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@donav.bsky.social
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I make art and sometimes play video games (I used to make them, too, in another life).

🌐 https://dona.neocities.org
🎨 https://dona.neocities.org/doc/portal → Commissions (CLOSED)
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dona 🌿 @donav.bsky.social · Jul 9
Hey #PortfolioDay, trying to revive my BSky in the middle of the heatwave...

My name is Dona & I do #fantasy #illustration, lately been making some cool #characterSheet s and I'm open for both commercial & personal #commissions.

Get in touch:
💼 dona.neocities.org
💌 [email protected]

#ttrpg #dndart
Character sheet commission of a Fallen London character Headshots for the Starry-Eyed Poetess Watchful eye above the lily lake Portrait of green tiefling named Joy
donav.bsky.social
Day 14 of #ArtAdventCalendar: pigeons in the snow!

2017, digital photo

#photography #birds
Five pigeons sitting on a raised concrete square in the snow.
December 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
donav.bsky.social
Day 13 of #ArtAdventCalendar: "Mole 2077", done for @chaosmole.bsky.social's playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077. It's always a pleasure to reimagine his characters in various videogames! 🤖

2020, digital

#art #cyberpunk
Night time in cyberpunk city; three characters are standing on a rooftop. Frank the Chicken is now a chrome robot, with glowing teal eyes and origami-like wings. Cousin Mole is wearing a blue Sonic the Hedgehog hoodie and red rollerskates just like Sonic's. ChaosMole is in full cyberpunk gear, drinking Bingo Cola in a molehill made out of tangled wires. To the side, a copy of Neuromancer by William Gibson, and plushies of JC Denton and Adam Jensen.
December 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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wolfskulljack.bsky.social
A heartfelt thank you to all who buy from independent artists, hire us, or even share our work or give words of encouragement. Even the most established of artists are feeling a decline in work and sales this year. Your support in all or any way is felt and appreciated amongst us! Thank you!!
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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kristinagehrmann.bsky.social
"Happy Place", endpaper illustration I drew for "Sistah Samurai" by @obeytheauthor.bsky.social .

For the special edition published by @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social !😊
Sistah Samurai, the novel's main character, chilling on a meadow under a cherry tree in sunny weather, and looking very happy and content. She wears a light kimono with a flower pattern, and her swords lie next to her. She is listening to music from a teal colored walkman.
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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elrayart.bsky.social
Okay, I shouldn't have been so afraid. It was pretty fast.

Background practice 1.

#artsky #scifi #cyberpunk #noai #originalart #cityscape
Original digital art. NO AI. A cyberpunk city landscape in black and blue tones. Giant corporation towers, tiny ant(human)hills, and a non-binary person on a roof in the rain. Sniffer drones fly around.
December 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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juliedillon.bsky.social
Calling this done because if I don't I'll keep fussing with the details forever and it's driving me crazy. 😅
Titling this one "Languish" 🦁
A possibly ephemeral lion encircles and older man, who bares his throat submissively to the lion. The lion has its teeth in the man's neck and its claws digging into the man's chest and shoulder; the man raises his hand up to caress the lion's mane.
December 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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jayispainting.earthskyart.ca
My day 12 #ArtAdventCalendar

Is actually a thread on how I saved and restored a 125ish year old violin destined for the trash.

Full thread > bsky.app/profile/jayi...
old but shiny violin surrounded by a rag, a small bottle of everclear and shellac
December 13, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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emmawiklundart.bsky.social
Happy Lucia!

This is a remake of one of my favourites from last year and Lucia is one of my favourite Christmas traditions, so beautiful and atmospheric. If you'd never seen a Luciatåg I recommend you look it up! Not many wild animals usually though.

#illustration #KidLitArt #KidLit
December 13, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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emilyhare.co.uk
'A Rare Sighting' - another favourite painting from this year, this one was a challenge! Light beams are SOOOO hard with watercolour! Layaway payments over 3 months available for this one as with all more expensive pieces: buff.ly/yB6gLWM
#unicorn #unicornmagic #unicornart #fantasyart #fairytale
watercolour painting of two unicorns in a moonlit forest, one drinking from a dark pool in the foreground, the other keeping watch in the background in a clearing
December 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
donav.bsky.social
Day 12 of #ArtAdventCalendar: a hand study!

2022, digital

#art
An outstretched hand with some red leaves falling around it.
December 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Reposted by dona 🌿
ewylana.bsky.social
Commission for @eshtei.bsky.social ! Loved drawing this character and really happy with how far I pushed the rendering on this !
An illustration of a tiefling with blue skin and red wings instead of her ears, sitting on a stone whole in front of a landscape.
December 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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failbettergames.com
Fallen London downtime will start in ten minutes or so.

For the half an hour it'll be unavailable, why not enjoy the trappings of the Surface? There must be a real horizon you could gaze at. The wind on your face, etc?
December 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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donav.bsky.social
Day 11 of #ArtAdventCalendar: "The Secret of the Florida Man", a fake Sherlock Holmes Nokia game staring Jeremy Brett! Done for Nokia Art Jam 2.

2024, digital

#art #nokia #JeremyBrett #SherlockHolmes
Mock-up of the main game screen shown on a Nokia 3410. The game is titled "Secret of the Florida Man" and it shows 1-bit Jeremy Brett smoking a pipe.
December 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
donav.bsky.social
Day 11 of #ArtAdventCalendar: "The Secret of the Florida Man", a fake Sherlock Holmes Nokia game staring Jeremy Brett! Done for Nokia Art Jam 2.

2024, digital

#art #nokia #JeremyBrett #SherlockHolmes
Mock-up of the main game screen shown on a Nokia 3410. The game is titled "Secret of the Florida Man" and it shows 1-bit Jeremy Brett smoking a pipe.
December 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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donav.bsky.social
Day 10 of #ArtAdventCalendar: "Fancy Rococo Pigeon Man", done for Artfight. He can't stand looking at all those pheasants! 😔

2024, digital

#art #birds
An anthropomorphic pigeon in elegant rococo clothes including a white wig, sitting down one hand dramatically resting against their forehead.
December 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Reposted by dona 🌿
thedawner.bsky.social
Hopper study. Seedless version can be found here:
@runelicker.bsky.social

A Bug’s Life fanart.

#art #furry #furryart #digitalart #abugslife #fanart
A digital illustration study of Hopper from A Bug’s Life.
December 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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queengwenevere.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 9! May as well throw in a couple more magnolias (I like magnolias)

Plein air studies of individual magnolia blossoms in watercolor
Two small watercolor paintings of single pink magnolia blossoms against blue sky, one in bright late afternoon light, and one in warm sunset light.
December 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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fiddlehead.earthskyart.ca
Here's a couple of mugs I made for my friends for day 9 #artadventcalendar
2 clay mugs with leaves and faces on them
December 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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erint.bsky.social
I guess I should add mine then! Lol. Just made these for the office Christmas exchange. #artAdventCalendar
Beaded earrings with a heron A handmade beaded earring with a heron pattern
December 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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karenyumilusted.bsky.social
Only a few days before I close up my shop for the holidays and to get a small discount with message card for any gift items! Shop small and support small artists! Thank you!

ko-fi.com/karenyumilus...
Visit KarenYumiLusted's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
ko-fi.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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jayispainting.earthskyart.ca
Day 9 #artAdventCalendar AltText Report Just 19 posts (plus muted serial offenders) without AltText.

I reposted at least 340 posts today so that's 95% AltText use.

You folks are fantastic. A true shining light for accessibility and caring in this little corner of the world.
December 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
donav.bsky.social
Day 10 of #ArtAdventCalendar: "Fancy Rococo Pigeon Man", done for Artfight. He can't stand looking at all those pheasants! 😔

2024, digital

#art #birds
An anthropomorphic pigeon in elegant rococo clothes including a white wig, sitting down one hand dramatically resting against their forehead.
December 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Reposted by dona 🌿
honeycrisp.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar

Montgomery County, MD, 2016.
A yellow and black swallowtail butterfly with its wings open, resting on a rock in the middle of a creek
December 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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saskya.com
#ArtAdventCalendar day 9

#watercolor
#corvid
#crow
#birdsky
A watercolor painting of a crow perched on a branch.. he is leaning forward and has a slightly wilted pink flower in his beak
December 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar -- Day 9!

The Prothonotary
Here sits, in the center of a landscape-oriented photo, a prothonotary warbler, which is a lemon-yellow bird at the head, but whose body enters a gradient that goes from olive green to a kind of blue-green-gray at the tail. Its eyes are black and empty, and its beak short and dark, even as it's surrounded by the bright green growth of late spring, early summer, the bird itself is manifesting great sinister darkness, for the bird's black eyes KNOW WHAT YOU DID, and it will use its short beak to SING THE SONGS OF YOUR MANY CRIMES and also probably PECK OUT YOUR SINFUL EYES haha I'm just kidding he's mostly just cute. This little fella was quite curious and happy to get close to me, despite being something of a rare(r) warbler. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig
December 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM