Matt 🏳️🌈
@mspencerdraws.bsky.social
He/Him || 33 || Trans & Queer ||
Freelance Illustrator, Open for Work
http://www.mspencerillustration.com/
mspencerillustration@gmail.com
Courtly Beasts Tarot wips at:
https://www.patreon.com/mspencerdraws
linktr.ee/mspencerdraws
Freelance Illustrator, Open for Work
http://www.mspencerillustration.com/
mspencerillustration@gmail.com
Courtly Beasts Tarot wips at:
https://www.patreon.com/mspencerdraws
linktr.ee/mspencerdraws
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Matt 🏳️🌈
@mspencerdraws.bsky.social
· Sep 3
Heya!
I'm Matt, a queer illustrator from Michigan.
I am always looking for new freelance projects!
I love:
-Books! (interiors, covers, promo)
-Tarot/Tarot-inspired work!
-TTRPGs (items, maps, etc.)!
🍂 www.mspencerdraws.com
🏹 mspencerillustration@gmail.com
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(TTRPG & Interior B/W work ⬇️)
I'm Matt, a queer illustrator from Michigan.
I am always looking for new freelance projects!
I love:
-Books! (interiors, covers, promo)
-Tarot/Tarot-inspired work!
-TTRPGs (items, maps, etc.)!
🍂 www.mspencerdraws.com
🏹 mspencerillustration@gmail.com
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(TTRPG & Interior B/W work ⬇️)
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🩸Haunted Overlook🩸
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Seascape original is available
Size: 5.5x11" Acryla gouache on paper
$600 (US shipping including)
DM to claim
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Seascape original is available
Size: 5.5x11" Acryla gouache on paper
$600 (US shipping including)
DM to claim
February 4, 2026 at 3:15 AM
🩸Haunted Overlook🩸
🪦🪦🪦
Seascape original is available
Size: 5.5x11" Acryla gouache on paper
$600 (US shipping including)
DM to claim
🪦🪦🪦
Seascape original is available
Size: 5.5x11" Acryla gouache on paper
$600 (US shipping including)
DM to claim
EEE thanks dude! =D
February 5, 2026 at 1:57 AM
EEE thanks dude! =D
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October 19, 2024 at 12:20 AM
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Sketch || Final
(For @neonhemlock.bsky.social 's We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2024.
www.neonhemlock.com/books/were-h... )
(For @neonhemlock.bsky.social 's We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2024.
www.neonhemlock.com/books/were-h... )
January 12, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Sketch || Final
(For @neonhemlock.bsky.social 's We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2024.
www.neonhemlock.com/books/were-h... )
(For @neonhemlock.bsky.social 's We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2024.
www.neonhemlock.com/books/were-h... )
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Four little (2.5"x4"ish) watercolor & gouache paintings from a while back.
Based on photos I took during a trip to Yellowstone.
Based on photos I took during a trip to Yellowstone.
February 4, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Four little (2.5"x4"ish) watercolor & gouache paintings from a while back.
Based on photos I took during a trip to Yellowstone.
Based on photos I took during a trip to Yellowstone.
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Base Notes ebook is on sale for cheap this week from the evil corporation. I won't link to it there, but I will link to Bookshop, and thread some of my very favorite pull quotes from reviews.
bookshop.org/p/books/base...
bookshop.org/p/books/base...
Base Notes
Check out Base Notes - <p><b>A lasting impression is worth killing for.</b></p><p>In New York City everybody needs a side hustle, and perfumer Vic Fowler has developed a delicate art that has proved t...
bookshop.org
February 4, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Base Notes ebook is on sale for cheap this week from the evil corporation. I won't link to it there, but I will link to Bookshop, and thread some of my very favorite pull quotes from reviews.
bookshop.org/p/books/base...
bookshop.org/p/books/base...
These are my photos that I used as reference.
February 4, 2026 at 8:04 PM
These are my photos that I used as reference.
Four little (2.5"x4"ish) watercolor & gouache paintings from a while back.
Based on photos I took during a trip to Yellowstone.
Based on photos I took during a trip to Yellowstone.
February 4, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Four little (2.5"x4"ish) watercolor & gouache paintings from a while back.
Based on photos I took during a trip to Yellowstone.
Based on photos I took during a trip to Yellowstone.
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February 4, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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If you are a Black artist who does work in tabletop games (or wants to) please share your work here!! I’m not currently hiring for anything but I’ll boost y’all and maybe folks who are following me are 👀 at the very least I’m always seeking more creatives to add to my Rolodex for future projects 🫶🏼✨
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 PM
If you are a Black artist who does work in tabletop games (or wants to) please share your work here!! I’m not currently hiring for anything but I’ll boost y’all and maybe folks who are following me are 👀 at the very least I’m always seeking more creatives to add to my Rolodex for future projects 🫶🏼✨
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The initial list is chosen by a big panel of reviewers and critics, but the awards are chosen by public voting.
You can vote here:
poll.voting.locusmag.com
You can vote here:
poll.voting.locusmag.com
Welcome to the Locus Awards Poll. Deadline for voting is April 1. You can return and edit or add to your ballot up until the deadline.
poll.voting.locusmag.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The initial list is chosen by a big panel of reviewers and critics, but the awards are chosen by public voting.
You can vote here:
poll.voting.locusmag.com
You can vote here:
poll.voting.locusmag.com
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Congrats to all the works on the Locus Rec List!
CALL AND RESPONSE by @seraph76.bsky.social
“Conversations With You,“ by Teresa Milbrodt
“How To Rob A Bullion Van” by Plangdi Neple
“Things You Learn As a Werewolf (That Will Come In Handy Later)“ by Morgan Wilson
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
CALL AND RESPONSE by @seraph76.bsky.social
“Conversations With You,“ by Teresa Milbrodt
“How To Rob A Bullion Van” by Plangdi Neple
“Things You Learn As a Werewolf (That Will Come In Handy Later)“ by Morgan Wilson
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
2025 Recommended Reading List
Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus re…
locusmag.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Congrats to all the works on the Locus Rec List!
CALL AND RESPONSE by @seraph76.bsky.social
“Conversations With You,“ by Teresa Milbrodt
“How To Rob A Bullion Van” by Plangdi Neple
“Things You Learn As a Werewolf (That Will Come In Handy Later)“ by Morgan Wilson
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
CALL AND RESPONSE by @seraph76.bsky.social
“Conversations With You,“ by Teresa Milbrodt
“How To Rob A Bullion Van” by Plangdi Neple
“Things You Learn As a Werewolf (That Will Come In Handy Later)“ by Morgan Wilson
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
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So we're playing around with colors for our next issue's cover reveal and I don't mind sharing this because we have utterly abandoned it.
Why? WELL....
Why? WELL....
February 2, 2026 at 4:18 PM
So we're playing around with colors for our next issue's cover reveal and I don't mind sharing this because we have utterly abandoned it.
Why? WELL....
Why? WELL....
My partner is doing some really cool tattoo work lately ;A; <3
February 2, 2026 at 4:21 PM
My partner is doing some really cool tattoo work lately ;A; <3
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If you'd like a chaotic reading of sorts, please tell us something petty you're worrying about in the most ominous way possible. 🔮
February 2, 2026 at 3:56 PM
If you'd like a chaotic reading of sorts, please tell us something petty you're worrying about in the most ominous way possible. 🔮
This is gonna be SO COOL 8}
February 2, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This is gonna be SO COOL 8}
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Here's a cover (along with some sketches) for neonhemlock's new book, "What Elegant Stars." Thanks to dave ring for the super fun project! You can check in out now on Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav... 💜🪐
January 23, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Here's a cover (along with some sketches) for neonhemlock's new book, "What Elegant Stars." Thanks to dave ring for the super fun project! You can check in out now on Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav... 💜🪐
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It's February 1st, and that means it's time to to start revealing all of the great things we've been writing for Aquarium! Today comes with an exciting gift - a downloadable copy of the fishing rules that we've written specifically for Aquarium 🐟️ Read more below!
February 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
It's February 1st, and that means it's time to to start revealing all of the great things we've been writing for Aquarium! Today comes with an exciting gift - a downloadable copy of the fishing rules that we've written specifically for Aquarium 🐟️ Read more below!
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This little baker is still seeking a good home =3
"Warmth by Moonlight"
Available on @everydayoriginal.bsky.social !
Painted in watercolor, gouache and colored pencil on 140lb Arches hot press paper and framed (in a hand-painted and gilded circular frame).
everydayoriginal.com/product/warm...
Available on @everydayoriginal.bsky.social !
Painted in watercolor, gouache and colored pencil on 140lb Arches hot press paper and framed (in a hand-painted and gilded circular frame).
everydayoriginal.com/product/warm...
December 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This little baker is still seeking a good home =3
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"With golden hand you built, you raised, alongside humankind redeemed,
A city wrought for hope and joy as none have ever dreamed."
–Excerpt from "Threnody for Elysium"
A city wrought for hope and joy as none have ever dreamed."
–Excerpt from "Threnody for Elysium"
January 31, 2026 at 8:47 PM
"With golden hand you built, you raised, alongside humankind redeemed,
A city wrought for hope and joy as none have ever dreamed."
–Excerpt from "Threnody for Elysium"
A city wrought for hope and joy as none have ever dreamed."
–Excerpt from "Threnody for Elysium"
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Memento et mori, remember you will die.
January 31, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Memento et mori, remember you will die.
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Oh and the scarf! Matt designed a silk scarf inspired by Lyss’s cover too. And maybe we’ll get ~endpapers with a related illustration too. The scarf is available as an add on.
January 31, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Oh and the scarf! Matt designed a silk scarf inspired by Lyss’s cover too. And maybe we’ll get ~endpapers with a related illustration too. The scarf is available as an add on.
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And then for some swag to go with paperbacks, @mspencerdraws.bsky.social has illustrated paper dolls of our butch cover babe.
I’m obsessed with these sorts of artist inspired by artist moments (kinda like Dante Luiz doing a comic inspired by Matt’s cover for SHATTER THE SUN)
I’m obsessed with these sorts of artist inspired by artist moments (kinda like Dante Luiz doing a comic inspired by Matt’s cover for SHATTER THE SUN)
January 31, 2026 at 3:55 PM
And then for some swag to go with paperbacks, @mspencerdraws.bsky.social has illustrated paper dolls of our butch cover babe.
I’m obsessed with these sorts of artist inspired by artist moments (kinda like Dante Luiz doing a comic inspired by Matt’s cover for SHATTER THE SUN)
I’m obsessed with these sorts of artist inspired by artist moments (kinda like Dante Luiz doing a comic inspired by Matt’s cover for SHATTER THE SUN)
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The cover for WHAT ELEGANT STARS was illustrated by @lyssmenold.bsky.social who also did the rad cover for EMBODIED EXEGESIS: TRANSFEMININE CYBERPUNK FUTURES (edited by AnnLeBlanc).
Please hire Lyss, they are great.
Please hire Lyss, they are great.
January 31, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The cover for WHAT ELEGANT STARS was illustrated by @lyssmenold.bsky.social who also did the rad cover for EMBODIED EXEGESIS: TRANSFEMININE CYBERPUNK FUTURES (edited by AnnLeBlanc).
Please hire Lyss, they are great.
Please hire Lyss, they are great.