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draws pictures sometimes ✷ she/they 🎷🐛

✷ averyhelm.ca/commission-info
✷ https://ko-fi.com/averyhelm

#art 🎨 #mitzi 🐱 #honey 🐶
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Hi!! I'm Avery, a freelance illustrator, graphic designer, and part-time college instructor. I love making art of things that I love and collaborating with like-minded folks on all kinds of projects!

⛅ @averyhelm most places
💌 hello@averyhelm.ca
🎨 averyhelm.ca
A digital drawing of me, sitting with my arm over my knee. There is text on the image that says “Meet the artist/designer/educator/etc!” “Oct 31” “Queer” “She/they” and my name, Avery Helm. 6 digital illustrations, featuring the main companion cast of Baldur's Gate III. A photo of me holding up a pack of 4 beer cans in the sun. The cans have an illustration of Carmilla the vampire on them, with her name running across her face (the name of the beer was also Carmilla). A photo of me holding up Kayak Magazine Issue #90, which I illustrated the cover for. It features a pair of kids tobogganing through powdery snow, with two more kids snowshoeing in the background up the hill to their dad, who is waving them over.
November 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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next to every sleepy girl is a sleepy cat napping with her etc etc
A photo of my cat Mitzi lounging on her back, staring at the camera.
November 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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matching outfits to spam extreme speed 100000 times in a row at restaurant le nah <333 (1000 wins is criminal btw) #PokémonLegendsZA
A screenshot of my Pokémon Z-A character posing in an outfit that matches her alpha Dragonite. The same as the first image but now the Dragonite is mega evolved.
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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my partner contacted a bunch of my friends like TWO MONTHS AGO and asked them to draw me things for my birthday 😭😭😭 truly the most precious gift ever ever ever thank you to everyone who pitched in!!! hi-res for your viewing pleasure as well
A photo of a giant birthday card filled with drawings from my friends. The card, as a PNG this time. There’s drawings of me, my cat, my dog, some of worms, one of eraserhead baby, etc etc.
November 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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I’m 30 today!! I wanted to celebrate by making a new meet the artist post 🎊 #MeetTheArtist #art
A digital drawing of me, sitting with my arm over my knee. There is text on the image that says “Meet the artist/designer/educator/etc!” “Oct 31” “Queer” “She/they” and my name, Avery Helm. A what’s in my bag image depicting a bunch of my belongings! A page with my contact info, “Want to work together? averyhelm.ca / hello@averyhelm.ca” “averyhelm.ca/friends for a mini directory of my friends and peers!”
October 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
aves.bsky.social
I'm Avery! I'm an illustrator and graphic designer who loves to do a little bit of everything and anything. I would love to do more in the literary field, whether covers or kidlit! ✏️

I'm available for freelance projects and personal commissions!

🌱 averyhelm.ca
💌 hello@averyhelm.ca

#PortfolioDay
A photo of me holding up Kayak Magazine Issue #90, which I illustrated the cover for. It features a pair of kids tobogganing through powdery snow, with two more kids snowshoeing in the background up the hill to their dad, who is waving them over. A photo of me holding up a pack of 4 beer cans in the sun. The cans have an illustration of Carmilla the vampire on them, with her name running across her face (the name of the beer was also Carmilla). A photo of a poster that I designed and illustrated, taped to a bike rack. It's for an Alley Cat Bike Race, and features a cute two-colour illustration of a calico cat doing a wheelie. A photo of the box for Tournament Arc, a sports anime-inspired party card game. I did the logo and box design, Sky did the art!
October 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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drew my hairdresser’s doggy while my partner got a haircut 💇 #art
A digital illustration of a black French bulldog. His name is Leroy.
October 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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i should just look like this!!!
A mirror selfie of me wearing fake elf ears.
October 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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happy october 3 to all who celebrate 🔥 #art #FullmetalAlchemist #FMA
A digital drawing of Ed and Alphonse Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist.
October 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Oh! A notification! #art
A short comic. The first drawing is me standing with my watch buzzing my wrist to tell me there's a notification. The next is me lifting my wrist to read it. The last one is my arm with the watch on it, showing the text "why is my ass exploding" from a Discord message.
October 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Art vs Artist !!! 💫
A digital illustration of mega Dragonite from Pokémon Legends Z-A. A bathroom mirror selfie of me!
October 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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i'm in my romantasy era, here's a guy #art
Two drawings of Keldarion from the Beasts of the Briar series.
October 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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procreate updated itself so noodled with new brushes a lil #art
A digital portrait of a cute elf girl.
October 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Fire Emblem: Four Spouses #FE3H #art
A digital drawing of Seteth, Claude, Mercedes, and Hubert from Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
September 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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bluesky can you help me: what would you call this method of shading, where the image on the right is built out of shapes like on the left?

even better: if you can be specific to adobe illustrator!!
A graphic showing a vector sphere with colours built up out of shapes, and graphic illustrating the order these shapes are laying.
September 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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boar prince 💙 #FE3H #art
A portrait of Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd from Fire Emblem: Three Houses, looking dark and ominous. A digital sketch of Dimitri and Byleth. Byleth is kissing him on the cheek, referencing a scene from Howl’s Moving Castle.
September 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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dedue fan club rise up #FE3H #art
A digital sketch of Dimitri and Dedue from Fire Emblem: Theee Houses. Dimitri is lifting Dedue bridal-style with ease. A digital portrait of Dedue wearing a flower crown with his hair down.
September 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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i want a church man who go to church, AND RIIIDE A WYYYVERRRN #FE3H #art
Digital sketches of Seteth from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. A digital illustration of Byleth and Seteth from FE3H. Byleth is gently touching Seteth’s ears, which are pointed, while he blushes and looks away.
September 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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claude von riegan i miss you!!! #FE3H #art
A digital illustration of Claude von Riegan from Fire Emblem Three Houses. He is in his barbarossa outfit posed sitting beside his dragon. They’re both glowing in a golden light. A drawing of a young Claude engrossed in a book while his wyvern sleeps with its head on his head and wings draped around them. A series of drawings of a young Claude, learning how to ride his wyvern. It’s inspired by the scene in How to Train Your Dragon!
September 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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I’m gonna be at @prairiecomicsfest.bsky.social this weekend!! 📚

I compiled my last 5 years of hourly comics into a little book! Hope to see you there! 💫
A photo of me holding up a small book that’s titled “Hourly Comic Days 2020–2025”.
September 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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sunshine girl (ignore the caked up walking mushroom) #mitzi
A photo of my cat on a yellow chair in a sunbeam. Beside her is a pillow featuring a walking mushroom with a little rosy bum.
August 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Some sketches from life drawing at MAWA last night!! I missed figure drawing so much. :’) #art
A photo of a sketch pad with sketches of someone in two different poses. These were 15 minute poses. A photo of a sketch pad with a sketch of someone posed with their arm covering their face. This was a 1 minute pose. A photo of a sketch pad with sketches of someone in two different poses. These were 10 minute poses. A photo of a sketch pad with a sketch of someone sitting. This was a ~30 minute pose.
August 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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harrowharks from tonight that i like + a gideon from a couple weeks ago that i like #art #TheLockedTomb
Digital sketches of Harrowhark Nonagesimus from The Locked Tomb series. One has cropped hair and the other has hair that goes just below her chin. A photo of a marker sketch of Gideon Nav from The Locked Tomb series.
August 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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(harrow the ninth spoilers)

not the none pizza with left beef reference are you kidding me
A photo of a Kobo screen with text on it, the highlighted section reads “none House, with left grief.”
August 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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a model #mitzi
A photo of my cat, a brown and white tabby. The morning sun is shining on her.
August 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM