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valentine
@valentinemsmith.bsky.social
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she/they.
writer, artist.

email: [email protected]
website: valentinemsmith.com
co-writer / artist: BLADE MAIDENS @ blademaidens.com
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hellraiserrr

www.valentinemsmith.com/store/hellra...

😎
a hand reaches down from the top in a glowing red, gold, and black crackling swirls toward the a white lined lament configuration. the puzzle box is surrounded by white graphic circles and the entire piece framed by peeling back white lines. at the top in small white font, it reads 'hellraiser'.
January 18, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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hey hey #portfolioday

i'm valentine and always looking for more covers, illustration spots, or other fun pin-ups - and currently have openings for tight turnarounds!

contact @ [email protected] , check out more at valentinemsmith.com , or pick yourself up a print at valentinemsmith.com/store
a nine panel grid of illustration cropped work. top row, left to right: the scorpion and the queen cover, high strangeness 4 cover, and a portrait of the character chamber. middle row, left to right: seattle torrent pwhl poster, blade maidens issue 5 cover, and critical role's yasha in the 2025 pride campaign. bottom row, left to right: a mock hockey card of pwhl's seattle vs. new york, rhea ripley, and a mocky hockey card portrait of hilary knight.
January 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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let's go 👏
a layered poster representing the seattle torrent pwhl team. three figures are inked and collaged across the poster, top left hilary knight, top right danielle serdachny, and bottom center alex carpenter. the figures are in seattle marine blue against a black textured background, aged with white and dust. big text reading TORRENT cuts across the entire piece from top left to bottom right, following the flow of the figures. the entire piece is framed with a thin red line, and small red font directly in center reading 'seattle'.
January 6, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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first time inking on one of these blank covers!

up for grabs

- valentinemsmith.com/store -
a hand drawn darkchilde version of magik, in black ink. done on a blank white x-men number 7 cover, with tools and a green wall visible just in the background. she looks to the left with black and white smoke behind her, sword in front.
January 6, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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let's go

down to the ice
an ink drawing of laura stcey, abbey roque, and marie-philip poulin celebrating after a goal, the walls of an ice rink behind them. the text reads the team name, la victoire de montreal. they are graphically focused on with a cooler, more green hue in a circular spotlight, while the rink and background is in oranges and reds.
December 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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oo oo baby
crop of a comic page's inks featuring a demon figure in leather jacket and crop, giving an effortless confidence. they seem to be in a gig, musice venue, bar type location. the text bubble is completely white coming from the figure.
December 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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hey hey
let's go to the rink
a mock hockey card featuring action on the ice of hilary knight vs. sarah fillier at a seattle home game. both figures battle for posession of the puck, and text along side reads "seattle vs. new york." along the bottom " PWHL Action - with "seattle center" obscured by hilary knight's skate covering it. it is desaturated red, yellow, and blue greens overall, giving a vintage feel.
December 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Come Hang out! Just Press Play is hosting a market Dec 20th. See some artists, pick up gifts - and there will be a huge sale going on in store as well.

justpressplayonline.com to check them out for more info.

Can't make it? Grab things from me at valentinemsmith.com/store !
a collage of art pieces of various characters and figures: tyranny, nightcrawler, sarah nurse, beauregard lionett, dame aylin, rhea ripley, and cyclops. Over top of the art is text in a black box, it reads: Valentine M. Smith. Prints, buttons, stickers, original art at the pixel perfect market. Dec 20th 10am to 3pm at Just Press Play Lancaster. 2007 Lincoln Hwy E. Lancaster, PA 17602
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Another one 😎✍️
a vintage style hockey card illustration of seattle forward hilary knight. it is from the waist up, holding her stick, looking toward the left side. she is in their away jersey, against a black background. the card frame is red, with a yellow banner at the bottom reading: hilary knight - fwd. seattle torrent.
December 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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big button big button
a group of pinback buttons of all the same image: rhea ripley in purple, tongue out, hands up, with her name in pink, yellow, and green blended behind her. the artist's hand holds one button up for a clarity focal point.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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this one is for me and my friend erin

she's a mom now
a front-facing bust up of vaelus, with her thurible, the incense smoke and chain wrapping around her and creating flowly movement and curves. the piece is mostly a blue/purple, with the smoke being a magenta and the thurible a gold. if she is stoic or calmly poised to attack is open to the viewer.
December 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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made for the home opener last saturday

:)
a trading card poster for the new york sirens home opener. the background is magenta, with captain sandee-hart at the top, kalty to the left larger and in profile, and osborne in goal at the bottom against a charge forward.
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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:)

buttons now

stickers friday
a group of buttons against a white background, reading "i love have hobby" in primary colors. around the words are little drawings of hobbies: a game controller, trading cards, a book, a 45 record, and a paintbrush and pencil.
December 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Have some time and looking to fill some cover gaps before the end of the year and toward the beginning of the next - [email protected] to chat!

Able to fit in tight timelines right now as well.
the cover to high strangeness book four. it features two figures floating amongst a graphic bullseye shape, connected by a red string of fate and entangled. the cover to blade maidens issue 5. it features rowan, ser, mel, and eldy upside down against the background of waves and a ship, with a slowly setting sun (or rising? this is open to interpretation) acting as a halo over their portraits. The cover to The Catskin and the Rose prequel, featuring two figures mid embrace and intimate. The figures are in blue, with the weapon of the figure hunting them weaving in and over them, a chain broken framing them. a figure portrait of chamber, with a cream halo behind. the fire in his chest cavity is vibrant in magenta and yellow, adding a striking focal point as he looks forward at the viewer.
December 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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😈💅
A bust up portrait of tyranny in her green/teal nunnery robes, against a pink and magenta background. A lit halo frames her face and speckles outward with graphic white lines.
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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nurse

sceptres

24-25
an illustrated hockey card of forward sarah nurse, in her 24-25 season toronto sceptres gear. she faces to the right, poised with her stick and ready to skate into action. the figure is cropped at around the knees, and blue, while the background is red with yellow across the bottom. the information ont the card reads: sarah nurse / fwd. toronto sceptres.
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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inky ✍️
dame aylin and isobel thorm embrace and hold one another. the piece feels as though we are witnessing a close and intimate moment, while framed by graphic accents and lines.
October 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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aylin and isobel .
dame aylin and isobel thorm embrace and hold one another. their figures are in a tealish green, while yellow, peach, and tan circles frame them behind. the overall inks are blue. the piece feels as though we are witnessing a close and intimate moment, while framed by graphic accents and lines.
October 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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put up some extra lino and woodcut prints ✍️

valentinemsmith.com/store to grab!
a small square woodblock print of the bride of frankenstein in black ink, and a larger 8' 10'' linocut print of frankenstein's monster in black ink. both are profile potraits, held up by the artist's hand in front of a gallery style display wall.
October 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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printin ✍️
a spread of prints on a white shelf background with plants and a coffee pot full of water behind. the prints from left to right: an inked drawing of timeless toni storm, one of dame aylin in green and magenta, one of rhea ripley in purple with her name behind, chamber, and a fully black and white drawing of lady dimitrescu
October 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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next goal up for bixbyyyy -

big print (by me!! plus others already unlocked!!)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/rnm...
Detective Bixby Grant stands in the foreground looking out upon a beach in fanged smiley face swintrunks, which a creature from a non-descript lagoon emerges out of the water and begins to skulk toward him. a beach umbrella to the left helps to guide the eye in composition, and clouds accompany the sky behind.
October 3, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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big inky
an inked double page spread from blade maidens issue 5, dead in the water. it features an epic chaotic battle between merfolk and the crew of the harpy's talon. the captain, sword raised, in front, mel in wolf form mauling a mer person and taking a bit out of their neck. ser locked in a fight with her sword against a mer person's blade. mer folk hanging from the sails and ropes above the ship and climbing over, the crew surprised and trying desperately to hold their own. all of this occurs in the dark of night.
October 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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an illustrative drawing of the members of x-force, circa the nineties. it features boomer, rictor, siryn, warpath, and shatterstar, amongst a desert background in warm pinks and oranges and a light blue sky.
September 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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my workload ate through another pencil, so it's a great time to pick up prints or other fun things!

valentinemsmith.com/store to grab :)
an ink drawing in which rhea ripley stands with her hands raised above her head, tongue out, and framed by a wrestling ring and studio lights.
September 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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she

brutality

you know
rhea ripley stands in the foreground, framed by a wrestling ring and studio lights. her figure is purple with light cream accents on jewelry, and she raises her hands above herself and sticks her tongue out. "rhea ripley" is in pink and orange text pushed back behind her and the lime green studio lights.
September 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM