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
(1/3)
(TTRPG & Interior B/W work ⬇️)
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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. 🔮
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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.
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Please share this with your cool rich gay aunt and ask them to back at the Patron level. 😘
I'd especially love to commission some novelettes in chapbook form.
(reposts appreciated, need to reach the maximum number of people with cool rich gay aunts)
I'd especially love to commission some novelettes in chapbook form.
(reposts appreciated, need to reach the maximum number of people with cool rich gay aunts)
January 29, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Please share this with your cool rich gay aunt and ask them to back at the Patron level. 😘
I'd especially love to commission some novelettes in chapbook form.
(reposts appreciated, need to reach the maximum number of people with cool rich gay aunts)
I'd especially love to commission some novelettes in chapbook form.
(reposts appreciated, need to reach the maximum number of people with cool rich gay aunts)
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This is bound to be another fantastic anthology from Neon Hemlock, and it went live on KS today! Check it out!
And I'm not *just* saying that because I get to do interior illustrations and (hopefully🤞) some very cool stretch goal stuff 👀.
And I'm not *just* saying that because I get to do interior illustrations and (hopefully🤞) some very cool stretch goal stuff 👀.
January 22, 2026 at 12:10 AM
This is bound to be another fantastic anthology from Neon Hemlock, and it went live on KS today! Check it out!
And I'm not *just* saying that because I get to do interior illustrations and (hopefully🤞) some very cool stretch goal stuff 👀.
And I'm not *just* saying that because I get to do interior illustrations and (hopefully🤞) some very cool stretch goal stuff 👀.
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The rumours are true… Aquarium is almost ready to launch! And at the end of the month we’ll be giving away a copy, as well as chance to have your character drawn by @golightlyfinch.bsky.social !
Find out what's included in the book in the next few posts 🐟
Find out what's included in the book in the next few posts 🐟
January 29, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The rumours are true… Aquarium is almost ready to launch! And at the end of the month we’ll be giving away a copy, as well as chance to have your character drawn by @golightlyfinch.bsky.social !
Find out what's included in the book in the next few posts 🐟
Find out what's included in the book in the next few posts 🐟
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January 29, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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For our queer history zine, We've Always Been Here, Viktor Aleksander ( @nooskadraws.bsky.social ) is bringing us to a gentlemen's smoking club during the Victorian era, where two men will be subtly sharing signs of their affection.
#QueerHistory #QueerArt #LGBTQArt #Zines #GayArt
#QueerHistory #QueerArt #LGBTQArt #Zines #GayArt
January 28, 2026 at 2:22 PM
For our queer history zine, We've Always Been Here, Viktor Aleksander ( @nooskadraws.bsky.social ) is bringing us to a gentlemen's smoking club during the Victorian era, where two men will be subtly sharing signs of their affection.
#QueerHistory #QueerArt #LGBTQArt #Zines #GayArt
#QueerHistory #QueerArt #LGBTQArt #Zines #GayArt
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"Out of this wood do not desire to go: thou shalt remain here, whether thou wilt or no." #amidsummernightsdream
January 27, 2026 at 4:52 PM
"Out of this wood do not desire to go: thou shalt remain here, whether thou wilt or no." #amidsummernightsdream
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hey! we're looking for a sensitivity reader and/or consultant for a large @farhorizonscoop.bsky.social project. we would like someone familiar with the topics of colonialism and imperialism, particularly non-white people or people from former British colonies. paid gig. reply or DM if interested.
January 26, 2026 at 1:47 PM
hey! we're looking for a sensitivity reader and/or consultant for a large @farhorizonscoop.bsky.social project. we would like someone familiar with the topics of colonialism and imperialism, particularly non-white people or people from former British colonies. paid gig. reply or DM if interested.
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Turned my frustration into art.
📜You can watch the full video & read the transcript at natasailincic.com/fuck-ai
📜You can watch the full video & read the transcript at natasailincic.com/fuck-ai
January 23, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Turned my frustration into art.
📜You can watch the full video & read the transcript at natasailincic.com/fuck-ai
📜You can watch the full video & read the transcript at natasailincic.com/fuck-ai
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Some anthro sketches + exploration starting with myself 🐐
January 23, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Some anthro sketches + exploration starting with myself 🐐