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Darren M. A. Calvert

@dmacalvert.bsky.social

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Designer and teacher by day. Freelance illustrator by night. IG: http://instagram.com/darrenmacalvert | Etsy: https://shorturl.at/hpEFO | 🇨🇦

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · Dec 14

Hello there, my name is Darren Calvert and I'm a design teacher and freelance illustrator from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I try to focus on art and things I like but occasionally go off on a bit of a rant.

You can find me on Instagram shorturl.at/pBhFv

Prints or original art: shorturl.at/orzm8

Marker art! Top row are a smiling beholder and an ahthropomorphic mushroom guy playing a lute. Bottom row are a robot panda recharging at a bamboo pole charging station and a hybrid bunny/shark about to bite a carrot underwater.

Board games! Top row are Damage Control from WizKids and All Hands On Deck! from Salamander Games. Bottom row are Overboss and Overboss Duel from Brotherwise Games.

Illustration! Top row are a beaver relaxing at home reading a book and a series of Rogue One portraits done in an old school RPG style. Bottom row are a pen and ink drawing of a crab and "Final Sesame" with a Muppet Cloud Strife riding a Big Bird chocobo.

Beer can labels! Top row are Wild Barry Strawberry Ale with a sort of "Green Man" with strawberries growing in his beard/hair and Snowplow Luau Tropical Blonde Ale with snow tiki statues and pineapples. Bottom row are Golden Ticket Vietnamese Coffee Stout with a gold label and Vietnamese patterns and Saskatoon Ale Fruited Beer with pen and ink/watercolour drawings of Saskatoon berries growing on branches (think a slightly smaller, slightly more tart blueberry).

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 10h

Damn. Had only interacted with him on social media but always liked reading his stuff.

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 16h

From 2020: I inked a Mandalorian and then added halftones in Photoshop.

#StarWars #TheMandalorian

A pen and ink drawing of The Mandalorian

The same Mandalorian artwork but with digital halftone shading added.

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 19h

A pen and ink Oogie Boogie from this day in 2016.

I rolled a piece of an old tote bag in ink and used it to “stamp” the fabric texture.

#NightmareBeforeChristmas

A pen and ink drawing of Oogie Boogie from The Nightmare Before Christmas. To the right are two Faber-Castell PITT artist pens and an orange pencil.

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 14h

She sure is

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 16h

From 2020: I inked a Mandalorian and then added halftones in Photoshop.

#StarWars #TheMandalorian

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 16h

Just... let it go, guys.

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 16h

I saw someone accuse him of "robbing the cradle".

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 17h

The same people who spent 10 years screaming about Trudeau being Prime Minister are now screaming about Trudeau the private citizen making out with Katy Perry on a yacht.

Got to imagine he's feeling pretty good about not running for PM again.

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 18h

He has a life outside of being made of bugs

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 19h

A pen and ink Oogie Boogie from this day in 2016.

I rolled a piece of an old tote bag in ink and used it to “stamp” the fabric texture.

#NightmareBeforeChristmas

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 21h

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 1d

A screen grab of Sebastian Gorka on Fox News with the chyron changed to read "DR SEBASTIAN GORKA - SCOURGE OF CARPATHIA/SORROW OF MULDAVIA"

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 1d

Just came across a thing I made

Two stone arches with the top stone marked "KEYSTONE" and replaced with a lime labelled "KEY LIME"

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 1d

One of my weirder contributions to the Internet: in 2014, some friends and I spotted these knock-off Mario hoodies at a local mall and I did some fan art.

Some goofy looking hand-knitted hoodies based on Mario

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 1d

I do own the Hot Wheels of Biff's Car from BttF with (removable) fake manure on it.

A Hot Wheels toy based on Biff Tannen's car from Back to the Future

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 1d

Got a lot of questions about the design process on that one.

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 1d

Just came across a thing I made

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 1d

When I first started, I thought you had to avoid any of the other items and so was trying to tap tiny little corners that peeked out behind things.

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 1d

My brother refused to make my nephews wear it. 😔

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 1d

It's still sitting in my closet and makes me chuckle every time I see it.

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 1d

I went back a few days later and realized that they were actually sized for toddlers.

One of the knock-off Mario hoodies with my hand for scale

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 1d

One of my weirder contributions to the Internet: in 2014, some friends and I spotted these knock-off Mario hoodies at a local mall and I did some fan art.

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 2d

A California Raisin from this day in 2018 done in tribute to animator Will Vinton who had passed away earlier that week.

A marker drawing of a California Raisin singing into a microphone. Below the drawing are a Copic marker and a Faber-Castell Ecco Pigment pen.

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