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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 4h

Hoping to go early next year 👀

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Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 22h

Hi #PortfolioDay

I’m Élle • Freelance illustrator & surface pattern designer

Specializing in detail heavy B&W work & passionate about occult history, horror & symbolism

Open for work in publishing, book covers, TTRPGs, private & commercial commissions

✉️ [email protected]
🎨 babeandoak.carrd.co

Altar prayer card for the goddess Diana. A rectangular card has a black border with parts of the Orphic hymn for Diana surrounding it as a border in white text. In the bottom right are twin arrows over a crescent moon representing her and Apollo. In the bottom left and top right are white outlined 8 point stars. Inside the border is a marble shockwave black and grey pattern with white outlining that forms an arch at the top with lining to look like columns on both sides. In the middle is a stag skull with painted antlers of a diamond and star pattern. Behind the skull are smaller 8 point stars and cloud ripples. Above the skull is a scraggly branch of queen Anne’s lace with small dots above. In the top corners are two constellations for Sirius as her hunting dogs and Roman numerals for 13 and 8 for the date of the Nemoralia festival.

Victorian Ward - Black and white illustration of a Victorian wall with a scarab ward framed. The border of the whole piece is a torn paper. Inside is Victorian black and white striped wallpaper with damask type filigree in the black and smaller stripes and speckles in the white with small vertical black stripes on either side. In the damask pattern are slightly abstract symbols of infinity, an hourglass and other resurrection symbols. In the middle is an ornate rectangular frame framing a large scarab beetle with its wings out. On its wings are celestial symbols like Jupiter, stars and the moon. Around the scarab are peony flowers and branches of a tree branching towards the top left with a vine white line swooping in an out and around the frame in the same direction. The scarabs body is engraved like metal with filigree. Behind the scarab in the frame is grain shading grey over black.

Dark Vibrations - Inktober 2022 black and white ink illustration. Plain rolling hills lead to the door of a building with a large central spire and a small covered porch. To the left side of the building is a three facet bay windows and the other windows have ornate stained glass. On top of the central spire is a lighting conductor in the shape of a 5 point star. In the highest window of the spire is stain glass in the shape of an eye. Converging at the start is a large vortex spiraling and expanding through the whole sky. The vortex is pulling party’s of the building up towards it and cracking parts of the wood and foundation. The vortex is casting light and highlights on the building and the tress behind it. Converging towards the building is a circle of 12 white bird silhouettes.

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SAM @tealartifact.bsky.social · 16h

Happy #PortfolioDay!

My name is Sam. I'm an illustrator and character designer with a love for TTRPGs!

Commission info: tealartifact.carrd.co

Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/tealartifact

Bust of a character named Sir Hector Castillo with a decorative border. He's a half-elf paladin with dark, greying hair and a confident smile.

A dhampir woman with long black hair holds a rosary in prayer, her makeup smudged and a trickle of blood running from her mouth

Two humanoid skeletons stand on a dark background, one with the face and shoulders of a teal-ish elf, and a skeleton on downwards, the other a full skeleton. The elf is holding a heart in her hand with a fearful expression. There's a raven flying in the background, and spider lilies under them in the foreground

A smiling man lays surrounded by trays and bowls of all kinds of food- fruit, cheese, wine, fish, etc.

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Kate Draws 🌈✨️ @tacticiankate.bsky.social · 12h

HOWDY AND HELLO #PortfolioDay I'm Kate, a freelance character artist who loves drawing fantasy, women, and especially fantasy women!!!!
I'll be open for work at the start of November!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

A color illustration of a dragonkin/tiefling woman with deep blue skin, closed eyes, tall curved horns with a glowing crescent moon between them, and long wavy hair going from indigo at the top to pale gold at the ends. She is dressed in an indigo gown with lots of gold trim and accessories and sheer blue accent cloth. She is holding a large golden greatsword with blue roses and purple thorns around the guard. The background is an art nouveau-style circular graphic of gold celestial motifs on a black to maroon gradient.

A color illustration of a dragonkin/tiefling woman with teal skin, darker turquoise hair in a braid, closed eyes, and a long tail. She is dressed in layers of red, gold, green, and turquoise, and she is holding a wooden staff with a golden lantern hanging from the top. The background is an art nouveau-style panel of stylized grass, lotuses, and clouds on a sunset gradient.

A color illustration of a gorgon woman with light and darker green skin/scales, long dark green cobra hair separated by narrow horns, and a long tapered tail. She is dressed in a dark green bustier with gold trim and lots of accessories, and she is holding two crossed swords behind her head. The background is an art nouveau-style panel of thorns and ivy on a black to yellow gradient.

A color illustration of my changing moon Lunar oc, Emerald, from an exalted game. She is a middle-aged woman with fair skin, emerald-green eyes with striking red eyeshadow, and long iridescent black hair partly held up by a golden comb with the rest pulled over one shoulder. She is dressed in an elegant green gown with puffy sleeves and a boob window, lots of gold and green jewelry, and a translucent green and gold floaty scarf thingy. The background is a simple green gradient with a crescent moon behind her head.

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 20h

#PortfolioDay part two!

When I'm not tattooing, I'm illustrating scenes & characters from my ttrpg campaigns.

I also open commissions a few times a year and draw other people's characters!

Kofi: ko-fi.com/nicterhorst

A halftone illustration of Tink (elf) and Yulie (halfling) studying.

