iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 01/10/2026

today is my 2 year anniversary of being on HRT! left was day 1, right is today

a selfie of jaen on day one of taking HRT

a selfie of jaen on the 2nd anniversary of taking HRT

jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 16/09/2026

happy birthday to the late peter falk, the only exception to acab there ever was or will be #black&whiteart #b&wart #columbo

a black and white illustration of columbo thinking with a cigar in his hand that he has tapped against his forehead and his other arm draped across his chest. he is wearing his iconic trench coat and suit.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 01/09/2026

someday i will draw a tarot deck that will be so queer and full of skulls. imagine a crossover between these two standalone cards i drew, and the queer orgy in the woods piece i did

A black and white ink illustration of the Death tarot card. An armored knight with a skeletal face rides atop a white horse. They are both covered in different types of fungus. The rider and horse loom over a skeletal body on the ground in the foreground of the image. The body is also covered in fungus. Text that reads “XIII” is at the top of the drawing, and “DEATH.” is written at the bottom.

A black and white ink illustration of The Moon Tarot card. The moon sits high in the star filled night sky — it has a skull like shadow on it. Two monoliths sitting on the horizon frame A path recedes into the distance — winding up and over hills and mountains all the way to the horizon. Along the path there are two wolves howling at the moon. In the foreground there is a skeletal knight and a skeletal horse — they are both covered in fungus and are seated on the ground at the edge of a lake. The skeletal knight looks at a reflection of the moon in the water. The reflections of the moon and the knight are each young and embracing in a kiss. Cattails are coming out of the water on the left side of the water. The top of the card reads “XVIII” while the bottom of the card reads “THE MOON”

a black and white illustration of a creek in a dark forest where a pine tree has e fallen and cast a shadow over the creek. in the distance there is a group of naked people having sex. there are inset comic panels that feature in sequence: someone eating pussy, someone licking another person’s armpit, a fledgling downy woodpecker in a pine tree, someone pulling someone’s hair from behind, someone licking a woman’s dick, and a frog on a rock in the creek.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 23/08/2026

i gave volume 2 a little update to the cover for the printed edition. go snag this absolute masterpiece of game design, pornographic prose, and delicious debauchary now!

a black and white illustration of a dungeon tower built into a grassy hill, the cylindrical tower has a hand lightly grasping the tower sculpted into the tower's design. the hand is very suggestive. a path leads up to the arched entrance of the tower. hand-lettered script in the sky in front of billowing clouds reads "The Dungeon That Tops You" and in the lower right corner over the ground similar script reads “Vol 2”

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 18/08/2026

btas clayface i drew a few years back

A black and white ink drawing of clayface who has transformed his hands into large rectangular hammers. One hand is slammed into the ground — causing cracks to form and debris to fly around it, while the other hand is raised in the air prepared to strike down as well.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 07/08/2026

if you see this, post a knight (or more) - rubber knight for @guanborg.bsky.social - the same knight on 2 tarot cards i did as personal work - a knight at rest featuring nemesis (@sandypuggames.bsky.social) - a pissed knight and her bumbling squire (inspired by one of my @morkborg.com characters)

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 07/08/2026

a little late to add to my reference images for the cover, but i think i nailed it anyway

A black and white illustration of a barren prairie with a dirt road leading up to a small traveling carnival with various rides and attractions. A looming gargantuan cloud of dust approaches the carnival and takes up the majority of the composition — emphasizing the immense difference in scale between the dust storm and the carnival grounds.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 05/08/2026

THE EXQUISITE CORPSE IN MAGGOTS' KEEP remains one of my proudest works. from the cover, to the interiors, as well as the pinup tier pieces i did for the kickstarter. i'm still in love with the character design and their enigmatic charm and naiveté expressed through an unmoving skeletal facade.

A color digital book cover illustration of a bejeweled corpse wearing a shawl. They are reclined against a rocky wall with fungus on it. The title page says “The Exquisite Corpse in Maggots’ Keep by Sandy Pug Games. The framing of the illustrations done in an art nouveau style but it is full of mushrooms and maggots.

a black and white comic page of 6 panels that depicts a dark stone interior with exposed rafters covered in cobwebs and other hanging things. there is a room with a pile of collected items next to a table with people sitting at it, a close up of hot tea, a close up of pictures on the wall — one of which is a wedding scene of a large muscular fish man kissing a skeletal figure in a dress, a close up of large muscular hand holding a skeletal hands, a close up of knitting materials, and the same fish man and skeletal figure wearing sweaters cuddling together.

a black and white illustration of a skeletal figure adorned in draped cloth and jewelry. they are reclining in a gil evgren style pinup pose on the ground surrounded by rocks and mushrooms.

a black and white illustration of a skeletal figure adorned in draped cloth and jewelry is standing seductively with one leg extended while they pull up their robe to show more leg in a gil evgren style pinup pose. they are standing beside a cavern wall that has mushrooms growing on it.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 04/08/2026

physical edition available in-person only

a photo of jaen’s hand holding two cards for the thank you game. the front side card says “thank you. a game by jaen nighly butler.” and the back side of the card says “you win; thank you for playing. all of the cards have black text, a black border and a yellow background. there is a stack of more of these cards on the table.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 04/08/2026

imagine like these, but like, only 2 minutes spent on it instead of like 12 hours

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 04/08/2026

thank you., a game of gratitude, is another way you can support me. you pay for the game, you win the game. your purchase also includes a PNG of the "thank you." logo with transparent background, licensed cc by 4.0, so you can use it in your projects. jnbutlerart.itch.io/thank-you

stylized hand-lettered text in a blackletter typeface that reads, “thank you.” and a less stylized line of text below it that reads, "a game by jaen nighly butler." the text is black and the background is yellow.

hand-lettered text in a blackletter typeface that reads, “you win; thank you for playing.” the text is black and the background is yellow.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 04/08/2026

stoked to see gencon hauls with with copies of THE DUNGEON THAT TOPS YOU from @sandypuggames.bsky.social in them i promise that if you ever see me in the wild, and you have THE DUNGEON THAT TOPS YOU with you, i will sign your copy of the game and draw a cartoonishly lewd skeleton inside the cover

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 03/08/2026

pardon me, what brings you here?

a selfie of jaen wearing black and white glasses that she’s lowering down her nose with her left hand in a suggestive manner.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 02/08/2026

everyone, go peer pressure @plusoneexp.bsky.social into making MORIAH shirts while we are on the subject

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 30/07/2026

andy, my friend/the shop owner, wanted the shirt to be inspired by the album art for "screaming for vengeance" by judas priest. i think i did a good job of capturing the energy but still making it my own. also, as i often do, i hand-lettered the text because i'm a masochist.

a color illustration of the album art for screaming for vengeance by judas priest. a mechanical bird of prey flies across the center of the square composition with a red circle behind it on a yellow background. "screaming for vengeance" and "judas priest" are both written on banners of text at the top of the composition and are both at the same diagonal angle of the bird, giving the whole thing a great sense of speed and motion.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 30/07/2026

here’s a shirt design i did for my friend’s tattoo shop #worldtigerday

a black and yellow illustration of a wild looking tiger with huge wings flying through the air. stylized 3d banner text reads “flying tiger” between the wings of the tiger.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 26/07/2026

went on a walk to a cemetery with one of my best friends and did some drawing to try to loosen up my creative juices and get my mind off of the breakup. 20 minutes of chiseltip permanent marker on watercolor paper.

a photo of a black and white illustration of a statue on too of a gravestone of a woman holding a child with another child reaching up to her from the ground. there are trees behind the statue and clouds in the sky.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 24/07/2026

i’ve used sticker ninja and they’ve held true to their ethics ever since i first heard of them during the start of the pandemic. they did stickers for my solo metal project earlier this year

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 24/07/2026

"moreover, i'm too sad to tell you" (2026)

a selfie of jaen crying with her hand on her forehead

a selfie of jaen crying with her hand on her cheek

a selfie of jaen crying harder with her hand on her forehead

a selfie of jaen crying with her hand partially covering the side of her face

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 20/07/2026

some of my favorite pieces turned into basic lands #b&wart #mtg

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 14/07/2026

it's #portfolioday & my 40th birthday today! i'm jaen nighly butler, a trans illustrator specializing in black & white lush line-work textures, hand-lettered titles, the fantastic, the macabre, and the sensual. my portfolio and email: 💼 jnb.art ✉️ jn@jnb.art #b&wart

a black and white illustration of a woman with long wavy hair draped over her shoulders seated on some mossy rocks in a dark forest. she is leaning on one knee and has her other armed draped over the hilt of her well worn longsword.

A black and white illustration of sunset over a vista of wheat fields that go off into the mountainous horizon, and are bordered by distant forests. Scattered throughout the fields are a half dozen bonfires where dark plumes of smoke rise into the darkening sky. Tall robed figures carry wood from the forests to the bonfires to keep them lit. In the foreground you can see that skeletons lie beneath the lush fronds of wheat.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 14/07/2026

this bitch made it to 40 💅

a selfie of jaen in black and white glasses, pig tails, an opossum crop top, and wearing makeup. she is smiling slightly with her mouth closed.

a selfie of jaen in black and white glasses, pig tails, an opossum crop top, and wearing makeup. she is smiling slightly with her mouth open.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 13/07/2026

enter the spellbook-clip MG42

A black and white 3 panel comic illustration. The first panel is a close-up of a hand grabbing a thick book off the top of a stack of books. The second panel is a close up of that hand loading the book into the slot in the side of an MG42 gun like a magazine of bullets. The third panel is a figure in a small wizard hat with a cyborg eye laying on the ground with the gun firing spells out of the gun as the book is shredded through the other side.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 13/07/2026

final day of being 39. any last minute advice on things to do before i turn 40 tomorrow?

a selfie of jaen wearing black and white glasses, a yellow crop tank, and a black and white patterned sports bra underneath it.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 08/07/2026

because what goes around comes around, if you see this, share a circle, a disk, something round here’s a commission i did a couple years ago for a dear friend who i don’t stay in touch with near enough, @herbaria51.bsky.social #b&wart

9 illustrations in oval vignettes in a 3 x 3 grid described as below:

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A black and white illustration of a barren beach with mountains in the distance and dark clouds overhead. Light waves lap at the shore.

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A black and white illustration of a mountainous landscape rent asunder by an earthquake, exposing the dirt and stone below.

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A black and white illustration of a large willow tree growing out over water — its reflection visible beneath.

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A black and white illustration of large foreboding clouds that seem to be barreling down upon the landscape.

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A black and white illustration of rocks in the ocean being pummeled by waves from behind.

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A black and white illustration of slim trees in a forest, a tree in the center of the composition has broken and fallen over on another tree that is bending beneath the fallen tree’s weight.

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A black and white illustration of a humongous boulder that has fallen some time ago at the base of a hill amongst a number of trees in the forest.

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A black and white illustration of the night sky above a hill — the milky way is visible along with many stars.

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A black and white illustration of a lone gnarly cypress tree growing on the ledge of a rocky cliff as a grey sky advances overhead.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 06/07/2026

it’s not just my art; i’m a b&w girly through and through

a selfie of jaen wearing a black and white striped sleeveless shirt, black and white cat-eye style glasses, as well as a lego heart necklace.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 04/07/2026

Two landscapes that i was commissioned to do for @girudo.bsky.social last winter thanks for the art direction from @natalieinspace.bsky.social

A black and white illustration of a worm’s eye view of a gothic castle atop a mountain. It is winter and snow covers the castle and surrounding mountains and hills, and billowing clouds frame the night sky to either side of the castle. There are large snowflakes falling all around, and the full moon sits behind a tower perilously balanced on a narrow column of rock. The castle is dilapidated and in ruins, with a stairway leading up the mountain that is missing a section half the way up to the castle.

A black and white illustration of a clearing in a forest of gnarled trees. The view is between two large dark trees on either side of the composition. It is winter and snow covers the clearing and large snowflakes fall all around. In the middle of the clearing there are the crumbled ruins of a monolith, behind which a fae creature hides just out of view with only their head, fragile looking wings, and tattered garb blowing in the wind are visible. The faerie has their hands gripped on the monolith and they are leering at the viewer — their face in shadow, revealing only their glowing eyes and the silhouette of their wispy hair.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 04/07/2026

indoraptor i drew last year for a friend’s daughter’s birthday because she loves dinosaurs and said the indoraptor was her current favorite

a black and white illustration of a prowling indoraptor with it’s mouth wide open and one hand clutched below it’s head as if paused and awaiting to pounce and grab its prey. spines line its lower back and there is an artist signature by the other hand of the indoraptor that is planted on the ground.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 04/07/2026

illustration i did as a gift for my son for his 18th birthday. he wanted an illustration of a wizard in a landscape reminiscent of the fields in ghost of yotei

a color illustration of a back view of a robed wizard wearing a crooked wizard hat with a wide brim, and carrying a glowing staff in one hand. his arms are spread out wide as he stands in a large field with tree covered mountains in the distance and clouds and fog hanging low over the scene.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 18/06/2026

time to go out for some queer karaoke

A selfie of jaen, a white femme with brown hair in a wolf cut with short bangs. she’s wearing a black sleeveless zip up dress with a motorbike style collar, hoop earrings and dramatic eye makeup and a saturated red lip.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 16/06/2026

this cover and logo were a blast to work on! stoked that I got to work with @percypropa.bsky.social and @plusoneexp.bsky.social on this one! go follow the campaign and be sure to back it when it launches in just a few short hours! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 04/06/2026

14 years from there to here

a selfie of pre-transition jaen in 2012 wearing glasses and a button up work shirt while sitting outside

a selfie of post-transition jaen in a black dress, jewelry and makeup. her hair is in braided pig tails and she has wolf cut bangs

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 19/05/2026

looking for patrons of the arts who want to be my finsubs & fund me drawing landscapes featuring people having queer sex like this piece. your money doesn’t buy you any say in what i draw, but you do get to give me your money and i’ll say thank you and call you the mean or nice name of your choice.

a black and white illustration of a creek in a dark forest where a pine tree has fallen and cast a shadow over the creek. in the distance there is a group of naked people having sex. there are inset comic panels that feature in sequence: someone eating pussy, someone licking another person’s armpit, a fledgling downy woodpecker in a pine tree, someone pulling someone’s hair from behind, someone licking a woman’s dick, and a frog on a rock in the creek.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 14/05/2026

a melody for wet concrete along vacant streets

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 05/05/2026

cover art commissions are basically keeping me from being homeless. so if you need cover art, or something comparable in scope, please commission me. i’m a trans artist specializing in b&w art with a sub-speciality in hand-lettered blackletter typefaces. my full portfolio is here: jnb.art

a black and white illustration for the cover of the game HELLPIERCERS. It features a decorative border of metal and gems with skeletons bearing spears. the title text is written in a stylized hand-lettered blackletter typeface. there are arcane sigils and floating geometric forms, as well as two veiled and haloed attendants flanking the composition below billowing clouds. one attendant is holding a hammer and the other, a sickle. an angel wing and demon wing cross below the title text, and at the base of the art, demonic hands and limbs reach upwards.

A color cover illustration of a vast abandoned valley flanked by craggy mountains and crumbling castles. a skeleton with a royal crown and cape lays on a rock in the foreground. The title text spells “Dead Reign” and is written in a black letter typeface with a dagger in the middle for the ‘i’ in ‘reign’. The lettering also implies the shape of a crown and sits on top of a skull in the top center of the cover.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 05/05/2026

it is raining and i’m on my balcony in a woeful mood, plucking meloncholy melodies on my guitar

A selfie of jaen, a white femme with medium length brown hair in a wolf cut with bangs. she’s wearing glasses and a white chainsaw man t-shirt, and she’s got a classical guitar in her lap.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 01/05/2026

THE DUNGEON THAT TOPS YOU finished cover art reveal! submit to delve in her depths — coming soon from @sandypuggames.bsky.social

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 25/04/2026

here are the sword cards i had the privilege of drawing for swords without master! huge thanks to @portablecity.bsky.social for the wonderful art direction! and also thanks to nemesis of @sandypuggames.bsky.social for modeling as my swordswoman! #black&whiteart #b&wart

a black and white illustration of an ominous and possibly cursed rapier stabbed into the peak of a craggy mountain. a small windswept pine tree clings to the rocks next to the sword and several bolts of lightning strike from the roiling clouds above. rivulets of rain water run down the dark mountain side.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 20/04/2026

i'm incredibly honored to be a part of my first award nominations! a thousand thank yous to @percypropa.bsky.social (we wander beneath radiant lights) and @dinoberrypress.bsky.social (little wolves) for trusting me with the cover art on their games! www.igdnonline.com/groundbreakers

A black and white illustration of a woman in a labyrinth with her back to the viewer. She is wearing a robe and has her hair braided with a hair pin stuck in at the back of her hair that has a crescent moon on it. The labyrinth is constructed from rock that looks like the surface of the moon. She is hastily striding up to an intersection in the labyrinth and two ghostly spirits drift ominously at the end of the possible two paths. The moon hovers above the labyrinth in the top right corner of the composition — it features craters and lines that imply the faces of both a young lady and an old crone. The sky around the moon is speckled with distant stars.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 02/04/2026

a meloncholic moment in the ruins of the alms plaza #b&wart

A black and white illustration of a cobblestone plaza surrounded by dilapidated ruins. There is a tall gnarled oak tree in the center of the plaza, and around it on the ground are hundreds of bowls full of coins.

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 01/04/2026

thank you., a game of gratitude, is now available. you pay for the game, you win the game. this is not a joke. your purchase also includes a PNG of the thank you. logo with transparent background, licensed cc by 4.0, so you can use it in your projects. jnbutlerart.itch.io/thank-you

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jaen nighly butler @jnb.art · 31/03/2026

happy trans day of visibility, kittens

A selfie of jaen, a white femme with shoulder length brown hair, posing along the corner of a wall with a neon pink led sign that says “hello there” like the sign in catwoman’s apartment in batman returns

A selfie of jaen, a white femme with shoulder length brown hair, posing along the corner of a wall with a neon pink led sign that says “hello there” however the “o” and the “t” are both out so it says “hell here” like the sign in catwoman’s apartment in batman returns

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