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Lucy Kagan
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Illustrator, Zine-Maker, & Textile Designer
repped by Adria Goetz at KT Literary
(she/they)
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Lucy Kagan @cottonbook.bsky.social · Jul 8
Hi, #PortfolioDay! I’m an illustrator and print&pattern designer who works primarily in watercolor, and I’d love to get into ttrpg, card game, or board game work!

I love fantasy and kid lit that's full of heart, and my book work is represented by literary agent Adria Goetz.

[email protected]
A watercolor illustration: Four young bear cubs frolic through a meadow full of tall grass, dotted with big white flowers. You can see the path that each has carved to get to where they are, one just arriving towards the others at the center, one throwing up their hands in delight, one taking a long peaceful smell of a flower, and one up to their neck in the grass, seemingly just basking. A watercolor illustration: A frog gazes out the window at a winter landscape, their hand touching the cold pane. They are wrapped in a thick comforter, plaid red and orange with a white border, and a steaming hot mug sits on the simple side table next to them, along with an arrangement of dry branches. A watercolor illustration: A young girl in an acorn-shaped hat, knit sweater, and basket back-pack looks gleefully at a huge assortment of mushrooms she’s just found, which make up the whole bottom, right, and left borders of the image. Her fox companion looks on curiously, a red ribbon around its neck. The mushrooms are all edible types: turkey tail, nameko, wine cap, enoki, and oyster mushrooms. In the background, fir trees appear yellowish against a yellow early sunset sky. A watercolor illustration: Against a big blue sky full of fluffy clouds, a sheep waves to a passing dragon, who smiles back, flying in the distance. The sheep wears a thick knit teal sweater, with brown trousers tucked into yellow boots, holding a rake. They stand in front of rows of sprouting vegetables, uphill of some distant houses and trees, and the blue sea is visible even further.
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nimasprout.bsky.social
Lighthouse seatown wip
January 27, 2026 at 5:25 AM
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kotorimochi.bsky.social
Yeah, I recommend not using the patreon apple app to join. Just go on the website, it's 1. cheaper for YOU to support your favorite creatures and 2. All the money you give goes to the creator.
docseuss.bsky.social doc @docseuss.bsky.social · 11h
I'm begging you not to use apple products. This shit is devastating to creators like me
Patreon email
January 28, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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debbiefong.com
The awesome folks at Publishing For Minnesota have arranged a huge auction to benefit communities impacted by ICE raids, and I have a few items available to bid on!

The auction opens THURSDAY 1/29 and ends FRIDAY night 1/30—check out all the items here: www.32auctions.com/organization...
Item 1: A signed hardcover copy of THE FARAWAY FOREST, which comes with a postcard, sticker, bookplate, and two patches Item 2: A signed hardcover copy of NEXT STOP, which comes with postcards and a bookplate sticker
January 28, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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stelladucks.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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jchavezmpls.bsky.social
The Phillips neighborhoods are being targeted because it has the highest percent of residents who are not US Citizens. This fund will help feed, provide basic necessities and allow our immigrant neighbors to stay housed for 65+ families (and counting).

gofund.me/4eaa6ea75
Donate to Support Phillips Families in Urgent Need, organized by Alexandria Gomez
We are a small collective of friends and community organizers working direct… Alexandria Gomez needs your support for Support Phillips Families in Urgent Need
gofund.me
January 25, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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dandypuppeteer.bsky.social
30 mins left to qualify for the early bird gift! And less than $500 left to unlock the Pudding bag!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/d...
A mockup showing a pudding shaped purse above a progress bar that is 76% full.
January 24, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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fourseasonsaczine.bsky.social
Thank you for 100 applications!! 🎉

Our town has been very lively lately. Thank you to all villagers that have been participating in our Contributor Applications!

If you'd like to join us, don't hesitate to apply now!! Spread the word so more friends can join too. Forms below 🐾
Four Seasons presents a message inside a beige and teal text box: "Thank you for 100 applications." Tom Nook and Isabelle make an appearance in the graphic, blowing up some party poppers. The background of the graphic is white with the iconic green leaf used across the series and simple patterns that represent each season: a cherry blossom to represent spring, a shiny sun to represent summer, a brown leaf to represent fall and a snowflake to represent winter.
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social
Exhibitor applications are now open for Thought Bubble Comic Convention 2026!! Find all the information, and how to apply, here: thoughtbubblefestival.com/exhibit

The deadline is 11:59pm (GMT) on Sunday 8 February 2026.
January 21, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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arigraceart.bsky.social
defend612.com

#IceoutBloomington #Iceoutrichfield #Iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics
January 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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dbrauer.net
This is CRITICAL. I know you’re all putting your back into mutual aid & a thousand other great things, but if there’s anything left here, so many folks depend on these front-line lawyers right now.
oneairspace.bsky.social Karen Schultz @oneairspace.bsky.social · 8d
I spoke to a friend on the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota board. They need financial donations to keep up with the heightened demand for their services: www.ilcm.org

ILCM is a nonprofit that provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in MN & ND
Home - Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
www.ilcm.org
January 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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dasmezzo.bsky.social
💖 Upcoming events!

🛍️ Lucky bag sale still ongoing until Jan 31: mezzostudio.de/shop/product...

💝 I'll be at Valentine Pin Alley in Berlin in less than a month!

🌈 Dokomi confirmed! ✨

At which events will I see you? 💖

#eglcommunity #fairykei #kawaiiart
January 20, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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libraryfox.bsky.social
gofund.me/0f97a1d7c

Shits still fucked. The mechanic we hired can't handle it roadside after all. We need another $300 for the tow.

We are very grateful for the help we've received to date.

If you can help us any farther at all we would be supremely grateful. Every drop in the bucket would help.
Donate to Help a house of disabled folks after a car wreck., organized by Sarah Sinnaeve
This has been a disaster of a year and it only just started. Our car … Sarah Sinnaeve needs your support for Help a house of disabled folks after a car wreck.
gofund.me
January 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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libraryfox.bsky.social
Desperately need car repair money so selling a few things

I have The Kaneko Mathilda Op in Green for 180

And the Dollbe Moths Funeral JSK for 200

#lolita #egl #lolitafashion #eglfashion

egl.circlly.com/auctions/kan...

egl.circlly.com/auctions/dol...
Kaneko Mathilda OP Green (plus size)
egl.circlly.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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monkeykg.bsky.social
if youre looking for an alternative to sticker mule, you should check out who the co-op partners with :-)
cartoonist.coop Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · 12d
why should you join the co-op? make comics in any capacity? want to support fellow cartoonists?

it's free!! we have a dedicated forum & newsletter!! and we're always looking for more ways to support small press and creatives! you don't have to do this alone.

cartoonist.coop/our-benefits/
The Cartoonist Cooperative
Making comics better for everyone!
cartoonist.coop
January 16, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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trungles.com
Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls
Just before Christmas, I got a puppy. Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie. I'm still learning how to understand her. Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo? Do you need to do a widdle piddle? Minnie: Arf! *I just call her "little baby" most of the time. I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now. Nobody tells you about that. I got so lucky with my first puppy. Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now. Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport. I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers. I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless. The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective. I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition. ICE will pick up anybody. I know that. So I tucked my passport away. And I largely avoid leaving my house. I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too. And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized. We'll do our best to get through this. Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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opallines.bsky.social
Hi #portfolioday !

My name is Lucy and I’m a mangaka and illustrator from NYC ✍🏼🍎🗽

I’ve done concept and cover work for Monster High New Scaremester, My Little Pony, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and a Kodansha House Mochikomi Selectant ✨
January 13, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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trangmn.bsky.social
Hello #PortfolioDay
I'm Trang! I love drawing fantasy and greenery~
🧺 www.trangmn.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003

when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
cottonbook.bsky.social
Hi, #PortfolioDay! I’m Lucy Kagan, a watercolor illustrator and textile designer who loves magical animals, protecting nature, and cozy fantasy themes.

🎨 lucykagan.com
💻 [email protected]

Open for work in book illustration, comics, textiles, ttrpg art, boardgame art, and gifts! #kidlitart #games
Watercolor illustration in a lightly cartoon-y style: Two small children, a girl with red frizzy hair and a boy with dark short hair, cautiously and amazedly peer into a door they’ve just opened. The light from the hall illuminates a library covered with books, papers, found objects, and a couple of cats. in the center is a desk and chair with a large open book. Page from a watercolored comic in a lightly cartoon-y style, a little story-book-ish / Ghibli-inspired: A young woman in a sun hat and tank top harvests cherry tomatoes, talking to herself about having access to a garden, but really missing bread. A frog in a little outfit including a short capelet, rucksack and straw hat appears, waving. She runs to greet him at the garden gate and beseeches him for a sourdough starter excitedly. Watercolor illustration in a children’s book style: Four bear cubs in different colored shirts frolic in a meadow that’s up to their chests, dotted with big white flowers. One takes a big sniff, two others smile at each other, and the fourth sinks down to their face into the sea of grass. A selection of cards from a mocked-up board game or card game about cozy woodland critters using fun and whimsical watercolor art: cards include things like “Help a Neighbor” and “Costume Party,” showing recurring characters like a Mabel the Possum and Opal the Frog doing these actions or attending these events.
January 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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treelet.bsky.social
Hello #PortfolioDay! I am a self-taught, disabled digital artist who loves folklore and all green and growing things.

Find me here:
🪷 danielletaphanel.com
🌴 linktr.ee/treelet
📥 [email protected]
a simple line drawing of a cityscape, punctuated by the violent impact of a human figure with a large abstract wing emerging from it. A digital color illustration of tall, thin, old growth trees in a forest which appear to lit up from within. At the center bottom of the image, a female figure drinks from a sake cup as a bloom of smoke emerges from her head. Around her are robed figures seated as if they were rock formations. Large fruit hang as abstract motifs within the trees. A panel of transparent hands, palms raised together, nests in the center of the image. A digital ink drawing of a human figure viewed from behind as they stand next to a pine tree while looking at the silhouette of a city in the distance. Their clothing drapes on the ground similarly to a pool and then forms a rivulet of water that "leaks" out of the panel into the frame. A digital watercolor painting of an altar for Guanyin with lit incense and a small basket of citrus fruit laid before her. The altar is in a lush courtyard garden, guarded by a solitary black cat. Succulents, bonsai, ferns, vines, flowering and fruiting trees, and plants of all kinds surround the altar, as incense smoke wafts into a pale blue sky.
January 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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spacelion.art
Hello #PortfolioDay! My Name is Kelsey, I'm a Digital artist who specializes in comics & illustrations! I'm open for anything non-GenAi related! PLEASE HIRE ME! More of my work can be found here www.artpastelkelsey.com and for those looking to comm me my vgen can be found here bit.ly/APK-Vgen
a Gorgon with a pink shawl picks apples from a tree. 3 cats sleep together peacfully 3 vtubers sit a table while 4 pets play in the foreground a mermaid on her shell phone laughs under the sea
January 13, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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anineillustration.com
Hello I'm Anine!

I am an illustrator based in Scotland, and I'm available for work!
#Portfolioday

💻https://www.anineillustration.com/
💌[email protected]
A drawing of flooded overgrown ruins in bird's eye view. A man is wading through the water on stilts. A drawing of some items: A diamond ring with a snake design - a flint knife wrapped with string - a gold chain with small gold bees - two clay toy dog figurines - a cup shaped like the head of a horse or donkey - a horse shaped candle holder - two crabapples - a votive loaf of bread (shaped like a hand) on a plate, with a bowl of salt and a lit candle. A drawing of a woman reading a Tintin comic on a balcony in summer. A drawing of a small house by a windy beach in winter.
January 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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nimasprout.bsky.social
Happy #portfolioday!

I'm Nicole, PNW based 2D artist who loves nature and fantasy based projects! 🌿

Currently available for projects in publishing, TTRPG, freelance BG Design/Paint for games and animation.

Get in touch Let’s chat
✉️ [email protected]
💼 Nimasprout.com
Cart artwork for Alderac Mystic Realms Box artwork and game asset art for Ministry of Lost Things published by Post Curious Background color and design for animation project pitch (IP by Jim Mortensen.) Poster artwork created for video game Little Kitty Big City
January 13, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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telekitnetic.bsky.social
(ringing the dinnerbell) #PortfolioDay is here once again!!

I'm Jay, and I'm a Wet'suwet'en freelance artist who makes formline art. I'm currently without a day job, so if anyone's interested in personal/commercial use formline commissions.. check me out :>

🌐 jazzjosart.com
📥 [email protected]
A formline design of a crocodilian monster. Their body loops around the drawing area. Their scale colouring ranges from dark brick red, light brick red, to pale pink. They have a fluffy, orange mane on their neck. A semi-rendered illustration of formline wolves running across a foggy, snowy lake, with hills and mountains in the distance. An above view illustration of a formline river otter swimming in a river, with leaves drifting around it. A picture of an assortment of animal stickers spread out and laying on top of each other. All of them are formline designs, and show the following: a blue and cream-coloured chickadee, a yellow and blue-teal harbour seal, a maroon and orange capybara, a light green and dark blue otter head, and a bright red and dark red hyena.
January 13, 2026 at 3:58 PM
cottonbook.bsky.social
Hi, #BluePit! I took a pause on my #comic, Low Magic, and funnily enough, that’s kind of what the comic is about! I’m back on it, hoping to start posting again in Feb, so if you'd like to read about pausing from a stressful magic job to live in the woods, check it out! #F #W

lowmagic.the-comic.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM