Nicholas Kole
@nicholaskole.bsky.social
Character Designer & Illustrator, Jesus-follower, married to Erkshnrt
🎨: Spyro, Crash Bandicoot 4, Disney Lorcana, Sonic Prime, Wingfeather Saga
https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/3952-fantasy-character-design-in-procreate/nkole
www.nicholaskole.art
🎨: Spyro, Crash Bandicoot 4, Disney Lorcana, Sonic Prime, Wingfeather Saga
https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/3952-fantasy-character-design-in-procreate/nkole
www.nicholaskole.art
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Nicholas Kole
@nicholaskole.bsky.social
· Jan 22
Something to pin, I think- a sampling of some of my favorite recent(ish) work!
I'm a character designer, except for when I'm an illustrator, which is all the times I'm not a teacher, and the rest of the time I'm...asleep ✨
I'm a character designer, except for when I'm an illustrator, which is all the times I'm not a teacher, and the rest of the time I'm...asleep ✨
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Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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while my mom was pregnant with me, she was delivering chinese food on bike in new orleans. i like to think that the music she heard in the streets made me the way i am now.
happy new year everyone!
happy new year everyone!
January 2, 2026 at 4:23 AM
while my mom was pregnant with me, she was delivering chinese food on bike in new orleans. i like to think that the music she heard in the streets made me the way i am now.
happy new year everyone!
happy new year everyone!
Print. Books.
What are your art ambitions for 2026? Make sure to post them here so we can publicly shame you if you achieve none of them!!
January 1, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Print. Books.
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Happy new year to all the artists who haven't had time, energy, passion, or any other needed resource to draw enough personal stuff to join end-of-the-year memes in 2025. May we find more of all of the above in 2026, as well as compassion for ourselves if we don't!
January 1, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Happy new year to all the artists who haven't had time, energy, passion, or any other needed resource to draw enough personal stuff to join end-of-the-year memes in 2025. May we find more of all of the above in 2026, as well as compassion for ourselves if we don't!
2025 was *brutal*, in all those personal hard to explain ways I don’t really share online.
It was also marbled with love and little moments of sweetness that made it survivable. I don’t know if I have the right to expect better in 2026, but I’m gonna look hard for the love
It was also marbled with love and little moments of sweetness that made it survivable. I don’t know if I have the right to expect better in 2026, but I’m gonna look hard for the love
January 1, 2026 at 4:57 AM
2025 was *brutal*, in all those personal hard to explain ways I don’t really share online.
It was also marbled with love and little moments of sweetness that made it survivable. I don’t know if I have the right to expect better in 2026, but I’m gonna look hard for the love
It was also marbled with love and little moments of sweetness that made it survivable. I don’t know if I have the right to expect better in 2026, but I’m gonna look hard for the love
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Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
January 1, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
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The petition calling for #Everhaven 's return has reached 10K signatures. There are voices. Voices that Forte intentionally ignores, but many others can see. Others that include investors, game studios, etc. #BringBackProjectDragon #ProjectDragon #cancelledgames #cozygames
Signez la pétition
Bring Back Everhaven (Project Dragon) - Phoenix Labs
www.change.org
December 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The petition calling for #Everhaven 's return has reached 10K signatures. There are voices. Voices that Forte intentionally ignores, but many others can see. Others that include investors, game studios, etc. #BringBackProjectDragon #ProjectDragon #cancelledgames #cozygames
Pretty sure the plurbing from pluribus is what the shiny glasses man wanted to do in evangelion. Get the definite feeling that plurb is just the regional term for orange instrumentality goo
December 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Pretty sure the plurbing from pluribus is what the shiny glasses man wanted to do in evangelion. Get the definite feeling that plurb is just the regional term for orange instrumentality goo
The bread used to be cheaper and the circuses were more entertaining
December 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The bread used to be cheaper and the circuses were more entertaining
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This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
Illustrator on illustrator violence, it could happen to you
December 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Illustrator on illustrator violence, it could happen to you
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I sketch almost exclusively in ballpoint pen nowadays, and it's still my medium of choice for plein air studies:
December 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I sketch almost exclusively in ballpoint pen nowadays, and it's still my medium of choice for plein air studies:
Show me what you can do with just a pen!
December 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Show me what you can do with just a pen!
Christmas art highlights from
prior years! Time to add to the pile 💜
Fun lore- I was literally named after Santa Claus
prior years! Time to add to the pile 💜
Fun lore- I was literally named after Santa Claus
December 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Christmas art highlights from
prior years! Time to add to the pile 💜
Fun lore- I was literally named after Santa Claus
prior years! Time to add to the pile 💜
Fun lore- I was literally named after Santa Claus
Merry Christmas!! Especially to those experiencing hardship, loneliness, and disappointment- every Christmas since the very first has been a celebration despite of, and in the midst of, grief and darkness and chaos and mess
December 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Merry Christmas!! Especially to those experiencing hardship, loneliness, and disappointment- every Christmas since the very first has been a celebration despite of, and in the midst of, grief and darkness and chaos and mess
If you headed to a church service tonight, especially away from home, & got hit with a wave of ai generated nativity art like I did- bruh, that sucked so much, you’re not alone in the rage you feel. Church of all places, Christmas of all days. Just come spit on me personally next time
December 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
If you headed to a church service tonight, especially away from home, & got hit with a wave of ai generated nativity art like I did- bruh, that sucked so much, you’re not alone in the rage you feel. Church of all places, Christmas of all days. Just come spit on me personally next time
I have one like on my extremely dorky Sondheim comment but it is from gianmarco and it has made me extremely proud
December 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I have one like on my extremely dorky Sondheim comment but it is from gianmarco and it has made me extremely proud
my only rule is no vocal backflips on the rum-pum-pum-pums
December 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
my only rule is no vocal backflips on the rum-pum-pum-pums
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‘How the South Won the Civil War’ 💯🎯
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Lol my father in law got in a little fender bender, and it turns out they’re Lorcana fans 😅
December 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Lol my father in law got in a little fender bender, and it turns out they’re Lorcana fans 😅
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I love painting holiday cards for our friends and family. This one of a Winter elf, is a favorite.✨🎄✨
December 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I love painting holiday cards for our friends and family. This one of a Winter elf, is a favorite.✨🎄✨