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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 30/09/2026

The most influentual games of my childhood and teens, and it still feel like I'm missing a bunch (the wide swathe of Sonic games deserve an honorary mention) my9games.com

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 28/09/2026

Ummm helloooo who's that?~ Verge single-handedly sold me XCOM: Chimera Squad. So naturally, I played dress up and gave him more than one pair of pants and jacket. First pic is drawn with alcohol markers, fineliner and pencil. --- #sciencefiction #xcom #alcoholmarkers #traditionalart

Marker and ink pen illustrations and sketches of a big-eyed alien called Verge, dressed in a dark blue jacket highlighted with grapefruit coloured and a grey shirt and pants.

Various sketches of a big-eyed alien called Varge from the game XCOM; standing, looking to the side, sitting around checking the time, and stomping around cheerfully while gesturing at his pants, saying "Pants!". His colleague shoves a shirt on him in the next sketch, announcing "Shirt!", and he chuckles.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 21/09/2026

Aw, that's sweet. I *have* become very partial to a deep teal/emerald lately. widget-club.com/wallpapers/t...

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 12/09/2026

Yeeee it's today! For Melbournites following me with nothing to do today, come by. 💀

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 09/09/2026

Right off the back from returning to Australia after my long-ass Europe trip, I'm tabling this weekend at the Conquest Game Market at Coburg Town Hall, Victoria (Australia)! #melbourne #australia #artmarket #darkart

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 07/04/2026

The scientific friendship that never was 💔💉 This month's newsletter update has surprisingly sweet side-plot sketches of fantasy-Zaktan and @oddsocket.bsky.social's Horizon (and dare I say, a dash of shipping too~) Sign up to read it in the archive: www.gritrook.art/subscribe?ut... #gritrookart

An illustrations with two characters interacting, a sharp scientist elf and a more ragged elf. They're both hunched over some scientific sketches and books piled on a table, discussing them.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 01/04/2026

I have, after a period of mental exertion, reached a pertinent resolution regarding the trajectory of Hateship. It is to be situated upon a traditional sailing vessel! #hateshipgame

Shaded in sepia browns, an illustration of three monster figures with spiky spines dressed in pretty 18th century dresses on a traditional sailing ship, with the sun setting behind.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 17/02/2026

As a belated Valentine's day gift, here's something more romantic than a night out with roses. 🌹🌹 Statistics. 📊 I swear it's worth it! Check out the visual novel dating sim survey results you filled out late last year: www.gritrook.art/blog/visual-... --- 🌶️📚 #gamedev #romance #hateshipgame

Illustration of a monster guy eagerly reading statistical papers. Two other monster figures are making fun of him: 'And that's why he doesn't have a date', the second adding 'Loser!', the first responding to him: 'Neither do you, Hakann...'

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 02/01/2026

2025 I returned to tabling at events after a very, very long time to sell my personal work, finalised a new brand, all the while juggling yet another move. Things now feel like they're settling, at last.

A series of six illustrations interpreting monsters, dark characters and scenes in a gritty style.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 02/01/2026

2024 was the first time I moved out of my parents' place, was let go of my first proper job, and just had a lot of stress going on in my life. Despite that, I continued writing, and I'm amazed I still managed to scrounge together a few kicker finalised illustrations.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 02/01/2026

I was not in a great mental space in 2023, so I staved off full pieces, with a preference for loose sketches and the tabletop RPGs I was playing in or running. But I also released the demo of Hateship, which I kept pecking at with writing.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 02/01/2026

Happy New Year! ✨ To celebrate, I put together art summaries for all the years I've missed due to my online hiatus since 2021. So, let's make up for it, shall we? Consider it a teaser. Starting with 2022! --- #conceptart #dark fantasy #gritrookart #artsky #horrorart

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 19/12/2025

Val, is this reaaaaally your idea of doing business? 😏 And finally, to wrap up my #ArtFight2025 pieces, @zenturion.bsky.social's character Valerie (left) and my Cain Conroy (right)! One more OC ship kekeke. --- #gritrookart #romance #noir #artwork #oc #noirart #artfight #flirt #detective

Moody illustration with textured graphite of two people silhouette against a dull pink light, surrounded by chemical lab equipment. One of them, a black woman with a magnificent hairdo, touches the chin of the sleek and sharp angled anglo man, who's looking a little stiff. She says "Well, that just depends on what kind of chemistry you're looking for~"

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 18/12/2025

And still, he plays on... 🎸💀 Michael Dead, Just Sav's (artfight.net/~JustSav) character for #ArtFight2025. --- #InkArt #artsky #goth #melancholy #pencilsketch #skeleton #skull #gritrookart #punk #artfight

Pencil sketch on brown paper of a skeleton sitting on a tall chair, framed in the light of a lightbulb in a dark nondescript shape. His hair falls over his skull as he concentrates on playing the electric guitar. Crutches sit behind him, for his stump leg.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 18/12/2025

Up to no good, this one! 🧨 @pailknight.bsky.social's character Wire for #ArtFight2025 --- #sci-fi #sci fi arts #bskyart #gritrookart #ArtFight2025 #artfight #alien

A short figure is falling, with alien features around his head giving him big green eyes and a slick smooth head, wearing a sci-fi half-face gas mask covering his face. His arms and legs flailing, trying to grab a grenade falling above him where the pin has been drawn. Colours are in stark red and green.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 17/12/2025

Divine innards ⚕️🔴 @monsterahystera.bsky.social's most elegant and eerie character Venir, drawn for #ArtFight2025 --- #gore #monster #horrorart #bodyhorror #darkfantasy #artfight #gritrookart

Eerie illustration in whites, greys and spot blacks and reds, rendered in pencil-like effect, of a figure with long wing ears, pointy teet and sharp eyes, staring at the viewer. Their arms are open wide, and so is their torso, twisting with non-descript innards and what looks to be a dripping red sphere. Halos frame their head, along with an everseeing eye.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 11/12/2025

What do you mean? But of course she's a professional! Dahlia (left character) for Rasijan/DecoGryphon (www.artfol.me/rasijan) during #ArtFight2025, being admonished by my character, Cain Conroy. --- #characterart #sciencefantasy #sff #DigitalIllustration #noir #artfight

Sketched illustration of two figures silhouetted against a magical city, rendering in noir. To the left is a young woman who is holding her pistol out incorrectly with overlapping hands, while a middle-aged man with slick hair, holding his pistol steadily and away, comments that "It's not even loaded, is it?"

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 10/12/2025

In YoUR MinD 🧠 "Dread", a character belonging to Linc's Artbox (instagram.com/Lincs_...) for #ArtFight2025. --- #bskyart #digitalpainting #horrorart #weirdcore #monster #artfight

Painting of a giant monster with armour plating and sharp teeth opening its maw around the head of a futuristic soldier in a helmet, who is frozen in place, suspended by the long, spindly, bright red fingers which pass through his head and body.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 09/12/2025

If it wasn't a fight you were both looking for, you should've just said so. 🙄 My character Silas (guy on floor) and WackyWazuu's (artfight.net/~WackyW...) Rybbin for #ArtFight2025! I strike again with my OC shipping attacks HArhARhar. --- #ocsky #romance #DigitalIllustration #artfight #wrestling

Stylised sketchy illustration of two muscular people on a bright purple gym mat, a big bulky guy with spiky hair lying down and an equally tough woman with dark skin pinning him down. Their faces are very close, slightly smiling.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 08/12/2025

Toughing it out. 👊🩸 @skelizard.neocities.org's Rook for #ArtFight2025. There are just so many good shapes to this guy. --- #blood #artsky #DigitalSketching #dinosaur #dino #artfight #punk #boxing

Moody sketch illustration of a dinosaur, triceratops-like anthropomorphic guy in loose cargo pants and a black crop singlet. He has a resolute glare at the viewer with knuckles stained in blood, posed ready to punch someone hard

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 04/12/2025

Steely and fly 👔 Really love the faceted metal look for this character design! Aviornova's (aviornova.tumblr.com/) character Ranger for #ArtFight2025 --- #characterart #scifi #cyberpunkart #robot #artfight

Greytone illustration with touches of blues of a classy, fashionable masculine robot dressed in shirt, tie and vest, posing elegantly like for a fashion magazine with head resting against his hand and his hands holding one half of his vest.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 04/12/2025

Deals, so many deals this bad suitcase can hold! 🧳 @cajamapat.bsky.social's character Pierre, for #ArtFight2025 --- #InkArt #creature #monster #artfight

Illustration with ink and markers on brown paper of a monster without eyes but a big grin falling upside down while holding open a suitcase with teeth and abstraction inside.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 21/11/2025

Yep, yep, yep. It's being a little generous with 'taking care of others' (I'm very selective nowadays), and I don't know if moody quotes is my thing? I do love tragedy though and storytelling so I guess that passes. poomang.com/en/t/mycore_...

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 20/11/2025

Plosive!! 💥❗ @ivyking214.bsky.social's character Fragarach for #Artfight2025. -- #characterart #scifi sci fi arts #sciencefiction #bskyart #robot #mecha

A giant, blocky mecha with long thick lock hair cables wooshing around as she blasts out intense sounds from the various vents sticking out of her back and shoulders. The illustrations is in muted browns with a touch of gold and hazy blue.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 19/11/2025

I actually attempted this composition with him in 2020?? But never finished it because I wasn't entirely happy with the direction. So this year, Art Fight was a good excuse to try again. Who of the two wore it better? 🤔

Moody and dark digital painting with greys, cyan and bright purple of a muscular figure, clad in black feathery clothes, seated upon a lush cloth throne while smoking a cigar and grasping the head of a mortified subject in his other hand. He grins with blue, sharp teeth at the viewer.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 19/11/2025

Good luck getting past his judgement 💎 @biteghost.bsky.social's character Alcyone illustrated during #ArtFight2025 this year! --- #artfight #pastels #artsky #monster

A monstrous, muscular figure with a cyan stone at the centre of his chest, dressed in elegant clothes and a feathery black shoulder cape reclines against a lush punk seat, staring with a sharp, toothy grin at the viewer. Everything is in pastel cyans, pinks and yellows, but it's hardly sweet.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 17/11/2025

Look, y'all better hurry because these losers CAN'T keep their claws in their own business! Fill out the visual novel dating sim survey before they steal it from me (end of Friday 21st Nov): jenareuter.fillout.c... --- #gamedev #indiegame #visualnovel #bionicle #terato #monsterromance #hateshipgame

Illustration in sepia tones of a bunch of biomech monsters with spiky spines hassling a human (self-portrait of the artist), who's dressed in a white suit and pants. She's holding a stack of papers away from one who's desperate to get a hold of them, and a second who's curious. The third, shorter, is trying to stop the second, while a fourth giant watches from afar with a derpy, curious look to him.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 17/11/2025

💋👗 Fionaur's (artfight.net/~fionaur) character Alice for #ArtFight2025. --- #DigitalSketching #artfight #noir #femmefatale

Illustration of an elegant lady wearing a white, fluffy shoulder coat and a black dress, elegantly posing for the viewer, in a rusting noir style.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 14/11/2025

Their dynamic is just electric! ⚡⚡ Fritz and Zariya, @psshaw.bsky.social's characters, for #ArtFight2025! --- #monster #monsterromance #sciencefantasy #artfight

Illustration of two figures tumbling through a rolling thunderstorm sky, their malleable anatomy intertwined, along with their bright yellow and blue electricity. They grin at each other with their sharp razor teeth, hold each other, their noses touching.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 13/11/2025

If you play visual novel dating sims, I'd love some help making decisions for my project, Hateship. Fill out the below form (takes 10 minutes), and you'll get a noir monster desktop background by the end: jenareuter.fillout.c... --- #visualnovel #indiedev #gamedev #datingsim #datingsimulator

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 12/11/2025

Training montage! 🤸‍♀️ @yourlegaldrug.bsky.social's character Inez (top) and my Koume (bottom) for #Artfight2025 --- #DigitalSketching #artfight #pencilsketch

Illustration with poppy red, white and teal colours of two short strong women, one carrying the other on her back while she's kicking her feet into the air.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 11/11/2025

Tough, love. 💪 @oceancaves.bsky.social's character Serevea for #artfight2025! --- #bskart #DigitalSketching #pencilsketch

Pencil textured illustration of a muscular woman, clad in tattoos with red eyes flexing and looking at the viewer with a confident stare.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 14/10/2025

I'm Jen, a concept artist, illustrator and writer based in Australia looking for opportunities in cover illustration for dark genres, and novel or comic publishing agents for future projects. 🎨 Portfolio: www.gritrook.art 📧 Contact: www.gritrook.art/contact --- #PortfolioDay #booksky #darkart

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 03/10/2025

Come find me during #MIGW25 at a few of the events! And if you're at @gcapconf.bsky.social, you should absolutely attend my talk "Colours on Time" on Mon, 11am in Room 102 (see map). 🎨 --- #melbourne #GCAP25 #gamedev #visdev

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 22/09/2025

Dealing with supernatural powers is pretty tiring 😴📚 From left to right, CrystalGears's (www.tumblr.com/cryst...) Father Thomas, @ameliasart.bsky.social's Rift and my Tanek for #artfight2025. --- #artfight #cainrpg #cainttrpg #ttrpg #artsky

Sketched illustration of three figures, bathed in the warm light of a fireplace, are resting armchairs. To the left, an older priest is reading out from a book with the title 'Alexandria's Secrets', to the right, a smoky figure with a big hat reclines while a younger clergy in training with an afro is resting their face on the chair's arm.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 19/09/2025

Caught in the lights💀🚨 Godxilla's (vodka.straw.page/) character 'Bad Cop' drawn for #artfight2025! --- #artfight #darkart #zombie #horrorart #skull

Illustration of a zombie-like robot with vibrant pink and yellow reflectors rushing towards the viewer, screaming.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 18/09/2025

Quinn Jester will always try to sweet her way out of causing trouble. 😘 Left is Fiquinn, belonging to @drawotion.bsky.social, and right is Quinn, my character, drawn for #artfight2025! --- #artfight #clowns #circuscore #urbanfantasy #monsterromance #artsky

Bright yellow, pink and red illustration of two clown-like characters kissing. The first is a giant with floppy clothing ending in pompoms, propping up an also tall jester figure with sharper corset, crown and adventuring gear. She's standing on his upper thighs and hips, leaning into the smooch.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 17/09/2025

On this train, you never need to worry for a lack of seats. 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🌌 A Hexward for Cathemeral (verdantachillean.tum...) during #artfight2025. --- #digitaldrawing #sketch #melancholy #artfight

Illustration of a train steward walking towards the viewer, carrying a platter with wine glasses. His hat has an abstract shape and eyes, and behind him, the inside of an infinite train stretches into the horizon.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 16/09/2025

You just can't have fun with experiments when your patients have powers to defend with. 🙄🧪🩸 An #artfight2025 interaction attack for Lee The Yeen Art: www.tumblr.com/lee-t.... Rheteko (their character) is at right, and mine (my monster persona) left. --- #bionicle #skakdi #comic #scifi #artfight

An atmospheric, in eerie blues and greens, illustration of a scene portraying too biomechanical monsters in a surgery lab, with a vial of green fluid smashed on a nearby wall. One figure is the doctor with a hole punched into his side, grunting in surprise, while the other is the patient sitting with various guts and gib hanging off their torso. They're holding up a singularity, presumable what caused the wound in the doctor, while saying "Treatment, doctor, not tests." The doctor replies with: "Gurgh. Duly...noted."

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 15/09/2025

Transparent or radioactive? Watch yourself, either way. 🔪☢ Kassidy for @lulzyrobot.com during #artfight2025, who is just a delight with her blue bones. --- #artfight #darkart #characterart #skeleton

Illustration of a woman in the dark, bending dramatically to place one hand partially transparent with her skeleton underneath on a surface, while raising her other arm over her head with a knife. She grins maniacally at the viewer.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 12/09/2025

By the sea, there'll she be 🌊🧜‍♀️ Galatia for @arycapricat.bsky.social‬ for #artfight2025, all pretty and dramatic! --- #artsky #digitalart #fantasy #greekmythology #artfight

Illustration in blue of a giant mermaid, partially nude, splashing out of the sea right in front of a pier, looking at the viewer with a flirtatious temperament.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 10/09/2025

Where it's empty, it is also calm. 🌌 An Azrael, @tehriel.bsky.social's character, for #artfight2025. I thought their description of being a patient figure as a representation of depression (something I know too well) was really lovely. --- #artfight #darkart #darkpainting #melancholy #bskyart

Dark painting of a figure with long black hair, floating in a black void of space with a stark sun beaming off the edge of their hair and face behind them.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 10/09/2025

A wardrobe swap between @cryptidwizard.bsky.social's BoneVoyage and my skeleton persona for #artfight! Noooo-one would tell the difference, surely! --- #artfight2025 #artsky #darkart #skeleton #skull

Illustration of two skeletal figures dressed in classy clothes passing each other by in a walk, one saluting in a wave, the other gesturing in the air, both smirking as the second had spatters of blood on them. There are splashes of geometric colour behind them in an otherwise blue-ish monochromatic design.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 09/09/2025

Off-duty 🌸🔪 A Dan for @thezombiedogz.bsky.social during #artfight2025. Feels like a crime I haven't drawn him once in all these years. #artfight2025 #artfight #digitalart #pencilsketch

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 28/08/2025

And here's a map of where you can find my stall at the venue. Pretty close by the entry! For more info, see the event website: www.conquest.asn.au/...

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 28/08/2025

Some spooky pieces of jewellery with TEETH have landed, which I'm selling at one more event for the year (at least for now). 🦇🩸 Come to Coburg Town Hall, 10am-5pm, on 30th Aug for Conquest Games Market! (entry is free~) -- #artmarket #melbourne #australia #crafts #horrorart

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 18/08/2025

Get the lowdown on wrangling those pesky colours to your side of the 2D gamedev battle at my talk for @gcapconf.bsky.social: 11:00am Mon 6th October! What a pleasure to be welcomed back. Grab your tickets: registration.crowdco... --- #gcap25 #conceptart #gamedev #indiegame #visdev

"Jennifer Reuter

Colours on Time: stronger schemes, fewer headaches

Settle your love and hate relationship with the complexity of colour. In this talk, I will show you a structured approach to schemes, palettes and techniques which are invigorating, won't limit your creativity, while sticking to your budget.
With case studies from real independent game projects where I've cut down final concept art and asset creation by several hours, you'll come out of this talk equipped with the tools that make colour less of a guessing game.

GCAP: Games Connect Asia Pacific"

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 01/08/2025

I might've left sharing this sliiightly to the last minute, but I'm tabling tomorrow at @free-play.bsky.social Night Market! It's at Science Gallery Melbourne, 5-9pm. www.freeplay.net.au Come by for the most elegant and lovable of spooks and monsters. 👹💀 --- #artmarket #indiecomics #melbourne

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 22/07/2025

New type of plant discovered! 🌿 I imagine any misgivings Julian (@oddsocket.bsky.social's character) might have close to a monster (my character, Zacky) that could tear him to shreds even by accident would be quickly overridden by "TREE???"‬ #artfight #artfight2025 #sketch #ocsky #monster

An illustration on brown paper of a gardener excitedly looking at the tree-like arm of a monster easily twice his size, with a big black mane and a wooden mask for a face. A smaller plant creature is sitting further away, more hesitant to approach, being smelled curiously by the bigger monster via their snake-like thin tongue.

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Jennifer Reuter @gritrook.art · 21/07/2025

Unrelenting, red fever ♦️♣️ @agentmace.bsky.social‬'s character Red Death for #artfight #artfight2025 #digitalart #darkart #sketch #skull

Illustration of a masculine figure in a grey pinstripe suit, and a red rat or mouse skull and fitting bony tail, holding a knife. With their hands in their pockets, they stare at the viewer with a star for an eye, looking intimidating.

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