Carly Milligan
@carlymilligan.bsky.social
Fine artist and illustrator. Loves to paint glowy stuff. Also a huge nerd.
https://www.carlymilligan.com/
https://www.carlymilligan.com/
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Carly Milligan
@carlymilligan.bsky.social
· Oct 16
Man, I love all the art on me feed for #portfolioday
Hi! I'm Carly, I paint imaginative realism, currently doing work for MTG and illustrating a special edition of Moon Called by Patricia Briggs. Really grateful to have a consistently full schedule ❤️
Hi! I'm Carly, I paint imaginative realism, currently doing work for MTG and illustrating a special edition of Moon Called by Patricia Briggs. Really grateful to have a consistently full schedule ❤️
I'll contribute to this train.
If you see this post your bird art!
If you see this post your bird art!
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I'll contribute to this train.
If you see this post your bird art!
If you see this post your bird art!
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I will repost this forever.
October 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I will repost this forever.
To be honest, I don't always love painting. Often it is frustrating and incredibly laborious. BUT the pride, satisfaction, and joy that comes from pushing through that and creating something I love is what gives it meaning. There would be none of that without the process.
I don't use ai for inspiration. I don't use ai to write. I don't use ai for anything. I simply sit and WRITE. Because it's MINE. Because I LOVE it. And if it gets tough, I just keep WRITING.
October 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
To be honest, I don't always love painting. Often it is frustrating and incredibly laborious. BUT the pride, satisfaction, and joy that comes from pushing through that and creating something I love is what gives it meaning. There would be none of that without the process.
Man, I love all the art on me feed for #portfolioday
Hi! I'm Carly, I paint imaginative realism, currently doing work for MTG and illustrating a special edition of Moon Called by Patricia Briggs. Really grateful to have a consistently full schedule ❤️
Hi! I'm Carly, I paint imaginative realism, currently doing work for MTG and illustrating a special edition of Moon Called by Patricia Briggs. Really grateful to have a consistently full schedule ❤️
October 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Man, I love all the art on me feed for #portfolioday
Hi! I'm Carly, I paint imaginative realism, currently doing work for MTG and illustrating a special edition of Moon Called by Patricia Briggs. Really grateful to have a consistently full schedule ❤️
Hi! I'm Carly, I paint imaginative realism, currently doing work for MTG and illustrating a special edition of Moon Called by Patricia Briggs. Really grateful to have a consistently full schedule ❤️
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bought my first artist proof yayayayay ≈^w^≈
credit and a big thank you to @carlymilligan.bsky.social
credit and a big thank you to @carlymilligan.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
bought my first artist proof yayayayay ≈^w^≈
credit and a big thank you to @carlymilligan.bsky.social
credit and a big thank you to @carlymilligan.bsky.social
I have never felt more like a neurodivergent weirdo adult than I did today: sitting on the floor of the natural history museum, with my sketch book and headphones, studying dinosaurs for an illustration, while kids ran around and the only other adults were parents or chaperones accompanying children
October 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I have never felt more like a neurodivergent weirdo adult than I did today: sitting on the floor of the natural history museum, with my sketch book and headphones, studying dinosaurs for an illustration, while kids ran around and the only other adults were parents or chaperones accompanying children
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“Don’t trust the voices after 9pm” is prob one of the better bits of advice I’ve heard
October 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
“Don’t trust the voices after 9pm” is prob one of the better bits of advice I’ve heard
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It's really really really really difficult to maintain compassion and empathy in a world that continues to try to choke us out.
But letting them change me means letting them win, so I will remain Radical.
But letting them change me means letting them win, so I will remain Radical.
October 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It's really really really really difficult to maintain compassion and empathy in a world that continues to try to choke us out.
But letting them change me means letting them win, so I will remain Radical.
But letting them change me means letting them win, so I will remain Radical.
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This seems like a much better use of our tax dollars that spending contributing even more oligarchs competing to be the world’s first trillionaire.
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This seems like a much better use of our tax dollars that spending contributing even more oligarchs competing to be the world’s first trillionaire.
Don't even necessarily have to buy DVDs, libraries have lots of great movies on DVD!
Every streaming service just increasing price AGAIN. I am literally just gonna get a dvd player and buy DVDs. Way more effective and cheaper
October 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Don't even necessarily have to buy DVDs, libraries have lots of great movies on DVD!
Soooo, if you want a playmat of Astelli Reclaimer you might want to grab it sooner than later. Over half of my inventory is now sold. Once they're gone I'll take pre-orders (or back orders? whatever the term is) but it will take about 8 weeks for me to be restocked and able to send them out.
October 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Soooo, if you want a playmat of Astelli Reclaimer you might want to grab it sooner than later. Over half of my inventory is now sold. Once they're gone I'll take pre-orders (or back orders? whatever the term is) but it will take about 8 weeks for me to be restocked and able to send them out.
Holy crap guys. Day started out a little rough with an unexpected plumbing emergency. But my little online store also opened today and it's already had enough sales to cover that sudden unexpected expense.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Holy crap guys. Day started out a little rough with an unexpected plumbing emergency. But my little online store also opened today and it's already had enough sales to cover that sudden unexpected expense.
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Emptiness, 14"x18" oil on linen panel
#MtGLorwyn #MtGart
I love painting faces and was really looking forward to all the cool creatures of Lorwyn since the first one was before my time. But I guess someone has to paint a horrific creature with the absence of a face. 🤷♂️
#MtGLorwyn #MtGart
I love painting faces and was really looking forward to all the cool creatures of Lorwyn since the first one was before my time. But I guess someone has to paint a horrific creature with the absence of a face. 🤷♂️
September 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Emptiness, 14"x18" oil on linen panel
#MtGLorwyn #MtGart
I love painting faces and was really looking forward to all the cool creatures of Lorwyn since the first one was before my time. But I guess someone has to paint a horrific creature with the absence of a face. 🤷♂️
#MtGLorwyn #MtGart
I love painting faces and was really looking forward to all the cool creatures of Lorwyn since the first one was before my time. But I guess someone has to paint a horrific creature with the absence of a face. 🤷♂️
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September 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Joy is an act of resistance under fascism. Practising joy does not mean you’re refusing to acknowledge the horrors. Help and protect your communities, support mutual aid when able, and continue doing the things you love.
September 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Joy is an act of resistance under fascism. Practising joy does not mean you’re refusing to acknowledge the horrors. Help and protect your communities, support mutual aid when able, and continue doing the things you love.
Holy blast from the past! I completely forgot about this but stumbled across it while rooting through files this morning. This is an inktober drawing from back in 2018. I don't totally hate it, I even kinda like it. Do hate the tangent of her jaw and the sword. 🤣
September 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Holy blast from the past! I completely forgot about this but stumbled across it while rooting through files this morning. This is an inktober drawing from back in 2018. I don't totally hate it, I even kinda like it. Do hate the tangent of her jaw and the sword. 🤣
More proof that water colorists are wizards. The more I get comfortable in oils the more I'm like "how the fuck do they do that?"
More than a fascinating process to watch, it's the feeling that flows as seamlessly as the medium. I adore this painting by Rabi Alieva.
#beautifulbizarre #painting #sketch #watercolorsketch #zeichnen #portraitpainting #watercolor #illustration #art
#beautifulbizarre #painting #sketch #watercolorsketch #zeichnen #portraitpainting #watercolor #illustration #art
September 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
More proof that water colorists are wizards. The more I get comfortable in oils the more I'm like "how the fuck do they do that?"
BOOK COVER ARTISTS
QRP with your book covers 📚
#BookCovers
While I love fantasy illustration in all forms, a passion for books and reading are the main reason I chose to pursue illustration 😅
QRP with your book covers 📚
#BookCovers
While I love fantasy illustration in all forms, a passion for books and reading are the main reason I chose to pursue illustration 😅
September 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
BOOK COVER ARTISTS
QRP with your book covers 📚
#BookCovers
While I love fantasy illustration in all forms, a passion for books and reading are the main reason I chose to pursue illustration 😅
QRP with your book covers 📚
#BookCovers
While I love fantasy illustration in all forms, a passion for books and reading are the main reason I chose to pursue illustration 😅
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September 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Hello please read my comic about being a meangirl who dropped out of wizard college
September 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Hello please read my comic about being a meangirl who dropped out of wizard college
I painted these as my big middle finger to authoritarianism. They feel more relevant by the day. I'm turning them into print sets and will be donating the proceeds. What orgs would you like to see these funds go to?
September 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I painted these as my big middle finger to authoritarianism. They feel more relevant by the day. I'm turning them into print sets and will be donating the proceeds. What orgs would you like to see these funds go to?
Painting is this weird emotional yo-yo for me between proud and pleased, and extreme displeasure and dissatisfaction. Somehow these opposite emotions often exist simultaneously.
a woman says i will never be satisfied in front of a dark background
ALT: a woman says i will never be satisfied in front of a dark background
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September 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Painting is this weird emotional yo-yo for me between proud and pleased, and extreme displeasure and dissatisfaction. Somehow these opposite emotions often exist simultaneously.
Still floored that somebody made a cosplay based on my work. This came out awesome!
First time putting all of my Astelli Reclaimer on! I've still got detail painting to do tomorrow LMAO I need to get my shit together, but I'm glad it's all on!!
See you in Atlanta! 💖🍑
See you in Atlanta! 💖🍑
September 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Still floored that somebody made a cosplay based on my work. This came out awesome!
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happy autumn equinox!✨
September 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
happy autumn equinox!✨
Also don't do this to yourself. I can't tell you how many good productive days have ended in tears because it felt like no matter how much stuff I did it was never enough due to unrealistic expectations I set for myself.
Now I literally write down my wins/accomplishments on a weekly basis. It helps
Now I literally write down my wins/accomplishments on a weekly basis. It helps
Do not punish the behaviour you want to see.
September 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Also don't do this to yourself. I can't tell you how many good productive days have ended in tears because it felt like no matter how much stuff I did it was never enough due to unrealistic expectations I set for myself.
Now I literally write down my wins/accomplishments on a weekly basis. It helps
Now I literally write down my wins/accomplishments on a weekly basis. It helps