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Mark Boardman

@markboardman.bsky.social

hi #PortfolioDay!

I'm Mark, a commercial illustrator mainly working in advertising and editorial but looking to move into publishing. I like to make images with a focus on light and atmosphere.

🔗 www.mark-boardman.com

January 13, 2026 at 8:14 AM

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jade 🫀 comms open

@yellghoul.bsky.social

#portfolioday again !! hello hello im jade 🥀 i like drawing unsettling horror, magic, and all kinds of comics

available for long/short term comic work, covers, posters, and private commissions ~

web🧡 jadezhang.art
shops🧡 jadezhang.art/shop
commissions🧡 jadezhang.art/comms
email🧡 [email protected]

an illustration of a devil's bridge, in the foreground an angel and a fairy duel with rapiers. the illustration is framed by a border of birds

digital illustration of a woman with light skin and dark hair holding a dagger to her throat. behind her is a portrait in a baroque style frame that's coming alive as a fleshy ghost

illustration of a group of 3 characters walking through the root system of an overgrown borehole. white birds fly around them. the illustration is purple toned with pale yellow highlights. title text overlayed reads: augur 8.3. text along the bottom reads: cross, king, collins, datsyk, colthoff, riordan, li, agoawike, yildiz, thorn, richer

January 13, 2026 at 6:23 PM

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Gordy Wright

@gordywright.bsky.social

Hi #PortfolioDay!

I'm a queer illustrator from Scotland painting my work in gouache and inks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏳️‍🌈

You can see more of my work at gordywright.com

January 13, 2026 at 8:15 PM

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ynlaid | commissions OPEN

@ynlaid.bsky.social

Hi! I'm a environment/creature concept artist.
This is my latest landscape sketches

#digitalart

December 25, 2025 at 4:35 AM

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Samantha Mash

@samanthamash.bsky.social

It is #portfolioday again! I'm Samantha and I specialize in editorials, publishing (mostly book covers), and branding! I also sell my work at the links below

✉️[email protected]
🧡samanthamash.com
🧡samanthamash.etsy.com
🧡inprnt.com/gallery/samanthamash
🧡patreon.com/samanthamash

A pale woman with light gray hair leaning back in a endless space of green, orange, yellow and pink foliage as a white bird hovers by her shoulder

Illustration of teal seagull flying amongst others of its own kind in peach clouds. On the back of the main seagull grow out pieces of Pacific Northwest like the space needle, a salmon, Mount Hood, a bike, and a fishing boat amongst other things

Illustration of a dark haired woman laying in a Arizona landscape. She is as large as the mountains behind her and lays facing the sky. Above her is a peachy cloudy sky with a large pink sun. Under her is a scrub desert landscape with brush and cacti in bloom

Illustration of a peach toned and red crab with the Cancer constellation around it as stars. The crab is on a light peach background

January 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM

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Evelyne Park

@evelynepark.bsky.social

Hi #portfolioday
I'm Evelyne, painting fantasy, sci-fi, and lots of vampires in acrylics.
Open for new book illustrations - covers, endpapers, and interior art - as well as character art starting March.

www.evydraws.com/portfolio-ev...
[email protected]

January 13, 2026 at 12:22 PM

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Sajan

@planetsmudge.bsky.social

Hi #portoliiday , can't make a proper post because I'm at the airport, but am looking for weird and fun work in '26
www.sajanrai.co.uk/portfolio

Collection of colourful illustrations surrounding a photo of me

January 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM

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mint

@mintaii.bsky.social

hi #PortfolioDay im mint!! i love working with fantasy and gothic horror themes

💌 [email protected]
🌿 mintaii.carrd.co

a lone knight swathed in green armour stands in the dark, knee deep in water, holding an axe. from where she holds it, the metal of her weapon is slowly transforming into sprouting leaves and vines. behind her are several weapons that have long since turned into twisting branches that blend in with the surrounding flora. roots that resemble clawed hands cling to the handles of these weapons.

a gothic horror au interpretation of jayce and viktor from arcane. a dishevelled jayce stands, holding a bloodstained silver hammer, looking up with watery eyes. there's blood staining his face and splattered on his clothes and armour, with scratches marring his leather coat. his left hand is balled into a fist, rot and blood coating his skin. in the background is a semi-eroded, semi-hollowed out, golden statue of a younger him, illuminated from behind by golden fire. golden claws reach out to this statue. framing this, is a structure made up of pale brick and rotting arches. within the arches flanking jayce on either side, are broken stained glass images of him as piltover's man of progress.

for viktor's illustration: viktor stands, looming, holding a staff which carries an eerie, pale flame in its clawed crown. his mask is partially broken, exposing only his human right eye. he holds a clawed hand up to his chest, where red flesh in the vague shape of a heart is exposed, with five puncture marks in it. behind him is a broken, stone statue of his younger self– his face has sliced off the statue and is slipping down. framing him is a stone structure comprised of three main archways, with vein-like ornamentation and clawed hands reaching out to viktor in reverance. within the thicker pillars of this structure, are small arched frames, depicting viktor's transformation through magic.

Marcille is sewing a large patchwork quilt of Falin, with her thread being depicted as a long, thin, bloody sinew. Varying shades of red are used in the quilt, with some patches portrayed as parts of the Red Dragon. Falin's skeleton is used as the main component of the quilt's pattern work; her face split into two patchwork pieces at either side of her skull as Marcille slowly sews it back together. Beneath her ribs, is a large centre piece depicting a heart, with a silhouette of Falin lying on top of it. Tiny figures of Laois and Falin as a child stand on the quilt, looking at each other.

January 13, 2026 at 1:52 PM

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Julia Metzger

@juliametzgerart.bsky.social

Hello #portfolioday 💙
I'm Julia, a freelance illustrator and art teacher from Germany! I do a lot of work for TCGs and TTRPGs, like Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons&Dragons, Humblewood and Daggerheart.

🌍 juliametzger.net
📧 julianatmetzger(at)gmail.com

January 13, 2026 at 11:21 AM

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Jimmy Makepeace

@jimmymakepeace.bsky.social

Hello #portfolioday

My name is Jimmy Makepeace and I'm an illustrator who likes fantasy and pulp!

I am available for freelance work this year, email in bio!

A barbarian stands surrounded by skeletons in an ancient throne room, lit in red.

A knight with glowing eyes in 15th century armour and a pretty red cape.

A knight on horseback with a lance and a sheild, covered in sun motifs, surrounded by a floral border

A dragon swoops over a blasted landscape, on it's back an archer takes aim.

January 13, 2026 at 8:49 AM

Mark Boardman

@markboardman.bsky.social

hi #PortfolioDay!

I'm Mark, a commercial illustrator mainly working in advertising and editorial but looking to move into publishing. I like to make images with a focus on light and atmosphere.

🔗 www.mark-boardman.com

January 13, 2026 at 8:14 AM

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Bruce Mackay

@brucemackay.bsky.social

Hi #PortfolioDay

Im Bruce, an illustrator, creative director, printmaker & sculptor. Big fan of old goofy SFF covers, forced perspective & experimentation. Nice to meet you :)

ILLO: www.instagram.com/bad_manifesto
FA: www.instagram.com/oombruce
PRINTS: www.inprnt.com/profile/brucemackay

Illustrated poster of the tower of Cirith Ungol in the land of Mordor. In the foreground are a bunch of orcs and goblins with acid green rim-light holding swords and axes and pole-arms. In the middle ground is a narrow bridge leading between two grotesque statues into the multi tiered tower that is lit with sickly green lights. Below it leading into the plateau of Gorgoroth are the hills of the Ethel Duath. In the distance is Orodruin and Ered Lithui. The text at the top is white flame like black metal lettering with the words CIRITH UNGOL. Nine green stars float above them. Plumes of smoke and ash fill the sky. A tiny shadow is grossing the bridge. Lord of the Rings. Tolkien. Prints on InPrint.

Digital illustration of an old village lane. Choppy shapes and overlapping oranges and blues.

Digital illustration of a The Lord OF The Rings cover. A Nazgûl sits astride its horse between 2 red trees that make a circle. Int he background is Weathertop, the Misty Mountains and Orodruin. Overlapping risk colours - red, teal and yellow. Some mushrooms in the foreground.

Digital illustration of a vintage car. it's green. has forced perspective. hazy brush-work and fake light leaks. Does for MUTI in 2024.

January 13, 2026 at 7:59 AM

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Cris (without an H)

@ambignostic.bsky.social

"its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do" is one of my all time favorite tweets, but as a public service I share this tumblr collection of the entire 26-tweet reply chain it was part of (courtesy of haywire4) www.tumblr.com/haywire4/173...