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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino
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Artist/Illustrator and owner of Awkward Affections. Dark humor, fantasy, books, LOTR and oddly ranty about pizza. (she/her)
www.awkwardaffections.com
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Wishing you all a happy/spooky Friday the 13th/Valentine weekend! Love your friends, pet a dog, give a stranger a compliment—the world needs your love and whimsy. ❤️🖤

#spookyvalentine #mothman #cryptidcupid
Mothman with heart eyes and a bow and arrow in a black heart that says cryptid Cupid
February 13, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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Brownshirt by any other name…
Fck ICE

#iceout #iceoutofMN #resist
January 26, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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Feeling Mordor-y lately.
(Yes, another LOTR piece, you can't stop me.) Finished just in time for Fanexpo PDX this weekend!
Come find me in Artist Alley booth A221. Plus all the hobbits will be at the show and I'll at least be in the same building, deceased.
#lordoftherings #lotrart #mordor
Illustration of Mordor landscape
January 15, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Seems like some are still doing #artvartist so cheers out to 2025

#illustration #illustrationartist #pdxartist
Grid of 9 images with illustrations from 2025
December 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Tis the season!
#eattherich #christmascarol #resist #scrooge
December 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Keep your Die Hard, Batman Returns is my favorite Christmas movie.
🐈‍⬛🐧🦇

#batmanreturns #hellhere #catwomanart #illustrationartist
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Ready for winter magic, or a wardrobe out of 2025.

#narnia #artforbooklovers #illustration #FantasyArt #fantasyillustrations #PDXartist #Awkwardaffections
Winter landscape painting of narnia and the snowy lamp post.
December 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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❄️If you see this, post your winter art ❄️

#art #illustration #winter #solstice #yulecat
Illustration depicting Yule cat terrorizing a snowy town
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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No good deed
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#wickedforgood #wickedwednesday #elphaba #illustration #digitalpainting #nogooddeed #wickedmovie #pdxartist #awkwardaffections
Digital painting of elphaba hovering with fire and flying monkeys Digital painting of elphaba hovering with fire and flying monkeys
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Entering Witchmas 🧙🏻‍♀️☃️

#yule #holidaycards #witchychristmas #illustration #snowmanart #christmascards #pdxartist #shoplocalpdx #witchart #awkwardaffections
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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awkwardaffections Who else is so ready? 💚🩷

With everything happening over the past year, the rewatch hits a little harder. lets gooo
#wickedforgood #wickedwednesday #elphaba #illustration #digitalpainting #artistsonininstagram #wickedmovie #defyinggravity #pdxartist #awkwardaffections
Painting of Defying gravity scene from wicked
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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New holiday cards incoming! Couldn’t resist some cheeky PDX love for the season. Someone save us from all these crunchy leaves.

#pdxart #shoplocalpdx #holidaycards #portlandhellscape #pdxartist #illustration #awkwardaffections
Illustration of the holiday Portland Oregon sign with a heart background reading “seasons greetings from our hellscape!” Greeting card with an illustration of the holiday Portland Oregon sign with a heart background reading “seasons greetings from our hellscape!”
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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A little bit of #dracula for my wanderlust series.
I have been very bad about posting, but trying to get back on my bs now

#illustration #digitalart #digitalpainting #spookyart
Digital landscape painting of a carriage riding to Dracula’s castle in the distance with draculas brides in the foreground.
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Getting ready for Emerald City with some new stuff (and metallic tweaks)!
#eccc #artistalley #illustrations #eccc2025 #fourthwingfanart
Four wrapped prints of illustrations. Two with metallic embellishments.
March 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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No kings in America

#nokings #notmypresidentsday #protestart #resist
Blue crown fractured dripping red and white lines beneath like the American flag with “no kings” written across the crown bottom
February 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Take me here plz
#theshire #booksky #lotr #artsky
Landscape Illustration of the shire at night with fireworks in the distance
January 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Off to dissociate from reality, help me #onyxstorm you’re my only hope.
January 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Cartoon image of Trump dragging a bunch of money wrapped in the American flag.
January 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Illustrated cup of coffee with neon green outline words “damn fine”
January 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Lil guy
#doodle #eattherich #kirby
An illustrated image of Kirby with a yellow background next to the words “eat the rich”
January 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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The beacons are lit! Saving the annual extended #LOTR viewing for next week to cope with, idk, 2025 being a thing.
A layered scene of jagged, hazy mountains with fires lit on different peaks descending into the distance.
December 28, 2024 at 9:03 PM
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Art v Artist for 2024!
Illustrating fantasy, portraits, maps, books and humor I guess for the last 10 years.
Portfolio: www.awkwardaffections.com/portfolio
Shop: www.awkwardaffections.com/shop-1
December 27, 2024 at 7:06 PM