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mona 𓃵 مونا
@nazarjoon.bsky.social
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they/them ── .✦
🖍 illustrator, printmaker, etc
🧿 iranian-american | lover of iced coffee, folklore & anything cute
📍 ohio

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shop, portfolio & more °˖➴
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mona 𓃵 مونا @nazarjoon.bsky.social · Apr 8
Hi #PortfolioDay !!

I'm Mona, an Iranian-American illustrator who loves diverse stories, fantasy & folk. I'm looking for work doing illo & design for publishing & am opento plenty of other things! 🌷

Portfolio: mdanesh.myportfolio.com
Email: monadaneshillu@gmail.com
Literary agent: janinele.com
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smdefelice.bsky.social
my shop is back open! new prints + oldies but goodies ♡

🔗 below!
February 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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reimenayee.com
🌹 10 years ago, I launched THE CARPET MERCHANT OF KONSTANTINIYYA, and it changed my life forever.
To celebrate, the 10th Anniversary Edition of my very first completed #webcomic will begin February 18, 2026 - updates every Wednesday + Saturday.
Read the prologue now:
thecarpetmerchant.reimenayee.com
Key illustration containing the title of the webcomic (The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya, 10th Anniversary Edition, by Reimena Yee). Within a stylised depiction of Istanbul's Blue Mosque, a tearful Zeynel is embraced and comforted in the arms of Ayse, his collar and neck soaked in blood. His long coat, a kaftan embroidered in gold florals and flames, is splayed on a floor-sized Usak carpet. The couple is surrounded by gold-foiled tulips, roses and poppies. Woven and sitting amongst the flowers are Zeynel's pets (a white raven and black rat); his English friend Alfred; and his vampire sire, Mora Strigoi. Lanterns are hung from the stems and leaves. Behind Zeynel and Ayse, their family members watch from the columns of the mosque. One of them is a young woman weaving a carpet, the other is a stately grandfather writing a book. A mysterious shadowy figure looms further away. A giant nightingale and bat face each other, framing the title. The illustration is in mostly monochromatic shades of blue, save for the gold of the flowers and embroidery; the bright red of Zeynel's turban, blood and Mora's attire; and finally, the white of the raven, moon and title.
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
nazarjoon.bsky.social
yay it’s #kidlitartpostcard day!

i’m mona, an illustrator who loves fantasy & history. i would love to do more covers & picture books this year 🖍️❣️

portfolio: mdanesh.myportfolio.com
agent: janinele.com
email: monadaneshillu@gmail.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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loveariddle.bsky.social
🍂
January 4, 2026 at 6:28 AM
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smdefelice.bsky.social
two devil dogs ✶ 5x7 screenprint
January 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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faithschaffer.bsky.social
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Sketchbook page- a woman who is part bird, dragging a monster head behind her
January 2, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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houndsaint.bsky.social
Chronology of carving
a rabbit wrapped in briars and roses, facing left, drawn on a linoleum block the same rabbit, but the background has been carved away The same rabbit, but the background and briars/leaves have been carved away The final carving, set against a green and white cutting mat background
November 30, 2024 at 11:55 PM
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samanthamash.bsky.social
As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back

You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative
December 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
nazarjoon.bsky.social
hi 👋 been a while since i updated my icon. i've had new hair & glasses for a while now n_n
July 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
nazarjoon.bsky.social
hi forgot bluesky exists sorry 💔
July 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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acorviart.bsky.social
honses for your car

honses will be released into the wild on May 3, 2PM CST
bumper sticker with a lascaux horse and "honse" bumper sticker with 3 lascaux horses bumper sticker mockups of lascaux horses
April 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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anyachalina.bsky.social
Angel's Whisper 🦢
The image shows a room decorated with tiles and murals with a pool in the foreground. There's a queen sitting in on the throne in the center of the image. There's an angel standing next to her closely. There are two white peacocks in the room and two swans swimming in the pool. The artwork is mostly grey-blue.
April 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
nazarjoon.bsky.social
nazar = 🧿
joon = spoken/informal version of the persian term of endearment, jaan جان
rsdream12.bsky.social Roya Shahidi | Looking for work @rsdream12.bsky.social · Apr 25
Explain your @

rs = my name, Roya Shahidi

dream = the meaning of my first name in Farsi

12 = my favorite number
kikutowne.bsky.social Elizabeth! (Hibernating) @kikutowne.bsky.social · Apr 25
Explain your @

Middle name is Kiku, and I like archaic versions of English words.
April 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
nazarjoon.bsky.social
bakhtiari panel rug 🌱
April 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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slugspoon.bsky.social
your favorite toy
April 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
nazarjoon.bsky.social
did the tumblr app completely stop working for anyone else 🧍
April 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
nazarjoon.bsky.social
sleepytime garfield /ᐠ - ˕ -マᶻ 𝗓 𐰁
April 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
nazarjoon.bsky.social
fanart of one of the most images of all time. like and repost if you would hit the nargile with him 💯
April 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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anyachalina.bsky.social
Nuptial Rites
This piece was inspired by "The Color of Pomegranates" by Parajanov.
The illustration shows a wedding ceremony. There's a woman in the left side of the image. She wear a headpiece decorated with flowers and holds a large egg in her arms. There are stairs leading to an elevated stage with musicians playing lute on both sides of the stage. There's a skeleton in a festive clothes riding a white horse in the center of the image. There are festive robes behind them. The room is decorated with tiles and there are two roosters in front of the stage. There are some poppy flowers in the foreground. The artwork is colorful with much red, blue and beige.
April 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
nazarjoon.bsky.social
woah what happened here 😳 it looks normal on desktop
April 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
nazarjoon.bsky.social
to embrace the shining rays of the sun 𖤓°⋆.ೃ࿔*:･
April 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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faithschaffer.bsky.social
🃏
Watercolor and ink painting- a woman is juggling and facing the viewer. She is dressed loosely like a knight.
April 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
nazarjoon.bsky.social
i'm so excited for the sticker sheets since it’s the first time in years I’ve had any up in the shop! i hope you like them too ❀˖° n_n
nazarjoon.bsky.social mona 𓃵 مونا @nazarjoon.bsky.social · Apr 17
. 。・゜✭・sticker update thread・✫゜・。.
April 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
nazarjoon.bsky.social
. 。・゜✭・sticker update thread・✫゜・。.
April 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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spaceraes.bsky.social
might try to make a lino cut stamp out of this tbh
A simple illustration of a barometz seed pod from dungeon meshi/delicious in dungeon. There is what appears to be a lamb in the center of a large red fruit,covered partially in a red liquid.
April 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM