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#noAI ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ she/her I make (web)comics. Read Phantomland on Webtoon https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/phantomland/list?title_no=218899 Read Phantomland on Tapas https://tapas.io/series/Phantomland/info Toss me a coin https://ko-fi.com/maaria

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Omg donkey kong land, I played the shit outta that one... the music still slaps

07.02.2026 16:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My default phone bg for ages, I love Isono's work so much

07.02.2026 13:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Deadly Premonition is such a marvel with how the bizarre jankiness in the sound design, animations, etc works in its favor somehow. It's endearing. If this were made with triple a money and competence it never would've become a cult hit... as a hardcore perfectionist it's mind boggling to think abt

06.02.2026 12:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's really good I swear

02.02.2026 23:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Holy Mountain is my only favorite movie where I can't tell you much about the characters. On the other hand... it's not that kind of movie

02.02.2026 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You ever watch/read some Beloved Classic that you end up not vibing with because of underwhelming characters? And it lowkey drives you nuts because good characters are supposed to be like a base requirement for a classic? If there's any other reason to enjoy a story I can't even comprehend it

02.02.2026 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every major website/company now: Yeah if we find out you post or look at a boob we will freeze all your accounts without warning
The CEO of every major website/company over Gmail: Oh Jeffrey you are simply a hoot. Lovely spending time with you on Party Pervert Pedo Island
Jeffrey Epstein: yeag ,

31.01.2026 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7165    ๐Ÿ” 2441    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
trine 4 wizard art referenced from a real historical painting

trine 4 wizard art referenced from a real historical painting

I learned a lot painting the wizard piece. ALWAYS study references if you want to hit a specific vibe, you cannot trust your naรฏve little brain to just improvise shit

29.01.2026 20:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ’œ

29.01.2026 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
trine 4 assets

trine 4 assets

Found some old gamedev stuff from my folders (trine 4), these assets would scale so tiny in the game I doubt you could make out most of the details but I was allowed to take my time with them anyway. Nowadays I guess a lot of devs just use AI slop instead. We didn't know how good we had it...

29.01.2026 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lรคmmin suositus! Ei ole vaikeitakaan nรครค ๐Ÿ‘

29.01.2026 12:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Oyster mushrooms

Oyster mushrooms

Homemade ramen

Homemade ramen

Practicing self-care

27.01.2026 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tips to make amazing comic:
1. Characters should be acting out more than rambling about their feelings
2. Make stuff horny if you can
3. You get the audience that you cater to. Don't cater to scolds and whiners
4. If you feel nervous before publishing that's a good sign

26.01.2026 02:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tips to make a high quality(tm) comic:
1. Show don't tell
2. Don't make a Talking Heads comic (zoom out whenever you can)
3. Don't make a Couch comic (let characters do shit and go to places)
4. Don't break the 180 degree rule
5. Use bolded words sparingly

26.01.2026 01:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

1. Make short comics before attempting a long comic
2. Put speech bubbles into your page layouts
3. Have a coherent reading order
4. Characters must be distinct
5. Characters must be fun/easy to draw
6. A decent background at least once per page
7. Do stretches and weight training

26.01.2026 01:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
consort wei

consort wei

Turns out Road to Empress is really fun (been watching Northernlion's playthrough), the women are stupidly hot and evil and this is probably my cue to get into more historical Chinese media

23.01.2026 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The color of her top is suspiciously dull but with the rest of that outfit she'd better be shooting dinosaurs with a grenade launcher while doing seven backflips

16.01.2026 21:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh shit. Are we finally getting og campy Lara. Are they finally doing my wife justice

16.01.2026 21:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mannnn I love this kinda costume design ๐Ÿ”ฅ awesome work

14.01.2026 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
key art for trine 4

key art for trine 4

"mantaur" character design

"mantaur" character design

magical girl character design

magical girl character design

phantomland, my free webcomic

phantomland, my free webcomic

Sup #PortfolioDay!
I'm Maaria and I do comics, illustrations and character design!

13.01.2026 13:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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hey #portfolioday! i'm otava, a visual artist from finland who specializes in comics, and i'm currently open for illustration jobs to bring to life your weird, hot, melancholic and dramatic projects. let me illustrate your album cover or magazine spread:
www.otavaheikkila.net

13.01.2026 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 373    ๐Ÿ” 100    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Haha that's unexpected!! Fitting for him though! Thank you so much for the drawing ๐Ÿ’œ

13.01.2026 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's funny how AI has given me this new appreciation for random pre-2023 products using crappy art or tacky stock photos. Like wow it's not impressive but at least I know there's a real human out there who produced this image, with their own hands, as well as they could

13.01.2026 20:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Prim lays on a bed languidly with a cigarette. She is in a sheer nightgown and her hands are covered in blood. She has a dagger on the bed also bloodstained.  The text reads: Ladykiller.

Prim lays on a bed languidly with a cigarette. She is in a sheer nightgown and her hands are covered in blood. She has a dagger on the bed also bloodstained. The text reads: Ladykiller.

A bust of Astra, who bears a unicorn horn is sitting with her hand on her chin. an illustration and composition of wisps, and wheat over a body of water.

A bust of Astra, who bears a unicorn horn is sitting with her hand on her chin. an illustration and composition of wisps, and wheat over a body of water.

my dnd couple, leora and absi posed to dance against a decorative border of roses blooming in different stages and a motif of wave

my dnd couple, leora and absi posed to dance against a decorative border of roses blooming in different stages and a motif of wave

an illustration of a grey woman holding up a sword and a gown. there is an image of a cathedral and another of her holding a vigil's candle

an illustration of a grey woman holding up a sword and a gown. there is an image of a cathedral and another of her holding a vigil's candle

Hi #PortfolioDay !
Iโ€™m Ida, a queer Malaysian-Chinese artist that loves drawing fantasy art! ๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŽจ

[ #Dnd #art #ocsky #oc ]

13.01.2026 06:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1855    ๐Ÿ” 462    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
an illustration of a devil's bridge, in the foreground an angel and a fairy duel with rapiers. the illustration is framed by a border of birds

an illustration of a devil's bridge, in the foreground an angel and a fairy duel with rapiers. the illustration is framed by a border of birds

digital illustration of a woman with light skin and dark hair holding a dagger to her throat. behind her is a portrait in a baroque style frame that's coming alive as a fleshy ghost

digital illustration of a woman with light skin and dark hair holding a dagger to her throat. behind her is a portrait in a baroque style frame that's coming alive as a fleshy ghost

illustration of a group of 3 characters walking through the root system of an overgrown borehole. white birds fly around them. the illustration is purple toned with pale yellow highlights. title text overlayed reads: augur 8.3. text along the bottom reads: cross, king, collins, datsyk, colthoff, riordan, li, agoawike, yildiz, thorn, richer

illustration of a group of 3 characters walking through the root system of an overgrown borehole. white birds fly around them. the illustration is purple toned with pale yellow highlights. title text overlayed reads: augur 8.3. text along the bottom reads: cross, king, collins, datsyk, colthoff, riordan, li, agoawike, yildiz, thorn, richer

#portfolioday again !! hello hello im jade ๐Ÿฅ€ i like drawing unsettling horror, magic, and all kinds of comics

available for long/short term comic work, covers, posters, and private commissions ~

web๐Ÿงก jadezhang.art
shops๐Ÿงก jadezhang.art/shop
commissions๐Ÿงก jadezhang.art/comms
email๐Ÿงก jadezzq@gmail.com

13.01.2026 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 407    ๐Ÿ” 131    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Aw thanks, that makes me happy

13.01.2026 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
key art for trine 4

key art for trine 4

"mantaur" character design

"mantaur" character design

magical girl character design

magical girl character design

phantomland, my free webcomic

phantomland, my free webcomic

Sup #PortfolioDay!
I'm Maaria and I do comics, illustrations and character design!

13.01.2026 13:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Awww glad to hear ๐Ÿ’œ it went fine!

13.01.2026 13:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When working on a bigger multi-session piece, put it away and don't look at it when you're not working on it. It might go stale in your brain otherwise. A good refresher for digital is to flip the canvas horizontally

12.01.2026 11:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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discord is asking everybody about how they feel about AI. have at it folks

10.01.2026 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 538    ๐Ÿ” 282    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

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