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dearbhla!
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comic colourist, illustrator, adhder, cats & kpop

Dearbhla Kelly
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dearbhla! @dearbhlala.bsky.social · Nov 11
for all the new people here 😌😌
dearbhlala.bsky.social dearbhla! @dearbhlala.bsky.social · Jul 9
a quick #portfolioday post from my phone before I forget! I’m Dearbhla, an Irish illustrator, designer and comic colourist and here’s a few bits I’ve been playing around with lately

✉️ dearbhlalakelly@gmail.com
🎨 dearbhlala.com for colour portfolio
a black and white illustration of a pants and mushrooms blooming from a naked person drawing of a weird lil street pigeon illustration of a skeleton on fire with the words ‘rest your weary bones’ across it
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johnlees.bsky.social
ORLA! #4, from me, @sallycantirino.bsky.social, @dearbhlala.bsky.social, @letteringbear.bsky.social & @madcavestudios.com, is out this week! If you don’t mind SPOILERS for last issue’s shock cliffhanger ending, here’s a preview of the opening pages…
Gwyn Shalloway, dressed in a nurse Halloween costume with a white dress, red boots and fishnets, stands frozen in terror at the doorway of a bedroom filled with gore and body parts, compulsively scratching at his thigh to the point that he's breaking the skin. Inside the room, The Ick transforms from monster back into her human form of Orla Bard. Orla panics, trying to explain that the man she killed was a danger to her. Gwyn snaps out of his trance to say they're going to need to lock the room door, and he'll need dead Doug's jacket. Quisch's agent enters the party, looking for Orla, unaware that she is passing Gwyn, in disguise wearing Doug's coat and cowboy hat and boots. Gwyn goes outside, moves a bin across to under the bedroom window, then climbs up the trellis back to the bedroom window, where he's dragged inside, saying "Fuck Fuck Fuck" the whole way. Gwyn takes off his Doug disguise, then rolls Doug's remains up in the bloodied carpet, remarking it's like a "gory burrito." Orla then helps him carry the carpet over to the window. Gwyn dramatically shouts "GET IN THE TRASH!" as he tosses the carpet out of the window. But it misses the bin, hitting the edge with a "BONK!" then falling onto the ground nearby. Orla and Gwyn frantically clean the bedroom of bloodstains. Quisch's agent reaches the bedroom, but only finds Gwyn there lounging in a seemingly clean room. Orla is in the shower, the blood from her body rinsing off into the drain.
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
dearbhlala.bsky.social
I'm colouring Muppets!
natecosby.bsky.social Nate Cosby @natecosby.bsky.social · 3d
I cannot properly describe the joy I feel in announcing that my friend ROGER LANGRIDGE (@hotelfred.bsky.social) is writing, drawing and lettering MUPPETS NOIR, starting in February! @dearbhlala.bsky.social's on colors, Declan Shalvey's done a variant cover & I get to edit the whole thing.
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
dearbhlala.bsky.social
i made a lil zine of kpop idols wearing inappropriate tshirts
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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funeralbeat.bsky.social
👩‍🌾 Grab your tools
An illustration of a young women yanking a weed out of a bed of marigolds. The primary colours of the piece are deep green and a saffron yellow, with some brown and moss green tones as well. The camera is looking up at the young girl with a forced perspective, as she pulls out the weed while leaning back. The text reads: PULL FASCISM UP BY THE ROOT.
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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nooskadraws.bsky.social
ye olde trans rights. now and forever. 🏳️‍⚧️✨

#TDOR #TransDayofRemembrance
A digital illustration of a medieval banner. It says in medieval inspired script "ye olde trans rights". It is decorated with plants and blue, pink, and white flowers.
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Hannah Rose May and Utkarsh Ambudark's The Guy in the Chair continues this week with issue #2, available now! Details: https://bit.ly/3Xd28Yt

By @hannahrosemay.bsky.social, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Guillermo Sanna, @dearbhlala.bsky.social, Steve Dutro
Cover of The Guy in the Chair issue #2, illustrated by Guillermo Sanna with Dearbhla Kelly
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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johnlees.bsky.social
Can Orla and Gwyn’s relationship survive the revelation of Orla’s terrible secret?

Art by @sallycantirino.bsky.social, colours by @dearbhlala.bsky.social.
Orla Bard, looking radiant, is walking outside down a street, wearing a bathrobe and slippers, next to Gwyn, still wearing his sexy nurse Halloween costume, both of them looking anxious and uncomfortable.
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
dearbhlala.bsky.social
looks like i might also do a lil portland trip in march 👀
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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johnlees.bsky.social
After the shocking conclusion of the third chapter, what’s next for Orla Bard? Find out in ORLA! #4, out 26th November!

Art by @sallycantirino.bsky.social, colours by @dearbhlala.bsky.social.
Orla Bard, looking radiant, but also covered in blood and startled.
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
dearbhlala.bsky.social
ahh i'm sad i miss thoughtbubble (again 😭), please dance your little hearts out for me
November 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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wumuti wip
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
dearbhlala.bsky.social
where are my xlov fans
xlov illustration based on their recent comeback concept photos
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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mingi, yunho
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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seonghwa, hongjoong
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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seonghwa, hongjoong
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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megfitz89.bsky.social
Still on vacation and didn’t bring my computer so I screenshot my Insta post but Mary Sue Issue 2 comes out ONE WEEK FROM TODAY

Art - @lisasterle.bsky.social
Colors - @dearbhlala.bsky.social
Letters - @longtalljodie.com
Varient Cover - @sweeneyboo.bsky.social
Editor - @peachchild.bsky.social
Meghan is exhausted but pointing to the super cool covers of Mary Sue #2
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
dearbhlala.bsky.social
I went to a Bahama Breeze about a week before I coloured this, can u tell
johnlees.bsky.social John Lees @johnlees.bsky.social · 12d
“You’ll only be able to live with it for so long, before it takes its toll.”

ORLA! #4, from me, @sallycantirino.bsky.social, @dearbhlala.bsky.social, @letteringbear.bsky.social & @madcavestudios.com, is out on 26th November, in TWO WEEKS!
Orla Bard, looking radiant, sits at a bar drinking wine, while a sleazy guy sits next to her, eyeing her up.
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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mingi, yunho
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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dearbhlala.bsky.social
thank u kpop for inspiring me to draw a ton lately
unfinished drawing of seonghwa unfinished drawing of yunho
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
dearbhlala.bsky.social
thank u kpop for inspiring me to draw a ton lately
unfinished drawing of seonghwa unfinished drawing of yunho
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
dearbhlala.bsky.social
'is it everything you imagined it would be', i say to my cat, now sitting motionless on a wet patch of ground after screaming at me to be let outside
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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johnlees.bsky.social
Get in, loser, we’re disposing of a dead body.

ORLA! #4 is out 26th November from @madcavestudios.com. 

Art by @sallycantirino.bsky.social, colours by @dearbhlala.bsky.social, letters by @letteringbear.bsky.social.
Gwyn’s fishnet-stocking-clad legs are kicking out of an open window as he gets pulled inside. He is saying “Fuck-fuck-fuck.”
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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jijidraws.art
✶ El Sol ✶
"The Sun card often represents a deep feeling of optimism and total fulfillment. This card is the dawn which follows the darkest of nights."
#tarot #art
A tarot style illustration of a sun-themed Pegasus pinup. 🎨✨
November 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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keezyyoung.bsky.social
me to others: it's hard right now. be gentle with yourself
me to me: wtf is wrong with you
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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johnlees.bsky.social
Final Order Cutoff for ORLA! #4, by me, @sallycantirino.bsky.social, @dearbhlala.bsky.social, @letteringbear.bsky.social & @madcavestudios.com, is TODAY. If you want to guarantee your copy when it’s released on 26th November, make sure to let your comic shop know before it’s too late!
Orla, looking radiant, stands with her back to us, dressed in a faux fur shawl and a black dress, looking up at the sign in front of the Paramount Theatre, declaring that it is New Year's Eve, and Rick Holester is appearing live as part of his Be Man-Cruel to be Mankind tour.
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM