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Ben Thomas
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English teacher and part-time illustrator living in Nagoya, Japan
名古屋に住んでる英会話教師。たまにイラストを描く。

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Ben Thomas @obentobox.bsky.social · Jul 27
It’s hot.
A woman, dressed in medieval light armour and holding a halberd, cools off with a handheld electric fan. A blue sky with summer clouds is featured in the background.
obentobox.bsky.social
Sod it. Time to learn Blender.
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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I finally got round to watching this video that is equal parts ridiculous and absolutely horrifying.
ChatGPT made me delusional
YouTube video by Eddy Burback
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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It’s a very old melody! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah!_vou...
In the Netherlands we have a children song called ‘Kortjakje’ on the same melody, which is about a prostitute 😅
Ah! vous dirai-je, maman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
obentobox.bsky.social
Is it just me or has anyone else gone through their whole life without realising that Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and the Alphabet song are the same tune?
November 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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コーヒー(2021.6)
October 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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🚲💨
October 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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notfuji.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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jambookshopuk.bsky.social
OK, going to have trouble paying rent again this month due to back injury.

Would appreciate so much the spreading of my online shop to get some cool orders sent out next week.
All signed.

davidziggygreene.bigcartel.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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It was #portfolioday the other day and I never posted.

My name’s Andrew Browne. I’m an illustrator and comic book artist based in Sapporo, Japan.
October 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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#PortfolioDay

Hi! I'm Bruno Prosaiko, a Brazilian freelance cartoonist and comic artist.

My Webcomic: prosaiko.itch.io/bizharr1
Instagram: www.instagram.com/prosaiko/
Tabletop Games: prosaiko.itch.io
Ilustração de um elfo com uma espada encontrando um dragão magro no leito seco de um mar. O dragão encara o elfo ameaçadoramente. Há uma grande âncora com uma corrente enferrujada entre os dois. Ilustração mostrando uma cena de ação. À esquerda, um mago sentado de pernas cruzadas no chão da dungeon conjura um feitiço. Ele está encarando um espelho segurado por um tipo de diabrete. No espelho, uma criatura ciclópica com face tentacular encara o mago soltando um raio vermelho de seu olho que atinge os olhos do mago, dando a impressão de que está sendo controlado pela criatura. À direita, o piso da dungeon se desfaz num vórtice que suga os outros aventureiros. A guerreira se agarra na borda do chão que está se despedaçando. Na outra mão, ela segura uma espada. O ladrão do grupo se agarra na perna da guerreira para não ser sugado para o vórtice. Ilustração mostrando um mago olhando por uma porta que dá para uma escadaria muito longa que se perde em uma espiral descendente. Outras portas no espaço mostram o mesmo mago em visto por diferentes ângulos, como se fossem repetições ou versões de mundos paralelos. Atrás do mago, visto pela parede transparente da dungeon como em uma visão de raio-x, a guerreira do grupo está ajoelhada no chão investigando uma mancha misteriosa que pode ser sangue. Atrás dela, o ladrão usa um giz para marcar uma seta na parede. Ele não percebe os tentáculos que espreitam ao seu lado descendo uma escada. Ilustração mostrando uma cena de ação. Um rato de paletó xadrez segura uma agulha como uma espada olhando por sobre o ombro. Um pequeno homem do tamanho dos aventureiros ratos vestido como um pirata enfrenta um esqueleto de rato que empunha uma lança. Um rato com chapéu de mago se encolhe de medo atrás de sua companheira fada que foi petrificada pelo olhar do rato-meduza que está sobre um altar. Uma topeira com uma picareta na mão e um capacete com uma vela em cima olha a cena por uma porta, enquanto seus companheiros continuam andando atrás dele. Um morcego com vibe de cultista observa de outra porta com uma adaga na mão. na sala ao lado, ratos com máscaras de gás e espadas enfrentam outros ratos com mantos de cultistas e adagas nas mãos. Junto aos ratos cultistas, uma enorme servente se prepara para atacar os ratos com máscaras de gás.
October 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Hi #PortfolioDay

Im Bruce, an illustrator, creative director & printmaker based in Cape Town, RSA. Big fan of old goofy SFF covers & forced perspective and experimentation. Nice to meet you :)

ILLO: www.instagram.com/bad_manifesto
FA: www.instagram.com/oombruce
Digital illustration of an old village lane. Choppy shapes and overlapping oranges and blues. Digital illustration of a guy in a "modern apartment full of art and plans. he's liking out the floor-to-ceiling window at the sunrise and eating cake off a plate. This was an old style test for MUTI. Choppy shapes of overlapping yellow, blue and pink. Digital illustration of a hazy sepia toned kitchen with a silhouetted being sitting at the table next to some dead flowers. This was an old style test for MUTI. Digital illustration of a The Lord OF The Rings cover. A Nazgûl sits astride its horse between 2 red trees that make a circle. Int he background is Weathertop, the Misty Mountains and Orodruin. Overlapping risk colours - red, teal and yellow. Some mushrooms in the foreground.
October 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Hello again #PortfolioDay !
I'm Anya. I am a freelance illustrator with a love for patterns and historical themes. I am always open for work and would love to find some new illustration projects!
✉️ anya.chalina.illustrations@gmail.com
anyachalina.myportfolio.com
The artwork shows a ceremony on a patio. There's a round pool in the center of the image and a round arch in the background. Sisters of the convent are placed in different locations performing different parts of the ritual. Half of them wear a peacock mask and half of them wear sun-like headpieces. There's a woman in the center on the horse. She wears a blue dress decorated with mosaic-like patterns. The horse is covered with blue patterns and stands still above the water. Two twins are sitting on the floor surrounded by large lilies. Behind them one sister plays a harp and another one is holding two bowls with mysterious light. There's a big mosaic tree in the background with other sisters dancing around it. There are two other sisters on top of the wall waving scarves. The artwork is mostly blue and light green The image shows a room with tall windows and stairs leading to a bathroom below. There's a woman with red hair reaching towards a dollhouse. The woman is an original character of the commissioner. On the right side from the window there's a wall with decorated arch around it and some paintings hanging on the wall. On the first level there's a bathtub with a man laying in it. The bathtub is partially covered by a divider. The artwork is mostly pink and mint with lots of patterns. The artwork shows musicians sitting in shallow water in a purple room. First musician plays wooden drums, second one plays erhu, third one plays a flute, fourth one plays a gong. All background musicians wear either pots or plates on their heads. The woman in the center has black hair and plays an instrument inspired by Korean instrument called gayageum. There are three purple goldfish floating above the ground. The wall in the background is decorated with arches with stained glass and there's a big flower pot with purple cornflowers. The room also has some arches with silk fabric hanging on them. The artwork is purple with some green details. the artwork shows a room with a circle-shaped window and two people standing in the center. The window is decorated with flowers and has a curtain hanging over it. The room has two floors and stairs between them. The bottom part has a pool with the reflection of the room and two separated stairs facing each other. The room is decorated with patterns and tiles. The artwork is mostly lilac and turquoise.
October 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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landadu.bsky.social
hi, currently working on the second squad for this project #portfolioday
October 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Hey #PortfolioDay!

