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Posts by Danie Stirling

Illustration of one character smiling and leaning back into another while they gesture vaguely at the ether with an annoyed expression.

Illustration of one character smiling and leaning back into another while they gesture vaguely at the ether with an annoyed expression.

A very unserious discussion🙂🎨 (I love my silly little comic creatures).

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Illustration of one character smiling and leaning back into another while they gesture vaguely at the ether with an annoyed expression.

Illustration of one character smiling and leaning back into another while they gesture vaguely at the ether with an annoyed expression.

A very unserious discussion🙂🎨 (I love my silly little comic creatures).

2 days ago 11 1 0 0

It’s Portfolio Day again!😊

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HOW TO TOUCH GRASS: Comics to get you outside! [Relaunch] A humungous, full-color comics anthology about the joys (and stakes!) of going outside.

HOW TO TOUCH GRASS is now LIVE on Kickstarter!

Full-color, 300+ pages, nearly 40 comics by BIPOC and LGBTQ+ creators across the globe!

An anthology about the joys (and stakes!) of going outside: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...

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digital fanart of kino from kino's journey, leaning against their motorrad, hermes, parked in a field of pink flowers. A flurry of flower petals are in the foreground and four birds flying off in the distance. the artwork uses the transgender flag colour palette.

digital fanart of kino from kino's journey, leaning against their motorrad, hermes, parked in a field of pink flowers. A flurry of flower petals are in the foreground and four birds flying off in the distance. the artwork uses the transgender flag colour palette.

Happy TDOV! This is a piece I did for Beyond Your Binary: a Trans Anime Zine. Not my usual style, but I wanted to play with halftones and limited colours. #tdov
💙💗🤍💗💙

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Some Deltarunes that I drew for watercolour/inking practice! Pretty happy with how they turned out. #art #watercolor #deltarune

(also, real talk, I'm thinking about setting up watercolour commissions like these on Kofi if anyone would be interested!)

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Hi everyone! Are you a 🍁 Canadian Cartoonist Opposed to AI 🚫🤖? Do you want to tell the government about it? 📢

Read on! (Deadline Sunday March 15) 🧵

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big thanks to everyone who's already checked out the first 5 episodes of my silly little library comic! episode 6 is now up if ya want to give it a read👀📚 #webcomic
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/th...

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Digital graphic showing Lucy and Graham, the protagonists of my webtoon Gourmet Hound, standing in front of a screenshot of the Penguin Random House page for "Gourmet Hound, Vol. 1". Lucy says, "We're excited to announce... Gourmet Hound is coming to print!" A little version of my author avatar is in the bottom right corner, saying, "Thank you!"

Digital graphic showing Lucy and Graham, the protagonists of my webtoon Gourmet Hound, standing in front of a screenshot of the Penguin Random House page for "Gourmet Hound, Vol. 1". Lucy says, "We're excited to announce... Gourmet Hound is coming to print!" A little version of my author avatar is in the bottom right corner, saying, "Thank you!"

A second graphic with an enlarged version of the cover on it. Above it reads, "On sale October 27"

A second graphic with an enlarged version of the cover on it. Above it reads, "On sale October 27"

🍎 ☕️ "Gourmet Hound, Vol. 1" will be coming to print as a graphic novel this fall! ☕️ 🍎

I'm so excited to finally be able to announce the graphic novel version of Gourmet Hound! Volume 1 will be on sale October 27, 2026! #GourmetHound

Preorder here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/827227...

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An inked comic illustration of two characters with their foreheads pressed together. Each has a slight smile and an expression of determination and/or challenge.

An inked comic illustration of two characters with their foreheads pressed together. Each has a slight smile and an expression of determination and/or challenge.

Tuesday comic-adjacent silliness~

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Brian Eno quote: Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided. It’s the sound of failure: so much modern art is the sound of things going out of control, of a medium pushing to its limits and breaking apart. The distorted guitar sound is the sound of something too loud for the medium supposed to carry it. The blues singer with the cracked voice is the sound of an emotional cry too powerful for the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.

Brian Eno quote: Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided. It’s the sound of failure: so much modern art is the sound of things going out of control, of a medium pushing to its limits and breaking apart. The distorted guitar sound is the sound of something too loud for the medium supposed to carry it. The blues singer with the cracked voice is the sound of an emotional cry too powerful for the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.

Bringing back this evergreen Brain Eno quote on the matter

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A digital ink illustration of a person leaning forward on a flat surface, looking at the viewer. One hand dangles a rose, while the other holds a few plucked petals.

A digital ink illustration of a person leaning forward on a flat surface, looking at the viewer. One hand dangles a rose, while the other holds a few plucked petals.

Little style experiment😌

2 months ago 14 2 0 0

The first three episodes are giving me such library nostalgia! I’ll be looking forward to reading more.😊

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In the process of uploading my silly little library comic to webtoon! You should check it out👀 #webcomic
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/th...

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A digital ink illustration of a person leaning forward on a flat surface, looking at the viewer. One hand dangles a rose, while the other holds a few plucked petals.

A digital ink illustration of a person leaning forward on a flat surface, looking at the viewer. One hand dangles a rose, while the other holds a few plucked petals.

Little style experiment😌

2 months ago 14 2 0 0

More of the same🙃

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More of the same🙃

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a bowl filled with ceramic worry stones shaped like cats

a bowl filled with ceramic worry stones shaped like cats

the forbidden candy

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A sketch of two people reading a large paper map. The one holding the map looks up at the the person behind her, who has his hands over her ears. Both are grinning.

A sketch of two people reading a large paper map. The one holding the map looks up at the the person behind her, who has his hands over her ears. Both are grinning.

Focus 📖

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Hello please read my comic about a shy little black girl here sunprincesscomic.com/comic/26-17-...

Or throw me some ko-fi for the PDFs!

bsky.app/profile/geoh...

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An illustration of a character looking up at the leaves overhead as large, sparkling drops of water fall down towards them.

An illustration of a character looking up at the leaves overhead as large, sparkling drops of water fall down towards them.

Droplets🌧️

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A poster with a green and white background (art by Calcifer Poolar) reads "Fabulist Art Wanted" with the call for applications in black text.

A poster with a green and white background (art by Calcifer Poolar) reads "Fabulist Art Wanted" with the call for applications in black text.

Artist wanted! In conjunction with @tricon-hfx.bsky.social this May, we're looking to exhibit a Nova Scotia artist who works with fabulist, speculative, or otherwise fanciful themes!

If you are interested, please email tridenthalifax@eastlink.ca with an introduction & link to your work.

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The first time I witnessed someone get abducted was Sunday, December 14th, 2025.
ICE left behind his wife and an infant child in the car.
The family was going to church.
"We pulled over, but then they told us they would take us too if we did anything. We have our own baby in the back seat."
None of us knew what to do. No one tells you how useless you feel when someone is taken.

The first time I witnessed someone get abducted was Sunday, December 14th, 2025. ICE left behind his wife and an infant child in the car. The family was going to church. "We pulled over, but then they told us they would take us too if we did anything. We have our own baby in the back seat." None of us knew what to do. No one tells you how useless you feel when someone is taken.

The next abduction I witnessed was a couple weeks later.
Both times, I hadn't even gotten out of bed yet when I heard the whistles.
I was better at responding the second time. There's not a lot you can do except make noise and be annoying.
I'm good at being annoying.
At this point, being annoying is liable to get you shot or tear gassed or blinded. 
It is what it is.

The next abduction I witnessed was a couple weeks later. Both times, I hadn't even gotten out of bed yet when I heard the whistles. I was better at responding the second time. There's not a lot you can do except make noise and be annoying. I'm good at being annoying. At this point, being annoying is liable to get you shot or tear gassed or blinded. It is what it is.

Focusing on anything but the occupation has been difficult. That's what I've come to call it now--an occupation. What else do you call a bunch of soldier bullies driving around the streets trying to find people to kidnap?
I try to be more present for my friends and neighbors.
"Hey, do you have some time to drop off some donations this weekend?"
"Yeah, I'll do a Costco run!"
"I've got some blankets and coats to donate."
"I can come pick them up tomorrow! You guys need anything from the store?"

Focusing on anything but the occupation has been difficult. That's what I've come to call it now--an occupation. What else do you call a bunch of soldier bullies driving around the streets trying to find people to kidnap? I try to be more present for my friends and neighbors. "Hey, do you have some time to drop off some donations this weekend?" "Yeah, I'll do a Costco run!" "I've got some blankets and coats to donate." "I can come pick them up tomorrow! You guys need anything from the store?"

"Is anyone available to watch the bus stop?"
"I can!"

[An image of two people at a bus stop. They're both wearing whistles.]

A news article clipping: ICE detains 4 Colombia Heights students, including 5- and 10-year-olds sent to Texas. Colombia Heights Public Schools leaders addressed the ICE surge into the district, saying the community is "shattered."

And they say they're "catching criminals." Sure.

"Is anyone available to watch the bus stop?" "I can!" [An image of two people at a bus stop. They're both wearing whistles.] A news article clipping: ICE detains 4 Colombia Heights students, including 5- and 10-year-olds sent to Texas. Colombia Heights Public Schools leaders addressed the ICE surge into the district, saying the community is "shattered." And they say they're "catching criminals." Sure.

stories from Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls

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Yeah, and only a few months from now!! The best kind of waiting☺️✨

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Network Effect is EVERYTHING!😭 That one and Exit Strategy are my top two, I could never choose between them. Looking SO longingly ahead to May when Platform Decay comes out…

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Two people in winter coats stand in front of a shop in early morning light. One is opening the door and tucking keys in a pocket. The other holds a pair of coffee cups. their breath and the coffee cups send puffs of steam into the cold air.

Two people in winter coats stand in front of a shop in early morning light. One is opening the door and tucking keys in a pocket. The other holds a pair of coffee cups. their breath and the coffee cups send puffs of steam into the cold air.

The cold early-morning feeling when the sun starts peeking out.😌

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Two people in winter coats stand in front of a shop in early morning light. One is opening the door and tucking keys in a pocket. The other holds a pair of coffee cups. their breath and the coffee cups send puffs of steam into the cold air.

Two people in winter coats stand in front of a shop in early morning light. One is opening the door and tucking keys in a pocket. The other holds a pair of coffee cups. their breath and the coffee cups send puffs of steam into the cold air.

The cold early-morning feeling when the sun starts peeking out.😌

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Book cover for graphic novel PRESIDENT OF THE ANIME CLUB published with First Second.

The title is written in white chalk on a chalk board. Our three protagonists sit on desks in front of the board reading manga and smiling. Doodles of a character in chibi form are on the chalkboard…who is she? 👀

Book cover for graphic novel PRESIDENT OF THE ANIME CLUB published with First Second. The title is written in white chalk on a chalk board. Our three protagonists sit on desks in front of the board reading manga and smiling. Doodles of a character in chibi form are on the chalkboard…who is she? 👀

cover reveal for our debut graphic novel PRESIDENT OF THE ANIME BOOK is here!!! out September 1st ! @diggymungo.bsky.social

#graphicnovel #books

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Hi #portfolioday! I’m Ash, a Canadian artist in search of full-time/freelance opportunities! I have 7+ years of experience in design for animation and illustration for backgrounds, characters, books and editorials ✨

portfolio: ashlenasharma.com
contact: ashlenasharmaart@gmail.com

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The cover of the graphic novel Crumbs. Two characters stand facing each other, smiling. One carries a broom upside-down; the other hides floating cakes behind his back.

The cover of the graphic novel Crumbs. Two characters stand facing each other, smiling. One carries a broom upside-down; the other hides floating cakes behind his back.

A Halloween-themed illustration of two costumed characters meeting in midair for a dance in front of  skeletal trees and a large orange moon. One wears bat wings and a mask, while the other carries a pumpkin head.

A Halloween-themed illustration of two costumed characters meeting in midair for a dance in front of skeletal trees and a large orange moon. One wears bat wings and a mask, while the other carries a pumpkin head.

A digital pencil illustration of two characters chatting at a picnic shelter at the beach. On the table between them is a cooler. One has a towel over his shoulders and holds a cup of soda. The other is holding her hair down in the breeze and has taken a bite of her sandwich.

A digital pencil illustration of two characters chatting at a picnic shelter at the beach. On the table between them is a cooler. One has a towel over his shoulders and holds a cup of soda. The other is holding her hair down in the breeze and has taken a bite of her sandwich.

An ilustration of two characters in tall dune grass at night, silhouetted by light. The mood is hopeful and vaguely mysterious. The background is bisected by a curtain of light pushed back by the girl in the foreground, while the other character peeks out. An open toolbox lies on the ground in front of her and she holds a pair of open scissors in her hand.

An ilustration of two characters in tall dune grass at night, silhouetted by light. The mood is hopeful and vaguely mysterious. The background is bisected by a curtain of light pushed back by the girl in the foreground, while the other character peeks out. An open toolbox lies on the ground in front of her and she holds a pair of open scissors in her hand.

Happy #PortfolioDay! I'm Danie Stirling and I do graphic novels (and also cherish a little wish to be asked to do a few B&W spot illustrations someday).

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