Lightning in my Hand⚡⚡COMMISSIONS OPEN
@lightninginmyhand.bsky.social
Illustrator, Concept Artist, SCAD Grad, Pro consumer of Popcorn.
Available for Freelance or Studio work!
📧christophermansing@gmail.com
Available for Freelance or Studio work!
📧christophermansing@gmail.com
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✨Opening up commissions again! ✨
Because of my limited schedule, I have to scale back to just character comms this time.
DM if interested, only 5 slots available at a time!
Because of my limited schedule, I have to scale back to just character comms this time.
DM if interested, only 5 slots available at a time!
"Maybe because I don't chase people around with marriage contracts.
...would you like some of mine?"
Happy Valentines Day, y'all!
#Guiltygear
...would you like some of mine?"
Happy Valentines Day, y'all!
#Guiltygear
February 14, 2026 at 10:36 PM
"Maybe because I don't chase people around with marriage contracts.
...would you like some of mine?"
Happy Valentines Day, y'all!
#Guiltygear
...would you like some of mine?"
Happy Valentines Day, y'all!
#Guiltygear
Art challenge! 🎨✨
Post your drawing app and works you created with it ❤️
(cheating a bit cause i use both to supplement with features the other doesn't have)
Post your drawing app and works you created with it ❤️
(cheating a bit cause i use both to supplement with features the other doesn't have)
February 4, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Art challenge! 🎨✨
Post your drawing app and works you created with it ❤️
(cheating a bit cause i use both to supplement with features the other doesn't have)
Post your drawing app and works you created with it ❤️
(cheating a bit cause i use both to supplement with features the other doesn't have)
Weapon design commission for Izanagi009
February 4, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Weapon design commission for Izanagi009
"The life of adolescents consist of hot-blooded bouts against others of similar age. Uncouth though this may seem, it sharpens the tusks, sturdies the body, and trains the charge. To these beasts, the capacity to defend their young is what elevates the adolescent into adulthood."
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 PM
"The life of adolescents consist of hot-blooded bouts against others of similar age. Uncouth though this may seem, it sharpens the tusks, sturdies the body, and trains the charge. To these beasts, the capacity to defend their young is what elevates the adolescent into adulthood."
January 29, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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was on a Discord call while playing with the Code Vein 2 character creator and friends kept giving me characters to try and recreate
(to varying degrees of success 🤷)
(to varying degrees of success 🤷)
January 27, 2026 at 7:00 AM
was on a Discord call while playing with the Code Vein 2 character creator and friends kept giving me characters to try and recreate
(to varying degrees of success 🤷)
(to varying degrees of success 🤷)
The $70 character creator with a free soulslike attached is already going great
January 24, 2026 at 7:36 AM
The $70 character creator with a free soulslike attached is already going great
Kitano in Code Vein 1 vs Code Vein 2
His bones started aching in the 8 years between games 😂
His bones started aching in the 8 years between games 😂
January 23, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Kitano in Code Vein 1 vs Code Vein 2
His bones started aching in the 8 years between games 😂
His bones started aching in the 8 years between games 😂
The hardest part about redrawing these characters is redrawing their weapons at non-side angles
January 21, 2026 at 6:11 AM
The hardest part about redrawing these characters is redrawing their weapons at non-side angles
Hey-a, #PortfolioDay!
I'm Chris, AKA Lightning, a Concept artist and Illustrator, and I love designing characters and weapons. I'm currently open to freelance or studio work!
🎨Portfolio: chrismansingart.net
📧Email: Christophermansing@gmail.com
I'm Chris, AKA Lightning, a Concept artist and Illustrator, and I love designing characters and weapons. I'm currently open to freelance or studio work!
🎨Portfolio: chrismansingart.net
📧Email: Christophermansing@gmail.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Hey-a, #PortfolioDay!
I'm Chris, AKA Lightning, a Concept artist and Illustrator, and I love designing characters and weapons. I'm currently open to freelance or studio work!
🎨Portfolio: chrismansingart.net
📧Email: Christophermansing@gmail.com
I'm Chris, AKA Lightning, a Concept artist and Illustrator, and I love designing characters and weapons. I'm currently open to freelance or studio work!
🎨Portfolio: chrismansingart.net
📧Email: Christophermansing@gmail.com
i fear i am going to slowly lose myself in the RPG Maker hole...
i found plugins that let it make SRPG combat 😵💫
i found plugins that let it make SRPG combat 😵💫
January 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
i fear i am going to slowly lose myself in the RPG Maker hole...
i found plugins that let it make SRPG combat 😵💫
i found plugins that let it make SRPG combat 😵💫
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I still love you, Little Witch Academia. Happy Anniversary
January 10, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I still love you, Little Witch Academia. Happy Anniversary
Happy New Year! 🥳🎆🎉
My resolution is simple: in 2026, draw/write more of these goobers and their adventures.
My resolution is simple: in 2026, draw/write more of these goobers and their adventures.
January 1, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Happy New Year! 🥳🎆🎉
My resolution is simple: in 2026, draw/write more of these goobers and their adventures.
My resolution is simple: in 2026, draw/write more of these goobers and their adventures.
Welcome back artists!🖌🎨✨️
Quote Post with an old piece that you still like!
Quote Post with an old piece that you still like!
December 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Welcome back artists!🖌🎨✨️
Quote Post with an old piece that you still like!
Quote Post with an old piece that you still like!
You don't need to worry about the shadow monster ̶a̶s̶ ̶l̶o̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶s̶h̶e̶'̶s̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶c̶a̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶b̶e̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶ ̶h̶a̶g̶.
December 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
You don't need to worry about the shadow monster ̶a̶s̶ ̶l̶o̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶s̶h̶e̶'̶s̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶c̶a̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶b̶e̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶ ̶h̶a̶g̶.
Now that I have her redesigned, I felt like it was only fair to also change her name as she doesn't need it to follow rwby name rules anymore
She keeps the mandibles though, that's never going away ✌️
She keeps the mandibles though, that's never going away ✌️
December 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Now that I have her redesigned, I felt like it was only fair to also change her name as she doesn't need it to follow rwby name rules anymore
She keeps the mandibles though, that's never going away ✌️
She keeps the mandibles though, that's never going away ✌️
Seline was intended to be a barbarian class so i'm making her just an actual barbarian
December 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Seline was intended to be a barbarian class so i'm making her just an actual barbarian
i have no idea what Eternal Return is, but they're having a GGST collab and i kinda vibe with the Guilty Gear characters in their artstyle, they're cute
December 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
i have no idea what Eternal Return is, but they're having a GGST collab and i kinda vibe with the Guilty Gear characters in their artstyle, they're cute
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✨Opening up commissions again! ✨
Because of my limited schedule, I have to scale back to just character comms this time.
DM if interested, only 5 slots available at a time!
Because of my limited schedule, I have to scale back to just character comms this time.
DM if interested, only 5 slots available at a time!
August 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
✨Opening up commissions again! ✨
Because of my limited schedule, I have to scale back to just character comms this time.
DM if interested, only 5 slots available at a time!
Because of my limited schedule, I have to scale back to just character comms this time.
DM if interested, only 5 slots available at a time!
yes i still remember my one Neoclinus Blanchardi OC from the one discord D&D campaign that never got off the ground so she now just exists in nebulous space in my folders
i should redesign her 🤔
i should redesign her 🤔
December 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
yes i still remember my one Neoclinus Blanchardi OC from the one discord D&D campaign that never got off the ground so she now just exists in nebulous space in my folders
i should redesign her 🤔
i should redesign her 🤔
Jack-O' day!
December 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Jack-O' day!
the urge to give up on learning backgrounds and just become a 'character on white background' artist is strong
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
the urge to give up on learning backgrounds and just become a 'character on white background' artist is strong
the wait for Guilty Gear Strive 2.0 is so bad people on twitter are discovering that Giovanna's model has a bigger chest than Baiken's 😂
still can't believe the reigning fanservice queen had been powercrept this entire time before she was even added to Strive??
still can't believe the reigning fanservice queen had been powercrept this entire time before she was even added to Strive??
November 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
the wait for Guilty Gear Strive 2.0 is so bad people on twitter are discovering that Giovanna's model has a bigger chest than Baiken's 😂
still can't believe the reigning fanservice queen had been powercrept this entire time before she was even added to Strive??
still can't believe the reigning fanservice queen had been powercrept this entire time before she was even added to Strive??
Finally decided to overhaul this character's design after months of sitting on his sketch cause I wasn't satisfied with it at first
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Finally decided to overhaul this character's design after months of sitting on his sketch cause I wasn't satisfied with it at first