Chau Pham Illustration
@chauphammoc51.bsky.social
At the start of this year, I had so many dreams and goals. In just a couple of days, everything fell apart. Books no longer seem as interesting. Studying an "unpopular" language is meaningless. Now, I have to think about how to keep the roof over my head. Life is unpredictable...
January 12, 2026 at 12:15 AM
At the start of this year, I had so many dreams and goals. In just a couple of days, everything fell apart. Books no longer seem as interesting. Studying an "unpopular" language is meaningless. Now, I have to think about how to keep the roof over my head. Life is unpredictable...
Self-learning Farsi, day two. There are some books I want to read that are only available in this language. I don't know if I will ever be able to read them, but I can take the little steps for now and see where it'll carry me. #language
January 4, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Self-learning Farsi, day two. There are some books I want to read that are only available in this language. I don't know if I will ever be able to read them, but I can take the little steps for now and see where it'll carry me. #language
I'm reading 2 books about nature and got out of my humble garden for a broader scope. One book said human should "shut up" and let nature speak. The other said their ways of communication and their intelligence are different from our standard, so we shouldn't use ours to measure their capabilities.
January 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM
I'm reading 2 books about nature and got out of my humble garden for a broader scope. One book said human should "shut up" and let nature speak. The other said their ways of communication and their intelligence are different from our standard, so we shouldn't use ours to measure their capabilities.
I have been having this thought recently and now to find a similar one in a book.
January 3, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I have been having this thought recently and now to find a similar one in a book.
I rewatched JOJO anime recently. I felt guilty that I had been consuming too much repetitive content, to the point I forgot how brilliant an original show can be.
December 31, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I rewatched JOJO anime recently. I felt guilty that I had been consuming too much repetitive content, to the point I forgot how brilliant an original show can be.
Quote with your 2025 accomplishments, no matter how small
📑 Started 2 short comics
✍️ Finished ~100 pages of line art (still need more polishing)
🖌️ Got better at inking
📚 Read more interesting books
🌞 Less anxious when expressing my thoughts
Still have some space left so I love my catttttt 😺
📑 Started 2 short comics
✍️ Finished ~100 pages of line art (still need more polishing)
🖌️ Got better at inking
📚 Read more interesting books
🌞 Less anxious when expressing my thoughts
Still have some space left so I love my catttttt 😺
Quote with your 2025 accomplishments, no matter how small
-Overcame several health issues, and am in the process of overcoming my hand disability
-Made a 12 page zine despite said health issues
-Made a profit at all but one convention
-Sold more books in one year than ever before
-Overcame several health issues, and am in the process of overcoming my hand disability
-Made a 12 page zine despite said health issues
-Made a profit at all but one convention
-Sold more books in one year than ever before
Quote with your 2025 accomplishments, no matter how small
-Got published in TWO anthologies
-Finished The Final Boss's Son Loves the Protagonist, season 2
-Won a bunch of plushies at claw arcades
-Got published in TWO anthologies
-Finished The Final Boss's Son Loves the Protagonist, season 2
-Won a bunch of plushies at claw arcades
December 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Quote with your 2025 accomplishments, no matter how small
📑 Started 2 short comics
✍️ Finished ~100 pages of line art (still need more polishing)
🖌️ Got better at inking
📚 Read more interesting books
🌞 Less anxious when expressing my thoughts
Still have some space left so I love my catttttt 😺
📑 Started 2 short comics
✍️ Finished ~100 pages of line art (still need more polishing)
🖌️ Got better at inking
📚 Read more interesting books
🌞 Less anxious when expressing my thoughts
Still have some space left so I love my catttttt 😺
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Blue Winter Birds 💙❄️
December 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Blue Winter Birds 💙❄️
I have several relationships to reconsider this year, but it's not easy to discard something I have considered a part of who I am. Recently, I came across the phrase: “The river doesn’t apologize for changing its course”. I hope I can move forward like the river. #illustration #water #cpm51art
December 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I have several relationships to reconsider this year, but it's not easy to discard something I have considered a part of who I am. Recently, I came across the phrase: “The river doesn’t apologize for changing its course”. I hope I can move forward like the river. #illustration #water #cpm51art
This little spider was trying to "hunt" my cursor, so I played with it a little 😁
December 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
This little spider was trying to "hunt" my cursor, so I played with it a little 😁
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The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
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Jeff spitting facts!
Gonna parrot this-- when I was teaching, I would tell my students to not look solely at what other concept artists/popular illustrators were doing to inform their own designs. Go to your local museums and galleries, look at different mediums and fields, broaden that reach.
Gonna parrot this-- when I was teaching, I would tell my students to not look solely at what other concept artists/popular illustrators were doing to inform their own designs. Go to your local museums and galleries, look at different mediums and fields, broaden that reach.
always advised ppl to not look at (A)rtsta(I)on too much when looking for inspiration, looking at other mediums and other perspectives historic or cultural or individual origin will produce better designs. Anyway what do I know
December 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Jeff spitting facts!
Gonna parrot this-- when I was teaching, I would tell my students to not look solely at what other concept artists/popular illustrators were doing to inform their own designs. Go to your local museums and galleries, look at different mediums and fields, broaden that reach.
Gonna parrot this-- when I was teaching, I would tell my students to not look solely at what other concept artists/popular illustrators were doing to inform their own designs. Go to your local museums and galleries, look at different mediums and fields, broaden that reach.
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The machines will still be crafting deep fakes in our image to trick each other 100,000 years after we’ve gone extinct.
December 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The machines will still be crafting deep fakes in our image to trick each other 100,000 years after we’ve gone extinct.
A friend gave me this and said it was a popular plushie. My circle is really, really small, so such a simple kindness is precious to me ☺️✨
I can't believe I managed to talk nonstop for two hours with her. I'm not a talkative person at all. #personal
I can't believe I managed to talk nonstop for two hours with her. I'm not a talkative person at all. #personal
December 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
A friend gave me this and said it was a popular plushie. My circle is really, really small, so such a simple kindness is precious to me ☺️✨
I can't believe I managed to talk nonstop for two hours with her. I'm not a talkative person at all. #personal
I can't believe I managed to talk nonstop for two hours with her. I'm not a talkative person at all. #personal
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My OC and my virtual pets 🥹
#livlyisland
#livlyisland
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
My OC and my virtual pets 🥹
#livlyisland
#livlyisland
November 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
[1/2] I’m so full of love today hehe, must be because my cat gave me her attention. Gave some away and realized I still need the community to feel inspired. I need to see what everyone is working on and compare to mine to adjust my vision.
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
[1/2] I’m so full of love today hehe, must be because my cat gave me her attention. Gave some away and realized I still need the community to feel inspired. I need to see what everyone is working on and compare to mine to adjust my vision.
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ComicFight is coming on January 2026!
Comic Fight is an art trading game for comic creators who are split into teams. You can draw for anyone in any team, counter attacks by drawing back or choosing to draw the character of someone else!
More info ⬇️
ComicFight is coming on January 2026!
Comic Fight is an art trading game for comic creators who are split into teams. You can draw for anyone in any team, counter attacks by drawing back or choosing to draw the character of someone else!
More info ⬇️
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
[Please share so more comic creators can see!]
ComicFight is coming on January 2026!
Comic Fight is an art trading game for comic creators who are split into teams. You can draw for anyone in any team, counter attacks by drawing back or choosing to draw the character of someone else!
More info ⬇️
ComicFight is coming on January 2026!
Comic Fight is an art trading game for comic creators who are split into teams. You can draw for anyone in any team, counter attacks by drawing back or choosing to draw the character of someone else!
More info ⬇️
OCtober - The last piece 🌞
I made the pumpkin too big...
#oc #ocart #ocsky #cpm51oc #ckaoctober #ckaoctober2025
I made the pumpkin too big...
#oc #ocart #ocsky #cpm51oc #ckaoctober #ckaoctober2025
October 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
OCtober - The last piece 🌞
I made the pumpkin too big...
#oc #ocart #ocsky #cpm51oc #ckaoctober #ckaoctober2025
I made the pumpkin too big...
#oc #ocart #ocsky #cpm51oc #ckaoctober #ckaoctober2025
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how it feels writing or drawing something almost exactly as we envisioned it in our elaborate daydreams
October 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
how it feels writing or drawing something almost exactly as we envisioned it in our elaborate daydreams
October 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM