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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Okay, I *did* say I would do a cover reveal this week and I'm thrilled at the amazing work @charlesutting.bsky.social did. Lusa and Kerr in Tyton: the fall, out this summer.

Tyton: the fall cover. Two women, one with a cybernetic hand around the others's throat with a knife and a gun.

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Sometimes I give titles to my personal work. Plus, I like this piece. This is not a book. Don't be fooled. #bookart #fantasyillustration #illustrator #digitalart #robotart #scifiart #pirates #notpirates

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Wrong anywhere from 10-28% of the time, out of five trillion queries every year.

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Have a gander at the cover for: The Shattered Moon, by K.M. Samuels - coming June 17th. This was a delight to read, a delight to paint, and I recommend everyone mark their calendars. #bookart #fantasyart #booktok #bookcover #fantasyillustration kmsamuels.substack.com

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Ive often appreciated Dave’s steady takes. Don’t give up. youtu.be/Lhl4mLYIZ8A?...

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Good Morning Art People - Don't Give Up

YouTube video by Dave Rapoza

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I have historically had a bugger of a time posting anything on the socials when I am otherwise so upset with so many things going on. This is a piece which in some respects channels that frustration. So, hey, here is art! #illustration #art #protestart #robots #digitalart

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Another project with @tjdallas7.bsky.social folks. Need I say more? I'll count how many projects we’ve done together at some point…. Lilith! #art #illustration #bookart #characterart #lilith #tjdalla #digitalpainting #digitalillustration

A woman stands on a ridge in front of dramatic mountains. She wears a wolf pelf, and holds an apple in one outstretched hand, and a knife in the other. Above her an eagle soars. Subtly, in the rocky shapes of the mountain, the shapes of a snake curls behind her, mouth open, menacing.

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Cosimo Galluzzi @cosimog.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

The bridge

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TJDallas7 @tjdallas7.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Delivering on my promise 😏😘 Have you met Lilith?? #sapphic #lesfic #lesbian

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again. Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

#Portfolioday Seattle based illustrator working in Sci-Fi & Fantasy for publishing, games, and more. I love quiet moments, moments of awe and wonder, and also pirates. www.charlesutting.com Tell me your story! Drop me a line! #bookart #bookcover #fantasyart #scifiart #illustration #booktok

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

A monkey. Rather, a bunch of squishy bunkham that gives the illusion of a monkey. Oil on paper.

A photo of a sepia toned monochromatic painting of a capuchin monkey portrait.

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Shiny brand new cover for @cvvobh.bsky.social Book I of The Sleepwalker Cycles, by C.V. Vobh, now featuring a bad ass wizard! #thesleepwalkercycle #bookart #bookcover #booktok #indiebook #irdawards #wizard #fantasyart #illustration

A man wears a green and purple robe, embroidered with vines. He stands in a classy dark room, behind him is a large painting with an ornate golden frame, below that a door, and around him an arm chair a table, featuring a lamp. From his right hands swirls blue magic, and in his left hand he holds a drink, neat. On the chair behind him purches a fairy with butterfly wings.

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Marine beat me to the post. Here is Talia, from @marinestjean.bsky.social up and coming "Tyton!" Such a blast. Go check out her work! marinestjean.ca

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Marine St. Jean @marinestjean.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Guys... I'm dying here. Thanks @charlesutting.bsky.social for his amazing work bringing Talia to life. You can preorder Tyton at books2read.com/u/b6L5zM Sign up for the newsletter for more free Tyton goodies on release day marinestjean.ca

A woman with red spikes and a crop that reads Kill All Humans stands with arms over her head with a knife in her hand.

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Dear #portfolioday we meet again! I'm Yorgos and I mostly work on book covers and art that looks like this! ⚔️ www.cotronis.com ⚔️

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

For this Portfolio Day's #Portfolioday, it's all about #pirates #skypirates #spacepirates and sexy #queerpirates Pirates. Always more pirates. I have come to the conclusion that at least %50 of what we romanticize about pirates is totally true and totally worth romanticizing.

A man with red heair and beard stands in a turning pose. He stands in front of an odd fish tank looking thing with curious tiny whales in it. He wears a dark coat. He has a pistol in one hand and an open bottle of liquor in the other. A capuchin money stands on his shoulders and reaches for the bottle. He smokes a cigar.

A confident pirate strides towards us on the deck of a ship. She wears a billowing coat and has one hand on the hilt of a sword. Behind her, on the ships deck, is a cannon, and behind that a flag blowing, which displays the shape of a goat.
The pirate has an eyepatch, and a pistol tucked into a red sash belt.

A pirate looking fella stands in front of a seemingly flying ship with a dramatic orange sail, catching evening light. The man leans on a crutch and holds a pistol. Behind him are distant clouds far below him.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/07/2025

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Congrats Jamie on the release! Go check it out, folks!

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Here is something you can do here, now, today! It'll take mere minutes.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD... Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

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FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say

The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I often find learning comes from getting out of my own way. Sometimes unlearning bad habits. I also think when you dive deep a craft becomes inextricable from who and how you are, so you end up sorting yourself out as much as the craft. Painted with a mouse. #digitalart #fantasyart #warrior #dnd

A brushy digital painting showing a man with a sword and shield walking through a swamp. He walks through green algae looking stuff. He is shirtless and bald, with a short beard. Behind and around him mangrove like trees twist and emerge.

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Cheers for all the #murderbot love, folks, and hello to the new followers! Unrelated, another study inspired by Mark Boedges that I put a spaceship in. #digitalart #scifiart #spaceship #spaceshipart #markboedges

A brushy digital painting of a river flowing through a snowy little ravine. The area is dotted with bare trees. In the center sits a spaceship, derelict, perhaps crashed.

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

"We have 45 seconds to get out of here before we both die." From Compulsory by Martha Wells Happy #murderbot day! Big fan of The Murderbot Diaries and can't wait to watch the show. A huge congrats to @marthawells.com and everyone who worked on the show. #scifiart #digitalart #murderbotdiaries

A digital painting of two sci-fi characters. One has a glass dome helmet with a large crack in it and is perched on a large. The other is dark and shadowed, and is extending a hand towards the other out of the shadows. Behind them are horitoznal vents, light up.

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I have lots of feelings about Disney and Star Wars these days, but there is a lot of it I will always love. Watching #Andor was the most I have enjoyed Star Wars as an adult. Here is a tank trooper. #starwars #digitalart #sketch

A brushy digital sketch of a sci-fi figure wearing white armor and a full face helmet. The helmet has a small horizontal eye slit, and the armor paldrons have pale grey blue stripes on them, to denote rank or function. The background is abstract brushwork.

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Donato @donatoarts.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Grim Oak Press has just released the front cover of their latest Grimoire Anthology to be published at WorldCon in Seattle this August. It features my new Empathetic Robot painting and appears on the program catalog as I am Artist Guest of Honor for the con. Data Mining 24" x 20" Oil on Panel 2025

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

There is an ant that has been hanging out on the mesh screen of window going on 8 hours now. I want to ask it, are you bored? What are you doing? Do you want to go home? Can you go home? Do you have a home to go back to? I'll probably never know... #ants #antz #illustation #digitalart

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

How about some art? Sketch that started as a Schmid study but then somehow ended up with a spaceship in it. #digitalart #sketch #scifiart #richardschmid #spaceshipart #illustration

A brushy, loose painting showing a crashed derelict spaceship in a field under an overcast sky. A fence runs towards the ship, and around the ship are loose, impressionistic trees.

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Jennifer Peig @jennpeig.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I heard you can ask for art reshares/reposts for your birthday? ✨ ko-fi.com/jennpeig 🎂

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Martina Fačková @martinafackova.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Hey Hey! I´m new here, have a look at what I do:

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Cover image reveal for @jamieroe.bsky.social ‘s The King’s Bow! It was a delight to get to paint some furry non-human faces. Book drops June 20th. #fantasyart #fantasy #digitalart #author #book #bookart #animalart #anthro #fantasyillustration

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Jamie Roe @jamieroe.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

What a tease! Keep your eyes on this space for a cover reveal of my debut epic animal fantasy, The King's Bow. #lovebook #lovebooks #readers #reading #readingbooks #readingcommunity #epicfantasy #fantasyauthor #fantasybook #coverreveal #bookcover #book #books #booktease #anthro #author #authors

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

It's now been over a month since Trump sent innocent man Andry Hernández to one of the world's worst prisons because of "Mom" and "Dad" tattoos. Like the others, he is being imprisoned with no contact with the outside world. Don't let him be forgotten.

A selfie of Andry José Hernández Romero, in better times, standing in front of a rainbow arch of balloons.

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Going down the greyscale sketch rabbit hole for a minute. Any McElroy fans out there? A year late on this one, but I'm sure he's still out there, hearing your wishes.... #taz #theadventurezone #mbmbam #mcelroys #fungalore #chillvibe #heheardyourwish #digitalart #coneptart #sketch

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Hi #portfolioday! I'm Julie Dillon, and I'm a freelance artist working mostly on MtG cards and book covers. Here are a few personal paintings I've done in the past year. :)

A large ocean wave is about to overtake a bedraggled man in a weathered rowboat. He looks distressed about this, knowing he's not going to be able to get clear of the wave in time.

A rusalka possessively embraces a man she's pulled under water in a pond; he doesn't appear to be struggling against her very much.

We peer through ornate curtains at a king kneeling before a man in armor who stands before him. The king gazes up at the knight and is in the process of shrugging out of his ornate robes, which trail behind him. The knight cradles the king's face in one hand, and the king has a hand on the knight's armored leg.

A medusa in gold jewelry with gold rattlesnakes for hair, clutching the stone head of a king and breaking it to pieces while making intense eye contact with the viewer.

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Hope Doe @flyapples.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Hello dear #portfolioday folks I’m still alive and at the tail end of my three year plus tarot project, Witches Thoth. The first two paintings are ones I finished early on. The other two are works that I’m still very proud of. www.artofhopedoe.com

The Fool - Witches Thoth Tarot

A painting of a figure standing with his hands raised and below him a snake begins his strike.
In the background, a tornado appears

Witches Thoth Tarot, The Emperor

A painting of man at his throne with his orange cat at his feet.

New Years card for 2021

A jackalope sitting in a field of burning sage.

A painting of a fawn in a bed of dead leaves with tree stomps breathing rainbows

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

It’s #portfolioday , baby. Sci-fi & fantasy illustration, publishing and games. Sketch Art. Digital and traditional! Sky pirates!? Worlds where, somehow, against all odd, we all make it. charlesutting.com #illustration

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

2022. An oldie but a goodie. Thank you to a dear pal for cutting his beard like a sky captain, which inspired the piece actually, as opposed to the other way around. During my "capuchin monkey" phase... #illustration #art #scifiart #digitalillustration #spacepirate

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Obi Little @artofobi.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Another day, another study. #digitalpainting #portrait #sketch

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Some close ups of this ‘ol thing. Look at all those marks ‘n stuff. #oilpainting #traditionalart #scifiart #robots #painting #art

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Charles Utting @charlesutting.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

“I’ll Put My Rock on Your Rock.” (2020?) A older one and in many ways feels very rough, but in other ways I still love and stand by. Done working with Chris Remmers, who isn’t on here but is a baller. #oilpainting #scifiart #solarpunk #sandbatterypunk #robots #painting #art #traditionalart

Oil painting of young girl and a small dish headed robots stacking rock cairns together by a river. Around them are odd old circular structures, and in the distance looms a massive broken arch.

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