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Lyss Menold

@lyssmenold.bsky.social

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Freelance illustrator, sci/fi fantasy nerd, board game fan. Also loves robots. they/them https://linktr.ee/lyssmenold?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=3cf45145-3b9a-4d4e-8b90-4686c23b5103

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Lyss Menold @lyssmenold.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hi #portfolioday!

My name is Lyss and I love painting colorful and surreal things! I'm hoping to do more book cover and tabletop work this coming year 😁

💙 www.lyssmenold.com

Digital painting of a woman's back breaking apart to reveal an android underneath

Digital painting of Jack Frost in a hoodie being formed from snow

Digital painting of a woman's with a dress made of raven feathers

Digital painting of an android repairing herself in front of a city

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing fills me with a sense of dread quite like the work of artist Chris Van Allsburg. When I was very young, his illustrations terrified me just as much as the ones in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, but in a way I didn't even have words to describe yet. He was liminal before liminal was cool

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Julia Metzger @juliametzgerart.bsky.social · 4d

✨Mein Sehnen ✨
New piece I've done within Cynthia Sheppard's smARTschool class, featuring Lúthien Tinúviel from Tolkien's Silmarillion.

#art #juliametzgerart

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 5d

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

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Lyss Menold @lyssmenold.bsky.social · 5d

Aaaaaaaand Gone to Gaia has launched! This is the culmination of a lot of work and love, and I'm so excited to share it! gamefound.com/en/projects/...

Gone to Gaia by Rose Gauntlet Entertainment - Gamefound

Safeguard the last remnants of humanity in Gone to Gaia, a sprawling cooperative roguelite campaign for 1 or 2 players.

gamefound.com

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 12d

I just finished this up in a SmArtSchool mentorship class with Sam Weber. 😊 The assignment was to create an illustration with an original character, and I went with my current D&D character 😅

A woman with a shaved head in gold armor stands among dark briars. The briar thorns pierce her armor and skin in a few places, and she hangs her head in a defeated posture.

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Lyss Menold @lyssmenold.bsky.social · 11d

This is incredible 🤩

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Bonnie Branson @artbonnie.bsky.social · 12d

Hi, #PortfolioDay I'm Bonnie and I'm a BG artist working in animation. Clients include Nickelodeon, WB, Cartoon Network, Netflix and more! I’ll be available for full-time or freelance work in the spring of 2026. I’m interested in BG design/paint/vis dev work! 🌺

Web: artbonnie.com
Insta@artbonnie

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 12d

Popping into #portfolioday on behalf of art directors to say thank you for sharing your work. It makes our job easier. We appreciate you.
💙❤️

Also, FWIW, I made a starter pack of hiring art-, creative-, design-directors who actively use Bluesky.
go.bsky.app/Hxoz9KX

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Reiko Murakami @reikomurakami.bsky.social · 12d

Hi #PortfolioDay !

I do book covers and comic covers, working on both full color digital and traditional media using graphite and ink.

Cover art for Black Sun be Rebecca Roanhorse, The Broken Binding

Minor Arcana #2 variant cover,
Boom! Studios

Cover art for The Black Phone by Joe Hill,
Suntup Editions

Personal work from my exhibition last year.
“Identity” 11x15 inches, Graphite mixed media
Available at Keep Contrmporary

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Lyss Menold @lyssmenold.bsky.social · 18d

Another small scale painting for Gone to Gaia, this time in the ruins of a suburb 🦩🦩

Painting of two figures in deep sea diving suits exploring ruined suburbs

Close up of the two figures in delver suit, with a monster tentacle about to wrap around one's ankle

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Jasper 🐦‍⬛ TTRPG artist @jaspermillerart.com · 18d

Recently completed my mentorship with the amazing @paulscottcanavan.com! Here's my final artwork - I'm super proud of it.

[ #jasperdraws #dndart #elfenjoyers #ocsky ]

Illustration of a drow standing in front of a large white snake with wings. The drow has long white hair and dark green clothing with copper accents. He holds a dagger above his head with blue magic arcing between the blade and his hand. They are in the Underdark, with blue spores and mushrooms surrounding them.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 18d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Lyss Menold @lyssmenold.bsky.social · 20d

This ruined ski resort is one of a couple little scenes I painted for Gone to Gaia. It'll be displayed in segments on a card, at a pretty small size, so there wasn't as much concern about polishing it up as there usually is. I really wanted it to look eerie, but also exciting and beautiful 💜

Digital painting of a ruined ski resort featuring two deep sea divers and coral growing out of the ruins

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Inkwell @inkwell.bsky.social · 21d

Toad Astrologer Animation for Drawtober ✨🔭🐸
Inspired by my recent trip to France.

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Lyss Menold @lyssmenold.bsky.social · 23d

I'm doing a Halloween game jam! Gonna try to make a full visual novel game in a month, wish me luck!

Lyss Menold @lyssmenold.bsky.social · 24d

The comment was left on my painting, with the ai generation of the same concept being the new thing on their account. Not sure if they used my work, or typed in keywords inspired by it, or just searched ig tags for similar art after making it themselves

Lyss Menold @lyssmenold.bsky.social · 24d

Genuinely can't tell if ppl who do this are ignorant about how artists feel about this sort of thing, or if they're just trolling

Instagram comment saying, "check my post 😎"

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Lyss Menold @lyssmenold.bsky.social · 26d

Sponge anteater for gone to Gaia! I added the little baby on its tail because I thought it would be cute, but now I'm realizing that the players fight the anteater so it might be sad, actually 😅

Painting of a sponge anteater with a baby on its tail

Render of the sponge anteater miniature, along with its minion, a smaller anteater.

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · Sep 19

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

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Lyss Menold @lyssmenold.bsky.social · Sep 18

Yes 😞

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · Sep 15

Hey #kidlit illustrators!

We're beginning work on new Christmas/nighttime themed picture book. I'm looking for someone with a painterly, textured, and literary style capable conjuring magic, light, and wonder.

Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.

💙❤️ #artcommissions

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Serena Malyon 🌞🌛 @serenamalyon.bsky.social · Sep 16

Emily Hare's new book in the Strangehollow series is up on KS! You can find originals from Stangehollow there too www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

Savage Strangehollow - Art & Folklore By Emily Hare

Explore an enchanted realm of vast forests, unforgiving mountains and uncharted waters

www.kickstarter.com

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Bree @ LBX 105✨ @breebird33.bsky.social · Sep 13

widdle mushroom goil 🍄‍🟫✨

sketch of a figure with trumpet-shaped fungi for a head stands by some rocks and foliage in a dress, sweater, and shawl, holding a small basket

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Lyss Menold @lyssmenold.bsky.social · Sep 12

Learned how to play Euchre last night. I'm a real Michigander now 😌

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sauvan @sauvan.bsky.social · Nov 14

Greetings!
Name's Sauvan, and this space is my stone circle amidst which I yell at the Gods.
I'm a nonbinary artist from the planet Earth who's into speaking in riddles, OCs, DnD and human folklore; who draws inspiration from music, videogames and the vastness of eternity.

Make yourselves at home😌✨

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