A black and white halftone illustration of a goth little fae (Shadrach)

A one page comic, where Tink had given Balial a sending stone (available better alt text in my bsky gallery)

A halftone illustration of Tink laughing and pushing Balial away ad Ba leans in for a kiss

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 20h

Hello #PortfolioDay!!

I'm Nic, a queer tattooer in Toronto, ON. I specialize in illustrative tattoos of characters ✨ I love working with black ink & textured fills

Portfolio: www.sofarsogoodtattoo.com/nic
Flash book: www.sofarsogoodtattoo.com/nic-flash-drop
Booking form: forms.gle/PHNRSoBPPrvw...

Tattoo of a black dragon filled with stars on light skin

Tattoo of a celestial woman with a sun face and starry hair on dark skin.

A dragon tattoo on a shoulderblade on light skin

Three tattoos of snapshots of characters, collected on a thigh. Light skin and black and grey inks, with a pop of red.

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alicia 🍳 @acorviart.bsky.social · 17h

hi I draw things. sometimes for money #portfolioday

✉️ [email protected]
🎨 acorviart.com
🔗 acorviart.carrd.co
🛒 acorviart.bigcartel.com

Illustration of a millefleurs-style tapestry of two barn owls circling a curled up rabbit. The animals are surrounded by various other plants and animals that juxtapose symbols of life and death, making it unclear if the rabbit lives or dies.

Risoprint-esque illustration of a giant white-bodied oarfish against a night sky, curled around a highway billboard. The billboard says “caution” in vibrating letters against a bright yellow background. Roadside lights and power lines are overlaid onto the oarfish’s body.

Illustration of a rat king (multiple rats tangled together by their tails). The rats are all clustered in the top half of the composition, with their tails forming a loop below. A dripping crown is overlaid on the loop, and the rats all have small crowns.

Illustration based on the The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, where the phrase “albatross around your neck” is derived from. An albatross is tangled in rope, with the rope forming a noose around a skeleton’s neck and tied with a bowline knot. An arrow intersects the knot, and tears drip from the point of the arrow.

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 8h

Ahh thank you!

nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 8h

We’re over in the junction if that helps 🫣😂

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 8h

🥹🥹🥹

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ElectroCeratops @ehrenenglish.bsky.social · 11h

Nic added a sweet ass tiger to my tiger leg earlier this year. You should definitely go see them for something cool.

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 12h

Can confirm that I have done fandom-related tattoos! If you need someone to talk to, I'm down to chat 🥰

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dalisay mt @dalisay.art · 12h

Hey #PortfolioDay
I'm Dalisay, an art director from Toronto. I love cats, and so much of my work features them. But I've worked on titles like Disney Magic Kingdom, True and the Rainbow Kingdom and Dead by Daylight.
I'm currently looking for full time work, so if you need art lmk!

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 12h

Added you!

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 12h

LOL

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 12h

Hehe yay!! Jumpscared with your own tattoo on the skyline

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grey @aliengenic.bsky.social · 12h

oh look my back is on there. highly highly recommend nic!!

nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 20h

Hello #PortfolioDay!!

I'm Nic, a queer tattooer in Toronto, ON. I specialize in illustrative tattoos of characters ✨ I love working with black ink & textured fills

Portfolio: www.sofarsogoodtattoo.com/nic
Flash book: www.sofarsogoodtattoo.com/nic-flash-drop
Booking form: forms.gle/PHNRSoBPPrvw...

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 16h

U just gotta get out this way! 🥰

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 16h

Aw thanks Jori!! It's really cool seeing more illustrators come into tattooing. I think a lot of stronger voices have been moving into the industry lately 🥰

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ida ✸ blueguy brainrot 💎✸ @tujiux.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay!!! I’m Ida, I’m a queer Malaysian artist who loves drawing TTRPG and fantasy!! 💖🎨

An illustration of a lady knight by the title of River Styx in front of a depiction of a vulture and a cavernous river.

darling cupid poses with a broken heart vest over her leotard

Leora in her void form is grabbing a star that emits orange flame. The text reads: star catcher.

an illustration of my character leora and npc absimiliard laying their heads on each other. there is a smaller art of her skeletal stag, mriga out into sea. the text reads: "if death is what it takes to be with you."

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2ghosts @2ghosts.bsky.social · 20h

hello #PortfolioDay
im an illustrator based in the uk. i love to draw things inspired by fantasy themes, fairy tales and ornamental design.
please take a look 🌿

✉️: [email protected]
🛒: www.etsy.com/shop/2ghosts...
🌲 : linktr.ee/2ghosts

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 20h

#PortfolioDay part two!

When I'm not tattooing, I'm illustrating scenes & characters from my ttrpg campaigns.

I also open commissions a few times a year and draw other people's characters!

Kofi: ko-fi.com/nicterhorst

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 20h

Hello #PortfolioDay!!

I'm Nic, a queer tattooer in Toronto, ON. I specialize in illustrative tattoos of characters ✨ I love working with black ink & textured fills

Portfolio: www.sofarsogoodtattoo.com/nic
Flash book: www.sofarsogoodtattoo.com/nic-flash-drop
Booking form: forms.gle/PHNRSoBPPrvw...

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 1d

THANK YOU FOR FINDING THE LINK!!! I am so sleepy currently

Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 1d

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Trung Le Nguyen in conversation with Victoria Ying to celebrate Angelica and the Bear Prince

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Diamond Hands: Master Bag Holder @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 1d

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