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Critterwings Illustration
@critterwings.bsky.social
Fantasy and nature illustrator (she/her) occasionally allowed time away from tending to her cats. Currently seeking representation

Portfolio: https://stephaniesmith.com/
More links: https://stephaniesmith.com/links/
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Happy #PortfolioDay :) I’m Stephanie, illustrator seeking work and an agent. I adore #fantasy and #natureart, and would love to illustrate books and games. I also bring my experience in design, UX, and #science comms.

stephaniesmith.com

#fantasyillustrator #kidlitillustrator #scbwiartist
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(throwing open my window) you there, boy, what day is this?
Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This weekend I’m at the Faerie Faire / Fairy Scary Ball with other artists and workshops and dancing and music all day and night!

Bringing my flower cards too, specially for the fae 💐🧚

Get tickets and schedule info at baltimorefaeriefaire.weebly.com

#fantasyart #cosplay #fairyfair
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Excited to join the Showcase at @ixarts.bsky.social again - stop by at the Reading Doubletree if you can and see ALL the amazing fantasy artists Fri-Sat evening Oct 24-25 8-midnight.

My Hanged Man is also appearing in the Infected by Art annual, I can’t saint to pick up my copy!
October 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I'm happy to join @baltimoresteampunk.bsky.social at the Steampunk Soiree at the Lord Baltimore Hotel this Saturday night! Say hi if you're there!

In addition to my usual astrological and critter stickers, and dragony and tarot prints, I'll be bringing my Floral Alphabet notecards and prints.
September 4, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This weekend I’ll be set up in the artists alley at #DEXLITE IN Morristown, NJ - July 3-6, 4 full days of tabletop, card games, and RPGs.

Stop on by and say hi! I may be taking on-site commissions, first come, first serve! #artistsalley #fantasyartist

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July 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
At last month’s workshop I started a new drawing, inspired by the homework prompt (and all the isekai I’ve been watching 😅) It went through a LOT of sketching & development - inc. ref. photos with the help of fellow attendees.

It still needs a few more tweaks before it’s ready to start inking.
July 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Had an awesome time last month at the Fantasy Art Illustration Intensive - such a vibe with so many amazing artists! Big thanks to @jeffmiracola.com for organizing and the incredible instructors for their insight and energy.

(And 😘 ever-sparkly @labillustration.bluesky.social for the selfie!)
July 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
See a Fox 🦊
Post a Fox 🦊

#Art #Fox

(This fox has a friend, may also be considered a fox? 😏)
June 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The stillness of the night was broken by chaos from the zoo…

It’s #Junicorn and I’m playing along with @ecraster combining as many of the #advancedjunicorn week 1 prompts into 1 image as I can 😁 Just a rough sketch so far - What do you think, should I finish it up?

#sketchbook #fantasyart
June 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Looks like I’ll be busy this June… 😉🦄 #fantasyillustration #fantasyartist #junicorn
I realize we're only halfway through #mermay. But some of us need lead time. This is my annual self-indulgence to scratch that #fantasy itch. Just as the Christmas merch creeps into the Halloween aisle, so too does #junicorn approach. #artprompts #narrativeart #conceptart
May 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’m all set up for the weekend at @balticon.bsky.social - come find me in Artists Alley, where I may be scribbling away in my sketchbook. I have some pieces in the art show as well, including a few older drawings and my recent Smaugust watercolors. #balticon #fantasyartist
May 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you're heading to #Balticon this weekend, stop by the artists alley to say Hi!

I'll have my prints, cards, stickers, and few other fun things for sale. I'm also bringing a couple of my older pieces and a few recent paintings along for the art show, www.balticon.org
May 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I'm so happy to be returning to the HIVE artspace gallery in York PA! I have several paintings, prints, cards, and stickers in their "For the Love of Animals" May show. 20% of all my sales go to charity. ❤️😸

Opening event is May 2, 5-9pm during the King St. Night Market www.hiveartspace.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Here is the final art for #theWorld card I created for the upcoming #78Tarot Medieval deck. It’s not strictly #EarthDay themed, but it makes me think hopefully for the future.

#fantasyillustrator
April 23, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Have spent way too much of my life sketching horses, my mind horse is a bit too sassy for her own good.

Also had to play on “hard mode” by drawing on paper instead of digital and now am haunted by how small her face is oops 😅 #mindhorse #sketchbook
April 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Never enough art references!
I have a very smol starter pack of resource accounts. It probably needs to be updated since I made it back when Bluesky was like half as active ❤️ Let me know if you're a resource provider and I will add!
April 16, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Gotta love an animal-themed art share! I was just revisiting these ink and watercolor sketches of my elderly cat Tinkerbell from “Tinktober” a few years ago, some of which are now stickers.

She is sleeping in most of them because she hated being photographed SO much 😹 (and she was at least 18)
April 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
For #NationalUnicornDay here’s my Elemental #Unicorns series, one for all 5 elements - Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Aether/Void.

You can also find them in my shop
www.redbubble.com/people/steph...

#fantasyillustrator #fantasyart
April 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Happy #PortfolioDay :) I’m Stephanie, illustrator seeking work and an agent. I adore #fantasy and #natureart, and would love to illustrate books and games. I also bring my experience in design, UX, and #science comms.

stephaniesmith.com

#fantasyillustrator #kidlitillustrator #scbwiartist
April 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Here are some work-in-progress from my current project: she will be "The World" card for an upcoming #tarot deck from #78tarot

Evolution from thumbnail sketch - one of several - to line drawing, to color flats, since I'm working digitally.
#tarotartist #fantasyillustrator
April 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
If you see this, post your green art~💚🌿

Jumping the season a bit (spring is still sproinging in my area) but my Dragon of Summer is waiting in the wings! 🐉

Its part of a set of all 4 seasons, available in my shops, both of which are having sales right now 😉 critterwings.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Hello #KidlitArtPostcard Day! I'm an #illustrator looking for work and representation. I love working on #fantasyillustration for #kidlit and older.

(Tho I'm also a total nerd for #nonfiction about #nature, #history, and #STEM 😉)
April 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
For #WorldFrogDay here’s an older drawing I made based on Aesop’s fable of The Ox and the Frog.

The frog in this story let her pride get better of her, but in the real world frogs’ survival instincts are being stretched to the limit.

#natureillustration #storyart
March 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Happy #FirstDayOfSpring - thinking ahead to warmer days in the near future. #vernalEquinox #spring

This piece was created to be the #4ofSwords in the #78Tarot Medieval Tarot deck, coming later this year. #fantasyillustration
March 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
As a #fantasyartist when I’m drawing mythical and made-up creature I obsess a LOT over getting the anatomy to look believable and realistic.

And then I look at my cat sleeping and wonder why I bother.
March 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM