Lauri Ilari Kortelainen
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Lauri Ilari Kortelainen
@kortelate.bsky.social
artist / graphic designer / illustrator
🔸️ Finnish, 30+ y/o, (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
🔸️ dreams of being a full-time book designer & comic artist
🔸️ loves books, games, and cats
🔸️ pursuing equality to all
🔸️ ask me for illustrations, book covers, commissions etc.! :^)
Trying out some vector illustration since it's been like forever.
September 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Forest of the Lovers

(Inspired by the fact that apart from one person, everyone I hang around the most, be it family or friends, is either married or engaged, and it gets to me when I'm feeling down.)
#pixelart I #digitalart I #taide
August 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
August 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Useless Sun
August 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Dead Fool's Dead Hope.

#digitalart I #roses I #art I #taide #illustration I #armour I #vent
August 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Oops, my hand slipped etc. etc.

#fanart I #Witcher I #digitalart I #Geralt I #Regis I #geregis I #WIP I #oldmanyaoi I #lineart I #IdowhatIwantlol
August 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
(WIP) Need
Or fantasy-themed, homosexual pining

#t4t I #trans I #transmen I #art #taide I #gay I #digitalart I #nature I #fantasy
July 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I've recently been obsessing over Regis again, so you get to see some Regis art.
(I tried a new way to shade and my wrist hated it.)
#EmielRegis I #Witcher3 I #art #illustration I #fanart I #taide
July 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
If you see this, post a vampire!
July 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Too hot to draw traditionally, so started making character sheets. Here's Beata!
#oc I #comiccharacter I #art
#half-elf I #fantasy I #taide
July 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A fairly quick Ursa. Been trying to continue my comic, and she has quickly become one of my favourite characters.
#illustration I #comic I #art
#taide I #fantasy I #drawing
#elf
July 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Was sketching random poses and the light in this one's reference called for a background.
#sketching I #art I #taide
#luonnos I #drawing
July 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Happy Pride Month for every LGBTQIA+ peep out there! Times are tough, but we are NOT alone!🌈✨️
#LGBTQIA+ #Pride #art #pridemonth #illustration #taide
June 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Went to library to sketch some basic plants from a plant book. (I had a heavy bag, and could not be arsed to go to the ACTUAL nature with it.) #drawing #art #sketching #luonnos #taide
June 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Went for a drawing walk today. Saw seagulls, two eurasian oystercatchers, and lots of flying bugs. #drawing #trees #piirros #taide #art #sketching #luonto #luontokävely
May 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Banner I made for my LinkedIn account so it might look a bit more interesting(?).
#illustration #berry #nature #banner #finnishart #art #taide #kuvitus
May 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
April 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Busy having gay thoughts, even though I swore I was taking a mental health break from dating apps. (I have a thing about sun and moon. And elves.) #digitalart #gay #sun #moon #sunandmoon
April 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Coming out / "Guess what, I've been a trans guy all this time!"

Hi, fellow trans ppl! I have been depressed over the latest political idiocies. So I'm coming outta closet, publicly. Because fuck transphobes. #trans #art #transman #comics

(Thanks for @tikattu.bsky.social for help with this stuff!)
April 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Oh, and btw, here are the main characters of the comic I'm working on (slowly), and trying to get funding for.

I was trying to draw better pictures of them, but I ended up doing armor and sword research, so here's an older picture. 🥲
#oc #owncharacters #digitalart #fantasy #comic
April 2, 2025 at 6:06 AM
From last year, how ever still relevant every day. As a person on autism spectrum, I enjoy structured days, and the idea of being a freelancer and having changing schedule terrifies me. However, I am also yet to find work as an employee, and it's starting to affect on how I see myself as an artist.
April 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
February 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
More of my OC's from my longer story. (Probably should focus on the story I try to work on, but I found these from my iPad, so..)
#digitalart #characters #oc #fantasy #drawing
February 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Ghost Stories in the Dark
(Posting the WIP here in case I ruin it. My characters from a longer story idea.) #traditionalart #wip #marker #lineart #taide #fantasy #elf #merman #fantasia #nature #piirros #gay
February 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
February 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM