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Darren M. A. Calvert

@dmacalvert.bsky.social

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Designer and teacher by day. Freelance illustrator by night. IG: http://instagram.com/darrenmacalvert | Etsy: https://shorturl.at/hpEFO | 🇨🇦

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · Dec 14

Hello there, my name is Darren Calvert and I'm a design teacher and freelance illustrator from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I try to focus on art and things I like but occasionally go off on a bit of a rant.

You can find me on Instagram shorturl.at/pBhFv

Prints or original art: shorturl.at/orzm8

Marker art! Top row are a smiling beholder and an ahthropomorphic mushroom guy playing a lute. Bottom row are a robot panda recharging at a bamboo pole charging station and a hybrid bunny/shark about to bite a carrot underwater.

Board games! Top row are Damage Control from WizKids and All Hands On Deck! from Salamander Games. Bottom row are Overboss and Overboss Duel from Brotherwise Games.

Illustration! Top row are a beaver relaxing at home reading a book and a series of Rogue One portraits done in an old school RPG style. Bottom row are a pen and ink drawing of a crab and "Final Sesame" with a Muppet Cloud Strife riding a Big Bird chocobo.

Beer can labels! Top row are Wild Barry Strawberry Ale with a sort of "Green Man" with strawberries growing in his beard/hair and Snowplow Luau Tropical Blonde Ale with snow tiki statues and pineapples. Bottom row are Golden Ticket Vietnamese Coffee Stout with a gold label and Vietnamese patterns and Saskatoon Ale Fruited Beer with pen and ink/watercolour drawings of Saskatoon berries growing on branches (think a slightly smaller, slightly more tart blueberry).

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 3h

A space hamster from this day in 2020 🐹

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 46m

Should I bring a baseball to class with me tonight?

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 47m

The teaching vibe I aspire to

Howard Hesseman in Head of the Class sitting on the corner of a desk with one foot up on the seat of a chair.

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 53m

Yeah, she would just *hate* it if Trump involved himself in Alberta politics.

Danielle Smith and Donald Trump

Danielle Smith and Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Danielle Smith and Marco Rubio

Danielle Smith and Ben Shapiro

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 57m

😐

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Alberta premier to Trump: Stay out of our separatist fight

Danielle Smith says she does not want “foreign interference” — even from Washington.

www.politico.com

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 1h

Feel like they've been pretty explicit about that.

Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 2h

In an arraignment that lasted less than half an hour, former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty Wednesday in his criminal case, with Comey lawyers ready to a argue that the DOJ has been weaponized to target adversaries of Donald Trump.

History is happening. apnews.com/article/trum...

Comey pleads not guilty as lawyers signal intent to argue Trump foe's case is politically motivated

Former FBI Director James Comey has pleaded not guilty in a criminal case that has highlighted the Justice Department’s efforts to target adversaries of President Donald Trump.

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Jennifer Smart ♠️ Commissions open! @jaesmart.bsky.social · 1h

#inktober day 8: reckless 🔥
Revenant and Guardian face a fearsome foe

An ink drawing of a bird person with a halberd, a small feminine child in a dress and veil carrying a harp, and a large spectral skeleton charging towards a menacing dragon in the background.

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 2h

It’s a cool system. Lots of neat ideas.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 2h

My home town is right next to a Marlboro so grew up hearing it pronounced in a pretty wide variety of ways.

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 2h

Playing Final Fantasy Tactics again has me really wanting to play Fabula Ultima.

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 3h

Fabula Ultima has a Kickstarter running for slightly updated versions of the books + a first bestiary.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndg...

Fabula Ultima TTJRPG Celebration Edition + Bestiary Vol. I

The ENNIE-winning JRPG-inspired tabletop role-playing game levels up with hardback and collector's editions, and the new Bestiary Vol.I

www.kickstarter.com

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 3h

A space hamster from this day in 2020 🐹

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 6h

I'm not above backing something purely based on the name

9th Level Games @9thlevelgames.bsky.social · 6h

WRASTLEVANIA funded and unlocked 1 achievement already. Get into the ring ➡️ https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/9th-level-games/Wrastlevania?ref=socials

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 6h

This is inspired by the classic Leonardo Micro Series issue with him fighting the Foot Clan in the snow. My favourite TMNT comic of all time.

Cover of the Leonardo Micro Series issue

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 7h

I want the most up-to-date grains possible. Grains that have only been discovered this year.

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 20h

You can only know how old the grains are or how many there are but not both.

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 9h

A Leonardo from this day in 2021

A marker drawing of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Leonardo. To the right are two Copic markers.

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 1d

Meeting today:

"It's like that thing from Star Trek... the unwinnable scenario... what's it called..."

Me (very excited): "The Kobayashi Maru!" 😀

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 1d

“Bleh!”

A pen and ink drawing of Dracula in a small Moleskine sketchbook.

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 20h

It's like the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle but for bread

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 20h

You can only know how old the grains are or how many there are but not both.

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 23h

I mean, if they haven't figured it out by now...

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 1d

I may have tipped my hand a little there.

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 1d

Meeting today:

"It's like that thing from Star Trek... the unwinnable scenario... what's it called..."

Me (very excited): "The Kobayashi Maru!" 😀