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Posts by Candice Broersma

Macro photo of a human hand holding a tiny mushroom with a long, skinny stem.

Macro photo of a human hand holding a tiny mushroom with a long, skinny stem.

Photo of human hands holding an oyster mushroom and a foraging knife next to a cluster of fruiting oysters.

Photo of human hands holding an oyster mushroom and a foraging knife next to a cluster of fruiting oysters.

Prairie States Mushroom Club is an Iowa non-profit doing great work in fungi education. Look at the interview I did with them about my Shrumans card game!

www.candicebroersma.com/news/2026/1/...

Photo Credit: Prairie State Mushroom Club
iowamushroom.org

#forage #indiegames #mushrooms

3 months ago 4 0 0 0
Map of stalls for Iowa City Holiday Market on December 6 pointing out booth for Broersma Studio.

Map of stalls for Iowa City Holiday Market on December 6 pointing out booth for Broersma Studio.

Image featuring mushroom-themed illustrations by artist Candice Broersma including a mushroom valentines card and mushroom stickers.

Image featuring mushroom-themed illustrations by artist Candice Broersma including a mushroom valentines card and mushroom stickers.

Map for Iowa City #holidaymarket THIS Saturday. Find me:

Robert A. Lee Recreation Center, #IowaCity
8am-1pm, Dec 6
🎨 Two floors of crafts
🌯 Breakfast nibbles
🪙 No cash? Buy with tokens!

Diversions Tabletop Game Lounge, #Coralville
3pm-7pm, Dec 6
☕ Free Cocoa
🎁 Discounts
🎲 Gaming gifts

#noai

4 months ago 2 0 0 0
Black and white illustration of a girl sitting in the foreground while watching a crowd of aliens on a bustling street with alien neon signs. There is a clam-headed humanoid, a giant insect leg, a lion made of vines, crab creature, female with bubble arms, hairy blob, and giraffe-like beast. Illustration by Candice Broersma.

Black and white illustration of a girl sitting in the foreground while watching a crowd of aliens on a bustling street with alien neon signs. There is a clam-headed humanoid, a giant insect leg, a lion made of vines, crab creature, female with bubble arms, hairy blob, and giraffe-like beast. Illustration by Candice Broersma.

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

My postcard features an interior illustration for the upper-middle grade sci fi series "Worlds Apart". I work with a line-based, graphic-novel-inspired illustration style for this book! Find more of my book illustration at candicebroersma.com.

#kidlit #noai

4 months ago 25 6 0 0
A holiday markets poster for December 6 featuring illustrations of Christmas ornaments, decorations, and candy canes.

A holiday markets poster for December 6 featuring illustrations of Christmas ornaments, decorations, and candy canes.

A photo of a vendor booth at the Iowa City Holiday market featuring greeting cards and mushroom themed stickers.

A photo of a vendor booth at the Iowa City Holiday market featuring greeting cards and mushroom themed stickers.

A vendor booth at the holiday market featuring a canvas print with mushroom characters and a rack of fantasy illustration art prints.

A vendor booth at the holiday market featuring a canvas print with mushroom characters and a rack of fantasy illustration art prints.

Iowa City AND Coralville #holidaymarket events on Dec 6!

Robert A. Lee Recreation Center
8am-1pm
🎨 Two floors of hand-made goods
🌯 Breakfast nibbles
🪙 No cash? Buy with tokens!

Diversions Tabletop Game Lounge
3pm-7pm
☕ Free Hot Cocoa
🎁 Discounts for purchasing from vendors
🎲 Gaming gifts

4 months ago 2 0 0 0
Woman with a mushroom hat next to a booth displaying mushroom character greeting cards and stickers.

Woman with a mushroom hat next to a booth displaying mushroom character greeting cards and stickers.

A booth displaying fantasy illustration greeting cards, stickers, and prints

A booth displaying fantasy illustration greeting cards, stickers, and prints

Human or mushroom? The world may never know...

Pics from the Holiday Market in Iowa City. Fingers crossed that I will have a second show December 6! Freelance illustration is my main gig, but I would love to travel around to mushroom and art conventions one day.

#mushroom #mushroomart #iowacity

5 months ago 1 0 0 0
Illustrated graphic with a red bird, Santa hat, and a candy cane with the event text including "November 15, Holiday Market, 8am-1pm at Robert A. Lee Recreation Center in Iowa City"

Illustrated graphic with a red bird, Santa hat, and a candy cane with the event text including "November 15, Holiday Market, 8am-1pm at Robert A. Lee Recreation Center in Iowa City"

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See me and my mushroom artwork THIS Saturday at the Holiday Market in #IowaCity! Support human artists, small businesses, and find unique gifts!

Saturdays, November 15 & December 6
8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Robert A. Lee Recreation Center

Image by freepik

#iowacityparksandrec #holidaymarket #holiday

5 months ago 2 0 0 0
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Skeletons are seriously amazing! I sketched these in Clip Studio in my quest to explore Photoshop alternatives.

Clip Studio wins at:
- Liquify ability in symmetry mode
- Using liquify directly on canvas
- Organic Vector line drawing and editing
- Perspective drawing guide
- Timelapse

#clipstudio

5 months ago 1 0 0 0
Photo of a mushroom-theme card game box titled "Shrumans" against a background of grass and fall leaves.

Photo of a mushroom-theme card game box titled "Shrumans" against a background of grass and fall leaves.

Photo of a mushroom-theme card game box titled "Shrumans" against a background of grass and fall leaves.

Photo of a mushroom-theme card game box titled "Shrumans" against a background of grass and fall leaves.

Made my first card game box prototype! Stop by Game Store Day at Diversions Tabletop Game Lounge in Iowa City on November 1 (tomorrow) for free play testing of local-made games, including my Shrumans!

#gamestoreday #mushrooms #mushroomart #gameart #illustration #mushroomart

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Game store logo reading "Game Store Day November 1, 2025"

Game store logo reading "Game Store Day November 1, 2025"

Ad featuring artwork from the mushroom card game "Shrumans" with an anthropomorphic Ramaria rasilispora running and a Chorioactis geaster with a surprised expression.

Ad featuring artwork from the mushroom card game "Shrumans" with an anthropomorphic Ramaria rasilispora running and a Chorioactis geaster with a surprised expression.

Ad featuring artwork from the mushroom card game "Shrumans" with anthropomorphic mushrooms on "action cards" including "steal" and "beetle bust".

Ad featuring artwork from the mushroom card game "Shrumans" with anthropomorphic mushrooms on "action cards" including "steal" and "beetle bust".

Ad graphic for Game Store Day featuring a hand clenching a wrench encircled by the words "improved game mechanics"

Ad graphic for Game Store Day featuring a hand clenching a wrench encircled by the words "improved game mechanics"

Since my first public game testing of Shrumans at Diversions Tabletop Game Lounge, I have been honing my mushroom card game! The next one is happening Nov 1 on the inaugural Game Store Day. Prairie States Mushroom Club will be joining the fun!

www.diversionsic.com/events

#gamestoreday #mushrooms

5 months ago 3 0 0 0
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Are you in town for the Iowa City book festival? Stop by the vendor hall for a sci fi/fantasy convention at the Masonic Lodge called ICON. Open to the public from 11am-5pm.

#iowacity #iowaconvention #iowacitybookfestival #icbookfestival #icon49.5 #icon50 #iowacityevents #iowacityart #fantasyart

6 months ago 1 0 0 0
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Character illustration of fairy Queen Titania flying with a thistle sword, flowing gown, and long sleeves resembling insect wings.

Character illustration of fairy Queen Titania flying with a thistle sword, flowing gown, and long sleeves resembling insect wings.

Happy #kidlitart postcard day! I am a fantasy illustrator doing creative illustration in publishing, advertising, and gaming.

Stay weird and wonderful like a somewhat feline humanoid fairy queen with a thistle sword!

#illustration #fantasyart #kidlit #bookart #fairyart

www.candicebroersma.com

6 months ago 2 0 0 0

Such a great integration of pattern and realism. 🦉

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Poster for a panel

NAVA
Creators in the Age of Al
Presented by NAVA
Tim Friedlander
JP Karliak
Cissy Jones
Phillip Boutté
Karla Ortiz
Philip Bache
MODERATOR
Linsay Rousseau
Saturday Sept 27 11:00am - 11:50am PDT
Los Angeles Convention Center
Panel Room 404 AB

Poster for a panel NAVA Creators in the Age of Al Presented by NAVA Tim Friedlander JP Karliak Cissy Jones Phillip Boutté Karla Ortiz Philip Bache MODERATOR Linsay Rousseau Saturday Sept 27 11:00am - 11:50am PDT Los Angeles Convention Center Panel Room 404 AB

Surprise #lacomicon I’m doing a panel in about 20 minutes!

It’s gonna be a fantastic group discussing GenAi and its impacts on creatives!

Come on by if you’re around! It’s gonna be a blast!

6 months ago 78 7 2 0

So much attitude! Also, I need try clip studio asap.

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I love the layout!

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Image of the outside of the masonic building in Iowa City with text above stating "October 10-1, Icon 49.5, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Half-Season Convention IOWA-ICON.COM"

Image of the outside of the masonic building in Iowa City with text above stating "October 10-1, Icon 49.5, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Half-Season Convention IOWA-ICON.COM"

My first tabling event for this fall! Come to a quaint sci-fi and fantasy con in Iowa City on October 10-11. Iowa City Book Festival is happening at the same time, so it's a 2-in-1 event weekend! Check out Iowa-icon.com for more information.

#iowa #conartist #iowacity #scifi #fantasy #fantasyart

6 months ago 2 0 0 0
Painting studies made with coffee featuring a demon-like sculpture, a pig head, and a lion.

Painting studies made with coffee featuring a demon-like sculpture, a pig head, and a lion.

Painting studies and illustrations made with coffee featuring a cat wearing a victorian collar, a Weiner dog holding a tulip, and a bird wing.

Painting studies and illustrations made with coffee featuring a cat wearing a victorian collar, a Weiner dog holding a tulip, and a bird wing.

Did you know that you can paint with coffee? It works similarly to watercolor, but is more permanent once it's dried. Mix up cheap instant coffee with a little hot water and you're good to go!

#coffeeart #illustration #coffeepainting #animalart

6 months ago 3 0 0 0
Digital illustration of a witch on the right with a big fancy hat and Edwardian dress drawing with a feather pen and holding a magic wand in the other hand. She is enchanting coins to float through the air into a small bag being held by a magpie that is perched on a succulent terrarium.

Digital illustration of a witch on the right with a big fancy hat and Edwardian dress drawing with a feather pen and holding a magic wand in the other hand. She is enchanting coins to float through the air into a small bag being held by a magpie that is perched on a succulent terrarium.

Here's a fancy witch for the fall season! I illustrated this for an article, trying out a simplified style (or, simple for me). Enjoy!

#witch #fallvibes #digitalart #illustration

7 months ago 2 0 0 0
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I started at Iowa City's Natural History Museum with a mountain lion and a bushy-tailed mouse. I finished at home with a cat and mouse theme. It made me wonder if people can tell right away if a drawing is from life or from a photograph/2d image. Can you tell the difference?

#procreate #digitalart

7 months ago 2 0 0 0
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I find many of my clients really do want to support human artists, but just don't know it. The same big tech fueling the gen ai craze makes "google" searches on the subject biased in support of gen ai. They are also good at burying the issues with it. Educating clients goes a long way!

7 months ago 3 0 0 0
Alice from the book Alice in wonderland splashing in the pool of tears with the Red Queen looming in the background flanked by the painted rose trees and toadstools. The smoking caterpillar is sitting atop a toadstool to the bottom left of the Red Queen. Also trapped in the pool of tears are two crabs, a mouse, and a dapper dodo bird.

Alice from the book Alice in wonderland splashing in the pool of tears with the Red Queen looming in the background flanked by the painted rose trees and toadstools. The smoking caterpillar is sitting atop a toadstool to the bottom left of the Red Queen. Also trapped in the pool of tears are two crabs, a mouse, and a dapper dodo bird.

A 3D model composite of Alice from the book Alice in wonderland in a splashing pose with the Red Queen looming in the background flanked by rose tree. In front of Alice are two crabs, a mouse, and a dodo bird with a bowler hat.

A 3D model composite of Alice from the book Alice in wonderland in a splashing pose with the Red Queen looming in the background flanked by rose tree. In front of Alice are two crabs, a mouse, and a dodo bird with a bowler hat.

Close-up of digital painting of a smoking anthropomorphic caterpillar made to look like a flapper from the roaring twenties sitting on a group of toadstools.

Close-up of digital painting of a smoking anthropomorphic caterpillar made to look like a flapper from the roaring twenties sitting on a group of toadstools.

Close-up of a digital painting of Alice from Alice in Wonderland with pink bob cut hair who is splashing in the pool of tears.

Close-up of a digital painting of Alice from Alice in Wonderland with pink bob cut hair who is splashing in the pool of tears.

I use 3D models to help with lighting the scene and some of the tricky aspects of perspective. Here is a look at some of my 3D reference so you can get a sense for my process! Also, I NEED you to see my flapper-inspired caterpillar.

#digitalart #illustration #fantasyart #bookcover

7 months ago 4 0 0 0
Digital artwork of a blue elven youth with silver hair and a robe sitting in a meditation kneeled posture and being circled by two small unicorn-like deer. There is moonlight lighting the scene in a forest thick with vines and an ancient stone head in the background. Lotus flowers surround the elf and are falling from above.

Digital artwork of a blue elven youth with silver hair and a robe sitting in a meditation kneeled posture and being circled by two small unicorn-like deer. There is moonlight lighting the scene in a forest thick with vines and an ancient stone head in the background. Lotus flowers surround the elf and are falling from above.

This is an oldie, but goodie! I did this digital painting as part of a reimagined "virtues series" and was fortunate enough to receive an award in the Infected by Art annual. I love reinventing classic mythological creatures like unicorns and dragons!

#digitalart #fantasyart #characterart #unicorns

7 months ago 1 0 0 0
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Iowa City has an amazing Natural History Museum that is free of admission and I don't go enough! Here are some crazy animal sketches I made in #Procreate. @pentacrest.museums

#sketchbook #procreate #timelapse #sketch #digitalart

7 months ago 0 0 0 0
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I enjoy using Procreate the most for sketching this was my first try at drawing in Procreate. Somehow the execution is better than my more recent projects in Procreate which is confuzzling. Or maybe I just really like gargoyles!

#sketch #procreate #drawingstudy #gargoyles #gargoyleart

7 months ago 2 0 0 0
Greyscale artwork of two young sisters in overalls holding hands at a low angle while looking up to see giant airships bursting through the clouds.

Greyscale artwork of two young sisters in overalls holding hands at a low angle while looking up to see giant airships bursting through the clouds.

This is an interior illustration I made for "The Duchess and the Journey Under the Eternal Clouds" by Jeremiah Brennan. Airships for everyone!

#bookart #bookillustration #middlegrade #steampunk #digitalart #kidslit

7 months ago 5 2 0 0
Book cover concept art of a young girl with a staff facing the viewer with a shining string swirling in her hand that forms a window to another scene of a cloud inside. She has a dragon behind her and is flanked by a bear and a deer. There are otters and a woodchuck in front of her waist.

Book cover concept art of a young girl with a staff facing the viewer with a shining string swirling in her hand that forms a window to another scene of a cloud inside. She has a dragon behind her and is flanked by a bear and a deer. There are otters and a woodchuck in front of her waist.

Book cover concept art of a young girl facing the viewer with a shining string swirling in her hand. beside her is a cloaked figure and a whimsical boy holding a staff. There is a shining dome that takes up the background with the silhouette of a coachman driving several bears pulling a small carriage on top.

Book cover concept art of a young girl facing the viewer with a shining string swirling in her hand. beside her is a cloaked figure and a whimsical boy holding a staff. There is a shining dome that takes up the background with the silhouette of a coachman driving several bears pulling a small carriage on top.

Book cover concept art of a young girl facing the viewer with a shining string swirling in her pocket and holding a wood staff. At her feet are a bear, deer, otters, a woodchuck, quail chicks, and flowing grass. There is a swirling cloud behind her forming the face of a wolf looming over a distant city.

Book cover concept art of a young girl facing the viewer with a shining string swirling in her pocket and holding a wood staff. At her feet are a bear, deer, otters, a woodchuck, quail chicks, and flowing grass. There is a swirling cloud behind her forming the face of a wolf looming over a distant city.

Book cover of a young girl facing the viewer with a shining string swirling in her pocket and holding a wood staff. At her feet are a bear, deer, otters, a woodchuck, quail chicks, flowing grass, and wildflowers. There is a swirling cloud behind her forming the face of a wolf looming over a distant city.

Book cover of a young girl facing the viewer with a shining string swirling in her pocket and holding a wood staff. At her feet are a bear, deer, otters, a woodchuck, quail chicks, flowing grass, and wildflowers. There is a swirling cloud behind her forming the face of a wolf looming over a distant city.

Congrats to Thomas L. Martin's novel release today, "A Silver Cord". Here are the concept sketches! I worked with more stylization both at the beginning and final execution. I am learning the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" approach to maintain the energy in the sketches.

#bookcoverart #kidslit

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Part 1 of the mushrooms I found this summer and my desire to poke all of them.

#forage #mushrooms

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I'm getting these Shrumans finished! Corals are done and I am getting through boletes. Here is a cute coral fungi!

 Follow me on my journey to make my Shrumans card game a reality. 🍄

Image credits:
© Alan Rockefeller

#mushroom #cardgame #shrumans #mushroomart #mushroomforage

7 months ago 0 0 0 0
Profile view of a glowing ghost woman in front of a crescent moon with the silhouette's of floating seagulls in the background. Below her are windswept trees overlooking an ocean horizon.

Profile view of a glowing ghost woman in front of a crescent moon with the silhouette's of floating seagulls in the background. Below her are windswept trees overlooking an ocean horizon.

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Here is a book cover I designed for Joyce Sherry. She trusted my departure of style from my typical portfolio and the result is an exciting new technique for my artistry arsenal. Congrats on a Booklife Editor's Pick!

#bookcoverart #bookartist #bookillustrator #fantasyart #bookdesign

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