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Hey there! We're a duo of Canadian artists ( @makiokuta and @armatages ) who have been working conventions together for 10+ years. Check here for convention appearances, store updates, and new merch! https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/ASpecIllustration

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Team ASpec @teamaspec.bsky.social · 29d

We'll be at Edmonton Expo Sept 19-21 at the Edmonton Expo Center!
Come see us at table A500

Here's a look at the prints we'll have - see the second post for our stickers and bookmarks.

#FanExpo #EdmontonExpo #CANartist #ArtistAlley #Convention

An graphic announcing our attendance at Edmonton Expo. The banner at the top reads: teamASpec at Edmonton Expo! Sept 19-21 at the Edmonton Expo Center, Table A500
A graphic shows the vendor hall layout, with our table circled, alongside a collection of our new merch!

A catalogue of our 11x17 foil prints we will have at the convention. Includes the following fandoms: Reboot, Spirited Away, Sailor Moon, Guilty Gear Strive, FFXIV, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Danganronpa, Stein's Gate, and Promare.

A catalogue of our 11x17 prints we will have at the convention. Includes the following fandoms: Life Series, Freiren, Guilty Gear Strive, Arcane, FFXIV, danganronpa, Hatsune Miku, and Dungeon Meshi.

A catalogue of our 6x9 foil and regular prints we will have at the convention. Includes the following fandoms: A set of original, element themed prints, Pokemon, Hatsune Miku, and Arcane.

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Team ASpec @teamaspec.bsky.social · 29d

Here's a look at the stickers and bookmarks we'll have!

A catalogue of our foil bookmarks we will have at the convention. Includes the following fandoms: Madoka Magica, Princess Tutu, Utena, Cardcaptor Sakura, Sailor Moon, the Locked Tomb, and a set of original designs.

A catalogue of our holo stickers we will have at the convention. Includes the following fandoms: Dungeons and Dragons, FFXIV, and Promare.

A catalogue of our stickers we will have at the convention. Includes the following fandoms: Original designs, Slay the Spire, Ace Attorney, Minecraft, Arcane, Arknights, Eizouken, Promare, and Dungeon Meshi.

Team ASpec @teamaspec.bsky.social · 29d

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Team ASpec @teamaspec.bsky.social · Sep 7

Did you miss out on the Life Series print at Fanexpo in Toronto last month?
It's now available in our online store!
ASpecIllustration.etsy.com/ca/listing/4361758135/

#LifeSeriesFanart #ThirdLife #Grian #gtwScar #Shop #SmallBusiness

An advertisement showcasing a print featuring Grian, Scar, and the ghosts of the Life Series cast. Grian is shown walking towards a setting sun, with the ghosts circling it. Scar lays defeated at the front with a smile.

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Maki @makiokuta.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Miku print I did as a collab with @armatages.bsky.social is up on the online store now! I had a lot of fun working with this composition. Available in 2 sizes!
ASpecIllustration.etsy.com/ca/listing/4362134172/

#MKart #HatsuneMiku #Shop #SmallBusiness

An illustration of Miku. The left shows three close up panels of her, the first her eye, then her shoulder, then her hand. To the right she is posed, singing, with her eyes closed and head down. She's stepping forward with one foot, the other raised, and clasping her hands together in front. Her pigtails flutter upwards. A spiral of music dances around her in a pastel rainbow.

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Maki @makiokuta.bsky.social · Sep 6

And if you're into magical girls, we still have bookmarks left. Limited quantities on some designs.
ASpecIllustration.etsy.com/ca/listing/1685080850/

A fanned out array of bookmarks featuring characters from magical girl series including sailor moon, princess tutu, madoka magica, and cardcaptor sakura.

A fanned out array of bookmarks featuring characters from magical girl series including sailor moon, princess tutu, madoka magica, and utena.

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Maki @makiokuta.bsky.social · Sep 6

More store updates! The Madoka print I made is also up in the store!
ASpecIllustration.etsy.com/ca/listing/4362119935/

#MKart#MadokaMagica #PuellaMagiMadokaMagica #MagicalGirl #shop #SmallBusiness

An illustration featuring Madoka and Homura from Madoka Magica. Madoka is in her goddess form and lifting upwards, a hand reaching with minimal effort towards Homura. Her dress is billowing out against a matching starry background. Homura is below her, falling away and desperately reaching for Madoka's hand. Her braids are unravelling. The text "You are my Best Friend..." runs along the background panel of stars.

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Maki @makiokuta.bsky.social · Sep 4

My Bridget print is now in the online store! Sadly, due to supply shortage, I wasn't able to get the foiling on here, but I still think it's a cute print~~ Available as 11x17 and 5x7
ASpecIllustration.etsy.com/ca/listing/4361760449/

#shop #MKart #CanArtist #smallBusiness #GuiltyGearStrive #GGStrive

Bridget from Guilty Gear Strive is jumping in the air, attacking with her yoyo that spirals around her and towards the viewer with a rainbow path. (This rainbow will be printed in foil) Both her pose and her expression are filled with energy, happiness, and clairvoyance, mirrored in the wide open blue sky behind her, with soft white clouds underlit by pink drifting carefree.

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Maki @makiokuta.bsky.social · Sep 3

My geese are now in the online store! Go forth and obtain my angry geese children. (ships anywhere but US atm)
ASpecillustration.etsy.com/ca/listing/4362104371/

#shop #MKart #CanArtist #smallBusiness

A photo of a 3x3 matte sticker of four Canadian Geese angrily ripping and biting apart the letters A and I. Feathers and chunks of letters are flying in the destruction. Truly poetic.

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Team ASpec @teamaspec.bsky.social · Aug 15

The online store is now closed. I'll announce when it reopens!
See you at Fan Expo Canada!! <3

#shop

Team ASpec @teamaspec.bsky.social · Aug 13

I have to make a post tagged #shop to test something, so...
Check out the guilty gear prints I made? Available in our store and at our table at Fan Expo Canada!
ASpecIllustration.etsy.com

A red foil print featuring Baiken from Guilty Gear.

A red foil print featuring Testament from Guilty Gear.

A red foil print featuring Bedman? and Delilah from Guilty Gear.

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Team ASpec @teamaspec.bsky.social · Aug 12

Geese... :)

Team ASpec @teamaspec.bsky.social · Aug 12

Here's a look at the stickers and bookmarks we'll have!

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Team ASpec @teamaspec.bsky.social · Aug 12

We'll be at Fan Expo Canada in Toronto this August 21-24!
Come see us at table M12

Here's a look at the prints we'll have - see the second post for our stickers and bookmarks.

#FanExpoCanada #CANartist

An graphic announcing our attendance at Fan Expo Canada in Toronto. The banner at the top reads: teamASpec at Fan Expo! Aug 21-24 at the MTCC South Building, Table M12
A graphic shows the vendor hall layout, with our table circled, alongside a collection of our new merch!

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A.Shanks @armatages.bsky.social · Jul 19

the sun

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new print because a lot of very lovely people liked my life series stuff at toronto comicon and asked for more so, i decided to go with the classic and what got me into the life series and hermitcraft in the first place

( #grianfanart #gtwsfanart #lifeseries #thirdlife #desertduo )

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A.Shanks @armatages.bsky.social · Aug 12

fun fact, basically redid all the background details afterwards to make it almost readable for the actual sticker 🙃

also went through every stage of grief working on jayce's incredibly stupid coat. why is everything in this fucking show so overdesigned goddamn

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A.Shanks @armatages.bsky.social · Aug 12

wanted to do a very indulgent sticker design for the hell of it. aiming for the prototypical postcanon experience, pfft.

#jayvik #viktorarcane #jaycetalis #arcanefanart

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Team ASpec @teamaspec.bsky.social · Aug 11

And here's some of our best sellers, both online and at conventions. There's lots more to see on our store front.
ASpecIllustration.etsy.com

A print featuring Jayce and Viktor from arcane through several key moments of their lives.

A pair of foil prints featuring Hexadecimal and Megabyte, two villains from the Reboot franchise. Both are center frame with a background displaying elements of their character.

A print featuring Endsinger and Meteion from FFXIV. Meteion is offering an apple upwards to her sister, while a rainbow of elpis flowers bloom behind her.

A foil print featuring Chihiro and No Face from Spirited away. Chihiro is seen from behind while No Face offers the coins, foiled in gold, to her.

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Team ASpec @teamaspec.bsky.social · Aug 11

Here's a selection of our newest items to see what we're all about. We have lots of stickers, bookmarks, and prints featuring fandoms and original characters.

A sticker featuring The Silent from Slay the Spire. The sticker is made to resemble the Blade Dance card, with the character and artwork popping from the frame.

A sticker featuring a minecraft character simplified down into nothing but legs and 9 blacks to represent the head and body. This is an fandom inside joke.

A set of foil bookmarks featuring the cast from The Locked Tomb. The bookmarks include Gideon, Harrow, and the 3rd and 6th house.

A set of original foil mini prints featuring characters themed around different elements. Seen here is one for earth and one for water.

Team ASpec @teamaspec.bsky.social · Aug 11

The online store will be going into vacay mode at the end of the week for a con. With the removal of the de minimis exemption, it's unlikely we will be able to continue selling to the US when we reopen. If you want anything from our store, please order this week.
ASpecIllustration.etsy.com

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Maki @makiokuta.bsky.social · Aug 11

With the impending removal of the de minimis exemption, I created a starter pack and list for Canadian creators who sell online. If you're a buyer looking for fellow Canadians to shop from, check it out. If you'd like to be added, let me know!
go.bsky.app/L7b8pdr
bsky.app/profile/did:...
#CANartist

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Team ASpec @teamaspec.bsky.social · Jul 18

A new print collab between @armatages.bsky.social and @makiokuta.bsky.social featuring Hastune Miku! This will debut at Pretty Heroes this weekend.

#HatsuneMiku #Vocaloid #FanArt #Art

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Team ASpec @teamaspec.bsky.social · Jul 18

A new print! We will debut this at Pretty Heroes this weekend!

Maki @makiokuta.bsky.social · Jul 18

'You are my Best Friend'

#MKart #AnimeArt #FanArt #MadokaMagica #PuellaMagiMadokaMagica #DigitalArt #MagicalGirl

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Team ASpec @teamaspec.bsky.social · Jul 17

We'll be at Pretty Heroes convention this coming weekend at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre! Stop by and visit us at Table A40! We have a few new prints that I'll be sharing soon ^^

#TorontoConvention #ArtistAlley #PrettyHeroes2025 #PrettyHeroes #CANartist #Convention

An advertisement for Team ASpec at Pretty Heroes! The banner says the date, July 19-20 in Toronto, and our table location Table A40. A new Miku print drawn by the two of us is featured on the advertisement.

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Team ASpec @teamaspec.bsky.social · Apr 2

Did you know we have cool Ghibli prints? Look at me being topical (like two days late) I'm soooooo good at this social media stuff.
aspecillustration.etsy.com

#Art #ArtPrint #Ghibli #SpiritedAway #KikisDeliveryService #PrincessMononoke #FoilPrint #SmallBusiness #BSNM #CANartist

An advertisement for a gold foil print featuring chihiro and no face from spirited away.

An advertisement for a gold foil print featuring the forest spirit from princess mononoke.

an advertisement for a red foil print featuring kiki and jiji from kiki's delivery service. The word 'soaring' is printed at the bottom.

A close up photo of the no face print showing the gold foil stamping and soft touch lamination.

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A.Shanks @armatages.bsky.social · Mar 24

and if anyone's interested, you can grab these for your next reread at our etsy store yeup

www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1...

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