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shafer brown
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flat fantasy and rpg illustration by some queer in the hills of western NC
commissions open - shaferbrownillus@gmail.com
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shafer brown @shaferbrown.com · Jun 23
looking to draw something from your favorite videogame, your rpg characters, fantasy pet portraits, and anything else you think would look sick as hell
email me at shaferbrownillus@gmail.com for rates and timeline
2025 limited color fantasy pet portrait Two tuxedo cats toil away in a tavern. One cleans dishes behind the bar while another consults his notes and balances beers on a tray. The patrons have left playing cards, empty plates and glasses, and other objects around the rear of the bar, gathering in the front in drunken merriment. 2025 full color commission in a dense forest, a goblin hides behind a rock and summons with the aid of a spellbook 3 spectral birds. On the horizon, a giant white elk turns its gaze towards their hiding spot. 2025 limited color group commission Inside a smokey dining room aboard a river boat pirate ship, a group of adventurers blow off steam. From left to right, an anxious squirrel has drunken to excess, a spirited otter teases them and toasts. A paternalistic skunk with a metal arm scolds them, while a delirious herbalist rabbit offers a solution, and the groups tinkerer, a sparrow, sits with an impulse of a food fight within reach. 025 limited tone fantasy family portrait Two adventurers (and their cats) press forth in a water logged dungeon in orange and green. One holds a bow, with a cat toy tied to an arrow to direct the more playful of their two pets. The other adventurer holds his lazier cat aloft on a shifting scale.
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shaferbrown.com
looking to draw something from your favorite videogame, your rpg characters, fantasy pet portraits, and anything else you think would look sick as hell
email me at shaferbrownillus@gmail.com for rates and timeline
2025 limited color fantasy pet portrait Two tuxedo cats toil away in a tavern. One cleans dishes behind the bar while another consults his notes and balances beers on a tray. The patrons have left playing cards, empty plates and glasses, and other objects around the rear of the bar, gathering in the front in drunken merriment. 2025 full color commission in a dense forest, a goblin hides behind a rock and summons with the aid of a spellbook 3 spectral birds. On the horizon, a giant white elk turns its gaze towards their hiding spot. 2025 limited color group commission Inside a smokey dining room aboard a river boat pirate ship, a group of adventurers blow off steam. From left to right, an anxious squirrel has drunken to excess, a spirited otter teases them and toasts. A paternalistic skunk with a metal arm scolds them, while a delirious herbalist rabbit offers a solution, and the groups tinkerer, a sparrow, sits with an impulse of a food fight within reach. 025 limited tone fantasy family portrait Two adventurers (and their cats) press forth in a water logged dungeon in orange and green. One holds a bow, with a cat toy tied to an arrow to direct the more playful of their two pets. The other adventurer holds his lazier cat aloft on a shifting scale.
June 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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2024 uncommissioned momento mori joyous death leads three smaller cats in a solemn dance, drawn in three tones of grey
April 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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late happy 20th anniversary to cave story
2023 bossfight postcard design for people make games patreon depicting the first mandatory bossfight of cave story. quote stands with polestar drawn, back to the viewer. several times his size, blocking a save room, is a hulking migma, eyes red, nose lightly bleeding.
December 21, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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evening at the cat office
2025 full color commission portrait of a cat office at evening in a dimly lit wooden study, a black long haired cat sits at a desk beginning needlework. She wears a plaid suit and sits in a sturdy chair, her tail wrapping around the frame of the desk. on her desk is a table cloth, and a top that is a whirring fan, a rotary phone, two books, a sake bottle and cup. A short hair siamese cat brings a steaming cup of tea. He wears a grey sweater with a red collar and cuff, and his tail sticks up energetically behind him.
December 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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The Dragon Quest handbook entries continue. Here are two creatures that favor attack and defense over agility. As you might be able to tell from my work, rhinos are some of my favorite animals. I do also like anteaters. I like pretty much every animal, come to think of it.
December 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Why We're Boycotting Xbox:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybj1...
The Xbox Boycott (Still) Matters
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Subscribe to Unwinnable before the end of the year and get all the 2025 issues free! That's twelve issues of Unwinnable Monthly AND twelve issues of Exploits for five clams. Feed your brain over the holidays!

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All the snazzy covers of Unwinnable Monthly from 2025. Text reads: Unwinnable: Good Writing Since 2010.
December 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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pyromancer (2023)
2023 limited tone fantasy pet portrait looking in from a vine covered tower window, we see a black cat conjuring forth fire for warmth, their staff raised and their face illuminated.
December 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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your memory at mealtime
2025 limited tone fantasy portrait by a cauldronin the woods, a wolfman in heavy armor pauses while serving dinner to his dog, seeing the form of his previous pet in his pots steam and fires smoke.
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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planetsmudge.bsky.social
his will bends for a / computer of imps, jangling
/ carats in his eyes
floating blue orbs tether a boy's glare at a circle of tesselating imps. Three gold discs are in each of his eyes. Below the computer of imps is an apparition of a curtain rail being broken, the curtain flailing.
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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minovskyarticle.bsky.social
It gets exhausting watching people race to find the worst takes from the most hateful people about things they ostensibly like. I want to see your genuine feelings about something, don't hide your excitement or disappointment behind screenshots of the most obnoxious bigot you could find crashing out
minovskyarticle.bsky.social Minovsky @minovskyarticle.bsky.social · 14d
I don't know, man. I'm broadly out of touch with considering the "fanbase" of anything when evaluating a work anymore. I'm sure you can find a collective of fans for anything who are annoying or awful, but they're not in the room with me and I'm not going to go looking for them.
December 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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I have an original painting (done on a recycled kitchen cabinet) + some riso prints up for an online auction tonight! All proceeds benefit OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital! Auction ends at 9:30 PT tonight! >:)

I don't sell originals of this size very often!!
live.classy.org/auction/pigs...
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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javanzord.bsky.social
The Saga Continues!
December 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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hollynielsen.bsky.social
Going to shamelessly use this to remind people that if you’d like a historian who is also a writer and narrative designer to bring some of these perspectives to your game, then in the new year I’m available for work
hollynielsen.bsky.social Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · Nov 23
Made my day to read this great post and see this!
November 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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gingerbarts.bsky.social
tower in the sea
commission for Angela He
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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bensears.bsky.social
a song I made, inspired by bugs, plants, etc
pairs with the print: thegleamingcorridor.bandcamp.com/track/micro-...
December 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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can squeeze one or two more comms into my schedule before christmas
shaferbrown.com shafer brown @shaferbrown.com · Jun 23
looking to draw something from your favorite videogame, your rpg characters, fantasy pet portraits, and anything else you think would look sick as hell
email me at shaferbrownillus@gmail.com for rates and timeline
2025 limited color fantasy pet portrait Two tuxedo cats toil away in a tavern. One cleans dishes behind the bar while another consults his notes and balances beers on a tray. The patrons have left playing cards, empty plates and glasses, and other objects around the rear of the bar, gathering in the front in drunken merriment. 2025 full color commission in a dense forest, a goblin hides behind a rock and summons with the aid of a spellbook 3 spectral birds. On the horizon, a giant white elk turns its gaze towards their hiding spot. 2025 limited color group commission Inside a smokey dining room aboard a river boat pirate ship, a group of adventurers blow off steam. From left to right, an anxious squirrel has drunken to excess, a spirited otter teases them and toasts. A paternalistic skunk with a metal arm scolds them, while a delirious herbalist rabbit offers a solution, and the groups tinkerer, a sparrow, sits with an impulse of a food fight within reach. 025 limited tone fantasy family portrait Two adventurers (and their cats) press forth in a water logged dungeon in orange and green. One holds a bow, with a cat toy tied to an arrow to direct the more playful of their two pets. The other adventurer holds his lazier cat aloft on a shifting scale.
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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tiffbaxter.bsky.social
Carved in Stone: Columba of Iona, Oswald of Northumbria and their relics.
Illustrations done in an early medieval manuscript & Pictish artwork inspired style of St. Columba and St. Oswald. L: Columba is dressed in a brown monk's habit and has a grey beard and thinning hair. He holds a book with a red and gold chequerboard pattern cover and a simple crozier. He is on an orange background with stylised representations of his 12 companions in red linework. In a section beneath, on a black background is the Loch Ness monster and fish. R: Oswald is dressed in a blue tunic with gold edges and a red cloak. He has chestnut coloured beard & long hair which is curled and long. He has a scabbard at his waist and holds out a silver plate of bread. He wears cross-gartered boots over green leggings. Below are 3 figures shown much smaller representing those he is giving alms to. Behind is a knotwork design in yellow, orangey red, and green. Two rectangular frames decorated with dots and with diamond patterned backgrounds containing drawings of relics of St. Columba and St. Oswald. Top: Columba's relics include parts of his crozier which has been broken up, pieces of green cloth patterned with red petal-like designs and a couple of his books. Bottom: Oswald's relics include his right hand, a piece of wood from a cross he built, engraved with swirls, bloody shards of wood from the stake that bore his head and a small casket in silver, bronze and red enamel containing bloodsoaked soil.
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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shift change
2025 limited color fantasy pet portrait in a cramped guard house, one long haired black and white cat lounges near a wood stove, his boots and scarf barely off him and his coat hanging by the door. Another, grey and white, pulls on his outer coat and steps towards the door. their shack is full of yarn, leaves, mud, books and notices.
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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soengery.bsky.social
The liminal time approaches
The laufr sit on a rotten cabin watching stars fall
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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christmas card (2021)
2021 limited tone christmas card commission in a grey snowy wood with red highlights, a family trots back home. A man hoists a tree on his shoulder and cradles logs under his arms, a woman holds a flower in a dome, and their cat leads the way with a shield and lantern.
December 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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ianmacewan.bsky.social
GOLGO 13 commission!

The perfect machine of snipe!

patreon.com/posts/golgo-13-144811727
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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pamwishbow.bsky.social
Shop drop on dec 1, 12am pst including a postcard calendar, seconds sale mystery necklaces (my fav), and hand painted wood shields

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a shop photo of wood painted banners on brass chain, painted with two colors and drawn on with paint pen a shop photo of small black boxes with sealed stickers describing a "mystery seconds" brass necklace a shop photo of a postcard calendar, the main image on the January page mainly features a crow a shop photo of wood painted shields on brass chain, painted with two colors and drawn on with paint pen with esoteric symbols
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 AM