ArtbyMesa
@artbymesa.bsky.social
Artist & creator of the sci-fi fantasy comic PRAVUS.
[she/her]
https://www.pravuscomic.com/
https://open.substack.com/pub/pravus
[she/her]
https://www.pravuscomic.com/
https://open.substack.com/pub/pravus
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ArtbyMesa
@artbymesa.bsky.social
· Nov 17
An introduction is in order!
I go by Mesa and I'm a digital artist and writer. I have a comic called Pravus, a scifi fantasy about a dangerous man who refuses to be found.
I've written stories for as long as I could hold a pencil, and art allows me to bring the characters I write about to life ❤️
I go by Mesa and I'm a digital artist and writer. I have a comic called Pravus, a scifi fantasy about a dangerous man who refuses to be found.
I've written stories for as long as I could hold a pencil, and art allows me to bring the characters I write about to life ❤️
This sound clip was entirely too fitting for my comic Pravus and his arc. I was compelled to make an animatic with it 🥺
(Audio by Doofguyva on tiktok)
(Audio by Doofguyva on tiktok)
February 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
This sound clip was entirely too fitting for my comic Pravus and his arc. I was compelled to make an animatic with it 🥺
(Audio by Doofguyva on tiktok)
(Audio by Doofguyva on tiktok)
A secret third thing but still terribly unpleasant
January 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
A secret third thing but still terribly unpleasant
This set is from 1992 just for reference
December 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This set is from 1992 just for reference
I need a weigh in on this, y'all. Please. I'm gonna lose my mind. This feels like Bernstein Bears all over again
I have a Hallmark set of ornaments of Santa's reindeer from the 1990s that I grew up with. I'll post a pic after I hear from everyone.
Is it "Donner" or "Donder"?
I have a Hallmark set of ornaments of Santa's reindeer from the 1990s that I grew up with. I'll post a pic after I hear from everyone.
Is it "Donner" or "Donder"?
December 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I need a weigh in on this, y'all. Please. I'm gonna lose my mind. This feels like Bernstein Bears all over again
I have a Hallmark set of ornaments of Santa's reindeer from the 1990s that I grew up with. I'll post a pic after I hear from everyone.
Is it "Donner" or "Donder"?
I have a Hallmark set of ornaments of Santa's reindeer from the 1990s that I grew up with. I'll post a pic after I hear from everyone.
Is it "Donner" or "Donder"?
Dying gives you new and different problems
December 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Dying gives you new and different problems
Something on the horizon...
December 16, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Something on the horizon...
(A little lore behind him- as a cherub stationed at the second highest choir only to seraphim, he previously guarded the gates of Eden. He is now one of the guardians of the library of knowledge. He also fell in love with the human condition and got his hand kinda swatted for it, so to speak 😅)
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
(A little lore behind him- as a cherub stationed at the second highest choir only to seraphim, he previously guarded the gates of Eden. He is now one of the guardians of the library of knowledge. He also fell in love with the human condition and got his hand kinda swatted for it, so to speak 😅)
Did an updated design/redraw of one of my much older (cherubim) angel characters, Nicolas. It's been a while since I last drew him. It feels a little surreal seeing him in my current style.
December 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Did an updated design/redraw of one of my much older (cherubim) angel characters, Nicolas. It's been a while since I last drew him. It feels a little surreal seeing him in my current style.
Drew one of my friend's characters for a bit of practice 😊
December 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Drew one of my friend's characters for a bit of practice 😊
Experimented with actually "painting" Pravus. I've been struggling with some of the undertones in his skin in my normal comic style to follow the logic of the color of his blood is under the surface, so I tried working in a different style and technique to see what I learn out of it.
December 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Experimented with actually "painting" Pravus. I've been struggling with some of the undertones in his skin in my normal comic style to follow the logic of the color of his blood is under the surface, so I tried working in a different style and technique to see what I learn out of it.
One of my older original characters I've had for quite a long time, Cimon (Cimone? I might add an e, it always felt like it read odd).
She was long overdue for a refresh on her design. She hunts gods. I've missed her 🥺
She was long overdue for a refresh on her design. She hunts gods. I've missed her 🥺
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
One of my older original characters I've had for quite a long time, Cimon (Cimone? I might add an e, it always felt like it read odd).
She was long overdue for a refresh on her design. She hunts gods. I've missed her 🥺
She was long overdue for a refresh on her design. She hunts gods. I've missed her 🥺
This was supposed to be a little practice sketch and then....it wasn't
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This was supposed to be a little practice sketch and then....it wasn't
I'm sure whatever he's dreaming about is probably fine
And no he didn't fall asleep willingly
And no he didn't fall asleep willingly
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm sure whatever he's dreaming about is probably fine
And no he didn't fall asleep willingly
And no he didn't fall asleep willingly
When you gotta run experiments with your own dang sci fi fantasy lore rules in order to make some sense of it for yourself... 🫠
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
When you gotta run experiments with your own dang sci fi fantasy lore rules in order to make some sense of it for yourself... 🫠
Though instead of the emerging puzzle being some cozy cottage or generic cityscape image, it's more like noticing, "hey... is that blood leading up the pathway there? I didn't think I bought the existential horror themed puzzle. Surely I would have remembered something like that."
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Though instead of the emerging puzzle being some cozy cottage or generic cityscape image, it's more like noticing, "hey... is that blood leading up the pathway there? I didn't think I bought the existential horror themed puzzle. Surely I would have remembered something like that."
It's like I'm suddenly finding where all the stray, missing puzzle pieces ended up after all these years, because they were lost in the back of a closet somewhere.
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
It's like I'm suddenly finding where all the stray, missing puzzle pieces ended up after all these years, because they were lost in the back of a closet somewhere.
I'm…kind of surprised at how much progress I'm making in such a short amount of time for revising this outline. I've had most of the answers for a while, I just hadn't organized them this thoroughly.
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I'm…kind of surprised at how much progress I'm making in such a short amount of time for revising this outline. I've had most of the answers for a while, I just hadn't organized them this thoroughly.
Future moments in my comic Pravus out of context...😂
November 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Future moments in my comic Pravus out of context...😂
It turns out the key to motivating a stubbornly self isolating and elusive main character into investing in the plot is to back them into a corner and then throw rocks at them.
October 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It turns out the key to motivating a stubbornly self isolating and elusive main character into investing in the plot is to back them into a corner and then throw rocks at them.
Working on editing a scene in the comic script for Pravus and
I can't let the typo see me laugh or else it'll encourage it
I can't let the typo see me laugh or else it'll encourage it
October 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Working on editing a scene in the comic script for Pravus and
I can't let the typo see me laugh or else it'll encourage it
I can't let the typo see me laugh or else it'll encourage it
I play RPGs with companions and romance arcs, they're gonna know when I start in with the fanart 🤣
September 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I play RPGs with companions and romance arcs, they're gonna know when I start in with the fanart 🤣
The yearning between them is killing meee 🤣
September 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The yearning between them is killing meee 🤣
Having ship art ideas of my OCs but not necessarily being able to draw/share them publically because none of it has happened canonically in the comic yet is a prison of my own making
September 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Having ship art ideas of my OCs but not necessarily being able to draw/share them publically because none of it has happened canonically in the comic yet is a prison of my own making
Pravus stop arguing with Anton in the other room. I'm busy
September 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Pravus stop arguing with Anton in the other room. I'm busy