iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I swear I've been working on a ton of spooky art but I can't share any of it until the project gets released but in the meantime here's a spooky-themed self portrait! I gotta get some Halloweeny art started

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I don't like them I'm sorry no think pieces I've read today have convinced me Link isn't an uncanny nightmare child

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I found an ancient Full Moon wo Sagashite fansite from around 2005 and there is such joy in old anime fan sites from that era. Genuinely so nostalgic reading old character pages and anime galleries and about sections on the site admin. The internet used to be good

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Found an old thumbnail for an illustration based on my slasher summer camp counselors I drew a while back and it felt like the season to take a crack at finishing it

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Who are they and why am I seeing them dancing everywhere

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Hi doggy. I rewatched The Room a few weeks ago and it's always a good time

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Excited to finally share that I'm illustrating for a new book! If you're a fan of middle grade horror and choose-your-own-path stories and puzzles this is gonna be a series to watch out for! Written by the lovely @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social! (two Laurens for the price of one!)

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I've been lucky enough to get some paid work that I can't share yet so I haven't posted art in a while but I just had to do something for the American Girl 40th anniversary. These girls have a huge place in my heart. All 20 historic girls in one place!

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

OoT looks less like an official Nintendo game and more like a fan-made blender test. You take my polygonal pointy nosed boy and turn him into hyper-realism? Nintendo pls

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Watching how animation "fans" on Twitterdotcom engage with animation is wild like do people even actually like animation and cartoons or do they just like feeling superior as they point out their subjective gripes? It's the most miserable way to engage with something you supposedly enjoy

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I feel like no one ever talks about Angelic Layer when talking about CLAMP series' but it's girls, robot dolls, and wrestling. What's more to love?

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Nooo come back you were hotter when you were a psychopath #deathnote

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

He's the world's greatest detective he knows what he's doing #llawliet #deathnote

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Might be figuring out how I'm rendering this comic

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Rewatching Death Note for the first time since high school and it is very fun

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Shoutout once again to the single video that started Yuna & Kawachan

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Sometimes I forget I find inking is so satisfying #wip

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Last expression sheet! Gotta sketch some vehicle designs and then gonna start working on pages

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Yukino Miyazawa - Model Student, Queen of Vanity Sometimes a good ol' 90s anime is just the vibes I'm looking for

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

More expression design-work on some side characters. These were pretty fun! I really like how they turned out. I just need to do a little bit more with the two lead characters and some vehicle and bg designs and I think in March I'll be starting pencils on pages :000

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Some character exploration with expressions

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Some character design exercises for my project. A bunch of biker goons! Will most likely need to simplify their details/overall style but it was fun trying to get a feel for them first

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Trying very hard to like My Hero Academia but all the villains are like "society is corrupt and bad and ruined my life therefore it must be destroyed" but when they tell you their backstory it just proves that they 100% ruined their own life and never self reflected once

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Truly this company just keeps showing how little it cares about it's user-base. I dropped Adobe when the AI stuff was coming out but I always hoped they'd get it together. Seems they still do not care for the creators who pay to use their programs. It's just hit after hit of untrustworthiness

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Some prop design exploration from today

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The past 3 years working on a series with vehicles is coming in clutch for drawing rn thank you, Pupstruction

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Hi again, #portfolioday! I'm a storyboard and comic artist based in Brooklyn, NY with 10+ years in animation. Previously at Titmouse as a storyboard rev, now looking for work in animation, comics, or illustration. I'm also done a lot of commercial work and produced an original comic for Webtoon!

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Krispy @feathernotes.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

A lot of us have actually made a webcomic ring called Chimera Comics after we left hiveworks: chimeracomics.org This isn't the full list as some artists want their hands completely washed of the situation, but this is a start!

chimeracomics.org

Chimera Comics Collective

A webring, for webcomics

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Second pass of thumbnails aka actually drawing them digitally instead of just in a sketchbook is going well. I forgot how much I love this loosey goosey stage

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

A very "first pass" design for characters for my personal project comic. Think "southwest Route 66 fantasy". They just need a lot of cleaning up and probably some simplification in their style so I don't die finishing this project

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I just need to finish typing up the second draft of my comic script and then I'm mentally checking out for the rest of the year @_@

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

A very American Girl holiday! Finishing off the year with my comfort girls since it's been a while

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AdorkaStock @adorkastock.com · 15/01/2024

Do you all know about my AdorkaStock 16th Anniversary 100 Pose PNG Pack? It's free on Ko-fi and includes 100 pose references broken into 7 categories: jump, kneel, lying, sit chair, sit floor, sit stool, and stand. ➡️ ko-fi.com/s/307a9079e6 TY so much for the years of support. 🥰 Happy drawing!

a preview image of all 100 poses in the pack

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RCD 🔞 Commissions CLOSED @chamberdream.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Sometimes you start drawing no problem, and other times you have to force yourself over the hump to realise for upteenth time that you do in fact love drawing

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

First draft thumbnails and script done for my side project comic that I want to do that was supposed to be a for fun lil short story. It's 108 pages jesus christmas

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Just got back from visiting family for Thanksgiving now let's get back into a creative routine (immediately gets a migraine day)

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

First draft thumbnails/script are 66 pages in and not finished yet. "Make a simple comic project," I said. "Do something simple," I told myself

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Lauren Schmidt @laurenschmidt.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Trying for the life of me to work on a personal comic to the end. We're thumbnailing babyyyyy

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