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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🔞 (K)inktober Day 01 Taking it easy this year. I don't have a prompt list, just drawing whatever feels right.

Sketchbook ink drawing of a fat trans man being restrained and fucked by black tentacles

Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hello bsky! Today is my birthday, and I would really like it if I could make some sales. My partner and I are saving for our wedding, and you 🫵 could help us afford it. I make unique zines, t4t comics, and marine illustrations. 💛💚🩵💙 ariganahl.bigcartel.com 💙🩵💚💛

Noel and I being cute (from our engagement shoot)

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Tricking myself into ACTUALLY USING MY SKETCHBOOK by telling myself it's okay if all I ever do is doodle fried eggs and molluscs

Marker fried eggs and rainbow pencil critters

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

New table runner >:) I don't really do big fabric projects usually, and I'm soooo thankful to @kynaah.bsky.social for helping me make this! 💚

My art table!! Running over the table and hanging down in front is a dark blue blanket with a green octopus sewn on. The octopus has yellow eyes and suckers, and a yellow speech bubble reads "Ari Ganahl"

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I just read 📖 Hello, Sunshine by Keezy Young 📖 this week and I haven't made a post abt it yet bc I haven't found the words to explain how this book made me feel. It is a really incredible story. The last act had me crying.

Cover art of Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young. Small text reads: Alex is missing, but is he really gone?

4 teens and a dog stand in a field of flowers. In the foreground, a 5th teen is laying under orange and red flowers.

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🖌 Who's There!!?? A new mail reward for Patrons. I want to explore more pop up techniques with my monthly projects >:)

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I may be almost a week behind on mailing out Patreon rewards, but it's gonna be so worth it I promise. I am back on my bullshit (making "zines" with movable book techniques)

In progress tableau on wooden table: paper with circles, cut paper ready to be assembled, xacto knife, cutting mat, scissors with silly edges. One of the partially cut papers is an illustration of a kid fishing

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I FINALLY FOUND THIS FILE. One of my early papercraft pieces, based on a photo that my dad took at Canyonlands National park.

Paper landscape of peeking through a canyon. It is dark and grey near the viewer, but the rocks are red and sunlit just a bit further through

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Like??? I don't believe it's coincidence bc the achievement for Neve joining your party is "The Minrathous Job" My partner thinks it's bc Leverage isn't a popular enough show for anyone to notice but they got 5 seasons and a reboot, that feels like it can't be true either

Sophie Devereaux from Leverage. I couldn't find a good pic so it's cropped weird

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🎮 Loddlenaut 🎮 This is a game about exploring an aquatic planet covered in human garbage. You're here to clean up the garbage and become friends with the planet's native creatures. I thought it was cute, calming, and very satisfying to sort the trash. Highly recommend!

Loddlenaut banner art. A scuba diver is in the center of the image, grabbing some fruit off of a plant with their ray gun. They are underwater, surrounded by various sea plants and colorful, curious loddles

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Atul! My favorite guy from Spiritfarer. I offer commissions on Ko-Fi ko-fi.com/ariganahl

Drawing of a smiling blue frog in orange, pale yellow, cyan, blue, and a purple-black. He is standing on a lily pad in front of a flower surrounded by: woodworking supplies, food, music, fish, a megaphone and sign, and his sleeping tank.

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I collect tiny/oddly-shaped zines and need a better display (built these in 2019 I believe?)

Two small purple-and-blue homemade wooden shelves that are both full to Bursting with colorful zines.

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert I had this book on hold for 3 months before I got to read it, so I do not understand how it has <100 reviews. This M/M fantasy novella has a LOT of worldbuilding, though I admit I was more invested in the dynamic between the two leads

Illustration of two Black men staring into each others' eyes. One is upside down and has a dragon tattoo.
Yellow text: Brent Lambert
White text: A Necessary Chaos

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

How to Fly by Alyson Greaves This one is a very silly premise and I had a lot of fun with it. High school F/F forcefem cheerleader romance My biggest issue is that it really is a part one, and the second wasn't out when I read this so I still don't know what happens to Max at the end

Bisexual lighting crop of a woman in a sports bra with her arm raised. White text over the image reads:
when you fell from heaven
alyson greaves
one
HOW TO FLY

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration, edited by Diana Marie Delgado It does shock me that this book has so few reviews. One of the best anthologies I've ever read.

Red and Black text reads:
Like a Hammer
Poets on Mass Incarceration
Edited by Diana Marie Delgado

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Birdwatching sketchbook page from my recent trip to STL 🪶 🖌 🐡

Sketchbook page with doodles of 10 birds I spotted in Forest Park

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

August suggestion box is open! I've been really into using my sketchbook lately, so I'll be sharing more pages from it. Send me prompts for warm-up doodles. www.patreon.com/posts/165663... For $2/month, you can see my personal art, WIPs, and support my career as an artist 💚

Sketchbook page of drawings of goofy from kingdom hearts

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🎮 Who is the Hottest Character in 🎮 @dateeverythinggame.bsky.social ? I made a poll to find out!! VOTE HERE: forms.gle/nNQJ9ycqyW7H... I haven't done one of these in a while, but I love setting up brackets. Share this with as many people as you want, Round one goes through Sunday 7/26

The first question on the poll: Skylar vs Textbox-Chan

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Taking some time to go back to this comic, while I have time www.patreon.com/collection/2...

Large blue face looking scornful. "I will if you have something new to say."

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Reposting this again on its own bc why not 🖌️🪲🐡 This was drawn for the story "The Potter and Her Prey" by Jesse Jing saimihanma.com/wp-content/u...

Illustration in yellow, green, black, and purple of a Potter Wasp perched on its nest, in which a nervous caterpillar is looking up at her. The border of the illustration contains many items and scenes from the story

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

🎮The Mermaid Mask🎮 New Detective Grimoire game is finally out and is amazing. The character designs in this series are incredible, and I loved the evolution of the detective system. Really great to see threads from the previous games make their appearance here

The Mermaid Mask cover art. Detective Grimoire and Sally stand over an open cauldron. Sally has a book tucked under her arm. A submarine/ship hybrid looms behind Grimoire's shoulder

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Sharing my #slimerancher botany posters again bc I love them. Geometric foods and fantasy biology-- this was such a fun project to work on. 🖌️ www.inprnt.com/profile/arig...

Fruits of the Far, Far Range
A series of 6 botanical illustrations drawn with vectors. Each has the fruit, stem, leaf, flower, and seeds of a different plant. The art is very geometric, angular, and colorful, with each image filling the space of one square.
In order, the plants shown are:
-Pogofruit
-Cuberry
-Mint Mango
-Phase Lemon
-Prickle Pear
-Kookadoba

Vegetables of the Far, Far Range
A series of 6 botanical illustrations drawn with vectors. Each has the root, stem, leaf, and flower of a different plant. The art is very geometric, angular, and colorful, with each image filling the space of one square.
In order, the plants shown are:
-Carrot
-Heart Beet
-Oca Oca
-Odd Onion
-Silver Parsnip
-Golden Ginger

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

These are now on sale here: ariganahl.bigcartel.com/product/draw... As always, message me with a color request and I'll print you a cover in that color 😊🐙🦑🐡

Giant Australian Cuttlefish illustration

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Six months of rewards for my physical Patreon tier! patreon.com/c/ariganahl All Patrons get access to pages as I finish them, personal work not shared elsewhere, blog posts, and sketchbook suggestion boxes. $10 Patrons also recieve a unique handmade item in the mail each month (Usually zines)

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

www.patreon.com/AriGanahl/po... Made a blog post about Look Down, the comic I finished for the Trans/queer jam. It's one I've wanted to draw for a while, this post just goes more in depth on my thoughts on it. Subscribe to my Patreon zine tier during July to get a copy!

18+ Only
Look ⬇️
Peek of wrists and ankles in pink handcuffs chained together

Zines printed on white and yellow pages, tied with red and pink string

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

📖 All the Hometowns You Can't Stay Away From by Izzy Wasserstein 📖 I've been reading this queer scifi short story collection recently and I highly recommend it!! Every single story in it had me captivated. Wasserstein is so good at quickly pulling you into a new world

Cover art for All the Hometowns You Can't Stay Away From. In pinks and purples, 4 different versions of the same woman from different worlds and in different outfits gaze at the viewer. The sky overhead is stormy and highly textured

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I did make some copies of this for Midwest Perzine Fest on Saturday. They're pamphlet stitched with some string I've been hoarding for ?? Almost 20 years?? 🔞

Five such zines on a table. Papers range from white to yellow, string ranges from pink to red fuzzies

One open page bc I like this panel. Pov character is Wigglin, foot visible in bg

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Finished my submission for the Trans/Queer jam just under the wire 😌 🔞 ariganahl.itch.io/look-down

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

www.patreon.com/collection/2... 🔞 Finishing up the comic I've been drawing for the Trans/Queer Jam

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Saddle-stitching how I've missed thee 🖌

Black notebook cover. 4 bright green stamped frogs are facing each other

Stack of notebooks with purple, blue, green, yellow, and pink pages. Covers are thick black paper with bright green frogs printed on them

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The frog notebooks WILL be coming w me to Midwest Perzine Fest next week 🖌

Cover of a frog notebook with text saying "See you at Midwest Perzine Fest" over it

Collage poster for Midwest Perzine Fest. Chicago Athletic Association 12pm-5pm

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Orrrr I can just make a little stamp The only flaw in this plan is i forgot how difficult it is to worry with fluorescent ink, so some of them printed a little wonky. Overall I'm happy with them though ✒️

Black papers with many small green frogs printed on them

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Had an amazing idea, if I can pull it off (He said, like he didn't have 6 pages of comic to draw by next week)

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

For the DLC, I was clearly not the target audience, and that's fine too. I didn't enjoy the combat or writing nearly as much and played it with more relics on (less effort). I DID really enjoy the puzzles in the dlc, which took up much more of my time than any puzzles from the base game!

Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker official art. It's 9 new characters from the dlc. Everyone is clockwork circus themed and the largest characters are Zale and Valere's evil twins.

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I'm someone who grew up playing Final Fantasy and was introduced to Mario-style rpgs in the last 5 years. I feel like this game was made exactly to my dream specifications and it is very possibly my favorite jrpg from the last 20 years.

Still from combat. The player party is surrounded by fish- and gem-themed enemies. Valere is striking one of the rock beetles

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I REALLY liked the requisite in-universe competitive strategy game (especially the audio stim), and I love that it gave me a reason to listen to the band. Too many games with in-game music want my character to sit and listen to it while suspending all other gameplay, and I won't do that for long

A mechanical 1v1 board game. Each player has 2 character tokens and 1 row of 5 slot-machine like wheels with orange and blue symbols on them. Player character has a gold priest and gold mage, opponent has engineer and knight

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The story plays on so many tropes from the genre in a way that made me smile or laugh constantly. The pirate crew brightens the tone and plays incredible music. And I realized 40 hours in that their animations change based on which instruments are playing!

A small stage at the back of a bar, where a band of pirates is performing. From left to right: Blond twink playing string base, man in a blue robe and 2 eye patches (yes, covering both eyes) playing accordian, red floating octopus playing flute, a stout woman with blue braids playing bass drum, and ghost captain playing mandolin

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🎮 Sea of Stars by Sabotage Studios 🎮 I've been a bit obsessed with this game for the past couple of weeks. It's everything I have wanted in a JRPG more recent than 20 years ago. The art is incredibly beautiful. I love the combat system and appreciate the customizable difficulty.

Official art for Sea of Stars. The two main characters stand back to back in front of the moon with their glowing weapons. Valere is a blue haired monk woman wielding a staff. Zale is a blonde blade dancer leaning on a flaming sword.

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

www.patreon.com/AriGanahl Making a little comic for the Trans/Queer jam. I'll be sharing progress on my patreon until it's done. 🔞

Crop of an image that says "Look ⬇️"
feet and hairy calves in pink cuffs are just barely in view

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Watercolor paper quarter size sketchbook commission! 140lb paper, cold press, 30 pages. I love sketchbook comms, they feel so personal. This one was designed with travel in mind, hence the smaller size and lower page count. 🐠

Small notebook with octopus paper being held in my hand

Same notebook held at a different angle so you can see the spine, which has coptic stitching in blue thread

Same notebook open to the first page. The endpaper is green and fibrous

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

www.patreon.com/AriGanahl/po... Made another cephalozine from many of my cephalopod drawings throughout the years. These will be going out to all rubber ducky Patrons on July 1, and will be added to my store later this year. 🦑🐙🐡

Several colorful zines spread across a table. Each one is on a different color and says "Drawings of Cephalopods" in the center of a frame made up of different cephalopods

The front cover and first page of a yellow zine. The inside cover contains writing about the zine, the first page features an illustration of a coconut octopus

The zine is open to a spread with two cephalopod illustrations. On the left is a chambered nautilus, on the right is an argonaut.

The last page of the zine, an illustration of a belemnite. On the back cover is a list of the cephalopods shown throughout.

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

My hours at work are lower this month, so I am opening 4 commission slots in the style below! These can be of any character, animal, or person. Slots start at $100, with add-ons for additional figures. ko-fi.com/ariganahl/co... Please boost! Feel free to reply below or message me with questions.

Red, orange, yellow illustration of a lobster lady dancing while surrounded by her favorite things

Red, orange, yellow, and green illustration of the fox from Tunic surrounded by items from the game

Pink, orange, yellow, green, and purple illustration of a horny praying mantis surrounded by things they love

pink, yellow, blue, and purple illustration of a couple holding hands framed within things they like. Their cats are drawn below the couple

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

🦑🐡 Sea Urchin for this month's Patreon. 🖌️ Mini prints go out on June 1st! www.patreon.com/posts/may-re...

Papercraft illustration of a purple sea urchin in an orange cowboy hat saying "Howdy!"

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

📖Thyme Travelers, edited by Sonia Sulaiman 📖 An anthology of short stories by Palestinian writers, each showing a different speculative future for Palestine. I thought each story in this collection was something special, and really enjoyed my time with this book.

Book cover for Thyme Travellers. A pair of open hands shows olives and herbs laid over them. The hands have a pattern like layers of stone. The art is by Iasmin Omar Ata

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Hi, I'm Ari! I draw fish and bugs and trans kink, and I love playing with new ways to hold art. 📫 Newsletter buttondown.com/aricecaelia 🪼 Physical Store ariganahl.bigcartel.com/ 🪲 Comics ariganahl.itch.io/ | wechange.me/aricecaelia 🐌 Patreon patreon.com/c/ariganahl 🦑 Ko-Fi ko-fi.com/ariganahl

Papercraft collage looking straight down at a giant clam on the ocean floor. Its flesh is a vivid blue, and its shell is textured and covered in moss. Around the clam are sea grass, isopods, coral, sea stars, sponges, and a rock structure.

Blue and pink cover of Taunt. Two guys are laying together in bed, image is cropped to zoom in on their midsections. Small text reads "This comic contains: Trans dude x trans dude sex, anal penetration, puppy play, small cock humiliation, degrading language, squirting/wetting"

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Ari Ganahl 🦑🔞 @arithetonberry.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

🔞 Dinner For Two is my colorful, T4T, age gap, piss comic. He's a bit of a mess; she's here to get him in line. Kinky, but sweet. Available now on: 💛 WeChange wechange.me/aricecaelia/... 💚 Itch ariganahl.itch.io/dinner-for-two 💙 Physical Paper ariganahl.bigcartel.com/product/dinn...

Dinner For Two (18+) by: Ari Ganahl
This comic contains: Trans masc x trans fem sex, age gap between adults, food, humiliation, watersports

Comic cover in yellows and blues. An apartment door is open to reveal a very messy room.

Trans woman in her 50s sits on a chair with her legs spread. She is only wearing earrings, panties, and a dark shirt, the neckline of which is pulled below one of her tits. She smiles while she asks "You really want this?"

Young trans masc character crying and blushing and getting Wrecked. This is my favorite panel, I'm very proud of his expression

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