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✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open

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Zandra /•/ Freelance Illustrator & Merch Designer /•/ 💖 Cute animals and bright, stylized design /•/ She/Her 🛒 shop.zandraillustration.com 📌 zandraillustration.carrd.com 💌 [email protected] ✨ Tags: #artshop #art #artistresources

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✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · Oct 17

Hi, I'm Zandra! I'm a full-time freelance illustrator and graphic designer specializing in merchandise design and cute characters. Open for freelance opportunities!

💼 zandraillustration.myportfolio.com
💌 [email protected]
🛒 shop.zandraillustration.com

#artistforhire

A stylized illustration of a black cat wearing a witch hat. The cat is peeking out behind a jack-o-lantern sitting on a stump. A purple bat sits on top of the cat's hat. The background features a cream color with colorful autumn leaves.

A photo of an ornately decorated cake in Black, Silver, and Gold to celebrate the 2025 New Years' holiday. The decorations adorning the top and the side of the cake are all various merchandise items designed by Zandra Illustration and sold at stores like Wal-Mart and Kroger.

A photo of thanksgiving-themed cupcakes and cake slices in a blue, orange and green color scheme. The "Happy Thanksgiving" decorative cupcake sticks and the sugar gourds are items designed by Zandra Illustration and sold at stores like Wal-Mart and Kroger.

A photo of two clear sticker sheets side-by-side on an orange and white backdrop. Each sticker sheet features colorful kitties hiding behind various plants and fall leaves.

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✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · 11h

Jenn I am so sorry, I'm hoping this boost can help a little

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JENN! ✨ @thekeythief.bsky.social · 4d

Tl;dr: life comes at us fast & I’ve abruptly been displaced from my home & need $$$ to find immediate housing

@charcubed.bsky.social made me a gofundme to help 😭 I’m probably the worst person when it comes to asking for help but anything would be very appreciated 🫠❤️

www.gofundme.com/f/thekeythief

Donate to Help TheKeyThief Get Keys — Jenn's Housing Fund, organized by Char C

Hi everyone! My name's Char and Jenn is one of my best friends :) Jenn's i… Char C needs your support for Help TheKeyThief Get Keys — Jenn's Housing Fund

www.gofundme.com

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Cloudy🐈 @hellocloudy.bsky.social · 3d

I unkilned the kiln today ✨️

shop update coming Saturday October 11th 🍂🧡

a ceramic plate painted with the image of a fox in a witch hat surrounded by pumpkins on a vine

a ceramic plate painted with the image of a cat in a witch hat surrounded by pumpkins on a vine

a ceramic trinket dish glazed with a green glaze and decorated with a figurine of a fox with mushrooms and yellow shrubs, with other dishes visible in the background

a ceramic trinket dish glazed with a brown glaze and decorated with a figurine of a ghost and pumpkins, with other dishes visible in the background

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✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · 11h

It's definitely not just you! The world, the internet, social media, people's wallets, everything's kinda collapsing just a bit 🤏🤏🤏

✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · 11h

i'm so tired of being juiced

✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · 11h

I'm so sorry for you as well, Crow. On one hand there is a comfort to know we aren't alone in this but also it hurts to know how hard any of us have to work to keep up and put out work we're proud of at the same time.

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✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · 12h

I can still be here right now because of having built a small nest egg of business savings to account for famine times as well as having a traditionally employed partner.

I have a 20 year old car, I wear my clothes until they fall apart, our apartment leaks, and the savings are draining.

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✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · 12h

It's hard to be this vulnerable online, but I feel like the bucket of cold water is extremely necessary to understand how exhausted we all are.

We've lost and rebuilt our audiences a dozen times, pivoted, weathered storms, added additional streams of revenue, and the sisyphus boulder gets heavier.

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✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · 12h

This is not a call for pity but more to put into perspective how 2025 has been impacting a lot of artists:

Between losses of sales, wholesale, tariffs, and fewer corporate clients, I have lost 50% of my gross income this year as a full-time graphic designer and artist.

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✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · 13h

I wasn't 100% sure if it would work so small but I'm super happy with how it came out! ;o;

✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · 13h

they love each other 😌

✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · 1d

CMYK(itties) 🖨🩵💖💛🖤

a photo of a sticker design featuring 4 ghost cats intertwined in a blue computer pop-up frame. the ghosts are each colored like Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black, to simulate the CMYK colors a printer uses. Each ghost also has tapering halftone dots demonstrating that the vinyl sticker's background is clear.

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✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · 2d

OURPLE 💜💜

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Catmint Studios 💚 Shop update 10/10 🎃✨ @catmintstudios.bsky.social · 2d

Pastel hauntings 💜👻

[ #cuteart #artshop #halloween ]

An enamel pin design of a bottle with clear purple fill that light can shine through. Inside the bottle is a white ghost cat and dark purple cat playing together.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · Aug 1

Deskilling is real.

This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service.

Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · Jul 31

help my job says i have to do my job what do i do help

From r/chatGPTpro, 25 minutes ago: chatGPT blocked at work

Today my job decided to block the site. I use chatGPT to create SOPs (standard operating practices) and power points and polish my emails. What should I do now four question marks. It has 0 upvotes and 20 comments

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Petite 🐙 OCTILLERINK 2025 @petiteechorizon.bsky.social · 5d

#octillerink2025
Day 05 - Fire

#pokemon #fanart 🎐

Illustration depicting the mythical Pokémon Victini, looking down from atop the lighthouse in Liberty Garden. A ship is sailing away from the pier and the female protagonist of Pokémon Black and White is visiting the island with her Tepig.

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✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · Jul 17

Collab kitty stickers! 🐱⭐️

a photo of three cat-themed sticker sheets with clear backgrounds on a backdrop of colorful photo paper. Each sheet has a theme of halloween, baked goods, and winter respectively.

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 11d

I try to focus this account so it's for my readers, but hey writers:

NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.

and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.

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✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · 17d

another day 🙃

a blue glitter enamel pin featuring stars and planets in space. A small white cat is floating in the center looking distressed with the words "existentially drifting" floating above and below it.

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✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · 11d

You should not be treating any artist's advice like gospel. Everything you read should be taken with a gain of salt.

Think about how you could apply it to your own work IF it's applicable. If it's not applicable, maybe there's some vague insights to be gained. And if not, you can leave it.

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✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · 11d

As a reminder for online art & biz advice, no single artist is a monolith.

Ultimately you have to be willing to try and fail (a lot) to run a business because there is no one-size-fits-all for anyone, which is why giving blanket advice without lots of context is challenging.

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Skelesse 💀✿ @celesse.bsky.social · 15d

🐱🍭✨

A small drawing of a cute vintage Halloween style black cat wearing striped bloomers and a top hat, holding two big lollipops in each paw and one in their mouth.

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Rosemary ✨ Stained Glass Artist @breadsticc.art · 16d

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Advertisement for a Pricing Calculator meant for artists and creatives that need assistance with determining prices for their commissions, services, products, and more. How much should I charge? Made for Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets. A freelancer's tool. Background is a zoomed out screenshot of the spreadsheet.

Fully customizable. This tool does the math for you.

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Jelly Ultra @ Penti Con 2025 @jellyultra.bsky.social · 16d

A gacha machine filled with trinkets from nature 🌱💫🍀

Artwork of a pink gachapon machine. The capsules are filled with nature motifs like a sprout, clover, and acorn. There is some moss growing on the machine and tiny bu

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✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · 16d

this is so beautifullll I love the vibes!

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