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✂ formally: Victoria Grace Elliott
✂ also known as: V, Vic, Victor
✂ comic author
✂ art &c • vgeportfolio.com
✂ my books:
┈Yummy: A History of Desserts
┈Tasty: A History of Yummy Experiments
┈Please Be My Star
┈Sweet Revenge (2027)
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2025 art & comix wrapped~ finding myself with you still has over a year before it comes out, but please enjoy these 8 tiny little squares ♡
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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thinking about dorcas reilly today as i make my signature dish for my partner's side of the family lol
A page about the history of Green Bean Casserole from TASTY: A HISTORY OF YUMMY EXPERIMENTS by Victoria Grace Elliott. The sprite narrator Peri guides us. "In reality, [frozen meals] weren't as popular as their companies wanted them to be." Her expression turns sarcastic. "As it turns out, a lot of people still liked cooking. Wow." She stands on a Cambpell's recipe book. "Campbell's figured this out during its early years. In the 50s, the company began debuting casserole recipes with their soups as the key ingredient." A banner reads GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE • 1955. Peri stands next to a Cambpell's soup can, a bottle of soy sauce, a picture of Dorcas Reilly, and a steaming hot green bean casserole in a cute kitschy red casserole dish. She's licking her lips and taking a deep whiff of the savory dish. "Chefs in the Campbell's lab developed all kinds of recipes featuring these soups. In 1955, Dorcas Reilly created this soon-to-be holiday favorite using ingredients a home could would probably already have at home. This recipe used two key canned ingredients: cream of mushroom soup and green beans. So simple and delicious, people still make it today!"
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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please read my book Please Be My Star in which a cute boy loses his temper
Christian, the male lead of the YA romance graphic novel Please Be My Star, is in an argument with his childhood friend, Paola. He tilts his head back and with uncharacteristic condescension asks Paola "What the fuck do you know about me?" Paola, holding her tiny dog, is taken aback. As her eyes well up with tears, her puppy licks her face to comfort her. She proudly tries to hold back from crying. "Fine. Okay." She turns away, looking up to keep the tears from falling. "You're right. I don't know you." The gate at the end of Christian's driveway divides him and Paola as she turns to walk back to her house in the sunset. "Do whatever you want," she says, giving up control of Christian. Christian watches her as she walks off. He's ashamed of his sudden outburst. "Shit," he mutters, while knocking his head with his fist.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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oh, i guess i should say, doing research on red velvet for Yummy was a bit of comic research heritage for me. Fausto's Specialty (Georgie's favorite cake!!) from balderdash! was supposed to be a kind of red velvet cake with ganache on it, though his was made with the original beet juice
a dreamy comic page from balderdash! or, a tale of two witches, in which one of the titular witches is descending from a staircase holding a cake in her hands. it's a very simple looking chocolate ganache red vevelt cake, but the young witch is moved to tears. The narration reads "Suddenly, it struck her...how completely ordinary this cake looked."
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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the cake of a wife time
old adams extract ad for red velvet cake, the main tagline mysteriously being "RED VELVET, the cake of a wife time" A comic page from Yummy: A History of Desserts by Victoria Grace Elliott (me, the person typing this). The excerpt depicts a couple with a big idea. "The Adamses realized this was it! When they got home, they had a plan. Instead of beet juice, people could use red dye. They made ads for their red dye that included a recipe for a NEW red velvet! The plan was a success, and Adams's company was saved! Soon, people everywhere were making their own red velvet cakes." The comic cuts away from the storybook style back to our narrator, the food sprite Peri. "And that's the origin of the red velvet we know and love today!"
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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exo obsession devil suho

old sketch from 2019 ♡ #exo #exofanart #suho
October 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚠

-- some concept sketches of the scarecrow from a few years ago. dressing up my fav batman villain & playing with him like a doll ~
October 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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the jewel case collage was a craft night idea from @pichikui.bsky.social who also provided lots of materials & the jewel case!! the backing collage for the note is from the interior of the case. im sooo proud of how it came out, so i had to use it more~
October 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛 ♡
nearly twenty years ago, i moved from birmingham, alabama to college station, texas. a year after that, i wrote a one-act about myself, lonely & lovelorn, talking to a figment of my imagination. the star of the play, in the role of my male self, was a boy i'd had a crush on. one year ago today, please be my star was released. my debut fiction graphic novel -- a love letter to those two years in college station, to my teen self, to my love sergio diaz, & to many other moments in my life. a beautiful synthesis of many, many moments in my youth in texas. i'm deeply thankful for everyone who red & enjoyed or thought deeply about the comic. i'm especially thankful to everyone who shared their thoughts & feelings about the book -- with me or otherwise. it's selfish to admit, but at times i'm pretty solemn about how please be my star has been treated out in the world. people have sent me wonderfully kind messages, and people have also written very disparaging & dismissive reviews. it's all very confusing to take in. "which is it?" i wonder. i'm well aware it's a weird book; a weird book is exactly what i intended to make. so, all i can hope is that i'll be able to make comics like this for the rest of my life. i'm incredibly grateful & happy i got to make please be my star. to those of you who have held it, for any length of time, in your heart -- i can't thank you enough. happy birthday, please be my star ♡vge
October 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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re: studio proteus lettering: i am always trying to push my lettering in these scholastic books into a studio proteus hand drawn direction as much as i can/am able. you know, like, not for everything, but especially for characters yelling. it's really present in finding myself with you. it's fun~
inked drawing of alex, the main character from Finding Myself With You (a romance graphic novel by Victoria Grace Elliott coming out in 2027), yelling "HE WAS RIGHT HERE!! MY BOYYY!!" in expressive, handwritten text
August 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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I've got an event coming up soon with the Austin Public Library ! Saturday, Sept. 13th, I'll be doing a chat & draw-along at the Milwood Branch in North Austin. The event is for 10-18yo & their guardians – seating is limited, so pre-register here ! www.eventbrite.com/e/chat-draw-...
August 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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please read my book, Please Be My Star, in which a really cute boy really loves Watchmen
┈ bookshop.org/p/books/plea...
A cute boy brightly smiles & tilts his head, he's introducing himself to the main character. "I'm Christian." [ I know. I've drawn you so many times. ] the narrator, Erika, thinks to herself. Erika's friend Julie looks at the spread of comics and snacks on the ground in the circle of friends. "You, uh, like comics?" Erika, gripping her fists, looks excited. "I love them." Julie's expression is sarcastic "Of course you do." "Nice. What kinda stuff do you read?" Christian asks. Erika thinks about her favorites. "Ah, well, lots of manga, some webtoons, and lately I've been into old Batman comics." Miguel, another new friend in the circle, approves with a deadpan expression, eyes still glued to his phone. "Oh, hell yeah." Erika, glancing around nervously, asks, "What do y'all (Christian) like to read? (Christian answer this please)" Christian, hand to his chin, is gearing up. "Well. Don't think I'm one of *those* guys but...Watchmen." Miguel rolls his eyes. "Oh, Jesus. Here we go." Christian proceeds to ramble about reading Watchmen, reading the wikipedia entry for Watchmen, and trying to figure out how it's a meta-commentary on comics. Erika seems delighted and confused by the sudden nerdy ramble of the cute boy in front of her. His friends, however, aren't amused. Julie looks annoyed. "Dude, we get it." And Miguel looks pissed. "SHUT UUUUUP." Christian's used to it. He keeps rambling to Erika, excitedly pointing at spreads in the comic, mumbling "9-panel grid" and "It's a comic about comics." Watching him, Erika thinks to herself, [ This isn't exactly...What I was expecting. ] Christian hands her the comic, "You wanna borrow it?" Erika accepts. "Sure??" [ But it's going well, right? ]
August 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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i'm really loving inking finding myself with you ♡ this is one of my favorite panels so far ♡♡
a comic page from the unreleased graphic novel finding myself with you (2027) by victoria grace elliott. the dialogue is erased. two students standing at easels discuss something in the background of an art class room. in the foreground the main character is walking by & hesitating as she eavesdrops on the background conversation
August 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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ive got an interview up on the geeks out blog !! i talk about my process, my inspirations, & more~ ! read the full thing here ➮ www.geeksout.org/2025/07/18/i...
August 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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a new freetalk is up on my site! this is a BIG one – i wanted to go back to show some sketches from a never-before-seen project! i talk about a transitional period in my career, creativity, "failed" projects, & composting old ideas~

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July 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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❝𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚗 *𝚑𝚎𝚛* 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢.❞
–– please read my book, Please Be My Star
–– bookshop.org/p/books/plea...
A comic page depicting Julie, a bright orange-haired girl standing on a high school theater audition stage, pointing up to a lightbox. "I'm gonna be in *her* play." In the lightbox, the anxious Erika comically glances around, realizing her hiding spot has been exposed. The theater teacher & students all turn to look up at her in the lightbox. Christian, her crush, exiting the stage, looks confused, wondering what Julie is pointing to. A comic page depicting Christian, Erika's crush, glancing up. He finally sees Erika in her hiding spot: the unused light box with the perfect view of the stage (for spying on Christian). Erika, exposed, making eye contact with the cutest boy in the world, absolutely loses it. She freaks out and vacates her lightbox hideaway as quickly as possible. She will not be caught.
July 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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on the cover? no. i'd think most likely those are apricots. but it is bold of you to assume 1900s america would not put eggs – and many other things – in their gelatin

anyway, you should check out the nonfiction comic Tasty: A History of Yummy Experiments. i drew many beautiful gelatins for it
A panel from the graphic novel Tasty: A History of Yummy Experiments by Victoria Grace Elliott (me). Two sprites stand among various gelatin creations, featuring eggs, fish, and radishes suspended in different gelatin molds.
June 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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i gasped out loud when i saw this at the vintage store – i had never actually seen it in person! i loved recreating the typography & recipes from 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓝𝓮𝔀 𝓙𝓸𝔂𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓙𝓮𝓵𝓵-𝓞 in Tasty. i'm so giddy i now have a copy of my own that i found by pure chance
photo of a person (me) holding a copy of the 1974 second edition of The New Joys of Jell-O, a company-made gelatin recipe book with beautiful and cursed gelatin recipes in it a page from the graphic novel TASTY: A HISTORY OF YUMMY EXPERIMENTS (made by me, victoria grace elliott) explaining recipe books made by Jell-O to promote their product. two recipes are detailed below, including the SUPREME DESSERT (cute) and SHRIMP MOUSSE (cursed)
June 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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SATURDAY, JUNE 28! I will have a table at the Catty Bat Art Market at Dragon's Lair on Anderson Ln! The market hosts a bunch of local artists selling all kinds of stuff and will be running from 11am - 5pm! I'll have all my books, keychains, prints, and more~
June 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚝 🐈 ❋ 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 ♥️

–– alex & shayan from my upcoming book FINDING MYSELF WITH YOU (2027)
June 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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❝ 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝!! ❞
–– happy #deltarune day~! some ch 2 fanart from 2021
queen from deltarune sits smugly in a chair holding her wine glass of battery acid, mocking the main trio by saying "Hell Of A Study Session." her visor reads "LMAO" susie is pissed. kris doesn't care. ralsei looks cutely nervous. noelle hides behind queen's chair. and a tiny sprite of berdly descends over the piece, rose petals and sparkles left behind in his path
June 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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more girls & boys damo
sketches of damon albarn from the music video of girls & boys by blur. happy pride month xoxo
June 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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PULP SUMMER #jarviscocker
May 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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this is one of my fav goofs in please be my star bc it's

a) me going back to one of my favorite goofs from over TEN YEARS AGO (pictured below; "forever boys" also being what erika calls her Boy Book LMAO)

b) this is literally me in the car to sergio trying to show him something & his real reaction
May 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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another one, thank u

#GQuuuuuuX
May 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM