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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino
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Artist/Illustrator and owner of Awkward Affections. Dark humor, fantasy, books, LOTR and oddly ranty about pizza. (she/her)
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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino @awkwardaffections.bsky.social · Dec 27
Art v Artist for 2024!
Illustrating fantasy, portraits, maps, books and humor I guess for the last 10 years.
Portfolio: www.awkwardaffections.com/portfolio
Shop: www.awkwardaffections.com/shop-1
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Brownshirt by any other name…
Fck ICE

#iceout #iceoutofMN #resist
January 26, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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Feeling Mordor-y lately.
(Yes, another LOTR piece, you can't stop me.) Finished just in time for Fanexpo PDX this weekend!
Come find me in Artist Alley booth A221. Plus all the hobbits will be at the show and I'll at least be in the same building, deceased.
#lordoftherings #lotrart #mordor
Illustration of Mordor landscape
January 15, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Seems like some are still doing #artvartist so cheers out to 2025

#illustration #illustrationartist #pdxartist
Grid of 9 images with illustrations from 2025
December 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Tis the season!
#eattherich #christmascarol #resist #scrooge
December 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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The Princess Bride is one of my all time favorite books and movies.

Heres a throwback to a vis dev project from 2010.

Thank you for your creativity, Rob. You will always be a storytelling inspiration. 🙏

#art #illustration #visdev #theprincessbride
A pinup illustration of my final character design for Buttercup. She is a beautiful, blonde, buxom woman, wearing a mauve and yellow dress, and gazing happily (if not a bit vapidly) offscreen. Final vis dev board for the scenes I redesigned for The Princess Bride including the thumbnail explorations, value and color studies, and the finished cinematic moment. The top scene is when they are approaching the Cliffs of Insanity, the bottom scene is the romantic rescue from the quicksand in the Fire Swamp. Final board featuring the vis dev process for redesigning a few characters from The Princess Bride, including thumbnail shape exploration, gestures, action poses, expressions, color studies and turnarounds. I focused mainly on Buttercup but also explored Inigo, Fezzik, and Vizzini.
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Keep your Die Hard, Batman Returns is my favorite Christmas movie.
🐈‍⬛🐧🦇

#batmanreturns #hellhere #catwomanart #illustrationartist
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Ready for winter magic, or a wardrobe out of 2025.

#narnia #artforbooklovers #illustration #FantasyArt #fantasyillustrations #PDXartist #Awkwardaffections
Winter landscape painting of narnia and the snowy lamp post.
December 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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❄️If you see this, post your winter art ❄️

#art #illustration #winter #solstice #yulecat
Illustration depicting Yule cat terrorizing a snowy town
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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When you can breathe deep because you're finallay free from it all.

Be gentle with yourself, and I hope you see your own worth.

#art #illustration #redflags #lessonslearned #healing
A colorful illustration of bunbabe Lycelle sitting in a relaxed pose, her legs crossed and her hands on her feet. Her head tilts back and she slouches into a deep exhale. She's wearing comfy lounge clothes, and mismatched socks. Colors radiate from her and flowers surround her, almost like a protective barrier from the words written on the right side of the image. "When you can breathe deep because you're finallay free from their: Disrespect Verbal Abuse Emotional Neglect Hostility Manipulation Ego Lack of Accountability DIshonesty Control Bare Minimum Darvo Chaos."
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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No good deed
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#wickedforgood #wickedwednesday #elphaba #illustration #digitalpainting #nogooddeed #wickedmovie #pdxartist #awkwardaffections
Digital painting of elphaba hovering with fire and flying monkeys Digital painting of elphaba hovering with fire and flying monkeys
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Entering Witchmas 🧙🏻‍♀️☃️

#yule #holidaycards #witchychristmas #illustration #snowmanart #christmascards #pdxartist #shoplocalpdx #witchart #awkwardaffections
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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awkwardaffections Who else is so ready? 💚🩷

With everything happening over the past year, the rewatch hits a little harder. lets gooo
#wickedforgood #wickedwednesday #elphaba #illustration #digitalpainting #artistsonininstagram #wickedmovie #defyinggravity #pdxartist #awkwardaffections
Painting of Defying gravity scene from wicked
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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New holiday cards incoming! Couldn’t resist some cheeky PDX love for the season. Someone save us from all these crunchy leaves.

#pdxart #shoplocalpdx #holidaycards #portlandhellscape #pdxartist #illustration #awkwardaffections
Illustration of the holiday Portland Oregon sign with a heart background reading “seasons greetings from our hellscape!” Greeting card with an illustration of the holiday Portland Oregon sign with a heart background reading “seasons greetings from our hellscape!”
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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A little bit of #dracula for my wanderlust series.
I have been very bad about posting, but trying to get back on my bs now

#illustration #digitalart #digitalpainting #spookyart
Digital landscape painting of a carriage riding to Dracula’s castle in the distance with draculas brides in the foreground.
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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If you love your library, listen up…
April 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Getting ready for Emerald City with some new stuff (and metallic tweaks)!
#eccc #artistalley #illustrations #eccc2025 #fourthwingfanart
Four wrapped prints of illustrations. Two with metallic embellishments.
March 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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No kings in America

#nokings #notmypresidentsday #protestart #resist
Blue crown fractured dripping red and white lines beneath like the American flag with “no kings” written across the crown bottom
February 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Haven’t had coffee yet but I’m being so brave about it 🥺
February 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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January 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Take me here plz
#theshire #booksky #lotr #artsky
Landscape Illustration of the shire at night with fireworks in the distance
January 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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It’d be cool if history would stop plagiarizing itself.
January 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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I don’t have a stance on physical vs digital books, but I will say, falling asleep and dropping an e-reader on your face is vastly different than a 500 page hardcover.
January 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Off to dissociate from reality, help me #onyxstorm you’re my only hope.
January 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Donald Trump will be indoors for the inauguration with his billionaire pals. His core supporters will be left outside in the cold.

Think about that.
January 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Cartoon image of Trump dragging a bunch of money wrapped in the American flag.
January 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM