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Lauren Sparks
@wingedelfgirl.bsky.social
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Comics illustrator/painter pretending to be a graphic designer🌻
she/her, age 38🌱
Covington, KY, USA🪴
has 2 cats and a garden 🐈🐈‍⬛
Married to @mtscomics.bsky.social🌿
https://linktr.ee/wingedelfgirl
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Lauren Sparks @wingedelfgirl.bsky.social · Apr 10
Oh! It's #PortfolioDay? Who decides that? How does one know in advance? 😅

I'm a dorky comics illustrator who also enjoys poster and album designs, or anything else related to visual storytelling. I work primarily in ink and watercolor. Let us be dorks together 💖
Concept art, drawn by Lauren Sparks, for the graphic novel "Otis and the Sylva Beast" for Not So Super Publishing. An 11-year old black boy with round glasses, black clothes, sandals, and a large backpack with sleeping bag tied on top, stands on the bank of a stream shielding his eyes from the sun. Illustration by Lauren Sparks. An elf woman with brown skin, long thick hair, and ragged handmade clothes and boots, drags a cut-down pine tree along a mountain trail. She carries two bags, and a white squirrel sits on her shoulder. The land and plants around her are covered in snow and frost. One-panel comic by Lauren Sparks, from the series "Cats Talking Words". Two cartoon cats sit on a grassy area in a semi-urban neighborhood. The first cat says, "The Donut Man. My, I wonder what that shop has". The second cat answers, "A man." Watercolor artist trading card illustration by Lauren Sparks. The character Morpheus, from the Neil Gaiman comic series The Sandman, on a swirling background of rainbow colors.
wingedelfgirl.bsky.social
Today I made cookies all day at my best-friend-since-1998's house. We also made Buckeyes (legally required in Ohio). Look at our delicious army. 🤤

(Should've taken more cookie pics... most are of her preschooler being a mad scientist with dough and sprinkles)
December 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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gregpak.net
btw i don't agree with folks who say posting here doesn't matter because every time i help organize an event, people show up in real life & tell me they heard about it here on bluesky

it absolutely matters if you make a habit of organizing & sharing practical suggestions of stuff to actually do

❤️
December 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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poetkevinpowell.bsky.social
DICK VAN DYKE is 100-years-old. I remember hoping, hard, artists I grew up admiring, like Cicely Tyson, like Betty White, would make it to that landmark. But they still lived long, incredible lives, and so has Mr. Van Dyke. INSPIRING to read and watch his very recent interviews about life.
December 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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marinaomi.bsky.social
Take a look at the comics we've published so far to get an idea of what we're looking for. I'd love to see your work there.

therumpus.net/sections/com...
Comics Archives - The Rumpus
therumpus.net
December 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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marinaomi.bsky.social
I'm excited to announce that I've accepted a comics co-editor position at @therumpus.net

We're looking for original literary fiction and non-fiction comics that feel personal. Bonus if it's hand-lettered (the path to my heart) 😘

No AI

Pays $100

therumpus.submittable.com/submit

Pass it on!
Baby raccoons just because
December 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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nattosoup.bsky.social
My little Faire is set up and ready to sell! I'm still putting in new products, but right now it is full of adorable acrylic ornaments, art prints, and Christmas cards, if any small Louisiana businesses are looking for another local to add to their roster!

www.faire.com/brand/b_6eyh...
Nattosoup Studio wholesale products
Stock your store with Nattosoup Studio on Faire's wholesale marketplace – explore their unique collection of wholesale products.
www.faire.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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bradguigar.com
Huion is offering additional discounts when you use the code: COMICLAB

Kamvas 13 (Gen 3) — With a large 13.3-inch screen and an FHD (1920X1080) resolution, this model ensuring seamless collaboration with your laptop. store.huion.com/products/kam...
Huion Kamvas 13 (Gen 3)
December 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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benzilla.bsky.social
Beautiful Craftint CAPTAIN EASY daily on the block at Heritage. Strip is post-1943, so it's Crane's assistant Leslie Turner, not Crane himself. Still, though... I'm a sucker for stuff with water, ocean, ships, subs, etc.
December 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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jasonhorn.bsky.social
I doubt you’re ready for the return of CatBag.
My cat in a bag
December 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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ryehickman.bsky.social
When I was a kid, I used to make repeating patterns for fun. I was thinking about that/wondering if I still had any of them archived someplace, when I remembered that I kinda still do this in comics. I should do it More
Endpapers from The Harrowing, featuring a pink illustrated pattern of gloves, worms, a syringe, and a prescription bottle The background ‘wallpaper’ from the cover to Hand Me Down, featuring a pentagram ringed in goat eyes and a symmetrical goat head Endpapers from Buzzing, featuring the intrusive-thought bees in yellow. They’re large on the left side of the page and become quite tiny on the right
December 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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nyaliss.bsky.social
Spryte is still open for Late Pledges and we're only $68 from the last stretch goal!

Also, all physical backers will receive a special sketch by me. Bc I want to draw Spryte too!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/nya...
Spryte #1 - a fantasy adventure comic book
Spryte wants a place they can call home, which seems impossible when no one looks like them. B&W - 28 pages.
www.kickstarter.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
FUN FACT: Democrats have won or overperformed in 226 out of 254 key and special elections this year — nearly 90%.
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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ribboneels.bsky.social
"I asked chatgpt--"
Shut the fuck up. I asked the Lady of the Lake, and she said you are unworthy of the sword Excalibur. You will never be king.
June 26, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
my section was all about uterine tissues creating happy little "benign" tumors that make your life hell but since they are not cancerous it takes forever to diagnose and find a treatment that works for YOU!

#SciArt #endometriosis #fibroids #adenomyosis
cartoony page from the zine I drew, the colors are dark blue, light blue, yellow, orange, light pink and dark pink. the text is When the uterus tissues go WILD! - FIBROIDS- non-cancerous abnormal growths of muscle tissue extremely common, 2/3, ~50% asymptomatic unclear origin, estrogen? progesterone? at higher risk: African Caribbean, family history, early periods, obesity heavy bleeds, anemia, back pain infertility constipation, frequent urination Dr. Platypus fact: one of the biggest fibroid was 28kg in a 53 year old Singaporean patient! the middle drawing is of an uterus absolutely covered in pink blobs representing the different type of fibroids: pedunculate (outside), pedunculate (inside), subserosal, submucosal, utnramural cartoony page from the zine I drew, the colors are dark blue, light blue, yellow, orange, light pink and dark pink. the text is When the uterus tissues go WILD! - ENDOMETRIOSIS- endometrial-like tissue growing outside of the uterus unclear origin (cells escaping fallopian tube at menstruation, immune dysfunction, local estrogen production, circulation, surgery, genetics) Dr. Platypus fact: endometriotic lesions were even found in the brain, which caused neurological and psychiatric symptoms! ~8 years to get diagnosed 1/10 people bleeding outside and inside infertility pelvic PAIN! during intercourse, bowel movement, urination, or for no good reason nausea the middle drawing is of an uterus, guts, kidneys ovaries and bladder covered in pink endometriotic lesions, none of the organs are happy about it, one ovary has a massive pink chocolate cyst on it (a cyst full of endometrial tissue and blood) cartoony page from the zine I drew, the colors are dark blue, light blue, yellow, orange, light pink and dark pink. the text is When the uterus tissues go WILD! - ADENOMYOSIS- endometrial tissue frowing inside the muscles of the uterus 1/10 people, and they might not even have symptoms (one figure sayinh you telling me WHAT??) unclear origin... shocking i know... estrogen?? other hormones? most likely in: +30 years, abdominal surgery, given birth heavy abnormal bleeding, anemia, pain bloating, fullness infertility Dr. Platypus fact:you can have endometriosis, adenomyosis, and firboids ALL AT ONCE!... and they all have similar symptoms the middle drawing is of an uterus absolutely covered in pink blobs representing the endometrial tissue growing within the muscle: focal (adenomyoma), diffuse, enlarged uterus cartoony page from the zine I drew, the colors are dark blue, light blue, yellow, orange, light pink and dark pink. the text is When the uterus tissues go WILD! - MANAGING- there is no one-size-fits-all treatment, care ranges from less to more invasive first you need to diagnose the problem: ultrasound, blood markers, Magnetic Resonanse Imaging (MRI), surgery etc. PAIN CONTROL: painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs, physiotherapy, heating pads or hot water bottles, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) HORMONAL MEDICATION: IUS, mini pill, implants (progestogen only), combined pill, patches (progestogen + estrogen), hypothalamus pills injections (GnRH agonists and antagonists) SURGERY (diagnostic, to alleviate symptoms, and curative) laparoscopy, transvaginal hysteroscopy, abdominal (all biopsied) diseased tissue removal by laser or surgical hysterectomy: curative for adenomyosis and fibroids, but harder to access if <45 Dr. Platypus fact: platypuses don't have a uterus*(long oviduct, sometimes called the "uterus") so don't need to worry about any of this
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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sierrabravoart.bsky.social
iiiiit's update day! honestly? embarrassing for you hans.

www.hansvogelisdead.com
an out of context comic panel from HANS VOGEL IS DEAD. Hans and Reineke ride in silence on the leshy's back, seemingly waiting for him to elaborate.
December 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
wingedelfgirl.bsky.social
Song stuck in my head when I woke up this morning:
C.N.T. by The Royal They
December 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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rcase.bsky.social
When ever one of those AI bros tires to tell you that artist are gatekeeping art remember that pros, armatures, hobbyist all stopped what they where doing to provide guidance to a newbie artist over the shared experience that "this one angle is hard to draw"
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The "Frieren Looking Up" Art Trend attracted some Big Names in Animation! Excited for Season 2?
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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kytri.bsky.social
I made this edit when going through EW just after it came out and thank god I saved it.
A screencap of Hythlodaeus from the game with an edited dialogue box. -Hythlodaeus "Am I a boy? Am I a girl? Who knows!! But everyone finds me hot and that makes everyone gay."
December 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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houseoflief.bsky.social
You can now purchase an annual subscription to the Orange Peel, with special perks like exclusive mini zines, digital access to past issues, and your name in each issue while you're subscribed.

Check it out: freshpresscomicsco.b...

#indiecomics #columbusoh #happyholidays #2026
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Freestyle dunking day 11, Gear and Bot! Space kitty and his robot friend like to explore the vast wilderness of a dinosaur planet. They are stars of a zine I created earlier this year.
December 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
wingedelfgirl.bsky.social
Film you've seen more than six times. Hard mode : no Stars (wars or trek), LOTR, or marvel.
December 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
wingedelfgirl.bsky.social
@nadinescholtes.bsky.social hello! I'm so glad you posted your Linktree on Cool Uncle in Tapas so I could find you here!! I was wondering what your patreon link is, and if you'll ever sell ebooks from there? (Been boycotting amazon for years 😅)

💖💖💖
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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shakeenz.bsky.social
Reminder to add TOKYO GODFATHERS to your Christmas movie watchlist this season! Grateful to have given (English, dubbed) voice to the trans anime icon, our beloved Hana, in this Satoshi Kon holiday classic from @gkids.com! Watch it for free on Tubi or rent it on AppleTV!
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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thespaceshipper.com
Treasure Planet was released 23 years ago today... and literally takes us off in this magnificent shot. ✨
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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electricabyss.bsky.social
Good morning #midwestfurfest - I'm at table #a5 in the #Artistalley #artistmarketplace and I'm taking #Commissions #commissionsopen - believe it or not I can draw #furries

I also have my #enamelpins #miniprints and #resinjewelry with me!

#furry #furrybadge #furryart
December 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM