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mintt 🏜️ a type of sludge, perhaps
@keymintt.bsky.social
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🏜️ mintt/kelsey, 25, they/he 🦎 az-based illustrator & comic artist 🌵 no ai ☀️ i like dragons and coyotes and the desert a lot !! 🐉

links- keymintt.carrd.co
portfolio- artofkeymintt.weebly.com
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mintt 🏜️ a type of sludge, perhaps @keymintt.bsky.social · Oct 14
hellohello #portfolioday!! i'm kelsey, a freelance illustrator and comic artist who specializes in animals, monsters, people, and everything in-between.

🎨 artofkeymintt.weebly.com
✉️ [email protected]
an oil painting of a coyote in profile against a blue sky. it holds a bouquet of california poppies, coulter's lupine, and yarrow in its mouth while honeybees buzz around it. the colors are all bright and saturated digital illustration a ringtail (bassariscus astutus) holding a chunk of gold atop a saguaro cactus and against a backdrop of the sky. the gold shines with bursts of light and the clouds are swirling in the sky; everything else is rendered semi-realistically a digital illustration of a steller's jay in flight against the backdrop of a ponderosa pine forest. light green swirls accompany it and thread throughout the piece digital illustration of my ocs yarrow (he/they) and grimm (they/it). yarrow kneels and washes grimm's feet in a dingy motel room while grimm watches them in bewilderment, not believing it deserves something like this. both of them are backlit by haloes- yarrow's is a honeycomb-like hexagon while grimm's is circular and surrounded by barbed wire. the illustration is overlaid with red lineart of an anatomical heart above yarrow's head and a coyote with submissive posture on grimm's side of the piece. both are mutated humans; grimm looks almost entirely human but has some fur growing on their face, meanwhile yarrow has beelike features including mandibles, antennae, extra eyes, and asymmetrical carapace on their body, including their entire right arm.
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peripendrake.art
Lacecap 🪻🌿
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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parkparr.bsky.social
Near Hidden, 2025
a photo of a rectangular painting against a white background. painting depicts a landscape with a large bush and the sun casting light through some of the leaves. painting has a strong red undertone with yellow, green, brown, and purples.
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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keymintt.bsky.social
context for some of the oc madness, now in image post form. i made this for insta but figured it's worth posting here too (1/2)
#ocs
digital drawing of my ocs grimm (they/it) and yarrow (he/they) with a text box with "Honeybee: the basics" overlaid. both are mutated humans; grimm looks almost entirely human but has some fur growing on their face, meanwhile yarrow has beelike features including mandibles, antennae, extra eyes, and asymmetrical carapace on their body. They're both wearing western-esque clothing with grimm looking more like an outlaw in all-black, and yarrow looking more casual To the left of the page is a text box that reads "An Overview: Honeybee is a sci-fi(ish) western romance mostly about being (in)human, bearing the weight of the past, and trying to be a "good" person. In a desert viewed as a wasteland, people turn a blind eye to anything from ecological destruction to genetic experimentation as long as it makes cash. Cruelty is a given— but so is kindness, if you look closely. The story takes place over the timespan of about a decade and has three major parts with time skips in-between. Part Three (P3) is the "present day". Grimm and Yarrow are the protagonists; the two of them irreversibly change one another in many ways as they go from strangers to intensely devoted partners." To the right is a digital drawing of Grimm and a digital drawing of Yarrow stacked vertically. digital drawing of my oc yarrow waving cheerily with informational text to the side that reads: "Yarrow (he/they)- Human with honeybee mutations- actually very excited about the whole situation. Small-town doctor. Benevolent, Eccentric, Bookish, Adventurous. Believes there is good in people and the world despite bearing witness to its cruelty- wields his hope like a weapon. It also helps to have a shotgun, though." the primary drawing is labelled "P3" (for their design in the story's third part) and at the bottom of the page are two additional boxes with how they look in P2 (fully human with no bee modifications, but otherwise the same build-wise) and P1 (younger and thinner) digital drawing of my oc grimm with informational text to the side that reads: "Grimm (they/it). Human with coyote mutations- very good at hiding their coyote traits until P3, when they stop caring. Outlaw, farmhand, and (ex?)attack dog. Jaded, Calculating, Lonesome, Devoted. Prefers animals to people. Doesn't really believe it's a person, but is nonetheless good at reading people." the primary drawing is labelled "P3" (for their design in the story's third part) and at the bottom of the page are two additional boxes with how they look in P2 (similar, but shaves the fur on their face) and P1 (also similar but younger and has shorter hair)
September 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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patsux.bsky.social
walking my fish
gouache painting of a man in a white Kimono, holding a staff and walking beside his school of fish, as if he's herding them.
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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clarascintilla.bsky.social
Shared disease
November 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
keymintt.bsky.social
i will never give the pumpkin spice girlies (gender neutral) shit for being excited about their seasonal flavor bc we're heading into prime mint-chocolate flavored stuff season and i'm so hyped
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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fleebites.bsky.social
18oct - ‘praying for a miracle’
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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spearxwind.bsky.social
[1/4] NEW COMIC TIME!! This one is a lyric comic too, set to RAIN by Sleep Token!! I hope you enjoy it <3

[ #comic #art #thestormline ]
A comic cover depicting a heraldic dragon wrapped around a stylized "sword", wings spread across the background. The background shows storm clouds, and wind pressure charts, as well as four jet planes crossing it. There are red details on the cover, particularly a red crown on top of the dragon, and red lightning bolts over the whole page. The text reads the title "KINGSLAYER" and underneath it the subtitle reads "lyrics from rain by sleep token" The first panel shows a dragon, kelan, pensively looking out into the sky, with the silhouette of his father behind him. The text reads "for so long I have waited, so long that i almost became just a stoic statue fit for nobody". The next panel shows kelan surrounded by screaming shadow dragons, symbolizing the pressure he's put under because of his role as prince, the text reads "and I dont wanna get in your way". The next panel shows him running away from the shadows, along the text "but I finally think I can say" The last panel zooms out to show he is running towards a larger dragon, Cercerion, in a field of tall grass. They are both smiling and clearly enjoy each others company. The text reads "that the vicious cycle was over the moment you smiled at me"
November 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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astrophagic.bsky.social
🪶
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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mossworm.bsky.social
worm...
worm or snake like creature with a rainbow colored quilt-like pattern and small pink wings. it is folded over with its head resting on the ground
November 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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elevator1337.bsky.social
Acwelan
for @opticalrotation.bsky.social 💚
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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xylographica.bsky.social
Cacomistle for someone on kofi
A black and white reductive piece of a cacomistle, a cat or genet- like raccoon relative
November 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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crowwkui.bsky.social
#oc
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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coyoteprince.bsky.social
Hippogryph, but dog
#art #mythology
Three drawings of a hippogryph with the head of a greyhound. Her wings curl up and over her in a stylized manner.
December 30, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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canonkiller.bsky.social
chromatic dragons pt 1, 2021-ish commission set
A linework-heavy painting of a D&D black dragon, green smoke billowing from its mouth. A linework-heavy painting of a D&D green dragon, crawling across a fallen log. A vividly colored painting of a D&D red dragon walking along a mountain ridge.
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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keymintt.bsky.social
a series of illustrations for a utility cabinet featuring birds that can be seen in northern arizona's ponderosa pine forests !!
a digital illustration of two western tanagers in flight against the backdrop of a ponderosa pine forest. light green swirls accompany it and thread throughout the piece a digital illustration of an acorn woodpecker in flight against the backdrop of a ponderosa pine forest. light green swirls accompany it and thread throughout the piece a digital illustration of a northern flicker in flight against the backdrop of a ponderosa pine forest. light green swirls accompany it and thread throughout the piece a digital illustration of a steller's jay in flight against the backdrop of a ponderosa pine forest. light green swirls accompany it and thread throughout the piece
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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longpainter.bsky.social
End Of The Street
10”x8” oil
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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notcoffee.bsky.social
experiment stuff
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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aidenr0.bsky.social
Swimming
an illustration by Spindle of the characters Asimov (on the right) and Ottilie (on the left) swimming. The POV is from underwater looking upwards at them as Asi pulls Otti through the water
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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nebquerna.bsky.social
snek drop
digital drawing of a snake beast, it has 2 front arms and 2 wings, and 2 saber teeth. it is brown with a tame orange strike on its side
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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carnemancy.bsky.social
mine bug 🐝
a fullbody shot of ercole’s insectoid form.
October 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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maxinevee.bsky.social
Ascend 🐅💫 #art
A witch on a broomstick flying above the city. She is accompanied by a flying blue tiger. There are birds around them. We see a clock tower and a city full of lights in the background
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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strangebirdart.bsky.social
“Non-functional,” oil on wood panel.
This is the last of the paintings I worked on this summer. It felt nice to let social media take a back seat for a while so I could focus on art without any added pressure.
#painting #pigeonsky #art
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
keymintt.bsky.social
a series of illustrations for a utility cabinet featuring birds that can be seen in northern arizona's ponderosa pine forests !!
a digital illustration of two western tanagers in flight against the backdrop of a ponderosa pine forest. light green swirls accompany it and thread throughout the piece a digital illustration of an acorn woodpecker in flight against the backdrop of a ponderosa pine forest. light green swirls accompany it and thread throughout the piece a digital illustration of a northern flicker in flight against the backdrop of a ponderosa pine forest. light green swirls accompany it and thread throughout the piece a digital illustration of a steller's jay in flight against the backdrop of a ponderosa pine forest. light green swirls accompany it and thread throughout the piece
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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keymintt.bsky.social
a mouthful of summer's empty promises
#risograph
two-color risograph print in sunflower orange and mint blue of a coyote holding a burst of light in its mouth. it's surrounded by several wings same two-color risograph print as the previous image except in this version the colors are more visibly misaligned
June 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM