Niky Motekallem
@royalghostmarch.bsky.social
Anxious Iranian-American illustrator/gallery artist living in the Midwest 🌸🌱
Please don’t repost/use my images! Thank you!✨
https://linktr.ee/royalghostmarch
Have a lovely day🌙
Please don’t repost/use my images! Thank you!✨
https://linktr.ee/royalghostmarch
Have a lovely day🌙
Pinned
Hello #PortfolioDay! I’m Niky, an Iranian-American freelance illustrator and gallery artist in the Midwest that draws flora and fauna. I’m available for commercial work! I’d love to do more book and album covers this year!
Drawing bugs during DND
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Drawing bugs during DND
Reposted by Niky Motekallem
October Monster 07
Enlightened Garden
Enlightened Garden
October 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
October Monster 07
Enlightened Garden
Enlightened Garden
I mistakenly thought a praying mantis painting would be on the simpler side of things. I was wrong.
October 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I mistakenly thought a praying mantis painting would be on the simpler side of things. I was wrong.
Reposted by Niky Motekallem
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
I showed my nephew some stoats I’ve drawn and he grabbed paper and pencil and drew the most precious deer and birds because I inspired him to make art. That’s perhaps one of the best things my art has ever done!
September 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I showed my nephew some stoats I’ve drawn and he grabbed paper and pencil and drew the most precious deer and birds because I inspired him to make art. That’s perhaps one of the best things my art has ever done!
Reposted by Niky Motekallem
Gotta participate in this year's -tober challenge
September 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Gotta participate in this year's -tober challenge
Dream Walking in the Fields of Your Youth
An Atlantic puffin surrounded by seacampion. He isn’t quite asleep or awake. His mind wanders to his youth. Sounds and images scatter across fields of his day dreams. He misses when things were simpler but at the same time imagines making different choices
An Atlantic puffin surrounded by seacampion. He isn’t quite asleep or awake. His mind wanders to his youth. Sounds and images scatter across fields of his day dreams. He misses when things were simpler but at the same time imagines making different choices
September 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Dream Walking in the Fields of Your Youth
An Atlantic puffin surrounded by seacampion. He isn’t quite asleep or awake. His mind wanders to his youth. Sounds and images scatter across fields of his day dreams. He misses when things were simpler but at the same time imagines making different choices
An Atlantic puffin surrounded by seacampion. He isn’t quite asleep or awake. His mind wanders to his youth. Sounds and images scatter across fields of his day dreams. He misses when things were simpler but at the same time imagines making different choices
BOOK COVER ARTISTS
QRP with your book covers 📚
#BookCovers
One of them is an anthology zine technically but it’s one of my favorite covers I’ve ever done.
QRP with your book covers 📚
#BookCovers
One of them is an anthology zine technically but it’s one of my favorite covers I’ve ever done.
September 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
BOOK COVER ARTISTS
QRP with your book covers 📚
#BookCovers
One of them is an anthology zine technically but it’s one of my favorite covers I’ve ever done.
QRP with your book covers 📚
#BookCovers
One of them is an anthology zine technically but it’s one of my favorite covers I’ve ever done.
Spent the last few days nonstop frantically refreshing the news. My grandparents are too old to flee. Asking a city that is the size of both NYC and LA combined to evacuate is insane.
June 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Spent the last few days nonstop frantically refreshing the news. My grandparents are too old to flee. Asking a city that is the size of both NYC and LA combined to evacuate is insane.
Reposted by Niky Motekallem
Reposted by Niky Motekallem
I'm finally ready to let go of my sun mask. I'm planning on listing it on Etsy this week but if you'd like first refusal, just drop me a DM on here. Its £250 including P+P
March 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I'm finally ready to let go of my sun mask. I'm planning on listing it on Etsy this week but if you'd like first refusal, just drop me a DM on here. Its £250 including P+P
Reposted by Niky Motekallem
imagine if it were that easy
March 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
imagine if it were that easy
Reposted by Niky Motekallem
AHHHHH!!! My runaway cowboys riso print is now on my Online Shop!! 🤟🤠🔫❤️
🍅 goodluckfriend.square.site 🍅
🍅 goodluckfriend.square.site 🍅
March 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
AHHHHH!!! My runaway cowboys riso print is now on my Online Shop!! 🤟🤠🔫❤️
🍅 goodluckfriend.square.site 🍅
🍅 goodluckfriend.square.site 🍅
Reposted by Niky Motekallem
Help the urgent need for families to reconnect by purchasing e-sims using this guide and receive thank you art from a co-op member.
details: cartoonist.coop/esims4gaza
details: cartoonist.coop/esims4gaza
November 16, 2023 at 9:36 PM
Help the urgent need for families to reconnect by purchasing e-sims using this guide and receive thank you art from a co-op member.
details: cartoonist.coop/esims4gaza
details: cartoonist.coop/esims4gaza
It’s the time of year where I become older. I hope 34 will be gentle on me.
March 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It’s the time of year where I become older. I hope 34 will be gentle on me.
Reposted by Niky Motekallem
Tomorrow! My exhibition ‘Light Over Boundary’ opens alongside Angela St. Vrian’s exhibition ‘Our Built Environment’ at Silverwood Park. Can’t wait to share this body of work with you 💙💛❤️
‘Jean Farris Winery, Lexington, Kentucky’ | Acrylic on paper, 4.5" by 6” (11.43 x 15.24 cm), 2025
‘Jean Farris Winery, Lexington, Kentucky’ | Acrylic on paper, 4.5" by 6” (11.43 x 15.24 cm), 2025
March 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Tomorrow! My exhibition ‘Light Over Boundary’ opens alongside Angela St. Vrian’s exhibition ‘Our Built Environment’ at Silverwood Park. Can’t wait to share this body of work with you 💙💛❤️
‘Jean Farris Winery, Lexington, Kentucky’ | Acrylic on paper, 4.5" by 6” (11.43 x 15.24 cm), 2025
‘Jean Farris Winery, Lexington, Kentucky’ | Acrylic on paper, 4.5" by 6” (11.43 x 15.24 cm), 2025
“Words Spoken So Ardently They Burn Your Tongue”
…
A bartlett’s anthias fish swimming in the stars. He’s final of the three fishies for Send Me Across the Sea Volume 6✨🌸🐟
…
A bartlett’s anthias fish swimming in the stars. He’s final of the three fishies for Send Me Across the Sea Volume 6✨🌸🐟
March 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
“Words Spoken So Ardently They Burn Your Tongue”
…
A bartlett’s anthias fish swimming in the stars. He’s final of the three fishies for Send Me Across the Sea Volume 6✨🌸🐟
…
A bartlett’s anthias fish swimming in the stars. He’s final of the three fishies for Send Me Across the Sea Volume 6✨🌸🐟
Snakes snakes snakes
March 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Snakes snakes snakes
Feeling a bit bummed about my art lately. Id like to blame algorithms but the fault is mostly my brain that would like a serotonin boost from my work being seen. Forever chasing that feeling of showing my art as a kid and getting a “wow good job!”
March 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Feeling a bit bummed about my art lately. Id like to blame algorithms but the fault is mostly my brain that would like a serotonin boost from my work being seen. Forever chasing that feeling of showing my art as a kid and getting a “wow good job!”
Reposted by Niky Motekallem
Do you like ducks? Do you like...FANCY ducks?
I got u, new original in my shop based on our lovely loud girl Olive (who is a Cayuga Duck).
nimasprout.shop/products/fan...
I got u, new original in my shop based on our lovely loud girl Olive (who is a Cayuga Duck).
nimasprout.shop/products/fan...
March 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Do you like ducks? Do you like...FANCY ducks?
I got u, new original in my shop based on our lovely loud girl Olive (who is a Cayuga Duck).
nimasprout.shop/products/fan...
I got u, new original in my shop based on our lovely loud girl Olive (who is a Cayuga Duck).
nimasprout.shop/products/fan...
My second piece for Send Me Across the Sea Vol 6 at helvella. This piece is titled “A Daughter That Has No Fear of Gods”. She is a clouded archer fish, one of the few fish that can spit water. If you would like to give her or any of her fishie companions a home, the show opens this Saturday 🐟✨
March 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
My second piece for Send Me Across the Sea Vol 6 at helvella. This piece is titled “A Daughter That Has No Fear of Gods”. She is a clouded archer fish, one of the few fish that can spit water. If you would like to give her or any of her fishie companions a home, the show opens this Saturday 🐟✨
Reposted by Niky Motekallem
A piece for Send Me Across the Sea vol 6 at Helvella opening Saturday 8th. This piece is titled “Translating the Spaces Between Your Sighs”. It’s the season of Pisces, and as a Pisces, I’ve decided to paint some fish 🐟🌸. This one is a black tiger dario fish surrounded by creeping baby’s breath.
March 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A piece for Send Me Across the Sea vol 6 at Helvella opening Saturday 8th. This piece is titled “Translating the Spaces Between Your Sighs”. It’s the season of Pisces, and as a Pisces, I’ve decided to paint some fish 🐟🌸. This one is a black tiger dario fish surrounded by creeping baby’s breath.
A piece for Send Me Across the Sea vol 6 at Helvella opening Saturday 8th. This piece is titled “Translating the Spaces Between Your Sighs”. It’s the season of Pisces, and as a Pisces, I’ve decided to paint some fish 🐟🌸. This one is a black tiger dario fish surrounded by creeping baby’s breath.
March 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A piece for Send Me Across the Sea vol 6 at Helvella opening Saturday 8th. This piece is titled “Translating the Spaces Between Your Sighs”. It’s the season of Pisces, and as a Pisces, I’ve decided to paint some fish 🐟🌸. This one is a black tiger dario fish surrounded by creeping baby’s breath.
Reposted by Niky Motekallem
I know there's dozens of things to contact reps about every single day, but today please contact them about keeping USPS independent. Privatizing USPS would be devastating for so many reasons, but personally it would destroy my small business if I can't have affordable/accessible service. 5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
February 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I know there's dozens of things to contact reps about every single day, but today please contact them about keeping USPS independent. Privatizing USPS would be devastating for so many reasons, but personally it would destroy my small business if I can't have affordable/accessible service. 5calls.org
Reposted by Niky Motekallem
more sketches from last year
February 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
more sketches from last year