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“I haven’t always been so sensitive about gay media though.”

As a child, I'd go to the library and look up all their books related to gay people and homosexuality on the computer. I read and watched everything I could find. I didn't care about the genre, number of pages, anything. Needless to say, lended up reading some pretty heavy stuff that probably wasn't meant for young readers. Aids, prostitution, death, abuse... Lots of the books I read were full of trauma. But I was starved for those stories.

Later | graduated to movies. Seeing men love each other on my tiny laptop was magical to me. Though I quickly learned that relationships between men were doomed from the start.

Happy endings were reserved only for certain people. But I just couldn't muster the slightest interest for those stories, even if I tried. Movie after movie, I chose heartbreak. It was the price of being seen.

As a kid I wasn’t so picky when it came to queer media. #sotavaltart #comics #queerart

Panel 1: Establishing shot of two men sitting on a couch in a living room, each of them focusing on their own hobbies. Panel 2: Eetu, a man with dark hair and beard asks: “Hey, should we watch that new ga tv show?” Sebastian, man with long hair is apprehensive.

Panels 1 & 2: Sebastian: “This might sound weird… But watching new gay things gives me this weird anxiety.” Panel 3: Sebastian: “Like, is it a joke? Is it a gay thing or a GAY thing? Was it made by gay prop or a well meaning straight ally?”

Panel 1: Sebastian: “And like… Is it meant… for me?” Panel 2: Sebastian: “… I’m being weird.” Panel 3: Eetu: “Actually…” Panel 4: Eetu looks Sebastian into eyes: “I know exactly what you mean. 100%.”

Panel 1: Eetu: “I’ve felt that way many, many times.” Sebastian: “Oh?” Panel 2: Eetu: “For an example, sometimes a movie that’s supposed to be great for gay people is full of weird homophobia.” Panel 3: Sebastian: “Yeah, I just get so nervous about how queer people, especially gay men, are portrayed.”

This is an excerpt from my comic “Butt of the joke”. I drew it back in 2023 but the themes feel very current once again 🏒 #sotavaltart #comics #queerart

An art vs artist collage

my #artvsartist for this year. happy new year everyone! hopefully it’s better for all of us #sotavaltart

A digital painting of a butch woman. She has dark, brown hair, dark blue eyes and tan skin. She is wearing a brown three piece suit and a red tie.

haven’t done any personal art in ages, but here’s my oc billie butching about #sotavaltart #oc #art

Red tiefling woman dressed up as Tuxedo Mask has her arm around a shorter woman. The shorter woman has pale skin and has dressed up as Sailor Moon.

happy halloween!!! here’s meliora and selene showing off their couple’s costume #sotavaltart #art

Photo of theme comic zine “How about…”. The cover has a simple illustration of a man pondering.

Sample pages of the comic.

another new zine ✨ “How about…” is a zine I made earlier this year for Zineton. It’s about the process of making a zine - very meta, yes. #comic #sotavaltart

Unohdan aina käyttää täällä tageja… 🤠 #sarjakuva #comic #sotavaltart

An illustration of a nonbinary person René. Ty y have floppy brown hair, brown eyes, pale skin and little facial hair. They are squatting on a ground, holding a cigarette and looking over their shoulder gloomily.

somehow art fight is almost over 💦 here’s a revenge against @elppidraws.bsky.social and his oc rené pondering how smoking is bad for you #artfight #sotavaltart

A small notebook. On the cover of the notebook is the text “Adventure notes” and an illustration of an elf. The elf is sitting by a desk and writes a long scroll.

An empty notebook with blank pages. I’m the background is the notebook with the elf illustration.

Backside of the notebook. The illustration from the front continues here and there is author information on the back.

I made notebooks! They’re A6-size (my ideal campaign notebook size!), have 40 blank pages and soft touch finish on the covers. Get yours at Ropecon this weekend 🫵🏻 #sotavaltart #artistsalley

An illustration of two witchers, who are softly embracing and looking at each other. Saskia is shorter, and elf and they have silver hair and yellow cat’s eyes. Janek is taller, and he has blondish hair and a larger frame. Both have scars.

2nd art fight piece and it’s a double revenge against @salaidard.bsky.social & @kirjo.bsky.social, depicting their Saskia and Janek! #artfight #sotavaltart

if you see this, post a vampire!

(viveca belongs to @vihtoori.bsky.social 🐍) #sotavaltart #art

Pink mural, depicting to girls gazing at each other and one butch girl lounging. At the center of the mural is a heart shaped mirror.

Blue mural depicting three queer characters. At the center of the mural is a star shaped mirror.

Purple mural depicting three queer characters. At the center of the mural is a flower shaped mirror.

