Ashanti Fortson
@ashantifortson.com
Cartoonist, illustrator, embroiderer, color designer. They/them.
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https://ashantifortson.com/
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Ashanti Fortson
@ashantifortson.com
· Nov 10
Hi! I'm Ashanti Fortson, a queer Afrolatine multidisciplinary artist working as a graphic novelist & illustrator. I also embroider and needle-felt. I'm interested in color, texture, evocation, and emotion.
Available for freelance!
Check out my shop! 💜
🎨 ashantifortson.com
🛍️ seatoad.bigcartel.com
Available for freelance!
Check out my shop! 💜
🎨 ashantifortson.com
🛍️ seatoad.bigcartel.com
Have fun, go ham. never hold yourself back from your artistic aspirations. who cares how long people look at panels
What advice would you give an aspiring comic creator? - 🦝
January 25, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Have fun, go ham. never hold yourself back from your artistic aspirations. who cares how long people look at panels
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But I need folks to understand that if they can see themselves in Alex Pretti or Renee Good, and they haven't been able to see themselves in Philando Castille or Breonna Taylor?
If it feels different, now?
I need you to examine that.
It's not an accusation. I'm glad you're here with us now.
If it feels different, now?
I need you to examine that.
It's not an accusation. I'm glad you're here with us now.
January 25, 2026 at 3:27 PM
But I need folks to understand that if they can see themselves in Alex Pretti or Renee Good, and they haven't been able to see themselves in Philando Castille or Breonna Taylor?
If it feels different, now?
I need you to examine that.
It's not an accusation. I'm glad you're here with us now.
If it feels different, now?
I need you to examine that.
It's not an accusation. I'm glad you're here with us now.
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I get the impulse to say "where were you all this time?" because I feel that way, too. It's frustrating because yes, historic and continuing harms...
Organizers and activists I respect are asking us to say "Welcome to the fight." Of course, they're right.
May the spirit of MN prevail everywhere.
Organizers and activists I respect are asking us to say "Welcome to the fight." Of course, they're right.
May the spirit of MN prevail everywhere.
January 25, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I get the impulse to say "where were you all this time?" because I feel that way, too. It's frustrating because yes, historic and continuing harms...
Organizers and activists I respect are asking us to say "Welcome to the fight." Of course, they're right.
May the spirit of MN prevail everywhere.
Organizers and activists I respect are asking us to say "Welcome to the fight." Of course, they're right.
May the spirit of MN prevail everywhere.
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Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position
January 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position
Grateful for my freelance clients who allow me to draw catgirls professionally 😤
January 24, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Grateful for my freelance clients who allow me to draw catgirls professionally 😤
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WALLFLOWER, my 3rd graphic novel, is officially available at bookstores and online everywhere!! please enjoy this story full of dreams, flowers, and hope.
January 14, 2026 at 12:36 AM
WALLFLOWER, my 3rd graphic novel, is officially available at bookstores and online everywhere!! please enjoy this story full of dreams, flowers, and hope.
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Tough morning. Kona had her oncology appointment and is staying at the vet for more x-rays and tests before we can decide what we're going to do. Just tests alone are a couple thousand dollars so forgive me if I plug my shop a lot coming up. (I even have greyhound stickers!) shop.breelundberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Tough morning. Kona had her oncology appointment and is staying at the vet for more x-rays and tests before we can decide what we're going to do. Just tests alone are a couple thousand dollars so forgive me if I plug my shop a lot coming up. (I even have greyhound stickers!) shop.breelundberg.com
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Anywho, things are messy. We are both complicit in terrible things while also being subjected to horrors. We perpetrate harm and also experience it.
January 21, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Anywho, things are messy. We are both complicit in terrible things while also being subjected to horrors. We perpetrate harm and also experience it.
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I guess I just don't take what people living in other countries say about the U.S. personally. I live in the heart of empire. There's a lot to be pissed off at the U.S. about. I understand their anger.
January 21, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I guess I just don't take what people living in other countries say about the U.S. personally. I live in the heart of empire. There's a lot to be pissed off at the U.S. about. I understand their anger.
final art test for Cress & Petra while I wait for notes from the publisher on my pencils. (not final ofc, more tests will be conducted)
January 21, 2026 at 2:34 AM
final art test for Cress & Petra while I wait for notes from the publisher on my pencils. (not final ofc, more tests will be conducted)
Have been very sick so far this year: with grief, with the continued plunge into my first big depressive episode in maybe a decade, also with a brutal post-birthday sinus infection (not cool!!!)
but. I am so grateful for my loved ones showing up for me when I need it. truly the staminan x of life
but. I am so grateful for my loved ones showing up for me when I need it. truly the staminan x of life
January 21, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Have been very sick so far this year: with grief, with the continued plunge into my first big depressive episode in maybe a decade, also with a brutal post-birthday sinus infection (not cool!!!)
but. I am so grateful for my loved ones showing up for me when I need it. truly the staminan x of life
but. I am so grateful for my loved ones showing up for me when I need it. truly the staminan x of life
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just in case anyone wondered what was going on the background of my life, and people i value, trust, consider friends etc's lives, all last year.
Five creators who worked on Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast have spent the past year fighting a legal battle against Possum Creek Games and Steve Jackson Games. Neither the tabletop RPG nor their working relationships survived the fallout.
Battle over Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast contracts leaves the book, relationships, torn apart
Creative collaborators clash with Jay Dragon and Steve Jackson Games over unfair treatment.
www.rascal.news
January 19, 2026 at 5:07 PM
just in case anyone wondered what was going on the background of my life, and people i value, trust, consider friends etc's lives, all last year.
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Five creators who worked on Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast have spent the past year fighting a legal battle against Possum Creek Games and Steve Jackson Games. Neither the tabletop RPG nor their working relationships survived the fallout.
Battle over Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast contracts leaves the book, relationships, torn apart
Creative collaborators clash with Jay Dragon and Steve Jackson Games over unfair treatment.
www.rascal.news
January 19, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Five creators who worked on Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast have spent the past year fighting a legal battle against Possum Creek Games and Steve Jackson Games. Neither the tabletop RPG nor their working relationships survived the fallout.
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Gamers. It’s time
December 24, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Gamers. It’s time
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A illustration for The Baltimore Banner, about government rollbacks on protections for abused/neglected immigrant youth, and the fear, unease, and instability that those affected are experiencing.
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A illustration for The Baltimore Banner, about government rollbacks on protections for abused/neglected immigrant youth, and the fear, unease, and instability that those affected are experiencing.
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a little sculpture-jar that I got back from the kiln this week!
December 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
a little sculpture-jar that I got back from the kiln this week!
a little sculpture-jar that I got back from the kiln this week!
December 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
a little sculpture-jar that I got back from the kiln this week!
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Once again it’s the time when I post the stack of books I designed which were published within this calendar year.
This was a year of many changes! Next year will look very different (full of manga lol), but as always I’m so grateful for every artists’ trust. I love making your books shine.
This was a year of many changes! Next year will look very different (full of manga lol), but as always I’m so grateful for every artists’ trust. I love making your books shine.
December 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Once again it’s the time when I post the stack of books I designed which were published within this calendar year.
This was a year of many changes! Next year will look very different (full of manga lol), but as always I’m so grateful for every artists’ trust. I love making your books shine.
This was a year of many changes! Next year will look very different (full of manga lol), but as always I’m so grateful for every artists’ trust. I love making your books shine.
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All this to say if YOU 🫵 are a small press (or individual artist) and want to hire me to make something beautiful as well as make your life easier please reach out. I can have very reasonable rates that work for your life. I can chat paper and color with your printer!
I’ll help make cool things!!!
I’ll help make cool things!!!
December 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
All this to say if YOU 🫵 are a small press (or individual artist) and want to hire me to make something beautiful as well as make your life easier please reach out. I can have very reasonable rates that work for your life. I can chat paper and color with your printer!
I’ll help make cool things!!!
I’ll help make cool things!!!
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A heartfelt thank you to all who buy from independent artists, hire us, or even share our work or give words of encouragement. Even the most established of artists are feeling a decline in work and sales this year. Your support in all or any way is felt and appreciated amongst us! Thank you!!
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A heartfelt thank you to all who buy from independent artists, hire us, or even share our work or give words of encouragement. Even the most established of artists are feeling a decline in work and sales this year. Your support in all or any way is felt and appreciated amongst us! Thank you!!
catastrophe teen and winner of the #1 worst backseat gamer award 🏆
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
catastrophe teen and winner of the #1 worst backseat gamer award 🏆
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we’re on season 3 of yugioh
December 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
we’re on season 3 of yugioh
today has been a “recline on couch and draw YGO fanart” kind of day
December 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
today has been a “recline on couch and draw YGO fanart” kind of day