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Ignatius "Dave" Pants
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I'm new here!

Um... go to http://azureclaw.com and maybe I'll have posted something new there by the time you see this! I dunno!

Getting ready to update again at http://patreon.com/azureclaw !
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ignatiuspants.bsky.social
Meet the #originalcharacters of Azure Claw Comics and behold this nifty #illustration #art!

From left to right, we have:

Meredith Black, the swordfighting librarian!

Azzura Silverstar, the orphaned lobster girl who packs a mean pinch!

Quinn Travers, a badass genderqueer computer programmer!
Ink drawing with digital coloring added, depicting three figures standing dramatically against a bold yellow and orange sunset. One, a woman with pigtails and glasses who is holding a sword. Another, a woman with blue hair and blue lobster antennae and claws. The third, a person of unspecified gender with black hair longer in the front than in the back, holding a shotgun.
February 18, 2026 at 12:42 AM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
Oh, hello! I didn't see you there!

Um... you probably expect some art or something, right? Some art on this Bluesky page?

I'll try to have some more for you in the days ahead!

Please excuse the mess!
Digitally colored pencil sketch of a startled Dave at a drawing desk, looking wide-eyed at the "camera", sitting in a dilapidated office chair rather than a seat more suitable for a drafting table, but whatever. Some papers are about to fall off of the desk in Dave's sudden panic.
February 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
Happy whatever today and/or tomorrow is!
An image reading "Happy Friday the 13th!!", except the "Friday the 13th!!" has been crossed out and replaced with "Valentine's Day". At the bottom, it says, "From: Azure Claw Comics". In the middle, there's a detailed illustration of two teenage girls relaxing together. A girl with short brown hair is sitting in what appears to ve a dirty floor of a storage crate. A girl with blue hair and lobster features has her head in the brown-haired girl's lap. They are holding hands.
February 13, 2026 at 8:55 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
I need some more of my own #art around here -- so here's a traditionally inked portrait of Azzura which I made for a website banner a few years ago.

POV: You're a soldier for the alien army who just threatened one of Azzura's friends.

#traditionalart #inking #traditionalinkart #characterart
Inked drawing of a young lobster woman standing up straight and glaring at you, the viewer, while the wind blows her hair to the side.
February 11, 2026 at 6:55 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
Time for more Azure Claw #art!

Meredith and Azzura can accomplish great things with the power of friendship, even while doing nothing in particular and hanging out in Meredith's secret library bunker place!

[Originally drawn as #pencilart with #digitalpainting added using #Krita, some years ago.]
Digitally colorized pencil sketch of two women - one with pigtails and glasses, and one with lobster claws and antennae, lightly holding hands in a celebratory sort of way in a lightly cluttered room. Black and white pencil sketch of two women - one with pigtails and glasses, and one with lobster claws and antennae, lightly holding hands in a celebratory sort of way in a lightly cluttered room.
January 23, 2026 at 9:43 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
Hello, #PortfolioDay !

My name's Dave, and I'm a writer, illustrator, and freelance indie game artist and graphic designer!

My personal project is Azure Claw Comics, supported by Patreon!

🕸️ azureclaw.com
🎨 ko-fi.com/davevincenty...
🅿️ www.patreon.com/azureclaw
💬 azureclaw.com/contact
Digitally colored pencil art of a young woman with pigtails and glasses and a big fluffy off-the-shoulder sweater. She also has a handgun. She's crouched behind a stone half-wall and reloading her gun. Digitally colored ink drawing of a young woman with blue lobster parts stepping into a flooded ruin of some alien facility. The hazy blue sky shines in behind her, giving a backlight to the whole image. A hybrid of pencil sketch and digital painting, showing two teenage girls sitting down in a corner, hiding inside a cargo container. The one on the left has short hair and a hoodie, and she's holding hands with a girl who has long blue hair and the features of a blue lobster. A digitally colored pencil drawing of a young blue lobster woman crying on the shoulder of a young woman with pigtails and glasses. She's got her arms around her friend, comforting her.
January 15, 2026 at 6:55 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
Hey, it's a #artvsartist!

Am I late for #artvsartist2025? Or perhaps I'm early for #artvsartist2026!

I do #art sometimes in a mix of #pencildrawing and #digitalart. Last year, I did a lot of #sketches.
An "Art versus Artist" (#artvsartist) image with three rows of other images in it. Row 1: A sketch of a lobster girl walking, a digital illustration of a lobster girl walking into some bombed-out ruins, and a digital illustration of a young woman with pigtails twirling around in a pretty dress and leather jacket. Row 2: A digital illustration of a lobster girl resting her head in a human girl's lap, a photo of the artist (Dave), and a sketch of a young woman with pigtails and a pretty dress holding up a sword. Row 3: An unfinished digital illustration of a lobster girl, a rough sketch of that same lobster girl sitting down, and a sketchy digital illustration of a young woman with pigtails sitting down and loading a gun.
January 12, 2026 at 8:22 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
Okay, here's the last sketch of this sequence! It's my original character, Meredith Black, seen here with a long jacket and a long sword!

This was done as a timed 34-minute sketch. What do you think?

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#art #sketch #sketchbook #timedsketches #comicart #characterart #sword
Detailed pencil sketch of Meredith Black, a girl with pigtails, a long overcoat, a scarf, a frilly dress, chunky boots, and a big single-edged longsword.
December 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
It's time for another timed sketch! It's Izumi Yamazaki, ninja thief from the year 200X!

This is a 21-minute sketch, which is close to the longest I've spent on a sketch in a timed sketch challenge!

#art #sketch #sketchbook #timedsketches #ninja #comicart #characterart
Detailed pencil sketch of a ninja lady in a cool ninja pose, with one hand out and another hand preparing to strike with a ninja sword.
December 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
Look what I have for you today! It's another Azzura sketch!

This was part of my timed sketchperiment, and it's a 13-minute sketch from a set that I shared on Patreon earlier!

What is she wearing here? Some kind of poncho? I'm not sure!

#art #sketch #timedsketches #pencildrawing #characterart
Slightly detailed pencil sketch of lovable lobster lady Azzura wearing a poncho-like thing and holding one pincer out. She's making a nervous smile.
December 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
Hey, it's time to get back to sharing these sketches!

Here's another eight-minute Azzura sketch! But this one is from a slightly different angle! Maybe Azzura needs somebody to look up to.

(Now, what if I try some tags?) #art #sketch #sketchbook #timedsketches #pencildrawing #characterart
Rough pencil sketch of a young lobster woman who is either being seen from above or maybe she's floating with her head pointing towards us. She is looking up in befuddlement.
December 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
Check this out! I did an eight-minute sketch of the main character of my comics! It's Azzura Silverstar!

This was also part of Sketchperiment 3 from my Patreon. Isn't it neat?
Loose pencil sketch of a happy lobster woman holding her lobster hands up in the air, but not quite high enough to show she just doesn't care. Her earnest smile suggests she probably cares a lot.
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
Hey, look! It's a quick five-minute pencil sketch I made of a certain robot character from my world! (She has a gun!)

This was part of Sketchperiment 3, which I posted about in a Patreon link I'm sure I've posted around here somewhere.
A rough pencil sketch of a robot character walking in a cool and tough way, with a futuristic submachine gun in the air.
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
Look! I made some sketches!

I like to sometimes do sketches on a strict timer.

Here we have:

- Meredith from my comic (1 min.)
- A self-portrait (Hi!) (1 min.)
- Azzura from my comic (2 min.)
- Izumi Yamazaki's sister who has not been in my comic yet but one day might be! (3 min.)
Four quick rough sketches of individual cartoon characters, including a lady in a dress with a sword, a fat androgynous person, a lobster girl, and a teenage girl ninja.
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
Oh! And here's another one! Take a look at this Azzura, strolling along with something on her mind! (This was a 21-minute sketch!)
A sketch of the lobster girl Azzura Silverstar, with more detail than the others. She is walking and staring solemnly into the distance.
October 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
When I'm having trouble drawing, I try a ~Sketchperiment~!

I set a timer for one minute and keep going so each sketch takes as long as the previous two sketches put together! This means: 1 minute, 1 minute again, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 8 minutes, and 13 minutes!

What do you think?
A series of four very quick attempts to sketch the lobster girl, Azzura Silverstar. A sketch of the lobster girl Azzura Silverstar standing with her lobster hands on her hips. A sketch of the lobster girl Azzura Silverstar looking down sorrowfully with one hand behind her back. A sketch of the lobster girl Azzura Silverstar, standing in a wide stance as though she isn't sure whether she's about to fight.
October 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
Hello #PortfolioDay!

My name is Dave, and I make comics and do illustrations and visual design and stuff!

I made the in-game ASCII art for Cheese Runner: store.steampowered.com/app/1508980/...

I'm working on Azure Claw Comics: azureclaw.com

More of my work is here: ko-fi.com/davevincenty...
Full-color digital illustration of a woman with antennae and lobster hands walking barefoot through a huge square door and into a flooded room inside the ruins of a mysterious place. Digital painting. A woman with pigtails and glasses sits behind a stone barrier for just a second to reload her pistol. A digital painting of a teenage girl with short brown hair wearing ripped jeans and a baggy hoodie, sitting down in a corner of a rusty shipping container. A girl her age with long blue hair and lobster claws is lying next to her, with her head in the short-haired girl's lap. They are surrounded by garbage, but in this moment, they're happy. Digital painting of an original character. a robot woman with the number "3" printed on her blue robot belly. She is leaning against a large machine and has her robot breastplate off, holding it in one hand. Underneath, her chest is all mechanisms and wires. Two wires are connecting from her chest into the large machine. The robot woman looks deeply unhappy about it.
April 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
New art! Well okay, it's the same as the previous art I posted, but now with color!

Azzura steps into a mysterious flooded room in a broken-down old forgotten facility from the alien war. What will she find there?

(Drawn with pen and ink on paper, and then digitally colored with Krita.)
Full-color digital illustration of a woman with antennae and lobster hands walking barefoot through a huge square door and into a flooded room inside the ruins of a mysterious place.
April 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
Here's some new Azure Claw art for you!

It's my character, Azzura, setting foot inside some mysterious ruins from the alien war! Clearly, the aliens were using this for something! But what could that be?

Made with traditional ink and paper, plus some minimal digital edits.
Depiction of a woman with antennae and lobster hands walking barefoot through a huge square door and into the flooded wreckage of a mysterious place.
March 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
Please enjoy this new art! It's a sketchbook page I shared before, featuring this cool tough woman named Meredith Black, an original character from Azure Claw Comics! But now, I've colored it, which I think really brings out something!
Digital painting. A woman with pigtails and glasses sits behind a stone barrier for just a second to reload her pistol.
January 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
Towards the end of last year, I was dealing with some art block, and so I made a series of sketches to try to get myself comfortable expressing creativity in the form of simple pencil drawings.

These three pictures are the result of that effort. Please enjoy this glimpse into my sketchbook!
Pencil sketch of two women, one slightly heavier and curvier than the other. They're wearing cool sporty casual clothes and just kind of hanging out. Pencil sketch of a woman in her underwear opening a refrigerator. There are eldritch tentacles reaching out from inside! Pencil sketch of everyone's favorite lobster woman, Azzura Silverstar. She's sitting down and contemplating something off to the left.
January 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
I drew a thing!

It's my original character, Meredith Black from Azure Claw Comics, getting ready to shoot back at somebody!

#art #makingcomics #pencil #sketch #girl #AzureClawComics
Sketchy pencil drawing. A cool tough girl with pigtails and glasses sits behind a waist-high stone wall and reloads a small pistol.
December 30, 2024 at 5:47 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
I drew this a few months ago, but I don't feel like it was appreciated enough on Instagram or Ko-Fi.

What do you think?
A digital painting of a teenage girl with short hair wearing ripped jeans and a baggy hoodie, sitting in a corner of a rusty shipping container. A girl her age with long blue hair and lobster claws is lying next to her, with her head in the short-haired girl's lap. They are surrounded by garbage, but in this moment, they're happy.
December 14, 2024 at 12:09 AM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
That WAS fun! It was always really cool seeing how you do the pixel art thing. And then, sometimes, I would try to do a pixel art too... those were good days!
Pixel art: plush doll of a blue jellyfish girl sitting next to a plush doll of the mermaid Finessa from the game 'Moonshell Island'. Pixel art: a stuffed animal of Crabby from the game 'Moonshell Island' dressed as a pirate, sitting next to a stuffed teddy bear based on the mascot of German streamer BjoernMeansBear.
November 12, 2024 at 10:24 PM
ignatiuspants.bsky.social
Hi there, Bluesky dot app! I was always going to post here eventually!

My name is Dave, and I'm an author, illustrator, cartoonist, and freelance graphic designer!

Sometimes, I make comics about aliens, deadly space laser fights, and the power of friendship!

Now, look at these illustrations!
Highly detailed pencil sketch of cyborg warrior Celia Guerra, blasting a scary space monster in its space face as other bizarre creatures start to surround her on the beach near the crashing waves. A mostly gray illustration of two women standing on a hill surrounded by fog. Blue-haired lobster girl Azzura Silverstar leans her head forlornly on the shoulder of rogue archivist Meredith Black. Cheerful portrait of the rogue archivist Meredith Black. She's wearing a frilly white sundress with dark brown leather boots and a dark brown leather jacket, and she's posed like she's starting to spin around. Digitally painted illustration of the Azure Claw Comics mascot, lobster girl Azzura Silverstar. She's lying down in an uncomfortably dimly-lit bath with her feet up on the sides of the bathtub. Her eyes are cast downward and her wet hair is in shadow, as she lies there with a deep lingering sadness.
November 9, 2023 at 9:18 PM