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@wyraine.com

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👹 THEY/THEM 🌕 Artist, Illustrator, & Designer. 🌖 Original Narratives & Game Design 🌘 https://linktr.ee/wyraine 🌑 Masters in Illustration 🌒 Available for work! 🍰 Autumn '97 (I'm 28!!) ❌ AI = Blocked #workbyraine #digitalart #wyraineocs #wyrainedex

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Work By Raine @wyraine.com · Jul 9

My name is Raine, I'm an illustrator who focuses on narrative and game design. I love character design, mythology, cards, and drawing!
linktr.ee/wyraine
#digitalart #illustration #characterdesign #meettheartist

A torn page illustration of a young dark-skinned figure in golden armor, holding a helmet in their left hand, and a rifle-like weapon in their right. They wear a cape and have plum-purple eyes. They are standing on a desolate brown landscape, backed by scattered earth, space, and a starry, moonless sky. The torn page is concealing another figure who is less refined and is only a sketch.

A collage piece of various works by the author, with a silhouetted white sketch of them in the center.

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 1d

ooooggghh... pkmn hyper fixation... beating beneath my floor boards... my ocs... my trainers... new kalos looks so cool...

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 1d

Hehe. I definitely wouldn't peg you as a part of the problem! The forces at work are really beyond our control in a lot of ways, but in the ways that matter there's not much we can do! Doesn't hurt to keep trying though.

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 1d

i think bsky has a litany of problems that twitter frustratingly doesn't. But I'm willing to ride this app into the ground or quit social media cold turkey before I go back there.

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 1d

This is excellent!

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 1d

I'm not going to lie, some of these anti-ai lists are perplexingly stupid.

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 1d

monstober's not getting me a lot of traction on bsky so I'm gonna stuff it over here and continue sharing where the people appreciate them more (tumblr dot com)

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 1d

looks more like I got shunted by the algorithm. I've seen a few people get a lot of traction for their portfolioday stuff, even after I posted mine. 🤔 I care enough to post about it but I'm not that bothered. The posting won't stop until morale improves. Also good morning hahaha.

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 2d

i almost never see people talking about THIS Junji Ito story. It's one of my favs.

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 2d

like, i'm not going to kick myself about it! I was late to the game this year. I will apologize to myself though, I'm still getting used to having a body!

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 2d

"hey bud turns out portfolioday was last night/in a timezone ahead of you and you may have missed your window" damn that sucks! anyway lol

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 2d

everything I do in futility, I do for the love of the game

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 2d

[ #portfolioday ]

My name is Raine! I'm a multidisciplinary artist with a BFA in Animation and MA in Illustration! My practice involves Character/Game Design, Graphic/Logo Design, Video Editing/Animation, and Narrative Design! Contact in my bio!

#art #illustration #workbyraine #characterdesign

The author's meet the artist for 2025. For the past 3 years they've done a nametag in the style of graffiti.

A large poster depicting a knight fighting a strange mythic beast.

A poster of Beat from Jet Set Radio, kicking his feet and making profane gestures.

A collage of characters and name tags designed by the author.

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#PortfolioDay @portfolioday.bsky.social · 3d

The next #PortfolioDay is TOMORROW Tuesday, October 14th! If you’re a creative looking for work or someone looking to hire talent, this is the tag for you! Watch this video to find out how to participate.

👉 youtu.be/09cs_chctNk 👈

More info at portfolioday.art 💛

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 4d

He's distinctly Afrocentric, but if you couldn't tell by his appearance and vibe, he's generally not perceived as any kind of nobility, and is inspired more by his duplicitous nature as a trickster. Maybe I'll share more about him later.

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 4d

He was initially designed for a defunct setting, but I've successfully revised and retrofitted him for my purposes. I would love to like, draw some comics with him as a presiding force, but one thing at a time.

“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” ― Cesar A. Cruz. A pair of pieces utilizing this quote for emphasis. Features my OC's, Anansi, and a woman and her nephew

Cropped sketch of me, Anansi, and another figure who has been removed via the cropping.

Rough painterly doodle of Anansi from sometime last year. He has ringed eyes like a crazy person.

A work in progress from 2025, featuring Anansi and a name tag that obscures his true identity.

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 4d

[ #workbyraine ]

For Day 12, I'm skipping over my monster challenge to share one of my most precious characters. This OC is my interpretation of the god, Anansi, an African-Diaspora mythic figure, trickster, and folktale hero (also the God of Wisdom).

#wyraineocs #mythology #blacktober #spider

An eight armed african man with a spider motif. The Trickster God of Wisdom and Storytelling, as penned by the Author/Illustrator: Anansi.

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 5d

[ #spooktober ]

For Day 11 of the Halloween Monster Challenge I did last year, here's an unaltered Boogieman! I've got mixed feelings about the Boogieman, but I like the design so I'mma let 'em slide for now.

#wyrainedex #workbyraine

The silhouette of a humanoid figure stepping out from a dark place. Kind of scary!

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 6d

Seeing the process makes your work all the more richer. Thanks for sharing! I'm a big fan.

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 6d

Written explanation.

Three trick or treaters?

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 6d

[ #spooktober ]

Happy Early Halloween, everybody!
For Days 8, 9, and 10, I bring to you a Wolfman, a Mummy, and a Vampire!

#monstober #halloween #werewolf #mummy #vampire #art #workbyraine #wyraineocs #wyrainedex #characterdesign

A wolfman. Blue.

A mummy. Green.

A vampire. Red.

Three trick or treaters in RGB!

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 8d

[ #spooktober ]

Day 8, 9, and 10 are a packaged deal! They'll all go up together!

#wyrainedex #workbyraine #silhouette #characterdesign

Three silhouettes!

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 9d

I will definitely be sad if I have to stop posting art on the internet to protect the very concept of art, but I'll do it.

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 9d

[ #spooktober ]
Day 07 of the Halloween Monster Challenge I did last year!

#fakemon #pokemon #slug #gastropod #alien

an angelic like slug

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 10d

[ #spooktober ]
Day 6 of the Halloween Monster Challenge I did last year! For Sickle, I drew a Kamaitachi!

#pokemon #fakemon #monsterdesign #wyrainedex #workbyraine #weasel #polecat #art #monstober

An elaborate character sheet of a sickle weasel!

Work By Raine @wyraine.com · 10d

Bsky This. Xitter that. Tumblr still the undefeated champ of niche enthusiasts who actually care.

ALT: Finally broke containment on tumblr after some 3 odd years lmao let's gooooo #talktag #sketchtag

Logging into tumblr dot com

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