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Rika⁷
@commanderrika.blacksky.app
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Writer+Illustrator. She/Her.

💜 Blackness 💜 Books 💜 BTS 💜
Stories in Lightspeed, FIYAH, Strange Horizons, Fantasy, and Apparitions

Portfolio: commanderrika.com
Commissions OPEN: [email protected]
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Happy #portfolioday!
I'm Marika, a Black illustrator and designer. I'd love to work on more book covers, book-adjacent work, and science fiction and fantasy projects.

www.commanderrika.com/illustrator
marikawrites589(at)gmail.com
Digital drawing of a young Black woman surrounded by newspapers and grey plants, there are flowers covering her eyes. Collage of photographs and drawn images, women with raised fists, holding hands, birds fly through the foreground. A dark skinned Black women wearing a dark blue dress stands in front of purple stained glass. She has long white hair. An Asian woman in an astronaut's suit is underwater, a light shines from above partially illuminating her face.
January 13, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Kittens are always happening to my baby sister.
January 3, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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rough practice 123025
Rough sketch of a young man. He has dark hair and is wearing a white shirt, his face is lit from the side.
December 31, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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practice sketch 122925
#taehyung
#procreate

happy birthday 🐻🐯
rough sketch of a young Korean man, seen from below, Kim Taehyung of BTS, with pale hair, wearing a white shirt.
December 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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My kitty Bean Bean passed away earlier this year but there's not a day goes by I don't think about him.
Grey tabby cat with green eyes and a white tummy and paws. He is sitting semi upright against dark blue sheets and pillows.
December 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Shoe for size comparison
Immense grey tabby cat with one front paw inside a grown woman's sandal.
December 30, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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practice sketch 122825
#yoongi #suga
#procreate

trying out new brushes (Olguioo starter pack)
rough sketch of a young Korean man, Yoongi aka Suga of BTS, depicted from the shoulders up. He is smiling wryly at the viewer. He wears a dark shirt and has dark wavy hair with long bangs.
December 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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rough sketch for practice
#Hobi
rough sketch of a young Korean man, Jung Hoseok of BTS, grey ink on white background, painted in Procreate
December 28, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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RIP to a legend
Image of a lowland gorilla in black and white. Willy B, from Atlanta. He is holding his hand up to his mouth and looking into the distance.
December 24, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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RIP King
Picture of Flaco, a Eurasian owl, in a tree
December 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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I want to do more cover art in 2026, so I'm going to be insufferable about mentioning that from now on. Commissions OPEN.
A Black woman with pale white curly hair is wearing a blue dress. She is framed by purple and green stained glass of lotus flowers behind her.
December 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Gotta rebuild my library of Alexandria.
A drawing of a Moomin (white, hippo-like creature) unfolding a knife.
December 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Hyperfocus locked in.
Fake notification from Tidal that says, "Bitch are you ok? You've had "Dopamine (Jamie XX Remix)' by Robyn and Jamie XX on replay for two hours." The response options are: Keep Playing or I'm Fine.
December 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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This is thee most whack ass shit I have ever seen. This is the reason for bullying. This is why the peers must pressure. Because who in the name of Black Moses has ChatGPT calling them bae?
Scene from one of the Scary Movie movies. Regina Hall is making a judgemental gas face next to other people also looking judgemental.
December 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Queen Latina, Last Holiday
Queen Latina, wearing a red dress and a string of white beads around her neck. She is smiling. Queen Latina poses in a flowing red dress.
November 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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HUMAN ARTISTS!

Use one piece to convince people to follow you!
A Black woman with white hair wearing a blue dress stands in front of a stained glass window depicting pink lotus flowers on a purple background.
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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artist! Quote with your yellow art! 💛
Portrait of a young dark skinned Black boy wearing dark glasses. Surrounded by a yellow and black background and yellow flowers.
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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This portrait of Mercedes Reyes is part of a series called "Bread and Roses" spotlighting domestic workers as pillars of the international labor movement.

(Accidentally posted the screenshot before so now I get to talk about Mercedes and post the portrait again!)
Portrait of domestic worker Mercedes Reyes. An older Latina women is holding a bouquet of multicolored wildflowers. A bird holds a piece of bread over her right shoulder. Part of the collection Bread and Roses.
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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QRP with your flower art
Portrait of domestic worker Mercedes Reyes. An older Latina women is holding a bouquet of multicolored wildflowers. A bird holds a piece of bread over her right shoulder. Part of the collection Bread and Roses.
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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describe your cat's personality in one photo

(I miss him so much.)
A grey and white dilute tabby cat is curled up on a bed. He is smiling in his sleep. One little fang is visible.
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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It's hard living in such a dangerous city. Never know when you go to the park to watch the fall leaves with your baby and come across such ruthless creatures.
October 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Hi! I'm Marika, an illustrator, designer, and writer. I like drawing people. 💜
Digital illustration, of a young Black boy wearing dark sunglasses, neon flowers in front of an behind him. Digital illustration, a young black woman her face partially obscured with flowers in color, she wraps herself in black and white newspapers. Digital Illustration, a Black woman with long white hair is wearing a dark purple dress. Behind her is a stained glass window in purple and green. Digital Illustration: A young Korean man with light blue hair, there are multicolored clouds behind him and orange tiger lilies in front of him.
October 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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🌕 Please feel free to QRP with your blue #art 🌕

#artsky #btsfanart
Digital drawing of a young South Korean man (Kim Namjoon of BTS) in a blue shirt, in front of a blue background. The white silhouette of plants are in the foreground.
September 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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quote with your black and white #art
Black and white sketch of a mother holding her baby
September 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Still working on this. Slowly. Progress has been delayed by teething (baby has two (2!) teeth now) and the utter collapse of my executive function.

#artsky #wip
Digital drawing of a Black woman with curly dark hair. Her face is partially obscured by flowers. Two birds frame her face.
September 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM