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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Ouroboros II is part of Coalition on Homelessness art auction 2026! Bid now: cbo.io/app/public/b...? Check it out online or in person, get wonderful art, and support a wonderful cause & community ❤️

Black and white ink drawing in portrait orientation of a surreal night sky with calm waters below. A full circle made of a dozen hands and forearms flow counter-clockwise above the water. Three incense sticks stand upright in the water, the wisps of smoke from them billow upwards into impossibly large dark masses of smoke.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hello all! I’m at the Javits Center for Anime New York City Artist Alley Table P-22 Thursday 8/20 : 1-8pm Friday 8/21 : 10am - 7pm Saturday 8/22 : 10am - 7pm Sunday 8/23: 10am - 4pm ✨🪲🖊️

Image: photograph of convention artist table with display of gothic illustrations as art prints, sketchbooks, zines, embroidered patches, and keychains.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My iron-on Ouroboros patches came in time for Anime NYC! I’ll add them to my shop after the con! Image: iron-on patch depicting a circle of disembodied hands with forearms flowing counterclockwise in a ring. It resembles a strange version of the Ouroboros snake eating itself.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I am thrilled to announce that “L’Appel du Vide (Call to the Void)”, 2025, was longlisted for the 2026 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, Catherine K. Gyllerstrom Imaginative Realism Award! Thank you to Beautiful Bizarre Magazine and BearWolf Books and Catherine K Gyllerstrom ❤️

Image: Black and white ink drawing in portrait orientation. A woman with long dark hair and a long black dress stands, hands clasped together, head bowed. Before her, an identical woman with long hair and long black dress lays supine, looking to the viewer. A bed of clouds surround her, showing only her head and a sliver of her torso. The background is an inverted landscape with grass fields in the top of the frame and clouds at the bottom. Strangely tall houses and cypress trees extend into the night sky in the background. Weeds grow from the clouds.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I am thrilled to announce that “Premonitions of an End (I Awoke to Find it True)”, 2023, was longlisted for the 2026 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Emerging Artist Award! Thank you to @beautifulbizarremagazine and @bearwolfbooks ❤️ @tombowusa fudenosuke and @copic_official_us on paper on panel

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Hello! I’m in Washington DC at Otakon artist alley table H 100 - right across from the chicken tendies 🪲👀✨ Stop by and say hi! Hall hours: Friday: 1-9pm Saturday: 11am - 9pm Sunday: 10am - 3pm

Image: photograph of booth space at convention center. There is a backdrop display with art prints and two tables in front in an L shape with sketchbooks, zines, pins, and keychains

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

No rest for the wicked 👹 Hoping to see y’all at some events this year! Here’s my events list so far 😷🪲✨ Let me know if you want to see specific work as art prints or other products ❤️ And let me know if there are events you’d like to see me at! . #smallbusiness #animeconvention #artistalley #artfair

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Magic card alter commission for Hghtut of Kraum and Tymna. I referenced Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam” - it was a fun challenge to incorporate the original character designs. Grey gesso and ink ✨ #mtgalter

Image: Diptych of two Magic the Gathering cards “Kraum, Ludevic’s Opus” and “Tymna the Weaver” altered to resemble Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam” where Kraum is Adam and Tymna is God. The alteration drawings are done in black ink on grey gesso. White ink in the background radiates outward from each character.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Magic Ad Nauseam alter commission! Flashe and ink This was a fun piece to plan out and work on! I wanted to really make the character feel overwhelmed by their surroundings. I take commissions regularly - DM or email me with inquiries!

Image: photograph of Magic the Gathering card Ad Nauseam. It is altered so the card art shows a figure reaching out from a sea of papers. Papers stream down from above around them and more papers fill the borders of the card.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

A drawing in progress- around 30 hrs so far. Tombow Fudenosuke pens. During my daily job commute, I saw someone with a large plant in their backpack and I thought about what it would grow into. What does it mean to put down roots? And how do you move about and tend to your roots at the same time?

Image: photograph of an in progress ink drawing of a girl standing in knee-deep water. She is facing away from the viewer and wearing a backpack. An impossibly large tree grows from her backpack and forms a canopy above her. She holds a small candle that barely touches the dusk around her. In the water, her reflection has tree roots instead of a mirror image of her tree.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

My 2026 portfolio art booklets are here! Filled with my favorite pieces I’ve worked on between 2022-2026 🪲 They’re 9x6x.2 in., perfect-bound, with 42 pages of art ✨🪲 I’ll have these with me at future conventions and they’re also on my shop! Link in bio and use code BEETLETIME for free shipping ❤️🪲

Images: photographs of rectangular booklets with title “Vivian Tong 2026 Portfolio”.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Ouroboros Part II, 2016 Ink on paper, 9x6 inches I keep almost, not quite, smoke through my fingers, asymptotically approaching this concept. It needs to be just right like lightning in my brain the same way I viscerally recoil at fat dead flies on my windowsill.

Image: Black and white ink drawing in portrait orientation of a surreal night sky with calm waters below. A full circle made of a dozen hands and forearms flow counter-clockwise above the water. Three incense sticks stand upright in the water, the wisps of smoke from them billow upwards into impossibly large dark masses of smoke.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

No rest for the wicked 👹 Hoping to see y’all at some events this year! Here’s my events list so far 😷🪲✨ . May 22-24 - Animazement, Raleigh, NC Jul 23-26 - Tekko, Pittsburgh, PA Jul 31-Aug 2 - Otakon, Washington, D.C. Aug 20-23 - Anime NYC, New York, NY Oct 23-24 - IlluXcon Showcase, Reading, PA

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I am honored to be included in Brea Gallery’s annual Made in California exhibition this year again! This group show will run from 4/25-6/28/2026 I am honored to be included in Brea Gallery’s annual Made in California exhibition this year again! This group show will run from 4/25-6/28/2026

monochromatic ink drawing of a woman in a long dress curled in crouching fetal position, holding her head in her arms. A starry void surrounds her chest. She fits within a circular frame which is held like a crystal ball by two large hands. Above the circular frame, large eyes look downward upon her.

flyer image for Brea Gallery’s annual Made in California exhibition with other artists work that is included in the exhibition, ranging from geometric abstract artwork to figurative realistic artwork.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Hello hello! I’m at LVL UP Expo in Las Vegas this weekend at Artist Alley table A174 Fri: 11am - 8pm Sat: 10am - 8pm Sun: 10am - 6pm 🪲🪲🪲 Image: photo of table with large backdrop display of ink drawings, stickers, patches, and zines.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I turned a bowling pin into a sculpture of my sweet squinty boy Lu! He’ll be available for purchase and part of a group show at @missionbowlingclub Friday 4/24 - 4/25! Proceeds for this pin go to his treats and cleaning his crusty eyes 👀 go check all the artist pins out and bowl as well!

Image 1: Bowling pin decorated to have a chihuahua face and black-and-white fur. It is mounted on a wooden base and sitting on a plaid dog bed.

Image 2: mission bowling club exhibition flyer for 4/24-4/25 group show.

Image 3-4: photographs of Lu, a Boston Terrier and Chihuahua mix dog

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MK 🦷 @ FanX SLC A403 @miasmatik.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

You can win this print + more at LVL UP EXPO as part of a survival horror stamp rally I’m hosting alongside @pixigloom.bsky.social & @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social ! Swing by any of our tables this weekend to collect a card 🎮💯

Survival horror stamp rally card for LVL UP Expo

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Hello all! I’m with Mini Art Mart at Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival today 4/18 until 5:30pm! I’m inside the mall and right across from Kinokuniya bookstore. ✨✨✨🌸🌸🌸 Image: photo of table with large backdrop display of ink drawings, pins, patches, and zines.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Your Name Here, 2026 Ink on paper, 7 x 10 inches Thinking of Ana Mendieta and her earth body art. What silhouettes continue erode away in anonymity #ink #tombowbrushpen #tombow #drawing #illustration

Image: Black and white ink drawing of a field of grass. To the right, a woman with long black hair and a long white dress stands in the grass, facing away from the viewer. At her feet is dark watery pit that resembles her shadow.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Hoping to see y’all at some events this year! Here’s my events list so far 😷🪲✨ . Let me know if you want to see specific work as art prints or other products ❤️ And let me know if there are events you’d like to see me at!

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Busking for Starlight (Moths and Flame) 11 x 7 inches Watercolor, ink, and colored pencil on paper Pantry moths have been in my home and my brain This will be one of the prints in this round’s patreon print club rewards 🥰 link in bio #illustration #surreal #macabre #inkdrawing

Image: A girl with fluffy curly hair and a mid length ruffled long-sleeve dress stands in calf-deep water. She looks upwards and raises her hands up towards balls of flames, stars, light that fall around her. Moths fly around her hands and face.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I am so honored to have 2 drawings selected included for inclusion in Booooooom “Tomorrow’s Talent Volume 5”! I’ve been a fan of Booooooom since I was a young artist in high school 😭

Image 1: An open book with black and white illustrations. Left: Your Hand in Mine in Yours in Mine (We Only Have Each Other), graphite drawing; Right: Heart Full of Weeds (Weeps), ink drawing

Image 2: Your Hand in Mine in Yours in Mine (We Only Have Each Other), graphite drawing - the illustration depicts two women laying supine side by side. They hold hands and float above a rough sea scape. Disembodied echos of hands float between the women.
Image 3: Heart Full of Weeds (Weeps), ink drawing - the illustration depicts a girl in a long white dress stands in a field at night. She is holding up the front of her dress to cradle a raven. Her hair flows in front of her face and a patch of flowers lays in front of her - it grew in the shape of a human silhouette. Around her, the grassy hills roll into the distance and the night sky is clear and full of stars. Some of the stars are actually nails.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Memento Vivere (Remember You Must Live), 2026 14x11 inches, ink on paper A commission - thank you Muji pens

Image: Black and white drawing of a mounted deer head facing forward. The left side of the deer head is a skull with bare branches for antlers. The right side of the deer head has fur and bright eyes with leafy branches for antlers. Black curving lines cascade down behind everything.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

L’Appel du Vide (Call to the Void), 2025 has been juried into @infected_by_art volume 14! I am honored to be included among so many artists I admire 😭 Thank you IBA jury! ✨

Image: Black and white ink drawing in portrait orientation of an upside-down landscape with a deep dark sky and fluffy clouds. Two women with long black hair and long black dresses emerge from the upside-down clouds. One stands with her head bowed and her hands clasped together before her. The other woman lays supine in the clouds, her head turned to look towards the viewer. From the upside-down hills in the background grow strange elongated houses and cypress trees. These unnaturally long trees and buildings pierce into the clouds across the dark expanse of sky. Small plants grow from the clouds

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Hoping to see y’all at some events this year! Here’s my events list so far 😷🪲✨ . Apr 24-26 - Lvl Up Expo, Las Vegas, NV May 22-24 - Animazement, Raleigh, NC Jul 23-26 - Tekko, Pittsburgh, PA Oct 23-24 - IlluXcon Showcase, Reading, PA

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

One More Time With Feeling, 2025 Ink on toned paper, 9 x 12 inches . The last piece of 2025 for me- in typical briny shiny fashion . Wishing you all the best - thank you .

Image: landscape format Black and White ink drawing of a wide open sea with a swirling starry sky and fluffy clouds. A woman in a white dress walks across the water- her white hair is shining and flows behind her, illuminating the water below. Above her, birds in a V formation fly. The birds above the clouds are dark while the birds under the clouds shine bright.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I’m part of an elder emo stamp rally this weekend at Anime Weekend Atlanta! 👀 IT WAS NEVER A PHASE Make a purchase with each of the 6 participating artists to earn a stamp - after collecting all 6, bring your completed stamp card to table 1353 for a prize pack! Hope to see you there!

Image 1: Instruction card and flyer for elder emo themed stamp rally at Anime weekend Atlanta 2025

Image 2: list of participating artists:
Azula @shopazula - table 1218
Hannah Moon @kitsunekiss - table 1353
HootlesArt @hootlesart - table 1324
Paintdust @paintdust - table 1322
Pixigloom @pixigloom
SketchBeetleArt - table 1326

Image 3: photo of a hand holding a vinyl sticker with My Chemical Romance Black Parade fan art

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

We’ll Carry On! I’m part of an elder emo stamp rally for Anime Weekend Atlanta! Here is my art for the prize bag ✨ I’ll post about how to participate soon! This drawing was based off the original Black Parade album art with inspiration from James Jean’s Black Parade poster 🖤 A very rare fanart

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Wearing My Heart - 5” embroidered patch I’ve always felt like I wear my heart on my sleeve. I couldn’t find a good patch to match that feeling so I made it! Now I’m going to put this on ALL MY SHIRTS Tenderness is too rare lately - like a four leaf clover. I want to pick it - I went to let it be.

Image 1: a hand holding an embroidered patch featuring a design of an anatomical heart with an oversized safety pin. The patch is on bright red fabric.

Image 2: view of the iron-on backing of the embroidered patch.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Hello hello everyone! I’m at FanExpo San Francisco at artist table AP21 this weekend! Stop by and say hi if you’re in the area!!

Image: Long 12 ft long table at a comic convention with display of art prints, sketchbooks, and zines. The art pieces are monochrome detailed ink drawings with gothic and surreal themes.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I’m all set up at the California Academy of Sciences for Welcome Winter Night! Stop by and say hi if you’re in the area! Shop with many local artists and craftspeople!! 6pm-9:30pm.

Image 1: Close-up photograph of a table with retail display of enamel pins, art prints, and keychains.

Image 2: Flyer for Welcome Winter Night at California Academy of Science in San Francisco.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I’m all set up at Pancakes and Booze at Public Works SF!!! I’ll also be working on a drawing here from 7pm-12am!

Image: Wall panel with salon style installation of drawings and art prints. The drawings are monochrome detailed ink drawings.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I’m excited to be a part of an incoming group show hosted by Rambler Magazines and Lumen Lans “Calm Amidst Chaos” opening this Friday Nov 21 at Lumen Labs in Berkeley, CA! There will be local artists, vendors, and music at the opening so stop by if you’re in the area! $5 entry fee.

Image 1: detail view of a monochrome ink drawing on toned gray paper. In the lower right hand side of the drawing, a woman sits with her knees to her chest and cradling her head in her arms. A black hole seems to emerge from her torso. Above her to the left, a large eye peers down at her.

Image 2: event flyer for “Calm Amidst Chaos” art event at Lumen Labs in Berkeley, California

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I Don’t Wanna Make It (I Just Wanna) 2025 Ink on paperboard 7x5 My preferred form of communication has and will always be referencing angsty songs Been trying to capture a certain feeling - this is getting closer! This will be part of my Patreon print club rewards!

Image: Black and blue ink drawing of a girl in a fluffy dress. She is leaping away from the viewer. Her long hair flies above her and it blends into the grass around her and below her. Light radiates from her head and torso in beams and rays.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Hello hello! I am at IlluxCon Evening Showcase in Reading Pennsylvania - it’ll be 10/24 - 10/25 from 8pm - 12am I have prints, patches, and original pieces with me! There’s no entry fee for the showcase so stop by if you’re in the area!

Image: A table at IlluxCon event for imaginative realism. There is a backdrop of art prints and framed art pieces on the table.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

5hrs! This is such a complex sculpture with many complex poses… I think it would realistically take 2 days at the Met museum to even get a good likeness of.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

ANOTHER BLACKWING MET MUSEUM PIECE (3hrs)

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I’m excited to be part of the Imaginative Realism Evening Showcase in Reading Pennsylvania Oct 22-26! Evening showcase is 8pm - 12am on Friday 10/24 and Saturday 10/25. I’ll be attending the workshops and programming across the main show as well so I hope to see you and draw with you there ✨

Image: Black and white ink drawing of a fire pit in a field. The ground undulates in waves. A woman in a long white dress stands in the distance. There is a firefly where her head should be. A woman lays supine in the grass-ground in the foreground. She looks away from the viewer and her hands are clasped in front of her. A daisy-chain halo hovers above her head.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Also today cleaning Asawa fountainnnn

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

My heart continues to ache and rage 💔 FREE PALESTINE ALL EMPIRES MUST FALL

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I chose a smaller paper to give me less space to obsess over details… And yet…

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Ask Governor Gavin Newsom to sign pivotal reparations legislation in law! It takes literally 3 mins to add your name! secure.ngpvan.com/EXSKhBjb9kWp...

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AdorkaStock @adorkastock.com · 15/09/2025

Just a BUCK! 💸

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I have stickers for giveaway at cons/events or if you ever see me during my rare (so rare) ventures outside! Art, spectacle, and culture are such powerful tools, weapons even - I am terrified of my art and self being used to serve colonialism and oppression no matter in how small a way

Image: hand holding two vinyl stickers. The top sticker is of a flying dove with red poppies. On the dove is text: LAND BACK!!! FREE PALESTINE CONGO SUDAN FREE TIGRAY HAITI YEMEN US ALL!! The bottom sticker is of wire cutters snipping barbed wire with text: NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Event Horizon (cradle), 2025 7 x 5 inches Ink on paper The futility of holding void I have been so smitten by the art for the MTG Edge of Eternities - as a child I was obsessed with space and art. I suppose some things will never change ✨

Image: monochromatic blue and black portrait of a young woman with black hair and white dress cradling a black hole in her arms. Her hair and dress billow away from her and blend into the darkness around her. She stands in shin-deep dark water.

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Viv @ Otakon B303 @sketchbeetleart.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I’m all set up at Sacanime Summer Sacramento California! Dealer’s booth G36-37

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