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Zoe Badini

@zoebadini.bsky.social

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Freelance illustrator and overall silly person. She/her. 📧 [email protected] 🎨 https://cara.app/zoebadini http://linktr.ee/zoebadini

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Zoe Badini @zoebadini.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hello #PortfolioDay !

I'm Zoe, a fantasy illustrator from Italy, looking for more work on book illustrations, as well as TTRPGs and games!

I'm available for both commercial and private commissions.

Find me here:

🎨 cara.app/zoebadini
📩[email protected]

We’re in a pleasant forest setting, with lots of greenery and the sun peeking through the canopy. We see tree houses made of natural materials on the trees.
A young, dark skinned elf is running madly towards the camera, laughing. He’s holding a chicken under one arm and a rope strung with strange berries in the other hand. A whole flock of chickens is following him, apparently crazy about the berries.
The chaotic scene is being watched by two shocked bystanders.

A ladybug clad in an armor made of leaves and flower petals stands on a large white flower. They’re wielding magic wands, a spellbook and a shield made out of a seed husk. White war paint adorns their face and shield. They are casting fire spells against a horde of wasps.

Destiny, painted for the 2024 Upper Deck Fleer Ultra Matriarchs of Marvel set.
Portrait view of a figure wearing a mysterious golden mask. She’s wearing a hooded black cloak. In front of her there’s an open book with glowing writing, she’s extending a hand gloved in black fabric towards it and the viewer, as if to read the words. Pages covered in glowing symbols float away from the book around her.

A depiction of the tarot card six of swords. We see a stylized image of a woman rowing on a small boat. There’s a white cat cradled in her lap. The sea behind her is rough, but gets progressively calmer in the direction she’s going. Six smoky hands wielding swords are pursuing her.
The style of the painting mimics a stained glass artwork.

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Zoe Badini @zoebadini.bsky.social · 15h

Yay! Thanks for the update!

Zoe Badini @zoebadini.bsky.social · 3d

I love Baby Corn!

Zoe Badini @zoebadini.bsky.social · 6d

I'm so sorry, I hope everything goes well. 💙

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Nadinne Neira (commissions open!) @nadneira.bsky.social · 7d

The Athrathrao Myth - Concept Art. Finally done with these, some lore, from the myth itself, and some hints to my own project below. I redacted some stuff because I don't have names for places yet and other stuff.

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Nathan Birchall @nathanbirchall.art · 8d

I've kicked new life into my Elementals series, a collection of paintings depicting the physical manifestation of spirits connected to various elements and powerful phenomena on Earth.

Here's the first of the new collection

Creatures formed from lava rise up from the burning pool

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Zoe Badini @zoebadini.bsky.social · 9d

I look forward to seeing more of it!

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Ben Nicholas ⚪️ Looking for work! @belgianboolean.bsky.social · 9d

Hey I just wanna say thank you all so much for the kind words, liking, and sharing this project. I was crazy anxious putting it out there! Especially when it’s in a very early stage and a lot of work isn’t finished.

If you’re in a position to, you can support me here ko-fi.com/belgianboolean

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Zoe Badini @zoebadini.bsky.social · 9d

This is so cool! Really digging your shape and color choices.
I'm also a bit of a fiend for anomalies, shifting lands, etc... :)

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Ben Nicholas ⚪️ Looking for work! @belgianboolean.bsky.social · 9d

Sonder-44 is my new project. Here's a big thread of art & info.

Part scrapbook, part narrative, part worldbuilding, Sonder-44 follows The Photographer, a photojournalist participating in the D-Day landings, finds himself suddenly transported to an alternate 1944 where time and space has broken.

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 9d

Happy Birthday to my debut, Blood Price!! I'm so proud of you!

Want to see so many stats and emotional word vomiting!? I'd be so honored if you gave the below post a read and some love. 😭🩸

#BookSky 💙📚🌈📚

www.patreon.com/posts/happy-...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BLOOD PRICE! | Nicole Evans

Get more from Nicole Evans on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Ben Nicholas ⚪️ Looking for work! @belgianboolean.bsky.social · 11d

Hey all, I hope you're doing well! I woke up to my bank account being in the negative due to student loan payments and other bills. If you like me or my art (or Echo) and wanna support, I updated my Ko-fi and Paypal. I truly appreciate any help. 💙

ko-fi.com/belgianboolean

paypal.me/BelgianBoolean

Buy BelgianBoolean a Coffee

Become a supporter of BelgianBoolean today!

ko-fi.com

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Zoe Badini @zoebadini.bsky.social · 12d

I did! Thanks 💙

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Paul Scott Canavan @paulscottcanavan.com · 12d

As an unapologetic Furby-enjoyer, it was a real pleasure getting to work on the Furby Secret Lair.

Shout out @evynfong.bsky.social for recommending me on this set 💖

#mtg #furby #secretlair

Distant Melody - FURBY EDITION. This is the card art with the frame.

Shows a Furby leaping in the air, singing, with other Furbies in the background. A lush, mountainous landscape with big old clouds.

"Choose a creature type. Draw a card for each permanent you control of that type. (Furby language nonsense)"

Distant Melody - FURBY EDITION. This is the art.

Shows a Furby leaping in the air, singing, with other Furbies in the background. A lush, mountainous landscape with big old clouds.

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Zoe Badini @zoebadini.bsky.social · 13d

I've been slacking a lot both on hiking and on posting photos of it, but it's such a good recharging activity for me!

Recently I went to see some pretty waterfalls following the course of a stream in the woods. :)

View of a dark forest, tall trees frame the top of the photo, while at the bottom a stream gurgles among rocks. Some white mushrooms are nestled at the base of a tree.

View of a waterfall in a forest. Rocks and boulders line the bottom of the image, while trees grow around the sides.

View of a waterfall springing from between some large rocks.

View of a small mountain town, blue sky and forested mountains in the background, old stone house in the foreground.

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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 16d

We've had an incredibly anxious night with wobbly baby Squiggle, but she's still with us & tentatively a bit better -- vet described her as "one hell of a fighter."

Please help us keep her fighting ❤️

gofund.me/662b94d7e

Donate to Giving little Squiggle the very best chance, organized by Holly Brockwell

In August, a tiny, fluffy powerhouse arrived at our rescue. Found in a fie… Holly Brockwell needs your support for Giving little Squiggle the very best chance

gofund.me

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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 15d

Book cover artist thread!

Love to draw them. My work is a combo of traditional media and digital colour, often charcoal, acrylic paint or pastels, and I like working on a variety of covers, but especially spooky, fantasy, or sci fi !

atet spaceships zooming through a pink and green nebula

two teenagers in the clouds with a looming face above

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Zoe Badini @zoebadini.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks!

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Zoe Badini @zoebadini.bsky.social · 15d

Book cover artists
QRP with your book covers!

I love painting book covers! Got a few I can't share yet, and I'd love to do more. :)

A red haired, armored woman carrying a lance runs through a snowy forest, accompanied by a fierce wolf and a raven. Skeletal tree branches surround them.

We're in a sunlit artificer laboratory. A young female gnome artificer is applying the finishing touches to her newest construct, a very large metal humanoid. She's sitting on its shoulder while a smaller flying automaton holds her tools.

A dark skinned woman stands in front of a broken blue stained glass window. She’s crying but has a somewhat serene expression. The woman’s skin is crisscrossed by cracks repaired with gold. She’s surrounded by wilted flowers. In her hands are two lively swallows made of light. The light coming from the birds swirls around the image, giving life to the previously wilted flowers.
On the back side of the book cover we see two more birds dancing around a broken vase, they too are reviving flowers with their light.

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Zoe Badini @zoebadini.bsky.social · Jul 16

Mantis, painted for the 2024 Upper Deck Fleer Ultra Matriarchs of Marvel set.

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Zhillustrator @zhillustrator.com · 18d

🖼️ The Transmitter Station
Throwback to a personal #art piece from way back. I still like the gray palette, though.

Prints: ko-fi.com/s/b1880cf284

I made a 4k Art & Wallpaper pack for my Patrons, too: www.patreon.com/posts/139417...

Transmitter Station, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. Utilitarian and brutalist structures are nestled in a mountain pass under snow. There's a TV tower among them, which is a home to someone. There is a little dog walking on a path to the tower, and a snowman by the road.

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Animal Photo Reference Repository @animalphotorefs.bsky.social · 16d

Photo of the Day: milky eagle owl preview!

Thank you to everyone who funded the Birds of Prey trip. I’m hard at work sorting photos, but wanted to share this favorite shot immediately.

All photos on the repository are free-to-use for artists creating derivative/transformative works (sans AI).

A shot of a large dark owl in flight from directly underneath, against a blue sky with whispy clouds. The owl’s wings are pulled in towards the body mid-flap and it is looking straight ahead with big dark eyes. The underside of its wing feathers are light colored with dark bands.

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Adam Holcombe @adamholcombe.bountyink.com · 18d

I've talked about it before, but I've been casually designing a deck building game centered around the Bounty Inc. universe. Start your bounty hunting business, recruit bounty hunters and purchase equipment, build reputation and become the best.

First look at the high concept test design of a card!

Playing card where that back features artwork from the cover of Bounty Inc. with text reading Bounty Inc.

The front features artwork of Wyn crouched wearing sci-fi combat armor and wielding a futuristic rifle. He is beside an alien terrarium in a large living space with a tree growing in the center.

The card has a red circle with a three in the top left and a blue circle with a 3 in the top right. Near the center is a gold bar with a black symbol of Bounty Inc. on it, featuring two rifles crossed, and text that reads Wyn Kelda Inherited Wealth.

Text below this reads "Discard this card from your hand for 3 raikers"

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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 22d

Authors I want to work on your bookssssss.

(And this month was tax month and my bank account is feeling that very acutely, so please forgive the uptick in marketing upcoming because I, unfortuantely, enjoy things like the ability to eat.)

#BookSky #WriteSky 💙📚🌈📚

thoughtsstainededitorial.com

Thoughts Stained Editorial

You have to mark up your manuscript. You don't have to do it alone.

thoughtsstainededitorial.com

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sophie_exhausted_finalFINAL_03.psd @netizenses.bsky.social · 23d

An anatomy/figure study ✨ Really happy with how this came out
Painted in #krita <3

Painted anatomy study of a seated female fitness model

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Dan English 🔜 IX 2025 @danenglish.bsky.social · 28d

First day of Flower City Comic Con is in full swing! I’ve got new prints and originals available so come by if you’re here! #FC3 #ComicCon

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