I'm Prosper, an illustrator and concept artist based in France. I specialize in history and fantasy! 🌱🗡️

🌐 linktr.ee/prospertipaldi
✉️ prospertipaldi@gmail.com
A painting of a knight in a fourteenth century inspired armor, wearing plate armor with a bascinet type helmet and black and green clothes with dagged ends. He is wielding a one handed arming sword and shield. A drawing of a woman in scale, plate and mail armor, with blue and brown cloths and a red hat. She is wielding a sword and shield. The shield is painted with a picture of a woman in a red dress, holding a sword in one hand and a decapitated, bearded head in the other. A drawing of Steffon Darklyn in his kingsguard armor from A Song of Ice and Fire A drawing of Lyn Corbray from A Song of Ice and Fire
October 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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kubo221.bsky.social
Hello #Portfolioday
I'm Kubo, an illustrator from Japan.
I draw colorful and mysterious illustrations.

Links🔗 lit.link/kubo221
Portfolio🎨 cara.app/kubo221
October 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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lurnoise.bsky.social
Hi! I'm Lur Noise and I do illustration, concept art and comics.

I love drawing sci-fi, fantasy, tech, architecture, critters and plants. I'm available for both commissions and longer work!

#PortfolioDay
Color illustration of a spaceship desk, filled to the brim with retrofuturistic tech. The monitors and lights of the panels light up the scene, and the logo of the game can be seen on the screens. Poster style color illustration of An Antidote for Strychnine, a song by The Mountain Goats. It's composed of several panels displaying different images based on the song: lab rats, chemicals, fish bones... Green and blue tones predominate, but the band's name and the song title are written in yellow. Color illustration of a gas filled armored being. The armor is translucent in parts on the limbs and their spherical head, where said gas can be seen. Color illustration of some red slipper lobsters resting atop of a tiled, half flooded floor. The tiles are blue and yellow, with fleur-de-lis flowers drawn on them.
October 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Oh, it’s #portfolioday already? I’m Ben and recently I’ve mostly been drawing boxes.
A digital illustration of a bookstore interior in isometric perspective. A woman stands reading a book she has picked up from a table. A digital illustration of a retro arcade interior in isometric perspective. Various arcade cabinets with 100% legally distinct titles like Street Biter 2 and Fridge Racer fill the room. A few customers are enjoying themselves A digital illustration of a record store interior in isometric perspective with a limited colour palette of mainly pinks and oranges. A woman browses the record stacks. The shop owner sits at the cashier desk, looking at his computer A digital illustration of a ramen shop interior in isometric perspective with a limited colour palette of cyans and oranges. A woman sits at the counter eating ramen. The shop owner stands in the kitchen behind the counter checking her phone. A poster for Girin Niban Shibori decorates the wall.
October 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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vanessagillings.bsky.social
Because I haven't shared these here yet, I thought I'd share them all together!

Here are all of my pencil and ink sketches for my solo show @gallerynucleus.bsky.social!
pencil and ink sketch of a girl standing in a doorway made by trees pencil and ink sketch of a fox standing on a rock pencil and ink sketch of a wizard boy standing in front of a tree pencil and ink sketch of magical kids standing in a forest with moths and lanterns
October 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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bon voyage!
a giant Wailord slowly cruises into the bay as several other pokemon watch
July 3, 2023 at 9:35 PM
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うちの娘(1歳)は見ることだけで大泣きするほどカレーライスが大嫌い。🙃困ったな
October 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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My mother-in-law asked me to assemble this Osaka Expo exclusive gunpla for her. I played it pretty cool in the conversation but I’m not going to lie I’m pretty excited about it
A photo of a boxed RX-78F00/E Gundam plastic model kit. The model includes blue wing-like solar panels and looks cool as f.
October 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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V&A East Storehouses, London E20

Wooden chest, carved elm c.1639

#reference #propreference #martialreference
Wooden chest, carved elm c.1639 Wooden chest, carved elm c.1639
October 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Draw a bookshop, they said. It'll be fun, they said. And hey - it was, so I guess they were right. 📚 Done in Procreate with some of the new brushes
A digital illustration in isometric perspective of the upstairs of a tiny bookshop. Afternoon light streams through the window. A young woman stands, flicking through the pages of a book.
October 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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October 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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A drawing of a warrior with a bronze helmet and sword
October 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM