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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯

@aorticinkwell.bsky.social

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Artist ★ OC lover ★ She/They ★ Connoisseur of sad elves and ink~ 🚫N/F/T-A/I🚫 #Art https://aorticinkwell.carrd.co

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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 2h

⭐️Hello~ I’m Nicole a.k.a. “Aortic Inkwell”⭐️

I’m an artist that loves to draw sad dreamy elves and silly plague doctor comics.

Check the link below for other platforms I’m active on as well as ways to support my work~

✨ ko-fi.com/aorticinkwell ✨

Image of five separate pieces sampling my art. Top left: Sad elf languishing in furs and jewelry. Bottom left: Sketch of an elf with decorative feathers adoring their headwrap. Middle: A horned, winged, fiery elf spirit. Top right: Sketch of an elf witch. Bottom right: illustration of a worried looking elf.

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 12h

"Niccolo", the 2nd 2025 graduation short film from french Gobelins school, is online.
Directed by Clémentine Di Prizio, David Florian, Axelle Granet, Sirui Liu, Hugo Michalet & Njolai Pachomius.
Full film >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=O515...

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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 1h

As have I, many times. 😩💦

✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 1h

It was SO GOOD!! Bacon was on point!

✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 1h

From earlier today. Explored a different cafe and liked it more than my usual one. It’s just a further walk to get to and the chairs are a bit uncomfortable. Otherwise it would be perfect.

Image of a bagel sandwich and a chai latte.

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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 1h

That’s a mood! 😭

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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 4h

I’ve got one slot left for an 8”x10” detailed illustration! HMU if interested!

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Aortic Inkwell's Commissions

Commissions Open! Click to see Aortic Inkwell's commission menu.

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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 2d

Pay what you want is still open!

✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 15d

I’ve set up a goal on Ko-fi for food and necessities while I’m job hunting. My disability case in in the appeals process so I won’t hear back from that for months. Comms and donations are what I rely on atm. Anything is appreciated! Thank you! 💖

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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 1d

🖋️-Judgmental-✒️

#Art #ArtSky #OC #OCsky

Image of an elf facing the viewer but looking off to the side in a judgmental manner. They are dressed in a fantastical robe decorated with flowers and sporting a jester-like hat.

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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you~💜🥹💜

✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 1d

There’s nothing like the feeling of seeing someone take your business card off the community bulletin board at the local cafe with a smile on their face. 🥹 Thank you person.

✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 1d

Aw nice!! I’d love to see them live someday. 👀

✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 1d

I literally thought it was some long lost 70’s band at first cuz it looked so authentic! I love it~

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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 1d

It was exactly what I needed 🤣

✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve only seen a few TikTok videos my twin showed me but I’m gonna watch them tonight!

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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 1d

My twin recommended to me the music of “Castle Rat” and it’s most of what I played today while working.

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Critter Crafter Ally [Commissions Open!] @crittercrafterally.bsky.social · 1d

Back to drawing ladies in armor ⚔️ From my sketchbook

#Sketch #Sketchbook

Ballpoint pen sketchbook drawing of a woman wearing plate armor with large faulds and a horned helm, grasping a lean spear

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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 1d

In other news, I found a copy of Salem’s Lot in the mini library box by the cafe on the way home. 👀

✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 1d

No kidding! If only there was one within reach 🤣

✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 1d

I thought headphones in public were universally known to say “don’t bother me, I’m working” lol

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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 1d

And somehow has the nerve to say he’s a feminist. Lol okay, says the man who won’t leave a woman alone to their work. Then he tried to give me unsolicited business advice as I put my headphones back on and blasted The Offspring. I got tired of him gesturing for my attention so I left the cafe. :/

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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know if something was medically/mentally wrong with him that he ignored my attempts to get back to work and continued to talk over me but he kept going on spiels about how non-Jewish women are basically tramps that move on from men quickly, he’s pro-zionist, his horrible love life…

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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 1d

Gets into the groove working on a commission at the cafe. Is distracted by an old man trying to get my attention (I have headphones on for a reason). While I usually don’t mind chatting with people at the cafe, this one made me incredibly uncomfortable and pissed off.

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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 1d

🖋️-Judgmental-✒️

#Art #ArtSky #OC #OCsky

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The Gorgonist @thegorgonist.bsky.social · 1d

Day 3 (oops, I'm a bit behind!) of my Moss and Lichen Fairies is Orange Sea Lichen! You've probably seen a this crustose specimen before on rocks and other outdoor surfaces--what a color!

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