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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯
@aorticinkwell.bsky.social
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Artist ★ OC lover ★ She/They ★ LVL40 ★ Connoisseur of sad elves and ink~ 🚫N/F/T-A/I🚫 #Art

https://aorticinkwell.carrd.co
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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · Oct 18
Hello~ I’m Nicole a.k.a. “Aortic Inkwell”

I’m an artist that loves to draw sad dreamy elves and silly plague doctor comics.

Check the link below for other platforms I’m active on as well as ways to support my work~

✨ aorticinkwell.carrd.co ✨

#Art #Commission #OC #Illustration
Five separate sample illustrations that describe me as an artist. Top left: a shy elf hiding behind the fur trim of their robe. Bottom left: a curious beaked creature. Middle: a horned and winged fiery prince looking to the viewer. Top right: an elf languishing in the snow. Bottom right: a magician floating midair as they cast a spell.
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aorticinkwell.bsky.social
🖋️Ko-fi Commissions✒️

I have commissions still open if anyone is looking for a gift for the holidays! I’ll be starting a new job soon so these might not be available for much longer while I’m getting adjusted.

Shares are appreciated!

#Art #Commission #Kofi

ko-fi.com/aorticinkwell
Commission sample - Waist up Commission sample - Digital Bust Commission sample - Pay what you want Commission sample - 8”x10” illustration
November 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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princepotion.com
Not the update I want to make today, but... I need help. I owe the last bit of rent, I need food, Vinny needs food... anything helps if you can share or donate. Thank you. www.gofundme.com/f/help-andre...
Donate to Help Andre Find Safety and Stability, organized by Andre Story
Hi, I’m Andre. I’m a disabled trans artist, and I need your help to stay housed. … Andre Story needs your support for Help Andre Find Safety and Stability
www.gofundme.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
aorticinkwell.bsky.social
Ooop cat got me good. On the drawing hand no less. 🥲
Image of my right hand with a long cat scratch running along the length of it.
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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aorticinkwell.bsky.social
A page from my second Somnia comic. I hope in 2026 I have the energy to finish the third comic or more!

#Art #ArtSky #OC #Somnia #Comics #Indie
First panel: an arm grabbing the hand of the main character, Somnia. Full page: Somnia is ensnared by the mysterious being and its pet.
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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kimstramat.bsky.social
Commissions? vgen.co/kstra www.kstramat.com/commissionin...
kstra (@kstra)
Check out kstra's commissions and portfolio! | I'm Kim a fantasy illustrator! I do a lot of ttrpg characters and character portraits. ...
vgen.co
November 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
aorticinkwell.bsky.social
A page from my second Somnia comic. I hope in 2026 I have the energy to finish the third comic or more!

#Art #ArtSky #OC #Somnia #Comics #Indie
First panel: an arm grabbing the hand of the main character, Somnia. Full page: Somnia is ensnared by the mysterious being and its pet.
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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debu-rabu.bsky.social
Commissions open! 3 spots! And new, lower prices!
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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aorticinkwell.bsky.social
🔸-Curious-🔸

#Art #ArtSky #OC #OCsky
A being with an elongated neck and bird-like mask is intrigued by a wispy spirit. The creature is decked out in a multitude of patterned clothing and accessories.
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
aorticinkwell.bsky.social
🖋️Ko-fi Commissions✒️

I have commissions still open if anyone is looking for a gift for the holidays! I’ll be starting a new job soon so these might not be available for much longer while I’m getting adjusted.

Shares are appreciated!

#Art #Commission #Kofi

ko-fi.com/aorticinkwell
Commission sample - Waist up Commission sample - Digital Bust Commission sample - Pay what you want Commission sample - 8”x10” illustration
November 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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aorticinkwell.bsky.social
Waist-up Ko-fi commission for @kittendrumstick.bsky.social of their FFXIV OC, Solus! 🖤💜🖤

#Art #Kofi #Commission #ArtSky
Image of a being with pointed ears and horns wearing gold jewelry and a leather suit with feathered cuffs. They are framed by roses with a checkered background.
November 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
aorticinkwell.bsky.social
The voice actor for Shockwave in TF:One just followed me on twitter.
👀💦 Huh??
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
aorticinkwell.bsky.social
Look at this little Megatron! He’s just a little guy! A little birthday boy!

I need him but I’m not paying $50+ 😩
A little plush Megatron
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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aorticinkwell.bsky.social
♦️-?-♦️

#Art #ArtSky #OC #OCsky
Image of a beaked humanoid being sitting with their right arm raised as if showing something off.
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
aorticinkwell.bsky.social
♦️-?-♦️

#Art #ArtSky #OC #OCsky
Image of a beaked humanoid being sitting with their right arm raised as if showing something off.
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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aorticinkwell.bsky.social
🔹-Vampire Hunter D-🔹

#Art #Artsky #VampireHunterD #Fanart
Image of Vampire Hunter D languishing in a bed of gold thorns and blue roses.
November 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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witchofavalon.bsky.social
Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
aorticinkwell.bsky.social
While I was out, my twin recommended I go to an art store she likes. I found this dip pen there and treated myself.. I want to get back into drawing traditionally with ink and watercolors again. It’s been too long.
Image of a brass dip pen in a box.
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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thegorgonist.bsky.social
Woo! My logo Gorgon is finally in pin form and she turned out SO snappy! The black and white stripes really pop even though she's pretty tiny!
thegorgonist.etsy.com/listing/4408...
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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mangoshock.bsky.social
Any of my Vegas buddies wanna go to Sin City Anime so we have a 4th person to do the discount pack?
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
aorticinkwell.bsky.social
Well I had an eventful day. Saw a guy get run over by a bus this morning, he’s fine. Wandered around aimlessly in Saratoga for a few hours. Went to the bodega on the way home where a guy went on a racist rant at the cashier. Weird.
November 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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fukkatsu.bsky.social
My OC Silino💙 (that's him)
#OC #illustration
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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enerjax.bsky.social
I had the opportunity to illustrate a promo for the Steam game “Magical Defense Force” featuring characters Yuri and Hoshune by @mdf-visual-novel.bsky.social !💫🛡️💪
Feel free to check it out here💖
store.steampowered.com/app/2292960/...
Magical Defense Force promo art I completed for the steam game 💖💖💖
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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korraiko.bsky.social
sketch vs final

#art #fantasy
Digital sketch of a naked young woman. She is floating in the air, sitting on her broomstick. Behind the young woman are grey clouds Digital painting of a naked young woman. She is floating in the air, sitting on her broomstick. Behind the young woman are grey clouds
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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jayeldraco.bsky.social
Let's do an #ArtShare, just cause!
Here's 4 illustrations I'm super proud of for the Children of Gaia series from @oneshipress.bsky.social
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Like, share, comment with 4 of your own pieces and tag your fav artists!
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#FantasyArt #DigitalIllustration #NoAI #FantasyArtShare
TAMING NEW FRIENDS depicts Ghoowhally (the blue dragonborn) and his Party, with their attention centered around the newest member of their part, a chop-shop beast with no memory of their origins named Zontack. Ghoowhally seems to have tamed him with mushroom jerky, but the rest of the group seems a bit unsure. PULLING THORNS depicts, young Djae'Dron crying as he embraces his friend Raru, a large quadruped beast who is covered in nasty thick thorns. She had just moments early busted through a thick barrier of nasty, spikey thorny bushes to rescue him from Oriks that would have had him as a prize. Atop Raru's side, perches Elunadda, a small sugar-glider-like creature who is set to work pulling thorns from her thick hide. DARKNESS ABOVE depicts Ghoowhally leading his party through a mysterious, thick, dark forest. His posture suggests that he can feel he's being watched. In the canopy above we can see that they're totally surrounded and outnumbered by raven-like harpy creatures, whose territory they're encroaching upon. NURIDIAN HOST depicts the fae-child La'Achselyn of the fox-tribe Keetsunekesh, who has become the host of the Eternal goddess Nuridia. The powers of body, growth, and fecundity flow through her. She is now one with the forest and all things that thrive within.
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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ursadoomart.bsky.social
Ohh, thank you for the artshare. 💚 I think that I'm a pretty proud of my illustrations for @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social, and also the Demona Lisa.

Unfortunately I have the worst name memory, but I really adore the art of @aorticinkwell.bsky.social @gorangligovic.bsky.social @azuremeraki.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM