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Charles Utting
@charlesutting.bsky.social
The greatest lie is in thinking there is anything more important than time with the people we love.

Artist/Illustrator - Open for Commissions

https://www.charlesutting.com/
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For this Portfolio Day's #Portfolioday, it's all about #pirates
#skypirates #spacepirates and sexy #queerpirates
Pirates. Always more pirates.

I have come to the conclusion that at least %50 of what we romanticize about pirates is totally true and totally worth romanticizing.
A monkey.

Rather, a bunch of squishy bunkham that gives the illusion of a monkey.

Oil on paper.
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Shiny brand new cover for @cvvobh.bsky.social Book I of The Sleepwalker Cycles, by C.V. Vobh, now featuring a bad ass wizard!

#thesleepwalkercycle #bookart #bookcover #booktok #indiebook #irdawards #wizard #fantasyart #illustration
July 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Marine beat me to the post. Here is Talia, from @marinestjean.bsky.social up and coming "Tyton!"

Such a blast.
Go check out her work! marinestjean.ca
Guys...

I'm dying here. Thanks @charlesutting.bsky.social for his amazing work bringing Talia to life. You can preorder Tyton at books2read.com/u/b6L5zM

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marinestjean.ca
July 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Guys...

I'm dying here. Thanks @charlesutting.bsky.social for his amazing work bringing Talia to life. You can preorder Tyton at books2read.com/u/b6L5zM

Sign up for the newsletter for more free Tyton goodies on release day
marinestjean.ca
July 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Dear #portfolioday we meet again!
I'm Yorgos and I mostly work on book covers and art that looks like this!

⚔️ www.cotronis.com ⚔️
April 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
For this Portfolio Day's #Portfolioday, it's all about #pirates
#skypirates #spacepirates and sexy #queerpirates
Pirates. Always more pirates.

I have come to the conclusion that at least %50 of what we romanticize about pirates is totally true and totally worth romanticizing.
July 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Cover image for @jamieroe.bsky.social fresh release, The King's Bow!

#illustration #fantasyillustration #fantasybook #bookart
June 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Congrats Jamie on the release! Go check it out, folks!
June 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Here is something you can do here, now, today! It'll take mere minutes.
May 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say
The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness
www.statnews.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I often find learning comes from getting out of my own way. Sometimes unlearning bad habits. I also think when you dive deep a craft becomes inextricable from who and how you are, so you end up sorting yourself out as much as the craft.

Painted with a mouse.

#digitalart #fantasyart #warrior #dnd
May 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Cheers for all the #murderbot love, folks, and hello to the new followers!

Unrelated, another study inspired by Mark Boedges that I put a spaceship in.

#digitalart #scifiart #spaceship #spaceshipart #markboedges
May 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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More #murderbot art; still in that mood. Loving the show so far, and feeling optimistic for future seasons. This piece is from Network Effect, which would be...seasons 5 and 6? May we be so lucky.

This and a few others are still available as prints through the weekend: www.tommyarnoldart.com/prints
May 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"We have 45 seconds to get out of here before we both die." From Compulsory by Martha Wells

Happy #murderbot day! Big fan of The Murderbot Diaries and can't wait to watch the show.

A huge congrats to @marthawells.com and everyone who worked on the show.

#scifiart #digitalart #murderbotdiaries
May 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I have lots of feelings about Disney and Star Wars these days, but there is a lot of it I will always love. Watching #Andor was the most I have enjoyed Star Wars as an adult.

Here is a tank trooper.

#starwars #digitalart #sketch
May 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Grim Oak Press has just released the front cover of their latest Grimoire Anthology to be published at WorldCon in Seattle this August. It features my new Empathetic Robot painting and appears on the program catalog as I am Artist Guest of Honor for the con.
Data Mining
24" x 20" Oil on Panel
2025
May 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
There is an ant that has been hanging out on the mesh screen of window going on 8 hours now.

I want to ask it, are you bored? What are you doing? Do you want to go home? Can you go home? Do you have a home to go back to?

I'll probably never know...

#ants #antz #illustation #digitalart
May 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
How about some art? Sketch that started as a Schmid study but then somehow ended up with a spaceship in it.

#digitalart #sketch #scifiart #richardschmid #spaceshipart #illustration
May 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Working with TJ always rules.
Sssseduce the pirate captain, Lilith. Do it. 😈

#sapphic #lesfic #amwriting #erotica
April 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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I heard you can ask for art reshares/reposts for your birthday? ✨

ko-fi.com/jennpeig 🎂
April 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Hey Hey! I´m new here, have a look at what I do:
April 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Cover image reveal for @jamieroe.bsky.social ‘s The King’s Bow!

It was a delight to get to paint some furry non-human faces.
Book drops June 20th.

#fantasyart #fantasy #digitalart #author #book #bookart #animalart #anthro #fantasyillustration
April 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM