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artquilliam
@artquilliam.bsky.social
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Artist | He/They | Eldritch Horror

Ope! Ya found me. I make comics, and you can read them and look at more of my art at https://www.artquilliam.com - Check it out! Or don't! I'm not your dad!
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I've been messing around with the #animation features on Clip Studio EX, and I'm pretty happy with how this came out!

#alien #practice #forfun #art
November 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
artquilliam.bsky.social
Hey, hey! I'm definitely looking for work! Check out my artist website: www.artquilliam.com
A digital portrait painting of a black woman wearing an iridescent jacket with bright spots of color highlighting her face. Her lips are partially parted and she looks directly at the viewer with her brown eyes. She has an afro and a golden hoop earring that hangs down by her neck. There is an artist signature to the right that reads, "QFA'25" A digital illustration of a reinterpretation of Jessica Fletcher from Murder, She Wrote. In this illustration, Jessica is coming cautiously and curiously out from behind a door of another room. She holds a flashlight up in her right hand. She is a black woman with an elegant gray pea coat and a cream colored shirt underneath. She wears her hair in braids that are done up in an elegant bun. There are a few pieces of hair jewelry that she wears. She also has golden earrings to match. She looks positively ready to find some clues. A digital portrait of a red tiefling with large, curvy horns, curly dark hair, and a scruffy beard. There are two marshmallows pierced on the tips of each of his horns. He looks up in confusion and concern at the marshmallow on the right, which is on fire. The fire's light reflects off the tiefling. There is an artist signature to the bottom right that reads, "QFA'25" A digital illustration of a possum wizard. She is a large North American possum with a brown wizard hat, a brown blouse, and a blue skirt with a white daisy print. She wears a fanny pack and a brown pouch at her waist. She has a ring on one of her toes, two hoop piercings on both of her ears, and her large tail has three rings on it near the tip. She is adding some kind of petal to a cauldron filled with a glowing purple liquid that she stirs with a large wooden stick. Her seven possum children are scattered throughout the illustration, watching her work (aside from one which is sleeping on a shelf peacefully). The whole stone room is lit in the purple glow of the cauldron's contents and the warm orange glow of the fire that heats it from below.
August 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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I follow a Tumblr that did a Melanin Beam Challenge (doing Black edits of characters) today, so I chose to do an edit of Jessica Fletcher from Murder, She Wrote! I'm pretty happy with how this came out, even though I was a little rushed at the end.

#art #blackedit #characterdesign #melaninbeam
A digital illustration of a reinterpretation of Jessica Fletcher from Murder, She Wrote. In this illustration, Jessica is coming cautiously and curiously out from behind a door of another room. She holds a flashlight up in her right hand. She is a black woman with an elegant gray pea coat and a cream colored shirt underneath. She wears her hair in braids that are done up in an elegant bun. There are a few pieces of hair jewelry that she wears. She also has golden earrings to match. She looks positively ready to find some clues.
August 9, 2025 at 2:52 AM
artquilliam.bsky.social
I did a random study the other day just to practice lighting and color. I wanted to test how certain brushes would work out and get myself a little out of my comfort zone. I think it came out alright!

#art #artpractice #color #lighting #digitalart #portrait
A digital portrait painting of a black woman wearing an iridescent jacket with bright spots of color highlighting her face. Her lips are partially parted and she looks directly at the viewer with her brown eyes. She has an afro and a golden hoop earring that hangs down by her neck. There is an artist signature to the right that reads, "QFA'25"
July 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Is this it? Is this the content you crave? Are you here to ponder the orb?

#art #artpractice #sphere #fundamentals #orbpondering
A digital sketch of a sphere with a shadow in grayscale. The sphere has been shaded as a study on values and lighting. There's an artist signature at the bottom right reads, "QFA'25"
July 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Did some art of someone's pet cat loafing on a watermelon. Just some non-Art Fight related art for the evening!

Now might also be a good moment to mention that I have commission slots open and I love drawing people's cats~

#art #cat #watermelon #animals #pets #commissionsopen #digitalart
A digital illustration of a small black kitten sitting loaf style on a long watermelon. The watermelon is resting on a blue and white patterned rug laying over a wooden floor. The kitten looks content with its chosen seat. There is an artist signature at the bottom right that reads, "QFA'25"
July 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
artquilliam.bsky.social
I finished another attack for Art Fight on stream tonight! This is Babylegs the Space Dragon, a character designed by our very own @thehamofficial.bsky.social ! I haven't posted it to art fight yet, but Soon...

#art #artfight2025 #artfight #digitalart #monster #space #teamfossils
A digital illustration of a space dragon. Babylegs the Space Dragon has a long, stretched out body that loops around through space. Its body goes from green to purple to red and ends in a long, skinny yellow tail with a large glowing star at the end that lights it up. Babylegs also has long eyestalks with magenta stars for pupils. The eyestalks are crossing over each other, looking in opposite directions. It wears a big, sharp toothed grin. It also has sharp curved horns sticking out of the top of its head, as well as a long mane of purple hair going down part of its back. Babylegs has two white feathered wings sticking out of its body where arms would normally be, presumably to propel itself through space. There are several glowing white stars on its body, outlined in yellow, magenta, and light blue. To its right, there is an artist signature that reads, "QFA'25"
July 9, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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I finished this off stream yesterday, but I'm really happy with how it came out! Another Art Fight attack down! You can check out my profile at artfight.net/~quilliam

#art #artfight2025 #artfight #teamfossils #illustration #digitalart
A digital portrait illustration of a young black woman. She has a dark brown afro partially sectioned off into thick chunks. One of the skinnier chunks has a gold ring around it. She has golden brown eyes with lime green eyeliner lining the bottom and thick eyebrows with two slits shaved out at the end of each one. She has many piercings -- gauges, two small hoops on her upper right ear and an industrial piercing on her left ear. She has a bridge piercing and a nose ring as well as spider bites and two lip rings between them looping around the bottom lip. She wears magenta lipstick and smiles up at the viewer with her teeth showing. She wears a choker, a small heart necklace, and a lime green tank top. The background is a simple gold/yellow stripe and off to the right there's an artist signature that reads, "QFA'25"
July 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
artquilliam.bsky.social
Finished up the color for this piece today! I'm also including the sketch version from last night, because I am genuinely very happy with it. This is @gaelfox.bsky.social 's character Bab! I drew it for Art Fight this year!

#teamfossils #artfight2025 #artfight #tiefling #fantasy
A digital portrait of a red tiefling with large, curvy horns, curly dark hair, and a scruffy beard. There are two marshmallows pierced on the tips of each of his horns. He looks up in confusion and concern at the marshmallow on the right, which is on fire. The fire's light reflects off the tiefling. There is an artist signature to the bottom right that reads, "QFA'25" A digital portrait sketch of a tiefling with large, curvy horns, curly black hair, and a scruffy beard. There are two marshmallows pierced on the tips of each of his horns. He looks up in confusion and concern at the marshmallow on the right, which is on fire. There is an artist signature to the bottom right that reads, "QFA'25"
July 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
artquilliam.bsky.social
I had things to do before I could post them, but HERE THEY ARE! My first two attacks of Art Fight! I started out with some fun and simple character designs to begin, but I'm quite happy with how they came out.
www.artfight.net/~quilliam

#artfight2025 #teamfossils #art #worm #artfight
A digital illustration of a pink earthworm against a light blue background. He wears a blue bow tie and a neutral expression on his face. Handwritten next to the worm is the text, "Dude, he's a worm!" There is an artist signature at the bottom that reads, "QFA'25" A digital illustration of a cartoon girl. She wears a large red bow, a red dress, and reddish-brown shoes. She has a white, circular face. She is backlit by the sun that shines bright behind her. There is an artist signature next to her foot that reads, "QFA'25"
July 2, 2025 at 5:14 AM
artquilliam.bsky.social
And here it is! My Art Fight Team Card for this year! Check out my profile here: artfight.net/~quilliam

Let's go Team Fossils!

#artfight2025 #artfight #teamfossils #teamcard
A Team Card for Art Fight. The card has the title, "Team Fossils" and is decorated with rocks and a brown/yellow color theme. The user is handwritten as "Quilliam" and in a box titled "I attack..." the handwritten response is, "when you least expect it. Stay vigilant! No bones about it." To the left, an illustrated avatar depicts a skeleton with long pink hair and a paleontologist outfit. They are holding a drawing tablet pen in their bony hand. To the right there are two boxes checked off for "Friendly Fire" and "Revenge" -- under Revenge there's a handwritten note that says, "sometimes!" Underneath are four Featured Characters. Each of them is illustrated in a way they break out of their designated box. The first one is a red tentacled creature with one eye wearing a cracked golden egg around its body. It holds a teacup in one of its tentacles. The second character is a human man with dark skin and long black hair. He has a gotee and mustache and wears a purple beaded necklace. He has a very chill, maybe stoned expression. The third character is a bird alien with a teal beak, white feathers, three eyes, and an alien hand holding to the edge of its designated box. It also wears a backwards hat. The fourth and final character is a possum wearing a brown blouse and a brown wizard hat through which her ears poke through. Each of her ears have two hoop piercings. She wears three flowers pinned to her blouse. The fifth box is left with just a caption: "Coming in 2026." Below that, a list of character types are listed: Human, Feral, Anthro, Monster, Worm, and Mech. There's also a bar under that labled "other." There are stars next to Human, Anthro, Monster, and the word "Alien" is handwritten in the other box indicating that those are the types of characters I have.
June 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
artquilliam.bsky.social
Meet Gaillardia, or Gail for short. She's a busy mother of seven and a professional wizard.

I made her for Art Fight this year, but in doing so I just so happened to draw maybe my favorite thing I've drawn this year!

#artfight #art #possum #wizard #magic #digitalart #illustration #teamfossils
A digital illustration of a possum wizard. She is a large North American possum with a brown wizard hat, a brown blouse, and a blue skirt with a white daisy print. She wears a fanny pack and a brown pouch at her waist. She has a ring on one of her toes, two hoop piercings on both of her ears, and her large tail has three rings on it near the tip. She is adding some kind of petal to a cauldron filled with a glowing purple liquid that she stirs with a large wooden stick. Her seven possum children are scattered throughout the illustration, watching her work (aside from one which is sleeping on a shelf peacefully). The whole stone room is lit in the purple glow of the cauldron's contents and the warm orange glow of the fire that heats it from below.
June 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
artquilliam.bsky.social
If you see this, post something pink

This is an old one, but I'm still fond of it. :3
A digital illustration of an alligator in a pink dress with a pink bow and small pink flowers. It has a pearl bracelet, a hot pink hand bag, and high heels in the same color. The background is a light pink with a bunch of flowers. There's an artist signature by the high heels that reads, "QFA'23."
June 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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This is the penguin I always used to draw in school. I guess I've been drawing it out of school a lot, too.

#penguin #doodle #art
A very simple digital doodle of a penguin, black and white. It is very cartoonish and egg-shaped.
June 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Hey, y'all! Any fellow St. Louis folks out there should come see me at this Mosh Market on Saturday, June 7th from 1-4pm! I'll be selling a bunch of art!

#indieart #art #stlouis #stl #localart
A flyer with a white van and a blue and white background. It advertises the following: MOSH MARKET, 1-4pm, June 7th at Moshmellow, 3359 S Jefferson. Vendors selling: Art, Handmade Goods, Curated Wares. Community open jam. bring an instrument and hang with us!
June 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Drew this last night to wind down after working on other more urgent art all day. Hope y'all enjoy my lil Ope!Possum!

#possum #oppossum #ope #illustration #art
A digital illustration of a possum sitting upright with one of its legs tucked in and the other extended out on the grass. It has grey fur, darker hands and feet and ears, and a pink tail & nose. It sits in the grass, surrounded by yellow dandelions. The sky is bright and fluffy white clouds list past. Under the possum is a caption that reads: Ope!Possum In the bottom right corner, there is an artist signature, "QFA'25"
May 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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These are my sketches from the stream today! I ended up doing some regular quickpose sketches (the three on the left) and some timed quickpose sketches. Not the most beautiful art, but definitely helping me on my way to learning!

#art #sketches #artpractice
A series of ten quick pose sketches. Left to right, top to bottom: a man in a slight forward lean, a woman with her hands up over her head, a person reclining back, a man crouched looking at his upturned hands, a man doing some kind of jump with his legs crossed and his toes pointed and his arms spread eagle looking up, a man on his knees looking up at his hands, a man walking, a ninja standing ready to attack, a person in a helmet controlling some kind of joystick, and a man in a martial art pose with his right knee up to his chest and his arms out in a particular form that I don't know the name of. Three sketches. In order from left to right, top to bottom: a ninja crouching and upside down standing on the ceiling; a nude of a woman resting in a sitting position on her knees, her nipples have a censor bar over them that reads "CENSORED" with text below the bar that says, "Because of misogyny. God forbid women have bodies"; and, finally, a sitting woman with long hair wearing a cape and thigh-high platform boots looking up and touching her face delicately with her fingertips.
May 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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This is some traditional art I worked on yesterday. Colored pencils, watercolor, marker on multi-media paper.

#art #snake #bushviper #traditionalart #illustration #animals
A hand-drawn illustration of a spiny bush viper. Color pencils, watercolor, and marker. The viper takes up the center of the illustration, its serpentine curve drawing the eyes horizontally across the page. The snake is mostly green with some yellow and some black scales spattered throughout its body. It is sitting on a piece of wood and there is a green, leafy background suggested behind it. In the bottom right corner, there is an artist signature, "QFA'25"
May 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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All the #skulls I drew on stream today! To be fair, in my first three I was not using a very good reference. Then I found a better reference and everything improved. The first front facing skull vs the last front facing skull says it all.

#art #sketch #artpractice
A sketch of three skulls from different perspectives: front facing, three-quarters pose, and profile. The drawing is labeled "Skulls #1" and there is an artist signature next to the profile skull that reads, "QFA'25" A sketch of four skulls from different perspectives: bottom of the skull, back-facing, looking up at the skull at an angle, and looking down at an angle. There is an artist signature at the bottom that reads "QFA'25" A sketch of one skull that takes up most of the page. It is front facing. There is clear improvement between the first skull and this one. There is an artist signature by the jaw that reads, "QFA'25"
May 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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I was practicing with oil pastels last night and this is what I came up with! It's a little messy, but the spirit is there! Hope y'all enjoy!

#art #traditionalart #oilpastel #jar #bow #practice #artpractice
An illustration made with oil pastels depicting a glass jar with a light blue bow resting up against it. They sit on a wooden table and the background is fully black. The illustration is messily bordered with a line of yellow, a line of light blue, and a dotted black line all running around the edge of the piece. There is an artist signature at the bottom that reads, "QFA'25"
May 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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I did this illustration for a friend~

#cat #art #calico #watermelon #palestine
A round digital illustration of a calico cat sitting in front of a watermelon round. The cat is black, white, and orange with big green eyes looking at the viewer. A Palestinian flag sits in front of the cat.
May 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
artquilliam.bsky.social
I drew someone's dog at my local coffee shop today! It was really nice! I gave her the drawing and we had a nice conversation. It's been a good day. :3

#art #dog #sketch #cute
A pen sketch of a small, curly haired dog. The dog is facing away from the viewer, tail curved up, ears partially perked. There are a couple of patches on the dog's head and body. It wears a striped collar. There's an artist signature that reads "QFA'25" at the bottom right.
May 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Here's the #comic I did for Free Comic Book Day! The art group I'm part of did an alien theme this year, so I obviously had to do it!

#FCBD #alien #freecomicbookday
The first page of a black and white comic. There are three large black panels with words written in an alien language. In between these large black text panels are a series of smaller panels with an alien doing various activities. The alien is seen in a movie theater, watching a film. The alien is seen rubbing its chin as it contemplates the art it's making (a tree on a canvas). In the middle panel, the alien is staring at a lava lamp with a smile. The alien is seen with headphones on, singing a song. The alien is seen holding the caterpillar of a monarch butterfly. In the next grouping of panels, we see the alien has built a snow-alien. The next three panels show the alien enjoying various foods: chips, pizza, and watermelon respectively. The alien is seen touching a finger to a cat's outstretched paw. The cat looks at the alien in a friendly way as it rests on its cat tree. In the final panel, the alien is staring up at a big sunflower. The second page of a black and white comic. It has no panels, but is rather a full page illustration. The alien relaxes in a large tree (perhaps the one it was painting on the first page?) while the sun sets behind it. There is more alien text in a panel along with only a little recognizable English that reads, "ARTQUILLIAM.COM"
May 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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I've been getting into cross stitch recently! The alien is my very first cross stitch project, which is a finished (if a little messy) patch. The Cool S is one I'm currently working on, planning on filling it with the colors of the rainbow. I will also be making this one into a patch.

#art #crafts
A work in progress cross stitch project off-center in an oval wooden hoop. The outline of The Cool S has been finished in bold black thread. Inside, there is a red section and an orange section filling in the blank space. There is still a lot of space inside the outline that has not yet been filled. A finished cross stitch patch depicting a small green alien in a classic flying saucer. The black stitching around the edges is a little messy and frayed.
April 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
artquilliam.bsky.social
Yaaaaas~

I'm a trans illustrator and comic artist! My commissions are extremely open and I could definitely use the money! I am also happy to do paid comic work for people if that's of any interest to y'all! My portfolio website is www.artquilliam.com

Feel free to reach out!
A cat laying on its back with its rear legs and tail in the air, its front paws crossed and reaching out, and its tummy exposed. It is squinting a little. The cat is multicolored, using yellows and blues and reds and oranges and greens. There is a little wink to the intersex flag (yellow background with a purple circle in the middle) on its paw pad. The background is also in rainbow colors with a sort of distressed patterned look. Little triangles, squiggly lines, and stars can be seen in the background. An illustration of a red eyed tree frog hanging onto a small branch. Its back legs are spread wide, hanging onto the branch with its toes. The background is various shades of green. There is a caption which reads, "If you're gonna do it, do it with your whole frogussy!" An illustration of Haley from Stardew Valley. She has long hair and her classic outfit: blue blouse, pink skirt, with blue shoes. She is holding a camera up by her chest that is pointed out at the viewer. She is surrounded by sunflowers and green Junimos that hang out in the background behind her. She seems to be looking at the viewer with a small smile. A cutesy illustration of a cartoon elephant. They have a grey body with pink and purple nails, They've got gold hoop piercings and a gold stud earring on each of their large ears. They wear a large pink bow, a purple blouse with a golden diamond in the middle of the chest area, and a light pink skirt on. The skirt has hearts all around the bottom and there is a cut out in the shape of a heart that shows off the elephant's belly button, which has a gold belly ring with a heart on it. The elephant is striking a cutesy pose with one leg up in the hair and their hands up by their face, framing their cheeks.
April 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM