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Sarah Barrie Fenton @zealousceles.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"The dreams of youth are the regrets of maturity." Tim Curry will forever be the face and the voice of darkest desire. Such a Legend. Rest well, our Dark Prince. 🖤

An illustrated portrait of Tim Curry as Darkness from Legend, from the very start of the film where he is backlit with glowing green eyes, speaking to the fire.

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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino @awkwardaffections.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

(Posting from the beyond) Unearthing the truth. Nencronancy Drew is on the case! 🔍🧟‍♂️ (Aka conversations with my husband.) • • • • • #necromancy #nancydrew #illustration #coverart #parodyart

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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino @awkwardaffections.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Just realized I’ve been writing “2025” while signing print orders. There really is no excuse 🥴

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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino @awkwardaffections.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The world is noisy, but never forget what you are. One of my Patreon card subscriptions from last month…I think everyone could use a little extra motivation these days ✨ #illustration #dragons #youaremagic

Greeting card spread with an illustrated dragon blowing fire that says “you are magic” inside

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Sarah Barrie Fenton @zealousceles.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

"Love is a sweet poison," he said. 💔 #finalfantasyxiv #ffxivart #ff14art #viera #goodbye

An illustration of Lycelle, a Viera, wearing Neo Ish, holding a vial with a heart shaped base, filled with a red tincture. She wears a necklace with the emblem of a heart being stabbed by a dagger, an homage to "Possession."

Behind her is her beloved, he has one hand on her torso pulling her close, his other clutching her wrist that holds the vial. Lycelle looks wistfully at the tincture, while her lover looks darkly straight on to the viewer.

A vintage scroll design and Art Nouveau style flowers surround them, with the words "Love is a sweet poison" written in Eorzean font.

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Sarah Barrie Fenton @zealousceles.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Quote repost with your human made critically acclaimed Final Fantasy XIV art! Share and support your community of human artists who give so much life and love to the game! 💖 #finalfantasyxiv #ff14art #ffxivart #noai

A collage of 6 illustrations of some pop girlies from the critically acclaimed game Final Fantasy XIV. Halmarut with Calyx, Alisaie with Angelo, Sphene with lil Jaja, Nashua with a Pupu, Y'shtola with a Nixie, And Meteion with a Starburst.

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buffalosfire.bsky.social @buffalosfire.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

May 5 is a day of remembrance for Missing & Murdered Indigenous People. Honor them by reading and sharing their stories: www.buffalosfire.com/sections/mur... #MMIP #MMIW #SayTheirNames #IndigenousNews

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Sarah Barrie Fenton @zealousceles.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

🖤 Beasts Tonight 🖤 Just a quickie for Beltane under the Flower Moon! 🌕 I hope you celebrate the Rites of Spring appropriately! 😘 #finalfantasyxiv #ffxivart #ff14art #viera #beltane

An energetic illustration playing with new and different brush textures, portraying the seemingly nude silhouette of a Viera in front of the full Flower Moon. She runs her hands along the tall grass as flower petals float through the air.

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Sarah Barrie Fenton @zealousceles.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

✨ Piano Concert ✨ Amanda, Keiko, and Soken are just such amazing performers and artists! 😭💖 Happy fanfest! 🎉 #fanfest #finalfantasyxiv #ff14 #ffxiv

A quick and colorful sketch of Amanda, Keiko, and Soken in fancy performance gowns and suit, whimsically surrounded by the notes and keys to Flow!

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Sarah Barrie Fenton @zealousceles.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The Blackest Night, Timelapse 🖤 #finalfantasyxiv #ffxivart #ff14art #process #darkknight #astrologian #goodbye

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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino @awkwardaffections.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

It’s my year of the sword Read updates www.awkwardaffections.com/so/29PjmXxLu...

Lady of the lake raising Excalibur breaking through ice reads ice breaker

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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino @awkwardaffections.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Thousands of volunteers pressured GoFundMe to take down fundraisers for Renee Good's killer. Together, we got 10 of them removed. Now, we need your help to get the rest taken down as well as the new campaigns supporting Alex Pretti's killers. Email GoFundMe leaders app.sosha.ai/s/D3WHzroo

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No GoFundMe payday for killer ICE agents

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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino @awkwardaffections.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Wishing you all a happy/spooky Friday the 13th/Valentine weekend! Love your friends, pet a dog, give a stranger a compliment—the world needs your love and whimsy. ❤️🖤 #spookyvalentine #mothman #cryptidcupid

Mothman with heart eyes and a bow and arrow in a black heart that says cryptid Cupid

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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino @awkwardaffections.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Feeling Mordor-y lately. (Yes, another LOTR piece, you can't stop me.) Finished just in time for Fanexpo PDX this weekend! Come find me in Artist Alley booth A221. Plus all the hobbits will be at the show and I'll at least be in the same building, deceased. #lordoftherings #lotrart #mordor

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Sarah Barrie Fenton @zealousceles.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

The Princess Bride is one of my all time favorite books and movies. Heres a throwback to a vis dev project from 2010. Thank you for your creativity, Rob. You will always be a storytelling inspiration. 🙏 #art #illustration #visdev #theprincessbride

A pinup illustration of my final character design for Buttercup. She is a beautiful, blonde, buxom woman, wearing a mauve and yellow dress, and gazing happily (if not a bit vapidly) offscreen.

Final vis dev board for the scenes I redesigned for The Princess Bride including the thumbnail explorations, value and color studies, and the finished cinematic moment. The top scene is when they are approaching the Cliffs of Insanity, the bottom scene is the romantic rescue from the quicksand in the Fire Swamp.

Final board featuring the vis dev process for redesigning a few characters from The Princess Bride, including thumbnail shape exploration, gestures, action poses, expressions, color studies and turnarounds. I focused mainly on Buttercup but also explored Inigo, Fezzik, and Vizzini.

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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino @awkwardaffections.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Keep your Die Hard, Batman Returns is my favorite Christmas movie. 🐈‍⬛🐧🦇 #batmanreturns #hellhere #catwomanart #illustrationartist

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Sarah Barrie Fenton @zealousceles.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

When you can breathe deep because you're finallay free from it all. Be gentle with yourself, and I hope you see your own worth. #art #illustration #redflags #lessonslearned #healing

A colorful illustration of bunbabe Lycelle sitting in a relaxed pose, her legs crossed and her hands on her feet. Her head tilts back and she slouches into a deep exhale. She's wearing comfy lounge clothes, and mismatched socks. Colors radiate from her and flowers surround her, almost like a protective barrier from the words written on the right side of the image.

"When you can breathe deep because you're finallay free from their:
Disrespect
Verbal Abuse
Emotional Neglect
Hostility
Manipulation
Ego
Lack of Accountability
DIshonesty
Control
Bare Minimum
Darvo
Chaos."

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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino @awkwardaffections.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

awkwardaffections Who else is so ready? 💚🩷 With everything happening over the past year, the rewatch hits a little harder. lets gooo #wickedforgood #wickedwednesday #elphaba #illustration #digitalpainting #artistsonininstagram #wickedmovie #defyinggravity #pdxartist #awkwardaffections

Painting of Defying gravity scene from wicked

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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino @awkwardaffections.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

New holiday cards incoming! Couldn’t resist some cheeky PDX love for the season. Someone save us from all these crunchy leaves. #pdxart #shoplocalpdx #holidaycards #portlandhellscape #pdxartist #illustration #awkwardaffections

Illustration of the holiday Portland Oregon sign with a heart background reading “seasons greetings from our hellscape!”

Greeting card with an illustration of the holiday Portland Oregon sign with a heart background reading “seasons greetings from our hellscape!”

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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino @awkwardaffections.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

A little bit of #dracula for my wanderlust series. I have been very bad about posting, but trying to get back on my bs now #illustration #digitalart #digitalpainting #spookyart

Digital landscape painting of a carriage riding to Dracula’s castle in the distance with draculas brides in the foreground.

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

If you love your library, listen up…

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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino @awkwardaffections.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

No kings in America #nokings #notmypresidentsday #protestart #resist

$Blue crown fractured dripping red and white lines beneath like the American flag with “no kings” written across the crown bottom$

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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino @awkwardaffections.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Haven’t had coffee yet but I’m being so brave about it 🥺

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Mikey P @mikeyp324.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino @awkwardaffections.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

It’d be cool if history would stop plagiarizing itself.

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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino @awkwardaffections.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I don’t have a stance on physical vs digital books, but I will say, falling asleep and dropping an e-reader on your face is vastly different than a 500 page hardcover.

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Awkward Affections | Kaz Palladino @awkwardaffections.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Off to dissociate from reality, help me #onyxstorm you’re my only hope.

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Donald Trump will be indoors for the inauguration with his billionaire pals. His core supporters will be left outside in the cold. Think about that.

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Casey Desilets @caseydesilets.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

New flash. No real rhyme or reason for it, it was just fun to make! #tattooflash #oakland #sanfrancisco

A image of a tattoo flash design: A confused crow peaks out of a freshly baked pie

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Kcie Monk @kciemonk.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I started reading The Lord of the Rings again recently. It's such a good story, and I've been needing something comforting to dive into. Meet the hamster fellowship! I drew them last year, and it's honestly one of my favorite things I've made. #lordoftherings #lotr #hamster #kciemonk #kciemonkart

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