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Rachel Ordway ➡️ HFIL
@rachelordwayart.bsky.social
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Cartoonist, letterer, poster of silly stuff. She/her.

Email @ rachel_ordway@yahoo.com

Portfolio, shop links, commission info, & links to other social media @ https://rachelordway.com/

#art | #comic | #commission | #lettering | #sketch
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Rachel Ordway ➡️ HFIL @rachelordwayart.bsky.social · 11d
I try to challenge myself with every #comic , so I went all-out with the action choreography and #lettering (hand-drawn SFX + digital dialogue and balloons)

#traineryellow #pokespe #pokemon

Commission info: rachelordway.com/commissions/

Buy the zine: ko-fi.com/s/2d027b0f18

(2/?)
A black-and-white comic page. Yellow smiles, clenching their fist, then points dramatically in the air, declaring, "Okay! Today we're definitely going to catch a Pokémon!" They're "surfing" a life preserver across the ocean, out from Vermilion Harbor. Yellow's clutching a fishing rod and Pikachu crouches on the float beside them. Yellow rears back, preparing to cast the fishing rod, looking nervous. Yellow murmurs to themself, "All right...if we play it smart, no one has to get hurt...so just stay calm—" The lure at the end of the fishing rod, a Pokéball, splashes into the water. A moment later, Yellow is pulled halfway off the life preserver by a giant YANK on the fishing line. Pika pulls Yellow back, and the fishing rod flies out of Yellow's hands. An angry Dragonair erupts out of the water with a BLOOSH, then slams its tail down onto the life preserver, breaking it in half (KRUNCH) as Yellow and Pika leap into the ocean. Yellow is treading water, Pika crouching on Yellow's hat, growling and emitting sparks of electricity (ZZT ZZT). Yellow frantically gasps, "Pika, no! The water will conduct the electricity! Try to draw its attention with Quick Attack while I—" Pika has already leapt into the air as they realize Dragonair's horn is glowing, charging up for an attack. PSHOOOOO! Dragonair shoots a laser beam directly at the spot Pika was just in—but Yellow has grabbed Pika's tail and slammed Pika down into the water, both of them going under and holding their breath. Yellow and Pika surface for air, Yellow thinking to themself, "Dragon Rage? That doesn't make sense—" Dragonair's tail stabs into the water, barely missing Pika, who's quickly yanked out of the way by Yellow with a cry. Yellow and Pika frantically swim away, Yellow thinking, "Dragonair sightings are rare because they usually run away. What would make this one attack so aggressively?" The Dragonair flies into the air, swooping in front of Yellow and Pika, blocking their way. But looking at it head-on, Yellow realizes Dragonair's pulling the fishing rod around with it, the rod's Pokéball lure stuck in Dragonair's mouth. Yellow leaps toward the fishing rod as it whips past, yelling, "Pika! We have to get the lure out of its mouth!"
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bakertoons.com
Looky here! Got the first batch of books from the printer!

Still time to place your order! Get the book now at ko-fi.com/s/cdec8cd7c7
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
rachelordwayart.bsky.social
Another Chicken Run x Enchanted #art #commission! The first two are here: bsky.app/profile/rach...

I'm still trying to get comfortable with a G-pen...I'm at that dangerous point where I keep thinking I'm good enough to get lazy and I'm absolutely not, haha

Comm info: rachelordway.com/commissions/
A photo of a black-and-white cartoony art piece. Ginger from the movie Chicken Run is dressed as Giselle from the movie Enchanted, with a poofy layered ballgown, tiara, and piled-up curly hair. Rocky the rooster is dressed as Prince Edward, with poofy sleeves, decorated leather boots and gloves, and a cape. They're standing facing each other, holding hands and gazing lovingly into each other's eyes.
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
rachelordwayart.bsky.social
A li'l Ukyo in anticipation of the next episode~
#art #Ranma #Ranma1/2 #らんま⁠
A cartoony illustration of Ukyo from Ranma 1/2, drawn in a mashup of the series' various styles. They're an athletically built Japanese teen with waist-length brown hair, wearing a white ribbon like a headband (more like a traditional Japanese shopkeeper than a feminine bow), a short-hemmed and short-sleeved blue-violet kimono, and a cross-body bandolier belt filled with tiny spatulas. Ukyo strikes an aggressive pose, smirking confidently at the viewer and hefting a giant spatula as a weapon.
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
rachelordwayart.bsky.social
Help back Kate Carter Adventures (the Indiana Jones-esque globetrotting, supernatural adventures of a Hollywood stuntwoman) and get a bunch of other cool comics! Also one of mine or whatever

(The campaign is for issue 7, but all the previous issues are available as add-ons!)
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
rachelordwayart.bsky.social
An interesting read that not only aligns with my complaints about how “people used to talk more online,” but introduces good points about how current social media is unwelcoming and even openly hostile to new artists.
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
rachelordwayart.bsky.social
Revisiting The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy yet again and it’s so deeply ingrained in me that it’s always funny to get new perspectives on it. Like as a kid I thought the name Ford Prefect was funny cus it sounded weird, but the joke is that an alien in disguise named himself after a car
November 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
rachelordwayart.bsky.social
Final cover reveal (+ preview pages in next post) for my #Pokemon #commission #comic "To Catch A Dragonair"!
#TrainerYellow #Pokespe

I wanted to try designing a wraparound cover, and I'm really happy with it!

Comm info: rachelordway.com/commissions/

Buy the zine: ko-fi.com/s/2d027b0f18

(1/?)
A cartoony color comic cover featuring characters from Pokémon: Yellow, Pika, and Dragonair. Yellow is a small preteen with short blonde hair, wearing a floppy straw hat and a cowboy-like outfit. Yellow is standing on a floating life preserver on the ocean, being rocked by the waves, trying to maintain their balance as they clutch a fishing rod that seems to have hooked an angry Dragonair (a sleek, beautiful sea-serpent-like Pokémon). The Dragonair's head is as big as Yellow's whole body and it glares at Yellow, its horn glowing with light as it prepares an attack. Pika, Yellow's Pikachu (a small yellow electric rodent), leaps angrily off Yellow's hat towards the Dragonair. It's like a moment frozen in time.
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
rachelordwayart.bsky.social
A little late for Halloween, but here’s a #watercolor #art #commission of #ArchieComics characters dressed like #WillyWonka characters! I dunno that I’ll ever feel like I “truly understand” watercolors, but I definitely got a little closer to it.

Commission info: rachelordway.com/commissions/
A cartoony watercolor illustration of Jughead, Betty, and Veronica from Archie Comics dressed as characters from the 1970s movie version of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. Veronica in the center is dressed as Violet Beauregarde in blueberry mode, clenching her fists and pouting angrily at Jughead, who's dressed as Willy Wonka and smirking down at her, leaning his arm on her head. Betty is dressed as an Oompa-Loompa, curiously poking Veronica's blueberry body and saying "Huh...I always thought of you as more of a Veruca!"
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
rachelordwayart.bsky.social
I (finally) took some new photos for some video-gamey products that are (finally) in my shop! (Finally!)

You can check em out here: ko-fi.com/rachelordway...

#art

#pokemon #pokespe #traineryellow

#mario #bowser #koopalings
A photo of a printed comic. The book has a cartoony color comic cover featuring characters from Pokémon: Yellow, Pika, and Dragonair. Yellow is a small preteen with short blonde hair, wearing a floppy straw hat and a cowboy-like outfit. Yellow is standing on a floating life preserver on the ocean, being rocked by the waves, trying to maintain their balance as they clutch a fishing rod that seems to have hooked an angry Dragonair (a sleek, beautiful sea-serpent-like Pokémon). The Dragonair's head is as big as Yellow's whole body and it glares at Yellow, its horn glowing with light as it prepares an attack. Pika, Yellow's Pikachu (a small yellow electric rodent), leaps angrily off Yellow's hat towards the Dragonair. It's like a moment frozen in time. The title "To Catch A Dragonair" appears in arched, blocky lettering at the top of the page, mimicking the classic Pokémon logo in yellow with a dark blue outline. Yellow-and-blue text at the bottom reads "a fancomic by Rachel Ordway." A photo of a bright, colorfully cartoony image of Bowser and the Koopalings goofing around on the Koopa Troopa Beach stage from Mario Kart 64. Towards the middle of the image is a rope volleyball net tied between two palm trees. Larry is in midair bumping a volleyball, cheered on by his teammate Lemmy, who's balancing on his bouncy ball. Bowser Jr is also in midair, reaching out to spike the approaching volleyball, cheered on by his teammate Roy, who's pointing enthusiastic "finger guns". Bowser and Morton are cheering excitedly from the sidelines, jumping up in the air. Iggy runs across the sand past them, tauntingly holding up Ludwig's wand, as Ludwig angrily chases after him. BoomBoom and PomPom are snuggled together on the sand, shyly nuzzling their heads together and holding hands. Wendy is tanning in a beach chair beside them, lifting heart-shaped sunglasses to smirk at them.
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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perfectstormpub.bsky.social
We just made our goal!!! Now, time to start thinking of stretch goals... Come join us to find out what they are!!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...
Kate Carter Adventures #7
We are back with yet another Kate Carter adventure!!!
www.kickstarter.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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jorgesantiagojr.bsky.social
I drew a fan art for @joshnickerson83.bsky.social who just completed his romantic comedy comic, Melancholy, after 10 years! You can read it on Tapas here: tapas.io/series/melan...

#melancholy #webcomics #comics #romcom #romanticcomedy #illustration #fanart #procreate #digitalart
The blond main character of Josh Nickerson's romantic comedy comic, Melancholy. It's a great story about a hopeless romantic trying to find love in odd places.
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
rachelordwayart.bsky.social
I just read about this for the first time and it’s going to haunt me. The extremely short version: a huge percentage of people have been taught to “read” by way of “guessing what word you’re looking at”—skimming & assuming—rather than memorizing pronunciation & meaning for true reading comprehension
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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sgoetter.bsky.social
Hello, hello! It's been a couple years since I've opened up Pokemon Trainer Commissions, but uhhhh, well, my health insurance is about to get a lot more expensive! Email me at saragoetter@gmail.com if you're interested!
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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fend13th.bsky.social
New 2026 Calendars are up in the shop!

fineokpress.bigcartel.com/product/kaijucal

#怪獣8号 // #KaijuNo8 // #괴수8호
November 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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gailsimone.bsky.social
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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joshnickerson83.bsky.social
Just a reminder that this administration absolutely does not give a flying fuck about anybody who isn't a billionaire and actively wants everyone else to starve, get sick, and die.
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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blambot.bsky.social
Some BETTER LETTERER for you. And before the inevitable "that's not how I do it" replies, keep in mind that, by and large, this is how it's done in pro American comics (Marvel, DC, etc.) I've worked for all of them. More tips: blambot.com/pages/letter...
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
rachelordwayart.bsky.social
I accidentally thought about Dragon Ball while listening to The Lion King and now I can’t unhear “I Just Can’t Wait To Be King” as kid Vegeta singing while Freeza snidely interrupts 😂

The voice resemblance gets me so much, I’m forced to wonder if post-Ocean-dub Freeza is a Rowan Atkinson impression
November 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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joshnickerson83.bsky.social
Today marks the final update for Melancholy, a webcomic I've been doing since 2015. I had a blast writing and drawing it, and while I'm sad the story's over, I'm grateful for all the kind words and support people have given me over the last decade.

www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/me...
Melancholy
Honey is a single gal looking for love, but all her dates tend to end in disaster. Is her perfect match still out there, or perhaps right under her nose? Read along as Honey, along with her friends Ru...
www.webtoons.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
rachelordwayart.bsky.social
I mistyped on the original post I guess because TODAY’S THE DAY!

Happy Book Birthday to Flash Gordon! Available directly from the publisher (print or digital) at papercutz.com/product/flas... and other retailers!
November 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
rachelordwayart.bsky.social
Got sucked into a chat about a potential commission that I instantly suspected was with a scammer and/or a bot, but that I had to see through til the point of “this is 100% a scam” in case it was a person with good intentions but poor reading comprehension 😑 There go my endorphins for the morning
November 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
rachelordwayart.bsky.social
#Watercolor #Ranma to practice with some new #art supplies. I've loved the reboot anime since episode 1, but it's extra exciting now that it's getting into stories that the original anime omitted or heavily changed!

#Ranma1/2 #らんま⁠
A cartoonish watercolor illustration of feminine-form Ranma from Ranma 1/2. She's an athletically built teenager with bright red/pink hair with thick bangs and pulled into a braided ponytail at the back. She's wearing a yellow-and-blue one-piece swimsuit with "boy" written on the chest. She poses confidently, holding a small spherical watermelon at one side and hoisting a wooden sword over her other shoulder, smirking at the viewer.
November 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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perpetualpeep.bsky.social
Pizza Bat painting! 🍕🦇 Happy Halloween!! :]
#art #painting #pizza #bat
October 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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jorgesantiagojr.bsky.social
You can read Curse of the Eel for free on Tapas, which is 24 chapters and counting of wholesome eldritch goodness. It's almost done too, maybe another year or so and the story should be complete.

tapas.io/series/Eel/i...

#comics #indie #webcomics #horror #halloween #inktober #drawtober
Read Curse of the Eel | Tapas Web Community
Read Curse of the Eel and more premium Thriller/horror Community series now on Tapas!
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October 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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colleendoran.bsky.social
If you want to make art for a living, go for it, but remember that it doesn't just entail making art, it entails running an art business. Not everyone is suited for running a business. When we say "everyone can make art," that is true, but it does not follow that every artist can run a business.
October 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM