iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

goshdarnheck @goshdarnheck.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

reupload with a real camera photo instead of a phone

little oil pastel painting of some autumn trees

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Chris Huth @umlauthuth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Artists! Quote with your city art ✨

b+w illustration of a debris-filled canal amidst a weird assortment of buildings

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Heather Flowers (500FF DEMO OUT NOW) @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

this comic series helped me feel incredibly seen and understood during my recent brush with disability. huge recommend.

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Also! Two new pages up for A Brief Guide's Chapter 10! Getting a bit autobiographical here with this scene, I won't lie.

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Chapter 10 - What This Means For You - Stories

More to come! This post will be updated in a week!

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The wildest thing is that they're often looking right back at me, like this little guy who was hiding behind a leaf and sneaking a peek:

a macro photo of a tiny green grasshopper hiding behind a tiny leaf, just his legs and antenna visible

a macro photo of a tiny green grasshopper hiding behind a tiny leaf, peeking one eye around to look back at the camera

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Painted a tribute to one of my fav little neighbourhood haunts in Toronto:

A crystal island floating in space, with a gnarled old tree covered in string lights, lit by street lights and a stoplight, with benches, fountains and billboards, and cement stairs running through it.

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Megan Kearney @spookymeggie.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Tonight! 7:00-10:00! Little Pebbles Cafe on College!

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The site is tidier, there are RSS feeds, and more, all because I've been working in between jobs on this comic now for over a year, and it's coming together! I am NOW COMMITTING to a weekly update for the foreseeable future so this weird and whimsical story can get wrapped up and published!

stories.portablecity.net

A Brief Guide to (early onset) Wizard Puberty Archives - Stories

A Brief Guide to (early onset) Wizard Puberty is a silly but sincere explanation for bystanders of what is happening when their friends become disabled, as narrated by a very tired wizard. Subscribe t...

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Did you know I make webcomics? And write fiction? And have a website just for those things in particular? Full of free stories to read? And Conan is there? stories.portablecity.net

The artist says "I don't have ANY IDEAS" and Conan replies "THEN YOU MUST GO GET SOME."

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elemei @elemei.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Swords Without Master by Epidiah Ravachol This year I had the delight of helping Unwritten Earths Symposium bring this tabletop role-playing game to book format via contributing the cover and a set of glyphs/icons that illustrate game concepts and mechanics.

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Unwritten Earths Symposium @unwrittenearths.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

... and here's the cover artwork + title treatment! Thanks to @elemei.bsky.social for the incredible work, and @portablecity.bsky.social for the keen eye on pulling it all together.

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

So this Saturday I'll be tabling in front of the Arts Market on Danforth, in Toronto! I'm going to bring my easel to do some live painting (weather permitting) and I'll have originals, prints, comics, games, zines, and more! 11-6pm, come say hi and talk shop!

A photo of the storefront on Danforth showing the signage, surrounded by the address, 1856 Danforth Ave., and some graphic design flourishes.

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goshdarnheck @goshdarnheck.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

John Entree is NOT the "Entrées Guy". He's just a guy with a last name who has eaten a normal amount of entrées. I have eaten over 2500 unique entrées. Many which can be independently verified. Furthermore, it has come to light in recent days that John "Entrée" occasionally orders JUST an appetizer

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I put together a stock photo pack of birds and a stock photo pack of bugs out of my iNaturalist observations for PWYW on itch: itch.io/c/7242729/sh...

A photo of a bumblebee on a small purple flower.

A photo of a cabbage white butterfly on a small purple flower.

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

hey sunday night folks, how about a little peek at my next painting for swords without master:

a painting that is still in progress, with rough edges and tape showing, done in gouache, showing a dragon curled around a ruined keep on a crystal island, silhouetted against a billowing white cloud, a star shaped gleam hiding its eye. in front, four people in a rowboat work together to hold aloft a glowing sword.

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I've added a few giclee prints of these maps to my stick at the Danforth Arts Market in Toronto! I also have some fabric prints of them, including the long panoramas... are those things that people might be interested in?

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

happy #goblinweek, this one is disguised as a wizard:

and colorful and sketchy gouache drawing of a purple goblin wearing a robe that's too short for him, a giant wizard hat, and yellow boots with stars on them, you can tell he's in disguise because he has a pink mustache and beard tied on his face.

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j @dyke.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

you was in the club without clarity of purpose

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Villein 🔒 @villein.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

whole squad daydreaming

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cakemittens @cakemittens.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

putting jeans and a belt on and taking a nap

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terror @weedlejuice.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Ancient amphibians are beckoning me to follow them into deeper waters

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Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

ME: (forgetting about my friend who has teeth of deepest forest moss) uggh people with inch thick mats of rich and brimming woodland moss instead of teeth are low-key disgusting MY FRIEND: There is a good person inside of you, Michael, but I am waiting to meet him.

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slop enjoyer @slop.guru · 17/10/2024

don’t bother trying to make goos or goops. you are decades behind my research

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Is it wise to negotiate with the great bear? ✨⚔️🐻 We are inching closer every day to the launch of the Swords Without Master kickstarter (www.kickstarter.com/projects/unwrit…), and I wanted to share my first folio card!

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🕸️ƊǗƝƓĘƠΝƁÏƬƇΗ🕸️ @dungeonbitch.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

This 1920’s painting by Michalina Janoszanka is the vibe.

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Life advice? From Conan the Barbarian? It's more practical than you'd think! In stock now at the Danforth Arts Market and @thebeguiling.bsky.social in Toronto!

A stack of books titled By Crom! with Conan the Barbarian on the cover chilling with a cat on a couch.

A single panel comic where a person in a bathrobe brushing their teeth is confronted by Conan the Barbarian, who says "Arm yourself... the horror in your "sink" has multiplied overnight." Behind him is a countertop stacked with dirty dishes.

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Another paper test as an excuse to paint this wizard doing a little treasure hunting in a dark forest.

A painting of a wizard with red cape and hat over a blue robe using their staff to cast some sort of glow into the dark water of a still pond to reveal a treasure chest beneath the water.

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Further paper tests allow further wizardry - this time in a more contemplative mode, though.

A wizard with red cape and hat over a blue robe, holding a gnarled staff and sitting perched on a white column on a rocky hill overlooking a mountain range against a sky full of dramatic white clouds.

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

I have some new papers to test out and how better to test them than to paint a wizard on a journey? Here's their first stop, a quiet forest.

A painting of a wizard with a red hat and cape over a blue robe, walking with a tall gnarled staff through a rocky forest path into brighter light. Behind them, closer to the viewer, we can see a treasure chest.

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

One of the most surprising elements of oil pastels for me was how much the substrate affected the painting. This study was my first done on wood panel, and compared to absorbent paper, using them on wood prevents the oils from being absorbed, and the pastels work so much more like paints!

A chunky and painterly portrait of a man with long blond hair, short wispy bangs, and a beard with two braids coming from his chin.

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terror @weedlejuice.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Searching endlessly through archives of ancient scrolls and muttering long forgotten truths could fix me

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Chris Huth @umlauthuth.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

random #monster illustration I found kicking around

illustration of a skull-faced hoary legionary

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goshdarnheck @goshdarnheck.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

PLEASE cite the deep magic to me, Witch! I was there when it was written, but I wasn't really paying attention

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terror @weedlejuice.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Every now and then I get really disoriented on my night walk and end up frantically darting across the highway. Sometimes I just sit down until a team comes to herd me off the road

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

all the birds were too delightful to miss!

teen cardinal, with uneven feathering and just starting to get some red on its wings and tail, and a very patchy crest that it is raising as it perches at a bird feeder

Blue jay all puffed up with beedy little eyes looking a bit scruffy and confused in a golden sunset glow

A grackle staring directly at the camera, offended beyond belief that I am photographing it and making the shutter make these noises

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Hey folks! I'm starting the hunt for September work now - happy to join you as an illustrator, do some vis dev for your next big project, or step into a bigger art direction role! Shares very appreciated. Check out my portfolio here to see if I'm a good fit: www.portablecity.net/shel-kahns-p...

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Shel Kahn’s Portfolio – the portable city

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Human Artists! Use one piece to convince people to follow you! 🧿👄🧿 (cheating by adding detail shots cause this one's HEFTY)

A digital painting of a wizard tower surrounded by nature; it's a cutaway view showing a basement and six floors, each differently themed, with wizards throughout. It's sunset / dusk, and a moon with a face is hanging in the sky beyond. Everything is purple and teal.

A close-up of the basement where a wizard in dark green summons a cat demon with a fish-on-a-string toy; then under the stairs a purple dragon sleeps with one eye open.

A close-up of the topmost roof where a small cutaway shows tiny dragons roosting, one purple and one green, blowing a tiny flame; sitting on the roof above are two wizards, one in green witha flame hovering above their head, the other in dark blue/black/green with a wizard hat on. Beyond them a crescent moon with a face naps, with a flock of dragons silhouetted against it and the sky.

A close-up of the attic cutaway view, showing an astronomer's studio with big floor-to-ceiling windows, an orrery, a star map on teh floor, a mechanical telescope, and other astronomical instruments; a wizard in shiny silken hanfu style robes kneels on the floor doing measurements against the floormap.

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