better recently (mainly my shy ghost haunting her haha). If you’re a Critter her work likely already looks familiar; if not, check out her vast portfolio! 💞

i am a regular guy

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Stitchy sews the most beautiful and cuddle worthy plush works of art. Her fibre work mastery is second to none. I have collected several custom bunny plushies over the years and I have no doubt that collection will continue to grow 💞

Thank YOU for gracing my eyes with beautiful art so often!! And for being a kind human being!!!

“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to

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I’ve admired Kristen’s work for a really long time! Go check out their art, treat yourself to a commission! Fantastic designs, wonderful gesture work, and characters you really want to delve into the backstory for!

"I have an idea for children's book, will you illustrate it for me?"

I love paying human artists and I hate gen AI 🩵

I'm not here to fight about whether or not AI is ethical (I've made my decision and I doubt I'm gonna change yours.) I'm just here to talk about what I and many other artists have been dealing with as we adjust to a new media landscape.

I’m Vanessa, a disabled comic artist, writer, crafter, and #dnd creator! I make books of art and of prose, I write and sell content for fellow game masters to use, and on top of all that, I also have portrait commissions open!

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There's such a disconnect with modern comic book readers, especially Webtoon readers, on how comics are made. People ask me insane questions like 'will this porn comic be on webtoon' or 'can you update twice a week this time' or 'why is this paywalled'.

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I’m Vanessa, a disabled comic artist, writer, crafter, and #dnd creator! I make books of art and of prose, I write and sell content for fellow game masters to use, and on top of all that, I also have portrait commissions open!

Shop or drop some appreciation: ko-fi.com/quietsnooze

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Instead of doing a consumerism on "Black" Friday, consider supporting small businesses, dropping a few coins in someone's ko-fi or go fund me, sign up for their patreon instead.

Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.

QRP with your links!

me from hearing my doctor’s advice because I ran out of credits … my phone wouldn’t let me flick the app away in time to catch what he said. Can’t wait to not do whatever it was, reeee

Same optometrist called to say he’s still trying to find another specialist to refer me to and he’s not giving up on this.

Meanwhile he’s about to give me instructions and advice for how to deal with it and MY PHONE AUTO PLAYS AN INSTAGRAM AD AT TOP VOLUME. It was like cyberpunk type shit blocking

I think I have the perfect idea for Radio Silence's holiday art but I'm gonna need my health issues to let me lock in for one good afternoon of drawing sometime in the next month

"Dry eye" is what I was told lol....... my optometrist is sure there's a muscle issue inside the eye. No amount of eye drops will fix that!

“Stasis” is a portrait painted by the artist Zara Alfonso, and is the first piece in her series about invisible illness. A portrait painting of a girl with skin so pale she’s almost translucent, her lips are tinged blue and she gazes upward through seemingly unseeing eyes. Pale moths and winged insects cover the expanse of her face and body, blending into her skin in places.

I’m really excited to share that I won the Frank R. Paul Award for Best Magazine Cover Art! My painting Stasis, a self-portrait about invisible illness, was featured on the cover of Uncanny Magazine Issue 58 🖤

#art #painting #portrait #illustration

a woman wearing a headband with bunny ears and headphones . ALT: a woman wearing a headband with bunny ears and headphones .

Gotta love it...! Whee! The referral office probably thought *I* was pushing for it but my optometrist was adamant about wanting a second opinion... turns out it doesn't matter! He's disappointed and I'm... just partially blind I guess!

🫠 My optometrist just called to say his referral was turned down because the specialist believes I've seen too many doctors about this issue so it is somehow resolved? Buddy that's not how this works! I'm BAFFLED

This fight over “should authors get paid for their work” debate boils down to this: many, MANY people do not see art as labor.
If art isn’t labor, then you don’t have to change your political views to justify piracy. Easy peasy!

Ohhhh good choice

Illustration of Wicander(half body mail leaning on staff)and Tyranny (large pink skinned face with golden goat eyes) from campaign 4 of Critical Role.

It has been so long since I did a full painting but I wanted to experiment with these two!!

Tyranny and Wick have the BEST colour combos 😍. #CriticalRolefanart #CriticalRole #WicanderHalovar #Tyranny

Any fellow cartoonists that want to learn how to play D&D? I’m going to run a one shot with the hopes that it starts a longer term campaign in the new year!