Close up of a heart shaped mirror. In the mirror you see a man taking a photo selfie. He is wearing a cap and reflective vest. His face is obscured by his phone.

All the sides of the mural I painted last week for Ruisrock! It was a whirlwind of a process 😂 #sotavaltart #mural

An illustration featuring a canpure girl Maija. She has long purple hair and a hairpiece nade of bird skulls. She is wearing a corset, miniskirt, tights, long fingerless gloves and boots.

My first #artfight attack, and its against @norapiirsi.bsky.social ! Love Maija’s design 🦇 #sotavaltart

wip of a pink mural depicting chibiesque girls gazing at each other lovingly

wip of a purple mural depicting chibiesque queers

wip of a blue mural depicting chibiesque queers

almost done 😮‍💨 #sotavaltart

Cover of comic “How about…” by Sotavalta. Zineton 2025 entry.

Panel 1: Establishing shot of a living room. There’s a man with dark beard sitting on the sofa, his name is Eetu. Man with light beard is in the foreground, his name is Sebastian. Sebastian is holding a baby. Panel 2: Eetu says “Hey, the zineton themes are out!”. Panel 3: Sebastian says “Oh?”.

finished my zineton entry !! pretty happy with the final zine, i tried to go a bit easier on myself than i did with my last zineton zine… #sotavaltart #comic

A postcard depicting two men lying on grass. They gaze at each other lovingly. One of the men has his shirt open, revealing top surgery scars. The postcard is framed by flowers.

Happy #transdayofvisibility ! We have and always will be here 🏳️‍⚧️ #tdov #sotavaltart

Comics in a pile inside a cardboard box. The cover of the comic “FIRE & STONE” depicts two girls: Selene, a pale earth genasi and Meliora, a red tiefling. They gaze at each other lovingly.

Size comparison of between comics “FIRE & STONE” and “Butt of the joke”. The first one is 16.5cm x 24cm, the second one is 14.8cm x 21cm.

she is here…!! our first collaborative comic with @vihtoori.bsky.social #comic #sotavaltart

Panel 1: Tiefling woman, Meliora, is lying on her back and looks to her side. Panel 2: Meliora is lying next to a pale girl Selene. Selene is sleeping, Meliora is looking at her.

little sneak peek of the #comic we are working on with @vihtoori.bsky.social 👀 it’s a mushy romantic zine about our dnd characters (yes there is pining) #sotavaltart

Characters from fantasy video games and actual play podcasts sit around long table, ready to play some DnD. Zevran (an elf assassin guy from DA:O) is sitting next to Killian (an orc woman from The Adventure Sone podcast and comic). Next to Killian is a blue tiefling girl Jester (from Critical Role). On the other side of the table sits human mage Gale (from Baldurs Gate 3) and a cat girl Izutsumi (from Delicious in Dungeon). Their DM looks like the Dungeon Master on the old Dungeons & Dragons cartoon.

A cover illustration I did for Spin magazine for their RPG themed issue. 🎲 #illustration #sotavaltart #fanart #dragonage #criticalrole #taz #bg3 #art

quick, draw what you’re wearing! #sotavaltart #art

Astarion, a pale elven vampire man, is hovering over Gale, a human man. Astarion looks at the viewer, his mouth bloodied, while Gale lies on the bed. Gale’s eyes are closed and he has bleeding bifw marks in his neck.

Late night snack. #bloodweave #bg3 #astarion #sotavaltart #fanart #art

A digital painting of Shireen. Shireen is a humanoid woman with scale accents on her skin and a lizard tail. Shareen has tan skin, green eyes and blond hair. She’s sitting in the painting, wearing an orange & red shirt. Shireen is looking to the side with a smirk.

quick painting for @callunadraconis.bsky.social of their OC Shireen I did as part of secret santa art exchange 🦎 #sotavaltart #art

An illustrated reference sheet. It depicts an ultrafemme character Lucky, who has yellow hair and tan skin. In the first image she’s wearing a pink and white space suit. In the second, she’s wearing a long sleeved crop top on top of a bra. Her bra and low jeans have a star pattern. She also has a pink bag and her long hair is on pigtails. In the last image she has her hair in a 60s style up-do and is wearing a pink skin-tight dress.

a reference sheet for Lucky, a character I played in a space themed World of Darkness game 💫 #sotavaltart #ocsky #worldofdarkness #art

A stylised illustration of a rose pushing through a crack in concrete. The rose is in trans flag colours: light blue, pink and white.

Have a safe Transgender Day of Remembrance everyone 🏳️‍⚧️🕯️ #tdor #illustration #sotavaltart