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danielle taphanel
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they/them ✶ disabled self-taught ✶ linktr.ee/treelet
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The Magician, private commission for Claire.
A digital color drawing of a female tiefling wearing bright orange robes, holding a staff, in front of a watery field of lotus flowers, framed by ferns, with a rising white tower in the distance.
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Patrons get weekly access to the process of my next project, a false materia medica titled "On the Preparation and Use of Medicinal Divinities".

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An image of two humanoid figures side-by-side, one with the head of a bird, the other with a star for a head. A crowned eye and a set of tangled, alien ribs is drawn on their chests. Behind them are circular star maps, and further back abstract organic tubes. Parts of them are labeled: eyes, mind, suffering, desire, flesh, blood. The title reads: "On the Preparation and Use of Medicinal Divinities by D. Taphanel"
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Dawn #hnk #housekinokuni #宝石の国
A monochrome illustration featuring Phos from the manga Houseki no Kuni by Haruko Ichikawa. They are in their white final form, drawn with six arms and a large halo, in the center of a field against a not yet risen sun. The central panel is flanked with various drawings from nature, with a small series of drawings representing Phos's different stages underneath from right to left. The bottom panels show the markings on Phos's face, as well as a series of hand gestures, again read right to left.
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Notes on abandoned Orpheus and Eurydice comic.
A series of line drawing thumbnails and sketches titled Orpheus and Eurydice (auloniad). The pages depict Orpheus's descent into the underworld, and small sketches of Eurydice during her wedding, a satyr, Charon the boat men, and Orpheus holding his lyre. The text reads: "she still exists in my mind in that moment, looks of anger, betrayal, sorrow -- perhaps contempt -- crossing her features. expressions alien to me as they had been to her in life. i try to avert her gaze in my memory."
October 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Notes for abandoned mermaid comic.
A page with line drawings depicting several versions of a mermaid, along with her mother the Sea Queen. The notes are labled "Sirena". The text reads from left to right: "She understood the price, of course: what are the damned, if not tender of heart and frail of temper? // The bargain struck like a storm. Of all pains, this was the worst: the horror of finally unbecoming but past that, the passionate relief of being // She is given a quill, a mirror, and a flute. The contract is in the empty song of the fluter's body. Her mother begins to cry, but pretends otherwise."
October 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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We are cooking, we are baking, we are making soup.
A screenshot of the Bitsy tool with various subtool windows open and a transparent blown-up version of pixel art of a moss-covered temple overlaid on top of the left-hand side of the canvas.
October 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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I found my notes on my "moth child empress dream eating" Bitsy game from a couple of years ago, so I decided to finish the script and started sketching rooms.
A 128x128 3 color pixel drawing of a temple covered in moss, with several figures surrounding a cocoon-egg. A 128x128 3 color pixel drawing of a room with paper screen walls and two symmetrical zen gardens. A 128x128 3 color pixel drawing of a dock in an overgrown swamp overlooking a large clutch of eggs. A 128x128 3 color pixel drawing of a larva inside an egg, surrounded by ringed halos of sparkling light.
October 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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"i'm in love with my own reflection, i'm in love with the fruited earth."
A green line drawing featuring a figure looking out the port window of a space craft unto the glowing planet below. Various plants sit on the table. The text beneath reads: "i'm in love with my own reflection, i'm in love with the fruited earth."
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Album single cover for Andrew Boylan's "Heaven": open.spotify.com/album/3BvEly...
A digital album cover featuring two figures in repose inside transparent houses depicted in space. Representing the sun and moon, they are connected by a cosmic phone line that travels through the remains of an obliterated planet, their thoughts displayed as memories of the planet's primary wonders. The title "heaven" is written in the corner in ribbon script.
September 30, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Triton, the moon rabbit. #ocsky
A digitally illustrated portrait of Triton, a moon rabbit with short, down-turned ears. They have pale blue skin, black eyes, short blue hair with blunt bangs, and a starburst shaped design on their chest.
February 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Io, the moon rabbit. #ocsky
A digitally illustrated character sheet of IO, a moon rabbit. She has dark brown skin and wears a minimalist white sleeve-less jumpsuit with a rabbit head cowl attached that holds her locs. On her chest and back is a circular yellow symbol, similar to the one on her palms. She carries an oversized pink hammer, and rides a matching white "skateboard".
February 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Old au ra drawing. #ffxiv #ff14
A line art drawing of a female Au Ra from the video fame Final Fantasy XIV. She has horns on either side of her head and a large lizard-like tail, and is wearing a complex, decorative set of plate mail on her hands and feed and shoulders. A color drawing of a female Au Ra from the video fame Final Fantasy XIV. She has horns on either side of her head and a large lizard-like tail, and is wearing a complex, decorative set of plate mail on her hands and feed and shoulders. Her body armor is made of red cloth and dyed black leather bodice with white scrollwork.
January 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Hello #PortfolioDay! I am a self-taught, disabled digital artist who loves folklore and all green and growing things.

Find me here:
🪷 danielletaphanel.com
🌴 linktr.ee/treelet
📥 danielle.taphanel@gmail.com
a simple line drawing of a cityscape, punctuated by the violent impact of a human figure with a large abstract wing emerging from it. A digital color illustration of tall, thin, old growth trees in a forest which appear to lit up from within. At the center bottom of the image, a female figure drinks from a sake cup as a bloom of smoke emerges from her head. Around her are robed figures seated as if they were rock formations. Large fruit hang as abstract motifs within the trees. A panel of transparent hands, palms raised together, nests in the center of the image. A digital ink drawing of a human figure viewed from behind as they stand next to a pine tree while looking at the silhouette of a city in the distance. Their clothing drapes on the ground similarly to a pool and then forms a rivulet of water that "leaks" out of the panel into the frame. A digital watercolor painting of an altar for Guanyin with lit incense and a small basket of citrus fruit laid before her. The altar is in a lush courtyard garden, guarded by a solitary black cat. Succulents, bonsai, ferns, vines, flowering and fruiting trees, and plants of all kinds surround the altar, as incense smoke wafts into a pale blue sky.
January 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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2020 sketches
a sketch of a rat wearing glasses and various autumn outfits three sketches of anthropomorphic cats
January 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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untitled, or "borzoi" ✶ art by me, words by @dialhforhagai.bsky.social
First page of an untitled poetry comic by Danielle Taphanel: a small house stands in an arid valley, amidst massive human ribs arching above it. Three small panels display hands, dishes, and a window in a more simplified style. The text reads: I respect your decision to make your home inside me. I just think it would be nice if you could at least do the dishes every once in a while. Smoke billows from the house’s chimney; around the image of the house is the simplified form of a human body. Around that is a black-and-white frame patterned like nerve cells. The text reads: I feel you under my skin like a spider. The thought of you runs wild in me. It has no regard for spatiality. It doesn't mind any heights. In the first panel, a fuzzy, staticky view of a living room, overlaid with three silhouettes of a sighthound, running “through” the panel; the dog appears almost to be made out of fire. In the second panel, the dog lies down, an aura around its head. The text reads: It jumps on the furniture, carefree— beautiful, skeletal—like a borzoi. I’ll have to clean up after you. I’ve made my peace with that. Framed by the large rib-like arches, the house is now burning. The text reads: There was a time before all of this. There will be a time after, too. End.
January 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Old commission for @artbyciel.bsky.social! #objecthead
A digital portrait illustration of a pink bunny-eared tv head character with several different types of flowers and greenery growing out of their head. Their screen reads, ". . ."
January 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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This is my third game, about a small delivery robot in a ruined city. I wanted to explore things like: more descriptive text, game over states, inventories, cutscenes, etc. while telling a simpler story.

Music by @laurentds.bsky.social!

DELIVERY: treelet.itch.io/delivery
#bitsy #interactivefiction
a title screen with a pixel icon envelope: delivery, art and words by danielle taphanel a pixel screenshot of some ruined buildings viewed from afar, emitting signals. a pixel screenshot of a hermetically sealed room viewed from above with a highlighted sprite of a person. a pixel screenshot of the top of a tall building in isometric view with a small highlighted cursor over an entrance shaft.
December 31, 2024 at 3:43 AM
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A digital pale pink and pale lavender drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a pair of glasses, a blooming lotus flower, and another more imperfect flower beneath it, supported by a seed that resembles a tear made from hands. The word "recovery" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital orange and red drawing of an abstract talisman, representing an umbrella, a marguerite, and a human face which has been torn in two. The word "forgiveness" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital pale lavender and pinky purple drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a paintbrush, hyacinths as towering city structures and beneath them small stone bridges. The word "tenacity" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital cream and pink drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a sunrise over the water, thistle and clover, and a single tower against the light. The word "courage" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script.
December 20, 2024 at 3:46 AM
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A digital pale yellow and gray drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a tornado, ivy, and a human head which doubles as a portal. The word "portal" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital pale orange and deep turquoise drawing of an abstract talisman, representing an open book, fiddle leaf fig tree leaves, and a drop that merges with a seedling. The word "progress" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital pale blue and blue green drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a cut square gem, a lotus blossom, and a simple wave. The word "flow" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital pale gold and pale magenta drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a fountain pen surrounded by and above the ornate formations of a tree, whose roots form a line of fist in row. The word "solidarity" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script.
December 20, 2024 at 3:38 AM
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A digital pale yellow and sage drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a tea cup, monstera leaves, and a figure at rest. The word "rest" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital cream and pink drawing of an abstract talisman, representing an astrolabe, lilies, and the skyline of a city. The word "reconstruction" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital cream and blue drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a metronome, spider plant, and stylized eye. The word "clarity" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital cream and red drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a set of headphones, spider irises, and a face looking down in contentment. The word "fulfillment" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script.
December 20, 2024 at 3:24 AM
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A digital cream and purple drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a moon, lily pads, and two hands embracing a small bead. The word "inner world" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital fuschia and purple drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a cross-body bag, chrysanthemums, and a solar symbol. The word "prosperity" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital cream and blue drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a star, irises, and two faces connected. The word "union" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital green drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a teacup, tall grass, and mountains with a distant sun. The word "homeland" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script.
December 20, 2024 at 3:13 AM
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A digital cream and blue drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a hammock, a fir tree, and a tent-like shelter. The word "secure" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital pink and magenta drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a quilt, hawthorn flowers, and a full fruit with seeds. The word "peace" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital aqua and pink drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a star, cherry blossoms, and arms outstretched to reach another, smaller star. The word "belonging" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital yellow and orange drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a human brain, dandelions, and a smiling figure, glancing downward. The word "happiness" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script.
December 20, 2024 at 3:10 AM
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A digital pink and blue drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a wheel, fern, and a breaking dawn. The word "future" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital blue and pink drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a steaming mug, cosmos, and a house. The word "home" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital tan and blue drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a journal, forget-me-nots, and mountains. The word "steady" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital green and yellow drawing of an abstract talisman, representing several mushi, a birch tree, and a resting figure with their palms pressed together. The word "patience" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script.
December 20, 2024 at 3:08 AM
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Last year to express gratitude for 50+ patrons I drew small spells for everyone based on the prompt: one object, one plant, one one-word wish.
A digital pink and purple drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a chair, lilacs, and a face with a serene expression. The word "calm" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital yellow and green drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a bell, ghost pipes, and a human rib cage. The word "health" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script. A digital green drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a sun, basil plants, and a rooted seed sprouting leaves. The word "health" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script A digital blue drawing of an abstract talisman, representing a flute, lily of the valley, and a circular spoked wheel formed of human figures linked arm in arm. The word "community" is written underneath in exaggerated cursive script.
December 20, 2024 at 3:05 AM
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My character for the solo journaling game, Her Odyssey. mirror-lock.itch.io/her-odyssey
A digital monochrome drawing of a light-skinned human figure wearing large, loose clothing, similar to a monk or mountain ascetic. Their expression is blank, and they're shaved bald with large ears wearing two black teardrop earrings. They have a tattoo across their left forearm of three thick black bands, and their hand is raised to grip the edge of their large, wide-brimmed hat. They also have another straw hat tied to their back and underneath their cloak a crossover bag. In their right hand they hold prayer beads and a large, thin staff. The text reads: "name: ren they/them seeking: enlightenment leaving: violence well-prepared, former doctor loved and lost: their master shadow: theirs vitality/fire: 2 quickness/air: 4 fortitude/earth: 5"
December 16, 2024 at 1:33 AM